Operations Research Proceedings 2014 Selected Papers of the Annual International Conference of the German Operations Research Society (GOR), RWTH Aachen University, Germany, Septem...

Table of Contents: “…Experimental Validation of an Enhanced System Synthesis Approach -- Stochastic Dynamic Programming Solution of a Risk-Adjusted Disaster Preparedness and Relief Distribution Problem -- Solution Approaches for the Double-Row Equidistant Facility Layout Problem -- Simulation of the System-Wide Impact of Power-to-Gas Energy Storages by Multi-Stage Optimization -- An Approximation Result for Matchings in Partitioned Hypergraphs -- On Class Imbalancy Correction for Classification Algorithms in Credit Scoring -- The Exact Solution of Multi-Period Portfolio Choice Problem with Exponential Utility -- On the Discriminative Power of Tournament Solutions -- An actor-oriented approach to evaluate climate policies with regard to resource intensive industries -- Upper Bounds for Heuristic Approaches to the Strip Packing Problem -- An Approximative Lexicographic Min-Max Approach to the Discrete Facility Location Problem -- Effects of Profit Taxes in Matrix Games -- Extension and application of a general pickup and delivery model for evaluating the impact of bundling goods in an urban environment -- Optimizing time slot allocation in single operator home delivery problems -- Robust Scheduling with Logic-Based Benders Decomposition -- Optimal Adaptation Process of Emergency Medical Services Systems in a Changing Environment -- Strategic network planning of recycling of photovoltaic modules -- Designing a Feedback Control System via Mixed-Integer Programming -- Fair Cyclic Roster Planning - A Case Study for a Large European Airport -- Why Does a Railway Infrastructure Company Need an Optimized Train Path Assignment for Industrialized Timetabling? …”
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Is It Time to Reform Social Security?

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Crisis and leviathan : critical episodes in the growth of American government / Robert Higgs ; with a new preface by the author ; foreword by Arthur A. Ekirch. by Higgs, Robert

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Airline industry : strategies, operations and safety / Connor R. Walsh, editor.

Table of Contents: “…; Data and methodology ; Results ; A note on the tax consequences of debt versus operating leases ; VI. …”
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NetSuite ERP for Administrators : Learn How to Install, Maintain, and Secure a NetSuite Implementation, Using the Best Tools and Techniques. by Bickof, Anthony

Table of Contents: “…Employee and transaction fields use caseCustom records; Online forms; Custom record example; Reporting on custom records; Custom Record online form example; Customizing forms; Main screen; Advanced PDF/HTML layouts; Summary; Chapter 7: Imports; The CSV Import Assistant; Best practices; Internal IDs; Source data; Importing tips ; Customer import; Example 1 -- Customer import use case; Item import; Inventory import; Kit import; Transaction import; Edge cases; Change a transaction form via import; Extending CSV imports; Troubleshooting; Summary.…”
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Public financial management reform in the Middle East and North Africa : an overview of regional experience / Robert P. Beschel, Mark Ahern. by Beschel, Robert P.

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Public policy making in the Western Balkans : case studies of selected economic and social policy reforms / Margo Thomas, Vesna Bojicic-Dzelilovic, editors.

Table of Contents: “…Foreword; Preface; Contents; Contributors; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1 Policy Making: Theoretical Framework and℗ Application; 2 Local Conditions for℗ Policy Reforms in℗ the℗ Western Balkans: Context, Actors and℗ Policies; 3 Volume Overview and℗ Main Conclusions; References; Part I: Western Balkans in the EU Neighbourhood: Economic and Social Policy Reforms; Chapter 2: Shaping Social Policies in℗ the℗ Western Balkans: Legal and℗ Institutional Changes in℗ the℗ Context of℗ Globalisation and℗ Post-℗Ưsocialist Transformation; 1 Introduction; 2 Designing Social Policies in℗ the℗ Western Balkans.…”
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Encyclopedia of Tourism edited by Jafar Jafari, Honggen Xiao.

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Innovative Infrastructure Finance A Guide for State and Local Governments / by Can Chen, John R. Bartle. by Chen, Can, Bartle, John R.

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Advances in Accounting Education : Teaching and Curriculum Innovations. by Calderon, Thomas G.

Table of Contents: “…Intro; Contents; List of Contributors; Call For Papers; Submission Process; Writing Guidelines; Editorial Review Board; Statement of Purpose; Review Procedures; About the Volume Editor; Chapter 1: Accounting Research Readings Groups; Educational Psychology Theory for Team-based Learning; Comparing and Contrasting Seminars and Readings Groups; Survey of Tax Research Readings Group Faculty Organizers; Formation and Operation of a Research Readings Group; Formation; Selecting a Focal Research Area; Recruiting Members; Selecting Sources of Papers; Selecting a Meeting Frequency; Operation…”
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Civilizing globalization : a survival guide / edited by Richard Sandbrook.

Table of Contents: “…Who gains and who loses? An economic perspective / Albert Berry -- Globalization, neoliberalism, and health / David Coburn -- Latin America: inequality, poverty, and questionable democracies / Judith Teichman -- Globalization versus cultural authenticity? …”
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CSR and Sustainability in the Public Sector edited by David Crowther, Shahla Seifi.

Table of Contents: “…Evidence from Belgian public accounting reform -- Importance of Ethics for the Students of the Polytechnic -- Social Responsibility at the Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre: from the experience gained to the new challenges -- Social Responsibility: Proposal of social re-inclusion of inmates of the Brazilian prison system through higher education -- The Social Entrepreneurship and the Development of Human Capital Building Social Capital: The Case of the University of Fortaleza -- The Future of the Accounting Degree.…”
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Rep. James Roosevelt (D-NY).

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The dark side of healthcare.

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Management and Disposition of Excess Weapons Plutonium : Reactor-Related Options. by Staff, National Research Council

Table of Contents: “…""The Context for Security Concerns and Criteria""""Specific Security Concerns and Threat Characteristics""; ""A Matrix Scheme for Characterizing Options""; ""Start Dates""; ""End Dates""; ""Integrated Inventory""; ""Dilution""; ""Intrinsic Barriers""; ""Implementation-Dependent Barriers""; ""The Threat and Vulnerability Interaction""; ""Criteria for Choice""; ""ISSUES AND CRITERIA IN ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVES""; ""Principles and Pitfalls in Cost Comparisons""; ""Inflation and the Real Cost of Money""; ""Property Taxes and Insurance""…”
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Sweet solitude : new and selected poems / Leonard A. Slade Jr. by Slade, Leonard A.

Table of Contents: “…O'Daniel; From The Beauty of Blackness (1989); The Beauty of Blackness; Transition; Sleepless Now; Cat; When I Heard from the Tax Man; A Child's Play; A Black Man's Song; Spring.…”
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A feasible basic income scheme for Germany : effects on labor supply, poverty, and income inequality / Maximilian Sommer. by Sommer, Maximilian

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Dismantling the American dream : how multinational corporations undermine American prosperity / Michael Collins. by Collins, Michael

Table of Contents: “…The treat of Wall Street -- Chapter 9. The problems of tax reduction -- Chapter 10. Buying government with lobbying money -- Chapter 11. …”
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Marketing Strategy Case Studies: The Starbucks Experience.

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Venture capital valuation : case studies and methodology / Lorenzo Carver. by Carver, Lorenzo, 1968-

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