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 Corporate Governance and Effectiveness: Why Companies Win or Lose By Dipak R. Basu, Victoria Miroshnik 2018 | 226 Pages | ISBN: 1138322644 | PDF | 2 MB The book looks at the corporate management system and how it affects company performance. The main theme revolves around the notion that when a company valuesits workers and theirsatisfaction,that company can achieve success. The book is unique in its quantitative perspective and analysis and examines whether a corporate management system can be regarded as a source of a firm's competitive advantage by creating a sustainable competitive advantage and firm performance. The book examines how, in the context of Japanese multinational corporations (MNCs), corporate management can be part of an MNC's strategy in enhancing its capabilities, both in the home and abroad, in Japan and in Thailand. Also, it analyses the reason for the demise of two major Indian companies, Dunlop and Hindustan Motors in terms of their unsympathetic management systems.  Conservation Translocations (Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation) English | 2023 | ISBN: 1108494463 | 541 Pages | PDF | 23 MB Conservation translocation - the movement of species for conservation benefit - includes reintroducing species into the wild, reinforcing dwindling populations, helping species shift ranges in the face of environmental change, and moving species to enhance ecosystem function. Conservation translocation can lead to clear conservation benefits and can excite and engage a broad spectrum of people. However, these projects are often complex and involve careful consideration and planning of biological and socio-economic issues. This volume draws on the latest research and experience of specialists from around the world to help provide guidance on best practice and to promote thinking over how conservation translocations can continue to be developed. The key concepts cover project planning, biological and social factors influencing the efficacy of translocations, and how to deal with complex decision-making. This book aims to inspire, inform and help practitioners maximise their chances of success, and minimise the risks of failure.  Henry W. Vinson, "Confessions of a D.C. Madam: The Politics of Sex, Lies, and Blackmail" English | ISBN: 1937584291 | 2015 | 216 pages | EPUB | 2 MB A firsthand account of how public officials and other well-connected individuals have been compromised or blackmailed by their sexual improprieties, Confessions of a D.C. Madame relates the author's time running the largest gay escort service in Washington, DC, and his interactions with VIPs from government, business, and the media who solicited the escorts he employed. The book details the federal government's pernicious campaign waged against the author to ensure his silence and how he withstood relentless, fabricated attacks by the government, which included incarceration rooted in trumped up charges and outright lies. This fascinating and shocking facet of government malfeasance reveals the integral role blackmail plays in American politics and the unbelievable lengths the government perpetrates to silence those in the know.  Computer Vision - ECCV 2020: 16th European Conference, Glasgow, UK, August 23-28, 2020, Proceedings, Part I by Andrea Vedaldi English | PDF | 2020 | 856 Pages | ISBN : 3030584518 | 178.4 MB The 30-volume set, comprising the LNCS books 12346 until 12375, constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th European Conference on Computer Vision, ECCV 2020, which was planned to be held in Glasgow, UK, during August 23-28, 2020. The conference was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  William Bodri, "Color Me Confucius: The Ethical and Moral Reset Needed for Society" English | 2018 | ISBN: 0998076481 | PDF | pages: 185 | 12.5 mb Breathing new life into the fields of philosophy and spirituality, the self-cultivation practices of the Confucian way, reinterpreted for modern times, are once again a great blessing for humanity. Similar to vipassana, the methods of mindfulness and self-correction can help us cut off mental afflictions, master our automatic mental processes, increase our mental clarity and elevate our rational thinking processes. Used by individuals bent on self-improvement such as Yuan Liao Fan, Benjamin Franklin, Frank Better and others, they have led many to the heights of personal worldly success. Confucius also provided us guidelines on how to manage states and prevent the fracturing of social cohesion that threatens many countries today.The principles of cultivation taught by Confucius, Mencius, Wang Yang-ming and others not only include mastering your mind and behavior, but your body and its internal energy as well. In this way they also help us to achieve greater levels of health and vitality. They prevent us from becoming errant men of business and can help us find a meaningful life purpose or multiple purposes within life. Taken to the utmost perfection that entails fully transcending our animal nature, the stages of Confucian cultivation enable the most successful adherents to achieve the status of a sage.  Climate Crisis and Consciousness: Re-imagining Our World and Ourselves By Sally Gillespie 2019 | 186 Pages | ISBN: 0367365324 | PDF | 4 MB Climate crisis disrupts the beliefs, values and behaviors of contemporary societies, sparking potential for radical changes in culture and consciousness. Drawing upon her experience as a Jungian psychotherapist and a researcher in the field of climate psychology, Sally Gillespie writes about the challenges, dilemmas, opportunities and transformations of engaging with climate and ecological crises. Many factors shape how we understand and respond to the existential threats of climate crisis. This accessible book with its discussions about worldviews, cultural myths, emotional resilience, social connectedness, nature relatedness and collective action explores consciousness change in those most engaged with climate issues. Calling upon the words and stories of many people, including Indigenous leaders, ecologists, campaigners, writers and philosophers, Gillespie encourages us to enter into climate conversations to forge emotional resilience, ecological consciousness and inspired action. With its unique focus on the psychological experience of facing into the climate crisis, this warm and supportive book offers companionship and sustenance for anyone who wants to be alive to our natural world and to the existential challenges of today. It is an essential resource for counsellors, psychotherapists, social workers and other helping professionals, as well as climate campaigners, policy makers, educators, scientists and researchers.  Joanna Hu, "Chinese-ish: Home Cooking Not Quite Authentic, 100% Delicious" English | ISBN: 162371799X | 2022 | 224 pages | EPUB | 96 MB A cookbook celebrating the blending of cultures and identity through food, with a bounty of Chinese-influenced dishes from all over South-East Asia  Charlie Parker Collection: Alto Saxophone By Charlie Parker 2005 | 64 Pages | ISBN: 0634094165 | PDF | 6 MB (Artist Transcriptions). 20 tunes transcribed note-for-note for sax as Parker played them. Includes: Bird of Paradise * Cool Blues * Dexterity * Groovin' High * I Didn't Know What Time It Was * A Night in Tunisia * Ornithology * Quasimodo * Salt Peanuts * and more. Includes bio.  Chaplin's War Trilogy: An Evolving Lens in Three Dark Comedies, 1918-1947 By Wes D. Gehring 2014 | 240 Pages | ISBN: 0786474653 | PDF | 14 MB The book examines Chaplin's evolving perspective on dark comedy in his three war films, Shoulder Arms (1918), The Great Dictator (1940), and Monsieur Verdoux (1947). In the first he uses the genre in a groundbreaking manner but yet for a pro-war cause. In Dictator dark comedy is applied in an antiwar way. In Verdoux he actually embraces the genre as an individual in defense against a society that's out to destroy him. All three are pivotal films in the development of the genre in film, with the latter two movies being very controversial for their time.  Bob Sehlinger, Johnny Molloy, "Canoeing & Kayaking Kentucky" English | 2017 | ISBN: 1634040503, 1634042093 | PDF | pages: 417 | 21.0 mb Explore Hidden Kentucky in Your Kayak or Canoe |
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