lap lambert academic publishing feb 2011 (Oltre 2.100 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Most academic scholarship dealing with Akira Kurosawa''s Ran has concentrated in a rather Anglocentric fashion on the film''s status as an adaptation of Shakespeare''s King Lear. Mr Gorringe''s book takes issue with this approach by looking at the wider cultural and filmic context of Ran, in particular its status as a Japanese samurai film, in order to make a judgment about how much the film has actually been influenced by Shakespeare''s play.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 112 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The emergence of the multiplex has had a significant impact on the way Indian films, especially Hindi films are made, exhibited and distributed. This book contends that the factors contributing to this change are related very intricately to the liberalization policy adopted by the government and the increasing influence of the Non-resident Indian and now considerable population of the Indian diaspora across the world. This view is also shared by others but the challenge is to analyze the influence of these factors to create a new genre of film and in the process discover that a new audience has evolved in the interim. Many cities are evolving through malls and these malls house multiplexes, since the inception of the film industry films have been for mass viewing but now with these malls/multiplexes the film is now an exclusive commodity. By tracing the history of the multiplex in Hyderabad and chronicling the effects of the liberalization policy this book intends to assess the future of film exhibition and viewing in relation to the multiplex, globalization and the increasing influence of the N.R.I audience.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 92 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Central Asia has emerged on the global stage after spending decades in isolation. As part of the Soviet Union, it was largely secluded from the region and the greater Muslim world. After a period of adjustment, the countries have more or less crystallized into what they are ultimately going to be. What is in the region's favor are the large untapped natural resources. Things would seem to be in the region¿s favor. There are, however, a few events that could derail the region but only three are examind at length.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 96 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Nigeria, a developing economy with huge population and economic potentials, is currently struggling with failed infrastructure and the current financial need for Nigeria''s infrastructural development is put at between US$10 and $15 Billion annually. The infrastructure decay has been a major factor responsible for the high cost of doing business in Nigeria. Securitisation is a financing technique which involves the process of converting cash- generating assets into securities to be offered to investors. Sovereign and sub-sovereign entities in both developing and developed countries have adopted and used securitisation as alternative vehicle for accessing finance to solve their capital development needs and it has remained a veritable tool for accessing cross- border finance especially in times of global financial crises. Nigeria is Africa''s largest producer of crude oil and with it current reserve of over 36 billion barrels, can effectively fund her infrastructure needs using securitisation. This will help achieve diversification of it economy with other short and long term micro and macroeconomic benefit.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 56 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -An organizational strategy to develop software has recently appeared in the market. Organizations release software source code open and hope to attract volunteers to improve their applications, forming what we call an open source project. Examples of organizations that have used this strategy include IBM (Eclipse), Google (Android) and Mozilla (Thunderbird). This phenomenon deserves attention for its usefulness to public and private organizations on saving costs and improving software services to the population. This book theoretically specifies and empirically tests a structural-causal model to explain how projects are populated and operate, consequently, impacting the qualities of the software produced and support provided by the project members. Specific advices to managers engaged in such strategies are provided.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 112 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The work analyzes the scope of the free movement of workers provisions focusing in particular on the notion of barrier to movement for the nationals of the third countries and the possible perspectives. The EU policy on legal and illegal migration is discussed and the legislation screened for identification of the possibilities for the workers from the third countries related to their free movement in the Member States with special focus on the Directive on the conditions for entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of highly qualified employment (EU Blue Card). Special focus is dedicated to the European States,non-EU Members (Switzerland, Turkey, Moldova and Georgia). The work examines bilateral agreements existing between target countries and the EU on European Neighbourhood Policy and its Action Plan, ¿Mobility Partnership'', visa facilitation and readmission. Possible future development in the EU-Georgia relations, existing and ongoing bilateral relations with particular attention to the Georgian nationals as potential workforce for the EU labour market and their free movement in the Member States is discussed.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Recently, Non-Profit Organizations (NPOs) are becoming more concerned about their sustainability due to the current complex and dynamic environment which they operate in. Such conditions are inducing NPOs to adopt new and innovative approaches to pursue their mission and to maintain their sustainability & growth. Accordingly, this book aims to investigate quality models as one of these approaches. Although quality models, e.g. EFQM model, are claimed to be effectual frameworks for improving organizations¿ performance, yet these models are not appeared to be explored properly within the NPOs¿ context. Using an exploratory qualitative in-depth case study approach, the book examines the case of British NPOs. It provides thoughtful insights about how quality models [in particular the EFQM model] can be adopted by NPOs as a framework for improving performance. Additionally, the book justifies some modifications for the EFQM model which to address the nature of the nonprofit world. Finally, it introduces a model to integrate quality, performance evaluation and improvement together to act as continuous improvement cycle for NPOs.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 84 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This text was originally submited as a bachelor thesis. It examines whether currency exchange rate changes play any role in determination of stock market volatility in the EU''s New Member states. Using the daily data of six Central and Eastern European countries, we run a GARCH model including the exchange rate variable into the volatility equation. Using a TARCH model we also examine whether the magnitude of stock market volatility depends on the direction of last innovation. The results suggest that an exchange rate depreciation will boost stock market volatility in Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland, whereas the same applies for currency appreciation in Romania. The various results for various countries are in line with the previous research.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 56 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The study argues that the Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan is neither an emotional issue nor purely an ideological tangle but equally, if not more so, an issue of realpolitik which is inherent in the nature of the territory of Kashmir. This dimension of the Kashmir dispute was overshadowed in the wake of the Indian move to raise the Kashmir issue at the UNSC in 1948. The importance of the territory lies in its wealth of water resources of the world''s mighty Indus River System comprising the Indus, Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas and Sutlej rivers, serving as the ¿jugular vein'' of Pakistan''s agrarian economy. India is not prepared to lose the upper- riparian status and Pakistan is fearful of its vulnerabilities. Kashmir issue is also a question of control of the life-giving rivers in upstream originating from the territory of Kashmir, parts of which were captured by both India and Pakistan in 1948. The study highlights the linkage of the Indus rivers resource with political thinking, strategic planning and warfare between India and Pakistan in the past and comprehends its future role in the security calculus of the region.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 100 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Financial engineering - one of the core elements in the business model of private equity funds is under pressure. Increasing tax legislation has removed the majority of the tax shield that the funds have benefited from earlier and moreover the current situation has frozen the financial markets and thereby eliminated or at least decreased the option of gearing the portfolio companies. In light of this we decided to analyze four pillars of the business model, which we believe are the most important; Financial, Governance, Operational and Strategic Engineering. The analysis was built on two cases, one already exited and one still ongoing. This was done in order to address the effect of the timing, while the number of cases was held to a minimum to ensure that the case study was able to go into depth with the engineering applied in the two cases. This was combined with an outlook into likely developments that will influence and change the business environment that the private equity firms operate in. It is essential that the PE firms adapt to changes in the business environment, in order for the business model to be viable in the future.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 116 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book provides a macroeconomic evaluation of EU enlargement is undertaken with extending GTAP and ORANI-INT static/dynamic models taking into account possible integration effects: trade effect, labor mobility, capital movement, emission trading, and marginal abatement cost. The CGE models developed in this book focuses on the energy sector. Taking into consideration of energy and environmental interactions, carbon taxes are imposed on fossil fuels because we account for carbon emissions arising from the combustion of these fuels. Therefore, CO2 emissions are associated with all emitting activities, including current production, capital formation, and household and government consumption. In this book, case studies have been carried out to analyze energy and climate change policies in EU enlargement process using CGE models of energy, economy, and environment interactions. The models have been developed in a framework which allows modification and expansion and expansion in a very convenient manner. Thus, models provide a template to the academics and researchers to meet the challenges posed by the theoretical limitations of the existing CGE models.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 108 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book seeks to integrate the sociology of Emile Durkheim with the psychology of Carl Jung. The purpose of this goal is to develop a sociological definition of 'wholeness' or 'integration' that can be developed further in theory and research. Historically, the concept of the unconscious is not the exclusive domain of psychology. The fact that Durkheim advocated the need for sociologists to study the unconscious has been overlooked until recently. This text takes the position that from within a social context, conceptual classifications or distinctions can be made between groups and the individual, as well as between consciousness and the unconscious. Further, I suggest that the human experience includes a personal and a collective consciousness, as well as a personal and collective consciousness. My intention is to integrate all of the conceptual categories that these dualisms entail, and thereby contribute a new social psychology of Durkheim and Jung.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 52 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The advent of the Internet era changed the way business is conducted, especially in the hotel industry. The existent literature argues that the online booking revolution diminishes the effectiveness of traditional revenue management systems (Schwartz, 2008). The present paper shows that, on the contrary, online booking and revenue management perfectly complement each other. In particular, light algorithms are used to construct a pricing policy which can and should be used by managers of small size hotels. The price engineering endeavor is based on both simulated demand following a Poisson distribution and on the pricing policy of competing 2-star hotels in the vicinity of the Vrijthof Square, Maastricht. Regression analysis is used to determine the relation between the competitors'' prices and the quantitative and qualitative independent variables chosen for this model. The light algorithm presented in this paper uses easily accessible software packages such as Microsoft Excel, simulation tools and online booking sites. The chosen approach adds a new dimension to asset management, thus enriching and improving the managerial decision process.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Return to investors on money invested by them in government backed avenues have bottomed, which has forced investors to go for investing their savings in money markets anticipating better returns. The lack of awareness as to complex interplay of market forces makes investor fear about the possibility of shrinkage in the purchasing power of their investment. This scenario gives birth to the requirement of people well versed with the art of trade or any firm providing such services. This opportunity has led to entry of a large number of fund house and consequently also to an intense competition to grab the investors'' share. Thus mutual fund industry today is not only about managing the funds but also making the investors believe that their money rests in safe hands. All this action and phenomenon has forced the players to apply lot of marketing gimmicks to hold the investors with them. This situation has made the study on application of McCarthy''s Marketing Mix Model to make an inroad in customers'' decision making, a very pertinent and timely study. The present besides analyzing the same also comes out with the positions that players, can take to have an edge over the rivals.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -A number of women were sexually enslaved by the Japanese military during the Second World War and were known as ''comfort women''. It is a wrongful action of the Japanese state in the past which still brings the international attention. In order to overcome the past, such wrong doings should be considered in the context of legal responsibility of the state. Legal responsibility is distinguished from moral responsibility; state responsibility differs from individual responsibility. Seeking the legal responsibility of the state is an important process to achieve proper justice in the international community.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, while giving new maritime rights and interests to states, does not break the existing maritime legal order or affect the vested maritime rights of the states. The systems of archipelagic waters, exclusive economic zone and continental shelf provided for by the Convention allow states to extend their sovereignty or sovereign rights to wider sea areas. However, states can extend their sovereign rights only to areas traditionally recognized as open seas and, in doing so, they may not infringe upon the vested territorial sovereignty or sovereign rights of other states. The various historical rights enjoyed by China over the South China Sea are vested rights that had been established long before the entry into force of the Convention.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 60 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Considering the current context of Bolivia, in which indigenous communities are receiving more attention in the policy making process regarding the distribution of lands, natural resource management and participation in development projects, the present document aims to analyze the effect of different political and socio-economic events, such as the change in policies regarding the Bolivian forest sector, in the Tacana community''s structure and cultural identity. I also pretend to show the potential that the Tacana communities still have regarding forest management, to go further in their development process and preserve their ethnical roots and forests. The conclusions of this work are mainly positive, showing that CBFM has a potential to bring development to indigenous communities, while preserving the environment, but there are still many obstacles and new aspects to be considered for future policy implementations, as well as a long way ahead for communities to obtain the expected benefit, without their culture and livelihoods being negatively affected.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This monograph attempts to present an in-depth analysis about the obstacles involved with the implementation of Real Options valuation technique, for making investment decisions under uncertain business environment. The model traces back its origin from the famed Black&Scholes (1973) model for option valuation, for financial assets. However recently a lot of academicians have made several attempts to use the same model, for valuing options which are inherently embedded within projects that firms undertake, thereby allowing firms (managers) to make informed investment decisions, by capturing the value of new information and managerial flexibility, during the various stages of the project. However it needs to be examined carefully, that the Black&Scholes model for option volatility, is based on certain assumptions, which if violated cannot correctly price the value of a european call option. This monograph by using a case study method attempts to demonstrate the problems associated with the implementation of Real Options valuation technique, for valuing R&D projects in Pharmaceutical industry.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -In a saturated and competitive market, the dynamic nature of customers'' behavior increases the unsteadiness and unpredictability of customer profitability, making marketing planning and tactics development inefficient and ineffective. This book provides a framework of Customer Profitability Management (CPM) and its implementation that enables a firm to be more responsive to customer needs and facilitates the growth of customer equity.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 92 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book investigates the benefit of life settlements to a portfolio of investment securities. A life settlements is the secondary trade of an unneeded life policy. Unlike traditional securities, life settlements are not correlated to stock markets or interest rates. This book provides an extensive background on life settlements and empirically determined that a portfolio of investments including life settlements yields a higher return at a lower risk than a portfolio without life settlements. In addition, this book categorizes life settlements in order to explore differentiation opportunities within life settlements. By applying among others the concept of duration and convexity to life settlements, possible differences among life settlements can be identified. This is a relevant finding because it allows investors to apply duration as an additional criterion in selecting life settlements.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The book divided in to two parts. In the first part of this book, the historical development, the basic principles and some photo-physical process of fluorescence spectroscopy, the various biological applications of this instruments were presented. In second part, the historical development of EPR, a typical atomic system that exhibit paramagnetic system, the basic principles and applications of this instrument in biological and chemical systems were reviewed.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 84 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Although the civil war affects civilians, its impacts men and women in different ways, and it influence their gender roles and responsibilities. Comparatively little attention has been given to accessing the gender sensitivity of international organizations who implement post-conflict reconstruction programs. The different social, economic and political dimensions of war to peace transitions, and how they impact on gender relations, can shed some light on the complicated intersections of needs and interests in war torn societies. An examination of the policies of World Bank reveals that there is relatively little gender mainstreaming within their post-conflict operations. This research finds that lack of resources and coordination, the failure to build on local capacities, and a lack of commitment to gender mainstreaming are the main obstacles organizations face. To improve the situation it is recommended that organizations develop and use a ¿gender checklist'' at all stages of project planning, implementation and monitoring to ensure increased gender sensitivity in post-conflict programming.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 104 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Besides offering a number of indicators of possible Dutch Disease presence, the thesis gives an array of policy prescriptions that countries infected can adopt. The policies have been simplified so that non-specialists in the field of economics can understand them with ease. I argue that the exchange rate is one of the most important policy instruments to drive economic growth and in tandem economics development. It is vitally important to manage the exchange rate at levels that incentivise investment in manufactures to boost the export sector. Doing so would offer the economy the resilience needed to counter less benign movement in commodity prices which are beyond the control of small less developed countries like Zambia. As I argue, the Zambian authorities by floating the Kwacha have left the economy exposed to swings commodity prices making it difficult to get the economy off the ground after many years of stagnation. Zambia experienced two decades of economic slumber following poor economics policies of both the Kaunda and Chiluba eras. To attain macroeconomic balance requires both internal and external balance: which gives the exchange rate a significant role to play.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 100 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The aim of this work is to evaluate the impact of oil cakes amendments (argan, neem, castor cake and ground castor) on control of Meloidogyne spp., affecting cucumber and melon; on soil fertility; on the growth and yield of cucumber under greenhouse in south-western Morocco. In cucumber growing- greenhouse, experimental results showed a reduction of gall formation, soil nematodes density, root rot infestation, and improvement of plant height and yield as compared to the control. Argan cake improved yield 112% more than the control. Generally, argan cake gave better results compared to the other treatments. In pots experiment on melon, maximum suppression (100%) of root knots and soil larvae population were found with argan; castor cake and ground argan shoot; while neem cake was less effective. Argan cake resulted in 24% increase in fresh weight compared to the infested control, while ground argan shoot enormously decreased both height and weightBooks on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Taking into consideration the causes and consequences of the child labor, the situation reflects an extremely cruel social situation which engulfs socially, economically and educationally backward communities. The problem of child labor as existing in our society has given rise to multidimensional problems having adverse implications on the physical, social, emotional, moral and educational development of these children. It emerges that the socio-economical condition is one of the major factors for child labor in Srinagar.The growth and worries about unemployment and ignorance of parents make it a complicated issue.Unemployment also plays an important role in it as many parents think it is better to impart skills to their children than to provide them education as they feel education may not necessarily fetch them a job. Despite several welfare legislation enacted so far by the government from time to time to weed out this problem, the problem still persists. A change in social attitude besides social awareness is needed to discourage the practice of child labor.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 100 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The world oil prices have raised and fluctuated a lot during the past ten years. In order to hedge the risks, developing Chinese petroleum futures market is important. However, lacking pricing system is a main issue. In this paper, I use the two-factor model and a seemingly unrelated regression method from Gibson & Schwartz (1990) to price China''s one-month crude oil future contract. First, I estimate the future prices by assuming that China has the same convenience yield as the U.S. market. Second, I study the possibilities of real convenience yield in China based on macroeconomic analysis. Third, arbitrage theory provides the reasonable future prices. In the end, statistical tests prove that the calculated China''s crude oil future prices have the price discovery function for the Daqing spot prices and the ability of hedging international oil shocks. This work should be useful to professioinals in asset pricing and commodity derivatives fields, or anyone else who may be considering commodity market as a interest.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 60 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Arunachal Pradesh, a State in North East India, is well known for its biodiversity. Its rich flora and fauna are intricately related to the lives and traditions of the people of Arunachal. However, in recent year, along with economic development, government sponsored urbanization; technological development and the penetration of market have led to the growing depletion of common property resources which have far reaching consequences upon rural poverty and environmental degradation. This study attempts to quantify the importance of common property resources in the economy of Arunachal Pradesh and its impact to rural poverty and environmental degradation. The study also focuses on the participatory approach to resource management which is found to have the potentialities to provide sufficient incentive to the community members to use the resource base optimally and to reduce the problems of free-ridership and opportunism for its conservation. This book is expected to satisfy the needs of the students and scholars of Economics, Resources, Environment and Anthropology. Moreover, the findings of the study are expected to be useful to the academicians, planners and policy makers.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 116 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The difference between a profitable business strategy and a predatory business strategy can be somewhat difficult to determine. While firms do their best to extract profits from consumers and to outshine their competitors, doing so might be considered anticompetitive. When firms pursue a business strategy it is expected that such investment will be recovered at some point. When recoupment does occur, the strategy is considered successful. However, when predation is contended, recoupment can play an important role in determining the guilt or innocence of the players. This book guides you into the analysis of recoupment and the role it plays in the litigation of predatory practices.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 104 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -African peer Review mechanism (APRM) is a voluntarily self assessment mechanism in which each participating country's government is evaluated and monitored from the four dimensions of governance: Democracy and political governance, economic governance and management, corporate governance and socio-economic development.The role and substantial engagement of civil society is crucial in validating the outcomes of APRM. This work will have invaluable contributions in disseminating information about the essences of APRM. It also discloses the role and engagement of civil society in the review mechanism by considering the case of Ethiopia. The author strongly believes that this work would serve as inputs for policy makers, civil society organizations, professional and the public at large.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 112 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This study was conducted to cast light on the process of liberalising the European Union energy market, with focus on the negotiation process from the Second to the Third Liberalisation Package of the Electricity and Gas market. The thesis seeks to analyze how the preferences of EU Member States influenced this process. Hence addresses the importance of Member State power in EU legislation. Addressing this, the thesis applies Moravcsik¿s theory of Liberal Intergovern- mentalism. Derived from this theoretical approach, investigations are conducted into the area of Member States preferences with special focus on Germany and France and the coalition they formed during the process. And further how these preferences influenced the negotiation process and if these preferences changed during the period.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.