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Eco-Management Accounting
Based upon the ECOMAC research projects sponsored by the EU’s Environment and Climate Programme (DG XII, Human Dimension of Environmental Change)
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
The ECOMAC project (Eco-management Accounting as a Tool of Environmental Man agement) has provided a framework for linking environmental management with man agement accounting. It was funded in Theme 4, 'Human Dimensions of Environmental Change' in the EU Environment and Climate Research Programme....
The CERT Guide to Insider Threats
How to Prevent, Detect, and Respond to Information Technology Crimes (Theft, Sabotage, Fraud)
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2012
Since 2001, the CERT® Insider Threat Center at Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute (SEI) has collected and analyzed information about more than seven hundred insider cyber crimes, ranging from national security espionage to theft of trade secrets. The CERT® Guide to Insider...
by David M. Levine, David F. Stephan, Robert Follett
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2013
<>Even You Can Learn Statistics, 2nd Ed. is the easiest guide to using statistics in your everyday work or study. Experienced educators David Levine and David Stephan teach statistics hands-on, in plain English, with as little math and as many revealing examples as possible. Levine and Stephan...
by F. Hale Stewart JD. LL.M.
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2017
This is written to be the readers first book on captive insurance. It avoids legal and industry jargon, instead using straightforward language to quickly and efficiently explain how captives started and how a business can use a captive insurer to supplement its existing risk management program.
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.
by Harvard Business Review, Clayton M. Christensen, Michael E. Porter
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2010
Change is the one constant in business, and we must adapt or face obsolescence. Yet certain challenges never go away. That's what makes this book "must read." These are the 10 seminal articles by management's most influential experts, on topics of perennial concern to ambitious managers...
by David Langford, R.F. Fellows, M. R. Hancock
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2014
Human Resources Management in Construction fills an important gap in current management literature by applying general principles of human resources management specifically to the construction industry. It discusses and explores findings from research to supplement the theoretical and practical procedures...
Even You Can Learn Statistics and Analytics
An Easy to Understand Guide to Statistics and Analytics
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2014
Thought you couldn’t learn statistics? You can – and you will! Even You Can Learn Statistics and Analytics, Third Edition is the practical, up-to-date introduction to statistics – for everyone! Now fully updated for "big data" analytics and the newest applications, it'll teach you all the statistical...
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
An Early History of Unanticipated Outcomes
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2013
Following the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, countries took up the difficult task of finding a common approach that would slow down the build-up of greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere and delay changes to the planet's climate. A widespread concern among many of the participants in...
The Effectiveness of Policy Instruments for Energy-Efficiency Improvement in Firms
The Dutch Experience
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2004
How can governments stimulate energy-efficiency improvement? This book analyzes environmental policy in the Netherlands to present a wealth of empirical results on the successes and failures of governmental initiatives in environmental policy. Discussion extends to such topics as free-rider effects...
by Arnetha F. Ball, Gloria Ladson-Billings, Patricia D. Quijada Cerecer
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2011
Studying Diversity in Teacher Education is a collaborative effort by experts seeking to elucidate one of the most important issues facing education today. First, the volume examines historically persistent, yet unresolved issues in teacher education and presents research that is currently being done...
by Lynne F. Baxter, Alasdair M. MacLeod
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2007
From TQM to Six Sigma and the Balanced Scorecard, there appears to be no end to the 'revolutionary' approaches proposed to improve business performance. However, on closer inspection, most new performance improvement approaches offer few differences from their predecessors.This thought-provoking book provides a critical perspective on the managemen
Food Safety in the Seafood Industry
A Practical Guide for ISO 22000 and FSSC 22000 Implementation
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2015
Seafood is one of the most traded commodities worldwide. It is thus imperative that all companies and official control agencies ensure seafood safety and quality throughout the supply chain. Written in an accessible and succinct style, Food Safety in Seafood Industry: A practical guide for ISO 22000...
by Catherine M. Sleezer, Kavita Gupta, Darlene F. Russ-Eft
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2014
A Practical Guide to Needs Assessment, Third Edition
For fifteen years, A Practical Guide to Needs Assessment has been the go-to text for those who are seeking useful, systematic approaches to needs assessment. Needs assessment is the first step in training, performance improvement, and community...