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Book SynopsisWhen a senior Cabinet minister dismissed corporate fears over a hard Brexit with a curt `F**k business,' it seemed emblematic of a growing distance between the country's politicians and its wealth creators. Recounted by the founder and chairman of the UK's largest independent lobbying business, Iain Anderson - who has had a ringside seat at the interactions between business and politics since the 2016 referendum - this is the definitive and shocking story of how and why politics and business have become utterly disconnected in the last decade; culminating in the rancour, mistrust and confusion of Brexit. Featuring exclusive and candid interviews with those at the heart of No. 10, the Cabinet and Parliament, and with the foremost business leaders of this Brexit generation, F**K Business portrays the exhaustion felt by all major companies over politics. With unparalleled access to the key players, the book describes how business sought to prepare for Brexit only to be frustrated by the inability of Parliament to set out a clear pathway ahead. But it also points the way ahead for a new relationship and a brighter future. This is essential, often shocking, reading for anyone interested in how Brexit unfolded for Britain's most important economic movers and shakers.

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Book SynopsisProvides information on the identity and purity of food additives used directly in foods or in food production. The main objectives are to identify the food additives that have been subjected to testing for safety, to ensure that additives are of the quality required for use in food, and to encourage good manufacturing practice.

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Book SynopsisFilm is an art form with a language and an aesthetic all its own. Since 1979, Film Art has been the best-selling and most widely respected introduction to the analysis of cinema. Taking a skills-centered approach supported by examples from many periods and countries, the authors help students develop a core set of analytical skills that will enrich their understanding of any film, in any genre. In-depth examples deepen students'' appreciation for how creative choices by filmmakers affect what viewers experience and how they respond. Film Art is generously illustrated with more than 1,000 frame enlargements taken directly from completed films, providing concrete illustrations of key concepts. Its Connect program includes invaluable tutorials featuring canonic film clips from the Criterion Collection. The thirteenth edition of Film Art includes extensively updated examples, and expanded coverage of digital filmmaking and the artistic and commerciTable of ContentsAbout The AuthorsPreface PART ONE • Film Art and Filmmaking CHAPTER 1 Film as Art: Creativity, Technology, and Business PART TWO • Film Form CHAPTER 2 The Significance of Film Form CHAPTER 3 Narrative Form PART THREE • Film Style CHAPTER 4 The Shot: Mise-en-Scene CHAPTER 5 The Shot: Cinematography CHAPTER 6 The Relation of Shot to Shot: EditingCHAPTER 7 Sound in the Cinema CHAPTER 8 Summary: Style and Film Form PART FOUR • Types of Films CHAPTER 9 Film Genres CHAPTER 10 Documentary, Experimental, and Animated Films PART FIVE • Critical Analysis of Films CHAPTER 11 Film Criticism: Sample Analyses PART SIX • Film Art and Film History CHAPTER 12 Historical Changes in Film Art: Conventions and Choices, Tradition and Trends GlossaryIndexOptional Chapters (available through Create and Connect’s ebook)Film Adaptations (supported by SmartBook)Writing a Critical Analysis of a FilmAdditional Resources for “Film As Art: Creativity, Technology, and Business”

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Book SynopsisThis book predicts the decline of today''s professions and introduces the people and systems that will replace them. In an internet-enhanced society, according to Richard Susskind and Daniel Susskind, we will neither need nor want doctors, teachers, accountants, architects, the clergy, consultants, lawyers, and many others, to work as they did in the 20th century.The Future of the Professions explains how increasingly capable technologies - from telepresence to artificial intelligence - will place the ''practical expertise'' of the finest specialists at the fingertips of everyone, often at no or low cost and without face-to-face interaction.The authors challenge the ''grand bargain'' - the arrangement that grants various monopolies to today''s professionals. They argue that our current professions are antiquated, opaque and no longer affordable, and that the expertise of their best is enjoyed only by a few. In their place, they propose five new models for producing and distributing expertise in society.The book raises profound policy issues, not least about employment (they envisage a new generation of ''open-collared workers'') and about control over online expertise (they warn of new ''gatekeepers'') - in an era when machines become more capable than human beings at most tasks.With a new preface exploring recent critical developments, this updated edition builds on the authors'' groundbreaking research into more than a dozen professions. Illustrated with numerous examples from each, this is the first book to assess and question the relevance of the professions in the 21st century.Trade ReviewReview from previous edition Perhaps the forthcoming tidal wave of technology set to engulf us all will throw up new opportunities for the legal profession — which is probably why just about every lawyer in London, so we are told, has bought a copy of this challenging, provocative, timely and important book. If you care about the future of your profession and wish to add further comment to the raging controversies surrounding it, better get yourself a copy now. * Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor of Richard Green Chambers *In The Future of the Professions, father-and-son authors Richard and Daniel Susskind do a remorselessly effective job of demolishing the self-deception most people engage in when comparing themselves to machines. * Richard Waters, Financial Times *The authors are undoubtedly right that the professions will change more in the next quarter-century than they have in the previous three. * The Economist *Remarkable work. * Tom Watson, The Guardian *This is a bold book ... The Future of the Professions helps us to recognise the professions' current methods as convoluted, self-serving rituals designed to wrap simple tasks in mystique. * Giles Wilkes, Prospect *The Future of the Professions is a paradox that only a human mind could appreciate: the inevitable death of the professions is presented in an expert, original and witty work by two professionals whose skills (in thinking, writing and consultancy) are unlikely any time soon to be replicated by a machine. * David Pannick, The Times *The Future of the Professions: How Technology Will Transform the Work of Human Experts, is a must read for anyone who wants to gain insights into where the legal profession is going ... Nothing else I have read more clearly and convincingly elucidates the future of legal services and how technology will transform the traditional practice of law. * Dan Pinnington, Slaw *An act of delicious iconoclasm. * Prospect Magazine *Both a good read and a good starter for strategic planning in professional firms * Chris Yapp, Future Tech Blog *I suggest that everyone who considers themselves 'professional' reads this book, especially those who are aged, say, 20-45, who need to secure their role in the new world of work. The authors predict that "our professions will be dismantled incrementally". If they are right, todays lawyers need to prepare for it, and the sooner the better. * Dan Bindman, Legal Futures *A fascinating and challenging book. * Medium *The study is exceptionally well informed and important contribution to thinking about the future of professional work * Network Review *As the saying is, the future is now and we ignore it at our peril. Please read this book. * Law Skills *The book is written in a relaxed, flowing and easily-consumable style ... a read of The Future of the Professions is time very well-spent. * Jeremy Hopkins, Future of Law *Everyone interested in the future well-being of society must read this thoroughly researched and compelling book - to understand how technology can and will be used to enable the public to do far more for themselves. In reshaping our system of justice so that it can more cost-effectively underpin our democratic society and its prosperity, I have had the benefit of the Susskinds core thesis how to use technology not simply to enable the legal professions to do better what they now do, but to reshape justice for the benefit of the public. * Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales *If the Susskinds are right we are at the start of a social revolution. Technology has begun to transform social class, economic activity, political discourse, working life and the limits of human activity. In The Future of the Professions they relentlessly and unyieldingly but also entertainingly and elegantly set about proving their point. I started knowing that their argument was important, I finished convinced that it was right. This is a necessary book. It was necessary that it be written and necessary that you read it. * Daniel Finkelstein, The Times *Impressive new book. * Edward Fennell, The Times *I know of no better book for anyone interested in the future of skilled jobs and society. Drawing on an astounding range of sources and the latest research, The Future of the Professions offers vital insights into the unprecedented disruption facing all the professions. * Professor Ian Goldin, Professor of Globalisation and Development and Director of the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford *In this magisterial survey Richard and Daniel Susskind demolish each profession's faith in its immutable uniqueness. Instead they trace inexorable and universal forces that will drive disintermediation, deconstruction and disruption. Written with scholarly thoroughness, this is an urgent manifesto and practical blueprint for the leaders of every professional firm. * Philip Evans, Senior Partner & BCG Fellow, The Boston Consulting Group *Table of ContentsPreface to the Updated Edition IntroductionI: Change 1: The Grand Bargain 2: From the Vanguard 3: Patterns Across the ProfessionsII: Theory 4: Information and Technology 5: Production and Distribution of KnowledgeIII: Implications 6: Objections and Anxieties 7: After the Professions Conclusion: What Future Should We Want?

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Book SynopsisLeaders are best positioned for strategically powerful decisions when they approach challenges with a firm grasp of the most pertinent tools of finance. Rich with examples, both real and fictional, this book makes the practical application of abstract concepts comprehensible. This edition has been updated to reflect the December 2017 federal tax bill. Gapenski’s Understanding Healthcare Financial Management offers a practical introduction to the useful concepts that every healthcare decision-maker needs to know, giving leaders a real advantage as they face some of the most consequential choices of their careers.

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Book Synopsis Respected researcher Katherine Meese has teamed up with Quint Studer, a well-known author and practitioner with more than 40 years of experience in helping healthcare organizations improve performance and become better workplaces. The result is a science-backed leadership book that integrates the latest workplace research with tactics to create high-performance environments where people can flourish. The Human Margin: Building the Foundations of Trust interprets new research on what today’s healthcare workforce really wants and finds that trust in leadership is at the heart of everything. Meese and Studer unfold the 10 building blocks most closely linked to building and sustaining trust. They explore each one, explaining the science behind the conditions leaders need to create and sharing tactics that help them get there. Topics include rewiring vital leadership skills and providing the autonomy employees crave when the solutions other industries offer (like remote work) aren’t an option. The Human Margin is a must-read for leaders at every level. It will inspire you to start building the culture today’s workforce craves and—even better—give you the practical tools to get there.

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Book SynopsisAlthough many leadership concerns are universal across industries, healthcare presents unique leadership challenges. The complex environment, financial pressures, and life-or-death nature of the work are unlike anything else. Exceptional Leadership describes the professional and personal skills and behaviors that managers need to lead successfully and thrive in healthcare''s high-stakes environment. The book offers a leadership competency model based on four themes: well-cultivated self-awareness, compelling vision, a real way with people, and masterful execution. Each competency is covered in its own chapter that defines it, provides examples and advice, and outlines common skill deficits.The third edition of this book has been revised to reflect contemporary issues and the latest research on leadership. Individual and organizational challenges faced in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic are discussed in several chapters. The opening case study that threads throughout the book, vignettes at the end of each chapter, self-reflection questions, and the self-development plan have also been revised and continue to offer opportunities for applying the competencies.

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Book SynopsisRichard McGregor''s The Party has been established as the book on China and its political leadership. It is indispensable to understanding what may soon become the most powerful country on earth, and here is it is newly updated to include material on the once-in-a-decade leadership changes taking place in November 2012.Newly updated version including analysis of the once-in-a-decade leadership changes taking place in November 2012China''s Communist Party is the largest, most powerful political machine in the world. Here, Richard McGregor delves deeply into its inner sanctum, revealing how this secretive cabal keeps control of every aspect of the country - its military and media, legal system and businesses, even its religious organizations. How has the Party merged Marx, Mao and the market to create a global superpower? And what does this mean for the world?''Extraordinary'', Sunday Times''Masterful ... entertaining and insTrade ReviewExtraordinary * Sunday Times *Masterful ... entertaining and insightful * Economist *Superb ... an essential, riveting guide to how the rising power really works -- Jonathan FenbyIf you read only one book about China this year, it should be this one. And if you do not read this book, you probably do not understand China today -- Arthur Kroeber * China Economic Quarterly *A compelling exploration of the world's largest and most successful political machine * New Statesman *A book that is as informative as it is entertaining ... China has been transformed. The system that takes the credit is brilliantly described by McGregor -- Chris Patten * Financial Times *McGregor is one of the best foreign journalists who have reported from China. The Party draws on two decades of superb reporting ... A fine contribution for those who want to know about the rising power they will face in the decades ahead -- Ezra Vogel, Professor Emeritus, Harvard UniversityFew outsiders have any realistic sense of the innards, motives, rivalries, and fears of the Chinese Communist leadership. But we all know much more than before, thanks to Richard McGregor's illuminating and richly-textured look at the people in charge of China's political machinery ... invaluable for anyone trying to make sense of China's future plans and choices -- James Fallows, National Correspondent for The AtlanticFascinating and ambitious ... Richard McGregor lays bare the secretive machinery of the party -- Gady Epstein * Forbes *McGregor has done the world a service with his fascinating new book -- Peter Hartcher * Sydney Morning Herald *A fascinating read ... in an age when Chinese economic influence is reaching new levels, it is an invaluable exercise in understanding the operation of the most powerful political party in the world -- Ian Kehoe * Sunday Business Post *A vivid narrative, sprinkled with humour and insight ... amazing characters ... an engrossing read * South China Morning Post *Gripping ... McGregor brings to life the characters behind the icons of Chinese power and wealth, the figures that built the Shanghai skyline and rebuilt Beijing for the Olympics. More importantly, he gives us a feel for the dynamics behind China's rise * Irish Times *A lively and penetrating account of a party that ... has clung to secrecy as an inviolable principle -- Andrew Higgins * Washington Post *Eminently readable ... McGregor has done a great service to those who would hope to better understand where China's power lies * China Economic Review *An illuminating glimpse behind the red curtain ... McGregor's lucid dissection shows how top-ranked party members - indeed the party itself - sit outside the law * Metro *

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Book SynopsisA wonderful selection of photographs celebrating the crucial heavy industry that is the life blood of Middlesbrough, Redcar and other Teesside areas.

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Book SynopsisAnimation is one of the fastest-growing fields in film and television, and it is also integral to video games and web development. Once an esoteric and hard-won skill, technology has advanced to the point that simple animated projects can now be produced on a home PC. Its many enthusiasts have fuelled a range of new courses in universities, and in public and private colleges. Drawing on their extensive experience in the field, the authors offer a systematic overview of the role of the animation producer and the production process. They explain how to develop a concept, pitch it to obtain funding, and find a market. They offer detailed advice on recruiting a team, managing different stages of production (including overseas suppliers), quality control, budgeting and scheduling. They also outline the key aspects of 2D and 3D production.From project development, seeking investment to pre- and post-production, for film, television, and the web, The Animation Producerâs Handbook is theTable of ContentsChapter One - Animation: A Definition and HistoryChapter Two – The ProducersChapter Three – The Concept and The Pitch BibleChapter Four – Project DevelopmentChapter Five – Setting Up The Pre-Production Process Chapter Six – The 2D Production Proccess – Part OneChapter Seven – The 2D Production Process – Part TwoChapter Eight – 2D ProductionChapter Nine – Pre-Production – 3D AnimationChapter Ten – Production – 3D AnimationChapter Eleven – Picture Post-Production/Sound Post-ProductionChapter Twelve – Producing Flash, Stop Motion & Multipath MoviesGlossaryAppendix

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Book SynopsisCoal mining is the second oldest industry in Britain after agriculture. These small, private coal mines were often worked on a shoestring budget, and the miners themselves toiled in extreme conditions using methods of mining hundreds of years old.

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Book SynopsisSharing the authors' extensive experience in working at the interface between academia, industry and government, this book is designed to enable powerful universityindustry partnerships that can play a pivotal role in achieving the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).Table of Contents1. A journey from transactional to transformational alliances 2. Enabling an environment for transformational strategic alliances 3. Developing and managing alliances 4. Leading and executing sustainable relationships 5. Looking into the future: the next decade Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThe true story of the Getty family as featured in the TV series Trust and the movie All the Money in the WorldBoardroom battles, sex, money, drugs, power, crime, tragedy, and family intrigue; at the centre stands the figure of John Paul Getty, the grandfather, an eccentric oil billionaire believed to have been the richest man in the world. Married and divorced five times, he had five sons, and yet was cheated of his dearest ambition-to found an oil dynasty. His angelic youngest son died at age twelve after years of illness. Of the remaining four sons, three proved to be hopeless businessmen and, one by one, dropped out of Getty Oil. Only one had the talent to take the helm of the family business, and he was groomed for the part. And then he killed himself.With his cherished hopes of a family dynasty crushed, John Paul built a magnificent museum as a monument for all time to his success. But money tainted even his philanthropy; the Getty Museum haTrade ReviewElegant and immensely readable -- Robert Lacey * The Times *A useful reminder that being rich is not enough * The New York Times *Russell Miller shows a life of great and inspiring entrepreneurial achievement, coupled with the hubris of Getty’s personal tragedies * New York Magazine *Table of ContentsPrologue: The Midas contagion Part One: The Making of an Oilman 1903–23 1. ‘Set another place for breakfast’ 2. ‘You’ll have to start at the bottom’ 3. ‘Congratulations, Paul, it’s making thirty barrels’ 4. ‘This is oil land!’ Part Two: The Wayward Husband 1924–48 5. ‘Who was that girl with Paul?’ 6. ‘He should dress you in sable’ 7. ‘My first thought was this is THE girl’ 8. ‘Teddy phoned. Miss her so much’ 9. ‘My dearest darling left to join Papa’ 10. ‘A simple Irish girl of deep spirituality’ Part Three: The Richest Tycoon 1949–64 11. ‘In the name of God, the Merciful and Compassionate…’ 12. ‘Where is the oil, where is the money?’ 13. ‘I don’t believe in giving my competitors a head start’ 14. ‘A billion dollars isn’t what it used to be’ 15. ‘Good, old-fashioned, vulgar fun’ Part Four: The Family 1965–85 16. ‘Bad health, bad news and death’ 17. ‘Don’t let me be killed’ 18. ‘A lecher, a miser, a womaniser’ 19. ‘Money to fuel the legal engines forever’ 20. ‘Not all the Gettys are interested in becoming billionaires’ 21. ‘A curse on the family’ Epilogue: The courage of Martine A Note on the Author

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Book SynopsisThrough creative combinations of ethnohistoric evidence, iconography, and contextual analysis of faunal remains, this work offers new insight into the mechanisms involved in food provisioning for complex societies.

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Book SynopsisIntercultural Communication in Contexts examines communication in multicultural relationships and provides the tools for effective communication amid cultural, ethnic, and religious differences in domestic and global contexts. Students are introduced to the primary approaches for studying intercultural communication along with a theoretical and practical framework for applying the approaches in their own lives.Table of ContentsPart I: Foundations of Intercultural CommunicationChapter 1: Why Study Intercultural Communication?Chapter 2: The Study of Intercultural CommunicationChapter 3: Culture, Communication, Context, and PowerChapter 4: History and Intercultural CommunicationPart II: Intercultural Communication ProcessesChapter 5: Identity and Intercultural CommunicationChapter 6: Language and Intercultural CommunicationChapter 7: Nonverbal Codes and Cultural SpacePart III: Intercultural Communication ApplicationsChapter 8: Understanding Intercultural TransitionsChapter 9: Popular Culture and Intercultural CommunicationChapter 10: Culture, Communication, and Intercultural RelationshipsChapter 11: Culture, Communication, and ConflictChapter 12: Striving for Engaged and Effective Intercultural Communication

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Based on archival research, this is a history of the Russo-Chinese border which examines Russia's expansion into the Asian heartland during the decades of Chinese decline and the 20th-century paradox of Russia's inability to sustain political and economic sway over its domains.

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Book SynopsisAdvances in artificial intelligence (AI) highlight the potential of this technology to affect productivity, growth, inequality, market power, innovation, and employment. This volume seeks to set the agenda for economic research on the impact of AI. It covers four broad themes: AI as a general purpose technology; the relationships between AI, growth, jobs, and inequality; regulatory responses to changes brought on by AI; and the effects of AI on the way economic research is conducted. It explores the economic influence of machine learning, the branch of computational statistics that has driven much of the recent excitement around AI, as well as the economic impact of robotics and automation and the potential economic consequences of a still-hypothetical artificial general intelligence. The volume provides frameworks for understanding the economic impact of AI and identifies a number of open research questions. Contributors: Daron Acemoglu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Philippe Aghion, Collège de France Ajay Agrawal, University of Toronto Susan Athey, Stanford University James Bessen, Boston University School of Law Erik Brynjolfsson, MIT Sloan School of Management Colin F. Camerer, California Institute of Technology Judith Chevalier, Yale School of Management Iain M. Cockburn, Boston University Tyler Cowen, George Mason University Jason Furman, Harvard Kennedy School Patrick Francois, University of British Columbia Alberto Galasso, University of Toronto Joshua Gans, University of Toronto Avi Goldfarb, University of Toronto Austan Goolsbee, University of Chicago Booth School of Business Rebecca Henderson, Harvard Business School Ginger Zhe Jin, University of Maryland Benjamin F. Jones, Northwestern University Charles I. Jones, Stanford University Daniel Kahneman, Princeton University Anton Korinek, Johns Hopkins University Mara Lederman, University of Toronto Hong Luo, Harvard Business School John McHale, National University of Ireland Paul R. Milgrom, Stanford University Matthew Mitchell, University of Toronto Alexander Oettl, Georgia Institute of Technology Andrea Prat, Columbia Business School Manav Raj, New York University Pascual Restrepo, Boston University Daniel Rock, MIT Sloan School of Management Jeffrey D. Sachs, Columbia University Robert Seamans, New York University Scott Stern, MIT Sloan School of Management Betsey Stevenson, University of Michigan Joseph E. Stiglitz. Columbia University Chad Syverson, University of Chicago Booth School of Business Matt Taddy, University of Chicago Booth School of Business Steven Tadelis, University of California, Berkeley Manuel Trajtenberg, Tel Aviv University Daniel Trefler, University of Toronto Catherine Tucker, MIT Sloan School of Management Hal Varian, University of California, Berkeley

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Book SynopsisDuring most of the nineteenth century, physicians and pharmacists alike considered medical patenting and the use of trademarks by drug manufacturers unethical forms of monopoly; physicians who prescribed patented drugs could be, and were, ostracized from the medical community. In the decades following the Civil War, however, complex changes in patent and trademark law intersected with the changing sensibilities of both physicians and pharmacists to make intellectual property rights in drug manufacturing scientifically and ethically legitimate. By World War I, patented and trademarked drugs had become essential to the practice of good medicine, aiding in the rise of the American pharmaceutical industry and forever altering the course of medicine. Drawing on a wealth of previously unused archival material, Medical Monopoly combines legal, medical, and business history to offer a sweeping new interpretation of the origins of the complex and often troubling relationship between the phaTrade Review"Immensely informative." * New York Review of Books *"Gabriel’s brilliant account of patent and trademark law and use is the first comprehensive attempt to integrate the history of pharmaceuticals . . . in the wider setting of economic history and intellectual property law history and represents a milestone in that respect." * Isis *"In his thought-provoking and well-researched book, Gabriel explores the evolution of patenting, and to a lesser extent, trademark registration, in the American pharmaceutical industry. It is a fascinating and timely contribution." * EH.net *"To legal historians interested in the regulatory state and corporate capitalism, Gabriel's well researched book offers new insight into monopoly as an analytic category and antimonopoly sentiment as a driver for law and policy. Gabriel also provides a unique perspective on the development of modem intellectual property, a story not previously told from the viewpoint of pharmacists and travelling drug salesmen." * Law & History Review *"This fascinating book serves as a pointed reminder that the sources of therapeutic rationale are just as much tied to the production and regulation of therapies as the collective decision-making on ethical practice." * New Books in Medicine *"Medical Monopoly: Intellectual Property Rights and the Origins of the Modern Pharmaceutical Industry, by historian of medicine and the biomedical sciences Joseph M.Gabriel, is a significant and beautifully written book. By linking the study of patenting and other monopolistic practices in the pharmaceutical industry, such as trademarks, to the history of therapeutic reform, it makes an original and valuable contribution to the historiography in a variety of fields, from intellectual property to therapeutic reform, medical ethics, and the pharmaceutical industry. Medical Monopoly is therefore of relevance to a broad range of scholars, but also to clinicians, bioethicists, and the wider public concerned by the power of companies and the potential for conflicts of interest within modern medicine." * Bulletin of the History of Medicine *"Gabriel’s study of the early pharmaceutical industry in the U.S. is an outstanding addition to new literature. To illustrate this complex argument, Gabriel does a superb job of weaving together broad trends in patent, trademark, and antitrust law with the evolution of drug manufacturing and medical practice. The book is packed with fascinating case studies of products and their makers. Like a skilled ethnographer, Gabriel is more intent on reconstructing how past actors conceived of their actions than passing judgment on them. Paying careful and fruitful attention to “the relationship between names and things,” he avoids oversimplifying the motives of makers, prescribers, and users of drugs. Gabriel rewrites not only the history of the pharmaceutical industry but that of American medicine as well. Specialists in the history of medicine, science, and technology will appreciate his work for the fresh perspective he provides on familiar subjects. Specialists in health care policy and public health will find useful insights into contemporary debates over bioequivalence and its global implications. Finally, historians of intellectual property rights will find much to interest them in this book." * The American Historical Review *“In this important new book, Gabriel traces the surprisingly dynamic relationship between intellectual property and the economics and politics of the pharmaceutical industry. Medical Monopoly narrates the formation and reorganization of the ‘ethical pharmaceutical industry’ in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries around questions of patents, trademarks, and a series of mutually defining alliances made between the medical profession and the modern pharmaceutical enterprise. Gabriel’s research in preparation for this volume has been meticulous, and his narrative pacing will help audiences from many different fields engage with the provocative story he has to tell. The resultant work is an elegant demonstration of the power of historical analysis in understanding the present-day connections between patents, trademarks, medical science, and the marketplace, with substantial implications for contemporary policy and practice.” -- Jeremy A. Greene, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine“In this lively account, Gabriel takes us back to the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to explore the early histories of the manufacturing, marketing, patenting, and regulation of drugs and their roles in transforming the practice of American medicine. Marrying a keen eye for detail with attention to the larger picture, Gabriel explores the tensions between beneficence and business in the emergent pharmaceutical industry. This meticulously researched book establishes Gabriel as one of the nation’s experts on the pharmaco-medical enterprise in America from the early Republic to the Progressive Era.” -- Elizabeth Watkins, University of California, San Francisco“Medical Monopoly is a fascinating book about the history of intellectual property (IP) rights in pharmaceuticals. Gabriel traces the role that patents and trademarks played in the development of the pharmaceutical industry, explores the question of whether IP rights promoted research and development, and identifies the changing attitudes of physicians and scientists to the propriety of patenting drugs. The book reaches a number of conclusions that are surprising to the contemporary student of both IP and pharmaceuticals, and Gabriel does a nice job of marshaling the massive amount of evidence he uncovered into a chronological narrative. This important work will be of interest to historians of patents and trademarks; to historians of medicine, science, and technology; and to scholars of contemporary IP and science policy.” -- Catherine Fisk, University of California, IrvineTable of ContentsA Note about Terms Introduction 1 Medical Science and Property Rights in the Early Republic 2 Monopoly and Ethics in the Antebellum Years 3 In the Shadow of War 4 Therapeutic Reform and the Reinterpretation of Monopoly 5 The Ambiguities of Abundance 6 The Embrace of Intellectual Property Conclusion: The Promise of ReformAcknowledgments Archival Collections ConsultedNotes Index

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Book Synopsis"An invaluable collection for anyone researching or teaching cult cinema ... The Cult Film Reader is an authoritative text that should be of value to any student or researcher interested in challenging and transgressive cinema that pushes the boundaries of conventional cinema and film studies." Science Fiction Film and Television"A really impressive and comprehensive collection of the key writings in the field. The editors have done a terrific job in drawing together the various traditions and providing a clear sense of this rich and rewarding scholarly terrain. This collection is as wild and diverse as the films that it covers. Fascinating." Mark Jancovich, Professor of Film and Television Studies, University of East Anglia, UK"It's about time the lunatic fans and loyal theorists of cult movies were treated to a book they can call their own. The effort and knowledge contained in The Cult Film Reader will satisfy even the most ravenousTable of ContentsThe Concepts of Cult1.Harry Allan Potamkin (1932), Film Cults.2. Walter Benjamin (1936). The work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction.3. Susan Sontag (1964). Notes on Camp.4. Andrew Ross (1989). The Uses of Camp.5. Umberto Eco (1986). Cult Movies and Intertextual Collage.6. Barry Keith Grant (1991). Science Fiction Double Feature; Ideology in the Cult Film.7. Anne Jerslev (1992). Semiotics by Instinct: Cult Film as a Signifying Practice between Film and Audience.8. Jeffrey Sconce (1995). Trashing the Academy: Taste, Excess and an Emerging Politics of Cinematic Style.9. Joan Hawkins (2000). Sleaze Mania, Euro-Trash and High Art: the Place of European Art Films in American Low Culture.10. Matt Hills (2002). Media Fandom, Neo-Religiosity and Cult(ural) Studies.11. Mark Jancovich (2002). Cult Fictions: Cult Movies, Subcultural Capital and the Production of Cultural Distinctions.Cult Case Studies12. Jean Vigo (1932). Un chien andalou.13. Joan Hawkins (2000), The Anxiety of Influence: Georges Franju and the Medical Horror Shows of Jess Franco.14. Eric Schaefer (1997). The Obscene Seen: Spectacle and Transgression in Postwar Burlesque Film.15. Parker Tyler (1963). Orson Welles and the Big Experimental Film Cult.16. Gary Hentzi (1993). Little Cinema of Horrors.17. Welch Everman (1993). What is a Cult Horror Film?18. Harry Benshoff (2000). Blaxploitation Horror Films: Generic Reappropriation or Reinscription.19. Chibnall, Steve (2003). Get Carter in Context.20. Noel Carroll (1998). The Future of Allusion: Hollywood in the Seventies (and beyond).21. Janet Staiger (2000). Hitchcock in Texas: Intertextuality in the Face of Blood and Gore.22. Steven Jay Schneider (2004). The Essential Evil in/of Eraserhead.23. Lawrence O’Toole (1979). The Cult of Horror.24. J.P. Telotte (2001). The Blair Witch Project Project: Film and the Internet.National and International Cults25. J. Hoberman and Jonathan Rosenbaum (1983) El Topo: Through the Wasteland of Counterculture.26. Gary Needham (2003), Playing with Genre: Defining the Italian giallo27. Leon Hunt (2000). Han’s Island Revisited: Enter the Dragon as a Transnational Cult Film.28. Annalee Newitz (1995). Magical Girls and Atomic Bomb Sperm; Japanese Animation in America.29. Jinsoo An (2001). The Killer: Cult Film and Transcultural (Mis)Reading.30. Harmony Wu (2003). Trading in Horror, Cult, and Matricide: Peter Jackson’s Phenomenal Bad Taste and New Zealand Fantasies of Inter/National Cinematic Success.31. Sheila J. Nayar (2004). Invisible Representation; the Oral Contours of a National Popular Cinema.32. Nezih Erdogan (2002), Mute Bodies, Disembodied Voices: Notes on Sound in Turkish Popular Cinema.33. Tom Mes (2003). Ichi the Killer.Cult Consumption34. Siegfried Kracauer (1926), The Cult of Distraction.35. Pierre Bourdieu (1979), Distinction.36. Bruce Austin (1981). Portrait of a Cult Film Audience: the Rocky Horror Picture Show.37. Gina Marchetti (1986). Subcultural Studies and the Film Audience: Rethinking the Film Viewing Context.38. David Sanjek (1990), Fans' notes: the Horror Film Fanzine.39. Henry Jenkins (1992). Get a Life: Fans, Poachers, Nomads.40. John Fiske (1992). The Cultural economy of Fandom.41. Martin Barker, Jane Arthurs and Ramaswami Harindranath (2001), The Crash Controversy: Reviewing the Press.42. I.Q. Hunter (2000) Beaver Las Vegas; a Fan Boy’s Defence of Showgirls.43. Martin Barker, Ernest Mathijs & Xavier Mendik (2006), Menstrual Monsters: the Reception of the Ginger Snaps Cult Horror Franchise.Bibliography of Cult Film ResourcesIndex

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Book SynopsisThe Industrial Revolution and British Society is an original and wide-ranging textbook survey of the principal economic and social aspects of the Industrial Revolution. The contributors' introduce less familiar aspects and consequences of the first Industrial Revolution. This will be useful as a course text by teachers in the field.Trade Review'It is a wide-ranging survey of the principal economic and social aspects of the Industrial Revolution in the eighteenth and early nineteenth century. The eleven chapters range widely over modern conceptions of the Industrial Revolution, through a consideration of women in the workforce, religion and political stability and sex and desire to politics, crime and social aspects of that revolutionary period. Valuable bibliographies are appended to each chapter. The papers are invariably well written and stimulating, raising questions of historiography and methodology that students above 13 are perfectly capable of understanding.' Richard Brown, Teaching History'This is an essential … extremely useful handbook for anyone doing work on this period.' Open HistoryTable of Contents1. Modern conceptions of the Industrial Revolution Patrick O'Brien; 2. Women in the work force Duncan Bythell; 3. Reinterpretations of the Industrial Revolution Gary Hawke; 4. Methodism and political stability in early industrial England Alan D. Gilbert; 5. Sex and desire in the Industrial Revolution Thomas Laqueur; 6. Political preconditions for the Industrial Revolution Patrick O'Brien; 7. Crime, law and punishment in the Industrial Revolution Davis Philips; 8. The Industrial Revolution and parliamentry reform Roland E. Quinault; 9. The margins of the Industrial Revolution Eric Richards; 10. Social aspects of the Industrial Revolution John Stevenson; 11. Technological and organisational change in industry during the Industrial Revolution G. N. von Tunzelmann; 12. Postscript Eric Jones.

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface vii Acknowledgements ix Part 1 Frameworks and Mechanisms 1 1 Defining Corporate Governance 3 Introduction 3 What is Corporate Governance? 5 Theoretical Frameworks 7 Agency Theory 8 Transaction Cost Theory 11 Transaction Cost Theory Versus Agency Theory 12 Stakeholder Theory 13 Stakeholder Versus Agency Theory 15 The Enlightened Shareholder Versus the Stakeholder-Inclusive Approach 17 Institutional Theory 17 The Evolving Framework of Corporate Governance 18 Academic Research: The Frontiers of Corporate Governance Research 19 Chapter Summary 20 Questions for Reflection and Discussion 21 2 The Impact of Corporate Governance Weaknesses and Failure 22 Introduction 22 The Collapse of Enron in 2001 23 Laying the Foundations 23 Glittering Success 23 Early Worries 24 Signs of Distress 25 The Fall . . . and Fall . . . of Enron 25 Creative Accounting at Enron and Its Impact on the Accounting Profession 26 The Aftermath 28 The Trial and the Human Dimension 29 A Reflection on the Corporate Governance Problems in Enron 30 The Collapse of the World’s Banking Sector and Governance Failure: 2008 32 Learning from the Crisis: Identifying Corporate Governance Failures 33 The Collapse of Carillion in 2018 35 An Overview of Carillion and its Activities 35 Carillion Spent Zillions 35 The Road to Ruin 36 Failure of the Board of Directors and a ‘Rotten Corporate Culture’ 36 Through a Glass Darkly: Lack of Transparency in Accounting and Auditing 37 Unethical Treatment of Shareholders: Dividends as Impression Management? 37 Unethical Treatment of Non-Shareholding Stakeholders 38 ‘Enrillion’: Similar Governance Weaknesses in the Two Corporate Collapses 39 Chapter Summary 39 Questions for Reflection and Discussion 40 3 Corporate Governance Reform 41 Introduction 41 n Illustration 3.1: The Maxwell Affair 1991 42 The Cadbury Report 1992 45 The Greenbury Report 1995 45 The Hampel Report 1998 46 The Turnbull Report 1999 48 The Higgs Report 2003 49 The Tyson Report 2003 49 The Smith Report 2003 50 Revised Guidance on Audit Committees 2008 50 Redraft of the Combined Code 2003, Revised 2006 50 Internal Control: Revised Guidance for Directors on the Combined Code 2005 50 Further Revision of the Combined Code 2008 51 Turner Review March 2009 51 Walker Review July 2009 51 The Stewardship Code 2010 52 Corporate Governance Code 2012 52 The Kay Review 53 Corporate Governance Code 2016 and 2018 53 Corporate Governance Consultations Following Recent Corporate Collapses 54 The Kingman Review and the End of the FRC: Introducing the Arga 54 A Review 54 Comply or Explain 55 Applying the Codes of Practice to Small Companies 55 Ranking Corporate Governance Initiatives 56 Why is Good Corporate Governance Important? 57 Corporate Governance and Corporate Performance 57 A Risk Perspective on Corporate Governance 59 Corporate Governance Ratings, Indexes and Links with Financial Performance 59 Chapter Summary 60 Questions for Reflection and Discussion 60 4 The Role of Boards in Corporate Governance 61 Introduction: Enhancing Board Effectiveness 61 Unitary and Two-Tier Board Structures 62 Splitting the Role of Chairman and Chief Executive 62 Research into Split Roles 63 The Role of Non-Executive Directors in Corporate Governance 64 n Illustration 4.1: The Non-Executive Director Function in the Wake of the Financial Crisis 65 Research into the Role of Non-Executive Directors 70 Getting the Balance Right 72 Who Wants the Job Anyway? 73 Executive Remuneration 73 n Illustration 4.2: Executive Remuneration in Banks in the Wake of the Financial Crisis 74 n Illustration 4.3: Bankers Called to Account and Apologize 76 The High Pay Commission: Cheques with Balances 77 Academic Research into Executive Remuneration 77 Voting on Directors’ Remuneration 79 n Illustration 4.4: Reforming Executive Pay: Establishing a Blueprint for Change 80 Directors’ Training 80 What Else Can Contribute to Board Effectiveness? 81 Boardroom Diversity 81 Brave New Boardrooms? How Can Governance and Boards Be Reformed? 83 Addressing the Ethical Health of Boards: Focusing on Boardroom Culture 84 n Illustration 4.5: Broadening Stakeholder Representation on Boards: A New Framework 85 Chapter Summary 86 Questions for Reflection and Discussion 87 5 The Role of Institutional Investors in Corporate Governance 88 Introduction 88 The Ongoing Transformation of UK Institutional Ownership 89 A Complex Web of Ownership 91 What Do We Mean by Stewardship? 94 The Kay Review (2012) Principles and Recommendations 96 Conflict and Pension Fund Trustees 96 The Growth of Institutional Investor Activism 97 n Illustration 5.1: Trust Institutional Investment and the Kay Review 99 Institutional Investor Voting 100 Reviewing the Impediments to Voting Shares 101 Voting on Remuneration Policy 102 n Illustration 5.2: Fat Cat Slim 102 Research into Voting by Institutional Investors 104 Institutional Investors: Engagement and Dialogue 106 n Illustration 5.3: Failure of Engagement in the Financial Crisis 108 Research into Engagement with Institutional Investors 110 Institutional Investor Engagement and Power 112 Factors Affecting Shareholder Activism 112 Shareholder Activism and Financial Performance 113 Emerging Trends in Research on Shareholder Activism 114 Chapter Summary 115 Questions for Reflection and Discussion 115 6 The Role of Transparency, Audit, Internal Control and Risk Management in Corporate Governance 116 Introduction 116 Transparency and Disclosure 117 Research into Disclosure and Corporate Governance 118 Improving Transparency: Cutting Clutter? 119 Corporate Disclosure and Executive Remuneration 119 Corporate Disclosure and Non-Executive Directors 120 Developments in Governance Reporting 120 The Role of Internal Control, Internal Audit, External Audit and Audit Committees in Effective Corporate Governance 123 Corporate Governance and Risk in the Wake of the Financial Crisis 124 Turnbull, Internal Control: A UK Perspective 125 Risk and Risk Prioritization 125 An Existing Implicit Framework for Internal Control 126 The Turnbull Framework for Internal Control 126 The Revised Guidance on Internal Control 128 Risk Disclosure and Corporate Governance 129 An ‘Ideal’ Framework for Corporate Risk Disclosure 129 The Revised Guidelines and Corporate Risk Disclosure 132 Recent Research into Risk Disclosure 132 The Operating and Financial Review Fiasco 133 Sarbanes–Oxley and Internal Control: A US Perspective 134 Dodd–Frank Act 136 Sarbanes–Oxley 17 Years Later 136 The Role of Audit in Corporate Governance 136 The External Audit 136 The Audit Committee 139 Research into the Effectiveness of Audit Committees 140 The Internal Audit 141 Research into the Effectiveness of the Internal Audit Function 141 Chapter Summary 142 Questions for Reflection and Discussion 142 Part 2 Global Corporate Governance 143 7 An Introduction to Corporate Governance Systems Worldwide: Global Corporate Governance 145 Introduction 145 Categorizing Corporate Governance 145 Insider-Dominated Systems 146 Outsider-Dominated Systems 147 Factors Influencing Corporate Governance in an International Context 148 Global Convergence in Corporate Governance 151 The OECD Principles 152 The Revised OECD Principles 2004 153 OECD Principles 2015 154 The European Union 154 The Commonwealth Guidelines 157 Corporate Governance in the Middle East and North Africa 157 Andean Corporate Governance Code 2004 157 Ethical Issues in International Corporate Governance: Controlling Bribery and Corruption 157 The Outcome of Corporate Governance Convergence 158 Country Studies 160 Chapter Summary 161 Questions for Reflection and Discussion 161 8 A Reference Dictionary of Corporate Governance Systems: Global Corporate Governance 162 Albania 162 Argentina 162 Australia 163 Bahrain 163 Bangladesh 163 Belgium 164 Botswana 164 Brazil 164 Canada 164 Chile 165 China 166 Colombia 166 Cyprus 167 Czech Republic 167 Denmark 168 Egypt 169 Estonia 169 Finland 169 France 169 Germany 170 Ghana 171 Greece 171 Hong Kong 172 Hungary 172 Iceland 172 India 173 Indonesia 173 Iraq 174 Ireland 174 Italy 174 Case Study on Italian Governance: The ‘European Enron’: Parmalat 175 Corporate Governance Failure in Parmalat 175 Jamaica 176 Japan 176 Jordan 178 Kenya 178 Latvia 178 Lebanon 178 Libya 178 Lithuania 178 Luxembourg 178 Macedonia 178 Malaysia 179 The Netherlands 179 New Zealand 180 Nigeria 180 Norway 180 Oman 181 Pakistan 181 Peru 181 The Philippines 181 Poland 181 Portugal 182 Qatar 182 Romania 182 Russia 182 Saudi Arabia 183 Singapore 184 Slovakia 184 Slovenia 184 South Africa 184 South Korea 185 n Illustration 8.1: The Influence of Culture on Corporate Governance 186 Spain 186 Sri Lanka 187 Sweden 187 xx Contents Switzerland 187 Taiwan 187 Thailand 188 Trinidad & Tobago 188 Tunisia 188 Turkey 188 Uganda 189 Ukraine 189 United States 189 Venezuela 190 Vietnam 190 Chapter Summary 191 Questions for Reflection and Discussion 191 Part 3 Holistic Governance 193 9 Corporate Governance and Stakeholder Accountability 195 Introduction 195 n Illustration 9.1: The Risks Associated with Climate Change and Global Warming 196 n Illustration 9.2: Assessing the Impact of the UK Company Law Review 198 Early Roots of Corporate Social Responsibility in the UK 199 Friedman and Corporate Social Responsibility 200 Does Corporate Social Responsibility Improve Financial Performance? 201 n Illustration 9.3: Enron and Ethics 201 n Illustration 9.4: The Mexican Gulf Oil Spill 2010 203 n Illustration 9.5: Sports Direct 204 n Illustration 9.6 204 Corporate Environmental Reporting 205 Incentives for Corporate Environmental Reporting 206 Disincentives for Corporate Environmental Reporting 208 A Risk Society Theory of Social and Environmental Reporting 209 Users of Corporate Environmental Reporting 210 Qualitative Characteristics of Corporate Environmental Reporting 210 Elements of Corporate Environmental Reporting 211 Bearing the Cost of Corporate Environmental Reporting 211 Time Period and Communication of Corporate Environmental Reporting 211 The Suggested Content of Corporate Environmental Reports 212 Sustainability and a Stakeholder Perspective 212 Sustainability Reporting 212 Accounting for Biodiversity, Accounting for Bees, and Extinction Accounting 214 Bee-Ing Bee-Friendly at Every Level: What Can Local Councils and Gardeners Do? 215 Integrated Reporting: The Dawning of a New Reality? 216 Assurance of Social, Environmental, Sustainability and Integrated Reporting 218 Stakeholder Engagement 221 Scepticism about Stakeholder Engagement 222 A Theoretical Framework for Stakeholder Engagement 222 Stakeholder Engagement in Challenging International Environments 223 n Illustration 9.7: W(h)ither Accountability? Striking Miners in South Africa 224 Governance in Public and Third-Sector Organizations 225 Governance in the Public Sector 227 The Nolan Committee Principles, 1995 228 The Good Governance Standard for Public Services, 2004 228 Corporate Governance in Central Government Departments 229 Code of Good Practice, July 2005 229 Governance in the Third Sector 230 Chapter Summary 232 Workshop Activity 232 10 Responsible Investment 233 Introduction 233 Terminology and Definitions 235 From SEE to ESG 237 From ESG to EAI and Extra Financials 237 United Nations Principles of Responsible Investment (UNPRI, Now PRI) 238 The UK Social Investment Forum, UKSIF 239 The European Social Investment Forum, EUROSIF 239 Some Statistics on Responsible Investment 239 Responsible Investment Strategies 241 Screening 241 Best in Sector 241 The Financial Performance of Responsible Investment 241 The Drivers of Responsible Investment 244 A Growing Demand for Social Ethical and Environmental Disclosure 247 Private Social and Environmental Reporting 250 n Illustration 10.1: Shareholder Activism on Animal Rights: The Case of Huntingdon Life Sciences 251 n Illustration 10.2: Backlash Against Animal Rights Extremists 252 n Illustration 10.3: The Role of Lobby Groups in Corporate Environmental Issues: The Case of BP Amoco in Alaska 253 Private Social and Environmental Reporting: Mythicizing or Demythologizing Reality? 254 Impression Management in Private Social and Environmental Reporting 255 Private Climate Change Reporting 255 Responsible Investment, Pollinators and Species Extinction 255 Responsible Investment and an Integrated Approach to Institutional Investment 255 Pension Fund Trustees and Responsible Investment 255 UKSIF Report on Pensions and Responsible Investment 261 The Role of Pension Fund Trustees in Climate Change 261 Socially Responsible Investment in an International Context 262 Socially Responsible Investment in the USA 262 Socially Responsible Investment in Canada 263 Socially Responsible Investment in Australia 263 Socially Responsible Investment in Continental Europe 264 Socially Responsible Investment in Japan 264 Socially Responsible Investment in South Africa 265 Chapter Summary 265 Questions for Reflection and Discussion 266 11 Future Directions for Corporate Governance and Accountability 267 The Future of Institutional Investor Activism 268 A Global Convergence in Corporate Governance 269 A Continuing Broadening of the Corporate Governance Agenda: Holistic Governance and Stakeholder Accountability 270 Has Corporate Governance Reform Gone Too Far? Or has it Gone Far Enough? 271 Endnotes N-1 References R-1 Index I-1

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Book SynopsisA fascinating illustrated account of the industrial heritage of the town and county borough of Wrexham across the centuries.Trade Review'The text provides extensive information augmented by an excellent range of stunning photographs of historical and social significance.' -- Love Wrexham, July 2023

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Book SynopsisFarnham at Work is a fascinating pictorial history of the working life of the town of Farnham in the last hundred and more years.

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Book SynopsisWell-designed industrial policies can improve a nation’s economic performance. Using a range of tools, such as subsidies, tax incentives, infrastructure development, protective regulations, and R&D support, governments are able to support specific industries or economic activities. Steve Coulter examines the patterns of industrial policymaking across late capitalist societies. Drawing on case studies from a range of countries, each with different growth models, national capabilities, policy traditions, and political/welfare state regimes, he is able to offer a nuanced comparative assessment of states’ responses to specific economic challenges. The book draws broad conclusions about the trajectories of industrial policy and highlights key technical and political drivers that policymakers consider when addressing whether best practice should centre on general or nationally-specific approaches. The book also focuses on fresh challenges and opportunities for industrial policy and questions the sustainability of current policy practice.Trade ReviewEverything you always wanted to know about industrial policy but were afraid to ask – all in one place in Steve Coulter’s short book. Written for the novice in universities, the politician and their aides, the seasoned lobbyist, and the journalist. Even old hands in the field will find a lot of interest here. Coulter looks back to the heyday and the demise of industrial policy, clearly sets out ways of thinking about it, what could work, and what may go wrong. But most importantly, he makes you think again about industrial policy, industrial strategy and the political economy underpinning the idea. In this new, post-Covid, post-crisis era, with its renewed interest in the role of government in the economy, this book is a handy guide into the debates, the possibilities and the pitfalls. -- Bob Hancké, Associate Professor in Political Economy, London School of EconomicsTable of Contents1. Introduction: industry, economy and industrial policy 2. States, markets and growth: the economics of industrial policy 3. Implementing industrial policy: the experiences of five countries 4. New horizons for industrial policy 5. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisFrom the beginning of the eighteenth century to the high water mark of the Victorian era, the world was transformed by a technological revolution the like of which had never been seen before. Inventors, businessmen, scientists, explorers all had their part to play in the story of the Industrial Revolution and in this Brief History Thomas Crump brings their story to life, and shows why it is a chapter in English history that can not be ignored.Previous praise for Thomas Crump's A Brief History of Science:'A serious and fully furnished history of science, from which anyone interested in the development of ideas . . . will greatly profit.' A. C. Grayling, Financial Times'Provides an enduring sense of the extraordinary ingenuity that defines our relationship with nature.' Guardian'An excellent account . . Crump writes with authority.' TLSTrade ReviewA clear and concise explanation of an unwieldy but fascinating subject. * Good Book Guide *

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Book SynopsisThis edited volume discusses digital transformation in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the widespread lockdown policies that followed, digital technologies were touted as an effective means towards ensuring continuity and minimal interruption of day-to-day operations for businesses and other institutions. Digital transformation, however, is an inherently complex process and the pressure of short adoption times may further increase complexities for organizations looking to foster digital technologies. This volume comprises original research contributions on theoretical foundations and empirical studies of digital transformations in the pandemic era. Written by academics and practitioners from diverse disciplines and industries, the chapters cover topics such as psychological and technical implications of pandemic situations, the economic, organizational, social, and legal implications of digital adoption, and case studies for digital transformation in different industries. This book will be useful for academics, technology professionals, business policy makers, NGO managers, and governments looking to optimize their digital transformation processes to better prepare their organizations in the presence of pandemic situations. Table of Contents1. Policies for Enhancing Public Trust and Avoiding Distrust in Digital Government During Pandemics: Insights from A SyStematic Literature Review.- 2. Data driven implementation: the role of information and technology in public responses to social emergencies.- 3. Implementation of emerging technologies in pandemic situations: Contact tracing.- 4. eTourism and Cultural Resilience: Exploring Opportunities for Indigenous Communities in an Extremely Precarious State.- 5. Digital Transformation of Health Systems During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Challenges and Opportunities for the Future.- 6. Digital Transformation and Usability: User acceptance of Tawakkalna Application during Covid-19 in Saudi Arabia Digital Transformation and Usability: UX Tawakkalna Application in Saudi Arabia.- 7. Digital transformations to challenge-based learning in the context of COVID-19 and beyond.- 8. Change Management in Digital Environment amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scenario from Malaysian Higher Education Institutions.- 9. Challenges and Implications of Digital Transformation in Higher Education: A Student Perspective from Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.- 10. Digital transformation in Higher Education – Impact of Instructor Training on Class Effectiveness during COVID-19.

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Book SynopsisInnovation is one of the avenues in which companies can move up the value chain, and has become a popular demand from stock markets and governments. Many of its proponents though lack insight as to what it takes to be an innovator, and instead hype and impel innovation based on a romanticized view that with enough willpower and support from a board, investors, or government every company can pursue innovation. This book offers a theoretical framework, the License Giver Business concept, that clarifies the core characteristics of a truly innovating company, and differentiates it from three other company archetypes with differing core business identities. It describes key aspects and pitfalls in the practical application of the License Giver Business concept and provides cases from the marine industry and computer industry.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: The License Giver Business Concept.- Chapter 3: The Intrinsic-Motivated Crowd.- Chapter 4: The Fear of Innovation.- Chapter 5: The Not-Invented-Here Syndrome.- Chapter 6: The Rise and Decline of Innovative Capability.- Chapter 7: The License Giver Business Concept in the Evolution of Industries.- Chapter 8: Governmental Interference.- Chapter 9: Excellence Through Competence.- Appendix.- Bibliography.- Index.

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Book SynopsisFierce competition in many industries, megatrends, the COVID-19 pandemic, the ongoing globalisation and the permanent liberalisation of markets have changed the face of economies and businesses drastically. Companies must establish suitable and long-term strategies and performance criteria in order to survive in this dynamic and hostile environment. This book provides a holistic and practical approach to strategic performance management. It combines all functions of the value chain and contains best practices in performance. The author demonstrates how new paradigms enable companies to concentrate on value-adding activities and processes to achieve a long-term sustainable and competitive advantage. The book contains a variety of best practices, industry examples and case studies. Focusing on best-in-class examples, the book offers the ideal guide for any enterprise to achieve a competitive advantage across all business functions focusing on value-adding activities. Table of ContentsChapter 1: Performance Management as Part of the Corporate Strategy.- Chapter 2: Performance in Procurement and Supply Management.- Chapter 3: Performance Management in Operations Management.- Chapter 4: Strategic Management Tools and Excellence Models.- Chapter 5: Strategic Management Objectives, KPI and OKR.- Chapter 6: Problem-Solving and Performance Management Tools.- Chapter 7: Performance Management in Sales.- Chapter 8: Economic Pricing, 3C-Pricing and Cost-Estimation Concepts.- Chapter 9: Audits and Quality Management Systems (QMS).- Chapter 10: Business Transformation and Project Management.- Chapter 11: Performance in Finance Management.- Chapter 12: Performance through Kaizen.- Chapter 13: Performance Management to focus on Value-Added Activities.- Chapter 14: Performance Management Excellence through Change.- Chapter 15: Innovations as Part of Performance Management.

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Book SynopsisSolutions to workplace burnout often involve victim-blaming: Stressed? Try therapy—or a new job. But burnout is a sign of defective workplaces, not workers. Drawing on decades of research, Christina Maslach and Michael Leiter show managers how to recognize burnout and fix problems cost-effectively, improving employees’ productivity and health.Trade ReviewBurnout seems to be everyone’s problem, and this book has solutions. As trailblazers in burnout research, Christina Maslach and Michael Leiter didn’t just clear the path to study the causes—they’ve also discovered some of the cures. -- Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think AgainAspiring and even experienced leaders often don’t know that in order to make sustainable change for both employees and the overall organization, burnout must be a core focus. From experts in burnout research, The Burnout Challenge offers tips and tools needed to evaluate problems and implement solutions. Vital reading for today’s and tomorrow’s leaders. -- Arianna Huffington, Founder & CEO, Thrive GlobalMaslach and Leiter’s crucial insight is that characterizing burnout as a personal issue prevents us from finding lasting solutions. A thoughtful and well researched book about a core issue at the heart of the great resignation. If you want to overcome labour shortage issues, this book helps you create a work environment which does not overwhelm people. Sounds simpler than it is. -- Christian Stadler * Forbes *Provides the path to creating a better world of work where people can flourish rather than get beaten down. -- Marcel Schwantes * Inc. *The Burnout Challenge will help managers everywhere better understand burnout…This book serves as a wise canary for workers and managers in any organization. -- David Kee * Current *Maslach and Leiter highlight how the way many people are being expected to work is running them into the ground and that the negative feelings come from six key mismatches…The book then goes on to offer ways to measure and address the problem, providing advice on how to create better matches—redesigning work, for example, using actual design principles, such as balance, unity, and rhythm. * Financial Times *The authors use accessible language, many analogies, examples and cases, a compelling narrative style, and helpful bar graphs. This book is well suited to scholars and practitioners interested in change management, burnout, work–life balance, person–job fit, and engagement in the workplace. * Choice *[Maslach and Leiter] offer a well-grounded examination of the causes of widespread job dissatisfaction and burnout along with proposals for solutions…Thoughtful advice for managers and employers. * Kirkus Reviews *This book proposes a thoughtful approach to tackling a common and serious workplace problem. * Library Journal *With the Great Resignation looming large, this timely, practical guide is worth a look for business leaders aiming to foster a healthy workplace. * Publishers Weekly *A legendary and lasting contribution from two luminaries of burnout research. As we face a growing rampage of workplace stressors, this book offers concrete, actionable solutions for leaders at every level, reminding us that meaningful innovation can only occur at the speed of trust. -- Thom Mayer, Medical Director for the NFL Players AssociationMaslach and Leiter are the leading scholars on this timely subject, and their research takes today’s necessary discussions about the nature of the workplace to a new level. This outstanding book will make a substantial impact. -- Professor Sir Cary Cooper, University of ManchesterManaging burnout is one of the most important responsibilities of the twenty-first-century leader. Full of practical tips and tools to do just this, The Burnout Challenge is an essential resource for the leaders of today—and the aspiring leaders of tomorrow. -- Tasha Eurich, author of Insight: The Surprising Truth About How Others See Us, How We See Ourselves, and Why the Answers Matter More Than We ThinkUltimately, Maslach and Leiter are hopeful. The world seems much more receptive to their research now after the pandemic shredded so many assumptions about the way work happens. -- Jo Constantz * Bloomberg *

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Book SynopsisThis is a detailed case study of the workings of the "development" industry in one country, Lesotho. It shows how, despite "expertise" these projects can often fail and have serious repercussions upon the country.Table of ContentsPart 1 Introduction. Part 2 The "development" apparatus conceptual apparatus: the constitution of the object of "development"; Lesotho as "less developed country"; institutional apparatus - the Thaba-Tseka development project. Part 3 The "target population" - the setting - aspects of economy and society in rural Lesotho; the Bovine mystique; a study of power, property, and livestock in rural Lesotho. Part 4 The deployment of "development": livestock development; the decentralization debacle; crop development and some other programs of the Thaba-Tseka project. Part 5 Instrument-effects of a "development" project; the anti-politics machine.

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Book SynopsisTournament of Lawyers traces in detail the rise of one hundred of the nation's top firms in order to diagnose the health of the business of American law.

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Book SynopsisThis summary examines the level, form and evolution of US trade protection. In case studies of trade barriers imposed during the 1980s to help the steel, semiconductor, automobile, lumber, wheat, and textile and clothing industries, the study traces the evolution of efforts to obtain protection.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction by Anne O. Krueger 1: The U.S.-Japan Semiconductor Trade Conflict Douglas A. Irwin 2: The Rise and Fall of Big Steel's Influence on U.S. Trade Policy Michael O. Moore 3: Making Sense of the 1981 Automobile VER: Economics, Politics, and the Political Economy of Protection Douglas R. Nelson 4: Import Protection for U.S. Textiles and Apparel: Viewed from the Domestic Perspective J. Michael Finger, Ann Harrison. 5: Do Precedent and Legal Argument Matter in the Lumber CVD Cases? Joseph P. Kalt 6: The Political Economy of the Export Enhancement Program for Wheat Bruce L. Gardner 7: Agricultural Interest Group Bargaining over the North American Free Trade Agreement David Orden 8: The Effect of Import Source on the Determinants and Impacts of Antidumping Suit Activity Robert W. Staiger, Frank A. Wolak. 9: Implications of the Results of Individual Studies Anne O. Krueger Contributors Author Index Subject Index

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Book SynopsisIn his usual incantatory style, Taussig takes on palm oil, one of the most perniciously exploitative commodities in our world today.

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