Cost control, college access, and competition in higher education

Quality has never been more important for the future of higher education and the economy than it is today. Unfortunately, the decline in student quality is accompanied by costs that are out of control, a governance system that will not permit any reallocation of resources ...

What's the good of education?

the economics of education in the UK

This book explores that question in unprecedented detail, drawing on empirical evidence from an impressive array of sources. While much of the focus is on the educational system in the United Kingdom, the book offers lessons of international applicability. A state-of-the-art compendium on education policy ...

La educación superior en el mundo 2006

la financiación de las Universidades

Esta nueva serie de informes anuales de la Global University Network for Innovation (GUNI) analiza en profundidad las cuestiones clave que deben abordar las instituciones de educación superior en el siglo XXI, poniendo especial énfasis en el tema del compromiso social de las universidades. Se ...

Modelos universitarios

los rumbos alternativos de la universidad y la innovación

Esta obra es una investigación original acerca de las políticas relacionadas con la ciencia y la tecnología en tres universidades: la de Sussex, en el Reino Unido; la de Tsukuba, en Japón, y la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, en México. El autor destaca diferencias culturales e ...

Internationalizing the Internet

the co-evolution of influence and technology

This compelling book focuses on the global formation of the Internet system. It contests the common belief that the Internet's adoption was inevitable and instead examines the social and economic processes that allowed to it to prevail over competing standards and methods for achieving ...

E-Merging media

communication and the media economy of the future

After the very successful ECC-Book on "E-conomy" this new report of the European Communication Council (ECC) analyzes from various perspectives the profound societal and economical change of the media economy, initiated by digitalization and networking. Against the background of the current media history, it highlights ...

Unsustainable transport

city transport in the new century

The book addresses the linkages between transport and sustainable urban development, from an analysis of the global picture through issues relating to transport and energy intensity, public policy and the institutional and organizational constraints on change. The central part of the book explores the linkages ...

Location, transport and land-use

modelling spatial-temporal information

This book identifies the underlying principles that govern siting, community development, and product/service delivery. Included are step- by-step procedures to perform: site location, land-use planning, location-routing, competitive allocation of products/services and spatial forecasting. The treatment goes well beyond the state-of-the- art, suggesting specific ...

Diccionario terminológico de la industria automotriz y del transporte = Dictionary of automotive industry and transport terminology

Gestión del poder diluido

la construcción de la sociedad mediática (1989-2004)

Gestión del poder diluido es un libro que indaga en la construcción de la llamada sociedad mediática entre finales de los años 80 del siglo XX y los primeros años del siglo XXI.El eje organizador del libro son los medios,puesto que son éstos ...

eEspaña 2005

informe anual sobre el desarrollo de la Sociedad de la Información en España

El Informe eEspaña de la Fundación AUNA cumple un lustro de análisis y estudios continuados sobre el desarrollo de la Sociedad de la Información, habiéndose convertido en el documento pionero y de referencia en el sector. El Informe anual sobre el desarrollo de la Sociedad ...

Europe's automotive industry on the move

competitiveness in a changing world

The automotive industry is a major pillar of the modern global economy and one of Europe#s key industries. There can hardly be any doubt about the important role of this sector as an engine for employment, growth and innovation in Europe, and there are ...

La cultura global

medios de comunicación, cultura e ideología en la sociedad globalizada

Indice: Sección 1. Los límites del problema. Capítulo 1. La comunicación, cultura e ideología en la sociedad globalizada. Capítulo 2. Educación y desigualdad social. Sección 2. Procesos ideológicos. Capítulo 3. La deseducación comunicativa. Capítulo 4. El circuito cultural. Sección 3. La sobrealienación. Capítulo 5. Cultura ...

Las guerras del Pirulí

el negocio de la televisión pública en la España democrática

¿Qué es la televisión pública y cómo se financia? ¿Está el ente público TVE tan podrido como algunos sostienen? ¿Son las productoras privadas el nuevo cáncer de TVE?... Esta obra, una investigación rigurosa y bien documentada, responde a estas preguntas y a muchas más. Pone ...

Transnational Television Worldwide

towards a new media order

This volume brings together papers accepted for the 2004 conference in the series on Subsea Control and Data Acquisition. The event, at the Total Conference Centre, Pau, France on 10 and 11 June, was organized by the Institute of Measurement and Control, based in London ...

El comportamiento del usuario de servicios de telecomunicaciones

Los operadores participantes en el sector de las telecomunicaciones, en pleno proceso de liberalización tras la ruptura del monopolio establecido, invierten cada vez más esfuerzos en conseguir nuevos clientes. Sin embargo parece que éstos nunca son suficientes. Para mantener sus cuotas de mercado necesitan retener ...

The mobile multimedia business

requirements and solutions

As the wireless world opens up, this book explores the evolving role of multimedia and UMTS technology in the mobile communications sector. The author draws on his extensive experience in the field to provide an approach that will appeal to academia and industry alike, covering ...

The business of media

corporate media and the public interest

"The Business of Media" provides the critical analysis of the rapidly changing media industry that students need in order to get behind the headlines and understand our increasingly media-saturated society. This Second Edition includes updated data and examples, while incorporating some of the most recent ...

The evolution of the US airline industry

theory, strategy and policy

The Evolution of the US Airline Industry discusses the evolution of the hub-and-spoke network system and the associated price discrimination strategy, as the post-deregulation dominant business model of the major incumbent airlines and its breakdown in the early 2000s. It highlights the role that aircraft ...

Mathematical and economic theory of road pricing

This book provides the most recent methodological advances in applying advanced modeling techniques to road pricing. Distinguished from other monographs that have focused on the empirical aspects, policy experiences, and environmental issues of road congestion and road pricing, most studies presented in the book are ...