“…Coming In from the Cold provides a road map of options to help transition economy policy makers sort through key district heating issues. …”

“…If so, how fast should this be done, and what policies should accompany the transition? We use Mexican agriculture as a case study to analyze the transition problems that arise in most major economic reforms. …”

“…Indicateurs économiques à court terme Économies en transition - Supplément 4/1997…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Section IB: Relational Losses; 6 Navigating Intimate Relationship Loss: When the Relationship Dies but the Person Is Still Living; 7 Adoption: A Life Begun With Loss; 8 Loss Related to Developmental Milestones: An Analysis of the Postparental Transition; 9 Grief and Caregiver Turnover in Nonfamilial Communities: Left Behind but Not Bereft; Section II: Loss of Meaning or a Sense of Justice in the World; 10 Existential Suffering: Anguish Over Our Human Condition…”

“…It shows how specificities of class, Islamic sectarian affiliation, citizenship status, gender, and sexuality shape transnational identities and mediate racism, marginalities, and abjection…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Not Yet -- Three Situations That Cry Out for Teams -- Warning: Crisis Ahead -- Needed& Do More with Less -- The Moving Target: Continuous Improvement -- Teams Make (Dollars and) Sense -- Three Conditions Needed for Success -- Condition 1: Long-Term, Visible Management Support -- Condition 2: Willingness to Fail and Learn from It -- Condition 3: Zeal for Acquiring New Skills -- When Teamwork Works Better Than Teams -- Absent: The Three Conditions -- Nobody Trusts Nobody -- Sharing Information Is Enough -- Individual Contributions Are Enough -- Advocating for Teams -- Recap -- Review Questions -- 3 Characteristics of Successful Teams -- What Successful Teams Have, Reviewed -- What Successful Teams Do -- A Most Unusual Investment Firm -- Recap -- Review Questions -- 4 Getting off to a Good Start -- Start-Up Steps -- One More Giant Step for New Teams -- Catching Up -- Recap -- Review Questions -- 5 What Team Leaders Do -- It's Never Lonely at the TopIt's Way Too Lively -- Responsibilities of Team Leaders -- Track Progress and Coordinate the Work -- Keep the Team Focused on Performance Goals -- Motivate Team Members -- Facilitate Team Meetings -- Facilitate Team Problem Solving and Decision Making -- Remove Obstacles -- Report to Upper Management -- Relate to Outside Stakeholders -- Additional Responsibilities of Project Team Leaders -- Additional Leadership Roles in Permanent Work Unit Teams -- Responsibilities of Executive Sponsors -- How One Sponsor Defined His Role -- Recap -- Review Questions -- 6 What Team Members Do -- What You Should Expect from Team Members -- Task-Related Responsibilities -- People-Related Responsibilities -- Team Process Responsibilities -- Assessing Team Member Performance -- Recap -- Review Questions -- 7 Measuring Team Effectiveness -- Measuring Team Effectiveness at AMD -- What to Measure -- Start with the Right Goals -- Measure Processes as Well as Outcomes -- Measure All the Team's Accomplishments -- Measure Individual Contributions as Well as Team Performance -- How to Measure -- Recap -- Review Questions -- 8 Hurdling Obstacles -- Resistance to Teaming -- Converting the Unbelievers -- Resistance from the Outside -- Conflicting Priorities -- Lack of Cooperation Among Teams -- Intra-Team Dissention -- Individual Performance Problems -- Loss of Focus -- Slow Pace of Organizational Change -- Inconsistent Management Support -- Recap -- Review Questions -- 9 Handling Team Transitions -- New Team Member -- New Leader -- New Goals -- Closure When Goals Are Met -- Recap -- Review Questions -- Bibliography -- Post-Test -- Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction: Eco-certification and emerging economies -- Between markets and states : grounding transnational governance in China -- Seafood : the rise of eco-certification led by a national industry association -- Palm oil : the entry of RSPO with lukewarm state support -- Tea : fertile ground without seeds for transnational eco-certification -- Conclusion: The promise and limits of transnational sustainability governance…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Analyzing gender, intersectionality, and inequality in global, transnational and local contexts / Marcia Texler Segal, Esther Ngan-ling Chow -- Globalization and multiple inequalities / Sylvia Walby -- Strategies of feminist research in a globalized world / Judith Lorber -- Masculinity research and global society / Raewyn Connell -- A theoretical view of the globalizing sex industry : world system position, local patriarchy, and state policy in South Korea / Kyoung-Ho Shin -- Globalization and locality : the gendered impact of the economic crisis on intersectionality, migration, and work in China / Esther Ngan-ling Chow, Yuchun Zou -- Gender, division of labor, and social mobility in small-scale restaurants in China / Tong Xin -- Gender and labor within the Turkish context of local development in the era of globalization / Dilek Hattatoglu -- Constructing gender across borders : a transnational approach / Peggy Levitt -- Transnational migration and transformation among African women in the United States : change-agents locally and globally / Mary Johnson Osirim -- An intersectional approach to the complexity of social support within German-Ukrainian transnational space / Anna Amelina -- Social security and aged widows in conflict situations : social transformation at the international border in northwest India / Abha Chauhan -- Diversity, activism, and global concerns in the U.S. peace movement / Laura Toussaint -- Women's absence in peace-building policies : the case of the feminist organizations in Israel / Rachel Amram…”

“…How do digital media technologies shape or restructure social practice? And which transitions and demarcations of different forms of publicness arise in this context? …”

“…Topics include decarbonization opportunities, carbon pricing instruments, the geo-economics of the energy transition, the relationship between human mobility and climate change. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Front Cover -- THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY -- THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY: Case Studies about the Transition from the Linear Economy -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- One - Getting hold of the circular economy concept -- 1.1 Historical background -- 1.1.1 Roots of CE -- 1.1.2 Founding fathers of modern circular economy -- 1.2 Defining circular economy -- 1.2.1 How to define circular economy? …”