Global Biodiversity in a Changing Environment Scenarios for the 21st Century

The scientific community has voiced two general concerns about the future of the earth. Firstly, climatologists and oceanographers have focused on the changes in our physical environment, ie climate, oceans, and air. And secondly, environmental biologists...

 Atlas du monde global

Le monde global, si complexe, est fait de risques mais aussi d'opportunités. Pascal Boniface et Hubert Védrine le décryptent pour nous. Ils alertent sans alarmer, avec le souci constant d'informer, d'expliquer, d'éclairer. Sans surcharger, saturer ou embr...

 Reinventing Water and Wastewater Systems Global Lessons for Improving Water Management

"In response to the worldwide water crisis foreseen by many experts, Reinventing Water and Wastewater Systems presents practical solutions for making drinking water more affordable and available, as well as strategies for improving water sanitation to sat...

 Ethics for international business

Business takes place in an increasingly global environment, crossing political and cultural boundaries, and consequently ethical dilemmas arise. The central focus of this text lies in how to make and explain "best choice" judgments in international busine...

 eBay Global the Smart Way Buying and Selling Internationally on the World's #1 Auction Site

Take over the world-the eBay way! Buying and selling on any of the many international eBay sites opens up a huge range of possibilities for American users. The globalization of eBay-with 28 sites worldwide-offers vast new markets for American merchandi...

 Volcans actifs français et risques volcaniques Martinique, Guadeloupe, Réunion, Pacifique

Montagne Pelée, Soufrière de la Guadeloupe, Piton de la Fournaise, Teahitia : dans cet ouvrage, l'auteur aborde les volcans français dans leurs dimensions singulière et particulière, géologique autant qu'historique, sans pour autant perdre de vue le ...

 Hedge funds story

Dans l'environnement d'investissement complexe d'aujourd'hui, où l'instabilité géopolitique et sociale entrave une recherche déjà difficile de rendements toujours plus élevés, les hedge funds ont donné les meilleurs résultats. Corollaire obligé : les...

 Global Shift Mapping the Changing Contours of the World Economy

'Global Shift just keeps on getting better. There is no other source that gives you the full story on globalization in such a fluent and authoritative way. Not just recommended but essential' - Nigel Thrift, Vice-Chancellor, The University of Warwick '...

 Global Account Management A Complete Action kit of Tools and Techniques for Managing Key Global Customers

The prospect of true Global Account Management (GAM) looms large for many suppliers as their customer base grows larger and the world grows smaller. Even the experience and hard-learnt lessons of national Key Account Management may not be enough to ease t...

 The China Code What's left for us ?

China is growing at an extraordinary pace and exerting a powerful influence upon the global economy. As China emerges as a dominating global player it is also having a significant impact upon America, Europe and Japan in all terms. How was this rapid deve...

 International Marketing A Global Perspective

If you are in need of an International Marketing book that will offer something different from the norm, you need look no further! Unlike many US and European texts International Marketing: A Global Perspective does not look out at the international sc...

 Eight preposterous propositions From the genetics of homosexuality to the benefits of global warming

Placebo cures. Global warming. Extraterrestrial life. Psychokinesis. In a time when scientific claims can sound as strange as science fiction--and can have a profound effect on individual life or public policy--assessing the merits of a far-out, supposedl...

 Eight Preposterous Propositions From the Genetics of Homosexuality to the Benefits of Global Warming

Placebo cures. Global warming. Extraterrestrial life. Psychokinesis. In a time when scientific claims can sound as strange as science fiction--and can have a profound effect on individual life or public policy--assessing the merits of a far-out, supposedl...

 Law and Ethics in Global Business How to Integrate Law and Ethics into Corporate Governance around the World

An understanding of the legal context of business is a prerequisite for today's global business environment and an essential aspect of the potential executive knowledge, yet too often it is poorly understood and even more poorly applied to business decisi...

 Project Management Best Practices Achieving Global Excellence

Best practices in the global market for successful project management Project Management Best Practices: Achieving Global Excellence presents unique, firsthand accounts of how corporations around the world incorporate project management into their st...

 Who Controls the Internet? Illusions of a Borderless World

Will cyberanarchy rule the net? And if we do find a way to regulate our cyberlife will national borders dissolve as the Internet becomes the first global state? In this provocative new work, Jack L. Goldsmith and Tim Wu dismiss the fashionable talk of bot...

 Global E-commerce Impacts of National Environment and Policy

Are the Internet and e-commerce truly revolutionising business practice? This book explodes the transformation myth by demonstrating that the Internet and e-commerce are in fact being adapted by firms to reinforce their existing relationships with custome...

 Implementing and Configuring SAP Global Trade Services Up-to-date for SAP GTS 7.0

All you need to know about SAP GTS is concisely explained in this practical and detailed guide. GTS is tightly integrated with SAP Sales and Distribution (SD), from pre-sales to order delivery and on to billing. During this order to billing cycle GTS prov...

 Managing IT Outsourcing Governance in global partnerships

Global IT Outsourcing presents a far-reaching challenge for businesses. Managing the relationships on which a successful partnership is built is at the heart of successful outsourcing. This practical book combines both research and practice to explor...

 Global Stock Markets and Portfolio Management

This book presents the latest empirical findings on stock markets in a number of emerging markets, including Latin America, Asia, Eastern Europe and Middle East and North Africa. In each case the authors employ the latest techniques to assess the response...