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Maney Publishing The Steel Industry in the New Millennium Vol. 1:
Book SynopsisThis is the first of two volumes containing the proceedings of the 1996 international conference: ''The steel industry in the new millennium: innovation, strategy and markets''. This volume is divided into four main sections, the first two correspond to the Conference''s Working Group II on ''Technological Innovation'', while the third contains the papers delivered during Working Group III, on the ''The Market for Steel''. The last section contains the final speech by Father William Hogan, written very much from the perspective of demand, whereas the introductory paper by Marcus looks at the steel market, mainly from the technological angle. This volume brings together papers by leading academics, steel executives and consultants, and business leaders from all the main steel producing countries. It reviews the prospects of demand and the new technologies that are re-shaping production patterns across the world.
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Protea Boekhuis The Economy of Africa
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The Social Market Foundation Fighting Leviathan: Building Social Markets That
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The Social Market Foundation The Politics of Economic Reform
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The Social Market Foundation Setting Enterprise Free
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The Social Market Foundation Russia: The 1998 Crisis and Beyond
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The Social Market Foundation Financial Crises
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The Social Market Foundation The Social Market and the State
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The Social Market Foundation Understanding Shock Therapy
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The Social Market Foundation Picking Winners: East Asian Experience
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Mapping the Journey: Case Studies in Strategy and
Book SynopsisThis illuminating new book presents a series of in-depth case studies from around the world based on numerous personal interviews with organizational leaders and focusing on their journey towards sustainability. The aim is to provide visions of a more sustainable future, and shed light on the path, milestones and solutions – in particular the management processes these organizations employed – to provide a reliable compass that others can follow. Although each organization must take steps to fit its particular circumstance, business conditions and culture, Mapping the Journey proves that valuable lessons can be learned by setting aside critique as to where these organizations may yet make progress and instead focusing on the guidelines, targets, measures of success, tools and techniques and valuable wisdom about how pioneer organisations are travelling toward a prosperous, sustainable future. Each organization included has crafted its own unique strategic responses to an identified need for increased sustainability. While none can be said to have reached the end-point of a sustainable development strategy, all have found that, by addressing the challenge of sustainable industrial practices, they have found innovative solutions, new opportunities for revenue generation, better relationships with customers, new business and product opportunities and a boost to morale from the executive ranks to front-line employees. Mapping the Journey examines both public and private organizations worldwide: SJ Rail of Sweden; Sony Corporation; SC Johnson; TransAlta Corporation; Patagonia; Henkel; Volvo; ASG; Interface Flooring Systems; Suncor; DaimlerChrysler; AssiDoman; Germany's Centre for Technology Assessment and the Dutch National Environmental Policy Plan. These case studies provide an inspiring framework of effective processes for defining a sustainable development strategy and transforming it successfully into actions and results.Trade ReviewEach case study is an in-depth analysis of the context, motivations for change, steps to implementation, processes and people involved. The presentation is clear, factual, free of hype and clearly referenced ... This book has the potential to become a standard textbook for corporate management and for anyone interested in industry and sustainable development. - Tomorrow magazine An inspiring framework on how to define a sustainable development strategy and translate it into strategy, action, and results. - The Green Business Letter Stimulating; interesting; and challenging in parts. A definite buy for business leaders and managers – primarily to get them thinking about what they and their companies have to add to the 'journey'. - Social and Environmental Accounting At last! A book with some real, live information on how the international companies have approached the journey of implementing sustainable development programmes ... packed with useful ideas for industry leaders and managers. - Eagle Bulletin Well written and incisive, this work is a useful tool for those considering their own stance on sustainability issues. - Community Affairs Briefing The worlds of business and indigenous knowledge do not often interact, unless there is a conflict over natural resources. Certainly, indigenous knowledge (IK) research is rarely encountered on business management book shelves ... perhaps by reading more books like Mapping the Journey, we will discover the need for increased multi-disciplinary interaction. Perhaps there is value inviting CEOs and business researchers to learn from our detailed map of the global IK experience. - Indigenous Knowledge Monitor... innovative solutions which will prove inspirational to others. - Warmer BulletinTable of ContentsCase 1: Volvo. Strategic action toward sustainable mobility for society Case 2: AssiDoman. Foresters integrating dual goals of economy and environment Case 3: Patagonia. First ascents: finding the way toward quality of life and work Case 4: Interface Flooring Systems. Driving industrial standards higher Case 5: Sony. Operationalising the slogan 'Entertaining the world: caring for the environment' Case 6: ASG. Trailblazing toward sustainable logistics and transport Case 7: SC Johnson. Eco-efficiency and beyond Case 8: DaimlerChrysler. Redefining cost Case 9: Center for Technology Assessment. Pursuing regional approaches to qualitative growth and sustainability Case 10: Henkel. Traditional values and ecological leadership Case 11: SJ Rail. Turnaround to sustainable transport for the 21st century Case 12: TransAlta. New terrain: reducing greenhouse gas emissions Case 13: The Netherlands National Environmental Policy Plan. Developing sustainable industrial strategy Case 14: Suncor. Taking stakeholder relations to a new level
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Business of Water and Sustainable Development
Book SynopsisThis title examines the role of privatization, technology and multi-sectoral partnerships to provide answers to one of the most pressing environmental and social problems of the twenty-first century how to provide access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation for some 2 billion of the world's poor in the next 15 years.Trade Review...The Business of Water and Sustainable Development ... ranges over many issues such as smart metering, ecological sanitation in developing countries, demand management and water pricing. There are five parts: 1. General theory; 2. Privatization; 3. Technology and regionally focussed case studies; 4. on the rural environment; and 5. on the urban environment. The first part on theory discusses what is perhaps the most thorny issue relating to water: whether it is a good or a right. Should water be free? The answer the book provides is No stating that such a right would be worthless when the river runs dry. The five chapters under the part on privatization show no clear cut agreement for and against but conclude that the private sector has significant role to play and that the negative effects of private sector involvement need to be carefully managed. The part on technology has chapters on geothermal energy for desalination, dry sanitation options, water metering and water for isolated communities. Broken hand pumps litter South Africa because the local population cannot repair and maintain them. Sustainable technology means the local communities must be able to maintain equipment. Low tech solutions are just as important as high tech solutions. The part on case studies discusses how important it is to deal with social systems and agricultural reforms. For example, certain crop species in Mediterranean areas require too much water for irrigation and should not be subsidized. Reasonable access to basic safe water is defined by the World Health Organization as 20 litres of clean water per capita from a source within 1 km. of the person's home. The editors, Jonathan Chenoweth and Juliet Bird have attempted to show how meeting the Millennium Declaration of the UN General Assembly (2000) to halve the proportion of people with no access to safe drinking water can be met * The Gallon Environment Letter Vol. 10 No. 17 (3 October 2005) *Table of ContentsIntroduction Jonathan Chenoweth, University of Surrey, UK, and Juliet Bird, University of Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaPart 1: General theory1. Incorporating demand-side information into water utility operations and planning Steven Renzetti, Brock University, Canada2. The price of water: Separating the natural from the optimal in water supply – ensuring the broadest community access to safe water Daniel Terrill, ACIL Tasman, Australia3. Balancing the cost implications and benefits of compliance with advanced risk analysis Davide Bixio, Chris Thoeye and Greet De Gueldre, Aquafin NV, Belgium4. Environmental management with the balanced scorecard: A case study of the Berlin Water Company, Germany Carl-Ulrich Gminder, Institute for Economy and the Environment, SwitzerlandPart 2: Privatisation5. The private sector and service extensionDavid Lloyd Owen, Envisager, UK6. Private-sector participation in water and sanitation reviewed: Insights from new institutional economics Dieter Rothenberger and Bernhard Truffer, Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology, Switzerland7. Ownership and performance of water utilities Steven Renzetti and Diane Dupont, Brock University, Canada8. The involvement of the private sector in water servicing: Effects on the urban poor in the case of Aguascalientes, MexicoLeslie Morris, Consultant, Canada, and Luis Fernando Gallardo Cabrera, IMPLAN, Mexico9. Joint-use municipal–industrial infrastructure: An innovative approach to expanding urban water services in the developing world Jennifer Bremer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA, and Steven Nebiker, Hydrologics Inc., USAPart 3: Technology 10. Autonomous water supply of a remote island community: The case of geothermal water desalination on Milos, Greece Thomas Nowak, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Germany11. Ecological sanitation: Reaching for the MDGs Mayling Simpson-Hebert, Catholic Relief Services, Regional Office, Kenya, Arno Rosemarin, Stockholm Environment Institute, Sweden, and Uno Winblad, Kyoto University, Japan12. A measured step toward sustainability for rural water supply: One metering strategy that works Eric Johnson, Aquasanitas, USA13. Sustainable water supply for a remote rural community in Mozambique: Oxfam Australia and the Chicomo Rural Development Project Elizabeth Mann, Oxfam Australia Part 4: Regionally focused case studies: Rural environments 14. Indigenous people, women and water: The importance of local knowledge for project planning in an African context Fenda A. Akiwumi, Texas State University, USA15. The commitment of the chlorine industry to sustainable societies: A partnership case study in Guatemala C.T. 'Kip' Howlett Jr, Chlorine Chemistry Council, USA16. Water-pricing policies and the Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC: A first approach concerning the agricultural sector in the Axios River Basin Konstantinos Sarantakos and Elias Dimitriou, Institute of Inland Waters, Greece, and Areti Kontogianni and Michalis Skourtos, University of the Aegean, Greece17. Reducing water and sanitation backlogs in rural areas: Umgeni Water's response as an implementing agent within KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa David A. Stephen, Umgeni Water, South Africa Part 5: Regionally focused case studies: Urban environments18. The demand-side versus the supply-side approach: The case for sustainable management of water supply in developing countries Lingappan Venkatachalam, Institute for Social and Economic Change, India19. Water supply in Singapore: Challenges and choices Kim Chuan Goh, National Institute of Education, Singapore
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Black Rose Books From Camp David to the Gulf: Negotiations,
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Black Rose Books From Camp David To The Gulf
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Black Rose Books Imagining the Middle East
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Black Rose Books Culture and Social Change: Social Movements in
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Black Rose Books People, Potholes and City Politics
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Black Rose Books Mask of Democracy: Labor Suppression in Mexico
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Black Rose Books Global Visions: Beyond the New World Order
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Black Rose Books From Political Economy to Anthropology: Situating
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Black Rose Books Artful Practices: Political Economy of Everyday
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Enna Shop Management, by Frederick Taylor
Book SynopsisWith the growth of Lean into all sectors of manufacturing and service industries around the globe, a survey into the origins of Lean becomes vital. As English economist Maynard Keynes once said, "ideas shape the course of history," and Frederick Taylor's ideas still shape the course of history well after a century of use. Shop Management is a living lesson that shows how an innovative idea will adapt in order to survive. The purpose of Enna's Lean Origin Series is to facilitate that adaptation by publishing classic texts that are relevant to today's business needs.
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Enna Training Within Industry: Bulletin Series:
Book SynopsisTraining Within Industry is the structural genesis of Lean Manufacturing and the heart of Kaizen, the practice of small continuous improvements. From the Toyota Production System to the standardization of training retail sales clerks, Training Within Industry proves that true innovation is timeless. The bulletins contained in this 8 1/2x 11", 175 page Training Within Industry book have evolved far beyond their intent of assisting defense contractors meet production demands.
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Enna 100% Leadership: Guidelines for Successful
Book SynopsisThere is no recipe for success. If there were, we would all use it and it would cease to be effective. In reality there are many roads that can lead to success - the secret is to choose the right road for your organization. It takes skilled judgment to apply the right method, at the right time, under the right circumstances. Using sound judgment, we know when to act, when to coach, and when to delegate.
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Maney Publishing Theophile Gautier, Orator to the Artists: Art
Book SynopsisThis book presents a study of Theophile Gautier's art journalism written during the Second Republic and provides a reassessment of Gautier's importance in French nineteenth-century visual culture. It charts his response to the major art events and debates on Salons.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Gautier Then and Now 1. Orator to the Artists: Gautier and Pradier in 1848 2. The 'Detestable' Salon of 1848 3. Competitions, Commissions, and the Return of Ingres 4. The Salon of 1849: 'La premiere exposition de la Republique' 5. N'oubliez pas le guide': The 'Etudes sur les musees' of 1849–1850 6. Breaking Ranks at the Salon of 1850–1851 7. Conclusion: Beyond Description
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Landmarks for Sustainability: Events and
Book SynopsisLandmarks for Sustainability is a high-impact, quick-reference guide to many of the most critical events and initiatives that have shaped our world, and the sustainable development agenda, over the past 20 years and more. These include high-profile historic events – such as the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the Rio Earth Summit, the anti-globalisation protests in Seattle and Genoa and the collapse of Enron – as well as more subtle but no less important developments, such as trends in fairtrade, ethical codes and sustainable investment. By shining a spotlight on these and other landmark events and initiatives, the book draws into sharp relief the most significant social and environmental challenges of our time – from climate change and the state of the planet to poverty and corruption. Equally importantly, however, more than half of the book is dedicated to constructive global responses, such as the boom in clean technology, the role of the World Economic and World Social Forums, and the growth of ISO 14001 and SA8000 standards. Each of the 20 chapters follows a similar easy-access full-colour design, with inspiring quotations, compelling photographs, a timeline of associated events, a narrative description of trends, and spotlight features of specific initiatives or events, including charts, factboxes and suggestions for further reading and websites. Also included is the world's most comprehensive sustainability timeline, listing and dating 190 key sustainability-related events and initiatives that occurred between 1919 and 2008. All these features combine to make the book an essential and highly accessible resource for managers, teachers, students, government officials, consultants and activists alike. For the first time, these crucial change agents will have a single-source reference book, which is not only packed with useful facts and figures, but is also fascinating to look at and full of inspirational material.Trade ReviewThis book – informative, authoritative, reliable – provides a penetrating glance directly into the central core of one of today's most exciting supernova-like phenomena: the brilliant illuminating flash of Sustainability, following the virtual and continuing collapse of conventional ways of conducting business and caring for the planet Earth ... A brief 8-page chapter neatly summarizes each global indicator, gives prominent examples, quotes authorities, provides graphic photos and statistical displays, and includes authoritative pro-and-con bibliographies and website addresses ... Each of these capsule accounts is a small treasure beautifully packed with solid information and human drama. The publisher – Greenleaf Publishing, Ltd. – deserves a big pat on the back for the book's artistry and compact design. One of the most useful features is a Landmarks Timeline that records the yearly and multiple appearances of the Sustainability Landmarks ... So, who can use this book? A marvelous handbook for executives. It slips compactly into student backpacks. A savior for faculty looking for quick examples to squeeze into a lecture. A delight for website geeks and bloggers international. A jewel for libraries. Read the full review - William C. Frederick || The book offers sustainability facts as an introduction to the subject, as well as being a reference book for practitioners. With an attractive look and feel, equipped with photographs, charts and fact boxes, the book is not a boring "study book", but an inspirational source. Read the full review - Karina Toonekurg, CSR International. || ... it is a broad ranging, easy to read, review of the last twenty years. Everyone who's been involved in any of these areas of activism, innovation and development should have a copy. It's so easy to lose sight of how much has been going on across so many issues, and this book is a refreshing reminder – and a great resource to get a quick insight into developments across the whole field of sustainability. Read the full review - Osbert Lancaster, 15 July 2009. || This is a quick reference guide to all the most significant events and initiatives since 1919 that have influenced sustainability thinking and action. The book is split into to two sections, which have subsections below that. The flow starts with Global Challenges and Global Responses. Global Challenges includes subsections on Environment health and safety which includes State of the planet, Crisis events, Climate change and Health and safety. Global Responses is split into Leadership, Collaboration and Management with subsections covering such diverse topics as World Summits, Business associations, Social enterprise, Industry initiatives, codes and standards, corporate governance, Sustainability reporting, and stakeholder engagement. I went through the book quite carefully and I don't think any significant items have been left out. A really useful tool is the Landmarks Timeline which tracks events and initiatives from 1919 to the present. - Arend Hoogervorst (Editor), Eagle Bulletin, January 2010Table of ContentsClimate change With spotlights on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol 4. Health and safety With spotlights on OHSAS 18001, 'Big Pharma' and access to AIDS drugs II. Society and economy 5. Globalisation and its critics With spotlights on the protests in Seattle and Genoa, and Live 8 and Make Poverty History 6. Poverty and development With spotlights on the Millennium Development Goals and the Bottom of the Pyramid (BOP) model 7. Human rights With spotlights on Nike and the UN Norms on Business and Human Rights 8. Corruption and transparency With spotlights on Transparency International's indexes and the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative B. Global responses III. Leadership 9. World summits With spotlights on the Rio Earth Summit and the Johannesburg World Summit 10. Business associations With spotlights on the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and the UN Global Compact 11. Leadership initiatives With spotlights on the World Economic Forum and the World Social Forum 12. Social enterprise With spotlights on Grameen Bank and the Schwab and Skoll Foundations IV. Collaboration 13. Industry initiatives With spotlights on Responsible Care and the Forest Stewardship Council 14. Financial initiatives With spotlights on the UNEP Finance Initiative and the Equator Principles 15. Sustainable investment With spotlights on sustainability indexes and clean-tech investment 16. Sustainable consumerism With spotlights on eco-labelling and fairtrade V. Management 17. Codes and standards With spotlights on ISO 14001 and SA8000 18. Corporate governance With spotlights on Enron's collapse and the King Report on Corporate Governance 19. Sustainability reporting With spotlights on the Global Reporting Initiative and the Carbon Disclosure Project 20. Stakeholder engagement With spotlights on McDonald's (McLibel and Super Size Me) and AccountAbility (AA1000 and Responsible Competitiveness Index Conclusion Mike Peirce, Deputy Director, Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership Landmarks timeline
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Harriman House Publishing Risk Pricing
Book SynopsisA guide to how the financial world got risk so badly wrong - and how it might avoid doing so again. It helps to manage risk through the correct pricing of exposure embedded in financial products.
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Corporate Watch Targeting Israeli Apartheid: A Boycott,
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Legend Press Ltd Unlucky Strike: Private Health and the Science,
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Complementary Feeding: A Research-Based Guide
Book SynopsisSpecifically designed for health visitors, general practitioners, nurses, dietitians and nutritionists, this is the first book to clarify the suggested balance of different foods and food groups needed to provide a healthy diet in infants. It interprets government recommendations and current research to give health professionals completely up-to-date, highly detailed advice in a practical, easy-to-read format. Tables and figures are widely used to illustrate complex concepts and aid understanding. It is ideal as a daily reference. Healthcare policy makers and shapers will also find much of interest to assist in the provision of new guidance.Trade Review'Its content is thought provoking, and it cleverly brings all of the research together, allowing for further reading should the practitioner so wish. One example of the evidence based recommendations the book offers is the identification of beef as a good first food for a child aged 5-7 months once they can take food from a spoon; the research indicated that beef increased a child's zinc intake compared to giving fortified baby cereals as first foods. The book's accessible layout means the first two chapters give a good overview of the weaning process, while the final three chapters break down the dietary requirements into finer detail.' Hannah Marriage, Student Halth Visitor, UK, Journal of Health VisitingTable of ContentsForeword. Preface. About the author. Acknowledgements. List of tables and figures. List of abbreviations. Summary of key facts. When to introduce solids . Key facts. Weaning and complementary feeding. The UK recommendation for introducing solid foods. Evidence relating to the six month exclusive breastfeeding recommendation. Energy and growth. Risk of gastrointestinal infection. Overweight and obesity. Development of allergies. Iron status. Iron status in developed and developing countries. UK infant iron levels at six months. Maternal iron supplementation. Infant iron supplementation. Vitamin D. The recommended age for introduction of solids in different countries. ESPGHAN: no disadvantage of introducing solids at four to six months. References. How to introduce solids. Key facts. Current guidelines. First and early foods. Later foods. Stages. Texture and finger foods. Food groups. Current advice on introducing solids. DH/NHS/Unicef 'Weaning' booklet. NHS 'Birth to five' book. FSA 'Feeding your baby' booklet. NHS/Unicef/DH 'introducing solid foods'. Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Other information sources. Research and advice on introducing solids. Meat as a first food. Milk. Bread. Salt. Gluten. Introduction of solids and potential allergens. Food acceptance. Timing of introduction of solids. Homemade and commercial ready-made complementary foods. Proportion of food from different food groups. Perceptions of a healthy infant diet. Demonstrating feeding skills. Responsive feeding. Baby-led weaning. Introducing solids: summary. References. The dietary requirements of infants. Key facts. Changes in infants' nutritional needs during growth. Energy recommendations. Role of milk in energy provision following the introduction of solids. Fat intake. Dietary fat recommendations in the UK. Dietary fat recommendations in other countries. Fat intake, growth and development. Fat intake and later obesity. Quality of fat intake and cardiovascular health. Essential fatty acids. Suggestions for total fat intake. A conservative suggestion for fat intake in the UK. Recommended intake of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids. Recommended and suggested saturated fat intake. Body weight. Overweight and obesity. Dietary fibre. Measurement of dietary fibre and recommendations. Fibre intake. Fibre recommendations and suggestions. Benefits of fibre intake. Concerns regarding a high fibre diet. Suggested fibre recommendations for infants in the UK. The recommendations for non-milk extrinsic sugars and starch. The recommendation for protein. The recommendation for iron. The recommendation for iron. Effect of ID and IDA on infant development. Serum ferritin at birth and later risk of ID. Maternal IDA and later infant risk of IDA. Iron status after six months of age: IDA. IDA at eight months. IDA at nine months. IDA at 12 months. Iron status after six months of age: ID. ID at nine months. ID at 12 months. Complementary feeding and iron. Meat and fish. NMES. Commercial infant foods. Milk intake. Fibre intake. Enhancers of non-haem iron absorption. The recommendation for zinc. The recommendation for vitamin A. The recommendation for vitamin D. The recommendation for calcium. The recommendation for iodine. References. Meeting dietary requirements. Key facts. Meeting dietary requirements. Energy recommendations. Suggested fat intake. Amount of solids before fat required. Fat content of foods. Suggested daily intake of fat for infants. Number of tablespoons of food to meet daily fat requirements. Saturated fat. Omega-3 and omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids. Long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids. Fibre intake. Number of portions to provide 0.5 g of fibre. NMES. Iron. Zinc. Common early purees, mashes and baby rice: energy, fat, iron, zinc and fibre. Increasing the energy, fat and iron content of purees and mashes. Vitamin A. Vitamin D. Calcium. Iodine. References . Food intake: food groups and portion sizes. Key facts. Food groups. Number of food groups for infants. Number of portions from each food group. Portion size. Meeting energy requirements: number of portions and portion size. Verifying food group suggestions. Verifying food group suggestions: energy. Verifying food group suggestions: fat. Verifying food group suggestions: fibre. Verifying food group suggestions: energy, fat and fibre. Verifying food group suggestions: iron. Verifying food group suggestions: zinc. Verifying food group suggestions: vitamin A, vitamin D, calcium and iodine. Summary of food group combination information. Progression of complementary feeding by food group combination. Pictorial representation of infant food groups. Pictorial representation of food intake for adults and children: frequency and portion size. Infant guidelines on the frequency of intake of food from different food groups. Updating guidelines on food group frequencies. Suggested pictorial representation of proportional intake from food groups for infants. References. Appendix. Tables. Websites. Index
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Enna Mistaken Kanbans - Why the Toyota System is Not
Book SynopsisMistaken Kanbans will open your eyes to the reasons most Kanban implementations do not work as explained by an expert in Kanban Systems. It will give you a roadmap to guide you through the necessary steps to implementing a successful Kanban System. This book carefully identifies and explains the intricacies of a Kanban System within the context of a pull production system. The author's implementation, wisdom, and experience are shown in how he articulates the complexity of a Kanban System for learners at any level of Lean.
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Enna Twelve Keys to Sustainable Company Success
Book Synopsis Twelve Keys to Sustainable Company Success is a book that is a must have for companies of any size looking to achieve and sustain long-term success. Brought to you by the brilliant minds of two men who have been in the business of helping organizations for numerous years, Twelve Keys will open your mind to the key factors of a successful company and what you can do to achieve great heights.Table of ContentsPART 1. LEADERSHIP KEY 1 VISION? MISSION? WHAT REALLY WORKS KEY 2 DEPLOYMENT. MAPPING THE WAY KEY 3 THE COMPANY’S PEOPLE. DEVELOPING ORGANIZATIONAL CAPABILITY PART 2. OPERATIONS KEY 4 CUSTOMER VALUE. CREATING A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE KEY 5 CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT. ACHIEVING SUPERIOR QUALITY AND PRODUCTIVITY KEY 6 INNOVATION. CONTINUOUSLY CREATING THE FUTURE KEY 7 MEASUREMENT. USING MEASURES TO GET DESIRED RESULTS KEY 8 PROFITABILITY. A NEW DISCIPLINE FOR COST AND INCOME MANAGEMENT PART 3. RESULTS KEY 9 THE WORLD OUTSIDE. ACHIEVING SUCCESS IN CHANGING ENVIRONMENTS KEY 10 OUTCOMES AND ETHICS. THINKING AHEAD IN A FRAMEWORK FOR BEHAVIOR KEY 11 EXCELLENCE. RAISING THE BAR IN ALL THAT WE DO KEY 12 CHANGE AND CELEBRATION. ENJOYING THE EXPERIENCE; CELEBRATING SUCCESS
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Taylor & Francis Inc Good Cop/Bad Cop: Environmental NGOs and Their
Book SynopsisNon-governmental organizations (NGOs) play an increasingly prominent role in addressing complex environmental issues such as climate change, persistent bio-accumulative pollutants, and the conservation of biodiversity. At the same time, the landscape in which they operate is changing rapidly. Markets, and direct engagement with industry, rather than traditional government regulation, are often the tools of choice for NGOs seeking to change corporate behavior today. Yet these new strategies are poorly understood-by business, academics, and NGOs themselves. How will NGOs choose which battles to fight, differentiate themselves from one another in order to attract membership and funding, and decide when to form alliances and when to work separately? In Good Cop/Bad Cop, Thomas P. Lyon brings together perspectives on environmental NGOs from leading social scientists, as well as leaders from within the NGO and corporate worlds, to assess the state of knowledge on the tactics and the effectiveness of environmental groups. Contributions from Greenpeace, Rainforest Action Network, the Environmental Defense Fund, and the World Wildlife Fund describe each organization‘s structure and key objectives, and present case studies that illustrate how each organization makes a difference, especially with regard to its strategies toward corporate engagement. To provide additional perspective, high-level executives from BP and Ford share their views on what causes these relationships between companies and NGOs to either succeed or fail. For students of the social sciences and NGO practitioners, this book takes an important step in addressing an urgent need for objective study of NGO operations and their effectiveness.Trade Review'A unique and essential resource. This book is a must read for businesses and NGOs as we work to develop new collaborations to solve the worlds major challenges.' Neil C. Hawkins, Vice President of Sustainability and Environment, Health and Safety, The Dow Chemical Company 'NGOs - in various shapes and forms - play a critical role in the formation and implementation of environmental policy. This splendid volume weaves insights from different disciplinary backgrounds into a cohesive and compelling whole. An excellent book on an important topic, and I would commend it to anyone with a stake in understanding environmental policy in the 21st century.' Anthony Heyes, University of London 'Good Cop Bad Cop makes a valuable and timely contribution to the emerging domain of private politics - in which private citizens and institutions aim at changing legislative practices and culture without being part of the electoral process.' Sudhirendar Sharma, d-sector.orgTable of ContentsForeword by Mark Van Putten Preface Introduction Thomas P. Lyon Part I: Where Are Environmental NGOs Headed? 1. The Twenty-First-Century NGO John Elkington and Seb Beloe 2. Who Is Part of the Environmental Movement? Andrew Hoffman and Stephanie Bertels Part II: How Do Social Scientists Understand NGOs? 3. Civil Society and the Environment: Understanding the Dynamics and Impacts of the U.S. Environmental Movement Robert Brulle and J. Craig Jenkins 4. Environmental Groups: What Political Science Has to Offer Lawrence S. Rothenberg 5. An Economic Perspective on NGO Strategies and Objectives John W. Maxwell Part III: How Do Practitioners Understand NGOs? 6. Confrontation vs. Cooperation: Alternative NGO Styles Thomas P. Lyon 7. World Wildlife Fund Matthew C. Banks 8. Environmental Defense Fund Gwen Ruta 9. Greenpeace Kert Davies 10. Rainforest Action Network Jennifer Krill 11. Corporate Responses to NGO Campaigns Martin B. Zimmerman 12. Cooperation: Learning from BP's Experience with NGOs Steven Percy Part IV: The Road Ahead 13. An NGO Research Program: A Collective Action Perspective Erica Johnson and Aseem Prakash 14. Good Cops, Bad Cops, and the New Environmental Governance Thomas P. Lyon
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Lean Enterprise Institute,US Gemba Walks
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Taylor & Francis Inc Dare, Dream, Do: Remarkable Things Happen When
Book SynopsisThinkers50 Management Thinker of 2015 Whitney Johnson has a goal: to help us identify and achieve our dreams. Her belief is that we can each achieve greater happiness when focusing both on our dreams and on other people in our lives. In this inspiring book, Johnson directs her attention to teaching women, in particular, a three-step model for personal advancement and happiness. She first encourages us to Dare to boldly step out, to consider disrupting life as we know it. Then she teaches us how to Dream, to give life to the many possibilities available, whether to start a business, run a marathon, or travel the world. She shows us how to "date" our dreams (no need to commit!) and how to make space for dreams. Finally, Whitney's model brings out the businesswoman in her; she teaches us to Do, to execute our dreams. She showcases the importance of sharing dreams with others to give them life, creating your own "dream team." Rich with real stories of women who have dared to dream, Dare, Dream, Do offers a practical framework for making remarkable things happen.
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Taylor & Francis Inc Medical Informatics: An Executive Primer, Third
Book SynopsisThis third edition of HIMSS' award-winning, bestseller explores how clinicians, patients, and health IT stakeholders are collaborating to support high-value care through health IT. Medical Informatics: An Executive Primer continues to explore information technologies applied in hospital settings, at the physician's office and in patients' homes to provide high-value patient care. Developed for healthcare executives, the book looks at how clinicians, patients and health IT stakeholders are collaborating on a 'team-based,' IT-enabled approach to healthcare.The book's authors offer provider success stories on utilizing health IT-such as EHRs, clinical decision support, telehealth and electronic quality measure reporting to transform healthcare, while addressing health IT usability, interoperability, privacy and security concerns and meeting federal regulations. New to this edition are chapters focused on how health IT innovations, mobile technologies and personal digital tools are demonstrating the value of health IT. Medical Informatics also explores successful EHR implementations by organizations recognized with the HIMSS Nicholas E. Davies Award of Excellence, through case studies focused on patient engagement, population management, clinical and business intelligence, health information exchange and patient readmission prevention.Table of ContentsValue of Health IT: HIMSS Health Information Technology Value Model. Personal Health Engagement. Fostering Innovation in Health IT. mHealth: Transforming the Delivery of Healthcare. Patient-Centered Medical Home. Meaningful Use: Increasing EHR Adoption and Paving the Path Toward Healthcare Transformation. Regional Extension Centers. Ambulatory Systems. Hospital Systems: History and Rationale for Hospital Health IT. Improving Usability through the User-Centered Design Process. Clinical Decision Support. E-Measures. Clinical and Business Intelligence. Nursing Informatics Today and Future Perspectives for Healthcare. Health Information Exchange. Privacy and Security. Software Selection. Project Management and Health IT. Why Do Projects Fail? Case Studies. Appendix: Acronyms Used in This Book.
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BenBella Books The New Human Rights Movement: Reinventing the
Book SynopsisSociety is broken. We can design our way to a better one.In our interconnected world, self-interest and social-interest are rapidly becoming indistinguishable. If current negative trajectories remain, including growing climate destabilization, biodiversity loss, and economic inequality, an impending future of ecological collapse and societal destabilization will make "personal success" virtually meaningless. Yet our broken social system incentivizes behavior that will only make our problems worse. If true human rights progress is to be achieved today, it is time we dig deeper—rethinking the very foundation of our social system.In this engaging, important work, Peter Joseph, founder of the world's largest grassroots social movement—The Zeitgeist Movement—draws from economics, history, philosophy, and modern public-health research to present a bold case for rethinking activism in the 21st century.Arguing against the long-standing narrative of universal scarcity and other pervasive myths that defend the current state of affairs, The New Human Rights Movement illuminates the structural causes of poverty, social oppression, and the ongoing degradation of public health, and ultimately presents the case for an updated economic approach. Joseph explores the potential of this grand shift and how we can design our way to a world where the human family has become truly sustainable.The New Human Rights Movement reveals the critical importance of a unified activism working to overcome the inherent injustice of our system. This book warns against what is in store if we continue to ignore the flaws of our socioeconomic approach, while also revealing the bright and expansive future possible if we succeed.Will you join the movement?Trade Review"Peter Joseph is one of the great visionaries of our time. If there's a beautiful futureand I think there will bethen his fingerprints will be all over it."Marianne Williamson, #1 New York Times bestselling author"Since 9/11, security took over and retired human rights into a small closet. We need to get back to the issue of rights for all. Hopefully this important work will draw us closer to that reality and promise. Without economic realignment with nature to secure our habitat, along with conquering the sociological roots of fragmentation and bigotry, the human family is in peril." —Jack Healey, Head of Human Rights Action Center "One of this generation's greatest visionaries delivers a startling exposé about the violent oppression that defines our economic order, while issuing an urgent call for global activism to unite to change it. Amidst a deepening crisis of capitalism and inequality, coupled with an intensifying assault by the Empire's elite, The New Human Rights Movement provides a crucial roadmap for the movement toward the next system."–Abby Martin, host of The Empire FilesTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface Introduction Chapter One: System-Bound: Realizing Relationships Chapter Two: Beyond the Pale: Our Social Mythology Chapter Three Structural Bigotry: The Economics of Oppression Chapter Four: Public Health: Spectrum of Disorder Chapter Five: Designing Out: Where We Go from Here Glossary Appendix A: Post-Scarcity Potentials Appendix B: Economic Calculation and Broad System Conception Endnotes
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De Gruyter Non-Extensive Entropy Econometrics for Low
Book SynopsisNon-extensive Entropy Econometrics for Low Frequency Series provides a new and robust power-law-based, non-extensive entropy econometrics approach to the economic modelling of ill-behaved inverse problems. Particular attention is paid to national account-based general equilibrium models known for their relative complexity.In theoretical terms, the approach generalizes Gibbs-Shannon-Golan entropy models, which are useful for describing ergodic phenomena. In essence, this entropy econometrics approach constitutes a junction of two distinct concepts: Jayne’s maximum entropy principle and the Bayesian generalized method of moments. Rival econometric techniques are not conceptually adapted to solving complex inverse problems or are seriously limited when it comes to practical implementation. Recent literature showed that amplitude and frequency of macroeconomic fluctuations do not substantially diverge from many other extreme events, natural or human-related, once they are explained in the same time (or space) scale. Non-extensive entropy is a precious device for econometric modelling even in the case of low frequency series, since outputs evolving within the Gaussian attractor correspond to the Tsallis entropy limiting case of Tsallis q-parameter around unity. This book introduces a sub-discipline called Non-extensive Entropy Econometrics or, using a recent expression, Superstar Generalised Econometrics. It demonstrates, using national accounts-based models, that this approach facilitates solving nonlinear, complex inverse problems, previously considered intractable, such as the constant elasticity of substitution class of functions. This new proposed approach could extend the frontier of theoretical and applied econometrics.
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