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Recasting Folk in the Himalayas

Indian Music, Media, and Social Mobility

By: Stefan Fiol

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Recasting Folk in the Himalayas

Indian Music, Media, and Social Mobility

By: Stefan Fiol

Colonialist, nationalist, and regionalist ideologies have profoundly influenced folk music and related musical practices among the Garhwali and Kumaoni of Uttarakhand. Stefan Fiol blends historical and ethnographic approaches to unlock these influences and explore a paradox: how the œfolk designation can alternately identify a universal stage of humanity, or denote alterity and subordination. Fiol explores the lives and work of Gahrwali artists who produce folk music. These musicians create art as both a discursive idea and as a set of expressive practices across strikingly different historical and cultural settings. Juxtaposing performance contexts in Himalayan villages with Delhi recording studios, Fiol shows how the practices have emerged within and between sites of contrasting values and expectations. Throughout, Fiol presents the varying perspectives and complex lives of the upper-caste, upper-class, male performers spearheading the processes of folklorization. But he also charts their resonance with, and collision against, the perspectives of the women and hereditary musicians most affected by the processes. Expertly observed, Recasting Folk in the Himalayas offers an engaging immersion in a little-studied musical milieu.

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Determinants and Consequences of the Use of Budgets

An Exploratory Empirical Study in Germany

By: Stefan Hofmann

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Determinants and Consequences of the Use of Budgets

An Exploratory Empirical Study in Germany

By: Stefan Hofmann

The alteration of the business environment has heightened the role of management accounting and control systems (MACS). Not only the design of MACS has gained increased relevance but also the ways in which MACS are used. Based upon empirical data from 69 German manufacturing companies of different industries testing the developed research model, the evidence reinforces the knowledge concerning budgets and their use and essentially bridges the gap in understanding the relationship between budgeting and strategy by revealing the positive effects formal MACS perform. This book is important reading for graduate students of business administration and executives with focus on budgeting management accounting and strategic management.

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LIT Verlag Münster

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3825804054

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9783825804053

Spatio-Temporal Modeling and Device Optimization of Passively Mode-Locked Semiconductor Lasers

By: Stefan Meinecke

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Spatio-Temporal Modeling and Device Optimization of Passively Mode-Locked Semiconductor Lasers

By: Stefan Meinecke

This thesis investigates passively mode-locked semiconductor lasers by numerical methods. The understanding and optimization of such devices is crucial to the advancement of technologies such as optical data communication and dual comb spectroscopy. The focus of the thesis is therefore on the development of efficient numerical models, which are able both to perform larger parameter studies and to provide quantitative predictions. Along with that, visualization and evaluation techniques for the rich spatio-temporal laser dynamics are developed; these facilitate the physical interpretation of the observed features. The investigations in this thesis revolve around two specific semiconductor devices, namely a monolithically integrated three-section tapered quantum-dot laser and a V-shaped external cavity laser. In both cases, the simulations closely tie in with experimental results, which have been obtained in collaboration with the TU Darmstadt and the ETH Zurich. Based on the successful numerical reproduction of the experimental findings, the emission dynamics of both lasers can be understood in terms of the cavity geometry and the active medium dynamics. The latter, in particular, highlights the value of the developed simulation tools, since the fast charge-carrier dynamics are generally not experimentally accessible during mode-locking operation. Lastly, the numerical models are used to perform laser design explorations and thus to derive recommendations for further optimizations.

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Springer Nature

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3030962482

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9783030962487

The Organizational Form of Family Business

By: Stefan Bornheim

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The Organizational Form of Family Business

By: Stefan Bornheim

The Organizational Form of Family Business attempts to develop an evolutionary family business theory, positioning family businesses as a distinct organizational form (based on conjectures from organizational ecology). An open and uninhibited playing field - achieved through utilizing a grounded theory methodology - heightens chances for observing precisely how family businesses behave. An introductory chapter is followed by a literature review, beginning with a review of family business research. This is followed by a discussion of family business definitional issues, and accompanied by some data to show the economic importance of family business. There follows a review of the research literature on grounded theory, its developments, and its epistemological and ontological assumptions in the light of contemporary philosophy of science. A literature review and historical outline of organizational ecology including the theoretical achievements is provided. Also, the comparison with the other main organizational theories, justifying the theory selection, is offered.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1461543436

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Methods of Text and Discourse Analysis

In Search of Meaning

By: Stefan Titscher,Michael Meyer,Ruth Wodak,Eva Vetter

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Methods of Text and Discourse Analysis

In Search of Meaning

By: Stefan Titscher,Michael Meyer,Ruth Wodak,Eva Vetter

′This volume is the most comprehensive overview to date of sociologically orientated approaches to text and discourse analysis and is worth reading even for those who are interested only in purely linguistiv approaches to text and discourse. Its main merit, I think, is that it intorduces approaches which up to now have hardley been admitted into the universe of scientific discourse′ - Discourse Studies Methods of Text and Discourse Analysis provides the most comprehensive overview currently available of linguistic and sociological approaches to text and discourse analysis. Among the 10 linguistic and sociological models surveyed in this book some of the more important are Grounded Theory, Content Analysis, Conversation Analysis and Critical Discourse Analysis. The book presents each approach according to a standardised format, which allows for direct systematic comparisons. The fully annotated lists of sources provide readers with an additional means of evaluation of the competing analytical methods. Interdisciplinary and international in its aims, Methods of Text and Discourse Analysis suggests the benefits both linguists and sociologists will derive from a more intimate knowledge of each others′ methods and procedures.

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SAGE

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1446232840

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Top Business Psychology Models

50 Transforming Ideas for Leaders, Consultants and Coaches

By: Stefan Cantore,Jonathan Passmore

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Top Business Psychology Models

50 Transforming Ideas for Leaders, Consultants and Coaches

By: Stefan Cantore,Jonathan Passmore

Top Business Psychology Models is a quick, accessible overview to the fundamental theories and frameworks that will help you understand human behaviour, emotions and cognition at work. Each model is presented in a short and crisply written summary, which could be easily converted into materials for use in training or in coaching conversations. Clear, succinct and well-referenced chapters also offer routes into accessing further information. Free of academic jargon, Top Business Psychology Models explains all the main theories and models used by psychologists, giving you all the essential information to immediately implement business psychology techniques in your organization.

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Kogan Page Publishers

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0749464666

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9780749464660

Co-Evolution of Standards in Innovation Systems

The Dynamics of Voluntary and Legal Building Codes

By: Stefan N. Grösser

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Co-Evolution of Standards in Innovation Systems

The Dynamics of Voluntary and Legal Building Codes

By: Stefan N. Grösser

Mitigating climate change is one of the most profound challenges facing humankind. In industrialized countries, the residential housing sector produces roughly one-fourth of the greenhouse gas emissions. One solution to reduce these emissions is the availability of building codes that require high levels of energy efficiency. Given the current scientific knowledge, more research is needed to gain a proper systemic understanding of the underlying socio-economic and technical system. Such an understanding is crucial for developing high energy-efficiency standards because this system develops gradually over time and cannot be changed swiftly. This book creates a feedback-rich simulation model for analyzing the effects of different administrative policies on energy demand, the improvement of energy efficiency by means of building codes, and reductions in the greenhouse gas emissions. The dynamic model can contribute substantially to the discourse on energy policies and guide effective administrative interventions. The book will be a valuable resource for officials in the public energy administration, as well as researchers in the areas of innovation, diffusion processes, co-evolution, standardization, and simulation modelling.

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Recasting Folk in the Himalayas

Indian Music, Media, and Social Mobility

By: Stefan Fiol

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Recasting Folk in the Himalayas

Indian Music, Media, and Social Mobility

By: Stefan Fiol

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Recasting Folk in the Himalayas

Recasting Folk in the Himalayas

Determinants and Consequences of the Use of Budgets

Determinants and Consequences of the Use of Budgets

Spatio-Temporal Modeling and Device Optimization of Passively Mode-Locked Semiconductor Lasers

Spatio-Temporal Modeling and Device Optimization of Passively Mode-Locked Semiconductor Lasers

The Organizational Form of Family Business

The Organizational Form of Family Business

Methods of Text and Discourse Analysis

Methods of Text and Discourse Analysis

Top Business Psychology Models

Top Business Psychology Models

Co-Evolution of Standards in Innovation Systems

Co-Evolution of Standards in Innovation Systems

Recasting Folk in the Himalayas

Recasting Folk in the Himalayas

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