The Violence of Green Revolution: Third World Agriculture, Ecology and Politics

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Set in the context of a sophisticated critique of the privileged epistemological position oachieved by modern science, whereby it both aspires to provide technological solutions for social and political problems while at the same time disclaiming responsibility for the new problems which it creates in its wake, the author looks to the future in an analysis of the new project to apply the latest Gene Revolution technology to India and warns of the further environmental and social damage which will ensue.

The Violence of the Green Revolution: Third World Agriculture, Ecology and Politics.: An article from: Pacific Affairs

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The Violence of the Green Revolution: Third World Agriculture, Ecology and Politics.: An article from: Pacific Affairs
Murray J. Leaf
Manufacturer: University of British Columbia
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B00092LD7S
Release Date: 2005-07-28

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This digital document is an article from Pacific Affairs, published by University of British Columbia on March 22, 1994. The length of the article is 612 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The Violence of the Green Revolution: Third World Agriculture, Ecology and Politics.
Author: Murray J. Leaf
Publication: Pacific Affairs (Refereed)
Date: March 22, 1994
Publisher: University of British Columbia
Volume: v67 Issue: n1 Page: p133(2)

Article Type: Book Review

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How will the private sector react to different governmental policies? What policies will produce the most desirable outcomes? These two volumes bring together major contributions to a new theory of macroeconomic policy that analyzes which policies are credible or politically feasible, topics that are central to the practical policy debate but that traditional theory cannot address.

Instead of looking at policy as an end product, the contributors approach policy as an ongoing process of revised goals, changes in tactics, and political pressures. They consider what kinds of incentives, within different institutional settings, drive policymaking and the behavior of policymakers. This approach allows more informed answers to questions of which policies are credible and which are politically feasible. It explains why certain monetary and fiscal policies get implemented, and provides insights into situations that occur repeatedly in macroeconomic policy such as the bias toward government deficits, partisan competition, and central bank independence.

Volume 1 examines problems of policy credibility caused by incentives to deviate from announced policy. Volume 2 looks at feasibility problems caused by political pressures generated by the electoral process, the politics of the public debt, issues of the redistribution of wealth, and conflict over the need for economic reforms. Sections are arranged so that the first chapter introduces a topic while those that follow expand on it. The editors provide substantial introductions to each volume as well as short comments at the beginning of each section within the volumes.

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Now in its tenth edition, Management Consulting 1999 provides invaluable job-search advice for the prospective management consultant. Harvard Business School graduates, students, and faculty reveal firsthand insights into the industry, describe what a consultant's work is really like, outline current industry trends, and offer guidelines for approaching the case-study interview. Also included are profiles of well-known consulting firms, a mailing list of recruiting contacts, and a selective bibliography of relevant books and directories compiled by the Harvard Business School Career Resources librarian.

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Nothing new.......1999-05-28

Sorry, but i was disappointed. this book is just a cut-and-paste from all these firm's websites and recruiting brochures. There's nothing new here. I though other guides like the VaultReports guide on Consulting was a much better insider's look at the top consulting firms.

This book helped me find the companies that worked for me.......1998-11-18

Quite simply, this book is an excellent review of the big vs. small, strategy vs. operations, and US vs. international consulting firms. It is the true source for consulting firm information.

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California, Canada And Free Trade: A Guidebook For California Business

Manufacturer: Diane Pub Co
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1568069316

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California, Canada, and free trade: A guidebook for California business
Yvonne D'Angela
Manufacturer: The Commission
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B0006EWH74

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This book is for every job candidate who thinks "Do you have any questions for me?" marks the end of an interview. In the author's view, it marks the beginning of the last and perhaps most important interview phase - a phase so important that failing to prepare properly for it can undo all your hard work, including providing great answers to tough questions! It's your moment to shine - to show off the depth and breadth of your research, to remind the interviewer of how perfectly your credentials fit the job description, and to actually ask for the job! From what to ask, when to ask it, and the kind of answers to expect, this book gives every candidate, from first-timers to seasoned pros, the practical information and advice they need to ace the entire interview and get their dream job. No questions? No way!

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Valuable quick guide for job search.......2006-12-19

Quick read, easy book, good advice. The best part the the book are the list of words that can help you describe yourself. I also liked the "Get the best deal" chapter that lists all the fringe benefits one can and should ask for when relocating or making sure that proper severance package is in place...

Excellent Book!.......2005-03-10

This is an excellent book, and provides an easy to read format with questions listed in bold throughout the book. There is no "quick reference" sheet of questions, though there is an appendix which lists questions in the back of the book (on p. 169).

The author seems to be from a sales background, and lists many questions more suitable for sales. In particular, some of the questions seem to be quite bold and forward; you may want to skip some of these. To his credit, these questions are clearly marked.

The book breaks questions down into three general areas: questions to ask yourself (before the interview), questions to ask a prescreener (an HR person), and questions to ask the hiring manager. Most of the book is spent on the latter two.

This book also describes how to do research on a company - so you know what questions to ask. Resources are described in detail, and how to get them.

Highly Recommended!.......2004-05-20

Career development expert Ron Fry focuses on how to prepare for a job interview and how to conduct yourself during the interview. While he covers some of the same ground he's covered in some of his other books and as well as the territory in other career books, such as What Color Is Your Parachute, Fry focuses helpfully on a critical job-finding skill - asking the right questions during your job interview. He tells you how to respond when the interviewer asks you, "Do you have any questions?", because your response indicates your level of interest in the job. Besides listing questions to ask or to modify to meet your own circumstances, Fry provides helpful preparatory questions you should ask yourself to clarify what kind of job you really want. We recommend this book to job seekers at the middle or lower management level. By the time you get to the executive suite, you'll know what else to ask.

It's not your answers, but your questions.......2004-03-27

This book does a great job of helping you ask the questions that will get you a job. As a training manager, who trains managers and executives on how to interview, I feel I am qualified to say this book works.

I know we look for people who can ask the right question. This book is a wonderful resource once you get the interview. This leaves us with the question, "How do you get an interview?" Simple, know the type of job you want and pursue it, if you do not know what type of job you want you may want to read the classic, "How to find your dream job and make it a reality." By Jason McClure.

Read this book, and learn how to ask questions for your job interview.

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Citing a potential economic infusion of hundreds of billions of additional dollars in charitable contributions, money manager Claude Rosenberg Jr. offers people of all wealth levels a practical guideline for determining a comfortably affordable donation.

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The benefits of following the advice in Wealthy and Wise........1999-10-30

"I was so impressed with Wealthy and Wise that I suggested my 19-year old daughter read it. What better introduction to life's responsibilities and the utility of money? My wife heard our discussions and we put Mr. Rosenberg's ideas to work. Recently diagnosed and successfully treated for cancer, she was amazed at the current anti-nausea drugs. However such drugs are expensive and can put a real drain on a less fortunate family. My wife's oncologist thought that funds to assist in such situations were really needed. Our brand new family foundation wrote that check recently and we feel great! I thank Claude Rosenberg for such a wonderful book."

Wealthy & wise: how you and America can get the most out of your giving through "newtithing.".: An article from: Fund Raising Management

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Wealthy & wise: how you and America can get the most out of your giving through "newtithing.".: An article from: Fund Raising Management
Claude, Jr. Rosenberg
Manufacturer: Hoke Communications, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from Fund Raising Management, published by Hoke Communications, Inc. on December 1, 1998. The length of the article is 4401 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: Americans can employ the newtithing technique to make charitable donations without compromising their financial security. Newtithing means determining affordable charitable contributions based on annual surplus income and the market value of investment assets after debt. The five steps of newtithing are determining surplus income, determining discretionary funds, evaluating available assets, computing the costs of potential donations and determining the advantages of donations. Guidelines for newtithing and selecting nonprofit organizations to give to are discussed.

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Title: Wealthy & wise: how you and America can get the most out of your giving through "newtithing.".
Author: Claude, Jr. Rosenberg
Publication: Fund Raising Management (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 1, 1998
Publisher: Hoke Communications, Inc.
Volume: 29 Issue: 10 Page: 28(6)

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Wealthy and Wise, How You and America Can Get the Most Out of Your Giving

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Wealthy and Wise, How You and America Can Get the Most Out of Your Giving
Claude, Jr. Rosenberg
Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OUBK8C

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For 150 years, Corning Incorporated has repeatedly succeeded in their quest to create new products for an ever-changing marketplace. Corning and the Craft of Innovation is the story of the extraordinary research and development strategy that propelled this company to its leadership position in leading-edge technologies for the new world economy. Since its founding in the mid-nineteenth century, Corning has placed a premium on research and development in tandem with an unending spirit of innovation. Corning's innovations made possible such essential items as light bulbs, television, Pyrex, catalytic converters for cars, and high-speed telecommunications through fiber optics. Most impressive is Corning's evolution into a highly innovative producer of specialty materials. In its early days, Corning developed specialty glass for use in railroad signal lenses that had to withstand the rigors of high and low temperatures; and developed its high speed Ribbon Machine--still used today--to produce glass envelopes for light bulbs more quickly and efficiently than anyone else. Today Corning leads the world in fiber optics and is a premier provider of cable and photonic products. In 1999 Wired magazine nominated Corning for its coveted Wired Index, confirming Corning's astonishing staying power as a leading-edge company. Corning and the Craft of Innovation examines how Corning fostered a culture of innovation while showing extraordinary patience in backing long-term projects. The book illustrates how a pattern of deliberate, regular, and profitable innovation begun 150 years ago, has put Corning at the vanguard of leading-edge technologies for the fastest-growing markets of the global marketplace. It will be essential reading for anyone interested in strategic management, innovation, science and technology or knowledge management.

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A Good Read!.......2002-04-02

When you hire a corporate biographer, the result should be thorough, imbued with inside knowledge and, perhaps, a bit flattering. And so is this book, which was commissioned by Corning in conjunction with the firm's sesquicentennial celebration. As the title suggests, the focus of the book is on the innovational nature of the company and how Corning has capitalized on its creativity through flexible strategic responses to changing market demands. Although the corporate origins of the book cast doubts on its objectivity, we from getAbstract recommend Corning and the Craft of Innovation as an interesting case study in the management of a company that lives and dies with innovation.

Linear recount of Corning's R&D.......2001-07-18

A very exhaustive book, no doubt. In the extent of the material covered and in the feelings it generates. An early reference to innovation as a non-linear phenomenon does not apply to the book where a rigid timeline approach is applied throughtout. Few general conclusions are drawn so this one is strictly for those interested in extensive details of Corning's history. A few nuggest here and there that may apply to established technology companies focusing today on development over research.

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Corning & the Craft of Innovation

Manufacturer: Diane pub.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 0756769000

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For 150 years, Corning Inc. has created new products for an ever-changing marketplace. This is the story of the R&D strategy that propelled this co. to its leadership position in cutting-edge technologies. Corning's innovations made possible essential items such as light bulbs, TV, Pyrex, catalytic converters for cars, & high-speed telecomm. through fiber optics. In its early days, Corning developed specialty glass for use in railroad signal lenses & glass envelopes for light bulbs. Today Corning leads the world in fiber optics & is a premier provider of cable & photonic products. This book shows how a pattern of innovation begun 150 years ago has put Corning at the vanguard of leading-edge technologies for the fastest-growing global markets. Illustrated.

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Corning & the Craft of Innovation
Margaret B Graham
Manufacturer: OXFORD UNIV + PRESS
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000N75KO6

The Generations of Corning the Life and Times of a Global Corporation and Corning and the Craft of Innovation ( Two Book set)

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The Generations of Corning the Life and Times of a Global Corporation and Corning and the Craft of Innovation ( Two Book set)
Davis; Gross, Daniel; Graham, Margaret; shuldiner, Alec Dyer
Manufacturer: Oxford Univ Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000LF72FU

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Goes beyond the basics

More than a simple branding book -- high impact

"Brandscendence" Explores Branding

A great new way to make sense of brands and branding

A must read

Brandscendence: Three Essential Elements of Enduring Brands
Kevin Clark
Manufacturer: Kaplan Business
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Binding: Hardcover

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Release Date: 2004-09-01

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""Brandscendence""- the fusion of ""brand"" and ""transcendence"" -brands that go beyond ordinary limits.

World-class commercial brands such as BMW, Coke, Disney, General Electric, and IBM, and even not-for-profit institutions such as the Red Cross, are on the journey to ""brandscendence."" They have enduring reasons for being yet adapt to changing circumstances and evolve over time.

In Brandscendence, author Kevin Clark uses success stories and case studies to illustrate his theory on the 3 essential elements enduring brands must manage:

* Relevance. The organization's or product's enduring relevance to the customer.

* Context. The context in which the brand must adapt to cultural shifts or changing economic needs of customers over time.

* Mutual benefit. The turbocharged customer relationships that result from stakeholders' perceived mutual benefit, which create goodwill to nurture future interactions-crucial in times of crisis.

Compare and contrast BMW and the Red Cross. BMW has a recognizable phrase that captures the essence of its brand-""The Ultimate Driving Machine""-an expression about innovative personal mobility and technology leadership. The Red Cross is known around the world for providing help in emergencies and disasters to people in need without regard to borders-you might say it's ""The Ultimate Disaster Relief Experience."" Both brands endure because they manage the 3 essential elements so well.

Brandscendence studies the broader role of branding and, through what Clark dubs BrandNext™, its strategic applications for the future. Chapters include industry sector analysis with exciting collaborative input from some the country's foremost experts in business and academia who study marketing and branding.

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Goes beyond the basics.......2004-09-09

This book not only covers the basics of branding but goes beyond the fundamentals to look at where branding is going in the future. It's filled with many interesting examples and looks at branding and business from many different perspectives. If you want to learn both the fundamentals and then more this book is for you.

More than a simple branding book -- high impact.......2004-09-09

In a world on edge -- now comes a book deceptively simple, a personal conversation about branding. Brandscendence's meta-message: only the brand stands. In a hyper-world, the "code" of select brands live, endure and beckon us forward. Interestingly, Brandscendence can be read as a decoder. Why do certain activities in brands lift organizations to new futures? How can one person use it as a blueprint to maximize personal impact? More intriguing, as snap-communicating and globalizing speed crucial, global decisions: what if Kevin Clark's clean observations are tools internalized not just by marketers, but also by long-term thinkers and brand-makers in government, religion, business, politics, public service, education, entertainment? CREATING positive brandscendences in any of those areas could lift where 6 billion of us arrive in the poly-possible future.

"Brandscendence" Explores Branding.......2004-09-08

Kevin Clark has developed a deep knowledge and understanding of successful brands and shares this with the reader in Brandscendence". He thoroughly explores the subject with an easy reading approach which will keep the reader's attention and provide a lasting reference for anyone involved or interested in the subject of branding.

A great new way to make sense of brands and branding.......2004-09-07

This has got to be one of the finest tutorials - primers - that exists to fundamentally guide one through the process of developing, building, and maintaining a brand. You can find it all in one place from a world-class expert in the business of brand husbandry. If you or your company's future depends on establishing a positive, powerful image for your customers, this is the book for you. It will give you a much broader perspective of brands.

A must read.......2004-09-07

I was one of the reviewers of this book, so note that I may be biased. Branding requires consistent definitions, frameworks, research, and disciplined processeses, but still creativity, intuition, emotional and right brain holistic skills are absolutely essential to brand success. As a matter of fact they are the more significant and more scarce resources in creating and sustaining brands. Kevin is a master of branding, and in this book he vividly and eloquently explains branding with a rich and diversified set of examples, personal and professional experiences, and many insightful observations. While other excellent books provide frameworks on how to build brands, this book fills-in the blocks and ties them all together very nicely into a coherent model. This is an excellent introduction for any executive that needs a solid understanding of branding in order to make decisions about branding or how to best leverage and comply with an existing organization's brand. From my perspective, a must read!

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This book examines how Japan has changed its economic relationship with East Asia since the mid 1990's by looking at its commitments to import relief, regional financial and industrial transformations, and regionalism. While the Japanese government has taken proactive initiatives to sustain the sound development of the regional economies, it has become more strategic in preserving its interests in the rapid industrial transformation. The book includes valuable information about Japan's trade remedy measures, Sino-Japan relations, and regional integration in East Asia.

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Chita Oblast Investment & Business Guide (Russian Regional Investment & Business Guides)
USA International Business Publications
Manufacturer: International Business Publications, USA
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Library Binding
ASIN: 0739729632

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This investment and business guide contains basic information on economy, business & investment climate and opportunities in the region, as well as information on selected export-import, business and investment opportunities, including, export-import, industrial development, banking & finance, government and business contacts. The guide also provides listing and contact information for major industrial, trade, service and other companies in the region, as well as information on selected export-import, business and investment opportunities.

Chita Oblast Regional Investment and Business Guide (World Spy Guide Library)

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Chita Oblast Regional Investment and Business Guide (World Spy Guide Library)

Manufacturer: Intl Business Pubns USA
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