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DATA PROCESSING and COMPUTER SCIENCE |
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1 Bauer, Eric
Risk thinking for cloud-based application services / Eric
Bauer.-- Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2017.
xxiv, 487p.,24cm.
ISBN : 9781138035249.
004.6782 BAU 146306
Many enterprises are moving their applications and IT
services to the cloud. This work methodically considers
the risks and opportunities that an enterprise taking
their applications or services onto the cloud must
consider to obtain the cost reductions and service
velocity improvements they desire without suffering the
consequences of unacceptable user service quality.
** Web Services , Business enterprises--Computer networks
, Cloud computing -- Risk assessment
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APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY |
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2 Neck, Christopher P
Self-leadership : the definitive guide to personal
excellence / Christopher P Neck, Charles C Manz and
Jeffery D Houghton.-- Los Angeles: Sage Publications,
2017. xvii, 221p. , 24cm.
ISBN : 9781506314464.
158 NEC 146314
Self-Leadership is a research-grounded, practice-based,
realistic, and inclusive approach to self-motivation and
self-influence. It teaches students to lead themselves by
equipping them with strategies and tips for developing
their own personal effectiveness and excellence.
** Leadership -- Psychological aspects , Self-perception
Self-esteem
3 Bachkirova, Tatiana (ed)
The SAGE handbook of coaching / Tatiana Bachkirova,
Gordon Spence and David Drake.-- Los Angles: SAGE
reference, 2017.
xxiv, 769p. , 25cm.
ISBN : 9781473916531.
158.3 BAC 146290
This book provides the perfect reference point for
graduate students, scholars, educators and researchers
wishing to familiarize themselves with current research
and debate in the academic and influential practitioners-
literature on coaching.
** Employees -- Coaching of , Personal coaching |
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SOCIAL SCIENCES,SOCIOLOGY and ANTHROPOLOGY |
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4 Boutellier, Hans
The Improvising society : social order in a boundless
world / Hans Boutellier.-- Hague: Eleven International
Publishing, 2013.
204p. , 22cm.
ISBN : 9789462360785.
300 BOU 146361
This book sheds new light on the complexity of today-s
society. Feelings of chaos and confusion are common.
There is discontent among citizens, and uncertainty and
lack of direction among administrators, managers, and
public officials. It seems as though no one has a clear
perspective on what is happening to society, and yet...
perhaps we have overlooked something? Hans Boutellier
delivers a realistic and inspiring picture of a new
social order. His book deals with identity and rage,
values and norms, participation and integration, and law
and security. It offers a broad, well-founded, and
constructive vision of contemporary society.
** Social structure , Sociology , Social participation
5 Thomas, Gary
How to do your research project : a guide for students in
education and applied social sciences / Gary Thomas.--3rd
ed.-- Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, 2017.
ix, 336p.,25cm.
ISBN : 9781473948860.
300.72 THO 146322
This book explains the main design frames and methods of
data collection and analysis used in education and social
science research. This book includes: deciding our topic
and our research question, project management and study
skills, doing a literature review, revising our question
and theorizing, deciding on an approach, and design
frames.
** Education--Research--Methodology , Social sciences ,
Social research and statistics
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SOCIAL INTERACTION |
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6 Fernandes, Sujatha
Curated stories the uses and misuses of storytelling /
Sujatha Fernandes.-- New York: Oxford University Press,
2017.
xii,212p., 25cm.
ISBN : 9780190618056.
302.23 FER 146198
This book focuses away from structural problems and
defuse the confrontational politics of social movements.
Not just a critical examination of contemporary use of
narrative and its wider impact on our collective
understanding of pressing social issues, Curated Stories
also explores how storytelling might be reclaimed to
allow for the complexity of experience to be expressed in
pursuit of transformative social change.
** Storytelling in mass media , Storytelling--Social
aspects , Storytelling--Political aspects
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FINANCIAL ECONOMICS |
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7 Gup, Benton E (ed)
The Most important concepts in finance / Benton E Gup.--
Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017.
xvi, 318p. , 25cm.
ISBN : 9781786431127.
332 GUP 146307
This book provides insights about the most important
concepts in finance. Drawing from a broad background in
finance, the author has brought together sixteen chapters
written by leading academics and professionals to deal
with topics including Bit coin, cyber security, banking,
corporate governance, state vs. private ownership,
pension plans, interest rates, multi-asset investing,
real estate, US and Islamic banking, and other issues
that have a direct impact on the field, its practitioners
and scholars trying to make sense of it.
** Finance , Economics
8 Hart, Keith (ed)
Money in a human economy / Keith Hart (ed).-- New York:
Berghahn Books, 2017.
vi,308p. , 23cm.
(The human economy , 5).
ISBN : 9781785335594.
332.4 HAR 146321
This volume explores people-s struggles and potential to
make money to suit themselves, spanning local case
studies and emergent world economies to construct a
framework of the -human economy-. Contributors to this
volume attempt to think about money as a category of
thought, offer theories on luxury and sex in capitalist
development, and follow the evolution of money today from
the role of the global South in shaping its future, to
cross-border investment in China, to Bit coin as politics.
Money in a Human Economy offers multiple perspectives on
capital-s central role in the formation of world society,
as well as in the shaping of its current discontents.
** Money--History , Foreign exchange ,
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SOCIALISM and RELATED SYSTEMS |
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9 Westra, Richard (ed)
Varieties of alternative economic systems : practical
utopias for an age of global crisis and austerity /
Richard Westra, Robert Albritton and Seongjin Jeong.--
Oxon: Routledge, 2017.
xiii, 223p. , 24cm.
(Routledge frontiers of political economy , 229).
ISBN : 9781138226579.
335 WES 146308
This book moves the debate beyond the critiques and the
false or not fully realised alternatives, to focus on
what can be termed "practical utopias". The contributors
to this book outline a range of practical proposals for
constructing pathways out of the global economic,
ecological and social crisis. The book eschews a single
blueprint but insists on dealing directly with the deep
structural problems and contradictions of contemporary
global capitalism. It provides a diverse array of
complementary proposals and perspectives that can inform
both theoretical thinking and practical action.
** Socialism , Utopias , Capitalism -- Social aspects
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PRODUCTION |
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10 Ham, Maarten van (ed)
Entrepreneurial neighbourhoods : towards an understanding
of the economies of neighbourhoods and communities /
Maarten van Ham and others.-- Cheltenham: Edward Elgar
Publishing, 2017.
xv, 317p. , 25cm.
ISBN : 9781785367236.
338.04 HAM 146305
This book addresses the nexus between entrepreneurship,
neighborhoods and communities, confirming not only the
importance of `the local- in entrepreneurship, but also
filling huge gaps in the knowledge base regarding this
tripartite relationship. It examines the ways in which
entrepreneurship can benefit, shape and transform
neighborhoods, particularly those areas affected by
social deprivation and poverty. Finally, it outlines a
research agenda to further extend the scientific and
policy-relevant knowledge on the relationships between
entrepreneurship, neighborhoods and communities.
** Entrepreneurship , Neighborhoods -- Economic
conditions , Urban economics
11 Capriati, Michele
Capabilities, innovation and economic growth :
policymaking for freedom and efficiency / Michele
Capriati.-- London: Routledge, 2018.
xi, 250p. , 24cm.
(Routledge studies in development economics , 137).
ISBN : 9781138857810.
338.06 CAP 146301
The question of whether we can foster growth and
innovation while promoting individual freedoms poses a
challenge for everyone studying and working on innovation
and development policies. Whilst innovation literature is
largely dominated by a focus on efficiency, development
literature tends to focus on equality and pays less
attention to mechanisms fostering economic and social
change. This book aims to move beyond these barriers and
to identify development policies that foster both
efficiency and equality, exploring the connection between
innovation policies and the improvement of individual
freedoms.
** Technological innovations -- Economic aspects ,
Technological innovations -- Government policy , Economic
development
12 Davis, John B
Health care economics / John B Davis and Robert McMaster.
-- Oxon: Routledge, 2017.
xv, 218p. , 24cm.
(Routledge advances in social economics , 24).
ISBN : 9781138183049.
338.473621 DAV 146294
This book sets out an alternative approach, which places
care at the center of an economics of health, showing how
essential it is that care is appropriately recognized in
policy as a means of enhancing the dignity of the
individual. Whereas traditional health economics has
tended to eschew value issues, this book embraces them,
introducing care as a normative element at the center of
theoretical analysis. Drawing upon care theory from
feminist works, philosophy, nursing and medicine, and
political economy, the authors develop a health care
economics with a moral basis in health care systems. It
seeks to redress the shortcomings of the standard
approach and contribute to the development of a more
person-based approach to health and medical care in
economics.
** Medical economics , Economics, Medical , Delivery of
Health Care -- economics
13 Barker, Roger M
Corporate governance and investment management : the
promises and limitations of the new financial economy /
Roger M Barker and Iris H -Y Chiu.-- Cheltenham: Edward
Elgar Publishing, 2017.
v, 519p. , 24cm.
ISBN : 9781784713515.
338.5 BAR 146304
In this book, the authors examine the corporate
governance roles of key institutional investors in UK
corporate equity, including pension funds, insurance
companies, collective investment funds, hedge and private
equity funds and sovereign wealth funds.
** Institutional investments -- Great Britain , Corporate
governance -- Great Britain, Institutional investments --
European Union countries
14 Haskel, Jonathan
Capitalism without capital : the rise of the intangible
economy / Jonathan Haskel and Stian Westlake.-- Princeton
: Princeton University Press, 2018.
x,278p., 25cm.
ISBN : 9780691175034.
338.5 HAS 146316
Early in the twenty-first century, a quiet revolution
occurred. For the first time, the major developed
economies began to invest more in intangible assets, like
design, branding, R and D, and software, than in tangible
assets, like machinery, buildings, and computers. For all
sorts of businesses, from tech firms and pharm companies
to coffee shops and gyms, the ability to deploy assets
that one can neither see nor touch is increasingly the
main source of long-term success. But this is not just a
familiar story of the so-called new economy. Capitalism
without Capital shows that the growing importance of
intangible assets has also played a role in some of the
big economic changes of the last decade. The rise of
intangible investment is, Jonathan Haskel and Stian
Westlake argue, an underappreciated cause of phenomena
from economic inequality to stagnating productivity.
** Intangible property--Economic aspects |
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MACROECONOMICS and RELATED TOPICS |
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15 Petrosky-Nadeau, Nicolas
Labor, credit, and goods markets : the macroeconomics of
search and unemployment / Nicolas Petrosky-Nadeau and
Etienne Wasmer.-- Massachusetts: MIT Press, 2017.
xxiv,246 p. , 23cm.
ISBN : 9780262036450.
339 PET 146318
This book offers an integrated framework to study the
theoretical and quantitative properties of economies with
frictions in multiple markets. Building on analyses of
markets with frictions by 2010 Nobel laureates Peter A.
Diamond, Dale T. Mortensen, and Christopher A.
Pissarides, which provided a new theoretical approach to
search markets, the book applies this new paradigm to
labor, finance, and goods markets. It shows, in
particular, how frictions in different markets interact
with each other. The book first covers the main
developments in the analysis of the labor market in the
presence of frictions, offering a systematic analysis of
the dynamics of this environment and explaining the
notion of macroeconomic volatility.
** Markets , Macroeconomics , Frictional unemployment ,
Capital market , Credit |
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OTHER SOCIAL PROBLEMS and SERVICES |
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16 Fealing, Kaye Husbands (ed)
Measuring the economic value of research : the case of
food safety / Kaye Husbands Fealing and others.--
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018.
xxiv, 184p., 24cm.
ISBN : 9781316612415.
363.1926072 FEA 146360
This book demonstrates new methods and tools to trace the
impact of federal research funding on the structure of
research, and the subsequent economic activities of
funded researchers. The case study is food safety
research, which is critical to avoiding outbreaks of
disease. The authors make use of an extraordinary new
data infrastructure and apply new techniques in text
analysis. Focusing on the impact of US federal food
safety research, this book develops vital data-intensive
methodologies that have a real world application to many
other scientific fields.
** Food -- Safety measures -- Research -- United States -
Case studies , Research -- Economic aspects -- United
States , Technology and state -- United States
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MATHEMATICS |
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17 Acheson, David
The Calculus story : a mathematical adventure / David
Acheson.-- Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017.
viii,192p. , 21cm.
ISBN : 9780198804543.
515.15 ACH 146311
Calculus is the mathematical method for the analysis of
things that change, and since in the natural world we are
surrounded by change, the development of calculus was a
huge breakthrough in the history of mathematics. The
author charts the historical development of calculus and
takes readers through the basic ideas, step by step.
** Calculus , Calculus -- History |
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PROBABILITIES and APPLIED MATHEMATICS |
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18 Salkind, Neil J
Statistics for people who (think they) hate statistics :
using Microsoft Excel 2016 / Neil J Salkind.--4th ed.--
Los Angeles: Sage Publications, 2017.
xxix, 512p.,26cm.
ISBN : 9781483374086.
519.5 SAL 146315
Opening with an introduction to Excel 2016, including
functions and formulas, this book shows students how to
install the Excel Data Analysis Tools option to access a
host of useful analytical techniques and then walks them
through various statistical procedures, beginning with
correlations and graphical representation of data and
ending with inferential techniques and analysis of
variance.
** Microsoft Excel (Computer file) , Statistics |
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GENERAL MANAGEMENT |
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19 Worth, Michael J
Nonprofit management : principles and practice / Michael
J Worth.--4th ed.-- Los Angeles: SAGE, 2017.
xxiii,511p. , 26cm.
ISBN : 9781483375991.
658.048 WOR 146313
This book provides a broad, insightful overview of key
topics affecting governance and management of nonprofit
organizations.
** Nonprofit organizations -- Management , Nonprofit-
Organisation , Management
20 Sadangi, Chandan Kumar
Change management for organizations : lessons from
political upheaval in India / Chandan Kumar Sadangi and
Sanjay Mohapatra.-- Bingley: Emerald Publishing, 2017.
xv, 159p. , 23cm.
ISBN : 9781787141193.
658.4060954 SAD 146303
This work demonstrates how a firm can learn change
management from political upheavals, thus providing
benefits to the entire value chain. Through examples and
case studies from such unrest throughout India-s diverse
history, the authors combine their academic and industry
experience to show the need for business alignment with
change management strategy.
** Organizational change , Organizational change -- India
, Organizational behavior
21 Flowers, Stephen
Capturing the innovation opportunity space : creating
business models with new forms of innovation / Stephen
Flowers and others.-- Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing
, 2017.
viii, 228p. , 24cm.
ISBN : 9781783475513.
658.4063 FLO 146302
Innovation is changing and this book explores how the
shift to more collaborative ways of working with users,
online communities and the crowd opens up novel business
possibilities.
** Business enterprises -- Technological innovations ,
Technological innovations -- Management , Organizational
change
22 Goodman, Malcolm
Creativity and strategic innovation management :
directions for future value in changing times / Malcolm
Goodman and Sandra M Dingli.--2nd ed.-- London: Routledge
, 2017.
xxv, 325p. , 25cm.
ISBN : 9781138675100.
658.4063 GOO 145943, 146324
This book integrates innovation management with both
change management and creativity to form an innovative
guide to survival in rapidly changing market conditions.
Treating creativity as the process, and innovation the
result, the authors emphasis the importance of a
strategic approach to management through fostering
creative processes.
** Creative ability in business , Organizational change--
Management , Technological innovations--Management
23 Mosey, Simon
Building an entrepreneurial organisation / Simon Mosey,
Hannah Noke and Paul Kirkham.-- New York: Routledge, 2017
xiii,138p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9781138861138.
658.421 MOS 146323
Entrepreneurship is often focused on understanding new
ventures, but the entrepreneurial flame is required in
growing organizations too. This textbook examines how
organizations can become more entrepreneurial to achieve
sustainable growth.
** Creative ability in business , Entrepreneurship ,
Organizational behavior |
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HISTORY OF ASIA |
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24 Chowdhury, Tamina M
Indigenous identity in South Asia : making claims in the
colonial Chittagong Hill Tracts / Tamina M Chowdhury.--
London: Routledge, 2017.
198p. , 24cm.
(Routledge advances in South Asian studies).
ISBN : 9781138673434.
954.92903 CHO 145188, 146312
This book sheds new light on how the concepts of
-territory-, and of a -people indigenous to it- came to
be forged and politicised. By showing a far deeper
historical lineage of claims making in the Tracts, it
adds a new dimension to existing studies on Bangladesh-s
borders and its history.
** Chittagong Hill Tracts (Bangladesh : Region) --
History , Indigenous peoples -- Bangladesh -- Chittagong
Hill Tracts (Region) -- Ethnic identity , Bangladesh --
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