The Clothing Trade in Provincial England, 1800-1850
ISBN: 9781138664449 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This detailed study is the first exploration of rural consumption of clothing in early nineteenth-century Britain. Drawing on evidence from a range of sources including newspapers, trade directories, court records, visual sources and surviving garments, Toplis investigates how the apparel of the mass of the British population was acquired.
This detailed study is the first exploration of rural consumption of clothing in early nineteenth-century Britain. Drawing on evidence from a range of...
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238,11 zł |
Female Entrepreneurs in Nineteenth-Century Russia
ISBN: 9781138663725 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This pioneering work comprehensively examines the history of female entrepreneurship in the Russian Empire during nineteenth-century industrial development.
This pioneering work comprehensively examines the history of female entrepreneurship in the Russian Empire during nineteenth-century industrial develo...
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263,45 zł |
The Optical Munitions Industry in Great Britain, 1888-1923
ISBN: 9781138661967 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Running counter to the general decline of technological industries in post-Victorian Britain, optical munitions provides an important, previously overlooked, study into the business of manufacturing.
Running counter to the general decline of technological industries in post-Victorian Britain, optical munitions provides an important, previously over...
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263,45 zł |
Multinationals, Subsidiaries and National Business Systems: The Nickel Industry and Falconbridge Nikkelverk
ISBN: 9781138661813 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Scholarly attention has tended to focus on the owners and management of the multinationals, but when the focus is changed to that of subsidiaries, different aspects of business development and international capitalism come to light. Sandvik's study looks at the Falconbridge nickel refinery in Kristiansand, Norway.
Scholarly attention has tended to focus on the owners and management of the multinationals, but when the focus is changed to that of subsidiaries, dif...
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107,95 zł |
American Sports in an Age of Consumption: How Commercialization Is Changing the Game
ISBN: 9780786498888 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sports are not what they used to be. New publicly funded stadiums resemble shopping malls. Fans compete for cash prizes in fantasy sports leagues. Sports video games are now marketing and public relations tools and team logos have become fashionable brands.
The larger social meanings sports hold for fans are being eclipsed by their commercial function as a means to sell merchandise and connect corporate sponsors with consumers. This book examines how the American consumer culture affects professional and collegiate sports, reducing fans to consumers and trivializing sports themselves.
Sports are not what they used to be. New publicly funded stadiums resemble shopping malls. Fans compete for cash prizes in fantasy sports leagues. Spo...
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186,36 zł |
A New Industrial Future?: 3D Printing and the Reconfiguring of Production, Distribution, and Consumption
ISBN: 9781138022911 / Angielski / Twarda / 134 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A New Industrial Future? examines whether a further industrial revolution is taking place around the world. In this compelling book Birtchnell and Urry examine such a new possible future involving the mass adoption of 3D printing. The locating of 3D printers in homes, offices, stores and workshops would disrupt existing systems and pose novel challenges for incumbents. The book drawing upon expert interviews, scenario workshops and various case studies assesses the potential future of global manufacturing, freight transport, world trade and land use. It offers the first book-length social... A New Industrial Future? examines whether a further industrial revolution is taking place around the world. In this compelling book Birtchnell and ... |
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481,34 zł |
The World After Cheap Oil
ISBN: 9781138132368 / Angielski / Twarda / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Substantial evidence suggests that we are currently living at the peak of oil production with few prospects for cheap oil ever returning. Yet the media, politicians and regular people have hardly started to talk about what this means. Oil literally runs our societies from transportation to food production to economic activity. Without oil, everything stops. There are powerful arguments that if we fail to increase oil production, we will also fail to grow our economy as a whole. For oil importing western nations the news is bleak; higher oil prices seem to put a glass ceiling on their... Substantial evidence suggests that we are currently living at the peak of oil production with few prospects for cheap oil ever returning. Yet the m... |
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684,09 zł |
Writing For Public Relations: A Practical Guide for Professionals
ISBN: 9781631573057 / Angielski / Miękka / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Employers consider communication as one of the most critical skills for workers today. Writing for the Workplace: Business Communication for Professionals is an easy-to-follow guide that provides strategies for effective professional communication. Written to address the needs of both students entering the workforce and business professionals looking to improve their written communication, the book offers guides to compose typical workplace documents, from effective e-mails and convincing reports to winning presentations and engaging resumes. This concise book offers busy readers concrete...
Employers consider communication as one of the most critical skills for workers today. Writing for the Workplace: Business Communication for Professio...
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94,44 zł |
Die Beruecksichtigung Von Fehlerkosten Im Rahmen Eines Qualitaetskostenmanagements
ISBN: 9783631349236 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Die Arbeit widmet sich dem konzeptionellen Aufbau einer Qualitatskostenrechnung, die die Voraussetzung fur die Planung und Kontrolle der Qualitat in Industriebetrieben bildet. Das Ziel der Kostenbeeinflussung, insbesondere der Fehlerkostenreduzierung, erfordert die Errichtung eines separaten Qualitatskostenbudgetsystems, dessen Struktur ebenfalls beschrieben wird. Im Hinblick auf die Nutzung der geplanten und budgetierten Grossen wird eine Modifikation des Qualitatskostenmodells vorgeschlagen. Auf ihrer Basis werden grundlegende Uberlegungen zu Fragen einer operativen Qualitatsplanung...
Die Arbeit widmet sich dem konzeptionellen Aufbau einer Qualitatskostenrechnung, die die Voraussetzung fur die Planung und Kontrolle der Qualitat in I...
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377,38 zł |
Merchants, Markets and Manufacture: The English Wool Textile Industry in the Eighteenth Century
ISBN: 9781349404735 / Angielski / Miękka / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores the causes and nature of the industrial revolution through a comparative study of the main wool textile manufacturing regions of England. Addressing many of the current debates in economic history and eighteenth-century studies through a detailed, archivally-based analysis, it examines how the interplay between merchants, markets and producers shaped the pace and character of economic growth during the eighteenth century, paying particular attention to the implications of rapid product innovation and the export trade.
This book explores the causes and nature of the industrial revolution through a comparative study of the main wool textile manufacturing regions of En...
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389,98 zł |
Human Resource Management and Development: Current Issues and Themes
ISBN: 9781349391714 / Angielski / Miękka / 227 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There are many complicated theories and ideas about the structure and style of organisations. Human Resource Management and Development looks at how they apply in practice and what they mean for the people who work with them. Divided into four sections and amply illustrated with case studies, topics such as Organisation Theory, Recruitment and Selection, Leadership and Counselling are explained, concluding with chapters on 'Organisation Change' and 'Empowerment'. Written in an accessible and lively manner, this book will be of interest to both students and professionals involved in Human...
There are many complicated theories and ideas about the structure and style of organisations. Human Resource Management and Development looks at how t...
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194,97 zł |
The Politics of Fishing
ISBN: 9781349267774 / Angielski / Miękka / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A topical and authoritative examination of the current crisis in the fishing industry, offering a political analysis of the reasons for the crisis and suggesting ways in which this might be overcome. The contributors include fishery officials and scientists as well as academics. The focus is mainly on the European fishing industry, with issues including political bargaining in the EU, the working of quota arrangements, the status of marine scientific knowledge and the industry's management structures in different countries.
A topical and authoritative examination of the current crisis in the fishing industry, offering a political analysis of the reasons for the crisis and...
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389,98 zł |
The Reform of the Common Agricultural Policy
ISBN: 9781349261031 / Angielski / Miękka / 223 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A topical, up-to-date and highly authoritative survey of the highly controversial debate around reform of the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy. The book begins with a critical assessment of the 1992 MacSharry reform and the 1994 GATT Uruguay Round. It looks to the likely impact of future reforms on the agricultural economy, on consumers and on the environment, in the light of future EU developments including enlargement and budget constraints and the forthcoming world Trade Organization negotiations of 1999. The postscript highlights the main issues likely to inform the CAP debate...
A topical, up-to-date and highly authoritative survey of the highly controversial debate around reform of the European Union's Common Agricultural Pol...
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194,97 zł |
Theories of Technical Change and Investment: Riches and Rationality
ISBN: 9781349234769 / Angielski / Miękka / 161 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'Technology is becoming ever more widely recognised as the crucial element in the explanation of economic growth and business fluctuations. Yet the relationship between investors' rationality and investment strategy remains ill understood, and is often constructed in contradictory fashion. Chidem Kurdas's lucid exploration of the problem provides the basis for a synthesis that should prove extremely useful: it is the most original book if its kind that I know.' Professor Heilbroner, The New School for Social Research, New York What is involved in the rational calculation behind the decision...
'Technology is becoming ever more widely recognised as the crucial element in the explanation of economic growth and business fluctuations. Yet the re...
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585,00 zł |
High-Performance Networks, Personal Communications and Mobile Computing
ISBN: 9781349141777 / Angielski / Miękka / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Many professionals in the technology industry are seeking new solutions beyond the confines of the more traditional type software tools, network design solutions and distributed systems applications. The aim of this book is to provide for them a much needed upgrade of knowledge and skills by addressing the developing technical and business perspectives which have emerged from the deregulation of telecommunications, including issues connected to costs and tariffs. It also addresses a comprehensible introduction to the research, development and implementation of agents. Based on thorough...
Many professionals in the technology industry are seeking new solutions beyond the confines of the more traditional type software tools, network desig...
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389,98 zł |
Parliamentary Accountability: A Study of Parliament and Executive Agencies
ISBN: 9781349136841 / Angielski / Miękka / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Written by members of the Study of Parliament Group, this book assesses Parliament's response to the reorganisation of much of the civil service into 'executive agencies'. Chief executives have been given freedom to take operational decisions. Yet Ministers insist that they themselves remain constitutionally responsible for the work of the agencies. After reviewing Parliament's mechanisms and considering several case-studies, the authors conclude that Parliament has yet to exploit fully the opportunities for greater accountability which the new arrangements provide.
Written by members of the Study of Parliament Group, this book assesses Parliament's response to the reorganisation of much of the civil service into ...
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585,00 zł |
Poverty, Inequality and Rural Development: Case-Studies in Economic Development, Volume 3
ISBN: 9781349234486 / Angielski / Miękka / 211 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Poverty alleviation is a major objective of development. More than a fifth of the world's population lives in absolute poverty, and the majority of the poor live in rural areas. This volume studies what can be done for alleviating rural poverty. Four chapters address the measurement of poverty and inequality, including the use of household expenditure surveys and intra-household income distribution. Evidence is presented for India, Mauritania, Cte d'Ivoire and China. Other chapters present case studies on strategies for rural development: provision of rural credit in Bangladesh and India;...
Poverty alleviation is a major objective of development. More than a fifth of the world's population lives in absolute poverty, and the majority of th...
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389,98 zł |
The Industrial Revolution: A Macroeconomic Interpretation
ISBN: 9780333611142 / Angielski / Miękka / 313 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Macroeconomic data on the industrial revolutions in five countries are examined in this book, both descriptively and analytically (using structural and time-series methods). The underlying theme of the study is to demonstrate strong interactions among the European economies.
Macroeconomic data on the industrial revolutions in five countries are examined in this book, both descriptively and analytically (using structural an...
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77,96 zł |
Strikes and Industrial Conflict: Britain and Scandinavia
ISBN: 9780333134351 / Angielski / Miękka / 95 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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194,97 zł |
Multinationals, Technology and Exports: Selected Papers
ISBN: 9780333387719 / Angielski / Miękka / 298 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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585,00 zł |