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 research topics related to chemical structure and bonding, encompassing the entire Periodic Table. It addresses structure and bonding issues associated with all elements and highlights emerging areas in modern structural and theoretical chemistry, including nanostructures, molecular electronics, designed molecular solids, surfaces, metal clusters, and supramolecular structures. The series emphasizes the scientific results obtained through physical and spectroscopic techniques while focusing less on the techniques themselves. It also explores the development of bonding models and generalizations that clarify reactivity pathways and rates of chemical processes. Each volume is thematic, aiming to provide a comprehensive overview of areas with emerging insights of broader scientific interest. Reviews critically survey specific aspects of the topic and contextualize them within the volume. Significant developments from the last 5 to 10 years are highlighted with selected examples to illustrate discussed principles. While not exhaustive in data, the coverage is conceptual, focusing on new principles for non-specialists to understand the data. Future research directions are also encouraged. Review articles are invited by volume editors, targeting research scientists in academia and industry, as well as 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.
