Lap lambert academic publishing feb 2010 (950 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Nowadays many companies are facing difficulties in their business, hence there is greater need for indicators that could inform the management in time about the performance of their companies. The objective of this work was to evaluate overall financial situation of selected company that makes business in food processing industry. This analysis was conducted between years 2002 2006 according to its financial statements, mainly balance sheet and profit and loss statement. Special financial methods were used to find out what factors has mostly influenced the development of this company in the specified period. The obtained results were used for evaluation of the company s financial situation and there were suggested measures that could be taken for the improvement of financial situation for the company s future development. This work can be used as a guideline for performing a financial analysis of small or middle sized companies. It is a useful tool for managers to evaluate the company s performance, viability and possible future development. However this work can also serve students of Business Economics schools to better understand the financial analysis dilemma. 76 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The rule of law is essential to international society just as it is to domestic order, but it is much more difficult to achieve on the international level. The fields of International Relations and International Law have engaged relatively little with one another. The interdisciplinary research demonstrates a number of contemporary trends that are often ill-addressed by scholars of either field including the increased importance of non-state actors and the ramifications of state weakness and state illegitimacy. A new paradigm of international relations is needed to be created based on international law . Through the angle of international law, the author tries to reflect the main arguments of the various theoretical approaches in international relations, and also calls for an interdisciplinary collaborated research agenda to address the contemporary international problems and build a global order in the globalized world of the 21st century. The analysis should shed some light on the trend of the ongoing interdisciplinary discussion between International Relations and International Law. 96 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This study was carried out in Aweil West/North Counties of North Bahr el Ghazal State in South Sudan. It sought to establish the main local natural resource endowments, their utilization particularly in response to food insecurity, constraining factors and impacts on sustainability. The protracted conflict in South Sudan resulted in the loss of household assets and displacements, and subsequent widespread incidences of food insecurity. Results showed that loss of key livelihood capitals forced households to develop and adopt copping strategies by diversifying their livelihoods onto the local natural resource endowments. Many constraints were encountered, some of which are potential challenges on the sustainability of these resources. Intervention support from international agencies enhanced the process of livelihoods transitions. From this study; livestock, land,rivers and forest are the main local natural resource endowments for this community; livestock being the major one. Loss of livestock resulted in livelihood diversification in which crop production emerged as the leading livelihood, but constraining factors limited households from deriving maximum benefits. 120 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Facadism is a trend that many may see as the future means of imporving the urban environment. In terms of urban design, architecture, character, heritage, urban amenity facadism is now a practical option for establishing a healthy and lively space that has a clear connection to the individuals that use it. These benfits are somewhat debated in planning and development circles and it can be seen as a part time tokenism approach to asertaining long-term benefits. Urban design is now an integral part of the City of Adelaide. The council spent great deals of money on attracting people towards using public open space and urban areas. Grenfell Street is a major part of the Adelaide Central Business District and has a high volume of useage on a daily basis. The policy and mesaures in place dealing with the urban make-up of this street will be analysed to best oversee what is and is not working and what role facadism is playing towards improving this street. The research will summarise the current policy framework incorperating facadism into urban design and then recommending chages to this and what issues are not being addressed at the current time. 60 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Ethiopia has been implementing a resettlement program, starting from 2003 in different parts of the country by mobilizing people from the drought-prone areas to the relatively unpopulated fertile low land areas. However, when communities relocate from their point of origin to resettlement site, they lose their social capital (mutual support, social networks) and this is especially true in case of women. Social networks have important role in accessing and using technology and play crucial role in facilitating diffusion of technology. So, this book reports the roles of social networks in facilitating or hampering technology diffusion in resettlement areas and has been intended to throw light on the existing formal and informal social networks among re-settlers. This book is expected to contribute to the understanding of social networks which will help design appropriate and relevant interventions by the agricultural research, extension and other development process aiming at benefiting the majority of Ethiopian farmers. 120 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -What do we make of the interrelationships of race, class and gender through the lens of whiteness Premising whiteness as a structure of authority (drawing on Homi Bhabha), this study examines these intersections within the location of Western Sydney, Australia. Investigating whiteness in Western Sydney enables critical insights into the intersections of race, class and gender, given the popular positioning of Western Sydney as the working class other to the more affluent and cosmopolitan Northern and Eastern areas of Sydney; and the dumping ground for newly arrived immigrant and refugee populations from the latest sites of war and degradation around the world. This text examines these issues as theory and through pedagogic intervention in the racialised discourses and practices that frame the taken-for- granted relationships of dominant Anglo-Australians and their racialised others. Framed within feminist, post-structuralist and pedagogic theories, the study brings to life the challenges and opportunities of whiteness as a lens for understanding and challenging everyday racism. 296 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Economic liberalisation implied a shift away from the mining policy model prevalent during the 1950- 1980 period in several countries. A new policy and law approach were developed to govern the activities of the extractive sector. However, it was argued that reforms of policy and regulatory frameworks had often been introduced without the safeguards necessary to achieve long-term development objectives of developing countries. The new pro-development perspective of international policies during recent years has strongly influenced the evolution of mining policies and related laws. Presently, mining sector is keenly scrutinised for the way that it contributes to achieve MDGs and reduce poverty in natural resource-rich countries. This book explores the impact of economic liberalisation on mining policy as well as the efforts made by Government and the mining industry to manage the development demands. Peru is used as a case study, including the local impact of the Antamina mine in the Ancash region. The book is addressed to policy- makers, the business sector, civil society institutions and professionals dealing with extractive industries and development. 396 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The development of endogenous growth theory has opened an avenue through which the effects of taxation on economic growth can be explored. Explicit modeling of the individual decisions that contribute to growth allows the analysis of tax incidence and the prediction of growth effects. This study, titled 'Effects of Taxation on Economic Growth (Uganda s Experience: 1987-2005)', reviews the theoretical and empirical evidence to assess how taxation affects the rate of economic growth in Uganda. In the methodology for this study, labour, capital, government consumption and revenue from the different tax components were used as the explanatory variables against GDP as the explained variable. Estimates of this study only reflect the cost of a combined tax and expenditure system and ignore effects caused by political decisions, corruption and other redistribution policies. 88 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The book Non-timber Forest Products (NTFPs) and Domestication provides an insight into the potentiality of cultivation of NTFPs in cultivated land in place of agro-crops. Based on a structured questionnaire survey and some secondary documents this book has sought to explore the perception of smallholder farmers whether or not the NTFPs could be an alternative to existing agro-crops. The book deals with constraints and opportunities, market opportunities and risks with regards to promotion (domestication) of NTFPs in the cultivated land. The book also throws light on whether or not the existing policies are favourable to NTFPs domestication at farm level. Findings suggest that farmers are very much willing to cultivate NTFPs in their farmland in place of agro-crops. They perceive NTFPs more profitable and environmentally desirable than agro-crops since NTFPs requires less input than agro-crops. But farmers are reluctant to adopt domestication extensively because of market risks and Lack of direct access of farmers to the big trading companies is another constraint posed to expensive cultivation of NTFPs in the farm land. 108 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -'Lost' is a television drama featured on the ABC Network from 2004 to 2010. It is a fictional story with a supernatural premise. This thematic analysis uncovers whether 'Lost' can be interpreted as an application of the Orphic mysteries as a modern television show. The television show 'Lost' contains some religious elements throughout the series not unlike the Orphic mysteries. If this is the case, the program is more than simple entertainment it is a form of education or enlightenment. 80 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The recognition of language right under international human rights law has been a delicate issue for long. Availing this gap, states failed to respect and adopt appropriate measures that ensure the use of one s own language at least at a certain possible level. The absence of comprehensibly agreed international human rights law on linguistic rights, political and economic dilemmas, inter alia, are all used as an excuse for the failure of most states to recognize and respect language rights. Thus, this book strives to critically analyze the various arguments that can firmly establish the recognition of the right to language under international human rights law. Various international treaties and soft laws that can be used to protect linguistic rights either directly or indirectly are analyzed. Moreover, an attempt is made to reveal the extent of protection and recognition accorded to linguistic rights in Mauritius as well as under the linguistic and ethnic form of Ethiopian Federalism. This book will serve the need and interest human rights researchers, human right activists, legal practitioners, politicians and students of politics. 76 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Effective change leadership is important to any organisation undergoing fundamental transformation. In particular, the ability of senior public sector leaders to successfully drive strategic change is crucial to meeting the developmental and service delivery challenges faced in ensuring the effective, efficient and innovative government demanded by all its various stakeholders. This work is a case study that probes the phenomenon of effective change leadership by means of an examination of the successful creation of a shared legal advisory service to a provincial government in South Africa. It provides useful insights into the many and varied challenges faced by public sector leaders in driving strategic transformation in the administration of government institutions. It offers an example of successful change leadership and demonstrates the need for change agents within the public service to harness more emotionally resonant and relational forms of leadership if they are to soar to new heights in meeting the service delivery expectations of all who look to government to deliver the fruits of democracy. 112 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Urban and rural interaction is very dynamic in a rural dominated economy like Bangladesh. The study focused on three sectors: Flow of goods, flow of people in terms of migration/commuters and transportation to find out how and in what extent they are linked. It also searched the answer of the question: if the rural areas can extract maximum benefits from the city or if the city is getting maximum incentives or giving maximum services to its rural population in south west part of Bangladesh. A model has been developed to find the complex interactions between cities and rural areas based on some criteria. The book offers a very good academic research outcome to share with other scholars who are working in this same academic field. 72 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Macroeconomics of inflation is an existing field. Old and new techniques are implemented here, and new theories are checked and reconsidered. One of the main topics of this field is to have a clear idea on the costs of inflation, as well as what mechanisms underlying the association between inflation and poor economic performance, more evident in developing countries. They have experienced long run periods of high inflation and economic stagnation. Hence, inflation should be always a priority in the agenda of economic policy, but especially in developing-high inflation countries. In this sense, the motivation of this book is to contribute with updated evidence on the costs of inflation, through its effect on the price system, in economies with different level of development, which are clearly associated to different inflationary experiences. This book contains a vast recompilation of research on that subject of the last two decades. It is fruit of the initial work carried out in my doctoral thesis and posterior investigations, which have encompassed a wider sample of cases. This book is especially useful for academics and policimakers specializing on inflation processes. 112 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The infrastructure plays important role in economic activity. Infrastructure differs in terms of its purpose of delivering certain set of services to different groups. Traditionally, public infrastructure is procured by the government. This study intends to present Private Finance Initiative (PFI) as an alternative approach of obtaining the public infrastructure and services related to it. The central question of the study is what the impact of PFI in procurement of public infrastructure is. The study will discuss basic features of PFI, present the case of practical application and assess potential benefits and problems of PFI and examine applicability in the context of emerging economies.The study should be especially useful to professionals in Finance and Management fields or anyone else interested in project finance, private public partnerships and development of public infrastructure 68 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Promoting (SMEs) have been one of the best strategies for achieving economic development. Many Arab countries have recognized the importance of small and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs), and have formulated policies to encourage, support, and fund there. The benefits of SMEs to any economy are easily noticeable, they include: contribution to an economy in terms of creation of jobs, development of skilled and semi- skilled workers, and developing and adapting appropriate technological approaches. This book aims to study the developmental role of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Arab countries. 76 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -To prevent disease outbreaks and increase competitiveness of U.S. shrimp products, U.S. aquaculture researchers have developed super-intensive, bio-secure, recirculating shrimp production systems since the early 1990s. The general objective of this research is to determine an optimal production strategy to maximize the net revenue for the system. An inventory optimization model was built to determine the optimal harvesting week, shrimp size, and number of crops per year for experimental trials conducted at Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, Waddell Maricultural Center, and Oceanic Institute. Survival rate and price sensitivity analyses were conducted to see their impact on the system s net revenue. The optimal harvesting week solved by this model is determined by shrimp growth and feed functions. Price and survival rate can affect the value of net revenue, but do not impact the optimal harvesting week. Shrimp producers can use the developed inventory optimization model and results to manage their operations. 76 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -From a sociological perspective, there is consensus on the idea that identities are constructed. This consensus forms the basis of this work on the social construction of identities in the National Youth Service of Zimbabwe (NYSZ). Other aspects of identity - its multiplicity and negotiable nature - are used as key terms of reference in the investigation of identity construction in the NYSZ. This study investigates how social identity is constructed in the NYSZ, by whom and for what is it being constructed, and, significantly, with what success the NYSZ is creating the identities, and how its success can be explained. In this study, it is asserted that the NYSZ is not an ordinary kind of NYS. It is quite exceptional in terms of its structure, aims and operation. With regard to sociological theories of NYSs I propose the addition of a fourth perspective to the three presented by Sherraden and Eberly: construction of social and political identity. This book should be especially useful to the growing number of researchers on youth service and those who are interested in the construction of youth identities. 104 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The global crises suffered by major economies in the last decade have persuaded people that capital markets can be intrinsically unstable after all. However, this is a fact that enters in contradiction with major theorems of classic financial economics theory, which assume that individuals can always borrow funds at a predetermined price. An alternative theoretical setting is proposed in this book that explicitly incorporates the presence of liquidity restrictions. At the core of the approach, an optimal liquidity principle is presented, which is determined in order to minimise the sum of the price of deposit insurance and the opportunity cost of capital. At the corporate level, the principle provides a basis to define capital allocation rules within financial conglomerates. More generally, the model is applied to characterise the preference for liquidity and hence the money demand of the economy. Finally, the principle is also used to describe the response of markets of short-term loans to capital and investment flows. In this way, the foundations of a general theory of liquidity are established. 116 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book, performs a review of the most recent literature about the topic of economic growth, inequality, poverty and violence in Colombia. The book explores some of the characteristics, connexion and realities that have been documented in the existing literature on the incidence that those variables may have on dynamic violence. The author concentrates on the different effects that poverty, the geographical localisation of violent groups, and the production of illegal crops may exert on the high levels of violence experienced by some regions in the country. The book combines methods and applications recent. 108 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The case presented in this book concerns the repercussions of the Islamist translations of the Western Classics in Turkey. Islamist translations found extensive coverage in the Turkish press and thereby contributed to the visibility of the ideological nature of translation. Although translation is and always has been an ideological activity, this was the first time that 'the manipulation at work' in translation was so clearly recognized in the Turkish public sphere. This was due to polarization situated along the axis of secularist and Islamist poles in the Turkish society. Ideology in translation could only be deciphered within a state of conflicting ideologies. Translation is thus viewed, in this book, as a site where ideologies meet and compete within the same society. The current political and social environment in Turkey is provided for the evaluation of the case from a wider perspective. The book also expands on the notions of cultural planning, power relations, ideology and visibility in Translation Studies. This case study should be of interest to translators and translation researchers, and anyone else who is interested in the visibility of Islam in the public domains. 76 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Musculoskeletal pain is a common affliction that affects millions worldwide. It not only has a negative impact on an individual s health but also, has large societal and economic consequences. In 2001, The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the U.S. Department of Labor reported a national approximation of 522,528 cases (34%) of all illnesses involving days away from work were attributed to musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) (1). Furthermore, the multi-factorial etiology of musculoskeletal disorders and pain, along with the increased reporting of the illness (2) has produced substantial research over the last decade (3). The majority of the studies explore the relationship between work-related psychosocial risk factors associated with the reporting of musculoskeletal disorders and pain. The main objective of this study was to assess the impact on the ability to work, based on both personal and work-related psychosocial factors that may be associated with reported musculoskeletal pain. The current study was a cross-sectional assessment of multi-task GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) employees from four Philadelphia area corporate, manufacturing and two research and developing work-sites. 96 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The financial service sector is one of the sectors that have dramatically changed in the past years. The result of these changes has be a creation of a market place characterized by intense competition, little growth in primary demand and increased deregulation. Some authors explain this by stressing that as the result of this competition banks have attempted to set different strategies to retain their customers. To achieve this strategy of increasing customer loyalty, innovative products have been introduced by most banks, including those in Belgium.This book provides a framework that can help decision maker to design their product in order to meet their customer expectation. The framework developed in this book is actually based on the quantitative data obtained through a survey of customers of different banks in Belgium. Although the factors described in this book might be relevant for the Belgium case, one can still apply them in any banking environment. Some other interesting features that this book tries to highlight are the fact that social factors can play a role in building customer loyalty. . 76 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -There was a time when the idea of competitive commercial space launches and global satellite telecommunications networks belonged exclusively to the realm of science fiction. Science fiction has now become reality. Private corporations and even ordinary civilians can participate in space activities. This is a dramatic change from the days when only States were active in space. In those days, States were only responsible for their own activities in outer space. With the introduction of a new class of participants, private entities, it is unclear who now bears responsibility for such activities. This book explores the question in the modern Space Age by briefly examining the evolution of State responsibility and critically evaluating the prevaling theories in this field to develop a different theory to resolve the issue based on a careful interpretation of Article VI of the 1967 Outer Space Treaty. The analysis should provoke discussion amongst academics and law makers regarding current theories relied upon by States to regulate private activities in outer space and be of interest to those in the commercial space business. 76 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In the age of globalization, the management of international assignments is becoming central to both the competitive advantage of organizations and the mission of international human resource managers (IHRM). Managing international talent grows in importance; and so it does the interest in issues of cultural differences, expatriation and cross-cultural adjustment. This book, therefore, provides new insights on the organizational factors affecting the adjustment, satisfaction and withdrawal intentions of international employees. Two distinct and separate studies, involving expatriates and repatriates, explore the antecedents and outcomes of cross- cultural adjustment. The analyses show organizational culture affects cross-cultural adjustment, general assignment satisfaction, and withdrawal intentions; and yet, adjustment does not influence general satisfaction with the assignment. Besides, expatriates satisfaction with the assignment predicts withdrawal intentions. Altogether, these results provide new insights on the question of expatriation success, and are especially helpful to International Managers, as to anyone aiming to do an international assignment. 82 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This qualitative study explores the influences of cultural differences on knowledge transfer. In order to do so a theoretical model of the individuals involved in the transfer of knowledge, the knowledge agents, has been developed, extending the classic sender-receiver communication prototype by including the aspects of home and host culture, the level of internationalization and the interconnectedness of different knowledge agents. In a second step the model has been tested by conducting a single case study. It has then been verified along several measurable cultural dimensions that are expected to impact knowledge transfer. The results of the study have shown that the cultural dimensions of power distance, individualism vs. collectivism, long- vs. short-term orientation, speed of communication, high vs. low context, monochronic vs. polychronic time, perception of space, internationalization, cultural openness, perceived cultural distance, and language ability do have a direct or indirect impact on the knowledge transfer process. 100 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In today s consumer driven, throw-away society Green marketing may be seen as an oxymoron where the two terms fundamentally disagree about consumer consumption and habits. Consumers, recognising this conflict of interest, are therefore particularly critical of companies Green marketing efforts, making employing strategies and methods difficult and critical to a companies success and reputation. This book documents an online exploratory multiple comparative case study of the Green marketing communication strategies of Tesco, The Body Shop and IKEA as per an interpretation of Grant s (2007) typologies and the effects they have on consumers perceptions and opinions. By comparing the findings about each company, new and interesting conclusions are able to be drawn about each company s Green marketing communications, providing a higher level of consumer and strategy understanding. This book explores a largely undocumented area of Green marketing and is a useful reference for both individuals studying this discipline and companies learning about the possible effects of the strategies they employ. 112 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -aims to open up discussion of a sadly neglected area: the protection of pastoralists in northern Uganda. Pastoralist lives and livelihoods rarely fit neatly into modern structures and legal norms, and attempts to make such communities conform have often led to tragic results. This monograph argues that a different, rights-based, way of thinking about pastoralist participation in society is needed if problems plaguing the region are to be resolved, and also suggests solutions based on the experiences of pastoralists in neighbouring states. 88 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The Murthy (1957) estimator has been extensively studied by various authors. The design based variance of the estimator has been studied by the various survey statisticians. The modifications of the Murthy (1957) estimator has been proposed by Shahbaz (2004) alongside the design based study. The model based study of the estimator has been presented in this monograph. We have also studied the stability of the variance estimator of the modified Murthy (1957) estimator under the linear super-population model. It has been observed that the anticipated variance of the modified Murthy (1957) estimator achieves the Godambe-Joshi (1965) lower bound and the variance estimator is stable. 56 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Genetic analyses in five inherited disorders In this study, computer based parametric tests including two and multi point analysis and simulation were applied to evaluate the linkage information obtained by autozygosity mapping from five rare autosomal recessive disorders: multiple joint stiffness (MJS), mental retardation associated with hypertension (MR-HT), hyaline body myopathy (HBM), ataxia-telangiectasia with microcephaly (AT- MCPH) and Seckel syndrome. The borders of gene loci for these disorders were thus better drawn. 108 pp. Englisch.…