Industries category: 12638 books
Business Models for Renewable Energy Initiatives
Emerging Research and Opportunities
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2017
The burning of fossil fuels and emission of greenhouse gasses critically impacts the global environment. By utilizing better techniques and process, businesses can aid in the journey to an economic, sustainable, and environmentally-friendly future for generations to come. Business Models for Renewable...
Energy Policies for Sustainable Development Strategies
The Case of Nigeria
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2016
In this book, a number of long-term energy scenarios are developed for Nigeria considering the impact of vital factors that may influence energy policies in the country’s future energy system. The energy scenarios were developed through the Long-Range Energy Alternatives Planning System (LEAP) model....
Building a Sustainable Energy Future
The Greater Mekong Subregion
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
An integrated, prosperous, and equitable Mekong subregion is the vision of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Economic Cooperation Program. Developing the energy sector is critical to realizing this vision. The results of the formal energy modeling exercise make a strong case for pursuing an integrated...
The Shipbroker's Working Knowledge
Dry Cargo Chartering in Practice
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2015
The Shipbroker’s working knowledge is a book for employees involved in the shipping industry and particularly those dealing or about to deal with the chartering of dry cargo ships. It provides personal knowledge that the author gained during the performance of his duties in the various departments...
by Gordon Boyd, Mr Leslie Jackson
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2013
This is a fully revised, new edition on the topic of instrumentation and control systems and their application to marine engineering for professional trainees studying Merchant Navy Marine Engineering Certificates of Competency (CoC) as well as Electrical/Marine Engineering undergraduate students....
Soap Opera
The Inside Story of Procter & Gamble
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2012
As the maker of Ivory soap, Tide detergent, and Crest toothpaste, Procter & Gamble is a household name. It is America’s thirteenth largest company, lauded by business schools as a model for success. But behind P&G’s wholesome image is a control-obsessed company so paranoid that Wall Street...
Dirty Tricks
British Airways' Secret War Against Virgin Atlantic
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2010
Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic was valued at over £1.2 billion when he sold a 49% stake to Singapore Airlines in 1999. This was an extraordinary achievement for an airline that began life in 1984 with one plane. Virgin Atlantic became one of the world's top airlines only after surviving an incredible...
by Janet Amber
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2018
Thank you for your interest in this booklet. The "The Basics" series, is a series of booklets designed to help you get the basics or foundations about a subject. Time is one of our most precious resources and as such it does not comeback, for that reason the Amber siblings have created...
An Untidy Life
What I Saw at the Media Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2018
A brilliantly evocative memoir from the golden age of newspaper publishing, from a man who helped define our modern media.
Les Hinton was 15 when he first worked for Rupert Murdoch, and Murdoch’s “empire” was a single evening newspaper. In the next half century, he travelled the world...
Valley of Genius
The Uncensored History of Silicon Valley (As Told by the Hackers, Founders, and Freaks Who Made It Boom)
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2018
"This is the most important book on Silicon Valley I've read in two decades. It will take us all back to our roots in the counterculture, and will remind us of the true nature of the innovation process, before we tried to tame it with slogans and buzzwords." -- Po Bronson, #1 New York Times...
by Kai Yang
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2005
The following is a chapter from Kai Yang's Design for Six Sigma for Service. This comprehensive handbook aggressively tackles the difficulties involved in applying rigorous Six Sigma statistical methods to service environments. It delivers solid, effective solutions that can help your organization achieve...
Media Whore
A Shockingly Simple Guide to Becoming Your Own Kickass Publicist
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2017
"Why don’t I just hire a damn publicist?” Nobody can sell the idea of your creation better than you. If you’re a performer, athlete, entrepreneur, charity, small business owner, or entertainer of any kind, Media Whore contains vital information forged from over 10,000 hours of experience....
Boom
The Underground History of Australia, from Gold Rush to GFC
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2013
One of our finest writers on one of our most dramatic stories
Mining divides the country - development against conservation, north-and-west against south-and-east, pro-tax against anti-tax. It's an important industry, but why do passions run so high? What does mining really mean to us? And...
The End of Money
The story of bitcoin, cryptocurrencies and the blockchain revolution
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2017
The End of Money is an essential introduction to cryptocurrencies and the blockchain revolution. On this journey you'll discover how this staggering new technology has the potential to enable an ultra-libertarian society beyond government control.
Murder for hire. Drug trafficking. Embezzlement....