Lin's Uncommon Life
Elinor (Lin) Ostrom's life was an incredible journey. Being the first woman ever to win a Nobel Prize in Economics was an achievement of a lifetime. But it was just the culmination of a life spent struggling against the odds.Even while overcoming childhood hardships and a stutter and being denied opportunities because she was a woman, Lin never lost sight of the wonders around her and was always curious to learn more. Lin would teach generations of students the lessons she learned through a lifetime of research and dedication. As Lin said "little by little, bit by bit, family by family, so much good can be done on so many levels."Discover Lin's Uncommon Life, and let it be an inspiration to follow your own path. Small steps, taken one at a time, can lead you somewhere truly uncommon in the end.
Decoding Greatness
National Bestseller For readers of Outliers, Atomic Habits, and Deep Work, comes a game-changing approach to unlocking your greatness, using a secret strategy that's vaulted business titans and creative geniuses to the top of their profession. We've long been taught there are two ways to succeed--either talent or practice. In Decoding Greatness, award-winning social psychologist Ron Friedman illuminates a powerful third path--one that has launched icons in a wide range of fields, from artists, writers, and chefs, to athletes, inventors, and entrepreneurs: reverse engineering. To reverse engineer is to look beyond what is evident on the surface and find a hidden structure. It's the ability to taste an intoxicating dish and deduce its recipe, to listen to a beautiful song and discern its chord progression, to watch your favorite film and grasp its narrative arc. "Clear, concise, and backed by science" (Daniel Pink, author of When), Decoding Greatness marries "alluring stories and illuminating studies" (Adam Grant, author of Think Again) of top performers--from Agatha Christie to Andy Warhol, Barack Obama, to Serena Williams--with groundbreaking research on pattern recognition and skill acquisition. You'll learn how to take apart acheivements you admire, pinpoint precisely what makes them work, and apply that knowledge to develop novel ideas and products that are uniquely your own. Bursting with unforgettable stories and actionable strategies, Decoding Greatness is an indispensable guide to learning from the best, upgrading your skills, and sparking breakthrough ideas.
Woman of Our Time
In a challenging and constantly changing world, you need to find ways to take back control, seek new paths and discover your hidden strengths.This is not a quick-fix book. Using the ancient art of self-reflection, Woman of Our Time tells compelling stories of transformative change and gives readers the tools to look inwards and take action - making small changes that can make big differences. The storytelling, practical coaching and simple exercises in this book will help you to: Understand your own needs Find the courage to overcome your fears and vulnerabilities Discover your inner strengths Regain control of your life Find the freedom to breathe
Moral Injury among Returning Veterans
Josh Morris privileges the voices of veterans to argue that returning soldiers need families, friends, and religious communities to listen to their stories with compassion to avoid amplifying the effects of moral injury. When society greets returning soldiers in ways that reinforce cultural norms that frame military service as heroic, rather than acknowledging its ambiguities and harmful effects, it exacerbates moral injury and keeps veterans from resolving inner conflicts and coping effectively with civilian life. Morris, a military chaplain and veteran who served in Afghanistan, knows these difficulties first hand. Using stories from other veterans, Morris helps us see how cultural assumptions about military service can complicate moral injury and a veteran's return home. Drawing from liberation theologies, ideology critique, and Antonio Gramsci's advocacy for the working class, the book suggests useful perspectives and spiritual care resources for military chaplains, religious leaders, caregivers, and concerned civilians. Morris argues that military chaplains are uniquely positioned to help returning soldiers resist the amplification of existing moral injury. Moving from "thank you for your service" to liberative solidarity can galvanize resistance and make change possible.
Star Wars and Conflict Resolution
Star Wars like you've never seen it before You know Star Wars is about the epic battle between good and evil...but did you know that Star Wars also teaches us how to negotiate deals, handle conflicts, and improve relationships? Conflict is everywhere-at home, on the job, and certainly in our politics and international affairs. Resolving such conflicts is an invaluable skill. Can we do it without a lightsaber? Maybe Yoda or Obi-Wan Kenobi or even Emperor Palpatine have some answers. George Lucas's Star Wars films are a master class in conflict and conflict resolution, from galactic disputes-Empire vs. Rebellion, Death Star vs. X-wing-to interpersonal conflicts, as between Princess Leia and Han Solo, R2-D2 and C-3PO, or Masters and Padawans. Start to finish, the saga is one wild podrace ride between aggressive negotiations and diplomatic solutions. This book brings together experts in negotiation, law, business, psychology, mediation, management, and communication to dissect some of the movies' most fascinating conflicts, like: Was Anakin Skywalker's transformation into Darth Vader inevitable?Who's better at managing conflict: Jedi or Sith?How did Luke Skywalker negotiate his way away from the dark side?What makes Rey, Jyn Erso, and Padm矇 such good negotiators?Fans of Star Wars will appreciate the book's new perspective along with the practical negotiation and conflict resolution skills that can restore peace and justice to a relationship, a workplace, a community, or even a galaxy.
Rogue Capitalist
In this thought-provoking and actionable guide, Singapore-based author Johann Loke shares his hard-won insights on how to build wealth and protect your liberties in the rapidly-changing world of the 2020s. Drawing on his own journey from professional card gamer to business owner, Loke lays out a blueprint for creating a life of financial freedom and personal sovereignty. With a focus on Singapore, but relevant to readers from all over the world, this book is essential reading for entrepreneurs, small business owners, and anyone who wants to take control of their financial future and safeguard their rights in the new world order.
The China Business Casebook
The China Business Casebook draws on real business case studies created by senior managers, many of whom are studying on or alumni of Executive/International MBA (EMBA/IMBA) Programmes in Mainland China. The Casebook captures unique, actual, operational and strategic business cases, written to reflect and learn from real-world problems and challenges. It will be of great benefit to teachers, researchers and practitioners (including EMBA/IMBA students) around the world, and provides important and valuable insights into decision-making in China-based companies. The Casebook features cases from a wide range of China-based companies, from multinationals to small and medium-sized enterprises, including for-profit and not-for-profit organisations, a significant proportion of which are China-owned.The China Business Casebook is the first title in The China Business Case Study Series. It is published in association with the University of Aberdeen (UK), Webster University (USA), and the China Association for Socially Responsible Leadership, CASRL (UK).
Amazon Ads for Authors
New updated 2024 edition! Have you been struggling to sell your books on Amazon? In theory, Amazon ads should be the most effective way to boost sales - a well-targeted ad can reach potential readers at the precise moment they're looking for their next book. But in practice, authors often struggle to run profitable campaigns. After helping hundreds of authors run their Amazon Ads and managing over a million dollars in advertising spend in the process, Reedsy's Co-founder Ricardo Fayet is sharing his best-kept secrets in this Amazon Ads book. In this second book of the popular Reedsy Marketing Guides series, you will learn: The fundamental guiding principles of advertising books on Amazon, How to build a comprehensive list of product and keyword targets, What type of ad campaign will best suit your book, How to optimize your click-through-rate to boost delivery, How to optimize your campaigns for profit, andHow to scale and progressively grow your spend while keeping your profit levels. Each step is illustrated with examples and screenshots so that you can immediately apply the advice to your own campaigns. Whether you're just starting with Amazon Advertising or have been running ads for years, this is the book to take your advertising game to the next level.
InterPersonal Skills
Interpersonal Skills are essential in building positive workplace relationships and vital for your career and organizational success. These are the skills we use every day when we communicate and interact with other people, both individually and in groups and include a wide range of skill sets- most importantly being communication skills such as listening, effective speaking, and the ability to control and manage your emotions.Relationships can affect the satisfaction on the job, as well as one's ability to advance and gain recognition for the achievements. We all work with others in our daily working life to produce the products and services that we provide to our customers. It is therefore important to maintain happy relationships with all those people we work with to ensure that our work gets done efficiently, and they receive the right type of service required. And for this, healthy relationships require a level of interpersonal interaction, trust, and rapport that is also required to sustain relationships in our personal lives. From that standpoint, we use the same competencies and skill sets for building healthy relationships in all facets of our lives.It is no exaggeration to say that interpersonal skills are the foundation for success in life. People with strong interpersonal skills tend to be able to work well with other people, including in teams or groups, formally and informally. They communicate effectively with others, whether family, friends, colleagues, customers or clients, maintaining better relationships at home and at work. Therefore building effective workplace relationships is an extremely important skill for every employee. The strength of our relationship building skills can also affect our ability to negotiate effectively, deliver products and projects, meet deadlines and make progress in our career.This powerful guide will therefore help provide the necessary components of healthy relationships as a way to understanding and leveraging on the relationships you have in your organization.You will be able to: Build and maintain healthy relationships in your work environment.Apply the techniques and skills that promote good and healthy team relations.Effectively get work done through others.Tremendously help you in being a better listener and effectively ask the right questions to steer healthy and productive conversations.Effectively handle conflict and treat each other with mutual respect and goodwill.Increase productivity and work satisfaction.Achieve moral support and assistance with meeting difficult timelines.Develop and manage peer-to-peer relationships and your "social network."Communicate more effectively with staff, superiors, customers and vendors, helping you negotiate effectively.Overall, help Improve in your personal growthVarious strategies are provided as tools for working with and through others. When you build positive relationships, you feel more comfortable with your interactions and less intimidated by others. You feel a closer bond with the people you spend the majority of your time working with. For a lot of people, relationship building isn't natural or easy to do. Most refuse to admit this is a concern, because it is a basic common-sense concept, and they assume they already know how to do it. However, everyone, even the most outgoing engaging personalities, can improve their skills in this critical area. Your ability to create and maintain healthy and productive relationships through interpersonal skills with people at all levels of the organization is an important factor in your ultimate effectiveness as a leaderSo go ahead and build on this important skill!
Retailing in Action
"I found these books to be an easy and concise step-by-step road map to operating a more profitable salon." -Bob Loffredo, Barrington, former RI Regional Director for Dessange International Hair Salon Chain "If a salon owner is looking for help, these books offer the necessary tools; for salon owners who are looking to make more money, these books will be their guide. The books are very informative and contain excellent information all around; they are much needed in the industry." -Susan Pugh, Account Executive for Masiello's Beauty Distributorship "I absolutely recommend these books to anyone who is looking to build their career and become a success in the beauty industry...Whether you are fresh out of school or a seasoned stylist, this is the learning tool for you." -Melody Goodhue, Booth Renter in Boston, MA
Be: A No-Bullsh*t Guide to Increasing Your Self Worth and Net Worth by Simply Being Yourself
Build your confidence, increase your value, and make a lasting impact--a brand authenticity expert shares her most powerful secrets. Everyone in marketing is talking "authenticity." Which means making a personal or professional brand should be simpler than ever, right? What could be easier than "being yourself"? Simple? Sure. But easy? Not so much. Why? Because authenticity is unfiltered, unapologetic, and honest. Authenticity owns its imperfections and takes responsibility for mistakes. It shows up on the good and bad days. In short, authenticity feels scary. No wonder we try to brand ourselves as someone else we think will be more appealing than our real selves. Jessica Zweig founded the SimplyBe. agency to revolutionize an authenticity-first approach to branding. With Be: A No-Bullsh*t Guide to Increasing Your Self Worth and Net Worth by Simply Being Yourself, she shares her most powerful secrets for building authenticity, service, and real connection into your winning brand. "I'm opening up the freakin' vault to SimplyBe.'s best-in-class, trademarked methodologies, tools, and frameworks for clearing away everything that's keeping the real you from shining through," she says, including: - Branding Reinvented--Forget the hacks and tricks, it's time to learn what personal branding is really about.- Embracing Your Sh*t--All that stuff you think you need to hide? That's actually your most important resource!- Your Vibe Attracts Your Tribe--Learn to magnetize the people who most want to support you (and they're out there).- Your Personal Brand Hologram(R)--SimplyBe.'s universal framework can crystallize your utterly unique brand platform.- The Supernova(TM)--Create winning content with the secret sauce of consistency and clarity.- The Pinnacle Content Framework(TM)--Take the stress out of strategy and find the most direct, effective path toward your goals.- Getting Social Media Right--Stop chasing trends and learn the 10 sustainable, evergreen principles for online connection.- Living Your Brand--Take your authentic personal brand where it matters most: offline and into your relationships, your workplace, and the way you show up in the world. "We are living at an inflection point," says Jessica Zweig. "For any brand--business or personal--the game is no longer about eyeballs, but engagement. No longer about impressions, but impact. Content is no longer king, clarity is. Your best strategy? Service and generosity. Your best solution? Authenticity." Here is a powerful guide for connecting with others, changing lives, and moving the world forward as only you can.
Islamic Economic Institutions in Indonesia: Are They Successful in Achieving the Maqasad-Al-Shari'ah
Islamic institutions have had a very long history, whose performance was muted during the Colonial Period. However, after the Second World War, the revival of the Islamic institutions began. Throughout its history, it had been assumed that these institutions are working for the betterment of humanity. Their target is to achieve a high level of the welfare for the concerned community. Historically these institutions were waqf, zakat and sadaqat. However from the last three decades, Islamic financial institutions have been established with the objective of providing interest- free products, transaction and services for Muslims. However there has been lot of criticism on the performance and role of these institutions. This becomes especially pertinent in a Muslim country like Indonesia, where there is a dire need to know that how these institutions are working and if it is possible for them to achieve the objectives of the Shari'ah. Some scholars have claimed that these institutions are performative and only serving 'lip service', and there are no significant differences between the Islamic and secular institutions where both kinds of institutions operate on the same foundations and differ only in use of technical terminologies. This volume aims to analyze some of the Islamic institutions which are operating in the world's biggest Muslim country, Indonesia, as a case study and analyze the contemporary Islamic Banking products and practices in the light of 'Maqasad al-Shari'ah'. The book's objective is to propose an improved system of Islamic institutions for Muslims to refer to. This volume will also analyze why these institutions are currently not able to comply with the Maqasad al Shari'ah and how it is possible to enhance the level of economic development, social wellbeing, individual freedom and equality, elimination of injustice and poverty, and achieve the other targets of the Maqasad through these institutions.
Make Your Dreams A Reality
January 2023 - December 2023 chic day planner with 12 months of monthly and weekly pages for easy year-round planning; Full 2024 planner page included. Monthly view pages contain previous and next month reference calendars for long-term planning, and a notes section for important projects; Major holidays listed, elapsed and remaining days noted Weekly view pages offer ample lined writing space for more detailed planning, allowing you to keep track of your appointments, reminders, ideas and to-do lists every day of the week Basic to Intermediate Saving Challenges for every month of the year Self- Care Activities to help soothe the steam of the previous month. Yearly calendar planner includes a convenient list of holidays, reference calendar and extra notes pages to accommodate your scheduling needs Printed on high quality white paper for clean writing space, with premium quality covers in rich pink colors and durable
Business Analytics
This book focuses on three core knowledge requirements for effective and thorough data analysis for solving business problems. These are a foundational understanding of: 1. statistical, econometric, and machine learning techniques; 2. data handling capabilities; 3. at least one programming language. Practical in orientation, the volume offers illustrative case studies throughout and examples using Python in the context of Jupyter notebooks. Covered topics include demand measurement and forecasting, predictive modeling, pricing analytics, customer satisfaction assessment, market and advertising research, and new product development and research. This volume will be useful to business data analysts, data scientists, and market research professionals, as well as aspiring practitioners in business data analytics. It can also be used in colleges and universities offering courses and certifications in business data analytics, data science, and market research.
Polished
Professional Pearls of Wisdom to Project Power and PoiseBuilding relationship capital is the most important ingredient to career success. When one is keenly aware of how their behavior and words impact others, and in turn, how to make others comfortable, a lifetime of dividends get paid in the form of leadership opportunities and enhanced relatability and credibility. Modern business etiquette opens the door to a world where employees are empowered to be the finest ambassador of themselves and their employer that they can be. Through the fresh lens of modern business etiquette, this book offers a dynamic learning journey of strategies, tools, and real-life applications where readers smartly position themselves for advancement by becoming the very best they can be.
Journal of International Doctoral research (JIDR), Volume 8, Number 1, 2021
The JIDR is devoted to a wide range of research themes, which are all linked to the concepts of organizations and management both implicitly and explicitly. The very history of management scholarship is rooted in the world of work and also with concern for employees well-being, as workers are not simply units of capital production, but also human beings. Our special call for this edition has been for new research within sustainability issues, in light of the UNs call for sustainability goals as a critical focus for sustainable management. Consequently, in this issue we present a number of new studies, which use a management lens to look at some fundamental questions societies face today: questions relating to follower-leader sustainability values across cultures, sustainable project management in Icelandic fisheries, geoeconomics prognosis in China-Central-Asia, gender equality and pay gaps, education management and well-being, ethics and white-collar crimes, economic issues in Indian banking and lastly consumer dynamics in retail. The discussions in these articles highlight several recurring and yet under-researched issues in these fields.
Living a Championship Life
What do all championship athletes and teams have in common with the world's most successful people? They all have a game plan for the ultimate victory! Whatever you want to achieve is entirely possible, and all it takes is having a strategic game plan, and maintaining your focus - just like the pros. In Living a Championship Life, Dr. Rick Goodman provides you with just that plan. It includes practical, real-life insights, and easy-to-implement action steps that will dramatically free up your time, increase your wealth, and help you solidify your most important relationships. Features practical information on how to: Design a winning game plan for successTransform your fears into victoryMaster your communication in any situationCreate life balance and magic moments in all areas of your life"For a few people, success happens by accident. For those of us who don't want to depend on accident, this book will show you how to be intentionally successful and help you create a game plan that will lead you to victory!" -Shep Hyken, CSP
Business Hints for Men and Women
Business Hints for Men and Women gives basic laws and rules for good business. It is a brief overview of all aspects of business. Sections included are: Common sense farming, Documents you should know, Taxes, Wills, Deeds and Mortgages, Letter writing, Bills receipts and accounts, Banks, Notes and Drafts, Railroads, Contracts leases guarantees, insurance and others. Although dated this book is an excellent basic business book. The information is given is an easy to read and understand fashion.
Brand Identity Workbook
Supercharge your brand by seamlessly identifying and developing your own unique brand identity. What's Included↴ - Style Guide - Typography - Color Palette - Business Logo - SWOT Analysis - Business Basics - Business Values - Target Audience - About the Author - Brand Personality - Competitor Research - Business Elements & Images
The Ultimate Business Goals Planner
Are you ready to plan your most epic year and reach all of your business goals in 2023? Are you ready to seamlessly develop business goals, track your annual, monthly, and daily progress, and finally focus in on your habits and perfecting your craft? If so, this is the planner is for you! This all-inclusive planner provides you with the resources your need to map out your business goals and tackle them like a pro. Here is what you get↴ ✔ Business Basics ✔ Business Branding ✔ Annual Calendar ✔ Goals Brainstorming ✔ Annual Goals ✔ Monthly Calendar ✔ Monthly Goals ✔ Monthly Tracker ✔ Monthly Overview ✔ Weekly Plan ✔ Daily Plan ✔ Client Information ✔ Supplier's List ✔ Contacts List ✔ Time Log ✔ To-Do List ✔ Stop List ✔ Key Dates ✔ Progress Tracker ✔ Product & Service Worksheets ✔ Tax Deduction Cheatsheet
The Heart of Networking
In practical, straightforward, real-world language, this new edition of The Heart of Networking, digs deeper into the principles of the first two editions to reveal more insider knowledge and secrets of building your own business network. In this newest book, Steele shares painful personal stories of great loss in his family and how that affected his life both professionally and personally.The Heart of Networking, Third Edition is a blueprint for business life, and while it requires a lifetime commitment to an ethic of service and excellence, the networking system offered here also pays immediate dividends. In twelve concise and candid chapters, The Heart of Networking presents Ricky Steele's own remarkable story and tells you step by step--How to get your reality ready for you.How to make those first all-important networking connectionsHow to create a savvy networking strategy and deploy effective networking tacticsHow to overcome resistance in othersHow to invest in networkingHow to use the right social media networking tools effectivelyHow to combine the power of social media with in-person networkingHow to make the most of networking eventsHow to take ownership of your networking contactsHow to reach the people with the power to do business with you
The Entry-Level CEO
THE WORLD IS SHRINKING AND THE LABOR FORCE IS GOING GLOBAL. Layoffs. Mergers. Buyouts. Outsourcing. Shut-downs as businesses and factories move across the globe. This is a very real risk to salaried employment in the new millennium... - Dream of launching your own profitable business but anxious about the statistics on small-business failure?- Concerned that your lack of business experience will hobble your efforts?- Not afraid to work, but not interested in 12+ hours a day for years?- Think you're too honest for the "success-at-any-price" business world? Enter The Entry-Level CEO, by Mark Ashe-author, business owner and quality-of-life evangelist. Ashe offers up a proven, step-by-step primer on building a profitable, income-producing business that puts control of your professional and personal life back in your hands. Not to mention providing you and your family with a level of freedom, flexibility and quality of life most can only dream of. Ashe shows that successfully building a profitable business entails doing a few simple things over and over again, while avoiding common business-killing mistakes (surprisingly easy to do, in fact!). Along the way, you'll learn: - How to develop the proper mindset to build a profitable business- Strategies for increasing your income (even while working full-time)- The 10 keys to running a smooth, nearly "frictionless" business- Which experts to listen to (and pay), and which to ignore, and much more Creating a reliable income stream of your own is more "doable" than you might have thought, and The Entry-Level CEO shows you how. Use its "honed-by-experience" wisdom and guidance to kick-start your dreams, while ensuring that your working life and personal life are both fulfilling and rewarding-on all levels!
The Entry-Level CEO
THE WORLD IS SHRINKING AND THE LABOR FORCE IS GOING GLOBAL. Layoffs. Mergers. Buyouts. Outsourcing. Shut-downs as businesses and factories move across the globe. This is a very real risk to salaried employment in the new millennium... - Dream of launching your own profitable business but anxious about the statistics on small-business failure?- Concerned that your lack of business experience will hobble your efforts?- Not afraid to work, but not interested in 12+ hours a day for years?- Think you're too honest for the "success-at-any-price" business world? Enter The Entry-Level CEO, by Mark Ashe-author, business owner and quality-of-life evangelist. Ashe offers up a proven, step-by-step primer on building a profitable, income-producing business that puts control of your professional and personal life back in your hands. Not to mention providing you and your family with a level of freedom, flexibility and quality of life most can only dream of. Ashe shows that successfully building a profitable business entails doing a few simple things over and over again, while avoiding common business-killing mistakes (surprisingly easy to do, in fact!). Along the way, you'll learn: - How to develop the proper mindset to build a profitable business- Strategies for increasing your income (even while working full-time)- The 10 keys to running a smooth, nearly "frictionless" business- Which experts to listen to (and pay), and which to ignore, and much more Creating a reliable income stream of your own is more "doable" than you might have thought, and The Entry-Level CEO shows you how. Use its "honed-by-experience" wisdom and guidance to kick-start your dreams, while ensuring that your working life and personal life are both fulfilling and rewarding-on all levels!
Alice in Wonderland
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Stenography In Two Weeks
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The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, According to the use of the Church of England. Together With the Psalms of David. Printed in Phonography
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My Religion
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Shorthand Without a Teacher; a Complete Course at Home;
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Graded Readings in Gregg Shorthand
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Offshore Financial Centres and the Law
This book considers the ability of small jurisdictions with financial centres to meet the expectations of the international community in addressing the threats posed to themselves and others by their innocent, or otherwise, facilitation of the receipt of suspect wealth.
Islamic Financial Contracts
This is the first comprehensive book to demystify Islamic Contract Law and specifically Islamic Financial Contracts, and to examine its roots and history. It will be useful for scholars and students of Islamic business and finance and Islamic commercial law and will also be beneficial for practitioners and legal and judicial officers.
International Corporate Personhood
This book tracks the phenomenon of international corporate personhood (ICP) in international law and explores many legal issues raised in its wake. It sketches a theory of the ICP and encourages engagement with its amorphous legal nature through reimagination of international law beyond the State, in service to humanity.The book offers two primary contributions, one descriptive and one normative. The descriptive section of the book sketches a history of the emergence of the ICP and discusses existing analogical approaches to theorizing the corporation in international law. It then turns to an analysis of the primary judicial decisions and international legal instruments that animate internationally a concept that began in U.S. domestic law. The descriptive section concludes with a list of twenty-two judge-made and text-made rights and privileges presently available to the ICP that are not available to other international legal personalities; these are later categorized into 'active' and 'passive' rights. The normative section of the book begins the shift from what is to what ought to be by sketching a theory of the ICP that - unlike existing attempts to place the corporation in international legal theory - does not rely on analogical reasoning. Rather, it adopts the Jessupian emphasis on 'human problems' and encourages pragmatic, solution-oriented legal analysis and interpretation, especially in arbitral tribunals and international courts where legal reasoning is frequently borrowed from domestic law and international treaty regimes. It suggests that ICPs should have 'passive' or procedural rights that cater to problems that can be characterized as 'universal' but that international law should avoid universalizing 'active' or substantive rights which ICPs can shape through agency. The book concludes by identifying new trajectories in law relevant to the future and evolution of the ICP.This book will be most useful to students and practitioners of international law but provides riveting material for anyone interested in understanding the phenomenon of international corporate personhood or the international law surrounding corporations more generally.
Intellectual Property in Russia
This book argues that intellectual property is a complex phenomenon, which inevitably requires a combination of both economic and legal considerations and will find an audience among researchers concerned with the economics and law of intellectual property.
FinTech, Artificial Intelligence and the Law
This collection critically explores the use of financial technology (FinTech) and artificial intelligence (AI) in the financial sector and discusses effective regulation and the prevention of crime.
The Co-Creative University
Intended as a contribution to a better understanding of how universities create value in numerous areas, this book discusses the determinants of creativity and ways of stimulating it with a special focus on approaches and practical solutions relevant to teaching.
Children, Human Rights and Temporary Labour Migration
This book focuses on the neglected yet critical issue of how the global migration of millions of parents as low-waged migrant workers impacts the rights of their children under international human rights law. The work provides a systematic analysis and critique of how the restrictive features of policies governing temporary labour migration interfere with provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child that protect the child-parent relationship and parental role in children's lives. Combining social and legal research, it identifies both potential harms to children's well-being caused by prolonged child-parent separation and State duties to protect this relationship, which is deliberately disrupted by temporary labour migration policies. The book boldly argues that States benefitting from the labour of migrant workers share responsibility under international human rights law to mitigate harms to the children of these workers, including by supporting effective measures to maintain transnational child-parent relationships. It identifies measures to incorporate children's best interests into temporary labour migration policies, offering ways to reduce interferences with children's family rights. This book fills a gap that emerges at the intersection of child rights studies, migration research and existing literature on the purported nexus between labour migration and international development. It will be a valuable resource for academics, researchers and policymakers working in these areas.The Open Access version of this book, available at http: //www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781003028000, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license
My Religion
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Catechism of Shorthand
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My Religion
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Performance impact of female representation on boards and the top management
Seminar paper from the year 2022 in the subject Business economics - Business Ethics, Corporate Ethics, grade: 1,3, Catholic University Eichst瓣tt-Ingolstadt, course: Seminar Unternehmensethik, Corporate Governance, Controlling, language: English, abstract: Due to the under-representation of female directors within the top management and boards of organizations, many countries have introduced laws to challenge this development and encourage female representation in the highest echelons, for instance through the introduction of a female quota. While Norway (2003) and Spain (2007) have been the first countries that introduced such a quota, many other nations have followed. This development leads to the question whether female representation on boards and in the top management has an impact on company performance.
Leading a Business School
Business schools are critical players in higher education, educating current and future leaders to make a difference in the world. Yet we know surprisingly little about the leaders of business schools. Leading a Business School demystifies this complex and dynamic role, offering international insights into deans' dilemmas in different contexts and situations. It highlights the importance of deans creating challenging and supportive learning cultures to enhance business and management education, organizations and society more broadly. Written by renowned experts on the role of the dean, Julie Davies, Howard Thomas, Eric Cornuel and Rolf D. Cremer, the book traces the historical evolution of the business school deanship, the current challenges and future sources of disruption. The leadership characteristics and styles of business school deans are presented based on an examination of different dimensions of their roles. These include issues of strategic positioning, such as financial viability, prestige, size, mission, age, location and programme portfolios, as well as the influences of rankings, sector accreditations, governance structures, networks and national policies on strategy implementation. Drawing on international case studies and deans' development programmes globally, the authors explore constraints on deans' autonomy, university and external relations, and how business school deans add value over the period of their tenures. This candid and well-researched book is essential reading for aspiring business school leaders, those hiring and working with deans, and other higher education leaders. The Open Access version of this book, available at http: //www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license. Funded by EFMD Global.
Catechism of Shorthand
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Formulating Solutions
Every great product has a creation story. Ever wondered about the story behind Tide Pods? What company came up with the film that holds the detergent and then dissolves? How did that simple innovation lead to a huge global success? And what does it take to scale a fast-moving and disruptive company?In Formulating Solutions, P. Scott Bening shares his journey from chemist to entrepreneur and teaches readers the key lessons he's learned throughout his career. As the primary designer of the global strategies and relationships that enabled this story of successful innovation, Scott developed and positioned his organization for over three decades to thrive in an emerging market space. Now he's teaching others to do the same.Follow Scott's story and learn how to create beneficial business relationships, scale your company to an enterprise, protect your intellectual property, navigate global growth, and much more. Start cultivating innovation and formulating solutions today.
English and Shorthand Dictionary, Based on the Original Work of Sir Isaac Pitman, With Lists of Proper Names, Grammalogues and Contractions, and an Analytical Introduction on the Formation of Shorthan
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Lessons in Graphic Shorthand (Gabelsberger) Prepared for the American Public
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The Positive Impact Mindset
We are facing a new and urgent challenge when collaborating across organizations and with broader stakeholder groups: how to overcome polarization. This book is ideal for use by facilitators, educators, business and political leaders, and consultants, who are seeking solutions to achieve sustainable change and a positive impact on the world.
Digital Transformation in Islamic Finance
The book assesses various fintech business models and how they could be a threat or an opportunity. It also examines whether fintech provides Islamic financial institutions an edge to serve clients following the Shariah norms and how the adoption of fintech in the Islamic mode is required for meeting the maqasid Al Shariah.
