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Embedding Risk Appetite Within the Strategy Process

by Andrew Smart, James Creelman ...

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African Communities Infrastructure System

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Each City has African Community. They worked owner direction rules, & regulation, constitution judges. They had not been payment a taxing of control. The Supreme Court will be regulations, & directive effective conversation, advise disagreement influential bills, contractor. Each City community will need foreign investments. They’ll watched your community ways to your governed Federal parties, ... Read more

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Foundations Of The Future: The Global Battle For Infrastructure

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Foundations of the Future examines the geo-economic and geo-strategic implications of a growing global 'battle' to promote infrastructural connectivity across and between continents of the world. In this context, it highlights the importance of China's Belt and Road Initiative and of corresponding initiatives by the United States, Japan, India and Australia, among others.This book argues that many
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Blockchain leicht gemacht: Die Technologie hinter Kryptowährungen verstehen

by MAX EDITORIAL ...

Series series CRIPTOMOEDAS, BITCOINS KRYPTOWÄHRUNGEN, BITCOINS und BLOCKCHAIN
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Creating an Effective Public Sector

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Environmental Security And Quality After Communism

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This volume, based on papers presented at a conference on Environmental Security after Communism at Carleton University, explores the linkages between environmental quality and security in Eastern Europe and the Soviet successor states. ... Read more

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Privatization Performance in Turkey

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This book examines the financial performance of Turkish firms that were privatized by way of IPOs (Initial Public Offerings). The author uses event study methodology to empirically evaluate the financial efficiency of privatized firms. She also compares the equity returns of state firms to the returns of private sector firms that were listed in the same period or in the same sector. The pre-and ... Read more

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This book examines the financial performance of Turkish firms that were privatized by way of IPOs (Initial Public Offerings). The author uses event study methodology to empirically evaluate the financial efficiency of privatized firms. She also compares the equity returns of state firms to the returns of private sector firms that were listed in the same period or in the same sector. The pre-and
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Asphalt Tolls: Silent Automation of the Highway Economy

Transponders, Surveillance, and the Trillion-Dollar Electronic Infrastructure in Modern Transportation Networks

by Justin Cortez ...

The era of tossing quarters into a toll booth basket is over. Today, highways silently extract billions of dollars from drivers at seventy miles per hour. The implementation of electronic toll collection (ETC) via windshield transponders was marketed as a miracle of convenience and traffic reduction. In reality, it was one of the most aggressive and successful psychological re-engineerings of ... Read more

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The era of tossing quarters into a toll booth basket is over. Today, highways silently extract billions of dollars from drivers at seventy miles per hour. The implementation of electronic toll collection (ETC) via windshield transponders was marketed as a miracle of convenience and traffic reduction. In reality, it was one of the most aggressive and successful psychological re-engineerings of
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Where Is My Office?

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Series Book 37 - Strategisches Marketingmanagement
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O compartilhamento e o uso da infraestrutura de postes entre as distribuidoras de energia elétrica e operadoras de telecomunicações no Brasil

by João Pedro Ribeiro Assis ...

O tema do compartilhamento de infraestrutura tem sido objeto da atenção de governos, agentes de indústrias reguladas e pesquisadores mundialmente. No Brasil, a infraestrutura de postes detida por concessionárias do serviço público de distribuição de energia elétrica representa uma essential facility à atividade de determinados segmentos do setor de telecomunicações. A obra apresenta uma análise ... Read more

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O tema do compartilhamento de infraestrutura tem sido objeto da atenção de governos, agentes de indústrias reguladas e pesquisadores mundialmente. No Brasil, a infraestrutura de postes detida por concessionárias do serviço público de distribuição de energia elétrica representa uma essential facility à atividade de determinados segmentos do setor de telecomunicações. A obra apresenta uma análise
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Rethinking Readiness

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by Professor Jeff Schlegelmilch ...

As human society continues to develop, we have increased the risk of large-scale disasters. From health care to infrastructure to national security, systems designed to keep us safe have also heightened the potential for catastrophe. The constant pressure of climate change, geopolitical conflict, and our tendency to ignore what is hard to grasp exacerbates potential dangers. How can we prepare for ... Read more

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As human society continues to develop, we have increased the risk of large-scale disasters. From health care to infrastructure to national security, systems designed to keep us safe have also heightened the potential for catastrophe. The constant pressure of climate change, geopolitical conflict, and our tendency to ignore what is hard to grasp exacerbates potential dangers. How can we prepare for
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The Importance of Constitutional Rules and Property Rights

The German Economy in 1990–2015

by Damian Bębnowski ...

Series Book 13 - Polish Studies in Economics
The book evaluates the importance of constitutional rules and property rights for the German economy in 1990–2015. It is an economic historical study embedded in institutional economics with main references to positive constitutional economics and the property rights theory. This interdisciplinary work adopts a theoretical-empirical dimension and a qualitative-quantitative approach. Formal ... Read more

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The book evaluates the importance of constitutional rules and property rights for the German economy in 1990–2015. It is an economic historical study embedded in institutional economics with main references to positive constitutional economics and the property rights theory. This interdisciplinary work adopts a theoretical-empirical dimension and a qualitative-quantitative approach. Formal
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Geschlecht und Oekonomie: Literarische Perspektiven auf verschraenkte Wissensordnungen

Unter Mitarbeit von Georg Reiter

Edited by Hildegard Kernmayer, Caterina Richter, Marietta Schmutz ...

Series Book 12 - Literatur – Kultur – Oekonomie / Literature – Culture – Economy
Die Literatur erhebt ihre Stimme innerhalb einer männlich geprägten Ökonomiegeschichte nicht erst seit dem 18. Jahrhundert. Hier, so die Prämisse des Bandes, wird jedoch der Grundstein der modernen Geschlechterordnung gelegt, die die westlich-kapitalistische Produktionsweise bis heute prägt.Die im Band versammelten literaturwissenschaftlichen Beiträge untersuchen das komplexe Wechselspiel von ... Read more

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Die Literatur erhebt ihre Stimme innerhalb einer männlich geprägten Ökonomiegeschichte nicht erst seit dem 18. Jahrhundert. Hier, so die Prämisse des Bandes, wird jedoch der Grundstein der modernen Geschlechterordnung gelegt, die die westlich-kapitalistische Produktionsweise bis heute prägt.Die im Band versammelten literaturwissenschaftlichen Beiträge untersuchen das komplexe Wechselspiel von
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Transportation Protection and Homeland Security

by Frank R. Spellman ...

Series series Homeland Security Series
The seventh of a new, well-received, and highly acclaimed series on critical infrastructure and homeland security, Transportation Protection and Homeland Security is a valuable reference source. The book was fashioned in response to the critical needs of transportation production managers, transportation engineers, security professionals (physical and cyber-security), students, and for anyone with ... Read more

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The seventh of a new, well-received, and highly acclaimed series on critical infrastructure and homeland security, Transportation Protection and Homeland Security is a valuable reference source. The book was fashioned in response to the critical needs of transportation production managers, transportation engineers, security professionals (physical and cyber-security), students, and for anyone with
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The Seventh Sense

Power, Fortune, and Survival in the Age of Networks

by Joshua Cooper Ramo ...

Endless terror. Refugee waves. An unfixable global economy. Surprising election results. New billion-dollar fortunes. Miracle medical advances. What if they were all connected? What if you could understand why?The Seventh Sense is the story of what all of today's successful figures see and feel: the forces that are invisible to most of us but explain everything from explosive technological change ... Read more

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Endless terror. Refugee waves. An unfixable global economy. Surprising election results. New billion-dollar fortunes. Miracle medical advances. What if they were all connected? What if you could understand why?The Seventh Sense is the story of what all of today's successful figures see and feel: the forces that are invisible to most of us but explain everything from explosive technological change
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Schockierende Ungleichheit

Warum Ultra-Reichtum unsere Demokratie bedroht und welche Maßnahmen wir dagegen ergreifen sollten

by Wolfgang Detel ...

Series series Blaue Reihe
In vielen demokratischen Staaten brennt die Hütte, auch in Deutschland. Rechtspopulismus, Faschismus, alarmierende soziale Ungleichheit, prekäre Arbeitsverhältnisse, wachsende Staatsschulden, Abbau sozialer und kultureller Errungenschaften bedrängen fast überall die Demokratie. In seinem engagierten politischen Essay nimmt der Philosoph Wolfgang Detel eine der zentralen Ursachen für diese ... Read more

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In vielen demokratischen Staaten brennt die Hütte, auch in Deutschland. Rechtspopulismus, Faschismus, alarmierende soziale Ungleichheit, prekäre Arbeitsverhältnisse, wachsende Staatsschulden, Abbau sozialer und kultureller Errungenschaften bedrängen fast überall die Demokratie. In seinem engagierten politischen Essay nimmt der Philosoph Wolfgang Detel eine der zentralen Ursachen für diese
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The Handbook of Infrastructure Communication

Edited by Keri K. Stephens, Kasey M. Faust ...

Series series Handbooks in Communication and Media
Presents groundbreaking approaches for bridging engineering expertise and human-centered communication in infrastructure systemsInfrastructure systems sustain daily life yet are often overlooked until they fail, at which point communication gaps can hinder effective responses and solutions. The Handbook of Infrastructure Communication addresses this critical challenge by establishing ... Read more

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Presents groundbreaking approaches for bridging engineering expertise and human-centered communication in infrastructure systemsInfrastructure systems sustain daily life yet are often overlooked until they fail, at which point communication gaps can hinder effective responses and solutions. The Handbook of Infrastructure Communication addresses this critical challenge by establishing
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La protezione dei dati personali nelle imprese

Conoscere e applicare la normativa sulla Privacy e il GDPR

by Paola Limatola ...

La revisione della legislazione sulla protezione dei dati personali obbliga le imprese a adeguare il proprio “sistema privacy” alla nuova normativa, che impone la ridefinizione di tutti i documenti esistenti e ne introduce di nuovi ma, soprattutto, affida alle imprese la responsabilità dell’intero ciclo di vita dei dati personali che trattano. La costruzione di un’efficace protezione dei dati ... Read more

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