Financial Statements -- Present and Future Scope:

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The commonly used financial statements--balance sheet, income statement, and statement of changes in cash flows-- focus on a firm's financial structure and performance over a defined period of time. Although they may conform to generally accepted accounting standards they still fail to provide other information that is equally important to achieving true full disclosure. Riahi-Belkaoui proposes remedies for this neglect by taking a close look at other types of statements: the inflation, value added, employee, social performance, and human asset reports. His book is a concise, easily accessed summary of all types of reports, for practitioners, and especially useful as a text or review for students in graduate level courses in financial management and accounting. The author begins by examining the traditional statements. He shows how they fail to disclose vital information on the measurement and impact of inflation; the measurement of total wealth generated by the total production team, not merely its return to stockholders; necessary information on employees, and about them, that can be useful in management decision making; the measurement of social costs and the benefits attributable to the effects of organizational behavior on the environment, and the measurement of the value of human assets. He takes up these failures and neglects one by one and provides concise discussions of the other, less widely used statements that could remedy them, statements that could provide a fully useful display of an organization's financial well being, if they were better understood and commonly available.

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Looking for the ultimate book to help reengineer the way your company manages performance? Here is a major work that lays the groundwork for successful change at virtually every step in maximizing individual, team and organizational effectiveness. It is ideal for any manager responsible for performance improvement or human resource development. The authors, both experienced in competency-based human resource development and management, provide the reader with insight into performance management as a strategic tools and change lever-not a dreaded, bureaucratic hurdle. Readers are empowered to achieve their goals faster and more effectively by mobilizing people with whom they work. Senior human resources and line managers in organizations of all sizes will find answers to many of their most challenging people-related questions in Reengineering Performance Management. Numerous case studies from companies on the cutting edge of performance management illustrate the major themes of the text. Critically peer reviewed, this book offers the benefit of successful methods that have been tried and tested over the past 50 years, along with the most advanced and up-to-date knowledge in the field of performance management.

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The best resource for improving Performance Management.......2006-10-18

I have spent months benchmarking performance Management processes to redesign my organizations and this book has every best practice out there rolled into one. It is easy to use, not filled with a bunch of HR/OD jargon and can actually be used to create a system not just talk about theory!

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This study investigates the gender implications of agricultural sector reform in Kenya. The author focuses on smallholder tea production with the aim of pinpointing the factors that influence the adoption of tea among male and female farmers, assessing female farmers’ perceptions of the changes in living standards over the research period, and suggesting appropriate policy reforms to ensure that women’s interests are taken into account in the design of agricultural reforms.

Gender and agricultural supply response to structural adjustment programmes: A case study of smallholder tea production in Kericho (Working paper)

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Gender and agricultural supply response to structural adjustment programmes: A case study of smallholder tea production in Kericho (Working paper)
Grace Ongile
Manufacturer: Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B0006FBGRK

Baseball America 2006 Directory: Your Definitive Guide to the Game (Baseball America's Directory)
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Baseball America 2006 Directory: Your Definitive Guide to the Game (Baseball America's Directory)
The Editors of Baseball America
Manufacturer: Baseball America
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1932391118

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The 2006 Baseball America Directory is the definitive reference guide for the upcoming season. The Directory features major, minor, and independent league schedules, ballpark directions, and how to get in touch with anyone in the game-by phone, fax or on the web. From schedules to personnel to addresses to phone numbers and websites, the Directory is the guide to finding information in baseball, from the majors to the minors to college, high school, and amateur baseball.

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Best deal around.......2007-01-11

My husband has been buying this for years through Baseball America directly. We got the best deal through Amazon, and will do again this year!

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To do this month:

We're off to the ski resort!
Prince Stephen staying at resort using a secret identity! MUST meet him.
Scope out cute guy on chair lift -- is he the prince???
Research the prince online -- find out what he looks like
Unmask the prince at resort Christmas party

DREAM HOLIDAY (MARY-KATE AND ASHLEY SWEET 16, NO 12)

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DREAM HOLIDAY (MARY-KATE AND ASHLEY SWEET 16, NO 12)
ELIZA WILLARD
Manufacturer: HarperCollins
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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With growing affluence in the developed world, food has become an increasing focus for attention. The authors argue that in order to understand the extensive and dramatic developments in the world of food, a new interdisciplinary approach is necessary. b /b b i Consumption /i /b b /b b i in the Age of Affluence /i /b successfully addresses food consumption in this way. The volume argues the importance of socioeconomic and cultural factors over diet, in influencing the production, marketing and consumption of different groups of foods. It places food systems theory on sound analytical foundations, draws critically upon food systems literature, includes case studies from the sugar, dairy and meat industries and employs novel statistical techniques to identify and explain distinct patterns of food consumption.

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This is a study of the long-run evolution of the relationship between China and the world economy. The book presents an original interpretation of the country's socio-economic processes in the past 150 years, focusing on China's interaction with the expanding capitalist world economy. The author argues that the general thrust of China's quest for development or modernization has been to catch up with the wealthy nations of the West, and goes on to explain the changing paths and outcomes.

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China and the Global Economy Since 1840
Aiguo/ Aiguo, Lu Lu
Manufacturer: Palgrave Macmillan
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OTKAOI

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This is the first comprehensive book to aid the gardener in making a start with native plants. It takes the gardener through the beginning steps of identifying native plants, evaluating them in relation to conventional garden materials, and learning detailed techniques of propagation and culture. Annuals, perennials (including ferns), bulbs, shrubs and trees are included--with about 350 species treated in detail, and many others included in charts and listings for quick reference.
A few California native plants have been in cultivation for a hundred years or so, but widespread consciousness of natives is relatively recent. It has arisen partly because of the recent drought, which natives survived more readily than exotics, and partly because of growing awareness that many natives have become rare or endangered, and may be preserved and perpetuated by cultivation for their ornamental qualities. The book is in full accord with the new trend in landscaping in which the environment, climate, and restricted water supplies are taken into account--not only for gardens but also for parks, roadside plantings, and other large-scale landscaping.
Because propagation and cultural methods for many native plants have never been recorded, the author spent years gathering information through correspondence. She has also had personal experience in growing natives for more than 30 years. The result is the first complete, practical, convenient guide for growing native plants. It will be essential for the experienced gardener and the beginner alike.

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Very informative........2002-07-18

This is an excellent book for using native plants in the garden. The only draw back is the lack of useful photographs. Other than that I would have given it 5 stars.

The Native Garden Primer.......2000-04-01

Expressing my opinion of Mrs. Schmidt's book in words is like being asked to explain why I love my mother, my dog, ice cream or back rubs.

But that's because I'm a native plant enthusiast. To the lover of pansies and petunias, agapanthus and juniper, this book would hold little charm or interest.

However, if you have any interest in California natives, Mrs. Schmidt's book is essential to your gardening library. In it, Mrs. Schmidt shares with readers her years of experience gardening with California's garden-worthy native plants. Mrs. Schmidt discusses hundereds of trees, shrubs, ferns and wildflowers, detailing where each is found in the wild, the conditions it needs to flourish in the garden, and the plant combinations which will show it to greatest advantage. Mrs. Smith's writing is crisp, vibrant, and incorporates enough technical jargon to satisfy the botanists without alienating beginners.

Were I forced, at gunpoint, to make one criticism of the book, I would have to say that the color photographs are somewhat amateurish-looking. I have seen other books with prettier color plates, but have found none which rival Growing California Native Plants for its overall usefullness and enjoyability.

Managing the Obvious: How to Get What You Want Using What You Know
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Managing the Obvious: How to Get What You Want Using What You Know
Charles A. Coonradt , Jack M. Lyon , and Richard L. Williams
Manufacturer: Game of Work
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1883004012

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Learn how to implement the Titan Principle, a proven strategy that will keep your business booming.

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Ron Karr will help you become a Titan in selling!.......1999-11-23

Applying the simple, yet ingenius methods that Ron Karr describes in this book will elevate your sales career to new heights. This book has helped me in so many ways. Why have we been just getting by? We keep making the calls, booking the appointments, but our sales numbers aren't where we want them to be? Why? Because we need the focus, determination and most of all the tools to become Titans! Ron Karr gives you the tools. The Titan Principle will help you get there. It has helped me become more focused, more determined, and has helped me get through to the right people who can use my services. Ron Karr teaches you how to become a valuable resource, how to get to the descision maker, and once there, help your clients and prospects get to where they want to go! Ron's ground breaking ideas on issue based questioning and the Resource Proclamtion alone will help you get infront of more qualified and intersted prospects! What this means, is more sales in a shorter sales cycle, larger cases and seen as a valuable resource in the eyes of your clients. The best book period on selling! Thank you Ron, for your wonderful, insightful book!

Excellent authoring of results oriented sales tools!.......1999-08-05

Ron Karr has brought together a wide range of sales tools focused around getting results. This is not a book about sales philosophy, but "in the trenches and on the street" type of sales strategies and techniques to close deals. I especially like chapter six on the customer interview process. It is really more about the discovery process thru what I call "power questioning" and I share these ideas with sales reps whenever I have the opportunity. Karr's ability to teach the customer interview process is excellent and his sales tools are bound to get results!

A must for the new century sales people.......1999-02-17

This is a great book to re-shape the sales professionals' profile. It is an excellent guide for my business

Excellent and to the point!.......1999-01-19

Very readable. This book reiterates the elements all good sales people use but more importantly it offers new techniques to turn them (us) into great sale people....Titans in fact. Well worth seeking out this book.

I found this book to be crisp, no nonsense and ready to use........1998-12-09

I really enjoyed Ron's personal stories and experiences and how they relate to "real world" situations.

The book has become a resource that I can refer to before and after an appointment and immediately benefit from.

I would highly reccommend it to anyone in sales !

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Biophotonics is a rapidly increasing field of current scientific research and applications, based on the discovery of biophotons, a permanent, weak photon current emanating from all living systems. The biophoton emission reflects some, if not all, of the essential biological and physiological activities in biological systems. Biophotonics provides a powerful tool for investigating these electromagnetic interactions. The theoretical approach requires holistic models of living systems, rather than local analytical models. Consequently, these new insights into living matter create a new basis of "integrative biophysics" that is concerned with the questions of regulation, communication and organization of biological systems.

Most of the specialists working in this interdisciplinary field of physics, biology, biophysics and medicine are associated with "The International Institute of Biophysics" (IIB), in Neuss, Germany, where basic research and possibilities for applications are coordinated. The growth in this field is indicated by the increase in financial support, interest from the scientific community and frequency of publications.

Audience: The scientists of IIB have presented the most essential background and applications of biophotonics in these lecture notes in biophysics, based on the summer school lectures by this group. This book is devoted to questions of elementary biophysics, as well as current developments and applications. It will be of interest to graduate and postgraduate students, life scientists, and the responsible officials of industries and governments looking for non-invasive methods of investigating biological tissues.

Secret Alliance: A Study of the Danish Resistance Movement, 1940-1945
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Jorgen Haestrup
Manufacturer: New York University Press
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ASIN: 0814734286

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Displaying an impressive command of complex materials, Seyla Benhabib reconstructs the history of theories from a systematic point of view and examines the origins and transformations of the concept of critique from the works of Hegel to Habermas. Through investigating the model of the philosophy of the subject, she pursues the question of how Hegel's critiques might be useful for reforumulating the foundations of critical social theory.

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This tutorial introduces the theory and applications of MTF, used to specify the image quality achieved by an imaging system. It covers basic linear systems theory and the relationship between impulse response, resolution, MTF, OTF, PTF, and CTF. Practical measurement and testing issues are discussed.

Sensor performance analysis (SuDoc NAS 1.61:1241)

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Sensor performance analysis (SuDoc NAS 1.61:1241)
H. E. Montgomery
Manufacturer: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Management, Scientific and Technical Information Division National Technical Information Service, distributor]
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ASIN: B00010BBZM

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Iguanas are large, primeval appearing animals that have always attracted considerable attention and sicentific study. The 30 species of iguanas are today collectively referred to as iguanines, or the subfamily Iguaninae, of the lizard family Iguanidae. This book is the result of a symposium of worldwide scientists on the world's iguanas that was held at a joint meeting of the Society of the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles and The Herpetologist's League. Over 30 recognized experts submitted their studies of these interesting reptiles, and have published what was once unknown and unpublished information. This book was a leader in its time, and still serves as a wonderful reference for scientist and student alike.

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Who knew?.......2002-12-24

Who would have believed this information was available 20 years ago. This is a deeply scientific book, not for casual reading. A must for those that like to think they are in the top branch of information givers.

From diet to breeding habits, dwelling preferences, discussions on internal organs and just so much more of the many different species of the iguana. Burghardt and Rand have complied (edited) a tremendous collection of researchers work. Never have I seen the pooling of so many different resources to come to the understanding of a reptile.

If you think you are one of the "smart" people when it comes to the iguana species, this is a MUST HAVE publication.

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