Professional Practice for Interior Designers or Creating Groups

Professional Practice for Interior Designers

Author: Christine M M Piotrowski

The text of choice for professional interior design practice -- now with companion CD-ROM!

Since publication of the first edition in 1990, Professional Practice for Interior Designers has remained the leading choice for educators for teaching interior design business practice as well as for professionals seeking to advance in their own practices. This ASID/Polsky Prize winner is recommended by the NCIDQ for exam preparation and covers the gamut of legal, financial, management, marketing, administrative, and ethical issues. You gain all the essential skills needed for planning and maintaining a thriving interior design business, presented in the clear, easy-to-follow style that is the hallmark of this text.

This edition is completely current with the latest business practices and features a host of new practice aids:

• Companion CD-ROM includes a trial version of professional practice software, business forms, numerous short articles, plus additional information and resources.

• New examples help you manage the latest challenges and implement the latest business practices.

• A new chapter devoted to strategic planning explains this important business concept in easy-to-understand language for students and professionals.

• Brief "what would you do" case studies in each chapter challenge you to respond to ethical issues faced by today's interior designers.

From creating a business plan to launching a promotional campaign to setting up a computerized accounting system, everything you need to launch and sustain a successful interior design practice is here.

Table of Contents:

	Preface
	Acknowledgments
Pt. I	An Introduction to the Profession of Interior Design	3
1	The Profession	5
2	Ethics	31
3	Personal Goal Setting	43
Pt. II	How to Establish an Interior Design Practice	51
4	Planning a New Interior Design Practice	53
5	Advice and Counsel	71
6	Business Formations	83
7	Legal Filings	97
8	On Your Own	111
Pt. III	The Business of Interior Design	123
9	Business Organization and Management	125
10	The Planning Function	135
11	Personnel Management	147
12	Legal Issues of Employment	169
13	Legal Responsibilities	185
14	Warranties and Product Liability	197
Pt. IV	Managing the Business's Finances	207
15	Financial Accounting	209
16	Financial Management	231
17	Determining Design Fees	243
18	Preparing Design Contracts	265
19	Product Pricing Considerations	303
20	The Sale of Goods and the Uniform Commercial Code	323
Pt. V	Marketing and Business Development	339
21	Marketing Interior Design Services	341
22	Promoting the Interior Design Practice	353
23	Advanced Promotional Tools	371
24	Selling Your Services	395
25	Design Presentations	409
26	Personal Power	429
Pt. VI	Project Management	447
27	Project Management Techniques	449
28	Working with Trade Sources	477
29	Contract Documents and Specifications	489
30	Contract Administration	519
31	Contract Administration: Delivery and Project Closeout	543
Pt. VII	Careers	557
32	Career Options	559
33	Getting the Next - or First - Job	577
	Glossary	617
	Appendix	637
	Index	643

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Creating Groups, Vol. 2

Author: Harvey J Bertcher

Considers the issue of group effectiveness from the standpoint of group composition. The authors assert that the effectiveness of any group is at least partially determined by the particular attributes which each individual brings to it. Drawing from studies in small group theory as well as from research pertaining to group psychotherapy, the programme outlined in this convenient sourcebook should help individuals to better understand and influence the composition of groups involved in all types of community work.

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Myrick (communication, Auburn U.) critically analyzes institutional processes embedded in the proliferation of information about HIV/AIDS, and how the messages that the public receives serve to further stigmatize the gay population. The cultural study uses Michel Foucault's theories of sexuality and identity as a basis for understanding the historical dimensions of gay politics, and the current medicalization of the community's identity. The author applies his theoretical analysis to a review of national public service announcements about AIDS and community based education programs. Includes an appendix of PSA transcripts. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Intellectual Property Damages or Issues in Cost Accounting for Health Care Organizations

Intellectual Property Damages: Guidelines and Analysis

Author: Mark A Glick

A comprehensive resource for anyone involved in intellectual property litigation

With Intellectual Property Damages you'll get the basics of the intellectual property litigation process, the essential "rules" in postulating damages theories, the basics of IP law, the economic policies that are the foundation for much of IP litigation, the skills necessary to correctly calculate damages in IP cases--and more!

Order your copy today!

What People Are Saying

Robert D. Tollison
This book is a wonderful application of heightened academic rigor and modern economic and financial theory to the work done by experts and attorneys in intellectual property litigation. This book walks the reader through increasingly complex analysis, without forgetting that few, if any, of its readers will be well-versed in economics, finance, accounting, and litigation skills. I recommend the book to anyone interested in increasing their understanding of this complicated area.
—Robert D. Tollison, Robert M. Hearin Professor of Economics, University of Mississippi

Duncan Cameron
Intellectual Property Damages is a virtuoso performance. Because it explains not only the usual practice of Intellectual Property damages analysis, but the underlying reasoning in an accessible and understandable way, this book is a must have for anybody who wants to be a serious practitioner in the field of Intellectual Property damage estimation.
—Duncan Cameron, Managing Director, LECG's Antitrust Practice

Parnell Black
As one of the cofounders of the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts (NACVA) and President/CEO for the past ten years, I have had a wide involvement in the valuation field, including: teaching and publishing, as well as performing valuations of all kinds. The clarity, accuracy and comprehensive nature of this book is a refreshing and welcomed addition to the area of intellectual property valuation, which is an area of limited publications. The authors explain valuation in a way that is neither simplistic nor overly academic, and show how valuation principles can be used in intellectual property cases. I enthusiastically recommend this book as a vital addition to any valuation professional's library of literature on calculating intellectual property damages.
—Parnell Black, MBA, CPA, CVA, CEO-NACVA

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Issues in Cost Accounting for Health Care Organizations

Author: Steven A Finkler

This new second edition is based on a thorough literature review of all cost accounting articles published in the last five years. It is an excellent resource for readings on the topic of health care cost measurement and analysis, this text provides the insights of leading authorities in the area of health care costs. Each article is linked with the conceptual discussion in the companion volume, Essentials of Cost Accounting for Health Care Organizations.

Features:

• A combination of classic articles and the most recent published applications of cost accounting to the health care setting (it is the most complete compilation of articles on the topic of health care cost accounting)
• Has a new focus on not only hospitals, but also other types of health care providers including managed care, nursing homes, home health, clinics, and physician practices
• Each article provides insight about a specific potential problem area in the management of health care organizations.

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Offers a collection of articles focusing on critical issues in health care cost accounting. Each article provides insight about a specific potential problem area in the management of health care organizations. Many articles incorporate the latest costing techniques, such as the application of Activity Based Costing to health care. Some articles are classics that lay the foundations for health care costing. Material is presented in four sections to parallel the text, . Finkler is a professor at New York University's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. Ward is an assistant professor at the Medical University of South Carolina. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

	Preface
Pt. I	Cost Accounting Foundations	1
Ch. 1	Introduction to Cost Accounting	5
Reading 1-1	Reader's Forum: The Value of a Cost Accounting System	5
Reading 1-2	Understanding the Hospital Cost Accounting Process	8
Reading 1-3	The Human Element in Cost Accounting	14
Ch. 2	Cost Definitions	19
Reading 2-1	The Identification of Surgical Services Costs	19
Reading 2-2	Cost Finding for High-Technology, High-Cost Services: Current Practice and a Possible Alternative	24
Reading 2-3	Horizontal Accounting Considered for the Hospital Setting	37
Reading 2-4	Costing Out Nursing Services	44
Reading 2-5	Cost Accounting for Emergency Services	49
Ch. 3	Product Costing	56
Reading 3-1	Job-Order Costing in Physician Practice	56
Reading 3-2	Product Cost Analysis in the Clinical Laboratory	62
Reading 3-3	Product Costing for Health Care Firms	71
Reading 3-4	A Microcosting Approach	81
Ch. 4	Cost Allocation	85
Reading 4-1	The Distinction between Cost and Charges	85
Reading 4-2	Using Reciprocal Allocation of Service Department Costs for Decision Making	98
Reading 4-3	RVUs: Relative Value Units or Really Very Useful?	104
Reading 4-4	Alternative Costing Methods in Health Care	111
Reading 4-5	Accounting for the Move to Ambulatory Patient Groups	116
Reading 4-6	Cost Allocation in the Emergency Department	128
Ch. 5	Costing for Nonroutine Decisions	134
Reading 5-1	HMO Negotiations and Hospital Costs	134
Reading 5-2	Capitated Hospital Contracts: The Empty Beds versus Filled Beds Controversy	138
Reading 5-3	Privatization in Health Care Institutions	142
Reading 5-4	Considering Cost Effectiveness in the Hospital Setting	152
Reading 5-5	Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Health Care	156
Ch. 6	Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis	165
Reading 6-1	Breakeven Analysis for Capitated Arrangements	165
Reading 6-2	Managed Care and Breakeven Analysis: A Clarification	167
Reading 6-3	Using Breakeven Analysis with Step-Fixed Costs	171
Reading 6-4	Alternative Contribution Margin Measures	176
Pt. II	Cost Accounting Information for Planning and Control	181
Ch. 7	Predicting Future Costs	183
Reading 7-1	Regression-Based Cost Estimation and Variance Analysis: Resolving the Impact of Outliers	183
Reading 7-2	The Learning Curve and the Health Care Industry	189
Ch. 8	Budgeting	197
Reading 8-1	The Financial Evolution of Hospitals and the Zero-Base Budget Approach	197
Reading 8-2	Zero-Based Budgeting for a Radiology Service: A Case Study in Outsourcing	205
Reading 8-3	Developing and Using a Budget Manual	211
Reading 8-4	Outcome Budgeting Shifts Focus to Meeting Objectives	215
Reading 8-5	Flexible Budgeting Allows for Better Management of Resources As Needs Change	224
Ch. 9	Flexible Budgeting and Variance Analysis	229
Reading 9-1	Physician Cost Variance Analysis under DRGs	229
Reading 9-2	A Contemporary Approach to Budget Variance Analysis: A Pharmacy Application	233
Reading 9-3	Rolling Budgets and Variance Reports	241
Reading 9-4	Statistical Cost Control: A Tool for Financial Managers	245
Ch. 10	Management Control	250
Reading 10-1	Developing a Planning and Control System for a Responsibility Unit	250
Reading 10-2	Cost Control Systems	253
Reading 10-3	Competitive Pricing Models for Intra-Hospital Services	259
Reading 10-4	Transfer Pricing in the Hospital-HMO Corporation	262
Pt. III	Additional Cost Accounting Tools to Aid in Decision Making	267
Ch. 11	Cost Accounting Ratios	269
Reading 11-1	Ratio Analysis: Use with Caution	269
Reading 11-2	Hospital Industry Cash Flow Ratio Analysis: A Sufficiency and Efficiency Perspective	278
Reading 11-3	Ratio Analysis for the Development Office of Health Care Institutions	283
Ch. 12	Measuring Productivity	289
Reading 12-1	Productivity Management: A Model for Participative Management in Health Care Organizations	289
Ch. 13	Inventory	300
Reading 13-1	Inventory Management System Reaps Savings for Department	300
Ch. 14	Dealing with Uncertainty	307
Reading 14-1	Decision Analysis and Capital Budgeting: Application to the Delivery of Critical Care Services	307
Reading 14-2	Expected Value Technique Useful in HMO Negotiations: Tool Helps Managers Consider Potential Outcomes of Bidding Process	315
Reading 14-3	Decision Making under Uncertainty: A Linear Programming Approach	324
Ch. 15	Information Systems for Costing	329
Reading 15-1	Saving Money throughout the Cost Accounting Installation Cycle	329
Reading 15-2	Cost Accounting Software Design	337
Reading 15-3	An Integrated Planning and Management Control System for Hospitals	342
Ch. 16	Performance Evaluation and Incentive Compensation	347
Reading 16-1	Measuring Segment Performance: New Ventures of Today's Innovative Hospital System Pose Evaluation Challenges	347
Reading 16-2	The Impact of Motivation and Incentive Programs on Financial Budgets	354
Pt. IV	Cost Accounting for the Year 2000 and Beyond	363
Ch. 17	New Approaches to Cost Accounting	365
Reading 17-1	Activity-Based Costing in the Operating Room at Valley View Hospital	365
Reading 17-2	Activity-Based Costing for Hospitals	371
Reading 17-3	ABC Estimation of Unit Costs for Emergency Department Services	385
Ch. 18	Total Cost Management: Measuring the Costs of Quality	393
Reading 18-1	Measuring the Costs of Quality	393
Reading 18-2	Total Quality Management: An Application in a Biomedical Laboratory	399
	Index	405
	About the Authors	421

Organizational Behavior or Managing Selection in Changing Organizations

Organizational Behavior: Foundations, Realities, and Challenges with CD-ROM and InfoTrac

Author: Debra L Nelson

Organizational Behavior clearly illustrates how a sound understanding of organizational behavior can help students successfully navigate the complexities of today's organizations. The text itself is grounded in the theory of the field, cultivating an understanding of the scientific foundation of organization behavior. That foundation is then applied to the contemporary realities of today's business environment through in depth and insightful explorations of some of today's most compelling organizations. Throughout the text students are challenged to think critically about the material at hand and their own attitudes, refining the organization behavior tools that they will continually develop and employ throughout their careers. The prevailing theme of the text is change and the demands it places on people and organizations to grow and adjust while maintaining well being in an environment of constant and rapid change. Expertly written with a vibrant illustrations and design, Organizational Behavior, Fourth Edition is sure to engage your students.

Table of Contents:

	Preface
Pt. I	Introduction	1
Ch. 1	Organizational Behavior	2
Ch. 2	Organizations 2001 and Managerial Challenges	34
Pt. II	Individual Processes and Behavior	75
Ch. 3	Personality, Perception, and Atribution	76
Ch. 4	Attitudes, Values, and Ethics	110
Ch. 5	Motivation in Organizations	140
Ch. 6	Learning and Performance Management	170
Ch. 7	Stress and Well-Being at Work	200
Pt. III	Interpersonal Processes and Behavior	231
Ch. 8	Communication	232
Ch. 9	Work Groups and Teams	264
Ch. 10	Decision Making by Individuals and Groups	294
Ch. 11	Power and Political Behavior	328
Ch. 12	Leadership and Followership	356
Ch. 13	Conflict at Work	388
Pt. IV	Organizational Processes and Structure	423
Ch. 14	Jobs and the Design of Work	424
Ch. 15	Organizational Design and Structure	454
Ch. 16	Organizational Culture	486
Ch. 17	Career Management	518
Ch. 18	Managing Change	548
	Appendix How Do We Know What We Know about Organizational Behavior?	A-1
	Glossary	G-1
	Name Index	I-1
	Company Index	I-5
	Subject Index	I-9

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Managing Selection in Changing Organizations: Human Resource Strategies

Author: Jerard F Keho

In this volume, the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology provides managers with the practical guidance they need to make decisions about the crucial process of employee selection in today's changing business environment. An outstanding group of contributors--each with direct experience creating effective selection programs for contemporary organizations--makes applicable proven strategies for the design and management of the selection process. They examine selection management in its organizational, social, and legal contexts and help human resource professionals forge links between selection and other critical HR functions such as training, development, recruitment, and resourcing.

SIOP PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE SERIES

New Emerging Japanese Economy or Business Communication

New Emerging Japanese Economy: Opportunity and Strategy for World Business

Author: Panos Mourdoukoutas

The book is in three parts. The first part is a discussion of Japan's Old Economy, the institutions and policies that contributed to the country's phenomenal success, the frictions they caused with her citizens and trade partners; and the contribution of these frictions to the rise of the New Economy. The second part is a discussion of how Japan's New Economy has benefited world business; and the current trends and opportunities. The third part is a discussion of a strategy that assists foreign companies to take advantage of Japan's New Economy.

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
I. THE FADING OLD ECONOMY
2. Economic Dualism
3. Government Activism
4. Economic Frictions
5. The Bubble and its Burst
II. THE EMERGING NEW ECONOMY
6. Competition and Deregulation
7. Corporate Restructuring
8. Opportunities for Foreign Business
III. STRATEGIES FOR FOREIGN BUSINESS
9. Adapt to the Japanese Business Conditions
10. Develop New Products
11. Promote Products Aggressively
12. Summary and Conclusions

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Business Communication: Process and Product

Author: Mary Ellen Guffey

Business Communication: Process and Product, 4e takes readers through a well-developed, consistently applied process approach to communication that is combined with integrated, hands-on application of current and emerging business technologies. Readers learn a process for solving future communication problems, and how to use Internet and electronic media to deliver their message, resulting in a tangible communication strategy they can use throughout their careers.

World Regional Geography or Corporate Bankruptcy

World Regional Geography: A Development Approach

Author: Merrill L Johnson

Developed around the theme of economic development, this up-to-date book is authoritatively written by experts (with personal, first-hand familiarity) on each region of the world. The development perspective is used to create a substantive volume on world regional geography that takes readers beyond the customary rote overview of facts and figures to an understanding of the character of the world's peoples—as seen from their historical, cultural, and environmental attributes. Four introductory chapters set the stage for discussions of economic development within the context of geographic principles. Other chapter topics include the European Union, Sub-Saharan Africa, Monsoon Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, the U.S., and Canada. For government foreign area specialists, and corporate employees doing business abroad in a global economy.

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A very basic introduction to the geographical foundations of development and underdevelopment, for undergraduate majors and non- majors with no background in geography. After introductory chapters on geography as a discipline, physical and cultural elements of the environment, and the world condition as it relates to development, sections organized by region introduce geographical and developmental concepts. Includes color photos and maps, boxed readings, and key terms. The bibliography of this sixth edition is updated. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Table of Contents:

Pt. 1	Basic Concepts and Ideas	1
1	Geography: An Exciting Discipline	2
2	People and Resources	17
3	Physical and Cultural Components of the Human Environment	33
4	More Developed and Less Developed Countries: An Overview	60
Pt. 2	Anglo America	91
5	Anglo America: The Bases for Development	92
6	Anglo America: Economic Growth and Transformation	120
7	Anglo America: Problems in a Developed Realm	140
Pt. 3	Western Europe	157
8	Western Europe: A Varied Home for Humanity	158
9	Western Europe: Landscapes of Development	171
10	Western Europe: Old Nations Meeting Modern Challenges	192
Pt. 4	Eastern Europe, Russia, and the Eurasian States of the Former Soviet Union	219
11	Eastern Europe: The Land Between	220
12	Russia and the Eurasian States of the Former Soviet Union: Land and People	243
13	Russia and the Eurasian States of the Former Soviet Union: Economic Activity	265
Pt. 5	Australia/New Zealand and Japan	289
14	Australia and New Zealand: Isolation and Space	290
15	Japan: The Economic Giant	304
Pt. 6	Monsoon Asia	331
16	Monsoon Asia: An Introduction	332
17	China and its Pacific Rim Neighbors	345
18	Southeast Asia: Unity in Diversity	375
19	South Asia: The Past in the Present	396
Pt. 7	The Middle East and North Africa	431
20	The Middle East and North Africa: Physical and Cultural Environments	432
21	The Mediterranean Crescent	451
22	The Gulf States	473
Pt. 8	Africa South of the Sahara	493
23	Africa South of the Sahara: Legacy of Continuity and Change	494
24	West, Central, and East Africa: Diversity in Development	523
25	Southern Africa: Development in Transition	546
Pt. 9	Latin America	567
26	Latin America's Heritage: Foundations and Processes of Change	568
27	Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean: Lands of Contrasts	588
28	South America: Regions of Uneven Development	608

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Corporate Bankruptcy

Author: Jagdeep S Bhandari

This collection is the first comprehensive selection of readings focusing on corporate bankruptcy. Its main purpose is to explore the nature and efficiency of corporate reorganization using interdisciplinary approaches drawn from law, economics, business, and finance. Substantive areas covered include the role of credit, creditors' implicit bargains, nonbargaining features of bankruptcy, workouts of agreements, alternatives to bankruptcy, and proceedings in countries including the United States, United Kingdom, Europe, and Japan. The Honorable Richard A. Posner, Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, offers a foreword to the collection.

Human Resource Management or Why They Dont Hate Us

Human Resource Management: A Managerial Tool for Competitive Advantage

Author: Lawrence Kleiman

Rather than focusing on detailed theoretical coverage geared to the Human Resource Professional, this book focuses each chapter on developing a clear understanding of the various HR functions and on the working relationship between the HR department and other organizational departments. It is targeted to inform the general manager of what she or he needs to know about Human Resource Management.

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Introduces undergraduate, MBA, and executive MBA level management students to the principles and practices of human resource management, focusing on the idea that the effective management of human resources, like the effective management of other organizational resources, leads to competitive advantage. This edition places increased emphasis on legal issues, integrates abundant case studies, and revisits chapter objectives and key terms at chapter's end. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

	Introduction
1	Human Resource Management and Competitive Advantage	1
2	Understanding the Legal and Environmental Context of HRM	22
Pt. I	Human Resource Management Pre-Selection Practices
3	Planning for Human Resources	51
4	Analyzing Jobs	75
Pt. II	Human Resource Management Selection Practices
5	Recruiting Applicants	100
6	Selecting Applicants	130
Pt. III	Human Resource Management Post-Selection Practices
7	Training and Developing Employees	175
8	Appraising Employee Job Performance	208
9	Determining Pay and Benefits	240
10	Implementing Productivity Improvement Programs	277
Pt. IV	HRM Practices Affected by External Factors
11	Complying with Workplace Justice Laws	312
12	Understanding Unions and Their Impact on HRM	346
13	Meeting Employee Safety and Health Needs	380
14	Establishing HRM Practices Overseas	409
	Conclusion
15	Working in the HRM Field	434
	Manager's Guide to the Internet	451
	Glossary	473
	Index	477

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Why They Don't Hate Us: Lifting the Veil on the Axis of Evil

Author: Mark Levin

Mark LeVine wrote Why They Don't Hate Us because he was scared. Scared of the implications of an American foreign policy: policy founded on misinformation about both the historical and present-day Middle East and the people who live there. And angry because he has spent over fifteen years living in and researching the Middle East: a Middle East where the distinction between 'them' and 'us' has little basis in reality. Writing against the backdrop of the war on terror and the Bush administration's axis of evil, Why They Don't Hate Us uncovers a world behind the mask of the suicide bomber, where the battle against religious zealotry and the worst excesses of globalization might one day be fought by people on both sides, under the banner of an axis of empathy.

E Business Strategy Sourcing and Governance or Calling Home

E-Business Strategy, Sourcing and Governance

Author: Gottschalk

E-Business Strategy, Sourcing and Governance is based on the premise that it is difficult, if not impossible, to manage a modern business or public organization without at least some knowledge of the planning, use, control and benefits of information technology. Managers need to have an understanding of strategy development for IS/IT that covers e-business strategy, sourcing of service, and governance of IS/IT decision rights. E-Business Strategy, Sourcing and Governance presents emerging perspectives that influence IS/IT strategy work, such as new e-business models, the growing number of sourcing options and revised models for governance of IS/IT.

"From the humble beginnings of a decade ago, e-business, sourcing and governance have today become critical issues in strategic IT management in both private and public organizations all over the world. This book answers the entire range of questions concerning critical issues. It covers both opportunities and threats. Towards the end, it makes a very interesting contribution of showing how IT governance has to change as a result of IT outsourcing."

- Dr. Binshan Lin, BellSouth Corporation Professorship in Business Administration, Louisiana State University in Shreveport, USA

About the Author:
Dr. Petter Gottschalk is professor of information management at the Norwegian School of Management. He received his education degrees from Berlin, Boston and Henley. He teaches e-business strategy, sourcing, governance and knowledge management in Oslo, Alexandria, Shanghai and Singapore. His executive experience includes positions as CIO and CEO at ABB companies. Dr. Gottschalk is a popular speaker at conferences and seminars.

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Calling Home: Working Class Women's Writings

Author: Janet Zandy

'A powerful and uncompromising collection of essays, stories, poems, and oral histories, and more, reflecting the history and personal experiences of workingclass women in America.'--Booklist

Buying In or Selling Out or Uncertainty Production Choice and Agency

Buying In or Selling Out?: The Commercialization of the American Research Industry

Author: Donald G Stein

Universities were once ivory towers where scholarship and teaching were unbiased and free from commercial pressure and special interests -- or so we tell ourselves. Whether they were ever as pure as we think, it is certain that they are pure no longer. Administrators benefit from patents by commercializing faculty discoveries; they pour money into sports with the expectation that these spectacles will somehow bring in revenue; they sign contracts with soda and fast-food companies, legitimizing the dominance of a single brand on campus; and they charge for distance learning courses that they market widely. In this volume, edited by Donald G. Stein, university presidents and other leaders in higher education comment on the many connections between business and scholarship when intellectual property and learning are treated as marketable commodities. Some contributrs write about the benefits of these connections in providing much needed resources. Others emphasize that the thirst for profits may bias the type and quality of research. They fear for the future of basic research when faculty are in search of immediate payoffs. The majority of the contributors acknowledge that commercialization is the current reality and has progressed too far to turn back. They propose guidelines for students and professors to govern commercial activities. Such guidelines can increase the likelihood that quality, openness, and collegiality will remain core academic values.

Table of Contents:

	Acknowledgments
Ch. 1	A Personal Perspective on the Selling of Academia	1
Ch. 2	College Sports, Inc.: How Big-Time Athletic Departments Run Interference for College, Inc.	17
Ch. 3	The Benefits and Cost of Commercialization of the Academy	32
Ch. 4	Increased Commercialization of the Academy Following the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980	48
Ch. 5	Delicate Balance: Market Forces versus the Public Interest	56
Ch. 6	Pushing the Envelope in University Involvement with Commercialization	75
Ch. 7	Conflicting Goals and Values: When Commercialization Enters into Tenure and Promotion Decisions	89
Ch. 8	Buyer and Seller Views of University-Industry Licensing	103
Ch. 9	The Increasingly Proprietary Nature of Publicly Funded Biomedical Research: Benefits and Threats	117
Ch. 10	The Clinical Trials Business: Who Gains?	127
Ch. 11	Reforming Research Ethics in an Age of Multivested Science	133
Ch. 12	The Academy and Industry: A View across the Divide	153
Ch. 13	Responsible Innovation in the Commercialized University	161
	Contributors	175
	Index	179

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Uncertainty, Production, Choice, and Agency: The State-Contingent Approach

Author: Robert G Chambers

This book demonstrates that the state-contingent approach provides the best way to think about all problems in the economics of uncertainty, including problems of consumer choice, the theory of the firm, and principal agent relationships. The authors demonstrate that dual methods apply under uncertainty and that the dual representations can be developed for stochastic technologies. Moreover, proper exploitation of the properties of alternative primal and dual representations of preferences allows analysts to generalize and extend the results of the existing literature on preferences under uncertainty, thus making expected utility theory largely superfluous for many decisions.

Japans Unequal Trade or Evaluating Sustainable Development

Japan's Unequal Trade

Author: Edward J Lincoln

Lincoln focuses on the question of access to Japanese markets, Japan's pattern of trade on imports, and the consequences of large trade and current-account imbalances.

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Lincoln focuses on the question of access to Japanese markets, arguing against US abandonment of its free trade ideal and suggesting ways to apply pressure to encourage Japanese change. Paper edition (unseen), $9.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Evaluating Sustainable Development: Giving People a Voice in Their Destiny

Author: Chris Maser

This book presents the principles and the tools for participatory evaluation of sustainable development—growth that does not compromise the ability of future generations to meet their needs. It is intended for any citizen or group that may be concerned with protecting or recovering a cultural heritage, assessing the impact of a project or of plans that impact an environment or ecosystem.

The authors describe participatory evaluation processes that will empower all interested "stakeholders"—anyone impacted by a proposed venture—to determine and control what is to be evaluated and how it is evaluated, to articulate and define their community’s vision, and to ensure that development plans meet their community’s needs sustainably.

Acknowledging that the specific concepts, challenges, opportunities, and circumstances surrounding sustainable development differ significantly from one place or group to another, the authors provide an adaptable framework for developing an evaluation plan, as well as the tools for collecting, analyzing, interpreting and presenting data. They explain how to use and communicate findings to ensure a full and appropriate debate about the issues, and finally how to implement the evaluation plan.

An important and practical book for anyone concerned with the impact of planning and development issues and who wants to ensure that all sectors of their community are given a voice in decisions that affect them.

Working Shirking and Sabotage or The Legal and Regulatory Environment of E Business

Working, Shirking, and Sabotage: Bureaucratic Response to a Democratic Public

Author: John O Brehm

Bureaucrats perform most of the tasks of government, profoundly influencing the daily lives of Americans. But who, or what, controls what bureaucrats do?

John Brehm and Scott Gates examine who influences whether federal, state, and local bureaucrats work, shirk, or sabotage policy. The authors combine deductive models and computer simulations of bureaucratic behavior with statistical analysis in order to assess the competing influences over how bureaucrats expend their efforts. Drawing upon surveys, observational studies, and administrative records of the performance of public employees in a variety of settings, Brehm and Gates demonstrate that the reasons bureaucrats work as hard as they do include the nature of the jobs they are recruited to perform and the influence of both their fellow employees and their clients in the public. In contrast to the conclusions of principal-agency models, the authors show that the reasons bureaucrats work so hard have little to do with the coercive capacities of supervisors.

This book is aimed at students of bureaucracy and organizations and will be of interest to researchers in political science, economics, public policy, and sociology.

"This book is breathtaking in its use of models and techniques. . . . The approach developed by Brehm and Gates allows us to re-open empirical questions that have lain dormant for years." --Bryan D. Jones, University of Washington

John Brehm is Associate Professor of Political Science, Duke University. Scott Gates is Associate Professor of Political Science, Michigan State University.

Table of Contents:

	Preface
1	Bureaucracy and the Politics of Everyday Life	1
2	Why Supervision Fails to Induce Compliance	25
3	Foundations of Organizational Compliance	47
4	The Preferences of Federal Bureaucrats	75
5	Working and Shirking in the Federal Bureaucracy	93
6	Working, Shirking, and Sabotage in Social Work	109
7	Donut Shops and Speed Traps	131
8	Policing Police Brutality	149
9	Smoke Detectors or Fire Alarms	173
10	Routes to Democratic Control of Bureaucracy	191
App. A	Models	205
App. B	Distributions	217
App. C	Estimates	227
	References	247
	Index	263

Interesting book: Secular Conscience or Utopia

The Legal and Regulatory Environment of E-Business: Law for the Converging Economy

Author: John W Bagby

This new hybrid book integrates both e-commerce and traditional legal environment issues, serving as a bridge between the two by covering the legal environment of business and its extensions into e-commerce. The text fulfills the need for greater understanding of the role of law, regulation, and public policy. A major focus is on how existing laws will accommodate the transition and on what issues new perspectives are needed from legislation, regulation, judicial interpretation, private contracting, industry self-regulation and public policy.

Booknews

Integrating traditional legal environment topics with in-depth coverage of e-commerce issues, this text looks at how existing laws accommodate the transition to e-business, what new perspectives are needed in legislation, judicial interpretation, and public policy, and the historical, social, political, and economic context of legal issues. Each chapter contains several excerpted real cases highlighting traditional legal and e-commerce concerns. Chapters are in sections on the legal system, private law, e-commerce, intellectual property, and regulation. Bagby is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University. McCarty is affiliated with Western Michigan University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

The World of Consumption or Enterprise Networking

The World of Consumption (Economics as Social Theory Series): The Material and Cultural Revisited

Author: Ben Fin

Consumption has become one of the leading topics across the social sciences and vocational disciplines such as marketing and business studies. In this comprehensively updated and revised new edition, traditional approaches as well as the most recent literature are fully addressed and incorporated, with wide reference to theoretical and empirical work. Fine's refreshing and authoritative text includes a critical examination of such themes as:
*economic imperialism and globalization
*the world of commodities
*systems of provision and culture
*the consumer society
*public consumption.
This book presents an updated analysis of the cluttered landscape of studies of consumption that will make it required reading for students from a wide range of backgrounds including political economy, history and social science courses generally.

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Enterprise Networking

Author: James Martin

This book looks at enterprise networking from the perspective of network users and application developers, describing the application services the network provides and the technologies employed to implement end-to-end communication between users. Covers networking technologies such as TCP/IP, Novell Netware, NetBIOS, AppleTalk, SNA, and DECnet. For information systems managers, communications managers, technical staff members who support networking hardware and software, and users of network services.

Booknews

Provides a thorough discussion of networking technology in six parts, covering the fundamentals; enterprise network services; the transport network; data link subnetworks; network interconnection; and appendices including standards organizations, the OSI reference model, the IEEE/ISO/ANSI LAN architecture, and a glossary. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

	Preface
	List of Acronyms
1	Enterprise Networks	1
2	Network Architectures	13
3	An Enterprise Network Model	25
4	Application Services	33
5	Directory Services	63
6	Network Management Services	91
7	OSF Distributed Computing Environment	117
8	The Transport Network	141
9	TCP/IP Transport	155
10	NetWare IPX/SPX Transport	179
11	NetBIOS Transport	195
12	AppleTalk Transport	203
13	SNA Subarea Network Transport	239
14	SNA APPN Transport	273
15	DECnet Transport	285
16	Transport Interfaces	315
17	Data Link Subnetworks	341
18	Network Driver Software	349
19	Network Interconnection Strategies	363
20	Bridges	373
21	Routers, Gateways, and Tunnels	385
22	Multiple-Protocol Networking Strategies	399
	App. A Standards Organizations	423
	App. B The OSI Reference Model	433
	App. C The IEEE/ISO/ANSI LAN Architecture	445
	App. D Glossary	451
	Index	479

A Host of Opportunities or European Industrial Policy

A Host of Opportunities: An Introduction to Hospitality Management

Author: Hubert B Van Hoof

Appropriate for Introduction to Hospitality courses within Hospitality Management & some Culinary Arts departments.

 

A brief and inexpensive introductory text organized around typical hospitality management curricula.  A Host of Opportunities provides an introduction to future Hospitality Management courses.  Every chapter integrates of cross-departmental viewpoints and functions, along with ethics to prepare a learner with management training.

Table of Contents:

	Introduction to the essence and scope of hospitality	1 11
Ch. 1	The essence and scope of hospitality	3 11
Pt. I	Introduction to lodging management	45 11
Ch. 2	History and economics of the lodging industry	47 11
Ch. 3	Rooms division : front of the house operations	105 11
Ch. 4	Back of the house operations : housekeeping, maintenance, and engineering	140 11
Pt. II	Introduction to the food and beverage industry	201 11
Ch. 5	Overview of the food service industry	205 11
Ch. 6	Food service management	230 11
Pt. III	Introduction to components of the travel and tourism industry	275 11
Ch. 7	Linking hospitality to travel and tourism	277 11
Ch. 8	The hospitality spectrum : resorts, clubs, cruises, events, and attractions	309 11
Ch. 9	Gaming and casino management	341 11
Pt. IV	Introduction to hospitality management functions and skills	383 11
Ch. 10	Human resource management	385 11
Ch. 11	Hospitality marketing	411 11
Ch. 12	Leadership, ethics, and management for the hospitality industry	439 11
Ch. 13	Career exploration for the hospitality industry	481

Interesting book: Cadburys Purple Reign or La Cucina Siciliana Di Gangivecchio

European Industrial Policy: The Twentieth-Century Experience

Author: James Foreman Peck

This study aims to contribute to an understanding of European industrial policy by introducing an historical perspective. Leading European scholars examine the evolution of industrial policy over the course of the twentieth century within their respective countries. The authors take a broad view of industrial policy and include those policies that establish the 'framework', such as competition law, as well as sector- and firm-specific policies.

The French Revolution or Dont Jump to Solutions

The French Revolution: An Economic Interpretation

Author: Florin Aftalion

The economic history of revolutionary France is still a neglected area in studies of the revolution of
1789. While some attention has been given to the condition of the peasants, the urban working classes and the financial crisis of the Ancien Régime, there has been a general tendency to regard economic factors as external and somewhat peripheral to the truly political nature of the Revolution. This book is designed to redress the balance, providing a clear, accessible and thought-provoking guide to the economic background to the French Revolution.Professor Aftalion analyzes the policies followed by successive Revolutionary assemblies, examining in detail taxation, the confiscation of church property, the assignats, and the siege economy of the Terror. He shows how decisions taken in 1789 by the Constituent Assembly inevitably led to a deepening financial and economic crisis, and to increasingly radical and disastrous policies. The study is important also for its exposure of many of the economic fallacies propounded both by many Frenchmen at the time, and later by many modern historians.

Table of Contents:

List of figures; Chronology; Acknowledgements;

1. The fiscal crisis;
2. The French economy at the end of the 'Ancien Régime';
3. 1789;
4. The 'assignats';
5. The finances of the Constituent Assembly;
6. The rising cost of living, anarchy and war;
7. The seizure of power by the Mountain;
8. Economic dictatorship;
9. 'Dirigisme' in retreat;
10. The French Revolution: economic considerations; Appendices; Notes; Index.

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Don't Jump to Solutions: Thirteen Delusions That Undermine Strategic Thinking

Author: William B Rous

Strategic planning expert William Rouse cuts to the heart of the most common causes of failed business plans and strategies and shows how to overcome them. He encourages strategic thinkers and planners to spend much more time analyzing a situation instead of jumping to ready solutions. The tone is tongue-in-cheek, but the keen observations and sage advice Rouse offers aptly address a serious subject. It's a fast-track primer in critical thinking and evaluation planners and managers at every level can use to approach their work more effectively.

Project Management or Industrial and Organizational Psychology

Project Management: Techniques in Planning and Controlling Construction Projects

Author: Hira N Ahuja

Using a systems perspective, this updated version concentrates on the planning, scheduling and control factors of a project needed to bring it in on time and on or under cost. This edition contains expanded coverage of computer simulation and applications, information management and expert systems in project management. Includes a new chapter on Total Quality Management.

Book review: Los Orígenes de la Crisis Urbana:Raza y Desigualdad en Detroit de la Posguerra

Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Research and Practice

Author: Paul E Spector

Creating a more productive and healthier workforce is a balancing act.

In a field as rapidly expanding and diverse as I/O psychology, it's not easy finding a book with just the right balance. Fortunately, Paul Spector's Fourth Edition of Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Research and Practice is up to the job.

A balance between cutting-edge topics and core material

This Fourth Edition covers both the core material as well as newly emerging topics and cutting-edge findings. Inside, you'll find 125 new references, as well as the latest thinking on team job analysis, drug testing, group problem solving, group diversity, cross-cultural issues in leadership, and more.

A balance between research and practice

The text's balanced presentation of research and practice equips you with an understanding of the whole field. This balanced approach helps you see the relationship between the science and application of I/O psychology. You'll find detailed summaries of current research, including international studies. In addition, cases introduce you to the wide array of settings and applied work that involve I/O psychologists.

A balance between employee performance and well-being

I/O psychology isn't just about how the organization can use psychology to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of its workforce; it's also about improving the health of the workforce. This Fourth Edition provides more balance between these two over-arching areas of the field.

Connect to online resources from the author's classroom.

The author's website features class notes from his I/O psychology course, practice exams, internet exercises, I/Ocareer information, and links to I/O instructor and student resources. Go to wiley.com/college/spector for help presenting and studying the material in your textbook, and use these resources to go beyond the text.

Booknews

A textbook for an introductory course in industrial and organizational psychology, providing an overview of the range of topics the field considers, the methods used, and some of the findings. Covers the assessment of jobs, performance, and people; selecting the training employees; the individual and the organization; and the social context of work. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

Ch. 1	Introduction	3
Ch. 2	Research methods in I/O psychology	23
Ch. 3	Job analysis	51
Ch. 4	Performance appraisal	76
Ch. 5	Assessment methods for selection and placement	104
Ch. 6	Selecting employees	135
Ch. 7	Training	167
Ch. 8	Theories of employee motivation	193
Ch. 9	Feelings about work : job attitudes and emotions	216
Ch. 10	Productive and counterproductive employee behavior	245
Ch. 11	Occupational health psychology	271
Ch. 12	Work groups and work teams	301
Ch. 13	Leadership and power in organizations	323
Ch. 14	Organizational development and theory	351
App	Guide to graduate school admission	373

A Stitch in Time or Free Expression in the Age of the Internet

A Stitch in Time: Lean Retailing and the Transformation of Manufacturing

Author: Frederick Abernathy

Lean retailing has reshaped the way that products are ordered, virtually eliminating delays from distribution center to sales rack by drawing on sales data captured electronically at the checkout counter. Armed with up-to-the-minute data about colors, sizes, styles, and geographic sales, apparel and textile companies now are able to respond rapidly to real-time orders. They have developed new approaches to distribution, including forecasting, planning and organizing production, and managing supplier relations. A Stitch in Time shows that even in the face of product proliferation, companies that successfully adapt to the world of lean retailing can reduce inventory risk, reduce costs, and increase profitability while improving their responsiveness to the ever-changing tastes of customers. Based on the success of these practices in the apparel industry, lean retailing practices are propagating through a growing number of consumer product industries.

What People Are Saying

Tom Cole
A Stitch In Time does a great job of capturing the truly revolutionary changes in our industry over the past ten years. There is no question that "lean retailers" have a significant competitive advantage as we head into the new millennium. This book is well worth reading for anyone with an interest in the general merchandise `pipeline. -- (Tom Cole, Chairman and CEO, Federated Logistics & Operations, Federated Department Stores)

Walter Salmon
A Stitch in Time is an excellent, comprehensive exposition of the transformation that is taking place in the apparel business-from design through the sale of the end product to the ultimate consumer. It chronicles not only the business implications of the transformation but also its impact on the economy and labor markets nationally and internationally. It is essential reading for insights into future related developments in the apparel industry, and comparable changes in other sectors of business. -- (Walter Salmon, Stanley Roth Senior Professor of Retailing, Emeritus, Harvard Business School)

Alfred Chandler
A Stitch in Time has a broader significance than its title suggests. By focusing on the flow of materials and processes involved in the "retail-apparel-textiles channel," it documents, and analyzes the transformation of the institutions and practices of production and mass distribution of the Industrial Age made possible by the railroad and telegraph over a century ago into those of today's Information Age made possible since the 1960s by the new electronic technologies. This pioneering study is one of the very first to enhance our understanding of the multi-faceted implications of the evolution of industry worldwide from the Industrial Age to the Information Age." -- (Alfred Chandler, Isidor Straus Professor of Business History, Emeritus, Harvard Business School)

Jack Sheinkman
Highlights the Retail Revolution in Apparel Textile industries and demonstrates how informative technology not only benefits the retailer, but also the apparel and textile manufacturers. It provides all the parties with a response in meeting the short time frame in partnership, from ordering a product to its delivery for sale, and how to handle the completed product in their facility....The book is most informative with regard to how the apparel and textile industries operated one hundred percent of the time before, and what needs to be accomplished and what is being done now with the retail revolution for certain products by retailers, apparel and textile manufacturers which assists all of the parties and enhances domestic manufacturing and employment. It also serves as a basis for other industries to deal with the retail revolution (Jack Sheinkman, Vice Chair, Amalgamated Bank of New York and President Emeritus, Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union)

Bernard A. Leventhal
A Stitch in Time is excellent reading for those in the Apparel Industry, whether they are in the retail, garment manufacturing or textile segments, who are interested in improving profitability through lower inventories, shorter lead times, less close-outs, and in general making better decisions on fashion merchandise." -- (Bernard A. Leventhal, Chairman and CEO, Textile/Clothing Technology Corporation and former Vice Chairman, Burlington Industries, Inc.)

Table of Contents:

	Preface
1	The New Competitive Advantage in Apparel	1
2	The Past as Prologue: Historical Background on the U.S. Retail, Apparel, and Textile Industries	21
3	The Retail Revolution: Traditional Versus Lean Retailing	39
4	The Building Blocks of Lean Retailing	55
5	The Impact of Lean Retailing	71
6	Inventory Management for the Retailer: Demand Forecasting and Stocking Decisions	87
7	Inventory Management for the Manufacturer: Production Planning and Optimal Sourcing Decisions	107
8	Apparel Operations: Getting Ready to Sew	129
9	Apparel Operations: Assembly and the Sewing Room	151
10	Human Resources in Apparel	165
11	Textile Operations: Spinning, Weaving, and Finishing Cloth	185
12	The Economic Viability of Textiles: A Tale of Multiple Channels	203
13	The Global Marketplace	221
14	Suppliers in a Lean World: Firm and Industry Performance in an Integrated Channel	243
15	Information-Integrated Channels: Public Policy Implications and Future Directions	263
	App. A: List of Acronyms	281
App. B	The HCTAR Survey	283
	App. C: Data Sources	289
App. D	Companies Visited or Interviewed by HCTAR	295
	Notes	299
	Subject Index	347
	Name Index	365
	Business Index	367

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Free Expression in the Age of the Internet: Social and Legal Boundaries

Author: Jeremy Harris Lipschultz

In Free Expression in the Age of the Internet, Jeremy Lipschultz investigates the Internet and its potential for profound change, analyzing the use of its technology from social, political, and economic perspectives. Lipschultz provides new insights on traditional legal concepts such as marketplace of ideas, social responsibility, and public interest, arguing that from a communication theory perspective, free expression is constrained by social norms and conformity.Lipschultz explores social limits on free expression by first examining history of print and electronic media law and regulation. He utilizes the gatekeeping metaphor, the spiral of silence, and diffusion theory to explore current data on the Internet. He uses Reno v. ACLU (1997) as a case study of current First Amendment thinking. This book includes recent evidence, including samples of content from Internet gossip columnist Matt Drudge, and the investigation of President Clinton as it unfolded on the World Wide Web.The analysis is related to broader issues about Internet content, including commercial and other communication. The new technologies raise new questions about legal and social definitions of concepts such as privacy. Free expression is explored in this book under the umbrella of a global, commercial economy that places importance on legal rights such as copyright, even where those rights limit free flow of ideas.The Internet places free expression on two tracks. On the one hand, corporate players are developing cyberspace as a new mass media. On the other hand, the Internet is virtual space where individuals have the power to connect and communicate with others in ways never before seen. Thisgroundbreaking text advancing new media scholarship uses the most current case studies from the Internet to show free expression in practice today. Lipshultz presents a relevant and efficacious social communication theory of free expression which critically examines the necessary factors involved in comprehensive policy analysis and enactment.

Chinas Motor or Economics

China's Motor: A Thousand Years of Petty Capitalism

Author: Hill Gates

This monumental work reveals the continuities that underlie the changing surface of Chinese life from late imperial days to modern times. With a perspective that encompasses a thousand years of Chinese history, China's Motor provides a view of the social, economic, and political principles that have prompted people in widely varying circumstances to act, believe, and behave in ways that are labeled as Chinese. Hill Gates identifies two modes of organization in Chinese society: the petty capitalist mode, through which small producers structure economic activities, and the tributary mode of state-centered initiatives. Applying these analytic categories, Gates renders transparent some of the contradictions in Chinese life. Important among these are an adeptness at simultaneously creating hierarchies of distribution and rough-and-tumble competition; an extraordinarily strong kinship system that nonetheless permits infanticide and the sale of family members; popular religious beliefs that deify bureaucratic power while revering egalitarian transactions between gods and humans; and gender relations that both emphasize and undermine female power. In each instance, Gates reveals the workings of the dialectic between tributary and petty capitalist action, drawing evidence from the history of urbanization and the gendered division of labor, from kinship studies, from folk ideologies, and from economic development in Taiwan and the People's Republic of China.

Library Journal

Gates (senior research associate at the Center for Far East Asian Studies, Stanford Univ., and the author of Chinese Working Class Lives: Getting By in Taiwan, Cornell Univ., 1987) deals here with the continuities that underlie the changing surface of Chinese life from the late imperial period to modern times. The book attempts to provide a view of the social, economic, and political principles that identify a people as Chinese. Gates identifies two modes of organization in Chinese society. The first is the petty capitalist, characterized by a set of attitudes developed by family businesspeople and carried over into Chinese firms that were run on the principle "the buyer should buy as cheap, and the seller sell as dear, as possible," with the gain going into the pockets of both parties. The second is the tributary mode of state-centered initiatives. Using these categories, Gates explores some of the contradictions in Chinese life, such as a strong kinship system that nonetheless permits infanticide. This book is recommended only for academic libraries with strong Chinese collections.-Dennis L. Noble, Sequim, Wash.

Table of Contents:

	Acknowledgments
	Chinese Dynasties of the Late Empire
Ch. 1	Introduction	1
Ch. 2	The Tributary and Petty-Capitalist Modes of Production	13
Ch. 3	Motion in the System	42
Ch. 4	Cities and Space	62
Ch. 5	Patricorporations: The State and the Household	84
Ch. 6	Patricorporations: The Lineage	103
Ch. 7	Dowry and Brideprice	121
Ch. 8	Folk Ideologies: Rulers and Commoners	148
Ch. 9	Folk Ideologies: Women and Men	177
Ch. 10	Petty Capitalism in Taiwan	204
Ch. 11	Re-creating the Tributary in China	243
Ch. 12	Conclusions	270
	Appendix: Dowry to Wedding-Cost Ratios	281
	Sources	287
	General Index	321
	Index of Place Names	325

Books about: Drawn to Extremes or Business of Writing and Speaking

Economics

Author: Stephen L Slavin

Steve Slavin's lively and comprehensive Economics student-friendly, step-by-step approach, coupled with its low price and built-in Workbook/Study Guide is very attractive to adopters. Instructors and students like the author's humorous anecdotes, direct language, and easy conversational style. The text encourages active rather than passive reading.

Readings in Urban Economics or Debating Globalization

Readings in Urban Economics

Author: Robert W Wassmer

Readings in Urban Economics: Issues and Public Policy gathers popular press articles, reviews of applied economics literature, and regression-based empirical studies to examine pressing public policy issues in urban areas.

Table of Contents:

	Notes on Editor and Authors
	Acknowledgments
1	Introduction	3
Pt. I	Urban Growth	19
2	The Draw of Downtown: Big Growth Predicted for Many U.S. Cities	21
3	The State of the Cities: Downtown is Up	22
4	Urban Diversity and Economic Growth	24
5	Projecting Growth of Metropolitan Areas	36
Pt. II	Location, Land Use, and Urban Sprawl	57
6	Dreams of Fields: The New Politics of Urban Sprawl	59
7	Al Gore Has a New Worry: "Smart Growth" to cure "suburban sprawl" is the newest rationale for government growth	62
8	Urban Spatial Structure	65
9	How America's Cities are Growing: The Big Picture	107
10	Prove It: The Costs and Benefits of Sprawl	114
11	Comment on Carl Abbott's "The Portland Region: Where Cities and Suburbs Talk to Each Other - and Often Agree"	118
12	Do Suburbs Need Cities?	125
Pt. III	Local Economic Development Incentives	149
13	Ohio Looks Hard at What's Lost Through Business Subsidies	151
14	Jobs, Productivity, and Local Economic Development: What Implications Does Economic Research Have for the Role of Government	153
15	Sports, Jobs, and Taxes: Are New Stadiums Worth the Cost?	169
16	Can Local Incentives Alter a Metropolitan City's Economic Development?	176
Pt. IV	Race, Employment, and Poverty in Urban Areas	213
17	Big U.S. Cities Carry Welfare Burden: Deep Poverty, Isolation from Suburbs Keep Many from Independence	215
18	Race Panel Divided Over Poverty: Experts Disagree on Causes, Cures of Urban Problems	217
19	No Easy Way Out: Study Finds Urban Poverty Digs Heels In	219
20	Inner Cities	221
21	Information on the Spatial Distribution of Job Opportunities within Metropolitan Areas	252
Pt. V	Urban Public Education	279
22	Why I'm Reluctantly Backing Vouchers	281
23	Current Issues in Public Urban Education	283
24	Why is it So Hard to Help Central City Schools?	295
Pt. VI	Urban Public Housing	327
25	Miracle in New Orleans: What Do a Bunch of College Professors Know About Fixing Public-housing Projects? A Lot, it Turns Out	329
26	Urban Housing Policy in the 1990s	331
27	The Dynamics of Housing Assistance Spells	346
Pt. VII	Urban Crime	363
28	The Mystery of the Falling Crime Rate	365
29	Bright Lights, Big City, and Safe Streets: Urban Dwellers Bask in Greater Sense of Security, as Crime Rates Drop Even Further	367
30	Urban Crime: Issues and Policies	369
31	Estimating the Economic Model of Crime with Panel Data	382
Pt. VIII	Urban Transportation	397
32	Or, Why Motorists Always Outsmart Planners, Economists, and Traffic Engineers: The Unbridgeable Gap	399
33	You Ride, I'll Pay: Social Benefits and Transit Subsidies	403
34	Urban Traffic Congestion: A New Approach to the Gordian Knot	409
35	Infrastructure Services and the Productivity of Public Capital: The Case of Streets and Highways	417
Pt. IX	Local Government	441
36	Why I Love the Suburbs	443
37	Metropolitan Fiscal Disparities	445
38	Economic Influences on the Structure of Local Government in U.S. Metropolitan Areas	458
App	Academic Journals in applied and Policy Orientated Urban Economics	484
	Index	490

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Debating Globalization

Author: Anthony Barnett

Debating Globalization is a short, accessible introduction to the debate about globalization written by many of the most prominent figures in the field. The book is notable not just for focusing on the pressing difficulties facing our world, but also on solutions. Rich and positive suggestions are made for reshaping globalization into a force that will work for humans everywhere. In an extended analysis, David Held provides a robust critique of the present order and sets out his alternative vision. Building on arguments he made in Global Covenant, he calls for a new global political agenda, informed by social democratic political values. His analysis has been criticized by leading figures and their responses follow in this book. There are chapters by, among others, Martin Wolf, Roger Scruton, Grahame Thompson, David Mepham, Meghnad Desai, Maria Livanos Cattaui, Patrick Bond, Benjamin Barber, John Elkington, Takashi Inoguchi, Narcнs Serra, and Anne-Marie Slaughter and Thomas N. Hale. The volume ends with David Held's reply to his critics. The book provides a fascinating introduction to the debate about globalization today.