Author: Klaus P. Hofmann
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Keywords: business, finance, economics, making, decision, psychology
Number of Pages: 227
Published: 2007-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1600219179
ISBN-13: 9781600219177

In a fast-moving world, the necessity of making decisions, and preferably good ones, has become even more difficult. One reason is the variety and number of choices perhaps available which often are not presented or understood. Alternatives are often unclear and complex paths to them confusing and misleading. Thus the process of decision making itself requires analysis on an ongoing basis. Decision making is often made based on cultural factors whereas the best alternative might be quite different. The subject touches ethics aspects as well as psychological considerations. This book presents i

Author: Michael C. Schmidt
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Keywords: trends, research, power, electric
Number of Pages: 306
Published: 2007-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1600219780
ISBN-13: 9781600219788

The world is becoming increasingly electrified. For the foreseeable future, coal will continue to be the dominant fuel used for electric power production. The low cost and abundance of coal is one of the primary reasons for this. Electric power transmission, a process in the delivery of electricity to consumers, is the bulk transfer of electrical power. Typically, power transmission is between the power plant and a substation near a populated area. Electricity distribution is the delivery from the substation to the consumers. Due to the large amount of power involved, transmission normally tak

Author: Alejandro L. Domfnguez
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Keywords: uncertainties, challenges, strategy, management, global
Number of Pages: 234
Published: 2008-02
List price: $129.00
ISBN-10: 1604561424
ISBN-13: 9781604561425

Management comprises directing and controlling a group of one or more people or entities for the purpose of co-ordinating and harmonising that group towards accomplishing a goal. Management often encompasses the deployment and manipulation of human resources, financial resources, technological resources, and natural resources. This book deals with management problems within a global context and presents the latest research in this growing field.

Author: L. C. Hilbert
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Keywords: issues, economic, fluctuations, interventions, currency
Number of Pages: 155
Published: 2008-02
List price: $69.00
ISBN-10: 1604560789
ISBN-13: 9781604560787

A currency is a unit of exchange, facilitating the transfer of goods and services. It is one form of money, where money is anything that serves as a medium of exchange, a store of value, and a standard of value. A currency zone is a country or region in which a specific currency is the dominant medium of exchange. To facilitate trade between currency zones, there are exchange rates, which are the prices at which currencies (and the goods and services of individual currency zones) can be exchanged against each other. Currencies can be classified as either floating currencies or fixed currencies

Author: Carolyn C. Pertsova
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Keywords: trends, research, economics, ecological
Number of Pages: 368
Published: 2008-02-01
List price: $129.00
ISBN-10: 1600219411
ISBN-13: 9781600219412

This new book presents new and important research in the field of ecological economics which is a transdisciplinary field of academic research that addresses the dynamic and spatial interdependence between human economies and natural ecosystems. Ecological economics brings together and connects different disciplines, within the natural and social sciences but especially between these broad areas. As the name suggests, the field is dominated by researchers with a background in economics and ecology. An important motivation for the emergence of ecological economics has been criticism on the assu

Author: The U.S. Department of State
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers Inc
Keywords: index, force, treaties, states, united
Number of Pages: 432
Published: 2008-10-01
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ISBN-10: 1604561157
ISBN-13: 9781604561159

This new fully indexed book includes bilateral treaties and other international agreements listed by country or other international entity with subject headings under each entry. Arrangements with territorial possessions of a country appear at the end of the entry for that country. In some cases, treaties and international agreements applicable to a territory prior to its independence are included in the entry for that country on the basis of its assumption of treaty obligations upon becoming independent, as noted at the beginning of the entry for that country. For convenience, some treaties a

Authors:Paul E. Stott, G. E. Zaikov, Viktor F. Kablov,
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Keywords: new, perspectives, thermodynamics, kinetics, biochemical, physics, chemical
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2008-02
List price: $170.00
ISBN-10: 160456024X
ISBN-13: 9781604560244

This book includes new and important research on antioxidants for chemistry and biology, kinetics and mechanisms of molecular, radical and ion reactions in chemistry and biochemistry, chemistry of ozone (reactions of ozone with organic and inorganic compounds, action of antiozonants), application of electron magnetic resonance and nuclear magnetic resonance in chemistry and biology, investigations of the structure and properties of nanocomposites (nanotubes, particularly), investigations on the structure and properties of nanocomposites (nanotubes, particularly), and investigations of heteroge