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by F. Robert Jacobs, William Berry, D. Clay Whybark
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2011
The definitive guide to manufacturing planning and control--FULLY REVISED AND UPDATED FOR THE CPIM EXAM
Improve supply chain effectiveness, productivity, customer satisfaction, and profitability with help from this authoritative resource. Completely up-to-date, Manufacturing Planning and Control for...
Life Cycle Assessment in Industry and Business
Adoption Patterns, Applications and Implications
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
1.1 Life Cycle Assessment (LeA): a fascinating and sophisticated tool The greening of the economy is not a new task, but it is a challenge for which a lot of tasks still have to be done. It is known that the main source of environ mental deterioration by industry is not any more the chimneys and...
Women in the Academy
Learning From Our Diverse Career Pathways
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
This edited collection examines women’s roles in the academy. Statistics show that women outnumber men in most universities and that women’s pay still lags behind men’s, but the numbers only hint at the broader story. This edited collection fills that gap with the stories of twelve women—from...
by Jane Bumpers Huffman, Kristine Kiefer Hipp, Shirley M. Hord
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2003
This important work documents and examines evidence of efforts taking place in rural, urban, and suburban Pre-K-12 schools that are actively engaged in creating professional learning communities (PLCs). Literature is reviewed that defines and identifies the distinguishing dimensions of PLCs. A five-year,...
by Peter F. Cowhey, Jonathan D. Aronson
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2012
Why we are on the brink of a third transformation of global information and communication markets that requires innovative global governance.
by D. V. Lindley, W. F. Scott
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 1995
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 1995
The second edition of this very successful and authoritative set of tables still benefits from clear typesetting, which makes the figures easy to read and use. It has, however, been improved by the addition of new tables that provide Bayesian confidence limits for the binomial and Poisson distributions,...
America's Urban Crisis and the Advent of Color-Blind Politics
Education, Incarceration, Segregation, and the Future of the U.S. Multiracial Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2011
Over 40 years ago the historic Kerner Commission Report declared that America was undergoing an urban crisis whose effects were disproportionately felt by underclass populations. In America's Urban Crisis and the Advent of Color-blind Politics, Curtis Ivery and Joshua Bassett explore the persistence...
Engineering Materials 2
An Introduction to Microstructures and Processing
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2012
Engineering Materials 2 is one of the leading self-contained texts for more advanced students of materials science and mechanical engineering. The book provides a concise introduction to the microstructures and processing of materials and shows how these are related to the properties required in engineering...
by F. Waswa, C. Kilalo, D. Mwasaru
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2014
Community development has lately gained much prominence, but the emphasis has remained on the economic and social welfare of communities, rather than the environment. By focusing on 'sustainable' development in Kenya, this study shows the importance of integrating ecological concerns in socio-economic and cultural development processes.
DoddFrank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
Purpose, Critique, Implementation Status and Policy Issues
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2014
In this volume, what are thought to be some of the more important aspects of the Dodd–Frank Act are discussed from a number of perspectives, including that of industry scholars who have been actively involved in evaluating financial regulation, regulators who are responsible for implementing the...
Localizing and Transnationalizing Contentious Politics
Global Civil Society Movements in the Philippines
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2009
The Philippines makes an interesting case for examining direct and collective acts of contention against the neoliberal project of economic globalization. Crippled by foreign debt, indiscriminate liberalization of trade, falling stock markets, and perpetual corruption, the Philippines is also a democratic...
by Michael E. Kitces, MSFS, MTAX
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2014
Field Guide to Financial Planning offers step-by-step solutions to hundreds of planning needs and challenges. It is the definitive guide for agents and financial planners to identify, understand, and employ the concepts and techniques used in financial and wealth management planning.The 2014...
Finding, Preparing, and Supporting School Leaders
Critical Issues, Useful Solutions
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2010
With dwindling funds and resources, tougher state and federal standards, and fatigue from more regulations and testing, many school administrators are giving up _or 'crashing' and leaving their posts. This book examines the process of preparing, encouraging, and retaining quality leaders at the school...
by Christopher D. Benson, Charles F. Whitaker
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2014
What does it take to launch a career writing for magazines?
In this comprehensive, up-to-date introduction to magazine writing, students will learn everything from the initial story pitch all the way through to the final production, taking with them the essential tools and skills they will...