Dieses Buch stellt umfangreiche empirische Analysen zur Entwicklung der internationalen Wettbewerbsposition in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (mit neuen Bundesländern) und in anderen Industrieländern dar. Die Untersuchungen erfolgen auf der Grundlage einer von den Autoren erarbeiteten Liste technologieintensiver Waren, die auf dem seit 1988 gültigen internationalen Warenverzeichnis für den Außenhandel beruht. Es werden u.a. angesprochen die Po...
In Japan, the Delphi method has been used since 1971 to predict possible technological developments. The same approach was used in Germany for the first time in 1992. This book analyses and compares the results from studies carried out in both countries. This comparison allows conclusions to be drawn as to the relevance of certain fields of technology or disciplines - not only for public policy but also for companies. Possible realization goal...
The purpose of this book is to present a project from the ESPRIT Specific Programme of European Research and Development in Information Technology, project number 6310, known as MMTCA: Multimedia Toolbox for Cooperative Applications. This project ran from 1992 to 1994, and concluded with a product which is probably of great usefulness to all business organisations. MMTCA enables managers to set up arrangements or to delegate tasks involving co...
Das Spannungsfeld zwischen dem traditionellen betriebswirtschaftlichen Gebiet der Ko stenrechnung und dem durch die zunehmende Relevanz von Umweltaspekten bei un ternehmerischen Entscheidungen gepragten Gebiet des betrieblichen Umweltschutzes unter dem Titel "Betriebswirtschaftliche Um bildet die Grundlage dieser Arbeit, die weltkostenrechnung - Gestaltung einer flexiblen Plankostenrechnung als betriebliches Umwelt-Informationssystem" vom F...
Die Beiträge des 24. Hämophilie-Symposions behandeln aktuelle Fragen der Bluterkrankheit sowie die damit verbundenen Gerinnungsstörungen. Fragen der Sicherheit von einzelnen Faktorenpräparaten spielen selbstverständlich eine zunehmende Rolle.
Psychiatrische Versorgungskonzepte sind nach wie vor kontrovers und können nicht definitiv bestimmt werden. Im vorliegenden Buch werden die verschiedenen Gesichtspunkte, die für oder gegen ein bestimmtes Konzept sprechen, von verschiedenen Seiten, z. B. Krankenhauspsychiatern , aber auch von Vertretern psychiatrischer Abteilungen diskutiert.
This book is a study of all aspects of air defense from its beginnings during the French Revolution when artillery gunners tried to hit primitive balloons with their cannons to the use of Patriot missiles in the Gulf War to shoot down tactical ballistic missiles. Crabtree's history focuses on the development of tactics and technology from the Franco-Prussian War to the present. The strategic air defense of World War I and World War II are feat...
Colleges are becoming increasingly concerned with the quality of undergraduate instruction, and faculty are devoting more attention to improving their teaching skills. This volume will help college faculty improve their performance in the classroom. The book contains useful theoretical information on the learning styles of college students, and it presents practical information on how to teach courses in particular disciplines. The chapter aut...
This volume provides information on Tracy's performances in film, radio, television and drama. It begins with a biography that summarises Tracy's professional development. Each chapter is devoted to his work in a particular medium and provides entries for his individual performances.
This text looks at Europe as a mental construct of philosophies and politics that both the English and European Americans identified with Greece and Rome. It shows how much of what we think of as European heritage actually has an African and/or Islamic background.
This exposition offers a re-evaluation of "Walden" and a critical analysis of "The Journal", ties both to the issues of loss and remembrance in "A Week" and offers an exploration of the ways in which Thoreau anticipated 20th century objective philosphical thought.
Following the format of the first volume "South Africa: In Transition to What?" (1988), each chapter in this volume focuses on a segment of the jigsaw puzzle from which South Africa's future will be assembled. It is datelined to emphasise how the situations appeared at particular times.
Following the format of the first volume "South Africa: In Transition to What?" (1988), each of the chapters in this new volume focuses on a segment of the jigsaw puzzle from which South Africa's future will be assembled and is datelined to emphasize how the situation, event, or issue being addressed appeared through a particular set of lenses at a particular time. This collection seeks to impress upon readers (especially Americans) that the s...
Offers an account of moral subjectivity and moral reflection to meet the needs of feminism and other emancipatory movements, and argues that impartial reason - which has dominated 20th-century Anglo-American philosophy and judicial reasoning - is inadequate for addressing real world injustices.
Rapid change in the world economy offers new possibilities for economic development, yet the majority of impoverished people are often excluded from this development. This book analyses, with the help of economic theory, Mexico's task in raising the living standards of its people.
During the last 15 years, the number of conferences on Jonathan Edwards has tripled and the number of books on him has doubled. The scope of scholarship on Edwards has broadened to include relatively neglected texts, as have efforts to fix him more firmly in the 18th century and to gauge his influence on the 20th. This bibliography demonstrates the growth of interest in Jonathan Edwards and serves as a guide to recent research about him.The vo...
Comprising the 103 tales that form the earliest extant vernacular collection of fables from western Europe, this edition captures the fresh and lively tone of Marie de France's text. This is a reprint of the first edition published in 1987. 'Spiegel provi