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Acting in time on energy policy

Ed. Kelly Sims Gallagher. Energy policy is on everyone's mind these days. The U.S. presidential campaign focused on energy independence and exploration (Drill, baby, drill), climate change, alternative fuels, even nuclear energy. But there is a serious problem endemic to America's energy ...

Brazil as an economic superpower?

understanding Brazil's changing role in the global economy

Eds. lael Brainard, Leonardo Martinez-Diaz. Brazil is once again getting attention in the northern hemisphere-attention long overdue, given its huge and diverse population, its physical size and diversity, and its geopolitical and economic importance as the largest country in Latin America. Long seen as an ...

La soledad de los numeros primos

Traducción del italiano de Juan Manuel Salmerón Arjona. 'La soledad de los números primos' invita al lector a reflexionar sobre la marginación social que sufren algunas personas por ser vistas como 'raras', cuando realmente son especiales. Los dos protagonistas van contracorriente, más por un suceso ...

The social media bible

tactics, tools, and strategies for business success

This is the ultimate comprehensive social media reference book for any business looking to transform its marketing and operational strategies. Realizing that social media is dramatically impacting businesses, customers, and everyone connected to them, the authors of "The Social Media Bible" have consulted with leading ...

Finance

capital markets, financial management, and investment management

This title presents a comprehensive introduction to the dynamic world of finance. Created by the experienced author team of Frank Fabozzi and Pamela Peterson Drake, "Introduction to Finance" examines the essential elements of this discipline and makes them understandable to a wide array of readers ...

The global future

a brief introduction to world politics

"The Global Future: A Brief Introduction to World Politics, International Edition" is a concise overview of the study of world politics, based on the framework of Charles Kegley's best-selling "World Politics: Trend and Transformation". Written in a way that speaks to students with a ...

Lecturing birds on flying

can mathematical theories destroy the financial markets?

This title offers an intriguing look at how financial models have repeatedly failed our markets, including now. Leading and contrarian thinkers have been talking for years about the conflicts between theoretical and real finance. Nassim Taleb first addressed the issue in his technical treatise on ...

Alternative dispute resolution

an essential competency for lawyers

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) has become a critical competency for intellectual property (IP) practice. Litigators and corporate counsel are compelled by the realities of federal court litigation to master the skills, strategies and tactics of ADR. The escalating cost of IP litigation leads clients to ...

La República

El tema principal que articula la República es la justicia; así lo reconocen Sócrates y sus interlocutores repetidas veces. Quien se acerque por vez primera a ella quizá sienta cierto desconcierto por su heterogeneidad. Encontrará largas disquisiciones sobre la educación, una crítica a la poesía ...

Un divorcio sin traumas

cómo superar los conflictos del divorcio mediante la mediación conciliadora y las soluciones extrajudiciales

#En el divorcio hay que pasar del jaque mate a las tablas#, propone el juez Serrano. Este libro viene a confirmar esa máxima pues recoge su apuesta decidida y novedosa por la mediación y la conciliación familiar frente a la criminalización actual de los procesos ...

Derecho de la regulación económica

T.III: Sector energético

La regulación de la economía por los poderes públicos no es un fenómeno jurídico nuevo, en cuanto que siempre han existido normas de ordenación e intervenciones administrativas en los sectores más relevantes. Sin embargo, a partir de los años ochenta del siglo pasado se inició ...

International Financial Reporting Standards 2009

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Innovation tournaments

creating and selecting exceptional opportunities

Managers, entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists all seek to maximize the financial returns from innovation, and profits are driven largely by the quality of the opportunities they pursue. Based on a structured and process driven approach 'innovation tournaments', this book demonstrates how to systematically identify exceptional ...

Global energy transformation

four necessary steps to make clean energy the next success story

In the coming years, due to the peak in global oil production, financial and political power will gradually shift towards the individuals, companies and nations that are most successful at reducing dependence on non-renewable fuels and that are able to organise large scale transformation of ...

Human dignity and the foundations of international Law

International lawyers have often been interested in the link between their discipline and the foundational issues of jurisprudential method, but little that is systematic has been written on this subject. In this book, an attempt is made to fill this gap by focusing on issues ...

Karl Marx's das kapital

Karl Marx's "Das Kapital" was first published in German in 1876 and is considered the most important contribution of Marx to the world of political economy. In it, Marx gives a critical analysis of capitalism and its practical economic application and also a critique ...

Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations

"Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations" was the first comprehensive treatment of political economy. Published in 1776, "The Wealth of Nations" was originally released for a very specific audience; the British Parliament, setting clearly defined arguments for peace and co- operation with their troublesome ...

El debate de los debates

España y EE.UU. 2008

VV.AA.La televisión se ha convertido en centro neurálgico de la comunicación en las campañas electorales del mundo globalizado. "El debate de los Debates" es un proyecto de la Academia de las Ciencias y las Artes de Televisión que estudia, analiza e interpreta los ...

La construcción mediática de las crisis políticas

Los medios de comunicación construyen la realidad social. Continua y sistemáticamente están creando significados y sentidos compartidos por la ciudadanía. Este libro examina cómo los medios ponen en práctica esta trascendental acción en una situación específica: las crisis políticas. Para ello, no sólo propone un ...

Separating fools from their money

a history of american financial scandals

What do Michael Milken and Martha Stewart have in common? (Answer: Both became public scapegoats for an outrageous era of greed and excess). What was the most outrageous party thrown by a financial baron of the twentieth century? (Answer: Tough call, but either Michael Milken ...