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Corporate Governance
Principles and Issues
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2010
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Offering a fresh look at the commonly accepted view of what constitutes good governance, Donald Nordberg explores the contexts of board decisions and draws upon his academic research and years of business and financial journalism in...
Family Law Services Handbook
The Role of the Financial Expert
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2010
Up to fifty percent of financial forensic services are performed in divorces, or in family law business valuations. Providing the first definitive publication on family law for accountants, this book addresses topics unique to family law accounting, tax, valuation and practice. The coverage begins...
The Fast Plan for Tax Reform
A Fair, Accountable, and Simple Tax Plan to Chop Away the Federal Tax Thicket
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Although nearly everyone involved with our federal taxation system agrees that simplification of this system is a positive and even necessary step, achieving it has proven to be difficult. Exploring the issue from start to finish, this detailed blueprint to tax reform offers real solutions to the...
by Thomas M. Thomas, Donald Stoddard
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2011
Network Security first-step Second Edition Tom Thomas and Donald Stoddard Your first step into the world of network security No security experience required Includes clear and easily understood explanations Makes learning easy Your first step to network security begins here! Learn how hacker...
by Donald Savoie
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
In this informative critique of contemporary leadership renowned political scientist Donald Savoie poses and answers the crucial questions: where is power located and who is in charge? In recent years it has become extremely difficult to pinpoint the location of political and economic power making it...
What Is Government Good At?
A Canadian Answer
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2015
Recent decades have shown the public's support for government plummet alongside political leaders’ credibility. This downward spiral calls for an exploration of what has gone wrong. The questions, "What is government good at?" and "What is government not good at?" are critical...
by Donald A. Mackay
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2012
Meticulously accurate line drawings and fascinating text trace Manhattan's growth from a tiny Dutch outpost to the commercial, financial, and cultural heart of the world. This book explains construction above and below ground, including the excavation of subway lines and the building of bridges...
Get Out the Vote
How to Increase Voter Turnout
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2015
The most important element in every election is getting voters to the polls-these get-out-the-vote (GOTV) efforts make the difference between winning and losing office.
With the first two editions of Get Out the Vote, Donald P. Green and Alan S. Gerber broke ground by introducing a new scientific...
System under Stress
The Challenge to 21st Century Governance
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2013
In System under Stress, The Challenge to 21st Century Democracy, Third Edition, Donald F. Kettl looks at the latest stress to hit the system—the financial crisis of 2008. In his brief, gripping narrative, Kettl assesses how well the U.S. political system responds under extraordinary pressure—from...
The Diversity Delusion
How Race and Gender Pandering Corrupt the University and Undermine Our Culture
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2018
By the New York Times bestselling author: a provocative account of the attack on the humanities, the rise of intolerance, and the erosion of serious learning
America is in crisis, from the university to the workplace. Toxic ideas first spread by higher education have undermined humanistic values,...
Selling Hope, Selling Risk
Corporations, Wall Street, and the Dilemmas of Investor Protection
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2016
In the midst of globalization, technological change, and economic anxiety, we have deep doubts about how well the task of investor protection is being performed. In the U.S., the focus is on the Securities & Exchange Commission. Part of the explanation is economic and political: the failure to...
Introduction to US Health Policy
The Organization, Financing, and Delivery of Health Care in America
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
Health care reform has been a dominant theme in public discourse for decades now. The passage of the Affordable Care Act was a major milestone, but rather than quell the rhetoric, it has sparked even more heated debate. In the latest edition of Introduction to US Health Policy, Donald A. Barr reviews...
by Peter J. Hill, Roger E. Meiners, Terry L. Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 1998
The past several decades have witnessed a growing recognition that environmental concerns are essentially property rights issues. Despite agreement that an absence of well-defined and consistently enforced property rights results in the exploitation of air, water, and other natural resources, there...
Serving Online Customers
Lessons for Libraries from the Business World
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2014
Before the Web existed, anyone who wanted free information had to use the library. Now, a wealth of information on every possible service is accessible online. To compete in the digital age, libraries must provide outstanding customer service to their virtual users.
In Serving Online Customers:...