Lap lambert academic publishing mrz 2011 (Oltre 1400 risultati)

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 -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.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -POWER SHARING IN KENYA. The 2007 disputed elections in Kenya led to uncertainty and later chaos in the country. The then discredited Electoral Commission of Kenya which was basically made up of the Incumbent President Kibaki's Buddies, declared the former the winner at the expense of the then opposition leader Raila Odinga, who had won the elections in six out of the eight provinces in the country, and further had a clear majority in Parliament. The scenario of the incumbent hanging onto power has been termed as ' Kibaki's Civil coup' in some quarters. The aforementioned circumstances led to a political settlement between the two protagonists in the form of power sharing. This book will give an indepth analysis of the Kenyan power sharing arrangement and what it means for developing democracies, more so the African nations. Is Kenya to blame for the evil precedent that has been replicated in Zimbabwe And now being suggested for Ivory Coast 88 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Kuwait is an Islamic democracy where the citizens enjoy a number of freedoms partially. Kuwaiti society is known to be conservative with a large number of liberal Muslim citizens who freely participate in political and social life. The Kuwaiti Constitution protects all kinds of freedoms and human rights but with specifications. Yet, Kuwaiti citizens lack the awareness of the notion of the term 'freedom of expression'. Surprisingly, the Kuwaiti legal system does not have a definition of freedom of expression clearly specified. Thus, the vagueness of the freedom of expression in Kuwait leads to confusion for the legal authority while dealing with freedom of expression cases. The book examines freedom of expression in Kuwait by analyzing a case of two controversial female Kuwaiti authors have been hassled between the courts' decisions, judges' hesitations and the sharp accusations by the Kuwaiti society. Ms. Laila Alothman and Dr. Alyaa Alshuaib suffered for 7 years because of a group of Islamic Islamist who claimed that some of the authors' publications were controversial. 68 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The aim of this research is to find out what's attitude Swedish consumers have to Chinese food. The questionnaires based on the Food Choice Questionnaire (FCQ) are handed out to 100 Swedish respondents in order to investigate their motivation on Chinese food choice. Eleven factors involved in the questionnaire are labeled health, mood, convenience, sensory appeal, natural content, price, weight control, familiarity, image of China, culture and safety. The information from two semi-structured interviews with Chinese food suppliers showed Swedish consumers' attitude to Chinese food in another angles. The ABC model and Balance Theory are seen as the theoretical basis for empirical research analysis. The eating habits of Swedish and Chinese are compared to show their difference which influence Swedish consumers on food choice more or less. 60 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Each year a large number of people, both men and women leave their homes and cross national borders to seek better employment and better living but immigrants' employment experience is not smooth and equal to all in many immigrant receiving countries including Australia. Previous literature has mostly classified immigrants into English-Speaking' and Non-English-Speaking' background and identified poor labour market performance of Non-English Speaking' immigrants. However, a few academic literature exists at micro-level to recognize why and what' factors are critical for this. This book, therefore, has gathered information from Bangladeshi immigrants' living in Adelaide, Australia, to examine immigrants' employment experience and perceived health status. The analysis provided better understanding regarding immigration; immigrants' employment; factors involved with having professional jobs and immigrants' perceived health status in Australia. The book will especially be useful to professionals in Population and Public Health fields, policymakers, future migrants and researchers. 108 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Nowadays in Chinese stock market, More and more quantitative investment-based fund and index fund companies are also springing up. Up to July,2010, there are 9 quantitative funds(active quantitative investment) and 12 index funds (passive quantitative investment) in Chinese A-Share Stock Exchange Market and Financial Engineering is becoming more popular in China. That is what stimulates me to describe the application of quantitative investment in Chinese stock market. In my book, I try to compare literal review of statistical ways for stock selection and also portfolio-construction computerized methodology and introduce my own stock selection and portfolio construction model (basing on Excel VBA, Matlab, SPSS). 116 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The developed world is awash in ubiquitous food and media. Fast media, like Fast food is a heavily processed product that has become corporatised, centralised, commoditised and simplified. Like modern supermarket food, Fast news and media can be said to lack diversity, local taste and historical context, transparency, accountability and authenticity. This book briefly outlines a framework of parallels between Fast food and Fast media in their related vertical integration, production, distribution and consumption. Responses to problems identified with Fast, and successes of Slow movements embracing ethical consumption of our finite and human resources, are considered in looking at the potential for value shifts in consumers' treatment of modern news media towards transforming complacent consumers to responsible citizens. 60 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This case study primarily aims at understanding the implications of expansion of markets for the women workers of Andhra Pradesh, India concentrating, as it does, on the garment manufacturing industry of the state. This, of course, involves the sweeping changes in the macroeconomic regime in India, and in many other developing countries, relate mainly to the Industrial sector in terms of expansion of markets and technological modernization. Generally, the standard literature on the implications of these changes in the industrial sector is not gender specific, and it coexists with a women-focused literature the burden of which is often to present women as victims of the changes in the policy regime. However, the existing diversity in the nature of different industries on the one hand and firms within an industry on the other, the implications of the changes are likely to differ at the micro level where disaggregation by gender assumes importance. 68 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Sustainable Energy plays an important role in advancing productive capacity and increasing economic growth and sustainable development. In order to achieve this, there must be effective trade and investment in energy. Currently, there is relatively low regional and international trade in energy in the East African Community (EAC). Local and foreign direct investment flowing into the EAC is still very low in spite of a number of measures, such as, investment protection guarantees, that have been taken to improve investment.Each of the five countries in the EAC has its own energy policy, as well as a trade and investment policy and strategy. For some the policies are clearly stated; for others they are presumed. However, these policies are not effective. Without effective policies on trade and investment protection and promotion, the EAC will have minimum benefits in terms of terms of trade, investment inflows and sustainable economic development. The EAC is a customs union with an ultimate aim of attaining a political federation. Before this happens, there is need to have effective but also harmonised trade and investment policies and strategies. 112 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The effect of external debt on economic growth has been among the contentious issues. Based on panel data for 44 Sub-Saharan African countries for a period of over 30 years, this book reveals that external debt stock and debt services are found to have a statistically significant negative impact on economic growth especially at higher debt levels of debt/GDP ratio. The growth maximizing level of debt stock ranges from 25% to 45% of GDP. Furthermore, external debt affected growth by adversely affecting human capital formation. Debt service payments are also found to have the 'crowding out' effects on private investment. The implication of these findings is that countries in Africa should align their public policies towards maintaining a sustainable level of indebtedness, improve the quality of their man power, enhance good governance and control corruption. In addition to the provision of new loans, developed countries and multilateral institutions should foster development cooperation and fairer trade for Africa. Postgraduate students and other researchers will benefit by reading this book as it adds value to the theoretical and empirical literature on external debt. 80 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book argues that considerations of stability and short- and medium-term prosperity are the primary reasons why the EU has promised to enlarge eastward and why the Eastern European nations wish to join. The author believes that the success of a research paper relies greatly on using results from a number of these sources and formulating theories that are as objective as possible to maximize the validity of the findings. Thus, the present document examines the preparation of Bulgaria for future participation in the structural policies of the EU with the purpose of achieving economic and social harmonization on the basis of the introduction of principles of regional and social policy. Structural funds are among the instruments used to achieve the aims of economic and social harmonization, and thus the preparation for their most effective and efficient use during the pre-accession period is very important. Within this context, the book examines the necessary organizational, administrative, legal and financial measures which must be undertaken in the pursuit of successful future participation in the structural funds of the EU. 64 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -India is committed to Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) and is a signatory of Convention for Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), yet at the start of the 11th Five- Year Plan, women's health and well-being have received far less attention and care both from civil society including their families and from the public sphere. The book found that the prevalence of morbidity, especially obstetric and gynecological morbidity was quite high among women of reproductive age group in rural West Bengal and also in rural Birbhum. Also, the prevalence of non-reproductive morbidity among women of the said age group, though not very high, cannot be ignored. The tendency to seek treatment for any morbidity was not satisfactory. Therefore this book tried to identify the socio-economic and demographic factors, which determine women's health status and their treatment seeking behaviour. 64 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book aims to provide an overview of the labour market's benchmark macroeconomic models. The matching models of equilibrium unemployment are, in fact, the primary and most popular theoretical tools used by economists to evaluate various labour market policies and to study one of the key macroeconomic variables: the unemployment rate. It has been recognised that unemployment has also a structural nature which persists over the business cycle. The matching models, i.e. the models à la Mortensen-Pissarides, explain the co-existence in equilibrium of unemployment and vacancies through frictions in matching workers and firms. Furthermore, these models generate predictions that have the right direction: unemployment goes up in recession and down in boom, while job vacancies shift in the opposite direction. The central role of these models in imperfect labour markets has recently been confirmed by the 2010 Nobel Prize for economy awarded to the founders of this approach: Peter Diamond, Dale Mortensen and Christopher Pissarides. 64 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The book is primarily focused upon developing a theoretical framework to analyze cross-border M&A deals done in the Oil and Gas industry. The research deals in the identification of M&A patterns, trends and strategies- financial as well as Operations, sources of finance through critical analysis of past one year s deals done in O&G industry. Our focus is also to identify the market in a particular geography and related legal and financial challenges. 76 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The reputation of women's football is changing. In England the sport is now officially the most popular amongst the female population and we have seen significant improvements to the women's game after decades of stagnation and inadequate conditions for growth. This investigation in to the potential marketing opportunities for women's football in England aims to give the reader an insight in to the factors preventing the sport becoming a viable business enterprise as well as revealing possible avenues to exploit and suggestions on how to gain much needed market share in a male dominated industry. The study uses established marketing concepts, and discussions on sociological issues, in order to rationalise how consumers of football behave. Research is then presented which tests the informed assumptions made by the author, with the overall objective of attempting to distinguish the differences in consumer behaviour of male and female football fans towards the Women's game. Recommended for enthusiasts of Football and anyone with an interest in Sports Marketing 72 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book traces the perception of management, staff and students of the Historically Disadvantaged South African Universities (HDSAUs) on these institutions. This perception has been triggered by the impact of the apartheid regime in South Africa over a long time, until the country got independence in 1994. During this regime, the HDSAUs served students of black, Asian and Coloured races, while the Historically Advantaged South African Universities (HASAUs)served students of White race. It is revealed that the HSAUs were well funded with excellent facilities, unlike the HDSAUs. This perception has resulted in most students and employees prefering to study and offer their services, respectively, to HASAUs. The book also gives suggestions from other scholars, researchers and writers as to how this perception can be positively enhanced to enable these institutions to gain competitive advantage over the HASAUs. It is the researcher's conviction and that of the few earlier researchers and scholars, that if good brand management is applied to these institutions, they stand a good chance of gaining competitive advantage. 84 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This thesis starts from the description of two main concepts: 'poverty' and 'vulnerability to poverty'. It first presents the main definitions available in the existing literature and draws a basic premise: vulnerability has to be accounted for as likelihood and severity of future poverty (in other words, as the ex-ante perspective of the risk for an individual to become poor). It then lists the main indices used to measure vulnerability to poverty and poverty itself, setting the ground for an empirical application to the Italian panel data of households' income from 1994 to 2001. The final aim of this work is to provide evidence of the necessity to give risk and uncertainty a central role in the political and economic measures to face current destitution. 80 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The research has discussed about financial performance of HSBC and has analyzed the financial performance of the major competitors in a comparable format. For ease of understanding the study has been segmented into six chapters, each of which are assigned in a sequential order to reveal into main findings. The first part of the study discussed its origin, objective, scopes, methodologies followed and limitations. The second part of the study depicted information regarding organizational overview of HSBC, which has covered the historical background, introduction of group, products, organizational structure and different activities of HSBC in Bangladesh. The third part shows the financial analysis of HSBC and the fourth chapter focuses on competitor analysis. Then fifth chapter comes up with findings of the analysis while sixth chapter focuses on recommendations and conclusions. The competitors analyzed in this report along with HSBC are Standard Chartered Bank, Citi NA, Prime Bank, BRAC Bank, Dhaka Bank and Bank Asia. Financial analysis in the third and fourth chapter has been done with some key statistics. Figures are shown in a compatible form and summarized in appendices. 112 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Cities in the developing world are generating an ever increasing volume of waste due to rapid growth and urbanization, and in the same instance a declining in the effectiveness of their solid waste collection and disposal systems.The developing world is reeling under the burden of inefficient, inappropriate and inadequate solid waste management.Discourse in the sustainable waste management sector has proposed numerous solutions and frameworks on how the developing world can mitigate the harmful impacts of solid waste, one of these being the involvement of the community in various aspects of waste management along the waste hierarchy. This book seeks to explore the potential for community participation in solid waste management and the role it can play in sustainable waste management. The data for this book emanates from a quantitative and qualitative research study undertaken by the author in a high density, low income suburb of a developing country. 84 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The study focused at how domestic workers in a low density suburb in Harare, Zimbabwe copied with work-related challenges.It established a plethora of challenges that these domestic workers faced at their workplaces, and how they consequently responded to them both individually and collectively. The study therefore envisaged that domestic workers are not passive but they are active agents who always strategise to mitigate their deplorable work conditions. 68 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -China comes to Africa with pure trade and economical intentions, offloading Chinese products in the markets of host countries in exchange for oil and other resources. African states traditionally relied on western colonial powers for economic aid and political influence. However, with the rise of China and its increasing involvement in Africa, the situation is slowly changing. Petroleum producing states endeavor to establish relations based on the supply of oil in return for investments and other economical incentives. The US interests in Sub-Saharan Africa includes promoting democracy, good governance and transparency in economies of petroleum producing states, along with establishing a strong military command to protect its oil interests and monitor the actions of militant groups. 100 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Globalization has transformed the world into a big village in which the rich are becoming richer and the poor getting poorer. Yet it is arguable that small businesses have assisted in providing much needed services to small communities that occupy informal settlements and exist on or below the poverty datum line. This book is about an application framework of soft and hard operational research (OR) techniques used to address the performance of micro-enterprises with Spaza shops in Western Cape as a specific case study. The techniques include Strategic Options Development and Analysis (SODA) using Causal mapping and Soft System Methodology (SSM). These were chosen because of their suitability to understand performance problems faced by Spaza shops owners and find ways of improving the current situation by modelling the intervention of stakeholders. Statistical analysis came into account to enable us to capture the seasonality and bring up clustering patterns. We highlight the usefulness of combining the two approaches (soft and hard) when addressing business performance problem in the developing world. 112 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This study evaluates and compares the contribution of Total Factor Productivity to the economic development of Vietnam and China from 1980s to 2000s, the two most successful examples of economic transformation in recent history, as a paired case study. Based on the neo-classical theory of economic growth, the study attempts to analyze: (i) the contribution of TFP to economic development of each country; (ii) the overall assessment and the differences in the growth experience of two economies; (iii) some theoretical explanations for these results, and (iv) identifying some possible determinants of TFP. The study finds out that: (i) TFP played an important role in the economic growth of Vietnam and China since 1980s and especially in later years, contributed to their GDP growth 30.4% and 22.6% respectively; (ii) FDI is significant factor explaining the Vietnam's TFP growth from 1980 to 2000; (iii) business fluctuation affects the estimation of the Vietnam and China's TFP growth considerably, and (iv) accumulation of capital was the dominant factor that contributed to economic growth of Vietnam and China with 54.1% and 60.5% respectively. 64 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Chapter 1 sets out the background to enterprise- wide risk management (EWRM). Chapter 2 examines literature on EWRM and Chapter 3 assesses key theoretical approaches to EWRM. Chapter 4 sets out the research design while Chapter 5 presents and discusses the results of an empirical investigation which explores the views of 16 Chief Executive Officers drawn from 16 Zimbabwean short- term insurance companies. Research evidence shows that whilst risk awareness seems good in most Zimbabwean short-term insurance companies, a significantly lower number take adequate measures to reduce risks to their lowest practical levels. It might be suggested that the Zimbabwean short-term insurance industry has limited capabilities to consistently identify, measure and manage risk exposures across the company and thereby limit exposures. Execution of EWRM is sporadic and losses have not been limited in accordance with predetermined risk tolerance guidelines. Therefore, the Zimbabwean short-term insurance industry might be viewed as having weak EWRM. Therefore this research provides a wide range of recommendations to address the identified weaknesses. 80 pp. Englisch.…