Quick Review: Conflict of Laws (Sum and Substance: Quick Review Outline Series)

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This Quick Review provides clear and concise explanations of the issues surrounding the conflict of laws. Text provides an analytical and exam approach accompanied with the typical questions found on a conflict of laws exam. Includes multiple-choice questions and answers, practice essay questions and model answers, and Case Squibs.

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A scary subject was made understandable........2002-05-23

When I went to law school, I was told to avoid conflicts like the plague. This lecture series helped alleve (sp?) my fears. If you have an understanding of civil procedure, you can get the gist of this subject. The lecturer has a dead-pan voice that may turn off some listeners. Also, so many of the most exemplary cases involve out-of-state car fatalities and divorce cases, so be prepared to be depressed. Still, I found these tapes useful. I'm a little concerned that the professor could have added more material. Still, I found his lecture to be a valuable study aid.

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Quick Review, Conflict of Laws.
Thomas C. Fischer
Manufacturer: West Publishing
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000RV5QRE

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Quick review of conflict of laws
Thomas C Fischer
Manufacturer: New England School of Law
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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Malawi has recently come to the attention to global strategic planners. This report puts these executives on the fast track. Ten chapters provide: an overview of how to strategically access this important market, a discussion on economic fundamentals, marketing & distribution options, export and direct investment options, and full risk assessments (political, cultural, legal, human resources). Ample statistical benchmarks and comparative graphs are given.

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Excellent on Central Banks & Money Politics!.......2000-08-17

The Book gives an excellent comparative account of these important central banks, while covering with detail the macroeconomic intricacies of monetary policy decision making in these nations. It also includes a fascinating and detailed exposure of the historical developments in these cntral banks. A must for anyone trying to understand the current global central bank framework.

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Great simple book for beginners.......2002-12-05

This is a great book for anyone who wants to start a business in HAWAII that doesn't have much actual expriences. The book content is very simple and easy to follow. I like the pratical approach of the author. I would strongly recommend this book for those who want to get down to the points. If you don't like those book with fancy, complicate theories & concepts then this book is for you.

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This full-color, fun and easy-read presentation handbook will help the novice, and the veteran presenter, make more compelling and more professional presentations. Inside, you'll find cartoons that show you the right, and wrong, way to present to an audience.

"Do It Right in Front of an Audience" covers everything from what to do, what not to do, what to do differently with different sized audiences, how to annoy an audience, how to avoid being a jerk, and mnemonics and other dirty tricks to make sure your presentation is memorable.

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How to combine increased understanding with superior performance

A Solid Effort!

"Action learning to all cultures and all kinds of people."

A must-read for those interested in action learning

A stunning account of learning in action.

Action Learning in Action: Transforming Problems and People for World-Class Organizational Learning
Michael J. Marquardt
Manufacturer: Davies-Black Publishing
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Binding: Hardcover

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Used by companies as diverse as Exxon, General Electric, Arthur Andersen, and British Airways, action learning is a proven problem-solving strategy for individual, team, and organization development. In a unique blend of global examples and the personal voices of front-line managers, Marquardt provides field-tested tools to solve problems, develop individuals, and create organizational learning and success.

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How to combine increased understanding with superior performance.......2006-11-15

Michael Marquardt, defines action learning "is both a process and a powerful program that involves a small group of people solving real problems while at the same time focusing on what they are learning and how their learning can benefit each group member and the organization as a whole." The benefits of action learning include shared learning through all levels and areas of an organization, greater self-awareness and self-confidence for all involved because of their new insights and feedback interaction, improvement of their ability to ask better questions and to be more reflective, and improved communication and collaboration enterprise-wide.

How do task forces and quality circles differ from action learning groups? First, [they] tend to focus on the specific problem of task to be addressed rather than on identifying the organization wide, environmental, systemic elements in which the problem resides, and which also be affected if lasting change is to take place...Second, [task forces and quality circles] generally do not have the power or the expectation of taking action...Third [they] are charged with addressing a problem or improving a product or procedure; any learning that occurs is incidental." Marquardt suggests that action learning programs are built around six interactive components: a problem, the group, the questioning and reflection process, the commitment to taking action, the commitment to learning, and the facilitator. It is important to add, a "commitment to action" includes both identifying a given problem's causes and correcting it, and, then ensuring that the problem does occur again.

I wholly agree with Marquardt that each problem offers a valuable learning opportunity and important lessons can be learned from it. To Marquardt, problem solving and learning are not only related but interdependent. Albert Einstein is credited with the observation that insanity is doing the same thing the same way and then expecting different results.

As Marquardt explains in Chapter Thirteen, however, no all problems can be solved by action learning. For example, problems which are "unimportant, too simple, or too small...not real to the organization...beyond the authority or scope of responsibility of the given group...too large and complex...[and/or]offering little opportunity for learning or applying learning." Marquardt identifies ten of what he calls "pitfalls" in this chapter, any one of which can weaken action learning and make it less effective and less powerful. It is imperative to be fully aware of these perils before embarking on an action learning program.

For which organizations will action learning be of greatest value? Marquardt wrote his book for those which seek to simultaneously accomplish five critically important functions: "solving complex and key problems, developing leaders, creating the foundations for a learning organization, building self-directed and high-performing teams, and enhancing personal development and learning." Ultimately, decision-makers must develop action learning programs which work best for them...and that will not be easy. Marquardt explains how to do that and thereby makes ultimate success somewhat easier to achieve.

A Solid Effort!.......2001-02-16

Action Learning in Action Action learning has been around since the 1930s, but it can be used to improve organizations today. Michael J. Marquardt shows how. Basically, four to eight people work together to solve a problem, reflect on what they learn as they proceed and then implement their solution. Marquardt offers a clear step-by-step process and a few case histories. His focus on the original methodology may be a little heavy, but he aims to distinguish action-learning groups from multi-problem-oriented teams and work groups. The book is well organized, but if you already know about team building, leadership development and learning organizations, you'll be walking on familiar ground. That's why we at getAbstract.com recommend this book either to those who are so immersed in group learning that they find new nuance in everything in the field, or to those who are fresh to the subject, who will benefit particularly from the helpful charts, lists and illustrations.

"Action learning to all cultures and all kinds of people.".......2000-05-08

"It is the challenge of this book", M. Marquardt writes, "to provide a comprehensive overview of the true principles and successful practices of action learning as it has emerged on a worldwide basis...For many organizations around the world, action learning has quietly become one of the most powerful action-oriented, problem-solving tools, as well as their key approach to individual, team, and organization development. Organizations as diverse as Exxon, General Electric, TRW, Motorola, Arthur Andersen, General Motors, the U.S. Army, Marriott, and British Airways now use action learning for solving problems, developing global executives, identifying strategic competitive advantages, reducing operating costs, creating performance management systems, and becoming learning organizations."

In this context M. Marquardt :

* explores the context and history of action learning, illustrating why action learning is so important in today's world of rapid change and chaos.

* examines the six distinct interactive components (1.the problem, 2.the group, 3.questioning and reflective process, 4.the commitment to taking action, 5.the commitment to learning, 6.the facilitator.) that make action learning programs work effectively and thus be so valuable to organizations, teams, and individuals.

* describes the types of action learning programs, the possible roles of participants, and the life cycle of an action learning group.

* explores the five extraordinary, synchronous ways in which action learning can be applied :

1. problem solving

2. creating a learning organization

3. team building

4. leadership development

5. personal and career growth

* examines how action learning may need to be modified in work with multicultural or cross-cultural environments.

* explores the various options and choices that enable an organization to tailor action learning and thus gain optimum benefits from it.

* explores the key questions that an organization needs to ask relative to set advisors.

* identifies ten of the most common pitfalls and makes suggestions for avoiding them.

* examines group assessment of the action learning meetings as well as organizational evaluation of the overall action learning program.

As argued by Reg Revans, father of action learning, "the wisdom inherent in action learning is even more important in dealing with the rapid changes in today's world. And action learning can be used anywhere in the world. It is my hope that this book can bring the wisdom of action learning to all cultures and all kinds of people."

I highly recommend.

A must-read for those interested in action learning.......1999-03-31

This book captures the essence of action learning; lots of success stories; interesting perspectives from participants; very practical with all the how-to's needed to set up action learning programs

A stunning account of learning in action........1999-03-26

This book is a spectacular example of the finest kind of educational writing. Mr. Marquardt shows very clearly, how exactly action learning works, how it is in action. It truly shows the transformation of problems and people for world-class organizational learning. I'd recommend reading this book.

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Effective Selling Techniques 1.0.1
Gail Hill Williams
Manufacturer: Authorhouse
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Techniques | Sales & Selling | Marketing & Sales | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
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Consumer perception of credit insurance on retail purchases (Monograph - Credit Research Center ; no. 13)
Joel Huber
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This is the only scholarly study of this industry that I've

Excellent, but needs to be updated- the industry has moved o

Charismatic Capitalism: Direct Selling Organizations in America
Nicole Woolsey Biggart
Manufacturer: University Of Chicago Press
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Tupperware Home Parties, Shaklee Corporation, Amway, Mary Kay Cosmetics—theirs is an approach to business that violates many of the basic tenets of modern American commerce. Yet these direct selling organizations, fashioned by charismatic leaders and built upon devoted armies of door-to-door representatives, have grown to constitute an $8.5 billion a year industry and provide a livelihood for more than 5 million workers, the vast majority of them women.

The first full-scale study of this industry, Charismatic Capitalism, revises the standard contention that the rationalization of social institutions is an inevitable consequence of advanced capitalism. Nicole Woolsey Biggart argues instead that less rational organizations built on social networks may actually be more economically viable.

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This is the only scholarly study of this industry that I've.......1998-12-31

Just about all of the books that I've read about direct selling, multi-level marketing, etc. are either how to books, books expounding the glories of direct selling, books denouncing the evils of direct selling, or are biographies of the founders of a company. This is a scholarly and objective treatment of the industry. It explains quite well the positive and negative aspects of the industry and a number of major firms that have shaped it. I recommend it to anyone seriously interested in understanding the direct selling industry.

Excellent, but needs to be updated- the industry has moved o.......1998-06-17

The content lacks sample product marketing plan. A chapter describing how the major Direct Selling Organizations manage their business, ie. recruitment, buiseness plan presentation, pick up and distribution, the options and a sample conference presentation would have made the book more complete and practical.

Charismatic Capitalism: Direct Selling Organizations in America

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Charismatic Capitalism: Direct Selling Organizations in America
Nicole Woolsey Biggart
Manufacturer: University Of Chicago Press
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Binding: Paperback
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This book is a collection of papers by leading scholars whose research concerns economic transfers between generations. The issues addressed have great relevance to demographic issues, particularly the determination of fertility, to economic issues, including equity and growth, and to public policy, especially social security reform. Part I focuses on intergenerational features of the macroeconomy. Advances in the construct ion of generational accounts are described and used to examine how the magnitude and direction of intergenerational transfers influences demographic behaviour, the distribution of income and the accumulation of wealth. Studies presented in Part II consider the role of the state as a provider of economic security for the elderly. The authors draw on international experience and discuss many of the issues that must be confronted if efforts to reform public pension programs are to be successful. Part III considers the intergenerational behaviour of the family. The authors examine competing theories in both industrialized and developing country settings to consider how demographic change, the development of financial institutions, public policy and other economic forces influence the amount, form and timing of intergenerational transfers.

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As border barriers to international trade and investment continue to be reduced thanks to liberalisation efforts, "behind-the-border" barriers -- which are typically regulations aiming at achieving domestic objectives such as health, safety, environmen

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Guinea Bissau Business Law Handbook (World Investment and Business Guide Library)

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Guinea-Bissau Business Law Handbook
USA International Business Publications
Manufacturer: International Business Publications, USA
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This law handbook contains information on basic business legislation, laws and regulatoins affecting export-import, business, foreign investments, property rights, taxation and banking. (Updated annually)

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Guinea-Bissau Business Law Handbook
Emerging Markets Investment Center
Manufacturer: International Business Publications, USA
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This law handbook contains information on basic business legislation, laws and regulatoins affecting export-import, business, foreign investments, property rights, taxation and banking.

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