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Traces the history of the $210 billion power industry showcasing the key individuals, technological innovations, corporate machinations, and political battles waged over its domination. The author maintains that the technological and regulatory infrastructure have outlived their usefulness and that generators are the nation's largest polluters.

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Industrial expert Geoffrey Owen analyses the complex reasons behind the delayed modernisation of British industry.

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Until as recently as the late 1970s, the main channel for oil distribution was the integrated system of the major oil companies, while the volume of spot trading was limited to roughly 5 percent of the total oil trade.

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Gas, oil and the Irish state examines the dynamics and conflicts of state hydrocarbon management and provides the first comprehensive study of the Irish model.

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This volume addresses the question of how the first United States foreign correspondents came to shape an American common sense about the rest of the world. The book also establishes the early history of the content of foreign news and editorials in American newspapers.

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As market boundaries proved too confining for the growth and competitiveness of principle auto manufacturers, globalization of the motor vehicle industry accelerated in the last half of the 1990s through the construction of major complexes and the forging of international megamergers. This study exa

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In the past 20 years, the capital goods industries in the USA have displayed a continual weakening of their competitive position. This study investigates this leading sector of the American economy and its competition for global markets by concentrating on case studies of seven companies.

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From the 1890s to the 1960s, U.S. steel makers imported more than 70 million tons of high-grade manganese ore, a ferroalloy indispensable to steel production but rare in the United States.

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Provides a critical investigation of the global justice movement. Drawing upon three case studies a peasant farmers network, a trade union network, and the social forum process the authors argue that the role of key geographical concepts of space, place and scale are crucial to an understanding of the operational dynamics of these networks.

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Provides a critical investigation of the global justice movement. Drawing upon three case studies a peasant farmers network, a trade union network, and the social forum process the authors argue that the role of key geographical concepts of space, place and scale are crucial to an understanding of the operational dynamics of these networks.

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This global study of advertising self-regulation explores the spread of this social-control institution through a discussion of its relative strengths and weaknesses, a reporting of several surveys conducted by the author, and 38 country profiles.

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In this timely book, contributors of recognized distinction and knowledge provide a range of perspectives and discuss a variety of approaches to telecommunications issues, providing broad coverage of telecommunications regulatory policies.

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Yang analyzes the impact of globalization on national economic boundaries, using the automobile industry to contrast three different economic systems. Their corporate policies and manufacturer-supplier linkages influence the international division of labor among modern nations.

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The remarkable story behind the life of GO, the no-frills airline, by the businesswoman who created the company. Brilliantly readable, this is the definitive telling of the business story of the decade.

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-Explain Google's strategies and innovations

Show how Google's treatment of employeesfood for free, concierge services, laundry facilities, and moreset the bar high for any company eager to attract the best and brightest

Assess Google's impact on society, technology, processes, methods, etc.

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Googled is candid, authoritative and based on extensive research, including in-house at Google HQ where Ken Auletta had unprecedented access. Auletta reveals how the media industry is being disrupted and redefined and shows how and why the worlds of 'new' and 'old' media often communicate as if residents of different planets.

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This is a comprehensive survey of how government policies have affected agricultural performance in Zimbabwe since independence in 1980. The government helped smallholders triple their grain sales in the early 1980s, but left the country vulnerable to drought, leading to emergency food aid imports in 1992.

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How did a short bald, man with a speech impediment have such an impact How indeed Like his life, Inside Story is a pacy romp. Honest and heartfelt, it should be required reading. Observer

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The question of why some companies succeed while others languish prompted the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta to sponsor the March 1983 conference on Growth Industries in the 1980s from which this book was derived.

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This volume examines the role that the service economy can play in those third world countries lacking in traditional manufacturing industries.

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Tells the story of the juggernaut research lab that underpins Microsoft's relationship with China. This work moves between Beijing and the Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, WA, and follows the lab's emergence as a centre of excellence for Chinese computer science. It also explores the ramifications of China's technological progress.

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Containing interviews with industry experts in the US and the UK, this guide gives tips on almost every aspect of gigging. It takes you through the process of recording, from home-made demos to releasing your own finished product and radio promotion. It also explains what managers, publishers, PR people, accountants, and lawyers can do for you.