Code of Federal Regulations 10: Energy: Revised As of January 1, 2004 (Code of Federal Regulations Title 10 Energy)

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Environmental values and concerns are meant to be reflected through environmental policy, which is then integrated into mainstream economic and social policy and serves to govern society and the economy. Yet effective environmental policy integration (EPI) has proven to be very difficult in actual practice and it remains largely an elusive aspiration. This is particularly the case in core economic sectors such as energy and agriculture, which have enormous environmental impacts but are also sectors in which other priorities typically override environmental concerns in policy creation. This groundbreaking volume presents the first ever detailed examination of EPI at the national policy level, focusing on the key sectors of energy and agriculture within Sweden, a country that is widely recognized as a leader in Europe and worldwide. In doing so, the authors unpack EPI, look at what it means in policy formation and examine how environmental priorities are treated in relation to other political priorities.

The final section of the book lays out the major findings and presents key lessons for international application including institutional recommendations on how to enhance the potential for EPI. Most fundamentally, the book answers the questions of what works and why for EPI, and how it can be achieved in practice across sectors. The result is a rich and indispensable guide for all those involved in policy formation in governments, NGOs and business and industry as well as environmental management professionals, and researchers and higher level students studying environmental policy.

African Energy Policies: Issues in Planning and Practice (African Energy Policy Research Network)

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African Energy Policies: Issues in Planning and Practice (African Energy Policy Research Network)
AFREPREN
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Binding: Paperback

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The Business of Research: Issues of Policy and Practice (Broadening Perspectives on Social Policy)

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The Business of Research: Issues of Policy and Practice (Broadening Perspectives on Social Policy)
Gillian Lewando Hundt
Manufacturer: Blackwell Publishing Limited
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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The practice of research has long become more a business activity than scholarly pursuit. It takes particular know-how, not merely to secure financial backing and thence deliver to order, but to manage and keep control of an entire intervening research operation. Yet these are activities academics are not normally trained in or formally prepared for.This collection breaks new ground in its offer of frank commentary on aspects of the research process - as supplied by experienced academics together with a senior representative of one key funding agency - based on first-hand experience and observation of the management of social science projects from within Britain/the EU.The collection is also conspicuous for the variety of research projects covered. Most contributors are reporting with reference to a particular case-study experience. But these range from the most localised to the most multi-national; from the most specialised to the most multi-disciplinary undertakings.

Changes in Exchange Rates in Rapidly Developing Countries: Theory, Practice, and Policy Issues (National Bureau of Economic Research-East Asia Seminar on Economics)

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Changes in Exchange Rates in Rapidly Developing Countries: Theory, Practice, and Policy Issues (National Bureau of Economic Research-East Asia Seminar on Economics)

Manufacturer: University Of Chicago Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0226386732

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The exchange rate is a crucial variable linking a nation's domestic economy to the international market. Thus choice of an exchange rate regime is a central component in the economic policy of developing countries and a key factor affecting economic growth.

Historically, most developing nations have employed strict exchange rate controls and heavy protection of domestic industry-policies now thought to be at odds with sustainable and desirable rates of economic growth. By contrast, many East Asian nations maintained exchange rate regimes designed to achieve an attractive climate for exports and an "outer-oriented" development strategy. The result has been rapid and consistent economic growth over the past few decades.

Changes in Exchange Rates in Rapidly Developing Countries explores the impact of such diverse exchange control regimes in both historical and regional contexts, focusing particular attention on East Asia. This comprehensive, carefully researched volume will surely become a standard reference for scholars and policymakers.

Computer Chips and Paper Clips: Technology and Women's Employment, Volume II: Case Studies and Policy Perspectives (Computer Chips and Paper Clips)

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Computer Chips and Paper Clips: Technology and Women's Employment, Volume II: Case Studies and Policy Perspectives (Computer Chips and Paper Clips)
Panel on Technology and Women's Employment , Committee on Women's Employment and Related Social Issues , and National Research Council
Manufacturer: National Academies Press
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0309037271

The CREDE Synthesis Project: Implications for Research, Policy, and Practice: A Special Issue of the Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk

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The CREDE Synthesis Project: Implications for Research, Policy, and Practice: A Special Issue of the Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk

Manufacturer: Lawrence Erlbaum
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ASIN: 0805894144

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This digital document is an article from Doors and Hardware, published by Door and Hardware Institute on July 1, 1999. The length of the article is 1065 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: A fair specification.(tips on specification writing)
Author: Harry Schiller
Publication: Doors and Hardware (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 1999
Publisher: Door and Hardware Institute
Volume: 63 Issue: 7 Page: 36(3)

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Specification Writing and Management (Quality and Reliability, Vol 20)

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Specification Writing and Management (Quality and Reliability, Vol 20)
M. Mcrobb
Manufacturer: CRC
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0824780825

Construction Specifications: Principles and Applications

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Construction Specifications: Principles and Applications
David J. Wyatt , and Hans W. Meier
Manufacturer: Cengage Delmar Learning
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1428318615

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Unlike any other book on the market, Construction Specifications: Principles and Applications addresses specification writing as a valuable tool that can play a critical role in managing professional risk, enhancing the value of an architect's or engineer's instruments of service, and increasing the profitability of facilities in both public and private sectors. This book will guide users through the creation and implementation of construction specifications and related construction administration documents, detailing the requirements for effective, successful specifications. Coverage includes topics never before explored in other specification-focused publications, such as standards of professional care, risk management, liability reform for architects and engineers, and the very latest formats of the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI), including MasterFormat™ 2004 Edition, SectionFormat, and UniFormat. Given the growing complexity of the construction industry, the demand for specifications that can serve as management assets and risk prevention resources is at an all-time high, and professionals armed with the knowledge that this book provides will be best prepared to face these new challenges.

Writing printing specifications: A systematic approach to publications management (AASLH technical leaflet)

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Writing printing specifications: A systematic approach to publications management (AASLH technical leaflet)
L. Edward Purcell
Manufacturer: American Association for State and Local History
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B0006XUNJO

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Six out of ten systems fail to deliver the business results that companies desire and deserve. The Systems Integrator's Notebook will help you create unstoppable momentum for your project; create the optimal team for your system's implementation; create system “traction”; and learn how to minimize the risk of failure. This book is especially applicable for those implementing: Warehouse Management Systems, Transportation Systems, E-Commerce Systems, RF and Bar Coding Data Collection Systems, Distribution Systems and Plant Floor Systems.

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This absorbing narrative follows the craft community of French chocolatiers--members of a tiny group experiencing intensive international competition--as they struggle to ensure the survival of their businesses. Susan J. Terrio moves easily among ethnography, history, theory, and vignette, telling a story that challenges conventional views of craft work, associational forms, and training models in late capitalism. She enters the world of Parisian craft leaders and local artisanal families there and in southwest France to relate how they work and how they confront the representatives and structures of power, from taste makers, CEOs, and advertising executives to the technocrats of Paris and Brussels.
Looking at craft culture and community from a cross-disciplinary perspective, Terrio finds that the chocolatiers affirm their collective identity and their place in the present by commemorating selectively their role in history. In addition to joining a distinguished tradition of American anthropological writing on the role of food, her study of the social production of taste in the invention of vintage, grand cru chocolates lends specificity and weight to theories of consumption by Pierre Bourdieu and others. The book will appeal to anthropologists, cultural studies scholars, and anyone curious about life in contemporary France.

Crafting the Culture and History of French Chocolate. (Geographical Reviews). (book review): An article from: The Geographical Review

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Crafting the Culture and History of French Chocolate. (Geographical Reviews). (book review): An article from: The Geographical Review
Kristin Selinder
Manufacturer: American Geographical Society
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from The Geographical Review, published by American Geographical Society on July 1, 2001. The length of the article is 1289 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Crafting the Culture and History of French Chocolate. (Geographical Reviews). (book review)
Author: Kristin Selinder
Publication: The Geographical Review (Refereed)
Date: July 1, 2001
Publisher: American Geographical Society
Volume: 91 Issue: 3 Page: 608(3)

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Not advertising, not training --Just self-promotional fluff

Advertraining: 35 Ways to Turn Students into Fans
James Hassett
Manufacturer: Brattle Systems, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Training | Management & Leadership | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
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ASIN: 0972763007

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This book will show you how to sell your ideas by applying principles from advertising, training, and psychology. While traditional teaching focuses on intellectual knowledge and skills, the advertraining approach adds emotion. Advertraining ensures that students will not only understand what you teach, they will like it. This book will inspire your creativity by showing how advertising campaigns apply to classes, e-learning, and communication.

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Not advertising, not training --Just self-promotional fluff .......2005-05-22

I'm a retired CEO and am about to teach an adult ed course. I picked up several teaching/training books for insight. Unfortunately, this one was a loser...

This is a simplistic book with obvious, common-sense "principles" ("Be Confident", "Make a Good First Impression"). The format of each chapter is to describe common TV advertising campaigns that are supposedly connected with a certain "principle"; then to end abruptly by throwing the question of how the principle correlates to training back at the reader. For example, in the chapter "Build on the Brand", the author rambles about company culture at Disney, then suddenly ends with nothing but his own self-promotion:

"...before starting any training program, developers should become familiar with the brand identity, and do everything they can to work it into the training. How? Well, that's where your creativity and experience come in. Or, if you're too busy, you can hire us."

This book states that it is targeted to training professionals, high school/college teachers, and marketing professionals, however this author seems to have no insight about any of the above.

A much better choice is Training for Dummies - which tackles the subject seriously, including how to measure training's effectiveness - something never even mentioned in this one.

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Why has the drastic assault on U.S. workers' economic well-being represented by plant closings not spurred them to greater political and trade union militancy? The answers lie in the myths and power structure of our society's legal and business institutions. By comparing worker experiences in Youngstown, Ohio, where plant closings and layoffs are not regulated, and Longwy, France, where legislation had been enacted, Rothstein gauges the markedly different effects.

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Techniques of the pros for getting fast, free, and valuable data using the SEC's Web-based EDGAR system

More than one million investors each week rely on the SEC's EDGAR (Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval) system to learn what is really going on inside publicly traded companies. But because the dense boilerplate and legalese is often more arcane and confusing than informative, many come away with little useful information.

EDGAR: The Investor's Guide to Making Better Investments shows investors how to quickly find--and interpret--the data they need. Explaining how to look for essential facts in obtuse SEC filings, this do-it-yourself investor's handbook discusses:

Methods for starting out and using EDGAR
How to understand what is--and isn't-- being said
Methods for quickly finding key information

E-Commerce: A Control and Security Guide

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Very good book on security controls
An Invaluable E-Commerce Audit Guide

E-Commerce: A Control and Security Guide
Gordon E. Smith
Manufacturer: Wiley
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Binding: Hardcover

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Electronic Commerce

ASIN: 0471180904

Book Description

Explores the components of e-commerce (including EDI).
Shows the risks involved when using an e-commerce system.
Provides controls for protecting an e-commerce site (e.g., securing financial transactions and confidential transactions).
Provides COSO compliant audit approach.
Provides risk/control tables and checklists.
Technical topics are discussed in simple user-friendly language.

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* Explores the components of e-commerce (including EDI).
* Shows the risks involved when using an e-commerce system.
* Provides controls for protecting an e-commerce site (e.g., securing financial transactions and confidential transactions).
* Provides COSO compliant audit approach.
* Provides risk/control tables and checklists.
* Technical topics are discussed in simple user-friendly language.

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Very good book on security controls.......2004-07-02

Checklists, though mundane, are a key component of many jobs. They help ensure that key issues aren't overlooked, and they serve as guideposts for anyone auditing the work. This book provides technology managers with a very good preparatory set of details and checklists for their e-commerce infrastructure. The book can also show a corporate auditor what to look for to ensure that appropriate controls are in place.

Throughout its 6 chapters and 225 pages, the book offers a detailed, progressive, and structured approach for performing such audits. The book addresses technology-related issues but doesn't require the auditor to be expert in them. Among topics discussed are physical security, authentication, and passwords; checklists ensure that these features are deployed or configured correctly.

For ensuring that file servers and other elements of the e-commerce infrastructure are protected, this book is an excellent choice.

An Invaluable E-Commerce Audit Guide.......2004-03-12

While many approach the subject of e-commerce control and security from a purely pedagogical, 'those who can't do, teach' perspective, Gordon Smith draws upon his considerable experience in the trenches to pen this logical step-by-step, risk-based approach to the subject. Moreover, the book is written in an easy, conversational style that is easily comprehended by even neophyte auditors, and its packed with audit work programs and checklists that permit practitioners to roll up their sleeves and get down to work immediately. One feature of this book I found particularly enlightening was Mr. Smith's sensible inclusion of supporting operating system and data base-related risks and controls as they relate to the overall e-commerce control environement. Too often these extremely important controls are deleted from scope or not considered at all in favor of engagement cost and time constraints. Experience proves that a partially secured environement is no better than one that is totally unsecured. Having contracted and worked with Mr. Smith and his CanAudit associates in the past, and having personally witnessed his team breaking into systems heretofore considered inpenetrable, I place a great deal of credence in his opinions on the subject of system security, e-commerce-related or otherwise. This book is a must read for anyone interested in the subject of e-commerce security and an invaluable reference tool for the professional IT Auditing practitioner.

Security in Information Systems: A Guide for Business and Accounting (Routledge Information Systems Textbooks)

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Security in Information Systems: A Guide for Business and Accounting (Routledge Information Systems Textbooks)
Andrew Hawker
Manufacturer: Routledge
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Library Binding

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ASIN: 0415205344

Book Description

This is a comprehensive review written for the business reader. It includes coverage of recent developments in electronic commerce, as well as the more traditional systems fopund in many organizations, both large and small. The text is intended for any manager whose work depends on financial or other business information. It includes case studies, summaries and review questions, making it suitable as a source text for students of business studies and the postgraduate or advanced level.

Less paper, more security: electronic storage doesn't mean more secure files. (2003 Technology & Business Resource Guide: Document Management).: An article from: California CPA

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Less paper, more security: electronic storage doesn't mean more secure files. (2003 Technology & Business Resource Guide: Document Management).: An article from: California CPA
Susan Bradley
Manufacturer: California Society of Certified Public Accountants
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from California CPA, published by California Society of Certified Public Accountants on May 1, 2003. The length of the article is 791 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Less paper, more security: electronic storage doesn't mean more secure files. (2003 Technology & Business Resource Guide: Document Management).
Author: Susan Bradley
Publication: California CPA (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 1, 2003
Publisher: California Society of Certified Public Accountants
Volume: 71 Issue: 9 Page: S18(1)

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Security in Information Systems: A Guide for Business and Accounting

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Security in Information Systems: A Guide for Business and Accounting
Andrew Hawker
Manufacturer: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000MUWKR4

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