J Scott: 501 books

Book cover of Reforming U.S. Financial Markets

Reforming U.S. Financial Markets

Reflections Before and Beyond Dodd-Frank

by Randall S. Kroszner, Robert J. Shiller, George G. Kaufman
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2011

Two top economists outline distinctive approaches to post-crisis financial reform. Over the last few years, the financial sector has experienced its worst crisis since the 1930s. The collapse of major firms, the decline in asset values, the interruption of credit flows, the loss of confidence...
Book cover of The Innovator's Guide to Growth

The Innovator's Guide to Growth

Putting Disruptive Innovation to Work

by Scott D. Anthony, Mark W. Johnson, Joseph V. Sinfield
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2008

More than a decade ago, Clayton Christensen's breakthrough book The Innovator's Dilemma illustrated how disruptive innovations drive industry transformation and market creation. Christensen's research demonstrated how growth-seeking incumbents must develop the capability to deflect disruptive attacks...
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The People Factor

Strengthening America by Investing in Public Service

by Linda J. Bilmes, W. Scott Gould
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2009

Successful businesses have spent the past two decades retooling and rethinking how to manage their people better. Most big companies that have survived and prospered in the 21st century view employees as a vital strategic asset. In comparison, the U.S. federal government is a Stone Age relic, with...
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The Coming Generational Storm

What You Need to Know about America's Economic Future

by Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Scott Burns
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2005

How to avoid a fiscal crisis in the next generation— and how to protect yourself if the government acts too late: policy recommendations and individual strategies to protect against skyrocketing tax rates, drastically reduced health and retirement benefits, high inflation, and a ruined currency. In...
Book cover of Ethnic Dress in the United States

Ethnic Dress in the United States

A Cultural Encyclopedia

by Linda Arthur Bradley, Washington State University, Naomi Braithwaite
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2014

The clothes we wear tell stories about us—and are often imbued with cultural meanings specific to our ethnic heritage. This concise A-to-Z encyclopedia explores 150 different and distinct items of ethnic dress, their history, and their cultural significance within the United States. The clothing...
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Refactoring Databases

Evolutionary Database Design

by Scott W. Ambler, Pramod J. Sadalage
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2006

Refactoring has proven its value in a wide range of development projects–helping software professionals improve system designs, maintainability, extensibility, and performance. Now, for the first time, leading agile methodologist Scott Ambler and renowned consultant Pramodkumar Sadalage introduce powerful...
Book cover of Academic and Professional Writing in an Age of Accountability
by Robert Coogan, Jane Donawerth, Molly J. Scanlon
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2018

What current theoretical frameworks inform academic and professional writing? What does research tell us about the effectiveness of academic and professional writing programs? What do we know about existing best practices? What are the current guidelines and procedures in evaluating a program’s...
Book cover of Individual Positive Behavior Supports

Individual Positive Behavior Supports

A Standards-Based Guide to Practices in School and Community Settings

by Martin Agran Ph.D., Richard Albin Ph.D., Sharon Ann Ballard-Krishnan
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2016

Aligned with the Association for Positive Behavior Support’s Standards of Practice, this graduate-level text is an authoritative PBS primer for professionals preparing for work in educational and community-based settings. More than 60 leading scholars present the critical skills and knowledge...
Book cover of Ancient Rhetorics and Digital Networks
by Michele Kennerly, Damien Smith Pfister, Scott Haden Church
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2018

An examination of two seemingly incongruous areas of study: classical models of argumentation and modern modes of digital communication What can ancient rhetorical theory possibly tell us about the role of new digital media technologies in contemporary public culture? Some central issues we...
Book cover of Old Law, New Tricks: Using the Clean Air Act to Curb Climate Change
by Scott Schang, Leila B. Azari, Nicholas Bianco
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2013

Few if any people think the Clean Air Act is the optimal legislative solution to climate change; but it is a powerful tool that is being used sometimes despite the prevailing political will. To address this reality, this volume calls on the best writing from the most often-cited environmental law journal...
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The Quilting Points of Musical Modernism

Revolution, Reaction, and William Walton

by J. P. E. Harper-Scott
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2012

Modernism is both a contested aesthetic category and a powerful political statement. Modernist music was condemned as degenerate by the Nazis and forcibly replaced by socialist realism under the Soviets. Sympathetic philosophers and critics have interpreted it as a vital intellectual defence against...
Book cover of My Life as Soldier and Sportsman (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
by J. Robson Scott
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2011

This 1921 memoir, by a British colonial officer, regales the reader with stories of hunting, fishing, duels, steeplechases, and racing horses in both South Africa and India. A chronicle of his favorite sports, Scott also includes his memories of Cecil Rhodes, Lord Kitchener, and others.
Book cover of The Ethics of Nature and the Nature of Ethics
by Matthew C. Eshleman, Scott M. James, Vladamir Jankovic
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2017

This volume explores questions which emerge from considering the relationship between nature and ethics through philosophical, theological, ethical and environmental lenses. It will examine the nature (understood as essence or character) of ethics itself and whether nature (understood as natural world)...
Book cover of International Cooperation on WMD Nonproliferation
by Francesca Giovannini, William Keller, Tanya Ogilvie-White
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2016

International efforts to prevent the spread of weapons of mass destruction (WMD)—including nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons—rest upon foundations provided by global treaties such as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). Over time, however,...
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