Allontanarsi dalla città e da una vita sedentaria non è mai stato così seducente: è tempo di allacciarsi le scarpe, raggiungere i sentieri e sfidare i nostri limiti. Dalle vette dell'Himalaya alle distese di neve dell'Artico, dalle giungle dell'America Latina alla polvere dell'outback australiano, questa raccolta di corse epiche attraversa alcuni fra i più spettacolari panorami della Terra. Ogni itinerario, riccamente illustrato, è raccontato da un runner diverso con tutte le informazioni pratiche per affrontare il percorso. 'Veloci come il vento' ci mette a disposizione imprese alla portata di neofiti, appassionati, corridori esperti. Dalla redazione di 'Like the Wind', popolare magazine online, una raccolta di avventure per nutrire la mente, il corpo e lo spirito.

Across the world STEM (learning and work in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) has taken central importance in education and the economy in a way that few other disciplines have. STEM competence has become seen as key to higher productivity, technological adaptation and research-based innovation. No area of educational provision has a greater current importance than the STEM disciplines yet there is a surprising dearth of comprehensive and world-wide information about STEM policy, participation, programs and practice.

The Age of STEM is a state of the art survey of the global trends and major country initiatives in STEM. It gives an international overview of issues such as:

• STEM strategy and coordination
• curricula, teaching and assessment
• women in STEM
• indigenous students
• research training
• STEM in the graduate labour markets
• STEM breadth and STEM depth

The individual chapters give comparative international analysis as well as a global overview, particularly focusing on the growing number of policies and practices in mobilising and developing talent in the STEM fields. The book will be of particular interest to anyone involved in educational policy, those in education management and leaders in both schooling and tertiary education. It will have a wider resonance among practitioners in the STEM disciplines, particularly at university level, and for those interested in contemporary public policy.

In 1984, R. Edward Freeman published his landmark book Strategic Management: A Stakeholder Approach, a work that set the agenda for what we now call stakeholder theory. In the intervening years, the literature on stakeholder theory has become vast and diverse. This book examines this body of research and assesses its relevance for our understanding of modern business. Beginning with a discussion of the origins and development of stakeholder theory, it shows how this corpus of theory has influenced a variety of different fields, including strategic management, finance, accounting, management, marketing, law, health care, public policy, and environment. It also features in-depth discussions of two important areas that stakeholder theory has helped to shape and define: business ethics and corporate social responsibility. The book concludes by arguing that we should re-frame capitalism in the terms of stakeholder theory so that we come to see business as creating value for stakeholders.

'The book is a great tool for those who want to have a deep understanding of different perspectives of stakeholder theory. It draws together research of over thirty years as it has been applied in a number of business contexts, in a way that allows readers to understand the evolution of theory, how it has been applied and what future avenues need exploration.'-Michael Jay Polonsky, Professor of Marketing, Deakin University, Melbourne

'Ed Freeman and his colleagues have produced an erudite, subtle, vigorously argued account of stakeholder theory. Their provocative book will not be the last word on the subject, but it is the best contribution so far to an extraordinarily important conversation.'-Edwin Hartman, Peter and Charlotte Schoenfeld Faculty Fellow and Visiting Professor of Business Ethics, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University

In 1984, R. Edward Freeman published his landmark book Strategic Management: A Stakeholder Approach, a work that set the agenda for what we now call stakeholder theory. In the intervening years, the literature on stakeholder theory has become vast and diverse. This book examines this body of research and assesses its relevance for our understanding of modern business. Beginning with a discussion of the origins and development of stakeholder theory, it shows how this corpus of theory has influenced a variety of different fields, including strategic management, finance, accounting, management, marketing, law, health care, public policy, and environment. It also features in-depth discussions of two important areas that stakeholder theory has helped to shape and define: business ethics and corporate social responsibility. The book concludesby arguing that we should re-frame capitalism in the terms of stakeholder theory so that we come to see business as creating value for stakeholders.

'The book is a great tool for those who want to have a deep understanding of different perspectives of stakeholder theory. It draws together research of over thirty years as it has been applied in a number of business contexts, in a way that allows readers to understand the evolution of theory, how it has been applied and what future avenues need exploration.'-Michael Jay Polonsky, Professor of Marketing, Deakin Univesity, Melbourne

'Ed Freeman and his colleagues have produced an erudite, subtle, vigorously argued account of stakeholder theory. Their provocative book will not be the last word on the subject, but it is the best contribution so far to an extraordinarily important conversation.'-Edwin Hartman, Peter and Charlotte Schoenfield Faculty Fellow and Visiting Professor of Business Ethics, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York Univesity

Una storia di sport che racconta la storia di una nazione. Nel 2003 con la caduta del regime in Iraq finisce anche il regno dispotico di Uday Hussein, figlio di Saddam e ministro dello Sport. Un periodo segnato da torture e soprusi, mentre la nazione irachena tagliava un traguardo dopo l'altro. Ma il mondo dello sport internazionale ha sempre taciuto. Uno dei protagionisti dell'indagine di Freeman è Ammo Baba, il Pelé del mondo arabo. Un personaggio controverso con cinquant'anni di carriera da giocatore e allenatore alle spalle, per alcuni eroe nazionale, per altri collaboratore di Saddam. Il libro è un'inchiesta che rivela i lati oscuri della storia di un regime su cui, anche a causa della propaganda americana, ancora non è trapelata la verità.