Focusing on the fundamentals and applications of lanthanide compounds, this book explores key concepts such as oxidation states, extraction methods, and the unique spectroscopic and magnetic properties of lanthanides. It delves into various types of compounds, including organometallic and coordination compounds, and highlights specific applications in fields like spintronics, bioimaging, and catalysis. This comprehensive resource serves as an essential guide for researchers and students in inorganic and materials chemistry, bridging both academic and industrial perspectives.
The series Structure and Bonding publishes critical reviews on topics of research concerned with chemical structure and bonding. The scope of the series spans the entire Periodic Table and addresses structure and bonding issues associated with all of the elements. It also focuses attention on new and developing areas of modern structural and theoretical chemistry such as nanostructures, molecular electronics, designed molecular solids, surfaces, metal clusters and supramolecular structures. Physical and spectroscopic techniques used to determine, examine and model structures fall within the purview of Structure and Bonding to the extent that the focus is on the scientific results obtained and not on specialist information concerning the techniques themselves. Issues associated with the development of bonding models and generalizations that illuminate the reactivity pathways and rates of chemical processes are also relevant. The individual volumes in the series are thematic. The goal of each volume is to give the reader, whether at a university or in industry, a comprehensive overview of an area where new insights are emerging that are of interest to a larger scientific audience. Thus each review within the volume critically surveys one aspect of that topic and places it within the context of the volume as a whole. The most significant developments of the last 5 to 10 years should be presented using selected examples to illustrate the principles discussed. A description of thephysical basis of the experimental techniques that have been used to provide the primary data may also be appropriate, if it has not been covered in detail elsewhere. The coverage need not be exhaustive in data, but should rather be conceptual, concentrating on the new principles being developed that will allow the reader, who is not a specialist in the area covered, to understand the data presented. Discussion of possible future research directions in the area is welcomed. Review articles for the individual volumes are invited by the volume editors. Readership: research scientists at universities or in industry, graduate students.
The book explores the development of the Chinese export-led footwear industry through a political-economic lens, focusing on the success of Taiwanese businessmen compared to Nike, the world's largest shoe producer. It investigates various theories, including neoclassical economics and new institutional sociology, to understand this disparity but finds them lacking. Instead, it proposes a model viewing markets as political fields, highlighting the significance of power dynamics in the industry's evolution. A stable hierarchy involving Taiwanese producers, local officials, and migrant laborers fostered a business environment that mitigated uncertainties during China's economic transition. Although Taiwanese producers and local officials held less power than larger firms and the state, their alliances with local political figures enabled them to transform China into a global footwear leader. However, underlying tensions within China's economy, polity, and society cast uncertainty on the sustainability of this dominance. The book targets scholars and students in Sociology, Politics, and Economics, as well as managers interested in investing in China. Susan Eckstein from Boston University praises the work for its insightful analysis of the global shoe industry and the Taiwanese dominance within it, suggesting that Nike has much to learn from their experience.
Die Untersuchung beleuchtet die Entwicklung der chinesischen exportorientierten Schuhindustrie aus einer politisch-ökonomischen Perspektive und analysiert den Erfolg taiwanesischer Unternehmer im Gegensatz zum Scheitern von Nike. Verschiedene wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Theorien werden betrachtet, jedoch zeigt die Arbeit, dass ein Modell, das Märkte als politische Felder versteht, die Entstehung und Transformation der Industrie besser erklärt. Eine stabile Hierarchie aus taiwanesischen Produzenten, lokalen Beamten und Wanderarbeitern schuf ein Umfeld, das Unsicherheiten während des wirtschaftlichen Wandels Chinas bewältigte und entscheidend für den Erfolg war.
