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ICT Diffusion in Developing Countries
Towards a New Concept of Technological Takeoff
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2015
This book provides an extensive overview of the diffusion of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in developing countries between 2000 and 2012. It covers issues such as country-specific ICT diffusion patterns, technological substitution and technological convergence. By identifying social,...
Labor in a Globalizing City
Economic Restructuring in São Paulo, Brazil
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2013
The extraordinary stories of low-income women living in São Paulo, industrial case studies and the details of three squatter settlements, and communities in the periphery researched in Simone Buechler’s book, Labor in a Globalizing City, allow us to better understand the period of economic transformation...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
This book deals with the role of the State in pension provision as an employer, regulator and provider. Part I deals with problems and reforms of public sector pension systems in OECD countries. The countries covered are Denmark, Finland, Germany, The Netherlands, Norway, and the USA. Part II considers...
Accounting Information and Equity Valuation
Theory, Evidence, and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2013
The purpose of this book is to offer a more systematic and structured treatment of the research on accounting‐based valuation, with a primary focus on recent theoretical developments and the resulting empirical analyses that recognize the role of accounting information in making managerial decisions.
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by James E. Allen, PhD, MSPH
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2011
This digital offering reflects the revised and updated study guide based on the same format as the actual exam and provides an easy-to-use, effective way to review essential concepts and practice test-taking skills. Toggling between the revised sixth edition of Nursing Home Administration and the...
by Hope Rachel Hetico, RN, MHA
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2006
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To keep up with the ever-changing field of health care, we must learn new and re-learn old terminology in order to correctly apply it to practice. By bringing together the most up-to-date abbreviations, acronyms, definitions, and terms in the health care industry,...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2002
This is the first book for nurses on how the environment affects nursing practice. Nurses should be concerned with environmental issues for two reasons: 1. Many diseases (such as asthma, lead poisoning, and some cancers) are caused by exposures to toxins in the environment; and 2. Hospitals themselves...
Physical Asset Management
With an Introduction to ISO55000
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2015
Significantly extended from the first edition and published in response to the new international standard ISO55000, this book on physical asset management (2nd Ed.) presents a systematic approach to the management of physical assets from concept to disposal. It introduces the general principles of...
Distribution Planning and Control
Managing in the Era of Supply Chain Management
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2015
This third edition provides operations management students, academics and professionals with a fully up-to-date, practical and comprehensive sourcebook in the science of distribution and Supply Chain Management (SCM). Its objective is not only to discover the roots and detail the techniques of supply...
Social Compliance Accounting
Managing Legitimacy in Global Supply Chains
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
This book covers key discussions involving major US and European multinational companies (MNCs) that source products from suppliers in developing countries. Due to the transfer of production from developed to developing nations, there is an urgent need to establish social compliance as a new form...
Corporate Social Responsibility and Governance
Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2014
This book deals with the role of international standards for corporate governance in the context of corporate social responsibility. Based on the fundamentals of moral theory, the book examines governance and CSR in general, addressing questions such as: Is “good governance” not affected by moral...
The Economics of Audit Quality
Private Incentives and the Regulation of Audit and Non-Audit Services
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013
This book focuses on market mechanisms which protect quality in the provision of audit services. The role of public regulation is thus situated in the context defmed by the presence of these safeguard mechanisms. The book aims to contribute to a better understanding of these market mechanisms, which...
by Robert Leach
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The Printing Ink Manual was first published in 1961 under the auspices of the Society of British Printing Ink Manufacturers with the object of providing an authoritative work on printing ink technology. This, the fourth edition, continues that purpose and presents a comprehensive study of the current...
Taxation, Growth and Fiscal Institutions
A Political and Economic Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2011
The causal relationship between growth and inequality is complex, and there have been many scholarly works to study this relationship since the seminal work of Kuznets in the 1950s. Few recent studies in this field have shown that the nature of relationship is multifaceted and non-linear. In addition...