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First published in 1995. In the current, increasingly global economy, investors require quick access to a wide range of financial…
and investment-related statistics to assist them in better understanding the macroeconomic environment in which their investments will operate. The International Financial Statistics Locator eliminates the need to search though a number of sources to identify those that contain much of this statistical information. It is intended for use by librarians, students, individual investors, and the business community and provides access to twenty-two resources, print and electronic, that contain current and historical financial and economic statistics investors need to appreciate and profit from evolving and established international markets.Managing the Non-Profit Organization: Principles And Practices
By Peter Drucker. 1995
A Drucker management classic, first published in 1990, which breaks down any narrow definition of management and is aimed specifically…
at decision-makers and managers working in non-profit making and charitable organizations to help them apply the principles of good management to their sector. Drawing from the American experience, Drucker poignantly illustrates his discussion of management by quoting his in-depth interviews with top executives from non-profit making organizations. The issues of mission, performance, people and relationships, leadership and developing managers are eloquently discussed and Drucker provides Action Implications throughout the book which are of practical importance to the reader.Managing Hospitality Experiences
By Peter Cox, Josephine Pryce, Alexandra Kenyon, Ade Oriade, Roya Rahimi, Dr Peter Robinson, Adenike Adebayo, Rudin Beka, Kevan Burke, Sandra J Cooper, Martin Hilton, James Musgrave, Lucy Hack, Gonzalo Díaz Meneses. 2020
Managing hospitality experiences is a crucial part of the hospitality business and industry alike. While many textbooks cover the management…
of hospitality services, this text focuses specifically on experiences, while also providing a full and detailed insight into the ways in which experiences are designed and delivered. Using examples from the gamut of hospitality, this book explores issues around people, services and spaces. It covers management issues such as marketing, human resources, operations, quality management, facilities management, project management and strategy, while considering hospitality operations within their wider geo-social and geo-environmental settings. This book includes a range of important contemporary topics, such as sustainability, resilience and ethics; supported throughout by learning objectives, case studies, review questions, links to videos and further reading suggestions. This book: Emphasises experiences within hospitality, providing students with a focused and applicable text. Includes numerous international industry case studies to illustrate how hospitality organisations manage experiences; these real-life scenarios provide key teaching points. Provides wider theoretical principles to develop the field of hospitality and place it within an industry context. An invaluable read for undergraduate students of hospitality and event management, this textbook also provides an overview for postgraduate students and those studying further education courses in hospitality and related areas.The Impact of Trade on United States Employment (Routledge Library Editions: Employment and Unemployment #10)
By Catherine Sveikauskas. 1995
First published in 1995. Over the last several decades there has been much concern that international trade has been destroying…
"good" jobs in the United States. This book provides a thorough empirical examination of this issue, focussing on the years when large, continuous deficits began. The analysis examines occupational employment data for 118 occupations in 156 different industries, and will be of interest to both students of business and economics and policy makers.One of the problems faced by heritage organizations and museums is adapting old buildings to their needs or building new…
ones to fit in with historic sites. How exactly do you create a visitor's centre at Stonehenge? The real difficulty lies where the budget is minimal, and the potential damage to the environment or setting enormous. Architecture iOrganizations act, but what determines how and when they will act? There is precedent for believing that the organization is…
but an extension of one or a few people, but this is a deceptively simplified approach and, in reality, makes any generalization in organizational theory enormously difficult. Modern-day organizations manufacturing firms, hospitals, schools, armies, community agencies are extremely complex in nature, and several strategies, employing a variety of disciplines, are needed to gain a proper understanding of them.Organizations in Action is a classic multidisciplinary study of the behavior of complex organizations as entities. Previous books on the subject focused on the behavior of people in organizational contexts, but this volume considers individual behavior only to the extent that it helps explain the nature of organizations. James D. Thompson offers ninety-five distinct propositions about the behavior of organizations, all relevant regardless of the culture in which they are found. Thompson classifies organizations according to their technologies and environments. That organizations must meet and handle uncertainty is central to his thesis.Organizations in Action is firmly grounded in concepts and theories in the social and behavioral sciences. While it does not offer an actual theory of administration, the book successfully extends the scientific base upon which any emerging administrative theory must rest. This classic work is of continuing value to organizational and management specialists, behavioral scientists, sociologists, administrators, and policymakers.Adjustment and Poverty: Options and Choices (Priorities for Development Economics)
By Frances Stewart. 1995
The last decade has brought sharp adjustment and rising poverty for most of the developing world. Adjustment and Poverty: Options…
and Choices examines the major causes and results of this situation, including: *the relationship between structural adjustment and poverty; *the extent to which the situation was brought about by internal and/or external policies; *the impact of the IMF and World Bank on adjusting countries; *government tax and spending policies - with a particular focus on social sector spending; *the possiblity of better policies in the future.Executive Talent: Developing and Keeping the Best People
By Peter Blau. 1995
This brilliant, up-to-date compendium argues that the most successful factor in company life is good people: individuals who are capable,…
competent, and savvy. Can corporate life attract such people? Ginzberg argues that despite demographic dislocations and the challenges to the work ethic, the answer to this question is a loud yes. In Executive Talent, Ginzberg and his colleagues show how to attract, train, and promote a superior work force, and how to take advantage of the different values in today's employees.Over 25 percent of the population currently graduates from a senior college, and the number going for advanced degrees is climbing. Blacks and Hispanics together will soon account for one in every four new native-born job applicants. Women are now nearly as prevalent in the work force as men. Today's employees place more emphasis on family and leisure, and less on company loyalty. In the face of these critical changes, companies can no longer continue with the same human resource policies. Ginzberg offers new approaches to attract and retain superior talent.In Executive Talent, Ginzberg brings together top academics and high level executives to explore the new world of work. They discuss coming trends and changes that will reshape the talent pool, how these shifts will impact the individual company, and ways to develop and implement a human resource strategy to meet the challenging work force of the future.Kirchensteuer kompakt: Strukturierte Darstellung mit Berechnungsbeispielen
By Jens Petersen. 2020
Dieses Buch bietet eine strukturierte Darstellung der Kirchensteuer in Deutschland mit besonderem Bezug für den praktischen Gebrauch: Berechnungsbeispiele, aktuelle Rechtsprechung,…
Übersichten u.v.m. machen den Inhalt sehr anschaulich. Soweit erforderlich erfolgt eine Differenzierung nach Spezifika in den Ländern sowie bei den steuererhebenden Religionsgemeinschaften.Die 4. Auflage befasst sich insbesondere mit den vom Gesetzgeber angedachten Änderungen des Verfahrens zur Erhebung der Kirchensteuer als Zuschlag zur Abgeltungsteuer und dem dazu ergangenen ländereinheitlichen Erlass. Ebenso behandelt werden neue Anlageformen wie z.B. Blockchain-basierte Anlagen, die Abstandnahme von der Erhebung des besonderen Kirchgeldes durch zwei Religionsgemeinschaften, Überlegungen zur Neustaffelung des Tarifes sowie die Erhebung des besonderen Kirchgeldes bei Zugehörigkeit des Ehegatten zu einer Religions- oder Weltanschauungsgemeinschaft, die die Verwaltung der Kirchensteuer durch die Finanzämter nicht in Anspruch nimmt. Zudem wurden die Auswirkungen der soziodemographischen Entwicklung auf die Leistungsfähigkeit kirchlicher Körperschaften auf den aktuellen Stand gebracht. Das Werk erläutert auch die digitale Spende und berücksichtigt die seit der Vorauflage ergangene Rechtsprechung und veröffentlichte Literatur.Strategic Shopper Marketing: Driving Shopper Conversion by Connecting the Route to Purchase with the Route to Market
By Georg August Krentzel. 2020
Strategic Shopper Marketing provides a uniquely strategic perspective on the “anything, anywhere, anytime” retail revolution. Following the principles set out…
by leading global consultant Georg August Krentzel, a practitioner can connect shopper marketing principles with strategic concerns, aligning it with other disciplines like marketing, sales and distribution to connect their route to purchase with their route to market. Providing professionals with a theoretically well-founded understanding of shopper marketing, the book charts the history and development of shopper marketing and describes the newest developments and changes in the marketplace that impact how shoppers need to be activated to generate profitable sales and loyalty. The book presents a guideline with examples and numerous illustrations to develop successful shopper marketing strategies across different sales channels. Focused on practice, but with solid theoretical foundations, practical insights and methodologies, and enriched with examples, this book is ideal for marketing practitioners at strategic levels looking to integrate shopper marketing principles into their organization, as well as for those less experienced practitioners learning the principles, and those in marketing education.Die dritte Dimension des Organisierens: Steuerung und Kommunikation
By Martin Pfiffner. 2020
Es ist ein offenes Geheimnis: Unsere Organisationen funktionieren mehr schlecht als recht. Darin liegt das Kernproblem und überraschenderweise zugleich die…
Lösung. Denn wir brauchen keine neuen Konzepte und Rahmenbedingungen, wir brauchen keine besseren Führungskräfte und keine anderen Politiker. Nötig sind nur Organisationen, die lernen wollen, die heutige Komplexität und Dynamik zu beherrschen. Organisationen also, die nicht an Ort und Stelle treten und den Wandel ausbremsen. Dieses Buch beschreibt die Neurologie des Unternehmens als dritte Dimension des Organisierens. In der Tradition des St. Galler Management-Modells stellt der Autor ein Modell vor, das sich am menschlichen Nervensystem orientiert. Er zeigt praxisnah auf, wie Stafford Beers „Viable System Model“ zur Diagnose im eigenen Unternehmen angewendet wird. Und wie Potenziale entdeckt und Leistungen abgerufen werden, die in unseren Organisationen schlummern.Die meisten Konzerne, KMUs, NGOs oder öffentlichen Institutionen bleiben in den beiden gängigen Dimensionen des Organisierens gefangen: nämlich in der Anatomie und der Physiologie des Unternehmens, also in den Organigrammen und den Geschäftsprozessen. Letztlich ist es aber alleine die Neurologie, mit der Unternehmen Komplexität und Dynamik bewältigen. Dabei stehen Steuerung und Kommunikation im Zentrum. Nur auf diese Weise können Organisationen in der neuen Welt des 21. Jahrhunderts überleben.Das Buch richtet sich an alle, die den Erfolg ihrer Organisation im Fokus haben. Es enthält neben theoretischen Grundlagen viele Beispiele aus der Praxis, verschiedene Aufgaben für den Leser sowie ein ausführliches Glossar.Data Science Concepts and Techniques with Applications
By Muhammad Summair Raza, Usman Qamar. 2020
This book comprehensively covers the topic of data science. Data science is an umbrella term that encompasses data analytics, data…
mining, machine learning, and several other related disciplines. This book synthesizes both fundamental and advanced topics of a research area that has now reached maturity. The chapters of this book are organized into three sections:The first section is an introduction to data science. Starting from the basic concepts, the book will highlight the types of data, its use, its importance and issues that are normally faced in data analytics. Followed by discussion on wide range of applications of data science and widely used techniques in data science.The second section is devoted to the tools and techniques of data science. It consists of data pre-processing, feature selection, classification and clustering concepts as well as an introduction to text mining and opining mining.And finally, the third section of the book focuses on two programming languages commonly used for data science projects i.e. Python and R programming language.Although this book primarily serves as a textbook, it will also appeal to industrial practitioners and researchers due to its focus on applications and references. The book is suitable for both undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as those carrying out research in data science. It can be used as a textbook for undergraduate students in computer science, engineering and mathematics. It can also be accessible to undergraduate students from other areas with the adequate background. The more advanced chapters can be used by postgraduate researchers intending to gather a deeper theoretical understanding.Political Violence and Oil in Africa: The Case of Nigeria
By Zainab Ladan Mai-Bornu. 2020
The book argues that in order to better understand the undercurrents of the Niger Delta conflict, it is imperative to…
analyse the dynamics of choice in terms of the distinct courses of action taken by the Ogoni and Ijaw. Given the similar structural constraints, the author considers why the Ogoni adopted nonviolent resistance, and the Ijaw violent resistance. This book is divided into seven chapters starting with an introduction to oil and political violence in African conflicts, and includes a synoptic overview of four other resource-rich countries in Africa. Theoretical and conceptual underpinnings of conflict are then presented with the aim of situating the Niger Delta conflicts within the wider conflict literature. Chapter Three concentrates the discussion on the Nigerian Niger Delta, outlining the core issues at the centre of the contestations. The following three chapters offer an in-depth empirical analysis on the interaction between the narratives on nonviolence versus violence, the nature of leadership styles, and the organisation of the Ogoni and Ijaw movements along with a concluding chapter.Scheduling in Industry 4.0 and Cloud Manufacturing (International Series in Operations Research & Management Science #289)
By Dmitry Ivanov, Alexandre Dolgui, Boris Sokolov. 2020
This book has resulted from the activities of IFAC TC 5.2 “Manufacturing Modelling for Management and Control”. The book offers…
an introduction and advanced techniques of scheduling applications to cloud manufacturing and Industry 4.0 systems for larger audience. This book uncovers fundamental principles and recent developments in the theory and application of scheduling methodology to cloud manufacturing and Industry 4.0.The purpose of this book is to present recent developments in scheduling in cloud manufacturing and Industry 4.0 and to systemize these developments in new taxonomies and methodological principles to shape this new research domain. This book addresses the needs of both researchers and practitioners to uncover the challenges and opportunities of scheduling techniques’ applications to cloud manufacturing and Industry 4.0. For the first time, it comprehensively conceptualizes scheduling in cloud manufacturing and Industry 4.0 systems as a new research domain. The chapters of the book are written by the leading international experts and utilize methods of operations research, industrial engineering and computer science. Such a multi-disciplinary combination is unique and comprehensively deciphers major problem taxonomies, methodologies, and applications to scheduling in cloud manufacturing and Industry 4.0.This book explores how experienced party organisers in the UK work to recruit and to retain party activists for local…
campaigning. Local door-to-door campaigning is widely regarded as being a key element in a successful election campaign. However, for door-to-door campaigning to work, a large number of volunteer activists are required. The question then is: How can parties identify, recruit and retain such volunteer activists? Based on interviews with highly experienced campaigners, original party documents, the wider campaigning and volunteering literature, numerous informal conversations and the author’s own experience of local campaigning over a 20 year period, this book provides an answer to that question. It shows how potential activists are identified, encouraged to become active and supported through their initial encounter with local campaigning. The author also shows how local parties can encourage activists to remain active by creating a ‘retention enhancing campaigning environment’ and what that involves.Agile Consumer Product Innovation with Alibaba's Tmall Innovation Center
By William R. Kerr, Daniel O'Connor, James Palano. 2020
China Commerce 2020
By William R. Kerr, Daniel O'Connor, Nathaniel Schwalb. 2020
China's digital commerce platforms engage billions of consumers daily across a number of routine tasks from banking, retail purchases, travel,…
gaming, payments, and more. These platforms are the most sophisticated/informed and highest performing/capable in the world. While often business leaders refer to Amazon as a leader in digital exchange, this case highlights the vital areas where the Chinese platforms lead. Of special note is the merging of the retailers' on and offline capabilities into a unified consumer experience. Retailers like Walmart China have fundamentally altered their business model and federated with these Chinese platforms to build a better consumer experience, sell more, and manage costs and investment. While not all of these practices are globalizing, the non-china platforms are copying them fast to reach the new global standards. Leaders need to be informed and respond.Airbus vs. Boeing (G): New Planes and Upgrades (2011)
By Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Karen Elterman. 2019
This case describes the first commercial flight of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner in 2011, three years after originally planned, as well…
as the first commercial flight of Airbus's superjumbo, the A380, in 2007. It also describes the companies' current endeavors in 2011, including Airbus's work on the A350 and A320neo and Boeing's development of the 737 MAX.Amazon in Fashion
By John R. Wells, Gabriel Ellsworth, Benjamin Weinstock. 2019
According to many analysts and industry observes, in 2018 Amazon became the largest retailer of apparel in the United States…
and the second largest in the world, behind Alibaba. Much of Amazon's apparel was made by third party retailers on its platform, but Amazon had been working to build its own fashion retail skills for more than 15 years, and had made a number of acquisitions to this end. Having failed to convince leading brands to sell on Amazon, the company had also launched several private label lines to boost its presence in fashion apparel. However, in 2017, it had finally convinced leading brand Nike to sell direct on its platform. President of Amazon Fashion since June 2017, Christine M. Beauchamp (Harvard Business School MBA, 1997) was contemplating next steps. Meanwhile, leading online and fast-fashion specialists such as ASOS in the UK and Inditex in Spain did not appear to have much to be concerned about. However, many traditional fashion retailers, struggling to build effective multi-channels strategies, were facing slow growth and pressure on margins. Would 2018 mark the beginning of the demise of traditional fashion retailing? What role would the bricks and mortar channel in fashion retailing play in the future? What might the future look like for the fashion industry? And what role might Amazon play in it?The Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic and the Global Economy (A)
By Alberto F. Cavallo, Christian Godwin. 2020
In early 2020, a coronavirus pandemic swept the globe, ushering in unprecedented disruptions to the global economy. Both supply and…
demand were decimated by lockdowns and border closings, as well as reduced spending by fearful consumers. In response, governments around the world made equally unprecedented policy moves, spending trillions of dollars on fiscal stimulus measures to bridge the gap during the self-imposed shutdown. As the pandemic progressed, governments had to weigh the costs between loss of life due to opening up their economies and the economic devastation caused by delaying a reopening.