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Safety and Reliability Modeling and Its Applications

Safety and Reliability Modeling and Its Applications combines work by leading researchers in engineering, statistics and mathematics who provide innovative methods and solutions for this fast-moving field. Safety and reliability analysis is one of the most multidimensional topics in engineering today. Its rapid development has created many opportunities and challenges for both industrialists and academics, while also completely changing the global design and systems engineering environment. As more modeling tasks can now be undertaken within a computer environment using simulation and virtual reality technologies, this book helps readers understand the number and variety of research studies focusing on this important topic.The book addresses these important recent developments, presenting new theoretical issues that were not previously presented in the literature, along with solutions to important practical problems and case studies that illustrate how to apply the methodology. Uses case studies from industry practice to explain innovative solutions to real world safety and reliability problems Addresses the full interdisciplinary range of topics that influence this complex field Provides brief introductions to important concepts, including stochastic reliability and Bayesian methods

Corporate Social Responsibility in a Dynamic Global Environment

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This book highlights the latest research on responsible business and its practical implications for the economy, society, academia, and politics. It presents selected contributions from respected scholars and experts who have conducted international research on corporate social responsibility, sustainability, ethics, corporate governance, finance, and responsible investing. The book examines the spreading and enhancement of CSR and sustainability at the micro, meso, and macro levels, especially in light of their increased relevance following the recent pandemic.Taken together, the results of the empirically and theoretically based contributions offer a unique and multi-faceted perspective on current global trends and expected developments in this area. They cover a wide range of contexts and situations, helping readers expand their knowledge and drive effective change to tap their organizations’ full potential.

The Moral Economy of the Peasant

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James C. Scott places the critical problem of the peasant household—subsistence—at the center of this study. The fear of food shortages, he argues persuasively, explains many otherwise puzzling technical, social, and moral arrangements in peasant society, such as resistance to innovation, the desire to own land even at some cost in terms of income, relationships with other people, and relationships with institutions, including the state.Once the centrality of the subsistence problem is recognized, its effects on notions of economic and political justice can also be seen. Scott draws from the history of agrarian society in lower Burma and Vietnam to show how the transformations of the colonial era systematically violated the peasants’ “moral economy” and created a situation of potential rebellion and revolution.Demonstrating keen insights into the behavior of people in other cultures and a rare ability to generalize soundly from case studies, Scott offers a different perspective on peasant behavior that will be of interest particularly to political scientists, anthropologists, sociologists, and Southeast Asianists.“The book is extraordinarily original and valuable and will have a very broad appeal. I think the central thesis is correct and compelling.”—Clifford Geertz“In this major work, … Scott views peasants as political and moral actors defending their values as well as their individual security, making his book vital to an understanding of peasant politics.”—Library JournalJames C. Scott is professor of political science at Yale University.

Migration and Remittances In Moldova

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Labor migration and remittances, which have increasingly become a part of the global landscape, have profound economic and social consequences. Moldova, a small low-income country where an estimated one-third of the economically active population has been working abroad, is an interesting illustration of this trend. Drawing on household survey data, this Special Issues paper explains why Moldovan workers go abroad and how their remittances are used. With this background, it provides insights into policy challenges of coping with, and maximizing benefits from, international labor mobility and the large inflows of remittances.

Environmental Management Accounting

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Sustainable development will not happen without substantial contributions from and leading roles of companies and business organizations. This requires the provision of adequate information on corporate social and ecological impacts and performance. For the last decade, progress has been made in developing and adapting accounting mechanisms to these needs but significant work is still needed to tackle the problems associated with conventional accounting.Until recently, research on environmental management accounting (EMA) has concentrated on developed countries and on cost–benefit analysis of implementing individual EMA tools. Using a comparative case study design, this book seeks to redress the balance and improve the understanding of EMA in management decision-making in emerging countries, focussing specifically on South-East Asian companies. Drawing on 12 case studies, taken from a variety of industries, Environmental Management Accounting: Case Studies of South-East Asian Companies explores the relationship between decision situations and the motivation for, and barriers to, the application of clusters of EMA tools as well as the implementation process itself.This book will be useful to scholars interested in the environmental and sustainability management accounting research field and those considering specific approaches to EMA within emerging economies.

International Human Resources Management

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This book covers the issues related to human resource management (HRM) in an international context. It gives perspectives and future direction in International HRM research. The chapters explore the models, tools and processes used by international organizations in order to assist international managers to better face the challenges and changes in HRM. It is suitable to HR managers, engineers, entrepreneurs, practitioners, academics and researchers in the field.

Il trionfo dell'ingiustizia

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Oggi nel mondo i ricchi pagano meno tasse dei poveri. Su questa plateale ingiustizia Saez e Zucman offrono uno sguardo onesto e schietto. Con un'indagine quasi poliziesca sui sistemi di tassazione e sui cambiamenti che hanno subito nel corso dei decenni, fondono storia e acuta analisi economica. Ma fanno di piú: aprono la strada a nuove proposte. Perché far pagare le tasse ai ricchi si può e si deve, per ridurre l'imperante disuguaglianza globale. Con chiarezza e una prosa brillante spiegano fenomeni come la spirale di competizione sulle tasse tra le diverse nazioni oppure la crescita di una nuova industria per aggirare le tasse; e come tutto questo concorra a creare nelle singole nazioni sistemi oligarchici e plutocratici, in cui i ricchi pagano poco e i poveri sono sommersi dalle tasse. Lanciando un grido d'allarme, questi due giovani e talentuosi economisti propongono una reinvenzione visionaria, democratica e pratica della tassazione che permetta alla giustizia di trionfare in tutti i campi della società.

Cybersecurity

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Cybersecurity has become a critical area to focus after recent hack attacks to key infrastructure and personal systems. This book reviews the building blocks of cybersecurity technologies and demonstrates the application of various technology intelligence methods through big data. Each chapter uses a different mining method to analyze these technologies through different kinds of data such as patents, tweets, publications, presentations, and other sources. It also analyzes cybersecurity methods in sectors such as manufacturing, energy and healthcare.

An Introduction to Corporate Environmental Management

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This book is designed to meet the urgent need for a comprehensive and definitive introduction and teaching text on corporate environmental management. It aims to become the standard textbook for courses examining how business can take the environment into account while also providing an accessible and thorough overview of this increasingly multidisciplinary subject for practitioners.Written by the internationally acknowledged experts Stefan Schaltegger and Roger Burritt (authors of the highly influential Contemporary Environmental Accounting) along with Holger Petersen, the book invites the reader to join in an exploration of the ways in which companies can engage in environmental management and why such engagement can be profitable for business. The reader is invited to: examine whether the contents reflect their own experience, takes their experience further, or opposes their own views; note which of the ideas presented are especially important, add to those ideas, or encourage a reaction (positive or negative); answer questions creatively (based on their own perspective of the issues); encourage themselves to be inspired by questions, which can be investigated further through other written sources of information, such as books you will be guided to through the bibliography, the Internet or the general media; and think about and plan the ways in which the knowledge provided can be implemented in your own situation.The book is organised into four main sections. First, the fundamental ideas and linkages behind business management, the environment and sustainable development are briefly but clearly sketched. The second part of the book outlines the criteria against which environmentally oriented business management can be assessed and the fields of action in which success can be achieved. The third part presents a discussion and examples of strategies for environmental management, which are linked, in the fourth part, to the essential tools of environmental management, especially green marketing, environmental accounting and eco-control.The book is full of case studies and examples related to the main contents of each chapter and each chapter provides a number of questions for the student or reader to address.An Introduction to Corporate Environmental Management is both a textbook and a sourcebook. The reader can either work through the material in a structured way or dip into the content and follow up on specific areas of interest. The materials are designed to be used for understanding and reference, rather than to be learned by heart. The primary aim is for the reader to obtain a practical understanding of the relationship between management and environmental issues which can be applied in day-to-day situations-whether as part of a student's wider view of management or within the practitioner's real-world situation. It will be essential reading for many years to come.

Active Enterprise Intelligence™

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In den letzten Jahren hat sich die klassische Business Intelligence, die eher strategische und taktische Fragestellungen zu beantworten suchte, zum unternehmenskritischen Wettbewerbsfaktor weiterentwickelt und wird zunehmend mit operationalen Themenstellungen des Data Warehousing kombiniert. Active Enterprise Intelligence (AEI) ist der ganzheitliche Ansatz einer Informationslogistik von Teradata, der zwischen Strategic und Operational Intelligence unterscheidet, diese aber in einer integrierten Betrachtungsweise auf Basis eines unternehmensweiten Active Data Warehouses wieder zusammenführt.Dieses Buch stellt erstmals einen Gesamtzusammenhang von Teradatas Ansatz von Active Enterprise Intelligence und der St. Galler Schule der Unternehmensweiten Informationslogistik her. Auf Grundlage des St. Galler Business Engineering-Frameworks werden aktuelle Herausforderungen und Lösungsansätze der Informationslogistik ganzheitlich und konsistent betrachtet und Hinweise zur Gestaltung der Informationslogistik auf den Ebenen Strategie, Organisation und Informationssysteme gegeben. Teradatas Vorgehensmodell zur Einführung eines unternehmensweiten Active Data Warehouses beschreibt die vielfach geprüfte Teradata-Methodologie. Ausgewählte Schwerpunktthemen vertiefen für die Umsetzung relevante Fragestellungen.

What You Need to Know about Starting a Business

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Ever wanted to be an entrepreneur? Ever wanted to control what you do, when you do it and stop just making money for someone else? Now is your chance. Starting up a business has never been more exciting.This book explains what you really need to know to make your business a success:• How you'll know if you've got a good idea• The practicalities of setting up a company• How to manage the money• How to sell what you do• How to make sure you stay soon through it all.This is the book you need to swagger into the Dragon's Den full of confidence.

Maple Leaf Simply Fresh (A)

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A new line of chilled ready meals has been developed after significant technological breakthroughs in food processing by Maple Leaf Consumer Foods. In the (A) case in this four part series, the vice-president (VP) of innovation and brand development is convening a group meeting to finalize ambitious launch plans.

Summary of Chris Miller’s Chip War

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Get the Summary of Chris Miller’s Chip War in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Every electronic device we use today, from smartphones to military weapons, is powered by the small silicon chips that gave Silicon Valley its name. In Chip War (2022), economic historian Chris Miller walks us through the highly competitive history of silicon chips, explaining how our world became defined by them and the small number of companies that produce them. Although the US has led the chip market for decades, the rapid rise of China’s chip industry threatens to remake the global economy and reset the balance of military power...

The Technological Republic

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From the Palantir co-founder, one of tech’s boldest thinkers and The Economist’s “best CEO of 2024,” and his deputy, a sweeping indictment of the West’s culture of complacency, arguing that timid leadership, intellectual fragility, and an unambitious view of technology’s potential in Silicon Valley have made the U.S. vulnerable in an era of mounting global threats. “Fascinating and important.”—Walter Isaacson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Elon MuskONE OF FINANCIAL TIMES’ MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF THE YEARSilicon Valley has lost its way. Our most brilliant engineering minds once collaborated with government to advance world-changing technologies. Their efforts secured the West’s dominant place in the geopolitical order. But that relationship has now eroded, with perilous repercussions.Today, the market rewards shallow engagement with the potential of technology. Engineers and founders build photo-sharing apps and marketing algorithms, unwittingly becoming vessels for the ambitions of others. This complacency has spread into academia, politics, and the boardroom. The result? An entire generation for whom the narrow-minded pursuit of the demands of a late capitalist economy has become their calling.In this groundbreaking treatise, Palantir co-founder and CEO Alexander C. Karp and Nicholas W. Zamiska offer a searing critique of our collective abandonment of ambition, arguing that in order for the U.S. and its allies to retain their global edge—and preserve the freedoms we take for granted—the software industry must renew its commitment to addressing our most urgent challenges, including the new arms race of artificial intelligence. The government, in turn, must embrace the most effective features of the engineering mindset that has propelled Silicon Valley’s success. Above all, our leaders must reject intellectual fragility and preserve space for ideological confrontation. A willingness to risk the disapproval of the crowd, Karp and Zamiska contend, has everything to do with technological and economic outperformance.At once iconoclastic and rigorous, this book will also lift the veil on Palantir and its broader political project from the inside, offering a passionate call for the West to wake up to our new reality.

Efficiency, Finance, and Varieties of Industrial Policy

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Industrial policy, once relegated to resource allocation, technological improvements, and the modernization of industries, should be treated as a serious component of sustainability and developmental economics. A rich set of complimentary institutions, shared behavioral norms, and public policies have sustained economic growth from Britain's industrial revolution onwards. This volume revisits the role of industrial policy in the success of these strategies and what it can offer developed and developing economies today. Featuring essays from experts invested in the expansion of industrial policies, topics discussed include the most effective use of industrial policies in learning economies, development finance, and promoting investment in regional and global contexts. Also included are in-depth case studies of Japan and India's experience with industrial policy in the banking and private sector. One essay revisits the theoretical and conceptual foundations of industrial policy from a structural economics perspective and another describes the models, packages, and transformation cycles that constitute a variety of approaches to implementation. The collection concludes with industrial strategies for facilitating quality growth, realizing more sustainable manufacturing development, and encouraging countries to industrialize around their natural resources.

Strategic Analytics: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review

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Is your company ready for the next wave of analytics?Data analytics offer the opportunity to predict the future, use advanced technologies, and gain valuable insights about your business. But unless you're staying on top of the latest developments, your company is wasting that potential--and your competitors will be gaining speed while you fall behind.Strategic Analytics: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review will provide you with today's essential thinking about what data analytics are capable of, what critical talents your company needs to reap their benefits, and how to adopt analytics throughout your organization--before it's too late.Business is changing. Will you adapt or be left behind?Get up to speed and deepen your understanding of the topics that are shaping your company's future with the Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review series. Featuring HBR's smartest thinking on fast-moving issues--blockchain, cybersecurity, AI, and more--each book provides the foundational introduction and practical case studies your organization needs to compete today and collects the best research, interviews, and analysis to get it ready for tomorrow. You can't afford to ignore how these issues will transform the landscape of business and society. The Insights You Need series will help you grasp these critical ideas--and prepare you and your company for the future.

O sinal e o ruído

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Ter acesso à informação nunca foi tão fácil. Apesar disso, enfrenta-se no dia a dia o desafio de saber o que é relevante em meio a um volume cada vez maior de dados. Entre as diferentes notícias, opiniões e pesquisas que chegam ao conhecimento da população, como identificar o que é útil no momento de traçar um plano, de se preparar para determinado acontecimento, de acertar uma previsão?Para o economista Nate Silver, garantir a qualidade da informação é o primeiro passo. Em O sinal e o ruído, ele examina casos de sucessos e fracassos para determinar o que os melhores previsores têm em comum em diversos campos de atividade, como ao avaliar o desempenho de um político em campanha, o estrago esperado de um furacão ou o avanço de uma epidemia perigosa.Silver demonstra que a interpretação correta de dados numéricos é essencial para a segurança e o progresso de nossa sociedade.“Nate Silver faz o mundo do futurismo parecer bem menos complicado... Um gênio.” Revista Exame“Silver emprega a estatística em nome do interesse geral e, ao introduzir métodos empíricos simples e eficazes, lança luz sobre questões polêmicas. Qualquer um com noções básicas de matemática pode acompanhar seu raciocínio.” The New York TimesBest-seller da Veja

10 Easy Tips & Hints - How to Save Money When Using a Lawyer

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10 Easy Tips & Hints - How to Save Money When Using a Lawyer. By Michael Anderson, Australian Corporate Lawyer of the Year. With over 15 years experience instructing lawyers Michael shares with you his simple top 10 tips of how to brief a lawyer. Michael helps you make cost effective use of a lawyer to keep your costs down and to achieve a focused and improved outcome for your business. Michael is known for "turning the legally complex into the commercially simple".

Choosing Profitable Niches

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Here’s what you’ll discover in this e-book: Learn what a niche is precisely. You’ll learn about niches and what exactly niche marketing is and how it can help you build a successful business. Why finding a niche for your online business is so important. Find out what makes a niche profitable. How to choose a niche that is right for your business. How to get started with your niche research. How to analyze your competition and why it is crucial for your success. Discover how to find your ideal customer. Find out how to build relationships with your target audience. Why it is so essential for you to choose a niche if you want to succeed as an online entrepreneur. The secrets to finding a profitable niche and learn about some of the high earning niche markets that you can choose. Find out how to choose a niche based on your interests and why choosing an evergreen niche is essential. How to sell as an affiliate and why this is an excellent way to get started in niche marketing. The secrets to finding hot keywords that will help you grab the maximum number of specifically targeted customers. How to organize your keywords into groups to discover potential buyers for your products and services. How to determine how many competitors are in a niche. Techniques for researching and surveying your target market so you can pinpoint precisely what their pain points are in your niche. How to utilize online surveys to gather information about your target audience.

Customer Satisfaction Evaluation

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This important new work provides a comprehensive discussion of the customer satisfaction evaluation problem by presenting an overview of the existing methodologies as well as the development and implementation of an original multicriteria method dubbed MUSA (MUlticriteria Satisfaction Analysis). The chief objective of MUSA is the development of a model able to evaluate the level of customer satisfaction both globally and partially for each of the characteristics or attributes of the product or service being considered. Furthermore, the method aims at providing an integrated set of results capable of analyzing customer needs and expectations and to justify their satisfaction level. And finally, the book examines the development of a decision support tool to help understand and apply results.Individual chapters consider the customer satisfaction problem, presenting the various quantitative and related consumer behavioral models; quality-based approaches; the MUSA method and its extensions and advanced topics; customer satisfaction surveys and barometers; applications of the MUSA method in real-world customer satisfaction surveys; and different information technology approaches related to customer satisfaction.Customer Satisfaction Evaluation: Methods for Measuring and Implementing Service Quality is intended for researchers and practitioners in marketing, quality management, service management, and anyone interested in applications of Multicriteria Decision Analysis (MCDA).

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