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Acquisitions: How to Expand, Extend and Defend Your Business (Entrepreneur's Guide Series)
Sharon L. Blanding Manufacturer: Probus Professional Pub ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1557382026 |
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I know how to find this book if you want one.......1999-07-12
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ACQUISITIONS how to Expand, extend and Defend Your Business
Sharon L. Blanding Manufacturer: Probus Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000NQ65FU |
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Essays on Capital and Interest: An Austrian Perspective
Israel M. Kirzner Manufacturer: Edward Elgar Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1858984076 |
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Implicit Dimensions of Contract: Discrete, Relational, and Network Contracts (International Studies in the Theory of Private Law)
Manufacturer: Hart Publishing (UK) ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1841133493 |
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This collection of essays, derived from an international workshop, explores the significance of implicit understandings and tacit expectations of the parties to different kinds of contractual agreements, ranging from simple discrete transactions to long-term associational agreements such as those formed in companies. An interdisciplinary and comparative approach is used to investigate how the law comprehends and gives effect to the these implicit dimensions of contracts. The significance of this enquiry is found not only in relation to the interpretation of contracts in many different contexts, but more fundamentally in how social practices involved in making contracts should be analysed and comprehended.
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Principles of Farm Irrigation System Design
Larry G. James Manufacturer: Krieger Publishing Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items: ASIN: 0894648020 |
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This text develops the principles of irrigation and farm irrigation system design in the context of their relationship to plant science, soil science, and fluid mechanics. Consideration of related material is worked into the text only as it is needed to develop an in-depth understanding of irrigation systems, a classroom-tested approach that improves student motivation and comprehension. The text describes the design of irrigation systems and the roles of the designer and landowner in the process, and covers all current irrigation practices as well as the components, layout, technical, and economic aspects of various systems and methods.
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James: Solutions Manual for Principles of Farm Irrigation System Design (Pr Only)
LG JAMES Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons Inc ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0471839779 |
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The Organization of Cell Metabolism: Proceedings of a NATO ARW held in Hanstholm, Denmark, September 4, 1985 (Nato Science Series: A:)
Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0306425548 |
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Architectural Electromagnetic Shielding Handbook: A Design and Specification Guide
Leland H. Hemming Manufacturer: Wiley-IEEE Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0780360249 |
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The first volume ever to cover all aspects of the subject, Architectural Electromagnetic Shielding Handbook provides the practicing architect/engineer with a comprehensive guide to electromagnetic shielding. This practical handbook is a one-stop source for every form of shielding enclosure now used in commercial and government test laboratories, communication and computer centers, and electromagnetic hardened facilities designed to prevent electromagnetic interference (EMI) from reaching either a sensitive piece of equipment or an unauthorized agency.Additional features include:
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Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Statistical Mechanics: Continuous Systems (Mathematical Physics Studies)
D.Y. Petrina Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 079233258X |
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This monograph is devoted to the study of equilibrium and nonequilibrium states of infinite continuous systems in quantum statistical mechanics. The states of these systems are described by infinite sequences of statistical operators (reduced density matrices) or Green's functions which satisfy the infinite hierarchy of integro-differential equations. The investigation of these equations and constructing their solutions is the main subject of this work. Model systems in the theories of superconductivity and superfluidity and other exactly solvable models are studied in detail. This volume will be of interest to mathematical and theoretical physicists and applied mathematicians interested in quantum statistical mechanics.
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Swapping Lives
Jane Green Manufacturer: Viking Adult ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items: ASIN: 0670034800 |
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The New York Times bestselling author of The Other Woman returns with a wry tale of two women who discover the grass is not always greener on the other side of the AtlanticOn the other side of the Atlantic, Amber Winslow has a stone mansion in Connecticut, two kids (and a full-time nanny), the requisite golden retriever, and a busy charitable commitment for the local Women's League. But she hasn't quite found the fulfillment she had expected from being a wife and mother. When she spots an intriguing contest in Poise!, Amber never expects to be picked.
Life Swap is a riotous and poignant look at what happens when two women, both of whom think their bliss lies elsewhere, walk in each other's shoes for a month only to discover that happiness is closer than they'd ever thought. A rich, clever, and sharply observed chronicle of the true lives of women, Life Swap is a must read for the modern mademoiselle that will again squarely position Jane Green in a preeminent place in women's fiction.
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Swapping Lives
Jane Green Manufacturer: Penguin Audio ProductGroup: Book Binding: Audio Cassette ASIN: B000GXBO8I |
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The V.M.I. Civil War Dictionary
Victor L. Dupras , and Dennis V. Dupras Manufacturer: 1stBooks Library ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1585003026 |
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A Free Nation Deep in Debt: The Financial Roots of Democracy
James Macdonald Manufacturer: Princeton University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0691126321 |
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For the greater part of recorded history the most successful and powerful states were autocracies; yet now the world is increasingly dominated by democracies. In A Free Nation Deep in Debt, James Macdonald provides a novel answer for how and why this political transformation occurred. The pressures of war finance led ancient states to store up treasure; and treasure accumulation invariably favored autocratic states. But when the art of public borrowing was developed by the city-states of medieval Italy as a democratic alternative to the treasure chest, the balance of power tipped. From that point on, the pressures of war favored states with the greatest public creditworthiness; and the most creditworthy states were invariably those in which the people who provided the money also controlled the government. Democracy had found a secret weapon and the era of the citizen creditor was born. Macdonald unfolds this tale in a sweeping history that starts in biblical times, passes via medieval Italy to the wars and revolutions of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and ends with the great bond drives that financed the two world wars.
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Macdonald's argument starts with the fiscal stress associated with having to raise huge amount of funds in preparation for warfare. In such situation, raising taxes is impractical. Often tax rates would have had to double or treble to raise adequate funds to finance wars throughout history. A government can?t do that without causing a revolution. Often what states and government did before the advent of well developed public bond markets was to mine their grounds (or grounds of conquered territories) for mineral riches (gold and silver). The states would then hoard these gold reserves as funds available for a rainy day (war). But, as Macdonald points out this treasure hoarding was most inefficient from an economic standpoint.
Public debt markets became a much preferred alternative to treasure hoarding for financing wars. This was true for several reasons. Treasure hoarding represented a huge amount of wasted capital not reinvested in the economy where it could have generated rapidly rising living standards for society at large. Bond financing (public debt) was so much more flexible a tool for war financing than an ongoing tasking treasure hoarding mechanism.
Comparing two countries, one being a bond borrower, the other a treasure hoarder, one could readily observe that the bond borrower economy would grow much faster, and that it would have an easier time to finance wars when and as needed. Typically, you run out of gold reserve faster than you run out of a state's borrowing capacity.
But, for a public debt market to thrive you need democratic institutions. In democracies, the motivation of the government and its citizen are aligned. This facilitates a trust between the creditors (citizens) and the borrower (the government). As a result, democratic governments can borrow more and at a lower interest costs then other governments. In other words, the creditors of a democratic government assess a lower credit and counterparty risk to a democratic government, and therefore demand a lower risk premium (lower interest rates). This is Macdonald's main argument. Therefore, he concludes that the pressure to create public credit markets to finance wars was an impetus to create public debt markets and in turn to develop democratic institutions.
Macdonald's theory is so current. Today, it is self evident that the countries who have the most transparent disclosure, integer accounting system, accountable governance associated with democracies can borrow at a substantially lower cost than others.
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Precalculus: Concepts in Context (with Graphing Calculator Manual, BCA/iLrn Tutorial, and InfoTrac®)
Judy Flagg Moran , Marsha Davis , and Mary Murphy Manufacturer: Brooks Cole ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0534362400 |
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Moran/Davis/Murphy's text implements a modern approach to teaching precalculus by heavily emphasizing contexts in which mathematics can be used to solve real-world problems, and through active involvement of the student in the learning process. Students are asked to answer questions and discover ideas throughout the body of the text, and to explore mathematical concepts in group lab projects. It employs a lively, fun writing style to communicate concepts to students in a way that can be easily understood. Graphing utilities are thoroughly integrated into the text, and their use is required. Users and reviewers have given this text high acclaim for its fresh applications, projects, and wonderful use of the discovery approach.
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Graphing Calculator Manual for Precalculus: Concepts in Context
Marsha Jane Davis Manufacturer: Thomson Brooks/Cole ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 0534378226 |
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Advantage Series: Precalculus: Concepts in Context (with Graphing Calculator Manual and BCA/iLrn Tutorial)
Judy Flagg Moran , Marsha Davis , and Mary Murphy Manufacturer: Brooks Cole ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 053442208X |
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Precalculus: Concepts in Context With Graphing Calculator Manual
Judy Flagg Moran , Marsha Davis , and Mary Murphy Manufacturer: Brooks/Cole Pub Co ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0534462693 |
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Plastics Recycling As a Future Business Opportunity: Proceedings (Recycling Pas III Conference May 1988)
Manufacturer: Technomic Publishing Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0877626421 |
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Plastics Recycling As a Future Business Opportunity: Proceedings/Technology Exchange Program
PLASTICS INSTIT Manufacturer: Technomic Pub Co ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0877625107 |
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Plastics Recycling As a Future Business Opportunity: Proceedings Technology Exchange Program May 23-24, 1990 at the Mayflower Hotel Washington, D.C.
Manufacturer: Technomic Publishing Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0877627975 |
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Plastics Recycling As a Future Business Opportunity: Proceedings Technology Exchange Program Recyclingplas IV Conference
Manufacturer: Technomic Publishing Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0877627215 |
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Recyclingplas II Conference: Plastics Recycling As a Future Business Opportunity (Proceedings of the Technology Exchange Program)
PLASTICS INSTIT Manufacturer: Technomic Pub Co ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0877625751 |
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Recyclingplas Vi-Conference: Plastics Recycling As a Future Business Opportunity : Proceedings Technology Exchange Program : May 22-23, 1991 at the
Manufacturer: Technomic Publishing Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0877628912 |
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