David S Evans: 14 books
Matchmakers
The New Economics of Multisided Platforms
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
Many of the most dynamic public companies, from Alibaba to Facebook to Visa, and the most valuable start-ups, such as Airbnb and Uber, are matchmakers that connect one group of customers with another group of customers. Economists call matchmakers multisided platforms because they provide physical...
Paying with Plastic
The Digital Revolution in Buying and Borrowing
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2004
The definitive account of the trillion-dollar payment card industry.
The payment card business has evolved from its inception in the 1950s as a way to handle payment for expense-account lunches (the Diners Club card) into today's complex, sprawling industry that drives trillions of dollars...
Invisible Engines
How Software Platforms Drive Innovation and Transform Industries
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2008
Harnessing the power of software platforms: what executives and entrepreneurs must know about how to use this technology to transform industries and how to develop the strategies that will create value and drive profits.
Software platforms are the invisible engines that have created, touched,...
Big and Bright
A History of the McDonald Observatory
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
By day, every year over 40,000 visitors pour in. Across the Rio Grande, a hundred miles away, Mexican mountaineers use the white domes as landmarks. By night, perched almost 7,000 feet above the sleeping, earthbound world, astronomers probe the secrets of the night sky. This is the University of Texas...
Tohopeka
Rethinking the Creek War and the War of 1812
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2012
Tohopeka contains a variety of perspectives and uses a wide array of evidence and approaches, from scrutiny of cultural and religious practices to literary and linguistic analysis, to illuminate this troubled period.
Almost two hundred years ago, the territory that would become Alabama...
Energy Sprawl Solutions
Balancing Global Developmand Conservation
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2017
Over the next several decades, as human populations grow, the demand for energy will soar. But renewable energy sources have a large energy sprawl—the amount of land needed to produce energy—which can threaten biodiversity. In Energy Sprawl Solutions, scientists Joseph M. Kiesecker and David Naugle...
by Sheldon Cohen, Gary W. Evans, Daniel Stokols
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Eight years ago, four psychologists with varying backgrounds but a common in terest in the impact of environmental stress on behavior and health met to plan a study of the effects of aircraft noise on children. The impetus for the study was an article in the Los Angeles Times about architectural...
by William Tunmer, David T. Hakes, Judith S. Evans
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Not very many years ago, it was common for language researchers and theorists to argue that language development was somehow special and separate from other aspects of development. It was a period when the "1 ittle 1 inguist" view of language development was common, and much discussion was...
by Dr. Ian G. Baird, Corey L. Bell, Dr. Stephen C. Berkwitz
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2016
This book introduces contemporary Buddhists from across Asia and from various walks of life. Eschewing traditional hagiographies, the editors have collected sixty-six profiles of individuals who would be excluded from most Buddhist histories and ethnographies. In addition to monks and nuns, readers...
by David LaRocca, Fredric Jameson, Garrett Stewart
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2014
Wars have played a momentous role in shaping the course of human history. The ever-present specter of conflict has made it an enduring topic of interest in popular culture, and many movies, from Hollywood blockbusters to independent films, have sought to show the complexities and horrors of war on-screen.
In...
The Crux of Refugee Resettlement
Rebuilding Social Networks
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2018
While the world’s refugee population reaches record high numbers, countries offering third-country resettlement are increasingly shifting toward policies of exclusion and austerity. This edited volume envisions a more humane future for refugee resettlement. Combining anthropology with a variety...
Key States, High Stakes
Sarah Palin, the Tea Party, and the 2010 Elections
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2011
The 2010 elections were one of the most highly anticipated midterm elections in our nation's recent history. After the historic 2008 election, in which America elected its first black president, Sarah Palin's involvement and the emergence of the Tea Party in the 2010 congressional elections had the...
Our Prince of Scribes
Writers Remember Pat Conroy
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2018
New York Times best-selling writer Pat Conroy (1945–2016) inspired a worldwide legion of devoted fans numbering in the millions, but none are more loyal to him and more committed to sustaining his literary legacy than the many writers he nurtured over the course of his fifty-year writing life. In...
Connecting Teaching and Learning
History, Evolution, and Case Studies of Teacher Work Sample Methodology
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2011
As accountability in education has become an increasingly prominent topic, teacher preparation programs are being asked to provide credible evidence that their teacher candidates can impact student learning.
Teacher Work Samples, first developed 30 years ago, have emerged as an effective method...