Contemporary Southeast Asia
Contemporary Southeast Asia

Author: Alice D. Ba

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2017-10-25

Total Pages: 347

ISBN-13: 113759621X

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At the epicenter of the world's most dynamic economic continent, Southeast Asia provides a window into some of the most important contemporary global developments in politics, and plays a crucial role in determining the wider region's future. The 3rd edition of this highly-acclaimed text provides a comprehensive analysis of Southeast Asia's remarkable variety of political systems, cultures and traditions, which are without exception all undergoing a variety of major changes. Written by a team of leading experts on Southeast Asia, this volume provides an accessible introduction to a region being buffeted by profound internal social transformation and great power confrontation, as well as the continuing challenges of economic development and environmental management. Comprehensive in its analysis and ambitious in scope, this book will be the perfect introduction for students interested in the culture, politics, economy and society of the nations of Southeast Asia.

Carbon Capture and Storage
Carbon Capture and Storage

Author: Mai Bui

Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry

Published: 2019-11-29

Total Pages: 596

ISBN-13: 1788011457

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This book provides the latest global perspective on the role and value of CCS in delivering temperature targets and reducing the impact of global warming.

Geary's Guide to the World's Great Aphorists
Geary's Guide to the World's Great Aphorists

Author: James Geary

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2008-12-08

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 1596917881

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Both an expert and a collector, James Geary has devoted his life to aphorisms-and the last few years to organizing, indexing, and even translating them. The result is Geary's Guide, featuring aphorists like Voltaire, Twain, Shakespeare, Nietzsche, Woody Allen, Muhammad Ali, Emily Dickinson, and Mae West, as well as international practitioners appearing in English for the first time. But it is more than just a conventional anthology. It is also an encyclopedia, containing brief biographies of each author in addition to a selection of his or her aphorisms. The book is a field guide, too, with aphorists organized into eight different "species," such as Comics, Critics & Satirists; Icons & Iconoclasts; and Painters & Poets. The book's two indexes-by author and by subject-make it easily searchable, while its unique organizational structure and Geary's lively biographical entries set it apart from all previous reference works. A perfect follow-up to Geary's New York Times bestseller The World in a Phrase, Geary's Guide is eminently suitable for browsing or for sustained reading. A comprehensive guide to our most intimate, idiosyncratic literary form, the book is an indispensable tool for writers and public speakers as well as essential reading for all language lovers.

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bookdown

Author: Yihui Xie

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2016-12-12

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13: 1351792601

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bookdown: Authoring Books and Technical Documents with R Markdown presents a much easier way to write books and technical publications than traditional tools such as LaTeX and Word. The bookdown package inherits the simplicity of syntax and flexibility for data analysis from R Markdown, and extends R Markdown for technical writing, so that you can make better use of document elements such as figures, tables, equations, theorems, citations, and references. Similar to LaTeX, you can number and cross-reference these elements with bookdown. Your document can even include live examples so readers can interact with them while reading the book. The book can be rendered to multiple output formats, including LaTeX/PDF, HTML, EPUB, and Word, thus making it easy to put your documents online. The style and theme of these output formats can be customized. We used books and R primarily for examples in this book, but bookdown is not only for books or R. Most features introduced in this book also apply to other types of publications: journal papers, reports, dissertations, course handouts, study notes, and even novels. You do not have to use R, either. Other choices of computing languages include Python, C, C++, SQL, Bash, Stan, JavaScript, and so on, although R is best supported. You can also leave out computing, for example, to write a fiction. This book itself is an example of publishing with bookdown and R Markdown, and its source is fully available on GitHub.

Competition Law and Economic Inequality
Competition Law and Economic Inequality

Author: Jan Broulík

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2022-12-15

Total Pages: 379

ISBN-13: 1509959238

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The gap between the rich and poor is widening across the globe. This book explores whether this major societal challenge of our time can be addressed by the means of competition law. The primary goal of today's competition law is to ensure that market power does not lead to an inefficient production of goods and services. Nevertheless, even such efficiency-oriented curbing of market power may arguably contribute to the reduction of differences in how much people own and earn. Furthermore, many competition law regimes do take into account distributive considerations too. The chapters investigate the relationship between competition law and economic (in)equality from philosophical, historical, and economic perspectives. Their inquiries concern the conceptual foundations of competition law and doctrinal frameworks of individual jurisdictions, as well as specific problems and markets. As such, the book provides a novel and comprehensive overview of whether and how competition law can contribute to more equality in both developed and developing countries. The book is a must-read for researchers, public officials, judges, and practitioners within the competition law community. It will also appeal to anyone more broadly interested in issues of inequality and economic policy.

KPI Mega Library
KPI Mega Library

Author: RACHAD. BAROUDI

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2016-10-28

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781539457626

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The purpose of this guide book is to give the reader a quick and effective access to the most appropriate Key Performance Indicator (KPI). The 36,000 KPIs are categorized in a logical and alphabetical order. Many organizations are spending a lot of funds on building their strategic planning and performance management capabilities. One of the current challenges is the difficulty to know what KPIs are used in similar situations. This book main objective is to acquaint the reader with available KPIs measuring performance of a specific industry, sector, international topic, and functional area. The book is divided into three sections:1) Organization Section: 32 Industries | 385 Functions | 11,000 KPIs2) Government Section: 32 Sectors | 457 Functions | 12,000 KPIs3) International Section: 24 Topics | 39 Sources | 13,000 KPIsREVIEWS: "It's very interesting book. Let me also use this opportunity to congratulate you on it" Augustine Botwe, M&E Consultant - Sweden "Thank you for this book. As an OD and performance consultant, it will be great to have a reference like this to help assist clients and not reinvent the wheel. Congratulations on making this happen with admiration" Sheri Chaney Jones - Ohio, USA"Fabulous book! I bought it for my company. Good work!" Elizabeth Amini, CEO, Strategist - LA, USA"Congratulations for this tremendous work you have done with this book!" Roxana Goldstein, Monitoring Consultant - Argentina "This looks like a very important reference for me in my BSC consulting practice." Edy Chakra, Partner, ADDIMA Consulting - UK"Congratulations for your book, it is very comprehensive!" Rafael Lemaitre - Manager at Palladium Group - Spain"Many thanks for sharing this valuable information. I will use as reference in my work." Edi Indriyotomo - Senior IT Mgr. - Indonesia"I am reading my copy of your great book "KPI Mega Library" which I bought from Amazon. Thank you, great effort!" Basel A - Kuwait"It's a great idea, for folks who don't have a clue where to start. If you're a strategy consultant who shapes strategies for your clients, you need a tailored set of performance metrics" Shelley Somerville, Social Change Strategist - LA, USA"A very comprehensive list of KPIs across a number of functions, industries, etc. As an organizational consultant, I could use this resource as a jumping off point to discuss KPIs with a client based on their particular needs. This book could be a great tool to pick and choose the correct KPIs based on a number of criteria" Anthony Bussard - Dynamic, Innovative HR Effectiveness Consultant - Boston