“…Written by an international selection of leading authors from the USA, Europe, Asia and Australia, it provides a balanced, authoritative overview of the field and convenient access to an emerging perspective on corporate brand management"--…”

“…In 2012, Korea announced an emissions-trading scheme -- the first of its kind in Asia -- which will be implemented in 2015. This represents a major step towards achieving its target of a 30% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. …”

“…Réalisé sous la direction de Georges Bohas, Développements récents en linguistique arabe et sémitique a pour projet d'esquisser un état des recherches en cours, dans les domaines de la phonologie, de la morphologie et de la syntaxe. …”

“…The call for papers attracted submissions from Asia, Europe, and the United States. Due to pandemic impact, we gathered 13 submissions in total and accept 6 out of them. …”

“…The call for papers attracted 11 submissions from Asia, Europe, and North America (one was withdrawn before review). …”

“…Amb el seu estil fluid i intens, Jordi Pigem obre vies de sortida a través d’un ample horitzó que abraça des de la neurociència i la psiquiatria fins a la filosofia alemanya i diverses filosofies d’Àsia, passant per la física teòrica i la història de la literatura.Consciència o col·lapse mostra que hi ha dos estils de coneixement bàsics en la ment humana: la ment algorítmica, que ens mena a un món de control, deshumanització i manca de sentit, i la ment holística, que ens obre a un món més ple d’humanitat, de vida i d’encís. …”

“…The Christians of Iraq for the first time were placed at the centre of an empire that extended from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean, from Arabia to Central Asia. In this context, the cultural competences required to administrate and structure such an empire, opened a political space in which East Syrian scholars could gain public legitimacy because of their literary and scientific skills. …”

“…Written in language accessible to students and non-experts, it will be at home in the hands of students and scholars, as well as activists and others interested in gender, sexuality, and feminist theory and activism in Japan and in Asia more broadly…”

“…It sets out the principles on which thoughtware operates, describes its application at every level of work, and illustrates the impact of new thoughtware with real-life examples and case reports.Kirby presents insights gained through decades of successful implementation of new thoughtware practices across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Kirby’s track record is so exceptional that by following the proven concepts discussed in this book, you can expect a 50 percent improvement in performance.The game-changing principles and practices covered in this book, from the shop floor to the corner office, make it a compelling and inspiring must-read…”

“…ISPA 2004…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Organizational Benefits of a Questioning Culture -- Individual Benefits of a Questioning Culture -- Looking Ahead -- Part II Asking Questions Effectively -- Chapter 3 Why We Have Trouble Asking Questions -- Our Desire to Protect Ourselves -- We Are Too Often in a Rush -- Lack of Skills in Asking Questions -- Corporate Cultures Can Discourage Questions -- Confronting Our Discomfort with Questions -- Chapter 4 Asking the Right Questions -- Questions that Empower and Disempower -- Roots of Great Questions -- The Power of Might -- Types of Effective Questions -- Unhelpful Questions -- Finding Great Questions -- Chapter 5 The Art of Asking Questions -- Judging versus Learning: The Mindset for Asking Questions -- Adopting a Learning Mindset -- How to Frame Questions -- Asking Positive Questions -- Timing for Questions -- Steps in the Questioning Process -- Sincere Listening and Learning -- Chapter 6 Creating a Questioning Culture -- The Leader's Role in Shaping a Questioning Culture -- Start the Journey -- Part III A Guide for Leaders on When and How to Ask Powerful Questions -- Chapter 7 Using Questions in Leading People -- Building Relationships that Empower -- Managing Key Employee Interactions -- Chapter 8 Using Questions to Build Teams…”

Materias:

Materias:

“…The topics of the papers contain the impact of logistics development under the China’s Belt and Road initiative (BRI) by using the improved gravity model, strategies against barriers to the BRI from a logistics and supply chain management perspective, the dynamic interaction between international logistics, and cross-border e-commerce trade, the effect of China’s restrictive programs on the international trade of waste products, the empty container repositioning problem of shipping companies with foldable containers, port capacity and connectivity improvement in the hub and feeder network in Indonesia, GHG emission scenarios for the maritime shipping sector using system dynamics, incorporating a shipping and shipbuilding market model, the emission inventory and bunker consumption from a LNG fleet from an automatic identification system database, the factors that can help select between land transport and maritime shipping in long-distance inter-regional cross-border transport, and container transport simulations in Myanmar with the global logistics intermodal network assignment model including both maritime shipping and land transport in the land-based Southeast Asia region. Some papers are related to the 8th International Conference on Transportation and Logistics (T-LOG 2020) which was held online on 6–7 September 2020 hosted by Universitas Internasional Semen Indonesia…”

“…Exploring efforts to help build library services and train a cohort of professional librarians around the globe, the book examines countries in Asia, Africa, and the Pacific during the period of the Cold War and decolonization. …”

“…The first examines evidence for human engagement with landscape, focusing on Australia and Papua New Guinea but also dealing with the human/environmental histories of Europe and Asia. The second section contains papers that examine palaeoecology and present some of the latest research into environmental change in Australia and New Zealand. …”

“…Chemical companies are opening new research and development facilities in Asia rather than in the United States to take advantage of growing markets and trained workforces there. …”

“…Stone's context is the post communist transition in Europe and Asia, but his findings carry implications for IMF activities the world over…”

“…They make us feel proud or ashamed of ourselves for what we have or have not said. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Foreword / by Don Hicks, managing director, Multiverse Investments, Detroit Area, USA -- Adapt or die : the problems facing traditional supply chains -- Surviving in today's fast-moving topsy-turvy world -- Dynamic alignment : a heuristic to cut through complexity -- High-performance supply chains do not just evolve -- "Outside-in" design for supply chains -- Seeing the world through the eyes of your customers and other key stakeholders -- Tailored supply chains give flexibility -- Competing on differentiation -- Decision making at a faster clockspeed -- Decision support systems, analytics and tools for faster, better decisions -- Working in an omni-channel world -- Designing the optimal array of pathways to market -- Critical internal capabilities -- Shaping the appropriate subcultures to propel operational strategies forward -- Digital strategies -- Developing a digital supply chain via automation, digitisation, iot and blockchain -- From a "static" to "dynamic" supply chain philosophy -- Disrupting the organisation and increasing clockspeed -- Future business models -- Focusing on true value, scale and efficient use of resources -- Transformation delivered -- With all its moving parts : one step back; two steps forward -- Endnotes -- Selected bibliography -- Index…”