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A. O'Carroll

Working Time, Knowledge Work and Post-Industrial Society

Unpredictable Work

1. Unpredictability: The Effects of a New Working Time Culture 2. The Long Hours Myth 3. The Unpredictable Clock: The Time of Knowledge Work 4. Spaghetti Time 5. Constrained Autonomy and Disrupted Bargains 6. Nomads 7. Time, Work-Discipline and Unpredictability

Routledge International Studies in Money and Banking

As an integral part of the world financial market, the global asset management industry has played a significant role in almost every critical event and change in the world financial market over the past four decades. Its growth has been facilitated from the financial innovations in products and management technologies from various financial institutions. It is definitely a challenge to comprehend the dynamic linkage between the global asset management industry and the world financial market, institutions and products. This book takes the challenge by providing a systematic and analytical review of the dynamic development of global asset management industry in its market structure, product diversities, risk management technologies and performance. The book aims at offering researchers, investors and financial practitioners a comprehensive introduction on how the dynamic development of global asset management industry has been integrated with the fast changing world financial market, institutions and products. As wealth or asset management is becoming a popular and specialized subject offered in university financial courses, this book may serve as a key textbook for financial courses in universities.

As an integral part of the world financial market, the global asset management industry has played a significant role in almost every critical event and change in the world financial market over the past four decades. Its growth has been facilitated from the financial innovations in products and management technologies from various financial institutions. It is definitely a challenge to comprehend the dynamic linkage between the global asset management industry and the world financial market, institutions and products. This book takes the challenge by providing a systematic and analytical review of the dynamic development of global asset management industry in its market structure, product diversities, risk management technologies and performance. The book aims at offering researchers, investors and financial practitioners a comprehensive introduction on how the dynamic development of global asset management industry has been integrated with the fast changing world financial market, institutions and products. As wealth or asset management is becoming a popular and specialized subject offered in university financial courses, this book may serve as a key textbook for financial courses in universities.

The Dynamic Development of Global Asset Management Industry

La historia, la literatura, la filosofía o las artes se han conformado como reflejo de la relación entre cultura y política. Su entramado de alianzas, oposiciones, enamoramientos y apropiaciones han definido, y definen nuestro mundo. Política y la cultura friccionan porque, en sí mismos, son dos poderes, aunque interdependientes, a los que incomoda el sometimiento.
En la obra de César Antonio Molina la reflexión sobre la cultura y la política se entrelazan de una forma veraz, como un Odiseo que ha navegado en las dos aguas, y no con la impostura y desconocimiento del que solo ha visto el mundo desde una sola perspectiva.
Teniendo como hilo conductor la relación entre el intelectual y el poder, el autor teje en este libro una urdimbre de erudición, sentimiento y sabia clarividencia por el que transitan insurgentes como Aristóteles o Derrida, Dante o Hölderlin, Zambrano y Arendt. Todos ellos vistos por la incisiva y erudita óptica del compañero de armas, del iniciado en los mismos cultos mistéricos de la literatura y el pensamiento.

Insurgentes

From the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Petal of the Sea comes&nbsp;“a bold exploration of womanhood, feminism, parenting, aging, love and more” (Associated Press). “The Soul of a Woman is Isabel Allende’s most liberating book yet.”—Elle “When I say that I was a feminist in kindergarten, I am not exaggerating,” begins Isabel Allende. As a child, she watched her mother, abandoned by her husband, provide for her three small children without “resources or voice.” Isabel became a fierce and defiant little girl, determined to fight for the life her mother couldn’t have. As a young woman coming of age in the late 1960s, she rode the second wave of feminism. Among a tribe of like-minded female journalists, Allende for the first time felt comfortable in her own skin, as they wrote “with a knife between our teeth” about women’s issues. She has seen what the movement has accomplished in the course of her lifetime. And over the course of three passionate marriages, she has learned how to grow as a woman while having a partner, when to step away, and the rewards of embracing one’s sexuality. So what feeds the soul of feminists—and all women—today? To be safe, to be valued, to live in peace, to have their own resources, to be connected, to have control over our bodies and lives, and above all, to be loved. On all these fronts, there is much work yet to be done, and this book, Allende hopes, will “light the torches of our daughters and granddaughters with mine. They will have to live for us, as we lived for our mothers, and carry on with the work still left to be finished.”

From the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Petal of the Sea comes&nbsp;“a bold exploration of womanhood, feminism, parenting, aging, love and more” (Associated Press). “The Soul of a Woman is Isabel Allende’s most liberating book yet.”—Elle “When I say that I was a feminist in kindergarten, I am not exaggerating,” begins Isabel Allende. As a child, she watched her mother, abandoned by her husband, provide for her three small children without “resources or voice.” Isabel became a fierce and defiant little girl, determined to fight for the life her mother couldn’t have. As a young woman coming of age in the late 1960s, she rode the second wave of feminism. Among a tribe of like-minded female journalists, Allende for the first time felt comfortable in her own skin, as they wrote “with a knife between our teeth” about women’s issues. She has seen what the movement has accomplished in the course of her lifetime. And over the course of three passionate marriages, she has learned how to grow as a woman while having a partner, when to step away, and the rewards of embracing one’s sexuality. So what feeds the soul of feminists—and all women—today? To be safe, to be valued, to live in peace, to have their own resources, to be connected, to have control over our bodies and lives, and above all, to be loved. On all these fronts, there is much work yet to be done, and this book, Allende hopes, will “light the torches of our daughters and granddaughters with mine. They will have to live for us, as we lived for our mothers, and carry on with the work still left to be finished.”

The Soul of a Woman

Museums today are facing complex challenges due to changes in digital technologies, global migration and increasing demands as regards collaboration and societal relevance from principals. The range of services and activities expected of and at museums is today broader, demanding increasingly diversified competence at a time when economic conditions for museums have not radically changed. Thus, pressure is put upon museums to strategically approach their competence needs, and to actively manage competence for the future, in order to secure long-term organisational goal achievement.&nbsp;
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This book addresses the lack of research on strategic management and development of museums by defining, mapping and discussing competence management practices, based on research and a comparative case study across four museums in Sweden. This book offers both museum practitioners, students and researchers an elaboration on both research on competence management and provision in general and how this is currently practiced in the museum sector, something which is largely overlooked in comprehensive museum management books.

Museums today are facing complex challenges due to changes in digital technologies, global migration and increasing demands as regards collaboration and societal relevance from principals. The range of services and activities expected of and at museums is today broader, demanding increasingly diversified competence at a time when economic conditions for museums have not radically changed. Thus, pressure is put upon museums to strategically approach their competence today, and to actively manage competence for the future, in order to secure long-term organisational goal achievement.&nbsp;
 
 This book addresses this lack of research on strategic management and development of museums by defining, mapping and discussing competence management practices, based on research and a comparative case study across four museums in Sweden. This book offers both museum practitioners, students and researchers an elaboration on both research on competence management and provision in general and how this is currently practiced in the museum sector, something which is largely overlooked in comprehensive museum management books.

Strategy and Organisational Development

Competence Management in Museums

Routledge Studies in Ecological Economics

This book analyses the rationale and the basic design of the European Union Emission Trading Scheme and discusses its workings during the first two trading periods and the initiation of the third phase, following a revision of the scheme. It offers a critical assessment of the EU ETS from a radical political economy standpoint.

This book analyses the rationale and the basic design of the European Union Emission Trading Scheme and discusses its workings during the first two trading periods and the initiation of the third phase, following a revision of the scheme. It offers a critical assessment of the EU ETS from a radical political economy standpoint.

The Political Economy of the European Union’s Emissions Trading System

Human Factors in Remote Ship Operations examines the psychological, ergonomic and cognitive challenges faced by remote ship operators as maritime navigation shifts from traditional crew experience to technology-driven remote monitoring and control.Readers will learn strategies to enhance human performance in remote maritime environments through case studies, best practices and design guidelines. The book delivers valuable insights into designing effective remote operations centres, enhancing situational awareness, addressing sensory input challenges and implementing appropriate training methodologies - all essential for ensuring safety and operational excellence in autonomous shipping.This comprehensive guide is written for maritime professionals, instructors, researchers and policymakers involved in the technological evolution of the maritime industry. It serves as a resource for maritime education and training institutions developing programmes for remote-control operators, as well as for professionals seeking to understand the human factors critical to the successful implementation of maritime autonomous surface ships (MASS).The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 International license.

Human Factors in Remote Ship Operations

An adoptive parent and historian delves into the differences of families made by law, not biology-- and shows us the deep value of those differences Adoption touches on some of our most vexing social questions, about race and sexuality, abortion rights, economic inequality, even foreign policy and global poverty. More than that, it prods us in tender places, reminding us of our own questions about belonging and separation, identity and alienation, our worries about what is determined by fate and what is freely choose. Blending personal memoir, history, and broader reflection on American culture, Ordinary Days and Tender Places offers a fresh take on adoption. As an historian and an adoptive parent, Bendroth takes seriously the criticisms and the personal pain many adoptees face, but she also invites readers to take a bigger view. This book asks us to turn the mirror on ourselves and consider the peculiarities of what we consider “normal” family life. In the end, our questions and controversies obscure a basic fact: raising children born to someone else is a time-honored human practice. In the past and in many cultures today, our modern American ideal, the two-parent biologically-related nuclear family, is an oddity. Within the long history of humanity our ideas about kinship and our beliefs about what constitutes a “normal” household are surprisingly narrow and, in the end, not all that helpful. Bendroth introduces readers to new ways of thinking about adoption, exploring the history of American families and children as well as fascinating findings by biologists and evolutionary anthropologists about kinship practices, genetics and inheritance, even motherhood itself. This is, in other words, a book about adoption and much more. It is an invitation to readers to reflect on their own lives, to think deeply about our human need to connect, to love, and belong.

How We Talk (and Don't Talk) About Adoption in America

Ordinary Days and Tender Places

Dieses Buch stellt das gesamte Spektrum der Anlageklasse Private Equity systematisch dar und bietet eine umfassende und zugleich kompakte Grundlage für dieses Wissensgebiet. Der inhaltli­che Schwerpunkt liegt zunächst auf der Erläuterung der wichtigsten Private-Equity-Investment­strategien wie Venture Capital, Growth Capital, Leveraged Buyouts, Distressed Assets und Mezzanine Finance. Darauf aufbauend werden unterschiedliche Zugangsmöglichkeiten zu der Anlageklasse, wie Investitionen in Private-Equity-Fonds, Fund-of-Funds-Strukturen sowie der Kauf von Aktien börsennotierter Private-Equity-Manager erklärt. Wichtige Zielgruppen sind Mitar­beiter institutioneller Investoren wie Pensionskassen und Vermögensverwaltungsgesellschaften, Mitarbeiter von Family Offices sowie vermögende Privatinvestoren, die überwiegend über Fonds­vehikel in die Anlageklasse investieren. Aufgrund seiner durchgehenden Systematik eignet sich das Buch jedoch auch als Lehrbuch im Hochschulstudium sowie als Nachschlagewerk für Invest­ment Professionals in der Private-Equity-Branche.Der Inhalt<ul><li>Einführung</li><li>Private-Equity-Direktbeteiligungen</li><li>Private Equity Fonds</li><li>Private Equity Dachfonds</li><li>Aktien börsennotierter Private-Equity-Manager als Anlagemöglichkeit</li><li>Gesamtwirtschaftliche Auswirkungen von Private Equity</li></ul>Die AutorenMehdi Mostowfi ist Professor für Finance an der Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissen­schaften (ZHAW). Er ist stellvertretender Leiter des Instituts für Financial Management und Leiter der Fachstelle Corporate Finance &amp; Capital Markets. Sein beruflicher Werdegang umfasst Tätig­keiten als Senior Investment Manager für Private-Equity-Investitionen bei der Deutschen Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft (DEG), als Investment Banker bei Morgan Stanley sowie als Berater bei McKinsey &amp; Company im Corporate Finance &amp; Strategy Practice.&nbsp;Fabian Danko ist Dozent und stellvertretender Leiter der Fachstelle Corporate Finance &amp; Capital Markets an der Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften (ZHAW). Fabian Danko hält einen Master of Arts in Accounting and Finance der Universität St. Gallen (HSG) und verfügt über mehr als 10 Jahre Erfahrung in den Bereichen M&amp;A und Private Equity. In seiner letzten Funktion bei einem Schweizer Private-Equity-Unternehmen war er für die Transaktionsstruktur sowie die finanzielle Due Diligence der Akquisitionen verantwortlich.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Dieses Buch deckt das gesamte Spektrum der Anlageklasse Private Equity systematisch ab und präsentiert eine methodisch-didaktische, umfassende und dennoch kompakte Grundlage für dieses Wissensgebiet. Die inhaltliche Zielsetzung des Buches besteht in der Vermittlung von wissenschaftlich fundiertem, in der Praxis gut verwertbarem Wissen auf dem Gebiet Direct Private Equity Investmentstrategien (Venture Capital, Growth Capital, Leveraged Buyouts, Distressed Assets und Mezzanine Finance), Private Equity Fonds (mit jeweiligem Fokus auf eine der Direct PE Investment Strategien) sowie auf Fund of Private Equity Funds (Primaries, Secondaries und Co-Investments). Nachdem sich die Zielgruppe des Buches neben Studierenden und Wissernschaftlern in erster Linie aus Mitarbeitern von institutionellen Investoren (von Pensionskassen, Vermögenswaltungsgesellschaften und Family Offices) und vermögenden Privatinvestoren bildet, die in der Regel über die Vehikel PE Fonds und PE Fund-of-Funds in diese Anlageklasse investieren, soll der Schwerpunkt des Buches auf der Darstellung dieser Anlageformen liegen. Neben einem grundlegenden Verständnis der Produkte/ Investitionsvehikel soll der Leser mit der grundsätzlichen Vorgehensweise bei ihrer Analyse und Bewertung vertraut gemacht und hierdurch unter anderem befähigt werden, selbstständig eine Due Diligence im Vorfeld einer Investition in Private Equity Fonds (oder Fund of Funds) durchzuführen. Für die Analyse und Prüfung von PE-Fonds ist jedoch ein gutes Verständnis der Direct PE Investmentstrategien unerlässlich. Daher wird im Anschluss an das Einführungskapitel (über PE als Anlageklasse) zunächst in diese Thematik (PE-Strategien, Bewertung von Direct PE-Investitionen und Exit-Strategien) eingeführt, bevor die Themen PE Fonds und PE Fund-of-Funds ausführlich behandelt werden. In Zusammenhang (und Abgrenzung) zu PE-Fonds wird das Buch auch auf neuere Alternative Anlageformen in Private Equity (wie zum Beispiel Crowd-Investing) eingehen. Des Weiteren ist das Buch unseres Wissens die erste Monografie, die über die genannten Anlageformen hinaus auch auf die Möglichkeit der Investition in börsennotierte Manager (als Alternative zu PE-Fondsinvestitionen) eingehen und deren Gemeinsamkeiten/Unterschiede zu Investitionen in (von den Managern verwalteten) Fonds herausstellen wird.&nbsp;

Private Equity Investments

„Organizations matter“ – kulturelle und künstlerische Wertschöpfung findet in der Moderne ihren Weg zu Publika, Rezipienten und Nutzern nicht mehr primär über private, elitäre Zirkel von Adel oder Klerus, sondern wird seit der Entfaltung bürgerlicher Öffentlichkeiten durch Kulturorganisationen vermittelt. Die Wahrnehmung und Nutzung von Kunst und Kultur ist seitdem primär das Resultat eines Organisationsprozesses, der von korporativen Akteuren – privatwirtschaftlichen Unternehmungen, öffentlichen und staatlichen Organisationen, gemeinnützigen Stiftungen – angeleitet wird und welcher durch seine immer stärke Ausrichtung am Markt sowohl neue Freiheiten aber auch Zwänge für Künstler einerseits und Nutzer andererseits geschaffen hat. Kulturorganisationen und ihr Personal bestimmen maßgeblich über die Produktion, Distribution und Rezeption von Kunst und Kultur. Sie legen z. B. die Kontexte und Orte ihrer Aufführung und Vermittlung fest, oder nehmen sogar Einfluss auf deren Pro-duktion und Nutzung/Re-Produktion, etwa durch die Einflussnahme auf künstlerische Wertschöpfung oder die Reklamation von Leistungsschutzrechten.

Die strategische Organisation von Kultur und Wandel

Kulturorganisationen (weiter-)entwickeln

This is the first comprehensive analysis of Southeast Asian globalization and development since 1870. Interpreting over 150 years of Southeast Asian economic history, Gregg Huff traces the impact of a first period of globalisation from the 1870s to 1929, the effects of Japanese occupation during World War II and its aftermath, and a second wave of globalisation since the late 1960s. He uses vent-for-surplus, dual economy and plural society concepts and argues that the response of those in Southeast Asia to periods of transport revolutions, innovation and opportunity in the world economy translated into rapid export-led growth. Recent swift growth enabled Southeast Asia to start to 'catch up' with the world's leading countries for the first time in its history. Achievements include industrialization, genuine social progress and numerous large urban regions. Nevertheless, the book contends that Southeast Asian development in its 'miracle economies' remains incomplete.

Trade, Globalization and Development since 1870

The Economic Growth of Southeast Asia

This book tackles pressing moral questions raised by legal rights-differentiation by citizenship status by drawing on the ethics of migration, citizenship, multiculturalism, refuge as well as on normative theories of law, territory, and settler colonialism.

Justice for Denizens

Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society

Interactions within the Virtualization Process of Life

Emotion, Embodiment and the Virtual World

Working Time, Knowledge Work and Post-Industrial Society

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