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Events in social networks : a stochastic actor-oriented framework for dynamic…
Interactions between people are ubiquitous. When people make phone calls, transfer money, connect on social network sites, or visit each other, these actions can be collected as dyadic, directed, relational events. Each of those events can be understood as driven by multiple individual decisions that at least partially involve rational considerations. This book aims at developing models that al…
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- 9783866447929
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- v, 140p.: ill.
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- 302.015118 STA e
Synchronized factories : Latin America and the Caribbean in the era of global…
The objective of this report is to examine the extent to which countries in Latin America and the Caribbean participate in global value chains and what are the drivers of such participation. Production processes have been increasingly fragmented worldwide. For example, the production of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner involves 43 suppliers located in 135 locations around the globe. There are many ex…
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- 9783319099910
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- xiv, 141p. : ill.
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- 658.5 SYN s
New frontiers in social innovation research
This book is open access under a CC BY license. Interest in social innovation continues to rise, from governments setting up social innovation 'labs' to large corporations developing social innovation strategies. Yet theory lags behind practice, and this hampers our ability to understand social innovation and make the most of its potential. This collection brings together work by leading social…
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- 9781137506801
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- xxix, 267p. : ill.
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- 338.064 NEW n
Global business strategy : multinational corporations venturing into emerging…
This book presents theories and case studies for corporations in developed nations, including Japan, for designing strategies to maximize opportunities and minimize threats in business expansion into developing nations. The case studies featured here focus on Asia, including China and India, and use examples of Japanese manufacturers. Five case studies are provided, including Hitachi Construct…
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- 9784431554684
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- xvii, 259p. : ill.
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- 658.18 MOT g
Contemporary bioethics : Islamic perspective
This book discusses the common principles of morality and ethics derived from divinely endowed intuitive reason through the creation of al-fitr' a (nature) and human intellect (al-‘aql). Biomedical topics are presented and ethical issues related to topics such as genetic testing, assisted reproduction and organ transplantation are discussed. Whereas these natural sources are God’s specia…
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- 9783319184289
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- xv, 267p. : ill.
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- 297.542 AL c
Rethinking interdisciplinarity across the social sciences and neurosciences
This book offers a provocative account of interdisciplinary research across the neurosciences, social sciences and humanities. Setting itself against standard accounts of interdisciplinary 'integration,' and rooting itself in the authors' own experiences, the book establishes a radical agenda for collaboration across these disciplines. Rethinking Interdisciplinarity does not merely advocate int…
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- 9781137407962
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- x, 157p. : ill.
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- 001 CAL r
Diamonds and war: state, capital and labor in British-ruled Palestine
Based on previously unexamined historical documents found in archives in Belgium, England, Israel, the Netherlands, and the United States, this book is the first in English to tell the story of the formation of one of the world’s main strongholds of diamond production and trade in Palestine during the 1930s and 1940s. The history of the diamond-cutting industry, characterized by a long-standi…
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- 9781789201178
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- xvi, 354p.: ill.
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- 338.477362309569409043 VRI d
The Law in the Information and Risk Society
The information and risk society poses a new challenge for the law in all its fragments. Modern media communication and technologies increase people’s prosperity while stating new risks with not uncommonly devastating crisis-potential: The banking crisis, the safety net for the euro zone and the nuclear incident in Fukushima are only the latest forms of those specific modern common dangers wh…
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- 9783863950125
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- xi, 170p: ill.
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- 349.43 LAW l
Boundaries of the text : epic performances in South and Southeast Asia
When the Mahabharata and Ramayana are performed in South and Southeast Asia, audiences may witness a variety of styles. A single performer may deliver a two-hour recitation, women may meet in informal singing groups, shaddow puppets may host an all-night play, or professional theaters may put on productions lasting thirty nights. Performances often celebrate ritual passages: births, deaths, mar…
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- 9780472901715
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- X, 161 p.
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- Michigan Papers On South And Southeast Asia, 35
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- 781.4 BOU b
Earthquakes, tsunamis and nuclear risks : prediction and assessment beyond th…
This book covers seismic probabilistic risk assessment (S-PRA) and related studies which have become more important to increase the safety of nuclear facilities against earthquakes and tsunamis in the face of the many uncertainties after the Fukushima accident. The topics are (1) Active faults and active tectonics important for seismic hazard assessment of nuclear facilities,(2) Seismic source …
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- 9784431558224
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- xii, 177p. : ill.
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- 621.4835 EAR e
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