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Privatization and Supply Chain Management
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 230.00This book brings together two of the 'hottest issues' in current management thinking: the impact of privatization on the performance and behaviour of the companies involved, and the increasingly important role of purchasing and supplier relationships. The notion that efficiency is improved with privatization is critically examined. The authors examine... more...
The Income Approach to Property Valuation
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 67.95The second edition of this comprehensive textbook is intended for both students and practitioners. It covers the changes in rating law, valuation and how the principles apply in practice. Throughout the book there are many examples illustrating valuation methods for the different types of property a practitioner is likely to deal with. Updates will... more...
Alternatives to Appeasement
I.B.Tauris 2011; US$ 99.00Neville Chamberlain's policy of appeasing Hitler's Germany has been widely condemned. However, historians (and politicians) have been divided about the viability of alternative courses of action. Andrew David Stedman's illuminating new study of British foreign policy before World War II systematically analyses the various alternatives to... more...
Quality in Higher Education
Springer 2012; US$ 39.95The quality of higher education is a hot topic, especially as students around the world are asked to pay more towards their own education, and expect to get what they pay for. In addition, league tables, both national and international, have come to dominate discussion, with several governments, and many institutions, setting themselves the goal of... more...
Change or Die
ABC-CLIO 2005; US$ 38.00For every business, the choice is stark: Change?or die. At any moment, fully two-thirds of America's companies claim to be in the midst of some type of organizational revamping, though most of these initiatives will fail. What many companies neglect to recognize is that organizational change needs to come from within, no matter how profound the external... more...
Instant Notes in Plant Biology
Taylor and Francis 2001; US$ 28.00Instant Notes in Plant Biology covers all aspects of modern plant biology. The scope and depth of this text are suitable for a first and second year undergraduate student of plant biology, including molecular biologists and biotechnologists. more...
The Gospel of Wealth Essays and Other Writings
Penguin Group US 2006; US$ 11.00Words of wisdom from American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie Focusing on Carnegie?s most famous essay, ?The Gospel of Wealth,? this book of his writings, published here together for the first time, demonstrates the late steel magnate?s beliefs on wealth, poverty, the public good, and capitalism. Carnegie?s commitment to ensuring and promoting the... more...
Alienated
Aladdin 2009; US$ 5.99Aliens are among us, and eighth-graders Gene and Vince regularly report on their existence via the Globe, their weekly tabloid. Most readers don?t take the articles seriously, but when the pair outs the school guidance counselor as a closet alien, their story gets a lot of attention?of the wrong kind. Gene and Vince are suddenly at the center of... more...
The New Economics
Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 27.95Economics sometimes seems to be stacked against social, environmental and individual well-being. But it doesn't have to be like this. A new approach to economics - deriving as much from Ruskin and Schumacher as from Keynes or Smith - has begun to emerge. Skeptical about money as a measure of success, this new economics turns our assumptions about... more...
The European Union and World Politics
Palgrave Macmillan 2009; US$ 100.00Divisions in the EU are considered, as well as the conflicts that have arisen from enlargement and foreign policy concerns. Leading specialists on European politics and society reflect on the nature of consensus and competition between elites, and whether the EU may be able to provide a sense of common identity and purpose for its citizens. more...









