“… · Focus on merchandising and service sectors (versus traditional manufacturing settings)highlight the shifts in the US and world economies, including: · Several Concepts in Action boxes focus on the merchandising and service sectors, including achieving cost leadership at Trader Joes, using activity-based costing to reduce the costs of health care delivery at the Mayo Clinic (Chapter 5), reducing fixed costs at Twitter (Chapter 2), and analyzing operating income performance at Best Buy (Chapter 12) and web-based budgeting at 24 Hour Fitness…”

“…Differential equations play a noticeable role in engineering, physics, economics, and other disciplines. They permit us to model changing forms in both mathematical and physical problems. …”

“…In this book, drawing upon over a decade of research in multiple locations -- including China, German, India, Israel, Kenya, South Africa, UK and US -- Professor Shameen Prashantham provides guidance on how corporations and startups can build mutual beneficial partnerships. …”

“…"The U.S. is divided and dealing with civil unrest. Now, more than ever, the world wants to know what inclusive, empathic leadership looks like. …”

“…They offer a reminder too, as Benedict Kingsbury tells us, of the wisdom of others, of the Maori insight about our propensity to walk backwards into the future with our eyes on the past"--…”

“…Daynes, Sussman, and West help us understand the role of politics in the policy making process and why institutional players such as the president, Congress, and interest groups succeed or fail in responding to important environmental challenges…”

“…In other words, this collection examines the broad sweep of US environmental history from the perspective of our most famous and influential environmental figures."…”

“…For this reason, it has seemed relevant to us to signify this commemoration by addressing a theme that has its roots in the field of studies mentioned. …”

“…"The modern US Army as we know it was largely created in the years between the two world wars. …”

“…Screen Space Reconfigured is the first edited volume that critically and theoretically examines the many novel renderings of space brought to us by 21st century screens. Exploring key cases such as post-perspectival space, 3D, vertical framing, haptics, and layering, this volume takes stock of emerging forms of screen space and spatialities as they move from the margins to the centre of contemporary media practice. …”

“…Currently, substantial efforts are being made to better understand NAFLD, especially, because there is no U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved pharmacological therapy. …”

“…What only a few decades ago would have been considered a totalitarian nightmare seems to have become reality: Surveillance practices and technologies have infiltrated all aspects of our lives, forcing us to reconsider established notions of privacy, subjectivity, and the status of the individual in society. …”

“…Every year, up to US$45 billion are transferred from public budgets to manufacturing industry through support programmes in OECD countries. …”

“…GWB-Novelle, im europäischen Recht unter Einbeziehung der Schadensersatzrichtlinie und der Transparenzverordnung sowie für Aspekte des US-amerikanischen Rechts. Dabei wird erörtert, ob die Regelungen der Schadensersatzrichtlinie und der 9. …”

“…Taking the Netherlands as an example, this book helps to understand the complex policy process at the national level and why it so often appears irrational to us. It is the most sophisticated analysis of tobacco control policy to date, applying insights from political sciences to the field of tobacco control. …”

“…My thanks to those who have accepted this challenge, in the sincere hope that it may enrich us – even just a little and by slow degrees – with an enhanced capacity to address the daily issue of the complexity of the sick…”

“…Ett av kapitlene benytter teoretiske modeller for å evaluere FoUs effekt på samfunnet. Et annet ser på samspillet mellom industri, styresmakter og akademia (Trippel heliks-metaforen) og veien fra metafor til matematisk modell. …”

“…Everyone is a project manager-projects are what all of us do day in and day out. Skillful project management is fundamental to survival in today's warp-speed world. …”