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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The aim of 'Analysing Harmony' is to make some kind of sense or order from tonal harmony as used in the popular music of the mid-20th century; the kind of music that is known as the 'great American songbook' and used as 'standards' by jazz musicians. The benefit of using this kind of repertoire is that, because it is highly 'refined', in the sense of being systematised and predictable, other musics, such as classical and pop, may be usefully compared with it to highlight similarities and differences of tonal use. The particular purpose of the booklet is twofold. Firstly, it may assist songwriters suffering from the 'lost chord' of songwriter's block. The patterns and substitute chords analysed here can provide a range of chords that have the 'correct' harmonic function: it's then a matter of choosing one according to taste. Secondly, an analytical understanding can greatly assist the improvising musician to develop broader and more complex melodic ideas over longer time-frames, rather than responding to each individual chord as it comes along. 68 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Innovation and regional development are two topics that were (separately) very much discussed by scholars and in recent literature there have been attempts to examine how the former is connected to the latter. At the same time, different types of regional agglomeration systems have been developed and discussed. However, there is a significant gap in literature particularly concerning Innovation Zones. Thus, there is a need to look into this concept and examine the benefits that Innovation Zones can provide to the region to which they are affiliated. Consequently, it is necessary to examine who are the main actors of an Innovation Zone and the prerequisites for a successful Innovation Zone. This analysis will provide to the reader knowledge on regional development theories, the importance of knowledge and it would be especially useful to students or professionals that deal with issues related to innovation, regional development and knowledge agglomeration systems.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Children in many Kenyan communities are conceived as sources of wealth, an investment and thus, socially, emotionally and economically rewarding. My interest in studying street children stemmed from the desire to understand what exactly happened in the this[Kenyan] society where children are highly valued, yet we witness armies of children taking over major towns in Kenya as scavengers to whom the street is the only source of livelihood. In this publication, I have utilized an anthropological perspective of understanding street children from their own point of view. Issues of social and economic organization of the street children while on the streets have been documented, among others, the opportunities and challenge they face as they wring a livelihood on the streets. Being largely a qualitative approach, I have drawn several inferences that have been logically explained to express the push and pull factors that influence patterns of migration among street children in the study area. The book culminates with a conceptual framework derived from the study and thus, recommendations that are drawn for policy purposes. 160 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Children in many Kenyan communities are conceived as sources of wealth, an investment and thus, socially, emotionally and economically rewarding. My interest in studying street children stemmed from the desire to understand what exactly happened in the this[Kenyan] society where children are highly valued, yet we witness armies of children taking over major towns in Kenya as scavengers to whom the street is the only source of livelihood. In this publication, I have utilized an anthropological perspective of understanding street children from their own point of view. Issues of social and economic organization of the street children while on the streets have been documented, among others, the opportunities and challenge they face as they wring a livelihood on the streets. Being largely a qualitative approach, I have drawn several inferences that have been logically explained to express the push and pull factors that influence patterns of migration among street children in the study area. The book culminates with a conceptual framework derived from the study and thus, recommendations that are drawn for policy purposes.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Innovation and regional development are two topics that were (separately) very much discussed by scholars and in recent literature there have been attempts to examine how the former is connected to the latter. At the same time, different types of regional agglomeration systems have been developed and discussed. However, there is a significant gap in literature particularly concerning Innovation Zones. Thus, there is a need to look into this concept and examine the benefits that Innovation Zones can provide to the region to which they are affiliated. Consequently, it is necessary to examine who are the main actors of an Innovation Zone and the prerequisites for a successful Innovation Zone. This analysis will provide to the reader knowledge on regional development theories, the importance of knowledge and it would be especially useful to students or professionals that deal with issues related to innovation, regional development and knowledge agglomeration systems.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Children in many Kenyan communities are conceived as sources of wealth, an investment and thus, socially, emotionally and economically rewarding. My interest in studying street children stemmed from the desire to understand what exactly happened in the this[Kenyan] society where children are highly valued, yet we witness armies of children taking over major towns in Kenya as scavengers to whom the street is the only source of livelihood. In this publication, I have utilized an anthropological perspective of understanding street children from their own point of view. Issues of social and economic organization of the street children while on the streets have been documented, among others, the opportunities and challenge they face as they wring a livelihood on the streets. Being largely a qualitative approach, I have drawn several inferences that have been logically explained to express the push and pull factors that influence patterns of migration among street children in the study area. The book culminates with a conceptual framework derived from the study and thus, recommendations that are drawn for policy purposes.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book reports on a six month implementation of the Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility (TPSR) model when taught in a New Zealand secondary school physical education program. Two classes were taught using TPSR as the predominant pedagogical approach, while two control classes were taught using traditional physical education pedagogy. A mixed methods approach was used to examine the impact of the implementation on students and teachers. The results showed an improvement in students behavior in class; in their relationships with each other and with the teacher; and in their engagement with the physical education curriculum. For most students the learning about personal and social responsibility was restricted to the physical education context. For a small number of student, however, the program had a strong impact on other aspects of their lives. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This book reports on a six month implementation of the Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility (TPSR) model when taught in a New Zealand secondary school physical education program. Two classes were taught using TPSR as the predominant pedagogical approach, while two control classes were taught using traditional physical education pedagogy. A mixed methods approach was used to examine the impact of the implementation on students and teachers. The results showed an improvement in students behavior in class; in their relationships with each other and with the teacher; and in their engagement with the physical education curriculum. For most students the learning about personal and social responsibility was restricted to the physical education context. For a small number of student, however, the program had a strong impact on other aspects of their lives.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Innovation and regional development are two topics that were (separately) very much discussed by scholars and in recent literature there have been attempts to examine how the former is connected to the latter. At the same time, different types of regional agglomeration systems have been developed and discussed. However, there is a significant gap in literature particularly concerning Innovation Zones. Thus, there is a need to look into this concept and examine the benefits that Innovation Zones can provide to the region to which they are affiliated. Consequently, it is necessary to examine who are the main actors of an Innovation Zone and the prerequisites for a successful Innovation Zone. This analysis will provide to the reader knowledge on regional development theories, the importance of knowledge and it would be especially useful to students or professionals that deal with issues related to innovation, regional development and knowledge agglomeration systems. 84 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Children in many Kenyan communities are conceived as sources of wealth, an investment and thus, socially, emotionally and economically rewarding. My interest in studying street children stemmed from the desire to understand what exactly happened in the this[Kenyan] society where children are highly valued, yet we witness armies of children taking over major towns in Kenya as scavengers to whom the street is the only source of livelihood. In this publication, I have utilized an anthropological perspective of understanding street children from their own point of view. Issues of social and economic organization of the street children while on the streets have been documented, among others, the opportunities and challenge they face as they wring a livelihood on the streets. Being largely a qualitative approach, I have drawn several inferences that have been logically explained to express the push and pull factors that influence patterns of migration among street children in the study area. The book culminates with a conceptual framework derived from the study and thus, recommendations that are drawn for policy purposes. 160 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book reports on a six month implementation of the Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility (TPSR) model when taught in a New Zealand secondary school physical education program. Two classes were taught using TPSR as the predominant pedagogical approach, while two control classes were taught using traditional physical education pedagogy. A mixed methods approach was used to examine the impact of the implementation on students and teachers. The results showed an improvement in students behavior in class; in their relationships with each other and with the teacher; and in their engagement with the physical education curriculum. For most students the learning about personal and social responsibility was restricted to the physical education context. For a small number of student, however, the program had a strong impact on other aspects of their lives. 276 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Sustainable municipal solid waste management requires the active participation of all stakeholders, mainly households and municipalities. The success of these actors participation is dependent upon many factors, such as information and knowledge, economic incentives and convenience. The Swedish waste management system is one of the best systems and the factors that enabled the system to be successful are, among others, division of responsibility among waste owners, municipalities and manufacturers of products; levels of authority to draw-up procedures and issue license; environmental policies and regulations; active participation of households in source separation and the important role of waste management companies in treating the different wastes in environmentally correctly manner. These factors could be used to help policy makers, policy implementers and any other interested parties in the design and implementation of effective waste management policy. 60 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The study seeks to answer what factors played a major role in development of public pension systems in the economies of Central and Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States of the Former Soviet Union. Our analysis, based on data from 1989 to 1997 in 23 transition economies, investigates five main components of public pension system and identifies three groups of countries with different patterns of development. The existing explanations assume that economic performance, demographic ageing, domestic political constellations, external influence and the path dependency are responsible for the variation in pension system development patterns. Multivariate regressions have been used to test these explanations. We found that economic decline explains changes in the qualifying conditions for full pension benefits, the political variables influence patterns of employees and employers contributions, while the share of government s revenues in GDP is the best explanation for the variation in pension expenditure. The limitations of the study suggest that longer time periods and a small number of countries should be investigated. 84 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -A great amount of research has been done on the relationship between farm size and farm productivity in developing countries. The vast majority of this research supports the existence of an inverse farm size-productivity relationship, i.e., the smaller the farm the more productive it is per unit of land. Proponents of land reform in developing nations point to the inverse relationship as support for their cause. This study examines the relationship between farm size and productivity in the South American country of Ecuador, using data collected from farm operators in the Parish of Bolívar in northern Ecuador. It goes beyond the farm size-land productivity relationship to examine the relationship between farm size and total factor productivity, with some surprising results. The findings of this study should be especially useful to professionals in agricultural economics, development economics, and to anyone interested in the topics of land reform and agricultural productivity. 104 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Over the last 20 years the cooperation between Russian Federation and the European Union had increased to a large extend. Currently, both are binded by a Partnership Agreement. However , it is important to take a look if Russia can be potentially a member of the EU, by addressing the basic criteria of accession . Moreover, it is initial to have a look at the benefits and the drawbacks for the both partners in Russian accession. This book, therefore, will provide a conclusion about the Russian potential to become a member state of the European Union. 52 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In order to create more opportunities, cities must be able to attract more investment, business, residents and visitors. In order to improve the country/city image, governments have lately been engaged in conventional marketing techniques used otherwise by private companies. A well designed program to attract foreign investment contains complementary elements: promotion, incentives, and policies designed to improve the investment climate. Actions like subsidizing investors, promotion of the city, branding, offering financial incentives to existing companies and to investors are only few of the strategies that are considered to be entrepreneurial. What entrepreneurial cities are, if the two analyzed cities can be considered entrepreneurial, what policies they adopted since the fall of the communist regimes and how these policies affected the local development of the respective cities are only few of the issues that will be addressed in this paper. 88 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The following paper presents a comprehensive framework for the study and assessment of the economic potential of wireless markets in developing countries. The framework is sequential and recursive, staggered in three stages. The first stage is a macro analysis at the level of the company's international business model. Its outcome will consist on the assessment of the positive or negative fit of the country's wireless market within the context of the company's strategy. The second part of the framework consists on a detailed scrutiny of the country's telecommunications regulatory conditions, as well as other considerations of nation wide purview. The third and final stage of the model will be devoted to a careful study of the market conditions at the local level the competitive structure of the market, the service mix, the estimation of demand and all other matters involving direct contact with clients will be the focus of this last part of the model. Lastly, the model will be put into practice when analyzing the expansion of the company Telenor into the Indian wireless market. 100 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The old world of Banking has changed considerably. The forces of globalization and technology have resulted in increasing integration of economies across the world. Today, banks are no more competing locally, but in the global market place. It is important for banks to adapt to this new environment. The book is written considering the vibrant and robust technological orientation of Bank of Baroda. The objectives of working on the project to assess the shift of the technological boundary of Bank of Baroda, to highlight the wide and sound modern network of the bank and to judge the employees' perception about the modernisation through a sample survey. Interested persons can easily go through the book for knowledge acquisition. 116 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book is particularly concerned with what the effects of ideology on the selection process of the translation are and how and why ideology aborts authors or texts-to-be-translated. The 'ideology' concept of this work is not just the specific thought system of a group but a curriculum of power and control with its apparatuses, aims, directions, financial resources and political aspect. Different dimensions of ideology, which make it a curriculum, are also analyzed: the ideology of the author, the ideology of the translator(s), the ideology of institutions, the ideology of countries, the ideology of concepts and the ideology of theories. Ideology with all of its dimensions can affect the very first movement of translation and try to repress or even abort a text-to-be-translated. Thus, this book focuses on the place of selection, repression/ abortion and ideology in translation theory and analyzes the repression and abortion of The Satanic Verses both in the world and in Turkey to make concrete the ideas in the theoretical framework. 88 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Today s workforce is highly diverse in that the number of women in business and globalization has changed the work force demographics like never before. Managers should recognise that both gender and cultural differences play a large role in how employees perceive whether a management style is effective or not. Thus management trying to manage in the modern business environment must pay attention to these factors. To see how cultural and gender differences affect leadership perspectives, a study between Canadian and Turkish MBA students was conducted. The findings showed that there are interesting differences among genders across culture and managers cannot adopt a one size fits all approach when implementing a leadership style. They should be able to diversify their approach and if they want their leadership to be effective then they should be able to understand how different cultures and genders react to certain behaviours. 68 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -An important policy option of ECOWAS from its establishment has been to make agricultural sector more competitive by furthering production growth and increasing intra regional trade. Hitherto, the region is still characterized by low productivity. This book therefore provides information on total factor productivity growth and its decomposition for rice, cotton and millet producing countries in ECOWAS. The productivity measures were estimated using Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) and Data Envelopment analysis (DEA). The data cover a 45 year period (1961-2005) separated into pre-ECOWAS (1961-1978) and ECOWAS (1979-2005) periods in order to study the effects of ECOWAS reforms on productivity growth of the selected crops. The results for both SFA and DEA show that (1) there are inefficiencies but productivity progress among ECOWAS member nations producing rice, cotton and millet. (2) Technical change has had the greatest impact on productivity, indicating that producers have a tendency to catch-up with the front runners. 60 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This thesis examines how the female protagonists in Elective Affinities, The Awakening, and The Hours illuminate the cycle of contention and reconciliation between inner and outer worlds, between idealism and realism. Each protagonist negotiates a journey of authentic self-evolution, whether within or outside the confines of her respective social realm, to regain possession of the unconscious. All three protagonists attempt to make art out of ordinary experience in negotiating the relationship between the unconscious and the idealization of the self. Parallel to this creative effort is a sense of failure due to the high expectations that each protagonist places on herself. The value of each life-project is determined by how each character interprets her respective success or failure, and not exclusively by social considerations. Instead of maintaining the ideal or the real in separate realms, creativity overcomes the conflict between the demands of the ego and the constraints of culture. The three works examined in this thesis help demonstrate that creativity itself can become an ideal that can transform reality. 72 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Human resource management (HRM) involves all management decision and practices that directly affects the people, or human resources, who work for the organization. It becomes Strategic when it assumes the centre stage and serves as the major determinant of organizational Goals, especially performance. Although researchers in strategic human resource management (SHRM) have established a relationship between human resource management practices and organizational performance, the inter-viewing process connecting HRM system and organizational performance remains unexplored. Also examines how effective HRM can lead to better performance in the organization. In its truest Sense, this study also evaluate whether SHRM has any impact on organizational performance. Furthermore, HRM practices such as training, job design, and job satisfaction, good compensation and incentives were found to be influencing performance parameters of the organization. 120 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Analyzing financial statements and searching for cheap stocks (technically referred to as value stocks) are predominant parts of the job which anyone who is interested in investing in the stock market has to do. This book investigates the efficiency of a fundamental analysis model which is tailored for value stocks in the context of the Japanese stock market the second largest market in the world. I find that a simple composite score that are calculated based on seven fundamental signals can significantly and robustly enhance the performance of a value investing strategy that concentrates on high book-to-market stocks in Japan. Moreover, it is also documented that although the profit from such a trading strategy appears to be abnormal under the capital asset pricing model (CAPM), it is explained by the Fama-French three-factor model which supports a risk-based explanation for this accounting-based value investing strategy. This book could help enhance the efficiency of investment decisions in the Japanese market significantly, and is of particular importance to those who targets buying or holding underpriced stocks. 80 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book examines the new political structure of the newly independent Kosovo, particularly the ongoing asymmetric decentralization process - as envisaged in the Ahtisaari Plan. It seeks to analyze the impact of this process on the long-term stability and functionality of Kosovo. Because the policy of decentralization essentially tackles the very fundamental relations between the Albanian majority and the Serbian minority community in Kosovo, it has the ability to affect both intra-state and possibly also inter-state/regional stability. In this context, the author critically examine the ethnic regulation policy through power-sharing instruments in the post-independence Kosovo. He discusses the decentralization process in Kosovo as a case study of power-sharing arrangements; accordingly, the author used the existing knowledge about power-sharing as a conceptual/theoretical framework for the analysis of the Kosovo case. 84 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Personal financial planning is an interdisciplinary practice that draws many of its tools and techniques from the fields of finance, economics, law, taxation, and investment theory. The profession's body of knowledge is dominated by research devoted to these practical and theoretical 'sub-sets.' What has largely been missing to date is any significant theoretical work devoted to the actual planning activities of financial planners as they develop comprehensive strategies for using all of a client's human and material resources to achieve their various life goals. This work for the first time offers an integrating framework for describing the strategy-making activities of financial planners. This framework consists of five modes of strategy- making that fall along the dimension of relative involvement by the planner and the client in the planning process. These modes can also be shown to fall along a parallel dimension that might be described as 'planning versus emergence.' This new model operates as a self-assessment tool for practitioners and a robust foundation for future research. 92 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -HIV/AIDS represents a major bulwark to Africa's progress. Since its discovery some 25 years ago, the disease has emerged as the most troubling public health hazard in recent memory. Recent literature on HIV/AIDS suggests that a complex mix of economic, social, cultural and political factors is driving-up the prevalence of the epidemic in Africa in particular, and the world at large. Although considerable efforts have been put in place to reduce its spread, crucial risk behavioural factors associated with HIV/AIDS have not been sufficiently explored. This work therefore attempts to identify, categorize, analyse and present a holistic picture of the different risk behaviours associated with HIV/AIDS. This research has proposed a new bottom-up driven preventative strategy for fighting HIV/AIDS, which blends current informative and educative campaigns on HIV/AIDS; empowering young people towards alternative ways of livelihood, while at the same time, caring for the affected in ways that prioritizes dignity, respect and individual empowerment. It is hoped that this work would strengthen and re-orient current efforts underway to prevent HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa and the world. 64 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This is my thesis for master of science. In writing it, I experienced the real academic research. As a student from China, it was not an easy job to put all the literature review in English and skills such as statistical and GIS softwares together. With the help and encouragement of my director, David Newman, I managed it. I did it as a scientist, which is a valuable chance in my life. I cherish the opportunity all my life. If it can help with further research in timberland property taxation in the US, it will be my great honor. 116 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Backpacking as a lifestyle and as a business has significantly grown in many parts of the world. Asia has become a popular destination among Western backpackers for its low costs and varied landscapes and culture. Throughout, backpackers seek to avoid the packaged and arranged tours in search of an idealized authentic' travel. Through an exploration of backpacking culture in South-East Asia, this work explores the relationships of authenticity' and the experience economy' from within the paradigm of the tourism industry. Through discussions of how authenticity is staged and consumed in a tourism context, recommendations and branding strategies for backpacking markets in South East Asia are provided. 116 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -There has been some discussion in journals and books of whether Business, as a practice with its own institutions, is a profession. The term 'professional' has both the broad sense of one with paid expertise, and a narrower specific and normative sense. In the latter there is a presumption that standards of theoretical cognitive competence, ethics, and social licensing have been met. For example,credentials have been issued following peer examination of expertise; ethical conduct in a practice will be enforced by a peak institutional body, and there is quasi- monopoly of service provision. The work argues that business is not a profession in the narrower sense, but might approach that status,and perhaps should, if corporate reform at national and international level were to be undertaken. But there will remain inherent difficulties with regard to some essential fatures, especially under an increasingly globalised 'State Welfare Capitalist' system. 96 pp. Englisch.…