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The June Oven
by Christian Godwin Leonard A. SchlesingerThe June Oven was a smart oven which was capable of identifying food and cooking it accordingly. This type of smart oven represented the next step in the long history of oven and stove development. Due to the widespread use of traditional ovens, the market for the June Oven was potentially large. The June Oven was primarily a direct-to-consumer product, available through the company's own website, but it was available through some retail stores. June faced challenges from a relative decline in retail sales, the turn to online shopping, potential smart oven competitors, macroeconomic factors such as the U.S. China trade war, and internal problems such as software malfunctions.
The Jungle
by Jonathan Beecher Field Upton Sinclair Ronald Gottesman Eric SchlosserUpton Sinclair's dramatic and deeply moving story exposed the brutal conditions in the Chicago stockyards at the turn of the nineteenth century and brought into sharp moral focus the appalling odds against which immigrants and other working people struggled for their share of the American dream. Denounced by the conservative press as an un-American libel on the meatpacking industry, the book was championed by more progressive thinkers, including then President Theodore Roosevelt, and was a major catalyst to the passing of the Pure Food and Meat Inspection act, which has tremendous impact to this day.Enriched eBook Features Editor Jonathan Beecher Field provides the following specially commissioned features for this Enriched eBook Classic:* Chronology* Filmography (and the 1914 The Jungle Film Poster)* Early Twentieth-Century Reviews of The Jungle* Suggestions for Further Reading* The Jungle and the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906* The Jungle Book Cover Designs* Federal Food and Drugs Act of 1906* Immigrants and the Meatpacking Industry, Then and Now* Images of the Chicago Stockyards* Images of Cuts of Beef and Pork* Enriched eBook NotesThe enriched eBook format invites readers to go beyond the pages of these beloved works and gain more insight into the life and times of an author and the period in which the book was originally written for a rich reading experience.
The Jungle (Dover Thrift Editions Series)
by Upton SinclairUpton Sinclair's dramatic and deeply moving story exposed the brutal conditions in the Chicago stockyards at the turn of the nineteenth century and brought into sharp moral focus the apalling odds against which immigrants and other working people struggled for their share of the American dream. Denounced by the conservative press as an un-American libel on the meatpacking industry, The Jungle was championed by more progressive thinkers, including then president Theodore Roosevelt, and was a major catalyst to the passing of the Pure Food and Meat Inspection act, which has tremendous impact to this day.Penguin Random House Canada is proud to bring you classic works of literature in e-book form, with the highest quality production values. Find more today and rediscover books you never knew you loved.
Jungle Laboratories: Mexican Peasants, National Projects, and the Making of the Pill
by Gabriela Soto LaveagaIn the 1940s chemists discovered that barbasco, a wild yam indigenous to Mexico, could be used to mass-produce synthetic steroid hormones. Barbasco spurred the development of new drugs, including cortisone and the first viable oral contraceptives, and positioned Mexico as a major player in the global pharmaceutical industry. Yet few people today are aware of Mexico's role in achieving these advances in modern medicine. In Jungle Laboratories, Gabriela Soto Laveaga reconstructs the story of how rural yam pickers, international pharmaceutical companies, and the Mexican state collaborated and collided over the barbasco. By so doing, she sheds important light on a crucial period in Mexican history and challenges us to reconsider who can produce science. Soto Laveaga traces the political, economic, and scientific development of the global barbasco industry from its emergence in the 1940s, through its appropriation by a populist Mexican state in 1970, to its obsolescence in the mid-1990s. She focuses primarily on the rural southern region of Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, where the yam grew most freely and where scientists relied on local, indigenous knowledge to cultivate and harvest the plant. Rural Mexicans, at first unaware of the pharmaceutical and financial value of barbasco, later acquired and deployed scientific knowledge to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies, lobby the Mexican government, and ultimately transform how urban Mexicans perceived them. By illuminating how the yam made its way from the jungles of Mexico, to domestic and foreign scientific laboratories where it was transformed into pills, to the medicine cabinets of millions of women across the globe, Jungle Laboratories urges us to recognize the ways that Mexican peasants attained social and political legitimacy in the twentieth century, and positions Latin America as a major producer of scientific knowledge.
Jungle Warfare: A Basic Field Manual for Christians in Sales
by Christopher A. Cunningham"Paul admonished all of us to 'fight the good fight.' In Jungle Warfare, Christopher Cunningham tells us how to not only fight but how to actually win. This book is recommended reading for Christians in the arena of sales." --Tim Lee, Evangelist, Marine Sergeant from the jungles of Vietnam, www.timlee.org "Athletes, salespeople, and Christians, we are called to persevere regardless of what is thrown our way. As a Dallas Cowboy, I learned to tackle that lesson first hand. Chris's book reminds us there's no quit in a winner. Read this and you'll remember you really can 'do all things through Christ who gives you strength.'" --Bill Bates, NFL All-Pro and Pro-Bowl Player, Safety, Dallas Cowboys NFL Champions (Superbowls XXVII, XXVIII, XXX) ARE YOU READY TO FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT? Every other sales book promises you great riches, cute techniques, and "amazing" questions to get your customer to buy from you. This is not every other sales book. Commerce and combat join forces in Jungle Warfare. Your enlistment asks for a 22-day tour of duty to explore battle-tested principles that Christopher Cunningham mined from his grandfather's World War II field manual (stay fit . . . keep your wits . . . know your enemy . . . trust your commander) and culminates with a field-support Q&A addressing thorny questions that all professionals face. Every day, you walk through a jungle. Pick up this book and you'll never walk through it alone, again.
Jung’s Personality Theory Quantified
by Douglass J. WildeJung's Personality Theory Quantified fills an urgent need for professionals using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI) to map it on to the cognitive modes of Jung's personality theory, avoiding potential logical errors in the traditional "type dynamics" method. It furthers Jung's original concepts while placing them on a solid axiomatic basis not possessed by other personality theories. Bringing these quantitative findings to the millions of MBTI users - managers, consultants, counsellors, teachers, psychoanalysts and human resource professionals - will require further education of those already certified to administer the instrument according to type dynamics. For this reason numerical exercises follow most chapters to make the book a source reference for briefer workbooks usable in enhanced certification programs. Backed by quantitative theory and new graphical methods, the pioneering qualitative typology work of Myers and Briggs is thus extended to yield deeper understanding of the vital topics of human personality, creativity and human relations. Jungian psychoanalysts may find Jung's Personality Theory Quantified helpful in organizing complicated clinical information and it can also enhance the work of MBTI practitioners worldwide.
Junior: Writing Your Way Ahead In Advertising
by Thomas KemenyThere are a lot of great advertising books, but none that get down in the dirt with you quite like this one. Thomas Kemeny made a career at some of the best ad agencies in America. In this book he shows how he got in, how he&’s stayed in, and how you can do it too. He breaks apart how to write fun, smart, and effective copy–everything from headlines to scripts to experiential activations–giving readers a lesson on a language we all thought we already knew. This book is not a retrospective from some ad legend. It's a book that should be instantly useful for people starting out. A guide for the first few years at a place you'd actually want to work. Traditionally, advertising books have been written by people with established careers, big offices and letters like VP in their titles. They have stories from the old days when people could start in the mailroom. They are talented. That's been done. Who wants another book filled with seasoned wisdom? This is a book written by somebody still getting his bearings. Someone who has made an extraordinary number of errors in a still short career. Someone who has managed to hang onto his job despite these shortcomings.
Junk Food Politics: How Beverage and Fast Food Industries Are Reshaping Emerging Economies
by Eduardo J. GómezWhy do sugary beverage and fast food industries thrive in the emerging world?An interesting public health paradox has emerged in some developing nations. Despite government commitment to eradicating noncommunicable diseases and innovative prevention programs aimed at reducing obesity and type 2 diabetes, sugary beverage and fast food industries are thriving. But political leaders in countries such as Mexico, Brazil, India, China, and Indonesia are reluctant to introduce policies regulating the marketing and sale of their products, particularly among vulnerable groups like children and the poor. Why?In Junk Food Politics, Eduardo J. Gómez argues that the challenge lies with the strategic politics of junk food industries in these countries. Industry leaders have succeeded in creating supportive political coalitions by, ironically, partnering with governments to promote soda taxes, food labeling, and initiatives focused on public awareness and exercise while garnering presidential support (and social popularity) through contributions to government anti-hunger and anti-poverty campaigns. These industries have also manipulated scientific research by working with academic allies while creating their own support bases among the poor through employment programs and community services. Taken together, these tactics have hampered people's ability to mobilize in support of stricter regulation for the marketing and sale of unhealthy products made by companies such as Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and Nestlé.Drawing on detailed historical case studies, Junk Food Politics proposes an alternative political science framework that emphasizes how junk food corporations restructure politics and society before agenda-setting ever takes place. This pathbreaking book also reveals how these global corporations further their policy influence through the creation of transnational nongovernmental organizations that support industry views.
Junkspiritum
by Belén Eslava Urío Stanislas KazalUna misión: descubrir el genius loci de nuestro territorio. Un método: dar a conocer lo local, pero también lo global y universal, desde una perspectiva interdisciplinar que pone en comunicación las diferentes culturas. Esta sucesión de textos revela además una relación de confianza entre una redactora jefe y un cronista que conocen sus respectivas maneras de pensar. Con el tiempo, lanzarse sobre un nuevo tema, buscar un nuevo desafío intelectual, resulta casi un juego. Hoy día puedo confesar que jamás le he confiado a Stanislas ningún tema al azar; sabía que cada propuesta sería sometida a una metodología analítica, a una manera de examinar el pensamiento, a una curiosidad infalible y a un espíritu crítico. Así es como siempre se muestran de la mejor manera posible las potencialidades de un tema. Clémence Blochet, redactora jefe.
Junkspiritum by Stanislas Kazal
by Iperbole10 Rita Stanislas KazalLa missione: rivelare il "genius loci", lo spirito del nostro territorio, Bordeaux, la sua effervescenza che, seppur inscritta in un contesto secolare, ha un presente in moto perenne verso un futuro che rende tutte le cose senza tempo. Un metodo: rivelare il locale ma anche il globale e l'universale tramite un approccio interdisciplinare che lascia dialogare le culture. La missione: rivelare il "genius loci", lo spirito del nostro territorio, Bordeaux, la sua effervescenza che, seppur inscritta in un contesto secolare, ha un presente in moto perenne verso un futuro che rende tutte le cose senza tempo. Un metodo: rivelare il locale ma anche il globale e l'universale tramite un approccio interdisciplinare che lascia dialogare le culture.
Juno (B): Leveraging Student Power
by Amy Klopfenstein Joshua R. Schwartzstein Kathleen L. McGinnIn March 2020, Juno co-founders Chris Abkarians and Nikhil Agarwal decided to pitch banks in anticipation of their annual auction while negotiating directly with private lender Eager. Responses from the majority of private lenders-including Juno's 2019 partner-were not encouraging, yet Eager remained keenly interested in an exclusive partnership. The co-founders faced additional pressure following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Given the uncertainties of the pandemic and its economic impact, the co-founders gravitated towards the Eager partnership. However, they must decide whether to cancel the auction, and whether Eager has the stability to withstand the pandemic.
Juno (C): Leveraging Student Power
by Amy Klopfenstein Joshua R. Schwartzstein Kathleen L. McGinnIn May 2020, Juno co-founders Chris Abkarians and Nikhil Agarwal decided to hold the annual auction for their student loan assistance startup. Five lenders submitted bids, and the co-founders ultimately opted to select Eager Bank as their partner for the 2020-2021 academic year for fixed-rate loans. However, a significant portion of Juno's membership expressed interest in variable-rate loans, prompting them to seek out another partner for the variable-rate product. They secured a deal with a major private lender through an intermediary, but are forced to quickly adapt their strategy when the lender refuses to pay for Juno's loan volume. The case concludes with the co-founders considering whether Eager Bank might be a potential long-term partner, and once again wondering whether they should make changes to their auction-based strategy for the coming year.
Junson Capital: Building an Institutionalized Family Office
by Christopher J. Malloy Dawn Lau Hao Gao Lauren H. CohenCase
Junta directiva del Banco de la Republica: Grandes episodios en 30 años de historia
by Gloria Valencia"Este libro de Gloria Valencia constituye una referencia imprescindible para entender la historia del Banco de la República desde que la Constitución de 1991 le confirió su autonomía. Tiene, además, el inmenso mérito de ser un libro lleno de anécdotas y consideraciones de economía política que hacen particularmente amena su lectura". LEONARDO VILLAR, GERENTE GENERAL DEL BANCO DE LA REPÚBLICA La sala de reuniones de la Junta Directiva del Banco de la República guarda grandes secretos sobre decisiones cruciales e importantes momentos de la historia económica del país en los últimos 30 años. Las anécdotas y sucesos de lo allí acontecido son develados por Gloria Valencia, quien ha cubierto durante décadas los eventos micro y macroeconómicos de Colombia. Un apasionante relato escrito para todo aquel que quiere llegar hasta las entrañas de una de las instituciones más importantes del país. Este libro -publicado originalmente por el Banco de la República en una edición de 600 ejemplares y que ahora el sello Aguilar retoma, dada su importancia histórica- es una investigación periodística sin precedentes, en la cual la autora analiza 54 episodios centrales, con base en las actas de la Junta Directiva y en múltiples documentos del Banco, así como en más de 50 entrevistas a presidentes, dirigentes gremiales, gerentes y casi todos los codirectores y ministros de Hacienda de las últimas tres décadas.
Jurgen Klaric. Pobre, rico, millonario
by Jorge CanoPobre rico millonario La biografía autorizada de Jürgen Klaric, el líder de ventas más importante de habla hispana. En este libro imprescindible para cualquier persona interesada en el mundo de los negocios y las ventas, Jorge Cano retrata la trayectoria que ha seguido Jürgen Klaric para convertirse en un empresario exitoso y en uno de los líderes de ventas más importantes de Latinoamérica. Lleno de historias personales, aprendizajes y consejos, en Pobre rico millonario aprenderás cómo superar obstáculos en tu negocio, cómo perfilar tu producto para llegar al público meta, por qué el fracaso es algo positivo para seguir aprendiendo, cómo aplicar las neuroventas en tu empresa, por qué es importante tener una mentalidad de liderazgo, entre muchas otras cosas. El trabajo de Jürgen Klaric y su conocimiento en neurociencias, antropología, psicología y marketing han transformado diversas empresas trasnacionales como Amway, IKEA, Kimberly Clark, Big Cola, Telefónica Movistar, Telmex, Claro, Sony, Samsung, Nestlé, Bayer y General Motors.
The Juridification of Business Ethics
by Bart JansenThis book provides a theory of the juridification of business ethics. Ethical codes pop up everywhere in the business world and increasingly resemble the code of law. A focus on compliance rather than reflection becomes the norm. Legal perspectives replace ethical perspectives, turning ethicists into lawyers without a law degree. This juridification of business ethics conceals a diminishing trust in ethics, as legal reasoning substitutes philosophical thinking. By appealing to the critical study of law, Bart Jansen advocates for a renewed focus on the ethical side of business. This book shows the importance of a good balance between law and ethics in business and is of great interest to both academics and professionals.
Jurisdiction and Arbitration Agreements in International Commercial Law: Jurisdiction And Arbitration Agreements In International Commercial Law (Routledge Research in International Commercial Law)
by Zheng Sophia TangArbitration and jurisdiction agreements are frequently used in transnational commercial contracts to reduce risk, gain efficacy and acquire certainty and predictability. Because of the similarities between these two types of procedural autonomy agreements, they are often treated in a similar way by courts and practitioners. This book offers a comprehensive study of the prerequisites, effectiveness, and enforcement of exclusive jurisdiction and arbitration agreements in international dispute resolution. It examines whether jurisdiction and arbitration clauses have identical effects in private international law and whether they have been or should be given the same treatment by most countries in the world. By comparing the treatment of these clauses in the US, China, UK and EU, Zheng Sophia Tang demonstrates how, in practice, exclusive jurisdiction and arbitration agreements are enforced. The book considers whether the Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements could be treated as a litigating counterpart to the New York Convention, and whether it could work successfully to facilitate judicial cooperation and party autonomy in international commerce. This book breaks new ground in combining updated materials in EU, US and UK law with unique resources on Chinese law and practice. It will be valuable for academics and practitioners working in the field of private international law and international arbitration.
Juristische Personen des öffentlichen Rechts und die Umsatzsteuer: Arbeitshilfen zum § 2b UStG
by Michael HorstDas Buch enthält eine Auswahl an Themen, welche für umsatzsteuerliche Würdigung im Alltag von jPdöR - besonders für die Gebietskörperschaften - von Bedeutung sind. §2b UStG wird aus Sicht einer Gebietskörperschaft dargestellt. Dabei orientiert sich das Buch an einem städtischen Haushalt. Praktische Arbeitshilfen und Beispiele ermöglichen den Transfer auf die individuellen kommunalen Umsätze.
Jurlique: Globalizing Beauty from Nature and Science
by Geoffrey G. Jones Andrew SpadaforaConsiders the marketing and strategic challenges faced by natural beauty brands using the case of Australian-based Jurlique, which was acquired by Pola of Japan in 2011. The case opens two years later in July 2013 when Sam McKay, the chief executive officer, on a visit to Pola's head office in Tokyo, heard news of critical comments about the company and animal testing in a Facebook post from a group in South Australia, where the brand had been founded as a small biodynamic farm in 1985. The discussion of Jurlique's involvement with animal testing was a sensitive issue as it contradicted the brand's strong environmentally-friendly and ethical positioning. The matter had already arisen during the Pola acquisition as Pola, like all Japanese cosmetics companies, traditionally tested products on animals. The animal testing issue is put in context by a discussion of how during Jurlique's growth as a successful premium brand there had been substantial changes in market position, in part associated with shifts of ownership. At times the brand had been focused on core green consumers, but McKay had sought to broaden the consumer base by repositioning it as making "the most effective products as natural as possible." The company lost few existing customers, and found that Jurlique's image was an asset in attracting Chinese consumers who liked the story of the Australian farm which produced most ingredients. However, Chinese regulations refusing to allow the firm's stores to use recycled wood, and mandating of animal testing, were challenging to the brand's global natural brand position. The case can be taught both in marketing classes concerned with green business and in strategy classes exploring the challenges faced by global brands.
Jus Post Bellum and Transitional Justice
by Larry May Elizabeth EdenbergThis collection of essays brings together jus post bellum and transitional justice theorists to explore the legal and moral questions that arise at the end of war and in the transition to less oppressive regimes. Transitional justice and jus post bellum share in common many concepts that will be explored in this volume. In both transitional justice and jus post bellum, retribution is crucial. In some contexts criminal trials will need to be held, and in others truth commissions and other hybrid trials will be considered more appropriate means for securing some form of retribution. But there is a difference between how jus post bellum is conceptualized, where the key is securing peace, and transitional justice, where the key is often greater democratization. This collection of essays highlights both the overlap and the differences between these emerging bodies of scholarship and incipient law.
Just a Girl: Growing Up Female and Ambitious
by Lucinda JacksonJust A Girl is the sensitive, personal story of the author’s ambition to become and succeed as a scientist during the “white man in power” era of the 1950s to 2010s. In the male-dominated science world, she struggles from girlhood unworthiness to sexist battles in jobs on the farms and in the restaurants of America, in academia’s laboratories and field research communities, and in the executive corner office. Jackson overcomes pain, shame, and self-blame, learns to believe in herself when others don’t, and becomes a champion for others. The turbulent legal and social background of sexual harassment and sexism in America over seven decades is delivered as “history with emotion.” Just a Girl is also a call to action: it identifies the court cases and lawsuits that helped advance the cultural changes we see today; outlines the pressing need for a Boys and Men Liberation (BAML) movement; highlights new approaches by parents; advocates for changes in our universities; and suggests a different direction for corporate America to take to stop the cycle of sexual harassment. Eye-opening and inspiring, it points the way to a brighter future for women everywhere.
Just a Little Bit More: The Culture of Excess and the Fate of the Common Good
by T. Carlos AndersonIs America a Christian Nation? According to author T. Carlos Andersen, the true religion of the land is the confluence of commerce, materialism, and consumerism. Andersen, defining religion as "ultimate concern," claims our true devotion is found in material pursuits. It's been a good religion; it has fed, clothed, sheltered, and employed millions of Americans. It can go too far, however. When these pursuits become excessive, the religion breaks bad and the common good suffers.
Just a Trade a Day
by Michael JardineThe world's number-one Fibonacci trading guru delivers a revolutionary new system for finding that one, great trade a day Using the revolutionary, easy-to-learn methods outlined in this book, the full power of Fibonacci trading will be yours to command. Michael Jardine, one of the world's acknowledged experts on Fibonacci trading and author of the international bestseller, New Frontiers in Fibonacci Trading, draws upon his decades of experience with Fibonacci trading theory and practice to develop a simple, easy-to-use system that allows you to find that one great trade a day that every trader hopes for--day after day, year after year. Combining his original Jardine Range and what he has dubbed the "Universal Chart," Jardine's trading system will deliver greater consistency and objectivity to your trading, indicate key trend reversals, optimize your exits and much more. Clearly explains how to use the Universal System right out of the box with any trading instrument and in any time frameDemonstrates how to use the system in conjunction with other tools and strategies to complement your current trading methodologyShows how to use Market ProfileTM and Points of Control to more reliably determine comfort levels in the markets and anticipate trending moves with uncanny accuracy Uses detailed simulations to help clarify the theory behind the Universal System and to let you observe how it works in practicePacked with real-life examples Jardine's and includes a 500-day trading summary/journal demonstrating just how profitable this time-tested system has been for him
A Just and Generous Nation: Abraham Lincoln and the Fight for American Opportunity
by Harold Holzer Norton GarfinkleIn A Just and Generous Nation, the eminent historian Harold Holzer and the noted economist Norton Garfinkle present a groundbreaking new account of the beliefs that inspired our sixteenth president to go to war when the Southern states seceded from the Union. Rather than a commitment to eradicating slavery or a defense of the Union, they argue, Lincoln’s guiding principle was the defense of equal economic opportunity. Lincoln firmly believed that the government’s primary role was to ensure that all Americans had the opportunity to better their station in life. As president, he worked tirelessly to enshrine this ideal within the federal government. He funded railroads and canals, supported education, and, most importantly, issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which opened the door for former slaves to join white Americans in striving for self-improvement. In our own age of unprecedented inequality, A Just and Generous Nation reestablishes Lincoln’s legacy as the protector not just of personal freedom but of the American dream itself.
Just Arrived: Integrating Refugees in Sweden
by Brian Trelstad Emilie Billaud Mette Fuglsang HjortshoejJust Arrived is an online platform that matches newly-arrived immigrants in Sweden with employment opportunities. As one of several for-profit and non-profit start-ups in Europe that is looking to address the refugee crisis, the case enables a comparative analysis of a few of the core choices that a social enterprise has to make when developing a solution to a problem of this scale and scope. Used as an introductory case for a course on social enterprise and systems change, it touches on the background and experience of the founders, and their product development process. It shifts to explore which business model (for-profit or non-profit) and organizational structure might be most effective in addressing the problem, and how to evaluate the effectiveness of their efforts. And finally, it looks at how these organizations are working to change the system in the long-term, with a combination of direct service to refugees and employers, as well as the indirect influence of the media and through national or European policy changes.