Communicating Globally: Intercultural Communication and International Business uniquely integrates the theory and skills of intercultural communication with the practices of multinational organizations and international business. Authors Wallace V. Schmidt, Roger N. Conaway, Susan S. Easton, and William J. Wardrope provide students with a cultural general awareness of diverse world views, valuable insights on understanding and overcoming cultural differences, and a clear p...

The essays in Paul Ricoeur and the Hope of Higher Education: The Just University discuss diverse ways that Paul Ricoeur’s work provides hopeful insight and necessary provocation that should inform the task and mission of the modern university in the changing landscape of Higher Education. This volume gathers interdisciplinary scholars seeking to reestablish the place of justice as the central function of higher education in the twenty-first century. The contributors represent diverse backg...

This volume offers very specific illustrations of psychoanalytic ways of thinking and working in both clinical and pedagogical contexts with children. It is designed for professionals who work with infants, children, and adolescents, and who are seeking modes of working that respects emotions, that embrace context, and that privilege imagination and possibility. For professionals who already practice in ways that are sympathetic to these modes of working, the scholarly underpinning of this...

In competitive manufacturing industries, organizations embrace product development as a continuous investment strategy since both market share and profit margin stand to benefit. Formulating new or improved products has traditionally involved lengthy and expensive experimentation in laboratory or pilot plant settings. However, recent advancements in areas from data acquisition to analytics are synergizing to transform workflows and increase the pace of research and innovation. The ...

Clarkesworld is a Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine. Each month we bring you a mix of fiction (new and classic works), articles, interviews and art. Our August 2016 issue (#119)  contains: Original fiction by Kali Wallace ("First Light at Mistaken Point"), Dale Bailey ("Teenagers from Outer Space"), Emily Devenport ("Now is the Hour"), Sean Bensinger ("The Engine''s Imperial"),  Ryan Row ("Reclamation"), and Karla Sc...

Chefinspektor Bliss ist in Pension. Inspektor Mander hat seinen Posten übernommen. Er verzichtet bei der Lösung seiner Fälle auf die Romane von Edgar Wallace. Stattdessen steht ihm der berühmte Schriftsteller persönlich zur Seite. Ihr erster gemeinsamer Fall führt sie auf die Fährte eines Geheimbundes, der ganz London in Atem hält. Wird es ihnen gelingen, dem Club der gelben Schlange das Handwerk zu legen?

Verleger Helge Malchow, Übersetzer Ulrich Blumenbach sowie Literaturkritiker Elmar Krekeler und Denis Scheck stellen den Roman vor, aus dem acht Schauspieler ein Best-of zu Gehör bringen. Dieser Live-Mitschnitt ist so tiefgründig, satirisch, spannend, originell, eindrucksvoll und traurig wie das Original - als Hörbuch bekommt es gegenüber der literarischen Vorlage nun noch eine ganz eigene Intensität.Nicht allein der schiere Umfang, sondern vor allem die sprachliche Kreativität, die...