BOOKS with Alphabet W (Wa, Wb,Wc, We…)

Overview: Examines the political roots of banking crises in Spain.Analyses the process of political bargains in which parties with different interests come together to form coalitions that determine banks’ outcThis book examines the political roots of banking crises in Spain. It focuses on the process of political bargains in which parties with different interests come together to form coalitions, and it shows how these coalitions have determined banking outcomes and caused banking crises in Spain. In particular, it analyzes the 2008 Spanish banking crisis and shows how Spanish banks and relat

Overview: Provides technical information on unconventional and inactive energy sources.Analyzes potential renewable energy sources and future energy systems.Explores various energy optimization methods.Includes.This book provides technical data and information on unconventional- and inactive energy sources. After reviewing the current global energy situation, individual chapters discuss fossil fuel sources and renewable energy sources. It focuses on future energy systems and explores renewable energy scenarios including water energy and power, biofuels and algae energy. It also provides essent

Overview: .This book introduces the concept of worth for design teams, relates it to experiences and outcomes, and describes how to focus on worth when researching and expressing design opportunities for generous worth.. Truly interdisciplinary teams also need an appropriate common language, which was developed in the companion book Worth-Focused Design, Book 1: Balance, Integration, and Generosity (Cockton, 2020a). Its new lexicon for design progressions enables a framework for design and evaluation that works well with a worth focus...Design now has different meanings based upon the approach

Overview: The imperial warfare of the period 1770-1830, including the American wars of independence and the Napoleonic wars, affected every continent. Covering southern India, the Caribbean, North and South America, and southern Africa, this volume explores the impact of revolutionary wars and how people‘s identities were shaped by their experiences.978-1-349-31108-8978-0-230-28269-8Series ISSN 2634-6699 Series E-ISSN 2634-6702

Overview: Wie kann das von wissenschaftlichen Instituten produzierte Wissen in die Entscheidungen und Arbeitsweisen anderer Systeme wirksam eingebracht werden? Welcher Stellenwert kommt in einer Gesellschaft, deren Probleme in wachsendem Maße hochspezialisierte Organisationen bearbeiten, der Qualifizierung und Aufklärung von Personen zu? Was bedeutet es, wissenschaftliche Arbeit als Intervention in soziale Systeme zu begreifen? Dieser Band beschreibt die Konzepte, Ideen und Methoden, die das IFF verwendet, um diesen Herausforderungen zu begegnen. Die Überlegungen stammen aus den Erfahrungen in

Overview: Winemaking as a form of food preseIVation is as old as civilization. Wine has been an integral component of people‘s daily diet since its discovery and has also played an important role in the development of society, reli­ gion, and culture. We are currently drinking the best wines ever produced. We are able to do this because of our increased understanding of grape growing, biochemistry and microbiology of fermentation, our use of ad­ vanced technology in production, and our ability to measure the various major and minor components that comprise this fascinating beverage. Historical

Overview: Konstellationen, Dynamiken und Regulierungspotenziale im InnovationsprozessDie Windenergie entwickelte sich in Deutschland von der sensiblen Nische zur international erfolgreichen Industrie. Dörte Ohlhorst untersucht den Innovationsprozess als Wechselspiel von technischen, gesellschaftlichen und ökologischen Triebkräften. Sie erläutert unterschiedliche Phasen des dynamischen Entwicklungsprozesses und geht der Frage nach den Steuerungsmöglichkeiten nach: Weisen Innovationsverläufe bestimmte Muster auf und was lässt sich daraus für die Politik schlussfolgern? Wie können wechselvolle, d

Overview: These essays explore the place, function and meaning of women as characters, authors, constructs and symbols in Medieval epics from Persia, Spain, France, England, Germany and Scandinavia. Usually believed to narrate the deeds of men at war, this book looks at the key roles often played by women and the impact of this on the history of gender.978-1-137-06637-4Series ISSN 2945-5936 Series E-ISSN 2945-5944

Overview: Psychologische Studie.Includes supplementary material: Marc Lindart liefert Einblicke in die Wirkungsmechanismen von Coachingprozessen, auf deren Grundlage wissensbasierte und wirksamkeitsorientierte Entscheidungen für ein qualitativ hochwertiges Coaching getroffen werden können. Auf Basis einer systematischen Übersicht wird am Beispiel des hypnosystemischen Ansatzes mittels einer qualitativen Studie untersucht, worauf es ankommt, wenn ein Coaching wirksam sein soll. Dabei werden Fragen behandelt wie: Was macht Coaching wirksam? Wie werden Wirkfaktoren in der Praxis umgesetzt? Was is

Overview: Fundierter Leitfaden für alle Phasen der Präsentation von Projekten.Mit den neuesten Erkenntnissen aus der Gehirnforschung.Vermittelt das notwendige methodische Wissen.Schärft den Blick für typische F.Das Buch zeigt welche Rolle Präsentationen in Projekten einnehmen und welche Elemente eine erfolgreiche Präsentation kennzeichnen. Kenntnisse über die Aufnahme, Verarbeitung und Speicherung von Informationen, Denkstile, Aspekte der Wahrnehmung und die Art und Weise, wie der Mensch Informationen verarbeitet und lernt, werden erläutert. Die Präsentationsvorbereitung, die Präsentationshilf

Overview: Offers readers a complete, self-sufficient tutorial style textbook.Includes all relevant topics required to study and design an RF receiver in a consistent, coherent way with appropriate depth for a oThis book is intended for senior undergraduate and graduate students as well as practicing engineers who are involved in design and analysis of radio frequency (RF) circuits.  Detailed tutorials are included on all major topics required to understand fundamental principles behind both the main sub-circuits required to design an RF transceiver and the whole communication system. Starting

Overview: Überblick aktueller und zukünftiger Herausforderungen für Führung in Banken und Sparkassen.Mit zahlreichen Realbeispielen und Ansätzen für die Praxis.Fokus deutsche, mittelständische Banken und SparkaDieses Buch gibt einen kompakten Überblick über aktuelle und künftige Ansätze von Führung und die damit verbundenen Herausforderungen in Banken und Sparkassen. Es werden die Wirkungszusammenhänge von unternehmensinternen Rahmenbedingungen und der Persönlichkeit der Führungskraft in einem sich schnell wandelnden Umfeld (be-)greifbar gemacht und neue Führungsansätze kritisch hinterfragt. F

Overview: The persistence of war as a feature of modern life is examined through issues of identity and difference, that is, the construction of ‘self‘ and ‘other‘ as individual or community. Key texts relating specifically to identity and war are addressed, including those by Nietzsche, Heiddeger, Marcuse, Freud, Lacan, Honneth, Bataille, Simmel, Elshtain, Ruddick, Schmitt, Delanda, Hardt and Negri, Baudrillard, Virilio, Beck and Joas. Its theoretical approach sets this study apart from the traditional political science and IR approaches to the subject and makes a significant contribution wit

Overview: Examining the debate on quality of jobs in Europe, this book focuses on the work-life balance-a central element of the EU agenda. It addresses tensions between work and private life, examining job quality, job security, working conditions and time-use patterns of individuals and households as well as institutional contexts.978-1-349-33098-0978-0-230-30758-2Series ISSN 2947-4124 Series E-ISSN 2947-4132

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Overview: As women increasingly play a role and gain even greater prominence in congressional politics, they need to navigate the at times conflicting demands of loyalty to party culture, responsiveness to party leadership, political goals, and the need to get re-elected. Based on extensive interviews and historically informed, this book examines differences between Republican and Democratic political cultures, how these differences affect women members of congress as they pursue agendas and seek to bolster their electability, and the effectiveness of women within an institution traditionally

Overview: Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind. Der Verlag stellt mit diesem Archiv Quellen für die historische wie auch die disziplingeschichtliche Forschung zur Verfügung, die jeweils im historischen Kontext betrachtet werden müssen. Dieser Titel erschien in der Zeit vor 1945 und wird daher in seiner zeittypischen politisch-ideologischen Ausrichtung vom Verlag nicht beworben.978-3-662-41721-8978-3-662-41860-4Series ISSN 0083-8055

Overview: In this volume, the authors present theoretical explanationsfor a few basic problems connected with the propagation of extra wideband, short impulses in linear media, and with the propagation ofwhistlers and megawhistlers in plasmas. In addition, the book providesan overview of ground and space based measurements, digital processingand signal analysis. .The theoretical treatment in this volume is original in the sensethat, unlike former solutions, the authors present a fundamentallynon-monochromatic approach. A key feature of this approach is theapplication of the `Laplace Transforma

Overview: Provides new knowledge on importance and the approach to water management in circular economy (CE) model.Fills a gap in the literature on comprehensive information on importance of water as a key reso.This book presents possible solutions for a circuler economy (CE)  in the water and wastewater sector through an inventory of multidisciplinary knowledge with high scientific and practical importance which can contribute to support the transition to the CE model in water and wastewater sector. .Water in modern studies exceeds being an important source for irrigation and drinking. It is

Overview: Interrogates the myriad of ways women are underrepresented in the film industry and denied the power to speak through the medium of film.Explores the absence of women from key creative roles and the iThe chapter Experiencing Male Dominance in Swedish Film Production” is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.