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Well-traveled throughout China and well-published on its political, cultural, and business aspects, the editors of this unusual new book and their contributing authors give a systematic analysis of public sector managementas it is now and as it is emergingin a country of massive size, now in retreat from a centrally planned economy.

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Lessig highlights the newest cultural war being waged on those who create and consume art. Arguing that we reject a copyright system that criminalizes the value of protecting art, he offers an inspiring vision of the post-war world where opportunities await those who view art as a resource to be shared openly rather than a commodity to be hoarded.

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Many lessons can be learned from managers in business and industry that are useful to people who administer schools or media programs.

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Following the global financial crisis of 2008, China's major monetary policy objective is the internationalization of the renminbi, that is, to create an international role for its currency akin to the international role currently played by the US dollar. This book deals with this topic.

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This book examines the role of American and Mexican media in promoting, unintentionally or otherwise, harsh views against Central American migrants. The author challenges journalisms traditional approach to news production by introducing the peace journalism rubric to immigration reporting.

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The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was launched amid great hopes and controversy in 1994. More than a dozen years later, progress toward economic integration has stalled.

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The database categories--both print and electronic sources--include: filings databases, transaction databases, directory databases, monitoring databases, financial databases, legal databases and bibliographic databases.

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Written for researchers and media students, this study recognizes special qualities created by the new media, such as interactivity, demassification and asynchroneity. The authors aim to instruct readers on alternative research methods, multiple methods and the triangulation of results.

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Research is the foundation for understanding consumers and making informed decisions. This title offers tools for students and professionals to analyze and develop critical thinking skills and sift through what is read and seen to understand the target market for which they design, buy, market, or manage in the fashion industry.

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Dr. Riahi-Belkaoui calls for new, higher standards of research into accounting and its problems. To understand this he compares the perspectives or visions used by researchers in other fields to what is desirable in the accounting field, outlining six areas of critical concern to accounting professionals and scholars.

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This text provides a practical analysis of the typical investments and funding sources of depository institutions. With a particular emphasis on mortgage-related investments (ARMs, CMOs, IOs and POs), valuation models are included that incorporate both call and default risk.

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The fully updated new edition is perfect for UG and PG students of business & management wishing to understand the research process. It enables students to develop the skills to carry out rigorous research using a structured approach to the research process, from defining the research question, the selection of methods, to producing a final report.

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Emerged from the Lewinian tradition of research into organizational behavior, motivation, and change, here is a conceptual but practical way for HR professionals and others in today's organizations to understand better, more quickly and reliably, what the underlying human problems in their organizations are.

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Written by the first woman director of the Gillette Company, this is an exciting first-hand account of Gillette's successful fight against four hostile takeover efforts during the late 1980s.

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Based on decades of experience in addressing energy-siting conflicts, the authors of Resolving Land and Energy Conflicts provide details of a host of tools, strategies and principles for tackling them.

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A study of the economic and social changes which shaped the movement for German unification. The author emphasizes the effect of industrialism on urban life, traces the decline of manorialism in agriculture and seeks to show that the political movements of these years were profoundly influenced by the economic transition from agrarianism to capitalism.

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This book proposes new fiscal rules to address the debt crisis, including a balanced budget amendment and a deficit-debt brake. It estimates the impact of the proposed rules on the economy over the next two decades.

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As a territory of the United States, Puerto Rico enjoys the benefits of key U.S. legal, monetary, security, and tariff systems, and its residents are U.

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An examination of the restructuring of American business following an increasing incidence of large-scale mergers, acquisitions, takeovers and buy-outs. The author explores the growing use of such strategies, the benefits and effects of these processes, and their implications for future policy.

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Examines issues and experiments in restructuring education, transportation, and highway services.