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The USA has often failed to capitalise on its technological breakthroughs. This analysis of the weaknesses and strengths of US high technology warns that until the US learns to reconnect research and development with production, foreign companies will continue to prevail in the world marketplace.

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An insiders account of the BRICS process and of the negotiation and implementation of the monetary fund and development bank BRICS created

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The British consumer Co-operative movement pioneered the use of film for industrial and propaganda purposes.

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After a brief description of the early history of the Co-operative movement, the author turns to the Rochdale Pioneers and the foundations they lay for a co-operative community of a non-Owenite type.

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As the Internet revolution continues to unfold and transform telecommunications, pressure is building for faster, less expensive, and more widely accessible broadband service. This new book analyzes the markets and policy issues underlying the broadband dilemma.

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Hailed as highly recommended by Millimeter and a must by Television/Radio Age, The Broadcast Communications Dictionary is a unique guide to the technical, slang, and commonly-used words that broadcast communicators and engineers use in English-speaking countries everywhere.

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The Budget Deficit and National Debt analyzes and attempts to better understand the problems associated with the debt and deficit. The theme of this book parallels the Miller Center's primary focus on governance and the presidency. The president is a key actor in submitting, a...

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Too often, people are promoted to management not because of leadership skills but for professional skills. BUM Books and Blog is a website that supports management and leadership growth and development.

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How do you figure out what to do in a job How do you get it done How should you deal with demanding bosses How can you get the most out of subordinates What should you do to get along with difficult colleagues and handle powerful interest groups and the media Just how can you succeed in a world where persuasion rather than direct command is the rule

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In light of recent debates and studies on what political scientists call developmental authoritarianism and what some economists consider the East Asian model of economic growth, this book analyzes and evaluates Burma's economic performance under military management.

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The author looks into the reasons why Burma continues to have difficulty establishing itself. Mya Maung focuses on the deeper sources of Burmese behaviour in an attempt to identify the underlying factors that produced this situation.

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A unique, comprehensive report discussing the potential and the organizational constraints of employee empowerment.

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Reveals the hidden costs behind food and drink which include unfair and dangerous labour practices, fertiliser runoff and pesticide poisoning, transportation pollution, excess packaging, animal suffering, marketing and advertising onslaughts, as well as skyrocketing health costs due to diet-related illness such as obesity and diabetes.

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A wide-ranging, original and challenging introduction to leisure industries, offering broad coverage of tourism, sports, events and media, and taking into account changes leading up to and throughout the 21st century, both for leisure providers and leisure consumers.

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This book fills a void in both the professional and academic literature on the management of public relations. The author defines a functional framework for the practice of public relations consistent with contemporary management theory.