BOOKS with Alphabet   M (Ma,Mb,Mc, Md,Me…)

Overview: Contributes to the synthetic overview of (cross-) national innovation performance.Proposes more reliable and theoretically valid indicators/indexes.Addresses methodological shortcomings and quality ofThis book provides a critical re-examination of the Innovation Union Scoreboard (IUS) as the main tool used by the European Commission and other policy-making bodies to measure national innovation capacity. Given that contemporary societies and economies are to a great extent characterised by the processes of production, dissemination and application (re-combination) of knowledge, the ac

Overview: Written by two of the biggest names in marketing today. Accessible and straightforward writing style using a minimum of references and gimmicky pedagogy. Concisely presented but offering a broad coverAssuming no prior marketing knowledge, .Marketing: A Complete Guide . provides a concise yet comprehensive view of marketing within the context of business and society for anyone seeking a general introduction to the topic.Drawing on their substantial teaching and research experience, Martin Christopher and Malcolm McDonald focus on the important and useful aspects of each topic to provi

Overview: Argues that Marxism and pragmatism are not incompatible.Brings together literary studies, philosophy, and (American and European) intellectual history.Demonstrates that if we seek to continue the unfi.From Finding to Making. offers the first detailed discussion of the relationship between Marxism and pragmatism. These two philosophies of praxis are not incompatible, and an analysis of their relation helps one to better understand both. Establishing a transatlantic theoretical dialogue, this book discusses similarities and differences between these philosophies. It is an interdiscipli

Overview: Fourth edition of this best-selling text is fully revised.Classical econometrics relies heavily on mathematics and this book introduces the reader to these important mathematical topics.Covers such to.This book deals with a number of mathematical topics that are of great importance in the study of classical econometrics. There is a lengthy chapter on matrix algebra, which takes the reader from the most elementary aspects to the partitioned inverses, characteristic roots and vectors, symmetric, and orthogonal and positive (semi) definite matrices. The book also covers pseudo-inverses,

Overview: Addresses key challenges to the implementation of climate adaptation in conservation management.Written in non-technical language for a broad spectrum of readers, the book offers practical lessons forBeginning with an overview of data and concepts developed in the EU-project HABIT-CHANGE, this book addresses the need for sharing knowledge and experience in the field of biodiversity conservation and climate change. There is an urgent need to build capacity in protected areas to monitor, assess, manage and report the effects of climate change and their interaction with other pressures.

Overview: This open access book analyses migration statuses related to labour markets.Discusses labour market integration in connection with migration and asylum.Adopts a legal framework analysis approach.This open access book discusses how, and to what extent, the legal and institutional regimes and the socio-cultural environments of a range of European countries (the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Italy, Switzerland and the UK), in the framework of EU laws and policies, have a beneficial or negative impact on the effective capacity of these countries to integrate migrants, refugee

Overview: Auf der Grundlage seines Buches über "Elementare Stochastik" stellt der Autor Markovprozesse verständlich und motivierend dar.Das Buch gibt eine Einführung in stochastische Differentialgleichungen und.In diesem Lehrbuch werden einige Themen aus der Stochastik behandelt, die auf dem Begriff des Markovprozesses aufbauen. Dabei sind Markovprozesse stochastische Prozesse, für welche die Prognose für das zufällige Verhalten in der Zukunft nur von der gegenwärtigen Position abhängt. Die zentralen Begriffe der Markovprozesse werden anschaulich erklärt und mit Beispielen motiviert. Der Text

Overview: Explores a new approach in art theory.Addresses a wide audience in art, semiotics, and humanities.First book on linking morphodynamic research to aesthetic theories and semiotics of art.Establishes coThis book deals with the complexity of art by focusing on the singularity of the work of art. Gathering a selection of writings in art theory and semiotics, it explores the question of apprehending art from its perceptual aspects to aesthetic comprehension and understanding. Theoretical enquiries focus in particular on the dynamics of the perception of forms, the semiotic value of colour

Overview: Development and discussion of multivariate Lorenz orderings.Historical and up-to-date coverage of families of Lorenz curves.Coverage of multivariate inequality measures.Detailed discussion of competinThis book was written to serve as a graduate-level textbook for special topics classes in mathematics, statistics, and economics, to introduce these topics to other researchers, and for use in short courses. It is an introduction to the theory of majorization and related notions, and contains detailed material on economic applications of majorization and the Lorenz order, investigating t

Overview: Describes various new methods for modeling chemical engineering processes.Covers the use of mathematical models for energy efficiency and sustainability in production systems.Presents the application This book presents a theoretical analysis of the modern methods used for modeling various chemical engineering processes. Currently, the two primary problems in the chemical industry are the optimal design of new devices and the optimal control of active processes. Both of these problems are often solved by developing new methods of modeling. These methods for modeling specific processes

Overview: 978-3-540-74455-9978-3-540-74456-6Series ISSN 0302-9743 Series E-ISSN 1611-3349

Overview: This manual is designed primarily to be of assistance to trainee nuclear medicine technicians and radiographers. It will also be of value to those who are already trained in the safe handling and use of radionuclides for imaging, as a rapid reference for routine and non-routine nuclear medicine imaging procedures. The procedures described were largely developed or modified at the Nuclear Medicine Department, Guy‘s Hospital, London, with regular updates during the last 10 years. The main body of each chapter deals with the technical aspects of radionuclide imaging and each chapter con

Overview: Presents the latest knowledge on supply chain globalization and de-globalization.Provides strategies for companies in a globalized environment.Is a guide for managers and policy makers.This book provides an in-depth exploration of the complexities surrounding supply chain globalization, de-globalization, and the prospective re-globalization. It not only presents the interplay of these phenomena but also navigates their root causes through the lens of organizational, economic and political theories. The analysis spans across multiple fields, enabling readers to grasp the full breadth

Overview: The second edition has not deviated significantly from the first. The printing of this edition, however, has allowed us to make a number of corrections which escaped our scrutiny at the time of the first printing, and to generally improve and tighten our presentation of the material. Many of these changes were suggested to us by colleagues and readers and their kindness in doing so is greatly appreciated. Delft, The Netherlands and P. A. Ruymgaart Buffalo, New York, December, 1987 T. T. Soong Preface to the First Edition Since their introduction in the mid 1950s, the filtering techni

Overview: 978-94-010-8422-2978-94-009-4325-4

Overview: Der Einsatz des Marketing zur Steigerung der Konkurrenzfähigkeit von Regionen im Standortwettbewerb wird in der Praxis immer stärker diskutiert. Steffen Spieß untersucht Möglichkeiten und Grenzen des Marketing zur Profilierung von Regionen im Wettbewerb um Investoren, Arbeitskräfte und Touristen. Auf Basis des Transaktionsansatzes entwickelt er durch Analogiebildung zum Business-Marketing eine Marketingkonzeption für Regionen. Dadurch identifiziert der Autor das Spektrum der einsetzbaren Instrumente und Methoden eines Regionenmarketing. Auf der Grundlage einer empirischen Erhebung we

Overview: This book is about understanding, valuing and managing yourself as a person and a professional. The chapter headings speak for themselves. The text leads from basic self-awareness - via many examples and exercises - to having and making a personal philosophy, and how to choose a career path. The book uses a personal approach to the reader. A dream is used to highlight in each chapter the salient points. A detailed chapter on career choices will help the reader to put the learning of the earlier part of the book into practice.

Overview: Includes vivid, visual examples of prompt responses from the 21 day autoethnography challenge.Offers clear examples of autoethnographic approaches to changing digital cultures during COVID-19.Contains.This book presents the creative, arts-based and educative thinking resulting from a “21 day autoethnography challenge” set of self-guided prompts arising from the large-scale collaborative, creative, and global project to explore .Massive and Microscopic Sensemaking during COVId-19 Times.. It employs a guiding methodological framework of critical autoethnography, narrating the macro and

Overview: Includes supplementary material: .Molecular Mechanisms of Plant and Microbe Coexistence. presents studies on the complex and manifold interactions of plants and microbes at the population, genomics and proteomics level...The role of soil microbial diversity in enhancing plant health and plant microbe beneficial symbioses is discussed. Microbial communities are shown in the light of evolution. Main topics include genome coexistence and the functional genomics and proteomics of plant-associated microbes, which could form the basis for new environmentally benign strategies to combat inf

Overview: Reduce the risk of building unwanted products and shift from delivering features to solving problems.Understand how to build better awareness of customer’s and user’s needs.Increase collaboration and .The nature of product development is changing. The most successful innovations are those that come from teams of people who are exploring problems together. Teams that build meaningful releases of their products iteratively and incrementally are opening the door for early feedback so that decisions can be taken to persevere or pivot based on evidence. .But how do you make the most out o