“…"'The authors make some very critical interventions in this debate and scholars engaged in the environmental pollution haven and race to the bottom debates will need to take the arguments made here seriously, re-evaluating their own preferred theories to respond to the insightful theorizing and empirically rigorous testing that Zeng and Eastin present in the book.' …”

“…That sequence was of both a top-down architecture of credible commitment in a formal peace process and layer upon layer of bottom-up reconciliation. Reconciliation was based on indigenous traditions of peacemaking. …”

“…Afghan national security forces are important to the top-down strategy, but the Afghan government and NATO forces also need to leverage local communities to gain a complementary bottom-up strategy. This analysis discusses the viability of establishing local security forces in Afghanistan and addresses concerns about the wisdom of such policies…”

“…Price increases are the fastest and most effective way for companies to drive both top line and bottom-line improvements. That is, of course, if you retain your customers along the way. …”

“…My job is really fun and the bottom line is I have never enjoyed my job more!” …”

“…In this book, readers will learn: Insights regarding top-down, bottom-up, and side-to-side integration of business practices in support of a company's strategic direction and tactical deployment The critical link between time-phased integrated business planning, master planning, master scheduling, capacity planning, and material planning "How-to" details and examples to support master planning and scheduling implementation and enhancements within the company's demand and supply organizations Master Planning and Scheduling is an indispensable guide for supply chain professionals, planners and schedulers in all functional domains of a business. …”

“…Estimations that allow for heterogeneity across workers reveal that this wage premium is more than twice as high for financial sector workers at the top of the distribution than at the bottom. The labour market in finance displays other symptoms of imperfection, with, for example, male financial sector workers earning a large wage premium over female financial sector workers, again especially at the top…”

“…Growth was not particularly inclusive, benefiting most the middle class and the richest households, and favouring less households in the bottom 20th percentile. Income mobility was also high, and while a majority of households experienced upward income mobility, downward absolute income mobility affected one in five households. …”

“…The levels of non-performing loans and capital adequacy ratios compare poorly in international perspective and may deteriorate further, which could require significant bank recapitalisation. Updated bottom-up (i.e. loan by loan) stress tests are needed to evaluate the extent of the problems, as the situation has deteriorated rapidly since a similar exercise was done for the two main stateowned banks in mid-2012. …”

“…Nevertheless, performance on international tests of cognitive ability remains significantly below the standards of the best performing OECD countries and the education system seems to be particularly poor at ensuring good performance of pupils in the middle to bottom half of the education performance distribution. …”

“…It is promising novel research from top to bottom and has received a lot of interest over the last few decades. …”

“…A shelter is one of the physiological needs according to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, which lies at the bottom of the pyramid. People spend around 90% of their time in shelters, or in today's words: buildings. …”

“…Executives in all industries prize innovation as a key ingredient in market relevance, brand awareness, and bottom-line growth. Too often, though, innovation is relegated to traditional cradles of creativity like R & D and marketing. …”

“…Some simply lag behind in data science. The bottom line is that many enterprises have no advanced technical platform for building IoT-driven AI applications. …”

“…How could it increase your productivity, team culture and bottom line? Better yet, what if you could influence yourself to achieve greater success? …”

“…These lessons affect much more than the bottom line. This report covers big-picture trends we expect to impact the future success of all firms, including: Trust in business is changing: customers seek firms whose values reflect their own. …”

“…This is where the stakes may be highest because the transcendent ideas that come from the patient bedside or laboratory bench don't just translate to a bottom line, they improve and extend human life. Since its inception in 1921, Cleveland Clinic has been at the forefront of life-saving innovations in healthcare, pioneering a new model of care, advancing surgical techniques, and developing cutting-edge medical technologies. …”

“…Written by an experienced process analyst, this how-to guide presents a simple, bottom-line approach to process improvement work. …”

“…Finally, you will analyze your cluster's historical performance, and get to know how to get to the bottom of and recover from system failures. This book will guide you through several monitoring tools, and utilizes real-world cases and dilemmas faced when using ElasticSearch, showing you how to solve them simply, quickly, and cleanly. …”

“…Students will learn how to: • Set measurable project objectives and create a practical plan to achieve them • Control time, cost, and scope • Obtain approval and buy-in from senior management and key stakeholders • Create a work breakdown structure to ensure a solid foundation for project activities • Use network diagramming to control the project schedule • Employ standard estimating techniques, including analogous, parametric, and bottom-up methods • Prepare a project plan using progressive elaboration and the Critical Path Method • Lead the project team and manage relationships effectively and productively across the spectrum of project stakeholders • Identify project risk and manage change • Evaluate and report on project performance Now completely revised and updated, Successful Project Management aligns with the 5thedition of A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide), and covers outsourcing and procurement planning, the role of the Project Management Office, the use of three-point estimating and Monte Carlo simulation, earned value management, and much more. …”