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Poverty Reduction through Social Business? (Book)

Kerstin Humberg (Author), Kerstin M. Humberg (Author), Kerstin Maria Humberg (Author)

Since Nobel Peace Laureate Muhammad Yunus first began launching joint ventures with multinational corporations such as Group Danone (2006) and Veolia Water (2008) in Bangladesh, his social business concept has received international attention. What is a social business and [...]

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Wirtschaftsenglisch für Studium und Beruf (Book)

Gabi Galster (Author), Christine Rupp (Author), Christine E. Rupp (Author)

Strukturen im Außenhandel, Globalisierung, Corporate Governance, Fusionen&Übernahmen, Banken, Versicherungen, Börsenhandel, Geldpolitik: Das sind nur einige der Themen, die aus drei Perspektiven beleuchtet werden: aus fachkundlicher Sicht (die thematischen Sachverhalte [...]

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Aggression, Dominance, and Individual Spacing (Book)

Thomas Alloway (Editor), Lester Krames (Editor), Patricia Pliner (Editor)

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Road Trip to Innovation (Book)

Delia Dumitrescu (Author), Orkide Ergün (Illustration), Christina Bifano (Editor)

Road trip to Innovation-How I came to understand Future Thinking, is an investigative tale about a friendly and curious mind that sets-off on a road trip to find out what innovation is truly made of. Highlighting expert interviews and companies that are heralded for their [...]

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Marconi's Wireless and the Rhetoric of a New Technology (Book)

Aaron A. Toscano (Author)

This book examines the discourse surrounding the wireless, created by the Anglo-Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi. The wireless excited early twentieth-century audiences before it even became a viable black box technology. The wireless adhered to modernist values speed, [...]

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Global demographic change: Japan vs. Switzerland (Book)

Jonas Huber (Author)

Switzerland and Japan both highly developed nations are challenged by a historically unprecedented phenomenon the phenomenon of a shrinking and rapidly ageing workforce. Both policy makers and business leaders must seek strategies to cope with this phenomenon to prevent the [...]

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National Insurance Contributions Bill (Book)

Mark Anderson (Editor)

What are the discussions about 'National Insurance Contributions Bill' in UK political arena? This documentation features the transcripts of the unabridged speeches held in the UK Parliament from the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury (Mr David Gauke), the Economic [...]

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The Big Necessity (Book)

Rose George (Author)

Takes us underground to the sewers of NYC and London and overground, to meet the heroes of India's sanitation movement, American sewage schoolteachers, the Japanese genius of toilet technology, and the biosolids lobbying team. This title also proves that shit doesn't have [...]

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Übersetzen Englisch-Deutsch, m. CD-ROM (Book)

Karin Königs (Author)

Viele Übersetzungsprobleme treten immer wieder auf - die so genannten strukturbedingten Übersetzungsprobleme, die dadurch entstehen, dass zwei Sprachsysteme an bestimmten Stellen unterschiedlich funktionieren. In dem vorliegenden Buch werden die wichtigsten [...]

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Economic Change, Unequal Life-chances and Quality of Life (Book)

Directorate-General for Research and Innovation Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (Editor), European Commission European Commission (Editor)

Within the Research Fifth Framework Programme of the European Union, the Key Action "Improving the socio-economic knowledge base" carried broad and ambitious objectives, namely: to improve our understanding of the structural changes taking place in European society, to [...]

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Transcultural Areas (Book)

Wolfgang Berg (Editor)

Der Autor begreift Kultur als ein komplexes Regelwerk. Jede Regel hat eine bestimmt Reichweite. Diese stimmt in den seltensten Fällen mit nationalen oder sog. natürlichen Grenzen überein. Vielmehr bilden Staatsgrenzen, Städte, Märkte, Fernstraßen, Flüsse, Meere usf. jeweils [...]

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Social Networks and Family Formation Processes (Book)

Sylvia Keim (Author)

How do young adults decide to become parents or to remain childless? Is this an individual choice, a couple's decision or are there other social influences involved, such as social networks? Using a mixed-methods design, Sylvia Keim combines problem-centred interviews and [...]

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Latino Politics and International Relations (Book)

Lisa Magana (Author), Erik Lee (Editor), Erik K. Lee (Editor), Lisa Maga a. (Editor), Lisa Magana (Editor), Lisa Magaña (Editor)

Arizona has one of the fastest growing communities of Latino immigrants in the United States. In response to accusations that the Federal government was hampering the immigration enforcement actions of Arizona police, state Senator Russell Pearce introduced the Support Our [...]

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An Essay on Companion Animals (Book)

Jens Goldschmidt (Author)

Essay from the year 2009 in the subject Social Studies (General), printed single-sided, grade: 1,7, Massey University, New Zealand (-), course: Animal and Human Societies, language: English, abstract: EssayToday, owning a pet is a widespread phenomenon. At the same time, [...]

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Female Genital Mutilation & Cutting in Europe (Book)

Johanna Kostenzer (Author)

Female genital mutilation/ cutting is a harmful cultural tradition practiced primarily in Sub-Sahara Africa and in some Asian and Middle Eastern countries. Increasing international migration has spread the practice across borders and also brought it to Europe. The book [...]

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