How does Earth work? Our modern understanding of processes in the Earth's mantle and the crust results a great deal from the application of thermodynamics. Rocks are equilibrium systems and are filled with information. This is coded information. Chemical equilibrium thermodynamics enables us to
The aim of GAME. PLAY. THEORY. is to provide applicable theoretical, analytical and methodological tools and frameworks that enable the students to understand, analyse, and conceptualize computer games from a number of different angles. The modules of the course will introduce, apply, and discuss
Game theory is a popular subject and became a powerful tool for analyzing strategic interactions between players or decision making units. Players are decision making units, e.g. individuals, firms, workers, managers, countries etc.Game theory describes strategic decision making processes. It
International development is big business. Total global financial aid flows from North to South are more than $150 billion annually, of which one-third goes to Africa. Still, Africa is lacking behind and is unlikely to achieve the first Millennium Development Goal of eradicating poverty by 2015:
The interface between culture and cognition is a fast-developing research area attracting numerous scholars and scientists with different backgrounds. Neuroscientists, psychologists, sociologists, economists, anthropologists, and humanists of various sorts seek to find out how evolved cognitive
The aim of this course is to make students familiar with analytical tools that can help them to better understand European foreign policy. The course is an introduction to the study of the European Union's role in world politics, including contemporary dilemmas and challenges. The new emerging
This course examines the corporate finance issues confronting entrepreneurial firms. The primary areas of study for the course are: financial forecasting, identification and evaluation of real options, assessment of financial needs, and valuation. This course is intended to be 'hands on' and
The main focus will be EU law, and the international obligations of the EU. Taking the global nature of e-commerce into account, the EU approach will be supplemented by other relevant international law and inspiring national governmental or self regulatory systems.Principal topics will include: -
The course aims to explore business innovation in the context of digital economies, discussing how changes in Information and Communication Technology are affecting the way organisations do businesses, e.g. the way new business models and products (goods and services) emerge. From this broad
The course aims to introduce a broad theoretical framework, explaining the current context in which business innovation is related to Information and Communication Technology. In digital economies, it has become increasingly difficult to think business models which do not rely on ICT to obtain
