Lap lambert academic publishing okt 2009 (616 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The master thesis is devoted to an analysis of equilibrium or reaction-function models in illiquidity markets which was suggested by K. Ronnie Sircar and George Papanicolaou. The main equation is a nonlinear equation which is a perturbation of Black-Scholes model. By using Lie group analysis to determine the symmetry group of this equation. We present the Lie algebra of the Lie point transformations, the complete symmetry group and invariants. We use these invariants to reduce the PDE under investigation to ordinary differential equations (ODE). Solutions of these ODE's are subgroup-invariant solutions of the non-linear Black-Scholes equation. For some classes of those ODE's we find exact solutions and studied their properties. 64 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The aim of the study is identify the main determining factor when consumers decide to go for a mortgage loan. No previous study has been carried out in this field and therefore results obtained out of the project will be communicated to the Barclays Bank, where I belong. This paper presents an analysis of customer choice criteria in the home loans market in the following markets of UK, US and Mauritius. In particular, the study investigates the relative importance of choice criteria according to consumers and also analyses differences in the importance of choice criteria with respect to a number of demographic and related factors. Analysis of the date obtained from the survey carried out on a random population of 300 respondents from the telephone directory shows that choosing a home loan institution on the basis of professional advice is the most frequently cited choice criterion on the UK, followed by brand loyalty for the US market and finally for the Mauritian market, the most important factor comes to pricing. The analysis was done by focusing on the three main elements in terms of Focus, Differentiation and Cost Leadership. 96 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book objective was finding a computerized facilities management system for managing the Museum of the Hudson Highlands of NY. As the result, three computerized management systems were found that will be feasible for this museum, or a library management, or for running a small public office. In addition to this finding, the complexities of the facilities management profession is presented and the development of information technology applications and consequently evolution of business administration management. 92 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Previous study shows that value-to-price ratios (V/P) predict future stock returns. This empirical regularity is consistent with the notion that stock prices converge to fundamental values over time for mispriced securities. However, the existing evidence on price convergence is indirect and incomplete. This book examines the extent to which price convergence to fundamental value explains the success of V/P trading strategy. In addition, evidence is provided to show the effects of analyst forecast, price momentum and earnings announcement in the convergence process. An ex ante model is developed to predict what types of stocks are likely to exhibit the tendency of price convergence to fundamental value. The analysis should help shed some light on the debate on capital market efficiency, and should be useful to anyone who may be interested in equity valuation, fundamental analysis and stock trading strategies. 104 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book investigates how state laws and institutions may contribute to global warming. The hypothesis generally forwarded here is that state laws and institutions can have an enormous impact on the carbon dioxide emissions resulting from a state s energy generation decisions. Public service commissions have an immense amount of power over the generation decisions of electric utilities. However, this power is not always equal among PUCs, nor always used in the same manner throughout the United States. State laws and institutions provide the basis from which public utility commissions regulate electricity generation in ways that inadvertently affect climate change. Therefore, differences in these laws and institutions can and do impact each state s contribution to the amount of carbon dioxide emitted annually. Three separate studies are used to investigate the importance of laws and institutions in shaping a state s carbon emissions profile. The research findings indicate that some state laws and institutions have made a significant difference in halting states carbon dioxide emissions, and without a doubt political determinants play a role in a state s emissions profile. 100 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Enterprises financing is a core issue in all economies as the access to any financing source asks for the preliminary study of financial performances. Information provided by analyzing financial performances is at the basis of decisions taken by investors, shareholders, banks and crediting institutions, insurance societies and even contracting authorities that grant non-reimbursable funds. The enterprises studied in this monograph are acting in the building sector, for which we tried to achieve an aggregate index of financial performance. Modelling the financial performance offers the possibility of ordering of enterprises acting in the building sector, in accordance with their financial performance, based on the financial-accountancy data in previous years, but also financial performance prevision for an enterprise in the case in which we can make a prevision as real as possible of the financial rates that constitute the model variables. The analysis should be especially useful to professionals in Finance and Financial modelling fields, to practitioners in the enterprises or anyone else who may be interested in the enterprise financial performance analysis. 116 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In many parts of rural Australia, tourism is a relatively new economic activity. Traditionally regional economies have relied on primary industries, such as agriculture, fishing and mining to sustain their populations. For a host of reasons many of these activities have been in decline or have ceased altogether in recent years. This may be due to the depletion of the resource, changes in the environmental ethic of the broader population, or government land management policies. Whatever the reason, the consequences of a decline in, or loss of a region's economic base may have a profound impact on a rural community. There is thus pressure to find an alternative or supplementary economic base so that the community can be sustained. This work explores new ways of assessing a rural community's response to a tourism development scenario in their area. The work uses psychological values theories to interpret the attitudes and economic valuations of rural residents to further tourism development. The foundations of this new approach to values assessment is the contingent valuation method and the Personal Construct Theory (PCT) repertory grid. 320 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book discusses a study that explores spirituality and its potential impact on health conditions of persons with diabetes. For people who have diabetes, spirituality may be significant as a part of their management of the disease. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether persons with diabetes in Eastern North Carolina who use spirituality as a coping mechanism have better health conditions. The objectives of this study were: To study the impact of the use of spirituality used as a coping mechanism on health conditions of persons with diabetes in Eastern North Carolina; To study other explanatory variables that may potentially influence health conditions in persons with diabetes; and Disseminate beneficial knowledge of diabetes management to current and future persons with diabetes, their family members, and health care providers in an effort to provide better health outcomes for persons with diabetes. 120 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In an intensely competitive landscape where the boundaries of firms have become increasingly permeable, a firm s survival is dependent on how well it manages resources within its control to deal with factors outside its direct control. Results of this study show that IC is an important organisational capability which should be considered as a strategic resource. IC provides an important link in explaining that successful firms are those that can respond well to the new dynamics of firm competition by being able to strike an optimal balance between their employment of tangible and intangible resources through exploiting the firm s dynamic capabilities in responding to the dynamisms in the environment. Environmental dynamism is shown to positively moderate the relationship between human capital and performance. In a dynamic environment, frequent changes occur with a lesser degree of predictability. Whether a firm would succumb to or triumph over the detriments brought about by the frequent changes depends largely on the resources available at its disposal. 76 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The significant social problems that confront immigrant families that have immigrated to Western countries have been described in the literature. However, these investigations have not focused on how the situation of these families can be improved. Therefore, Dr. Alireza Moula conducted an intervention study involving Iranian families in Sweden. After the empirical study, Dr. Moula initiated a two-year intervention program. This program was carried out within the Swedish Organization for the Rights of Children (BRIS) and used communication technology such as live local radio lectures and a telephone help-line to provide support. RAHYAB (Moula Empowerment Model) was used both in educative radio programs and in the help- line conversations. 212 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Dimensions of the well-Being of nations Economic research on what determines the well-being of nations is one of the most active inquiries. Yet, while tremendous progress has been made with respect to the effects of economic factors and forces on the well-being of nations, both economic theory and practice continue to treat lightly non-economic determinants of well-being across countries. The overemphasis on economic factors and forces is troubling as it leaves a knowledge gap in understanding and advancing effective policy. This little book identifies indirect measures of non- economic determinants, and estimates their effects on the well-being of nations. Measuring well-being by the human development index, analysis reveals important relationships between well-being and investment in physical capital, national symbols, national identity, and even holidays - relationships that represent economic and non-economic dimensions of the well-being of nations. In the end, the book makes a significant contribution to both policy and further research. 100 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Participatory Budgeting is an experience of direct democracy inspired by the Paris Commune. It promotes the participation of people in local decisions. Notwithstanding that the participation is restricted to the government budget, its tremendous social importance comes from the process of educating people about how they can be active members in the social collective they are part of. This expanded engagement in social activity develops the participants themselves in two ways. First, it develops their awareness and understanding of the entire social environment they are presently part of, far beyond only budgetary matters. This understanding of their subordination and of the block that capitalism imposes on their human goal of self development then serves to motivate them to end their subordination, and to do with the system of capitalism that subordination is an essential part of. Second, this activity begins to develop the social and technical skills necessary for self-governance in a nonhierarchical society. Activity such as participatory budgeting thus can serve as the foundation for both the desire and ability to create a different future. 92 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The potential effects of wood chip mill harvests on forest management practices of NIPF landowners in North Carolina were analyzed. The study estimated the impacts of changes in timber market returns to NIPF owners. Economic welfare effects of producer and consumer surpluses attributable to market adjustments were also calculated. Potential savings from reduced site preparation costs from cleaner harvests were estimated. Additionally, the potential changes in financial returns to growing timber with wood chip markets were estimated using discounted cash flow analyses of typical forest management returns. A second component of this research involved the analysis of archival tax data on the North Carolina Use-Value Property Tax Program. An analysis of the effects of property values, property taxes and population density on landowner decisions to sell, subdivide, or withdraw their properties from the use-value program in North Carolina was conducted. Parcel level tax data from nine counties representing the three geophysical regions and urban levels of North Carolina for the period 1987 through 1999 were collected and analyzed using logistic regression. 116 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This research explores the progression of the Cuban American community from an ethnic enclave to a social movement. The Cuban American community of Miami, Florida, is currently the largest concentration of Cuban Americans in the United States, and had been selected for this study due to its cohesiveness and the high political activity at the local, state, and national level. Moreover, I utilize the resource mobilization perspective as a framework to investigate the political progression and assess the influence upon the political arena within Dade County, Florida and its effect on local and national politics. A major focus of the resource mobilization is to trace the development of the interlocking socio-political organizations such as the Cuban American National Foundation (herein after referred to as CANF) and the Cuban American National Council (herein after referred to as CNC), and analyze the effect these networks and alliances have on movement growth and internal dynamics. 104 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Econometrics has been a rather intimidating academic subject that both undergraduate as well as postgraduate students come across in courses of mainly economic nature. In spite of the daunting element attached to it, econometrics can be a rather exciting subject for both teachers and students. Complicated issues that individuals, businesses and policy makers are trying to address can be investigated thoroughly providing quantitative answers to important quantitative questions. Econometrics provides a platform on which complicated relationships are exposed, driving hence key players in the economy to base their decisions. An Introductory Note on Econometrics is a supplementary book that primarily aims at presenting key themes in econometrics in a rather concise and effective way. It can be perceived as an effort to brush up the memory of students who have been taught econometrics before and/or enable the mere tyros to this subject to gain an insight into the basic concepts that pervades the world of econometrics. 96 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Modeling land degradation & food import This research develops a soil conservation model for smallholder farmers who apply little or no fertilizer. Empirical results drawn from northern Tanzania imply that ignoring the fertility mining problem in model specification leads to overestimation of profits for farms that apply little or no fertilizer. Wheat cultivation in the Hanang wheat complex, northern Tanzania erodes an average of 11 mm of soil each year. The rate of soil fertility mining averaged 22.2 kg of nitrogen/ton of wheat. Consequently, wheat yields in HWC have been decreasing. Part II of this research examined the international trade for foods with uncertain quality attributes. It is shown that enforcement is the most effective instrument for reducing importation of poor quality foods. This implies, for the government of Tanzania to check the current upward trend of importation of poor quality foods, it needs to increase its current efforts of enforcing the quality of imported foods. 76 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -There has been a strong interest worldwide in the effort to protect the environment in development. Public parks and landscape designs have become more important in human life especially in the urbanised area. However, as more public parks and green spaces developed, the more input and cost required in managing these landscapes. Therefore, a new mindset in landscape management must be set out, which could minimise the overall cost of managing without compromising on the purpose and the function of the landscape. The objective of the book is to explore public perception and preferences towards different form of shrubs so that a less managed but acceptable design can be suggested in a landscape. It will list out recommendations towards appropriate planting scheme of shrubs and the contexts that may benefit in reducing the overall cost of landscape management. The book should be beneficial for those who involve in the design and management of parks and landscape. The content can also be as a references in the academic outdoor-based curriculum, includes landscape architecture, park management, amenity studies, recreation design, outdoor facilities management etc. 80 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The FDI is a kind of long term commitment on behalf of foreign countries and MNE s together that brings significant benefits for the hosting countries in the shape of economic growth and reduction of external vulnerability. Pakistan has tremendous GDP growth and notable FDI flow during last few years. The industrial growth and increasing demand of energy from the consumers has disturbed the supply and demand of energy. The country categorizes a power shortage despite of having tremendous abundant energy resources, prices of oil and gas has surged because of international prices and more and more demand from the consumer. The country has potential abundant sources of energy and the Government Of Pakistan is trying to attract the private investor to made contribution to meet the future energy needs. This book highlights the some historical and recent Foreign Direct Investment flows and policies related to FDI. The focus of this book is particularly related to potential investment opportunities in the energy sector with the evidence of projected future energy needs and required investment. 48 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This short book reveals the secret of Dubai's long-term economic success by showing that its governance structure, institutional setting, market structure, and economic policies have all been highly supportive of powerful market forces which have channeled investments into the most profitable sectors in Dubai. Although the emirate of Dubai, one of the seven emirates of the United Arab Emirates, is not endowed with abundant natural resources, it has nevertheless experienced large inflows of capital which have shifted resources into non-tradable sectors as evidenced by the booming real estate, tourism, and financial sectors. The book argues that counterintuitive ideas - in both industry and government - are key to the economic success of Dubai with scarce natural resources and a small native population. Although there is a huge literature on the competitive advantage of nations in the form of resource abundance, low labor costs, and good governance, very little has been said on the ability of nations to create this competitive advantage; what is termed as super-competitiveness in the form of achieving improvements in the many factors that affect overall economic performance. 64 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -National security discourses have a significant impact on migrant, refugee and immigrant communities. This publication will address the impact that national security legislations have on vulnerable ethnic communities using the Tamil community in Canada as a case study. In highlighting concerns about rashly buying into the dominant discourses of terrorism and security, critical insights into how laws and policies impact community groups and society as a whole will be raised by exploring the discourses of fear and victimization. In particular, two important questions will be addressed. Firstly, how does the dominant discourse on fear of terrorism in national security legislation impact on the victimization of community groups, such as Tamil-Canadians And secondly, what methods should be employed by communities so that the cycle of fear and victimization can be broken to enable the community to act with agency and resist these dominant discourses 116 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The Brazilian ethanol fuel program (Proalcool) is the world's largest biomass to energy program. The purpose of this book is to provide an overview of the Brazilian experience with ethanol as a substitute for gasoline and analyse its future prospects in both Brazil and the world market. Initiated in 1975 as a response to the first oil crisis and the resulting sharp increase in worldwide oil prices, the program has experienced prolonged periods of both splendour and gloom. Early success was followed by a period during which the program came under intense criticism on economic grounds due to low oil prices and high ethanol production costs. On the verge of collapsing, Proalcool was only lately revived due to a multiplicity of socioeconomic and environmental reasons. In recent years there has been renewed global interest in biofuels and a rapid expansion of biofuels markets. This book will therefore be of great help to policymakers, academics and business people curious to learn how was Brazil able to create the competitive assets that made Proalcool a success in terms of developing institutional and technological capabilities for using a renewable fuel in large scale. 64 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Poverty reduction is the foremost important development goal in Mozambique. In spite of tremendous strides in reducing poverty over the last 10 years, the majority of the population is still poor, particularly in rural areas, making the study of poverty dynamics important. Using a unique nationally representative panel data set from rural Mozambique, this book, therefore, addresses 3 questions: how have the incidence of poverty and the distribution of income changed what factors are associated with rural household income change and what factors are associated with moving out of or into poverty in the short-run The analysis should help shed light on poverty dynamics, and should be especially useful to professionals in international development, or any stakeholder working in rural development. 96 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -During the nineteen sixties the organization, Students for a Democratic Society, SDS, represented the New Left in the United States. SDS led a political movement whose major goal was to bring about social change. In this book, SDS is examined using Burke's dramatistic perspective as it moves from order, guilt and the negative through victimage and mortification to catharsis and redemption. The phases of development of a movement as described by Leland Griffin (1969) are also used as a framework for this study to determine if the development of SDS as a movement corresponds with the phases of inception, crisis and consummation. The analysis examines SDS as it developed in the nineteen sixties, and should be of interest to anyone who is interested in learning more about a turbulent historical time in the United States. 60 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book explores the highly debated construct of Quality of Life and its objective- subjective indicators. In particular, it shows how this concept was perceived amongst a small cohort of aged clients and age care workers in Perth, Western Australia. This book can be separated into three main research components. The first is a review of the seminal and current academic literature - outlining relevant gerontological, sociological and Quality of Life paradigms. The second research component uses qualitative interviews to show how respondents perceive Quality of Life amongst older people. The third component is an evaluation of the global phenomenon identified as, a rapidly ageing society. Unless governments, academics and policy-makers employ collaborative, preventative strategies aimed at reducing a decline in service delivery, the scope of aged care policy development and practice may become severely limited and the Quality of Life of older people is likely to diminish. This research highlights several avenues that would promote the individuation of care and go towards ensuring an egalitarian relationship between aged clients and service providers in the future. 116 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Knowledge management processes, taken from the process capability view, enable employees to create, capture, share and leverage their collective knowledge to improve performance, and thereby add value to the organization s intellectual capital and performance. Indeed, knowledge management is not a product that can be bought but rather a capability that is built over time and become translated into intellectual capital. As such, interactions among KM processes contribute significantly to the creation of IC. IC value increases as a result of knowledge flows among human capital, structural capital and social capital. Through effective knowledge management processes, which include knowledge acquisition, conversion and application, a knowledge asset can be identified and important knowledge can be exploited for value creation purposes. Value creation occurs through knowledge management processes during which an employee s knowledge is transferred into organizational knowledge or practices that can then be passed on to customers in the form of products or services. 80 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Paper was invented in China about 2000 years ago. Since then it has spread worldwide, affecting the lives of billions of people. The value of paper has been based on its usability: paper made it possible to deliver information from one place to another, from the past to the future. Paper today has a very similar function in society to what it had a thousand years ago: it is used to distribute and store information. However, during the last ten years, ICT has developed and spread quickly in the developed countries and competition over information distribution has increased. This book provides a new viewpoint and method for projecting the long-term consumption of magazine paper. It is probable that earlier econometric models, which project paper consumption, will be proven too historically oriented and therefore will not be able to predict the future consumption. Therefore, new projection models are needed. The impact of this new media on information distribution, consumer behaviour and thereby the whole medium of print can be very significant in the long term and change the whole industry structure around the medium permanently. 108 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In today s world, there is a growing interest in graduate employment and how to enhance graduates employability. It is widely accepted that tertiary education is an important instrument of economic competitiveness in a global economy that is knowledge driven. People vary in the amount skills and knowledge they have available to spend in the work place and education is an important predictor of occupational success. Using the more recent career paradigm of the boundaryless career, this book therefore provides a view on the influence of aspects of the learning experience on the boundaryless career success of young applied science graduates. Concepts derived from Eby et al. (2003) and Vermeulen and Schmidt (2008) are used to analyze graduates between the ages of 20-29. This analysis helps to create more insight in the early career success of the workforce and is particularly interesting for professionals in Education and Human Resource Management fields, or anyone else who may be considering utilizing the learning experience of students for career enhancing efforts. 88 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Though marriage and close family ties are the backbone of selection in U.S. immigration law, families are the least studied area in immigration research. This is because of assumptions that immigrants assimilate completely into U.S. culture, especially after they marry and have children there. However, recent studies show that immigrants, especially those of Latin American, Asian and African descent, are retaining their original cultural values and even passing them on to their children. In fact, it appears cultural values are retained as far as the third generation in immigrant groups. This book examines the strength of African culture in African immigrant families in the United States. Specifically, the book discusses the challenges African fathers face in raising children in the United States, the conflicts cultural values and norms cause in their families, and how intercultural communication can help fathers and children manage conflict. The book also discusses ways immigrant families can have better ommunication and better understand the different cultural perspectives that exist in their families. 84 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book explores the mother-daughter relationships and examines the cultural differences of Chinese immigrants in the United States. An in-depth analysis of three novels by Amy Tan forms the basis of this book. The aspects of diaspora that is looked at are the problems faced by the female Chinese diaspora in trying to adopt and adjust to their new environment and accepting the new culture. It also looks at the relationships among the Chinese diaspora to determine the cultural barrier that is created due to the different environment and culture in China and the United States. This book enables readers to understand the difficulties faced by the Chinese diaspora in their everyday struggle of trying to adapt in a new culture. A diasporic community not only has to struggle within them in order to adapt their way of thinking and culture to the new environment but also has to work hard to be accepted by the society that they are in. Through this book, readers will be more aware of the challenges that a society is imposing on a diasporic community on the whole. 76 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The City of Cape Town is estimated to host approximately three million people. Of those three million, it is also estimated that 22 percent are living in what could be considered informal dwellings. In 2000, one of the United Nations Millennium Development Declaration goals for 2020 was to have achieved a significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers as proposed in the Cities without slums initiative. The South African government took this initiative on board and has set a goal of eradicating all informal settlements in South Africa by 2014. There is thus a process of formalization currently taking place in South Africa. In Cape Town however, there is currently a backlog of between 300 000 to 400 000 households and this number is growing 96 pp. Englisch.…