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Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Geography and Growth

By: Philip McCann,Les Oxley

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Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Geography and Growth

By: Philip McCann,Les Oxley

Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Geography and Growth provides a timely, accessible review of our understanding of the complex links between innovation, entrepreneurship, geography and growth. Expert contributions provide a thorough roadmap of the developments in research at the interface of these themes. A timely and accessible review of our understanding of the complex links between innovation, entrepreneurship, geography and growth A highly comprehensive roadmap of the range of issues addressed by research in these areas Discusses the most profitable ways forward for enhancing our understanding of arising issues Contributions from leading experts in the field take a variety of theoretical, empirical and institutional angles

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118427270

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9781118427279

China’s Energy Economy

Situation, Reforms, Behavior, and Energy Intensity

By: Hengyun Ma,Les Oxley

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China’s Energy Economy

Situation, Reforms, Behavior, and Energy Intensity

By: Hengyun Ma,Les Oxley

In the new millennium, understanding China’s energy economy is crucial for politicians, businesspeople and energy economists, as China’s energy policy choices will mean both challenges and opportunities for the world in terms of an increasing share of primary energy consumption and investment. This book initially reviews the literature on China’s energy economy and in so doing reveals that many important areas have been overlooked or are outdated in their coverage. Given the size of China and its global importance, the book then review s China’s current energy situation and fills the gaps in the literature for those who are interested in and concerned about China’s economic development and energy reform in the new millennium. The book is different from previous studies in several important ways: Firstly, it presents recent, pioneering research rather than a simple textbook, several sections of which have been published in high-quality energy journals. Secondly, the book first subdivides China's energy intensity change into aspects of budget constraint, technological change, factor substitution, energy demand and economic growth using a newly developed econometric approach. Thirdly, it provides many new and different econometric findings and derives many new policy implications for China's energy economy. And lastly, it brings to light a wealth of new knowledge for those who are interested in China's energy economy, the world energy market and global environmental and climate change issues.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3642258867

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9783642258862

George Boyle White surveyor, colonial citizen, diarist

Volume 1 George Boyle White of the Hunter Valley

By: Les Dalton,Jenny McCarthy,Susan Tracey

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George Boyle White surveyor, colonial citizen, diarist

Volume 1 George Boyle White of the Hunter Valley

By: Les Dalton,Jenny McCarthy,Susan Tracey

In 1826, George Boyle White, then just twenty-four years old, arrived at Sydney Cove from Calcutta. He had served as navigator in the East India Company for seven years. While employed for a short time as a clerk in the Colonial Secretary’s office he learned the skills of a land surveyor. Appointed assistant surveyor in the Surveyor General’s Department he set out Maitland and other major towns in the Hunter Valley region. Surveyor General, Thomas Mitchell, appointed White second-in-charge of his first expedition into the interior. In his report on the expedition Mitchell judged White to be “an accurate and indefatigable surveyor”.

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Les Dalton

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0992533600

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9780992533601

The MoneyTrack Method

A Step-by-Step Guide to Investing Like the Pros

By: Pam Krueger,Les Abromovitz

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The MoneyTrack Method

A Step-by-Step Guide to Investing Like the Pros

By: Pam Krueger,Les Abromovitz

Based on the popular public television series MoneyTrack, The MoneyTrack Method offers you the principles, techniques, and approaches that allow real people of all incomes to become successful investors. Steering you away from the get-rich-quick mentality that sinks so many, this book shows you how patience and planning pay off, as well as how good investing habits lead to better overall financial health. Filled with in-depth insights and real-world examples, The MoneyTrack Method outlines the time-tested principles of smart investing, and shows you how others have already applied them.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470449403

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9780470449400

Risk Strategies

Dialling Up Optimum Firm Risk

By: Les Coleman

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Risk Strategies

Dialling Up Optimum Firm Risk

By: Les Coleman

At a time when unacceptable risk taking is rightly condemned, how can organizations still benefit from the upside of risk? Can risk still be good? Written by an author who has managed risk, teaches about risk, but most importantly of all has researched the theory of risk, this book will help senior executives dial up the right level of risk within their organizations in order to enhance performance. There are many risk management techniques that are known to work and risk management has logged many successes, but that doesn't mean managers understand why they work, how and why risks arise, and how organizations can be shaped strategically to optimize the benefits of well-judged business risks. Dr Les Coleman argues that finance and management risk has been a theory-free zone, similar to medicine in the Middle Ages, when physicians were aware of surgical techniques and medicines that worked, but did not know why and were impotent in the face of systemic illness. Today risk managers face much the same situation: They know of techniques that work such as audits, controls and procedure guides. Nevertheless, they rarely anticipate, much less prevent, serious failures. They have no comprehensive knowledge framework for targeting optimum risk levels. This timely book fills some of that gap with an outline of the nature and sources of risk in firms. It sets out a body of risk knowledge to support its management, particularly at the corporate level, in much the same way that our understanding of human physiology and the physical sciences support modern medical and engineering techniques. The reader will learn, for example, how risk attitudes and outcomes flow through an organization and about creative techniques such as asset-liability management. In this area of corporate finance so critical for executives and directors, Risk Strategies will help responsible CFOs and other senior managers, together with teachers and students of management, extend their knowledge and risk management skills.

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CRC Press

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1317062744

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9781317062745

Event-Driven Architecture

How SOA Enables the Real-Time Enterprise

By: Hugh Taylor,Angela Yochem,Les Phillips,Frank Martinez

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Event-Driven Architecture

How SOA Enables the Real-Time Enterprise

By: Hugh Taylor,Angela Yochem,Les Phillips,Frank Martinez

Improving Business Agility with EDA Going beyond SOA, enterprises can gain even greater agility by implementing event-driven architectures (EDAs) that automatically detect and react to significant business events. However, EDA planning and deployment is complex, and even experienced SOA architects and developers need expert guidance. In Event-Driven Architecture, four leading IT innovators present both the theory of EDA and practical, step-by-step guidance to implementing it successfully. The authors first establish a thorough and workable definition of EDA and explore how EDA can help solve many of today’s most difficult business and IT challenges. You’ll learn how EDAs work, what they can do today, and what they might be able to do as they mature. You’ll learn how to determine whether an EDA approach makes sense in your environment and how to overcome the difficult interoperability and integration issues associated with successful deployment. Finally, the authors present chapter-length case studies demonstrating how both full and partial EDA implementations can deliver exceptional business value. Coverage includes How SOA and Web services can power event-driven architectures The role of SOA infrastructure, governance, and security in EDA environments EDA core components: event consumers and producers, message backbones, Web service transport, and more EDA patterns, including simple event processing, event stream processing, and complex event processing Designing flexible stateless events that can respond to unpredictable customers, suppliers, and business partners Addressing technical and business challenges such as project management and communication EDA at work: real-world applications across multiple verticals Hugh Taylor is a social software evangelist for IBM Lotus Software. He coauthored Understanding Enterprise SOA and has written extensively on Web services and SOA. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School. Angela Yochem is an executive in a multinational technology company and is a recognized thought leader in architecture and large-scale technology management. Les Phillips, VP, enterprise architecture, at SunTrust Banks Inc., is responsible for defining the strategic and business IT foundation for many areas of the enterprise. Frank Martinez, EVP, product strategy, at SOA Software, is a recognized expert on distributed, enterprise application, and infrastructure platforms. He has served as senior operating executive for several venture-backed firms and helped build Intershop Communications into a multibillion-dollar public company.

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Pearson Education

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0321635159

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9780321635150

Trust

The One Thing that Makes Or Breaks a Leader

By: Les Csorba

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Trust

The One Thing that Makes Or Breaks a Leader

By: Les Csorba

Csorba offers observations gleaned from two decades of experience in government, business, church, and family. Part meditation, part how-to manual, "Trust" examines characteristics of trusted leadership, including The 7 Principles of the Trust.

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Nelson Books

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0785261540

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9780785261544

China’s Energy Economy

Situation, Reforms, Behavior, and Energy Intensity

By: Hengyun Ma,Les Oxley

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China’s Energy Economy

Situation, Reforms, Behavior, and Energy Intensity

By: Hengyun Ma,Les Oxley

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3642258875

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9783642258879

Surveys in Economic Dynamics

By: Donald A. R. George,Les Oxley,Simon M. Potter

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Surveys in Economic Dynamics

By: Donald A. R. George,Les Oxley,Simon M. Potter

The book contains a number of articles on nonlinear dynamic modeling in economics. They cover topics such as chaos, robustness, statistical inference and undecidability. They have been selected to be accessible to the technically competent non-specialist economist.

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Wiley-Blackwell

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0631220364

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9780631220367

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Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Geography and Growth

Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Geography and Growth

China’s Energy Economy

China’s Energy Economy

George Boyle White surveyor, colonial citizen, diarist

George Boyle White surveyor, colonial citizen, diarist

The MoneyTrack Method

The MoneyTrack Method

Risk Strategies

Risk Strategies

Event-Driven Architecture

Event-Driven Architecture

Trust

Trust

China’s Energy Economy

China’s Energy Economy

Surveys in Economic Dynamics

Surveys in Economic Dynamics

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