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A reference to understanding changing cultures and business practices in Korea for scholars, and a guide to Korean business practice, protocol and communications styles for professionals.

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Provides evidence on the comparability of financial ratios across several manufacturing and retail industries, assessing the similarity or dissimilarity of ratios among industry taxonomies, or groups of ratios.

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We all face tough choices: business executives, community leaders, and family members all struggle with difficult decisions on a daily basis.

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While joining with neoclassical economics in supporting the validity of supply-and-demand theory where it is literally applicable, McCain challenges most neoclassical theory, especially monopoly, oligopoly, and general equilibrium theory and welfare economics.

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For the greater part of recorded history, the most successful and powerful states were autocracies; yet the world is increasingly dominated by democracies. This book provides a novel answer for how and why this political transformation occurred. It presents a history that starts in biblical times.

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This book explains the fundamental principles involved in hazardous materials management. Integrated throughout the text are definitions of numerous technical and legal terms involved in hazardous materials management, as perceived by the professional community and involved regulatory agencies.

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The guide seeks to provide practical solutions to numerous risk management problems through its analysis of both asymmetrical and symmetrical risk products.

The treatment of each instrument, be it exchange listed or over the counter, is designed to highlight its particular features and uses.

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Whether you are a new member on the board of a nonprofit or a veteran member looking for a quick reference to the fundamentals, this book models best board practices in a straightforward way.

A Guide to Nonprofit Board Success is a complete resource for the skills and knowledge needed to excel in your board position.

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Investigates the US economy and the trends and events that created an economic output in 1999 that was two and a half times greater than it was in in 1959. The guide shows how electronic data is compiled and analyzed and what national income and output statistics really mean.

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As a historical barometer reflecting the extent of change in an industry, the language of particular crafts and industries brings together the social and cultural background of the participants, and the dynamic of the activity or work.

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Traces the relative successes of Bolivia's labor unions, contextualizing their triumphs and disappointments within the history of Bolivia's tumultuous political scene. The author explains how the labor movement evolved in the framework of several political changes, including the Bolivian National Revolution which began on April 9, 1952.

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This volume traces the history of organized labor in Peru and Ecuador from its first appearance in the late nineteenth century until the end of the twentieth century. It also discusses the negative impact on the trade union movement of the free enterprise-free trade policies of the last decades of the twentieth century.

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Alexander traces the history of organised labour across all the countries of the English-speaking Caribbean. He also examines international affiliations of trades unions in the West Indies.

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In this volume, Alexander sketches the history of organized labor in the countries of Uruguay and Paraguay. He covers such topics as the role of organized labor in the economics and politics of these two countries and their relations with the international labor movement.

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An examination of how algorithms and artificial intelligence are starting to run every aspect of our lives, and how we can shape their impact.

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In a unique approach, the volume focuses on coastal archaeology, lithic analysis, and ceramic analysis within the study of New England archaeology, but the book is also relevant to areas beyond New England as it provides a comparative framework for evaluating archaeological research elsewhere.

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America's most beloved columnist shares 40 years of advice through letters to her only child, published here for the first time. In this witty, wise, and intensely personal collection of letters to her daughter Margo, Ann Landers delivers her own unintentional memoir.

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A Literature Guide to the Hospitality Industry is an annotated bibliography of materials with the common theme of hospitality. The citations of the Literature Guide provide current information for each title, including author, title, place of publication, publisher, and date of publication.

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Represents an original look at the biotechnology research in the wake of the mapping of the human genome. Presenting a series of interviews with various key players in Celera Diagnostics, this title opens a window on the complexity of corporate scientific innovation.