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This book takes a different approach to traditional price theory and to the analysis of imperfect competition.

This book is the first to present a detailed survey of all book scripts in use in western and central Europe from c. 1100 to c. 1530 (with the exception of Humanistic script). This period has been poorly served in almost all other palaeographical handbooks. By adopting a largely new classification of scripts based on objective criteria, which incorporates many of the terms currently in use, this book aims to end the confusion which has hithert...

This 1998 volume explains the representation of a problem as well as the choice among specified options for its solution.

This 2002 book explores the commedia dell'arte: the Italian professional theatre in Shakespeare's time.

An 1997 examination of allegory in theory and literary practice over four hundred years, and its relationship to Romanticism.

Play is an underlying theme of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) but it is often a challenge for practitioners to provide a play based curriculum. This book investigates the values and beliefs that underpin play and demonstrates through case studies how play opportunities can be observed, planned and assessed in a meaningful context for the child. Organized into four sections that mirror the EYFS, this book takes you through the curric...

A day-by-day account of Aron Ralston's unforgettable survival story - his terrible accident, self-amputation, rescue and recovery.

With the rapid change experienced by the Early Years Workforce over recent times, this book considers what constitutes professionalization in the sector, and what this means in practice. Bringing a critical perspective to the developing knowledge and understanding of early years practitioners at various stages of their professional development, it draws attention to key themes and issues. Chapters are written by leading authorities, and prov...

This edition of Plato's Meno has extensive preliminary chapters designed to truly enhance the reader's engagement with this ancient text.

Helps you identify your firm's blend of strategic direction and distinctive capabilities that give it the 'right to win' in its chosen markets. This title also helps you construct a coherent company in which the pieces reinforce each other instead of working at cross-purposes.

Die überwiegende Zahl interessanter Vakanzen für Berufseinsteiger wird nicht mehr öffentlich ausgeschrieben. Hochschulabsolventen sollten sich deshalb frühzeitig mit dem verdeckten Stellenmarkt auseinander setzen. Der erfahrene Bewerbungstrainer Dieter L. Schmich stellt die besten Wege vor, um an Informationen zu kommen, wann und wo Einstiegspositionen zu besetzen sind. Parallel vermittelt er neue Initiativstrategien, die schnell zu positiven...

Von der Analyse der konkreten Konstellation, der Ableitung des PE-Bedarfs, der Auswahl der für das Unternehmen geeigneten Methoden und Strategien bis zur erfolgreichen Implementierung und dem Controlling der Maßnahmen schildern langjährige Experten das notwendige Wissen

Die meisten Bürger der Europäischen Union befürworten den europäischen Einigungsprozess. Dennoch versagen sie bisweilen zentralen Richtungsentscheidungen ihre Unterstützung. Am Beispiel Deutschlands und Frankreichs und anhand von Fallstudien zur Europäischen Währungsunion und dem türkischen EU-Beitrittsprozess geht Simone Weske der Frage nach, warum über mehrere Jahre hinweg Widersprüche zwischen Regierungshandeln und Bevölkerungsmeinung beste...

Innovation management is commonly understood as a central system and function of a firm’s ability to keep up with developments in the market. Markus Sattler reviews the predictors of successful innovation management on firm level with a meta-analytic approach. His findings suggest that the role of knowledge management and an environment of learning are important success factors on which managers can have a substantial effect. Furthermore a cle...

Contract manufacturing is growing rapidly worldwide and this is creating a need for innovative manufacturing information systems that can effectively integrate process design and costing data in order to allow 'what if' scenario assessments to be done rapidly.   Manufacturing Process Design and Costing details the development of such an information system with a focus on the data schema and user interface design. The software facilitates integ...

The first part of this book reviews the multi-level system of protection currently operating in Europe and its constitutional implications. The book presents an analysis of the Charter from a legal, political and practical standpoint. It further examines the activity of the European Parliament as a fundamental rights actor, as well as the right to a fair trial and to effective judicial protection before and by the EU Courts. The second part o...

The tandem rolling of cold metal strip is a large, highly complex nonlinear multivariable process the control of which poses a significant engineering challenge. Existing controllers have proven to be susceptible to disturbances and uncertainties in process variables and attempts to increase robustness to these phenomena have had their own drawbacks so a new approach is needed. Tandem Cold Metal Rolling Mill Control deals primarily with a nove...

Jewish Americans produced some of the most important writing in the U.S. in the twentieth century. This Companion addresses the distinctive Jewish American contribution to American literary criticism, poetry and popular culture. It establishes the broadest possible context for the discussion of Jewish American identity as it intersects with the corpus of American literature. Featuring a chronology and guide to further reading, the volume is va...

A dazzling literary card game: an investigation into how and why we fall into or out of love--with a person or a book.

A lively survey of Fair Trade and the challenges facing it, written by some of the leading lights in the Fair Trade movement.