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DeWitt Clinton and Amos Eaton: Geology and Power in Early New York
by David I. SpanagelHow did geology and politics inform scientific ideas and contribute to New York's prominence in the early nineteenth century?David I. Spanagel explores the origins of American geology and the culture that promoted it in nineteenth-century New York. Focusing on Amos Eaton, the educator and amateur scientist who founded the Rensselaer School, and DeWitt Clinton, the masterful politician who led the movement for the Erie Canal, Spanagel shows how a cluster of assumptions about the peculiar landscape and entrepreneurial spirit of New York came to define the Empire State. In so doing, he sheds light on a particularly innovative and fruitful period of interplay among science, politics, art, and literature in American history.
Dezentrales Marketing und Crowdsourcing: Warum und wie sich das Marketing neu erfinden muss
by Hans-Jürgen BorchardtKlassisches Marketing ist nicht selten geprägt durch eine systembedingte Trägheit, unzureichende Beachtung der Kundenerwartungen, zentralistische Strukturen, wunschbasierte Planzahlen oder unzureichende Koordination mit internen Partnern. All dies führt dazu, dass Unternehmen nicht oder zumindest weniger erfolgreich sind, als sie es sein könnten. Marketing muss sich neu erfinden, wenn die Unternehmen eine Zukunft haben wollen. Eine Komponente ist das dezentrale Marketing, bei dem Entscheidungen und Initiativen denjenigen überlassen werden, die sich in der Nähe der Kunden befinden. Dazu gehören kurze Reaktionszeiten, kompetentes Nutzen von Social Networks, Übernahme von direkter Verantwortung durch diejenigen, die Marketingmaßnahmen praktizieren, kurze Entscheidungswege, Open Innovation und Crowdsourcing oder erweiterte Serviceorientierung. Hans-Jürgen Borchardt zeigt Unternehmen, welche Elemente des Marketing in den nächsten Jahren relevant sein werden und worauf Unternehmen achten müssen, wenn sie dauerhaft Erfolg haben wollen. Marketingabteilungen, Unternehmenseinheiten und Filialen, aber auch Klein- und mittelständische Unternehmer können ihre aktuellen Strategien, Strukturen und Prozesse daran spiegeln und Ideen für neue Konzepte gewinnen.
Dhamani Jewels: Becoming a Global Luxury Brand
by Lisa Mazzanti Lynda M. ApplegateDhamani started as a loose gemstone dealer in 1969 in Jaipur, India. By the 2000s, it was headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and had expanded into diamonds and retail. The family business was now in its second generation of leadership and aimed to become a top global jewelry brand within the next 10 years. The family had been successful throughout its various inflection points in the past-had it positioned itself well to soon begin competing with the global, high-end jewelry houses such as Cartier and Bulgari?
The Dhandho Investor
by Mohnish PabraiA comprehensive value investing framework for the individual investor In a straightforward and accessible manner, The Dhandho Investor lays out the powerful framework of value investing. Written with the intelligent individual investor in mind, this comprehensive guide distills the Dhandho capital allocation framework of the business savvy Patels from India and presents how they can be applied successfully to the stock market. The Dhandho method expands on the groundbreaking principles of value investing expounded by Benjamin Graham, Warren Buffett, and Charlie Munger. Readers will be introduced to important value investing concepts such as "Heads, I win! Tails, I don't lose that much!," "Few Bets, Big Bets, Infrequent Bets," Abhimanyu's dilemma, and a detailed treatise on using the Kelly Formula to invest in undervalued stocks. Using a light, entertaining style, Pabrai lays out the Dhandho framework in an easy-to-use format. Any investor who adopts the framework is bound to improve on results and soundly beat the markets and most professionals.
Dharavi: Developing Asia's Largest Slum (A)
by Namrata Arora John D. Macomber Lakshmi IyerMaharashtra state is accepting bids to redevelop Dharavi, the largest slum in Asia. A real estate developer assesses the risks and tenders a bid. The bid conditions include providing new free housing to tens of thousands of slum dwellers. The cost of constructing the housing is anticipated to be paid for from the revenues from developing and selling market-rate housing. While the primary concerns are cost of construction, cost of capital, and revenues from sale of units, the analysis must consider many aspects of risk, including political risk, foreign exchange risk, market risk, and execution risk. Further, the discussion covers social aspects, including whether the slum should be redeveloped at all, whether it should be redeveloped by government or by the private sector, and whether to accomplish it in large chunks or in smaller increments. Additional topics that can be covered include consideration of what happens to commercial activities formerly run from slum dwellings, whether the market-rate units will indeed sell for high prices if there are tens of thousands of former slum dwellers housed nearby, and whether the slum dwellers will be allowed to resell their units or whether they must remain in them. Other issues include timing of the project, guarantees to and from the government and the private parties to mitigate risk, and whether this model, if successful, can be extended to other slums in Asia.
The Dharma and Socially Engaged Buddhist Economics (Studies in Buddhist Economics, Management, and Policy)
by Joel MagnusonThis book defends and articulates an “Engaged Buddhist” approach to economics as a response to the destructive effects of global capitalism. The author posits that Buddhist understandings of the distortions of greed, aversion, and ignorance can be read to apply not only to mental states but also to socio-political ones, and that such a reading suggests rational responses to current social and environmental challenges. The book proposes that we engage both “inner and outer” modes of transformation through which to free ourselves from our current human-made, dysfunctional systems: the former, by examining the workings of our own minds, the latter by criticizing and reforming our economic systems. Since traditional Buddhism provides few sources to build a Buddhist economic vision, this work brings together Buddhist notions of skillful practice, John Dewey’s pragmatic principles for social provisioning, and institutional economics. The author provides two case studies for experiments in Buddhist-based socioeconomic policies, Thailand and Bhutan. Of special interest is the implied parallel between worldviews emerging from modern socially-engaged Buddhism and Dewey’s notion of a human existential drive to shape the world in collectively beneficial ways.
The Dharma of Fashion: A Buddhist Approach to Our Life with Clothes
by Otto von BuschOur desires for fashion, our addiction to cheap clothes, our fixation on surface looks . . . can we find ways to make what we wear more positive? Here's a quirky, irreverent way to consider what's a more sustainable way to be with—and still enjoy—fashion. This little book shows that fashion isn't shallow but connects us to the depths of existence. Especially today, fashion can tell us something about life, and this series of meditations and conversations between fashion "hacktivist" von Busch and Buddhist teacher Josh Korda shows how a Buddhist perspective on fashion can help us engage with clothes in wiser ways. It may seem a Buddhist approach to fashion would be about denying fashion and living an ascetic life in dull robes. However, Buddhism can teach us to be more present and take more pleasure in fashion. With practice and reflection, we can live a wiser life with the consumption of clothes. Includes "action exercises" to help put ideas into practice in your life and closet.
DHL Worldwide Express
by Greg Conley John A. QuelchThe worldwide sales and marketing manager must determine the degree to which pricing strategy and tactics should be standardized or left to the discretion of the DHL subsidiary in each country.
Di Bruno Bros. House of Cheese: A Guide to Wedges, Recipes, and Pairings
by Tenaya DarlingtonPeek behind Philadelphia’s largest and oldest cheese counter for a lively guide to pairing cheese with everything from beer and cocktails to olives and charcuterie. The store’s resident cheese blogger, Madame Fromage, brings to life 170 of the world’s greatest artisan cheeses, drawing on stories and knowledge from the store’s third-generation owners. The book offers 30 recipes, from Cheddar Ale Soup to Rogue River Sushi, along with a dairy lexicon, notes on how to taste cheese, and a variety of themed boards: a Fireside Party, an All-Goat Blow-Out, and a selection of Desk Bento. Beautiful four-color photographs serve to put names with wheels and wedges of cheese.
Dia Dia Practimercados: Meeting the Daily Needs at the Base of the Pyramid (B)
by Rosa Amelia Gonzalez Michael Chu Regina Garcia-CuellarSupplement
El día que David venció a Goliat
by David GomezCómo las pequeñas empresas pueden vencer a los grandes gigantes. El día que David venció a Goliat es un libro inspirador que explica cómo incrementar la visibilidad de un pequeño negocio y atraer más clientes utilizando el poder de internet. Cómo las pequeñas empresas pueden vencer gigantes apalancándose en herramientas de marketing online. Explica cada herramienta que necesita una pequeña empresa para sacar adelante su negocio usando el poder de internet: página web, motores de búsqueda, publicidad online, redes sociales, email marketing y comercio electrónico. El día que David venció a Goliat es la democratización del acceso a los clientes. Es la herramienta que necesita cualquier empresario para darse a conocer y atraer más clientes. La comercialización ya no es el problema.
El día que el mundo deje de comprar: Cómo el fin del consumo salvaría el medioambiente y a la humanidad
by J.B. MacKinnon¿Lo quieres o lo necesitas? Una gran crónica sobre lo que significaría dejar de comprar. Jamás los bienes materiales habían sido tan importantes para nuestra vida y nuestra identidad. Agotamos los recursos del planeta dos veces más rápido de lo que pueden regenerarse. Compramos el doble de prendas de ropa que hace veinte años y las conservamos durante la mitad de tiempo. Vivimos inmersos en la cultura del consumo compulsivo, conocemos las consecuencias y, sin embargo, no podemos parar. Pero ¿cómo sería nuestro mundo si dejásemos de hacerlo? ¿Se colapsaría la civilización? ¿Asistiríamos al renacimiento de la ecología del planeta? ¿Qué ocurriría con nuestra manera de pensar, crear productos, invertir el tiempo, expresar nuestra individualidad? J. B. MacKinnon entrevista a productores artesanales y sociedades de consumo cero, visita lugares donde las economías han experimentado cierres temporales y reúne una gran cantidad de opiniones de expertos. El resultado es una crónica profundamente perspicaz y actual, una exploración esencial de quiénes somos y qué consumimos, y una visión de un futuro, quizá, más sostenible. Sabemos que con nuestras propias decisiones hemos puesto al mundo en peligro; ahora debemos preguntarnos si seremos capaces de cambiar de paradigma. La crítica ha dicho: «Un análisis bien documentado y provocador que ofrece esperanza y optimismo para nuestro futuro».Kirkus «Ingenioso y erudito. Muestra con maestría la compleja relación entre la cultura del consumo y la naturaleza. Un agudo relato que ofrece un punto de partida para el cambio (y para el optimismo)».Library Journal «Una delicia. MacKinnon explora a fondo un enigma central en nuestros días: en qué medida somos lo que compramos y cómo comprar menos podría hacernos mucho mejores».Andrew Blum «Con ingenio, precisión y reflexiones sorprendentes, MacKinnon analiza en profundidad lo que hemos hecho y lo que podríamos hacer mucho mejor. Es uno de los libros más importantes y mejor escritos que he leído».Ronald Wright «Lleno de esperanza y de profundas reflexiones, sin pretensiones ni sermones, es una lectura emocionante y verdaderamente inspiradora. No pude parar de leerlo».Joel Bakan «Bien investigado y estimulante. Los lectores se animarán a realizar cambios en sus propios hábitos de compra».Publishers Weekly «En medio de una gran cantidad de manuales a menudo simplistas para una vida sencilla, este libro se destaca por su curiosidad, humanidad y apreciación genuinamente global de por qué consumimos demasiado y qué hacer al respecto».Frank Trentmann, autor de Empire of Things
The Diabetes Textbook: Clinical Principles, Patient Management and Public Health Issues
by Joel Rodriguez-SaldanaDiabetes has become a worldwide health problem, the global estimated prevalence approaches ten percent and the burden of this disease in terms of morbidity and mortality is unprecedented. The advances acquired through the knowledge of the mechanisms of the disease and the variety of therapeutic approaches contrast with the inability of private and public health systems in underdeveloped and even developed countries to achieve the goals of treatment. This paradox has been described in many sources: the surge of scientific advances contrast with an unprecedented amount of human suffering. Thus, a patient centered and an evidence based approach with the capacity to produce measurable clinical and economic outcomes is required. The purpose of this textbook is multiple: to offer a comprehensive resource covering all aspects of outpatient management; to address diabetes as a health problem from an epidemiological, economic and clinical perspective; to discuss the role of social determinants of health on the worldwide increase in diabetes; to highlight the challenges and obstacles in providing adequate care; and to outline a multidisciplinary approach to management in which medical visits retain their importance as part of a team comprising the patient, his or her family and a multidisciplinary group of health professionals who are able to move beyond the traditional approach of diabetes as a disease and greatly improve outcomes.
Diageo: Innovating for Africa
by Damien P. Mcloughlin Mary L. Shelman David E. BellDiageo, the world's leading premium drinks business, had a long history in Africa starting from its beer brand, Guinness, first exported to Sierra Leone in 1827. By 2013, 13% of Diageo's global revenues were from Africa, up from 9% in 2007. Diageo Africa President Nick Blazquez was considering how to seize the opportunities presented by rising populations and incomes while navigating increased competition and the unique challenges presented by frontier markets. The case describes Diageo's innovation process and two recent product launches developed specially for Africa. It also discusses government relations and the need to develop local production and raw material supply chains.
Diageo and Mey Icki: Turkish Delight or Turkish Hangover?
by Dante Roscini Gamze YucaogluIn September 2013, two years after its $2.1 billion acquisition of Mey Icki Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (Mey Icki), the principal spirits company in Turkey specializing in the local beverage raki, Diageo, the world's leading premium drinks company, was concerned about new legislation approved by the Turkish parliament prohibiting marketing and restricting the places and times at which alcoholic beverages could be sold. Diageo's Mey Icki investment in 2011 was the company's biggest acquisition in more than a decade. Having been caught off guard by the 2013 legislative changes, the Diageo management found itself needing to justify its $2.1 billion valuation, given that Diageo had acquired Mey Icki in 2011 from TPG for three times TPG's purchase price in 2006. Investors as well as analysts were questioning the over seven times value increase in Mey Icki since its privatization in 2003. Menezes, The new CEO, found himself increasingly overwhelmed by these issues. Had Diageo underestimated the uncertainties in the Turkish market? Would Diageo, with its broad range of brands, geographical spread, and significant financial resources be able to adapt to the changing environment and recoup its vast investment in Turkey? The case describes the forces that affect investment circumstances in emerging markets, raising the issue of how to best manage and prepare for risks. The case provides the context for the students to identify the potential elements that companies could face when investing in emerging markets where rules, legislation, and taxation can change and thus affect investment outcomes. The case challenges the students to ponder how companies should think about when investing in volatile markets and what it takes for them to succeed under uncertain and shifting circumstances.
Diageo: Innovating for Africa
by Damien P. McLoughlin David E. Bell Mary L. ShelmanDiageo, the world's leading premium drinks business, had a long history in Africa starting from its beer brand, Guinness, first exported to Sierra Leone in 1827. By 2013, 13% of Diageo's global revenues were from Africa, up from 9% in 2007. Diageo Africa President Nick Blazquez was considering how to seize the opportunities presented by rising populations and incomes while navigating increased competition and the unique challenges presented by frontier markets. The case describes Diageo's innovation process and two recent product launches developed specially for Africa. It also discusses government relations and the need to develop local production and raw material supply chains.
Diageo plc
by Joshua Musher George Chacko Peter TufanoA major U.K.-based multinational is reevaluating its leverage policy as it restructures its business. The treasury team models the tradeoffs between the benefits and costs of debt financing, using Monte Carlo simulation to estimate the savings from the interest tax shields and expected financial distress costs under several sets of leverage policies. The group treasurer (CFO) must decide whether and how the simulation results should be incorporated into a recommendation to the board of directors and, more generally, what recommendation to make regarding the firm's leverage policy.
Diagnose the Adaptive Challenge: Understanding the Human Dimensions of Change
by Alexander Grashow Marty Linsky Ronald HeifetzAdaptive challenges are difficult because their solutions require people to change their ways. Unlike known or routine problem solving for which past ways of thinking and operating are sufficient, adaptive work demands three challenging human tasks: figuring out what to conserve from past practices, figuring out what to discard from past practices, and inventing new ways that build from the best of the past. Your analysis of an adaptive challenge must take into account the human dimensions of the changes required--the human costs, pace of adjustment, tolerance for conflict, uncertainty, and risks, and the resilience of the culture and network of authority and lateral relationships necessary for carrying the organization through the pain of change. This chapter guides you through the diagnostic process. This chapter was originally published as chapter 5 of "The Practice of Adaptive Leadership: Tools and Tactics for Changing Your Organization and the World."
Diagnose the Political Landscape: Understanding Political Relationships in the Organization Will Help You Lead Adaptive Change
by Alexander Grashow Marty Linsky Ronald HeifetzUnderstanding the political relationships in your organization is key to seeing how your organization works as a system. This activity, which the authors call thinking politically, can help you design more effective strategies for leading adaptive change. The key assumption behind thinking politically is that people in an organization are seeking to meet the expectations of their various constituencies. When you understand the nature of those expectations, you can mobilize people more effectively. This chapter was originally published as chapter 6 of "The Practice of Adaptive Leadership: Tools and Tactics for Changing Your Organization and the World."
Diagnose the System: The First Step in Leading Adaptive Change
by Alexander Grashow Marty Linsky Ronald HeifetzThe first step in tackling any adaptive challenge is to take a step back so you can see how your organizational system is responding to it. From this perspective, you will gain a clearer view of your company's structures, culture, and default responses to problems. You will grasp the nature of the adaptive challenges at hand, and map the networks of political relationships that will be relevant to how effectively you mobilize people to deal with that challenge. This chapter outlines the distinguishing characteristics of an adaptive organization and walks you through the process of assessing your enterprise's overall capacity for adaptation. This chapter was originally published as chapter 4 of "The Practice of Adaptive Leadership: Tools and Tactics for Changing Your Organization and the World."
Diagnosing and Changing Organizational Culture: Based on the Competing Values Framework
by Kim S. Cameron Robert E. QuinnThe Third Edition of this key resource provides a means of understanding and changing organizational culture in order to make organizations more effective. It provides validated instruments for diagnosing organizational culture and management competency; a theoretical framework (competing values) for understanding organizational culture; and a systematic strategy and methodology for changing organizational culture and personal behavior. New edition includes online versions of the MSAI and OCAI assessments and new discussions of the implications of national cultural profiles.
Diagnosing and Changing Organizational Culture
by Kim S. Cameron Robert E. QuinnThe Third Edition of this key resource provides a means of understanding and changing organizational culture in order to make organizations more effective. It provides validated instruments for diagnosing organizational culture and management competency; a theoretical framework (competing values) for understanding organizational culture; and a systematic strategy and methodology for changing organizational culture and personal behavior. New edition includes online versions of the MSAI and OCAI assessments and new discussions of the implications of national cultural profiles.
Diagnosing Your Own Immunity to Change
by Lisa Laskow Lahey Robert KeganAre you ready to start unlocking your potential? Are you interested in seeing what happens when once-countervailing energies are made available for productive purposes? The answer to these questions is most likely "yes," but what is the next step? In this chapter, the authors help you map out your own immunity to change and get to the root of what is preventing the progress you desire. This chapter is excerpted from "Immunity to Change: How to Overcome It and Unlock the Potential In Yourself and Your Organization."
Diagnosis and Fault-tolerant Control 1: Data-driven and Model-based Fault Diagnosis Techniques
by Vicenç Puig Silvio SimaniThis book presents recent advances in fault diagnosis strategies for complex dynamic systems. Its impetus derives from the need for an overview of the challenges of the fault diagnosis technique, especially for those demanding systems that require reliability, availability, maintainability and safety to ensure efficient operations. Moreover, the need for a high degree of tolerance with respect to possible faults represents a further key point, primarily for complex systems, as modeling and control are inherently challenging, and maintenance is both expensive and safety-critical.Diagnosis and Fault-tolerant Control 1 also presents and compares different diagnosis schemes using established case studies that are widely used in related literature. The main features of this book regard the analysis, design and implementation of proper solutions for the problems of fault diagnosis in safety critical systems. The design of the considered solutions involves robust data-driven, model-based approaches.
Diagnosis and Fault-tolerant Control Volume 2: From Fault Diagnosis to Fault-tolerant Control
by Vicenç Puig Silvio SimaniThis book presents recent advances in fault diagnosis and fault-tolerant control of dynamic processes. Its impetus derives from the need for an overview of the challenges of the fault diagnosis technique and sustainable control, especially for those demanding systems that require reliability, availability, maintainability, and safety to ensure efficient operations. Moreover, the need for a high degree of tolerance with respect to possible faults represents a further key point, primarily for complex systems, as modeling and control are inherently challenging, and maintenance is both expensive and safety-critical.Diagnosis and Fault-tolerant Control 2 also presents and compares different fault diagnosis and fault-tolerant schemes, using well established, innovative strategies for modeling the behavior of the dynamic process under investigation. An updated treatise of diagnosis and fault-tolerant control is addressed with the use of essential and advanced methods including signal-based, model-based and data-driven techniques. Another key feature is the application of these methods for dealing with robustness and reliability.