Economics, Finance, Business and Management

Re-examination of the role of guilds in the early modern European economy.

The International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management is sponsored by the Chinese Industrial Engineering Institution, CMES, which is the only national-level academic society for Industrial Engineering.

Urbanisation and urban development issues are the focus of this comprehensive account which introduces readers to the far-reaching changes now taking place in Chinese cities.

Im Wein ist Wahrheit, mit beiden pflegt man anzustoßen.

Headlines continue to blare news of climate change, tangential catastrophic events, and dwindling energy resources.

A practical look at extending the value of Building Information Modeling (BIM) into facility management from the world's largest international association for professional facility managers Building owners and facility managers are discovering that Building Information Modeling (BIM) models of buildings are deep reservoirs of information that can provide valuable spatial and mechanical details on every aspect of a property.

In recent years, the United Kingdom has become a more and more divided society with inequality between the regions as marked as it has ever been.

Der globalisierte Kapitalismus, Umweltkatastrophen, Überbevölkerung sowie zunehmende politisch und religiös motivierte Konflikte fordern ein Umdenken ökonomischer Konzepte.

Sustainable Banking introduces business leaders and students to the many ways in which financial institutions can manage their environmental and social impact and meet the needs of the current generation without compromising the needs of future generations.

The book deepens understanding of biomass sources and technologies used for cooking worldwide.

This book highlights major quantitative and qualitative methods and approaches used in the field of urban analysis.

This report serves to support the development of Latin America's legal and regulatory frameworks for sustainability disclosure, the responsibilities of company boards and shareholder rights.

Casebooks in business history are designed to instruct students in classrooms and boardrooms about the evolution of business management.

Local Councils are second only to the central government in the variety and size of their activities.

Leading tech companies such as Netflix, Amazon and Uber use data science and machine learning at scale in their core business processes, whereas most traditional companies struggle to expand their machine learning projects beyond a small pilot scope.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of five international workshops held in Thessaloniki, Greece, in conjunction with the 26th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering, CAiSE 2014, in June 2014.

Robert Whaley has more than twenty-five years of experience in the world of finance, and with this book he shares his hard-won knowledge in the field of derivatives with you.

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Direct Natural Gas Conversion to Value-Added Chemicals comprehensively discusses all major aspects of natural gas conversion and introduces a broad spectrum of recent technological developments.

Discover All the Advantages of Using Design for Six Sigma to Develop and Build Customer Value-Based Products Voice of the Customer Capture and Analysis equips Six Sigma you with the skills needed to create and deploy surveys, capture real customers need with ethnographic methods, immediately analyze the results, and coordinate and drive responsive actions.

Zum Verständnis betriebswirtschaftlicher Zusammenhänge muß man sich zunächst mit der Frage beschäftigen, warum die Menschen überhaupt "wirtschaften" müssen und ob eine grundlegende Vorgehensweise bei die­ sen Aktivitäten vorliegt.

The central theme of this book is the relationship between the regulation of energy production and environmental regulation.

The purpose of this work is to show some advanced concepts related to Excel based financial modelling.

This book incorporates the legalities and responsibilities of serving alcohol either behind a bar, at a table, or at an off-premise function.

Take a look through the Forbes annual issue of the richest Americans, and you will find a majority of those personal fortunes have something to do with real estate.

This book investigates cluster-life-cycle (CLC) analysis to inform the entrepreneurial discovery process (EDP), in order to support the effectiveness of the smart specialization strategy (S3).

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"e;1920 - Dips Into The Near Future"e; is a 1917 work by English economist John Atkinson Hobson.

Every product owner faces a complex and unique set of challenges within their team.

The Routledge Companion to Alternative and Community Media provides an authoritative and comprehensive examination of the diverse forms, practices and philosophies of alternative and community media across the world.

Jetzt mit Bonus PrüfungsmaterialDie Olympiade 2012 in London ging als nahezu perfekt gemanagte Großveranstaltung in die Geschichte der Olympischen Spiele ein.

Energy: The Countdown raises the specter of a catastrophic energy crisis that could explode even before any comprehensive emergency plans are concerted.

This timely book debates the economic and political logic of the austerity policies that have been implemented in the UK and in the Eurozone since 2010 and asks whether there is any alternative for these countries in the years ahead.

The COVID-19 pandemic has reminded us of how important the life science industry is, and compels us to find efficient management methods specific to the industry.

This book explores sustainable community development in Ghana post-COVID-19, highlighting examples of how individuals facing extreme challenges have adapted to their changing circumstances.

Three experts in Human Resources introduce a measurement system that convincingly showcases how HR impacts business performance.

Bringing together both leading international scholars and emerging academic talent, Media Accountability in the Era of Post-Truth Politics maps the current state of media accountability in Europe and provides fresh perspectives for future developments in media and communication fields.

Water scarcity due to climate change, population growth, and economic development is a critical issue in many semi-arid and arid regions around the world.

This book explores the personal experiences of professionals who are a part of the post-colonial and late-industrializing reality in the global value chain in Singapore.

The author assesses the place in world affairs of economic co-operation and integration among Atlantic countries, and the prospects for Atlantic relationships in the near future.

In eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain, books of travel and exploration were much more than simply the printed experiences of intrepid authors.

Most managers today work solely on intuition rather than best practices plus intuition.

In this revised and updated third edition, Carver continues to debunk the entrenched beliefs and habits that hobble boards and to replace them with his innovative approach to effective governance.

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