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At the beginning of the 21st century, new features have emerged within the field of comparative education. Some of these features result from new technologies, while others reflect political transitions and the forces of globalisation. The field embraces new insights on cultures, and scholars are exploring diverse units of analysis.

This book presents perspectives on these changes while noting various continuing traditions. Its contributors come from a wide range of countries and contexts, and present their work within a framework set by the 11th congress of the World Council of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES). The book makes a valuable methodological as well as a conceptual contribution to the field.

Comparative Education: Continuing Traditions, New Challenges, and New Paradigms [A book review from: International Journal of Educational Development]

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Comparative Education: Continuing Traditions, New Challenges, and New Paradigms [A book review from: International Journal of Educational Development]
E. Jabal
Manufacturer: Elsevier
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Binding: Digital

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ASIN: B000RR0UNS

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This digital document is a journal article from International Journal of Educational Development, published by Elsevier in 2004. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Comparative Education: Continuing Traditions, New Challenges, and New Paradigms

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Comparative Education: Continuing Traditions, New Challenges, and New Paradigms
Mark A Bray
Manufacturer: NY
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000N7KIS4

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After leading over 150 sites to ISO 9000 registration throughout IBM, Dr. Small has written a book for senior executives and managers who need to understand the strategic and operational values of the ISO 9000 system. Small unravels the misconceptions and clearly explains how to use ISO 9000 to drive waste reduction, quality improvement and customer satisfaction.

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The book studies the interaction of the financial market, economic activity and the macroeconomy from a dynamic perspective. The financial market to be studied here encompasses the money and bond market, credit market, stock market and foreign exchange market. Economic activity is described by the activity of firms, banks, households, governments and countries. The book shows how economic activity affects asset prices and the financial market and how asset prices and financial market volatility feed back to economic activity. The focus in this book is on theories, dynamic models and empirical evidence. Empirical applications relate to episodes of financial instability and financial crises of the U.S., Latin American, Asian as well as Euro-area countries. The book is not only useful for researchers and practitioners in the field of financial engineering, but is also very useful for researchers and practitioners in economics.

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Excellent and Intense!.......2004-05-01

No one who has lived through the last ten years can not have realized how tightly the economy has become coupled to the financial marketplace. Prof. Semmler has gone beyond that realization and has undertaken to examine the actual mechanics by which it occurs. In this excellent and intense introduction, current macroeconomic-financial models are explored; the reader will quickly appreciate how asset price booms and subsequent recessions actually work. Semmler's style is "to the point" and his enthusiasm for his subject is contagious. Anyone with an advanced undergraduate understanding of economics, as well as financial professionals, and scientists and engineers with a curiosity about macroeconomics and the financial marketplace will thoroughly enjoy this book.

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Power Promoting

How to Market Your Business to the Top!

"Jeff Sussman is the consummate PR professional. His ideas and knowledge make him number one. They say we all have 15 minutes of fame coming; well, with Jeff Sussman, there's a whole lot more, including the financial rewards. He put Check-a-Mate on the map!" - Jerry Palace President, Hill Street Security and Check-a-Mate Investigations

"Jeffrey Sussman's marketing and promotional advice is second to none. He has been extremely helpful to me and to my firm. Anyone who wants to reach new levels of success should read Power Promoting." - Stephen J. Cabot, Esquire Chairman, Labor Relations and Employment Law Department Harvey, Pennington, Herting, Renneisen, Ltd.

"PR is not just for the big guys. Small businesses, particularly start-ups, can benefit by cleverly thought-out and wonderfully executed public relations. Jeffrey Sussman provided both of those to our company. He got us publicity and brought attention to our products at a very favorable cost." - Len Feldman President, PROfessional PROduct Research, Inc.

"Jeffrey Sussman is the P. T. Barnum of public relations. When he calls to pitch an idea for an article, he hooks media types like me with his enthusiasm, his wit, and his always novel approach to touting his clients. His book is both a fun read and an indispensable guide to how he does it." - Jeff Zaslow Columnist, Chicago Sun-Times

"Power Promoting shows how to combine creative thinking with common sense. As an editor, I know Jeff Sussman does his homework, knows how to use the fundamentals, and makes his client's story work for me." - Jack Roberts Editor, Philadelphia Business Journal

"An insightful rung-by-rung guide to the ladder of success for anyone with something to promote. . . .If you want to buy into the world of getting your message out to the public, this book is one-stop shopping." - Steve Schwartz Senior Producer, fX Networks, Inc.

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Increase Sales & Revenues.......2003-10-23

I have a small business that sells high quality consumer products. For awhile I thought that no one liked my products,then I learned that people just didn't know about my products. Power Promoting: How to Market Your Business to the Top taught me how to get my message out to consumers. Ever since I applied Sussman's techniques, I have dramatically inceased my sales and revenues.

how to be successful.......2002-07-26

I have a small business that was stagnating since 9/11. A friend suggested that I read Power Promoting. I implemented a number of the techniques in Mr. Sussman's book and within weeks things picked up - big time! This has been the most helpful marketing/PR business book that I have ever read. And I've read many of them. I enthusiastically recommend it.

the best book i've read for promoting one's business.......1999-06-19

This book has actually helped me to make my business more successful. I couldn't have done it without the help of Jeffrey Sussman and his book, Power Promoting! Everyone with a business should read it!

One-of-a-kind cookbook for small business PR.......1998-10-12

Jeffrey Sussman's book is an inspirational and motivational how-to directed at anyone who wants to promote their business. I have read many public relations and advertising books and have never come across one as specific and helpful for real-world small businesses, as this one. Contains specific case histories that you can relate to whether you have a one-person business or a much larger one.

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The creation, implementation, and sustainability of new ideas is the lifeblood ensuring the growth and viability of any organization. Without continuing innovation, competitive advantage and global market share are endangered. Once-thriving organizations can find themselves unprepared for the future. A Passion for Ideas gathers together a stunning list of today's thought leaders to shed light on how "the new" is discovered. Via interviews and essays, an exciting and diverse international group of innovators-representing not only business, but also science and the arts-share their insights and help us to understand the process of creativity and construction and the methods to move organizations forward in an ever-changing climate.

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Provocative, but some interest in business required.......2003-06-29

This book addresses the topic of innovation and transcends into the philosophical with some profound input from business leaders, artists, and other thinkers. "Passion for Ideas" reaches beyond innovation by considering what new is, how innovation can be created and how innovation will affect our future. In one chapter for example, "Increase and Arrival," Professor Gerhard Schultz from the University of Bamberg argues that the era of innovation is coming to an end.

Other chapters refer to business innovation, with thoughts on how companies can sustain creativity. Some of these ideas, although business related, and sometimes German-centric (the book was translated from German) reveal great insight into what new is and what can be done to develop new ideas. For example, an organization has the potential for more creativity by allowing more disorder in the chapter "The Virtues of Corporate Disorder."

Some of the chapters in this book I want to read again and others I found uninteresting or too abstract. Overall, I thought the authors have pulled together a compelling collection of ideas.

A glimpse into the struggling recesses of the psyche.......2002-04-13

Collaboratively edited by Heinrich V. Pierer (President and CEO of Kraftwerk Union AG) and Bolko V. Oetinger (Senior Vice President, The Boston Consulting Group), A Passion For Ideas: How Innovators Create The New And Shape Our World is an impressive and superbly presented anthology of interviews and commentaries focusing on the concept of how new ideas are actually generated. A wide range of twenty-seven notable thinkers informatively present their carefully articulated thoughts on the creative process and what it really means. Highly recommended reading for students and non-specialist general readers with an interest in technological innovation and the creative process, A Passion For Ideas is a fascinating, seminal volume, offering a insightful glimpse into the struggling recesses of the psyche.

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A CMMS is an integrated set of computer programs and data files used to efficiently govern the massive amounts of data generated by maintenance, inventory control, and purchasing. With a CMMS in place, you will effectively manage both the human and capital resources in your plant. Now you can: trace materials used and track their costs; maintain optimum, cost-effective inventory levels; better utilize labor; automatically create maintenance histories; and make maintenance cost data readily accessible in a variety of formats.

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Provides an indispensable source of knowledge for all those hoping to work in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States including Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. In addition to giving all the facts on where the jobs are and how to get them it gives essential information on the customs, laws, regulations and way of life that will be encountered there and how to adapt to them. Special features include regional employment guides, directories of major employers and personal case histories from people who have made the move there.
The book provides essential insider information and advice to help the reader secure a residence permit, find their ideal home, open a bank account and get the right health care. For those looking for work it lists the skills and trades most in demand and is packed with useful contacts to help find the right job, as well as explaining how to start or buy your own business.

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A must for anyone moving to the GCCs.......2001-04-14

My husband and I are going to move to Kuwait soon for work and we needed as much information as possible on living conditions there. Let me tell you that it's not easy to find useful info on Kuwait and we have found it in this book. If you are planning to move to any of the Gulf countries than this book is a must!

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This book is an essential classroom guide to the teaching of handwriting. It covers all aspects of the subject, from whole school planning; to classroom management, and the teaching of letters in a highly illustrated and practical sequence, from initial letter forms through to joined writing.

The author presents many examples and imaginative ideas to make learning to write more effective and interesting for children and for teachers. This new edition includes a section on Special Needs. It deals with complex handwriting problems and how to understand and deal with them.

The author offers strategies for better teaching, and her aim throughout the book is to encourage flexibility and clear thinking about essential issues, rather than to impose solutions.

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The Write Way to Teach Handwriting

Manufacturer: Fort Hays State University
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Spiral-bound
ASIN: B000BR5CCS

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This book is written for and dedicated to my elementary education students-past, present and future-who all could someday be the teachers of my children. Dr. Mike Currier 140 page spiral bound book that teaches the correct way to write.

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Going to court to resolve legal disputes is stressful, expensive and time-consuming. Consider a better alternative: Mediation. Then turn to Mediate, Don't Litigate to guide you through the entire process.

Let this easy-to-use book show you how to:

*choose a mediator
*prepare a case
*negotiate successfully
*write a binding agreement
*protect your interests in case mediation fails

Mediate, Don't Litigate provides detailed information on settling divorce, business and employment disputes, as well as sample mediation rules, contact information for state, national and regional mediation organizations, and the standards of conduct for mediators.

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"Going to court to resolve legal disputes is stressful, expensive and time-consuming. Consider a better alternative: Mediation. Then turn to Mediate, Don't Litigate to guide you through the entire process. Let this easy-to-use book show you how to: choose a mediator prepare a case negotiate successfully write a binding agreement protect your interests in case mediation fails Mediate, Don't Litigate provides detailed information on settling divorce, business and employment disputes, as well as sample mediation rules, contact information for state, national and regional mediation organizations, and the standards of conduct for mediators.

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Very, very helpful.......2007-03-10

This book is a walk-through of all the parts of mediation. The authors walk the reader through the basics of mediation, deciding whether to mediate, choosing a mediator, starting a mediation case, preparing for the mediation, how the mediation works, how to write an agreement, what happens if you don't reach an agreement, what happens if the agreement doesn't work after all, divorce mediation, business mediation, employment mediation, and using lawyers.

This is an easy to follow book with plenty of examples. Although the book mentions the high cost and time involved with lawyers (and the other impediments that might arise with lawyers), the authors explain clearly different situations in which you would not want to mediate. I thought this enlightening.

The last chapter discussing doing your own legal research and lists a host of good resources. I'm already exploring most of those. Very well done.

The only real dig I have is the pagination. With each chapter, the page numbers start over. Although the chapter number precedes, it is still a little aggravating.

Overall, if you are thinking about mediation or litigation, you would not be wasting your time to read this first.

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A true 'How-To'

Integrating Kanban With Mrpii: Automating a Pull System for Enhanced Jit Inventory Management
Raymond S. Louis
Manufacturer: Productivity Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Zero Quality Control: Source Inspection and the Poka-Yoke System

ASIN: 1563271826

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This book describes an automated kanban system that integrates MRPII, kanban bar codes, and a simple version of electronic data interchange into a powerful system that substantially lowers inventory levels and significantly eliminates non-value-adding actions.

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A true 'How-To'.......2000-09-28

The book and it's application principles are a definite must if you are serious about implementing 'Lean Manufacturing Principles ' and getting the best of two worlds' (MRP and Kanban). Even if you do not have an MRP system in place this book will deliver results immediately with true 'How To' reasoning. It is obvious that Mr Louis is actively working in the trenches and staying in touch with the 'World of Production'

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Every day, business leaders all over the world do two things -- they set goals for their companies, and they do their best to motivate their employees to fulfill those goals. But, obviously, not all leaders are alike. Ultimately, what distinguishes the successful leader is vision.

The Visionary Executive is the business leader's guide to becoming a visionary leader -- one who is able to identify, describe, and stick with a vision. No matter what level of organization the reader occupies, if the position requires leadership or decision making, this book will help them achieve substantial results by demonstrating:

** what it takes to be a visionary leader
** how to focus the vision, based on information and objectives
** how to predict the competition's vision -- and stay one step ahead

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The theory of competition has held a central place in economic analysis since the time of Adam Smith. This book, written by one of the most distinguished of contemporary economic theorists, reports on a major research program to provide strategic foundations for the theory of competition. Making use of insights from game theory, search theory and bargaining theory, the author develops a model to explain what actually goes on in markets and how a competitive general equilibrium is achieved. Essential reading for graduate courses in game theory and general equilibrium.

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Secret ingredients - The brave new world of industrial farming [A book review from: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment]
M.J. Morrison
Manufacturer: Elsevier
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000RR1P8M

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This digital document is a journal article from Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, published by Elsevier in 2005. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Secret Ingredients: The Brave New World of Industrial Farming

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Secret Ingredients: The Brave New World of Industrial Farming
Stuart Laidlaw
Manufacturer: McClelland & Stewart
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0771045956
Release Date: 2003-04-15

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You are what you eat, but do you know what is in the food you’re eating – or how it’s grown?

Chicken, corn, potatoes, a slice of bread, and a glass of milk. Where does a meal like this come from? Who and what is involved in getting it to your table? Most Canadians don’t know – and will be shocked to find out that, while we were snacking, farming has been transformed. Today, once-independent farmers work on contract for huge food corporations, growing genetically modified food in soil saturated with chemicals. Farming is big business and has become a matter of world trade regulations that favour global corporations. Laidlaw, in investigating the state of modern farming, uncovers many shocking practices, from pesticide use so severe it causes massive fish kills in PEI rivers to the transformation of small prairie abattoirs into vast, industrial slaughterhouses dependent on minimum-wage immigrant workers. Secret Ingredients brings a whole new dimension to the age-old question of what to have for dinner tonight.

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One of America's most successful marketing executives reveals tips and techniques of the massmarketing giants

Today's best marketing minds are in the consumer packaged goods industry, working with budgets of $100 million or more to pitch everything from soft drinks to shaving cream. Lessons from a Chief Marketing Officer takes an inside look at this highpressure world and provides readers with the essential ingredients needed to become not just market leadersbut leaders committed to great marketing.

Dynamic and packed with hands-on techniques, Lessons from A Chief Marketing Officer reveals the strategies top marketers use to capture and dominate their markets. It explains how organizations of any size can emulate the leaders and transform marketing into an organizational prerogative, one designed to capture the minds and pocketbooks of the buying public.

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Advanced communications and information technologies provide the basis for operational risk management. In order to support managers in real-time risk assessment and decision-making, the advanced technologies must be complemented by an appropriate reasoning logic.
This book presents such a reasoning logic for operational risk management. Chapter 1 discusses the need for operational risk management and the feasibility of its use based upon advances in sensing, mobile communications, and satellite positioning technologies. Chapter II presents a reasoning logic for operational risk management that capitalizes upon these developments. Chapter III illustrates the integration of the reasoning logic in hypermedia, multimedia, and virtual reality systems, coupled with the capabilities provided by the Internet. Chapters IV-VI illustrate the realism of operational risk management for hazardous material transportation, emergency response, air raid command, and emergency response at a nuclear power generation facility. The book closes with an experimental assessment of the logic and associated decision aids in Chapter VII.
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Researchers, who will find the most recent advances in operational risk management with experimental assessments.
Practitioners, who are provided with a detailed description of operational risk management and the latest advances in information and communications technologies to implement this new approach for managing risks in operational settings, such as transportation of hazardous materials and emergency response.
Students, who will learn the basic concepts in theory and practice of building models for decision and risk analysis, and embedding them into commercial software as decision support systems.

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In 1993 and 1995 the Texas Legislature enacted numerous civil justice reforms, popularly known as "tort reforms." The goal of these reforms is to reduce litigation costs and the size of litigation judgments, and to control escalating insurance costs. Relying on information obtained from focus groups, individual interviews, and written surveys, this report looks at how behavioral changes relating to tort reform affect insured losses in Texas and how rate reductions for certain lines of insurance can be adopted so that the insured public can enjoy any savings resulting from these reforms. The study also provides a methodology that can be used as a pattern for continuing study of legislative judicial reforms by Texas and other states

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