Impressed by the discoveries of Captain Cook, and conscious that Russia was lagging behind other countries in terms of navigation and exploration, Catherine the Great commissioned an expedition in 1785 to chart the coastline in the far north-east of her empire. Born in Middlesex, Joseph Billings (1758 1806) had sailed under Cook but entered Russian service in 1783. He was chosen to lead the expedition, which would last for nine years. Written up by Martin Sauer, secretary and translator to the expedition, this illustrated account was first published in English in 1802, documenting the sheer scale of the task and the range of scientific activities carried out. Notable for producing the first accurate maps of the shoreline and islands of east Siberia, the expedition also contributed to the ethnographic and zoological knowledge of this most inhospitable of environments."

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Title: An account of a geographical and astronomical expedition to the northern parts of Russia: for ascertaining the degrees of latitude and longitude of the mouth of the river Kovima: of the whole coast of the Tshutski, to East Cape: and of the islands in the eastern ocean, stretching to the American coast: performed, by command of Her Imperial Majesty Catherine the Second, Empress of all the Russias, by Commodore Joseph Billings, in the years 1785, &c. to 1794.Author: Martin SauerPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP00712600CollectionID: CTRG10189431-BPublicationDate: 18020101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: First edition.Collation: 2 p.l., vii]-xxvi p., 1 l., 332, 58 p., 13 leaves of plates: fold. maps; 28 cm

Title: An Account of a geographical and astronomical expedition to the northern parts of Russia, performed by ... J. Billings in the year 1785 ... to 1794. The whole narrated from the original papers, by M. Sauer.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The GEOGRAPHY & TOPOGRAPHY collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. Offering some insights into the study and mapping of the natural world, this collection includes texts on Babylon, the geographies of China, and the medieval Islamic world. Also included are regional geographies and volumes on environmental determinism, topographical analyses of England, China, ancient Jerusalem, and significant tracts of North America. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Sauer, Martin; Billings, Joseph; 1802. xxiii. 332. 58 p.; 4 . G.2505.

Diplomarbeit aus dem Jahr 2013 im Fachbereich BWL - Controlling, Note: 2.0, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universitat Greifswald, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Vielen Unternehmen fehlt das Verstandnis fur den Einsatz von Bewertungsinstrumenten, mit denen sich der zukunftige Erfolg einer Innovation wirksam einschatzen lasst. Dies hat zu Folge, dass wenig Erfolg versprechende Innovationsprojekte zu spat oder gar nicht - hingegen Erfolg versprechende Innovationsprojekte zu fruh abgebrochen werden. Die entstehenden (Opportunitats-) Kosten vermindern wiederum die Wettbewerbsfahigkeit und konnen fur Unternehmen existenzbedrohend sein. Eine prozessbegleitende Bewertung von Innovationen mit Hilfe von geeigneten Instrumenten wird daher zum entscheidenden Erfolgsfaktor. Jedoch besteht noch Unklarheit uber die prozessbegleitende Eignung der Instrumente wahrend des Innovationsprozesses. Bislang gibt es lediglich die allgemeine Empfehlung, qualitative eher zu Beginn, semi-quantitative in der Mitte und quantitative Instrumente eher gegen Ende eines Innovationsprozesses einzusetzen. Es ist jedoch zu bezweifeln, dass eine solche Aussage den Anspruchen an eine effektive und effiziente Nutzung der Instrumente gerecht wird. Deshalb hat diese Arbeit zum Ziel, die qualitativen und semi-quantitativen Instrumente fur den systematischen Einsatz im Innovationscontrolling zu beurteilen und sie den einzelnen Bewertungszeitpunkten im Innovationsprozess zuzuordnen.

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