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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In a monopoly, the equilibrium outcome is the same no matter if firms compete on price or on quantity. However, lots of firms have visible rivals with whom strategic interaction is a fact of life. This is known as imperfect competition. With imperfect competition, competing on price will lead to a different outcome than competing on quantity. Each firm needs to analyze what strategy, price or quantity, brings the highest profit for the firm and the highest surplus for the consumer. In order to compare and contrast price and quantity competition, two classical models of duopoly, the Cournot and the Bertrand model, are introduced. These two models can be analyzed according to different setups. Homogeneous and heterogeneous goods are considered. Also, it is important to distinguish between simultaneous and sequential move of the firms in their strategic interaction. The sequential choosing of actions makes the game dynamic and is known as the Stackelberg game. Furthermore, it is necessary to distinguish between exogenous and endogenous moving time decision of the firms. This analysis should be especially useful to students and researchers in Microeconomics. 68 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Business outsourcing is one of the top business trends today. Organisations concentrate more on core business activities and outsource the non-core activities to the third party service providers. Organisations around the world are being forced to change the nature of their business to use their resources effectively to sustain the competitive advantage. Since customer expectations demand high quality products at lower cost and shorter delivery time, manufacturing firms desperately seek cooperation from their suppliers to improve their business performance. It is proven that such collaborative business operations results in optimum success with significant cost saving. Supplier development or the process of working jointly with the suppliers has enabled many firms to improve and expand their capabilities. The research reported in this book examines the identification of the criteria for supplier development. Interpretive Structural Modelling (ISM) based model has been proposed to identify criterions for supplier development to aid the decision makers with more realistic solutions to the problems that encounter during the supplier development process. 56 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Institutional care for elderly people is increasingly being favoured compared to community care in most developing countries.Many reasons abound for this shift ranging from collapse of traditional forms of care for elderly people because of breakdown of the extended family caused by impacts of colonialism, urbanisation and the increasing geographical spread of relatives.On the other hand institutional care is accused of disregarding individual needs of residents in the name of efficiency.This book is a study of institutional care for the elderly at Bumhudzo Hospital Home in Chitungwiza,Zimbabwe.The aim of the research was to examine whether institutional care for the elderly recognizes and takes into consideration the individual needs of the elderly in its care.At Bumhudzo these individual needs arise as a result of the elderly's differences along age,gender, nationality,class and religious background.Emphasis is on understanding the different strategies that the residents as individuals employ in attempts to ensure that their needs are met at Bumhudzo.This book will be useful to those in Sociology,Anthropology,Social Work and associated caring professions. 64 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This study related to performance anthropology refers to the uses of visual effects and items in expressing the negative and the positive emotions of the characters in the British pantomime entitled Sleeping Beauty, performed in Ankara by international, transnational, and multicultural actors and actresses in front of a multicultural audience via its transnational content. These emotions of the characters require the interpretations and the reactions of the audience, interacting with the characters. Therefore, the British pantomime, Sleeping Beauty, written by Bob Hammond is suitable to be analyzed within the framework of the Cognitive Metaphor Theory (CMT) of George Lakoff and Mark Johnson (1980). The theory belongs to the fields of cognitive anthropology and cognitive semiotics, proposing that each emotional act or expression of human beings is culture-specific. 64 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Design strategy allows many companies to develop a plan for what they need to make and do, affecting both their immediate and long-term prospects. In this study, a specific approach has been taken to understand and analyse the role that it plays in the garden power tool market. The study focused on design and marketing of garden power tools. Findings provided the foundations for the development of a generic design strategy framework appropriate to the garden power tool market. 68 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The Chinese pizza restaurant market is experiencing a rapid growth and to entrepreneurs it represents exciting business opportunities. In order to explore the opportunities of competing on this market, this thesis applied two existing theories: Porter's Five Forces (PFF, Porter, 1980) and the Blue Ocean Strategy (BOS, Kim and Mauborgne, 2005) to understand the Chinese pizza restaurant market and create an innovative entry strategy for a pizza restaurant---ABFPR. The purpose of the thesis was to see if a combination of PFF and the BOS was useful for providing an analytical framework to create an entry strategy for ABFPR. Both qualitative and quantitative methods were utilized in this study. The findings indicated that PFF can help with providing an analytical framework of the Chinese pizza restaurant market, and the BOS can help creating differentiated value offerings in order to address the competition related challenges revealed during Porter's analysis. The results are relevant to entrepreneurs who are interested in opening restaurants in the Chinese pizza restaurant market and the model can benefit the entrepreneurs to exploit and develop the Chinese pizza restaurant market. 108 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Alkaline proteases have been sought to have applications in several industries like detergent, dairy, leather, pharmaceutical, waste treatment etc. Proteases serve as important tools in determination of structures of proteins and polypeptides. The biotechnological promise of proteases makes them an ideal candidate for structure-function relationship studies and are also wide spread in nature. Microbes serve as preferred source of these enzymes because of their rapid growth, the limited space required for their cultivation and the facility with which they can be genetically manipulated to generate new enzymes with altered properties that are desirable for various applications. In order to withstand the market, enzymes from sources that are stable, active and more reliable have been identified and pure culture was obtained. The present study here in discloses the purification of an alkaline protease from a novel strain of Exiguobacterium sps. 84 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This monograph provides Bayesian inference for change point problems through Mixture model approach in Time series models viz., changes in mean of the time series with and without auto correlated errors, variance changes in the time series model and order changes in the time series models. MCMC technique is used to obtain the numerical solutions. The main aim of the numerical study is to illustrate the evaluation of the estimates of the parameters on the basis of the methodology developed in this monograph. 120 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Among the modern structural materials, the history of fibre-reinforced composites is only a few decades old. However, in this short period of time, there has been a tremendous advancement in the science and technology of this new class of materials. The low density, high strength, high stiffness-to-weight ratio, excellent durability, and design extendibility of fibre-reinforced polymers are the primary reasons for their use in many structural components in the aircraft, automotive, marine, building, and other industries. Currently safe design practice in structural engineering is based on the application of numerical methods in strength and stability analyses which by any means is time consuming process. In a design process using response surface methodology for any type of system, the selected combinations of input variables are implemented into analyses and approximated their behaviour and effect on the response of a system by developing reliable metamodels. It has been shown that these metamodels can further be effectively implemented in the derivation of the optimal design guideless for thin-walled stiffened structures. 116 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In this study we have investigated the sensitising effect that Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) has on the action of bradykinin (BK) in both depolarising the resting membrane potential and in action potential generation and propagation in the isolated, desheathed vagus nerve using an extra cellular grease gap recording technique. Prostaglandin E2 sensitisation of the bradykinin induced depolarisation is mimicked by both activation of the protein kinase A and protein kinase C signalling pathways by a process that is completely blocked by the TRPV1 antagonist ruthenium red and staurosporin. This suggests a pivotal role for the vanilloid capsaicin sensitive receptor TRPV1 channel in the prostaglandin E2 and bradykinin induced response. 56 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book is written to a fairly advanced level and should be interest to the graduate, postgraduate and scientists dealing with biological wastewater treatment especially relevant to phosphorus removal from wastewater. Though there are many excellent textbooks that elucidate the theory and design of biological wastewater treatment such as EBPR, it was nevertheless felt that there was a need for another book that would not only describe with the design approach but also cover the microbiological analysis related to the EBPR system.Chapters have been organized to address basic concepts related to the needs for biological treatment and design fundamentals of EBPR. It also covers the factors influencing the EBPR and types of reactors most commonly used. The final part involves the molecular methods used to study the polyphosphate-accumulating organisms (PAO) related to EBPR. It is hoped that this book will be referred by those related in engineering, environmentalists, government and regulatory bodies. 96 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -HIV infected patients have been shown to be at an increased risk of developing lymphomas. With a rising incidence and prevalence of HIV infections especially in Sub-Saharan Africa where over 60% of the HIV-positive patients in the world is found, this would certainly have a bearing on HIV/AIDS-associated conditions, lymphomas inclusive. Assessment of the epidemiological, clinical and biological aspects of AIDS-related lymphomas in Cameroon, a developing country in Sub-Saharan Africa has been of interest. The analysis at the Hematologic Unit of the University Teaching Hospital in Yaoundé, Cameroon, where most of these patients are seen, unveiled findings similar to several other studies on the same subject in other countries. This study offers basic information for medical students, doctors and researchers interested in AID-related lymphomas in Cameroon. 100 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Nowadays many innovative technologies are emerging in the different markets. The relationship between an innovation which is already established in the market and a new budding innovation is not well known in every kind of market, especially when two innovative technologies are competing in different markets. This is the case of the Portable Media Player and the smart phones market. Since very little literature exists regarding the relationship between particular innovations, it is interesting for practice and science to explore it, in order to extend the knowledge in this field. Therefore, this book provides an analysis of how earlier technological innovations are related to new ones in the last phases of its diffusion process. To carry out the study, a review of the relevant literature was conducted. Then, the main elements which may have an influence within the relationship between technologies were selected, consequently analyzed and afterwards applied to our particular case analysis: MP3, iPod and iPhone. These insights should be especially useful for managers or professionals within innovative fields that are responsible for supporting the development of innovative products. 108 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Over the last years the demand for new economic and mathematical tool formation has appeared for both analysis of economical dynamics and a strategy generation of economic process management. Methods used before are not effective any more, the crises and standard of well-being decrease stemmed from it. Many economic systems are characterized by long-term memory. That is the behavior of the system is defined not only by the set of parameters at the exact moment but also by time history at previous moments. Thus, in this connection, there should be some quantitative methods enabling to disclose the dynamics of the processes at the market, factors that influence on market rates formation. This book, therefore, provides a wide variety of methods of dynamic system state estimation. The method for estimating dynamic systems in the case of measured output and the speed of its changing has been developed and optimized. The theoretical data of the paper can find an application to any dynamic system, in particular to any sphere of economy. 92 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The objective of the study is to analyze and assess the integrated paradigm for Mobility in the Strategic Master Plan of Bangalore for 2015. The scope of the study is limited to the spatial aspects of the urban structure and its interaction with public transport. The urgency of the study is because of the rising problems of Megacities in Developing countries where economy and demographic growth outstrip the infrastructure provisions. By embracing a paradigm shift from the conventional to an Integrated Planning approach, can Bangalore meet its aspiration of a World Class City The methodology adopted endeavors to understand the Mobility issue from the Urban Design & Planning as well as Transportation Planning Perspective. The case study of Curitiba, Brazil for the paradigm brings to light the benefits of using mobility as a tool to enhance quality of life and promote social equity. The Bangalore case is studied and reviewed against the derived parameters for sustainable development for organizing the urban form/ structure/ development and public transport. One can conclude on the basis of the study that the Master Plan is actually not a mobility-driven plan. 80 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Ozone variations have been a serious problem facing most scientists as its depletion continues to constitute menace to the world. Nigeria is in the tropical region where little or no research work involving solar dynamical processes effects on ozone changes has been carried out probably due to the earlier assertion that zonal winds were weak in the tropics. This work establishes that the changes in Atmospheric Angular Momentum (AAM) caused by the changes in the Length of Day (LOD) transfers ozone (O3) by means of zonal wind from the upper troposphere to the lower stratosphere in the tropics. And since O3 transportation is distinctly enhanced by the zonal winds in Nigeria, the zonal winds are not weak in the tropics. However, this work affirms that O3 variations are more pronounced in the higher than in the low latitude 80 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Today, in the competitive business world, the field of Multimedia System is relatively new. In the academia, there are certain fundamental concepts that every interested student ought to know. This book is tailored to meet the needs of Multimedia Technology. Introduction to Multimedia System is designed to give you an overview of Multimedia, such as Audio, Video, Animation, Graphics and Artist model. Multimedia Networking structures are particularly important for an understanding of today's Multimedia segments. I am sure you will find this an enjoyable and useful this book. 96 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This study carried out in Nepal in 2009 to analyze the economic situation of dairy cooperatives and its impact on dairy farmers showed that the dairy cooperatives operating at different scales were operating in profit. The net capital ratio for small, medium and large scale was found to be 1.432, 1.01 and 1.127 respectively while the solvency ratio was found to be 0.88, 0.98 and 0.70 respectively and turn over ratio was10.2%,3% and 15.11% respectively. Impact on associated farmer members with cooperatives of different scales reveled that there was no such distinct impact based on scales of operation. However, farmers associated with large scale cooperatives were benefiting from support services like obtaining feed, bran etc in credit. Gender-wise distribution of dairy activities was comparable. It is suggested that Government should create a more enabling environment for dairy sector like providing subsidy in the electricity to the cooperatives, extension services to the farmers, reviewing of the milk price etc. Likewise, dairy cooperatives should also provide more support services to the associated farmer members. 84 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In matrix acidizing, the goal is to dissolve minerals in the rock to increase well productivity. This is accomplished by injecting an application-specific solution of acid into the formation at a pressure between the pore pressure and fracture pressure. A hydrochloric acid solution is used in carbonate reservoirs, which actually dissolves the calcite rock matrix in the form of conductive channels called wormholes. These wormholes propagate from the wellbore out into the reservoir, bypassing the damaged zone. In matrix acidizing of carbonates, there are four parameters that affect performance: the concentration of calcite present, injection rate of the acid, reaction type, and heterogeneity. Of these parameters, this paper will focus on how rock heterogeneity affects performance. To do this, a coreflood and acidizing apparatus was used to acidize heterogeneous limestone core samples. Rock characterizations and volumetric measurements were considered with the results from these experiments, which made it possible to correlate and quantify the results with rock and volume parameters. 120 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The main purpose of this work is to focus on the organizational structure of pre-nursery, nursery, and kindergarten schools by analyzing the social background and evaluate the different methods used by the management of such schools for creation of human capital. The work further analyzes the kind of education and skills imparted by these schools and also identifies the problems faced by the management , faculties and children's parents of pre-nursery, nursery and kindergarten levels and their solutions. The analysis should help in shedding some light on this exciting environment, and should be useful to the school administrations to understand their role, responsibilities and accountabilities, or anyone else who may be considering to do research on this important issue of creation of human capital especially in the third world countries. 84 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -India's 1.1 million-strong army and paramilitary forces has recorded an annual average of 100 suicides in recent years, mainly due to stress, mental health problems and other personal issues. The purpose of the study was to compare Occupational Stress, Frustration Tolerance and Mental Health among BSF, PAC and CISF.For this study, one fifty male subordinate officers and other personnel of different rank categories (Sepoy to Sub Inspector) from each force of various battalions and places were randomly selected as a subject and the age of the subjects were ranging from 19-24 years. All the subjects belonged to different states and union territories of India and all the subjects had a minimum of three years job experience.The qualitative measurement of each subjects were taken with the help of Occupational Stress Index (OSI), Frustration Tolerance (FRTO) Inventory and Mental Health Battery (MHB). In order to ascertain significance of difference among the three groups the analysis of variance was employed and the level of significance was set at 0.5. 88 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Muslim Healing: Theory and Practice presents the origins and development of what is today, an emerging form of alternative healing in many parts of the Mislim world and beyond, from the pre-Islamic (Jahiliyya)period in Arabia, through the Islamic era, the middle ages to the present. The guidance provided by the Qur'an on healthy eating and living habits, the significance of prayers and fasting, and the use of medication are all highlighted. The role of Hadith - Traditions of the Prophet Muhammad (SAW) and Muslim contributions to healing, the concept of illness in Dagbon (the particular Muslim community in which the research on the practical aspect of Muslim Healing was carried out) and the way the people regard orthodox or allopathic medicine are very revealing. The section of the book which focuses on the clinic where herbal preparations are mixed with prayers (Ruqya), the testimonies of people who have been healed of physical, emotional, Psychological and spiritual illnesses with Muslim healing techniques is equally revealing and insightful. Specialists and non specialists, Muslims and non Muslims, will all find this book educative and fascinating. 104 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The book is about Real Estate development for commercial gain. It introduces the main subjects in Real Estate Development: Town and Regional Planning, Development environment and markets, Development economics, Packaging of developments, Professional team, Marketing, Funding, Construction management, Asset management and Appraisal of developments. The book gives an account of key indicators for successful developments and how to complete developments successfully. Great emphasis is made in developing for profit and ensuring that the development process creates value that can be realised in positive returns from selling the development. An internationl perspective is given in the book to ensure that the principles are adaptable to most developed and developing countries. 72 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The main purpose of this book is to show companies, managers and marketers that social media creates a lot of new opportunities for them. Communities and networks are getting more important in this new Web 2.0 based world. The last decennia's it cost a lot of effort for managers and companies to reach their target customers. The internet, and especially social media, gave these managers and companies' new useable channels to reach their consumers again. Managers are now able to reach their target customers through micro marketing. This research showed that it is not only possible to reach the customers again, but also to predict the behavior of these consumers based on what kind of community they belong to. Within this research music preference based communities were used. 104 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Child malnutrition and child mortality plagues an excessively large number of children in India. The prevalence of high malnourished child puts the country slightly off target to achieve the child malnutrition related millennium development goals. Using the data generated by National Family Health Survey, Government of India, this study examines the trends and determinants of undernutritional status and child mortality in India. Analyzing the determinants of child nutritional status and child mortality in India, this study makes some alternative policy suggestions for reducing the rate of child mortality and undernutritional status of children in India. The Book is envisaged to cater the needs of the Students of Economics, Demography, Education, Health & Hygiene and sociology. It is expected that the findings of the study would be useful to academicians in general, planners and policy makers. 120 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -With the creation of the EMU, member countries have abandoned their monetary policy sovereignty for the benefits of the Euro. Previously, output fluctuations between countries could automatically be absorbed by an adjustment of the relative exchange rate between the national economies. It is frequently argued that the loss of this channel must be compensated by an appropriate fiscal policy tool to avoid large and protracted regional swings in economic growth and unemployment. A fiscal federation could serve as a centralized insurance mechanism against idiosyncratic, transitory shocks among the member states. The paper establishes a framework for an interregional insurance mechanism and applies the methodology to a sample of EMU countries. The empirical results reveal the potential magnitude of insurance provided by a redistributive mechanism and allow conclusions as to whether a fiscal federation should be established in the EMU. 72 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -International trade is assumed to be an important ingredient of economic growth as it leads to development of all major sectors of any economy. But South Asian countries are fighting with trade deficits due to rapidly increasing imports coupled with insufficient exports resulting in huge deficit in balance of payments. Thus this book focuses on questions that why these countries are facing trade deficit and whether there is a positive role for trade pact to decrease this gap or not Further, what is the reason that openness positively affects GDP of developed countries more than the developing countries Furthermore, the role of SAARC in South Asian countries is also investigated in terms of the relationship between regional economic integration and economic growth before and after the implementation of SAARC by using the new heterogeneous panel cointegration technique. Moreover, analysis provides important policy implications and trade planning which are beneficial for regional trade and development. 72 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In Ethiopia as in most developing countries the population has increased steadily which led the growth rate of adolescents in the society never before due to high fertility rate. These Adolescents are lack of adequate information and services about reproductive health issues. Most of the time parents are not comfortable talking sexual matter to their children .Increased exposure to the health risks of teenage pregnancy, HIV/AIDS, and abortion. population and family life education is limited. Each chapter assesses the existing knowledge, attitudes and practice of adolescents women towards sexual behavior and reproductive health in Addis Ababa. Moreover, when sex started How many sexual partners had How adolescents are influenced by peer and socio-cultural factors Where to get source of information and services Is there any relationship between population growth and reproductive health Where preferred to get family life education This book also provide factual data and information for students ,policy makers, researchers, educators, self-help groups and other voluntary organizations or you may be someone using the resource to tackle this problem from different angles. 60 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This work focuses on the financial valuation of particular renewable energy investments: namely wind and solar photovoltaic large scale projects. As a consequence of a global sky high growth of investments in these two technologies it is natural to wonder what fuelled this trend. Besides the obvious question about whether it is worth investing or not, it is interesting to understand if and how value is created and which parameters can significantly influence it. In order to answer these questions I have built a financial model based on the Adjusted Present Value method. This method may result complicated if compared to the traditional Discounted Cash Flow. However, it has the advantage of enabling not only the determination of the the net present value of investments, but also the separation of the value generated by investing decisions from that generated by financing ones. Key findings demonstrate that growth is backed by a good average profitability for both wind and solar projects, even though results can change a lot, mostly depending on financing considerations 96 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Small and medium enterprises contribute significantly to an economy. With the growth of Internet and related communication technologies, many small and medium enterprises are trying to integrate their strategies and business processes with other firms in the supply chain. The goal of this book is to study the adaptation of a small/medium enterprise to changes in the environment. Specifically, adaptation of internal business processes within the small/medium enterprise embedded in a manufacturing supply chain is studied. A case study method was used within a grounded theory framework so that the continuous interplay between data collection and analysis of each phase helps inductive theory discovery. The findings suggest that while the SME actively adapts their internal processes, it also seeks to minimize dependence on a few large customers by diversifying customer base. This process increases costs to the SME, thus this study explored why the SME strived for a diversified customer base. The SME, which is the subject study, used Long Term Agreements with its key partners. 120 pp. Englisch.…