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ECON Micro3
by William A. MceachernCreated through a 'student-tested, faculty-approved' review process with numerous students and faculty, ECON: MICRO, 3E is an engaging, accessible solution designed to accommodate the diverse lifestyles of today's learners without sacrificing content. ECON: MICRO, 3E truly leads by example as award-winning teacher and author Will McEachern uses familiar examples and illustrations drawn from actual daily life to vividly demonstrate how readers have been intuitively making economic choices and dealing with economic institutions and events their entire lives. With a user-friendly approach, McEachern connects these life experiences to key microeconomic concepts and today's latest economic developments and events.
ECONOMIA 3D (EBOOK)
by Martin LousteauLa economía te resulta aburrida, ajena, difícil y sin alma? No desesperes. También puede hacerte reír, aprender y hasta darte un poco de esperanza. Para eso no hace falta ponerse solemnes: alcanza con redescubrir con nuevos ojos sus enseñanzas más valiosas. En estas páginas, Martín Lousteau se mueve como un guía experto entre los tópicos más diversos e inesperados. El rol de los bancos y del sistema financiero, los esquemas mentales inconscientes que orientan nuestras decisiones, el desarrollo, la relación entre el dinero y la felicidad, la economía del sexo y del deporte, el consumo desorientado, la desigualdad, la crisis argentina y la debacle mundial, la ecología y el cambio climático son algunas de las estaciones de este recorrido repleto de realidad, humor y conocimiento.
ECONned: How Unenlightened Self Interest Damaged Democracy and Corrupted Capitalism
by Yves SmithWhy are we in such a financial mess today? There are lots of proximate causes: over-leverage, global imbalances, bad financial technology that lead to widespread underestimation of risk. But these are all symptoms. Until we isolate and tackle fundamental causes, we will fail to extirpate the disease. ECONned is the first book to examine the unquestioned role of economists as policy-makers, and how they helped create an unmitigated economic disaster.Here, Yves Smith looks at how economists in key policy positions put doctrine before hard evidence, ignoring the deteriorating conditions and rising dangers that eventually led them, and us, off the cliff and into financial meltdown. Intelligently written for the layman, Smith takes us on a terrifying investigation of the financial realm over the last twenty-five years of misrepresentations, naive interpretations of economic conditions, rationalizations of bad outcomes, and rejection of clear signs of growing instability. In eConned, author Yves Smith reveals:--why the measures taken by the Obama Administration are mere palliatives and are unlikely to pave the way for a solid recovery--how economists have come to play a profoundly anti-democratic role in policy--how financial models and concepts that were discredited more than thirty years ago are still widely used by banks, regulators, and investors--how management and employees of major financial firms looted them, enriching themselves and leaving the mess to taxpayers--how financial regulation enabled predatory behavior by Wall Street towards investors --how economics has no theory of financial systems, yet economists fearlessly prescribe how to manage them
ECOWAS Protocol on Free Movement and the AfCFTA in West Africa: Costs, Benefits and Challenges
by Olusola Ogunnubi Samuel Kehinde OkunadeThis book discusses the phenomenon of regional integration in Africa and the ensuing discourse on the intercontinental free trade agreement within the continent. Long before the move for the facilitation of free trade in Africa, freedom of movement by Africans within Africa backed up by the AU Protocol on free movement of persons has been in existence and in one way or the other both moves are closely related. The book explores the existing relationships between the ECOWAS Protocol on free movement, goods and services and AfCFTA on one hand and the impact of the implementation and non-implementation of these policies on West Africa on the other hand.
ECOrenaissance: A Lifestyle Guide for Cocreating a Stylish, Sexy, and Sustainable World
by Horst Rechelbacher Marci ZaroffECOrenaissance provides inspiring tips and tricks for how to live and shop in harmony with nature without sacrificing style or luxury, and how best to benefit from the current renaissance—a global rebirth of sustainable economics, progressive ethics, and green culture—through the wisdom of eco-entrepreneurs, green fashion designers, organic food purveyors, and innovative leaders of this new movement.Gone are the days of boxy hemp shirts and gritty granola—cutting-edge innovation has made ecology as stylish and sexy as red carpet fashion, and everyday people are leading the charge with the choices they make in grocery stores, car lots, at work, in schools, and in their homes. In ECOrenaissance, renowned visionary Marci Zaroff provides a comprehensive guide to help you embrace sustainable living as both a celebration of style and a necessary strategy for maintaining our everyday comforts despite increasingly limited resources. From global warming to drought, genetically modified foods to harmful chemicals in our beauty products, for too long commerce has ignored the health of our planet and our bodies. But now a new age is dawning: one that is uplifting, gorgeous, and accessible. With roundtable discussions from inspiring leaders of the green movement, ECOrenaissance offers you eye-opening and groundbreaking resources to transform your life through supporting companies making significant, practical ecological change. By shining a light on leaders of sustainability throughout the world, Zaroff will transform your understanding of eco-minded products and open new possibilities for you to make a positive impact. Equipped with these tools, you will find new, empowering ways to make “green” elegant in your life, prioritizing current global needs without sacrificing comfort.
ECSCW 2015: Proceedings of the 14th European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 19-23 September 2015, Oslo, Norway
by Tone Bratteteig Pernille Bjørn Nina Boulus-Rødje Gunnar Ellingsen Margunn AanestadThis volume presents the proceedings of ECSCW 2015, the 14th European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, organized by the University of Oslo, Norway. The conference provides a venue for exploring novel, open and critical approaches to the multidisciplinary nature of social and collaborative technologies and work practices, critically reviewing new and established theories and research, forever committed to high scientific standards, both theoretical and methodological. These proceedings consist of 14 full and 3 exploratory papers, which reflect the lively debate currently ongoing within the CSCW field, focusing on work and enterprise and the challenges of involving various types of people like citizens, patients and software developers into collaborative settings. The blurring boundaries between home and work are explored and recent and emergent new technologies supporting collaborative work are introduced. With contributions from all over the world, the chapters provide interesting perspectives, helping to focus the European perspective within the CSCW community. This collection will be of interest to researchers and practitioners alike as it combines an understanding of the nature of technology within both the workplace and wider society
EDI – Digitalisierung und IT-Wertbeitrag konkret umgesetzt: Eine Einführung in Electronic Data Interchange und zur Digitalen Transformation (essentials)
by Mario KischporskiMario Kischporski untersucht in diesem essential das Thema Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) im Hinblick auf Chancen und Herausforderungen des praktischen Einsatzes im t#65533;glichen Gesch#65533;ftsleben. Dabei werden v. a. die Bedeutung des Strukturdatenaustausches, Fallstricke und praxisrelevante Betrachtungen herausgearbeitet und #65533;bersichtlich, kompakt und nachvollziehbar dargestellt. Dies soll dem Leser helfen, einen fundierten #65533;berblick zu erlangen und die Potentiale der Digitalisierung konkret und pragmatisch in der Anwendungspraxis im Alltag anzuwenden und zu nutzen. Zum Thema EDI gibt es so gut wie keine (einf#65533;hrende) Fachliteratur. Diese L#65533;cke soll dieses essential schlie#65533;en.
EEO Law and Personnel Practices
by Arthur Gutman Laura L. Koppes Stephen J. VodanovichThe goal of this well known book is to provide methods for understanding major EEO laws, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, and the American with Disabilities Act of 1990. Also included are over 700 cases involving federal case law that focus on issues relating to the terms and conditions of employment. New to this t
EFM Capital
by Victoria Ivashina Justin OldroydExamples of successful middle-market private equity investments in emerging markets remain very limited. Among the primary constraints are lack of availability of reasonably priced debt capital, limited exit options for private equity capital, and absence of stable and diversified sources of capital for private equity firms. This case follows the founders of EFM Capital, a private equity firm operating in the Mexican middle market, as they navigate said challenges and deliberate the future of their firm. Students will learn about EFM's unique business model for integrating acquired companies and will follow the co-founders' thought processes as they evaluate new opportunities both within Mexico and abroad. This case's simple but rich platform allows students to understand the constraints of the traditional private equity model and discuss challenges of having a professional, systematic approach to private equity investments a market like Mexico.
EG Property Handbook
by Geoff ParsonsThis book has been written to meet the needs of those who work with property or property-related matters, but without any formal training, and describes how those in the property industry go about their work. The principal theme in the book is realty or landed property, including buildings. Other types of property are touched upon but only in the context of real estate. The book is intended to be an introduction for those whose involvement in property requires them to understand or have insights into the ways in which property functions and processes are carried out. It will also help in understanding common expressions and jargon.
EGO vs. EQ: How Top Business Leaders Beat 8 Ego Traps with Emotional Intelligence
by Jen ShirkaniIn EGO vs. EQ, Jen Shirkani shares strategies for using emotional intelligence (EQ) as a tool to avoid career derailment. The executive leadership failure rate is high: two in five CEOs fail in the first eighteen months on the job. This book teaches you how to identify the most common reasons for leadership ineffectiveness, and provides tools to raise your EQ, prevent leadership lapses, and avoid the cascading consequences they can produce. Drawing on real-life anecdotes from the author's twenty years of coaching and consulting, including stories of success and failure from the leaders of vanguard companies in energy, investment, and health care industries, Ego vs. EQ provides research and case study examples in an easy to read, practical format and is ideal for anyone currently in an executive leadership role, including business owners, and those wanting to become a dynamic leader in the future.
EHR Governance: A Practical Guide to User Centric, Consensus Driven Optimization (HIMSS Book Series)
by Paula ScariatiOrganizations spend large amounts of money to purchase, deploy, and optimize their Electronic Health Records (EHRs). They are not plug-n-play systems so a commitment to an ongoing improvement cycle is necessary. When done well, this responds to the people, the process, and the technology. When not done well, complete failure of the system could result in costing the organization thousands of dollars. Based on the foundational premise that EHR governance done right speeds up change and leads to a positive user experience, this book draws upon more than a decade of work with government, academic, and nonprofit organizations using Epic, Allscripts, McKesson, Meditech, and Cerner. Designed to be practical and pragmatic, it outlines a strategic process that can scale to small and large organizations alike. It begins with how to articulate a clear vision to organizational leaders so they can champion strong EHR governance both theoretically and financially. It then walks through each step required for leading successful change, calling out critical lessons learned to help the reader avoid pitfalls and achieve measurable improvement more rapidly. It concludes with a commitment to ongoing growth and refinement through benchmarked metrics, innovation, and out-of-the-box thinking.
EILEEN FISHER: Repositioning the Brand
by Fiona Wilson Jill Avery Anat Keinan Michael I. NortonWell-established fashion brand Eileen Fisher has traditionally appealed to older women. However, to drive growth, Eileen Fisher's management team wants to target a younger demographic and has revamped its Fall product line to offer more fashionable styles to appeal to younger women. But, repositioning the brand has proven to be harder than expected. This case explores the challenges of appealing to new target markets, without alienating existing customers. The case follows Eileen Fisher's initial forays into social media as they chase a younger demographic, and demonstrates the opportunities and pitfalls that await big brands when they enter the world of Web 2.0.
EMC2: Delivering Customer Centricity
by Jill Avery Thomas SteenburghThis case introduces the concept of customer centricity and traces its development at EMC, the world's leading data storage hardware and information management software company. EMC's customers had historically relied on EMC salespeople to guide them through the complex, consultative buying process. However, with the rise of social media, prospective customers are getting more of the information they require earlier in the purchase process online. As they do so, their physical interactions with EMC salespeople are decreasing, while their digital interactions are increasing. Given the changing business environment, BJ Jenkins, senior vice president of Global Marketing, faces significant challenges as he tries to maintain EMC's culture of customer centricity. These include 1) translating EMC's platinum service levels, designed to appeal to the world's largest companies, to small businesses and B2C customers, 2) understanding how the replacement of physical interaction with digital interaction in the consultative selling process affects EMC's business, and 3) managing a VAR sales model that distances EMC from its customers.
EMCF: A New Approach at an Old Foundation
by Allen Grossman Daniel F. CurranMichael Bailin, president of the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation (EMCF), embarked on a three-year effort to transform the foundation's grant-making in theory and practice. This case details his efforts to move from an "initiatives-based" approach in philanthropy to a focus on "institution and field building." Bailin felt that instead of simply devising better services for people in poor and disadvantaged communities, the foundation could bring these services to more people through better-run, more efficient, and more durable organizations. Yet, questions remain on whether EMCF can find the capabilities needed for the new model to work. Also, can EMCF succeed independently, or does a shift in thinking of this magnitude require a major restructuring in philanthropy, which would be outside the foundation's control?
EMDICO (A)
by John A. Quelch Yoshinori FujikawaThe general manager of Fuji Film's Saudi distributorship must decide on a relaunch strategy for Fuji film and cameras in Saudi Arabia.
EMI and the CT Scanner (A)
by Christopher A. BartlettDescribes the development of the first CT Scanner by EMI, a company new to the medical industry, and EMI's entry into the U.S. market. The company's early success is threatened by the entry of a dozen competitors (some very large and experienced), by government regulation, and by internal organizational problems.
EMI and the CT Scanner (B)
by Christopher A. BartlettDescribes the development of the first CT Scanner by EMI, a company new to the medical industry, and EMI's entry into the U.S. market. The company's early success is threatened by the entry of a dozen competitors (some very large and experienced), by government regulation, and by internal organizational problems.
EMPOWERED: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Products (Silicon Valley Product Group)
by Marty CaganWhat is it about the top tech product companies such as Amazon, Apple, Google, Netflix and Tesla that enables their record of consistent innovation? Most people think it’s because these companies are somehow able to find and attract a level of talent that makes this innovation possible. But the real advantage these companies have is not so much who they hire, but rather how they enable their people to work together to solve hard problems and create extraordinary products. As legendary Silicon Valley coach--and coach to the founders of several of today’s leading tech companies--Bill Campbell said, “Leadership is about recognizing that there's a greatness in everyone, and your job is to create an environment where that greatness can emerge.” The goal of EMPOWERED is to provide you, as a leader of product management, product design, or engineering, with everything you’ll need to create just such an environment. As partners at The Silicon Valley Product Group, Marty Cagan and Chris Jones have long worked to reveal the best practices of the most consistently innovative companies in the world. A natural companion to the bestseller INSPIRED, EMPOWERED tackles head-on the reason why most companies fail to truly leverage the potential of their people to innovate: product leadership. The book covers: what it means to be an empowered product team, and how this is different from the “feature teams” used by most companies to build technology products recruiting and coaching the members of product teams, first to competence, and then to reach their potential creating an inspiring product vision along with an insights-driven product strategy translating that strategy into action by empowering teams with specific objectives—problems to solve—rather than features to build redefining the relationship of the product teams to the rest of the company detailing the changes necessary to effectively and successfully transform your organization to truly empowered product teams EMPOWERED puts decades of lessons learned from the best leaders of the top technology companies in your hand as a guide. It shows you how to become the leader your team and company needs to not only survive but thrive.
EMPRESA DE VIVIR, LA (EBOOK)
by Tomas AbrahamTomas Abraham inicia una pesquisa filosófica y no se detiene ante las impugnaciones que dictan "el buen gusto" y la convivencia (la que esconde las contradicciones para simular seriedad y rigor intelectual). No lo detiene. Observa, analiza, compulsa. Sus preguntas no interrogan esas zonas del discurso para las cuales se han inventado ya benévolas excusas, sino las otras, las peligrosas. Desde 1989, reflexiona Abraham, el factor económico es la clave que permite descifrar los anhelos y las frustraciones de la sociedad. Por qué? Porque el factor económico no se reduce a la economía, no se limita a la producción y a la distribución de riquezas sino que acusa la visible emergencia de nuevas formas de vida. El factor económico revela el diagrama de las mutaciones culturales. En este ensayo filosófico en el que coexisten una cantidad asombrosa de estilos y tonos, el autor analiza y discute la empresa como nuevo monumento cultural, la tarea de los expertos en calidad de vida y su función en una nueva sociedad terapéutica. De las historias de vida de los archimillonarios al encuadre histórico de la ideología empresarial , de "la puesta en sorna" (con el mayor respeto) de la literatura de autoayuda a la meditación sobre la moral y el dolor en los campos del exterminio, La empresa de vivir, como los libros anteriores del autor, traza una línea osada y firme e incorpora al pensamiento argentino una nueva manera de hacer las cosas. Una nueva manera capaz de abrir discusiones aparentemente concluidas o censuradas, de expandir los efectos de un conflicto intelectual hacia áreas desprestigiadas o ignoradas de inaugurar una pasión para abolir la ironía autoindulgente y los entredichos ufanos. Porque logra trasformar el malestar en un problema y la dificultad y el obstáculo en una interrogación critica, La empresa de vivir es un libro decisivo. Y algo mas, algo que merece nuestra gratitud o por lo menos nuestra atención: porque ese libro decisivo e importante es también una investigación filosófica donde la busca de la verdad no renuncia al humor y se permite reír y hacernos reír.
ENEMIGOS INTIMOS (EBOOK)
by Guido BraslavskyMayo de 2003. Como consecuencia de una dramática transición desde la crisis terminal del modelo económico de los 90, Néstor Kirchner, un ignoto gobernador patagónico, llega al gobierno con el 22 por ciento de los votos al bajarse Carlos Menem de la segunda vuelta electoral. En un país todavía no recuperado de la conmoción, con esa debilidad de origen hay quienes se atreven a vaticinarle un año en el cargo. Pero Kirchner construye poder a pasos agigantados. Y su primera medida de gobierno es una purga de mandos militares insospechada y sin precedentes, inicio de un período de profunda confrontación, atravesado por la decisión presidencial de impulsar la reapertura de las causas por violaciones a los derechos humanos. Como candidato, Kirchner mantuvo en secreto sus planes y luego delineó un rumbo que no sólo sorprendió a los militares, sino también a muchos santacruceños, que lo habían tenido cuatro años como intendente de Río Gallegos y luego casi doce como gobernador, y nunca lo habían visto vincularse con las asociaciones por los derechos humanos como lo haría desde la Casa Rosada. Para Kirchner, un paso insoslayable para acumular poder y afectos de sectores progresistas, en una línea que perduraría como una de sus políticas más consecuentes. Enemigos íntimos relata la conflictiva relación de Kirchner con las Fuerzas Armadas, sobre la que edificó buena parte de su poder. La partida abrupta de Brinzoni, la llegada de Bendini y de una nueva cúpula castrense. Gestos cargados de simbolismo como la decisión de retirar los cuadros de Videla y Bignone del Colegio Militar o exigir a la Armada la entrega de la ESMA para convertirla en un #Museo de la Memoria# de los muertos y desaparecidos por la dictadura. La revulsión interna en las fuerzas y el desafío de los grupos castrenses que reaccionaron frente a los juicios, en numerosos casos defendiendo la represión ilegal, al tiempo que muchos militares de los años de plomo volvían a sentarse en el banquillo de los acusados. Enemigos íntimos es un libro esencial para comprender la forma de ejercer el poder de uno de los presidentes de carácter más complejo que dio la Argentina de las últimas décadas. Guido Braslavsky, periodista especializado en temas militares, reconstruye la trama y los sucesos nunca revelados de este capítulo clave de la historia argentina reciente.
ENERGY 2040: Aligning Innovation, Economics and Decarbonization
by Deepak Divan Suresh SharmaAccess to energy is essential for our daily lives, economic growth, environment, and sustainability. However, our use of fossil fuels has contributed to global climate change, which poses a significant threat to society and life on this planet. Yet, it has been challenging to reconcile the perceived conflict between economics and climate change, which has created deep divisions in our society. ENERGY 2040: Aligning Innovation, Economics, and Decarbonization provides a holistic and comprehensive analysis of the ongoing energy transition and its underlying causes. It presents a viable path to meet the energy, economic, and climate goals by weaving together science, technology, economics, policy, entrepreneurship, and geopolitics. The book presents a captivating narrative that brings together a range of topics, including new and disruptive technologies with steep learning rates, the challenges of the future power grid, the democratization of energy, and reducing the timeline from science to impact at scale. It also explores the complex role of scientific research, disruptive deep tech, entrepreneurship, and policy in accelerating this energy transformation. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the future of energy. Whether you're a scientist, energy-industry practitioner, policymaker, investor, student, or concerned citizen, this book offers critical insights into the complex and evolving world of energy, innovation, decarbonization, and climate change.
ENOVALE: How to Unlock Sustained Innovation Project Success
by Greg McLaughlin Vinny CaraballoManagement Extra brings all the best management thinking together in one package. These are practical training suitable for Diploma level qualifications in management. They are ideal for delivering management development workshops courses at a range of levels.This Facilitator's Guide fully details the books in the series and how to use them to deliver management courses effectively, efficiently and to meet awarding body criteria.