applied economics for engineers and managers

Builders and Fighters: U.S. Army Engineers in World War II

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: U. S. Army Corps of Engineers / Fowle, Barry W., PUBLISHER: University Press of the Pacific, The Corps of Engineers played an important part in winning World War II. Its work included building and repairing roads, bridges, and airfields; laying and clearing minefields; establishing and destroying obstacles; constructing training camps and other support facilities; building the Pentagon; and providing facilities for the development of the atomic bomb. In addition to their construction work, engineers engaged in combat with the enemy in the Battle of the Bulge, on the Ledo Road in Burma, in the mountains of Italy, and at numerous other locations. Certainly one of the highlights of Corps activity during World War II was the construction of the -mile Alaska Highway, carved out of the Canadian and Alaskan wilderness. Builders and Fighters is a series of essays on some of the hectic engineer activity during World War II. Veterans of that war should read this book and point with pride to their accomplishments. In it, today's engineers will find further reasons to be proud of their heritage. H. J. Hatch Lieutenant General, USA Chief of Engineers

Tool and Manufacturing Engineers Handbook,Vol. 3 Materials,

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Charles Wick Raymond Veilleux, PUBLISHER: Society of Manufacturing Engineers, NA Acquista Ora

Before Diversity: 103 Tough Questions & Honest Answers

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Truesdell, William H., PUBLISHER: Management Advantage, 103 of the toughest questions on Equal Employment Opportunity, Affirmative Action and Diversity Management for today's employers. Essential for HR professionals and all line managers.

Differential Equations: A Modeling Perspective, Preliminary

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Borrelli, Robert / Coleman, Courtney S., PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons, Reform Differential Equations book specifically targeted toward engineers and future engineers. It emphasizes modeling, nonlinearity, visualization, and the use of technology.

Street Smarts: New Ideas for Small Companies

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Franklin, William H., PUBLISHER: Georgia State University Business Press, A practical handbook for managers of small, growing businesses that can help increase your chances for success by sharpening your management and strategy skills.

Crisis Control: Preventing and Managing Corporate Crises

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Campbell, Ross, PUBLISHER: Prentice Hall, "Crisis Control" puts managers ahead of the crisis agenda by providing plans to control and manage a serious event. " Crisis Control" is the new bible for corporate survival - "Geoff Kelley, WMC Limited Managing a corporate crisis is about bringing an organization under control, about deflecting threats and planning for the future " Crisis Control offers a wide range of responses for managers who have to create a crisis action plan Anywhere, anytime, a crisis can strike. Every organization is vulnerable to a wide range of threats. They strike without warning and can escalate to a point where they just won't go away. Bringing an organization under control is about deflecting threats and planning for the future. The purpose of this book is to give managers tried and tested solutions for better crisis management. "Crisis Control is aimed at anticipating and controlling crisis situations. It shows how to develop contingency plans in line with organizational policies. It quickly identifies methods of developing checklists and systems. Training, testing and maintenance of the program is outlined as a strategic process. This book offers a wide range of responses for those managers who have to create a crisis action plan for a wide range of stakeholders including employees, victims, financial markets, political leaders, and bureaucrats. Ross Campbell is the principal of a company which specializes in crisis management.

Data Book for Civil Engineers: Field Practice volume 3

Data Book for Civil Engineers: Field Practice volume 3 Elwyn E. Seelye Published by John Wiley & Sons Inc () Used Hardcover Euro 30 (suolo 19)

Rules for Rebolutionaries

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kawasaki, Guy / Kawasaki, Gary / Moreno, Michele, PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Publishers, The definitive guide to the creation and marketing of revolutionary products and services from Guy Kawasaki, a dynamo behind the world-changing personal computer revolution. Create like a god. Command like a king. Work like a slave. If you do nothing but follow these maxims -- from one who has learned them the hard way -- Ye Shall Prevail In Business. Kawasaki, the former "chief evangelist" of Apple and renegade business strategist, is back with his seventh book, this time using his battle-tested lessons to help revolutionaries, such as entrepreneurs, engineers, inventors, product managers, and small-business owners, become visionaries. With his trademark irreverence and go-for-broke attitude, Kawasaki lays out the solutions to the challenges companies must meet to "change the world".

Enterprise GIS for Energy Companies [With CD-ROM]

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Harder, Christian, PUBLISHER: ESRI Press, Written for executives and technical managers within the energy services industry, this book shows how several organizations use Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology to manage their facilities more cost-effectively, find new market opportunities, and better serve their existing customers. GIS allows utility managers to organize all the major activities of the business according to geography. Whether it's a natural gas provider looking for abandoned pipes, an electric company searching for the exact location of the problem after a blackout, or a contractor laying cable for a new subdivision, GIS technology is a powerful tool to help them do their work.

Nber Macroeconomics Annual

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Fischer, Stanley / Blanchard, Oliver Jean / Blanchard, Olivier J., PUBLISHER: MIT Press (MA), This is the eighth in a series of annuals from the National Bureau of Economic Research that are designed to stimulate research on problems in applied economics, to bring frontier theoretical developments to a wider audience, and to accelerate the interaction between analytical and empirical research in macroeconomics. Olivier Blanchard and Stanley Fischer are both Professors of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Contents: U.S. "Commercial Banking. Trends, Cycles, and Policy, "John Boyd and Mark Gertler. "The Effects of Government Purchases: Theory and Evidence, "Anton Braun and Ellen McGrattan. "Macroeconomic Growth with Microeconomic Empirics, "Ricardo Caballero and Adam Jaffe. "The Chinese and East European Routes to Reform, "Alan Gelb, Gary Jefferson, and Inderjit Singh. "Waiting and the Option to Invest. Theory and Evidence, "Robert Pindyck and Andres Solimano. "Unemployment in Europe, "Gilles Saint Paul.

Creating and Sustaining a Superior Customer Service

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Poisant, Jim / Poisant, James, PUBLISHER: Praeger, Poisant reveals the "secrets" of superior customer service organizations. He redefines the role of management and organizations, taking the reader on a journey and discovering the true nature of superior managers and organizations. Those in management positions who seek to understand how to better motivate their employees and better serve their customers will find the answers they are searching for in these pages. Managers will relearn nearly everything they have been taught about the profession of management. Redefining the criteria of power and success, Poisant supplies a blueprint for survival in a competitive environment. Anyone charged with the management of others will find the approach valuable, as will students and scholars of management.

Capital for Our Time: The Economic, Legal, and Management

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Barton, John H. / Keen, Peter G. W. / Costello, Joseph, PUBLISHER: Hoover Institution Press, Capital for Our Time compellingly describes the opportunities and risks associated with intellectual capital, from broad economic questions to specific business strategies. It includes essays by cutting-edge managers and CEOs, as well as representatives of the venture capital, government, and trade communities.

Energy and the Ecological Economics of Sustainability

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Peet, John, PUBLISHER: Island Press, "Energy and the Ecological Economics of Sustainability" examines the roots of the present environmental crisis in the neoclassical economics upon which modern industrial society is based. The author explains that only when we view ourselves in the larger context of the global ecosystem and accept the physical limits to what is possible can sustainability be achieved.

Cnc Lathe G-Code & M-Code Illustrative Handbook

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Talverdi, Patrick, PUBLISHER: Lulu.com, This handbook is a practical source to help the reader understand the G-codes and M-codes in CNC lathe programming. It covers CNC lathe programming codes for everyday use by related industrial users such as managers, supervisors, engineers, machinists, or even college students. The codes have been arranged in some logical ways started with the code number, code name, group number, quick description, command format, notes and some examples. Moreover, the reader will find five complementary examples and plenty of helpful tables in appendix.

Critical Thinking Applied to Nursing

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Miller, Mary A. / Babcock, Dorothy E., PUBLISHER: C.V. Mosby, CRITICAL THINKING APPLIED TO NURSING examines the concept of critical thinking and shows how it can be applied to the everyday situations confronting practicing nurses as they interact with clients, families, colleagues, and administrators. The text covers major concepts in critical thinking such as assumptions, frame of reference, language context, reflection, evidence, reasoning, argument, persuasion, and creativity, and applies them to the nurse's role as caregiver, manager, and professional.

Next Generation Wireless Networks

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Tekinay, Sirin, PUBLISHER: Springer, This book is an organized and edited work of enabling technologies for the applications and services needed for future wireless networks. Its focus is the defining architectures, services and applications, with coverage of all layers, i.e., from the physical layer to the information handling layers of the network. The new wireless network architectures are geared specifically for enabling mobility and location-enhanced applications. Presented first are tutorials on new network architectures, including a discussion of "infostations," the role of satellites in broadband wireless access, and the "infocity" concept. The next three chapters present material that describes the state-of-the-art in wireless geolocation systems (including "assisted GPS"), alternatives for wireless geolocation, and empirical data on wireless geolocation capabilities. The first of the last two chapters demonstrates the use of location information in next generation wireless networks, with coverage of real-time geolocation measurements in mobile connectivity. The final chapter portrays the creation of a "killer application" in wireless networks. Leading researchers in the field have contributed to this volume. Next Generation Wireless Networks is essential reading for engineers, researchers, application design specialists, and product managers in the field of wireless network architectures and wireless geolocation.

Statistics in Management Science

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Metcalfe, Andrew V., PUBLISHER: Hodder Education Publishers, This is the first book to introduce senior level students of management science practicing managers to the modern powerful statistical methods that are available for optimizing and improving business processes. Using realistic case studies from businesses, this book explains the key statistical concepts workers in this field need to know. In particular, there is a focus on the use of probabilistic methods and statistical analysis in a business context and the value of these methods for managers. The mathematical explanations are comprehensive with an emphasis on the essential principles.

Remarkable Engineers: From Riquet to Shannon

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: James, Ioan, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, Engineering transformed the world completely between the 17th and 21st centuries. Remarkable Engineers tells the stories of 51 of the key pioneers in this transformation, from the designers and builders of the world's railways, bridges and aeroplanes, to the founders of the modern electronics and communications revolutions. The focus throughout is on their varied life stories, and engineering and scientific detail is kept to a minimum. Engineer profiles are organized chronologically, inviting readers with an interest in engineering to follow the path by which these remarkable engineers utterly changed our lives. Acquista Ora

Vendo "Physics for scientists & engineers" di Douglas C.

Libro di fisica 1 per l'ingegneria in inglese. Ottimo stato, usato con cura. Per qualsiasi informazione aggiuntiva non esitate a chiedere. Prezzo trattabile ISBN Titolo Physics for scientists & engineers with modern physics Autori Douglas C. Giancoli Quarta edizione, Casa editrice Pearson

Applied soil physics: soil water and temperature

APPLIED SOIL PHYSICS: SOIL WATER AND TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS Hanks, Ronald J, Gaylen L Ashcroft Berlin: Springer-Verlag, . Hardcover. Very Good- with no dust jacket. Advanced Series in Agricultural Sciences; Vol. pages. Euro 45

Designing Enterprise Client/Server Systems

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gold-Bernstein, Beth / Marca, David, PUBLISHER: Prentice Hall, This book contains a complete, proven set of tools and techniques for reducing the risks and increasing the manageability of client/server projects.The book contains extensive coverage of the organizational and management issues involved in successful client/server planning, followed by an exclusive method for modeling adaptive client/server systems that are business-driven, scaleable, and enable change. Among the many powerful real-world tools this book provides are: specific decision criteria for choosing technical components of a distributed system; methods and guidelines for partitioning data and processing across processors and locations; and techniques for performing traffic analysis even before one line of code is written.All IT executives, project managers, business analysts and implementers of client/server technology.

Nursing for Public Health: Population Based Care

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lindsay / Craig, Pauline M. / Lindsay, Grace, PUBLISHER: Churchill Livingstone, As the largest group of health care professionals, nurses have a growing influence on the health of the population. This is a key book in making the transition from individualised care to population-based care. It provides a greater understanding of health care policy and gives a comprehensive overview of health policy, economics, and epidemiology using an evidence-based approach. Determinants of health, measures of health, and health promotion are examined. The issues of communicable diseases, screening, minority groups and purchasing, and commissioning of health services are also addressed. This book is the first comprehensive text on public health nursing at this level and will be ofinterest to health visitors, district nurses, school nurses and practice nurses, as well as senior student nurses and nurse managers in secondary and tertiary care.

Race for Bandwidth: Understanding Data Transmission

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lu, Cary, PUBLISHER: Microsoft Press, Bandwidth how much information you can move from one place to another and how fast you can move it is the lifeblood of digital communications. "The Race for Bandwidth: Understanding Data Transmission offers solid guidance to business managers as they make decisions about bandwidth for the networking future of their organizations. The book builds a framework for understanding bandwidth, offering concise, clear information about such key issues as types and sources of bandwidth, identifying and determining costs, and planning ahead.

Radio Wave Propagation for Telecommunication Applications

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sizun, Herve / Sizun, Herv / Fornel, P. De, PUBLISHER: Springer, This books thoroughly describes the physical mechanisms of electromagnetic wave propagation in the terrestrial and near space environment. It thus provides advanced students and development engineers the background for the design of reliable telecommunication systems in the radiofrequency domain.

Tricomi's ideas and contemporary applied mathematics

Tricomi's ideas and contemporary applied mathematics. Atti del Convegno internazionale in occasione del centenario della nascita di Francesco G. Tricomi accademia Nazionale dei Lincei

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