Tabla de Contenidos: “…Asset Purchase -- Representations and Warranties -- Qualifications to Representations and Warranties -- Indemnification -- Transaction Statistics -- Consulting and Employment Agreements -- Regulatory Compliance -- Chapter 19 Regulation and Compliance * -- Protecting Investors: Securities Act of 1933 -- Exemptions under the 33 Act -- Commonly Used Private Placement Exemptions -- Keeping The Markets Honest: Securities Exchange Act of 1934 -- Requirements and Rules -- Williams Act -- Antitrust Issues and Laws You May Encounter in the Deal -- Hart-Scott-Rodino Act -- Transactions Involving Foreign Investors, Foreign Trade, and National Defense Matters -- Other Regulatory Issues and Laws You May Encounter in the Deal -- Bulk Sales Laws -- The WARN Act -- The Investment Banker's Perspective -- SEC Provisions Regulating Broker-Dealers -- M&amp -- A Brokers No-Action Letter -- Finders -- Investment Advisers Act and Investment Company Act of 1940 -- FINRA Provisions for Broker-Dealers -- The Company's Perspective -- Process of Issuing, Selling, or Exchanging Securities for a Deal -- State Blue-Sky Laws -- Considerations for Public Companies -- Chapter 20 Cross-Border Considerations* -- Is Cross-Border M&amp -- A the Right Move? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Understanding Best Practices -- 1.0 Introduction -- 1.1 Wärtsilä -- Benefits Management in Operational Development Projects in Wärtsilä -- 1.2 Project Management Best Practices: 1945-1960 -- 1.3 Project Management Best Practices: 1960-1985 -- 1.4 Project Management Best Practices: 1985-2016 -- 1.5 Project Management Best Practices: 2016-Present -- 1.6 Benefits Management Practice at Dubai Customs -- Benefits Realization Management Framework -- Benefits Management Maturity Level -- Portfolio Benefits Management (Benefits Quadrant) -- Key Lessons Learned -- 1.7 An Executive's View of Project Management -- 1.8 The Growth of Nontraditional Projects -- 1.9 The Growth of the VUCA Environment -- 1.10 The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Project Management -- Leadership -- Trust -- Communications -- Decision-Making -- Project Control Center -- Change Management -- Conclusions -- 1.11 General Motors and Ventilators -- 1.12 Best Practices Process -- 1.13 Step 1: Definition of a Best Practice -- 1.14 Step 2: Seeking Out Best Practices -- 1.15 Dashboards and Scorecards -- 1.16 Key Performance Indicators -- 1.17 Manufacturing Best Practices in Action -- A Case Study -- 1.18 Step 3: Validating the Best Practice -- 1.19 Step 4: Levels of Best Practices -- 1.20 Step 5: Management of Best Practices -- 1.21 Step 6: Revalidating Best Practices -- 1.22 Step 7: What to Do with a Best Practice -- 1.23 Step 8: Communicating Best Practices Across the Company -- 1.24 Step 9: Ensuring Usage of the Best Practices -- 1.25 Common Beliefs -- 1.26 The Dark Side of Project Management Best Practices -- 1.27 Best Practices Library -- 1.28 Determining the Value of a Best Practice -- 1.29 Aramco Bolsters Innovation Through Cutting-Edge Ideas…”

“…For more and more companies in a world that's changing fast, there’s only one way to win the game: transform it entirely. For anyone who wants to thrive in this new order, this requires a revolution in thinking--a steady stream of disruptive strategies and unexpected solutions. …”

“…Un libro ameno, a la vez que instructivo, en el que el lector encontrará múltiples anécdotas y ejemplos recopilados por los autores en más de setenta entrevistas con escritores, directores, productores, actores, editores, compositores y otros profesionales del mundo audiovisual. …”

“…About The Author Trevoir Williams: Trevoir Williams is a software engineer and part-time lecturer. …”

“…Contributors: Stephen D. Engle, William McKee Evans, David T. Gleeson, Andrea Mehrländer, Joseph P. …”

“…This unique anthology presents contributions from leading contemporary theologians - including Rowan Williams, Fergus Kerr, Aidan Nichols, G.R. Evans and Tracey Rowland - who offer portraits of over fifty key theological thinkers in the modern and postmodern era. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cecil -- 33.1 Introduction 545 -- 33.2 Manufacturing and Medical Application Contexts 546 -- 33.3 Overview of IoT-Based Cyber / Physical Framework 548 -- 33.4 Case Studies in Manufacturing and Medicine 548 -- 33.5 Conclusion: Challenges, Road Map for the Future 556 -- Part V IoT/DATA ANALYTICS CASE STUDIES 563 -- 34 Defragmenting Intelligent Transportation: A Practical Case Study 565 /Alan Carlton, Rafael Cepeda and Tim Gammons -- 34.1 Introduction 565 -- 34.2 The Transport Industry and Some Lessons from the Past 566 -- 34.3 The Transport Industry: a Long Road Traveled 567 -- 34.4 The Transpoprt Industry: Current Status and Outlook 570 -- 34.5 Use Case: oneTRANSPORT - a Solution to Today's Transport Fragmentation 572 -- 34.6 oneTRANSPORT: Business Model 575 -- 34.7 Conclusion 578 -- 35 Connected and Autonomous Vehicles 581 /Levent Guvenc, Bilin Aksun Guvenc and Mumin Tolga Emirler -- 35.1 Brief History of Automated and Connected Driving 581 -- 35.2 Automated Driving Technology 583 -- 35.3 Connected Vehicle Technology and the Cv Pilots 587 -- 35.4 Automated Truck Convoys 589 -- 35.5 On-Demand Automated Shuttles for a Smart City 590 -- 35.6 A Unified Design Approach 591 -- 35.7 Acronym and Description 592 -- 36 Transit Hub: A Smart Decision Support System for Public Transit Operations 597 /Shashank Shekhar, Fangzhou Sun, Abhishek Dubey, Aniruddha Gokhale, Himanshu Neema, Martin Lehofer and Dan Freudberg -- 36.1 Introduction 597 -- 36.2 Challenges 600 -- 36.3 Integrated Sensors 600 -- 36.4 Transit Hub System with Mobile Apps and Smart Kiosks 601 -- 36.5 Conclusion 610 -- 37 Smart Home Services Using the Internet of Things 613 /Gene Wang and Danielle Song -- 37.1 Introduction 613 -- 37.2 What Matters? …”

“…The strongest leaders are those who create a positive vision of the future, paint a ""big picture"" that generates action by tapping into people's emotions, ask for a commitment, and inspire their listeners to take steps toward the goal. …”

“…La creatividad en el teatro, el enigma del lapso entre la inspiración y la elaboración de una obra, el problema del éxito y el fracaso del actor potencialmente creativo, la estructura de la personalidad y de los conflictos y el desarrollo de los factores que conducen al éxito o a la frustración han sido estudiados en personalidades como Stanislavski y John Wilkes Booth, así como la relación del dramaturgo con sus personajes creados en los casos específicos de Eugene O'Neil y George Bernard Shaw; y las heroínas de Tennesse Williams, de la Antígona de Sófocles y la Electra de Eugene O'Neil, que contribuyen a la mejor comprensión de la situación social y psicológica que abundan en sus obras. …”

“…I hope it will encourage further study and assimilation of one of the most searching and moving as well as one of the most complex of modern theological minds.' Dr Rowan Williams, Archibshop of Canterbury Aidan Nichols, OP, is an English Dominican of Blackfriars, Cambridge. …”

“…About The Author Trevoir Williams: Trevoir Williams is a software engineer, lecturer, and author. …”

“…Accountability tells the story of Pete Williams, a hard-charging CEO, who meets Stan "Kip" Kiplinger, a retired businessman, during a cross-country train trip. …”

“…PrefaceMichel Vovelle, L'histoire des hommes au miroir de la mortOtto Gerhard Oexle, Die Gegenwart der TotenPhilippe Ariès, Une conception ancienne de l'au-delàJoseph Avril, La pastorale des malades et des mourants aux XIIe et XIIIe sièclesRolf Sprandel, Alter und Todesfurcht nach der spatmittelalterlichen BibelexegeseJacques Chiffoleau, Ce qui fait changer la mort dans la région d'Avignon à la fin du moyen âgeGerhild Scholz Williams, Der Tod als Text und Zeichen in der mittelalterlichen LiteraturJoël Saugnieux, Le vocabulaire de la mort dans l'Espagne du XIIIe siècle d'après l'oeuvre de BerceoPhilippa Tristram, Olde stories longe tyme agoon: Death and the Audience of Chaucer's PardonerDaniel Poirion, La mort et la merveille chez Marie de FranceJean Charles Payen, L'homo viator et le croisé: la mort et le salut dans la tradition du douzainJean Dufournet, Commynes et la mortClaude Thiry, De la mort marâtre à la mort vaincue: Attitudes devant la mort dans la déploration funèbre FrançaiseClaude Blum, La folie et la mort dans l'imaginaire collectif du moyen âge et du début de la RenaissanceIndex nominumIndex codicum manuscriptorum…”

“…Hughes Raghu Ramakrishnan, Brian Cooper, and Utkarsh Srivastava Jeff Hammerbacher Jason Dykes and Jo Wood Jeff Jonas and Lisa Sokol Jud Valeski Alon Halevy and Jayant Madhavan Aaron Koblin with Valdean Klump Michal Migurski Jeff Heer Coco Krumme Peter Norvig Matt Wood and Ben Blackburne Jean-Claude Bradley, Rajarshi Guha, Andrew Lang, Pierre Lindenbaum, Cameron Neylon, Antony Williams, and Egon Willighagen Lukas Biewald and Brendan O'Connor Hadley Wickham, Deborah Swayne, and David Poole Andrew Gelman, Jonathan P. …”

“…À la croisée de la science et de l’action, ils dessinent un type nouveau d’ingénieur capable d’associer rationalité technique et sciences de la société : l’ingénieur social. …”