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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The aim of 'Analysing Harmony' is to make some kind of sense or order from tonal harmony as used in the popular music of the mid-20th century; the kind of music that is known as the 'great American songbook' and used as 'standards' by jazz musicians. The benefit of using this kind of repertoire is that, because it is highly 'refined', in the sense of being systematised and predictable, other musics, such as classical and pop, may be usefully compared with it to highlight similarities and differences of tonal use. The particular purpose of the booklet is twofold. Firstly, it may assist songwriters suffering from the 'lost chord' of songwriter's block. The patterns and substitute chords analysed here can provide a range of chords that have the 'correct' harmonic function: it's then a matter of choosing one according to taste. Secondly, an analytical understanding can greatly assist the improvising musician to develop broader and more complex melodic ideas over longer time-frames, rather than responding to each individual chord as it comes along. 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -How Eliana, Eliana and Rindu Kami pada-Mu), as case studies of post-Reform Indonesian films, represent social issues in Jakarta in a (neo)-realistic way This thesis focuses on the representation of social issues in the city of Jakarta, such as gender issues, poverty and the problems of urban life, as well as the physical landscape and mental landscape of Jakarta, and the connection between representation theory and realism approach in filmmaking.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 112 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Backpacking as a lifestyle and as a business has significantly grown in many parts of the world. Asia has become a popular destination among Western backpackers for its low costs and varied landscapes and culture. Throughout, backpackers seek to avoid the packaged and arranged tours in search of an idealized ¿authentic'' travel. Through an exploration of backpacking culture in South-East Asia, this work explores the relationships of ¿authenticity'' and the ¿experience economy'' from within the paradigm of the tourism industry. Through discussions of how authenticity is staged and consumed in a tourism context, recommendations and branding strategies for backpacking markets in South East Asia are provided.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 116 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -There has been some discussion in journals and books of whether Business, as a practice with its own institutions, is a profession. The term ''professional'' has both the broad sense of one with paid expertise, and a narrower specific and normative sense. In the latter there is a presumption that standards of theoretical cognitive competence, ethics, and social licensing have been met. For example,credentials have been issued following peer examination of expertise; ethical conduct in a practice will be enforced by a peak institutional body, and there is quasi- monopoly of service provision. The work argues that business is not a profession in the narrower sense, but might approach that status,and perhaps should, if corporate reform at national and international level were to be undertaken. But there will remain inherent difficulties with regard to some essential fatures, especially under an increasingly globalised ''State Welfare Capitalist'' system.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 96 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Clearly written and eminently readible, this study deals with the proposed roles of the Independent Directors in Governing the affairs of big Corporate Companies.It provides a usefull guide to complex areas such as the Responsibilities and Roles of an Independent Director,Director remuneration as well as how Independent Directors are selected. It also clearly states why Boards need Independent Directors to be present, especially when it comes to the making of important decisions.Students interested in this topic of Governance will find this an up to date,comprehensive and reliable work for understanding and apllying this complex and fascinating area of Corporate Governance.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Some critics have been concerned that young adults in the United States are beginning to turn away from traditional sources of political news such as ABC World News in favor of nontraditional programs such as The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. In this study, a random sample of 884 UNC-CH students participated in an online survey that assessed their news consumption habits and political socialization factors such as political knowledge, strength of political opinions, levels of political cynicism, trust, and efficacy, interpersonal communication and political participation. Two clear trends emerged. First, young adults still are using more traditional than nontraditional television news. Comedy shows with political satire were the only nontraditional TV news category to rank in their top five sources of political news. Second, traditional TV news consumption is related to higher political efficacy, while the use of nontraditional news is related to higher political knowledge, opinion holding and activity.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 92 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The topic of a new revival of the European Union's Mediterranean policy has been on top of the European Union's agenda ever since French President Sarkozy proposed to launch a ¿Mediterranean Union'. The proposal evoked critics in favour and against. Some argued that the initiative would most likely meet the same faith encountered by the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, whilst others appreciated how it had refocused attention upon the Mediterranean, with the potential of revamping relations. Following a brief description of the nature and structures of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership and European Neighbourhood Policy, this book shall present an analysis on whether the Union for the Mediterranean may solve the shortcomings faced by the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, which have hindered full cooperation between the European Union and Mediterranean countries. The book is intended both for non-scholars who have an interest in this area of studies, and for scholars wanting a simplistic overview of this Mediterranean initiative.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -While major advances have been made in the area of cancer research over the last few decades, certain aspects of the avascular tumour growth processes remain poorly understood. The mathematical model discussed in this monograph therefore provides a more biologically realistic description of avascular tumour growth by taking into account stochastic cellular and extracellular tumour growth processes. The discussion is presented in two distinct parts¿ the first comprises the construction of a model for avascular tumour growth with random variation, while the second consists of refining the approach to develop a stochastically perturbed avascular tumour model. A numerical solution method was also developed to solve the model with stochastic perturbation, producing a reasonable set of solution results. The model results has shown a reasonably good fit for published experimental data. Convergence analysis of the model solution was also investigated. Mathematical modelling has helped develop a more reasonable approximation to the biological model, and should be especially useful to graduate students and researchers in Mathematics and Biological fields.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -On January 1st, 1994 the North American Free Trade Agreement which involved the Government of Canada, the Government of the United Mexican States and the Government of the United States of America, entered into force. The objectives of this Agreement, among others, were: to eliminate barriers to trade in goods and services, to promote conditions of fair competition in the free trade area, substantially increase investment opportunities, and enhance the competitiveness of their firms in global markets. What have been the effects, if any, of this Agreement on trade patterns between Canada and the United States This paper uses a methodology employed by the CEPII to study of the changes in trade patterns between Canada and the United States using data published by Statistics Canada, International Trade Division. These data, World Trade Country Metadata, include import and export data from 1988-1999, which are used to calculate three trade types--one-way trade, two-way trade in horizontally differentiated (similar) products, and two-way trade in vertically differentiated (quality) products--and track their evolution over the study period.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 84 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Over the past decades scent/perfume became part of the apparel industry and many brand names introduced perfumes with their lines. With this boom in popularity there was a need to study scents and their correlation with color. Since there is no literature available on scent vs. color correlation and whether people visualize color while smelling scents, this information could be a useful reference for those who are developing marketable products. This book provides information on visualizing color through scent and brings the smell and color onto the same perceptual platform by introducing fragrance scent/color coding. Results show that people visualize certain color while smelling certain scents. The analysis and the findings of this book will open new perspective for those who never thought that scent is connected with our vision and has an impact on us. Fragrance color coding could also benefit manufacturers/distributors, marketers of perfume products, advertising agencies, chemists developing perfume formulas, and psychologists identifying color correlation, smell, and human reaction.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Teenage pregnancy receives much attention around the world, partly because of the potential disruptions in a teenage mother''s life. Previous research regarding teenage pregnancy has mainly focused on the ¿problematic¿ nature of this phenomenon while not enough research has been undertaken focusing on understanding the topic from the teenagers'' perspectives. Efforts to understand this complex phenomenon within different contexts might contribute to unpack the reasons why teenagers fall pregnant. This book therefore, unravels the complex facilitators and inhibitors of teenage pregnancy from the perspective of teenagers themselves. Three groups of teenagers are analyzed as they tell their stories. The author takes the reader through the feelings, perceptions and reasons for teenage pregnancy in peri-urban KwaZulu-Natal. Teenage girls'' perceptions and experiences are analyzed using current South African research findings which address the issue of teenage pregnancy/fertility.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 108 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This Research Proposal investigates the impact of Impression Management (IM) on the employee career growth in banking sector. It does this by giving an overview of the literature on impression management and by thorough research on the impact of impression management both on organizational effectiveness and employee''s efficiency. In this thesis, it was hypothesized that the use of one of the impression management tactics (self-promotion) is positively related to the organizational effectiveness.It is the first ever Research Work on Impression Management by any citizen of Pakistan.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The term ¿microfinance¿ (MF) refers to the provision of banking services to lower-income people, especially the poor. Microfinance institutions (MFIs) have been the first to identify the large unserved demand for microcredit in developing countries, develop methodologies for delivering and recovering small loans, and begin credit programs for the poor. Given their nature, though, MFIs can normally meet only a fraction of the demand for microloans in their service areas. Commercial banks have begun to see MF as a potentially profitable business and are starting to venture into this field. This approach to MF (known as ¿downscaling') is different from that of ¿upgrading¿ or transforming MFIs into regulated institutions. Evidence is currently showing that financial institutions can profitably attend MF needs on a massive scale. We explore the main aspects and future outlook in connection with commercial banks provision of MF services. A review is made of the incentives and disincentives for financial institutions to venture into the MF sector, and their specific advantages and disadvantages when competing in this market.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Following the recent efforts to study EU lobbying in comparative perspective, this work examines EU lobbying in comparison to the US as both systems share similar federal arrangements and multi-level governance. The paper analyzes the impact of the institutional setting on lobbying, the type of the interest representation and the lobbying legislation of the EU from the point of comparison, identifying obvious similarities along with differences and clarifying some points as well as contributing to the EU comparative studies. Along with the similarities, the paper identifies a noticeable difference between these two systems: while the US has well-regulated lobbying legislation, the EU has so far regulated this industry by the non-compulsory Code of Conduct, which does not guarantee the transparency of the lobbying practices. While the work names the probable drawbacks that transparent lobbying legislation might bring for the EU including the threat to efficiency and effectiveness of the system, it stresses the need for robust legislation in order the EU to achieve the same standards that exist in the US.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 52 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Leader-member exchange (LMX) theory examines the relationship and role processes between a leader and individual followers. The theory is based on the understanding that leaders establish individual and mutually exchanged relationships with those in a subordination position. A leader typically has one major prevailing style of leadership, but most don''t treat all followers the same way (Thomas, 2003). This empirical study was conducted in a multinational semiconductor industry in Bayan Lepas Free Industrial Zone in Penang, Malaysia. The independent variable was LMX with four sub-scales: Affect, loyalty, contribution and professional respect. The dependent variable was job satisfaction with two subscales: Intrinsic and extrinsic. This research uses a multidimensional approach and seeks to identify which of the subscales in LMX have a higher relation with satisfaction of employees in their job.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 112 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Banking has traditionally operated in a relatively stable environment for decades. However, today the industry is facing a dramatically aggressive competition in a new deregulated environment.The net result of the recent competition and legislation is that traditional banks have lost a substantial proportion of their domestic business to essentially non-bank competition. Competition will undoubtedly continue to be a more significant factor. Thus it is imperative for banks to get useful feedback on their actual response time and customer service quality aspects of retail banking, which in turn will help them take positive steps to maintain a competitive edge. Finding a place in this heating sun becomes vital to the long-range profitability and ultimate survival of the bank.Getting information about customers, who they are and their purchasing behavior is a very important input for an organization. This information will contribute to a better understanding of the customer and corporations can use this knowledge to improve targeting, creating offers and shift merchandise.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 96 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The Book presents a survey on the principal quantitative models on Asset Liability Management in Insurance Companies and Banks. It goes through the duration and the market value approach till the stochastic optimization. The model, by using a contingent claim approach, determines the fair value of the insurance life policies. Furthermore, it shows that the value of equity can be immunized with respect to the movevement of interest rate. Moreover, the model determines the fair value of the banks liabilities accounting for the protection and the surrender possibility. Furthermore, it determines the implied duration of banks liabilities so to show that the surrender possibility will reduce the effective duration of banks liabilities. Implications for the immunization are also treated. In recent years is born the stochastic optimization by combining the asset allocation with the liabilities side by maximizing the surplus with some constraint. An analysis of interest rate models are also treated.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -In today''s business ¿ highly competitive and hard to predict, modern methods of supply chain management have become an important tool to gain competitive advantage over competitors. Vendor Managed Inventory is one of them. VMI is a replenishment program in which the supplier has the right to control level of customer''s inventory on the basis of demand orders and forecasts from the customer. Regarding strange rules of this kind of business game, so much different from traditional perception of the supplier-customer relationship, it is not so popular among European companies. But the benefits can be various and favourable. Basic advantage of VMI implementation is a reduction of the bullwhip effect. VMI can help also by reducing stock-outs, improving customer service, reducing inventory level and others. A Particular company can make a real profit thanks to the introduction of VMI but if, and only if the implementation proceeds in a well-considered way, preceded by a thorough planning. The work should give better understanding of the idea to the logistics managers and others interested in improvement of the overall functioning of the companies.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Welcome to the most important step in Credit Card Scoring and Model Selection Procedure. Within these pages are the information you need to find what''s right scoring model for your bank, and to know how to minimize credit card risk. The next two hours of reading could easily save you many thousands of dollars on issuing credit cards for customers. Managers will get a chance to introduce themselves in the application of artificial intelligence in credit scoring.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Over the last years, low cost business models have been developed in many industries and were subject of research of numerous authors. Although having taken place in a wide variety of businesses, the low cost phenomenon has had a special significance in the airline industry. With their slim cost structure and simple offer, certain low cost carriers have succeeded to outperform traditional airlines and to become important players of this industry, mainly in developed markets such as US and Europe. Emerging economies, as main drivers of future economic growth, are attractive territories to be explored by low cost airlines. Nevertheless, factors such as lower average income, infrastructure, competition from incumbents and other transportation methods might put at risk the sustainability of low cost carriers in emerging markets. This book has the objective of answering questions regarding the future of low cost carriers in emerging countries, notably in Brazil and India.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The study seeks to answer what factors played a major role in development of public pension systems in the economies of Central and Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States of the Former Soviet Union. Our analysis, based on data from 1989 to 1997 in 23 transition economies, investigates five main components of public pension system and identifies three groups of countries with different patterns of development. The existing explanations assume that economic performance, demographic ageing, domestic political constellations, external influence and the path dependency are responsible for the variation in pension system development patterns. Multivariate regressions have been used to test these explanations. We found that economic decline explains changes in the qualifying conditions for full pension benefits, the political variables influence patterns of employees'' and employers'' contributions, while the share of government''s revenues in GDP is the best explanation for the variation in pension expenditure. The limitations of the study suggest that longer time periods and a small number of countries should be investigated.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 84 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -In light of the recent mortgage crisis, identifying the origins is crucial to prevent such a crisis from reoccurring in the future. This paper primarily links foreclosure to subprime loan expansion. To that end, more than one and half million subprime loans originated between 2006 and 2007 across top metropolitan statistical area in the United States are analyzed. First, this research shows evidence that subprime loans played a significant role in the deterioration of the real-estate market. Second, it demonstrates that other variables such as income and lending standards have contributed to the high default rate. Third, it confirms the fact that subprime loans originated for the purpose of refinancing have more impacts on foreclosure. The results obtained are all significant and consistent.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 52 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Retailers have long realized the power of impulse buying, which had contributed a significant amount of revenue to their coffers. The topic has received substantial attention in the marketing literature, yet little is known about the factors that affected impulse buying among Malaysian especially in the Shopping Malls. This study examined the role of customer service, store environment, sales promotion, store communication and consumer mood in influencing impulse buying. The results of this study showed that customer service, store environment and consumer mood have significant positive relationship with impulse buying among the consumers who shop at the Shopping Malls. While the impact of sales promotion is insignificant and store communication has a negative impact on impulse buying. These findings suggests several important implications to the owners of the local retail outlets at the shopping malls in Klang Valley in Malaysia.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 112 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book aims to analyze the seaport competiveness based on Resource-Based View (RBV) and Stakeholders'' approaches, in particular for the main seaport located in Portugal - Port of Sines. A case study methodology is used in order to collect all the information needed about its main resources and capabilities, and identifies the main stakeholders of seaport and to explain how those contribute to its competitiveness. Furthermore, we propose a conceptual research model in order to systematise the main resources and capabilities under which the competitiveness of the Port of Sines is built on and the influence of stakeholders.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 60 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -In today''s competitive environment, where all student have many options opened to them, factors that enable educational institutions to attract and retain students should be seriously studied. Higher education institutions, which want to have competitive edge in the future, may need to begin searching.This book, therefore provides information for higher education marketers in understanding certain cues which can lead to higher students perception of quality and value to achieve competitive advantage to attract, retain and foster stronger relationship with students.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 120 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book investigates the causes and effects of credit misallocation by Japanese banks in the 1990s and evaluates the bank-led rescues of financially distressed firms. The first chapter explains why Japanese banks shifted their loan portfolio toward the real estate sector during the 1990s despite the downtrend of land prices from the viewpoint of their risk-shifting incentives due to the deposit insurance system and/or the implicit bail-out guarantee by the government. In Japan, recapitalization by issuing subordinated debts helped banks recover their capital loss and mitigated an economy-wide credit crunch, but consequently allowed them to increase real estate loans and worsened the bad loan problems. The second chapter challenges the conventional view that Japanese banks monitor and discipline client firms in financial distress. The managers of financially distressed firms with strong bank ties did away with corporate restructuring by relying on financial support from their main bank and hence improved corporate performance significantly less than the firms without close bank ties in the heyday of the main bank system.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 100 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The book has five short chapters focusing on a paradigm shift the way Entrepreneurs are usually viewed, the parameters of inclucating first generation entrepreneurship & solutions to clear hurdles in their way to realize their entrepreneurial ambitions. It also includes a short case study on Environmental Entrepreneurship as an extension of social dimension of entrepreneurship. The contents in the book weaves some professional experience in the field of engineering, education in entrepreneurship and mingling with some tough minded hard core entrepreneurs. It is a semi- academic approach to the subject rooted in Indian conditions.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 60 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The study assessed the Impact of Entrepreneurial Characteristics on the Performance of Manufacturing Industries in Nigeria. This was with a view to identifying these characteristics and the factors that influence their translation to optimum business performance. The results showed that human resource factors such as age, level of education, manpower utilisation; the skills and category of entrepreneurs and employees including the choice and utilisation of production technology and manufacturing process deployed were found to be inadequate and severely inhibited the potential of respondents for performance and growth. However, lenght of years in business, working experience, product marketing strategies and internal control system were found to have positive contributions on their performance.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Design phase is characterized by highly coupled and interdependent activities, which result rework or iteration in the phase. In dealing with this problem, information flows have to be well organized therefore it can lead to the most optimum completion time. The Design Structure Matrix (DSM) is a compact matrix representation that models information flows among activities in the design phase. Previous DSM concepts used basic logic of faster and fewer iteration, while assuming the number of iteration occurred to achieve optimum completion time. This research proposed a new methodology that combined faster and fewer iteration concepts by adding other information, i.e. Quality Equations. Quality Equations will be performed in order to reduce the lack of assumption in determining the number of occurred iteration. Resource constraint and rare resource problems are also included in the research to bring the problem closer to reality. Genetic Algorithm (GA) is the methodology that will be used to help coordinate and optimize the activities structure in terms of minimizing completion time.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Over the last decades, a new paradigm in the international organization of production has emerged. For a large share of goods, production is now vertically decomposed across different countries. This book surveys the indicators used for measuring the international fragmentation of production and applies them to the Portuguese economy. The empirical trade literature suggests a range of different methods and datasets to quantify fragmentation. Measures based on Input-Output data point to a substantial increase of fragmentation in the Portuguese economy, in particular since the nineties. Nevertheless, the pace of fragmentation in Portugal has been somewhat modest in international terms. The share of exports of parts and components in total trade has almost doubled in the last two decades, while the import share of these goods has remained nearly stable. Another approach uses customs statistics on processing trade, which represents a very low share of Portuguese international trade. The book is a useful tool for anyone wishing to gain a better understanding of this new paradigm in the organization of world production, as well as for those interested in the Portuguese economy.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 68 pp. Englisch.