lap lambert academic publishing jun 2010 (Más de 1.400 resultados)

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Is it possible for a progressively feminist text to exist within the confines of mainstream Hollywood Does action entertainment have to support conservative American politics Must a feminist filmmaker reject all the established aesthetic conventions of film to ensure her own feminism Kathryn Bigelow''s films of the 1990s challenge the values and judgments of dominant culture via established Hollywood--in its own language, on its own terms. Bigelow''s films exist within the mass-consumed action genre but present, through their ambiguity and representation of difference, a progressive alternative to Hollywood''s typical messages.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -The topic of this diploma thesis is Institutions of European Union and their reform. The first part describes and explains the current organisation, responsibilities, brief history and functioning of five original institutions ¿ European Commission, Council of European Union, European Parliament, European Court of Justice, European Court of Auditors ¿ and two new institutions ¿ European Council and European Central Bank. The second part analyses the Lisbon Treaty and particular changes it introduces to the institutional structure of the European Union, aiming to clarify how this reform could be an improvement to the current structure. The objective of this diploma thesis is thus to assess the changes introduced by the Lisbon Treaty and their impact on current problems in the EU institutions ¿ efficiency and democratic legitimacy, to conclude that the Lisbon Treaty is beneficial to the institutional structure of EU. Despite the fact that it is an evolutionary step rather than a revolution to the architecture of institutions, it contributes to making institutions of the European Union more efficient, transparent and democratic.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Since a 2007 United Nations report cited West Africa as the new front for cocaine trafficking by South American Drug Barons, media reports have linked several governments to the trade. Some analysts linked political instability in a few West African countries to the cocaine trade as root causes. Proliferation of banks and the flow of excess capital from unknown horizons sounded the alarm on trafficking in drugs as fundamental driving mechanisms.In spite of regional efforts confronting the trade,seizures of large amounts of cocaine in Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Ghana, Guinea and Guinea-Bissau brought to light compelling realities of the drug trade as West Africäs newest peripheral vulnerability.The book distinctly argues that infiltration of the region by drug syndicates poses a real challenge to democracy and the rule of law, governance and progressive economic sustainability, fabrics of West African communities and plight of the West African Youth. It also theorizes the linkages of the trade to Transnational Terrorism. Policy measures provided should therefore help West African governments to work in partnerships with international partners in confronting the drug trade.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -This book offers a fundamental basis for the study of Australian international relations and studies Australia as a global middle power. It offers theoretical background for the term 'middle power'. After the research of historical development of Australian position in the international relations since the times of European settlement until the end of the 20th century, it continues with the examination of the development of military and security issues of Australian foreign policy and ends with exploration of Australian membership in various international organizations.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -In this book the role of corporate governance has been explained in detail. The powers of directors, the rights of directors, the duties of directors, meetings of directors, fiduciary duties of directors, the code of corporate practice and conduct, the role of the non executive directors, the code of ethics, corporate governance models, the governed Vs the managed organization, the relationship between risk and culture and the cultural and emotional overload.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -The wide-spread fear that the global economy could be marred by another global sovereign debt crisis on top of the deepest recession we have had since the 1930s makes it worthwhile to explore the historical patterns of sovereign default one more time and analyze whether currently almost defaulting countries that are not usually associated with such behavior actually fit them. Traditional measures of default likelihood fail to account for the debt crash of non-emerging European economies, and suggests alternative ways of evaluating and overcoming the challenges of avoiding default during global recessions for countries that are non-typical defaulters. The facts that the countries with unsustainable sovereign debt (Greece, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Ireland) belong to the European Union and use the Euro play an important role both in explaining their current financial situation and in analyzing the possible outcome of the crisis. Is the current sovereign debt crisis the ultimate test for the real world economic viability of regional intergovernmental organizations such as the EU Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -It has been experienced in the recent years that the use of Alternative Dispute Resolution increased rapidly world wide. European Union was sensitive to these innovations, as well. When the aim for sea trading and the economical needs considered all together with the former situation, it became necessary to complete this study. It is proved to be more logical resolving maritime disputes within Europe with ADR methods. The reasons for this subject matter to be chosen were the above mentioned condition and as well as the desire to be able to enlighten the issue. The ADR Mechanisms in the European Union Maritime Law were told excluding Arbitration from the area, especially emphasizing on Mediation. Therefore, the study has been prepared and concluded in the manner that it would be useful for the Maritime and as a consequence for the Economy of the Union.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 96 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -''Elections In Democratic Consolidation: The challenge of the Nigerian media'' is an exploration of the foundation of ethnicity in Nigeria, and the phenomenon''s in-road to the heart of the media system. It examines the role of the media in the reproduction of ethnic prejudices, and its implication for participatory democracy and democratic elections. The linkage between media reform and democratic transition, as well as the co- variation between them, are also examined. The subject-matter should be of interest not only to the student of Mass Communication and Political Science, but also the general reader who desires to know why the media in Africa''s most populous nation is still grappling with the problem of ethnicity 50 years after independence.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 96 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Project business is a vital and rather new subject which needs more theoretical corpus and concepts validated by research. It is essentially different from traditional trade with goods and services and therefore requires organizational readiness as well as a new management approach. The contents of a project can vary from abstract and intangible design to concrete engineering and construction tasks. The discontinuity of project business and the uniqueness and complexity of each individual project make the marketing and delivery of projects a challenge to the firms involved. This book offers a comprehensive validated model of project marketing and identifies some key factors which influence success in project business.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 116 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -This work assists the reader in understanding the dynamics and factors of neighborhood safety, and then to illustrate how to effectively convey those components into a model that neighborhood leaders, community developers and decision makers can easily understand. Through a review of literature, a model was compiled that brought together popular neighborhood safety concepts of the last half century. The work demonstrates through GIS cluster, choropleth and point analysis how the theoretical expectations of neighborhood safety components (e.g. crime, disorder, social control, structural constraints, and concentrated disadvantage) and processes (e.g. common explanatory processes and causal feedback loops), in an urban space, form a dynamic structure. Through identified indicators and benchmarks, these neighborhood safety concepts and theoretical linkages were spatially assessed. Six indicators were reviewed to detail components of the model and its relational nature. This work provides a solid base from which to further indivual perceptions, evaluation processes and community objectives.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Manufacturing industry is continuously looking for innovative means of improving their operations to meet the ever growing consumer demand, and achieve this at the lowest possible cost. This investigation explores the role that automated design and products have had in expanding the horizons for such companies. The discussions and conclusions drawn from this investigation represent the predictions for future involvement and development of automation. This investigation has used research methods such as questionnaires and interviews to collect data which has been analysed using such tools as charts and coding and clustering tables.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 60 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -This works uses death mythology, specifically the Ancient Greek myth of Persephone, Hades, and Demeter, to explore the notions of inherent violence, sacrifice, and rebirth in religion. The uniqueness of the human species and our ability to perform elaborate ritual and create deliberate myth is a necessary part of the structuring of religion. Religion legitimizes the thoughts, feelings, and actions of the human species. The idea of violence as a necessity in humanity and religion as a justification for this is examined more thoroughly in this work. As humans confront death, the notions of sacrifice and then renewal through rebirth demonstrate the cyclical nature of humanity and one of the most important functions of religion.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Everything does not have to be fully customized and flexible even when company is operating based on engineer-to-order product delivery strategy. Company can achieve significant benefits by standardizing and modularizing some subassemblies and systems of the complex final products. This research work investigates and discusses the benefits achieved and drawbacks caused in product subassembly standardization when a company is operating based on engineer-to-order product delivery strategy. The topic is considered based on real-life case example of company ABB. This book is useful reading especially for students, researchers and professionals interested in product standardization and modularization, value chain development as well as manufacturing and supply chain strategies in general.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -This thesis investigates the empirical determinants of Capital Structure choice in Ireland for the period 1984-2004. A total of 46 non-financial firms listed on the Irish stock exchange are identified resulting in a total of 966 observations. Both total debt and long term debt are taken as measures of leverage in this study while size, profitability, tangibility and growth opportunities are taken as proxies for the determinants of Capital Structure. Leverage is stepwise regressed on these determinants for four different time period. As in other countries, leverage in Irish firms increases with firm size and tangibility, and decreases with profitability levels. The results are consistent with the Static Trade-Off theory and the Pecking Order Hypothesis, although more evidence exists to confirm the latter theory. The analysis also shows that the imperfect information model where firms signal private information to outside investors by varying the level of debt is also of importance in explaining Irish firms Capital Structure.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Carriage of good by sea under a bill of lading has been the most popular arrangement for transporting goods by sea in the whole world. The rules governing it are going through a transformation due to changes in the transportation process, namely for containerisation. This work recognizes the dire need for a harmonized set of rules for carriage of goods by sea and looks at different major rules and what they offer for shippers and carriers and whether the UNCITRAL rules meet the interests of both parties. Practical application of uniform international carriage rules is analyzed in the light of national law governing carriage of goods by sea of Estonia as well as European Union legislation regarding shipping.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -A practical, industry proven methodology that integrates strategy and finance in a five-step process to develop a new business concept. The methodology is illustrated by stories from the author¿s success in building a billion dollar company in Indonesia. Focus is on developing the business model through a powerful heuristic and how this method makes it easy to develop financial models. An in-depth examination of financial models and their use in early stage capital raising is included.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 116 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -People have a choice on how and where they want to live out the remaining years of their lives. Happiness and quality of life should not be a question; it should be a requirement for long-term care facilities to provide. This thesis presents the media coverage of the Green House Project which is a fairly new concept that radically redesigns the nursing home experience. Green Houses are small self- sufficient homes built to offer elders the opportunity to live out their remaining years in a place that they feel comfortable calling home as opposed to an industrialized facility that feels like a hospital. This concept is just beginning to grow and will only become more popular to the masses as it continues to receive more media coverage.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 60 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -This project attempts to identify reasons and causes of strong consciousness among Ghanaian and Togolese Ewé migrants in the United States and Canada. To understand the strong sense of Ewé consciousness among those living in the United States and Canada; I will focus on the historical questions of ethnicity, regionalism and politics in Ghana and Togo. Using primary and secondary sources as evidence, I will be examining the conception and implementation of Ewé consciousness in United States and Canada vis-à-vis Ghana and Togo. Furthermore, I will contextualize this experience within the broader literature on contemporary African migration to North America and how migration affects notions of Ewé consciousness.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 60 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Customer loyalty as an applied concept is a critical strategic option in today''s competitve environment. Managers and researchers have therefore increased their study and understanding of the concept as a strategic marketing imperative to capture market share and improve profitability. The theoretical perspective is that service quality, competitive pricing as well as company image and reputation contribute to customer satisfaction and that service quality along a number of pathways drives customer loyalty and profitability of the firm. We investigated empirically the relative importance of these factors in driving customer loyalty and profitability by analysing perspectives of retail customers of Ghana''s banking Industry. Our study reveals among others that whilst service quality and bank image and reputation are important drivers of customer satisfaction and loyalty, competitive pricing showed weak linear relationship with customer satisfaction and loyalty. Finally, we discussed the management implications of our study. This book should be especially useful to academics, students as well as marketing and strategy professionals.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 84 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Physical activity has been shown to play a pivotal role in decreasing risk of diseases including many cancers. However, there is limited data supporting its relationship with ovarian cancer. A systematic review was undertaken to accurately summarise the change in risk of ovarian cancer with different activity levels. This interim report presents the conceptual issues central to the above study along with a narrative analysis on the trials included in the review. A rigorous procedure was implemented to locate and appraise relevant literature. Selection criteria were applied to the studies located and data was extracted from the eligible studies. 17 papers representing a total of 14 different observational studies met the selection criteria and were included in the review. Overall, more case-control studies than cohorts demonstrated a statistically significant inverse relationship between physical activity and ovarian cancer and seven studies found a significant dose- response. The limited data available are indicative of an inverse association between physical activity and ovarian cancer risk.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 92 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -The aim of this study was to compare Finnish and Russian communication patterns in corporate situations, to find out whether these manners are different, and to demonstrate practical examples of possible differences. Nowadays due to the globalization process intercultural communication plays crucial role in business sustainability. Many researchers put their efforts into investigating the communication patterns of Finnish and Russian cultures during the negotiation process. However, there will never be enough knowledge about the similarity and diversity between different countries. This is due to the fact that any present knowledge becomes outdated as a result of a continuous adaptation process within a culture to changes in current global conditions. The main results of the study show that there are obvious differences in corporate communication patterns between the two investigated cultures. These differences make the intercultural negotiation process more challenging and demanding, but at the same time curious and interesting.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system plays a pivotal role in the growth of an organization by fostering the decision making process, by making the right information available to the right people at a right time. Growth of start-up companies are often plagued by unavailability of information at the right time to make decisions. This is essentially due to lack of standardization of core business process (a precursor for building ERP system). In addition to this, building channels for collecting, analyzing and retrieving data at various levels in the organization and identifying cost-effective technology also heralds in building a powerful ERP system. This book gives insights on standardization of core business processes and designing ERP system for a company called 'Rural Opportunities Production Enterprise' (ROPE) using 'Tiny ERP' (an open source platform).Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -This book/thesis is meant to establish how to position Botswana Development Corporation (BDC)in the market aginst the prevailing cut throat competition. BDC is wholly owned by Botswana government and its competitors are other project financing parastatals (NDB and CEDA) and c ommercial banks. Various strategies have been suggested in the thesis of how the Corporation can compete and be able to survive.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 108 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Over the last decade, the use of online banking services has increased massively but this increase has been primarily in developed economies. With this boom in popularity has come the need for introducing these services to other parts of the developing world. However, little academic literature exists on the prerequisites to implement online banking services to these areas. This book concentrates on online banking situation in the developing country of Cameroon. The fact is traditional methods of accessing banking services are no longer adequate, as the internet provides a new and effective way of accessing these services. This book provides insight on the prerequisites to implement online banking in a third world economy. Online banking concepts are explained in detail with an in-depth study on how the United Kingdom, Finland and Malaysia implemented their online banking systems. The book concludes with detailed prerequisites necessary to make possible an online banking system in Cameroon. The results of this cutting-edge study will be useful to professionals in the banking sector, researchers and persons who utilizes online banking services.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 96 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -The thesis argues that the foreign policy of the former U.S. Administration under G. W. Bush''s leadership forms a coherent set of principles that can be called the Bush Doctrine. Four pillars of the Doctrine are identified and examined in detail: preventive war and war on terrorism, selective multilateralism, democratization and human dignity, and the maintenance of American military primacy. It is claimed then that the four pillars constitute a significant threat to the conduct of international relations based on rule of international law and institutions as well as do not promote the American foreign interests in long-run. The theoretical part of the work includes discussion of Realism and Liberal Internationalism as the main competing international relations theories. A conclusion is reached in favour of the Liberal Internationalist school of thought as forming more desirable and appropriate basis of the international order.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 60 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -This book represents the culmination of a research project that explores the relationships among variables that impact caregiver strain and depression among Older African American spousal caregivers of mates with Alzheimer''s Disease. Forty older spousal caregivers completed questionnaires that measured caregiver strain, depression, marital relationship quality, boundary ambiguity and spirituality. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson''s R, and multiple regression. Results revealed significant correlations between the variables of caregiver strain, depression and the quality of the marital relationship. Implications for practice regarding meeting the healthcare needs of spousal caregivers are also included. This work is an excellent resource for scholars,teachers,and individuals interested in issues that impact the lives of Spousal caregivers.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 104 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -The East Asian financial crisis in summer 1997 highly threatened the stability of the whole international monetary system. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) as an international institution being in charge of stability of international financial and monetary system could not restore stability in Thailand and financial distress engulfed much of the region. The IMF is criticized that it precipitated the crisis. This paper analysis the communication strategy and policy of the IMF demonstrated in Thailand. In particular, in a context of the IMF announcement¿s impact on the foreign exchange market and behavior of speculators. With the extension of the experimental investigation and on the basis of overall analysis of theories and empirical evidence, this paper suggests that the IMF¿s program announcement made at a mid of the crisis could contribute to the coordination of speculative attacks and thus, deepen instability.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 120 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Human security, as defined in this study, is concerned with freeing individuals from man-made violence and requires a comprehensive, cooperative and preventive policy approach to achieve its objective. The EU policies in the field of combat with trafficking in human beings, and with illicit accumulation, spread and flow of small arms and light weapons in Western Balkans reflect the evolving understanding of the notion of security in the EU. The comprehensive, preventive and cooperative nature of the EU policies in the fields examined, and their objective to prevent the violent impacts these problems can have on the individuals, express a concern on human security in the security considerations of the EU.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -The banking industry of Moldova is a mixed one comprising nationalized, private and foreign commercial banks. Many efforts have been made to explain the performance of these banks. Understanding the performance of banks requires knowledge about the profitability and the relationships between variables like market size and bank''s risk with profitability. Indeed, the performance evaluation of commercial banks is especially important today. Purpose of the analysis is the development of theoretical and practical framework of risk-profitability relationship and research of the optimum level of these variables in banking industry in Republic of Moldova.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Since a 1994 military coup brought to power the incumbent regime of President Yaya Jammeh, the Gambia''s foreign policy and democratization process greatly contributed towards shifting the dynamics of politics and security of the sub-region. Following a sanctioned developmental aid and three parliamentary and presidential elections, foreign policy in the Gambian foreign policy along the global political spectrum ushered the emergence of several new actors in region. Using contemporary political theory,this book carefully examined the military coup in The Gambia, the democratization process and the security implications of sanctioning aid for the minuscule West African nation. The book distinctively argued that sanctioning aid on resource poor small states largely determines foreign policy behavior, for reasons of survival, security and legitimacy. In the case of minuscule resource poor Gambia, the book concluded that suspending aid in the aftermath of the July 22nd, 1994 military Coup was not at all necessary,because the people needed that aid.The book outlined policy measures for the Gambia and developmental partners to progressively deal with her contradictions and challengesBooks on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 64 pp. Englisch.