Post-War Business Planners in the United States, 1939-48: The Rise of the Corporate Moderates
ISBN: 9781472511720 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. During the Second World War several independent business organizations in the US devoted considerable energy to formulating and advocating social and economic policy options for the US government for implementation after the war. This 'planning community' of far-sighted businessmen joined with academics and government officials in a nationwide endeavor to ensure that the colossal levels of productivity achieved by the US during wartime continued into the peace. At its core this effort was part of a wider struggle between liberals, moderates and conservatives over determining the economic... During the Second World War several independent business organizations in the US devoted considerable energy to formulating and advocating social a... |
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661,34 zł |
Women, Work, and Family: How Companies Thrive with a 21st-Century Multicultural Workforce
ISBN: 9781440803093 / Angielski / Twarda / 279 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A half-century after the women's movement of the 1960s, women still have not achieved equality in the workplace, in part because the burdens of family still fall largely upon their shoulders. This in-depth review examines legislation, social-science research, and human resources management practices dealing with women's integration of work and life roles. It explores the context and theory that explain new workplace trends and realities, and it offers practical recommendations on how women and companies can cope. The book is based on the premise that to attract and retain top talent and... A half-century after the women's movement of the 1960s, women still have not achieved equality in the workplace, in part because the burdens of fam... |
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397,10 zł |
Supply Chain Roadmap: Aligning supply chain with business strategy
ISBN: 9781494200497 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The book answers a recurring question in the business today: What is the best supply chain strategy for my business? Answering this question is difficult, because it is not easy to understand the multiples relationships among the supply chain and the business strategy, In order to address this shortcoming, the author conducted an analysis of the most widely recognized theories, best practices and case studies about supply chain strategy. His analysis identified a set of common configurations that reveal key drivers of supply chain strategy and explains how these can be aligned in a...
The book answers a recurring question in the business today: What is the best supply chain strategy for my business? Answering this question is...
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180,37 zł |
Modelling Infrastructure Investments, Growth and Poverty Impact: A Two-Region Computable General Equilibrium Perspective on Vietnam
ISBN: 9783631555576 / Angielski / Miękka / 174 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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294,53 zł |
Lit and Dark Liquidity with Lost Time Data: Interlinked Trading Venues Around the Global Financial Crisis
ISBN: 9781137432605 / Angielski / Twarda / 75 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since the 2008 financial crisis, researchers and policy makers have been looking to empirical data to distil both what happened and how a similar event can be avoided in the future. In Lit and Dark Liquidity with Lost Time Data, Vuorenmaa analyses liquidity to better understand the crux of the financial crisis. By relating liquidity to jump activity, market microstructure noise variance, and average pairwise correlation, Vuorenmaa uncovers the dynamics and ramifications behind anonymous trades made outside of public exchanges, and measures its impact on the crisis. This volume is ideal for...
Since the 2008 financial crisis, researchers and policy makers have been looking to empirical data to distil both what happened and how a similar even...
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194,97 zł |
Workplace Security Essentials: A Guide for Helping Organizations Create Safe Work Environments
ISBN: 9780124165571 / Angielski / Miękka / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Whether you are a business owner, department manager, or even a concerned employee, Workplace Security Essentials will show you how to improve workplace safety and security using real-life examples and step-by-step instructions. Every organization, be it large or small, needs to be prepared to protect its facilities, inventory, and, most importantly, its staff. Workplace Security Essentials is the perfect training resource to help businesses implement successful security measures, boost employee morale and reduce turnover, protect the company's reputation and public... Whether you are a business owner, department manager, or even a concerned employee, Workplace Security Essentials will show you how to impro... |
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188,18 zł |
A City Lost and Found: Whelan the Wrecker's Melbourne
ISBN: 9781863956505 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Old landmarks fall in nearly every block ... and the face of the city is changing so rapidly that the time is not too far distant when a search for a building 50 years old will be in vain." - Herald, 1925. The demolition firm of Whelan the Wrecker was a Melbourne institution for a hundred years (1892-1992). Its famous sign - 'Whelan the Wrecker is Here' on a pile of shifting rubble - was a laconic masterpiece and served as a vital sign of the city's progress. It's no stretch to say that over three generations, the Whelan family changed the face of Melbourne, demolishing hundreds of buildings...
"Old landmarks fall in nearly every block ... and the face of the city is changing so rapidly that the time is not too far distant when a search for a...
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96,15 zł |
The Power of the Mine: A Transformative Opportunity for Sub-Saharan Africa
ISBN: 9781464802928 / Angielski / Miękka / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Africa needs power - to grow its economies and enhance the welfare of its people. Power for all is still a long distance away - two thirds of the population remains without electricity and enterprises rank electricity as a top constraint to doing business. This sub-optimal situation coexists while vast energy resources remain untapped. One solution to harness these resources could be to tap into the concept of anchor load. Mining industry lends itself to the concept of anchor load as it needs power in large quantity and reliable quality to run its processes. Underpinned by a comprehensive...
Africa needs power - to grow its economies and enhance the welfare of its people. Power for all is still a long distance away - two thirds of the popu...
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186,36 zł |
Governance of Indian State Power Utilities: An Ongoing Journey
ISBN: 9781464803031 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This World Bank review, Governance of Indian State Power Utilities: An Ongoing Journey, is a first attempt to systematically examine the quality of corporate and regulatory governance in the Indian power sector. Considering that much of the poor performance of utilities reflected internal and external shortfalls in governance, India's Electricity Act of 2003 mandated unbundling and corporatizing the vertically integrated state electricity boards, along with establishing independent regulators at the center and in the states. The aim was to create a more accountable and commercial performance...
This World Bank review, Governance of Indian State Power Utilities: An Ongoing Journey, is a first attempt to systematically examine the quality of co...
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186,36 zł |
Geeks, Mush Heads and the It Revolution: How Sra International Achieved Success Over Nearly Four Decades
ISBN: 9781442242807 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. SRA International grew from one person in his home basement to more than 7,000 people and nearly $2 billion in revenue in thirty years. The firm was profitable, revenue increased every year, and it became highly admired for its values and culture. SRA was on the Fortune list of 100 Best Places to Work in America for ten consecutive years. The company s initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange was the sixth most successful in 2002, and the price of its stock soared. Then, at the height of success, the top management team changed twice, growth declined, the firm made a bad...
SRA International grew from one person in his home basement to more than 7,000 people and nearly $2 billion in revenue in thirty years. The firm was p...
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133,88 zł |
Debt and Development in Small Island Developing States
ISBN: 9781137397126 / Angielski / Twarda / 275 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Debt and Development in Small Island Developing States draws on the expertise of established researchers and public officials from within the SIDS community to answer the following pressing questions related to sustainability, debt accumulation, and prospects for future growth.
Debt and Development in Small Island Developing States draws on the expertise of established researchers and public officials from within the SIDS com...
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389,98 zł |
Creative Industries and Urban Development: Creative Cities in the 21st Century
ISBN: 9781138841772 / Angielski / Miękka / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The concept of creative industries has developed considerable academic and policy momentum in the 21st century. There has been a connection identified between the rise of creative industries and the urbanisation of the world's population, particularly in relation to the significance of cities as sites of cultural production and consumption. Much of the work on creative industries and cities, however, has drawn upon 'imagined geographies' about the relationship between creativity and place. This collection draws together contributions that critically appraise recent urban cultural policy...
The concept of creative industries has developed considerable academic and policy momentum in the 21st century. There has been a connection identified...
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218,70 zł |
Beyond Crisis: The Financial Performance of India's Power Sector
ISBN: 9781464803925 / Angielski / Miękka / 147 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In September 2012, the Government of India approved a financial rescue scheme to revive the power generation sector. This bailout amounted to about Rs 1.9 trillion and came in response to banks and financial institutions with large nonperforming loans to the power sector. This is the second bailout of the sector in a decade. The first was in 2002 when the government had to convert the outstanding arrears of state electricity boards to central public sector undertakings. The 2002 bailout came to Rs 400 billion in state government bonds to restore the sector to financial solvency. The recent...
In September 2012, the Government of India approved a financial rescue scheme to revive the power generation sector. This bailout amounted to about Rs...
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186,36 zł |
Move: Putting America's Infrastructure Back in the Lead
ISBN: 9780393246803 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Americans are stuck. We live with travel delays on congested roads, shipping delays on clogged railways, and delays on repairs, project approvals, and funding due to gridlocked leadership. These delays affect us all, whether you are a daily commuter, a frequent flyer, an entrepreneur, an online shopper, a job-seeker, or a community leader. If people can't move, if goods are delayed, and if information networks can't connect, then economic opportunity deteriorates and social inequity grows. We have been stuck for too long, writes Harvard Business School professor and best-selling... Americans are stuck. We live with travel delays on congested roads, shipping delays on clogged railways, and delays on repairs, project approvals, ... |
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112,40 zł |
Supply Chain Risk Management: Vulnerability and Resilience in Logistics
ISBN: 9780749476298 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Effective, sustainable supply chain networks are an integral part of any organization's success. However, in a global, rapidly evolving environment full of turbulence and uncertainty, supply chains are more vulnerable than ever.
Now in its second edition, "Supply Chain Risk Management" is essential reading for risk managers and supply chain managers or operators who want to know about the growing impact of risk on supply chains, its management and how to mitigate its effects. Using jargon-free, accessible language, it identifies both the possible effects that disruptions can cause and how... Effective, sustainable supply chain networks are an integral part of any organization's success. However, in a global, rapidly evolving environment fu...
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776,48 zł |
Energy, Environment and Economic Transformation in China
ISBN: 9781138910355 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. China has achieved rapid economic growth since the market-oriented reform in 1978 and became the second largest economy in the world in 2010. However, the growth model in China is still extensive in nature and may be characterized with high energy consumption and heavy environmental pollutions etc. In fact, China has successively become the largest carbon emitter since 2007 and the largest energy consumer since 2009 in the world. This book endeavors to analyze whether such energy driven and environment restricted economic growth can be sustainable in China in the long run. The book... China has achieved rapid economic growth since the market-oriented reform in 1978 and became the second largest economy in the world in 2010. Howev... |
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152,57 zł |
Le Potentiel Transformateur de l'Industrie Minière En Afrique: Une Opportunité Pour l'Électrification de l'Afrique Subsaharienne
ISBN: 9781464804861 / Francuski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. L'Afrique a besoin d'energie-- l'electricite est indispensable pour ameliorer le bien-etre de ses habitants et developper ses economies. Mais la capacite de production du secteur de l'electricite de l'Afrique subsaharienne est la plus faible du monde. Les deux tiers de la population de la region n'ont pas acces a l'electricite. Et ceux qui y ont acces, sont les plus faibles consommateurs du monde. Les entreprises considerent l'instabilite de l'approvisionnement en electricite comme un obstacle majeur. Dans le meme temps, de vastes ressources energetiques restent inexploitees. Il faudrait...
L'Afrique a besoin d'energie-- l'electricite est indispensable pour ameliorer le bien-etre de ses habitants et developper ses economies. Mais la capac...
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186,36 zł |
Service Level Manager: Careers in IT service management
ISBN: 9781780172941 / Angielski / Miękka / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The role of service level manager is a critical one in that the agreements negotiated with customers should inform the activities of the service provider. This book aims to help those whose role is to establish, negotiate, manage or update service level agreements and to use these as the basis of continual service improvement. It covers areas such as purpose, required skills, responsibilities, interface and career progression as well as tools, standards and frameworks related to the role. The role of service level manager is a critical one in that the agreements negotiated with customers should inform the activities of the service pr... |
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140,64 zł |
The Energy Economy: Practical Insight to Public Policy and Current Affairs
ISBN: 9781137471697 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Prolonged economic downturn is forcing policy makers and professors to examine how to improve economic development. State and regional governments are therefore moving from public sector-led strategies to private sector-led strategies to enact substantial business-friendly policy reforms. This view of growing economic development sparks interest among public policy, public administration, urban planning, and other academic programs to teach about how America goes about implementing economic development strategies at the state and local level. The Energy Economy is a public policy and current...
Prolonged economic downturn is forcing policy makers and professors to examine how to improve economic development. State and regional governments are...
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506,99 zł |
Public Private Partnerships for Infrastructure and Business Development: Principles, Practices, and Perspectives
ISBN: 9781137487827 / Angielski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In our market economy, under ordinary conditions, infrastructure development is funded by public budgets and enterprise development is funded by private investors. However, public budget constraints, liquidity shortages, the equity gap, and increasing global competition have led to alternative approaches, especially in areas targeted for economic growth and development. In response, there has been an upward global trend in the creation of public private partnerships (PPPs) that allow public and private interests to share resources and support development. Public Private Partnerships for...
In our market economy, under ordinary conditions, infrastructure development is funded by public budgets and enterprise development is funded by priva...
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428,99 zł |