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Dimensions of Poverty: Measurement, Epistemic Injustices, Activism (Philosophy and Poverty #2)
by Valentin Beck Henning Hahn Robert LepeniesThis anthology constitutes an important contribution to the interdisciplinary debate on poverty measurement and alleviation. Absolute and relative poverty—both within and across state boundaries—are standardly measured and evaluated in monetary terms. However, poverty researchers have highlighted the shortfalls of one-dimensional monetary metrics. A new consensus is emerging that effectively addressing poverty requires a nuanced understanding of poverty as a relational phenomenon involving deprivations in multiple dimensions, including health, standard of living, education and political participation. This volume advances the debate on poverty by providing a forum for philosophers and empirical researchers. It combines philosophically sound analysis and genuinely global research on poverty's social embeddedness. Next to an introduction to this interdisciplinary field—which links Practical Philosophy, Development Economics, Political Science, and Sociology—it contains articles by leading international experts and early career scholars. The contributors analyse the concept of poverty, detail its multiple dimensions, reveal epistemic injustices in poverty research, and reflect on the challenges of poverty-related social activism. The unifying theme connecting this volume's contributions is that poverty must be understood as a multidimensional and socially relational phenomenon, and that this insight can enhance our efforts to measure and alleviate poverty.
Dimensions of Teaching Business Ethics in Asia
by Parissa Haghirian Stephan RothlinA growing number of higher education institutions in Asia are now integrating ethics courses in their curricula. But the challenge remains to develop courses that can effectively reach their objectives, and to create and use teaching materials appropriate to the particular profile of the students and executives in different regions and cultures. In this context, enhancing awareness for ethical dilemmas, proposing frameworks and models to help managers handle difficult choices and demanding decisions - while not being moralistic and imposing values - , and presenting alternative approaches through recent and relevant cases are the main objectives of this book. It examines teaching methods, learning tools and pedagogical methods effective in the teaching of ethics within the particular context of the rich diversity of Asian cultures, and discusses ethics courses curricula, aiming at developing the capacity to deal with a number of issues such as corruption, intellectual property protection, whistle blowing and consumer rights. The relevance and limits of Asian philosophical and spiritual traditions and how their underlying values can be a meaningful aspect in the teaching of ethics to managers and business leaders are explored, as are the benefits and limits of corporate codes of conduct and ways to enhance their effectiveness. A similar approach is taken to the introduction of "oaths" and "ethics pledges" among business students, which has been promoted in some business schools.
Dimensions of the Sustainable City
by Mike Jenks Colin JonesThe CityForm consortium's latest book, Dimensions of the Sustainable City, is the first book to report on an empirical multi-disciplinary study specifically designed to address urban sustainability. Drawing together the various dimensions of sustainability - economic, social, transport, energy and ecological - the book examines their relationships both to each other and to urban form. The book investigates the sustainability dimensions of cities through a series of projects based on a common list of elements of urban form, and which draw on the consortium's latest research to review the sustainability issues of each dimension. The elements of urban form include density, land use, location, accessibility, transport infrastructure and characteristics of the built environment. The book also addresses issues such as adapting cities, psychological and ecological benefits of green space and sustainable lifestyles, each presenting a critical review of the relevant literature followed by an empirical analysis presenting the key results. Based on studies across five UK cities, the book draws out findings of relevance to sustainable cities worldwide. As well as an invaluable reference to researchers in sustainable planning and urban design, the book will provide a useful text for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses and for policy makers dealing with these issues. The CityForm consortium is a multi-disciplinary group of researchers from five universities funded by the UK Engineering and Physical Science Research Council from 2003-07.
Dinamiche Di Gruppo E Team Building: Un Manuale
by Hiriyappa BTi sei mai domandato come si deve fare per diventare un professionista di successo? Questo libro ti prende per mano e ti guida verso il successo. Rafforza l'idea che un team è sempre più furbo del singolo. La metodologia euristica seguita in questo libro facile da seguire ti permette di consultare il libro in ogni momento. Le idee vengono fornite in una lista per facilitarne la lettura. Buona carriera.
Dinerograma. El eneagrama del dinero: Nueve pasos hacia la verdadera riqueza
by Nacho MühlenbergUna guía para conocerte mejor, transformar tu relación con el dinero y alcanzar así la verdadera riqueza a través del eneagrama. «Combina la profunda sabiduría psicológica del eneagrama con lúcidas reflexiones para la conquista de la prosperidad».Álex Rovira «Escrito con extraordinaria claridad y fluidez, Dinerograma de Nacho Mühlenberg va a ayudar a mucha gente».Francesc Miralles «Una guía fantástica para vivir una vida de verdadera abundancia».Verónica Blume ¿Por qué algunas personas ahorran cada céntimo y otras derrochan sin mesura? ¿Por qué algunas generan dinero con mucha facilidad y otras sobreviven día a día? ¿Por qué algunas planifican sus finanzas al detalle y otras se limitan a improvisar? Nacho Mühlenberg, experto en eneagrama y educación financiera, explica en este libro cómo nos relacionamos con el dinero según nuestra personalidad o eneatipo y nos ayuda a transformar nuestros miedos, creencias, conductas, y deseos en relación con él para conseguir riqueza de forma práctica y vivir el estilo de vida que cada uno quiera. En nueve pasos sencillos y accesibles, Dinerograma proporciona una hoja de ruta para pasar de ser un ignorante en las finanzas a tener el control económico de nuestra vida. «Este es un libro muy original a la vez que práctico. Combina la profunda sabiduría psicológica del eneagrama con lúcidas reflexiones para la buena gestión y la conquista de la prosperidad. Leerlo te permitirá conocerte mejor para así gestionar de manera óptima tu realización económica. Te lo recomiendo vivamente».ÁLEX ROVIRA, autor best seller de La buena suerte «Escrito con extraordinaria claridad y fluidez, Dinerograma, de Nacho Mühlenberg, va a ayudar a mucha gente. Si lo hubiera tenido en mis manos durante mis épocas oscuras, me habría ahorrado mucho sufrimiento económico y terrenal».FRANCESC MIRALLES, autor best seller de Ikigai «Este libro es una guía fantástica para vivir una vida de verdadera abundancia y reconocer nuestros patrones con el dinero. ¡Lectura más que necesaria en los tiempos que vivimos!».VERÓNICA BLUME, exmodelo, profesora de yoga y empresaria
Dinesh Moorjani and Hatch Labs
by Shikhar Ghosh Allison M. Ciechanover Jeff Huizinga Christopher StantonThis case is about Tinder. It discusses different business models and ways of structuring the initial team. With a $6 million investment from IAC/Interactive in 2010, Dinesh Moorjani founded Hatch Labs to build mobile apps. His mission was to attract entrepreneurial talent to work on Lab projects which, after gaining traction, could be acquired by IAC or spun out as independent companies. To pitch talent to work at Hatch, Moorjani laid out a framework to compare the expected returns to founding an independent company versus joining an incubator. While Hatch provided lower levels of equity ownership in a single company, Moorjani argued that the complementary inputs provided by the Lab and the diversification from holding equity in the portfolio of Lab projects made the incubator structure attractive. After growing several projects from different teams, at the end of the case, Moorjani faces two critical choices: Should he support a B2B merchant services business or a dating app, Glow (a disguised name for Tinder). Second, should he go forward with a second Hatch Labs? Was the success of the first Hatch experiment replicable? The case can be supplemented with a startup valuation Exercise (#818-705), and a technical/background note on "Valuing Employee Equity at Early Stage Ventures" (#819-167).
Dinosaur Derivatives and Other Trades
by Jeremy JosseVenture deep into the heart of finance's weird and wonderful paradoxesDinosaur Derivatives and Other Trades is an entertaining and compelling tour de force highlighting the paradoxes inherent to the modern financial system. Presented as a series of striking case studies, this book explores certain enigmatic or philosophical puzzles in the finance industry; some of these puzzles may seem slightly absurd at first glance, but all are very relevant to the way finance is conducted in the real world. Each story highlights specific hypocrisies or moral dilemmas that lie at the heart of the system, guiding readers through the challenges of finance by way of innovative and memorable paradigms. Written in clear, accessible language, this book doesn't claim to offer original financial theory or philosophy as such, but instead deepens the reader's understanding of the system and stimulates independent consideration of the current state of affairs.The financial world, so often viewed as a rather dull place, is secretly alive with possibilities of strange and sometimes wonderful conundrums. There is the possibility, for instance, of a Manhattan auction house selling derivatives to buy swift-swimming predators known as Megalodons (thought to be extinct for millions of years). This book explores this and other curious propositions to point out the paradoxes of finance.Explore the meaning of "value" in different contextsLearn what the Old Testament can teach us about risk and uncertaintyExamine an alternative take on the 2007/2008 credit crisisConsider how the "financial innovation" trend impacts the industryTo truly understand something, it is necessary to crawl deep into the metaphorical underbelly and have a look around. Dinosaur Derivatives and Other Trades provides the itinerary, and the insightful discussion that stimulates curiosity.
Dinosaurier AG: So überleben Sie und Ihr Unternehmen die Digitalisierung
by Martin FritschVor dem Jahr 1990 geborene Leser riskieren das professionelle Aussterben. Sie mögen es noch nicht registriert haben, aber Ihre Tage sind gezählt. Sie haben das Internet nicht mit der Muttermilch aufgesogen, erinnern sich an ein Leben ohne Smartphones und kommunizieren ungelenk auf sozialen Netzwerken. Die Ankunft der Millennials zwingt Sie, sich selbst neu zu erfinden, falls Sie Ihren Platz an der Spitze der professionellen Nahrungskette behalten wollen. Selbst das wird Sie nicht retten, falls Sie für eine Dinosaurier AG arbeiten. Eine Bruchlandung Ihrer Firma führt zumeist auch zu einem Absturz Ihrer persönlichen Karriere. Dieses Buch erlaubt es Ihnen, festzustellen, ob Sie für einen kurz vor dem Aussterben stehenden Dinosaurier tätig sind und wie Sie Ihr Unternehmen aus der Kreidezeit in das dritte Jahrtausend katapultieren können. Arbeitgeber bevorzugen native Nutzer digitaler Technologien und eliminieren steinzeitliche Schlachtrösser wie Sie und mich lieber gestern als heute. Ihre persönlichen beruflichen Überlebenschancen hängen von Ihrem Dinosaurier-Quotienten ab; paradoxerweise je höher, desto besser. Der einfach durchführbare Dinosaurier-Quotienten-Test in diesem Buch ermöglicht Ihnen eine Analyse Ihrer Berufschancen und gibt Ihnen leicht umsetzbare Empfehlungen, diese zu verbessern. Ein weiterer Test misst den Millenniums-Quotienten Ihres Unternehmens, der Ihnen sagt, wie zukunftssicher Ihr Arbeitgeber ist.
Dinosaurs or Dynamos: The United Nations and the World Bank at the Turn of the Century
by Helge Ole Bergesen Leiv LundeExplores how much and what the World Bank and the United Nations can really be expected to achieve. The text begins with a detailed account of the evolution of the two organizations as multilateral development institutions and then focuses on the functions that the World Bank and the UN carry out, and the governing structures that underlie their activities. The authors then go on to question what need there is for these two multilateral institutions in the next century and which tasks they can undertake in promoting world development. Both the United Nations (UN) and the World Bank have repeatedly proclaimed their solemn ambitions to improve the lot of humankind. Dinosaurs or Dynamos? explores how much, and what, they can really be expected to do. Both have extended their functions far beyond their original mandates, while their decision-making structures have remained basically unaltered despite recent adaptations on the part of the World Bank. Such expansions have created serious strains on both organizations. The UN has ambitions to perform tasks, such as the search for 'good governance' and 'sustainable development', for which it is ill equipped. The World Bank has taken on normative functions - 'the premier development institution' - that are incompatible with its traditional structures. The authors ask, what need is there for these two multilateral development institutions in the next century? Which tasks in promoting world development can they undertake that others cannot? To whom are these institutions politically accountable, who sets their agendas and are they credible given financial constraints? Dinosaurs or Dynamos? is an essential guide for those working within the international community, non-governmental organizations, governments and students of development, economics, politics and international relations.
Dinr: My First Start-Up (A)
by Shikhar Ghosh Kristina MaslauskaiteIn May 2012, a young employee at Google's London office, Markus Berger, was thinking whether he should quit his job and go after his dream of becoming an entrepreneur. Berger's idea was to create Dinr, a company that would offer an upscale food ingredient delivery service in London. A customer would choose a recipe on Dinr's website and would receive all premeasured ingredients the same evening at their doorstep. Contrary to many existing similar companies, Dinr would not require a weekly subscription, but would operate one-off orders like other traditional food delivery services. Berger had already carried out an Alpha-test of the service and completed an in-depth survey of potential customers to explore the market. Most of the feedback was positive, which confirmed Berger's intuition about this market opportunity. Berger had found a more experienced co-founder with technical expertise, who was willing to join Dinr part-time and gathered 40,000 of initial capital. Yet, making the decision to leave his corporate job and become an entrepreneur was not easy: was Dinr a good business opportunity? Would it be attractive to outside investors? What were the risks involved?
Dinr: My First Start-Up (A)
by Shikhar Ghosh Kristina MaslauskaiteIn May 2012, a young employee at Google's London office, Markus Berger, was thinking whether he should quit his job and go after his dream of becoming an entrepreneur. Berger's idea was to create Dinr, a company that would offer an upscale food ingredient delivery service in London. A customer would choose a recipe on Dinr's website and would receive all premeasured ingredients the same evening at their doorstep. Contrary to many existing similar companies, Dinr would not require a weekly subscription, but would provide one-off orders like other traditional food delivery services. Berger had already carried out an alpha-test of the service and completed an in-depth survey of potential customers to explore the market. Most of the feedback was positive, which confirmed Berger's intuition about this market opportunity. Berger had found a more experienced co-founder with technical expertise who was willing to join Dinr part time and gathered 40,000 of initial capital. Yet, making the decision to leave his corporate job and become an entrepreneur was not easy: was Dinr a good business opportunity? Would it be attractive to outside investors? What were the risks involved?
Dinámicas de Grupo y Formación de Equipos
by Karla Cabello Rodríguez Hiriyappa BDinámicas de Grupo y Formación de Equipos es una guía de mucha ayuda para aquellos que están dispuestos a trabajar con un equipo y desean ser líderes, así como también liderar un Proyecto en una organización.
Dinâmica dos grupos e desenvolvimento de equipes: um manual
by Gabriel Borges Santos Hiriyappa BJá se perguntou o que é necessário para se tornar um profissional cheio de conquistas? Esse livro o leva pelo caminho rumo ao sucesso. Ressalta que uma equipe sempre supera indivíduos. A metodologia heurística abordada nesse livro, que é simples de acompanhar, permite que você o consulte a qualquer hora. As ideias estão agrupadas em formato de listagem, que facilita a leitura. Tenha uma carreira de sucesso.
Dios y el dinero: Bienaventurados los pobres
by André Cronje¿Alguna vez has pensado en lo que dice Dios acerca del dinero y la riqueza? Lee historias financieras reales y encontrarás aplicaciones prácticas a las leyes espirituales que Jesús enseñó sobre cómo prosperar y acumular tesoros para ti mismo en el cielo.
Dip Your Toe into Real Estate Investing
by Mark HayesFrom the entertainment value of home flipping on reality television to managing rental properties or partnering on an apartment complex, the tantalizing possibilities of real estate investing are everywhere.?Despite the enticement, attempting to buy, manage, or sell property is not a venture for the ill-prepared. Fortunately, real estate investor Mark Hayes is here to help you get ready. Dip Your Toe into Real Estate Investing offers an easy-to-follow guide for newcomers and old hands alike. Discover the pros and cons and the ins and outs of real estate investing. Determine what kind of investor you want to be and learn what you need to know about the different types of properties available, purchasing your first piece of land or a home, and acquiring financing. More experienced investors will find tips for building a team of professionals to improve and sell properties for the best profit possible. With Mark&’s experience and insights, you can make the tantalizing dream of profitable real estate investing a reality.
Diplomacy and Displacement: Reconsidering the Turco-Greek Exchange of Populations, 1922–1934 (Middle East Studies: History, Politics & Law)
by Onur YildirimThis study presents a comprehensive, balanced and factually grounded narrative of the Turco-Greek Exchange of Populations as a historic event that has been the subject of much distortion in the historiographical traditions of nationalist lore in Greece and Turkey, as well as in scholarly publications of various sorts elsewhere over the span of the past eighty years. Diplomacy and Displacement contributes to the general literature on the Exchange by incorporating into the broader picture the Turkish dimension of the event, particularly the Turkish side of the decision-making process, and the episode of the Muslim refugees that have been left outside the scope of the research agenda, thereby, breaking up the established notion of the Exchange skewed towards the Greek side. It thus sheds doubt on the success paradigm attributed to this event. By adopting a people-centered approach to the Lausanne Treaty and its consequences, the book offers a critique of official versions of the story and encourages people to consider policy decisions together with their huge and often devastating implications for the lives of ordinary people.
Diplomacy and Negotiation for Humanitarian NGOs
by Albert Simard Larry Winter Roeder Jr.Diplomacy and Funding for Humanitarian Non-Profits is a practical guide to best practices in diplomacy and negotiation for non-profits (NGOs) who work to convince governments and international institutions to effectively protect humans through disaster assistance, sustainable development and the protection of cultures. The volume proposes a holistic approach to humanitarian assistance by integrating non-traditional and traditional humanitarian partners. Users of the book will be prepared to speak to diplomats and government officials in any setting, including war zones. The book mainly focuses on approaching local and national governments, the United Nations system, the international Red Cross movement and other international organizations. The reader will learn the rules of "diplomatic protocol", and much about the rules and procedures of major international bodies, as well as how to leverage media and knowledge management for planning, establishing, and managing a humanitarian initiative. To provide balance and real world relevance, the guide draws on a compilation of the extensive activities of both authors across a range of development, emergency management, knowledge management, and climate issues in government and in the NGO world, as well as interviews with a broad range of scholars and officials from NGOs, diplomatic missions, the media, the United Nations, the Red Cross, governments and corporations.
Diplomacy as a Social World: Role Images and Diplomatic Memoirs (Routledge New Diplomacy Studies)
by Benedikt FranzThis book proposes a reconceptualization of diplomacy as a social world, which has implications for the study of diplomatic memoirs as speech acts and forms of communication in relation to role images of diplomats.In contrast to the dominant paradigm of Bourdieu-inspired practice theory, which focuses on struggles for position and power, this book proposes to understand diplomacy as a social world. From this vantage point, the intrinsic logic of diplomacy is situated within its own universe of discourse, which has its own manner of communicating and interacting. One element of this universe is role images. The work argues that memoirs by former diplomats serve as a pivotal medium through which diplomatic role models circulating in the wider public sphere are (re)produced. To this end, however, it is necessary to read self-narratives by diplomats not as sources for past events, but as speech acts and communication. The book applies this framework to an empirical analysis of 40 memoirs by former German ambassadors. The result of this analysis is the identification of five diplomatic role models: messenger, traveler, representative, reasonable actor, and relational actor.This book will be of much interest to students of diplomacy studies, foreign policy, social theory, and International Relations in general.
Diplomacy on Ice
by James Gustave Speth Rebecca H Pincus Saleem H AliAs the race for resources in distant parts of the planet gathers momentum, most discussion has centered on the potential for conflict, environmental destruction, and upheaval from climate change. This important book shifts the conversation about the Arctic and Antarctic from conflict to cooperation. A multidisciplinary roster of experts provides fresh views of the polar regions, focusing on diplomacy and the potential for cooperative international decision-making. Collectively the contributors illustrate the breadth of issues that complicate governance in the Arctic and Antarctic, as well as parallels and differences between the politics of the two poles.
Diplomacy, Organisations and Citizens: A European Communication Perspective
by Sónia Pedro Sebastião Susana de Carvalho SpínolaThis book uses an innovative interdisciplinary approach to explain how communication is a necessary condition for diplomacy in a digital and relationship-driven world. Divided into three parts, it highlights the importance of communication strategies and processes in contemporary society and in current global socio-political events in general, particularly within the field of diplomacy. The first part discusses the main theoretical debates that shaped the central concepts of the project, while the second part of the book presents further practical approaches and examples of diplomatic practice. Lastly, the third part focuses on pedagogical and methodological approaches, which can be useful in diplomacy and communication classes and for the implementation of a European curriculum. This interdisciplinary book will appeal to students, researchers, policy-makers, and practitioners from various disciplines, including international relations, political science, business, and communication.
Diplomas and Diplomacy
by Aroop MukharjiThe first published work to chart the history of theMarshall Scholarship, this book details the origins of the Scholarship in theBritish Foreign Office and subsequently traces the award's evolution throughthe careers and narratives of a range of Scholars. It further explores thecomplex and dynamic interaction between education and diplomacy through thebroader lens of Anglo-American relations by way of extensive primary-sourcedocument research, interviews, and statistical analysis.
Diplomatic Strategies of Nations in the Global South: The Search for Leadership
by Jacqueline Braveboy-WagnerAt a time of change in the international system, this book examines how non-traditional leading nations from the Global South have fared to date and what the chances are of their rise to continue. In the second decade of the twenty-first century, the enthusiasm of observers of the international scene about the “rise of the rest” is waning as many countries that were expected to lead the evolving multipolar order are experiencing economic contraction and governance problems. In order to predict further developments, the contributors to this volume focus on the types and sources of the diplomatic strategies that must be executed by rising states if they are to preserve domestic advances as well as gain influence regionally and internationally. Through a comprehensive examination of case studies from Latin America, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, they show that while there are commonalities among these rising states, unique domestic conditions, values, and traditions impact and predict diplomatic strategizing and the ability for sustained projection on the international scene.
Direct Democracy or Directed Democracy? The Battle over the Initiative and Referendum in Massachusetts (1918)
by David A. Moss Dean GrodzinsOn Election Day in 1918, Massachusetts voters would have to decide not only on their preferred candidates for governor and U.S. Senator, but also whether or not to approve 19 proposed amendments to the state constitution. By far the most controversial of these would establish a state process of initiative and referendum. The initiative would empower private citizens to write both laws and constitutional amendments, and pass them, even over the opposition of a majority of the state legislature. The referendum would allow voters to rescind laws that the legislature had passed. Behind this proposed amendment lay nearly three decades of agitation, both in the state and nationally, for "direct democracy" in America. The initiative and referendum-or "I&R" for short-had become a key demand of progressivism, the diverse movement for economic, social, and political reform that swept the nation for nearly two decades after 1900. By 1918, 19 states, mostly in the West, and hundreds of counties and municipalities, including a number of cities in Massachusetts, had adopted some form of I&R. Opposition to a statewide I&R provision in Massachusetts, however, remained fierce. Opponents claimed it would threaten the rights of minorities, give undue influence to small but well organized interest groups, and place needless burdens on voters. Proponents urged the people to empower themselves and take back control of the state from the "invisible government" of party bosses and corporate lobbyists. Now, with the election approaching, Massachusetts voters would have to decide.
Direct Foreign Investment in Asia and the Pacific
by Peter DrysdaleThis volume appears at a time when there is tremendous interest in direct investment of one country in the industry of another. It brings together papers by leading economists from North America, Australia and Asia, and provides an excellent introduction to this currently important economic issue. The contributions include original and comprehensive surveys of experience with, and policies towards, direct foreign investment in the Asian-Pacific region. Of particular interest are the discussion of investment within and from Japan and the synthesis of studies on North America, Australia, and the developing Asian countries. The book is a valuable guide for policy-makers and businessmen, and should serve as an essential text for students of foreign investment. General readers will find answers here to many questions on the economics of countries which encourage foreign investment or invest considerably outside their own shores.