Industry & industrial studies
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Industry & industrial studies
Hardcover. Highlights how vulnerable seafarers are as a group of workers and that they are made so by the structure and organisation of their employment and the limits of the maritime regulatory system. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJG; KNGS; KNXC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230573833
- ISBN
- 9780230573833
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.05
€ 128.05
Hardback. Small children are regularly captivated by programmes made especially for them -- ranging from classics like Sesame Street to more recent arrivals such as Blues Clues and Teletubbies. This book examines the industry interests behind preschool television, and how commercial, creative and curricular priorities shape and inform what is produced. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; APT; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230574403
- ISBN
- 9780230574403
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.16
€ 67.16
Hardcover. Challenging existing ideas about not only what constitutes retail shrinkage, but also the approach that should be adopted to deal with it, it critically examines how current approaches to managing shrinkage are at best preventative, and how through operational excellence, organizations can reduce the impact it has on their profitability. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJC; KNPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 230 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230575837
- ISBN
- 9780230575837
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.44
€ 149.44
Hardcover. Every year, financial services organizations make billions of dollars worth of decisions using automated systems. For example, who to give a credit card to and the premium someone should pay for their home insurance. This book explains how the forecasting models, that lie at the heart of these systems, are developed and deployed. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCJ; KFFL; KFFN; KNST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476. A Practical Guide to Forecasting Consumer Behaviour. 296 pages, 31 black & white tables, 32 figures. Every year, financial services organizations make billions of dollars worth of decisions using automated systems. For example, who to give a credit card to and the premium someone should pay for their home insurance. This book explains how the forecasting models, that lie at the heart of these systems, are developed and deployed. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: KCJ; KFFL; KFFN; KNST. Dimension: 219 x 145 x 23. Weight: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230577046
- ISBN
- 9780230577046
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.56
€ 128.56
Hardcover. Car manufacturing epitomizes modern industry, yet the overall perspective has been lost in speculation and self-promotion. Based on six years of research, this book is the first in years to reassess the industry. The result is a paradigm that quantifies the fundamental economies of scale and firm organizational structure. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJC; KJV; KNDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230579248
- ISBN
- 9780230579248
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.83
€ 67.83
Hardcover. The book offers an inquiry into the construction of employment practices in a multinational company across Western and Eastern Europe. In the complex corporate and host-country influences, social interaction between the firm and local actors is presented as the underlying social mechanism through which work practices are constructed. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJW; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230579774
- ISBN
- 9780230579774
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.13
€ 67.13
Hardcover. Western patients are increasingly travelling to developing countries for health care and developing countries are increasingly offering their skills and facilities to paying foreign customers. The potential and implications of this international trade in medical services is explored in this book through analysis of the market. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFG; KCM; KNSG; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600058
- ISBN
- 9780230600058
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.13
€ 67.13
The Global Assault on Teaching, Teachers, and Their Unions. Stories fo...
. Ed(S): Weiner, Lois; Compton, Mary
Paperback. Public education's character is increasingly under assault as privatization of education is advanced. This collection of essays by noted scholars, teacher activists, and teacher's union leaders from around the world fuses insights with background and analysis to make real the goal of quality education for all the world's children. Editor(s): Weiner, Lois; Compton, Mary. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JNK; JNT; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230606302
- ISBN
- 9780230606302
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.46€ 46.71
€ 53.46
€ 46.71
Hardcover. Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs) are a massive subset of the healthcare industry that negotiate lower costs for healthcare supplies by buying for several hospitals at once. Group Purchasing Organizations provides an analysis and critique of this industry. Num Pages: 199 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KC; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230607675
- ISBN
- 9780230607675
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Hardcover. Globalizing Ideal Beauty is the forgotten history of a group of women copywriters whose successful ad campaigns went international in the 1920s and spread an American notion of feminine appeal from Bangor to Bangkok. Sutton's approach is grounded in a huge body of original archival research that has so far remained largely untapped. Num Pages: 210 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; KJSA; KNSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230611740
- ISBN
- 9780230611740
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.54
€ 127.54
Paperback. For over 1500 years books have weathered numerous cultural changes remarkably unaltered. Through wars, radio, TV, computer games and fluctuating literacy rates, the book has, somewhat bizarrely, remained the more robust and culturally relevant way to communicate ideas. Now, for the first time since the Middle Ages, all that is about to change. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KNTP; PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 191 x 123 x 16. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1 Reprint
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230614468
- ISBN
- 9780230614468
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.03
€ 31.99
€ 27.03
Hardcover. This book explores one of the most dramatic and scandalous events in the movement for American democratic reform. Dubbed the Memorial Day Massacre, it saw Chicago police shoot and kill ten demonstrators and beat more than one hundred others as they tried to form a mass picket line at the Republic Steel Plant in South Chicago. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; 3JJ; HBTB; JPHV; KNXB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230618213
- ISBN
- 9780230618213
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.23
€ 67.23
Paperback. This study offers a comparative analysis of Latin American and Middle Eastern corporatism, by looking at Egypt and Mexico's differing experiences with privatization, showing that how the working class was attached to the regime during the period of state-building shapes leaders' institutional options and capabilities for market reform. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1KLCM; JPFK; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230621374
- ISBN
- 9780230621374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.17
€ 66.17
Paperback. Twitchell embarks on an insightful, fearless, and funny exploration of two of the central themes of modern American culture -- materialism and consumerism -- and counters the notion of the "used and abused consumer" with an unflinching look at commercial culture, starting from the observation that "we are powerfully attracted to the world of goods (after all, we don't call them 'bads')." Num Pages: 310 pages, 36 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFFT; KNTY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 226 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231115193
- ISBN
- 9780231115193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.32
€ 47.32
Paperback. Intends to provide a roadmap to maximizing your profits as a disc jockey. This title includes practical tools, expert tips and cost-effective methods for increasing sales and creating loyal clients. It reveals specific ideas, proven techniques and creative approaches to multiplying your income and gaining the competitive edge. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1. BIC Classification: AVX; KJS; KNTF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780240807829
- ISBN
- 9780240807829
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.86
€ 30.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 289 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KNXC. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers Group Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1986
- Number of pages
- 289
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306422478
- ISBN
- 9780306422478
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.41
€ 66.41
Hardcover. Based on the Symposium on Advances in Building Evaluation: Knowledge, methods, and Applications, held as part of the Tenth Biannual Conference of the International Association for the Study of People, and Their Physical Surroundings, July 5-8, 1988, in Delft, The Netherlands Editor(s): Preiser, Wolfgang F. E. Num Pages: 365 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KNXC; TNKF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 1989th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306433375
- ISBN
- 9780306433375
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.29
€ 201.29
Hardback. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: KNXC. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers Group Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306435706
- ISBN
- 9780306435706
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.38
€ 66.38
Hardcover. Covering 17 commodity areas, this work describes the initial microbial flora and the prevalence of pathogens, the microbiological consequences of processing, typical spoilage patterns, episodes implicating those commodities with food borne illness, and measures to control pathogens and limit spoilage. It also includes a comprehensive index. Num Pages: 764 pages, 137 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KNDF; TDCT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 262 x 189 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1554.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 752
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306486753
- ISBN
- 9780306486753
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 433.83
€ 433.83
Paperback. "A courageous memoir.. One witnesses the blessings, contradictions, and restraints of Puerto Rican culture."--Washington Post Book World Series: A Merloyd Lawrence Book. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; JFSJ1; KNT. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306820823
- ISBN
- 9780306820823
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.20
€ 21.99
€ 19.20
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 32-page BW photo insert. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; 5AK; HBTB; KCZ; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Zondervan United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780310271505
- ISBN
- 9780310271505
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.21
€ 27.99
€ 25.21
Hardback. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCM; KN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312122232
- ISBN
- 9780312122232
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Hardback. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMV2; KN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312125974
- ISBN
- 9780312125974
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Hardback. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCH; KCL; KCP; KNTX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312158453
- ISBN
- 9780312158453
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.57
€ 127.57