You Are Thinking of Teaching or Capital Power and Inequality in Latin America

You Are Thinking of Teaching?: Opportunities, Problems, Realities

Author: Seymour B Sarason

You Are Thinking of Teaching? is a lovely essay on the consideration of teachin. It asks those who are thinking of teaching to ask questions, to ponder their decision, and to pursue the information they need to make a reasoned choice. There is nothing like it in the professional literature, which makes it all the more valuable.
— Pat Walsey, senior researcher for change, Coalition of Essential Schools

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Capital, Power, and Inequality in Latin America: Engendering Wealth and Well-Being, Vol. 16

Author: Sandor Halebsky

Over the last two decades, economic, political, and social life in Latin America has been transformed by the region’s accelerated integration into the global economy. Although this transformation has tended to exacerbate various inequities, new forms of popular expression and action challenging the contemporary structures of capital and power have also developed.This volume is a comprehensive, genuinely comparative text on contemporary Latin America. In it, an international group of contributors offer multidimensional analyses of the historical context, contemporary character, and future direction of rural transformation, urbanization, economic restructuring, and the transition to political democracy. In addition, individual essays address the changing role of women, the influence of religion, the growth of new social movements, the struggles of indigenous peoples, and ecological issues. Finally, the book examines the influence of U.S. policy and of regionalization and globalization on the Latin American states.

Table of Contents:

	Introduction: Capital, Power, and Inequality in Latin America	1
1	Rural Latin America: Exclusionary and Uneven Agricultural Development	21
2	Urban Transformation and Survival Strategies	53
3	Demilitarization and Democratic Transition in Latin America	81
4	The Contemporary Latin American Economies: Neoliberal Reconstruction	109
5	Economic Restructuring, Neoliberal Reforms, and the Working Class in Latin America	137
6	The Riddle of New Social Movements: Who They Are and What They Do	165
7	Latin American Women and the Search for Social, Political, and Economic Transformation	185
8	Latin America's Indigenous Peoples: Changing Identities and Forms of Resistance	207
9	Whither the Catholic Church in the 1990s?	233
10	Latin America and the Social Ecology of Capitalism	253
11	The Global Context of Contemporary Latin American Affairs	279
	About the Book and Editors	305
	About the Contributors	307
	Index	309

The Economics of the European Union and the Economies of Europe or Worlds Apart

The Economics of the European Union and the Economies of Europe

Author: Larry D Neal

The Economics of the European Union and the Economies of Europe integrates economic analysis, political logic, and historical interpretation to convey an American perspective on the movement toward European integration, the external constraints integration faces, and the interplay of national concerns, both economic and political, within the vision of a united Europe. The first part of the text treats Europe as a natural economic unit (1945-1989), separated into political units that still remain distinct from one another. The authors focus on the most striking aspects of European integration such as trade, agriculture, and monetary unification. Part II shows the continuing political and economic diversity of Europe by examining the post World War II history of major states and groups of minor states. Knowing the different concerns of the constituent member states is essential for understanding the motivation of the European Union's policies, and for appreciating the extent of its accomplishments. Moreover, the economic logic of European unification is viewed quite differently by each current member state, as well as by potential members. The authors conclude with a discussion of the future of European Union in an evolving world economy. The Economics of the European Union and the Economies of Europe is an ideal text for economics and political science courses and international business courses.

Table of Contents:

	Preface
	Abbreviations and Acronyms
	Chronology of the European Union
	Map 1. The Per Capita Income Levels in Europe, 1992
	Map 2. Europe: The EU Members, Non-members, Next Members, and the Rest
Pt. I	The Economics of the European Union
1	The European Union Today: What Lies Behind It? What Lies Ahead?	3
2	European Economic Integration, 1945-1958: All Plans Lead Toward Rome	25
3	The Customs Union: A Step Forward or a Step Backward?	48
4	Creating a Single European Market: Goods, Services, Labor, Capital	70
5	The Budget of the European Union: Accounting for Unity	88
6	The Common Agricultural Policy: Economic Efficiency vs. Self-suffiency	110
7	The European Monetary System: Deutsche Mark uber Alles	141
8	External Trade Policies: The EU and the Rest of the World	171
Pt. II	The Economies of Europe
9	Germany: From Division to Reunification	191
10	France: The Germans, the Colonies, the Provinces	211
11	Italy: The Mezzogiorno, the Northern League, Scala Mobile, and la Dolce Vita	230
12	Great Britain: Decolonization, Declining Regions, and the Thatcher Legacy	248
13	Benelux and Denmark: Economic Unions, Decolonization, and the Perils of Openness	274
14	Ireland, Greece, Portugal, and Spain: The First Outsiders Rejoin Europe	296
15	Austria, Finland, and Sweden: Part of the Outer Circle Joins In	320
16	Norway, Switzerland, Iceland, and Turkey: The Opt Outs and the Locked Out	339
17	The Next Expansion: From the Mediterranean to the Black Sea to the Baltic	364
	Index	388

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Worlds Apart: Civil Society and the Battle for Ethical Globalization

Author: John D Clark

"Offers a balanced view of conflicting arguments about globalization and searches for a humane and ethical management of global affairs."
— Choice, April 2004, Vol. 41, No. 8

"A valuable contribution to the libraries of anyone interested in making the world a fairer place through citizen action, as well as to students of global development and advocacy."
— Development in Practice, Volume 14, Numbers 1 & 2, February 2004

"John Clark has his eye on the magic ring of global justice."
— Nancy Birdsall, Director, Center for Global Development

"The book balances idealism with realities learned on the job, in what is a worthwhile text for students as well as for researchers and activists, and a help in reviewing one's own ideas on responding to globalization."
—Political Science Quarterly, Fall 2004

"A call to those already committed and a further building block towards an urgent research agenda. It is highly recommended."
—Voluntas

• A balanced introduction to civil society that calls for ethical globalization to benefit the world’s poor

• Presents insider perspectives from both the World Bank and NGOs

• Challenges civil society organizations to redress today’s injustices and transform global relations

• Author of six books including the best-selling Democratizing Development

Globalization is one of the most charged political battlegrounds of our age. Its advocates say it is an engine for universal prosperity, while its critics see it as a race to the bottom for poor people and poor countries. Worlds Apart casts polemics aside and fairly andrespectfully interprets both sets of arguments. While not a search for a middle ground, it unashamedly emphasizes the injustices of widening inequalities and stacked odds in world trade and finance.

Clark argues that civil society faces a distinct opportunity to drive global change in an ethical direction. He argues that the search for a more humane management of global affairs should ultimately focus on promoting growth, inclusion, and narrowing the socioeconomic gap across states and peoples.

The Economics of Science and Technology or Economics of Regulation and Antitrust

The Economics of Science and Technology: An Overview of Initiatives to Foster Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Growth

Author: Maryann P P Feldman

"This volume provides an overview of research on key topics in the economics of science and technology. These topics include the role of patents and intellectual property protection, the relationship between R&D and economic growth, R&D tax policy, government investment in infrastructure technology, public-private technology partnerships, labor market policies, and evaluation and assessment of technology programs. Much of this literature is new, so the time is ripe for a synthesis and critique of existing studies." The book offers an overview presented from an applied perspective, stressing historical and institutional factors. This book will be particularly useful to students interested in pursuing research on these topics and to policy makers who want a user-friendly summary of recent studies on the economic implications of technology policy.

Booknews

To provide an initial reference to the economics of science and technology for students and policy makers, Feldman (Johns Hopkins U.), Albert N. Link (U. of North Carolina-Greensboro) and Donald S. Siegel (U. of Nottingham) overview key topics discussed in the literature. They believe that understanding the current science and technology landscape requires knowing how the institutions that support them evolved. Their focus is on the conclusions of the literature rather than its theoretical foundations. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

See also: Delia Smith or Pizza California Style

Economics of Regulation and Antitrust

Author: W Kip Viscusi

This new edition of the leading text on business and government focuses on the insights economic reasoning can provide in analyzing regulatory and antitrust issues. Departing from the traditional emphasis on institutions, Economics of Regulation and Antitrust asks how economic theory and empirical analyses can illuminate the character of market operation and the role for government action and brings new developments in theory and empirical methodology to bear on these questions.

The fourth edition has been substantially revised and updated throughout, with new material added and extended discussion of many topics. Part I, on antitrust, has been given a major revision to reflect advances in economic theory and recent antitrust cases, including the case against Microsoft and the Supreme Court's Kodak decision. Part II, on economic regulation, updates its treatment of the restructuring and deregulation of the telecommunications and electric power industries, and includes an analysis of what went wrong in the California energy market in 2000 and 2001. Part III, on social regulation, now includes increased discussion of risk-risk analysis and extensive changes to its discussion of environmental regulation. The many case studies included provide students not only pertinent insights for today but also the economic tools to analyze the implications of regulations and antitrust policies in the future.

The book is suitable for use in a wide range of courses in business, law, and public policy, for undergraduates as well at the graduate level. The structure of the book allows instructors to combine the chapters in various ways according to their needs. Presentation of moreadvanced material is self-contained. Each chapter concludes with questions and problems.

Booknews

New edition of a text that places economic reasoning first and foremost in analyzing regulatory and antitrust issues--stressing the economic theory and empirical analysis that provide the rationale for government intervention in the market. Institutional aspects of regulation and antitrust policy are also treated in case studies on mergers, cable television, and transportation regulation, among other topics. New subjects, such as regulation of environmental tobacco smoke, have been added to the second edition, and others, such as pharmaceutical regulation and price competition in electric power, have been given new treatments to reflect the changing emphases of government policy. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

	Preface to the Third Edition
1	Introduction	1
	Appendix	11
2	The Making of a Regulation	13
App	Trends in Regulatory Agency Budgets and Staff	48
3	Introduction to Antitrust	61
App	Antitrust Statutes	72
4	Efficiency and Technical Progress	75
5	Oligopoly, Collusion, and Antitrust	97
	App. A	137
	App. B	138
6	Market Structure and Strategic Competition	143
7	Mergers	191
8	Vertical Mergers and Restrictions	219
9	Monopolization and Price Discrimination	257
10	Introduction to Economic Regulation	297
11	Theory of Natural Monopoly	337
12	Natural Monopoly Regulation and Electric Power	361
13	Franchise Bidding and Cable Television	395
14	Public Enterprise	433
15	Dynamic Issues in Natural Monopoly Regulation: Telecommunications	453
16	The Regulation of Potentially Competitive Markets: Theory and Estimation Methods	495
17	Economic Regulation of Transportation: Surface Freight and Airlines	529
18	Economic Regulation of Energy: Crude Oil and Natural Gas	585
19	Introduction: The Emergence of Health, Safety, and Environmental Regulation	637
20	Valuing Life and Other Nonmonetary Benefits	661
21	Environmental Regulation	687
22	Product Safety	725
23	Regulation of Workplace Health and Safety	761
24	Patents and Pharmaceuticals	799
	Author Index	837
	Subject Index	841

Effective Healthcare Leadership or Global Structures Local Cultures

Effective Healthcare Leadership

Author: Mansour Jumaa

Leadership skills are required to implement and sustain change in healthcare. This book integrates theory and practice to distil the reality of leadership in healthcare. It addresses the context of leadership in healthcare today, explores strategies for leadership, and presents an evidence-based approach for effective change in health and social care organisations.

Book about: Communist Manifesto and Other Writings or The Power of Full Engagement

Global Structures, Local Cultures

Author: Mary Hawkins

Global Structures, Local Cultures covers the major areas conventionally introduced to first year students of sociology and social theory, from the classical to the contemporary; gender; ethnicity social stratification; media and communications; social movements and social action--but does so within a narritive framework, making extensive use of comparative material and building a strong cross-cultural argument.

Table of Contents:

Ch1: Culture, structure and society

Ch2: Conceptualising 'one world': theoretical frameworks

Ch3: Making the world one: imperialism, the emergence of capitalism Ch4: One world structure: the globilisation of capitalism and the emergence of global institutions of governance Ch5: One world culture: print, electronic media and the imagined community

Ch6: Ethnicity and nationalisms

Ch7: Gender and sexuality

Ch8: Religion, secularism and new fundamentalisms

Ch9: Tourism and the reinvention of culture

Ch10: Citizens and others

Ch11: Resistance and reaction: global social activism

Italians Then Mexicans Now or Office Procedures in Managed Health Care

Italians Then, Mexicans Now: Immigrant Origins and Second-Generation Progress, 1890 to 2000

Author: Joel Perlmann

"In Italians Then, Mexicans Now, Joel Perlmann offers a sustained comparison of immigrant and second-generation wellbeing over the past hundred years. Using the latest immigration data from the census and other recent studies - as well as a century of census data - Perlmann paints a more optimistic picture of immigrant prospects than is envisioned by many other scholars of immigration." Rich with historical data, Italians Then, Mexicans Now persuasively argues that today's Mexican immigrants are making slow but steady socioeconomic progress and may one day reach parity with earlier immigrant groups who moved up into the heart of American middle-class society.

Table of Contents:

Ch. 1	Toward a population history : a basis for comparisons	7
Ch. 2	Immigrant wages then and now	37
Ch. 3	Second-generation schooling	60
Ch. 4	Second-generation economic outcomes	90

See also: The Fat Burning Bible or Anger Kills

Office Procedures in Managed Health Care

Author: Patricia M Boyd

The emphasis of this text-workbook, designed for use in medical office procedures courses, is on managed health care environments. However, the chapters also cover traditional medical office tasks and functions. The 10 chapters provide insights into functions of administrative support personnel and describe changes in today's health care environments. Workplace competencies, technology, medical ethics, licensing, and insurance are among the key topics covered.

The Labors of Sisyphus or Internet Business Intelligence

The Labors of Sisyphus: The Economic Development of Communist China

Author: Maria Chang

Maria Hsia Chang's The Labors of Sisyphus is a reassessment of the meaning and purpose of the Chinese communist revolution. In it, she discusses the thought of Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping, reform and its dilemmas, regionalism in greater China and autonomous areas, and nationalism. She also examines China's immediate present and uncertain future. If it manages to transform economic growth into development, China - filled with natural resources and a large, capable labor force - has the potential to become a world superpower. It could also collapse under the weight of its own problems: regionalism, a flawed state sector, corruption, and a pronounced decline in state capacity. If China succeeds, an imposing new economic power will enter the global stage, one that is often arbitrary and prone to despotism and xenophobia, unless it is tempered by political reform. Maria Hsia Chang lends structure, meaning, and purpose to the very complex recent political and historical past of Communist China. With greater access to more accurate information, Chang is able to analyze objectively, without political motive or intention, providing readers with a fresh look at the People's Republic. Her pathbreaking work will be of interest to scholars of international economics and politics, sinologists, and historians.

Book review: Fish Drying and Smoking or The Story of Crisco

Internet Business Intelligence: How to Build a Big Company System on a Small Company Budget

Author: David Vin

Business Intelligence-the acquisition, management, and utilization of information-is crucial in the global marketplace of the 21st-century. This savvy handbook explains how even the smallest firm can use inexpensive Web resources to create an Internet Business Intelligence System (IBIS) that rivals the multimillion-dollar systems of Fortune 500 companies. IBIS tracks competitors, explore markets, and evaluates opportunities and risks. It can also be used to launch a business, find customers, test new products, and increase sales. David Vine owns and operates a computer technology company and contributes to Internet World magazine. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey.

Business Statistics or Managing Information Systems

Business Statistics: A First Course

Author: David M M Levin

This book covers the concepts and applications of statistics used in the functional areas of business-accounting, marketing, management, and economics, and finance. Focused more on concepts than on statistical methods, it shows readers how to properly use statistics to analyze data and demonstrates how computer software is an integral part of this analysis. "Using Statistics" scenarios discuss how statistics is used in a real business setting. Includes contemporary business applications, many with real data sets, and an integrated case that runs throughout chapters. "PHSTAT," a custom designed Excel add-in, is packaged with each book. Introduction and Data Collection. Presenting Data in Tables and Charts. Summarizing and Describing Numerical Data. Basic Probability and Probability Distributions. Sampling Distributions and Confidence Interval Estimation. Fundamentals of Hypothesis Testing: One-Sample Tests. Two-Sample and C-Sample Tests with Numerical Data. Hypothesis Testing with Categorical Data. Statistical Applications in Quality and Productivity Management. The Simple Linear Regression Model and Correlations. Introduction to Multiple Regression. Time Series Analysis. An accessible introduction or refresher on statistics for those in accounting, marketing, management, economics, and finance.

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This textbook introduces statistical methods for analyzing data in applied contexts related to accounting, economics, finance, management, and marketing. The primary methods covered involve probability, hypothesis testing, simple linear regression, and multiple regression. The third edition adds sections on preparing reports with Microsoft Office tools. The CD-ROM contains the PHStat2 add-in for Excel and data files. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

Preface.
1. Introduction and Data Collection.
Why a Manager Needs to Know About Statistics. The Growth and Development of Modern Statistics. Statistical Thinking and Modern Management. Descriptive Versus Inferential Statistics. Why Do We Need Data? Types of Data. Types of Sampling Methods. Evaluating Survey Worthiness. Summary.
Appendix 1.1 Basics of the Windows User Interface. Appendix 1.2 Introduction to Microsoft Excel. Appendix 1.3 Introduction to Minitab. Case Study: Alumni Association Survey.

2. Presenting Data in Tables and Charts.
Organizing Numerical Data. Tables and Charts for Numerical Data. Tables and Charts for Categorical Data. Tabulating and Graphing Bivariate Categorical Data. Graphical Excellence. Summary. Springville Herald Case.
Appendix 2.1. Using Microsoft Excel for Tables and Charts. Appendix 2.2. Using Minitab for Tables and Charts.

3. Summarizing and Describing Numerical Data.
Exploring Numerical Data and Its Properties. Measures of Central Tendency, Variation, and Shape. Exploratory Data Analysis. Obtaining Descriptive Summary Measures from a Population. Recognizing and Practicing Proper Descriptive Summarization and Exploring Ethical Issues. Summary. Case Study: State Alcoholic Beverages Oversight Board Study on Beers. Springville Herald Case.
Appendix 3.1. Using Microsoft Excel for Descriptive Statistics. Appendix 3.2. Using Minitab for Descriptive Statistics.

4. Basic Probability and Probability Distributions.
Basic Probability Concepts. Conditional Probability. Bayes Theorem. The Probability Distribution for a Discrete Random Variable. Binomial Distribution. Poisson Distribution. The Normal Distribution. Assessing the Normality Assumption. The Covariance and its Application in Finance (Optional section). Ethical Issues and Probability. Summary. Springville Herald Case.
Appendix 4.1. Using Microsoft Excel with Probability and Probability Distributions. Appendix 4.2. Using Minitab with Probability Distributions.

5. Sampling Distributions and Confidence Interval Estimation.
Introduction to Sampling Distributions. Introduction to Confidence Interval Estimation. Confidence Interval Estimation for the Mean ( Known). Confidence Interval Estimation for the Mean ( Unknown). Confidence Interval Estimation for the Proportion. Determining Sample Size. Confidence Interval Estimation and Ethical Issues. Summary. Springville Herald Case.
Appendix 5.1. Using Microsoft Excel for Sampling Distributions and Confidence Interval Estimation. Appendix 5.2. Using Minitab for Sampling Distributions and Confidence Interval Estimation.

6. Fundamentals of Hypothesis Testing: One-Sample Tests.
Hypothesis-Testing Methodology. Z Test of Hypothesis for the Mean ( Known). The p-Value Approach to Hypothesis Testing. A Connection between Confidence Interval Estimation and Hypothesis Testing. One-Tailed Tests. t Test of Hypothesis for the Mean ( Unknown). Z Test of Hypothesis for the Proportion. Potential Hypothesis-Testing Pitfalls and Ethical Issues. Summary.
Appendix 6.1. Using Microsoft Excel for One-Sample Tests of Hypothesis. Appendix 6.2. Using Minitab for One-Sample Tests of Hypothesis.

7. Two-Sample and C-Sample Tests with Numerical Data.
Comparing Two Independent Samples: Tests for Differences in Two Means. Comparing Two Related Samples: Tests for the Mean Difference. F Test for Differences in Two Variances. One-Way ANOVA F Test for the Difference in c means. Summary.
Appendix 7.1. Using Microsoft Excel for Two-Sample and c-Sample Tests. Appendix 7.2. Using Minitab for Two-Sample c-Sample Tests. Case Study: Test Marketing and Promoting a Ball-Point Pen. Springville Herald Case.

8. Hypothesis Testing with Categorical Data.
Introduction. Z Test for Differences in Two Proportions. Test for Differences in Two Proportions. Test for Differences in c Proportions. Test of Independence. Summary. Case Study: Airline Satisfaction Survey. Springville Herald Case.
Appendix 8.1. Using Microsoft Excel for Hypothesis Testing with Categorical Data. Appendix 8.2. Using Minitab for Hypothesis Testing with Categorical Data.

9. The Simple Linear Regression Model and Correlation.
Types of Regression Models. Determining the Simple Linear Regression Equation. Measures of Variation in Regression and Correlation. Assumptions of Regression and Correlation. Residual Analysis. Inferences about the Slope. Estimation of Predicted Values. Pitfalls in Regression and Ethical Issues. Computations in Simple Linear Regression. Correlation-Measuring the Strength of the Association. Summary. Case Study: Predicting Sunday Newspaper Circulation. Springville Herald Case.
Appendix 9.1. Using Microsoft Excel for Simple Linear Regression and Correlation. Appendix 9.2. Using Minitab for Simple Linear Regression and Correlation.

10. Multiple Regression.
Developing the Multiple Regression Model. Residual Analysis for the Multiple Regression Model. Testing for the Significance of the Multiple Regression Model. Inferences concerning the Population Regression Coefficients. Testing portions of the Multiple Regression Model. The Curvilinear Regression Model. Dummy-Variable Models. Model Building. Summary. Case Study A: EastSideWestSide Movers. Case Study B: The Mountain States Potato Company.
Appendix 10.1. Using Microsoft Excel for Multiple Linear Regression and Correlation. Appendix 10.2. Using Minitab for Multiple Linear Regression and Correlation.

11. Time Series Analysis.
The Importance of Business Forecasting. Component Factors of the Classical Multiplicative Time-Series Model. Smoothing the Annual Time-Series. Least-Squares Trend Fitting and Forecasting. Autoregressive Modeling for Trend Fitting and Forecasting. Choosing an Appropriate Forecasting Model. Time-Series Forecasting of Monthly or Quarterly data. Pitfalls Concerning Time-Series Analysis and Ethical Considerations. Summary. Case Study Currency Trading. Springville Herald Case.
Appendix 11.1. Using Microsoft Excel for Time Series Analysis. Appendix 11.2. Using Minitab for Time Series Analysis.

12. Statistical Applications in Quality and Productivity Management.
Quality and Productivity: A Historical Perspective. Deming's Fourteen Points—A Theory of Management by Process. The Theory of Control Charts. Control Chart for the Proportion of Nonconforming Items—The p Chart. The Red Bead Experiment: Understanding Process Variability. Control Charts for the Mean ( ) and the Range (R ). Process Capability. Summary. Case Study: The Harnswell Sewing Machine Company Case. Springville Herald Case.
Appendix 12.1. Using Microsoft Excel for Control Charts. Appendix 12.2. Using Minitab for Control Charts.

ANSWERS TO SELECTED PROBLEMS.
Appendix A. Review of Arithmetic and Algebra.
Appendix B. Summation Notation.
Appendix C. Statistical Symbols and Greek Alphabet.
Appendix D. Documentation for Data Files.
Appendix E. Tables.
Appendix F. Installing the PHStat Add-In.
Index.

Interesting book: Public Opinion or Grover Cleveland

Managing Information Systems: Using Cases Within an Industry Context to Solve Business Problems with Information Technology

Author: David L Anderson

This text uses cases to explain Management Information Systems concepts within an industry perspective. The cases are direct, real and written in the late '90's. Each chapter contains specific sections to thoroughly present and explain the relevant information systems and business concepts. Built upon extensive information technology sections, this text includes contextual elements such as actual financial information and analysis, the importance of data and the impact of technology on the manufacturing, marketing and distribution processes. An appropriate text for Management Information Systems.

Fashion Retailing or Economics and Language

Fashion Retailing

Author: Ellen Diamond

Features: -covers "must know" aspects of fashion retailing: the role of research, choosing the
store's location and layout, recruiting and training employees, accounting, buying
and pricing, and advertising and promotion -provides a solid understanding of financial statements, methods for determining
inventory, expense controls, and computerized accounting and inventory control
systems -"small store applications" section in every chapter relates content to small
establishments -"fashion retailing spotlights" focus on creative techniques that such companies as
Nordstrom have used to succeed in fashion retailing -the appendix reviews typical, on-the-job math skills required in fashion retailing and
includes a survey of careers in the fashion field ALSO AVAILABLE Fashion Retail Video Series, ISBN:0-8273-5758-3 INSTRUCTOR SUPPLEMENTS CALL CUSTOMER SUPPORT TO ORDER Instructor's Guide, 0-8273-5622-6

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Economics and Language: Five Essays

Author: Ariel Rubinstein

Arising out of the author's lifetime fascination with the links between the formal language of mathematical models and natural language, this short book comprises five essays investigating both the economics of language and the language of economics. Ariel Rubinstein touches on the structure imposed on binary relations in daily language, the evolutionary development of the meaning of words, game-theoretical considerations of pragmatics, the language of economic agents and the rhetoric of game theory. These short essays are full of challenging ideas for social scientists that should help to encourage a fundamental rethinking of many of the underlying assumptions in economic theory and game theory.

Table of Contents:

	Acknowledgments
Pt. 1	Economics of Language
	Economics and language	3
1	Choosing the semantic properties of language	9
2	Evolution gives meaning to language	25
3	Strategic considerations in pragmatics	37
Pt. 2	Language of Economics
4	Decision making and language	55
5	On the rhetoric of game theory	71
	Concluding remarks	89
Pt. 3	Comments
	Index	125

The Internet Revolution or Medical Pegboard Procedures

The Internet Revolution: A Global Perspective

Author: Emanuele Giovannetti

Information technology (IT) has become a constant presence in contemporary life, infiltrating community, business and state affairs. This book discusses applications and consequences of IT in developing and advanced countries, focusing on the ways in which IT has changed society via the so-called Internet revolution. It examines the characteristics of network economies; Internet access; changes in supply chains; productivity increases; and the digital divide. It ranges through the U.K., European Union, Central and Eastern Europe, U.S., Japan, India, South Africa, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and China.

Book review: Dont Tell the Grown Ups or Pearl Harbor

Medical Pegboard Procedures

Author: Dorothy A Taylor

This simulation provides hands-on experience in medical recordkeeping for physicians' offices where write-it-once pegboard systems are used.

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Instructor's Guide ISBN: 0827375514 Contents Only ISBN: 0827375492 Pegboard Only ISBN: 0827375506

Table of Contents:

Preface, Section 1-Reference Manual. Welcome. Working in Dr. Masons Office. Appointment Book. Patient List. Ledger Card. Recording Payments Received Through the Mail. Recording Charges and Payments Requiring a Receipt. Recording Charges and Payments Requiring a Superbill. Totaling Day Sheet. Preparing the Deposit. Writing and Recording Checks. Preparing Payroll Checks to Include Withholding. Preparing Insurance Claim Forms. Preparing Medicare Claim Forms. Section 2-Jobs. Monday-Friday, March 5th-9th. Section 3-Appendix. Glossary. Codes. CPT Codes. ICD-9 Codes. Computerizing the Medical Office Forms.

Introduction to Marketing or The Rich Get Richer

Introduction to Marketing

Author: John Frain

Introduction to Marketing offers all students new to the subject a deep insight into the development of marketing as a 'whole organization' activity. The book focuses on the link between marketing and corporate strategy, combining a detailed coverage of basic themes and issues with a 'how to do it' approach. Comprehensive and accessible in scope and style, the text incorporates numerous examples of 'marketing in action.' .

Books about: An Introduction to Programming Using Interactive Data Language or Adobe Creative Suite 2 Classroom in a Book

The Rich Get Richer: The Rise of Income Inequality in the U. S. and the Wor

Author: Dennis Duane Braun

This edition is a penetrating and urgent study of the increasing levels of income inequality in the United States and the world. The erosion of the middle class poses a threat to worldwide economic and political stability, as consumers and their children slowly disappear into growing rates of poverty, crime, and violence. Braun examines the economic plight of all people including those in developing nations where a tiny minority controls much of the wealth, and links this inequality to relationships between Third World nations and multinational corporations. This second edition includes new information on the working poor, Mexico and NAFTA, cross-country perceptions of inequality, mass media and political manipulation, and corporations and their overpaid CEOs.

Table of Contents:

1. Why Increasing Inequality is a Danger to Us All. 2. The Battleground of Ideology: Theories and Underlying Values Surrounding the Explanation of Income Inequality. 3. Economic Inequality Around the World. 4. Multinational Corporations: Income Inequality and Basic Needs. 5. Apple Pie and Economic Pie: The American Path to a Smaller Slice. 6. Sunset in the Sunbelt: How Geographic Variation Hides Income Inequality. 7. Dealing From the Top of the Deck: Some Alternatives and Strategies for Needed Change.

C for Business Programming or Governments Globalization and International Business

C for Business Programming

Author: John C Molluzzo

One of the only books of its kind to focus soley on business applications, this comprehensive introduction to ANSI C programming conforms to the ANSI C standard and is geared for users with little programming experience. Sensibly o rganized, it explains concepts in a clear, understandable language supported by many fully worked-out examples; highlights important definitions, concepts, and rules; and illustrates key ideas in over 70 complete example programs. Contains nearly 600 exercises, experiments and programming problems of varying types and levels of difficulty. Each chapter: includes exercises on the syntax and semantics of C; and provides programming problems ranging from 10- to 20-line programs to full-scale projects that require the use of several user-defined functions—all emphasizing business applications of C. Covers basic data types, variables, arithmetic operators, precedence rules, and the printf() and scanf() functions in short, easily digestible units. Discusses the basic control structures of programming and their applications, covering such topics as indefinite iteration—with a complete analysis of the while statement—, and the if statement in its major application, processing payrolls. Introduces the idea of a function gradually, and includes detailed sections on the four applications that use functions, namely, calculating interest, approving loan applications, calculating commissions, and displaying a table of powers. Examines how to access array elements and process an array correctly. Explains the importance of pointers, using illustrative programs to show how to count characters in a string, display a string in reverse, and count words ina string. Studies typedef and structures, and exlains how to sort and search a table, including both sequential and binary searches. Offers a thorough treatment of file processing in C. For business managers, and those in computer science fields.

Table of Contents:

	Preface
1	Introduction to C	1
2	Integers	23
3	Real Numbers	47
4	More Arithmetic Operators	69
5	Indefinite Iteration	82
6	Definite Iteration	113
7	Program Control: Decision Making with if	137
8	Complex Decisions	158
9	Functions	188
10	Modular Design Using Functions	222
11	Arrays	264
12	Pointers and Strings	300
13	Pointers, Arrays, and Functions	332
14	User-Defined Data Types and Structures	386
15	File Processing in C	447
	App. A Computers, Data, and Program Development	503
	App. B Program Control	519
	App. C The Functions printf() and scanf()	536
	App. D C Keywords and Library Functions	538
	Index	541

Book review: Verhandlungsanalyse: Die Wissenschaft und Kunst der Zusammenarbeitenden Beschlussfassung

Governments, Globalization, and International Business

Author: John H Dunning

It is a cliche to say that we live in a globalized world in which investment flows, communications, and the operations of multinationals from all parts of the world have changed the character of the international business environment. But the easy concept of globalization poses as many questions as it answers. In this book, a prestigious group of international scholars explores in detail the consequences of globalization--defined as "the deepening structural interdependence of the world economy."

C for Business Programming or Governments Globalization and International Business

C for Business Programming

Author: John C Molluzzo

One of the only books of its kind to focus soley on business applications, this comprehensive introduction to ANSI C programming conforms to the ANSI C standard and is geared for users with little programming experience. Sensibly o rganized, it explains concepts in a clear, understandable language supported by many fully worked-out examples; highlights important definitions, concepts, and rules; and illustrates key ideas in over 70 complete example programs. Contains nearly 600 exercises, experiments and programming problems of varying types and levels of difficulty. Each chapter: includes exercises on the syntax and semantics of C; and provides programming problems ranging from 10- to 20-line programs to full-scale projects that require the use of several user-defined functions—all emphasizing business applications of C. Covers basic data types, variables, arithmetic operators, precedence rules, and the printf() and scanf() functions in short, easily digestible units. Discusses the basic control structures of programming and their applications, covering such topics as indefinite iteration—with a complete analysis of the while statement—, and the if statement in its major application, processing payrolls. Introduces the idea of a function gradually, and includes detailed sections on the four applications that use functions, namely, calculating interest, approving loan applications, calculating commissions, and displaying a table of powers. Examines how to access array elements and process an array correctly. Explains the importance of pointers, using illustrative programs to show how to count characters in a string, display a string in reverse, and count words ina string. Studies typedef and structures, and exlains how to sort and search a table, including both sequential and binary searches. Offers a thorough treatment of file processing in C. For business managers, and those in computer science fields.

Table of Contents:

	Preface
1	Introduction to C	1
2	Integers	23
3	Real Numbers	47
4	More Arithmetic Operators	69
5	Indefinite Iteration	82
6	Definite Iteration	113
7	Program Control: Decision Making with if	137
8	Complex Decisions	158
9	Functions	188
10	Modular Design Using Functions	222
11	Arrays	264
12	Pointers and Strings	300
13	Pointers, Arrays, and Functions	332
14	User-Defined Data Types and Structures	386
15	File Processing in C	447
	App. A Computers, Data, and Program Development	503
	App. B Program Control	519
	App. C The Functions printf() and scanf()	536
	App. D C Keywords and Library Functions	538
	Index	541

Book review: Verhandlungsanalyse: Die Wissenschaft und Kunst der Zusammenarbeitenden Beschlussfassung

Governments, Globalization, and International Business

Author: John H Dunning

It is a cliche to say that we live in a globalized world in which investment flows, communications, and the operations of multinationals from all parts of the world have changed the character of the international business environment. But the easy concept of globalization poses as many questions as it answers. In this book, a prestigious group of international scholars explores in detail the consequences of globalization--defined as "the deepening structural interdependence of the world economy."

The Industrial Revolution or Under 40 Financial Planning Guide

The Industrial Revolution: A History in Documents

Author: Laura Levine Frader

The Industrial Revolution: A History in Documents provides first-hand accounts of the economic, social, and personal changes that came about during this pivotal period in history. The industrial revolution touched all corners of the world: the textile factories in New England, mining and metalworking in Germany, even reaching the Japanese silk industry. Laura L. Frader brings together key primary sources to illustrate the far-reaching effects - both positive and negative - of these enormous changes.

School Library Journal

Gr 10 Up-Frader presents the development of the Industrial Revolution through a complex mixture of documents and narrative. After a general introduction on how to read documents for context as well as content, she begins each chapter with an overview of the topic, followed by a combination of her own words in bold or as captions and primary documents. The author introduces and places in context letters, diaries, government reports, laws, songs and poems, association statements, newspaper articles, posters, paintings, illustrations, and photographs of artifacts. The widely varied and fascinating black-and-white illustrations have good resolution and are an integral part of the narrative. The author emphasizes the socially complex results of the Industrial Revolution, including the great hardships the new labor force experienced. She concludes with an afterword in which she balances the negative with the positive social changes that have resulted from the new technologies that, through improved means of production, transportation, and communication, have brought about "rising living standards, and the expansion of leisure-not only for the middle class, but for workers as well-." Frader's style is clear and easily readable; however, the complexity and variety of the sources that constitute the total narrative make this a challenging though intriguing text for high school students. The time line at the end provides useful guideposts of significant events. A list of further reading arranged by topic completes the work.-Judith V. Lechner, Auburn University, AL Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

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Under 40 Financial Planning Guide

Author: Cornelius P McCarthy

Smart people know it's never too early to start planning financially for the future. Identifying common problems, mistakes, and scams faced by people under 40, this guide offers practical help to help young people pay off debts, build credit, start savings, and plan for retirement.

Transformation of the Welfare State or Monetary Unions and Hard Pegs

Transformation of the Welfare State: The Silent Surrender of Public Responsibility

Author: Neil Gilbert

How much has really changed in the world of welfare? A great deal, according to Neil Gilbert, one of our most deeply engaged and thoughtful analysts of social welfare policy. In this panoramic inquiry, Gilbert spans the globe to assess, in provocative yet dispassionate fashion, what welfare looks like in a free market world. From Sweden to the U.S., Gilbert finds a fundamental transformation in the welfare state--a turn away from broad-based entitlements and automatic benefits to a new, "enabling" approach defined by policies designed to promote privatization and labor force participation. He provides tangible evidence of how these new systems promote work and responsibility over protection and how they thicken the glue of civil society by diluting the pervasive role of government.

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Monetary Unions and Hard Pegs: Effects on Trade, Financial Development, and Stability

Author: George M von Furstenberg

This book analyzes formal approaches to overcoming monetary divisions within countries and within integrating regions, focusing on the consequences of monetary union for trade among union members and their financial development and stability. The authors discuss hard pegs such as those attempted by the currency board of Argentina, outright dollarization, such as in Ecuador, and multilateral monetary union, as in Europe, the least reversible form of monetary union and the most powerful elixir of financial integration and trade.

Table of Contents:

	List of figures
	List of tables
	Acknowledgments
	Notes on contributors
1	Editorial introduction to the volume and detailed introductions to each of its four parts	1
Pt. I	Current and past concepts of monetary union
2	Euroization, dollarization, and the international monetary system	27
3	Unilateral and multilateral currency unions : thoughts from an EMU perspective	41
4	International money and common currencies in historical perspective	51
Pt. II	Trade and price effects of monetary union
5	Geography, trade, and currency union	69
6	Comparing apples and oranges : the effect of multilateral currency unions on trade	89
7	The effects of common currencies on international trade : a meta-analysis	101
8	Common currencies and market integration across cities : how strong is the link?	113
Pt. III	Monetary integration in Latin America
9	Trade agreements, exchange rate disagreements	135
10	Sudden stops, the real exchange rate, and fiscal sustainability : Argentina's lessons	151
11	Living and dying with hard pegs : the rise and fall of Argentina's currency board	183
12	The anatomy of a multiple crisis : why was Argentina special and what can we learn from it?	231
Pt. IV	Common monies, political interests, and infrastructure
13	America's interest in dollarization	289
14	Dollarization and euroization in transition countries : currency substitution, asset substitution, network externalities, and irreversibility	303
15	Electronic money and the optimal size of monetary unions	321
16	Currency substitution in anticipation of EU accession	337
17	Allocating lending of last resort and supervision in the Euro area	347
	Name index	361
	Subject index

The Rise of Asia or Transition and Economics

The Rise of Asia: Economics, Society, and Politics in Contemporary Asia

Author: Frank B Tipton

For many years, Japan was seen as the peculiar exception in Asia: a highly dynamic economy isolated in an otherwise moribund continent. With the rise of the Southeast Asian and Chinese economies, however, it has now become clear that Asia as a whole is experiencing an extraordinary revolution which will result, within a very few years, in living standards for some countries being on a par with those in the West. The results of this transformation can only be guessed at, but The Rise of Asia adds a far greater sophistication to our understanding of how this process came about, treating the key areas of Asian life (economics, society and politics) as an integrated whole and avoiding the trap of most commentators, who see the phenomenon as an exclusively postwar economic issue. Balancing the uniquely Asian aspects with global developmental factors, Dr. Tipton creates a convincing picture of how this amazing change has occurred.

Table of Contents:

	List of Tables
	Preface and Acknowledgements
1	Prologue: East and Southeast Asia and the Changing Balance of World Economic Forces
2	The Age of Colonialism and Imperialism: From an External to an Internal Dynamic
3	The Role of Markets: Peasant Families, Commercial Agriculture and Protoindustrialization
4	Asian Elites in the Economy and in Politics
5	The First Asian Tiger: The Transformation of Japan
6	Asian Economies, the International Economy and Development in the Interwar Era
7	Japanese Imperialism and the Pacific War
8	Asian Nationalism
9	Economics, Politics and Asian Development in the Postwar World
10	How Much Is There to Share? Population, Resources and Productivity
11	The Dark Side: Women in Asian Development
12	The Developmental State in Asia: Japan and the Four Tigers
13	New Tigers, New Dragons, New Giants? The State and Development in China and Southeast Asia
	Epilogue: Can Growth Continue?
	Bibliography
	Index

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Transition and Economics: Politics, Markets, and Firms

Author: Gerard Roland

The transition from socialism to capitalism in former socialist economies is one of the main economic events of the twentieth century. Not only does it affect the lives of approximately 1.65 billion people, but it is contributing to a shift in emphasis in economics from standard price and monetary theory to contracting and its institutional environment. Economic research in transition shows not only that institutions matter but also how their evolution toward higher efficiency depends on initial conditions and on sustained political support.

Unlike early policy literature on transition economics, which focused on the so-called Washington consensus, this book provides an overview of current research, analyzing issues raised by transition for which economic theorists and policy makers had no ready answers. It shows how research on transition contributes to our understanding of capitalism as an economic system and of the dynamics of large-scale institutional change.

The book is divided into three parts. The first part looks at how large-scale reforms are decided dynamically through the political process. The second part looks at the general equilibrium and macroeconomic effects of liberalization in economies without preexisting markets. The third part looks at the economic behavior of firms in the transition from state to private ownership and compares the effects of privatization, restructuring, and financial reform. Although focused on transition economics, the discussions are relevant to topics in political economics, development, public economics, corporate finance, and micro- and macroeconomics.

Human Resource Management in Local Government or The Earthscan Reader in Business and Sustainable Development

Human Resource Management in Local Government: Concepts and Applications for HRM Students and Practitioners

Author: James Ansel Buford

This book represents a unique approach to human resource management that addresses two important needs. First, the book answers the need for a practical guide for local government HR management. The authors detail applications and techniques required in this working environment. Second, the book answers the need for an instructional text that accurately presents the local government HR manager's role and everyday activities.

Booknews

A text covering human resource topics and activities that are most important to local governments, offering analysis and discussion of employment law and its applications to human resource activities. Sections cover the nature of human resource management in a local government setting, organizational considerations, staffing, developing employees and measuring work contributions, compensating employees, enhancing employee relations and providing security, and future challenges. For students in management, human resource management, and public administration courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Buford is affiliated with Auburn University. Linder is affiliated with Texas A&M University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

Part 1	Understanding Human Resource Management	1
Chapter 1	An Introduction to Human Resource Management	3
	Introduction	4
	Organizational Resources and Productivity	4
	Contemporary HR Management Challenges	5
	HR Management Activities	8
	Modern Human Resource Management in Local Government	11
	Organizing the Human Resource Unit	15
	HR Management Accountabilities	19
Chapter 2	Historical Development of the Human Resource Function	26
	Introduction	27
	The Beginnings	27
	The Emergence of Personnel Management	30
	Coming of Age	33
	Increasing Influence of the Legal Environment	34
	Changing Emphasis of Civil Service Reform	35
	Professionalization of Personnel Management	37
	The Modern Era	38
Chapter 3	The Legal Environment of Human Resource Management	43
	Introduction	44
	Federal Regulation of Employment Discrimination	45
	Government Regulation of the Workplace and the Employment Relationship	58
	Constitutional Issues of Local Government Employment	60
	State Employment Laws	65
Part 2	Organizational Considerations	71
Chapter 4	Behavioral Foundations of Human Resource Management	73
	Introduction	74
	Motivation: Basic Considerations	74
	Content Approaches to Motivation	75
	Process Approaches to Motivation	77
	Job Satisfaction	82
	Management Philosophy and Leadership	84
Chapter 5	Planning and Policy Development	90
	Introduction	91
	Planning Approaches	91
	Need for Planning in Local Government	95
	Standing Plans for Human Resources	96
	Human Resource Planning	100
Part 3	Staffing	111
Chapter 6	Organizing and Designing Jobs	113
	Introduction	114
	The Organization of Jobs and Work	114
	Fundamentals of Job Design	115
	Job Design Considerations and Strategies	118
	Choosing a Job Design Strategy	126
Chapter 7	Analyzing Jobs and Writing Job Descriptions	129
	Introduction	130
	The Need for Job Analysis	130
	Information Essential to Job Analysis	133
	Methods of Analyzing Jobs	140
	Developing Job Descriptions	143
	Practical Considerations in Job Analysis	158
Chapter 8	Preparation for Staffing and Recruiting	161
	Introduction	162
	Legal Aspects of Recruiting and Selection	162
	Reliability and Validity of Selection Procedures	169
	Recruiting	177
Chapter 9	Selecting Employees	185
	Introduction	186
	Selection Strategies	186
	Nature of Preemployment Inquiries	189
	Selection Procedures: General Methods	191
	Job-Specific Selection Procedures	197
	Certification and Appointment	208
	Documentation and Record Keeping	209
Part 4	Developing Employees and Measuring Work Contributions	213
Chapter 10	Orientation, Training, and Development	215
	Introduction	216
	Orientation	217
	Training	219
	Development of Human Resources	234
Chapter 11	Performance Appraisal	240
	Introduction	241
	Purposes of Performance Appraisal	242
	Legal Aspects of Performance Appraisal	244
	Issues in Performance Measurement	246
	Performance Appraisal Formats and Methods	254
	Implementing the Performance Appraisal System	268
Part 5	Compensating Employees	277
Chapter 12	Compensation: Strategies and Structure	279
	Introduction	280
	Forms of Compensation	280
	Strategic Compensation	281
	Determining the Internal Worth of Jobs	285
	Assessing the External Market	291
	Developing the Pay Structure	295
	Alternatives to Traditional Pay Structures	299
Chapter 13	Compensation: Pay and Benefits	306
	Introduction	307
	Legal Aspects of Compensation	307
	The Role of Labor Unions in Compensation	316
	Determining Pay for Employees	317
	Determining Employee Benefits and Services	325
	Management of the Compensation Program	332
Part 6	Enhancing Employee Relations and Providing Security	337
Chapter 14	Identifying and Resolving Workplace Problems	339
	Introduction	340
	Dysfunctional Signs and Symptoms	340
	Sources of Workplace Problems	345
	Resolving Workplace Problems	353
Chapter 15	Labor Relations	368
	Introduction	369
	Evolution of Labor-Management Relations	369
	Issues of Labor Relations in Local Government	374
	The Legal Framework for Labor Relations	375
	Unionization and Collective Bargaining	378
	Trends in Labor Relations	385
Chapter 16	Safety, Health, and Security	391
	Introduction	392
	Laws and Regulations	393
	Organizational Responsibility for Safety and Health	395
	Designing Occupational Health and Safety Programs	396
	Safety Programs	398
	Occupational Health Programs	402
	Workplace Security Programs	407
Part 7	Moving Toward the Future	413
Chapter 17	Looking Ahead in Human Resource Management	415
	Introduction	416
	Organizational Issues: HR Management Status and Resources	416
	Management Issues: HR Activities and Programs	418
	Staffing Issues: Credibility of the HR Staff	420
	Future Directions in HR Management	423
	Appendices
Appendix A	Questions for Critical Thinking	429
Appendix B	Content Outline of the HR Body of Knowledge	435
Appendix C	Selected Competencies in the IPMA HR Competency Model	441
Appendix D	Organizations and Government Agencies in HR Management	445
Appendix E	Publications in HR Management	449
Appendix F	Annual Report Form EEO-4	451
Appendix G	Job Description for HR Director in Small Municipality	457
	Glossary	461
	URL Index	469
	Name Index	473
	Subject Index	477

Interesting textbook: Microsoft Office 2000 Professional Certified Edition or The Therapeutic Relationship in Complementary Health Care

The Earthscan Reader in Business and Sustainable Development

Author: Richard Welford

The Earthscan Reader in Business and Sustainable Development builds on the success of The Earthscan Reader in Business and the Environment. This exciting new volume brings together a selection of recent seminal writings on the topic by the leading thinkers in the field.
Covering both the environmental and social aspects of sustainable development, the Reader provides various perspectives on what business is (and is not) doing, could do and should do to contribute to society's transition to a sustainable future.
Following an opening general section on the theme of business and development, the Reader continues with sections on:
.'the Porter debate' regarding the prevalence of win-win business opportunities;
.the 'Greenwash' debate, on social accounting; and
.TNCs and trade

Business the State and Economic Policy or Intermediate Accounting Eleventh Edition Volume 2 Chapters 14 26

Business, the State and Economic Policy: The Case of Italy

Author: G Grant Amyot

Italy has one of the world's most complex and fascinating political systems.The controversial rise of Silvio Berlusconi and the state of contemprary Italy can be better understood with an examination of the recent past of this intriguing country.

G. Grant Amyot brings his critical eye upon the Italian business world, setting it in the context of Italy's place in hte international economy. He then traces the close, but chequered, relationship between capital, the state, and the political parties up to the election of one of the major business magnates, Silvio Berlusconi, as Prime Minister. The book compares Italy with the US, germany, and Japan while exploring the influence of economic realities, organized interests, and political institutions on the formation of policy in Italy.

This interesting, readable and important book gives the reader an insight into the sources and workings of power in a major advanced industrial state. It will be appreciated by students and researchers withan interest in European politics, political theory, and political economy. It will also be a good tool for policy-makers and professionals with an interest in Italian business, economics and politics.

Look this: Klare Führung

Intermediate Accounting, Eleventh Edition, Volume 2, Chapters 14-26  

Author: Donald E Kieso

This bestseller has powered the careers of countless professionals. The new edition builds on the book's reputation for comprehensiveness, accuracy, and currency, incorporating all the recent changes to the accounting literature.

Booknews

The new, enhanced edition of a standard text includes substantial new content and new pedagogical features. Coverage begins with a chapter on financial accounting and accounting standards and continues through 24 chapters covering such topics as income statement and related information; balance sheet and statement of cash flows; valuation of inventories; depreciations, impairments, and depletion; intangible assets; long-term liabilities; income taxes; and pensions and postretirement benefits; among other topics. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Table of Contents:

Chapter 15. Stockholders' Equity.

Chapter 16. Dilutive Securities and Earnings per Share.

Chapter 17. Investments.

Chapter 18. Revenue Recognition.

Chapter 19. Accounting for Income Taxes.

Chapter 20. Accounting for Pensions and Postretirement Benefits.

Chapter 21. Accounting for Leases.

Chapter 22. Accounting Changes and Error Analysis.

Chapter 23. Statement of Cash Flows.

Chapter 24. Full Disclosure in Financial Reporting.

Time Value of Money Tables.

Logo Credits.

Index.

Official Accounting Pronouncements.

Between Two Cultures or Texas Real Estate Contracts

Between Two Cultures: An Introduction to Economic History

Author: Carlo M Cipolla

In this wise and witty work, a world-renowned economic historian takes us behind the scenes to observe a small band of scholars reconstructing the past with the tools of economic analysis and the narrative power of the traditional historian.

Library Journal

This is an engaging book on the art of doing economic history. In the first half, Cipolla, a well-known economic historian, presents an insightful discussion of the techniques of historical analysis. He devotes the second half to a survey of actual primary sources used to describe various periods in European economic history. Addressing the current split in this scholarly discipline between logical-mathematic analysis and a humanistic approach, Cipolla is clearly dubious of an aggressive use of economic models and statistics. His sophisticated philosophical and practical approach will be quite helpful for both producers and consumers of work in economic history. Recommended for academic collections.-- Richard C. Schiming, Mankato State Univ. , Minn.

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Texas Real Estate Contracts

Author: Ralph Tamper

Whether you're a seasoned real estate professional or a new licensee, Texas Real Estate Contracts will help you: complete the contracts you use every day, learn the basics of contract law, and accurately estimate the "bottom line" of a real estate transaction for the seller and buyer.

Table of Contents:

	Dedication
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
	About the Author
Pt. 1	An Agreement or a Contract?	1
Pt. 2	The Texas Real Estate Act and the Rules of the Texas Real Estate Commission	9
Pt. 3	Contract and Addenda Provisions	19
Pt. 4	Additional TREC Promulgated Contract Forms	63
Pt. 5	Practice Makes Perfect	87
Pt. 6	Estimating Seller Net and Buyer Move-in	205
App. A	Additional Texas Real Estate Commission Promulgated Forms	219
	App. B Answer Key	275

Principles of Accounting or Media Organisations in Society

Principles of Accounting

Author: Belverd E Needles

Includes sections on Reviewing the Chapter, Testing Your Knowledge, and Applying Your Knowledge.

New interesting textbook: Texas Real Estate Contracts or Can We Talk

Media Organisations in Society

Author: James Curran

This widescreen approach to the study of media organizations in society combines a survey of current research with original case studies, providing an in-depth understanding of media industries and the processes of cultural production.

Table of Contents:

	Contributors
	Introduction	9
Pt. I	Overview
1	Media organisations in society: central issues	19
Pt. II	Media as Industry
2	Spectacle, synergy and megamusicals: the global-industrialisation of the live-entertainment economy	69
3	The political economy of the Internet	84
4	Alternative media, alternative texts? Rethinking democratisation in the cultural industries	107
5	Broadcasting deregulation in Turkey: uniformity within diversity	126
Pt. III	Media as Battlefield
6	The killing of Brazilian street children and the rise of the international public sphere	151
7	Public-relations campaigning and news production: the case of 'new unionism' in Britain	173
8	Mainstreaming the margins: the transformation of Marxism Today	193
Pt. IV	Media as Cultural Product
9	Literary editors, social networks and cultural tradition	215
10	Music divisions: the recording industry and the social mediation of cultural production	240
11	Media, cultural identity and the state: the case of Hong Kong	255
12	Media organisations and non-media people	273
	Index	289

Corporate Advocacy or Customer Service

Corporate Advocacy: Rhetoric in the Information Age

Author: Judith D D Hoover

Internal and external advocacy is a complex communication process, with many interwoven purposes, methods, and expected (or unexpected) outcomes. Judith Hoover and her contributors show what the advocacy processes are, using a fascinating set of case histories, and then analyze and evaluate them by means of rhetorical, cultural, critical, and argumentation theories. In doing so they blend organizational communication and classical rhetorical theory, and thus extend the concept of corporate advocacy into new areas of study. An important resource for teachers and students of communication theory and practice, and an unusual insight for corporate communication specialists.

Booknews

Comprises 16 essays analyzing the processes and products of corporate America with an emphasis on the inocuous-seeming yet persuasive language and rhetoric used in the corporate world. Topics include the notion of the corporate hero in the American timber industry; Lee Iacocca as corporate rhetor; advocacy in the interest of consumers; the National Transportation Safety Board and the airline industry; and union advocacy. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Table of Contents:

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction	1
1	Corporate Advocacy: A Powerful Persuasive Strategy	3
2	The Barbecue on the Mount: The Robber Barons' Gospel of Self-Reliance	19
3	Tycoons, Lumberjacks, and the Notion of "Corporate Hero" in the American Timber Industry	32
4	The Evolution of the Shareholder's Voice in American Capitalism	48
5	The Rhetoric of the Money Changers: Corporate America Responds to the Great Depression	61
6	Straight Talk: Lee Iacocca as Corporate Rhetor	73
7	Reconstructing Corporate Culture: Corporate Advocacy in Fred Meyer's Newsletter, The Q-municator	91
8	Expatriate/Repatriate Training: Corporate Advocacy of Interculturalism	105
9	Beyond Argumentative Corporate Advocacy: Natural Advocacy	120
10	Wall Street as Main Street: A Narrative Approach to Organizational Crisis	131
11	Consumerism: Advocacy in the Interest of Consumers	148
12	Investigating Commissions as External Advocates: The National Transportation Safety Board and the Airline Industry	170
13	Union Advocacy: Power, Organizing, and Change	187
14	Poetics and Petrochemicals: Organizational Performances of the Mississippi River	204
15	"Not Worth the Money I Paid for It": Dialogue, Diversity, and the Rhetoric of Organizational Advocacy	220
16	Argumentation and Corporate Advocacy: A Synthesis	237
	Conclusion	253
	Index	257
	About the Editor and Contributors	261

Look this: Trying to Give Ease or Into the Shadows

Customer Service: Skills and Concepts for Success

Author: Robert W Lucas

Customer Service Skills & Concepts for Success is the most comprehensive book on the topic available to educators, corporate trainers and individual readers. The book uses a wide variety of text, margin features, and activities to gain and hold your interest while providing additional insights into the concepts and skills related to customer service. It also has a complete Instructor's edition, video, audiocassette and CD-ROM residual support materials (available to schools and organizations that adopt the book as a text).

The text begins with a macro view of what customer service involves, then focuses on specific skills and related topics, and finally provides insights into future customer service trends and issues.

The text includes the following features:

• 15 chapters divided into five sections, plus Appendices.

The sections focus on different aspects of customer service:
(1) The Profession
(2) Skills for Success
(3) Self-Help Skills,
(4) Enhancing Customer Relationships
(5) Customer Service for the Twenty-first Century.

Along with valuable ideas, guidance, and perspectives you will also encounter real world cases from experts in today's business world and activities to challenge your thinking on the issues presented.

Each chapter starts with behavioral-based Learning Objectives to direct reader focus and to help measure end of chapter success in grasping the concepts presented. Readers will also find a Quote from a famous person to prompt thinking related to the chapter topic and the text focus.

As the reader explores the chapter material they will find many helpful tools to enhance the learning experience and assist in transferring newly acquired knowledge to the workplace.

These include:

An opportunity to do a short Self-Assessment of current skills and knowledge levels before the reader even gets to the first page. This is done through a series of brief questions related to providing customer service that the reader can score individually. If responses are incorrect, the reader can use the areas missed to focus in on specific chapters as you read the book. For those areas where answers are correct, the reader can use chapters that discuss the topics as reinforcement.

Pretests and Post-tests called Quick Check Preview and Quick Check are provided to allow the reader to check topic knowledge going into a chapter, then again at the end of it.

From the Frontline sections placed at the end of many of the chapters provide insights into customer service in a variety of businesses, industries and organizations. Told in the words of experts in the fields, these candid snapshots explore what it is like to provide service in an ever-changing world.

Worksheets are provided throughout the chapters to provide an opportunity to immediately act on what has been learned. In some cases readers will be creating samples based on information provided in the chapter, while in others they will be developing an action plan or list of valuable information for future use on the job.

Work It Out activities throughout the chapters challenge reader knowledge and provide an opportunity for individual and/or small group work on a specific topic or issue.

At the end of each chapter is a Summary and Review that brings together the key concepts and issues.

Face to Face exercises are customer service scenarios in which the reader assumes the role of a specified employee and use information provided to determine how he or she would handle a customer service issue.

Search It Out activities at the end of skill-building chapters give you an opportunity to expand your knowledge of customer service and use your research skills on the Internet. In each chapter, you are asked to explore the Internet to obtain a variety of customer service facts, figures, and related information that you will use in group activities, presentations or discussions. You may also want to visit the Website especially designed by Glencoe/McGraw-Hill for Customer Service Skills & Concepts for Success.

In some of the skill-building chapters, readers will also have an opportunity to participate in Collaborative Learning activities where they and one or more of their peers can actually work through a customer service issue with you to practice your skills and find answers to various questions.

Ponder This questions are included at the end of each chapter to stimulate thinking on how certain situations might be handled using information gained in the chapter. Ponder This can also be used as a discussion vehicle with others to share ideas.

At the end of the book is a handy Appendices Section that contains a Sample Action Plan and a Reader Satisfaction Survey that gives readers a chance to provide the author with feedback on the perceived value of this book. In addition to experiencing an actual customer survey to express what you liked and did not like, readers will also receive a gift for returning the form.

In the rear of the book, are a Bibliography of additional reference materials, a Glossary of Terms, and an Index.