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Author : Jane Jacobs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : City planning
ISBN : OCLC:244302808
Author : Lucian A. Bebchuk,Jesse M. Fried
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0674020634
The company is under-performing, its share price is trailing, and the CEO gets...a multi-million-dollar raise. This story is familiar, for good reason: as this book clearly demonstrates, structural flaws in corporate governance have produced widespread distortions in executive pay. Pay without Performance presents a disconcerting portrait of managers' influence over their own pay--and of a governance system that must fundamentally change if firms are to be managed in the interest of shareholders. Lucian Bebchuk and Jesse Fried demonstrate that corporate boards have persistently failed to negotiate at arm's length with the executives they are meant to oversee. They give a richly detailed account of how pay practices--from option plans to retirement benefits--have decoupled compensation from performance and have camouflaged both the amount and performance-insensitivity of pay. Executives' unwonted influence over their compensation has hurt shareholders by increasing pay levels and, even more importantly, by leading to practices that dilute and distort managers' incentives. This book identifies basic problems with our current reliance on boards as guardians of shareholder interests. And the solution, the authors argue, is not merely to make these boards more independent of executives as recent reforms attempt to do. Rather, boards should also be made more dependent on shareholders by eliminating the arrangements that entrench directors and insulate them from their shareholders. A powerful critique of executive compensation and corporate governance, Pay without Performance points the way to restoring corporate integrity and improving corporate performance.
Author : Paulo Santiago
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Education, Higher
ISBN : STANFORD:36105132311502
This book provides an international investigation of tertiary education policy across its many facets -- governance, funding, quality assurance, equity, research and innovation, academic career, links to the labor market and internationalization. It presents an analysis of the trends and developments in tertiary education; a synthesis of research-based evidence on the impact of tertiary-education policies; innovative and successful policies and practices that countries have implemented; and tertiary-education policy options. The report draws on the results of a major OECD review of tertiary education policy -- the OECD Thematic Review of Tertiary Education -- conducted over the 2004-08 period in collaboration with 24 countries around the world.--Publisher's description.
Author : Joshua Toulmin Smith,Lucy Toulmin Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 686 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1870
Category : Bristol (England)
ISBN : OXFORD:590339047
Author : Britta Folmer
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-16
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780128035580
The Craft and Science of Coffee follows the coffee plant from its origins in East Africa to its current role as a global product that influences millions of lives though sustainable development, economics, and consumer desire. For most, coffee is a beloved beverage. However, for some it is also an object of scientifically study, and for others it is approached as a craft, both building on skills and experience. By combining the research and insights of the scientific community and expertise of the crafts people, this unique book brings readers into a sustained and inclusive conversation, one where academic and industrial thought leaders, coffee farmers, and baristas are quoted, each informing and enriching each other. This unusual approach guides the reader on a journey from coffee farmer to roaster, market analyst to barista, in a style that is both rigorous and experience based, universally relevant and personally engaging. From on-farming processes to consumer benefits, the reader is given a deeper appreciation and understanding of coffee's complexity and is invited to form their own educated opinions on the ever changing situation, including potential routes to further shape the coffee future in a responsible manner. Presents a novel synthesis of coffee research and real-world experience that aids understanding, appreciation, and potential action. Includes contributions from a multitude of experts who address complex subjects with a conversational approach. Provides expert discourse on the coffee calue chain, from agricultural and production practices, sustainability, post-harvest processing, and quality aspects to the economic analysis of the consumer value proposition. Engages with the key challenges of future coffee production and potential solutions.
Author : John Field
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2005-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781861346551
This book confirms the significance of social capital as an analytical tool, while challenging the basis on which current policy is being developed. It offers a wealth of evidence on a topic that has become central to contemporary government; provides a detailed empirical investigation of the relationship between social capital, knowledge creation and lifelong learning; relates the findings to wider policy debates; questions the dominant theoretical models of social capital; and confronts the assumption of many policy makers that the obvious solution to social problems is to 'invest in social capital'.The book is aimed at researchers in education, policy studies and urban studies, as well as those concerned with an understanding of contemporary policy concerns. It provides readers with a detailed analysis of relevant evidence, as well as a trenchant critique of current conceptual and policy preoccupations.
Author : Casualty Actuarial Society
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 712 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Casualty insurance
ISBN : UOM:39015049295366
List of members for the years 1914-20 are included in v. 1-7, after which they are continued in the Year book of the society, begun in 1922.
Author : Transportation Research Board
Publisher : Transportation Research Board
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1999-02
Category : Law
ISBN : 0309055040
Author : Sunggyu Lee,James G. Speight,Sudarshan K. Loyalka
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 706 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-08
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781466594562
While strides are being made in the research and development of environmentally acceptable and more sustainable alternative fuels—including efforts to reduce emissions of air pollutants associated with combustion processes from electric power generation and vehicular transportation—fossil fuel resources are limited and may soon be on the verge of depletion in the near future. Measuring the correlation between quality of life, energy consumption, and the efficient utilization of energy, the Handbook of Alternative Fuel Technologies, Second Edition thoroughly examines the science and technology of alternative fuels and their processing technologies. It focuses specifically on environmental, technoeconomic, and socioeconomic issues associated with the use of alternative energy sources, such as sustainability, applicable technologies, modes of utilization, and impacts on society. Written with research and development scientists and engineers in mind, the material in this handbook provides a detailed description and an assessment of available and feasible technologies, environmental health and safety issues, governmental regulations, and issues and agendas for R&D. It also includes alternative energy networks for production, distribution, and consumption. What’s New in This Edition: Contains several new chapters of emerging interest and updates various chapters throughout Includes coverage of coal gasification and liquefaction, hydrogen technology and safety, shale fuel by hydraulic fracturing, ethanol from lignocellulosics, biodiesel, algae fuels, and energy from waste products Covers statistics, current concerns, and future trends A single-volume complete reference, the Handbook of Alternative Fuel Technologies, Second Edition contains relevant information on chemistry, technology, and novel approaches, as well as scientific foundations for further enhancements and breakthroughs. In addition to its purposes as a handbook for practicing scientists and engineers, it can also be used as a textbook or as a reference book on fuel science and engineering, energy and environment, chemical process design, and energy and environmental policy.
Author : Amartya Sen,Bernard Williams
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1982-06-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521287715
Utilitarianism considered both as a theory of personal morality and a theory of public choice.
Author : Iliza Shlesinger
Publisher : Hachette Books
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-07
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781602863248
From breakout stand-up comedian Iliza Shlesinger comes a subversively funny collection of essays and observations on the secret genius of irrational behavior. Have you ever been pissed because you're not pretty enough, and then gotten even more pissed that someone didn't find you as pretty as you think you are? Have you ever obsessed over the size of your thighs while eating dessert, all the while saying you'll work out extra tomorrow? Or spent endless hours wondering why you have to bear the brunt of other people's insecurities? I mean, after all, I'm pretty great. Why cope with insecurities I don't already have? That last one's just me? All right, then. But if the rest sounds familiar, you are experiencing Girl Logic: a characteristically female way of thinking that appears contradictory and circuitous but is actually a complicated and highly evolved way of looking at the world. You end up considering every repercussion of every choice (about dating, career, clothes, lunch) before making a move toward what you really want. And why do we attempt these mental hurdles? Well, that's what this book is all about. The fact is, whether you're obsessing over his last text or the most important meeting of your career, your Girl Logic serves a purpose: It helps push you, question what you want, and clarify what will make you a happier, better person. Girl Logic can be every confident woman's secret weapon, and this book shows you how to wield it.
Author : United States. Social Security Administration
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Social security
ISBN : MINN:31951D03650329V
Author : Kristin Komives,World Bank
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821363425
This book reviews the prevalence and variants of consumer subsidies found in the developing world and the effectiveness of these subsidies for the poor. It places consumer subsidies in a broader social protection framework and compares them with poverty-focused programmes in other sectors using a common metric. It concludes that the most common subsidy instruments perform poorly in comparison with most other transfer mechanisms. Alternative consumption and connection subsidy mechanisms show more promise, especially when combined with complementary non-price approaches to making utility services accessible and affordable to poor households. The many factors contributing to those outcomes are dissected, identifying those that can be controlled and used to improve performance.
Author : Charles Tilly
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Collective behavior
ISBN : UCSC:32106018470648
Author : Ralph L. Keeney,Howard Raiffa
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1993-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521438837
This book describes how a confused decision maker, who wishes to make a reasonable and responsible choice among alternatives, can systematically probe their thoughts and feelings in order to make the critically important trade-offs between incommensurable objectives.