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The Machine That Changed the Worldby James P. Womack; Daniel T. Jones; Daniel Roos
Simon & Schuster 2007; US$ 12.99When The Machine That Changed the World was first published in 1990, Toyota was half the size of General Motors. Today Toyota is passing GM as the world's largest auto maker and is the most consistently successful global enterprise of the past fifty years. This management classic was the first book to reveal Toyota's lean production system that is the basis for its enduring success. Now reissued with a new Foreword and Afterword, Machine contrasts two fundamentally different business systems -- lean versus mass, two very different ways of thinking about how humans work together to create value. Based on the largest and most thorough study ever undertaken of any industry -- MIT's five-year, fourteen-country International Motor Vehicle... more...
Reconnecting Marketsby Estelle Biénabe; Julio Berdegué; Lucian Peppelenbos
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2011; US$ 124.95Reconnecting Markets is the second volume of case examples from the Regoverning Markets Project, (2005-2007). It focuses on the keys to inclusion of small scale farmers and rural SMEs into dynamic national and regional markets. The cases document specific arrangements that appear to have played a positive role in supporting greater inclusion, such as public policies and business initiatives, collective action by farmers and support from development agencies. more...
WSUD Engineering Procedures: Stormwaterby Melbourne Water
CSIRO Publishing 2005; US$ 89.95Practical engineering solutions to those who need to implement WSUD. more...
Bananaby Dan Koeppel
Penguin Group Inc. 2008; US$ 13.99In the vein of the bestselling Salt and Cod, a gripping chronicle of the myth, mystery, and uncertain fate of the world?s most popular fruit In this fascinating and surprising exploration of the banana?s history, cultural significance, and endangered future, award-winning journalist Dan Koeppel gives readers plenty of food for thought. Fast-paced and highly entertaining, Banana takes us from jungle to supermarket, from corporate boardrooms to kitchen tables around the world. We begin in the Garden of Eden?examining scholars? belief that Eve?s ?apple? was actually a banana? and travel to early-twentieth-century Central America, where aptly named ?banana republics? rose and fell over the crop, while the companies now known as Chiquita and... more...
The Challenge to Changeby Richard Eckersley; Kevin Jeans
CSIRO Publishing 1995; US$ 13.95What is Australia's future? What role will science and technology play in shaping it? Challenge to Change: Australia in 2020 highlights the choices and options Australians face. It will stimulate thought and discussion about what the Australian people want. In this book, CSIRO brings together some of its leading scientists to give their ideas of what the future holds. Some of the topics discussed are: Biotechnology - new plants, new animals and new industries; Food science - fresher foods and foods as medicine; Climate and weather - greenhouse and long-term forecasts; Sustainable agriculture - better farming practices; Information technology and telecommunications - information anywhere, anytime on anything; Oceans - a rich resource, if looked... more...
Baker's Manualby Joseph Amendola; Nicole Rees
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2003; US$ 29.95Crucial formulas for baking success--an updated edition of the classic reference What do virtually all breads and desserts have in common? They rely on baking formulas, the building block "recipes" that every serious baker must master. For example, behind every tempting napoleon lies a formula for classic puff pastry, while a truly heavenly chocolate brownie cannot exist without the knowledge of how to temper chocolate. Compiled by a veteran instructor at The Culinary Institute of America, this authoritative reference contains 200 completely up-to-date formulas using essential ingredients found in today's pastry kitchens. From American Pie Dough and P?t? Bris?e to Pastry Cream and Cr?me Anglaise, these recipes are written in small- and large-yield... more...
The Appetizer Atlasby Arthur L. Meyer; Jon M. Vann
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2003; US$ 45.00The ultimate single-source cookbook for a world of appetizers Whether in the form of a passed hors d'oeuvre, canap?, or a dish of small bites placed at a table setting, appetizers are the perfect showcase of a cook's creativity and skill. The Appetizer Atlas brings together an enticing range of starters from around the world that will help lead off any dining experience in style. This unique, encyclopedic cookbook offers 400 authentic, savory recipes for appetizers from twenty-eight distinctive regional cuisines-from Mexico to Maghreb, from China to the Caribbean, along with France, India, Italy, Japan, Thailand, and many more. All recipes are kitchen tested, perfect for home cooking, professional catering, and entertaining. With photographs... more...
Modelling the Growth of Corporationsby Jacques E. Solvay; Michéle Sanglier; Paul Brenton
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2001; US$ 115.00This book demonstrates to managers and investment analysts the value of analysing the long-run growth processes of corporations. The authors develop an approach for analysing and modelling the productivity growth of individual corporations and show the importance of corporate culture in determining firm performance in the long-run. The model is explained in clear and non-technical terms, and is backed up by full mathematical proofs in an appendix. The authors use their diversity of experience from the business, academic and policy sectors to demonstrate a range of applications for their model. By applying the ideas of complexity and self-organisation to the modern corporation, this book provides an alternative to the standard economic approach... more...
The Monopolistic Competition Revolution in Retrospectby Steven Brakman; Ben J. Heijdra
Cambridge University Press 2001; US$ 72.00In 1977 Dixit and Stiglitz revolutionized the modeling of imperfectly competitive markets, launching the second monopolistic competition revolution. The text includes a comprehensive survey of both monopolistic competition revolutions, and previously unpublished working papers by Dixit and Stiglitz that led to their famous 1977 paper. more...
Capital Budgetingby Don Dayananda; Richard Irons; Steve Harrison; John Herbohn; Patrick Rowland
Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 50.00Explains the financial appraisal of capital budgeting projects. Develops basic concepts, principles and techniques and applies them in complex real-world situations such as forestry, property and international investments. All computations in the book are extensively supported by Excel workbooks on the Web, each chapter contains questions for teachers and students. more...