W J : 1782 books
Clothing Appearance and Fit
Science and Technology
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2004
Fashion and beauty have helped shape history and today more than ever, we find ourselves under increasing pressure to think about what we wear, what we look good in and how best to enhance our body shape and size. Behind this seemingly superficial industry, however, lies a technical thinking firmly...
Globalizing Innovation
State Institutions and Foreign Direct Investment in Emerging Economies
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2018
The impact of host country institutions and policy on innovation by multinational firms in emerging economies.
In the past, multinational firms have looked to developing countries as sources of raw materials, markets, or production efficiencies, but rarely as locations for innovation. Today,...
by Sabine Rheinhold, Anni Wollrath, Joachim Frank
Language: German
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Language: German
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Am schönsten ist eine Weihnachtsgeschichte, wenn sie vorgelesen wird! Wenn die Christbaumkugeln im Kerzenlicht funkeln und der Blick aus dem Fenster auf die weiße Winterlandschaft fällt, dann ist der Moment gekommen, sich im Kreise der Lieben zusammenzufinden. Nichts ist dabei herrlicher, als gemeinsam...
Competition in British Industry
Restrictive Practices Legislation in Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2018
This book, first published in 1974, presents the findings of a research project and considers their implications for public policy. The project was designed to find out what effect the 1956 Restrictive Trade Practices Act (and the subsequent legislation of 1968) had on British industry. The Act was...
by J.W.Fisher
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2014
The Gift of Love is a compilation of love poems written to soothe and instruct. We pick up this title whenever we feel down on our luck or misguided, as the author is a master of rhyme and soothing lyrics. How this young Nigerian poet is able o pull it off is completely a work of art. Enjoy!
Happy Reading.
Life After Residency
A Career Planning Guide
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2009
Life After Residency: A Career Planning Guide is an insightful, step-by-step guide to achieving a successful and fulfilling career in medicine. As professors at Stanford University Medical Center, Drs. Melissa Berhow, William Feaster, and John Brock-Utne began running seminars to advise their residents...
U.S. Overseas Military Presence
What Are the Strategic Choices?
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2012
The role of the United States and its global military presence are under debate in the face of changing strategic and economic realities. The authors present a menu of global postures and compare them in terms of the U.S. Air Force bases, combat forces, active-duty personnel, and base operating costs....
by Richard J. Ellings, Sheldon W. Simon
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
Assessing trends toward creating innovative forms of political, economic and security co-operation in Southeast Asia, this text discusses the international dynamics of Southeast Asian security, and its impact on such external factors as the US, China and Japan.
Writing the Rules for Europe
Experts, Cartels, and International Organizations
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
Drawing on fresh archival evidence, this book tells the story of how experts, cartels and international organizations have written the rules for Europe since around 1850. It shows that the present-day European Union was a latecomer in European integration, which is embedded in a long-term technocratic internationalist tradition.
Twentieth-Century Suburbs
A Morphological Approach
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
Garden suburbs were the almost universal form of urban growth in the English-speaking world for most of the twentieth century. Their introduction was probably the most fundamental process of transformation in the physical form of the Western city since the Middle Ages.
This book describes the ways...
The Supply Chain Game Changers
Applications and Best Practices that are Shaping the Future of Supply Chain Management
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2015
BREAKTHROUGH BEST PRACTICES IN GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT FROM WORLD-CLASS PRACTITIONERS
For all supply chain decision-makers, professionals, and students
Improve financial and operational performance
Manage risk and ensure continuity
Drive value through deeper integration
Optimize logistics...
Mutiny and Its Bounty
Leadership Lessons from the Age of Discovery
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2013
Violent mutiny was common in seafaring enterprises during the Age of Discovery—so common, in fact, that dealing with mutineers was an essential skill for captains and other leaders of the time. Mutinies in today’s organizations are much quieter, more social and intellectual, and far less violent,...
by C. Aerts, J. Christensen-Dalsgaard, D. W. Kurtz
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2010
Understanding the stars is the bedrock of modern astrophysics. Stars are the source of life. The chemical enrichment of our Milky Way and of the Universe withallelementsheavierthanlithiumoriginatesintheinteriorsofstars.Stars arethe tracersofthe dynamics ofthe Universe,gravitationallyimplying much...
by Ivan S. Gutzow, Oleg V. Mazurin, Snejana V. Todorova
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2011
Written by renowned researchers in the field, this up-to-date treatise fills the gap for a high-level work discussing current materials and processes. It covers all the steps involved, from vitrification, relaxation and viscosity, right up to the prediction of glass properties, paving the way for...