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by Kalpana Jha
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2017
This book is set against the burning issue of ethnic uprisings in the Madhes region of Nepal and analyses debates on the idea of contemporary Nepal. The limited view of Nepal as a primarily hill nation with Nepali-speaking people ignores the vast ethnic and linguistic diversity of the country. It...
by Ranabir Samaddar
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2016
This important and topical volume is composed around the debt and migration crisis in Europe in 2015 (known as the Greece crisis), and written almost concurrently as the two crises developed in quick succession. The central argument here is that Europe’s present crisis suggests a post-colonial bind,...
by Li Gan, Zhichao Yin, Jijun Tan
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2016
The book reports on the development of household finances in rural China. It is based on the results of an on-site survey conducted door to door by a research team from the Survey and Research Center for China Household Finance, the largest survey center in China – and perhaps the world – that...
Strategic Management Accounting
A Practical Guidebook with Case Studies
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2017
This book serves as a guide to strategic management accounting. It introduces new and useful concepts on how to collect, analyse, and evaluate options to enable managers to steer corporate directions and write strategic plans for the long-term success of the corporation. Starting with basic techniques...
Non-discrimination and Trade in Services
The Role of Tax Treaties
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
This book argues that the proliferation of global trade and the increasing power of free trade arrangements leave income taxes as one of the few remaining measures that can potentially be used for protectionist purposes. It analyzes the interaction between the non-discrimination principles in tax...
Grey Data Analysis
Methods, Models and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
This book inclusively and systematically presents the fundamental methods, models and techniques of practical application of grey data analysis, bringing together the authors’ many years of theoretical exploration, real-life application, and teaching. It also reflects the majority of recent theoretical...
by Chao Shang
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2018
This thesis develops a systematic, data-based dynamic modeling framework for industrial processes in keeping with the slowness principle. Using said framework as a point of departure, it then proposes novel strategies for dealing with control monitoring and quality prediction problems in industrial...
Corporate Social Responsibility in India
Some Empirical Evidence
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2017
This book presents the authors’ recent field experiences of corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities in different regions of India. It also demonstrates how social auditing and stakeholder mapping help analyze the impact that particular individuals or groups may have on the functioning of...
Cross-Border Insolvency
The Enactment and Interpretation of the UNCITRAL Model Law
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2017
This book examines the effect of the adoption of the United Nations Committee on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency in five common law jurisdictions, namely Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America. It examines how each...
Financial Institutions in the Global Financial Crisis
The Role of Financial Derivatives, Bank Capital, and Clearing and Custody Services
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2018
This book examines the role of financial institutions in the financial markets during normal times, as well as during the global financial crisis. Chapter 1 offers a brief introduction to the research topics in the book, while Chapter 2 discusses the impact of financial derivatives on risk exposures...
Consumer Energy Conservation Behavior After Fukushima
Evidence from Field Experiments
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016
This book presents an in-depth empirical analysis of consumer response to alternative policies for energy conservation. Its main focus is on innovative policy instruments that have attracted increasing attention from academics and energy conservation practitioners alike: critical peak pricing, conservation...
Chronic Regulatory Focus and Financial Decision-Making
Asset and Portfolio Allocation
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2015
In this book, the relationship between financial decision-making and chronic regulatory focus is explored to provide a better understanding of consumer decisions. Financial decisions are modelled on the basis of assets and portfolios sensitive to particular regulatory foci. Studies in the book test...
Advanced Business Analytics
Essentials for Developing a Competitive Advantage
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
The present book provides an enterprise-wide guide for anyone interested in pursuing analytic methods in order to compete effectively. It supplements more general texts on statistics and data mining by providing an introduction from leading practitioners in business analytics and real case studies...
by Abhijit Ghatak
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2017
This book helps readers understand the mathematics of machine learning, and apply them in different situations. It is divided into two basic parts, the first of which introduces readers to the theory of linear algebra, probability, and data distributions and it’s applications to machine learning....