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Digital Kenya An Entrepreneurial Revolution in the Making /

Table of Contents: “…-- PART IV MANAGING THE FINE DETAILS OF DOING BUSINESS IN KENYA -- Chapter 11 Inside a Policy Maker's Mind: An Entrepreneurial Approach to Policy Development and Implementation (Bitange Ndemo) -- Conversation 11 with Ory Okolloh: Why Policy matters for Entrepreneurs -- Chapter 12 The Art of Managing World Views in Kenya's International Technology Sector (Tim Weiss & Klaus Weber) -- Conversation 12 with Ken Njoroge of Cellulant: How to Be a Rebel and Build a Business at the Same Time -- Chapter 13 Developing Strategies to Harness the Power of Parallel Entrepreneurship (Eskor John) -- Conversation 13 with Mikul Shah & Ritesh Doshi of Naked Pizza: The Hustling Entrepreneur on Trial -- Chapter 14 Venture Capital in East Africa: Is There a Right Model? (Stephen Gugu & Wilfred Mutua) -- Conversation 14 with Ben Lyon of Kopo Kopo: Creating the PayPal Mafia of East Africa -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- Chapter 15 Entrepreneuring for Society - What's next for "Africa"? …”
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The Diversity Of Worldviews Among Young Adults Contemporary (Non)Religiosity And Spirituality Through The Lens Of An International Mixed Method Study /

Table of Contents: “…Contexts of Plurality and Uniformity - A Comparative Study of Subjective Life-World Orientations in India, China, Finland, and the USA -- Chapter 13. Social Capital and Lack Thereof - Discrimination and Subjective Wellbeing Among University Students -- Chapter 14. …”
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New Perspectives in Critical Data Studies The Ambivalences of Data Power /

Table of Contents: “…New Perspectives in Critical Data Studies: The Ambivalences of Data Power-An Introduction -- Part I Global Infrastructures and Local Invisibilities -- Data Power and Counter-power with Chinese Characteristics -- Transnational Networks of Influence: The Twitter Presence of the Quantified Self and Maker Movements' Organizational Elites -- The Power of Data Science Ontogeny: Thick Data Studies on the Indian IT Skill Tutoring Microcosm -- Fighting the "System": A Pilot Project on the Opacity of Algorithms in Political Communication -- Indigenous Peoples, Data, and the Coloniality of Surveillance -- Part II State and Data Justice -- The Datafied Welfare State: A Perspective from the UK -- The Value Dynamics of Data Capitalism: Cultural Production and Consumption in a Datafied World -- Mapping Data Justice as a Multidimensional Concept Through Feminist and Legal Perspectives -- Reconfiguring Education Through Data: How Data Practices Reconfigure Teacher Professionalism and Curriculum -- Public Values and Technological Change: Mapping how Municipalities Grapple with Data Ethics -- Welfare Data Society? …”
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Innovations in Quantitative Risk Management TU München, September 2013 /

Table of Contents: “…Part I Markets, Regulation, and Model Risk -- A Random Holding Period Approach for Liquidity-Inclusive Risk Management -- Regulatory Developments in Risk Management: Restoring Confidence in Internal Models -- Model Risk in Incomplete Markets with Jumps -- Part II Financial Engineering -- Bid-Ask Spread for Exotic Options Under Conic Finance -- Derivative Pricing Under the Possibility of Long Memory in the supOU Stochastic Volatility Model -- A Two-Sided BNS Model for Multicurrency FX Markets -- Modeling the Price of Natural Gas with Temperature and Oil Price as Exogenous Factors -- Copula-Specific Credit Portfolio Modeling -- Implied Recovery Rates-Auctions and Models -- Upside and Downside Risk Exposures of Currency Carry Trades via Tail Dependence -- Part III Insurance Risk and Asset Management -- Participating Life Insurance Contracts Under Risk Based Solvency Frameworks: How to Increase Capital Efficiency by Product Design -- Reducing Surrender Incentives Through Fee Structure in Variable Annuities -- A Variational Approach for Mean-Variance-Optimal Deterministic Consumption and Investment -- Risk Control in Asset Management: Motives and Concepts -- Worst-Case Scenario Portfolio Optimization Given the Probability of a Crash -- Improving Optimal Terminal Value Replicating Portfolios -- Part IV Computational Methods for Risk Management -- Risk and Computation -- Extreme Value Importance Sampling for Rare Event Risk Measurement -- A Note on the Numerical Evaluation of the Hartman-Watson Density and Distribution Function -- Computation of Copulas by Fourier Methods -- Part V Dependence Modelling -- Goodness-of-fit Tests for Archimedean Copulas in High Dimensions -- Duality in Risk Aggregation -- Some Consequences of the Markov Kernel Perspective of Copulas -- Copula Representations for Invariant Dependence Functions -- Nonparametric Copula Density Estimation Using a Petrov-Galerkin Projection.…”
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Tacitus, Annals, 15.20­-23, 33­-45. Latin Text, Study Aids with Vocabulary, and Commentary by Owen, Mathew, Gildenhard, Ingo

Table of Contents: “…Commentary -- Section 1: Annals 15.20–23 -- (i) 20.1–22.1: The Meeting of the Senate -- (ii) 22.2: Review of striking prodigies that occurred in AD 62 -- (iii) 23.1–4: Start of Tacitus' account of AD 63: the birth and death of Nero's daughter by Sabina Poppaea, Claudia Augusta -- Section 2: Annals 15.33–45 (AD 64) -- (i) 33.1–34.1: Nero's coming-out party as stage performer -- (ii) 34.2–35.3: A look at the kind of creatures that populate Nero's court – and the killing of an alleged rival -- (iii) 36: Nero considers, but then reconsiders, going on tour to Egypt -- (iv) 37: To show his love for Rome, Nero celebrates a huge public orgy that segues into a mock-wedding with his freedman Pythagoras -- (v) 38–41: The fire of Rome -- (vi) 42–43: Reconstructing the Capital: Nero's New Palace -- (vii) 44: Appeasing the Gods, and Christians as Scapegoats -- (viii) 45: Raising of Funds for Buildings -- 5. …”
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Researching Elites and Power Theory, Methods, Analyses /

Table of Contents: “…How to study elites' "international capital"? Some methodological reflections -- Chapter 20. …”
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Tourism and Conservation-based Development in the Periphery Lessons from Patagonia for a Rapidly Changing World /

Table of Contents: “…From local periphery to global center: The evolution of Patagonia through green discourse -- 3. Territorializing Capital: The Political Economy of Nature in Argentine Patagonia -- 4. …”
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Social and Economic Vulnerability of Roma People Key Factors for the Success and Continuity of Schooling Levels /

Table of Contents: “…The Influence of Social Capital on the Educational Attainment of Roma Persons: Evidence from a Qualitative Study in Romania (Theofild-Andrei Lazar and Elena-Loreni Baci) -- Chapter 13. …”
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Migration in Southern Africa IMISCOE Regional Reader /

Table of Contents: “…Migrating Beyond Borders and States: Instrumental and Contingent Solidarities Among -- Chapter 4. Neoliberal Capitalism and Migration in the Global South: a Case of Post-ESAP Zimbabwe to South Africa migration -- Part II: Legislation and Policy Frameworks Governing Migration -- Chapter 5. …”
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Conversa Brasileira by Kelm, Orlando R.

Table of Contents: “…Food 2: Brazilian “Churrasco” With A Capital Bbq! -- 11. Working Out 1: I'm Just Not Feeling It -- 12. …”
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Financial Crisis Management and Democracy Lessons from Europe and Latin America /

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1: Introduction -- Part I: Global Economic Crisis -- Chapter 2: The Road from Prosperity into the Crisis: The Long Cycle of Post-War Economic, Social and Political Development -- Chapter 3: The Systemic Nature of the Global Crisis and Some Principles for Tackling it -- Part II: Regional Governance and Crisis Management in Europe and Latin America -- Chapter 4: EU's Double Democratic Deficit -- Chapter 5: European Union's Democratic Legitimacy after the MoUs: The Political Legacy of an Economic Crisis -- Chapter 6: Finance Capitalism and Democracy: The Case of the Financial Transactions Tax -- Chapter 7: Regional Governance and Macroeconomic Crisis Management in Latin America -- Part III: Impact of the Crisis in Europe and Latin America: National Level -- Chapter 8: Managing the Crisis in Greece: The Missing Link Between External Conditionality and Domestic Political Economy -- Chapter 9: The Crisis, its Management and Impact on Equity and Democracy in Portugal and Possible Consequences for the EU -- Chapter 10: The 2011 Crisis in Italy: A Story of Deep Rooted (and Still Unresolved) Economic and Political Weaknesses -- Chapter 11: Latin American Economic Crises and Populist Bids: Argentina, Brazil and Mexico -- Chapter 12: The Fall of a Giant: Greed, Corruption and Abuse of Power Undermining Democracy in Brazil -- Chapter 13: Venezuela in Crisis - Governance, Equity and Democracy -- Part IV: Impact of the Crisis in Europe and Latin America: Regional Level -- Chapter 14: The Rise of Right-wing Populism in Europe: A Psychoanalytical Contribution -- Chapter 15: European Economic Governance and Rising Sovereignism -- Chapter 16: Eurozone Crisis Management and the Growth of Opposition to European Integration -- Chapter 17: A 'Pink Tide' Than a 'Turn to the Right': Populisms and Extremism in Latin America in the 21st Century -- Chapter 18: The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Latin American Regionalism and Beyond -- Part V: Conclusions -- Chapter 19: Comparing the Crises in Europe and Latin America: Causes, Management and Consequences -- Part VI: Reform Proposals -- Chapter 20: Financial Instability, Climate Change and the 'Digital Colonization' of Europe: Some Unconventional Proposals -- Chapter 21: Promoting Investment in the European Union, Evaluating the Junker Plan -- Chapter 22: Proposal for a Pact for National Responsibility Through EU Solidarity within the Present EU Architecture -- Chapter 23: Proposals for Reforms and Democratization of the EMU -- Chapter 24: Operational Proposal for an EU-CELAC Strategic Alliance -- Chapter 25: Epilogue - Financial Crises, Regionalism and Domestic Adjustment.…”
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History of Innovative Entrepreneurs in Japan by Kikkawa, Takeo

Table of Contents: “…Conditions that Enabled the First Successful Industrialization Case among Late Developers -- Overview 3: World War I to the 1980s -- Case 8: Ichizo Kobayashi: A Leader in Urbanization Creates a New Industry -- Case 9: Yasuzaemon Matsunaga: Electrification Leader Establishes Private Sector-Led Public Utility Operations -- Case 10: Saburosuke Suzuki II : Commercialization of Exceptional Breakthrough Innovation -- Case 11: Kiichiro Toyoda: From Breakthrough to Incremental Innovations -- Case 12: Shitagau Noguchi and Yoshisuke Aikawa: Emergence of New Konzerns and Foray into the Continent -- Case 13: Sazo Idemitsu: From "Oil Merchant of the Continent" to "Hero of Native Oil Companies" -- Case 14: Yataro Nishiyama: Leader of Capital Investment Drives High Economic Growth -- Case 15: Konosuke Matsushita: Initiator of "Consumer Revolution" Drives High Economic Growth -- Case 16: Masaru Ibuka, Akio Morita, Soichiro Honda, and Takeo Fujisawa: The Groundbreaking Nature of Sony and Honda Becoming Global Companies -- Case 17: Toshio Doko: The Sense of Crisis Harbored by the "Fine Physician of the Business World" and "Mr. …”
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Ecosystem-Based Management, Ecosystem Services and Aquatic Biodiversity Theory, Tools and Applications /

Table of Contents: “…Tools and Techniques -- Ecosystem-Based Management and Natural Capital Accounting -- Establishing a Common Framework for Strategic Communications in Ecosystem-Based Management and the Natural Science -- Prioritizing Stakeholders, Beneficiaries, and Environmental Attributes: A Tool for Ecosystem-Based Management -- Linkage Frameworks: An Exploration Tool for Complex Systems in Ecosystem-Based Management -- Projecting Changes to Coastal and Estuarine Ecosystem Goods and Services - Models and Tools -- An Integrated Multi-Model Decision Support Framework for Evaluating Ecosystem-Based Management Options for Coupled Human-Natural Systems -- Mathematical Modeling for Ecosystem-Based Management (EBM) and Ecosystem Goods and Services (EGS) Assessment -- The Ecosystem Services Gradient: A Descriptive Model for Identifying Levels of Meaningful Change -- Rapid Benefit Indicator Tools -- Part IV. …”
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Anticipating and Preparing for Emerging Skills and Jobs Key Issues, Concerns, and Prospects /

Table of Contents: “…Quality Education and Economic Development -- 6. Human Capital Development in South Asia -- 6. Anticipating and Preparing for the Future - One Example from Higher Education: the Singapore Management University (SMU) Experience -- 7. …”
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Education, Competence Development and Career Trajectories Analysing Data of the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) /

Table of Contents: “…Ethnic differences in social capital mobilization at the transition to vocational training in Germany (Tobias Roth and Markus Weißmann) -- 18. …”
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Perspectives on Digital Humanism

Table of Contents: “…The Real Cost of Surveillance Capitalism: Digital Humanism in the US and Europe -- 6. …”
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Masterpieces on Japan by Foreign Authors From Goncharov to Pinguet /

Table of Contents: “…Sir Rutherford Alcock, The Capital of the Tycoon: A Narrative of a Three Years' Residence in Japan -- Chapter 3. …”
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The Interconnected Arctic - UArctic Congress 2016

Table of Contents: “…Resilient and sustainable transport in times of climate change -- Part III Building the long-term human capacity. Chapter 17 Human capital development in the Russian Arctic -- Chapter 18 Impact of wages on employment and migration in the High North of Russia -- chapter 19 Well-being in an Arctic city. …”
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The Palgrave Handbook of International Energy Economics

Table of Contents: “…The trading of carbon - Alfred Evans (Climate Change Capital Ltd) or Eleanor Morrison (London Financial Studies) -- 3. …”
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International Impacts on Social Policy Short Histories in Global Perspective /

Table of Contents: “…The Formation of a National Capital Stock and thePension Systems in South Korea and Malaysia Johanna Kuhlmann and Frank Nullmeier -- 30 The "Great Recession" and Pension Policy Change in European Countries Magnus Brosig and Karl Hinrichs.-31 Trade and Immigration: How International Factors Shaped Social Policy in Argentina Martín Cortina Escudero -- Part IV Transnational Social Movements and Expert Networks -- 32 Introduction: Transnational Social Movements and Expert Networks Delia González de Reufels and Frank Nullmeier -- 33 Relations Between Germany and China and the Rise of the Social Insurance State in China Since the Economic Reform of1978 Tao Liu and Tong Tian -- 34 Social Long-Term Care Insurance: An Idea Travelling Between Countries? …”
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