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With increasing globalization of markets, a wider array of programs has come to affect the food and agricultural marketing system, and many of today’s programs are more consumer oriented than producer oriented. This book brings together the thinking of the best...
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Springer
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2012-11-06
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Maritime transport has been the main driver of trade growth, and the emergence and development of a global economy. This collection of essays from distinguished economists and historians takes an international and comparative perspective, covering topics ranging from...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2012-11-02
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Veteran journalist Gideon Haigh assesses the future of news media in light of the internet's effects on traditional forms of publishing and broadcasting. In the last decade, customary news media have crumbled before the effects of the internet on advertising,...
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E-Penguin
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2012-10-22
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Energy efficiency plays and will continue to play an important role in the world to save energy and mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. However, little is known on how much additional capital should be invested to ensure using energy efficiently as it should be,...
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Springer
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2012-10-08
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Once a luxury that only the elite could afford, fashion is now accessible to all. High street brands such as Zara, Topshop and H&M have put fashion within the reach of anyone, whilst massive media attention has turned designers such as Tom Ford, Alexander McQueen and...
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Kogan Page
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2012-10-03
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Providing up-to-date numerical data across a range of topics related to renewable energy technologies, Renewable Energies and CO2 offers a one-stop source of key information to engineers, economists and all other professionals working in the energy and climate change...
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Springer
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2012-09-14
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Lecture Notes in Energy
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Advanced Thermal Management Materials provides a comprehensive and hands-on treatise on the importance of thermal packaging in high performance systems. These systems, ranging from active electronically-scanned radar arrays to web servers, require components that can...
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Springer
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2012-09-13
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Industrial energy efficiency is one of the most important means of reducing the threat of increased global warming. Research however states that despite the existence of numerous technical energy efficiency measures, its deployment is hindered by the existence of...
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Springer
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2012-08-10
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Mitigating climate change is one of the most profound challenges facing humankind. In industrialized countries, the residential housing sector produces roughly one-fourth of the greenhouse gas emissions. One solution to reduce these emissions is the availability of...
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Physica
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2012-07-27
Collection :
Contributions to Management Science
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This thesis analyzes four individual corporate finance-related research objectives on the fashion and leather accessories industry. The first two studies investigate the share price reactions of strategic bidder M&A transactions and their key drivers. The third study...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2012-07-26
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The crisis of global capitalism that has unfolded since 2008 is more than an economic crisis. It is structural and multidimensional.The sequence of events that have taken place in its aftermath show that we are entering a world that is very different from the social and...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2012-07-26
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The crisis of global capitalism that has unfolded since 2008 is more than an economic crisis. It is structural and multidimensional.The sequence of events that have taken place in its aftermath show that we are entering a world that is very different from the social and...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2012-07-26
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This book critically analyzes recalls of toys, carsand other products announced in the U.S. since 1974. By empirically examining the phenomenon from multiple perspectives, including design and manufacturing flaws; supply chain issues; number of injuries and how to...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-07-25
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Solid business intelligence guidance uniquely designed for healthcare organizations Increasing regulatory pressures on healthcare organizations have created a national conversation on data, reporting and analytics in healthcare. Behind the scenes, business intelligence...
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Wiley
Parution :
2012-07-17
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The second edition of Benefits Management has been updated with current examples, further insights from experience and recent research. It shows how the enduring challenges achieving business value from information systems and technology projects can be addressed...
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Wiley
Parution :
2012-07-17
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This book is an impressive survey of our collective and cumulative understanding of the evolution of digital communication systems and the Internet. Whilst the information societies of the twenty-first century will develop ever more sophisticated technologies, the...
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OUP Oxford
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2012-07-12
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Assembling Health Care Organizations combines an institutional theory perspective with a materialist view of the technologies, devices, biological specimens, and other material resources mobilized and put to work in health care work.
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-07-06
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Die Wettbewerbssituation traditioneller Technologieunternehmen ist im Umbruch. Neue Kundensegmente in den Schwellen- und Entwicklungsländern und neue Wettbewerber aus diesen Regionen verändern die Marktlandschaft rasant. Beides stellt die etablierten Anbieter vor neue...
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Springer
Parution :
2012-05-27
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Adopting a multi-disciplinary approach and using the case of the automotive industry as a starting point this volume discusses how industrial companies can remain competitive in spite of the current economic downturn.
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-05-22
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The Arctic century is upon us. A great jockeying for power and influence has erupted among nations in the high north. At stake are trillions of dollars in profit or loss, US security, geopolitical influence and the fate of a fragile environment as well as the region's...
Editeur :
Business Plus
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2012-05-15
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