Business Communication Five Core Competencies by Lucas, Kristen, Rawlins, Jacob D., Haugen, Jenna

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1: Becoming Competent -- Chapter 2: Professional -- Chapter 3: Clear -- Chapter 4: Concise -- Chapter 5: Evidence-Driven -- Chapter 6: Persuasive -- Afterword: Communicating Competently and Confidently…”
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Masterpieces of Swiss Entrepreneurship Swiss SMEs Competing in Global Markets / by Jeannet, Jean-Pierre, Volery, Thierry, Bergmann, Heiko, Amstutz, Cornelia

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How Megaprojects Are Damaging Nigeria and How to Fix It A Practical Guide to Mastering Very Large Government Projects / by Ibrahim, Jimoh, Loch, Christoph, Sengupta, Kishore

Table of Contents: “…-- References -- 3 Structure of the Investigation -- 3.1 Overview of the Approach Taken in This Study -- 3.2 Construction and Execution of the Survey -- 3.3 Construction of the Sample of Projects -- 3.4 Construction of the Case Studies -- Appendix: Full Questionnaire as It Was Administered -- Our Request -- Project Variables -- References -- 4 A Description of the 38 Matched Projects -- 4.1 Lagos-Ibadan Express Road -- 4.2 Lagos-Badagry Express Road -- 4.3 Third Mainland Bridge -- 4.4 Second Niger Bridge -- 4.5 Egbin Power Station -- 4.6 Calabar Power Station -- 4.7 Zungeru Hydropower Plant -- 4.8 Delta State (Oghareki) Power Plant -- 4.9 Shiroro Hydroelectric Power Station -- 4.10 Omoku Power Plant Station -- 4.11 Mambilla Hydroelectric Power -- 4.12 Ajaokuta Steel Project -- 4.13 Kanji Dam -- 4.14 Otukpo Dam -- 4.15 Nigeria Satellite 2 -- 4.16 Nigeria Satellite 1 -- 4.17 Airtel Nigeria -- 4.18 Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) -- 4.19 Godswill Akpabio International Stadium -- 4.20 (Samuel) Ogbemudia Stadium -- 4.21 Abuja International Airport -- 4.22 Lagos MMA2 Airport -- 4.23 Yenagoa International Cargo Airport -- 4.24 Jigawa Airport Project -- 4.25 Tin Can Island Port -- 4.26 Calabar Seaport -- 4.27 Victoria Garden City (VGC) Housing Estate -- 4.28 Festac Town Federal Housing Estate -- 4.29 1004 Housing Estate -- 4.30 Abuja Mass Federal Housing Project -- 4.31 Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library -- 4.32 Abuja National Library -- 4.33 Nigerian Youth Empowerment Scheme (N-Power) -- 4.34 Nigeria Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P) -- 4.35 Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) -- 4.36 Cleaner Lagos Initiative (Visionscape) -- 4.37 University College Teaching Hospital (UCH) Ibadan -- 4.38 University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (UATH) -- References -- 5 Insights from the Analysis of the Questionnaires -- 5.1 Variable Distributions and Variable Capability to Detect Differences Across Projects -- 5.1.1 Each Respondent Type Adds Unique Perspectives and Information -- 5.1.2 The Variables Capture Robust Differences Between Abandoned and Completed Projects -- 5.2 Condensing Variables into Aggregated Success Factors -- 5.2.1 Approach -- 5.2.2 Identifying the Factors -- 5.3 Econometric Prediction of Project Completion -- 5.4 Econometric Prediction of Cost and Schedule Overruns for Completed Projects -- 5.4.1 Effect of Variables on Budget Overruns -- 5.4.2 Effect of Variables on Schedule Overruns -- 5.5 The Corrosive Effect of Corruption -- Appendix 1 Correlations Among Independent Variables Across All 114 Responses -- Appendix 2 Factor Analysis -- Appendix 3 Specification of the Logistical Regression -- Appendix 4 The Logistical Completion Probability Regression by Respondent Group -- Appendix 5 Robustness Analysis: Cost Overrun Regressions by Respondent Group -- Appendix 6 Robustness Analysis: Schedule Overrun Regressions by Respondent Group -- 6 Two Library Projects -- 6.1 The National Library of Nigeria in Abuja: An Abandoned Project -- 6.1.1 Project Initiation -- 6.1.2 Contract Signature and Execution -- 6.1.3 Conclusion -- 6.2 Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library: A Completed Project -- 6.2.1 Project Initiation -- 6.2.2 Project Execution and Outcome -- 6.2.3 The Difference Between the Two Projects: In the Words of Former President Obasanjo -- References -- 7 Two Bridge Projects -- 7.1 The Second Niger Bridge: A Stalled Project -- 7.1.1 Project Initiation -- 7.1.2 Contract Disputes and Recontracting -- 7.1.3 Continued Stalling -- 7.1.4 Diagnosis of the Reasons for Failure, in the Words of (Former) President Jonathan -- 7.1.5 Conclusion -- 7.2 The Third Mainland Bridge: A Completed Project -- 7.2.1 Introduction -- 7.2.2 Starting and Stalling -- 7.2.3 Restarting the Project Under President Babangida -- 7.2.4 Project Execution and Outcome -- 7.2.5 Conclusion -- References -- 8 Two Power Plants -- 8.1 Egbin Power Station, Ikorodu Lagos State: A Completed Project -- 8.1.1 Initiation and Completion -- 8.1.2 Success Conditions and Challenges -- 8.1.3 Privatization and Trouble -- 8.2 The Calabar Odukpani Power Station: Completed but with Little Delivery -- 8.2.1 Project Initiation -- 8.2.2 Project Complications and Delays -- 8.2.3 Delivery of the Calabar Power Station in 2015 -- 8.2.4 What Has Been Delivered? …”
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Mastering Strategic Management by Edwards, Janice, Ketchen, Dave, Short, Jeremy

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1 -- Mastering Strategy: Art and Science -- Defining Strategic Management and Strategy -- Intended, Emergent, and Realized Strategies -- The History of Strategic Management -- Understanding the Strategic Management Process -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2 -- Leading Strategically -- Vision, Mission, and Goals -- Assessing Organizational Performance -- The CEO as Celebrity -- Entrepreneurial Orientation -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3 -- Evaluating the External Environment -- The Relationship between an Organization and Its Environment -- Evaluating the General Environment -- Evaluating the Industry -- Mapping Strategic Groups -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 -- Managing Firm Resources -- Resource-Based Theory -- Intellectual Property -- Value Chain -- Beyond Resource-Based Theory: Other Views on Firm Performance -- SWOT Analysis -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5 -- Selecting Business-Level Strategies -- Understanding Business-Level Strategy through “Generic Strategies” -- Cost Leadership -- Differentiation -- Focused Cost Leadership and Focused Differentiation -- Best-Cost Strategy -- Stuck in the Middle -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6 -- Supporting the Business-Level Strategy: Competitive and Cooperative Moves -- Making Competitive Moves -- Responding to Competitors' Moves -- Making Cooperative Moves -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7 -- Competing in International Markets -- Advantages and Disadvantages of Competing in International Markets -- Drivers of Success and Failure When -- Competing in International Markets -- Types of International Strategies -- Options for Competing in International Markets -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8 -- Selecting Corporate-Level Strategies -- Concentration Strategies -- Vertical Integration Strategies -- Diversification Strategies -- Strategies for Getting Smaller -- Portfolio Planning and Corporate-Level Strategy -- Conclusion -- Chapter 9 -- Executing Strategy through Organizational Design -- The Basic Building Blocks of Organizational Structure -- Creating an Organizational Structure -- Creating Organizational Control Systems -- Legal Forms of Business -- Conclusion -- Chapter 10 -- Leading an Ethical Organization: Corporate Governance, Corporate Ethics, and Social Responsibility -- Boards of Directors -- Corporate Ethics and Social Responsibility -- Understanding Thought Patterns: A Key to Corporate Leadership? …”
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Managing Future Challenges for Safety Demographic Change, Digitalisation and Complexity in the 2030s /

Table of Contents: “…Senior Mentoring: Skill Transfer Subject to Conditions -- 4. Rethinking Competencies on Hazardous Industries: Case Study of the Nuclear Sector in France -- 5. …”
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The Importance and Value of Older Employees Wise Workers in the Workplace / by Hilsen, Anne Inga, Olsen, Dorothy Sutherland

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Competence and knowledge at work -- Chapter 3 What do we know about the knowledge of older workers? …”
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Principles of Accounting

Table of Contents: “…The Adjustment Process -- 5. Completing the Accounting Cycle -- 6. Merchandising Transactions -- 7. …”
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Fundamentals of Global Strategy by de Kluyver, Cornelis A.

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1: Competing in a Global World -- Chapter 2: The Globalization of Companies and Industries -- Chapter 3: Generic Strategies for Global Value Creation -- Chapter 4: Global Strategy as Business Model Change -- Chapter 5: Target Markets and Modes of Entry -- Chapter 6: Globalizing the Value Proposition -- Chapter 7: Global Branding -- Chapter 8: Globalizing the Value Chain Infrastructure -- Chapter 9: Global Supply-Chain Management -- Chapter 10: Globalizing the Management Model…”
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Adaptive Apparel Design by McKinney, Ellen, Eike, Rachel

Table of Contents: “…The Adaptive Apparel Designer’s Guide to Creating the Completed Ensemble -- About the Authors -- Review Statement…”
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Mastering Strategic Management

Table of Contents: “…Publisher Information -- Chapter 1: Mastering Strategy: Art and Science -- Chapter 2: Leading Strategically -- Chapter 3: Evaluating the External Environment -- Chapter 4: Managing Firm Resources -- Chapter 5: Selecting Business-Level Strategies -- Chapter 6: Supporting the Business-Level Strategy: Competitive and Cooperative Moves -- Chapter 7: Competing in International Markets -- Chapter 8: Selecting Corporate-Level Strategies -- Chapter 9: Executing Strategy through Organizational Design -- Chapter 10: Leading an Ethical Organization: Corporate Governance, Corporate Ethics, and Social Responsibility…”
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Data Privacy and Trust in Cloud Computing Building trust in the cloud through assurance and accountability /

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1: Understanding Trust and Cloud Computing: An Integrated Framework for Assurance and Accountability in the Cloud -- Chapter 2: Dear Cloud, I think we have trust issues: Cloud Computing Contracts and Trust -- Chapter 3: Competing Jurisdictions - Data Privacy Across the Border -- Chapter 4: Understanding and Enhancing Consumer Privacy Perceptions in the Cloud -- Chapter 5: Justice vs Control in Cloud Computing: A Conceptual Framework for Positioning a Cloud Service Provider's Privacy Orientation -- Chapter 6: Ethics and Cloud Computing -- Chapter 7: Trustworthy Cloud Computing.…”
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The Entrepreneurial Society A Reform Strategy for Italy, Germany and the UK /

Table of Contents: “…Seven Steps Towards Inclusive, Innovative and Sustainable Growth -- Historical Roots, Ecosystem Assessment, Firm Formation Processes and Legal Competences: A Historical Perspective on the Evolution of Finance, Knowledge and Labor Market Institutions in Europe -- Economic Impact Assessment of Entrepreneurship Policies with the GMR-Europe Model -- On the Institutional Foundations on the Varieties of Entrepreneurship in Europe -- Towards an Entrepreneurial Society: What Can the European Union Contribute? …”
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Project Management by Watt, Adrienne

Table of Contents: “…Project Implementation Overview -- 18. Project Completion -- 19. Celebrate! -- Appendix 1: Project Management PowerPoints -- Appendix 2: Chapter Questions -- Appendix 3: Chapter Audio Files -- About the Author -- Versioning History…”
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Quest for Good Money Past, Present and Future / by Kitamura, Yukinobu

Table of Contents: “…Understanding the Design of Bitcoin and Its Potential to Compete with Central Bank Money -- Chapter 7 A Cashless Society: Facts and Issues -- Chapter 8 The Future of Money or Quest for Good Money .…”
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Strategic Management by Reed, Kennedy B.

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 8: Selecting Corporate-Level Strategies -- IX. Chapter 9: Competing in International Markets -- X. Chapter 10: Executing Strategy through Organizational Design -- XI. …”
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Pandemics: Insurance and Social Protection

Table of Contents: “…Şahin: Covid-19: a trigger for innovations in insurance?.-Jose Garrido: Compartment models.-David Wilkie: On a dynamic epidemiological actuarial model -- Andrew Cairns: Changes in mortality during a pandemic -- Gary Venter: Mortality models with contagion -- Diagnostic tests and procedures during a pandemic -- Matthew Aldridge: Group tests -- Gustavo Demarco and Fiona Stewart: On World Bank's pandemic emergency financial facilities -- Hirbod Assa & Tim Boonen: Mathematical modelling of catastrophe bonds -- Nuria Badenes Pla: Behaviouristic aspects, obedience to the introduced measures in different countries.…”
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Internal Crowdsourcing in Companies Theoretical Foundations and Practical Applications /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction to 'Internal Crowdsourcing - Theoretical Foundations and Practical Applications' -- An Introduction to Internal Crowdsourcing -- Managing the Crowd - A Literature Review of Empirical Studies on Internal Crowdsourcing -- Systematization Approach for the Development and Description of an Internal Crowdsourcing System -- Design of a Process and Role Model for Internal Crowdsourcing -- An Empirical Analysis of an Internal Crowdsourcing Platform: IT Implications for Improving Employee Participation -- Proposals for the Future of Internal Crowdsourcing - A Trade-Union-Based Approach -- Good Practice at GASAG-Group: Recommendations for the Application of Internal Crowdsourcing from a Business Perspective -- The Living Group Works Council Agreement as Social Innovation: Internal Crowdsourcing in the GASAG Group -- The Use of Internal Crowdsourcing for Qualification and Competence Development in Organizations -- Power to the Network - The Concept of Social Business and its Relevance for IC.…”
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Struggles for Reproductive Justice in the Era of Anti-Genderism and Religious Fundamentalism

Table of Contents: “…State violence and reproduction in Nicaragua and Sweden -- 4: Reproductive justice in South Africa and African contexts: Where are we and where should we go and how in the era of global neoliberalism, neo-conservatism and religious fundamentalism? -- 5: Changing and competing discourses on abortion in Taiwan, 1990-2020 -- 6: In green and blue: Feminist struggle for abortion rights in Argentina -- 7: Narratives on the history of abortion in socialist Poland in today's struggles around abortion in Poland -- 8: Everyday bordering and the struggle for reproductive justice in Ireland -- 9: ¡Aborto Ya! …”
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International Business by Carpenter, Mason A, Dunung, Sanjyot P

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: International Trade and Foreign Direct Investment -- Chapter 3: Culture and Business -- Chapter 4: World Economies -- Chapter 5: Global and Regional Economic Cooperation and Integration -- Chapter 6: International Monetary System -- Chapter 7: Foreign Exchange and the Global Capital Markets -- Chapter 8: International Expansion and Global Market Opportunity Assessment -- Chapter 9: Exporting, Importing, and Global Sourcing -- Chapter 10: Strategy and International Business -- Chapter 11: Global Entrepreneurship and Intrapreneurship -- Chapter 12: Winning through Effective, Global Talent Management -- Chapter 13: Harnessing the Engine of Global Innovation -- Chapter 14: Competing Effectively through Global Marketing, Distribution, and Supply-Chain Management -- Chapter 15: Understanding the Roles of Finance and Accounting in Global Competitive Advantage --…”
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New Living Cases on Corporate Governance

Table of Contents: “…New Corporate Governance in the Post-Crisis World -- The Board of Directors as a Change Agent: Family Company Governance Case -- University Governance Case -- Start-up Investor Governance Case -- NPO Governance Case -- The Board of Directors as a Direction Body: M&A Governance Case -- Family Company Direction Case -- University Direction Case -- Board of Directors as a Strategic Sparring Partner -- The Board of Directors as an HR Governance Body -- Reward Governance -- Succession Planning Governance Case -- Owner - CEO Colaboration Case -- Board Management Collaboration Case -- Governance of Gender Diversity Case -- Outplacement Governance Case -- The Board of Directors as a Controlling Body: Subsidiary Governance Case -- Financial Competence on the Board Case -- IPO Governance Case -- Fraud Governance Case -- Lessons Learned from the Living Cases and trom the Global Financial Crisis. .…”
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