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This original and insightful book considers the ways in which
public law, which emphasises legality (the Demos), and economics, a
science oriented towards the markets (the Agora), intertwine.
Throughout, George Dellis argues that the concepts of legality and
efficiency should not be perceived separately. An Economic Analysis
of Public Law shows that combining these two disciplines allows for
a more realistic view of decision-making and human action, leading
to the creation of a 'new' public law that improves the functioning
of non-consensual institutions. The book explores the ways in which
this will lead to a better coexistence of Demos and Agora,
especially in modern times of globalisation and competition among
regulators. Chapters cover almost all aspects of the economic
analysis of public law, such as the importance of economic
analysis, design and decision-making for public institutions, and a
general economic theory for public law and regulation. Students,
scholars and researchers in disciplines such as law and economics,
European and public law in general, as well as the philosophy of
law will find this book to be a valuable resource. It will also be
a companion for anyone who is interested in understanding how the
Law of the State and the State itself evolve in the current,
globalised world.
Expert insights on what sets the great professional firms apart
from all the rest
Having devoted a career that spans fifty years to consulting
with and studying professional firms in the Americas, Asia, and
Europe, author Charles Ellis learned firsthand how difficult it is
for an organization to go beyond very good and attain, as well as
sustain, excellence. Now, he shares his hard-won insights with you
and reveals "what it takes" to be best-in-class in any
industry.
Enlightening and entertaining, "What It Takes" explores firms
that are leaders in their particular field and the superior people
who create and maintain them. Along the way, it identifies the
secrets of their long-term success and reveals exactly how they can
put your organization in a better position to excel when properly
executed.Contains many stories of achieving excellence, and
addresses the obstacles that top-ranking organizations face in
sustaining itIncludes insights on leaders in their particular
field--from McKinsey & Company in consulting and Cravath,
Swaine & Moore in law to the Mayo Clinic in healthcareWritten
by one of the most experienced and respected business
consultants/advisors of our time
"What It Takes" skillfully shows you how innovation and a
commitment to excellence can drive success, while also revealing
how easy it is to fall behind. With it, you'll discover what
separates the great firms from the good ones and learn how to
attain, and maintain, organizational success throughout the
years.
Get off the diet roller coaster and embark on a life-affirming
journey towards a positive and sustainable relationship with food
and your body. In Why Did I Just Eat That? Registered Dietitian,
Certified Eating Disorders Specialist, and food therapist Lisa D.
Ellis offers nutritional and therapeutic support in this
comprehensive guide to healthy eating. She promotes an
all-foods-fit model and mindfulness to explain the connection
between human emotions, habits, and physical satisfaction. She
rejects the toxic constraints of diet culture and instead
encourages self-acceptance, intuitive eating, and fundamentally
redefining our relationship with food. Why Did I Just Eat That?
begins with removing the blame and shame associated with food by
sharing a highly readable overview of how early human survival
strategies influence our eating issues today. A self-administered
test follows, designed to identify the specific types of eating
behaviors. Finally, after real case studies and solutions are
discussed, Why Did I Just Eat That? provides practical and
achievable healing steps tailored to address the needs of each
respective type of eater. The science-backed wisdom,
exercises, and worksheets contained within will empower anyone
struggling with food to let go of the idea of perfection and define
their relationship with food on their own terms, paving the way for
deeper self-discovery and a healthier way of living.
The inside story of one of the world's most powerful financial
Institutions
Now with a new foreword and final chapter, "The Partnership"
chronicles the most important periods in Goldman Sachs's history
and the individuals who built one of the world's largest investment
banks. Charles D. Ellis, who worked as a strategy consultant to
Goldman Sachs for more than thirty years, reveals the secrets
behind the firm's continued success through many life-threatening
changes. Disgraced and nearly destroyed in 1929, Goldman Sachs
limped along as a break-even operation through the Depression and
WWII. But with only one special service and one improbable banker,
it began the stage-by-stage rise that took the firm to global
leadership, even in the face of the world-wide credit crisis.
Pushing back against the potential trivialization of moral
psychology that would reduce it to emotional preferences, this book
takes an enactivist, self-organizational, and hermeneutic approach
to internal conflict between a basic exploratory drive motivating
the search for actual truth, and opposing incentives to confabulate
in the interest of conformity, authoritarianism, and cognitive
dissonance, which often can lead to harmful worldviews. The result
is a new possibility that ethical beliefs can have truth value and
are not merely a result of ephemeral altruistic or cooperative
feelings. It will interest moral and political psychologists,
philosophers, social scientists, and all who are concerned with
inner emotional conflicts driving ethical thinking beyond mere
emotivism, and toward moral realism, albeit a fallibilist one
requiring continual rethinking and self-reflection. It combines
'basic emotion' theories (such as Panksepp) with hermeneutic depth
psychology. The result is a realist approach to moral thinking
emphasizing coherence rather than foundationalist theory of
knowledge.
Pushing back against the potential trivialization of moral
psychology that would reduce it to emotional preferences, this book
takes an enactivist, self-organizational, and hermeneutic approach
to internal conflict between a basic exploratory drive motivating
the search for actual truth, and opposing incentives to confabulate
in the interest of conformity, authoritarianism, and cognitive
dissonance, which often can lead to harmful worldviews. The result
is a new possibility that ethical beliefs can have truth value and
are not merely a result of ephemeral altruistic or cooperative
feelings. It will interest moral and political psychologists,
philosophers, social scientists, and all who are concerned with
inner emotional conflicts driving ethical thinking beyond mere
emotivism, and toward moral realism, albeit a fallibilist one
requiring continual rethinking and self-reflection. It combines
'basic emotion' theories (such as Panksepp) with hermeneutic depth
psychology. The result is a realist approach to moral thinking
emphasizing coherence rather than foundationalist theory of
knowledge.
This succinct and jargon-free introduction to effect sizes gives
students and researchers the tools they need to interpret the
practical significance of their results. Using a class-tested
approach that includes numerous examples and step-by-step
exercises, it introduces and explains three of the most important
issues relating to the practical significance of research results:
the reporting and interpretation of effect sizes (Part I), the
analysis of statistical power (Part II), and the meta-analytic
pooling of effect size estimates drawn from different studies (Part
III). The book concludes with a handy list of recommendations for
those actively engaged in or currently preparing research projects.
During the past decade there has been a renewed interest in active
sonar systems at both low and medium frequencies. More recently
this interest has been extended to very high frequencies in shallow
water. Reverberation often limits the detection performance of
these systems, and there is a need to understand the underlying
mechanisms that cause the scattering. With more emphasis being
given to reverberation phenomena in the Scientific Program of Work
at the SACLANT Undersea Research Centre, it was considered an
opportune time to host a meeting, bringing together scientists from
NATO countries to foster cross-disciplinary dialogue and generate
ideas for new research directions. Consequently the Ocean
Reverberation Symposium was held 25-29 May 1992 in La Spezia,
Italy. Over 60 presentations were made on a diverse selection of
topics, of which ten papers will be published as a SACLANTCEN
Conference Proceedings. The papers in this volume are grouped into
8 sections, usually in the same order as presented at the
corresponding session of the Symposium: Section 1 - Scattering
Mechanisms Section 2 - High Frequency Measurements and Mechanisms
Section 3 - Reverberation Modelling Section 4 - ARSRP Mid-Atlantic
Ridge Experiment Section 5 - Low Frequency Measurements Section 6 -
Volume Scattering Section 7 - Signal Processing Issues Section 8 -
Applications Taken together the papers show some emerging trends in
the research.
Between the birth of the Third Republic and the outbreak of World
War I, French medical doctors gained a far-reaching influence over
the political life of their country, serving as mayors on the local
level and ranking second only to lawyers in parliament. Their
frequent medical contact with the people served as the foundation
for their political success. In this volume, first published in
1990, Ellis explores the causes and significance of this phenomenon
by examining the careers of the members of parliament who held
degrees in medicine. It is the first book to deal explicitly with
the backgrounds and careers of the physician-legislators, and uses
a wealth of previously untapped sources. This study places medical
history within a larger political framework and will be of interest
to all concerned with modern French and European history, the
social history of medicine, and the evolution of the professions.
Most experts believe that innovation in every aspect of patient care will be nothing less than astonishing as we move into the next century. Technology and the Future of Health Care brings together a remarkable group of health care visionaries who have identified and begun to analyze which trends and technological advances will likely shape and inform the next generation of medicine. From fundamental advances in computing and administration, research, nursing, and patient care delivery to noninvasive surgery, biomolecular therapies, bionics, and beyond, this ground-breaking book offers professional, executive-level insight into topics that until recently existed only in the realm of science fiction.
"Charley Ellis has written a magnificent portrait, capturing the
indomitable spirit of Joe Wilson and his instinctive understanding
of the need for and commercial usefulness of a transforming imaging
technology. Joe Wilson and his extraordinary team, which I had the
good fortune to first meet in 1960, epitomized the wonderful
observation of George Bernard Shaw who said, 'Some look at things
that are, and ask why? I dream of things that never were and ask
why not?'
"Xerox and xerography are not only a part of our vocabulary, but
part of our everyday life. Charley Ellis gives the reader a
poignant understanding of just how this happened through the life,
adventures, critical business decisions, and dreams of Joseph
Wilson and a cadre of remarkable individuals.
"This book will surely join the library of memorable biographies
that capture the building of America into a risk-tolerant,
technologically sophisticated, idea-oriented society that thrives
by understanding what Charles Darwin really said:
'Survival will be neither to the strongest of the species, nor
to the most intelligent, but to those most adaptable to
change.'"
--Frederick Frank, Vice Chairman, Lehman Brothers Inc.
This succinct and jargon-free introduction to effect sizes gives
students and researchers the tools they need to interpret the
practical significance of their results. Using a class-tested
approach that includes numerous examples and step-by-step
exercises, it introduces and explains three of the most important
issues relating to the practical significance of research results:
the reporting and interpretation of effect sizes (Part I), the
analysis of statistical power (Part II), and the meta-analytic
pooling of effect size estimates drawn from different studies (Part
III). The book concludes with a handy list of recommendations for
those actively engaged in or currently preparing research projects.
The evidence-based approach to a more worthwhile portfolio The
Index Revolution argues that active investing is a loser's game,
and that a passive approach is more profitable in today's market.
By adjusting your portfolio asset weights to match a performance
index, you consistently earn higher rates of returns and come out
on top in the long run. This book explains why, and describes how
individual investors can take advantage of indexing to make their
portfolio stronger and more profitable. By indexing investment
operations at a very low cost, and trusting that active
professionals have set securities prices as correctly as possible,
you will achieve better long-term results than those who look down
on passive approaches while following outdated advice that no
longer works. "Beating the market" is much harder than it used to
be, and investors who continue to approach the market with that
mindset populate the rolls of market losers time and time again.
This book explains why indexing is the preferred approach in the
current investment climate, and destroys the popular perception of
passive investing as a weak market strategy. * Structure your
portfolio to perform better over the long term * Trust in the
pricing and earn higher rates of return * Learn why a passive
approach is more consistent and worthwhile * Ignore overblown,
outdated advice that is doomed to disappoint All great investors
share a common secret to success: rational decision-making based on
objective information. The Index Revolution shows you a more
rational approach to the market for a more profitable portfolio.
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