This important book provides a state of the art of the study of policy instruments, combining insights taken from European and American experiences, to present a detailed exposition of the nature and use of policy instruments.The book first analyses the background of the instrumental approach and outlines its development in the field of public adminstration. It also includes an exposition of four alternative schools of thought about policy instruments, namely, the instrumentalist, proceduralist, contingentist and constitutivist schools. The criteria for choosing instruments are discussed as is the effectiveness of regulatory, financial and communicative instruments. This volume also addresses the recent efforts by governments to restrict intervention in the market. The final section provides a reassessment of the instruments literature and looks at the questions that will continue to face this perspective on public policy. This book will be of great use to academics and students of public policy and political science as well as policymakers.

This book provides for a comprehensive overview of the various areas of European labour law: fundamental rights, free movement of workers and posting, equal treatment, a-typical forms of employment, collective bargaining and collective agreements, restructuring of enterprises and health and safety. The chapters are written by eminent experts from a considerable number of EU Member States. Most of them are written by two authors from different Member States. As a result of this duo-authorship the book does not approach European labour law from a single country perspective, but intends to give insight in the different ways European labour was received and implemented in the various Member States. The book does not only describe the current state of affairs, but also critically assesses how the interaction of EU legislature, Court of Justice, Member States and social partners has contributed to the development of EU labour law. As such, it is not only a comprehensive introduction to European labour law, but provides also food for thought as part of advanced study in this area. This handbook, dealing with all important areas of labour law, written from several perspectives by experts, but within a restricted number of pages, is therefore also excellent study material for master programmes of European labour law. With contributions by Edoardo Ales (University of Naples Parthenope, Italy), Mark Bell (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland), Niklas Bruun (Hanken School of Economics, Finland), Mijke Houwerzijl (Tilburg University, The Netherlands), Teun Jaspers (Utrecht University, The Netherlands), Sylvaine Laulom (Universite Lumiere Lyon 2, France), Antonio Lo Faro (University of Catania, Italy), Pascale Lorber (University of Leicester, United Kingdom), Ann Numhauser-Henning (Lund University, Sweden), Frans Pennings (Utrecht University, The Netherlands), Saskia Peters (University of Groningen, The Netherlands), Jan Popma (Dutch Labour Inspectorate, The Netherlands), Sophie Robin-Olivier (Universite Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne, France) and Herwig Verschueren (University of Antwerp, Belgium).

Aufbauend auf den Ergebnissen einer Untersuchung der Bilanzierung allgemeiner Umweltschutzverpflichtungen stellt Claudia E. Schrimpf-Dorges die bilanzielle Abbildung der besonderen Verpflichtungen zur Anpassung (von Anlagen), zur Altlastensanierung und zur Rekultivierung vor. Mittels der verschiedenen Verpflichtungsarten identifiziert und lost sie bilanzielle Abbildungsprobleme und arbeitet Unterschiede in den Normenwerken HGB und IFRS heraus."

Stadte besitzen Symbol charakter in mehrerlei Hinsicht: sie sind aus Stein errichtete und neuerdings aus Beton gegossene Zeugen menschlicher Scr.affenskraft, der Beherrschung von Naturgesetzen und menschlichen Erfindungsgeists. An den Ausgrabungen alter Stadte fasziniert immer wieder, wie fruh bereits Menschen zu diesen Leistungen in der Lage waren. Stadte stehen seit den Zeiten Babylons aber auch fUr lebens- feindliche Umwelten, fOr ObergroBe Verdichtung zu unterschied- licher Menschen, fOr Desorientierung und Isolation. In diesen Symbolbesetzungen tritt einmal der Mensch als eigenverantwortlicher Gestalter der eigenen Umwelt auf, der seine Lebensbedingungen selbst bestimmt. Das andere Mal dagegen erscheint er eher als Leidtragender, ja als Opfer vorgefundener und kaum beeinfluBbarer Verhaltnisse. Sieht man sich die verschiedenen Wissenschaften daraufhin an, welche dieser Sichtweisen sie fordern, so kommt man zu dem nicht sonderlich uberraschenden Ergebnis, daB die fur den Stadtebau relevanten Technikwissenschaften und insbesondere die Architektur mit dem eigeninitiativen, gestaltenden Menschen liiert sind und mit ihrem gesammelten Wissensvorrat praktisch des sen tech- nische Handlungs- und Gestaltungsmoglichkeiten abstecken. Auf der anderen Seite stehen die Sozialwissenschaften und insbeson- dere die Soziologie, in deren Theorien die Menschen sehr haufig als abhangig von Obergeordneten, strukturellen Verhaltnissen begriffen werden. Zu diesen Strukturen werden seit der Urbani- sierung im vergangenen Jahrhundert auch stadtspezifische Eigen- schaften gerechnet, die Louis Wirth vor nunmehr 50 Jahren als Dichte, GroBe und Heterogenitat von Stadten genauer zu bestimmen versucht hat.

Die theoretischen Grundlagen von Bilanz und Erfolgsrechnung, Jahresabschlusse auf gesetzlicher Grundlage mit den ab 1986 gultigen, handelsrechtlichen Rechnungslegungsvorschriften, die Jahresabschlusspolitik und -analyse.

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Angesichts sich verandernder Kostenanforderungen in einem globalisierten Wettbewerb untersucht Ralf Murjahn die Kostensenkungspotenziale bei der Produktentwicklung in der chemischen Industrie. Die relevanten Kostentreiber werden systematisiert und konkrete Massnahmen zur Kostensenkung in der Produktentwicklung abgeleitet. Ralf Murjahn erarbeitet einen konzeptionellen Vorschlag fur die Implementierung einer kosten- und kundenorientierten Entwicklungsystemati

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Business Process Management (BPM) is a powerful management discipline for driving efficiency and innovation, as well as achieving strategic imperatives. When you develop a business strategy that is supported by a pragmatic application of BPM, your processes become important assets--and business success soon follows. It's called value-driven BPM, and this game-changing guide takes you step by step through the entire process.

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