lap lambert academic publishing jul 2010 (Plus de 1 400 résultats)

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -This thesis explores Marxist imagery in American horror films and how American society reflects them. Often, the monsters in these films represent the average citizen''s contribution to the horror of society, and the heroes represent our quest to overcome them. Using The Texas Chainsaw Massacre as a template, and covering a wide spectrum of zombies, vampires, and the generally insane, this work explores in-depth the role of the viewer in both film and society.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 116 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -VENTURE CAPITAL BLUE PRINT FOR CORPORATE GOVERNANCE ACTIVE AND PASSIVE INVESTMENT CONTRAST CONTINUOUS CYCLE OF FINANCING ENTREPRENEURIAL PROJECTS AND IDEAS. SYNDICATED VENTURE CAPITAL IS THE BEST FOR AFRICA. HUNTING FOR IDEAS AND SOURCING FOR FUNDS RESULTING IN VENTURE CAPITAL FUNDS BY GOVERNMENTS AND NON GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS IS TAKING ROOT IN AFRICA. HOWEVER, MANAGEMENT OF SEED FUNDS MUST BE EFFECTIVE.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 52 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -On 17 February 2008 the Kosovo Assembly voted unanimously in favor of declaring the independence of the Republic of Kosovo. Although Kosovo''s Government coordinated every step with the International Community, the unilateral declaration of Independence made the process of the creation of the State of Kosovo into a secessionist case. As of 30 June 2010, sixty nine States have recognized Kosovo''s independence. A considerable number of states maintain that the Declaration of Independence of Kosovo is contrary to the norms of international law. The absence of a unified collective policy of the UN towards Kosovo''s independence led the General Assembly to request an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice. The author examines the legal positions regarding the Declaration of Independence of Kosovo and analyzes the International Community''s role in the creation and recognition of Kosovo. The author argues that the unique circumstances of the creation of the State of Kosovo should find a reinterpretation of self-determination, statehood and recognition corresponding to the needs of the current developments of international law.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -This book addresses several questions: the concept of child labor, causes and scope of child labor in Russia and Ukraine, international and national child labor standards. After elaboration on the international standards it will show the efforts of the international organizations in fostering the Russian and Ukrainian compliance with the international standards. In particular, the implementation mechanism of the following international bodies will be examined: the Economic and Social Council, Committee on the Rights of the Child, European Committee on Social Rights and the International Program on Elimination of Child Labor (IPEC), established by the International Labor Organization. The book will argue that the IPEC is much more successful in making the states comply, because it has a capacity to directly work with the instances of child labor (none of the mentioned conventional international bodies have such capacity) and it has an ability to engage into the national legislative process to change the national legislation.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 100 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -Big Brother, the first and most successful Reality TV show all over the world, failed in France. Indeed, after one hugely successful season, the three following shows weakened to renew such a performance. The reasons for those failures are to be found among the choice of the casting, the ethical regulations and the very content of the show. After having conducted two focus groups, it has become very clear that the classical concept of Big Brother is outdated and doesn¿t answer anymore to the French viewers¿ expectations. Hence, it appears to be needless to air another season of Big Brother in France with only repeating what has been done before. My main finding is that, in order to be reintroduced,the new concept should be strong enough to overcome the ethical regulations, and, above all, establish an emotional relationship between the show and the viewers. The more involved the viewers are, the better the show would be and the more audience (and cash) it would generate. The example of M6, a French private TV channel, is given: a new concept of Big Brother would be focused around TV Series, one of the pillars of the channel, using emotional techniques.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -Since the beginning of the 90s peacekeeping interventions have increased but only few conflicts have been resolved. This book argues that the possibility for conflict resolution depends on our definition of peace, on the application of suitable methods and by adopting an appropriate approach to every specific conflict. This book presents the main critique of current peacebuilding practice and proposes recommendations for a new peacebuilding paradigm. Three case studies on Mozambique, Somalia and Burundi highlight that there is a possible correlation between the signing of a peace agreement, an adequate peacebuilding response and lasting peace. However, the United Nations Peacebuildning Commission is still at an initial stage and it is far too soon to evaluate the outcome of its work. Nevertheless, it could be argued that the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission shows some indicators on moving focus towards conflict prevention. It therefore has the potential to present valuable insight for a peacebuilding response that actually can aim at promoting lasting peace.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 92 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -Today, being different is something that all people are afraid of. People want to have an easy and comfortable life,without difficulties and stress. Through this project, I tried to find out how to include children with Down syndrome in everyday society and help them to have a regular life like everyone else. Furthermore,I wanted to determine what has been done in this regard so far, what the plans for the future are and does the mainstreaming process helps a child in developing his or her potential. Furthermore, my goal was to point out the problem that children with disabilities are being faced with and wake up all of us in order to do something for them and give the children the opportunity to show who they are and decide who they want to be.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -Recent scholarship underscores the importance of industry-universities collaboration as an important organizational form for knowledge creation within the national system of innovation (NSI), especially in stimulating new technologies. There are two broad assumptions underlying the establishment and management of universities. The first one is that universities are set up to perform certain well defined functions such as teaching, research and knowledge production and could remain outside the broad national, cultural and political influence. Second, and specific to the research function, the notion of research and development (R&D) without much attention to downstream activities that involve commercialization, limits the relevance of university research. This book based on sound empirical and theoretical scholarship advances considerably our understanding of these issues within a development context. We strongly recommend it to all those interested in the development debate.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -Through thorough statistical analysis and analytic calculations, this book reveals the power of S- shaped utility functions for modeling in the financial market. By considering the average of the relative risk aversion (RRA) of the consumers instead of the RRA of the average (representative) consumer, it exhibits an utility that has stable and low mean RRA and avoids the risk-free puzzle present in the most commonly used utilities. The particular form of the RRA as a function of consumption level has important implications for behavioral finance and the potential to explain many psychological phenomena in economics. As an unexpected spin-off, the book shows that the oil shocks were the main causes of havoc in the American financial market in the second half of the XX century, this discovery being deemed relevant for geopolitics and warfare analysis.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 112 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -Individual level factors related to the successor have a central role to play in the succession process of the business. When these factors are viewed in relation to succession planning models, these factors have a direct relation to the succession models in terms of success or failure of the succession process. The major contributing factor to the success or failure of the succession process is that of the leadership provided to the organization by the predecessor. These leadership qualities change from one form to another during different phases of the succession planning models. This Book reviews available succession planning models and try to converg them into a single model considering the individual level factors related to succession planning.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -This work analyses the gaps between the principle and the practice of human rights, using the study case of indigenous women in Mexico. The point of departure is international jurisprudence; here failures in human rights mainstream to encompass indigenous women''s experiences are highlighted; since indigenous women are not accurately portrayed as right holders. The role of indigenous peoples'' and women''s human rights instruments is crucial for the analysis. The obstacles for effective implementation of indigenous women''s human rights at State, local and municipal levels are discussed. Mexican public policies are revised; the argument sustained is that these policies are inaccurate to tackle indigenous women''s issues. The role of NGOs and grassroots groups'' is also stressed. It is argued that indigenous women are setting their human rights claims in alliance with indigenous peoples'' movements to profit of the momentum they have at the national and international arenas. Lastly, this work enhances potential contributions to human rights jurisprudence and develops a proposal of creating an indigenous women''s movement to improve particular concerns.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -Mexico is becoming a 'Global Actor' whereas EU is consolidating as a 'Global Civil Power'. Latin America is traditionally one of the most important areas for Mexican Foreign Policy as well as it constitutes an important region for testing to what extent is EU capable to extend its influence over its periphery. In this framework, 'The Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement EU-Mexico' allowed Mexico to be an EU 'privileged partner' for setting up a Bi-regional Strategic Partnership EU-LAC. This book provides the evolution of Mexican Foreign (Trade) Policy towards Europe, as well as the EU political and economical strategy in Latin America over the last ten years. Finally, it states the challenges for both regions taking in mind the International Agenda for XXIst Century. The contents of this manuscript should be useful to academic community who analyse the application of principles in EU negotiations toward third countries with special emphasize in those of Latin America. In addition, it can shed some light for decision-makers, diplomats and businessmen interested on legal framework ruling the trade relations among the referred regions.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -Global linkages are as important as local networks for firms geographically located in regions with export oriented agro-commodity production. In these cases, regional economic growth is associated with enhancing competitive capabilities of those firms within global agro-commodity chains. The latter have internal governance structures with different patterns and dynamics that condition those upgrading possibilities. Based on groundnut trade between Argentinean and European firms within the European Shelled Groundnut Chain, this paper clearly illustrates this statement. The quasi-hierarchical governance structure of this chain allows Argentinean firms to implement only some basic types of upgrading strategies. Even after important changes at the end of the 1990s, the quasi-hierarchical structure remains and, hence, only process and product upgrading are achievable for actors, like Argentinean primary processors, locked into lower value stages within the chain.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 52 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -This book examines the relationship between the perceived corporate ethical behaviour and Brand Trust in the innovative online environment. Hitherto there has been extremely limited literature about this issue and Delgado''s Brand Trust model is associated for the first time with the characteristics of an ethical company. The existing bibliography is sketched, touching upon the interaction of CSR and Brand Trust in the novel communicative context of the Internet. Mixed methodology, by means of small-scale survey and in-depth interviews, was used in order to integrate the quantitative and the qualitative results for an overall interpretation of the research issues. Internet is found to be the most appropriate medium for communicating CSR to contemporary, more ethically oriented consumers that expect from companies to manifest social responsibility and concern. Through the use of SPSS, data analysis supports the initial presupposition that Brand Trust and perceived ethical behaviour correlate strongly.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -Height is an important indicator of Body Mass Index (BMI) to assess nutritional status in elderly. BMI can be used to assess risk of Chronic Energy Deficiency (CED) and obesity. However, measurement of stature in elderly cannot be conducted perfectly due to kyphosis and scoliosis. It may be more appropriate to estimate stature from measurement of other skeletal segments such as knee height, arm span and sitting height. Aging process does not influence length of arm, leg (knee) and vertebral bone. Arm span is less influenced by aging. Reduction of arm span on elderly is slower than height, so that it is recommended as a parameter for stature prediction. Sitting height can also be used to predict the stature of elderly, but tend to decrease along with aging. The predicted height in elderly is considered as quite valid in developing anthropometry index and taking interpretation of the measurement of body composition. The Indonesian elderly can use the three predictors to estimate their height which put in the Nutritional Status Assessment of Elderly.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -This book deals with PPP in different countries especially in the Czech Republic, Great Britain, South Africa and USA. Because the issue of PPP is really extensive this book is focused just on financing of this type of projects. To be able to analyze situation in mentioned countries just one part of financing of PPP project, Public Sector Comparator (PSC), was chosen. Every country has its own approach to PSC and the aim of this book is to compare advantages and disadvantages of PSC methodic in individual countries and create a recommendations for application of possible improvements into Czech PSC methodic.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -The study focuses on the impact of standardization on product innovation, market access and export performance in South African sectors. It begins by giving a comprehensive theoretical framework. Thereafter, it focuses on South Africa where it examines how the institution of standard setting has evolved. It then gives case studies on the net impact of standards in various sectors within South Africa. The final chapter gives international case studies on the impact of standards.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -The aim of this work is to study the relationships between CEO compensation and organizational performance to achieve a better theoretical understanding of this phenomenon and to examine these relationships in publically traded Nordic companies. Theory on CEO compensation and firm performance was studied to develop a CEO Compensation-Performance Model, from which testable hypotheses were derived, focusing on the link between performance and compensation and the links between fixed compensation and short-term performance and contingent compensation and long- term performance. These hypotheses were then tested to examine the validity of the CEO Compensation- Performance Model. No significant relationships were found. There is a lack of a significant relationship between CEO compensation and firm performance in publically traded Nordic firms. This implies that the CEO Compensation-Performance Model does not hold true in the Nordic context.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -This work covers Czech-US relations starting in the 1990''s till the Eastern enlargement of the European Union in May 2004. It focuses primarily on the change in the mutual relations of the two countries after this historic enlargement. The paper is covering mainly political and economic dimensions of the relations. First, an overview of the formal background for the political relations is provided, followed by hypothesis regarding possible changes in relation to the new limitations coming with EU membership. To confront the formal basis with the real issues in the mutual relations the diplomatic matters in the past fifteen years are shortly covered. Next, the economic angle of the relations presents the character of the trade relations between the two states and its development over the aforementioned decade. Further, the potential changes in the Czech- US economic relations caused by the enlargement are outlined including opinions and expectations of experts. The paper concludes with summary of the observed and further expected changes in the Czech-US relations related to the EU entry.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 112 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -Following decades of feeble struggles in the quest of attaining sustainable democratic governance architectures across Africa, the book argues that amidst challenges posed by military coups, ethnicity, rent seeking and patronage as an anecdote to political instability, West Africa has made reasonable progress with six (6) countries characterized as fully democratic, Five (5) countries in the Final Phase, and Four (5) countries characterized as hybrid regimes. Whilst this reasoning is based on the current realities of political transformations in the sub-region, it attributes political instability in the sub-region to failed policies of the first post ¿ colonial leaders and their pluralist-coercive multiparty totalitarian rule, institutional failures, coups, conflicts and civil wars as daunting challenges to democracy in the sub-region. Consequently it combines scholarly literature to realities of the sub-regions political trajectories, bringing to light current democratic successes and challenges ahead.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 120 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -This paper analyzes the process of integration and convergence in the two monetary zones in the franc zone: in this case the CEMAC in Central Africa and UEMOA in West Africa. The results show that the convergence process is more advanced and integration more pronounced in the UEMOA zone, although much remains to be done. The CEMAC zone, despite the potential of these countries still struggling to begin a process of real convergence and integration.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -Adolescent childbearing is a phenomenon that has significant ramification at personal, societal, and global levels. Present research attempts to explore whether the utilization of Reproductive and Child Health Care Services differs among adolescent and older mother after controlling the potential background socio-economic and demographic characteristics. The study utilizes data from three rounds of National Family Health Survey (NFHS) to understand the level, trend and determinants of teenage childbearing and utilization of basic Reproductive and Child Health Services (RCH) in India. The Reproductive and Child Health Services that are examined in present study includes antenatal care, safe delivery, and child immunization. Results show that prevalence of teenage childbearing in India has remained almost stagnant over the past 13 years. The analysis shows that after controlling the potential socioeconomic and demographic factors, maternal age appeared to have the significant influence on the use of maternal and child health care services. Adolescents are less likely to use any health care services than the older women.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 116 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -Ethnic and communal violence (conflicts) have in recent years become common place in many parts of Ghana and other African countries. This book will be interested in looking at the effects of such violence in the form of chieftaincy conflicts on the socio-economic development of the affected local areas. The book will use the Bawku Chieftaincy Conflict as a case study. I have adopted the insights of the economic theories of war and predation to theorize that the factions in the Bawku Chieftaincy conflict are rational economic players who are interested in the economic, social and political rewards that will accrue to the victorious faction. This book should help shed some light on the causes and the implications of ethnic and communal violence on the economic and social development of the local areas where such conflict take place. This book should be especially useful to students and researchers of peace and conflict studies and to anyone who is interested in issues relating to ethnicity, conflicts and rural (local) development.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -Increasingly, the parties to international commercial agreements are specifying arbitration as the primary means of dispute resolution. The stipulation of the arbitration has a fundamental step on the set up of the arbitration agreement, therefore, the pillar of the whole proceeding. Thus, the arbitration agreement is essential in the arbitration itself, requiring attention in the legal texts that direct the subject in a legal perspective. The subject gained importance after 2006, due to modifications on the approach of the requirements, inserted in a revision of the UNCITRAL Model Law and a new understanding in The New York Convention. This book, besides enhancing the topic of the arbitration agreement, pretends to offer an analysis of the form requirements of the agreements under the New York Convention and the UNCITRAL Model Law, for the importance of these legal texts in the arbitration system in a worldwide level. The analysis aims to highlight this important issue and should be useful for professionals dealing with international commerce legal issues such as lawyers, arbitrators, business men, international traders, and also for the research field for scholars and students.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -Thailand and Brazil have similarly employed the methods of an 'activist state' in attempting to provide free, universal access to antiretroviral medication to their citizens. While a specific alignment of social, political, and economic factors in Brazil enabled a description of its mode of medical activism as a 'tool of new democratic politics and ethics,' the divergent nature of these forces in Thailand problematize not only the extension of this description to Thai AIDS activism, but also the relationship between democracy and 'biological citizenship.' Through ethical processes of legitimation and delegitimation, a complex web of actors and technologies mediates Thailand''s ability to alter the global therapeutic economy of pharmaceuticals and redraw lines of political power. This work, which argues for greater specificity in describing and legitimating new biopolitical forms, should be of particular interest to scholars of political and pharmaceutical anthropology as well as those concerned with the achievement of human rights in this key moment of neoliberal globalization.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -Development interventions do needs assessments to come up with the real felt needs of the particular community. The fact that they are needs negates the existence of anything to appreciate. The appreciative approach is a powerful tool to implement any intervention in the community. The results of needs assessment is a list of challenges that the intervening organizations do not have enough to respond to the needs. Appreciative Inquiry Approach is an approach that encourages a self healing of the community. The approach is there to exploit the existing intrinsic strength of the community at large. Findings have proved that the income of the household and the level of harmony at the household have very strong relationship. Again appreciative inquiry approach is proved to have a strong impact in the income of the households that are studied and the approach is seen as the very powerful tool for introducing change in the community. This book is meant for the development organizations, it also targets the project managers. The book would be useful for the activists of gender and devolopment. This book would be very much interesting for couples regarding household income.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -During the last decades of the twentieth century, Morocco had forsaken its African roots, to the point where 30 countries out of a total of 52 on the continent recognized the self proclaimed SADR. Since 1999, Morocco retrieved its African dimension and an important number of agreements between the Kingdom and African countries have been signed and implemented at the political, economic, and social levels. However, Morocco has a singular particularity that other countries do not have with sub-Saharan Africa. The Kingdom shares strong historical and cultural links with Africa, which could be very useful for Rabat in order to solve the Sahara issue. This book therefore, tries to demonstrate how implementing cultural cooperation between Morocco and sub-Saharan Africa can serve a country''s national interests. The work, which adopts a social constructivist perspective, is a mixed methods study that includes qualitative and quantitative research, and should be especially useful to researchers in the region''s history, or anyone else interested to understand this strong historical links between the Sherifian Kingdom, and a large number of African countries.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 92 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -Most cross-sectional deviation of international capital structure is caused by the heterogeneities of firm-, industry-, and country-specific determinants rather than by legal environment. In particular, most variations observed from international capital structure arise from the heterogeneity of firm-specific characteristics. Collateral value of assets, firm size, and debt- related tax shield benefit are generally viewed as the most influential factors in determining corporate leverage decision. If the heterogeneities at the level of firm, industry, and country are controlled, the English common-law countries surprisingly appear to rely highly on debt-leverage, whereas the German civil-law countries are likely to be least levered. This finding is contrary to a 'received wisdom' in the area of international capital structure. The stylized relationships between firm-specific determinants and capital structure obtained from cross-sectional data are not generalized over time. Under a dynamic setting, the legal environment seems to play a significant role in determining the speed of adjustment of capital structure.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 100 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -This book explains whether mobile phone features, design, quality, style and price affect the selection of mobile phones by mobile phone users. A quantitative method was deployed where a total of 120 respondents were interviewed through the survey questionnaires in the city of Petaling Jaya, Shah Alam and Rawang in the State of Selangor, Malaysia. A Multiple Regression Analysis was conducted and the finding shows that mobile phone features, design, style and price affect selection of mobile phones except the quality of the mobile phone. The result shows implications for mobile phone companies and their marketing managers. This study can be a reasonably good guide and reference for mobile phone manufacturers when developing new models of phones and bringing them into the market.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -Despite accreditations and others quality systems, health care organizations are currently facing significant challenges to overcome the recurrence of medication and medical errors and other deaths and costs associated with. In order to improve the management systems, thus reducing these medication and medical errors, health care leaders started to look for other process management tools like ISO 9000 Quality management System. Subjective studies suggest that ISO 9000 can help organizations improve their management practices. Others argue the standard is too generic to generate performance improvement in service industry, such as health care. This book, therefore, analyzed the effectiveness of the ISO 9000 certification and tested whether earning ISO 9000 certification leads to improvement in quality management practices, in medication management practices, and in organizational management system in pharmacy hospital. The analysis should help make an important contribution to the existing literature on reducing the medication and medical errors in health care; and should help understand the factors that impede successful implementation of ISO 9000 QMS in the health.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 116 pp. Englisch.