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Managing Risk and Opportunity

The Governance of Strategic Risk-Taking

By: Torben Juul Andersen,Maxine Garvey,Oliviero Roggi

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Managing Risk and Opportunity

The Governance of Strategic Risk-Taking

By: Torben Juul Andersen,Maxine Garvey,Oliviero Roggi

This book looks at the critical demands imposed on directors and leaders when faced with corporate risks in turbulent global markets. It shows show why successful risk management outcomes require ethical governance principles and organizational structures that enhance effective risk-taking practices by all actors.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199687854

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Short Introduction to Strategic Management

By: Torben Juul Andersen

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Short Introduction to Strategic Management

By: Torben Juul Andersen

Provides a concise yet rigorous introduction to strategic management and its contemporary challenges, with multiple examples, case studies and references.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107031362

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9781107031364

The Responsive Global Organization

New Insights from Global Strategy and International Business

By: Torben Juul Andersen

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The Responsive Global Organization

New Insights from Global Strategy and International Business

By: Torben Juul Andersen

This book outlines the contours of the dynamic adaptive multinational corporation based on contemporary research insights from global strategy and international business. It considers the role of corporate leadership and frontline engagement to advance responsive innovation dealing with emergent risks and opportunities in turbulent global markets.

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Emerald Group Publishing

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178743267X

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9781787432673

Wildland Fire Behaviour

Dynamics, Principles and Processes

By: Mark A. Finney,Sara S. McAllister,Jason M. Forthofer,Torben P. Grumstrup

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Wildland Fire Behaviour

Dynamics, Principles and Processes

By: Mark A. Finney,Sara S. McAllister,Jason M. Forthofer,Torben P. Grumstrup

Wildland fires have an irreplaceable role in sustaining many of our forests, shrublands and grasslands. They can be used as controlled burns or occur as free-burning wildfires, and can sometimes be dangerous and destructive to fauna, human communities and natural resources. Through scientific understanding of their behaviour, we can develop the tools to reliably use and manage fires across landscapes in ways that are compatible with the constraints of modern society while benefiting the ecosystems. The science of wildland fire is incomplete, however. Even the simplest fire behaviours – how fast they spread, how long they burn and how large they get – arise from a dynamical system of physical processes interacting in unexplored ways with heterogeneous biological, ecological and meteorological factors across many scales of time and space. The physics of heat transfer, combustion and ignition, for example, operate in all fires at millimetre and millisecond scales but wildfires can become conflagrations that burn for months and exceed millions of hectares. Wildland Fire Behaviour: Dynamics, Principles and Processes examines what is known and unknown about wildfire behaviours. The authors introduce fire as a dynamical system along with traditional steady-state concepts. They then break down the system into its primary physical components, describe how they depend upon environmental factors, and explore system dynamics by constructing and exercising a nonlinear model. The limits of modelling and knowledge are discussed throughout but emphasised by review of large fire behaviours. Advancing knowledge of fire behaviours will require a multidisciplinary approach and rely on quality measurements from experimental research, as covered in the final chapters.

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CSIRO PUBLISHING

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1486309097

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9781486309092

Reindeer hunters at Howburn Farm, South Lanarkshire

A Late Hamburgian settlement in southern Scotland – its lithic artefacts and natural environment

By: Torben Bjarke Ballin

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Reindeer hunters at Howburn Farm, South Lanarkshire

A Late Hamburgian settlement in southern Scotland – its lithic artefacts and natural environment

By: Torben Bjarke Ballin

This volume presents the lithic assemblage from Howburn in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, at present the oldest prehistoric settlement in Scotland (12,700-12,000 BC), and the only Hamburgian settlement in Britain. The book focuses on the Hamburgian finds, which are mainly based on the exploitation of flint from Doggerland.

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Archaeopress Publishing Ltd

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1784919020

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Women, Work, and Politics

The Political Economy of Gender Inequality

By: Torben Iversen,Frances McCall Rosenbluth,Professor Frances Rosenbluth, PhD

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Women, Work, and Politics

The Political Economy of Gender Inequality

By: Torben Iversen,Frances McCall Rosenbluth,Professor Frances Rosenbluth, PhD

This book presents an original and groundbreaking approach to gender inequality. Looking at women's power in the home, in the workplace, and in politics from a political economy perspective, the authors demonstrate that equality is tied to demand for women's labor outside the home, which is a function of structural, political, and institutional conditions.--[book jacket].

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Yale University Press

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0300153104

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9780300153101

The Circular Structure of Power

Politics, Identity, Community

By: Torben Bech Dyrberg

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The Circular Structure of Power

Politics, Identity, Community

By: Torben Bech Dyrberg

Few concepts in social theory have been used so extravagantly in recent years as the notion of power. Yet despite its inflated presence, the term is still unclear and undertheorized. In The Circular Structure of Power, Torben Dyrberg rises to the challenge of conceptualizing power through a philosophical examination of its uses in contemporary social theory. Drawing on the insights of Michel Foucoult, Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe, Dyrberg brings this continental tradition into a creative dialogue with the Anglo-American tradition represented by figures such as Steven Lukes, William Connolly, Peter Bachrach and Morton Baratz. Moreover, Dyrberg moves from such abstract considerations to their implications for political and democratic theory through an examination of the work of thinkers as diverse as Robert Dahl, John Rawls, Jürgen Habermas and Nicos Poulantzas. Simultaneously engaging with and defying many of the dominant definitions of power, Torben Dyrberg destabilizes and undermines the conventional distinctions and polarities through which power is usually understood. The new perspective offered to us by this investigation is one which goes beyond the assumption that power can be based on and derived from either agency or structure, as if these categories themselves were not somehow constituted by power.

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Verso

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185984846X

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Dynamic Regression Models for Survival Data

By: Torben Martinussen,Thomas H. Scheike

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Dynamic Regression Models for Survival Data

By: Torben Martinussen,Thomas H. Scheike

This book studies and applies modern flexible regression models for survival data with a special focus on extensions of the Cox model and alternative models with the aim of describing time-varying effects of explanatory variables. Use of the suggested models and methods is illustrated on real data examples, using the R-package timereg developed by the authors, which is applied throughout the book with worked examples for the data sets.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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0387339604

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9780387339603

Entrepreneurship in Theory and Practice

Paradoxes in Play, Second Edition

By: Suna Løwe Nielsen,Kim Klyver,Majbritt Rostgaard Evald,Torben Bager

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Entrepreneurship in Theory and Practice

Paradoxes in Play, Second Edition

By: Suna Løwe Nielsen,Kim Klyver,Majbritt Rostgaard Evald,Torben Bager

Aimed primarily at undergraduate students, this highly successful textbook provides the reader with a broad overview of the entrepreneurship phenomenon. It focuses on the emergence, evaluation and organizing of entrepreneurial opportunities in various organizational contexts. This thoroughly revised second edition brings it up to date with the newest trends in the entrepreneurship field and includes four insightful new chapters.

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Edward Elgar Publishing

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1785364464

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9781785364464

Bellona Island Beliefs and Rituals

By: Torben Monberg

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Bellona Island Beliefs and Rituals

By: Torben Monberg

Monberg's account of the Bellonese religion is descriptive ethnography at its best. It is rich in detail, and the organization of the material gives a coherent view of Bellonese culture and society. While not a comparative study in itself, it provides an abundance of data that will be invaluable for other works that are more comparative in nature." -from the Editor's Note Pacific Islands Monograph Series No.9 Center for Pacific Islands Studies, UH

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University of Hawaii Press

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082481147X

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9780824811471

Contested Economic Institutions

The Politics of Macroeconomics and Wage Bargaining in Advanced Democracies

By: Torben Iversen

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Contested Economic Institutions

The Politics of Macroeconomics and Wage Bargaining in Advanced Democracies

By: Torben Iversen

Examines why some countries have much higher unemployment rates than others. Explores wage bargaining institutions, macro-economic policy regimes, and the welfare state. Argues that unemployment is the outcome of interaction between the centralization of the wage bargaining system and the character of the monetary policy regime.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521645328

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9780521645324

Democracy and Prosperity

Reinventing Capitalism Through a Turbulent Century

By: Torben Iversen,David Soskice

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Democracy and Prosperity

Reinventing Capitalism Through a Turbulent Century

By: Torben Iversen,David Soskice

It is a widespread view that democracy and the advanced nation-state are in crisis, weakened by globalization and undermined by global capitalism, in turn explaining rising inequality and mounting populism. This book, written by two of the world's leading political economists, argues this view is wrong: advanced democracies are resilient, and their enduring historical relationship with capitalism has been mutually beneficial. For all the chaos and upheaval over the past century--major wars, economic crises, massive social change, and technological revolutions--Torben Iversen and David Soskice show how democratic states continuously reinvent their economies through massive public investment in research and education, by imposing competitive product markets and cooperation in the workplace, and by securing macroeconomic discipline as the preconditions for innovation and the promotion of the advanced sectors of the economy. Critically, this investment has generated vast numbers of well-paying jobs for the middle classes and their children, focusing the aims of aspirational families, and in turn providing electoral support for parties. Gains at the top have also been shared with the middle (though not the bottom) through a large welfare state. Contrary to the prevailing wisdom on globalization, advanced capitalism is neither footloose nor unconstrained: it thrives under democracy precisely because it cannot subvert it. Populism, inequality, and poverty are indeed great scourges of our time, but these are failures of democracy and must be solved by democracy.

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Princeton University Press

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0691210217

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9780691210216

Big Data and the Welfare State

How the Information Revolution Threatens Social Solidarity

By: Torben Iversen,Philipp Rehm

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Big Data and the Welfare State

How the Information Revolution Threatens Social Solidarity

By: Torben Iversen,Philipp Rehm

A core principle of the welfare state is that everyone pays taxes or contributions in exchange for universal insurance against social risks such as sickness, old age, unemployment, and plain bad luck. This solidarity principle assumes that everyone is a member of a single national insurance pool, and it is commonly explained by poor and asymmetric information, which undermines markets and creates the perception that we are all in the same boat. Living in the midst of an information revolution, this is no longer a satisfactory approach. This book explores, theoretically and empirically, the consequences of 'big data' for the politics of social protection. Torben Iversen and Philipp Rehm argue that more and better data polarize preferences over public insurance and often segment social insurance into smaller, more homogenous, and less redistributive pools, using cases studies of health and unemployment insurance and statistical analyses of life insurance, credit markets, and public opinion.

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Cambridge University Press

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1009240404

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9781009240406

Radical Identity Politics

Beyond Right and Left

By: Torben Bech Dyrberg

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Radical Identity Politics

Beyond Right and Left

By: Torben Bech Dyrberg

This book outlines significant traits of radical leftist identity politics. In this type of discourse, arguments are organized around global friend/enemy schemes in ways that are at odds with the right/left matrix of democracy. This is shown by combining discourse analysis of how leftist critics argue in public debates centred on their reactions to the Charlie Hebdo massacre in 2015 and theoretical discussions on leftist identity politics orbiting around Schmitt, Marcuse and Mouffe. It is argued that the friend/enemy approach sacrifices the egalitarian and libertarian core values of the Left, leading it to adopt positions used to brand the reactionary Right. It also holds that leftist identity politics undermines democracy by moralizing enmity and stigmatizing dissent, and by promoting an elitist and relativist agenda. Against this background, the book looks at the nature of the right/left distinction and its political functions in modern democracy. This is further elaborated in relation to the works of Foucault and Rawls’s analyses of parrhesia (free speech) and public reason, which provide a more fruitful approach to right/left and democracy than those based on enmity. For Foucault and Rawls, a vibrant pluralist democracy relies on the autonomy of politics, which secures a space in which citizens are free and equal, which is crucial for free speech and assembly. They focus on issues related to the autonomy of politics and the freestanding nature of public reason; right/left as lateral political orientation coupled with fairness as political justification and the links between regime form and political community as decisive for democracy.

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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1527557499

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Classification of Lithic Artefacts from the British Late Glacial and Holocene Periods

By: Torben Bjarke Ballin

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Classification of Lithic Artefacts from the British Late Glacial and Holocene Periods

By: Torben Bjarke Ballin

This volume offers a system for the hierarchical classification of British lithic artefacts from the Late Glacial and Holocene periods, and it is hoped that it may find use as a guide book for, for example, archaeology students, museum staff, non-specialist archaeologists, local archaeology groups and lay enthusiasts.

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Archaeopress Publishing Ltd

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1789698707

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9781789698701

Managing Global Offshoring Strategies

A Case Approach

By: Jacob Pyndt,Torben Pedersen

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Managing Global Offshoring Strategies

A Case Approach

By: Jacob Pyndt,Torben Pedersen

Addressing the challenges associated with managing global offshoring strategies, this book aims to "put a face" on some Danish companies as they engage in offshoring projects. It is aimed at bachelor, master and MBA students taking courses on global strategy. It is also useful in conjunction with a set of articles on global strategy issues.

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Copenhagen Business School Press DK

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8763001691

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9788763001694

Bruno Latour

Hybrid Thoughts in a Hybrid World

By: Anders Blok,Torben Elgaard Jensen

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Bruno Latour

Hybrid Thoughts in a Hybrid World

By: Anders Blok,Torben Elgaard Jensen

French sociologist and philosopher, Bruno Latour, is one of the most significant and creative thinkers of the last decades. Bruno Latour: Hybrid Thoughts in a Hybrid World is the first comprehensive and accessible English-language introduction to this multi-faceted work. The book focuses on core Latourian themes: • contribution to science studies (STS – Science, Technology & Society) • philosophical approach to the rise and fall of modernity • innovative thoughts on politics, nature, and ecology • contribution to the branch of sociology known as ANT – Actor-Network Theory. With ANT, Latour has pioneered an approach to socio-cultural analysis built on the notion that social life arises in complex networks of actants – people, things, ideas, norms, technologies, and so on – influencing each other in dynamic ways. This book explores how Latour helps us make sense of the changing interrelations of science, technology, society, nature, and politics beyond modernity.

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Routledge

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1136855319

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9781136855313

New mobilities in Europe

Polish migration to Ireland post-2004

By: Torben Krings,Elaine Moriarty,James Wickham,Alicja Bobek,Justyna Salamonska

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New mobilities in Europe

Polish migration to Ireland post-2004

By: Torben Krings,Elaine Moriarty,James Wickham,Alicja Bobek,Justyna Salamonska

This book examines Polish migration to Ireland in the context of ‘new mobilities in Europe’. It includes detailed accounts of the working lives of a group of mainly skilled Polish migrants in Dublin. They were interviewed at regular intervals as part of a Qualitative Panel Study. Through this novel methodology, their careers and aspirations were traced as Ireland moved from ‘boom to bust’. What the research documents is a new experience of mobility which, it is suggested, is indicative of a broader trend in Europe. As ‘free movers’, Polish migrants were more mobile across countries and within national labour markets. Ireland’s ‘goldrush’ labour market created a seemingly endless demand for new labour. To understand how Irish firms utilised the new migrant workforce, the book also draws on interviews with employers. It thus locates the actions of both sides of the employment relationship in the particular socio-economic context in Ireland post-2004.

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Manchester University Press

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152611156X

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9781526111562

The Na+, K+ Pumps Keep Us Going

By: Torben Clausen

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The Na+, K+ Pumps Keep Us Going

By: Torben Clausen

Every second throughout life, billions of sodium-potassium pumps enable the human muscle cells to function. The pump is an enzyme found in the plasma membrane of all animal cells and is an important example of active transport. The Na+, K+-pumps keep us going by pumping sodium out of cells while pumping potassium into cells and without them, we would not survive. Addressed to specialists in the field of biomedicine, the author presents a thorough overview of his scientific results over more than 40 years. The book is richly illustrated and seeks to explain how a single molecule creates the required conditions for our muscles to work.

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Aarhus Universitetsforlag

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8771842470

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9788771842470

Marketing Management

4th European Edition

By: Philip Kotler,Kevin Keller,Mairead Brady,Malcolm Goodman,Torben Hansen

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Marketing Management

4th European Edition

By: Philip Kotler,Kevin Keller,Mairead Brady,Malcolm Goodman,Torben Hansen

The classic Marketing Management is an undisputed global best-seller – an encyclopedia of marketing considered by many as the authoritative book on the subject.

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Pearson UK

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1292248467

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9781292248462

Mechanisms in Blood Coagulation, Fibrinolysis and the Complement System

By: Torben Halkier

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Mechanisms in Blood Coagulation, Fibrinolysis and the Complement System

By: Torben Halkier

This book provides a comprehensive account of the proteins involved in blood coagulation, fibrinolysis and the complement system. A major section of the book is devoted to each of these three systems, with separate chapters dealing in detail with structural aspects and different functional processes. Topics covered in the blood coagulation section include the activation of factors IX and X and prothrombin, and the formation and stabilisation of fibrin. The fibrinolysis section includes the activation of plasminogen, the degradation of fibrin and the regulation of fibrinolysis. The complement system itself is covered in chapters dealing with classical activation, alternative activation, the lytic complex and the regulatory processes involved. In addition, one section deals with special topics, including the kinin system, signal peptides, haemostasis, and the evolution of protein structure. This volume will be of use to researchers and advanced students in the fields of haematology, immunology and clinical chemistry.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521381878

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9780521381871

Sevens Wild

By: H.S. Torben

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Sevens Wild

By: H.S. Torben

Blue forged an alliance between the most powerful and influential people in the magic world. And their first order of business was to start a riot. They were only trying to get coffee. Everything went downhill from there. At this rate, it may take longer to achieve their goals than any of them signed up for. It seemed like a good idea at the time. Sam knew agreeing to an alliance with Blue and by proxy the Hounds of Dawn to stop the Sovereign and reestablish control of the Cahlad in exchange for protecting a young lady whose magic has the potential to change the world was a risk. But he never imagined things would fall apart so fast or so spectacularly. Turns out she’s a complete wild card. Now everyone is scattered and fighting for their lives. As they navigate fragile new relationships, unravel treacherous conspiracies, and decipher cryptic prophecies about canned peaches and popcorn palaces, it soon becomes clear that none of them are here by chance. Larger forces have set them on a path toward a magic apocalypse. If they want to survive, they can’t rely on magic alone. They will have to learn to rely on each other. The clock is ticking, the balance of power is shifting, and the fate of every person on the planet is at stake. And the price of saving the world might be losing the people they love. If you love humor filled, heart-pounding adventures, magic packed intrigue, and heroes that know the rules are only suggestions, the second installment of H.S. Torben’s urban fantasy series Hounds of Dawn is for you.

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Simply Absurd Publishing

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9798986314136

Engineered Biomimicry

Chapter 13. Biomimetic Self-Organization and Self-Healing

By: Torben Lenau,Thomas Hesselberg

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Engineered Biomimicry

Chapter 13. Biomimetic Self-Organization and Self-Healing

By: Torben Lenau,Thomas Hesselberg

Self-organization and self-healing appeal to humans because difficult and repeated actions can be avoided through automation via bottom-up nonhierarchical processes. This is in contrast to the top-level controlled manner we normally apply as an action strategy in manufacturing and maintenance work. This chapter presents eight different self-organizing and self-healing approaches in nature and takes a look at realized and potential applications. Furthermore, the core principles for each approach are described using simplified drawings in order to make the ideas behind the self-organizing and self-healing principles more accessible to design practitioners.

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0128072717

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9780128072714

Short Introduction to Strategic Management

By: Torben Juul Andersen

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Short Introduction to Strategic Management

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Provides a concise yet rigorous introduction to strategic management and its contemporary challenges, with multiple examples, case studies and references.

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Strategic Risk Leadership

Engaging a World of Risk, Uncertainty, and the Unknown

By: Torben Juul Andersen,Peter C. Young

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Strategic Risk Leadership

Engaging a World of Risk, Uncertainty, and the Unknown

By: Torben Juul Andersen,Peter C. Young

Modern risk management as practiced today faces significant obstacles—we argue—primarily due to the fundamental premise of the concept itself. It asserts that we are mainly dealing with measurable, quantifiable risks and that we can manage the uncontrollable by relying on formal control-based systems, which has produced a general view that (enterprise) risk management is a technical-scientific discipline. Strategic Risk Leadership offers a critique of the status quo, and encourages leaders, executives, and chief risk officers to find fresh approaches that can help them deal more proactively with what the future may hold. The book provides an overview of the history of risk management and current risk governance approaches as prescribed by leading risk management standards, such as COSO and ISO31000. This enables practitioners to challenge the frameworks and improve their adoption in practice introducing sustainable resilience as a (more) meaningful response to uncertain and unknowable conditions. The book shows how traditional thinking downplays the significance of human behavior and judgmental biases as key elements of major organizational exposures illustrated and explained through numerous case examples and studies. This book is essential reading for strategic risk managers to understand the requirements for effective risk governance practices in the contemporary and rapidly changing global risk landscape. Indeed, it is a valuable resource for all risk executives, leaders, and chief risk officers, as well as advanced students of risk management.

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1000028860

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Strategic Risk Management Practice

How to Deal Effectively with Major Corporate Exposures

By: Torben Juul Andersen,Peter Winther Schrøder

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Strategic Risk Management Practice

How to Deal Effectively with Major Corporate Exposures

By: Torben Juul Andersen,Peter Winther Schrøder

At a time when corporate scandals and major financial failures dominate newspaper headlines, the importance of good risk management practices has never been more obvious. The absence or mismanagement of such practices can have devastating effects on exposed organizations and the wider economy (Barings Bank, Enron, Lehmann Brothers, Northern Rock, to name but a few). Today's organizations and corporate leaders must learn the lessons of such failures by developing practices to deal effectively with risk. This book is an important step towards this end. Written from a European perspective, it brings together ideas, concepts and practices developed in various risk markets and academic fields to provide a much-needed overview of different approaches to risk management. It critiques prevailing enterprise risk management frameworks (ERMs) and proposes a suitable alternative. Combining academic rigour and practical experience, this is an important resource for graduate students and professionals concerned with strategic risk management.

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1139483811

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