Academic Press imprint: 6422 books
Scandinavia in the First World War
Studies in the War Experience of the Northern Neutrals
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Denmark, Norway, and Sweden all managed to stay out of World War I, but all three countries were deeply affected by it. Opening with a systematically comparative introduction to the history of the Scandinavian countries during that time period, this account then presents 13 case studies examining the...
by Katerina Petchko
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2018
How to Write about Economics and Public Policy is designed to guide graduate students through conducting, and writing about, research on a wide range of topics in public policy and economics. This guidance is based upon the actual writing practices of professional researchers in these fields and it...
by David P. Stowell
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2010
The dynamic environment of investment banks, hedge funds, and private equity firms comes to life in David Stowell’s introduction to the ways they challenge and sustain each other. Capturing their reshaped business plans in the wake of the 2007-2009 global meltdown, his book reveals their key functions,...
Biofuels for Aviation
Feedstocks, Technology and Implementation
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2016
Biofuels for Aviation: Feedstocks, Technology and Implementation presents the issues surrounding the research and use of biofuels for aviation, such as policy, markets, certification and performance requirements, life cycle assessment, and the economic and technical barriers to their full implementation....
by Bertrand C. Liang
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2012
This primer enables professionals with technical expertise to collaborate with their business-side colleagues. Emphasizing brevity and clarity, it gives technical staff answers to their most pressing questions about economics, finance, marketing, strategic decision-making, accounting, management,...
Managing Relationships with Industry
A Physician's Compliance Manual
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2010
Now more than ever, doctors are being targeted by government prosecutors and whistleblowers challenging the legality of their relationships with drug and device companies. With reputations at stake and the risk of civil and criminal liability, it is incumbent upon doctors to protect themselves.
Managing...
Reconsidering Funds of Hedge Funds
The Financial Crisis and Best Practices in UCITS, Tail Risk, Performance, and Due Diligence
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2012
How will the funds of hedge funds (FoHF) business have to change to survive in the wake of the 2008-2012 financial crisis? This new research provides valuable insight. Reconsidering Funds of Hedge Funds presents the first comprehensive views of UCITS as well as recent trends in due diligence, risk...
Handbook of Frontier Markets
The African, European and Asian Evidence
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2016
Handbook of Frontier Markets: The European and African Evidence provides novel insights from academic perspectives about the behavior of investors and prices in several frontier markets. It explores finance issues usually reserved for developed and emerging markets in order to gauge whether these...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2015
Food and Drug Regulation in an Era of Globalized Markets provides a synthesized look at the pressures that are impacting today’s markets, including trade liberalization, harmonization initiatives between governments, increased aid activities to low-and middle-income countries, and developing pharmaceutical...
Image Fusion
Algorithms and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2011
The growth in the use of sensor technology has led to the demand for image fusion: signal processing techniques that can combine information received from different sensors into a single composite image in an efficient and reliable manner. This book brings together classical and modern algorithms...
Mergers, Acquisitions, and Other Restructuring Activities
An Integrated Approach to Process, Tools, Cases, and Solutions
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
Mergers, Acquisitions, and Other Restructuring Activities: An Integrated Approach to Process, Tools, Cases, and Solutions, Ninth Edition, is the most current, comprehensive and cutting-edge text on M&A and corporate restructuring available. It includes many of the most up-to-date and notable deals...
Alternative Careers in Science
Leaving the Ivory Tower
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2011
Many science students find themselves in the midst of graduate school or sitting at a lab bench, and realize that they hate lab work! Even worse is realizing that they may love science, but science (at least academic science) is not providing many job opportunities these days. What's a poor researcher...
by Mark A. Runco, Steven R. Pritzker
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2011
The first edition of the successful Encyclopedia of Creativity served to establish the study of creativity is a field in itself. Now completely updated and revised in its second edition, coverage encompasses the definition of creativity, the development and expression of creativity across the lifespan,...
Plant Factory
An Indoor Vertical Farming System for Efficient Quality Food Production
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2015
Plant Factory: An Indoor Vertical Farming System for Efficient Quality Food Production provides information on a field that is helping to offset the threats that unusual weather and shortages of land and natural resources bring to the food supply.
As alternative options are needed to ensure...