Dismantling the American Dream How Multinational Corporations Undermine American Prosperity / by Michael Collins. by Collins, Michael

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Halftitle -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Description -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Outsourcing by Multinational Corporations -- Chapter 3: A Surge in Inequality -- Chapter 4: The Myth of Free Trade -- Chapter 5: Innovation and the Loss of Technology -- Chapter 6: The Slow Erosion of American Manufacturing Industries -- Chapter 7: Financialization and the Shareholder Revolution -- Chapter 8: The Threat of Wall Street -- Chapter 9: The Problems of Tax Reduction…”
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Beyond Survival : Protecting Households from Health Shocks in Latin America. by Packard, Truman G.

Table of Contents: “…-- Policy Options for Extending Contributory Risk Pooling among the Informal and the Self-Employed Nonpoor -- 6 THE QUEST FOR EFFICIENCY AND UNIVERSAL COVERAGE: HEALTH SECTOR REFORM IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN -- Achieving Universal Coverage -- Improving Health Sector Efficiency in Latin America and the Caribbean -- Lessons and Challenges -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- BOXES -- 5.1 Spain's Shift from Bismarck to Beveridge: Delinking Risk-Pool Financing from Labor Status -- 5.2 Trends in Latin American and Caribbean Tax Policies: Balancing the Efficiency-Equity Tradeoff -- 5.3 Mitigating the Fiscal Burden in a Transition toward General Tax-Funded Risk-Pooling: Simulations for the Chilean Health System in 1999 -- 6.1 South Korea and Taiwan: From Fragmentation to Universal Coverage through Social Insurance -- Reforms and Breadth versus Depth Choices -- 6.2 United Kingdom: Strengthening the Purchaser-Provider Compact through Inte.…”
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Handbook of State Aid for Film Finance, Industries and Regulation / edited by Paul Clemens Murschetz, Roland Teichmann, Matthias Karmasin.

Table of Contents: “…-- Chapter 31: An Irish Film Industry or a Film Industry in Ireland? The Paradoxes of Film Tax Incentives -- Chapter 32: Tax Incentive Schemes for Film Production: A Pivotal Tool of Film Policy? …”
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Horizontal equity, uncertainty, and economic well-being / edited by Martin David and Timothy Smeeding.

Table of Contents: “…Shoven ; comment, Sheldon Danziger -- Horizontal and vertical equity characteristics of the federal individual income tax, 1966-1977 / Marcus C. Berliant and Robert P. …”
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Big Government Is Stifling the American Spirit A Debate / Intelligence2.

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Advances in Accounting Behavioral Research. by Karim, Khondkar E.

Table of Contents: “…. ; Introduction; Background; Employment Classification Tax Impact; Employer -- Employee Guidelines; Revenue Ruling 87-41 (1987-1 CB 296); Prior Studies; Employee vs Independent Contractor/Methodology Literature; Gender Literature; Data; Research Questions; Methodology.…”
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The occupation of the American mind : Israel's public relations war in the United States / George Matta and Mundovision Productions present a Media Education Foundation production...

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Not Working The Pulse of the Great Recession / Gibson, D. W.

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Street Crime Hedrick Smith Productions.

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How innovation really works : using the trillion-dollar R & D fix to drive growth / Anne Marie Knott. by Knott, Anne Marie

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The complete guide to the gap year : the best things to do between high school and college / Kristin M. White. by White, Kristin, 1972-

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Trampled by Unicorns Gavet, Maelle. by Gavet, Maelle

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Reading and writing public documents : problems, solutions, and characteristics / edited by Daniël Janssen, Rob Neutelings.

Table of Contents: “…How research can lead to better government forms / Carel Jansen & Michael Steehouder -- Undercover research into text quality as a tool for communication management : the case of the Dutch tax department / Jan Renkema -- Optimizing public information brochures : formative evaluation in document design processes / Menno de Jong & Peter Jan Schellens -- Public documents in a multilingual context / Jacqueline Hulst & Leo Lentz -- Improving the quality of public documents : or, why training public writers often doesn't work / Daniël Janssen -- The lack of clarity in a sentence : the style of official documents in Dutch / Frank Jansen -- Convincing citizens : the role of argument quality / Hans Hoeken -- Collaborative writing for the government / Daniël Janssen & Niels van der Mast -- Strategic revision of public documents : how policy writers revise documents in order to reach consensus / Niels van der Mast & Daniël Janssen -- Trust and verify : local suspensions of the cooperation principle in political communication / Rob Neutelings & Henk Pander Maat -- Reading to assess in professional life : reading styles of Dutch parliamentarians / Rob Neutelings.…”
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Climate Finance : Regulatory and Funding Strategies for Climate Change and Global Development. by Stewart, Richard B.

Table of Contents: “…PART II: Proposals for Climate Finance: Regulatory and Market Mechanisms and IncentivesA. Trading or Taxes?; 5 Cap-and-Trade Is Preferable to a Carbon Tax; B. …”
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Creative safety solutions / Thomas D. Schneid. by Schneid, Thomas D.

Table of Contents: “…Joint ventures to reduce costs -- chapter 10. Grants, contracts, tax credits, and deductions -- chapter 11. Utilizing free services -- chapter 12. …”
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ICTE 2015 : proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Transportation Engineering : September 26-27, 2015, Dalian, China / Qiyuan Peng, Kelvin C.P. Wang, Xiaobo Liu and B...

Table of Contents: “…Models and Heuristics for the Split Delivery Vehicle Routing Problem -- Genetic Optimization of an Operation Scheme for the Flow Assignment Method Based on Level Classification -- Effects of a Single Price Coefficient Change on the Test Number in a Transportation Problem -- Optimal Algorithm of the M3 Scheduling Problem -- Train Combination Model of a Passenger Train Plan for a High-Speed Railway -- Passenger Transfer Volume Prediction Method of an Urban Comprehensive Passenger Transport Hub -- System Design for Express Freight Train Diagraming Programming -- Discussion about the Product Structure of Bulk and Direct Freight Based on Transport Benefits -- Design for Cooperation between the Locomotive Scheduling System and the Train Scheduling System -- Selection and Application of Organization Modes of Container Drop-and-Pull Transport Based on Different Service Objects -- Research on Urban Rail Train Routing Optimization -- Business Process Reengineering of Railway Freight Transport by Petri-Net Based on Supply Chains -- Design for the Production Organization and Safety Management System of a Railway Passenger Transportation Depot -- Schedule Design for Liner Shipping Based on Wave Optimization -- Passenger Flow Organization of Large Passenger Stations during the Period of Spring Festival Transport -- Security Analysis about a Train Control Center Based on a Bayesian Network -- Train Timetable Buffer Time Setting Strategy and Affection -- Optimization for a Direct Freight Train Plan in Loading Place Based on Logistics Cost -- Analysis of the Demand and Supply of Regular Buses.…”
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The Changing Face of Innovation : Is It Shifting to Asia? / Seeram Ramakrishna, Daniel Joo-Then Ng. by Ramakrishna, Seeram

Table of Contents: “…2.1 Research and Development InvestmentsChina; China's Rising Stature in Science and Technology; India; China and India -- Research Output Has Been Rising Rapidly; Korea; Korea's R & D output; Singapore; Key Innovation Outcome of Some Asian Countries; 2.2 Universities; Singapore; Current State of Higher Education; Geographic Distribution of Researchers in the World; Scientific Publications; 2.3 Young Minds and Human Resources; State of China and India; China's and India's Intellectual Diaspora -- Reverse Brain-drain; India's Intellectual Diaspora -- Reverse Brain-drain.…”
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Integration and Clustering for Sustainable Economic Growth edited by Elena G. Popkova, Valentina E. Sukhova, Aleksey F. Rogachev, Yulia G. Tyurina, Olga A. Boris, Valentina N. Para...

Table of Contents: “…Part 1: Building Cluster Initiatives as a Factor of Competitiveness of Modern Enterprises -- Chapter 1: Contradiction of Clusters Taxation in Russia: Taxes as Barriers and Stimuli for Clustering -- Chapter 2: Using Project-Based Approach in Public-Private Partnership with Participation of Corporate Holding Structures -- Chapter 3: Effective HR Management as the Most Important Condition of Successful Business Administration -- Chapter 4: Marketing Strategies of Cluster Development in Retailing Sector -- Chapter 5: Place and Role of Budgeting in the System of Methods of Managerial Accounting of Cluster Contractual Relationship -- Chapter 6: Role of Clusters in Promotion of Region’s Economic Competitiveness -- Chapter 7: Clustering as a Growth Point of Modern Russian Business -- Chapter 8: Perspectives of Use of Competence-Based Approach to Management in Educational Services Market -- Chapter 9: Marketing Aspects of Cluster Management in Retailing Sector -- Chapter 10: History of Views on Audit of Commercial Structures Management Quality -- Chapter 11: Approaches to Organization of Project Management in Russia -- Chapter 12: CORPORATE CULTURE OF COMMERCIAL ORGANIZATION AS AN EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT TOOL -- Part 2: Provision of Economic Security by Means of Creation of Innovational Network of Transnational Cluster Initiatives -- Chapter 13: Transnational Cluster Initiatives in Business as a Top-Priority Direction of Maximization of Economic Growth in Asian Countries -- Chapter 14: Modeling of Eco-Economic Security With the Use of Tax Instrumentarium -- Chapter 15: Formation of the System of Clustering as a Means of Perspective Development of Innovational Infrastructure of Region -- Chapter 16: Concept of Innovational Development of Entrepreneurial Potential of Small Enterprises -- Chapter 17: Problems and High-Priority Directions of Realization of Innovational Strategy of Development of Fuel and Energy Complex Enterprises -- Chapter 18: Biotech Cluster as a Critetion of Food Security Formation -- Chapter 19: Education as the National Safety Element in the Globalizing World -- Chapter 20: Formation of Creative Approach to Economic Activities as One of the Goals of Professional Training of Future Economists -- Chapter 21: Marketing Instrumentarium of Provision of Food Security -- Chapter 22: Innovational Approach to Management of Human Resources of Cluster Entity -- Chapter 23: YOUNG SPECIALISTS LABOR MARKET IN MODERN RUSSIA: ANALYSIS, PROBLEMS, AND PERSPECTIVES -- Part 3: Effectiveness of State Management and Economic Growth in the Context of Global Integration and Clustering -- Chapter 24: Sense of Rational Approach to Socio-Economic Development of Entrepreneurship -- Chapter 25: Integration of Social and Innovative Activities into Industrial Organization -- Chapter 26: Using Economic and Mathematical Methods During Formation of Construction Cluster -- Chapter 27: Support for Cluster Initiatives in View of Development of Innovational Economy: Regarding the Issue of Legal Regulation at the Level of Subjects of the Russian Federation -- Chapter 28: Methodology of Complex Evaluation of Eco-Economic Effectiveness of Agricultural Clusters -- Chapter 29: POLITICAL EXISTENCE OF THE SYSTEM OF SOCIAL SPACE-TIME -- Chapter 30: Wind Rose as One of the Main Factors of Apartment Buying Decision -- Chapter 31: Conceptual Aspects of Tax System Development in Cyclic Economy -- Chapter 32: Economic Aspects of Application of Biotechnologies During Creation of Forest Plantations -- Part 4: Methodological Approaches to Measurement of Sustainable Development of Industrial Enterprises Under the Conditions of Integration and Clustering -- Chapter 33: Educational Clusters as a Factor of Development of Educational Services Market in Region -- Chapter 34: Development of Entrepreneurial Component and a Factor of Increase of Effectiveness of Cluster Structures Management -- Chapter 35: Two-Level Economic and Mathematical Model of Monotown Development on the Basis of Cognitive Maps -- Chapter 36: Rational Environmental Management – the Platform for Integration and Optimization of Resources -- Chapter 37: Green Technologies – the Basis for Integration and Clustering of Subjects at the Regional Level of Economy -- Chapter 38: Effectiveness of State Territorial Administration in Provision of Sustainable Economic Growth of the Region -- Chapter 39: Economic and Mathematical Modeling During Organization and Conduct of Business Games -- Chapter 40: Strategic Management of Clustering Policy During Provision of Sustainable Development -- Chapter 41: Conceptual Features of Management Tools of Enterprise Structures Under the Conditions of Globalization of the World Market -- Chapter 42: Measures to Improve the Investment Attractiveness of Enterprises in the Modern Context -- Chapter 43: Adaptation of Macro-Economic Models to Solving the Problem of Countries Differentiation in Global Economy -- Chapter 44: Problems of Sustainable Development of Depressive Region in Crisis -- Chapter 45: Improvement of Methods of Analysis of Effectiveness of Stock Management at Industrial Enterprises -- Chapter 46: Modeling of Cluster Processes in the Sphere of Manufacture of ECO-Products: Issues of Ecological and Food Security of Russia -- Chapter 47: Development Efficiency Analysis of Public Administration Informatization -- Chapter 48: Formation of a Complex System of Indicators for Evaluation of Smooth Production Flow -- Chapter 49: Building a Strategy of Development of Hospitality Industry on the Basis of Improvement of the System of Personnel Training -- Chapter 50: Perspectives of Development of Small Business Within Modernization of Tax and Cluster Policy -- Chapter 51: Complementary Approach to Functioning of Entrepreneurial Structures Under the Conditions of Economic Instability of Region -- Chapter 52: Economic Growth in Russia: Influence of Oil Shock and Macro-Economic Factors -- Chapter 53: Transformation of Ethnocultural Development of Indigenous Peoples in the Conditions of Socialist Modernization of the Far East in 1920-1970’s: Problems of Historiography.…”
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Controllership, the work of the managerial accountant / Steven M. Bragg. by Bragg, Steven M.

Table of Contents: “…Mergers and Acquisitions -- The Reporting Period and How to Close It -- Inventory Tracking -- Tax Records and Procedures -- Index.…”
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Contemporary Issues in Applied Economics Ten Years of International Academic Exchanges Between JAAE and KAAE / edited by Moriki Hosoe, Biung-Ghi Ju, Akira Yakita, Kiseok Hong.

Table of Contents: “…Fertility Dynamics with Family Bargaining (Akira Yakita) -- Chapter 3. Skill-Biased Innovation, Growth, and Inequality (Yasuyuki Osumi) -- Chapter 4. …”
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