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by Sylvan G. Feldstein, Frank J. Fabozzi
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2011
In The Handbook of Municipal Bonds, editors Sylvan Feldstein and Frank Fabozzi provide traders, bankers, and advisors—among other industry participants—with a well-rounded look at the industry of tax-exempt municipal bonds. Chapter by chapter, a diverse group of experienced contributors provide...
The Safety Critical Systems Handbook
A Straightforward Guide to Functional Safety: IEC 61508 (2010 Edition), IEC 61511 (2015 Edition) and Related Guidance
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2016
The Safety Critical Systems Handbook: A Straightforward Guide to Functional Safety: IEC 61508 (2010 Edition), IEC 61511 (2016 Edition) & Related Guidance, Fourth Edition, presents the latest on the electrical, electronic, and programmable electronic systems that provide safety functions that guard...
Intellectual Property Strategies for the 21st Century Corporation
A Shift in Strategic and Financial Management
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2011
A practical approach to the modern management of intellectual property
The world has changed significantly in the past decade, resulting in new behavior and practice related to the ownership and management of intellectual property. This book helps executives, attorneys, accountants, managers,...
by Kenneth J. Arrow, G. Constantinides, H.M Markowitz
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2011
Edited by Rajnish Mehra, this volume focuses on the equity risk premium puzzle, a term coined by Mehra and Prescott in 1985 which encompasses a number of empirical regularities in the prices of capital assets that are at odds with the predictions of standard economic theory.
Climate Change, Air Pollution and Global Challenges
Understanding and Perspectives from Forest Research
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
There are significant pressures from climate change and air pollution that forests currently face. This book aims to increase understanding of the state and potential of forest ecosystems to mitigate and adapt to climate change in a polluted environment. It reconciles process-oriented research, long-term...
Culture, Space, and Power
Blurred Lines
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2015
Culture, Space and Power: Blurred Lines collects essays that study contemporary mutations of public and private space in multiple cultural contexts and media from a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches. The essays range from the general to the specific: the first section will explore...
Class and Power in the New Deal
Corporate Moderates, Southern Democrats, and the Liberal-Labor Coalition
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2011
Class and Power in the New Deal provides a new perspective on the origins and implementation of the three most important policies that emerged during the New Deal—the Agricultural Adjustment Act, the National Labor Relations Act, and the Social Security Act. It reveals how Northern corporate moderates,...
by J.S.G. Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
This book traces the developments of the post-war monetary story, with an emphasis both on theory and practice. A survey of monetary policy and a discussion of the effects of a credit squeeze are set against a survey of the very different American scene. Comparative analysis of the 'new money markets'...
Healthcare Teamwork: Interprofessional Practice and Education, 2nd Edition
Interprofessional Practice and Education
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2016
Both comprehensive and accessible, this is an ideal resource for anyone who plans to teach or practice integrated, cost-effective healthcare in the 21st century.
• Explores the complexities of interprofessional teamwork and education, addressing both practice and teaching
• Discusses...
by Jonathan Unger, Unn Målfrid H. Rolandsen, Christian Göbel
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2012
During the early 1980s China embarked on what can be seen as one of the world’s largest social experiments ever. Decollectivization meant much more than the reorganization of agricultural production into family based farming. It signalled significant changes to rural social relations, when privatization,...
by Dr Joseph S. Sanfilippo, Dr Eric J. Bieber, Dr David G. Javitch
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2015
In a rapidly-changing healthcare industry, the American College of Physician Executives affirms: "These days, it isn't enough to be a good doctor. Whether you're working in a group practice or hospital, in insurance or any other health care setting, you also need business know-how and skills if you...
Mode 3 Knowledge Production in Quadruple Helix Innovation Systems
21st-Century Democracy, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship for Development
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2011
Developed and developing economies alike face increased resource scarcity and competitive rivalry. In this context, science and technology appear as an essential source of competitive and sustainable advantage at national and regional levels. However, the key determinant of their efficacy is the quality...
Cultivating Food Justice
Race, Class, and Sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2011
Documents how racial and social inequalities are built into our food system, and how communities are creating environmentally sustainable and socially just alternatives.
Popularized by such best-selling authors as Michael Pollan, Barbara Kingsolver, and Eric Schlosser, a growing food movement...
by Peter M. Blau, Thomas J. Fararo, Jack A. Goldstone
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2002
Written by eminent sociologists, this book introduces and assesses some of the most influential, recent sociological theories. Each chapter explains the theory and describes a related program of empirical research. Chapters are authored by the actual founders (and/or leading exponents) of these theoretical...