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Essentials of Building Life and Fire Safety

by Virendra K. Paul, Chaitali Basu, Abhijit Rastogi, Kuldeep Kumar ...

The book aims to impart technical understanding on life and fire safety to aid planning and design of building projects. It emphasized upon the importance of integrating fire safety considerations together with the functional planning and design configuration during project development phase. It imparts theoretical insight that enables building professionals to ensure the compliance of necessary ... Read more

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The book aims to impart technical understanding on life and fire safety to aid planning and design of building projects. It emphasized upon the importance of integrating fire safety considerations together with the functional planning and design configuration during project development phase. It imparts theoretical insight that enables building professionals to ensure the compliance of necessary
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This book highlights the vulnerability of healthcare buildings in the context of climate change-triggered extreme weather events (EWEs) and the case for mitigation. With a concise discussion on climate change and its consequences in the form of such events, a cost model and equations that register losses and help quantify them are then presented. The model can be used to estimate the significant ... Read more

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This book highlights the vulnerability of healthcare buildings in the context of climate change-triggered extreme weather events (EWEs) and the case for mitigation. With a concise discussion on climate change and its consequences in the form of such events, a cost model and equations that register losses and help quantify them are then presented. The model can be used to estimate the significant
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Stories of predatory lending practices and the reckless destruction of the environment by greedy corporations dominate the news, suggesting that, in business, ethics and profit are incompatible pursuits. Yet some of the worst lenders are now bankrupt, and Toyota has enjoyed phenomenal success by positioning itself as the green car company par excellence. These trends suggest that antisocial ... Read more

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Stories of predatory lending practices and the reckless destruction of the environment by greedy corporations dominate the news, suggesting that, in business, ethics and profit are incompatible pursuits. Yet some of the worst lenders are now bankrupt, and Toyota has enjoyed phenomenal success by positioning itself as the green car company par excellence. These trends suggest that antisocial
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We’ve all been told that thinking rationally is the key to success. But at the cutting edge of science, researchers are discovering that feeling is every bit as important as thinking in this "lively exposé of the growing consensus about the limited power of rationality and decision-making" (The New York Times Book Review).You make hundreds of decisions every day, from what to eat for breakfast to ... Read more

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We’ve all been told that thinking rationally is the key to success. But at the cutting edge of science, researchers are discovering that feeling is every bit as important as thinking in this "lively exposé of the growing consensus about the limited power of rationality and decision-making" (The New York Times Book Review).You make hundreds of decisions every day, from what to eat for breakfast to
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The Oxford Handbook of Corporate Governance

Edited by Mike Wright, Donald Siegel, Kevin Keasey, Igor Filatotchev ...

Series series Oxford Handbooks
The behavior of managers-such as the rewards they obtain for poor performance, the role of boards of directors in monitoring managers, and the regulatory framework covering the corporate governance mechanisms that are put in place to ensure managers' accountability to shareholder and other stakeholders-has been the subject of extensive media and policy scrutiny in light of the financial crisis of ... Read more

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Global Handbook of Impact Investing

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Discover how to invest your capital to achieve a powerful, lasting impact on the world.The Global Handbook of Impact Investing: Solving Global Problems Via Smarter Capital Markets Towards A More Sustainable Society is an insightful guide to the growing world-wide movement of Impact Investing. Impact investors seek to realize lasting, beneficial improvements in society by allocating capital to ... Read more

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No organization can survive without iconoclasts -- innovators who single-handedly upturn conventional wisdom and manage to achieve what so many others deem impossible.Though indispensable, true iconoclasts are few and far between. In Iconoclast, neuroscientist Gregory Berns explains why. He explores the constraints the human brain places on innovative thinking, including fear of failure, the urge ... Read more

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No organization can survive without iconoclasts -- innovators who single-handedly upturn conventional wisdom and manage to achieve what so many others deem impossible.Though indispensable, true iconoclasts are few and far between. In Iconoclast, neuroscientist Gregory Berns explains why. He explores the constraints the human brain places on innovative thinking, including fear of failure, the urge
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Financial Supervision in the 21st Century

Edited by A. Joanne Kellermann, Jakob de Haan, Femke de Vries ...

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The financial crisis prompted financial supervisors to take a critical look at their own performance. The "toolkit" available to supervisors is considerably more varied than it was a few years ago. Supervision has become more forward-looking, taking into account also soft controls, such as ‘conduct and culture’, corporate governance, and business models of financial institutions. This collection
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Do you need a high score on the TOEFL exam?Are you feeling nervous because you don't know how to achieve the score you need?Have you got very little time to prepare and need some last minute important tips that will help you increase your score?If you answer yes to any of these questions then this book is for you.This book is for anyone who is going to take the TOEFL exam very soon and wants to
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Managerial Economics of Non-Profit Organizations

by Marc Jegers ...

Series series Routledge Studies in the Management of Voluntary and Non-Profit Organizations
This is the first book of its kind to bring together the microeconomic insights on the functioning of non-profit organizations, complementing the wide range of books on the management of non-profit organizations by instead focusing on both theoretical and empirical work. Jegers begins by considering definitions of non-profit organizations before ex ... Read more

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This is the first book of its kind to bring together the microeconomic insights on the functioning of non-profit organizations, complementing the wide range of books on the management of non-profit organizations by instead focusing on both theoretical and empirical work. Jegers begins by considering definitions of non-profit organizations before ex
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Brain and Memory Games: 70 Fun Puzzles to Boost Your Brain Juice Today

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You've probably heard the saying that as you get older, you starting becoming more forgetful and your brain just doesn't function as well as it used to in your prime. Well, that eventuality can be slowed down in a fun way that most people enjoy which is figuring out or solving puzzles. "Brain and Memory Games: 70 Fun Puzzles to Boost Your Brain Juice Today" will help you improve your concentration ... Read more

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Problem solving is taught and applied successfully in various fields, for example, in the company and in counseling as a method of work to improve the ability to solve problems. Although the tools of problem solving differ according to different application areas, the basic principles remain the same. ... Read more

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