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Providing cutting-edge material from a range of perspectives on
entrepreneurial internationalization, this insightful book develops
contemporary business concepts and business models to engage with a
rapidly changing and diversifying world economy. Chapters build a
conceptual and theoretical illustration of the field, providing key
frameworks for the analysis of entrepreneurial
internationalization, including insights into strategy and
organization, as well as fundraising strategies for early
internationalizing startups. Top international scholars in the
field apply these frameworks to specific real-world business
environments, such as born globals, born digital enterprises and
multinational corporations in emerging markets. The book concludes
with analysis of international entrepreneurship across both
traditional and digital contexts, highlighting the emerging
implications for international entrepreneurship research of
digitization and the Covid-19 pandemic. Bringing together a
multitude of critical evaluations, this book is crucial reading for
scholars and researchers of SME internationalization and born
globals, as well as higher level students of international
entrepreneurship. It will also benefit practitioners and
policymakers hoping to engage with new digital developments in the
world economy.
BIOLOGY TODAY AND TOMORROW WITH PHYSIOLOGY, 4E, International
Edition is packed with applications that are relevant to your daily
life. The clear, straightforward writing style, in-text learning
support, and trendsetting art help you understand key biological
concepts. The accompanying Aplia for Biology further improves
comprehension with conceptually based exercises and immediate
feedback. Overall, this accessible and engaging introduction to
biology provides an understanding of biology and the process of
science while developing the critical-thinking skills.
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WINNER OF THE SALTIRE SOCIETY FIRST BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2017 "A
profoundly affecting, intellectually challenging and beautifully
written fable ... a marvellous piece of work." - Stuart Kelly,
Scotsman. Goblin is an oddball and an outcast. But she's also a
dreamer, a bewitching raconteur, a tomboy adventurer whose spirit
can never be crushed. Running feral in World War II London, Goblin
witnesses the carnage of the Blitz and sees things that can never
be unseen...but can be suppressed. She finds comfort in her beloved
animal companions and lives on her wits with friends real and
imagined, exploring her own fantastical world of Lizard Kings and
Martians and joining the circus. In 2011, London is burning once
again, and an elderly Goblin reluctantly returns to the city.
Amidst the chaos of the riots, she must dig up the events of her
childhood in search of a harrowing truth. But where lies truth
after a lifetime of finding solace in an extraordinary imagination,
where the distinction between illusion and reality has possibly
been lost forever?
Developed from the author's course on advanced mechanics of
composite materials, Finite Element Analysis of Composite Materials
with Abaqus (R) shows how powerful finite element tools tackle
practical problems in the structural analysis of composites. This
Second Edition includes two new chapters on "Fatigue" and "Abaqus
Programmable Features" as well as a major update of chapter 10
"Delaminations" and significant updates throughout the remaining
chapters. Furthermore, it updates all examples, sample code, and
problems to Abaqus 2020. Unlike other texts, this one takes theory
to a hands-on level by actually solving problems. It explains the
concepts involved in the detailed analysis of composites, the
mechanics needed to translate those concepts into a mathematical
representation of the physical reality, and the solution of the
resulting boundary value problems using Abaqus. The reader can
follow a process to recreate every example using Abaqus graphical
user interface (CAE) by following step-by-step directions in the
form of pseudo-code or watching the solutions on YouTube. The first
seven chapters provide material ideal for a one-semester course.
Along with offering an introduction to finite element analysis for
readers without prior knowledge of the finite element method (FEM),
these chapters cover the elasticity and strength of laminates,
buckling analysis, free edge stresses, computational
micromechanics, and viscoelastic models for composites. Emphasizing
hereditary phenomena, the book goes on to discuss continuum and
discrete damage mechanics as well as delaminations and fatigue. The
text also shows readers how to extend the capabilities of Abaqus
via "user subroutines" and Python scripting. Aimed at advanced
students and professional engineers, this textbook features 62
fully developed examples interspersed with the theory, 82
end-of-chapter exercises, and 50+ separate pieces of Abaqus
pseudo-code that illustrate the solution of example problems. The
author's website offers the relevant Abaqus and MATLAB model files
available for download, enabling readers to easily reproduce the
examples and complete the exercises. Video recording of solutions
to examples are available on YouTube with multilingual captions.
People have been using tobacco in a variety of forms for centuries.
Remarkably, it was originally seen as something that could promote
vigor and health. Of course, now we all know that tobacco use
causes death and disability in epidemic proportions. If smoking is
so bad for us, why in heaven’s name would anyone still smoke?
Quite a bit has changed since tobacco first made the transition to
a widely available agricultural product. Unfortunately, the general
clinical approach to addressing this problem has failed to keep
pace with tobacco technology and its addictive properties. People
around the world who have fallen prey to the subtleties of nicotine
addiction, or who care for those who have, would benefit from a
deeper understanding of the ways in which nicotine can affect the
brain’s function and change behaviors over a lifetime. Why People
Smoke breaks down the science of tobacco dependence and presents it
in a way that is both easily understandable and clinically useful
for anyone interested in helping people break free of nicotine’s
influence. Why People Smoke is a first-of-its-kind clinical guide
to treating tobacco dependence. The book helps readers make
meaningful connections between tobacco’s effects at the cellular
level, the predictable behavioral manifestations of the disorder,
and the social science and systems requirements required to make a
fundamental impact on this disorder. Unlike previous publications
like self-help books, step-by-step curricula, or clinical
guidelines, Why People Smoke puts practical clinical
insights—gained from twenty-five years of practice—into
perspective, helping the reader understand how “brain change”
translates into “mind change” and the persistent compulsion to
smoke . . . despite a person’s desperate desire to stop. Reading
Why People Smoke will change the way you see smoking forever.
An ambitious young bankers stable but uninteresting life is
disrupted when he comes across a book of fiction, recounting torrid
experiences he lived through as an undergraduate.
*Provides first coherent theory of leadership as context-dependent
*Offers concrete steps for complex problem solving in schools
*Helps schools tailor solutions to local constraints and
circumstances
People have been using tobacco in a variety of forms for centuries.
Remarkably, it was originally seen as something that could promote
vigor and health. Of course, now we all know that tobacco use
causes death and disability in epidemic proportions. If smoking is
so bad for us, why in heaven’s name would anyone still smoke?
Quite a bit has changed since tobacco first made the transition to
a widely available agricultural product. Unfortunately, the general
clinical approach to addressing this problem has failed to keep
pace with tobacco technology and its addictive properties. People
around the world who have fallen prey to the subtleties of nicotine
addiction, or who care for those who have, would benefit from a
deeper understanding of the ways in which nicotine can affect the
brain’s function and change behaviors over a lifetime. Why People
Smoke breaks down the science of tobacco dependence and presents it
in a way that is both easily understandable and clinically useful
for anyone interested in helping people break free of nicotine’s
influence. Why People Smoke is a first-of-its-kind clinical guide
to treating tobacco dependence. The book helps readers make
meaningful connections between tobacco’s effects at the cellular
level, the predictable behavioral manifestations of the disorder,
and the social science and systems requirements required to make a
fundamental impact on this disorder. Unlike previous publications
like self-help books, step-by-step curricula, or clinical
guidelines, Why People Smoke puts practical clinical
insights—gained from twenty-five years of practice—into
perspective, helping the reader understand how “brain change”
translates into “mind change” and the persistent compulsion to
smoke . . . despite a person’s desperate desire to stop. Reading
Why People Smoke will change the way you see smoking forever.
Originally published in 1984 and concentrating on the West Midlands
area of the UK, this book describes the innovations that were made
and all that was involved in bringing about changes in care
provision for elderly people. The areas covered include
hospital-based geriatric and psychogeriatric services, changes in
the public housing sector, the development of a domiciliary
physiotherapy service and community nursing teams for the
terminally ill. These new attitudes and practical treatment changes
succeeded in radically altering the climate of care and were the
result of small innovatory groups of care-providers.
*Provides first coherent theory of leadership as context-dependent
*Offers concrete steps for complex problem solving in schools
*Helps schools tailor solutions to local constraints and
circumstances
Questioning Leadership offers a diverse mix of cutting-edge
research in the field of educational leadership, with contributions
from expert and emerging leadership scholars. It contextualises
school leadership within broader social and historical contexts and
traces its influence on school performance through time, from its
relatively modest role within a systems theory paradigm to its
growing influence from the 1980s onwards, as exercising leadership
came to be perceived as being largely responsible for improving
educational outcomes. This book invites the reader to challenge the
current orthodoxy of leader-centrism and instead reflect more
broadly on the various structural and institutional
interrelationships that determine how a school functions
successfully. It poses challenging questions, such as: Is
leadership really necessary for high-quality school performance?
Can schools function effectively without leadership? Is it possible
to describe the work that principals do without using the word
'leadership'? How do we challenge the assumption that leadership
simply exists and that it is seen as the appropriate default
explanation for school performance? This book does not assume that
leadership is the key to organisational performance, although it
acknowledges the work that principals do. It goes against current
orthodoxy and offers varied perspectives on how leadership might be
repositioned vis-a-vis organisational and institutional structures.
It also suggests some new directions for leading and learning and
throws open a discussion on leadership that for too long has been
captured by the assumption that the leader is the cause of
organisational performance and learning outcomes in schools. At a
time when leadership's dominance seems unshakeable, this is a bold
book that should appeal to postgraduate students of educational
leadership and management, those undertaking training in
educational administration and current school leaders interested in
exploring the value of leadership for educational organisations.
In recent years teacher leadership has undergone one major
revolution and is in the process of undergoing another. The first
came about as schools turned out to be far too complex for the
responsibility of formulating and achieving their goals to be
vested entirely in principals and head teachers. As a consequence,
the rise of distributed leadership as an alternative model for
understanding schools and their functioning is now commonplace. The
second major revolution affecting teacher leadership is the rise of
the Internet and ICT, and the way these give rise to greater and
more flexible opportunities for students to become autonomous
learners. Autonomous student learning now occurs in significant new
ways and under parameters that are far more expansive than
school-based learning. An effective model of teacher leadership
thus needs to capture these changes in order to reflect the new
realities of student learning and student engagement with their
schools.
This book explores Europe's third sector - the non-profit
organisations and providers of social services such as mutuals,
co-operatives, associations, voluntary organisations and charities:
these elements of a civil society are important yet often
overlooked features in contemporary socio-economics and social
policy. The pathbreaking contributions examine the third sector in
Europe within a framework which seeks to conceptually integrate two
hitherto separate debates: that concerning the 'social economy' of
co-operatives and mutuals, and the debate on voluntary, civil
society and non-profit organisations. Theoretical concepts are
developed and debated, and the relationship between the development
of national societies, public welfare and the third sector are
explored. The book goes on to discuss the crucial role of the state
and public policies - including measures that have been introduced
at the European Union level. The contributions reveal the need for
policy perspectives and forms of governance that respect the added
value of third sector organisations, without separating them. It is
argued that, in future European welfare models, it is not the size
of a third sector that matters, but rather the overall impact of
its civic principles. With its informative contributions about the
third sector in various EU countries, the theoretical approaches
offered and the ways in which policy issues are dealt with, this
book will be of great interest to a wide-ranging audience
including: social policy scholars, economists, political scientists
and policymakers with an interest in the evolution of the third
sector.
Despite their prevalence and weight in many of his collected works
and letters, Jung did not articulate a general theory of the ego
and consciousness. Towards a Jungian Theory of the Ego examines the
development of Jung's concept of the ego as he expanded and revised
this concept, from his earliest formulations about consciousness
while a student, to his mature thoughts at the end of his life.
Drawing on Ego Psychology as a theoretical framework, Evers-Fahey
proposes that Jung uses the concept of ego in four distinct ways
and that he developed and used his ego concept based on two
discrete paradigms. These distinctions explain the confusion and
ambiguity found when examining the development of Jung's analytical
psychology over his lifetime. This book provides an examination of
ego development and ego defenses based on a unique Jungian
standpoint, as well as discussion of the relationship between the
ego and the Self and the ego and 'the individuum'. Furthermore, the
inclusion of a historical framework helps to place the development
of these concepts in context. This book proposes a theory of ego
psychology based on Jungian theory rather than traditional
psychoanalytic theory, thereby filling a gap in the knowledge of
Jungian theory. The book will be essential reading for academics
and postgraduate students engaged in the study of Jungian
psychology and psychoanalytic theory and will also be valued by
those interested in Jung and ego psychology more generally.
Succeed in your biology course with this updated Sixth Edition of
BIOLOGY TODAY AND TOMORROW WITHOUT PHYSIOLOGY. Packed with
real-world applications, the book offers chunked content in a
clear, straightforward writing style, beautiful art and a variety
of in-text learning tools. The accompanying MindTap for Biology
includes multimedia instruction, assessments, videos, personalized
study tools and more. With this easy-to-read, engaging text, you'll
learn about biology from the perspective of issues relevant to your
daily life.
Despite their prevalence and weight in many of his collected works
and letters, Jung did not articulate a general theory of the ego
and consciousness. Towards a Jungian Theory of the Ego examines the
development of Jung's concept of the ego as he expanded and revised
this concept, from his earliest formulations about consciousness
while a student, to his mature thoughts at the end of his life.
Drawing on Ego Psychology as a theoretical framework, Evers-Fahey
proposes that Jung uses the concept of ego in four distinct ways
and that he developed and used his ego concept based on two
discrete paradigms. These distinctions explain the confusion and
ambiguity found when examining the development of Jung's analytical
psychology over his lifetime. This book provides an examination of
ego development and ego defenses based on a unique Jungian
standpoint, as well as discussion of the relationship between the
ego and the Self and the ego and 'the individuum'. Furthermore, the
inclusion of a historical framework helps to place the development
of these concepts in context. This book proposes a theory of ego
psychology based on Jungian theory rather than traditional
psychoanalytic theory, thereby filling a gap in the knowledge of
Jungian theory. The book will be essential reading for academics
and postgraduate students engaged in the study of Jungian
psychology and psychoanalytic theory and will also be valued by
those interested in Jung and ego psychology more generally.
First published in 1997, this volume is about the challenge of
introducing business-originated concepts of quality assurance,
personal social services are currently confronted with all over
Europe. Undoubtedly, the new orientation towards a more
business-like approach in social welfare settings will raise
professionalism, "client-orientation" and controlling (instead of
mere inspection). There is evidence, however, that the
specificities of personal social services are not always taken into
account if it comes to introducing market values and mechanisms.
Due to this development it becomes essential to promote more
adequate criteria for quality standards in the very field of
personal social services. The challenge is to maintain a certain
standard of service provision while at the same time reconsidering
the preconditions for defining quality. This will imply the search
for a consensus between allegedly diverging approaches, i.e.
between their different basic concepts, aims and standards. Given
the social and economic context within which these developments are
taking place, the focus of the contributions is on their critical
assessment in different European countries. An overview is given
about national developments in the areas of care for older persons
and other social services. The contributors from Austria, Belgium,
Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden,
and the UK look at how and by whom quality is defined and what
challenges the actors of the traditionally mixed economy of
personal social services are meeting. Empirical evidence about user
involvement and satisfaction is given but also theoretical
reasoning about the impact of business approaches on a "pubic
good". Thus, the book tries to fill an important gap in practice,
research and policy-making concerning personal social services and
quality issues.
Through an international range of research, this volume examines
how informal urban street markets facilitate the informal and
formal economy not merely in terms of the traditional concerns of
labor and consumption, but also in regards to cultural and spatial
contingencies. In many places, street markets and their populace
have been marginalised and devalued. At times, there are clear
governance procedures that aim to prevent them, yet they continue
to emerge in even in the most institutionalised societies. This
book gives serious consideration to what these markets reveal about
urban life in a time of globalized, rapid urbanization and flows of
people, knowledge and goods.
The increased focus on raising standards in education requires
leaders to engage in complex decision-making, related to the
assessment of teachers, meeting mandated accountability measures,
and collecting and using large amounts of data. Showcasing
exemplary practices of school and district administrators,
Decision-Making in Educational Leadership covers issues concerning
the role of emotion, ethical and legal ramifications, the use of
data, and complexity in decision-making. Chapter authors in this
research-based volume explore what administrators and school
leaders actually know about educational problems, how they draw
upon and revise theories of action for responding to problems, and
which theories are tenable in educational decision-making. This
important resource provides a broad and international perspective
on effective models and methods of educational decision-making and
shares valuable knowledge about how theory can be translated into
practice in a variety of school settings.
The increased focus on raising standards in education requires
leaders to engage in complex decision-making, related to the
assessment of teachers, meeting mandated accountability measures,
and collecting and using large amounts of data. Showcasing
exemplary practices of school and district administrators,
Decision-Making in Educational Leadership covers issues concerning
the role of emotion, ethical and legal ramifications, the use of
data, and complexity in decision-making. Chapter authors in this
research-based volume explore what administrators and school
leaders actually know about educational problems, how they draw
upon and revise theories of action for responding to problems, and
which theories are tenable in educational decision-making. This
important resource provides a broad and international perspective
on effective models and methods of educational decision-making and
shares valuable knowledge about how theory can be translated into
practice in a variety of school settings.
This new and comprehensively revised third edition of Practical
Interventional Cardiology, led by an eminent UK Cardiologist and
supported by contributing authors from around the world, discusses
the different interventional procedures by context and addresses
current guidelines and ongoing trials, including European
experience with non-FDA approved devices. It represents an extended
practical reference for the Interventional Cardiologist, Fellows in
training, catheter laboratory Nursing and Technical staff as well
as the non-invasive Cardiologist and General Physician. Rather than
providing detailed and exhaustive reviews - a criticism of many
Interventional Cardiology texts - the purpose of this book is to
present practical information regarding Interventional procedures
and important topics in Cardiology. An emphasis on clarity,
clinical relevance and up-to-date information has been favoured as
well as discussion of points of controversy so frequently
overlooked."
Designing structures using composite materials poses unique
challenges, especially due to the need for concurrent design of
both material and structure. Students are faced with two options:
textbooks that teach the theory of advanced mechanics of
composites, but lack computational examples of advanced analysis,
and books on finite element analysis that may or may not
demonstrate very limited applications to composites. But there is a
third option that makes the other two obsolete: Ever J. Barbero's
Finite Element Analysis of Composite Materials Using ANSYS (R),
Second Edition. The Only Finite Element Analysis Book on the Market
Using ANSYS to Analyze Composite Materials. By layering detailed
theoretical and conceptual discussions with fully developed
examples, this text supplies the missing link between theory and
implementation. In-depth discussions cover all of the major aspects
of advanced analysis, including three-dimensional effects,
viscoelasticity, edge effects, elastic instability, damage, and
delamination. This second edition of the bestseller has been
completely revised to incorporate advances in the state of the art
in such areas as modeling of damage in composites. In addition, all
50+ worked examples have been updated to reflect the newest version
of ANSYS. Including some use of MATLAB (R), these examples
demonstrate how to use the concepts to formulate and execute finite
element analyses and how to interpret the results in engineering
terms. Additionally, the source code for each example is available
to students for download online via a companion website featuring a
special area reserved for instructors. Plus a solutions manual is
available for qualifying course adoptions. Cementing applied
computational and analytical experience to a firm foundation of
basic concepts and theory, Finite Element Analysis of Composite
Materials Using ANSYS, Second Edition offers a modern, practical,
and versatile classroom tool for today's engineering classroom.
The Autobiography of Medgar Evers is the first and only
comprehensive collection of the words of slain civil rights hero
Medgar Evers. Evers became a leader of the civil rights movement
during the late 1950s and early 1960s. He established NAACP
chapters throughout the Mississippi delta region, and eventually
became the NAACP's first field secretary in Mississippi. Myrlie
Evers-Williams, Medgar's widow, partnered with Manning Marable, one
of the country's leading black scholars, to develop this book based
on the previously untouched cache of Medgar's personal documents
and writings. These writings range from Medgar's monthly reports to
the NAACP to his correspondence with luminaries of the time such as
Robert Carter, General Counsel for the NAACP in the landmark Brown
v. Board of Education case. Still, most moving of all, is the
preface written by Myrlie Evers.
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