The movie business book

Drawing on the knowledge of a full spectrum of industry experts including producers, independent filmmakers, managers and financiers, the third international edition of "The Movie Business Book" offers a comprehensive, authoritative overview of the film industry. It features a preface written especially for the international ...

Electricity services in remote rural communities

the small enterprise model

This work describes the design and use of a particular management model for electricity services in isolated rural communities. This model was designed with the clear objective of efficient financial and technical management, taking into account the social and economic environment and the committed participation ...

Industrial organization and the digital economy

This book looks at theoretical and factual studies of ways that the rapidly evolving digital economy has changed the structure of different industries, focusing on the software and music industries. Digital technology has dramatically changed the structure of many industrial sectors. The rise of the ...

Addicted to oil

America's relentless drive for energy security

It has long been acknowledged that in America the car is king. However, America's car-orientated and car-dependent lifestyle goes beyond the culture of fast cars and freeways. In "Addicted to Oil", Ian Rutledge explores the political, economic and social ramifications of the motorisation of ...

AC/DC

the savage tale of the first standards war

"AC/DC" tells the little-known story of how Thomas Edison bet wrong in the fierce war between supporters of alternating current and direct current. The savagery of this electrical battle can hardly be imagined today. The showdown between AC and DC began as a rather ...

Invisible engines

how software platforms drive innovation and transform industries

This work discusses how to harness the power of software platforms: what executives and entrepreneurs must know about how to use this technology to transform industries and how to develop the strategies that will create value and drive profits. Software platforms are the invisible engines ...

Solar revolution

the economic transformation of the global energy industry

An innovative analysis that shows how the shift to solar energy - in particular, the use of photovoltaic cells - is both economically advantageous and inevitable, and will rival the information and communication technologies revolution in its transformative effects. In "Solar Revolution", fund manager and former corporate ...

Explotación comercial del corcho en la provincia de Badajoz

Siglo XIX. (Alburquerque y San Vicente de Alcántara). Documentos para la historia económica y social de Extremadura

El presente trabajo recopila una selección negocios jurídicos procedentes del Archivo Histórico Provincial de Badajoz que, en forma de contratos de venta o de arriendo, nos transporta al mundo de la explotación y comercialización del corcho partiendo de un nutrido corpus de documentos sobre las ...

Natural gas and geopolitics

from 1970 to 2040

By most estimates, global consumption of natural gas - a cleaner-burning alternative to coal and oil - will double by 2030. However, in North America, Europe, China, and South and East Asia, which are the areas of highest-expected demand, the projected consumption of gas is expected to ...

Carbon and its domestication

Carbon is chemically versatile and is thus the body and soul of biological, geological, ecological and economic systems. Its appropriation by humans through diversion of its biogeochemical cycle has been a mainstay of development. This domestication is characterized by a number of thresholds: control of ...

Las condiciones de la innovación y de las actitudes innovadoras en las empresas industriales

análisis andaluz

INDICE: Cambio tecnológico e innovación en la teoría evolucionista. Innovación tecnológica y su relación con el desarrollo regional hacia los sistemas regionales de innovación. La actualización pública en I+D de innovación: líneas políticas de acción y situación institucional. I+D e innovación en Andalucía ...

Estudio comparativo de la industria de la inversión colectiva en Iberoamérica

El Instituto Iberoamericano del Mercado de Valores (IIMV) ha publicado el Estudio comparativo de la Industria de la Inversión Colectiva en Iberoamércia (IIC). El estudio tiene como objetivo propiciar un mejor conocimiento de esta industria, y así fomentar su desarrollo y crecimiento en la región ...

Se acabó la fiesta

¿Cómo viajarías? ¿Cómo y de qué te alimentarías? ¿Renunciarías al avión y al coche? ¿De qué forma protegerías tu vivienda del frío? ¿Has pensado alguna vez cuántos de los objetos que te rodean y utilizas han sido fabricados a partir de derivados de los hidrocarburos ...

L'industrie du disque

L'industrie du disque est entrée dans le XXIe siècle en situation de crise. Ventes de disques, production de nouveautés, prix sont orientés à la baisse. L'essor du numérique et le développement des réseaux d'échanges de fichiers musicaux sont désignés comme les principaux ...

Introducción a la refinación del petróleo

su historia, la tecnología y su desarrollo. Los productos y sus mercados. Combustibles alternativos. Su economía

Instalado desde fines del siglo XIX como un elemento insoslayable de la economía mundial, el petróleo ha incidido con igual potencia tanto en la vida cotidiana #cientos de miles de productos provienen de él# como en la política internacional: la lucha por su control ha ...

The econometrics of energy systems

Twenty years of liberalization have transformed the energy sector. The old energy world of long-term contracts and personal contacts has changed beyond recognition into a set of highly competitive markets with instantaneous decision-making much like the financial sector. Decentralized decision-making by multiple actors creates the ...

Política y financiación pública de la música

países iberoamericanos en el contexto internacional. (Antecedentes, instituciones y experiencias)

La presente obra está dedicada al estudio de las diversas instituciones y experiencias nacionales de los países iberoamericanos a través de las cuales se han llevado a cabo, desde mediados del siglo XX y hasta la actualidad, tanto las políticas públicas como la financiación gubernamental ...

Understanding digital television

an introduction to DVB systems with satellite, cable, broadband and terrestrial TV distribution

With the milestones of Digital TV and HDTV, there are lots of questions to be asked about television of today..."Understanding Digital Television" explains complex technical systems and solutions in an easy to comprehend manner along with visual 3D graphics. It helps non- technical individuals ...

Performance measurement and regulation of network utilities

This book explores the important role that economic performance measurement is playing in the regulation of network utilities in many countries today. The contributors to the book - researchers from academia, regulatory agencies and consulting firms - address the use of efficiency measures in price regulation and ...

Competitive electricity markets and sustainability

This book responds to the opening up of electricity markets to competition, which has completely changed the nature of power generation. The building of new generation and transmission capacity and the setting of the energy mix between nuclear, gas and renewable resources are mainly left ...