Benchmarks Concluded 1987-1993 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Benchmarks Concluded 1987-1993 write by Algis Budrys. This book was released on 2013-06-14. Benchmarks Concluded 1987-1993 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Consists of book reviews and essays written for The magazine of fantasy and science fiction.
CROSSTALK: Interviews Conducted by David Langford
CROSSTALK: Interviews Conducted by David Langford - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook CROSSTALK: Interviews Conducted by David Langford write by David Langford. This book was released on 2015-06-09. CROSSTALK: Interviews Conducted by David Langford available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Fifteen interviews in which David Langford -- winner of 29 Hugo Awards -- questions other science fiction and fantasy notables: Stephen Baxter, Kristen Britain, John Clute and John Grant, John Clute solo, George Hay, Tom Holt, Terry Pratchett with Jack Cohen and Ian Stewart, Terry Pratchett solo (twice), Christopher Priest, Alastair Reynolds, John Sladek, Bob Shaw, Kevin Smith, and Ian Watson. CROSSTALK collects all these conversations for the first time in book form.
Mapping European Corporations
Mapping European Corporations - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mapping European Corporations write by Andrea Colli. This book was released on 2013-09-13. Mapping European Corporations available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book addresses the evolution of the strategies, structures, ownership patterns and performances of large European corporations since the early 1960s. The authors study large and small countries, in order to understand how the process of economic integration has affected the patterns of growth and the structural characteristics of the largest firms. Drawing both on extensive databases and on case studies, the contributions in this volume address the peculiar specificities of large firms in different national contexts, adopting a longitudinal, long term perspective. This volume delivers the first results of an international, collective research effort undertaken by several national teams. The 'Mapping Corporate Europe' project aims to provide a detailed account of the structural traits of the European Corporation in a framework which includes (i) a chronological analysis over 50 years, starting with the Rome treaty in 1957; (ii) geographical extension beyond previous analyses for France, Germany and the UK, by including smaller countries; (iii) firms from other industries in addition to manufacturing companies; and (iv) attention to internationalisation of European firms. These analyses form the basis of a rich description of the developments of large European corporations over the past five decades, using both qualitative and quantitative approaches. This book was originally published as a special issue of Business History.
Producing Security
Producing Security - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Producing Security write by Stephen G. Brooks. This book was released on 2011-10-16. Producing Security available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Scholars and statesmen have debated the influence of international commerce on war and peace for thousands of years. Over the centuries, analysts have generally treated the questions "Does international commerce influence security?" and "Do trade flows influence security?" as synonymous. In Producing Security, Stephen Brooks maintains that such an overarching focus on the security implications of trade once made sense but no longer does. Trade is no longer the primary means of organizing international economic transactions; rather, where and how multinational corporations (MNCs) organize their international production activities is now the key integrating force of global commerce. MNC strategies have changed in a variety of fundamental ways over the past three decades, Brooks argues, resulting in an increased geographic dispersion of production across borders. The author shows that the globalization of production has led to a series of shifts in the global security environment. It has a differential effect on security relations, in part because it does not encompass all countries and industries to the same extent. The book's findings indicate that the geographic dispersion of MNC production acts as a significant force for peace among the great powers. The author concludes that there is no basis for optimism that the globalization of production will promote peace elsewhere in the world. Indeed, he finds that it has a net negative influence on security relations among developing countries.
Treatise on Geophysics
Treatise on Geophysics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Treatise on Geophysics write by . This book was released on 2015-04-17. Treatise on Geophysics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Treatise on Geophysics, Second Edition, is a comprehensive and in-depth study of the physics of the Earth beyond what any geophysics text has provided previously. Thoroughly revised and updated, it provides fundamental and state-of-the-art discussion of all aspects of geophysics. A highlight of the second edition is a new volume on Near Surface Geophysics that discusses the role of geophysics in the exploitation and conservation of natural resources and the assessment of degradation of natural systems by pollution. Additional features include new material in the Planets and Moon, Mantle Dynamics, Core Dynamics, Crustal and Lithosphere Dynamics, Evolution of the Earth, and Geodesy volumes. New material is also presented on the uses of Earth gravity measurements. This title is essential for professionals, researchers, professors, and advanced undergraduate and graduate students in the fields of Geophysics and Earth system science. Comprehensive and detailed coverage of all aspects of geophysics Fundamental and state-of-the-art discussions of all research topics Integration of topics into a coherent whole
