Peter lang sep 2003 (159 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In der Arbeit wird die Eignung des EG-Öko-Audit-Systems als Umweltschutzinstrument und Deregulierungsmittel untersucht. Anhand einer umfassenden Analyse wird zunächst das Deregulierungspotential dieses Instruments herausgearbeitet. Mit einbezogen wird dabei das überarbeitete Umweltauditgesetz und die EMAS-Privilegierungsverordnung. Schließlich wird aufgezeigt, was das Öko-Audit-System im Hinblick auf das Kooperationsprinzip zur Förderung der Zusammenarbeit zwischen Behörden und Unternehmen leistet und darüber hinaus leisten kann.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Applied Theatre: Bewilderment and Beyond explores the practice of theatre in communities and social institutions with marginalised groups. It shifts between contexts and countries to examine different ways that theatre has been applied to a wide range of social issues. Theatre projects in Brazil, Burkina Faso, Sri Lanka and the United Kingdom are analysed to argue for a complex and questioning view of the practice. Initiatives in prisons, developing countries, war situations and participatory research projects become the sites to interrogate the claims that applied theatre can be a theatre for social change. Many practitioners and researchers have witnessed powerful applied theatre projects but nonetheless struggled to articulate the reasons for the projects' success. This book uses the questions inspired by that perplexity to create a case for applied theatre as a major area of contemporary theatre practice. 196 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Cet ouvrage comble une importante lacune, aucune histoire de la Serbie n'ayant été publiée en français ces dernières décennies. Retraçant l'histoire tumultueuse de ce petit pays européen, des insurrections contre les Ottomans au début du XIX e siècle à la chute du régime de Slobodan Milosevic en octobre 2000, l'ouvrage permet de mieux appréhender la question nationale serbe et de comprendre les événements tragiques des années 90 (guerres de Croatie, Bosnie-Herzégovine et du Kosovo).L'auteur y explique l'histoire récente de la Serbie en situant les événements dans la longue durée de la construction nationale serbe. Il retrace les différentes étapes de l'émancipation nationale de la Serbie, de l'autonomie au sein de l'Empire ottoman à la reconnaissance de son indépendance en 1878, tout en explorant l'idéologie nationale serbe au XIX e siècle. Il s'intéresse à la création de la Yougoslavie et à la position des Serbes dans cet État complexe, tant pendant l'entre-deux-guerres (1918-1941) que pendant la période communiste (1945-1991). Yves Tomic montre dans quel contexte a surgi le mouvement nationaliste serbe dans la seconde moitié des années 80 et de ce fait, nous éclaire sur l'arrière-plan historique des guerres qui ont été conduites tout au long de la dernière décennie.Ce livre est l'une des principales contributions en langue française à l'histoire récente de l'espace yougoslave et plus particulièrement de la Serbie. 170 pp. Französisch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The principal agent problem has been widely addressed in the literature, primarily as part of organizational law and financial theory. The literature has thus far ignored the role tax law plays in addressing principal agent problems. On occasion, it has referred to one section or another in the Internal Revenue Code that supports corporate law, but it has not yet concretely highlighted tax law's impact on agency problems, much less tax law as a mechanism to address these problems. This work is based on the proposition that we can use corporate tax law to mitigate the agency problem. It examines the agency problem through the eyes of tax law. Prima facie , a direct relationship between tax legislation and the principal agent problem may seem questionable, however, this work attempts to verify quite the opposite. 236 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The aim of this book is to discuss obstacles and success conditions of a further diffusion of renewable energies in the EU-Accession States. Besides the ten states which will join the EU in 2004, Bulgaria and Romania which will probably join the European Union in 2007 as well as Turkey are also analysed. This publication is the second collection of systematic case studies describing national renewable energy policies in Europe. The first edition was published in 2002 under the title Handbook of Renewable Energies in the European Union - Case Studies of all Member States. As in its predecessor all chapters in this book have been carried out using the same structure. Apart from a comparison of the case studies in the introduction a service chapter at the end of the book informs the reader about the most important associations, websites, and journals pertinent to the subject matter. 228 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Walking and the French Romantics explores for the first time the relationship between walking and Romanticism in France. It maps this relationship as theme and practice, no social history of pedestrian tours in nineteenth-century France having been written. In this connection, the legacy of Rousseau and Senancour proves stronger than has been recognized, in spite of the pull of Paris and its legendary urban flâneurs. The author brings out the role of painters and of figures like Nodier, Didier and Dumas in encouraging writers to go (or imagine themselves) on the road and shows how and why pedestrian touring became popular with authors in the late 1830s. He discusses the impact of this fashion on major Romantic writers such as Nerval, Sand and Hugo. Finally he describes how walking lost its particular cultural connection with Romanticism in the 1840s. 164 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The nature of the firm has changed since Coase (1937) and the birth of the theory of the firm. An important change is the advent of modern information and communication technology (ICT) that altered the business environment. The objective of the dissertation is to study the transformation of corporate organization by analyzing the impact of a changing information and communication environment on firm boundaries. This study analyzes firm boundaries in the manufacturing and the media sector. These two sectors are selected to illustrate important differences in the change of firm boundaries. Although both showed an impact of ICT, the direction of this change has been different because of contrary product characteristics. The reason is that ICT in the manufacturing sector mainly leads to communication and coordination improvements, while it induces problems to protect intellectual property rights (IPRs) in the media sector. 154 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book is a logical and philosophical analysis of the problem of evil in the light of a modern theodicy. Definitions are given for several kinds of evil like «basic evil», «necessary evil», «legitimate evil», «illegitimate evil», «moral evil». Many evils are contingent and avoidable since a global determinism is untenable. A special explanation is given for the fact: How evil accompanies the good. Can evil be desired at all Omnipotence is acceptable, allwillingness is refutable. To the main question of theodicy three explanations are offered and it is shown that the attacks against theism with the help of the existence of evil, like Hume's and other arguments are either logical fallacies or use false or very problematic premises. The appendix shows that there are consistent theories with the theses: God is omniscient and omnipotent, whatever God wills is good, there are different evils including moral evil. 160 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The author undertakes the task of examining a large body of literature produced in Hong Kong to show it as an integral part of the universal human heritage. This thematic study of contemporary Hong Kong anglophone literature identifies a series of themes and motifs that can be drawn upon both as figures for an authentically «Hong Kong» criticism and as lenses through which to read, contextualize, and interpret the texts that constitute this canon of fiction, autobiography, drama, and poetry. Focusing on three central texts ¿ Patrick Acheson¿s intricately-wrought and provocative Flagrant Harbour, Lee Ding Fai¿s rags-to-riches story Running Dog, and Timothy Mös The Monkey King ¿ Hooper offers a theoretical structure for analyzing the postcolonial phenomena in the Hong Kong context. This book includes an exhaustive bibliography of Hong Kong literature. 168 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Im Zeitalter multikultureller Gesellschaften, medial verbreiteter Informationen und vermehrter persönlicher Kontakte nehmen Individuen und soziale Gruppen an einer Vielzahl kultureller und subkultureller Diskurse teil. Ist es unter diesem Aspekt noch sinnvoll, Kulturen weiterhin als homogene und abgrenzbare Systeme zu verstehen, oder sollte offeneren Konzeptionen von Kultur der Vorzug gegeben werden Der Diskussion dieser Fragen widmeten sich 160 Teilnehmer und Teilnehmerinnen aus sechs Nationen, die auf der 6. Internationalen Tagung des Europäischen Forschungskollegs «Fremdsprachenaneignung» (EUFOR) vom 30. Mai bis 1. Juni 2002 an der Universität Bremen zusammenkamen. 16 der gehaltenen Vorträge sind in diesem Band veröffentlicht. 252 pp. Englisch, Französisch, Deutsch.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Islands, both literal and figurative, recur in fiction authored by many prominent Canadian women writers. Using a critical lens based on Northrop Frye and Julia Kristeva, this book closely examines fourteen novels by eight twentieth-century authors, emphasizing works by L. M. Montgomery, Margaret Laurence, and Margaret Atwood. Several of the novels, such as Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables , Laurence's A Jest of God and The Diviners , Atwood's Surfacing and Bodily Harm , Alice Munro's The Lives of Girls and Women , and Gabrielle Roy's The Tin Flute , are among Canada's most well-known. Some of the works discussed present the island as a redemptive retreat, but in most cases the island's role is ambiguous, ranging from a temporary respite from life's pressures to a nightmarish trap. 222 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book aims to situate the much-ignored public Marquis de Sade, author of eleven stories collected into four volumes under the title Les Crimes de l'amour (1800), vis-à-vis the better-known Marquis de Sade, author of various anonymous works privileged by contemporary critics. Who is this author who - after the success of all his clandestine works - cast aside the cloak of anonymity to offer the public a collection of short fiction This book explores how Les Crimes de l'amour provides a key to better understanding Sade's prose in both its public and its clandestine guise. More than just a critical appraisal of each of the stories, this book sheds light on Sade in his role as a man of letters publishing in his own name. By considering the ramifications of Sade's goals as a writer, stated explicitly in the 'Idée sur les romans', the prefatory essay to Les Crimes , and how these goals compare to those of his contemporaries, as well as how they play out in Les Crimes, Sade in His Own Name opens up new, historically situated readings of the better-known anonymous works. 232 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Geoffrey Leech is one of the pioneers of modern computer corpus linguistics. This Festschrift contains contributions from colleagues around the world who have been influenced, in various ways, by the approaches to language and text which Geoff pioneered. Many of the contributions focus (both synchronically and diachronically) on the English language, which has been Geoff's main interest throughout his career. However, work on Polish, French, Biblical Greek, and Creole studies is also reported, which demonstrates the influence that Geoff has had on scholars outside of English linguistics. The papers in this book - all given at the Corpus Linguistics 2001 conference held in Geoff's honour - cover a wide range of topics and applications within corpus linguistics, including corpus building and annotation, lexicology, syntax, sociolinguistics, stylistics and pragmatics. 306 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Initially motivated by the need to address the environmental crisis, this study is an attempt to inquire on what Heidegger means by the dwelling of human beings. It begins with the fundamental ontology of Being and Time (1927) and the concepts of «earth,» «world» and the «thingness of things» in «The Origin of the Work of Art» (1936), and then focuses on the public lectures of the 1950s, namely, «The Thing», «Building Dwelling Thinking», «'.Poetically Human Beings Dwell.'», and «The Question Concerning Technology». In these later works, Heidegger's concept of the dwelling of human beings reaches its maturity. Dwelling, Heidegger asserts, is the fundamental character of the Being of human beings. Human beings dwell within the «fourfold»: on this earth and under the sky, before the divinities and as the mortals that they are. Within the fourfold, things are set free to be the things that they are insofar as human dwelling always occurs as a staying with things. But we who live in the age of modern technology - held as we are under the sway of a calculating and objectifying kind of thinking - have yet to learn how to dwell as human beings. It is poetry, understood primordially, that first of all lets human beings essentially unfold as the ones who dwell on this earth. Latent within the essence of modern technology is the supreme danger that is Ge-stell, or «enframing,» but also that other possibility - our heeding the call to dwell poetically on this earth. 184 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The ideas underlying Benn's Ausdruckswelt not only anticipate and parallel many of the assumptions now current in recent trends in literary criticism; they also disclose their ultimate limitations. Benn's poetics were founded on the intellectual crises of the early years of the twentieth century. Following Nietzschean leads, Benn sought to achieve in his person and his work a return to a primitive, archetypal mode of perception which he felt would restore a purer, more natural mentality to modern man, whom he portrayed as being 'far ahead of his syntax'. By focusing on Benn's early Expressionist prose and what this study calls his 'fictive self', the author traces the relationship between Benn's Weltanschauung and later critical theory. Building upon the latest scholarship, she analyses Benn's poetics as precursor of certain postmodernist ideas concerning language, meaning and polysemy, aesthetics, personal identity, authorial intention versus reader reception, intertextuality, and the role of art in society. By paying specific attention to the concept of the autonomous self and its relation to language, this study demonstrates that Gottfried Benn's aesthetic theories do not represent the end of German Expressionism, but rather the beginning of the present post-modernist period. 212 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Languages curricula across the world are increasingly requiring teachers to acknowledge that all foreign language classes consist of individuals, and that all individuals bring with them their own ways of learning, their own strengths and weaknesses, their own previous experiences, and their own attitudes and expectations. In order to improve standards of language learning, the challenge for the language teacher is to manage these individual differences in the classroom, and to enable every individual to achieve his or her full potential and to succeed as a language learner. This book brings together a number of authors from Spain and the UK in order to offer support to those teachers, teacher trainers, students and advisors who are committed to ensuring that all language learners have the opportunity to learn in ways which are appropriate to them as individuals. It explores the nature of individual differences and the implications for developing language skills, and then offers ideas for managing learning in the classroom. A strong theme of the book is the need to encourage learners to take responsibility for their own learning, and to enable them to develop the skills to be able to do this effectively. 258 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The theme of nationality and ethnic grouping is certainly not the first concern of Paul's argument. However, the way he treats this theme sheds light on his understanding of the importance of different ethnic or national groups from the viewpoint of their identity. This work brings together Galatians 3,23-29 and Romans 10,12-21 and focuses on the theme of religious and national identity in both passages. The theological and ethical implications for today's Christian communities, both in their internal relationships and external involvements, ought to lead to intellectual honesty in the life of every believer. The ethical standards of those who believe in Christ should probably be seen as a never-ending process of reinterpreting eschatological expectation for the living community today. 244 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The central subject of American drama is, arguably, the American family. From Royall Tyler's colonial comedy The Contrast (1787) to August Wilson's King Hedley II (2000), relationships between husbands, wives, and their children have been used consistently by American playwrights to explore and illuminate the American experience. This study of the family in twentieth-century American drama explores how filial relationships are affected by the capitalistic culture of consumption that permeates twentieth-century American society. By analyzing relationships within both traditional and nontraditional families, this book examines how family members in American plays perceive themselves and others as «things» in American twentieth-century capitalistic society. 116 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Der von der Gesellschaft für Arabisches und Islamisches Recht veröffentlichte Band beinhaltet Beiträge, die auf den Tagungen der Gesellschaft 2002 und 2001 gehalten wurden. Im ersten Abschnitt werden Geschichte, Prinzipien und Besonderheiten von Rechtsgutachten (fatawa) behandelt. Die aktuelle Relevanz dieser Rechtsgutachten resultiert auch aus veränderten Möglichkeiten ihrer Erschließung (Internet, CD-ROM). Der zweite Abschnitt beschäftigt sich mit juristischen und politischen Problemen Pakistans. Nicht zuletzt infolge der Ereignisse des 11. Septembers 2001 beeinflussen die Entwicklungen in Pakistan die islamische und arabische Welt und stehen im Interesse einer breiten Öffentlichkeit. Im dritten Abschnitt werden islamisch-rechtliche Positionen im Hinblick auf den Schutz geistigen Eigentums dargestellt. Der Band enthält Beiträge in verschiedenen Sprachen. 242 pp. Englisch, Deutsch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Die Reichsstadt Nürnberg hat seit byzantinischer Zeit bis heute eine eminente Rolle bei der Gestaltung der deutsch-griechischen Beziehungen gespielt. Den wichtigsten Stationen einer deutsch-griechischen Begegnung in wissenschaftlicher, ökumenischer und kultureller Sicht gelten die 15 Beiträge dieses Bandes. Besondere Bedeutung wird dem Besuch des großen byzantinischen Humanisten und späteren Kardinal Bessarion von Trapezunt (1403-1472) in Nürnberg im Februar 1460 beigemessen. Die nächste Station bildet der viertägige Aufenthalt der letzten byzantinischen Prinzessin Zoe in Nürnberg (1472) auf ihrer Reise von Rom nach Moskau, wo sie den Großfürsten Iwan III. ehelichte. Im 17. Jahrhundert begegnen uns in Nürnberg zwei bekannte griechische Theologen, Metrophanes Kritopoulos und Alexander Helladios, die den ökumenischen Dialog zwischen der griechisch-orthodoxen Kirche und dem Protestantismus eröffnet haben. Aber auch die Rolle Nürnbergs bei der Entstehung des deutschen Philhellenismus wird am Beispiel des ersten bayerischen Philhellenen Carl Haller von Hallerstein (1774-1817) gewürdigt. Die meisten Beiträge des Bandes gelten der Präsenz der Neugriechen in Nürnberg heute. Sie machen uns mit der Geschichte der Nürnberger griechischen Gemeinde, mit ihren kulturellen Vereinigungen, den Schulen und den aktuellen Problemen der griechischen Arbeitnehmer vertraut. Durch die profunde Untersuchung der wichtigen Stationen der deutsch-griechischen Begegnung in Nürnberg kann dieser Band als Wegweiser für eine künftige erfolgreiche deutsch-griechische Zusammenarbeit auf den genannten Gebieten dienen. 336 pp. Deutsch, Englisch.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book critically discusses the works of two seemingly different and unconnected playwrights, Lillian Hellman and August Wilson. By analyzing the black presence in Hellman and its counterpart white presence in Wilson, it exposes interracial boundaries and illuminates the architecture of the new American citizen through the examination of stereotypes, the revelation of sources of ongoing racial tension, and suggested solutions. Their dramas rewrite history to reflect their political activism and espouse a shared value system that demands responsible action, equitable reward, and recognition of women and African Americans as equally valuable citizens of American society. 174 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book presents the European language teacher of tomorrow. It deals with recent trends and future developments in the training of second language teachers in Europe. Based on an EU-commissioned study of thirty-two countries, the book sets out the current provision of language teacher training across the age phases. Both pre-service and in-service teacher training is covered. Fifteen case studies of innovation and good practice are also presented. This detail is used to provide a needs analysis of training, on the basis of which a series of policy-orientated recommendations is developed. Finally, a professional profile of the European language teacher is constructed which lists the likely range of training and experience of tomorrow's teachers. These features are described in terms of organisation, content and structure. The book is framed by coverage of the contextual background to the study, both in terms of national priorities and EU policies, and a theoretical consideration of the issues in language teacher training. 280 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -The principal agent problem has been widely addressed in the literature, primarily as part of organizational law and financial theory. The literature has thus far ignored the role tax law plays in addressing principal agent problems. On occasion, it has referred to one section or another in the Internal Revenue Code that supports corporate law, but it has not yet concretely highlighted tax law¿s impact on agency problems, much less tax law as a mechanism to address these problems. This work is based on the proposition that we can use corporate tax law to mitigate the agency problem. It examines the agency problem through the eyes of tax law. Prima facie, a direct relationship between tax legislation and the principal agent problem may seem questionable, however, this work attempts to verify quite the opposite.Lang, Peter GmbH, Gontardstraße 11, 10178 Berlin 236 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -The aim of this book is to discuss obstacles and success conditions of a further diffusion of renewable energies in the EU-Accession States. Besides the ten states which will join the EU in 2004, Bulgaria and Romania which will probably join the European Union in 2007 as well as Turkey are also analysed. This publication is the second collection of systematic case studies describing national renewable energy policies in Europe. The first edition was published in 2002 under the title Handbook of Renewable Energies in the European Union - Case Studies of all Member States. As in its predecessor all chapters in this book have been carried out using the same structure. Apart from a comparison of the case studies in the introduction a service chapter at the end of the book informs the reader about the most important associations, websites, and journals pertinent to the subject matter.Lang, Peter GmbH, Gontardstraße 11, 10178 Berlin 228 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The task of education, and in particular the role of teachers, is seen as crucial in preparing young people for society. The authors of this volume argue for a critical democratic citizenship in which students combine autonomy and critical thinking with justice and social care. The contributors to this volume are leading researchers in the field of moral and democratic education and they all combine profound theoretical foundations with empirical research that can help practitioners in their pedagogical actions. The first three articles focus on values and what students might learn from them. An important question is what students can learn from moral mistakes. The second part of the book focuses on the role of teachers in moral and democratic education. What is their pedagogical professionalism and how can that be strengthened by teacher education and by collaborative action research The third part looks at the development of moral and democratic education in schools. It shows how schools can stimulate the development of students' values with regard to critical democratic citizenship. 216 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Walking and the French Romantics explores for the first time the relationship between walking and Romanticism in France. It maps this relationship as theme and practice, no social history of pedestrian tours in nineteenth-century France having been written. In this connection, the legacy of Rousseau and Senancour proves stronger than has been recognized, in spite of the pull of Paris and its legendary urban flâneurs. The author brings out the role of painters and of figures like Nodier, Didier and Dumas in encouraging writers to go (or imagine themselves) on the road and shows how and why pedestrian touring became popular with authors in the late 1830s. He discusses the impact of this fashion on major Romantic writers such as Nerval, Sand and Hugo. Finally he describes how walking lost its particular cultural connection with Romanticism in the 1840s.Lang, Peter GmbH, Gontardstraße 11, 10178 Berlin 164 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This book is a logical and philosophical analysis of the problem of evil in the light of a modern theodicy. Definitions are given for several kinds of evil like «basic evil», «necessary evil», «legitimate evil», «illegitimate evil», «moral evil». Many evils are contingent and avoidable since a global determinism is untenable. A special explanation is given for the fact: How evil accompanies the good. Can evil be desired at all Omnipotence is acceptable, allwillingness is refutable.To the main question of theodicy three explanations are offered and it is shown that the attacks against theism with the help of the existence of evil, like Hume¿s and other arguments are either logical fallacies or use false or very problematic premises.The appendix shows that there are consistent theories with the theses: God is omniscient and omnipotent, whatever God wills is good, there are different evils including moral evil. 160 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -The nature of the firm has changed since Coase (1937) and the birth of the theory of the firm. An important change is the advent of modern information and communication technology (ICT) that altered the business environment. The objective of the dissertation is to study the transformation of corporate organization by analyzing the impact of a changing information and communication environment on firm boundaries. This study analyzes firm boundaries in the manufacturing and the media sector. These two sectors are selected to illustrate important differences in the change of firm boundaries. Although both showed an impact of ICT, the direction of this change has been different because of contrary product characteristics. The reason is that ICT in the manufacturing sector mainly leads to communication and coordination improvements, while it induces problems to protect intellectual property rights (IPRs) in the media sector.Lang, Peter GmbH, Gontardstraße 11, 10178 Berlin 168 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -The author undertakes the task of examining a large body of literature produced in Hong Kong to show it as an integral part of the universal human heritage. This thematic study of contemporary Hong Kong anglophone literature identifies a series of themes and motifs that can be drawn upon both as figures for an authentically «Hong Kong» criticism and as lenses through which to read, contextualize, and interpret the texts that constitute this canon of fiction, autobiography, drama, and poetry. Focusing on three central texts ¿ Patrick Acheson¿s intricately-wrought and provocative Flagrant Harbour, Lee Ding Fai¿s rags-to-riches story Running Dog, and Timothy Mös The Monkey King ¿ Hooper offers a theoretical structure for analyzing the postcolonial phenomena in the Hong Kong context. This book includes an exhaustive bibliography of Hong Kong literature. 168 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Im Zeitalter multikultureller Gesellschaften, medial verbreiteter Informationen und vermehrter persönlicher Kontakte nehmen Individuen und soziale Gruppen an einer Vielzahl kultureller und subkultureller Diskurse teil. Ist es unter diesem Aspekt noch sinnvoll, Kulturen weiterhin als homogene und abgrenzbare Systeme zu verstehen, oder sollte offeneren Konzeptionen von Kultur der Vorzug gegeben werden Der Diskussion dieser Fragen widmeten sich 160 Teilnehmer und Teilnehmerinnen aus sechs Nationen, die auf der 6. Internationalen Tagung des Europäischen Forschungskollegs «Fremdsprachenaneignung» (EUFOR) vom 30. Mai bis 1. Juni 2002 an der Universität Bremen zusammenkamen. 16 der gehaltenen Vorträge sind in diesem Band veröffentlicht.Lang, Peter GmbH, Gontardstraße 11, 10178 Berlin 252 pp. Englisch, Französisch, Deutsch.…