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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The aim of this book is to examine problems of accountability for genocide and crimes against humanity committed by non-state actors such as individuals, armed groups (rebels, insurgents, belligerents, national liberation movements, rebel groups, armed opposition groups, unrecognized insurgents, parties to an internal armed conflict, successful insurrectional and other movements) and corporations and to analyze content of legal responses available under two branches of international law: human rights law and criminal law. In this context, it will also take a look at the practice of European Court of Human Rights and Inter-American system. 88 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The aim of this book is to examine problems of accountability for genocide and crimes against humanity committed by non-state actors such as individuals, armed groups (rebels, insurgents, belligerents, national liberation movements, rebel groups, armed opposition groups, unrecognized insurgents, parties to an internal armed conflict, successful insurrectional and other movements) and corporations and to analyze content of legal responses available under two branches of international law: human rights law and criminal law. In this context, it will also take a look at the practice of European Court of Human Rights and Inter-American system.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The aim of this book is to examine problems of accountability for genocide and crimes against humanity committed by non-state actors such as individuals, armed groups (rebels, insurgents, belligerents, national liberation movements, rebel groups, armed opposition groups, unrecognized insurgents, parties to an internal armed conflict, successful insurrectional and other movements) and corporations and to analyze content of legal responses available under two branches of international law: human rights law and criminal law. In this context, it will also take a look at the practice of European Court of Human Rights and Inter-American system.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -V monografii s pomosch'ü sowremennyh älektrofiziologicheskih i matematicheskih metodow issleduetsq rol' wysokochastotnoj älektricheskoj aktiwnosti mozga ¿ gamma-ritma w processah wospriqtiq wremeni. Rezul'taty issledowaniq swidetel'stwuüt o tom, chto gamma-ritm wypolnqet rol' swoeobraznogo integriruüschego faktora w organizacii mozgowoj deqtel'nosti i pozwolqüt predpolozhit', chto funkcional'noe ob#edinenie nejronow dlq ih sowmestnoj deqtel'nosti mozhet osuschestwlqt'sq ne tol'ko putem sinhronizacii ih aktiwnosti na opredelennoj chastote, no takzhe putem formirowaniq fazowyh wzaimodejstwij mezhdu gamma-ritmom i drugimi ritmami JeJeG. Dlq nejrobiologow, psihologow, psihofiziologow, nauchnyh rabotnikow, studentow i prepodawatelej, wseh kto interesuetsq problemoj wospriqtiq wremeni i funkcional'nym znacheniem wysokochastotnoj älektricheskoj aktiwnosti mozga.…

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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -V monografii s pomosch'ü sowremennyh älektrofiziologicheskih i matematicheskih metodow issleduetsq rol' wysokochastotnoj älektricheskoj aktiwnosti mozga - gamma-ritma w processah wospriqtiq wremeni. Rezul'taty issledowaniq swidetel'stwuüt o tom, chto gamma-ritm wypolnqet rol' swoeobraznogo integriruüschego faktora w organizacii mozgowoj deqtel'nosti i pozwolqüt predpolozhit', chto funkcional'noe ob#edinenie nejronow dlq ih sowmestnoj deqtel'nosti mozhet osuschestwlqt'sq ne tol'ko putem sinhronizacii ih aktiwnosti na opredelennoj chastote, no takzhe putem formirowaniq fazowyh wzaimodejstwij mezhdu gamma-ritmom i drugimi ritmami JeJeG. Dlq nejrobiologow, psihologow, psihofiziologow, nauchnyh rabotnikow, studentow i prepodawatelej, wseh kto interesuetsq problemoj wospriqtiq wremeni i funkcional'nym znacheniem wysokochastotnoj älektricheskoj aktiwnosti mozga. 108 pp. Russisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This research explores the relation between subsidies for Dutch feature film production and box office revenues, in the context of policy objectives that have been formulated since 1997. The objectives were predominantly focused on: the increase of production volume; the improvement of quality and commercialization of film; entrepreneurship among producers; and attention to the audience. The main goal was to establish an economic viable film sector. Incentives managed to help increase the production volume of Dutch films, as well as the number of commercial films, but these successes were short-lived. In the end, the Dutch film sector did not become self-sufficient. Policy was focused too much on production and failed to implement measures specifically for demand. However, shifting the emphasis in policy to demand does not guarantee a better result, because all that is certain in the movie business is that nothing is predictable. 76 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Starting from the premise that strengthening procurement capacity in developing countries is critical to improving social and economic well- being, it is sought to unearth views about the factors and elements driving capacity-building in procurement. Regardless of the evidence linking Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) tool usage to effective procurement from the existing literature, the purpose was to unearth views about the role of TCO tool usage in procurement capacity-building in a developing country, with particular focus on the procurement of ICTs for education. 84 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Innovation can be argued to have an important part in economical policies of both the EU and its member states. In this research innovation and its policies is studied from a European and Dutch perspective. Due to the large importance for modern nations economies, the service sector and especially the ICT services are the focus of this research. The policies from the European Union are largely appointed towards technology and manufacturing innovation. However significant parts of the EU economies are dependent on ICT and Service industries. There is a gap between the reality in the market and the existing innovation policies. In this thesis this gap is studied. 96 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -For more than 20 years, thousands of African migrants have sailed to Spain from the African coast on unsafe rudimentary boats ('pateras' in Spanish) in order to enter EU territory without the need of legal permission. Many of those migrants have reached European land becoming irregular migrants. However, thousands of them have died drowned in the sea. This book takes into consideration economic, social and religious factors that propel West African migrants to undertake such a journey. It also provides a case study to evaluate the effectiveness and the ethicality of the current Spanish and EU policies to regulate the flux of Sub-Saharan African migrants to Europe. Finally, the analysis expounded on this work emphasises two underlying issues: On the one hand, migration policies are often intermingled with development policies; and, on the other hand, development policies can be weakened by vested interests. The book is tailored to policy-makers, researchers, professionals and the general public interested in the subject of migration from Sub-Saharan Africa to the EU; migration policies and development. 68 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Refugees and Political Conflicts While refugee protection has been an attempt to protect human lives and minimize refugee-generated conflicts, refugees have turned out to be a significant contributor to cross-border political conflicts. This has been possible by the fact that refugees get involved in the politics of the host country, carrying out subversive activities to their home government or even yet to another third country. Refugees have also made governments and regimes perceive each other as enemies, hence adopting competitive foreign policies. Refugees protract and internationalize internal conflicts making management efforts complex. Therefore, conflict management efforts should not only concentrate in refugee protection and assistance but should attempt to address the causes of refugee flow if at all they seek to achieve success in conflict management. Therefore, the presence of refugee precipitates to cross-border political conflicts. As long as the Great Lakes region will continue to have high refugee population cross-border political conflicts will persist or even escalate with the diminishing environmental resources. 96 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This study looks at the phenomenon of guanxi in relation to Dutch managers functioning in international organizations in Hong Kong and mainland China. Guanxi is seen as one of the most important forms of personal networking in China. According to various writers there is a difference in importance attached to such social networks in virtue of cultural backgrounds. China is seen as a low-trust society where people only trust those people related to them, and conversely distrust people outside there family and kinship group. Contrary, The Netherlands is a high-trust society which inclines toward spontaneous sociability and possessing dense layers of intermediate associations. This work aimed at investigating the difficulties and complexities that Dutch managers face while doing business in Hong Kong and mainland China, paying special attention to guanxi-relationships in this business environment. 76 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In the Netherlands, only limited research has been undertaken into the reasons for top manager dismissal. This book focuses on top management dismissal and the relationship with the performance of listed companies in the Netherlands. This book describes the historical developments in the field of corporate governance in the world and the Netherlands in particular. Besides that, it tries to focus on the differences between the corporate governance structures in the Netherlands and other countries like the United States of America and Japan. This book also describes the most common corporate governance disciplines in the world and also focuses on the relationship between performance and manager turnover in the Netherlands. 80 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Financial intermediation provides the means by which funds are mobilised from within and outside an economy and reallocated to productive sectors. Financial intermediaries such as banks, insurance companies and microfinance institutions help to deepen the intermediation process. The level of economic activities, foreign direct investment inflows, savings culture of citizens and in some cases the religious belief of the people can influence the financial intermediation process significantly. Gini and Herfindahl indices have shown downward trend ,indicative of improved competition in the Ghanaian banking industry, hence deepening the financial intermediation process.The monetary and fiscal policies of Ghana as well as general improvement in economic activities and increase credit to the private sector are signs of improved financial intermediation process in Ghana.The enactment of the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority Law to revolutionalise the development trajectory of the three northern regions of Ghana is also significant.The question that should provoke national discourse is whether Islamic banking is needed to further deepen the process 84 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book analyzes framework conditions and circumstances determining the successful development and diffusion of eco-innovation in a country and the role that eco-innovations can play to support a country's sustainable development. Eco-innovation depends significantly on factors determined by cooperation between governments and the private-sector, in terms of macro-economic and regulatory context, education and training system, infrastructure and communication, market conditions. Within this book, also the role of public-private partnerships to achieve through eco-innovations the United Nations Millennium Development Goals is reviewed. 204 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book considers the development of the Finance, Tourism and Agricultural industries, as the main sectors of business activity, in Jersey in the twentieth century. The development of the Finance industry from the arrival of the first merchant bank in the 1960s to its present day standing providing a significant contribution to GNP is considered. This is set against the perceived decline in Agriculture due to too much concentration on certain produce and competition from other areas. Also, the continued importance of the Tourism industry is considered in relation to the other two main industries. The aims of the book are to determine the factors involved in the modern development of the main industries. The book contains illustrations by Elizabeth Clark. 72 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -A cup of coffee stimulates your mind they say. That is true. This is what happened to me. I was on my way home to Stockholm after a weekend similar to a military drafting outside London. In other words, I was all worn out. I strolled into one of Starbucks coffee shops at a train station in London. Surrounding wallpapers welcomed me saying Shade grown coffee from Chiapas . I ordered the coffee and read the brochure about Starbucks program for Sustaining Coffee Communities that was placed on the desk. The coffee and the brochure woke me up. It led me all the way up to the mexican highlands in the state of Chiapas. I wanted to find out if Fair Trade could be a way to achieve sustainable development for the marginalized Maya indigenous people As consumers we can all raise our awareness. Further more, we have the freedom of choice what to buy. Fair Trade Coffee is an alternative for each and one of us consumers in a free market. I hope this study can serve as a guide for you and enlighten your path while making your own decision. How would you like your Coffee 60 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Changes in analysing prospects for socio-economic and political development in Africa has in the recent past shifted greatly to include actors outside of the traditional political elite category. This change in analysis has coincided with a new conceptualisation of civil society; the role of civil society is become more crucial in governance, and especially in pursuing socio-economic and political development in Africa. This book explores changes in Africa's governance processes and the opportunities that the changing context is creating for substantive civil society engagement. It examines Africa's democratic processes highlighting some core aspects of the democratic consolidation endeavours to date. In this analysis, Uganda's contemporary civil society context is used as a case illustration to examine how changing governance processes are creating opportunities for civil society engagement in national policy framework. 116 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Small companies that are characterised by individualistic tasks might find it difficult to create common conditions for learning without a strong shared vision. Especially feedback supports and reminds team members to strive for common goals, although individually. In addition, team-based thinking together should be applied more frequently so that team members' personal goals and visions could be recognised and comprehended; how to integrate them with the vision of the company as a whole. This study argues that some attributes of the concept of learning organisation were found in the researched record company. The atmosphere is rather beneficial for learning but the organisation relies highly on the learning that is reached individually. Therefore, no emphasis for i.e. team-based learning exists in the company. According to the thesis, this is one of the factors that could hinder development of the company, given the alarming state of the music industry as a whole. Research study also reveals that feedback plays a major role as a tool for learning and development. 76 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This study investigated the effect of demographic factors on employee commitment by making a comparison between different groups belonging to one single demographic factor. These demographic factors were age, gender, marital status, years of service in an organization, and the level of education. Participants were 60 full time university teacher, randomly selected from four public universities, located in Rawalpindi and Islamabad. Findings of study suggest that the importance of these factors should not be ignored in retaining employee, decreasing employee turnover intention and earning employee loyalty. 68 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book analyses the importance of the application of access rights in oil exploitation using the Albertine Graben in South Western Uganda as a case study. It is noted that a number of challenges have hampered the effective implementation of the access rights. Thus the book underscores these challenges and project on the way forward to effectively implement access rights in Uganda. This book reviews the socio-economic potential of the Albertine Graben; assesses the role of international law principles in the application of access rights; makes a detailed study of the importance of respecting access rights and the challenges there from; and makes a comparative analysis of the application of access rights in other areas. The book concludes by pointing out that the crucial issue in the effective application of access rights are still lacking. This is so because the application of access rights in Uganda is still faced with a number of challenges ranging from insufficient legal frame work to institutional inefficiencies. By way of conclusion, recommendations are suggested for the effective implementation of Access rights. 104 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book will evaluate the performance of fundamental indexation, relative to traditional indexation, in the South African context. A key research question is how much of the (excess) return of the fundamental indices is due to factor exposure, and how much above this is added by the technique of fundamental indexing. We then move to a more granular level of evaluation, as we shift from a market level of observation to sector level we examine fundamental indexation in the resource, industrial and financial sectors. 72 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -High staff turnover is a result of both pull and push factors and has a negative impact on oganizational performance. Major factors leading to high staff turnover in Zimbabwean polytechnics include poor working conditions, macro-economic and political factors, education and training and better opportunities elsewhere. High staff turnover has impacted negatively on the quality of polytechnic education, operations and service delivery. Staff turnover rate was estimated at between 33% and 40% by the end of 2006. it is thus recommended that government should review salaries and other conditions of service for staff at polytechnics as a way of retaining, attracting and motivating staff. The study also recommends that further research be conducted in vocational training centers, polytechnics in other regions and in universities across the country in Zimbabwe to establish the causes and impact of staff turnover in those institutions in order to come up with a national document that will help to control this problem, not only in higher education, but also in other sectors of the economy. 108 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Under the close supervision of experienced expert in transportation research Gianmaria Martini,Professor of Economics and Industrial Organization ,University of Bergamo, Italy this work is the contribution to understand the factors influencing the productivity and efficiency of Swiss airport management that could assist in better utilization of airport resources. Nowadays,most Swiss airports are still publicly owned units with only few completely private ones. The goal of this study is to shed light on such terms as efficiency and performance that are directly pertinent to airports nowadays. Although there are different types of the productivity measurement tools the author have chosen Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) methodology, applied to measure airports performance by many researchers around the world. To the best of my knowledge, this is the first attempt to study the efficiency of Swiss airports by applying the DEA method as of May,2008. 120 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The research involves preliminary field investigation of the impacts of social demands on economic decisions made by producers, such agricultural management among farmers participating in Columbia's Famer's Market. The focus of the research will be on determining if social pressures to change agricultural management practices (increase of demand for organic products) have had any effect on the farmers. Also of concern to the research is how consumer requests for changes have affected farmers' agricultural decisions over time. The research will enhance MU visibility through its contribution to a growing social interest on agricultural production and management processes, to humanistic economic research on the social factors affecting economic decisions, and to anthropological work on the rapid growth of social interest in food production. The overall objective of this proposed research is to analyze the management and decision making of farmers in the Columbia's Farmer's Market to see the influence of social factors. 76 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The aim of this study is to explore the contributing factors in improving women's survival in Bangladesh.The proposed supply and demand conceptual framework provides an explanation for analyzing the importance of improved health of women and newborns to reduce maternal and perinatal/neonatal mortality for the overall improvement of women's survival in the context of Bangladesh. Data from the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS) and Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) are used to describe the changes in women's health situation in Bangladesh. The results show that a considerable decline in infant and child mortality has taken place over the past one decade.This is reflected in the gain in life expectancy of women of Bangladesh.The outcomes of this research could contribute to the literature for the researchers, planners and policy makers those who are working in this area. 76 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Climate change is now a scientifically established fact. Climate change is the most important issue whole over the world. With this change possible economic impacts has been showing the great concern in present climate change research. Climate change will impact multiple sectors especially on coastal resources and on economy with implications for poverty reduction, employment generation, and urbanization. This book, therefore, provides estimation procedure of biological parameters, maximum sustainable yield, maximum economic yield and open access equilibrium by the Gordon-Schafer surplus production model and how could make assumption with possible economic impacts of climate change. The model has also been studied under nine climate scenarios where assuming each represents possible climate change consequences. The analysis should help to find out the potential of climate effects for changing the intrinsic growth rate, carrying capacity, profitability on fishery resources and should be especially useful to professionals in climate change science or anyone else who maybe consider to do further scientific research on possible economic climate change impacts. 60 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -As the world is becoming increasingly integrated, many firms search for partners overseas with hope to find benefits. Internationalization is today the industrial norm, and in this new and ever-expanding environment, international purchasing has become a major challenge that firms have to face in their daily operations. Yet, despite the growing importance of international purchasing by retailers, previous studies have mainly focused on international purchasing by manufacturing firms, and as the authors have acknowledge the retailers' significance on the national markets, a gap has been identified. The purpose of this thesis is to examine and map out the current state of Swedish retailers' international purchasing activities. One common feature existed; regarding what risks that were connected with international purchasing. Almost everyone highlighted the loss of control, due to long distances, as being the main risk with international purchasing. 104 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) launched its own regional human rights mechanism in the form of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR). Immediately upon its inauguration, it has been beset with criticism from civil society organizations and the media over its limited mandate. This study aims to analyze the structure and function of this fledgling institution compared to that of other more established regional human rights mechanisms, such as that of the European Union (EU). The study identifies the structural and functional similarities of the ASEAN and EU's human rights mechanisms, and provides recommendations for the AICHR's development. As an overarching framework, this study introduces the possibility of using the principles outlined under United Nations General Assembly Resolution 48/134 of 20 December 1993 on National institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights, also known as the Paris Principles, as a guide in assessing the structure and function of regional human rights mechanisms. 80 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book studies the representation of identity politics in the Indian Tamil film Kannathil Muthamittal, which deals with the Sri Lankan ethnic conflict. Drawing on the influential role of cinema in politics on the Indian subcontinent, and the perceived shared identity of the Tamil communities in Sri Lanka and India, the book researches the film in relation to the conflict. It discusses the differences in conception of the Indian Tamil identity and the Sri Lankan Tamil identity (in the film), and argues that the Indian Tamil is represented as politically and culturally superior and more empowered than the Sri Lankan Tamil. Using existing literature on identity formation and the socio-cultural history of Tamil identities of Sri Lanka and India as a reference point, the representation of the two Tamil identities in the film are analysed. 60 pp. Englisch.…