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Keith Posner, Mike Applegarth, Keith Posner, Mike Applegarth “The Empowerment Pocketbook”
Management Pocketbooks | English | 1999-05-01 | ISBN: 1870471512 | 112 pages | PDF | 1,1 MB
The why, when and how of empowerment: why it is necessary and the benefits it can bring, when and how to prepare for and implement it, and how to monitor results. Areas covered include: identifying the need for empowerment, enabling the individual, implementations (nine steps to get empowerment in place) and, finally, monitoring and feedback.

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Philip Holman, Derek Snee, “The Improving Efficiency Pocketbook”
Management Pocketbooks | 2002 | ISBN: 1870471776 | 112 pages | PDF | 1 MB
This text demonstrates how management forces can improve operating procedures and reduce costs by increasing efficiency and eliminating waste. It challenges the four areas of operations: the design, the plan, the controls and the way improvements are made.

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Edited by Wynne Wright and Gerad Middendorf, “The Fight Over Food: Producers, Consumers, and Activists Challenge the Global Food System”
Pennsylvania State Univ Pr | 2008-01-05 | ISBN: 027103274X | 312 pages | PDF | 1,3 MB
“One problem with the food system is that price is the bottom line rather than having the bottom line be land stewardship, an appreciation for the environmental and social value of small-scale family farms, or for organically grown produce.” —Interview with farmer in Skagit County, Washington

For much of the later twentieth century, food has been abundant and convenient for most residents of advanced industrial societies. The luxury of taking the safety and... (Read More)

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Betty J. Brown, John E. Clow, “Introduction to Business: Our Business and Economic World”

“Introduction to Business” provides students with research-based reading strategies and integrated academic activities to build comprehension and reinforce key academic concepts, all within the context of business topics.
Reading age for native speakers: High School students

Features:
Integrated Academic Skills help teachers reinforce student learning to help meet NCLB guidelines and provide rigor.
Research-based Reading Strategies help students improve reading skills and comprehend key concepts and information.
Partnerships with Standard and Poor`s and BusinessWeek provide... (Read More)

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Computational intelligence (CI), as an alternative to statistical and econometric approaches, has been applied to a wide range of economics and finance problems in recent years, for example to price forecasting and market efficiency.

This book contains research ranging from applications in financial markets and business administration to various economics problems. Not only are empirical studies utilizing various CI algorithms presented,

but so also are theoretical models based on computational methods. In addition to direct applications of computational intelligence, readers can also observe how these methods are combined with conventional analytical... (Read More)

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Artificial intelligence is a consortium of data-driven methodologies which includes artificial neural networks, genetic algorithms, fuzzy logic, probabilistic belief networks and machine learning as its components. We have witnessed a phenomenal impact of this data-driven consortium of methodologies in many areas of studies, the economic and financial fields being of no exception. In particular, this volume of collected works will give examples of its impact on the field of economics and finance.

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The primary goal of this book is to present to the scientific and management communities a selection of applications using recent Soft Computing (SC) and Computing with Words and Perceptions (CWP) models and techniques meant to solve some economics and financial problems that are of utmost importance.
The book starts with a coverage of data mining tools and techniques that may be of use and significance for economic and financial analyses and applications.Notably, fuzzy and natural language based approaches and solutions for a more human consistent dealing with decision support, time series analysis, forecasting, clustering, etc. are discussed. The second... (Read More)

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OECD Journal on Development: Development Co-operation Report 2009: Volume 10 Issue 1
This edition of OECD`s annual Development Co-operation Report provides key statistics and analysis on the latest trends in international aid. Eckhard Deutscher, who recently took over as Chairman of the Development Assistance Committee, reports back on the Accra High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness and the need to step up our efforts to make aid work better for developing countries in this time of economic crisis.
Publisher: OECD Publishing | ISBN: 9264055045 | edition 2009 | PDF | 256 pages | 4,8 mb
The report also addresses fragmentation, a major problem when aid comes in too many small slices from too many directions... (Read More)

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Stedman`s Electronic Medical Dictionary 28th ed.Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | 28th Edition (December 14, 2005) | ISBN: 0781733901 | 2199 pages | ISO | 170 MB
Stedman`s Medical Dictionary, 28th Edition, is the most reliable, must-have resource available for healthcare professionals. The 28th Edition contains more than 107,000 total terms, with more than 5,000 new to this edition. Furthermore, this edition has been thoroughly reviewed and updated by consultants from all the major medical and health science specialities including Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Geriatrics, and Rheumatology.
New 28th edition with more than 1500 images and illustrations!
More than 1500 images and illustrations (most in full... (Read More)

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The New Golden Age: The Coming Revolution against Political Corruption and Economic Chaos
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan | ISBN: 1403975795 | edition 2007 | PDF | 256 pages | 1,01 mb
In The New Golden Age, bestselling author and economist Ravi Batra identifies the roadblocks to economic prosperity–and what we need to do to overcome them. Bringing the same insight and expertise that made books like The Downfall of Capitalism and Communism international bestsellers, Batra takes on falling minimum wages, corporate scandals, rocketing oil prices, and many of the other crises facing the world economy.
He also offers an expansive, optimistic vision of how the international community can address them and bring... (Read More)

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