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Profitable buying strategies

how to cut procurement costs and buy your way to higher profits

Improving your organization's profitability can only be achieved in three ways: increase prices, increase sales volumes or reduce costs. Competitive pressures are making the first two options increasingly difficult, which leaves cost reduction as the key option available. "Profitable Buying Strategies" shows you a ...

Global rice and agricultural trade liberalisation

poverty and welfare omplications for South Asia

Rice has long been one of the most protected commodities in world trade. Now the probable significant liberalisation of trade in rice is likely to have huge welfare implications for many countries dependent on its production and trade, particularly those in South Asia. This book ...

Learning to coach

for personal and professional development

This book is a straightforward guide for would-be coaches, for those already working in the professional development arena, and for any one using coaching skills in their life. It highlights the essential coaching skills and qualities, how they are employed in given situations and what ...

Evil incarnate

rumors of demonic conspiracy and satanic abuse in history

In the 1980s, America was gripped by widespread panics about Satanic cults. Conspiracy theories abounded about groups who were allegedly abusing children in day-care centers, impregnating girls for infant sacrifice, brainwashing adults, and even controlling the highest levels of government.As historian of religions David ...

The unmaking of the Middle East

a history of Western disorder in Arab Lands

Written for those who want to know more about the Middle East than the mainstream media is willing or able to tell, this book begins by examining a question that has been asked by numerous commentators since September 11, 2001: "Why do they hate us ...

The road to Monticello

the life and mind of Thomas Jefferson

The sheer variety of Jefferson's many pursuits-he was an inventor, horticulturist, statesman, architect, and philosopher, among many other things-almost mask the singularity of his genius. But there is little doubt that our third president was also one of America's greatest intellectuals. This superb ...

La mesure d'un continent

atlas historique de l'Amérique du Nord 1492-1814

En mars 1493, Christophe Colomb rentre d'un long voyage, persuadé d'avoir atteint les Indes. Pour atteindre l'Orient et ses trésors, il a fait le pari de traverser l'Atlantique. En réalité, il s'est heurté à un obstacle de taille ; un immense ...

Life and death in the Third Reich

On January 30, 1933, hearing about the celebrations for Hitler's assumption of power, Erich Ebermayer remarked bitterly in his diary, "We are the losers, definitely the losers." Learning of the Nuremberg Laws in 1935, which made Jews non-citizens, he raged, "hate is sown a ...

Ghettostadt

lódz and the making of a nazi city

Under the Third Reich, Nazi Germany undertook an unprecedented effort to refashion the city of Lodz. Home to prewar Poland's second most populous Jewish community, this was to become a German city of enchantment - a modern, clean, and orderly showcase of urban planning and ...

Fundamentos del Derecho civil patrimonial

T.II: Las relaciones obligatorias

El terrorismo ante el Derecho internacional público

El presente libro ofrece una panorámica general e introductoria al fenómeno de la lucha contra el terrorismo desde un enfoque, predominantemente, jurídico internacional. En la obra se abordan temas claves de la actualidad internacional como las normas de Naciones Unidas en materia de terrorismo, el ...

Represión franquista en el frente norte

La rebelión del general Franco y sus cómplices militares y civiles contra el Gobierno republicano legal y legítimamente constituido llevó aparejada una deliberada represión basada en el terror y en la crueldad más expeditiva. En la retaguardia, todo aquel que de una forma u otra ...

Le royaume de Bourgogne autour de l'an mil

SOMMAIRE: Avant-propos # Guido Castelnuovo Introduction. Francia media et axe lotharingien # Michel Parisse Demotz François # La Transjurane?de l#an Mil?: la transition post- carolingienne Laurent Grimaldi # La Justice comme élément révélateur de la crise de l#an mil en Viennois Eliana Magnani # Vie consacrée en ...

El genocidio franquista en Valencia

las fosas silenciadas del cementerio

Este libro es un documento histórico de gran valor que demuestra el genocidio silenciado hasta el momento de miles de personas de la zona republicana durante el período comprendido entre la caída de Valencia (el final de la guerra civil) y el año 1945. En ...

Práctica y estilo de celebrar Cortes en el reino de Aragón, principado de Cataluña y reino de Valencia

recopilado todo y ordenado por Don Antonio de Capmany. Va añadido el reglamento para el Consejo representativo de Ginebra, y los reglamentos que se observan en la Cámara de los Comunes de Inglaterra

Antoni de Capmany dejó en este libro, como ha escrito Pierre Vilar, un «texto fundamental de la historia del parlamentarismo». La obra constituye una aportación de primer orden al nacimiento del constitucionalismo contemporáneo surgido de las Cortes de Cádiz de 1810- 1812. A la hora ...

Noticias de Antigüedades de las Actas de Sesiones de la Real Academia de la Historia

(1834-1874)

ÍNDICE: PRESENTACIÓN.- INTRODUCCIÓN. La arqueología romántica española en las regencias de María Cristina de Borbón y el General Espartero. Romanticismo y positivismo: la arqueología en la España de Isabel II. La arqueología española en el Sexenio Democrático. Conclusiones. Apéndices.- CATÁLOGO. Catálogo de documentos.- ÍNDICES DEL ...

Chine

au pays du capitalisme (presque) parfait

L#affirmation de la Chine comme grande puissance commerciale et politique est l#un des faits géopolitiques majeur de ce début de xxie siècle. Plus personne ne songe aujourd#hui à minimiser la portée des réformes engagées par Deng Xiaoping il y a 30 ans ...

Balkans, la mosaïque brisée

frontières, territoires et identités

Vous avez dit « Balkans » ? On pense immédiatement à d#inextricables conflits de territoire, à un enchevêtrement de populations aux identités confuses, aux revendications contradictoires. Bref, à une immangeable macédoine. Terre de rencontre, carrefour majeur de l#Europe, les Balkans se caractérisent par une fantastique diversité ...

Il guerriero, l'oplita, il legionario

gli eserciti nel mondo classico

La figura del legionario romano, il fante cittadino che domina i campi di battaglia dell#antichità, traduce valori che sono espressione di un profondo senso del dovere nei confronti dello Stato. A partire dagli archetipi omerici del guerriero e dall#analisi delle battaglie e degli ...

A ferro e fuoco

la guerra civile europea 1914-1945

La prima metà del Novecento fu un'epoca di conflitti, di distruzioni e rivoluzioni che mise l'Europa a ferro e fuoco. Una terribile combinazione di guerra totale, di guerre locali e di genocidi innescata anche dallo scontro di opposte visioni del mondo. Il libro ...