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Fighting for Reliable Evidence
by Howard Rolston Judith M. GueronOnce primarily used in medical clinical trials, random assignment experimentation is now accepted among social scientists across a broad range of disciplines. The technique has been used in social experiments to evaluate a variety of programs, from microfinance and welfare reform to housing vouchers and teaching methods. How did randomized experiments move beyond medicine and into the social sciences, and can they be used effectively to evaluate complex social problems? Fighting for Reliable Evidence provides an absorbing historical account of the characters and controversies that have propelled the wider use of random assignment in social policy research over the past forty years. Drawing from their extensive experience evaluating welfare reform programs, noted scholar practitioners Judith M. Gueron and Howard Rolston portray randomized experiments as a vital research tool to assess the impact of social policy. In a random assignment experiment, participants are sorted into either a treatment group that participates in a particular program, or a control group that does not. Because the groups are randomly selected, they do not differ from one another systematically. Therefore any subsequent differences between the groups can be attributed to the influence of the program or policy. The theory is elegant and persuasive, but many scholars worry that such an experiment is too difficult or expensive to implement in the real world. Can a control group be truly insulated from the treatment policy? Would staffers comply with the random allocation of participants? Would the findings matter? Fighting for Reliable Evidence recounts the experiments that helped answer these questions, starting with the income maintenance experiments and the Supported Work project in the 1960s and 1970s. Gueron and Rolston argue that a crucial turning point came during the 1980s, when Congress allowed states to experiment with welfare programs and foundations, states, and the federal government funded larger randomized trials to assess the impact of these reforms. As they trace these historical shifts, Gueron and Rolston discuss the ways that strategies for resolving theoretical and practical problems were developed, and they highlight the strict conditions required to execute a randomized experiment successfully. What emerges is a nuanced portrait of the potential and limitations of social experiments to advance empirical knowledge. Weaving history, data analysis and personal experience, Fighting for Reliable Evidence offers valuable lessons for researchers, policymakers, funders, and informed citizens interested in isolating the effect of policy initiatives. It is an essential primer on welfare policy, causal inference, and experimental designs.
Fighting for Total Person Unionism: Harold Gibbons, Ernest Calloway, and Working-Class Citizenship
by Robert BusselDuring the 1950s and 1960s, labor leaders Harold Gibbons and Ernest Calloway championed a new kind of labor movement that regarded workers as "total persons" interested in both workplace affairs and the exercise of effective citizenship in their communities. Working through Teamsters Local 688 and viewing the city of St. Louis as their laboratory, this remarkable interracial duo forged a dynamic political alliance that placed their "citizen members" on the front lines of epic battles for urban revitalization, improved public services, and the advancement of racial and economic justice. Parallel to their political partnership, Gibbons functioned as a top Teamsters Union leader and Calloway as an influential figure in St. Louis's civil rights movement. Their pioneering efforts not only altered St. Louis's social and political landscape but also raised fundamental questions about the fate of the post-industrial city, the meaning of citizenship, and the role of unions in shaping American democracy.
Fighting the Banana Wars and Other Fairtrade Battles
by Harriet LambIt started very small and full of hope. But its daring campaigns have placed Fairtrade goods at the heart of the supermarket shelves. From bananas and coffee beans to cotton and chocolate, Fairtrade has grown to become an important global movement that has revolutionised the way we shop.As Harriet Lamb, Chief Executive of Fairtrade International, explains in this extensively revised and updated edition of her inspirational book, Fairtrade is about a better deal for workers and famers in the developing world. It's about making sure the food on our plates, and shirts on our backs, don't rob people in other countries of the means to feed or clothe themselves. She explores the journey, through an often unjust system, that Fairtrade items make from farm to consumer. And she uncovers the shocking cost of our demand for cheaper food.There is much still to be done. But by hard work and high ideals, Fairtrade is starting to transform the lives of over 7 million farmers, workers and their families, and is a powerful symbol of how extraordinary change can be achieved against all the odds - by us all.
Fighting the Battle of the Bulge--Evaluating Innovations in Morbid Obesity Treatment
by Regina E. Herzlinger John McDonoughMorbid obesity is a problem worldwide, causing illness and excessive health care costs; but effective solutions are notable for their absence. This case discusses most of the remedies for obesity and asks the students to select those with the greatest promise to affect positive change. It is an effective case for introducing the framework for how to evaluate health care innovations. ("Innovating in Health Care-Framework," Harvard Business School Case 306-042)
Fighting the Battle of the Bulge-Evaluating Innovations in Morbid Obesity Treatment
by Regina E. Herzlinger John McDonoughWhat can Dr. Dean Ornish learn from the successes and failures of his competitors to create a business model that will "do good" by combatting obesity and associated chronic diseases and "do well" by growing a widely adopted business? While the market for weight loss regimens was large, consumer-facing firms such as Jenny Craig and Weight Watchers had checkered success. In addition, other business models, such as centers for bariatric surgery, diet drugs, counseling by physicians and nutritionists, and weight-loss apps, such as Noom, could provide useful lessons. A clinical trial provided Accountability that Dr. Ornish's lifestyle plan caused weight loss and improved heart disease and even reversed diabetes and insurers were paying for it. What could Dr. Ornish learn from their successes and failures that would help him to widely disseminate his innovation? This case has an accompanying PowerPoint that instructors can use for virtual teaching.
Fights of My Life
by Mark Davis Greg CombetGreg Combet has been central to some of the biggest public struggles of our time - on the waterfront, the collapse of an airline, compensation for asbestos victims, the campaign against unfair workplace laws and then climate change. From an idyllic childhood on the Minchinbury estate in the western suburbs of Sydney, Combet's world changed dramatically with the early death of his wine-maker father. The shy child was uprooted to the suburbs and an uncertain future. A scholarship allowed him to study engineering and saw him appreciate first hand the role of unions in the workplace.He rose to lead the Australian trade union movement and become a senior minister in the Rudd and Gillard Labor governments. Along the way he has battled his own struggles, with political ideology, the impact of work on families and the loneliness of the parliamentary life. His story is not just a personal memoir; it is an insight into how power works in Australia, who holds it, how it is used and the ruthless ways in which it is snatched.The Fights of My Life is the story of a man who faces up to the power structures of politics, big business and the media. His latest target is the labour movement, arguing that the Labor Party and the trade unions must democratise to engage the next generation of activists to fight the good fight: to achieve a more fair and just Australia.
Figures of Finance Capitalism: Writing, Class and Capital in Mid-Victorian Narratives (Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory)
by Borislav KnezevicFigures of Finance Capitalism brings into focus Victorian narratives by major middle-class writers in which the workings of finance capitalism are prominently featured, and reads this interest in finance capitalism in the context of middle-class misgivings about a class system still dominated by a patrician elite. This book illustrates the centrality of finance capitalism to the mid-Victorian middle-class social imagination by discussing a selection of major Victorian texts by Dickens, Gaskell, Thackeray and Macaulay. In so doing, it draws on several new perspectives on British history, as offered in the work of historians such as Tom Nairn, David Cannadine, and P.J. Cain and A.G. Hopkins. Articulating the basic coordinates for a new sociology of mid-Victorian literature, Borislav Knezevic views texts through the prism of the mid-Victorian literary field and its negotiations of the contemporary field of power.
Figuring It Out: Sixty Years of Answering Investors' Most Important Questions
by Charles D. EllisAn indispensable collection of essays from one of the investment world&’s leading lights In Figuring It Out: Answers to the Most Difficult Investment Questions, world-renowned investing and finance guru Charles D. Ellis delivers a robust collection of incisive essays on an array of perennial and contemporary investing issues, from the rise and fall of performance investing to a compilation of essential investing guidelines. In the book, you&’ll also find eye-opening discussions of: Whether bonds are an appropriate investment vehicle for long-term investors The costs of excessive liquidity in the typical portfolio The characteristics of successful investment firms, and how to spot themA can&’t-miss resource for the everyday retail investor, author Charles Ellis draws on a lifetime of distinguished client service in the financial markets to reward readers with common-sense and accessible advice that deserves to be followed by anyone with an interest in maximizing their investment returns over the long haul.
Figuring Out the Past: The 3,495 Vital Statistics that Explain World History
by Peter Turchin Daniel HoyerWhat was history's biggest empire? Or the tallest building of the ancient world? What was the plumbing like in medieval Byzantium? The average wage in the Mughal Empire? Where did scientific writing first emerge? What was the bloodiest ever ritual human sacrifice?We are used to thinking about history in terms of stories. Yet we understand our own world through data: cast arrays of statistics that reveal the workings of our societies. In Figuring Out the Past, radical historians Peter Turchin and Dan Hoyer dive into the numbers that reveal the true shape of the past, drawing on their own Seshat project, a staggeringly ambitious attempt to log every data point that can be gathered for every society that has ever existed. This book does more than tell the story of humanity: it shows you the big picture, by the numbers.
Figuring ROI - The Nitty-Gritty: How to Calculate and Understand Return on Investment
by Karen Berman Joe KnightIn most entrepreneurial companies, resources for capital expenditures are limited and there's a lot of competition for what little is available. This chapter presents several methods for analyzing capital expenditures and deciding what investments to make to improve the value of your company. This chapter is excerpted from "Financial Intelligence for Entrepreneurs: What You Really Need to Know About the Numbers."
Figuring ROI: The Nitty-Gritty
by John Case Karen Berman Joe KnightThis chapter presents several methods for analyzing capital expenditures and deciding what investments to make to improve the value of your company.
Fiis Ao Redor Do Mundo
by Richard Stooker Káren Guedes AlbinoTenha a sua parte nos lucros dos Fundos de Investimento Imobiliário - FII (Real Estate Investment Trust - REIT) em todo o mundo!A partir do momento em que várias empresas imobiliárias se converteram em Fundos de Investimento Imobiliário e seguraram os IPOs em meados da década de 1990 - e também com a publicação da primeira edição do Investing in REITs: Real Estate Investment Trusts de Ralph L. Block, U.S.; investidores dos EUA têm descoberto os altos lucros possíveis que eles podem ter por meio do investimento em imóveis comerciais através de empresas de capital aberto.Os FIIS (ou REITs) não têm que pagar impostos sobre os dividendos que são distribuídos aos seus titulares de unidades - e o governo obriga-os a repassar 90%!Diversos países do mundo têm seguido os EUA - líder mundial neste segmento - e também têm criado suas próprias versões dos Fundos de Investimento Imobiliário. Neste sentido, cerca de 40 países, da Austrália à Turquia, têm leis que permitem alguma forma de FII, usando os EUA como modelo, mas imprimindo as suas próprias particularidades.Ao investir em FIIs você pode:1 - Ter um fluxo de renda que não depende do dólar americano (ou do euro, ou do iene, ou de qualquer que seja a moeda de seu país).Ou seja, você pode obter renda em uma grande variedade de moedas, que podem se valorizar enquanto o dólar cai, por exemplo.Os dois maiores, mais antigos e maduros países em termos de FIIs do mundo são os EUA, o Canadá e a Austrália. Então, eu te pergunto: quais são os dois países cujas moedas têm se valorizado drasticamente: Canadá e Austrália. E é fato que tanto canadenses quanto australianos precisam de apartamentos, de edifícios de escritórios e de centros comerciais, tal como acontece em qualquer outro país. Assim, ao comprar ações de seus FIIs você pode obter alguns dólares australianos e canadenses.2 - Ter
Fiji versus FIJI: Negotiating Over Water
by Francesca Gino Michael W. Toffel Stephanie Van SiceThis case examines negotiations between a company and government over natural resources. The Fijian government proposed a substantial increase in its water extraction tax that would only apply to large extractors and thus to FIJI Water and not to its competitors. FIJI Water responded by calling the increase "discriminatory" and threatening to shut down its operations, but in the end its negotiations resulted in its agreeing to pay the tax increase.
FileMaker Pro 12: The Missing Manual
by Susan Prosser Stuart GripmanYou don’t have to be a techie to use FileMaker Pro 12, but you do need to know what you’re doing. With this crystal-clear guide, you’ll learn how to create a powerful database that lets you do almost anything with your data. Whether you’re running a business, printing a catalog, or planning a wedding, you’ll learn how to customize your database and put it to work.The important stuff you need to know:Get started. Tour FileMaker Pro’s features and create your first database in minutes.Catalog your data. View, sort, and shape information in dozens of ways.Create professional documents. Publish reports, invoices, and other documents with ease.Harness processing power. Use calculations and scripts to crunch numbers, search text, and automate tasks.Add visual power and clarity. Create colorful charts to illustrate and summarize your data.Think like a developer. Dive into the high-level features of FileMaker Pro Advanced.
FileNet: A Consultant's Guide To Enterprise Content Management
by Thomas Jones Todd GroffFileNet is the world's leading enterprise content management system. Established in 1982, FileNet practically invented the field of Enterprise Office Document Imaging Systems. FileNet's Image Services is the industry's leading provider of high-volume systems for storing, retrieving, and managing document images, transactional content, workflows, web contents, and other business objects. More than 3,700 organizations worldwide have implemented FileNet systems to provide content management services that are scalable, highly available, and provide strong disaster recovery capabilities. They have provided solutions for 81 of the Fortune 100 companies. Unfortunately, despite an open and modular design that runs on the majority of enterprise computing platforms, FileNet's products suffer from a dearth of independently produced knowledge resources. This book has been written to fill that information void and provide wider understanding of this complex and powerful set of products to enterprise level decision makers, project managers, and technicians. In addition, the book provides general knowledge on how to use existing document imaging and/or document management systems to provide advanced knowledge management functions.
Filene's Basement: Inside a Fired Customer's Relationship
by Jill Avery Susan FournierHow, in a business climate in which building relationships with customers has dominated both managerial thought and marketing budgets, could Filene's Basement have fired a loyal customer, one who was formally and informally recognized as a best customer? This case allows students to reverse-engineer a fired customer's relationship with discount retailer Filene's Basement, from her perspective, to uncover the critical incidents and behaviors of each party that shaped their relationship trajectory. The company's customer relationship management (CRM) programs are analyzed to show how they influenced and encouraged unprofitable customer behavior.
Filene's Basement: Inside a Fired Customer's Relationship
by Jill Avery Susan FournierHow, in a business climate in which building relationships with customers has dominated both managerial thought and marketing budgets, could Filene's Basement have fired a loyal customer, one who was formally and informally recognized as a best customer? This case allows students to reverse-engineer a fired customer's relationship with discount retailer Filene's Basement, from her perspective, to uncover the critical incidents and behaviors of each party that shaped their relationship trajectory. The company's customer relationship management (CRM) programs are analyzed to show how they influenced and encouraged unprofitable customer behavior.
Filing Patents Online: A Professional Guide
by Sarfaraz K. NiaziThe average cost of an uncomplicated patent application filing is about $10,000. This high cost can leave thousands of inventors out in the cold. Filing Patents Online: A Professional Guide is a complete manual that walks inventors through each step of filing and prosecuting the patent online at a fraction of the cost. The online filing system reco
Filipino Time: Affective Worlds and Contracted Labor
by Allan Punzalan IsaacFrom spectacular deaths in a drag musical to competing futures in a call center, Filipino Time examines how contracted service labor performed by Filipinos in the Philippines, Europe, the Middle East, and the United States generates vital affects, multiple networks, and other lifeworlds as much as it disrupts and dislocates human relations. Affective labor and time are re-articulated in a capacious archive of storytelling about the Filipino labor diaspora in fiction, musical performance, ethnography, and documentary film. Exploring these cultural practices, Filipino Time traces other ways of sensing, making sense of, and feeling time with others, by weaving narratives of place and belonging out of the hostile but habitable textures of labortime. Migrant subjects harness time and the imagination in their creative, life making capacities to make communal worlds out of one steeped in the temporalities and logics of capital.
Fills dels 80: La generació bombolla
by Aleix SalóEl primer i divertidíssim llibre d'Aleix Saló. Fills dels 80 és un retrat en clau d'humor de la generació nascuda a la dècada dels vuitanta, traçat amb una perfecta combinació de creativitat i ironia. El lector reconeixerà els personatges, les situacions i els comportaments que hi apareixen, pertanyi o no a aquesta generació. Parla de la reforma educativa, la cultura popular, l'oci, l'emancipació, l'entrada al món laboral i, en definitiva, de totes aquelles coses que van fer que els vuitanta fossin els vuitanta. Format especial KF8 per a tablets de Kindle.
Film Festivals and the Enrichment Economy: Cultural Value Chains in a Digital Media Age
by Alan Shipman Ann VogelResponding to a question of immense interdisciplinary interest, this book investigates the construction of value in the curation of film festivals and production of cultural events undertaken by nonprofit arts organizations around the world. Combining their expertise in economics and sociology, the authors outline a theoretically and methodologically cohesive approach that puts the valuation of cinema right into the middle of global value chain research. It challenges the ways in which the interdisciplinary pursuit of cultural economics has approached cultural value, presenting a thorough analytic inquiry into who produces the value and who seeks rent in the value chain. While offering a fresh approach to cinema and media economics, the book highlights the significant way of nonprofit actor incorporation into value chains and value networks.
Film Marketing
by Finola KerriganFilm Marketing is the first book to consolidate existing literature into a well informed and academically sound textbook. The book focuses on the film industry as a whole, which incorporates popular (mainstream) fiction films (usually) in English, non English language fiction films, documentary films and art house films. In doing so, it is firmly embedded in the global film industry. Although the film industry is global, it is dominated by the Hollywood major studios, and as such, discussion of the Hollywood film industry will be highlighted. But, unlike other film marketing books on the market, this book also highlights other successful film industries, such as Korea, Nigeria and India, as well as looking at examples of film marketing practices from a range of other countries which provide interesting case studies from Denmark, France, the UK and Hong Kong. Film Marketing offers the student a unique combination of theory and practice and written in accessible student-friendly manner, presents an appealing and must-have text for anyone studying film. The book includes full pedagogical features and additional lecture resources, available at www.textbooks.elsevier.com allowing for easy use by both lecturer and student. To access the Teaching Support Materials, click on the Instructor Manual tab at the top right of the page. You must be registered and logged in to view theis tab.
Film Marketing
by Finola KerriganThe role of the film marketer is both vital and challenging. Promotion is one of the industry’s biggest costs, with the campaign of a large film costing up to half its production budget. Box office results, however, are wildly unpredictable: relatively few films a year make a profit. These market conditions make this a unique industry and film marketing a specific and demanding skill set that requires attention early in the career of any marketing student looking to progress in the industry. This new edition of Film Marketing is a thorough update of the first textbook in film promotion. Like in the first edition, Kerrigan takes a socio-cultural, as well as a business view of film marketing and its impact, covering different approaches to promotion according to different aims and audiences internally and externally, and across the world. This book addresses all areas of film marketing from the rigorous perspective of someone with first-hand knowledge of the trade. This new edition also includes: Additional pedagogy and visual examples to reinforce key points A more international range of cases and coverage of non-Western markets to give a global overview of film marketing across the world New and expanded sections on social media, digital promotion, transmedia and crowdfunding This is the original film marketing text which no engaged film or marketing student should be without.