Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Meaning, Scope and Significance of Urban Local Government -- Characteristics of Local Government -- Distinction Between Local Government and Local Self-government -- Nature and Scope of Urban Local Government -- Urbanization and Urban Problems -- Structure of Urban Governments -- Municipal Legislation -- Municipal Personnel Management -- Municipal Finance Administration -- State Control over Urban Governments -- Special Purpose Agencies -- Urban (Town) Planning -- Ministry of Urban Development and its Attached and Subordinate Offices -- Reports of Commissions and Committees -- Seminars and Conferences -- Municipal Reforms -- Municipal Bureaucracy -- Associations and Unions of Municipal Employees -- Role of Political Parties -- Research and Evaluation -- Comparative Urban Local Government -- Significance of Local Government -- Instrument of Political and Popular Education -- School of Democracy -- Training Ground for Emerging Leaders -- Solution of Local Problems in Effective Manner -- Provision of Civic Amenities -- Economical Management of Local Services -- Reduction in the Burden of Central Government -- Efficient and Effective Management of Local Affairs -- Channel of Communication Between the State Government and the Community -- Check Against Bureaucracy -- Mitigation of the Evils of Party System -- Conclusion -- Notes and References -- Chapter 2: Urbanization: Indian Scenario -- Urbanization: A Global Phenomenon -- Definition of Urban Area -- Urban Agglomeration -- Salient Features of Urbanization in India -- Factors Contributing to Urbanization -- Migration from Rural to Urban Areas -- Natural Increase in Population -- Reclassification of Urban Areas -- Other Factors Promoting Urbanization -- Problems and Challenges of Urbanization…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- 7.2 Creating your own file formats for data storage -- 7.2.1 Writing data to disk with serde and the bincode format -- 7.3 Implementing a hexdump clone -- 7.4 File operations in Rust -- 7.4.1 Opening a file in Rust and controlling its file mode -- 7.4.2 Interacting with the filesystem in a type-safe manner with std::fs::Path -- 7.5 Implementing a key-value store with a log-structured, append-only storage architecture -- 7.5.1 The key-value model -- 7.5.2 Introducing actionkv v1: An in-memory key-value store with a command-line interface -- 7.6 Actionkv v1: The front-end code -- 7.6.1 Tailoring what is compiled with conditional compilation -- 7.7 Understanding the core of actionkv: The libactionkv crate -- 7.7.1 Initializing the ActionKV struct -- 7.7.2 Processing an individual record -- 7.7.3 Writing multi-byte binary data to disk in a guaranteed byte order -- 7.7.4 Validating I/O errors with checksums -- 7.7.5 Inserting a new key-value pair into an existing database -- 7.7.6 The full code listing for actionkv -- 7.7.7 Working with keys and values with HashMap and BTreeMap -- 7.7.8 Creating a HashMap and populating it with values -- 7.7.9 Retrieving values from HashMap and BTreeMap -- 7.7.10 How to decide between HashMap and BTreeMap -- 7.7.11 Adding a database index to actionkv v2.0 -- Summary -- 8 Networking -- 8.1 All of networking in seven paragraphs -- 8.2 Generating an HTTP GET request with reqwest -- 8.3 Trait objects -- 8.3.1 What do trait objects enable? …”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Endnotes -- Unit II: Global Business Environment -- Chapter 3: Economic Environment -- Introduction -- Economic Systems -- Free Market Economy -- Command Economy -- Mixed Economy -- Transition Economy -- Asian Capitalism -- Japan -- East Asian Countries -- China -- Economic Indicators -- Income Level and Distribution -- Economic Growth: GDP -- International Business in Action: Daimler Expands in India -- Alternatives to GDP -- Inflation -- Infrastructure -- Region Focus: the Making of a Global Giant -- Population -- Economic Stability -- Industry Focus: Internationalization of Argentina's Manufacturing Sector -- Closing Case: Index of Economic Freedom -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- Mini Projects -- Endnotes -- Chapter 4: Political and Legal Environment -- Introduction -- Political Environment -- Political Ideologies and Systems -- Political Risk -- International Business in Action: Google in China -- Legal Environment -- Legal Systems -- Legal Jurisdiction -- Region Focus: Industrial Carnage in Bhopal -- Ethics in International Business -- Human Rights -- Industry Focus: Articulating Corporate Values -- Environmental Issues -- Corruption and Bribery -- Closing Case: Ethical Survival of TNCs -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- Mini Projects -- Endnotes -- Chapter 5: Cultural Environment -- Introduction -- Culture and its Relevance for International Business -- Cultural Environment -- Elements of Culture -- Language -- Non-verbal Communication -- Religion -- Values and Attitudes -- International Business in Action: Islamic Banking -- Customs and Manners -- Aesthetics -- Industry Focus: Emergence of the Creative Industry -- Cultural Dimensions in International Business -- Hofstede's Dimensions of Culture -- Schwartz's Classification -- Trompenaars' and Hampden-Turner's Classification…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- About the Author -- A01_INTE1689_FM -- Chapter 1_FUNDAMENTALS OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS -- INTRODUCTION -- ELEMENTS OF GLOBALIZATION -- Economic Globalization -- Cultural Globalization -- Political Globalization -- INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS -- GROWTH OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS -- Economic Forces -- Political Forces -- Technological Forces -- INTERNATIONAL VERSUS DOMESTIC BUSINESS -- MOTIVES FOR FIRM INTERNATIONALIZATION -- MODES OF ENTRY -- Trade-related Entry Modes -- Contractual Entry Modes -- Investment-related Entry Modes -- EMERGING TRENDS IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS -- FDI Moves in Search of Energy -- Pharmaceutical FDI Moves in Response to the 'Patent Cliff' -- Mega-regional Agreements -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- Chapter 2 POLITICAL ECONOMY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS -- INTRODUCTION -- ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT -- Economic Systems -- Economic Indicators -- Economic Growth -- Economic Development -- POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT -- Political Ideologies and Systems -- Political Risk -- INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS NEGOTIATION -- Objectives of International Business Negotiation -- Bargaining Power of the TNC -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- Chapter 3 THE INTERNATIONAL CULTURALAND LEGAL ENVIRONMENT -- INTRODUCTION -- ELEMENTS OF CULTURE -- Language -- Non-verbal Communication -- Religion -- Values and Attitudes -- Customs and Manners -- Aesthetics -- LEGAL ENVIRONMENT -- Global Legal Systems -- Legal Jurisdiction -- ETHICS IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS -- KEY Terms -- Discussion Questions -- Chapter 4_INTERNATIONAL TRADE THEORIES -- Introduction -- International Trade Theories -- Mercantilist Doctrine -- Classical Approach -- Factor Proportions Theory -- Leontief Paradox -- Linder's Income-preference Similarity Theory -- Product Life-cycle Theory -- The New Trade Theory…”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Exploring What's Available -- Conference calling -- Video conferencing -- Online conferencing -- Other cool stuff -- Audience response systems -- Electronic whiteboards -- Laser pointers -- Projectors -- Selecting the Right Meeting Alternative -- Chapter 15 This Phone's for You: Conference Calling -- Exploring Service Options -- Dial-in -- Dial-out -- Operator-assisted -- Lecture/broadcast -- Question-and-answer -- Subconferencing -- Polling -- Secured line -- Recording/rebroadcast -- Tips for a Successful Conference Call -- Preparing for the call -- Running the meeting -- Soliciting feedback -- Minding Your Manners: Conference Calling Etiquette -- Chapter 16 Holding Meetings Online -- The Pros and Cons of Meeting Online -- Considering the positives -- Weighing the negatives -- Determining Your Needs -- Choosing the Right Format…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Policy coordination across institutions and tiers of government -- High-level government councils are generally proactive about bringing together different line Ministries, but fulfilling their coordinating role remains challenging -- Synergies for implementing the FDI-SME diffusion policy agenda could be strengthened through dedicated national strategies on innovation and SME policy -- Policy coordination among implementing agencies is not frequent and takes place either informally or in a centralised manner through line ministries -- 4.4. Evaluation of policy impact and engagement with stakeholders -- The Slovak Republic has a well-developed framework for undertaking policy evaluations but ministries and implementing agencies should improve their analytical capacities -- The Slovak Republic has a well-established practice of consulting with business and other stakeholders on legislative proposals and national policy frameworks -- References -- 5 The policy mix for FDI-SME diffusion -- 5.1. …”