Matrix Differential Calculus with Applications in Statistics and Econometrics or Corporate Reconstruction of American Capitalism 1890 1916

Matrix Differential Calculus with Applications in Statistics and Econometrics

Author: Jan R Magnus

Matrix Differential Calculus With Applications in Statistics and Econometrics Revised Edition Jan R. Magnus, CentER, Tilburg University, The Netherlands and Heinz Neudecker, Cesaro, Schagen, The Netherlands " .deals rigorously with many of the problems that have bedevilled the subject up to the present time." - Stephen Pollock, Econometric Theory "I continued to be pleasantly surprised by the variety and usefulness of its contents " - Isabella Verdinelli, Journal of the American Statistical Association Continuing the success of their first edition, Magnus and Neudecker present an exhaustive and self-contained revised text on matrix theory and matrix differential calculus. Matrix calculus has become an essential tool for quantitative methods in a large number of applications, ranging from social and behavioural sciences to econometrics. While the structure and successful elements of the first edition remain, this revised and updated edition contains many new examples and exercises.
* Contains the essentials of multivariable calculus with an emphasis on the use of differentials
* Many new examples and exercises
* Fulfils the need for a unified and self-contained treatment of matrix differential calculus
* Includes new developments in this field
Part I presents a concise, yet thorough overview of matrix algebra, while the second part develops the theory of differentials. The remaining Parts III to VI combine the theory and application of matrix differential calculus providing the practitioner and researcher with both a quick review and a detailed reference. Visit our web page wiley.com/

Interesting textbook: Introduction to Marketing or The Rich Get Richer

Corporate Reconstruction of American Capitalism, 1890-1916: The Market, the Law, and Politics

Author: Martin J Sklar

At the turn of the twentieth century American politics underwent a profound change, as both regulatory minimalism and statist command were rejected in favor of positive government engaged in both regulatory and distributive roles. Through a fresh examination of the judicial, legislative, and political aspects of the antitrust debates in the years from 1890-1916, Martin Sklar shows that the arguments did not arise simply because of competition versus combination, but because of the larger question of the proper relations between government and the market and between state and society.

Table of Contents:

Preface; List of abbreviations used in the footnotes;

1. Introduction: corporate capitalism and corporate liberalism;

Part I. The Market and the Law:
2. Metamorphosis in property and thought;
3. The corporate reconstruction and the antitrust law;

Part II. Politics:
4. The politics of antitrust;
5. Two progressive presidents;
6. Woodrow Wilson and the corporate-liberal ascendancy;
7. Conclusion: fathers and prophets; Bibliography; Index.

Engines of Enterprise or Beyond Self Interest

Engines of Enterprise: An Economic History of New England

Author: Peter Temin

New England's economy has a history as dramatic as any in the world. From an inauspicious beginning—as immigration ground to a halt in the eighteenth century—New England went on to lead the United States in its transformation from an agrarian to an industrial economy. And when the rest of the country caught up in the mid-twentieth century, New England reinvented itself as a leader in the complex economy of the information society.

Engines of Enterprise tells this dramatic story in a sequence of narrative essays written by preeminent historians and economists. These essays chart the changing fortunes of entrepreneurs and venturers, businessmen and inventors, and common folk toiling in fields, in factories, and in air-conditioned offices. The authors describe how, short of staple crops, colonial New Englanders turned to the sea and built an empire; and how the region became the earliest home of the textile industry as commercial fortunes underwrote new industries in the nineteenth century. They show us the region as it grew ahead of the rest of the country and as the rest of the United States caught up. And they trace the transformation of New England's products and exports from cotton textiles and machine tools to such intangible goods as education and software. Concluding short essays also put forward surprising but persuasive arguments—for instance, that slavery, while not prominent in colonial New England, was a critical part of the economy; and that the federal government played a crucial role in the development of the region's industrial skills.

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The economy of New England experienced far-reaching changes over the centuries and led the way in the transformation of an American agrarian economy to a manufacturing powerhouse. This process of change is the subject of this well-knit collection of essays by economists and historians, edited by Temin (economics, MIT). The essays trace the fortunes of venture capitalists and investors in 18th-century New England, which, lacking staple crops to trade, made overseas ventures the foundation of the region's economy. In the early 19th century, Yankee ingenuity made New England the nation's leader in manufacturing, beginning with cotton textiles and machine tools. Eventually, other sections of the country forged ahead of New England in terms of factory output. Showing great ingenuity, however, New England reinvented itself as an important producer of less tangible but still valuable products and services, such as higher education and, in our own time, computer software. A scholarly work that effectively synthesizes much available information, this is recommended for the economic history collections of academic libraries.--Harry Frumerman, formerly with Hunter Coll., NY Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.

New interesting book: Tea or Literary Feast

Beyond Self-Interest

Author: Jane J Mansbridg

A dramatic transformation has begun in the way scholars think about human nature. Political scientists, psychologists, economists, and evolutionary biologists are beginning to reject the view that human affairs are shaped almost exclusively by self-interest—a view that came to dominate social science in the last three decades.

In Beyond Self-Interest, leading social scientists argue for a view of individuals behavior and social organization that takes into account the powerful motivations of duty, love, and malevolence. Economists who go beyond "economic man," psychologists who go beyond stimulus-response, evolutionary biologists who go beyond the "selfish gene," and political scientists who go beyond the quest for power come together in this provocative and important manifesto.

The essays trace, from the ancient Greeks to the present, the use of self-interest to explain political life. They investigate the differences between self-interest and the motivations of duty and love, showing how these motivations affect behavior in "prisoners' dilemma" interactions. They generate evolutionary models that explain how altruistic motivations escape extinction.

They suggest ways to model within one individual the separate motivations of public spirit and self-interest, investigate public spirit and self-interest, investigate public spirit in citizen and legislative behavior, and demonstrate that the view of democracy in existing Constitutional interpretations is not based on self-interest. They advance both human evil and mothering as alternatives to self-interest, this last in a penetrating feminist critique of the "contract" model of human interaction.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Part I - Introduction
1. The Rise and Fall of Self-Interest in the Explanation of Political Life
Jane J. Mansbridge
Part II - Dimensions of the Problem
2. Rational Fools: A Critique of the Behavioral Foundations of Economic Theory
Amartya K. Sen
3. Selfishness and Altruism
Jon Elster
4. Varieties of Altruism
Christopher Jencks
Part III - An Ecological Niche for Altruism
5. A Theory of Moral Sentiments
Robert H. Frank
6. Cooperation for the Benefit of Us—Not Me, or My Conscience
Robyn M. Dawes, Alphons J. C. van de Kragt, and John M. Orbell
7. Culture and Cooperation
Robert Boyd and Peter J. Richerson
8. On the Relation of Altruism and Self-Interest
Jane J. Mansbridge
Part IV - Citizens
9. Self-Interest in Americans' Political Opinions
David O. Sears and Carolyn L. Funk
10. Justice, Self-Interest, and the Legitimacy of Legal and Political Authority
Tom R. Tyler
Part V - Legislators
11. Deregulation and the Politics of Ideas in Congress
Paul J. Quirk
12. Congress and Public Spirit: A Commentary
Steven Kelman
Part VI - Constitutional Interpretation
13. Political Self-Interest in Constitutional Law
Cass R. Sunstein
Part VII - International Relations
14. Empathy and International Regimes
Robert O. Keohane
Part VIII - Modeling
15. Dual Utilities and Rational Choice
Howard Margolis
16. Expanding the Range of Formal Modeling
Jane J. Mansbridge
Part IX. Alternatives to Self-Interest, Malevolent and Benevolent
17. The Secret History ofSelf-Interest
Stephen Holmes
18. Mothering versus Contract
Virginia Held
Notes
Reference List
List of Contributors
Index

A Theory of Incentives in Regulation and Procurement or Applied Economics

A Theory of Incentives in Regulation and Procurement

Author: Jean Jacques Laffont

Honorable Mention in the category of Economics in the 1993 Professional/Scholarly Publishing Annual Awards Competition presented by the Association of American Publishers, Inc.

More then just a textbook, A Theory of Incentives in Procurement and Regulation will guide economists' research on regulation for years to come. It makes a difficult and large literature of the new regulatory economics accessible to the average graduate student, while offering insights into the theoretical ideas and stratagems not available elsewhere. Based on their pathbreaking work in the application of principal-agent theory to questions of regulation, Laffont and Tirole develop a synthetic approach, with a particular, though not exclusive, focus on the regulation of natural monopolies such as military contractors, utility companies, and transportation authorities.

The book's clear and logical organization begins with an introduction that summarizes regulatory practices, recounts the history of thought that led to the emergence of the new regulatory economics, sets up the basic structure of the model, and previews the economic questions tackled in the next seventeen chapters. The structure of the model developed in the introductory chapter remains the same throughout subsequent chapters, ensuring both stability and consistency. The concluding chapter discusses important areas for future work in regulatory economics.

Each chapter opens with a discussion of the economic issues, an informal description of the applicable model, and an overview of the results and intuition. It then develops the formal analysis, including sufficient explanations for those with little trainingin information economics or game theory. Bibliographic notes provide a historical perspective of developments in the area and a description of complementary research. Detailed proofs are given of all major conclusions, making the book valuable as a source of modern research techniques. There is a large set of review problems at the end of the book.

New interesting textbook: Reinventing Leadership or Strategic Management

Applied Economics: A Critical Realist Approach

Author: Paul Downward

This intriguing new book examines and analyses the role of critical realism in economics and specifically how this line of thought can be applied to the real world. With contributions from such varying commentators as Sheila Dow, Wendy Olsen and Fred Lee, this new book is unique in its approach and will be of great interest to both economic methodologists and those involved in applied economic studies.

Table of Contents:

	List of illustrations
	List of contributors
	Acknowledgements
1	Introduction	1
2	Critical realism and economics	12
3	Conceptualizing unemployment in a period of atypical employment: a critical realist approach	27
4	Critical realism, methodology and applied economics	51
5	Critical realism and formal modelling: incompatible bedfellows?	71
6	Seeking a role for empirical analysis in critical realist explanation	89
7	Critical realism and econometrics: interaction between philosophy and Post Keynesian practice	111
8	A pragmatic alliance between critical realism and simple non-parametric statistical techniques	129
9	Triangulation, time and the social objects of econometrics	153
10	Theory foundation and the methodological foundations of Post Keynesian economics	170
11	Questionnaires in realist research: a case study of rural small-scale industry in Ghana	197
12	Critical realism and applied work in economic history: some methodological implications	220
13	Critical realism and the political economy of the Euro	233
14	Presenting demi-regularities: the case of Post Keynesian pricing	247
15	From predictive to indicative statistics: explaining corporate borrowing	266
16	Transition in Eastern Europe: critical realism and qualitative insights	279
17	Conclusion	293
	Index	302

Business Climate Shifts or Chef Manager

Business Climate Shifts: Profiles of Change Makers

Author: Warner Burk

Business Climate Shifts: Profiles of Change Makers contains a wealth of CEO wisdom about how companies today can successfully manage change in response to rapidly changing business conditions. Includes a compelling overview of the factors and forces driving rapid and often "discontinuous" change in business today - e.g. globalization, the disruptive influence of new technologies, growing electronic connectivity among far flung financial markets, and the rise of e-business among others — and assesses the short and long-term significance of these trends for the long-term viability of companies in all industries. Among the "change makers" profiled in this book: Lord Colin Marshall, Chairman of British Airways; Robert Bauman, former CEO of SmithKline Beecham; Bill Henderson, U.S. Postmaster General; Jane Garvey, Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration; Fred Poses, President of AlliedSignal; Sir Richard Evans, Chairman of British Aerospace; and Errol Marshall, CEO of Shell South Africa, among others.

Features interviews with some of the most significant transformational leaders of our time
Foreword written by Warren Bennis
Contains in-depth analyses of what's required to ensure successful and sustainable transformation

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Burke (Teacher's College, Columbia U.) and William Trahant (partner with Pricewaterhouse-Coopers) reveal that today the craft of change leadership is as much a human art as it is a management science. They discuss how it requires imagination and emotional involvement on a leader's part as much as it does discipline and focus, and how it relies as much on a leader's personal openness to new learning as it does on enthusiastic employees. In the profiles of the authors' clients, the reader learns how leaders of major businesses such as British Airways, Allied Signal and SmithKline Beecham successfully transformed their enterprises. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

New interesting book: Occupational Safety and Health in the Emergency Services or Chinas Changing Political Landscape

Chef Manager

Author: Michael Baskett

This book gives new chefs in the modern hospitality industry the opportunity to learn detailed management and human relation skills necessary for competitive markets and diverse workplaces. It examines the role of chef as kitchen manager, team coach, and culinary innovator, while employing real work applications. Written on an easy-to-read level, with true-life culinary examples and applications of management theory, this book helps to redefine the role of chef as manager and businessperson. Chapter topics include the changing role of chef; new values in hospitality; the structure of kitchen organization; implementing TQM; personal management; the chef supervisor; managing diversity; the chef leader; defining leadership; team building; personal development; concept engineering; establishing operational standards; menu management; production management; the business of quality food service; and the future of information technologies. For chefs who are also managers–or considering expanding their culinary portfolios to include the people skills and management tools that Chef Manager puts on the proverbial table.

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Examines the managerial responsibilities of the modern executive chef and applies business management, human resource management, and quality management practices to food service hospitality. Concepts of Total Quality Management, such as strategic planning, quality control, concept engineering, and the controlled use of creativity and innovation, are explored from the professional chef's perspective. Chapters cover kitchen organization, personnel management, diversity, communication, team building, menu management, and the future of information technologies. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

Ch. 1	The changing role of chef	3
Ch. 2	New values in culinary leadership	36
Ch. 3	The structure of kitchen organization	63
Ch. 4	Foundations in quality	79
Ch. 5	W. Edwards Deming's fourteen quality points	90
Ch. 6	Joseph Juran's trilogy and the Pareto principle	106
Ch. 7	Discovering Philip Crosby's zero defects	117
Ch. 8	Kaoru Ishikawa and Armand Feigenbaum	126
Ch. 9	Implementing quality management programs	137
Ch. 10	Personnel management	151
Ch. 11	The chef supervisor	171
Ch. 12	Communication	176
Ch. 13	Managing diversity	190
Ch. 14	Defining leadership	201
Ch. 15	Team building	208
Ch. 16	Personal development	217
Ch. 17	Managing the modern workplace	233
Ch. 18	Concept engineering	242
Ch. 19	Establishing operational standards	253
Ch. 20	Menu management	264
Ch. 21	Production management	275
Ch. 22	A place for creativity	283
Ch. 23	The business of quality food service	291
Ch. 24	The future of information technologies	301

Macroeconomics for Developing Countries or The Business Side

Macroeconomics for Developing Countries

Author: Raghbendra Jha

This comprehensively revised and updated edition develops the themes contained in the first edition. Students and teachers who are familiar with the book will notice that half of the chapters are entirely new, with the other half having changed significantly to take into account the changes that have occurred in the global economy since the turn of the millennium.

New interesting textbook: Miglioramento di prestazione: Facendolo accada

The Business Side

Author: Robin McAllister

This book examines the law as it applies to desk top publishing and business issues such as setting up a desk top publishing operation for profitability and determining what to charge. A must for any desktop publisher.

Table of Contents:

Business Issues. Setting Up a DTP Operation for Profitability. Determining What to Charge. What Should the Client Get For Their Money? Keeping Track of TIme and Dollars. Sample Forms. Glossary.

Office 2000 Essentials or In the Realm of Pleasure

Office 2000 Essentials

Author: Robert Ferrett

The Essentials series is conceived as a 'learning system' that combines graphics, instructions, experience, reinforcement, and problem solving. It consists of modular lessons that are built around a series of numbered, step-by-step procedures that are clear, concise, and easy to review. Explanatory material is interwoven before each lesson and between the steps. For anyone interested in learning Microsoft Office 2000.

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New edition of a learn-by-doing guide that helps the student to grasp application-related concepts while expanding skills through hands-on tutorials. Modular lessons built around step-by-step procedures are interwoven with explicatory material. Icons match the Microsoft Office theme. Computer specialists Ferret and John Preston (both of Eastern Michigan U.) and Sally Preston (Washtenaw Community College) present five sections that cover basics, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and Outlook and Publisher. The included CD-ROM contains data files for use with the text. Wire spiral binding. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Book review: Communication Technologies or Entrepreneurial Economics

In the Realm of Pleasure: Von Sternberg, Dietrich, and Masochistic Aesthetic

Author: Gaylyn Studlar

In a major revision of feminist-psychoanalytic theories of film pleasure and sexual difference, Studlar's close textual analysis of the six Paramount films directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring Marlene Dietrich probes the source of their visual and psychological complexity.

Borrowing from Gilles Deleuze's psychoanalytic-literary approach, Studlar shows how masochism extends beyond the clinical realm, into the arena of artistic form, language, and production of pleasure. The author's examination of the von Sternberg/Dietrich collaborations shows how these films, with the mother figure embodied in the alluring yet androgynous Dietrich, offer a key for understanding film's "masochistic aesthetic."

Studlar argues that masochism's broader significance to film study lies in the similarities between the structures of perversion and those of the cinematic apparatus, as a dream screen reviving archaic visual pleasures for both male and female spectators.

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Originally published by University of Illinois Press in 1988. Reprinted here unaugmented. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Foundations of Finance or Industrial Revolution in National Context

Foundations of Finance

Author: Arthur J Keown

This introduction to finance provides a conceptual understanding of the financial decision-making process — rather than just an introduction to the tools and techniques of finance — and focuses on the interrelationships among the topics covered. It explores the “big picture” and actual practice — i.e., financial decision making rooted in current financial theory and in the current state of world economic conditions. Chapter topics include financial markets and interest rates; understanding financial statements and cash flows; evaluating a firm's financial performance; financial forecasting, planning, and budgeting; the time value of money; valuation and characteristics of bonds and stocks; the meaning and measurement of risk and return; the cost of capital; dividend policy and internal financing; working-capital management; liquid asset management; and international business finance. For financial managers and others involved in corporate financial decisions — and for individuals interested in an education in finance, and the logic that drives it.

See also: Majoring in the Rest of Your Life or Money and Capital Markets

Industrial Revolution in National Context

Author: Mikulas Teich

The Industrial Revolution has been, and continues to be, the focus of massive historiographical as well as historical enquiry. This collection includes reappraisals by Phyllis Deane and by François Crouzet of their classic accounts of industrialization in Britain and in France, and more generally broaches the wider issue of "new approaches" that have been emerging for the understanding of the industrializing process in nations where it came somewhat later.

Table of Contents:

	Notes on contributors
	Acknowledgements
	General maps and graphs
	Introduction	1
1	The British Industrial Revolution	13
2	France	36
3	The Industrial Revolution in Belgium	64
4	Industrialization in The Netherlands	78
5	German industrialization	95
6	Switzerland	126
7	Italy in the longue duree: the return of an old first-comer	149
8	A latecomer: the modernization of the Spanish economy, 1800-1990	184
9	The Industrial Revolution in Sweden	201
10	Austria: industrialization in a multinational setting	226
11	The Industrial Revolution: Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia	247
12	Hungary: a semi-successful peripheral industrialization	265
13	The Industrial Revolution and the countries of South-eastern Europe in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries	290
14	Industrial revolution in Russia	329
15	Revolutions and continuities in American development	350
16	The Industrial Revolution - an overview	371
	Index	389

Multimedia Communications or Wisdom from the Ancients

Multimedia Communications: Directions and Innovations

Author: Jerry D Ed Gibson

Preface

This book is a collection of invited chapters on multimedia communications contributed by experts in the field. We use the term multimedia communications to encompass the delivery of multiple media content such as text, graphics, voice, video, still images, and audio over communications networks to users. Note that several of these media types may be part of a particular interaction between (or among) users, and thus we are not simply considering networks that support different traffic types. We are specifically interested in applications that incorporate multiple media types to deliver the desired information. Example applications of interest include two-way, multipoint videoconferencing and one-way streaming of video and audio in conjunction with text or graphical data.
The topics covered in the book were carefully selected to provide critical background material on multimedia communications and to expose the reader to key aspects of the hottest areas in the field. Chapter 1, Multimedia Communications: Source Representations, Networks, and Applications, provides a context for the rest of the book, but each chapter is intended to stand alone and the chapters can be read in any order so that readers may get the necessary information as efficiently as possible. Among the topics discussed are wireline network technologies and services, compression standards, video-on-demand, IP telephony, wideband wireless data, IP over wireless, transcoding of multimedia content, and multicasting. It would be difficult to find a more timely collection of topics in a single volume anywhere.
The book is intended for beginners and experts alike, and the chapters are descriptivein nature, focused primarily on the presentation of results, insights, and key concepts, with a minimum of mathematical analyses and abstraction. The beginner will be able to get a good overview of the field and an introduction to fundamental ideas, while the expert will be able to discern very quickly what technologies are critical to current applications and what technologies will form the basis for future services and products.
The authors are chosen from both industry and academia in order to give the reader as clear a view of current practices and future directions as possible. In reading these chapters myself, I am amazed at how much content the authors have been able to include in so few pages. I am most appreciative of these authors and their efforts, and I want to thank Joel Claypool at Academic Press for his guidance and patience. I hope that each reader finds this book of great value.

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Experts from industry and academia overview current practices and future directions in the delivery of multiple media content over communications networks to users. Applications that incorporate multiple media types are specifically addressed, such as two-way, multipoint video conferencing and one-way streaming of video and audio. Chapters are descriptive in nature, focused on the presentation of results, insights, and key concepts, with a minimum of mathematical analyses and abstraction. Each chapter is intended to stand alone. Gibson is affiliated with the department of electrical engineering at Southern Methodist University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

Preface xv List of Contributors xvii Chapter 1: Multimedia Communications: Source Representations,
Networks, and Applications
1 Jerry D. Gibson
1.1 Introduction 1
1.2 Networks and Network Services 3
1.3 Multimedia Sources 6
1.4 Source and Destination Terminals 8
1.5 Applications of Multimedia Communications Networks 9

1.5.1 Video Streaming to Multiple Users 10

1.5.2 Videoconferencing 11
1.6 Conclusions 12
1.7 For Further Reading
12 Chapter 2: Future Telecommunication Networks: Traffic and Technologies
13 Leonid G. Kazovsky, Giok-Djan Khoe, and M. Oskar van Deventer
2.1 Key Technologies 14
2.2 Impact of Competition 16
2.3 Four Traffic Hypotheses 17

2.3.1 Hypothesis 1: Conventional Growth 17

2.3.2 Hypothesis 2: The Internet Age 18

2.3.3 Hypotheses 3 and 4: The Digital Video Age 18

2.3.4 HDTV in the United States 20

2.3.5 Traffic Attributes 20
2.4 Synergy: Future Projections 21
2.5 Summary and Conclusions 22
2.6 Bibliography
22 Chapter 3: Speech Coding Standards
25 Andreas S. Spanias

Abstract
25
3.1 Introduction 25
3.2 Speech Analysis-Synthesis and Linear Prediction 27

3.2.1 Long-Term Prediction (LTP) 29
3.3 Linear Prediction and Speech Coding Standards 29

3.3.1 Open-Loop Linear Prediction 29

3.3.2 Standards Based on Analysis-by-Synthesis


Linear Prediction 32
3.4 Standards Based on Subband and Transform Coders 39

3.4.1 The ITU G.722 Subband Coder 39

3.4.2 Sinusoidal Transform Coding 40

3.4.3 The Multiband Excitation Coder andthe


Inmarsat-M Standard 40
3.5 Summary and Emerging Standards 41
3.6 References
42 Chapter 4: Audio Coding Standards
45 Chi-Min Liu and Wen-Whei Chang
4.1 Introduction 45
4.2 ISO/MPEG Audio Coding Standards 45

4.2.1 MPEG-1 46

4.2.2 MPEG-2 48

4.2.3 MPEG-4 49
4.3 Other Audio Coding Standards 50

4.3.1 Philips PASC 50

4.3.2 Sony ATRAC 51

4.3.3 Dolby AC-3 52
4.4 Architectural Overview 53

4.4.1 Psychoacoustic Modeling 53

4.4.2 Time-Frequency Mapping 54

4.4.3 Quantization 54

4.4.4 Variable-Length Coding 56

4.4.5 Multichannel Correlation and Irrelevancy 57

4.4.6 Long-Term Correlation 57

4.4.7 Pre-echo Control 58

4.4.8 Bit Allocation 59
4.5 Conclusions 59
4.6 Definitions of Key Terms 59
4.7 References 60
4.8 Bibliography
60 Chapter 5: Still Image Compression Standards
61 Michael W. Hoffman and Khalid Sayood
5.1 Introduction 61
5.2 Lossy Compression 62

5.2.1 JPEG 62

5.2.2 JPEG2000 68
5.3 Lossless Compression 71

5.3.1 JPEG 71

5.3.2 JPEG-LS 71
5.4 Bilevel Image Compression 73

5.4.1 JBIG 73

5.4.2 JBIG2 78
5.5 Definitions of Key Terms 79
5.6 References 80
5.7 Bibliography
80 Chapter 6: Multimedia Conferencing Standards
81 David Lindbergh
6.1 Introduction 81
6.2 H.320 for ISDN Videoconferencing 82

6.2.1 The H.320 Standards Suite 83

6.2.2 Multiplex 84

6.2.3 System Control Protocol 84

6.2.4 Audio Coding 85

6.2.5 Video Coding 86

6.2.6 H.231 and H.243: Multipoint 87

6.2.7 H.233 and H.234: Encryption 89

6.2.8 H.331 Broadcast 89
6.3 H.320 Network Adaptation Standards: H.321 and H.322 89

6.3.1 H.321: Adaptation of H.320 to ATM and B-ISDN 90

6.3.2 H.322: Adaptation of H.320 to IsoEthernet 90
6.4 A New Generation: H.323, H.324, and H.310 90

6.4.1 H.245 Control Protocol 91

6.4.2 Audio and Video Codecs 91

6.4.3 H.323 for Packet Switched Networks 93

6.4.4 H.324 for Lot-Bit-Rate Circuit Switched Networks 96

6.4.5 H.310 for ATM and B-ISDN Networks 98
6.5 T.120 for Data Conferencing and Conference Control 98
6.6 Summary 98
6.7 References
99 Chapter 7: MPEG-1 and -2 Compression
101 Tom Lookabaugh
7.1 Introduction 101
7.2 The MPEG Model 101

7.2.1 Key Applications and Problems 102

7.2.2 Strategy for Standardization 102
7.3 MPEG Video 103

7.3.1 The Basic Algorithm 103

7.3.2 Temporal Prediction 106

7.3.3 Frequency Domain Decomposition 110

7.3.4 Quantization 111

7.3.5 Variable-Length Coding 112

7.3.6 Rate Control 113

7.3.7 Constrained Parameters, Levels, and Profiles 114
7.4 Summary
116 Chapter 8: MPEG-4 and MPEG-7
117 Jerry D. Gibson
8.1 Introduction 117
8.2 MPEG-4
118

8.2.1 MPEG-4 Systems Model 120

8.2.2 Natural Video Coding 124

8.2.3 Audio and Speech Coding 125
8.3 MPEG-7
127
8.4 Summary 128
8.5 References
128 Chapter 9: ATM Network Technology
129 Yoichi Maeda and Koichi Asatani
9.1 Introduction 129
9.2 Overview 130

9.2.1 Background 130

9.2.2 Basic ATM Concept 131

9.2.3 ATM Network Protocol Structure 131

9.2.4 International Standardization and


Recommendations 132
9.3 Physical Layer Specifications 133

9.3.1 Basic Characteristics of the



TC Sublayer 134

9.3.2 Interface Bit Rates 134
9.4 ATM Layer Specifications 134
9.5 ATM Adaptation Layer (AAL)

Specifications 135
9.6 Network Aspects of B-ISDN 135

9.6.1 Traffic Control 135

9.6.2 ATM Layer Performance 137

9.6.3 OAM Functions 138

9.6.4 Signaling Procedure 138

9.6.5 VB5 Interfaces 139
9.7 Other ATM Network Technologies 140

9.7.1 IP Over ATM 140

9.7.2 MPEG2 Over ATM 141
9.8 Concluding Remarks 141
9.9 Definitions of Key Terms 141
9.10 Bibliography 142
9.11 For Further Information
142 Chapter 10: ISDN
143 Koichi Asatani and Toshinori Tsuboi
10.1 Introduction 143

10.1.1 General Features of ISDN 143

10.1.2 Service Aspects of ISDN 144

10.1.3 Access Features 146
10.2 ISDN User-Network Interfaces 146

10.2.1 ISDN UNI Structure 146

10.2.2 Reference Configurations and


Reference Points 147

10.2.3 Interface Features 148
10.3 Layers 1, 2, and 3 Specifications of UNI 151

10.3.1 Layered Structure 151

10.3.2 Basic Interface Layer 1 151

10.3.3 Primary Rate Interface Layer 1 158

10.3.4 Layer 2 Specification 162

10.3.5 Layer 3 Specification 168
10.4 Access Transmission Line Systems 171

10.4.1 Outline of Transmission Line System 171

10.4.2 Metallic Transmission Line System


for Basic Access 172

10.4.3 Primary Rate Transmission System 176
10.5 References
177 Chapter 11: Video-on-Demand Broadcasting Protocols
179 Steven W. Carter, Darrell D. E. Long, and Jehan-Fran ois P ris
11.1 Introduction 179
11.2 Common Terms and Concepts 180
11.3 Staggered Broadcasting Protocols 180
11.4 Pyramid Broadcasting Protocols 181
11.5 Harmonic Broadcasting Protocols 184
11.6 Summary 186
11.7 Definitions of Key Terms 187
11.8 References 188
11.9 For Further Information
189 Chapter 12: Internet Telephony Technology and Standards Overview
191 Bernard S. Ku
12.1 Introduction 191
12.2 Internet Telephony Architecture Overview 192
12.3 Related Internet Telephony Standards 194

12.3.1 IETF 195

12.3.2 ETSI Telecommunications and Internet Protocol


Harmonization Over Networks (TIPHON) 195

12.3.3 ITU-T 196

12.3.4 T1S1 198
12.4 Current and Developing Internet Telephony Protocols 198

12.4.1 H.323 198

12.4.2 Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) 200

12.4.3 Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP) 202

12.4.4 MEGACO/H.248 (H.GCP) 203
12.5 How Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Works 205

12.5.1 PSTN Gateways 205

12.5.2 VoIP Gatways 206

12.5.3 IPTel Gateways 207
12.6 Open Issues in Internet Telephony 209
12.7 IN/IP Integration 210

12.7.1 New Elements/Functions Required 211

12.7.2 Special Extensions Required 212

12.7.3 New IN/IP Interworking Interfaces 213

12.7.4 Information Flow for Click-to-Dial (CTD) Service 214
12.8 SS7/IP Integration 215

12.8.1 Transport of SS7 Over IP-Related Protocols 216

12.8.2 Interworking of SS7 with IP-Related Protocols 216

12.8.3 Future of IP/SS7 217
12.9 Concluding Remarks 217
12.10 Glossary 217
12.11 Definitions of Key Terms 218
12.12 Acknowledgments 219
12.13 Bibliography
219 Chapter 13: Wideband Wireless Packet Data Access
221 Justin Chuang, Leonard J. Cimini, Jr., and Nelson Sollenberger
13.1 Introduction 221

13.1.1 The Wireless Data Opportunity 221

13.1.2 Current Wireless Data Systems 222

13.1.3 Emerging and Future Wireless Data Options 223

13.1.4 Summary and Outline of the Chapter 225
13.2 Packet Data Access Using WCDMA 225

13.2.1 Variable-Rate Packet Data 225
13.3 Packet Data Access Using EDGE 228

13.3.1 Link Adaptation and Incremental Redundancy 229
13.4 Packet Data Access Using Wideband OFDM 232

13.4.1 Physical-Layer Techniques 232

13.4.2 Physical-Layer Solutions 232

13.4.3 Frequency Reuse and Spectral Efficiency 234

13.4.4 Dynamic Packet Assignment Protocol 235

13.4.5 Dynamic Packet Assignment Performance 235

13.4.6 Radio Link Resource Organization 236

13.4.7 Frame Structure for Dynamic Packet Assignment 239

13.4.8 Simulation Model 240

13.4.9 Simulation Peformance Results 241
13.5 Conclusions 244
13.6 References
244 Chapter 14: Internet Protocols Over Wireless Networks
247 George C. Polyzos and George Xylomenos

Abstract 247
14.1 Introduction 247
14.2 Internet Protocols and Wireless Links 248

14.2.1 Internet Transport Layer Protocols 248

14.2.2 Protocol Performance Over a Single


Wireless Link 249

14.2.3 Protocol Performance Over Multiple Links 251
14.3 Performance Enhancements for Internet Protocols 253

14.3.1 Approaches at the Transport Layer 253

14.3.2 Approaches Below the Transport Layer 254
14.4 The Future: Challenges and Opportunities 256

14.4.1 Wireless System Evolution 256

14.4.2 Goals for Protocol Evolution 257
14.5 Summary 258
14.6 References
258 Chapter 15: Transcoding of the InternetÕs Multimedia Content for Universal Access
261 Richard Han and John R. Smith
15.1 Introduction 261

15.1.1 Adapting to Bandwidth Heterogeneity 262

15.1.2 Adapting to Client Heterogeneity 265
15.2 End-to-End vs. Proxy-Based Transcoding Designs 266
15.3 Architecture of a Transcoding Proxy 271
15.4 To Transcode or Not to Transcode 274

15.4.1 A Store-and-Forward Image Transcoding Proxy 274

15.4.2 A Streamed Image Transcoding Proxy 277
15.5 Transcoding Policies for Selecting Content 280

15.5.1 Optimal Policies for Offline Pretranscoding 281

15.5.2 Policies for Real-Time Transcoding 284
15.6 A Sample Set of Transcoding Policies 289
15.7 Related Issues 291
15.8 Acknowledgments 293
15.9 References
293 Chapter 16: Multicasting: Issues and Networking Support
297 Upkar Varshney
16.1 Introduction 297
16.2 Multicasting Support 298
16.3 Multicasting in IP-Based Networks 299

16.3.1 Routing Protocols for IP Multicast 301

16.3.2 Multimedia Support and IP Multicasting 301

16.3.3 Multimedia Multicasting Applications on


the MBone 302
16.4 Multicasting in ATM Networks 302

16.4.1 Multicasting Schemes for ATM Networks 303
16.5 IP Multicasting Over ATM 305

16.5.1 Problems in RSVP Over ATM 305

16.5.2 IP Multicast Over ATM in VBNS 306
16.6 Reliable Multicast Transport Protocols 306
16.7 Multicasting in Wireless Networks 307

16.7.1 Issues in IP Multicasting Over Wireless 308

16.7.2 Multicast Support in Wireless ATM 308
16.8 Summary and the Future of Multicasting 308
16.9 Definitions of Key Terms 309
16.10 References 309
16.11 For Further Reading
310 Index
311

Go to: Communication by Design or Business Strategies for Information Technology Management

Wisdom from the Ancients: Enduring Business Lessons from Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, and the Illustrious Leaders of Ancient Greece and Rome

Author: Thomas J J Figueira

Timeless business wisdom from the brilliant strategists of ancient Greece and Rome. Ancient Greece, the culture that brought us democracy, philosophy, comedy and tragedy, and the Olympic Games, and ancient Rome, best known for its military prowess, technological achievements, and imperial administration, are justly renowned for their contributions to Western civilization. Wisdom from the Ancients brings alive for today's managers the timeless insights of such larger-than-life figures as Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Trajan, Pericles, and dozens of other colorful and enigmatic leaders. Through direct quotations of ancient texts, engaging commentary, and period art, the authors illuminate the strategies and tactics that have withstood the test of time-from leadership and delegation to managing conflict to effective and persuasive communication.

Shaping American Telecommunications A History of Technology Policy and Economics or A Guide to Successful Meeting Planning

Shaping American Telecommunications A History of Technology, Policy, and Economics

Author: Christopher Sterling

Shaping American Telecommunications examines the technical, regulatory, and economic forces that have shaped the development of American telecommunications services. This volume is both an introduction to the basic technical, economic, and regulatory principles underlying telecommunications, and a detailed account of major events that have marked development of the sector in the United States. Beginning with the introduction of the telegraph and continuing through to current developments in wireless and online services, authors Christopher H. Sterling, Phyllis W. Bernt, and Martin B.H. Weiss explain each stage of telecommunications development, examining the interplay among technical innovation, policy decisions, and regulatory developments.

Offering an integrated treatment of the interplay among technology, policy, and economics as key factors defining the development of the telecommunications sector in the United States, this volume also provides:
*background material to facilitate understanding of each sector;
*contexts for many so-called "new" issues, problems, and trends, demonstrating origins from years or decades in the past; and
*careful annotation, documentation, and reference tables to enable further research on the topics discussed.

This unique multidisciplinary approach provides a balanced view of U.S. telecommunications history, in context with relevant economic, legal, social, and technical analyses. As such, it is essential reading for advanced students in telecommunications needing to understand how the telecommunications industry and service developed to its current form. The volume will also serve as a supplemental text in courses ontelecommunications regulation, and it will be of value to professionals in the field seeking context and background for their daily work.

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A Guide to Successful Meeting Planning

Author: Suzanne Stewart Weissinger

Provides detailed coverage of the meeting and convention industry and careers available in it, types of meetings, how to plan programs, selecting sites, preparation of meeting materials, the management of reservations and registration, food and beverage, transportation and more. Every chapter includes learning objectives, questions and student activities. Along with charts and graphs, it offers numerous checklists to help organize and plan successful meetings.

Table of Contents:

Are You a Meeting Planner?.
Who Meets?.
Purposes and Types of Meetings.
Planning the Meeting Program.
Site Selection.
Property Selection.
Marketing Your Meeting.
Meeting Materials.
Reservations, Registrations, and Participant Services.
Meeting in Progress.
Food and Beverage Service.
Transportation and Free-Time Activities.
Evaluation and Follow-Up.
Appendix.
Index.

Financial Services and Financial Institutions or Economics

Financial Services and Financial Institutions: Value Creation in Theory and Practice

Author: J Kimball Dietrich

This new book provides an in-depth and integrated analysis of value production in the financial services industry. Based on modern financial economic theory and recent research results, this book offers a thorough and analytical treatment of all aspects of financial services. There is a strong emphasis on financial management, evident both in topics—such as performance analysis, risk management, and regulation—and in the book's structure. KEY TOPICSPresents a comprehensive treatment of the financial services industry, including a discussion of developments in the deregulated, global financial services economy. Emphasizes value production and financial management of financial services, relating analysis and strategic options for banks, insurance companies and securities firms to market performance. Offers integrated treatment of all financial services and institutions around “value- chain” activities. This provides a clear overview to the material, a logical structure to the book, and relevance to current development in the field.

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A senior college-level or second-year MBA-level text which assumes basic accounting, economics, finance, and statistics as prerequisites. Organized into five parts, the text first provides an overview of the financial services industry. Subsequent sections cover value production in financial services, the economic environment of financial institutions, portfolio and risk management, and financial institution planning and strategic issues. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

Pt. I	The Financial Services Industry
Pt. II	Value Production in Financial Services
Pt. III	The Economic Environment of Financial Institutions
Pt. IV	Portfolio and Risk Management
Pt. V	Financial Institution Planning and Strategic Issues
	Index

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Economics

Author:

This thoroughly revised edition provides a complete, balanced introduction to economics and to the most important issues facing the world's economies at the turn of the millennium. In addition to fine-tuning and streamlining the prose and the overall presentation, the authors have comprehensively updated the text and the applications to reflect recent economic developments and topics of current interest. Students in particular will find the Study Guide, with its practice questions, exercises, and problems, to be an excellent source of study support and extra review material. It is available in both a one- and a two-volume edition.

Library Journal

Why are there no taxes in Kathmandu? Why is rent in Manhattan so high? And who really pays taxes? These and many other questions about economics of interest to a lay audience form the basis of this excellent set, which is tailor-made for public and high school libraries. The staff editors do not provide an academic treatise on the complex, technical details of economic theory or principles. Instead, they focus on translating economics into an easily understood language, making this work highly useful for students--especially at the high school level. The six volumes cover money, banking, and finance; the citizen and the economy; business operations; the U.S. economy and the world; economic theory; and economic history. With the exception of Volume 5 (on economic theory), the volumes contain numerous well-organized chapters that adequately cover the topic. Volume 5 is arranged as an A-Z encyclopedia of shorter articles about fundamental concepts in economics and can be used as both a reference to the other volumes and a stand-alone reference. Numerous charts, diagrams, figures, and glossy photos are used to clarify concepts, and the set's glossary, reading list, and index are re-produced in each of the six volumes, making for easier cross-referencing. With the ever-changing nature of finance law and regulations, this well-prepared reference set will need regular updates, but it remains the resource of choice on economics for its targeted audience.--Dale Farris, Groves, TX Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.

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An introduction to issues, methods, and policy problems in economics. Part I discusses comparative economic systems. Part II deals with demand and supply, and applies the tools of price determination and elasticity to case studies. Part III presents foundations of supply and demand and consumer behavior, and includes material on the derivation of demand curves using indifference curves. Features highlighted key concepts, chapter summaries, questions, and applications boxes. This 11th edition focuses on globalization, and addresses transitional economies in Eastern Europe. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Alternating Currents or Learning for Earning

Alternating Currents: Electricity and Public Policy

Author: Timothy J J Brennan

Many U.S. states, as well as many countries, are opening their electric power markets to competition. Others, in response to the crisis in California, have ruled out competition. Alternating Currents provides a timely overview of the major issues facing industry regulators, legislators and others as they consider whether, when, and how to open electricity markets.

The authors begin with background on the electric power industry, including the technology for producing and delivering power, the history of regulatory policy, and an analysis of recent experiences with restructuring. They then provide insights into the policy debates and economic issues, including industry structure, future regulation, system integrity and reliability, the mitigation of market power, and environmental protection.

Alternating Currents describes the recent events leading to the demise of retail competition in California in order to extract lessons for future attempts at deregulation. It offers perspectives on what makes electricity a unique resource and what makes the potential conflict between competition and reliability the most pressing of the long-term concerns for the electricity industry.

What People Are Saying

William W. Hogan
Well written and accessible for students, the general public, and members of the policy community. The coverage of market power is both sophisticated and balanced. It is one of the best summaries I have seen on the subject. The discussion of current debates, particularly the response to what happened in California, is timely and well balanced.

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Learning for Earning: Your Route to Success

Author: John A Wanat

Learning for Earning introduces younger students to the skills they will need to succeed in school, on the job, and on their own. It guides students through the steps involved in choosing a career, finding employment, and succeeding on the job. The text includes added chapters on the importance of preparing for today's high-technology workplace, the rights of the worker and the importance of a career plan. It also includes information on money management and independent living skills.

Risk Management or The End of Over Consumption

Risk Management

Author: Emmett J Vaughan

This book reflects the trend in industry toward an increased focus on risk management in insurance. Combining both the theoretical and practical, it explores what today's risk managers need to know.

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Designed to be used in either a first course, or a capstone course in risk management. Topics include: the history of modern risk management; risk management decisions; policy and objectives; methodologies, tools, and techniques; measuring property loss, indirect loss, criminal loss and legal liability exposures; usefulness of quantitative analysis; general considerations of risk control; practical considerations in insurance buying, types and taxation of captive insurers; and risk financing. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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The End of Over-Consumption: Towards a Lifestyle of Moderation and Self-Restraint

Author: Marius Geus

This provocative and readable study examines the norms, values and beliefs that contribute to modern environmental problems. Criticizing the environmental abuses inherent in the acquisitive values of consumer society, the argument presented contends that individuals must simplify their lifestyles and exhibit moderation and self-restraint to avoid waste and maintain the earth's resources. In this vision, governments must translate moderation and limitation into effective policy measures and adapt economic, social, and political institutions accordingly.

Environmental Val

A splendidly engaging work . . . The author covers an enormous amount of ground with elegance and economy of expression."

Environmental Values

A splendidly engaging work . . . The author covers an enormous amount of ground with elegance and economy of expression."

Table of Contents:

	Acknowledgements	11
	Introduction	13
Pt. I	Sustainability and the Greening of Political Institutions
1	Sustainability, Liberal Democracy, Liberalism	23
2	Formulating Sustainability in a Liberal Democracy	39
3	The Ecological Restructuring of the State	57
Pt. II	Utopia and Sustainability
4	Ecological Utopianism and Sustainability	81
5	Landscapes in the Western Utopian Tradition	98
6	Utopians on Education for Sustainability	118
Pt. III	Lifestyle Changes, Consumerism and Frugality
7	The Need to Deliberately Steer Consumer Behaviour	137
8	Consumerism, Hedonism and the Permanent Renewal of Desires	157
9	Towards a Lifestyle of Moderation and Self-restraint	176
	Notes	199
	References	211
	About the Author	218
	Index	219

Advanced Wireless Networks or Politics of Sexual Harassment

Advanced Wireless Networks: 4G Technologies

Author: Savo G Glisic

The major expectation from the fourth generation (4G) of wireless communication networks is to be able to handle much higher data rates, allowing users to seamlessly reconnect to different networks even within the same session.  Advanced Wireless Networks gives readers a comprehensive integral presentation of the main issues in 4G wireless networks, showing the wide scope and inter-relation between different elements of the network.

This book adopts a logical approach, beginning each chapter with introductory material, before proceeding to more advanced topics and tools for system analysis.  Its presentation of theory and practice makes it ideal for readers working with the technology, or those in the midst of researching the topic.

• Covers mobile, WLAN, sensor, ad hoc, bio-inspired and cognitive networks as well as discussing cross-layer optimisation, adaptability and reconfigurability

• Includes hot topics such as network management, mobility and hand-offs, adaptive resource management, QoS, and solutions for achieving energy efficient wireless networks

• Discusses security issues, an essential element of working with wireless networks

• Supports the advanced university and training courses in the field and includes an extensive list of references

Providing comprehensive coverage of the current status of wireless networks and their future, this book is a vital source of information for those involved in the research and development of mobile communications, as well as the industry players using and selling this technology.

Companion website features threeappendices: Components of CRE, Introduction to Medium Access Control and Elements of Queueing Theory

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Politics of Sexual Harassment: A Comparative Study of the United States, the European Union, and Germany

Author: Kathrin S Zippel

Sexual harassment, in particular in the workplace, is a controversial topic which often makes headline news. What accounts for the cross-national variation in laws, employer policies, and implementation of policies dealing with sexual harassment in the workplace? Why was the United States on the forefront of policy and legal solutions, and how did this affect politicization of sexual harassment in the European Union and its member states? Exploring the way sexual harassment has become a global issue, Kathrin Zippel draws on theories of comparative feminist policy, gender and welfare state regimes, and social movements to explore the distinct paths that the United States, the European Union and its member states, specifically Germany, have embarked on to address the issue. This comparison provides invaluable insights on the role of transnational movements in combatting sexual harassment, and on future efforts to implement the European Union Directive of
2002.

Table of Contents:

1	Sexual harassment and gender equality	1
2	Equality through litigation : sexual harassment in the United States	42
3	Diffusion through supranational actors : sexual harassment in the European Union	82
4	The political path of adoption : feminists and the German state	123
5	"Good behavior versus mobbing" : employer practices in Germany and the United States	158
6	Social movements, institutions, and the politics of sexual harassment	202

Forbidden Grounds or Management

Forbidden Grounds: The Case Against Employment Discrimination Laws

Author: Richard Allen Epstein

This timely and controversial book presents powerful theoretical and empirical arguments for the repeal of the anti-discrimination laws within the workplace. Richard Epstein demonstrates that these laws set one group against another, impose limits on freedom of choice, unleash bureaucratic excesses, mandate inefficient employment practices, and cause far more invidious discrimination than they prevent. Epstein urges a return to the now-rejected common law principles of individual autonomy that permit all persons to improve their position through trade, contract, and bargain, free of government constraint.

Table of Contents:

	Preface
	Introduction : Consensus and Its Perils	1
I	Analytical Foundations	13
1	Human Nature, Social Theory, and the Common Law	15
2	Force, Discrimination, and Free Entry	28
3	Rational Discrimination in Competitive Markets	59
4	When Entry Is Restricted: The Case of Monopoly	79
II	History	89
5	Race and the Police Power: 1890 to 1937	91
6	From the 1937 Revolution to the 1964 Civil Rights Act	116
7	Constitutional Challenges to the 1964 Civil Rights Act	130
III	Race Discrimination	145
8	The Contract at Will	147
9	Disparate Treatment	159
10	From Disparate Treatment to Disparate Impact	182
11	Disparate Impact	205
12	The Effects of Title VII	242
IV	Sex Discrimination	267
13	Separate but Equal	269
14	Bona Fide Occupational Qualifications	283
15	Pensions	313
16	Pregnancy	329
17	Sexual Harassment	350
18	Empirical Evidence of Disparate Impact	367
V	Affirmative Action	393
19	Protected Groups Under Title VII	395
20	First Principles	412
VI	Newer Forbidden Grounds	439
21	Age Discrimination	441
22	Disability Discrimination	480
	Conclusion: Symbols and Substance	495
	Appendix of Statutory Excerpts	507
	Table of Cases	519
	Author Index	524
	General Index	527

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Management: Exercises in Management

Author: Ricky W Griffin

This student manual provides experiential exercises for every chapter in the textbook. With each exercises, students are provided with an explanation of its overall purpose, the time required for each step, the materials needed to complete the task, the procedure to be followed, and questions for further discussion.

Economics of Social Issues or The Postwar Japanese System

Economics of Social Issues

Author: Ansel M Miree Sharp

The study guide begins with general study hints and a graphing tutorial. Each chapter is organized as follows: Learning Objectives; Chapter Orientation; Graphic Details; Consider This; Study Questions; Self-Test (consisting of True/False, Multiple Choice, and Problems); Answers to the Self-Test.

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The Postwar Japanese System: Cultural Economy and Economic Transformation

Author: William K Tabb

While other industrialized and developing countries look towards Japan as an economic model, the political, cultural, and social arrangements that have so far allowed Japan to succeed are eroding. In particular, Japan faces a system of industrial relations that places great strain on all of Japanese society. In The Postwar Japanese System, William Tabb distinguishes between those aspects of Japanese success that can and cannot be transferred successfully to help in the revitalization of the American economy.
The author discusses Japanese economic history from before the Meiji Restoration to the present, and looks at Japanese politics, state-corporate relations, the labor relations system in Japan and the nature of work as experienced by Japanese employees. He examines the organization of the Japanese corporation versus the American corporation, industrial policy, education, urban and regional reorganization, and Japan's role in the world today (and tomorrow). And, Tabb thoughtfully explores the fundamental social, political, and economic transitions the Japanese are currently experiencing.
The Postwar Japanese System succeeds in placing the economic "miracle" in its proper social and political framework. A broad, intelligent overview of the Japanese political economy, the book suggests important implications for the United States in the story of Japan's prosperity and current distress. It will be a key resource for all those interested in Japanese society.

"I literally could not stop reading it....[Tabb] is making in this manuscript a very important contribution. This is one of the best books--by specialist or non-specialist--telling us what we can learn from Japan andwhy, and what price the Japanese are paying for their success. The author has a very broad and enviable command of literature in economics and sociology, and he deftly weaves his knowledge in analyzing what he sees in Japan and dissecting the problems faced by both the United States and Japan. I can say that this is a well-thought out, well-crafted, and well-argued manuscript that should be read by many students and laymen interested in Japan and by Americans who are concerned about their own political-economic future."--Kozo Yamamura, Job and Gertrud Tamaki Professor of Japanese Studies, University of Washington, and Associate Editor, Journal of Japanese Studies

"This long-needed book may help invigorate teaching about the post Cold War world in English-speaking universities. This is the first real text on the East Asian challenge to Western economic thinking."--The Review of Politics

"it [the book] offers an interesting sythesis of and insightful commentary on main themes in the literature to date."--Political Science Quarterly

"The Postwar Japanese System is an interesting and useful book. William Tabb handles the complexity of the subject well and provides the reader with many possible avenues for further thought and study."--Journal of Political Ecology

Table of Contents:

	Introduction	3
1	From Garbagne to the Coast of Bohemia, or, Assume a Japan	11
2	Competition, Culture, and the Economy	35
3	The Modernization Process	61
4	The Japanese System in the Golden Age	86
5	The Case of the Automobile Industry	112
6	The Industrial Relations Regime	140
7	Capital Versus the Regions	169
8	Overaccumulation, Speculation, and Corruption	198
9	Trade Antagonism and Industrial Policy	225
10	Economic Transformation and the World System	255
11	Japan and the New Competition	285
12	Through a Rashomon Mirror Darkly	311
	Notes	339
	Bibliography	381
	Index	399

Macroeconomics or The Business of Employee Empowerment

Macroeconomics: A European Text

Author: Michael Burda

Building upon the considerable success of previous editions, Macroeconomics 4/e provides a comprehensive analysis of modern macroeconomics within both a European and a global context. Competing theoretical approaches are presented in a clear and balanced manner with continual reference to data and case study examples from the real world. Burda and Wyplosz have produced another excellent textbook, that will guide students through challenging and complex issues with clarity and simplicity. The excellent teaching and learning aids include chapter overviews, summaries of key concepts, end of chapter exercises, and suggestions for further reading accompanying each chapter.

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The Business of Employee Empowerment: Democracy and Ideology in the Workplace

Author: Thomas A A Potterfield

The popular and influential concept of employee empowerment may have the emancipatory potential its supporters claim, but it also is subject to constraints and inhibitions. Potterfield calls for actions to cut through the ideological inhibitors at the corporate level and also for ways to alter the prevailing socioeconomic structure, ways to enhance the relative strength of employees in various types of organizations. His book provides a synthesis of major empowerment theories and viewpoints, a discussion of its historical and intellectual roots, an inquiry into empowerment practices at a Fortune 100 company, and a discussion of both the emancipatory potential and ideological constraints in empowerment theories and practices. With specific recommendations for corporate and societal action, Dr. Potterfield's book will be important for professionals, teachers, and students in management, organizational studies, human resources, and organizational change.

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Synthesizes the major theories and perspectives on employee empowerment, discusses its historical and intellectual roots, looks into the practices of major companies, and considers both the emancipatory potential and the ideological constraints in the theories and practices. Advocates cutting through ideological barriers to empowerment and altering the prevailing power structure to enhance the relative strength of employees. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)

Table of Contents:

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction	1
1	Social, Political, and Economic Antecedents of Empowerment	17
2	The Theories and Practices of Empowerment	49
3	Ideas in Action: Empowerment at a Fortune 100 Corporation	61
4	Integrating Theory and Practice: Reflections on the Farbrook Technologies Interviews	93
5	The Emancipatory Potential of Empowerment	99
6	Ideological Influences within the Theories and Practices of Empowerment	115
7	Overcoming Ideological Influences and Advancing the Cause of Freedom	133
	App.: Research Methods	155
	References	163
	Index	169