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1 Jovic, Branislav
Synchronization techniques for chaotic communication
systems / Branislav Jovic.-- Berlin: Springer-Verlag,
2011.
xvi, 346p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9783642218484.
003.857 JOV 133430
This book is dealing exclusively with the synchronization
techniques for chaotic communication systems. It
describes a number of novel robust synchronization
techniques, which there is a lack of, for single and
multi user chaotic communication systems published and
highly cited in world-s leading journals in the area. In
particular, it presents a solution to the problem of
robust chaotic synchronization by presenting the first
fully synchronized, highly secure, chaos based DS-CDMA
system. The book also presents a detailed literature
review on the topic of synchronization of chaotic
communication systems. Furthermore, it presents the
literature review on the general topic of chaotic
synchronization and how those ideas led to the
application of chaotic signals to secure chaotic
communication systems.
** Chaotic behavior in systems, Synchronization.
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2 Ryzko, Dominik
Emerging intelligent technologies in industry / Dominik
Ryzko and others.-- Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 2011.
xv, 342p. 24cm.
(Studies in computational intelligence , 369).
ISBN : 9783642227318.
006.33 RYZ 133419
The book covers several applications of emerging,
intelligent technologies in various branches of the
industry. The contributions describe modern intelligent
tools, algorithms and architectures, which have the
potential to solve real problems, experienced by
practitioners in various industry sectors. We hope this
volume will show new directions for cooperation between
science and industry and will facilitate efficient
transfer of knowledge in the area of intelligent
information systems.
** Expert systems (Computer science), Intelligent control
systems.
3 Wolff, Jonathan
Ethics and public policy : a philosophical inquiry /
Jonathan Wolff.-- London: Routledge, 2011.
ix, 230p. 21cm.
ISBN : 9780415668538.
172 WOL 133420
This book sets the bar for how moral philosophy can
inform, and be informed by, public policy debates. The
book is to subject important and controversial areas of
public policy to philosophical scrutiny. The author, a
renowned philosopher and veteran of many public
committees, such as the Gambling Review Body, introduces
and assesses core problems and controversies in public
policy from a philosophical standpoint. Each chapter is
cent red on an important area of public policy where
there is considerable moral and political disagreement.
** Public administration --Moral and ethical aspects,
Policy sciences --Moral and ethical aspects.
4 Flynn, Gabriel (ed)
Leadership and business ethics / Gabriel Flynn.-- New
York: Springer, 2008.
xvi, 326p. 24cm.
(Issues in business ethics , 25).
ISBN : 9781402084287.
174.4 FLY 133391
This book seeks to contribute to a more adequate
coalescence of ethics and business with innovative models
for such coalescence, for the mutual benefit of business
ethicists, professors teaching in the undergraduate and
MBA classroom, corporate executives. The world has become
a -village- and what were once thought of as
externalities can no longer be dismissed as not part of
the decision equation in business ventures. The alleged
separation of business from ethics can no longer be a
viable approach, if it ever was, as companies move into
alien cultures and affect, both positively and sometimes
questionably, traditional, non-western and nonindustrial
mores of local communities. Globalization has challenged
our parochial management thinking. This collection of
essays helps to refocus our conceptual work about
commerce and business practices in this new century of
global enterprise.
** Social responsibility of business, International
business enterprises -- Moral and ethical aspects,
Leadership -- Moral and ethical aspects.
5 Newman, Julie (ed)
Green ethics and philosophy : an A to Z guide / Julie
Newman and Paul Robbins.-- Los Angeles: Sage, 2011.
xxvi, 474p. 26cm.
ISBN : 9781412996877.
179.1 NEW 133415
This book covers the moral relationship between humans
and their natural environment, specifically targeting the
contemporary green movement. Since the 1960s, green
ethics and philosophies have helped give birth to the
civil rights, feminist, and gay rights movements, as well
as contemporary environmentalism. With a primary focus on
green environmental ethics, this reference work presents
approximately 150 signed entries arranged A-to-Z,
traversing a wide range of curricular disciplines,
including philosophy, psychology, business, economics,
religion, and political science.
** Environmental ethics, Human ecology-Philosophy.
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6 Bruce, Michael (ed)
Just the arguments : 100 of the most important arguments
in western philosophy / Michael Bruce and Steven Barbone.
-- West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
xiii, 409p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9781444336382.
190 BRU 133422
Philosophers don-t just make claims, they give arguments.
Does the existence of evil call into doubt the existence
of God? Show me the argument. Will living a just life
lead to happiness? Show me the argument. Philosophy
starts with questions, but attempts at answers are just
as important, and these answers require reasoned
argument. Cutting through notoriously dense and verbose
philosophical prose, in this book, the authors set 100
famous and influential arguments in context, including
key quotations, to explain the original style and
approach. Each argument is laid bare in its essential
form, with premises and conclusions plainly identified
and the form of argument specified.
** Philosophy -- Introductions.
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7 Belzen, Jacob A
Towards cultural psychology of religion : principles,
approaches, applications / Jacob A Belzen.-- Dordrecht:
Springer, 2010.
xiv, 282p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9789048134908.
200.19 BEL 133309
This book takes a bold stand: all psychology should be
culturally sensitive psychology, especially when studying
religious phenomena. It explains that culture is not
simply to be conceived of as a variable that possibly
influences behavior. Rather, it stresses that cultural
patterns of acting, thinking and experiencing are
created, adopted and promulgated by a number of
individuals jointly. As human subjectivity is different
in different cultures, cultural psychology is not
interested in comparatively investigating how experiences
and behavior, attitudes and social relationships present
themselves within different cultural conditions.
** Psychology, Religious, Ethnopsychology.
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8 Milton-Edwards, Beverley
Islamic fundamentalism since 1945 / Beverley Milton-
Edwards.-- London: Routledge, 2005.
xv, 158p. 21cm.
ISBN : 0415301734.
297.09045 MIL 133359
In this book, the author analyzes the roots and emergence
of new Islamic movements and the main thinkers that
inspired them. Providing a much-needed historical
overview, the main facets of Islamic fundamentalism are
put in a global context, with a thematic debate of issues
such as: The effects of colonialism on Islam, secularism
and the Islamic reaction, Islam and violence,
globalization and transnational Islamic movements, Islam
in the wake of 9/11.
** Islamic fundamentalism, Religious awakening --Islam,
Violence --Religious aspects --Islam, Islam --21st
century.
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9 Rao, K Jagannatha
Encyclopaedia of advanced research : social science and
humanities / K Jagannatha Rao and Murali Mohan Raju.--
Delhi: Pacific Books International, 2012.
10v, 21cm.
V. 1. Research in education, v. 2 Research in economics,
v. 3 Research in management, v. 4 Research in information
technology, v. 5 public administration, v. 6 Research in
geography, v. 7 Research in political science, v. 8
Research in sociology, v. 9 Research in language and
literature, v. 10 Research in tourism.
ISBN : 9789381138458.
300.72 RAO 133270,v.1, 133271,v.2, 133272,v.3,
133273,v.4, 133274,v.5, 133275,v.6, 133276,v.7,
133277,v.8, 133278,v.9, 133279,v.10
This book is a monumental work, superbly compiled and
written by experts in the field. This multi-volume book
offers readers an all-encompassing education in the ways
of social science researchers. It is recommended as a
social science research methods.
** Social sciences -- Research, Humanities -- Research.
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10 Pandey, Janak (ed)
Dialogue for development : festschrift dedicated to
professor Jai B P Sinha / Janak Pandey, T N Sinha and
Arvind K Sinha.-- New Delhi: Concept Publishing, 2011.
xviii, 356p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9788180697579.
302.0954 PAN 133260
This book covers range of issues related to development
and it is recognition of work done by Prof. J. B. P.
Sinha and his associates. In this book, section 1
presents a brief account of how prof. Sinha ascented to
the enviable height from a modest family background of
North Bihar to the global platform of academia. Section 2
addresses the issues which make organizations effective
and high performing. Section 3 deals with social
development. Section 4 presents brief notes of prof.
Shina-s associates, friends, colleagues expressing their
personal experiences with him.
** Sinha, Jai B. P. (Jai Ballabha Prasad), 1936- --
Friends and associates -Congresses, Social psychology --
India -Congresses, Organizational change --India -
Congresses, Social change --India --Congresses.
11 Munthe, Christian
The price of precaution and the ethics of risk /
Christian Munthe.-- Dordrecht: Springer, 2011.
xi, 189p. 24cm.
(The international library of ethics, law and technology
6).
ISBN : 9789400713291.
302.12 MUN 133425
In this book, the author undertakes an innovative, in-
depth philosophical analysis of what the idea of a
precautionary principle is and should be about. A novel
theory of the ethics of imposing risks is developed and
used as a foundation for defending the idea of precaution
in environmental and technological policy making against
its critics, while at the same time avoiding a number of
identified flaws. The theory is shown to have far-
reaching practical conclusions for areas such as bio-,
information- and nuclear technology, and global
environmental policy in areas such as climate change. The
author argues that, while the price we pay for precaution
must not be too high, we have to be prepared to pay it in
order to act ethically defensible.
** Precautionary principle -- Moral and ethical aspects,
Risk perception -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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12 Amrith, Sunil S
Migration and diaspora in modern Asia / Sunil S Amrith.--
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011.
xviii, 217p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9781107020245.
304.8095 AMR 133739
Migration is at the heart of Asian history. This
informative book crosses a vast terrain, from the Middle
East to India and China, tracing the history of modern
migration against the background of empires, their
dissolution, and the onset of modernity. Animated by the
voices of Asian migrants, it tells the stories of those
forced to flee form war and revolution, and those who
left their homes and their families in search of a better
life. These stories of Asian diasporas can be joyful or
poignant, but they all speak of engagement with new
landscapes and new peoples.
** Asia-Emigration and immigration--History, Asian
diaspora, Asians-Migrations, Immigrants-Asia--History.
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13 Bowmaker, Simon W (ed)
Economics uncut : a complete guide to life, death and
misadventure / Simon W Bowmaker.-- Cheltenham: Edward
Elgar, 2005.
xxxi, 451p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9781845425807.
306.3 BOW 133735
This book applies microeconomics to social issues. From
drugs to divorce, pornography to prostitution, sports to
suicide and religion to rock "n"roll. It shows that
economics can reach into the strangest of places and shed
light onto the occasionally dark side of human
nature. This book provides deep and stimulating
discussions of a dozen or more important and interesting
areas in accounts prepared by economic experts.
** Economics-Psychological aspects, Economics-
Sociological aspects, Human behavior-Economic aspects.
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14 Evans, Brian (ed.)
Urban identity : the academy of urbanism / Brian Evans,
Frank McDonald and David Rudlin.-- London: Routledge,
2011. 179p. 24cm.
(Learning from place, 2).
ISBN : 9780415614030.
307.76 EVA 133397
This book draws upon the wealth of experience in the
Academy of Urbanism. This edition deals with the subject
of urban identity and character. Why is it that all
modern towns and cities look the same, as they become
dominated by identikit buildings, multi-national
corporations, even arbitrarily imposed urban design
rules? How can we preserve and foster the sense of local
identity and character that so value without falling into
the trap of historical pastiche?
** City planning, Urbanization, Cities and towns,
Sociology, Urban.
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15 Arestis, Philip (ed)
An assessment of the global impact of the financial
crisis / Philip Arestis, Rogerio Sobreira and Jose Luis
Oreiro.-- New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
xvi, 270p. 22cm.
ISBN : 9780230271609.
330.90511 ARE 133409
The 2008 financial crisis hit the heart of capitalism,
but the effects were much weaker in the -periphery- of
the capitalist system than in its center. This book
provides a solution to this paradox. The analysis
presented here shows that current account surpluses and
accumulation of foreign reserves are important for
developing countries because they allow them to conduct
anti-cyclical policies in the face of a financial crisis
in developed countries. Stabilization of output is
important for robust growth in the long term due to its
effects over capitalist animal spirits. Developed
countries should never pursue a growth strategy based
merely on accumulation of -foreign savings-.
** Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009, Financial crises,
Economic history -- 21st century, Globalization --
Economic aspects.
16 Kates, Steven (ed)
The global financial crisis : what have we learnt? /
Steven Kates.-- Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2011.
xiii, 244p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9780857934222.
330.90511 KAT 133256
This book is an investigation into the causes of the most
savage economic downturn experienced since the Great
Depression. Employing wide and divergent perspectives -
which are themselves critically examined - this study
analyses the measures that have been taken to restore our
economies to acceptable rates of unemployment and growth.
This book brings together economists, all of whom are
from outside the mainstream and who collectively
represent the broadest range of views from across the
entire spectrum of economic opinion, to examine what has
been learnt from this experience. With the advent of this
challenging new work, these alternative perspectives
should now receive a far closer examination given the
unmistakable economic failures endured over the past few
years.
** Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009, Economic history -
21st century, Monetary policy, Financial crises,
Globalization -- Economic aspects.
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17 Jeanes, Emma L (ed)
Handbook of gender, work and organization / Emma L
Jeanes, David Knights and Patricia Yancey Martin.--
Chichester: Wiley, 2011.
xxix, 465p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9781444394726.
331 JEA 133400
This book represents a remarkably complete, detailed and
extensive review of the field of gender, work and
organization in the second decade of the 21st century.
Its authors represent eight countries and many
disciplines including management, sociology, political
science, and gender studies. The chapters, by top
scholars in their areas of expertise, offer both reviews
and empirical findings, and insights and challenges for
further work. The chapters are organized in five
sections: Histories and Philosophies, Organizing Work and
the Gendered Organization, Embodiment, Globalization, and
Diversity.
** Women employees, Sex role in the work environment,
Organizational sociology, Management.
18 Nicolopoulou, Katerina (ed)
Global knowledge work : diversity and relational
perspectives / Katerina Nicolopoulou and others.--
Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2011.
xvi, 282p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9781848445437.
331.1 NIC 133403
This book includes contributions from international
scholars and practitioners who have been working with the
concept of global knowledge workers from a number of
different perspectives, including personal and academic
life trajectories. They reveal that the relational
framework of the three dimensions of analysis (macro-meso
micro) is relevant for analyzing the phenomenon of global
knowledge workers, as expertise and specialized knowledge
and its innovative application, together with the
attraction and retention of talent remain key topics in
the current socioeconomic conditions.
** Knowledge workers, Intellectual capital, Knowledge
management.
19 Maynard, Douglas C (ed)
Underemployment : psychological, economic, and social
challenges / Douglas C Maynard and Daniel C Feldman.--
New York: Springer, 2011.
x, 317p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9781441994127.
331.13 MAY 133435
This book provides an in-depth examination of the causes,
dynamics, and consequences of underemployment and how the
problem might be addressed. Experts from management,
economics, psychology, and sociology present their unique
approaches to understanding underemployment in terms of
theory development, empirical findings, and implications
for policy and practice.
** Underemployment.
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20 Semmler, Willi
Asset prices, booms and recessions : financial economics
from a dynamic perspective / Willi Semmler.--3rd ed-- New
York: Springer-Verlag, 2011.
xi, 333p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9783642206795.
332.041 SEM 133408
This book focuses on the dynamic interaction of financial
markets and economic activity. The financial market to be
studied here encompasses the money and bond market,
credit market, stock market and foreign exchange market,
economic activity includes the actions and interactions
of firms, banks, households, governments and countries.
The book shows how economic activity affects asset prices
and the financial market, and how asset prices and
financial market volatility and crises impact economic
activity. The book offers extensive coverage of new and
advanced topics in financial economics such as the term
structure of interest rates, credit derivatives and
credit risk, domestic and international portfolio theory,
multi-agent and evolutionary approaches, capital asset
pricing beyond consumption-based models, and dynamic
portfolio decisions.
** Capital assets pricing model, Monetary policy, Capital
market.
21 Evensky, Harold
The new wealth management : the financial advisior-s
guide to managing and investing client assets / Harold
Evensky, Stephen M Horan and Thomas R Robinson.-- Hoboken
: John Wiley, 2011.
xx, 458p. 25cm.
ISBN : 9780470624005.
332.6 EVE 133796
This book has provided financial planners with detailed,
step-by-step guidance on developing an optimal asset
allocation policy for their clients. And, it did so
without resorting to simplistic model portfolios, such as
lifecycle models or black box solutions. The book
provides a thorough background on investment theories,
and includes many ready to use client presentations and
questionnaires, the guide is newly updated to meet twenty
first century investment challenges. The book includes
expert updates from Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
Institute, in addition to the core text of 1997-s first
edition - endorsed by investment luminaries Charles
Schwab and John Bogle, presents an approach that places
achieving client objectives ahead of investment vehicles.
** Portfolio management , Financial planners , Investment
advisors.
22 Fischer, Robert
Trading with charts for absolute return / Robert Fischer.
-- Hoboken: John Wiley and Sons, 2011.
xiii, 226p. 26cm.
ISBN : 9780470932926.
332.632042 FIS 133396
In this book, the author has now developed charting
analysis that achieve absolute returns in bull, bear, and
trendless markets. In this book, author provides traders
with a shortcut from the intensive programming and data
analysis work, explaining which patterns work, the best
markets to trade using the strategies, and advanced
trading signals.
** Stocks -- Charts, diagrams, etc, Stocks -- Prices --
Charts, diagrams, etc, Speculation .
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23 Whitehead, John (ed)
Preference data for environmental valuation : combining
revealed and stated approaches / John Whitehead, Tim Haab
and Ju-Chin Huang.-- New York: Routledge, 2011.
xx, 330p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9780415774642.
333 WHI 133378
This book discusses the valuation techniques used for
performing valuation study. It take into account
nonmarket valuation method in detail. This book considers
each of the valuation methods in combination with another
method. These relationship can be exploited
econometrically to obtain more valid and reliable
estimates of willingness to apply relative to the
individual methods. This book also thrive to showcase
recent and novel applications of data combination and
joint estimation via a set of original, state-of-the-art
studies that are contributed by leading researchers in
the field.
** Environmental economics, Natural resources-Valuation.
24 Singh, Mohan
Environmental geography / Mohan Singh.-- Jaipur: ABD
Publishers, 2011.
v, 256p. 21.5cm.
ISBN : 9788183763103.
333.70954 133267
This book describes the spatial aspects of interactions
between humans and the natural world. It represents a
critically important set of analytical tools for
assessing the impact of human presence on the environment
by measuring the result of human activity on natural
landforms and cycles.
** Environmental geography -- India, Environmentalism --
India, Droughts -- India.
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25 Sokol, Martin
Economic geographies of globalisation : a short
introduction / Martin Sokol.-- Cheltenham: Edware Elgar,
2011.
xv, 198p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9781849801492.
337 SOK 133255
This book provides a concise contribution to a large-
scale debate on economic globalisation. The author
introduces key theoretical approaches that help us to
understand how economies work, why they suffer recessions
and crises, and why economic inequalities at various
levels are growing in the context of globalisation. He
introduces key economic geography concepts and theories,
demonstrating their application to our contemporary
globalising world. The role that economic geography may
play in informing policymaking is highlighted, and
debates surrounding the recent global financial and
economic crisis are expounded.
** Globalization -- Economic aspects.
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26 Markman, Gideon D (ed)
The competitive dynamics of entrepreneurial market entry
/ Gideon D Markman and Phillip H Phan.-- Cheltenham:
Edward Elgar, 2011.
xiv, 538p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9781849802710.
338.04 MAR 133431
This book brings together the most prominent thought
leaders and the best research on the asymmetric entrant-
incumbent dynamics. The ideas presented offer a more
nuanced perspective on how, when, where and with what
consequences small, single-product firms enter markets
that are dominated by large, multiproduct and multimarket
incumbents. Large enterprises often enjoy a number of
advantages that young, small ventures (as well as
matured, but still small firms) lack. These differences
manifest not only in how large and small firms operate
and in their resource-capability mix, but also in how
they compete and interact with each other. Research on
general market entry and competitive dynamics is
extensive yet it focuses on entrants and incumbents that
are of similar profile - similar size, comparable asset
mixes, related product strategies, and equivalent
organizational capabilities.
** Entrepreneurship, Marketing.
27 Swann, G M Peter
The economics of innovation : an introduction / G M Peter
Swann.-- Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2009.
xiii,301p.23cm.
ISBN : 9781848440272.
338.064 SWA 133736
This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to
the economics of innovation, written for those with some
basic knowledge of economics. The author contents that
innovation is one of the most important economic and
business phenomena of our time and a topic of great
practical and policy interest. The aim of the book is to
explore some of the key economic issues concerning
innovation.
** Technological innovations-Economic aspects.
28 Balasko, Yves
General equilibrium theory of value / Yves Balasko.--
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2011.
xii, 175p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9780691146799.
338.521 BAL 133393
This book explains how the equilibrium manifold approach
can be usefully applied to the general equilibrium model,
from basic consumer theory and exchange economies to
models with private ownership of production. The author
examines properties of the standard general equilibrium
model that are beyond traditional existence and
optimality. He applies the theory of smooth manifolds and
mappings to the multiplicity of equilibrium solutions and
related discontinuities of market prices. The economic
concepts and differential topology methods presented in
this book are accessible, clear, and relevant, and no
prior knowledge of economic theory is necessary.
** Value; Equilibrium (Economics).
29 Dejuan, Oscar (ed)
The first great recession of the 21st century : competing
explanations / Oscar Dejuan, Eladio Febrero and Maria
Cristina Marcuzzo.-- Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2011.
ix, 260p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9781849807456.
338.542 DEJ 133410
The 2008-10 financial crisis and the global recession it
created is a complex phenomenon that warrants detailed
examination. The various essays in this book utilise
several alternative paradigms to provide a plausible
explanation and a credible cure. Great detail is given to
this important analysis from different theoretical
perspectives, presenting a clearer understanding of what
went wrong and expounding misinterpretations of current
theories and practices. Fourteen insightful chapters by
eminent scholars investigate the background of the crisis
and draw lessons for economic theory and policy. They
largely illustrate that the roots of the recession lie in
the financial sector which, over the past few decades,
has expanded considerably in terms of both size and
complexity.
** Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009; Recessions.
30 Williams, Cynthia A (ed)
The embedded firm : corporate governance, labor, and
finance capitalism / Cynthia A Williams and Peer
Zumbansen.-- Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011.
xi, 485p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9781107006010.
338.6 WIL 133406
The globalization of capital markets since the 1980s has
been accompanied by a vigorous debate over the
convergence of corporate governance standards around the
world towards the shareholder model. But even before the
financial and economic crisis of 2008/2009, the dominance
of the shareholder model was challenged with regard to
persisting divergences and national differences in
corporate law, labor law and industrial relations. This
book explores this debate at an important crossroads,
echoing Karl Polanyi-s famous observation in 1944 of the
disembeddedness of the market from society.
** Stockholders; Corporations --Investor relations;
Capitalism; Corporate governance.
31 Bhattacharyya, Sambit
Growth miracles and growth debacles : exploring root
causes / Sambit Bhattacharyya.-- Cheltenham: Edward Elgar
, 2011.
viii, 203p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9781848446311.
338.9009 BHA 133737
This book presents a detailed account of the socio-
economic processes that create broad variations in living
standards across the globe. The author examines the
world-s economic history over the last five centuries,
replete with growth miracles and growth debacles.The book
argues that the differences in growth rate are best
explained by an interplay of factors, namely economic,
political and geographical. In conclusion it presents
long run comparative growth narratives for Africa, China,
India, the Americas, Russia and Western Europe.
** Economic development-History.
32 Geenhuizen, Marina van (ed)
Technological innovation across nations : applied studies
of coevolutionary development / Marina van Geenhuizen and
others.-- Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 2009.
xiii, 200p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9783642001574.
338.927 GEE 133434
The book offers an interesting blend of applied state-of-
the-art studies of co evolutionary development of
institutions, innovation diffusion and innovative
entrepreneurship. What the themes in the book share is
attention for institutional change in a frame of
co evolutionary dynamics to elucidate differences over
time and differences between countries in technological
innovation and economic growth. The book contains solid
. applied work in this area and is mainly about information
technology and electronics industry (for example, PC
manufacturing); however, biotechnology is also included.
In addition, the book has a wide geographic scope
including a focus on the US, China, Japan, India and the
Netherlands, as well as many cross-country comparisons.
** Technological innovations; Economic development.
33 Nath, V
Administration and development planning in India / V Nath
-- New Delhi: Concept Publishing, 2011.
xlix, 604p. 21cm.
ISBN : 9788180698118.
338.954 NAT 133257
The book is a collection of author-s writings on
Administration and Planning with special reference to
India. Section I of the book contains lectures delivered
by the author at the UN Institute of Training in Economic
and Social Planning in the Middle East on Administrative
Aspects of Planning -Theory and Practice with a section
on organization of planning in France, India, Soviet
Union and Yugoslavia. Section II deals with the subjects
which are of importance for Plan formulation and
administration for implementation of the Plans. These
relate to Administrative Reforms for demarcation of
states and creation of new states and need for
bifurcation of several very large states with creation of
new administrative Structures.
** Central planning -- India; Public administration --
India; India -- Economic policy -- 1947-; India --
Population -- Economic aspects.
34 Indrakumar, Konthoujam (ed)
Location, space and development : development
trajectories in India-s North East / Konthoujam
Indrakumar and Homen Thangjam.-- New Delhi: Concept
Publishing, 2011.
xii, 151p. 21cm.
ISBN : 9788180697289.
338.9541 IND 133243
This book provides critical and constructive evolution of
the exiting conditions and circumstances surrounding the
North East. It also offers informed debates on issues
crucial to the material realities in the region.
** Economic development --India, Northeastern; Industrial
location --India, Northeastern; Space in economics;
India, Northeastern --Economic policy.
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35 Benassy, Jean-Pascal
Macroeconomic theory / Jean-Pascal Benassy.-- Oxford:
Oxford University Press, 2011.
xviii, 584p. 25cm.
ISBN : 9780195387711.
339 BEN 133358
In this book, the author conducts a review of every
important development in macroeconomic theory since the
1950s. Each topic is viewed through explicit models,
designed to reveal its central issues as simply and
directly as possible, but without giving up either rigor
or substance. There are 590 references, from Abel to
Zabel.
** Macroeconomics.
36 Mitchell, Jonathan (ed)
Markets and rural poverty :upgrading in value chains /
Jonathan Mitchell and Christopher Coles.-- London:
Earthscan, 2011.
xxii, 268 p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9781849713139.
339.46091734 MIT 133411
This book explores the place of poor people within a rich
variety of value chains, focusing upon lagging, rural
regions in Africa and Asia, and how they can -upgrade-
within such chains. Upgrading is a key concept for value
chain analysis and refers to the acquisition of
technological capabilities and market linkages that
enable firms to improve their competitiveness and move
into higher-value activities. The authors examine a range
of evidence to assess whether the -bottom billion-
people, living mainly in the rural areas of low-income
countries, can improve their position through productive
strategies and, if so, how? They propose an innovative
conceptual framework of value chain upgrading for some of
the most marginal producers in the poorest local
economies.
** Rural poor -- Developing countries, Poverty --
Developing countries , Agriculture -- Developing
countries Rural development -- Developing countries,
Economic development -- Developing countries.
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37 Singh, Sanjay Kumar
Encyclopaedia of human rights / Sanjay Kumar Singh.--
Jaipur: ABD Publishers, 2011.
2v, 23cm.
ISBN : 9788183762847.
341.48 SIN 133265-133266,2
This book contains two volumes. The contents of volume 1
are introduction, theories of human rights, human rights
and international humanitarian law, laws against
genocide, war and crime against humanity etc. And the
contents of volume 2 are human rights laws against
slavery, forced labour, human rights law against torture,
cruel etc. .
** Human rights.
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38 Hylton, Keith N (ed)
Antitrust law and economics / Keith N Hylton.--2nd ed--
Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2010.
xii, 298p. 24cm.
(Encyclopedia of law and economics, 4).
ISBN : 9781847207319.
343.0721 HYL 133733
This book provides an extensive overview of the major
topics of antitrust law from an economic perspective. Its
in-depth treatment and analysis of both the law and
economics of antitrust is presented via a collection of
interconnected original essays. The contributing authors
are among the most influential scholars in antitrust,
with a rich diversity of backgrounds. Their entries
cover, amongst other issues, predatory pricing, essential
facilities, tying, vertical restraints, enforcement,
mergers, market power, monopolization standards, and
facilitating practices. This book will be helpful to
those interested in American antitrust law and European
competition law, as well as students specializing in
competition law.
** Antitrust law-Economic aspects , Law and economics.
39 Kumar, Sujeet
Encyclopaedia of cyber laws / Sujeet Kumar.-- Jaipur: ABD
Publishers, 2011.
v, 312p. 21.5cm.
ISBN : 9788183763417.
343.5409944 KUM 133264
Cyber law is a term that encapsulates the legal issues
related to the use of communicative, transactional, and
distributive aspects of networked information devices and
technologies. It is less a distinct field of law in the
way that property or contract are, as it is a domain
covering many areas of law and regulation. Some leading
topics include intellectual property, privacy, freedom of
expression, and jurisdiction. Issues of jurisdiction and
sovereignty have quickly come to the fore in the era of
the Internet. This book provides deep insight into
various dimensions of issues relating to the subject.
** Information technology -- Law and legislation -- India
Information technology -- Law and legislation,
Electronic commerce -- Law and legislation -- India.
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40 Ayotte, Kenneth (ed)
Research handbook on the economics of property law /
Kenneth Ayotte and Henry E Smith.-- Cheltenham: Edward
Elgar, 2011.
x, 399p. 25cm.
ISBN : 9781847209795.
346.04 AYO 133738
This handbook analyzes the basic architecture and
important features of the institutions of property law
from an economic point of view, while also providing an
introduction to the issues and literature. Property
rights and property systems vary along a large number of
dimensions, and economics has proven very conducive to
analyzing these patterns and even the nature of property
itself. The contributors employ a variety of methods and
perspectives, demonstrating the fruitfulness of economic
modelling, empirical methods, and institutional analysis
for the study of both new and familiar problems in
property.
** Real property, Real property-Economic aspects.
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41 Gajanan, R P
Bureaucracy, politics and public administration / R P
Gajanan and Anoop Sharma.-- New Delhi: Crescent
Publishing Corporation, 2011.
v, 274p. 21cm.
ISBN : 9788183421898.
352 GAJ 133615
This book aims to examine the field of public
administration from the perspective afforded by its
intermeshed relationship with bureaucracy and politics.
The book seeks to the interrelationship of theses three
fields with each other, in particular within the Indian
context. The book provide a panoramic and comprehensive
view on the situation through variety of scholarly views
which can asses the ways in which theses three wings of
governmental rule cooperate or disagree with each other,
and as a result, impact public life.
** Public administration, Administrative law-India, India
Politics and government.
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OTHER SOCIAL PROBLEMS and SERVICES |
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42 Powell, James Lawrence
The inquisition of climate science / James Lawrence
Powell.-- New York: Columbia University Press, 2011.
x, 232p. 22cm.
ISBN : 9780231157186.
363.73874 POW 133357
This book is to comprehensively take on the climate
science denial movement and the deniers themselves,
exposing their lack of credentials, their extensive
industry funding, and their failure to provide any
alternative theory to explain the observed evidence of
warming. In this book, readers meet the most prominent
deniers while dissecting their credentials, arguments,
and lack of objectivity. The author shows that the
deniers use a wide variety of deceptive rhetorical
techniques, many stretching back to ancient Greece.
Carefully researched, fully referenced, and compellingly
written, his book clearly reveals that the evidence of
global warming is real and that an industry of denial has
deceived the American public, putting them and their
grandchildren at risk.
** Global warming, Climatic changes.
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43 Ryder, Nicholas
Financial crime in the 21st century : law and policy /
Nicholas Ryder.-- Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2011.
ix, 340p. 24 cm.
ISBN : 9781848443242.
364.1680941 RYD 133407
This book focuses on the financial crime policies adopted
by the international community and how these have been
implemented in the United Kingdom and the United States
of America. Author also considers the appropriateness of
confiscation and forfeiture of the proceeds of crime as
well as the financial crime agencies in both
jurisdictions and the effectiveness of their sentencing
policies towards financial crime. The author recommends a
-model financial crime policy- based on a detailed
analysis of the measures discussed in this book.
** Commercial crimes -- Government policy -- Great
Britain Commercial crimes -- Government policy -- United
States, Commercial law -- Great Britain, Commercial law -
United States.
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44 Atkinson, M E
An introduction to actuarial studies / M E Atkinson and D
C M Dickson.--2nd ed-- Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2011.
xi, 231 p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9780857935410.
368.01 ATK 133389
This book provides a contemporary guide to actuarial
technique and practice. This extended new edition
includes: new and thoroughly updated material, many more
exercises with solutions to allow the reader to establish
confidence in using actuarial techniques. It covers a
broad range of topics representing the basic areas of
actuarial science including compound interest
calculations, demographic theory and techniques, and the
pricing and operation of simple life assurance contracts.
Numerous worked examples illustrate the principles and
techniques described in the text. .
** Insurance --Mathematics, Insurance --Australia --
Mathematics.
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45 Prasad, Kamlesh
Encyclopaedia of advanced education / Kamlesh Prasad and
Ved Prakash Sharma.-- Delhi: Pacific Books International,
2012.
5v, 21cm.
V.1 Advanced educational planning, v.2 Advanced
educational research, v.3 Advanced educational technology
v. 4 Advanced teaching and learning.
ISBN : 9789381138168.
371.2 PRA 133280,V. 1, 133281,V. 2,
133282,V. 3, 133283,V. 4, 133284,V. 5
This encyclopedic work in five volumes analyses the
fundamental changes which are affecting education in the
context of technological and information revolution, the
aim being to show the concepts and principles for action
underlying the dynamic vision needed if the new
challenges are to be met. It provides not only
information but also describes national and global
thinking.
** Education--Research, Educational planning, Educational
psychology, Educational technology.
46 Robinson, Viviane
Student-centered leadership / Viviane Robinson.-- San
Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2011.
xii, 176p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9780470874134.
371.2 ROB 133428
This book explains how leaders can create the conditions
for improved teaching and learning in their schools. The
author presents five dimensions of effective educational
leadership. These five dimensions are clearly described,
richly illustrated and their principles explained so that
school leaders can intelligently adapt them for use in
their own schools.
** Educational leadership.
47 Elliott, Stephen N (ed)
Handbook of accessible achievement tests for all students
: bridging the gaps between research, practice and policy
/ Stephen N Elliott and others.-- New York: Springer,
2011.
xiv, 341p. 25.5cm.
ISBN : 9781441993557.
371.262 ELL 133353
This book presents a wealth of evidence-based solutions
designed to move the assessment field beyond -universal-
standards and policies toward practices that enhance
learning and testing outcomes. Drawing on an extensive
research and theoretical base as well as emerging areas
of interest, the volume focuses on major policy concerns,
instructional considerations, and test design issues,
including: The IEP team-s role in sound assessment, the
relationships among opportunity to learn, assessment, and
learning outcomes, innovations in computerized testing
and the -6D- framework for standard setting, legal issues
in the assessment of special populations.
** Achievement tests, Educational tests and measurements.
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ELEMENTARY EDUCATION |
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48 Morrow, Lesley Mandel (ed)
Handbook of research on literacy and diversity / Lesley
Mandel Morrow, Robert Rueda and Diane Lapp.-- New York:
The Guilford Press, 2009.
xv, 464p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9781609181451.
372.6 MOR 133300
This book addresses all dimensions of diversity that have
an impact on literacy achievement. Leading experts
examine how teaching and learning intersect with cultural
and language differences and socioeconomic disparities in
today-s increasingly diverse schools and communities. The
volume weaves state-of-the-art research findings together
with theory, policy considerations, and discussions of
exemplary instructional practices. It offers fresh
perspectives on such topics as family literacy,
multiliteracies, drawing on cultural resources in the
classroom, factors that promote success in high-poverty
schools, equity issues, and ways to teach specific
literacy skills. The concluding section provides crucial
recommendations for teacher preparation and professional
development.
** Language arts -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals,
etc, English language -- Study and teaching -- United
States -- Foreign speakers -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
49 Neuman, Susan B (ed)
Handbook of early literacy research / Susan B Neuman and
David K Dickinson.-- New York: The Guilford Press, 2011.
xxiii, 467p. 25cm.
ISBN : 9781609180270.
372.6 NEU 133299,vol. 3
Building crucial bridges between theory, research, and
practice, this book brings together leading authorities
on the literacy development of young children. The
Handbook examines the full range of factors that shape
learning in and out of the classroom, from basic
developmental processes to family and sociocultural
contexts, pedagogical strategies, curricula, and policy
issues. Highlights of Volume 3 include cutting-edge
perspectives on English language learning, innovative
ways to support print knowledge, phonological awareness,
and other code-related skills, and exemplary approaches
to early intervention and teacher professional
development.
** Language arts (Early childhood) --Handbooks, manuals,
etc, Reading (Early childhood) --Handbooks, manuals, etc,
Language arts (Early childhood) --Research --Handbooks,
manuals, etc, Children --Language --Handbooks, manuals,
etc.
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50 Wissema, J G
Towards the third generation university : managing the
university in transition / J G Wissema.-- Cheltenham:
Edward Elgar, 2009.
xviii, 252p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9781848442160.
378.101 WIS 133405
This book demonstrates that universities are subject to
fundamental change, evolving from science-based,
monodisciplinary institutions into transfunctional,
-international know-how hubs- named -third generation
universities- or 3GUs. The author explores the
combination of forces that propel this dramatic change,
tracing the historic development of universities, and
exploring the technology-based enterprises, techno
starters and financiers for start-ups and young
enterprises that are the main partners of these 3GUs. He
goes on to illustrate that universities play a new role
as incubators of new science- or technology-based
enterprises and take an active role in the exploitation
of the knowledge they create. This book concludes with
suggestions regarding the way in which changes in the
university-s mission should be reflected in subsequent
organizational changes.
** Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives, Educational
change, Academic-industrial collaboration.
51 Dubey, K N (ed)
Higher education in India : problems and prospects / K N
Dubey, G P Yadav and H K Chourasia.-- Ranchi: S K
Publishing Company, 2011.
292p. 21cm.
ISBN : 9788190935081.
378.54 DUB 133268
This book is to attempt to depict state of higher
education in Bihar and to highlight major challenges
before the government for quality improvement and
modernization of syllabi, renewal of infrastructure,
extra budgetary resource mobilization and greater issues
in governance and appoint of teachers and other officials
against the vacant posts.
** Education, Higher -- India, Education, Higher -- India
-- Bihar.
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52 Aggarwal, Vinod K (ed)
Trade policy in the Asia-Pacific : the role of ideas,
interests, and domestic institutions / Vinod K Aggarwal
and Seungjoo Lee.-- New York: Springer, 2011.
xvi, 158p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9781441968326.
382.3095 AGG 133432
This book examines East Asian and American trade
strategies through the lens of a domestic bargaining game
approach with a focus on the interplay of interests,
ideas, and domestic institutions within the context of
broader international shifts. With respect to domestic
politics, the chapters show how sub national actors
engage in lobbying, both of their own governments and
through their links to others in the region.
** Free trade --East Asia, Free trade --Pacific Area,
East Asia --Commercial policy, Pacific Area --Commercial
policy, East Asia --Foreign economic relations.
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WATER,AIR and SPACE TRANSPORTATION |
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52 Aggarwal, Vinod K (ed)
Trade policy in the Asia-Pacific : the role of ideas,
interests, and domestic institutions / Vinod K Aggarwal
and Seungjoo Lee.-- New York: Springer, 2011.
xvi, 158p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9781441968326.
382.3095 AGG 133432
This book examines East Asian and American trade
strategies through the lens of a domestic bargaining game
approach with a focus on the interplay of interests,
ideas, and domestic institutions within the context of
broader international shifts. With respect to domestic
politics, the chapters show how sub national actors
engage in lobbying, both of their own governments and
through their links to others in the region.
** Free trade --East Asia, Free trade --Pacific Area,
East Asia --Commercial policy, Pacific Area --Commercial
policy, East Asia --Foreign economic relations.
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53 Shaw, Stephen
Airline marketing and management / Stephen Shaw.--7th ed.
-- Surrey: Ashgate, 2011.
xi, 364p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9781409401476.
387.740688 SHA 133398
This book examines an exceptionally turbulent period for
the industry. This title features new material on:
changes in customer needs, particularly regarding more
business travelers choosing - or being forced - to travel
economy, and analysis of the bankruptcy of -All Business
Class- airlines, an explanation of the US/EU -Open Skies-
agreement and analysis of its impact, the increase in
alliance activity and completion of several recent
mergers, and the marketing advantages and disadvantages
that have resulted, product adjustments that airlines
must make to adapt to changes in the marketing
environment, such as schedule re-adjustments and the
reconfiguration of aircraft cabins, changes in pricing
philosophies, with, for example, airlines moving to -A La
Carte- pricing, whereby baggage, catering and priority
boarding are paid for as extras.
** Airlines -- Management, Airlines -- Marketing.
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MEDICINE and HEALTH |
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54 Griffiths, Jenny (ed)
The health practitioner-s guide to climate change :
diagnosis and cure / Jenny Griffiths and others.-- London
: Earthscan, 2009.
xx, 380p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9781844077281.
613.1 GRI 133421
The book provides an introduction for health
practitioners and students to climate change and its
current and future health impacts, describes the
relationship between health and the environment, gives
facts and figures on greenhouse gas emissions, sets out
the huge benefits to health of acting on climate change,
explains what health practitioners can do - at home, at
work and in their organizations, and, shows how you can
support action in communities, nationally and globally.
** Environmental health, Climatic changes --Health
aspects Climate, Acclimatization, Community Health
Services.
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ACCOUNTING |
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55 Whittington, O Ray
Wiley CPA examination review 2011-2012 : outlines and
study guides / O Ray Whittington and Patrick R Delaney.--
38th ed.-- Hoboken: John Wiley, 2011.
1331p. 28cm.
Vol. 1 Outlines and study guides: vol. 2 Problems and
solutions.
ISBN : 9780470923832.
657.076 WHI 133789,v.1
Published annually, this comprehensive two-volume
paperback reviews all four parts of the CPA exam. Many of
the questions are taken directly from previous CPA exams,
including new question formats like the Tak Based
Simulations. Volume I contains all study guides and
outlines while Volume II contains all problem solutions.
** Accounting -- Examinations, questions, etc, Accounting
-- Examinations -- Study guides.
56 Whittington, O Ray
Wiley CPA examination review 2011-2012 : problems and
solutions / O Ray Whittington and Patrick R Delaney.--
38th ed.-- Hoboken: John Wiley, 2011.
1383p. 28cm.
Vol. 1 Outlines and study guides: vol. 2 Problems and
solutions.
ISBN : 9780470923849.
657.076 WHI 133790,V. 2
Published annually, this comprehensive two-volume
paperback reviews all four parts of the CPA exam. Many of
the questions are taken directly from previous CPA exams,
including new question formats like the Tak Based
Simulations. Volume I contains all study guides and
outlines while Volume II contains all problem solutions.
** Accounting -- Examinations, questions, etc, Accounting
-- Examinations -- Study guides.
57 Rowan, Robert
Foreign currency financial reporting from euro to yen to
yuan : a guide to fundamental concepts and practical
applications / Robert Rowan.-- Hoboken: John Wiley, 2011.
xviii, 298p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9781118024423.
657.3 ROW 133390
This book clarifies an intimidating topic into practical
application to help you function effectively in the
multicurrency reporting environment. The misperception
that it-s as simple as multiplying a value by an exchange
rate is dispelled in this unique guide, providing the
starting context for discussion of foreign currencies and
exchange rates.
** Foreign exchange -- Accounting , Financial statements.
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58 Alvesson, Mats (ed)
Classics in critical management studies / Mats Alvesson.-
Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2009.
xxvi, 639p. 25cm.
ISBN : 9781849801270.
658 ALV 133401
This book presents seminal papers from leading academics
on the evolving field of management studies. It
encompasses sections on organization theory,
organizational culture and behavior as well as management
specialism. The author has selected key papers to reflect
the scholarly debates and pivotal arguments surrounding
the development of this field of study.
** Management, Critical theory.
59 McKeown, Les
Predictable success : getting your organization on the
growth track - and keeping it there / Les McKeown:
Prolibris Publishing Media., 2011.
xvi, 200p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9788192153520.
658 MAC 133424
This book takes you step-by-step through a startlingly
simple, intuitive and universal process that shows you
how to bring sustained, lasting, predictable success to
your organization. Steeped in a street-smart, savvy
insider-s deep understanding of exactly how business
works in the real world, Predictable Success provides you
with a precise road map to success, starting from
wherever you are today.
** Organizational change -- Forecasting, Success in
business, Industrial management.
60 McFarlin, Dean B
International management : strategic opportunities and
cultural challenges / Dean B McFarlin and Paul D Sweeney.
--4th ed-- New York: Routledge, 2011.
xxvii, 561p. 28cm.
ISBN : 9780415802970.
658.049 MAC 133392
In this book, the authors provide students with an
accessible, application-oriented approach to
international management, focusing on key challenges
including motivation, leadership, and communication
across cultural boundaries. The book gives students a
global perspective on the process of hiring, training,
and developing employees, as well as strategic decision
making in relation to foreign markets. Questions, case
studies, examples of creative problem solving, and
testimonials from real-world managers operating in the
international arena are just a few of the tactics
McFarlin and Sweeney use to help students begin to think
about applied theory on a global level. All chapters have
been updated with recent articles from leading business
sources and academic journals, and new case studies have
been incorporated.
** International business enterprises -- Management.
61 Hanappi-Egger, Edeltraud
The triple m of organizations : man, management and myth
/ Edeltraud Hanappi-Egger.-- New York: SpringerWien, 2011
viii, 189p. 24cm.
(Interdisciplinary studies in economics and management, 6)
ISBN : 9783709105559.
658.3008 HAN 133311
This book identifies frequently used key arguments in
gender discussions on management and organizations and
will unmask them as myths. Be it that management is
rational, be it that organizations are gender-neutral, be
it that women will change technology, will be shown to be
a set of superficial declarations not withstanding
critical scrutiny. All the "reasons" for gender-specific
organizational phenomena will be proved to exist simply
to maintain power structures and thereby systematically
(but subtly) reproduce dominant organizational cultures
and stabilize taken-for-granted knowledge in particular
with respect to gender issues.
** Diversity in the workplace, Organizational behavior,
Management.
62 Lynton, Rolf P
Training for development / Rolf P Lynton and Udai Pareek.
--3rd ed-- New Delhi: Sage, 2011.
xxxiv, 345p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9788132106876.
658.31243 LYN 133310
In this book, the authors focus on training not primarily
as a source of new information, but rather as a means for
changing behavior for lasting improvement on the job. It
is divided into four sections and each section contains
well-researched models and illustrations on training and
development.
** Employees -- Training of.
63 Davis, John H
Statistics for compensation : a practical guide to
compensation analysis / John H Davis.-- Hoboken: John
Wiley and Sons, 2011.
xiv, 439p. 26cm.
ISBN : 9780470943342.
658.32015195 DAV 133433
This book explores the use of various quantitative
methods from basic notions about percents to multiple
linear regression-that are used in the management,
design, and implementation of powerful compensation
strategies. Drawing upon his extensive experience as a
consultant, practitioner, and teacher of both statistics
and compensation, the author focuses on the usefulness of
the techniques and their immediate application to
everyday compensation work, thoroughly explaining major
areas such as: frequency distributions and histograms,
measures of location and variability, model building,
linear models, exponential curve models, maturity curve
models, power models, market models and salary survey
analysis, linear and exponential integrated market models
job pricing market models.
** Compensation management -- Statistical methods,
Executives -- Salaries, etc.
64 Freeman, R Edward
Strategic management : a stakeholder approach / R Edward
Freeman.-- Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011.
xii, 276p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9781107618510.
658.4012 FRE 133369
This book is about the concept of stake holder which
begins to turn managerial energies in the right
direction. The stake holder concept provides a new way of
thinking about strategic management that is how a
corporation can and should set and implement direction.
Stake holders include employees, customers, suppliers,
stockholders, banks, environmentalists, government and
other groups who can hurt or help the corporation. By
paying attention to strategic management, executive can
begin to put their corporation back on the road to
success.
** Strategic planning, Companies Management, Long-range
planning.
65 Golsorkhi, Damon (ed)
Cambridge handbook of strategy as practice / Damon
Golsorkhi and others.-- Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press, 2011.
xvi, 349p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9781107619982.
658.4012 GOL 133374-133375
This book provides a comprehensive overview of an
emerging and growing stream of research in strategic
management. An international team of scholars has been
assembled to produce a systematic introduction to the
various epistemological, methodological and theoretical
aspects of the strategy-as-practice approach. This
perspective explores and explains the contribution that
strategizing makes to daily operations at all levels of
an organization. Moving away from a disembodied and a
social study of firm assets, technologies and practices,
the strategy-as-practice approach breaks down many of the
traditional paradigmatic boundaries in strategy to
investigate who the strategists are, what strategists do,
how they do it, and what the consequences or outcomes of
their actions are.
** Strategic planning-Handbooks, manuals, etc.
66 Heracleous, Loizos
Strategy and organization : realizing strategic
management / Loizos Heracleous.-- Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 2011.
xx, 232p. 22cm.
ISBN : 9780521258579.
658.4012 HER 133372-133373
This book examines some of the new and emerging issues in
strategic management. Beginning with the historical
development of the strategy field, including the
influence of industrial organisation and the resource-
based view, the author develops a new perspective
labelled an -organisational action- view of strategy.
Combining theoretical subtlety with an applied
orientation, the book examines topical areas such as
corporate governance, inter-organisational networks, and
organising for the future.
** Strategic planning, Business planning.
67 Tan, Kim Hua
Operations strategy in action : a guide to the theory and
practice of implementation / Kim Hua Tan and Rupert L
Matthews.-- Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2009.
viii, 223p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9781847207777.
658.4012 TAN 133780
This book offers a rounded overview of operations
strategy with a particular focus on implementation. The
premise of the book is that developing an effective
operations strategy without its subsequent implementation
will render the strategizing process a waste of time and
resources. The authors explain the pros and cons of
existing approaches to implementation as well as offering
a systematic framework for turning strategic intent into
actions. They offer a fresh look at a subject whose
importance within academia and industry is rapidly
increasing due to the need to refocus the attention of
business upon the elements that actually add value to
society - operations.
** Strategic planning.
68 McCarty, Thomas
Six sigma for sustainability : how organizations design
and deploy winning environmental programs / Thomas
McCarty, Michael Jordan and Daniel Probst.-- New York:
McGraw Hill, 2011.
xxxi, 272p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9780071752442.
658.4013 MAC 133427
This book explains how typical Six Sigma DMAIC structures
such as program governance, project charters, transfer
functions, measurement systems, risk assessment, and
process design support environmentally sound business
practices. Real-world examples demonstrate how specific
problems in areas such as carbon emissions, energy
conservation, materials recycling, water use, and finance
can be solved using Six Sigma tools.
** Management -- Environmental aspects, Corporations --
Environmental aspects, Industries -- Environmental
aspects Six sigma (Quality control standard).
69 French, Simon
Decision behaviour, analysis and support / Simon French,
John Maule and Nadia Papamichail.-- Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 2010.
xxvii, 472p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9780521255165.
658.403 FRE 133376
This book explores perspectives from many different
disciplines to help decision makers to deliberate and
make better decisions. It considers both the use of
computers and databases to support decisions as well as
human aids to building analyses and some fast and frugal
tricks to aid more consistent decision making. In its
exploration of decision support it draws together results
and observations from decision theory, behavioural and
psychological studies, artificial intelligence and
information systems, philosophy, operational research and
organisational studies.
** Decision making.
70 Moore, Don A (ed)
Managerial decision making / Don A Moore.-- Cheltenham:
Edward Elgar, 2011.
xvii, 575p. 25cm.
ISBN : 9781848441019.
658.403 MOR 133402
This book brings together classic articles on the subject
of behavioral decision research. The contributor has
selected the seminal articles that are the cornerstone of
a discipline that has exploded in both productivity and
influence. It covers Herbert Simon-s groundbreaking work
on bounded rationality, as well as important papers on
anchoring, the bias of framing, the problem of
overconfidence, the preference for fairness, emotional
influences and the strengths and weaknesses of human
intuitive judgment. This volume will appeal to a wide
readership as decision research plays an important role
in such diverse areas as business, marketing, law,
finance, medicine and public policy.
** Decision making.
71 D-Atri, Alessandro (ed.)
Information technology and innovation trends in
organizations : ItAIS : the Italian association for
information systems / Alessandro D-Atri and others.--
Heidelberg: Physica-Verlag, 2011.
xvi, 530p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9783790826319.
658.4038 DAT 133394
The book examines a wide range of issues that
characterize the current IT based innovation trends in
organizations. It contains a collection of research
papers focusing on themes of growing interest in the
field of Information System, Organization Studies, and
Management. The book offers a multi-disciplinary view on
Information Systems aiming to disseminate academic
knowledge. It might be particularly relevant to IT
practitioners such as information systems managers,
business managers and IT consultants. The volume is
divided into XIV sections, each one focusing on a
specific theme.
** Electronic commerce, Industrial organization,
Information technology -- Management, Business.
72 Obi, Toshio (ed)
The innovative CIO and e-participation in e-government
intiatives / Toshio Obi.-- Amsterdam: IOS Press, 2010.
xiv, 245p. 25cm.
(Global e-governance series , 3).
ISBN : 9781607505044.
658.4038 OBI 133395
This book brings together the contributions of
acknowledged experts from all over the world, who have
presented papers and participated in discussions at three
recent conferences on e-government, the role of the CIO
(Chief Information Officer) and e-governance. They give
us their frank and honest insights, and share with us not
only their successes, but also their failures and the
lessons they have learnt from them. Divided into five
parts, the book covers subjects such as: e-participation
and perspectives from citizen involvement, national e-
government strategies, innovative CIO, ICT (Information and
Communication Technology) in the context of the world
economy and finally, global e-government rankings.
Despite the different backgrounds and nationalities of
the contributors, what is notable are the common themes
which emerge from their work.
** Internet in public administration, Chief information
officers.
73 Warren, Paul (ed)
Context and semantics for knowledge management :
technologies for personal productivity / Paul Warren,
John Davies and Elena Simperl.-- Heidelberg: Springer,
2011. xiv, 337p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9783642195099.
658.4038 WAR 133743
This book thrust on increasing the productivity of
knowledge work. Based on results from the EU-funded
ACTIVE project and complemented by recent related results
from other researchers, the application of three
approaches is presented: the synergy of Web 2.0 and
semantic technology, context-based information delivery,
and the use of technology to support informal user
processes. The contributions are organized in five parts.
This book mainly aims at researchers in academia and
industry looking for a state-of-the-art overview of the
use of semantic and Web 2.0 technologies for knowledge
management and personal productivity.
** Knowledge management, Information technology, Semantic
computing.
74 Flamholtz, Eric
Leading strategic change : bridging theory and practice /
Eric Flamholtz and Yvonne Randle.-- Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 2011.
xv, 266p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9780521263597.
658.406 FLA 133368
This book deals with leading strategic and organizational
change. This issue is critical to all organizations at
some stage of their life cycle. The book provide useful
information to leaders and managers to enable them to
deal with issues and problems of strategic and
organizational change. It present a conceptual framework
for understanding, planning, and leading change efforts,
so helps to understand the nature and process of change.
** Organizational change-United States, Organizational
change-United States--Case studies, Leadership-United
States.
75 Reissner, Stefanie C
Narratives of organisational change and learning : making
sense of testing times / Stefanie C Reissner.--
Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2008.
vi, 154p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9781847203267.
658.406 REI 133779
This book focuses on how organisational actors make sense
of and learn from profound change as exemplified by three
manufacturing firms from Britain, South Africa and
Russia. The interaction between organisational change and
wider social, economic and political changes in the
organisations- environments and their impact on the
organisational actors- identity is examined. The book
also explores the complex responses to organisational
change epitomised by patterns of stories prevalent in
each of the three organisations, as well as the important
insights into often unacknowledged narrative processes of
learning which result from profound change.
** Organizational change, Organizational learning.
76 Smith, Aaron C T
Philosophies of organizational change / Aaron C T Smith
and Fiona M Graetz.-- Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2011.
v, 210p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9781848446380.
658.40601 SMI 133404
The book describes and examines the myriad philosophical
interpretations of change, revealing how and why managers
confront change using so many competing methods. Each
philosophy introduces the reader to the key theories used
to diagnose organizations and prescribe change
interventions. The book critically evaluates the
arguments underpinning organizational change approaches
and shows how they lead to different techniques and tools
for practical change.
** Organizational change --Philosophy.
77 Adair, John
John Adair lexicon of leadership / John Adair.-- New
Delhi: Kogan Page, 2011.
xvi, 495p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9780749463069.
658.4092 ADA 133301
The book explores the nature of motivation, strategy and
the skills needed to become a leader. This is an
essential volume and an exclusive opportunity to own all
of Adair-s ground-breaking works that will help you
transform your understanding of how leadership works and
learn the skills to transform you into a leader.
** Leadership , Motivation (Psychology) , Management.
78 Szollose, Brad
Liquid leadership : from Woodstock to Wikipedia -
multigenerational management ideas that are changing the
way we run things / Brad Szollose: Prolibris Publishing
Media., 2011.
x, 307p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9788192153537.
658.4092 SZO 133423
This book provides an entirely new perspective on the
major factors affecting businesses today. The author
reveals seven immutable laws that can enable any leader
to maximize the effectiveness of any organization. From
placing people first to leaving a lasting legacy, the
liquid leader knows just the right techniques to motivate
individuals to perform at their best.
** Leadership, Personnel management, Organizational
change --Management.
79 Laursen, Gert H N
Business analytics for sales and marketing managers : how
to compete in the information age / Gert H N Laursen.--
Hoboken: John Wiley, 2011.
xiii, 242p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9780470912867.
658.472 LAU 133399
This book shows how to gain the most opportunity and
value from customer analytics, with a look at: knowing
which customer relations to focus on, the secret to
knowing when your strategic focus needs recalibrating,
how to make and implement a value-based segmentation,
boosting customer acquisition processes through data
warehouse data, questionnaire data, and more, how to keep
your customers-and keep them happy. .
** Business intelligence.
80 Choi, Tsan-Ming (ed)
Supply chain coordination under uncertainty / Tsan-Ming
Choi and T C Edwin Cheng.-- Heidelberg: Springer, 2011.
xiv, 652p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9783642192562.
658.500285 CHO 133429
This book examines supply chain coordination challenges
with a focal point on discovering innovative measures
that can help tackle the existing and emerging
challenges. The book is organized into five parts, which
include chapters on innovative analytical models for
coordination, channel power and bargaining, technological
advancements and applications, empirical analysis, cases
studies and review. This book provides new empirical and
analytical results with precious insights, which will not
only help supply chain agents to understand more about
the latest measures for supply chain coordination under
uncertainty, but also help practitioners and researchers
to know how to improve supply chain performance based on
innovative methods.
** Business logistics --Data processing, Uncertainty
(Information theory).
81 Li, Ling
Supply chain management : concepts, techniques and
practices enhancing value through collaboration / Ling Li
-- New Jersey: World Scientific, 2011.
xxiii, 347p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9788175967960.
658.7 LIL 133370
This book incorporates more than 15 years of supply chain
and operations management research and industry
consulting experience to both government and industry
firms. The coverage focuses on how to build a competitive
supply chain using viable management strategies,
operational models, decision-making techniques, and
information technology. It includes a core presentation
on supply chain management and new initiatives such as e-
commerce, collaborative planning, forecasting, and
replenishment (CPFR), data mining, knowledge management,
and business intelligence.
** Business logistics, Supply chain management, Business
economics.
82 Zwick, Detlev (ed.)
Inside marketing : practices, ideologies, devices /
Detlev Zwick and Julien Cayla.-- Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 2011.
xi, 357p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9780199576746.
658.8 ZWI 133797
This book offers a theoretically informed critical
perspective on contemporary marketing practice and its
growing cultural, economic, and political influence
worldwide. This book brings together leading scholars and
practitioners from the fields of business, history,
economic sociology, and cultural anthropology, to analyse
the inner workings and outer effects of marketing as a
material social practice, an ideology, and a technique.
Their work raises some important and timely questions.
How has marketing transformed the pharmaceutical industry
and what are the consequences for our lives? How does
marketing influence the way we think of progress and
modernity? How has marketing changed the way we think of
childhood? And how does marketing appropriate the
creativity of consumers for profit?
** Marketing.
83 Soman, Dilip
Managing customer value : one stage at a time / Dilip
Soman and Sara N-Marandi.-- New Jersey: World Scientific,
2011.
xii, 401p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9788175967977.
658.812 SOM 133371
This book introduces the key marketing principles that
govern the interactions between consumers and the goods
and services being offered to them, to show how these
principles can be used to gain a deeper understanding of
the consumer-s decision-making cycle, and to apply this
knowledge in developing micro-marketing tactics. The book
offers an alternative perspective to the general practice
of marketing products to consumers. It give insight to
both planning and execution.
** Customer relations-Management, Relationship marketing.
84 Kornberger, Martin
Brand society : how brands transform management and
lifestyle / Martin Kornberger.-- Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 2011.
xx, 300p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9781107674875.
658.827 KOR 133377
Brands are a new way of organizing production and
managing consumption. Using an array of practical case
studies from diverse set of originations, this book
provides a fascinating account of the way in which brands
influence the lives of individuals and the organizations
they work in. The book combines the prospective to show
how brands have the power to transform both the
organisations that develop them and the life styles of
the individuals who consume them.
** Brand name products.
85 Young, Antony
Brand media strategy : integrated communications planning
in the digital era / Antony Young.-- New York: Palgrave
Macmillan, 2010.
xii, 239p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9780230104747.
658.827 YOU 133303
In this book, the author explores how today-s most
innovative marketers are integrating the latest media
tools into a comprehensive strategy to grow their brands
and are getting unprecedented results. He explores: the
future of advertising in traditional media and how to
judge the investment-s value in today-s results-driven
marketing world, how to get the maximum impact out of
digital media, including online searches, social media,
and mobile phones, the importance of employing non-
traditional media vehicles, such as marketing PR, branded
entertainment, and product placement.
** Branding (Marketing), Internet marketing, Social
media.
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86 Roman, Kenneth
The king of madison avenue : David Ogilvy and the making
of modern advertising / Kenneth Roman.-- New York:
Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
xiv, 282p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9781403978950.
659.092 ROM 133741
David Ogilvy left an indelible mark on the advertising
world, transforming it into a dynamic industry full of
passionate, creative individuals. In this biography the
author tells the unlikely story of Ogilvy-s life and
career, drawing on his experience working alongside the
advertising giant and on new material gathered from
hundreds of interviews and extensive research. The author
draws out key lessons form Ogilvy-s legendary business
ventures, and reveals their true contemporary relevance
for professionals in the modern advertising world.
** Advertising executives-United States--Biography,
Advertising agencies-United States-History, Advertising-
United States--History.
87 Dru, Jean-Marie
How disruption brought order : the story of a winning
strategy in the world of adverting / Jean-Marie Dru.--
New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
236p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9780230600690.
659.1 DRU 133740
In this book the author shares personal insights and
anecdotes about his life in advertising as well as
lessons learned, revealing how clients campaigns for
Nissan, Adidas, and Apple became so successful. He
distills three essential stages of a disruptive strategy-
convention, disruption and vision- and shows how
disruption can reaffirm a brand or a company-s place in
the public imagination, and differentiate it in an
increasingly crowded market place. The book thus provide
an insight into cutting edge of modern advertising.
** Advertising agencies, Advertising-Cross cultural
studies
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88 Haddon, John
Teaching reading Shakespeare / John Haddon.-- London:
Routledge, 2009.
x, 195p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9780415479080.
822.33 HAD 133308
Providing a practical and critical discussion of the ways
in which Shakespeare-s plays present problems to the
young reader, the book considers how these difficulties
might be overcome. It provides guidance on: confronting
language difficulties, including told words-, meaning,
grammar, rhetoric and allusion, reading the plays as
scripts for performance at Key Stage 3 and beyond, using
conversation analysis in helping to read and teach
Shakespeare, reading the plays in contextual,
interpretive and linguistic frameworks required by
examinations at GCSE and A Lev.
** Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Study and teaching
- United States, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Study
and teaching (Secondary), Education, Secondary -- United
States.
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89 Cooke, Stephanie
In mortal hands : a cautionary history of the nuclear age
/ Stephanie Cooke.-- New Delhi: Orient Blackswan, 2009.
xv, 487p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9788125038443.
909.825 COO 133367
This book reveals the gradual deepening of our
understanding of the pros and cons of the controversial
nuclear energy source. The author offers a new and nuanced
perspective on the nuclear issue. The book spans the
sixty years of the nuclear age, telling the complicated
and fascinating story of the way nuclear energy and
nuclear weapons have been interconnected like a double
helix over time.
** World politics-20th century, Nuclear energy-Political
aspects, Nuclear weapons-Political aspects, Nuclear
terrorism-Prevention.
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90 Foley, Sean
The Arab Gulf states : beyond oil and Islam / Sean Foley.
-- Kolkata: Viva Books, 2011.
x, 315p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9788130915289.
953.053 FOL 133742
This book examines the political , social and economic
dynamics that have been brewing in the gulf region more
than a decade. It reexamine the emergence of modern Gulf,
its power concentration and changing social dimension in
detail. The author goes beyond the other factors that are
conspiring to disrupt the stusquo of the region. Chief
among these are telecommunication revolution which have
brought new democracy, lack of job for major segment of
male population, and increasing economic power of the
women and minority groups. It is in this complex issues,
the author shows the issues of Arab Gulf states which
already grappled with the challenges of modernity and
money.
** Persian Gulf States-Politics and government, Persian
Gulf States-Social conditions, Saudi Arabia-Politics and
government-1932- , Saudi Arabia-Social conditions.
91 Kumar, Raj
Dr B R Aambedkar : life and works / Raj Kumar.-- New
Delhi: Commonwealth, 2011.
v, 433p. 21cm.
ISBN : 9788131102916.
954.04092 AMB 133258
This book describes some of the interesting and
innovative materials on the life of B. R. Ambedkar.
Attempt is also made of compile scholarly essays on good
and great work he carried out for a casteless and healthy
Indian society.
** Ambedkar, B. R. -- (Bhimrao Ramji), -- 1891-1956,
Social reformers -- India -- Biography, Statesmen --
India -- Biography.
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