Wspc imprint: 2707 books
Bridges Over Water
Understanding Transboundary Water Conflict, Negotiation and Cooperation
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2013
Bridges over Water places the study of transboundary water conflicts, negotiation, and cooperation in the context of various disciplines, such as international relations, international law, international negotiations, and economics. It demonstrates their application, using various quantitative approaches,...
by Walter A Harrison
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2000
Quantum mechanics is widely recognized as the basic law which governs all of nature, including all materials and devices. It has always been essential to the understanding of material properties, and as devices become smaller it is also essential for studying their behavior. Nevertheless, only a small...
Balancing Your Life
Executive Lessons for Work, Family and Self
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2009
The balance between work and family life is the single most commonly mentioned issue among senior executives worldwide. This book provides a framework for analyzing immediate and long-term balance. Using case studies of how twelve or more executives in various industries have handled the challenge,...
Mr SIA
Fly Past
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2014
Introducing the life and times of a legend in international aviation — Lim Chin Beng — the man they called Mr SIA.
Absorbing the life and work of Lim Chin Beng is like watching a fly past of airlines and aircraft old and new. In this book, his past comes to meet you in many forms — designs,...
Supertrends of Future China
Billion Dollar Business Opportunities for China's Olympic Decade
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2008
The Beijing Olympics in 2008 marks the beginning of an era of new business opportunities in China for 1.3 billion Chinese and the rest of the world. For investors, marketers, and businesspeople who want to understand the new drivers and business chances of the Chinese economy, Supertrends of Future...
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Choice and Challenge
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2018
This book discusses practical issues of innovation and entrepreneurship. It first outlines the basic factors contributing to economic growth in the knowledge-based economy. Portraying wealth creation as taking scientific research results from lab to market, it identifies two interlinking components...
Brains versus Capital
Entrepreneurship for Everyone: Lean, Smart, Simple
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2018
Entrepreneurship is not a calling only for the selected few. Creative work and economic self-realization are goals that anyone can pursue. Learn how to create your own "idea-masterpiece" as a collage or puzzle made from existing pieces, and construct your own company from pre-existing components...
by Andrew Palmer
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2016
This book is an introduction to oil and gas designed to be both accessible to absolute beginners who know nothing about the subject, and at the same time interesting to people who work in one area (such as drilling or seismic exploration) and would like to know about other areas (such as production...
The Accidental Diplomat
The Autobiography of Maurice Baker
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2014
“For the life of a diplomat is often a variation of routine boredom and exhilarating crises.”
Maurice Baker is an academic and one of Singapore's pioneer diplomats. Growing up in colonial–governed Malaya and Singapore, his profound love for great literature works inspired him to obtain...
by Gopinath Pillai, K Kesavapany
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2016
From Tamils to Malayalees, from Bengalis to Punjabis, the diverse Indian community in Singapore has played a large part in building the country. To understand the Indian community, one must know certain basic facts about them.
First is their love for culture which transcends religious and linguistic...
Inspirations of a Nation
Tribute to 25 Singaporean South Asians
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2016
This book pays tribute to 25 Singaporean South Asians who pioneered and excelled in their respective fields from 1950 to 2015. It is meant to be a 'quick take' on 25 Singaporean South Asian personalities, across a broad spectrum of professions and activities, who believed in the value and virtue of...
The China Renaissance
The Rise of Xi Jinping and the 18th Communist Party Congress
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2013
Rising superpower China duly anointed a new generation of leaders led by Xi Jinping at the Communist Party's 18th National Congress held in November 2012. While the conclave itself passed off with smoothly choreographed efficiency, the months leading up to this once-a-decade transition were anything...
by Johan Björkstén, Anders Hägglund
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2010
This unique book discusses how to manage an organization in China. It is based on the invaluable practical experience of entrepreneur Johan Björkstén, who successfully built a local consulting business with over 100 employees, and Anders Hägglund, a seasoned manager who set up high-growth and highly...
by Randy R Grant, John C Leadley, Zenon X Zygmont
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2014
Why do universities place so much emphasis on athletics? Are the salaries of head coaches excessive? Should student-athletes be paid? Why is there so much cheating in college sports? Should athletic departments be subsidized by the university? Does Title IX unfairly discriminate against men's sports?...