“…An original and counterintuitive interpretation of the forces driving inequality and stagnation, The Captured Economy is a "must-listen" for anyone concerned about America's mounting economic problems and the social tensions they are sparking…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- CIO Security Best Practices -- Things I've Done in My Career to Prepare -- Recommendations and Predictions -- Notes -- Part III IT Governance to Performance Management -- Chapter 6 IT Governance: Keep It Simple -- IT Governance Defined and Purpose -- IT Governance - Frameworks and Methodologies -- IT Governance Myths -- Best-Practice IT Governance Today -- Things I've Done in My Career to Prepare -- Recommendations and Predictions -- Notes -- Chapter 7 Key Performance Indicators for the New Normal -- KPI Defined -- Common KPIs Pre-Covid-19 -- Updated KPIs Influenced by the Pandemic -- Things I've Done in My Career to Prepare -- Recommendations and Predictions -- Notes -- Chapter 8 Updated Research and CIO Priorities -- Updated Research -- Reflections on the Global Pandemic -- CIO Priorities Going Forward -- Recommendations and Predictions -- Notes -- Index -- EULA…”

“…It is less well known that slavery has also produced cultural contact zones in forcing members of different cultures into sharing the same places - whether in private households, on plantations, in mines and quarries, or indeed the same imaginative sites in works of art and public memory. …”

“…By using Lacan to read key figures in political philosophy, the book demonstrates why democratic theory -- representative or radical - is not only ineffective when it comes to the best form of political cohabitation, but also productive of destructive and self-defeating forces. The book begins with the debate between Hobbesian and Lockeian notions of subjectivity to argue that the nature of political subjectivity is a function of the problem of desire. …”

“…The forty chapters cover a wide range of topics that represent the many research interests of a pioneer, Dan Isaac Slobin, who has been a major intellectual and creative force in the field of child language development, linguistics, and psycholinguistics for the past four decades. …”

“…Cette qualité était incarnée par des individus, mais elle était aussi reconnue à des institutions (Sénat). …”

“…Le développement de rites mortuaires complexes dans l’histoire de l’Homme a résulté dans un rôle croissant joué par les pratiques funéraires utilisées comme moyen de resserrer les liens à l’intérieur d’une même communauté. …”

“…Tantôt critique, tantôt admiratif, et bien souvent ironique, cette publication se fait porte-parole d’une société pour qui le rapport à l’Europe, plus que synonyme de modernité, constitue le principal argument d’un rapport de force avec le pouvoir central et México. …”

“…Various actors used the law in different ways to take part in this discourse on ‘civilisation’. The aim of this book is to lay down a new narrative on the history of the protection of world cultural heritage. …”

“…Or, la police revêt de multiples visages et les activités policières sont assurées par un ensemble très ramifié d'agences qui ne travaillent pas nécessairement en partenariat. …”

“…TCP/IP is a large and evolving collection of communication protocols managed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), an open, volunteer organization. Because of its openness, the TCP/IP protocol suite has become the foundation for the set of technologies that form the basis of the Internet. …”

“…As the author himself explains: Language is a way to understand each other but it is also reductive in the ways that it is abstracted and non-sensuous, and open writing as movement tends to be ignored as autistics are forced into neurotypical ways of seeing, and the thinking around artistic practices feels of a pace that intensifies the use of forms forming, and similarities with open processes are languaging the way of water, making language about artful relations with the more than human. …”

“…Readers will also benefit from: -Major revisions to more than a third of the chapters, including an expanded discussion of the role of artificial intelligence and machine learning analytics tools to assist in the evaluation of new pricing opportunities -Discussion of many of the new pricing and revenue-recognition models such as consumption-based pricing, outcomes-based pricing, and others -An expanded discussion on "Special Topics in Pricing" that cover many of the transformative pricing moves successful companies have made in the past few years in response to major disruptive forces such as the pandemic as well as re-emergent inflation -In-chapter textboxes and call-0ut to highlight different "pricing concepts in action" using actual examples of companies addressing market challenges. …”

“…The extreme flooding and drought problems, crop yield problems, and habitat changes brought about by climate change have seriously threatened the ecosystem and human survival, forcing people to rethink environmental management policies and limits on economic development. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…List of Abbreviations and Acronyms -- SSR Papers -- About the Authors -- Declaration -- Acknowledgements -- Executive Summary -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Aim and research methodology -- Conceptual demarcation: SSG and the SDGs -- The Sustainable Development Goals Security Sector Governance -- Locating the role of parliaments -- Parliaments, democracy and ensuring accountability -- Linking parliaments, SSG and SDG16 -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2: Parliaments and SSG-Contributing to Stability for Sustainable -- Development -- Introduction -- Military contributions to SDG16 -- Parliaments' role in enhancing military contributions to SDG16 Police contributions to SDG16 -- Parliaments' role in enhancing police contributions to SDG16 -- Private security contributions to SDG16 -- Parliaments' role in enhancing private security contributions to SDG16 -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3: Parliaments and Security Sector Governance-Contributing to Just and Peaceful Societies -- Introduction -- Security sector transparency -- How do parliaments ensure security sector transparency? …”

“…The strengthening of social ties and the resulting ecological awareness are the driving force behind new projects for territories to be co-constructed based on a "shared experience" and a rethought governance. …”

“…Based on the author's sought-after strategy course, this book is your must-have guide for making better strategic decisions.-- Proporcionat per l'editor…”

“…This approach focuses on material stage technologies, situating these objects equally in relation to their technical potential, their human use, and the social, political, economic, and cultural forces that influence them. In each of its case studies, Revolutionary Stagecraft reveals the complex and at times surprising ways in which Chinese theater artists and technicians of the 20th century envisioned and enacted their own revolutions through the materiality of the theater apparatus…”

“…Norwegian studies imply that between 7 and 15 per cent of inpatients develop pressure ulcers. …”

“…Consumers have been increasingly involved in the innovation process in the last few decades, a major driving force of business success. This involvement is critically important for innovation, particularly in product development. …”