Industry and industrial studies

A new approach to understanding and improving performance and public valueThis book presents the Public Service Value Model-an innovative, rigorous approach to defining public outcomes and quantifying results-to help readers understand and improve public service delivery.

Find out how to manage your telecom services and save your company money!

The issue of water quality monitoring is becoming a huge area as the EU requirements for cleaner water increase.

"e;Charley Ellis has written a magnificent portrait, capturing the indomitable spirit of Joe Wilson and his instinctive understanding of the need for and commercial usefulness of a transforming imaging technology.

Examines key aspects of quantifying fire safety: property damage, performance of fire services/measures, fire safety modeling and verification, and stochastic modeling.

Understand the electricity market, its policies and how they drive prices, emissions, and security, with this comprehensive cross-disciplinary book.

The provision of IP-based multimedia services is one of the most exiting and challenging aspects of next generation wireless networks.

New, attractive services for communications systems are versatile and promise to make the next generation of communications a success.

Professional services are estimated to be worth up to $700 billion worldwide, but as the market matures there is an urgent need for new marketing thinking for global players or small businesses alike.

As the wireless world opens up, this book explores the evolving role of multimedia and UMTS technology in the mobile communications sector.

The present information age is enabled by telecommunications and information technology and the continued convergence of their services, technologies and business models.

With the emergence of broadband wireless communication systems, new business opportunities have appeared for operators, content provides, and manufacturers.

Due to the dramatic increase in competition over the last few years, it has become more and more important for Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to run an efficient business and offer an adequate Quality of Service.

Praise for The Art & Science of Technology Transfer "e;Phyl Speser's personality comes across in the text-complicated, intrigued, highly rational, insightful, rich in context, and fun.

Energy and Urban Built Form contains the papers that were presented at the International Seminar on Urban Built Form and Energy Analysis, held at Darwin College in Cambridge on June 26 and 27, 1986.

Developments in Geotechnical Engineering 6: Dams, Dam Foundations, and Reservoir Sites explores the design and construction of dams and reservoirs, and the foundations on which they rest.

Seismic Risk and Engineering Decisions attempts to bridge the gap in decision making between earthquake characteristics and structural behavior.

Elastomers and Rubber Compounding Materials reviews the properties of elastomers and particular groups of ingredients and chemicals mixed into the basic elastomer to form a rubber compound.

Those connected with the petroleum industry will need no introduction to The Petroleum Handbook.

A broad spectrum of technical papers on the most diverse nondestructive testing techniques (NDT) and correlated fields are presented in this volume.

During the past decade, Plant Tissue Culture (PTC) has attracted considerable attention because of its vital role in plant biotechnology.

No other book on natural rubber covers such a broad spectrum of subjects as this unique publication.

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A WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER If you're in any kind of leadership rolewhether at a company, a non-profit, or somewhere elsethere's a lot you can learn here.

An eclectic compendium of the best travel writing essays published in 2018, collected by Alexandra Fuller.

Winner of the Fortnum & Mason Food and Drink Awards Drink Book Award 2021Longlisted for the Andr Simon Food & Drink Book Awards 2020'Hugely entertaining' Jay Rayner'A brilliantly Bourdain-ish tale of a young woman making her way through the sexist American fine-dining world' ObserverAged twenty-one, Victoria James was named the US's youngest sommelier, working in Michelin-starred restaurants, serving the finest wines.

'An incredibly helpful guide' Jonny Benjamin MBE'Groundbreaking .

THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO BUILDING AN APP-BASED BUSINESS 'A must read for anyone who wants to start a mobile app business' Riccardo Zacconi, founder and CEO King Digital (maker of Candy Crush Saga) 'A fascinating deep dive into the world of billion-dollar apps.

Betty Halbreich is a true original.

Harmony lies not in extremes, but in the balance between them.

'Much excellent gossip, some of it wildly indiscreet .

Out of the Ordinary is Jon Ronson at his inimitable best: hilarious, thought-provoking and with an unerring eye for human frailty - not least his own.

Simply written, and with a view to taking the wisdom of Confucius out of the hands of the academics and the philosophers and making it accessible to the general reader, Confucius From the Heart gives us a contemporary Confucius, one who can teach us how to attain spiritual happiness, adjust our daily routines and find our place in modern life.

How do you decide what is a 'story' and what isn't?

David Remnick is a man much praised for his powers of observation, description and analysis, and Reporting contains his very best pieces from his first fifteen years as editor of The New Yorker.

Control and Dynamic Systems: Advances in Theory and Applications, Volume 48: Manufacturing and Automation Systems: Techniques and Technologies, Part 4 of 5 deals with techniques and technologies in manufacturing and automation systems.

Control and Dynamic Systems: Advances in Theory and Applications, Volume 46: Manufacturing and Automation Systems: Techniques and Technologies, Part 2 of 5 covers the significant advances and issues on the utilization of techniques and technologies in the manufacturing industries.

Chromatographic Systems: Maintenance and Troubleshooting, Second Edition provides a clear and concise guide for chromatographic maintenance.

Gradient Index Optics deals with the application of gradients in optical systems of classical types: gradient index lenses.

Measuring the Benefits of Water Pollution Abatement shows the aspects of benefit calculations in the context of water pollution control.

Scale-Up and Automation in Plant Propagation reviews methods of automation and scale-up of plant propagation in vitro.

Powder Metallurgy Processing: New Techniques and Analyses covers the application of advanced analytical techniques in metallurgy, mechanics, and economics to the fundamentals of powder fabrication processes.

Machine Vision for Inspection and Measurement contains the proceedings of the Second Annual Workshop on Machine Vision sponsored by the Center for Computer Aids for Industrial Productivity (CAIP) at Rutgers University and held on April 25-26, 1988 in New Brunswick, New Jersey.