Economics, Finance, Business and Management

Since first edition's publication, the CDO market has seen tremendous growth.

Creativity is the emergence of something novel and appropriate, from a person, a group, a society.

This book is a comprehensive compilation of all reports, testimony, correspondence and other publications issued by the GAO (Government Accountability Office) during the month of March, grouped according to the topic: National Defense.

Make the connections that will help you succeedand advance faster.

This is the first book that analyzes tobacco control policies in China from the perspectives of economics and health.

At the start of the twentieth century the United States led the world in advances in aviation, with the first successful engine-powered flights at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, and Dayton, Ohio, beginning in 1903.

As the global nature of pollution becomes increasingly obvious, successful hazardous waste treatment programs must take a total environmental control approach that encompasses all areas of pollution control.

Irrational exuberance - the now-famous utterance of Alan Greenspan, referred to the seemingly unending upward spiral of the stock market.

This is the first book dedicated to the scrutinization of Myanmar's unofficial foreign exchange market, its roots in restrictive administrative controls on foreign exchange and international trade, and its effects on the country's economic performance.

In recent years the development of spatial referencing techniques in com- puter-based information systems has enormously increased the opportuni- ties that exist for the treatment and presentation of both point and interaction data.

This highly original book aims to broaden the discussion about risk, the management of risk and regulation, especially in the financial industry.

Multistate System Reliability with Dependencies explains how to select a model of load sharing that best describes the impact of changes in reliability states of components.

Mega-events represent an important moment in the life of a city, providing a useful lens through which we may analyse their cultural, social, political and economic development.

In Rethinking Information Systems in Organizations John Paul Kawalek challenges the current orthodoxy of information systems and proposes new alternatives.

Learn the approach that made serial-entrepreneur Kim Perell a multi-millionaireand it could make you one too.

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If today students of social theory read Jurgen Habermas, Michael Foucault and Anthony Giddens, then proper regard to the question of culture means that they should also read Raymond Williams, Julia Kristeva and Slavoj Zizek.

Dieses Buch thematisiert das Spannungsfeld von Neukundengewinnung (Hunting) und Stammkundenbindung (Farming) im Rahmen von Wachstumspotentialen für Unternehmen.

'The perfect accompaniment to a year of forest walks'Gardens Illustrated 'Books of the Year'A seductive mix of science, history and culture'Tracy Chevalier'I love this book'Lauren Laverne, as featured on BBC Radio 6 MusicA wondrous seasonal journey through Britain and Ireland's trees.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Software Business, ICSOB 2018, held in Tallinn, Estonia, in June 2018.

This book examines religious, political, and economic conflicts in the Middle East.

Unternehmen sind einem immer höheren Wettbewerbsdruck ausgesetzt.

Evaluating Children's Writing: A Handbook of Grading Choices for Classroom Teachers, Second Edition introduces and explains a wide range of specific evaluation strategies used by classroom teachers to arrive at grades and gives explicit instructions for implementing them.

From 1978 through the turn of the century, China was transformed from a state-owned economy into a predominantly private economy.

This book is a comprehensive economic and legal study of the theoretical and practical aspects of the problems of increasing energy efficiency; self-motivation of energy saving by business entities within the framework of their corporate responsibility; regulatory mechanisms to stimulate energy conservation in the economy; civil-law regulation of foreign trade turnover of energy resources between economic entities of the Russian Federation and companies of member states of international integration associations - the CIS, EEMP, the EU and BRICS.

Since the onset of the Global Financial Crisis the ideas of Karl Marx have once again become prominent in social and political thought.

Thousands of organizations are adopting Scrum to transform the way they execute complex projects, in software and beyond.

Accounts of corruption in Africa and the Global South are generally overly simplistic and macro-oriented, and commonly disconnect everyday (petty) corruption from political (grand) corruption.

Hybrid organizations combine elements of well-established, institutionalized structures and thereby move away from conventional organizational practices.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Information Security Practice and Experience, ISPEC 2011, held in Guangzhou, China, in May/June 2011.

Jeder zehnte persönliche Luxusartikel wird mittlerweile gebraucht gekauft.

Für Lennart und Gitti Ein weiterer Baustein, um eine Welt zu schaffen in der wir und andere gerne leben wollen.

Child labour is a serious and contentious issue throughout the developing world and it continues to be a problem whose form and very meaning shifts with social, geographical, economic and cultural context.

This book examines how people make decisions under risk and uncertainty in operational settings and opens the black box by specifying the cognitive processes that lead to human behavior.

The origin of any industrial optimization study lies in the theory that some improvement can be made in a controllable system.

Due to the adverse outcomes of the recent global recession and the public deficit crisis in the USA and Europe, Western companies can expect flattening or declining sales in their domestic markets.

A clear and concise history of economic thought, developed from the author''s award-winning book, The Wealth of Ideas.

As European integration continues, the future of EMU becomes ever more important.

When first published in 2009, Nature's Matrix set out a radical new approach to the conservation of biodiversity.

Sediment deposition threatens the performance of many irrigation systems.

The book is an outcome of the author's active professional involvement in research, manufacture and consultancy in the field of cement chemistry and process engineering.

This book discusses the policy and public health challenges in Hong Kong from the perspective of economic and social welfare challenges, specifically focusing on the poverty and inequality research supported by the Hong Kong Jockey Club  (HKJC) Charities Trust.

This volume reviews the historical roots and theoretical foundations of biological systematics in an approachable text.

As a field, human resources has been slow to evolve, despite a great need and opportunity for change.

This volume provides a comprehensive and detailed socio-economic overview of agrarian distress in India which has manifested in the suicides of farmers and agricultural labourers.