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 Knowledge Externalities, Innovation Clusters and Regional Development By Jordi Surinach, Rosina Moreno, Esther Vaya 2007 | 320 Pages | ISBN: 1847201202 | PDF | 3 MB This book begins with a theoretical examination of regional innovation systems, agglomeration economics and knowledge spillovers, before going on to examine the same concepts within an empirical framework. Special emphasis is given to the importance of proximity in the formation of regional innovation systems. It concludes by considering innovation and human capital as determinants of regional economic growth. The concept of knowledge spillovers is used within the book to explain a number of major economic phenomena, including the geographical clustering of inventions; the social returns to R&D that significantly exceed private returns; and the sizeable disproportions that exist between firms in terms of their R&D inputs and outputs. The authors identify that small firms are responsible for far more product innovations than large firms relative to their measurable knowledge resources. The book also stresses the importance of a catch-up mechanism that sees technological improvement as the combination of two distinct types of activity: innovation and imitation. In this way, the impact of human capital and other types of knowledge acquisition on economic growth is measured. The conclusions of the authors are invaluably oriented to policy implications. This book will appeal to researchers and postgraduate students of regional science and innovation and knowledge, as well as policymakers.  Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining: Challenges and Realities By Xingquan Zhu, Xingquan Zhu; Ian Davidson 2007 | 291 Pages | ISBN: 1599042525 | PDF | 4 MB Knowledge discovery and data mining (KDD) is dedicated to exploring meaningful information from a large volume of data. Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining: Challenges and Realities is the most comprehensive reference publication for researchers and real-world data mining practitioners to advance knowledge discovery from low-quality data. This Premier Reference Source presents in-depth experiences and methodologies, providing theoretical and empirical guidance to users who have suffered from underlying, low-quality data. International experts in the field of data mining have contributed all-inclusive chapters focusing on interdisciplinary collaborations among data quality, data processing, data mining, data privacy, and data sharing.  Jens Kirchner, Pascal R. Kremp, Michael Magotsch, "Key Aspects of German Employment and Labour Law" English | 2017 | pages: 424 | ISBN: 3662555964 | PDF | 4,6 mb This book provides practical, business-orientated and accessible guidance on key aspects of German employment and labour law as well as adjoining fields. This second, completely revised edition presents the latest changes in German labour and employment law and jurisprudence. It covers, amongst other newer developments, the statutory minimum wage, changes in agency work, extensive changes in European and German employee data protection law, and includes a completely new chapter on compliance issues in the employment context.
 François du Bois, Antje du Bois-Pedain, "Justice and Reconciliation in Post-Apartheid South Africa South African edition" English | 2009 | pages: 335 | ISBN: 0521745985 | PDF | 1,7 mb Justice and Reconciliation in Post-Apartheid South Africa assesses the transitional processes under way since the early 1990s to create a stable and just society. Change in South Africa is often credited to the efforts of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), but the work of this institution forms but a facet of a much broader picture. This book looks at the steps which accompanied and followed the TRC's activities, such as land restitution, institutional reforms and social and cultural initiatives. Thematically, it interlinks the TRC's concerns over truth and reconciliation with an analysis of the concepts of justice, accountability, harm and reconciliation and with competing perceptions of what these notions entail in the South African context. Bringing together international and South African scholars whose work has focused on these themes, the contributions provide a cohesive and inspiring analysis of South Africa's response to its unjust past.  Monica Hanna, "Junot Díaz and the Decolonial Imagination" English | ISBN: 0822360330 | 2016 | 464 pages | PDF | 31 MB The first sustained critical examination of the work of Dominican-American writer Junot Díaz, this interdisciplinary collection considers how Díaz's writing illuminates the world of Latino cultural expression and trans-American and diasporic literary history. Interested in conceptualizing Díaz's decolonial imagination and his radically re-envisioned world, the contributors show how his aesthetic and activist practice reflect a significant shift in American letters toward a hemispheric and planetary culture. They examine the intersections of race, Afro-Latinidad, gender, sexuality, disability, poverty, and power in Díaz's work. Essays in the volume explore issues of narration, language, and humor in The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, the racialized constructions of gender and sexuality in Drown and This Is How You Lose Her, and the role of the zombie in the short story "Monstro." Collectively, they situate Díaz's writing in relation to American and Latin American literary practices and reveal the author's activist investments. The volume concludes with Paula Moya's interview with Díaz.  Khoon Choy Lee, "Japan - Between Myth and Reality" English | ISBN: 9810218656 | | 312 pages | PDF | 175 MB This work, written by an ex-Ambassador to Japan, is a first-hand account and observation of the various aspects of Japanese society - political, historical, social and economic. It introduces themes such as Japanese religions and the political system, as well as describing and explaining many of the country's rich traditions. The author's personal experiences of Japan are interspersed with historical tales and factual details, providing an insight into Japanese behavior, thinking and way of life. This book will be immensely useful to those who wish to gain a deeper knowledge and understanding of the Japanese mind. It is the result of a four-year stay in Japan by the author, a Singaporean ex-Ambassador and politician.
 Ivory Vikings: The Mystery of the Most Famous Chessmen in the World and the Woman Who Made Them by Nancy Marie Brown English | September 1st, 2015 | ISBN: 1250108594 | 288 pages | True EPUB | 2.09 MB In the early 1800's, on a Hebridean beach in Scotland, the sea exposed an ancient treasure cache: 93 chessmen carved from walrus ivory. Norse netsuke, each face individual, each full of quirks, the Lewis Chessmen are probably the most famous chess pieces in the world. Harry played Wizard's Chess with them in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Housed at the British Museum, they are among its most visited and beloved objects.  Italian Cookbook: 60 Delicious Recipes from Italy by April Blomgren English | 2020 | ASIN: B08R711CV7 | 148 Pages | EPUB | 27 MB  It's Who You Know : How to Make Networking Work for You, 2nd Edition by Janine Garner English | 2019 | ISBN: 0730369536 | 218 Pages | PDF | 1.53 MB
 It Will Never Happen to Me: Growing Up with Addiction as Youngsters, Adolescents, and Adults, 3rd Edition by Claudia Black English | December 22nd, 2020 | ISBN: 1949481409 | 216 pages | True EPUB | 1.90 MB Claudia Black's bestselling classic on the experience and legacy of being raised in an addictive household. |
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