This book is about the political economy of China’s industrial reform and the rise of a group of Chinese big businesses under the Communist Party and the central state’s control. It examines the origins, evolution and institutional configuration of this centralized system in governing the ‘commanding heights’ of the Chinese industrial economy. Shaped by persistent industrial policies to develop China’s ‘national champions’ enterprises, the core parts of China’s central industrial ministrie...

Turbulent drag reduction by additives has long been a hot research topic. This phenomenon is inherently associated with multifold expertise. Solutions of drag-reducing additives are usually viscoelastic fluids having complicated rheological properties. Exploring the characteristics of drag-reduced turbulent flows calls for uniquely designed experimental and numerical simulation techniques and elaborate theoretical considerations. Pertinently understanding the turbulent drag reduction mecha...

This book gives a brief review of current development models and governance of urban sharing platforms, and looks into the economic efficiency of a novel market transaction model of sharing economy, which has been accelerated by high-density urban population and the Internet technology. With an aim to solve current problems featuring excessive competition, waste of resources, security risks, and unfair competition, this book delves into the two governance models in accommodation sharing pl...

This book highlights the vital role of vegetation in terrestrial surface systems, emphasizing its importance in regulating climate change, acting as a carbon sink, and maintaining the surface energy balance by absorbing CO2 from human activities. However, urbanization, extreme droughts, floods, fires, and other events negatively impact biodiversity, increase tree mortality, trigger wildfires, and exacerbate food insecurity and poverty. Understanding the influence of global climate change a...

Advances in Intelligent Vehicles presents recent advances in intelligent vehicle technologies that enhance the safety, reliability, and performance of vehicles and vehicular networks and systems. This book provides readers with up-to-date research results and cutting-edge technologies in the area of intelligent vehicles and transportation systems. Topics covered include virtual and staged testing scenarios, collision avoidance, human factors, and modeling techniques. The Series in Intellig...

China's Education Policy Review (2018–2021) collects important researches of China's education policies mainly conducted by the academics at East China Normal University (ECNU) in recent years. The book covers various aspects of educational policy studies in China including Regulatory Policies on Private Supplementary Tutoring in China, Accelerated Move for AI Education in China, New Higher Education Policy, non-governmental education, etc. It showcases the significant contributions to sch...

This book is the first to explore the issue of corporate governance in China's new corporations. With rapid development over the last two decades, China has seen compelling achievements in overseas investment. Specifically, an increasing number of Chinese companies have been “going out” to become multinational enterprises. From the practical view, corporate governance issues have been identified in the literature as one of the most important factors in determining whether these Chinese mul...

This book focuses on design technologies and practical engineering applications in connection with cruise ports and terminals. After a brief introduction to cruise ships and global cruise ports, it addresses the location, structure and layout of cruise terminals, the technologies involved, cruise terminal buildings and supporting facilities. The book also explores practical engineering cases, including projects that the authors have worked on, such as the Shenzhen Prince Bay and Shanghai W...

The book discusses superconducting fault current limiters and their applications in power systems, exploring the principles, simulations and engineering practices, but focusing on systematic applications in traditional and renewable power systems. It provides in-depth studies on a number of major topics such as architecture of superconducting fault current limiter, device design, parameter optimization, prototype testing, co-ordination control and performance evaluation. It also describes ...

This Study Guide accompanies Statistics for Business and Financial Economics, 3rd Ed. (Springer, 2013), which is the most definitive Business Statistics book to use Finance, Economics, and Accounting data throughout the entire book. The Study Guide contains unique chapter reviews for each chapter in the textbook, formulas, examples and additional exercises to enhance topics and their application. Solutions are included so students can evaluate their own understanding of the material. With ...

Meet Detective Beans, the best kitten detective in town, equipped with his tie, brown trench coat, and—GASP. It’s gone! His detective hat is missing! Discover the charming, whimsical, and mysterious world of Detective Beans in this new graphic novel series for middle grade readers.Meet Detective Beans (just Beans for short), a young cat sleuth dedicated to doing whatever it takes to solve the case. After a night of mystery movies with his best friend, Biscuit, Dete...

Combustion Synthesis: Processing and Materials provides a comprehensive introduction to combustion synthesis, from fundamentals to applications. The book offers an up‐to‐date reference for both researchers who have already been working on combustion synthesis and those entering this field. Focusing specifically on the materials science and engineering dimensions of combustion synthesis, the book thoroughly explores the most important processes and materials under investigation today. It of...