Author: Kate Emery Pogue
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Keywords: friends, shakespeare
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2006-01-30
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 0275989569
ISBN-13: 9780275989569

Shakespeare, more than any other writer in the western world, based much of his work on the consequences of friendship. Given the value placed on friends in his writing, many readers have wondered about the role friendship played in his own life. This work gives readers the chance to learn more about Shakespeare’s friends, who they were and what they can tell us about Shakespeare and his times. For instance, Richard Field was a boyhood friend with whom Shakespeare went to school in Stratford. Field became a well-known London printer. The details of Field’s life illuminate both the

Author: Dilek Cetindamar
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Keywords: cultural, comparison, cross, capital, venture, growth
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2003-03-30
List price: $96.95
ISBN-10: 156720581X
ISBN-13: 9781567205817

The venture capital (VC) industry plays an important role in nurturing entrepreneurship and innovation, and its role varies from country to country. The six countries whose VC industries are analyzed here are the United States and Canada, whose VC industries are mature; Sweden and Denmark, which have established small but successful VC industries; and Israel and Turkey, whose experiences demonstrate the state of the young VC industry in transition economies. The analysis is based on the four main determinants of the VC industry: sources of financing, institutional infrastructure, exit mechanis

Author: Thomas H. Becker
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Keywords: cultures, practices, opportunities, guide, america, business, new, latin, doing
Number of Pages: 280
Published: 2004-11-30
List price: $43.95
ISBN-10: 0275981320
ISBN-13: 9780275981327

From Tijuana to Tierra del Fuego, Latin America is remarkably misunderstood, often viewed merely as a source of cheap labor, where corrupt politicians and drug lords run rampant. As a result, many--especially smaller--U.S. businesses are missing out on lucrative opportunities to expand their operations into this dynamic region, home to over 500 million consumers. Drawing from over 30 years of firsthand experience and research, Dr. Thomas Becker helps readers overcome these stereotypes and presents a concise and authoritative approach to conducting business in Mexico, Central America and the Ca

Authors:Ann C. Hall, Mardia J. Bishop,
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Keywords: culture, american, pornography, porn, pop
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2007-09-30
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 0275999203
ISBN-13: 9780275999209

There is a new wave of pornographic entertainment in contemporary American culture. Liberated from X-rated bookstores and strip clubs, porn is everywhere, and Pop-Porn seeks to examine this phenomenon in some of its most striking manifestations. Written from a variety of perspectives and on a variety of topics representing the widespread increase of soft-core porn in our culture, Pop-Porn offers a detailed and complex approach to the porn industry in America. Rather than focusing on the current polarity of basic pro and con views on this topic--a polarity that ultimately hinders discussion--th

Author: John R. Wennersten
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Keywords: generation, expatriate, new, america, leaving
Number of Pages: 200
Published: 2007-11-30
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 0313345066
ISBN-13: 9780313345067

Today more than ever, large numbers of Americans are leaving the United States. It is estimated that by the end of the decade, some 10 million of the brightest and most talented Americans, representing an estimated $136 billion in wages, will be living and working overseas. This emigration trend contradicts the internalized myth of America as the land of affluence, opportunity, and freedom. What is behind this trend? Wennersten argues that many people these days, from college students to retirees, are uncertain or ambivalent about what it means to be an American. For example, many are uncomfor

Authors:Richard D. Mcanulty, M. Michele Burnette,
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Keywords: volumes, three, sexuality, sex
Number of Pages: 939
Published: 2006-05-30
List price: $275.00
ISBN-10: 0275985814
ISBN-13: 9780275985813

An unprecedented source of information about sex and sexuality at the start of the 21st century, these volumes include research, current events and new developments in subjects ranging from hypersexuality, sex for the aged, and sex therapy, to orgasmic disorders, sexual fetishism and sadism. Controversial subjects such as pornography, nude dancing and prostitution are explored, as are dysfunctions, from lack of sexual desire to gender identity disorder. Pedophilia and other crimes are also addressed. The remarkable team of contributing authors includes psychologists, sociologists, psychiatrist

Author: Bruce D. Keillor
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Keywords: praeger, perspectives, volumes, four, century, marketing
Number of Pages: 880
Published: 2007-07-30
List price: $325.00
ISBN-10: 0275992756
ISBN-13: 9780275992750

Marketing is the crucial connection between company and customer; no enterprise can expect to succeed without a substantial investment in its marketing efforts. Not surprisingly, marketing is one of the core areas of study in the hundreds of business schools and MBA programs around the world, and a vital department of virtually every business. This dynamic set showcases the most current trends, issues, ideas, and practices in marketing, especially as the field evolves in the context of globalization and advances in technology. From branding to public relations, e-tailing to customer-retention