Author: Jeffrey Manber
Publisher: Apogee Books
ISBN: 9781926592084
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
For the first time the inside story of Russia's marketing of their space program to the West is chronicled by one who was there. The colourful tales are told, warts and all. How the door to Russia's long hidden space pro-gram was opened during the era of Soviet perestroika, the political struggle on the signing of the first contract between the Russians and NASA, the push to change space station Freedom into a co-operative venture, the willingness of the Russians to use free markets against the wishes of NASA and how the Russian space station Mir became a commercial platform, are all told in a relaxed and engaging style by the author, who is the only American ever to work within the Russian space program. The book chronicles the author's 14 year journey to use Russian assets to strengthen the American space program. Included is the behind-the-scenes of signing Dennis Tito, working with entertainment icons like James Cameron and Mark Burnett and the electrifying ride that was MirCorp. The book discusses the boycott organised by NASA to prevent MirCorp's success and the drama behind the world's only commercial manned expedition that sent two men to the Mirspace station for over two months, with no government funding. It is a tale of strong characters. Readers are given a front-row seat on the decade-long clash between the Russian chief Yuri Semenov and NASA's Dan Goldin, a paradoxical battle that saw the Russians embracing American open markets and NASA clinging to the Cold War model for space exploration.
Selling Peace
Author: Jeffrey Manber
Publisher: Apogee Books
ISBN: 9781926592084
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
For the first time the inside story of Russia's marketing of their space program to the West is chronicled by one who was there. The colourful tales are told, warts and all. How the door to Russia's long hidden space pro-gram was opened during the era of Soviet perestroika, the political struggle on the signing of the first contract between the Russians and NASA, the push to change space station Freedom into a co-operative venture, the willingness of the Russians to use free markets against the wishes of NASA and how the Russian space station Mir became a commercial platform, are all told in a relaxed and engaging style by the author, who is the only American ever to work within the Russian space program. The book chronicles the author's 14 year journey to use Russian assets to strengthen the American space program. Included is the behind-the-scenes of signing Dennis Tito, working with entertainment icons like James Cameron and Mark Burnett and the electrifying ride that was MirCorp. The book discusses the boycott organised by NASA to prevent MirCorp's success and the drama behind the world's only commercial manned expedition that sent two men to the Mirspace station for over two months, with no government funding. It is a tale of strong characters. Readers are given a front-row seat on the decade-long clash between the Russian chief Yuri Semenov and NASA's Dan Goldin, a paradoxical battle that saw the Russians embracing American open markets and NASA clinging to the Cold War model for space exploration.
Publisher: Apogee Books
ISBN: 9781926592084
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
For the first time the inside story of Russia's marketing of their space program to the West is chronicled by one who was there. The colourful tales are told, warts and all. How the door to Russia's long hidden space pro-gram was opened during the era of Soviet perestroika, the political struggle on the signing of the first contract between the Russians and NASA, the push to change space station Freedom into a co-operative venture, the willingness of the Russians to use free markets against the wishes of NASA and how the Russian space station Mir became a commercial platform, are all told in a relaxed and engaging style by the author, who is the only American ever to work within the Russian space program. The book chronicles the author's 14 year journey to use Russian assets to strengthen the American space program. Included is the behind-the-scenes of signing Dennis Tito, working with entertainment icons like James Cameron and Mark Burnett and the electrifying ride that was MirCorp. The book discusses the boycott organised by NASA to prevent MirCorp's success and the drama behind the world's only commercial manned expedition that sent two men to the Mirspace station for over two months, with no government funding. It is a tale of strong characters. Readers are given a front-row seat on the decade-long clash between the Russian chief Yuri Semenov and NASA's Dan Goldin, a paradoxical battle that saw the Russians embracing American open markets and NASA clinging to the Cold War model for space exploration.
Corruption and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding
Author: Dominik Zaum
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136635912
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
This edited volume explores and evaluates the roles of corruption in post-conflict peacebuilding. The problem of corruption has become increasingly important in war to peace transitions, eroding confidence in new democratic institutions, undermining economic development, diverting scarce public resources, and reducing the delivery of vital social services. Conflict-affected countries offer an ideal environment for pervasive corruption. Their weak administrative institutions and fragile legal and judicial systems mean that they lack the capacity to effectively investigate and punish corrupt behaviour. In addition, the sudden inflow of donor aid into post-conflict countries and the desire of peacebuilding actors (including the UN, the international financial institutions, aid agencies, and non-governmental organisations) to disburse these funds quickly, create incentives and opportunities for corruption. While corruption imposes costs and compromises on peacebuilding efforts, opportunities for exploiting public office can also be used to entice armed groups into signing peace agreements, thus stabilising post-war environments. This book explores the different functions of corruption both conceptually and through the lens of a wide range of case studies. It also examines the impact of key anti-corruption policies on peacebuilding environments. The dynamics that shape the relationship between corruption and the political and economic developments in post-conflict countries are complex. This analysis highlights that fighting corruption is only one of several important peacebuilding objectives, and that due consideration must be given to the specific social and political context in considering how a sustainable peace can be achieved. This book will be of great interest to students of peacekeeping and peacebuilding, criminology, political economy, war and conflict studies, international security and IR.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136635912
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
This edited volume explores and evaluates the roles of corruption in post-conflict peacebuilding. The problem of corruption has become increasingly important in war to peace transitions, eroding confidence in new democratic institutions, undermining economic development, diverting scarce public resources, and reducing the delivery of vital social services. Conflict-affected countries offer an ideal environment for pervasive corruption. Their weak administrative institutions and fragile legal and judicial systems mean that they lack the capacity to effectively investigate and punish corrupt behaviour. In addition, the sudden inflow of donor aid into post-conflict countries and the desire of peacebuilding actors (including the UN, the international financial institutions, aid agencies, and non-governmental organisations) to disburse these funds quickly, create incentives and opportunities for corruption. While corruption imposes costs and compromises on peacebuilding efforts, opportunities for exploiting public office can also be used to entice armed groups into signing peace agreements, thus stabilising post-war environments. This book explores the different functions of corruption both conceptually and through the lens of a wide range of case studies. It also examines the impact of key anti-corruption policies on peacebuilding environments. The dynamics that shape the relationship between corruption and the political and economic developments in post-conflict countries are complex. This analysis highlights that fighting corruption is only one of several important peacebuilding objectives, and that due consideration must be given to the specific social and political context in considering how a sustainable peace can be achieved. This book will be of great interest to students of peacekeeping and peacebuilding, criminology, political economy, war and conflict studies, international security and IR.
Selling War and Peace
Author: Jack Holland
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781108702171
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
"This book explores the foreign policy of the world's foremost military coalition towards the world's principal crisis; it analyses the discursive war of position that has taken place across the Anglosphere, which helped to sell war and peace in Syria. In its first half, the book considers the domestic situation in Syria, the role and history of the Anglosphere, and the importance of language for foreign policy's possibility. In the second half, the book analyses the foreign policy debates that have taken place within the Anglosphere coalition - the US, UK and Australia - since the onset of the Syrian Civil War in 2011. This analysis is structured chronologically in four phases, as the Syrian crisis evolved from a battle for democracy and human rights (2011-), through chemical weapons concerns (2012-), and counter-terrorism (2014-), to proxy war (2015-). The book argues that Anglosphere foreign policy ultimately perpetuated the Syrian Civil War through the production of an ends-means gap. Assad, backed by Russia, was left to grind out a slow, decimating victory, while the Anglosphere fixated on Islamic State"--
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781108702171
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
"This book explores the foreign policy of the world's foremost military coalition towards the world's principal crisis; it analyses the discursive war of position that has taken place across the Anglosphere, which helped to sell war and peace in Syria. In its first half, the book considers the domestic situation in Syria, the role and history of the Anglosphere, and the importance of language for foreign policy's possibility. In the second half, the book analyses the foreign policy debates that have taken place within the Anglosphere coalition - the US, UK and Australia - since the onset of the Syrian Civil War in 2011. This analysis is structured chronologically in four phases, as the Syrian crisis evolved from a battle for democracy and human rights (2011-), through chemical weapons concerns (2012-), and counter-terrorism (2014-), to proxy war (2015-). The book argues that Anglosphere foreign policy ultimately perpetuated the Syrian Civil War through the production of an ends-means gap. Assad, backed by Russia, was left to grind out a slow, decimating victory, while the Anglosphere fixated on Islamic State"--
The Anatomy of Peace
Author:
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1427087601
Category : Conflict management
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1427087601
Category : Conflict management
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Selling Righteously
Author: Michael P. Hamer
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1973626047
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
“Hamer clearly knows the business of selling. Rich with Scripture verses and biblical principles, this is a book that believers who are in sales will study and refer to often.” Bruce K. Bell, Ph.D., Associate Dean of Liberty University’s College of General Studies and former Dean of the School of Business “This is a must-read book for anyone who needs to improve their lot in life... because the greatest teachers sell education, the greatest preachers sell faith and the greatest parents sell their values on their children. Learn to sell from a master teacher who teaches the principles of the real Master Teacher!” Willie Jolley, Best Selling Author of A Setback Is A Setup For A Comeback and An Attitude of Excellence! “Selling requires a solid foundation of wisdom and knowledge. Author Michael P. Hamer taps into the world’s best source for sound information, the Bible, and connects us with that resource in a fresh way.” Jeff Arnette, Executive Producer & Host of The Arnette Report Selling Righteously is the first book that explains how to apply biblical wisdom to all aspects of selling: prospecting, questioning, presenting, closing, servicing, and handling objections. Anyone using this book to increase their income and improve their business relationships should be extremely satisfied. However, the primary reasons for Selling righteously revolve around accountability. Each of us must appear before the judgment seat of Christ to account for everything done. Everyone needs their accountability appearance to reap heavenly rewards. It makes the reasons for Selling Righteously heavenly. (2Corinthians 5:10) For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1973626047
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
“Hamer clearly knows the business of selling. Rich with Scripture verses and biblical principles, this is a book that believers who are in sales will study and refer to often.” Bruce K. Bell, Ph.D., Associate Dean of Liberty University’s College of General Studies and former Dean of the School of Business “This is a must-read book for anyone who needs to improve their lot in life... because the greatest teachers sell education, the greatest preachers sell faith and the greatest parents sell their values on their children. Learn to sell from a master teacher who teaches the principles of the real Master Teacher!” Willie Jolley, Best Selling Author of A Setback Is A Setup For A Comeback and An Attitude of Excellence! “Selling requires a solid foundation of wisdom and knowledge. Author Michael P. Hamer taps into the world’s best source for sound information, the Bible, and connects us with that resource in a fresh way.” Jeff Arnette, Executive Producer & Host of The Arnette Report Selling Righteously is the first book that explains how to apply biblical wisdom to all aspects of selling: prospecting, questioning, presenting, closing, servicing, and handling objections. Anyone using this book to increase their income and improve their business relationships should be extremely satisfied. However, the primary reasons for Selling righteously revolve around accountability. Each of us must appear before the judgment seat of Christ to account for everything done. Everyone needs their accountability appearance to reap heavenly rewards. It makes the reasons for Selling Righteously heavenly. (2Corinthians 5:10) For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.
Peace Love Yoga
Author: Andrea R. Jain
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0190888628
Category : Spirituality
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
"In Peace Love Yoga, Jain analyses growing spiritual industries and their coherence with neoliberal capitalism. "Personal growth," "self-care," and "transformation" are just some of the generative tropes in the narrative of these industries. Jain illuminates the power dynamics underlying what she calls neoliberal spirituality, illustrating how spiritual commodities are rooted in concerns about deviancy, not only in the form of low productivity but also forms of social deviancy. Jain, however, does not just offer one more voice bemoaning the commodification of spirituality as a numbing device through which consumers ignore the problems of neoliberal capitalism or as the corruption or loss of "authentic" religious forms. Instead, she asks what we should make of subversive spiritual discourses that call on adherents to think beyond the individual and even out into the environment, claims to counter the problems of unbridled capitalism with charitable giving or "conscious capitalism," challenges to the imperialism behind the appropriation and commodification of products from yoga to mindfulness, calls for women's empowerment, and efforts to greenwash commodities, making them more environmentally "friendly" or "sustainable." Rather than a mode through which consumers ignore, escape, or are numbed to the problems of neoliberal capitalism, many spiritual commodities, corporations, and entrepreneurs, Jain suggests, do actually acknowledge those problems and, in fact, subvert them; but they subvert them through mere gestures. From provocative taglines printed across t-shirts or packaging to calls for "conscious capitalism," commodification serves as a strategy through which subversion itself is contained"--
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0190888628
Category : Spirituality
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
"In Peace Love Yoga, Jain analyses growing spiritual industries and their coherence with neoliberal capitalism. "Personal growth," "self-care," and "transformation" are just some of the generative tropes in the narrative of these industries. Jain illuminates the power dynamics underlying what she calls neoliberal spirituality, illustrating how spiritual commodities are rooted in concerns about deviancy, not only in the form of low productivity but also forms of social deviancy. Jain, however, does not just offer one more voice bemoaning the commodification of spirituality as a numbing device through which consumers ignore the problems of neoliberal capitalism or as the corruption or loss of "authentic" religious forms. Instead, she asks what we should make of subversive spiritual discourses that call on adherents to think beyond the individual and even out into the environment, claims to counter the problems of unbridled capitalism with charitable giving or "conscious capitalism," challenges to the imperialism behind the appropriation and commodification of products from yoga to mindfulness, calls for women's empowerment, and efforts to greenwash commodities, making them more environmentally "friendly" or "sustainable." Rather than a mode through which consumers ignore, escape, or are numbed to the problems of neoliberal capitalism, many spiritual commodities, corporations, and entrepreneurs, Jain suggests, do actually acknowledge those problems and, in fact, subvert them; but they subvert them through mere gestures. From provocative taglines printed across t-shirts or packaging to calls for "conscious capitalism," commodification serves as a strategy through which subversion itself is contained"--
Advertising & Selling
THE CORRECT TRADITIONS OF AL'BUKHARI 1-4 VOL 2
Author: MUOHAMMAD BEN ISMAIL AL BUKHARI
Publisher: Dar Al Kotob Al Ilmiyah دار الكتب العلمية
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 1064
Book Description
إن أصح كتاب بعد كتاب الله تعالى هو كتاب صحيح الإمام البخاري حيث التزم في نقل أحاديثه التي أوردها فيه أعلى درجات الصحة واشترط لنقلها شروطا خاصة التزم بها وتلقته الأمة بالقبول . وقد اعتمد فيه طريقة الكتب والأبواب وقد أتى على مختلف الكتب الفقهية إضافة إلى غي
Publisher: Dar Al Kotob Al Ilmiyah دار الكتب العلمية
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 1064
Book Description
إن أصح كتاب بعد كتاب الله تعالى هو كتاب صحيح الإمام البخاري حيث التزم في نقل أحاديثه التي أوردها فيه أعلى درجات الصحة واشترط لنقلها شروطا خاصة التزم بها وتلقته الأمة بالقبول . وقد اعتمد فيه طريقة الكتب والأبواب وقد أتى على مختلف الكتب الفقهية إضافة إلى غي
Scientific Selling
Author: Nancy Martini
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118239601
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
Sales managers have the most difficult job in the business world. They are responsible not just for revenue, but also for the hiring, coaching, training, and deployment of the employees who must generate it. Before the advancements that inspired Scientific Selling, sales managers had few tools to help them succeed at these disparate yet essential tasks. Today, however, the scientific approaches described in this book allow sales managers to more effectively measure, refine, and improve every aspect of the sales environment. Using easily-understood examples, graphics, charts, and explanations, Scientific Selling describes how to: Predictably improve sales results. Attract and retain top sales performers. Sharply decrease employee turnover. Spend sales training dollars more wisely. Better target sales coaching efforts. Move into consultative selling more quickly. And much more. Scientific Selling features over a dozen case studies illustrating exactly how scientific measurement and testing have improved sales performance within different kinds of sales groups inside multiple industries.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118239601
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
Sales managers have the most difficult job in the business world. They are responsible not just for revenue, but also for the hiring, coaching, training, and deployment of the employees who must generate it. Before the advancements that inspired Scientific Selling, sales managers had few tools to help them succeed at these disparate yet essential tasks. Today, however, the scientific approaches described in this book allow sales managers to more effectively measure, refine, and improve every aspect of the sales environment. Using easily-understood examples, graphics, charts, and explanations, Scientific Selling describes how to: Predictably improve sales results. Attract and retain top sales performers. Sharply decrease employee turnover. Spend sales training dollars more wisely. Better target sales coaching efforts. Move into consultative selling more quickly. And much more. Scientific Selling features over a dozen case studies illustrating exactly how scientific measurement and testing have improved sales performance within different kinds of sales groups inside multiple industries.
Sales
Author: Daniel L. Keating
Publisher: Aspen Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 768
Book Description
Daniel Keating's Sales: A Systems Approach provides an interactive approach for UCC Article 2 Sales of Goods courses that includes clear textual explanations, interesting class-discussion problems, and formative assessment questions that allow students to test their mastery of key concepts throughout the course. Emphasizing the institutions and the mechanisms that participants use in the marketplace to conduct transactions, Daniel Keating’s “Systems Approach” provides a functional perspective of Articles 2 and 2A of the Uniform Commercial Code in practice. Comprehensive, problem-based coverage encompasses the domestic sale of goods, real estate sales, leases, and international sales. Thoughtful problems for students incorporate insights from this distinguished author’s interviews with leading figures in commerce as well as from actual sales forms and documents. News stories further illustrate, in real-world examples, how the system works in practice. Organized by Assignments, this engaging casebook lends flexibility in teaching and course design. New to the Eighth Edition: More than 200 multiple-choice poll questions (added to the Teacher's Manual) that are tied to selected casebook problems for instructors to use during class and/or to make available to students as formative assessment questions outside of class in addition to the more than 100 formative assessment questions already included within the casebook itself Textual material that analyzes the 2022 Amendments to Article 2 and their effect on hybrid transactions, the statute of frauds, and the parol evidence rule Problems on whether Article 2 covers the sale of Bitcoin, whether the lack of an engine immobilizer anti-theft device in certain Kia and Hyundai cars is a breach of the implied warranty of merchantability, and whether the pandemic should qualify as an excuse under UCC section 2-615 Fourteen new primary cases, including Williams v. Amazon, Inc. (E.D. Pa. 2021) (analyzing breach of implied warranty of fitness for a particular purpose claim against Amazon for sale of a henna tattoo kit); Velez v. RM Acquisition, LLC (N.D. Ill. 2023) (discussing whether a GPS system for truck drivers qualifies as a consumer product under the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act); and Jet Experts, LLC v. Asian Pacific Aviation Ltd. (S.D.N.Y. 2022) (determining whether sale of a used corporate jet qualifies for specific performance remedy). Professors and students will benefit from: Problem method forces students to engage in the most productive level of learning during classroom time: applying the law to new facts. In-depth Teacher’s Manual enables instructor to be well-equipped to guide students through the problems. An author who is always happy to interact directly and on short notice with casebook adopters by phone or email regarding any questions on any material in the book. Concise text explains the law clearly so that students can successfully answer the problems for class. Extensive interviews with various players in the sales system give the material a real-world relevance that students particularly appreciate. More than 100 multiple-choice assessment questions with detailed explanations help students measure and clarify their understanding of the material as they go along, consistent with the requirements of ABA Standard 314 on the need for formative assessment tools in the law school curriculum.
Publisher: Aspen Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 768
Book Description
Daniel Keating's Sales: A Systems Approach provides an interactive approach for UCC Article 2 Sales of Goods courses that includes clear textual explanations, interesting class-discussion problems, and formative assessment questions that allow students to test their mastery of key concepts throughout the course. Emphasizing the institutions and the mechanisms that participants use in the marketplace to conduct transactions, Daniel Keating’s “Systems Approach” provides a functional perspective of Articles 2 and 2A of the Uniform Commercial Code in practice. Comprehensive, problem-based coverage encompasses the domestic sale of goods, real estate sales, leases, and international sales. Thoughtful problems for students incorporate insights from this distinguished author’s interviews with leading figures in commerce as well as from actual sales forms and documents. News stories further illustrate, in real-world examples, how the system works in practice. Organized by Assignments, this engaging casebook lends flexibility in teaching and course design. New to the Eighth Edition: More than 200 multiple-choice poll questions (added to the Teacher's Manual) that are tied to selected casebook problems for instructors to use during class and/or to make available to students as formative assessment questions outside of class in addition to the more than 100 formative assessment questions already included within the casebook itself Textual material that analyzes the 2022 Amendments to Article 2 and their effect on hybrid transactions, the statute of frauds, and the parol evidence rule Problems on whether Article 2 covers the sale of Bitcoin, whether the lack of an engine immobilizer anti-theft device in certain Kia and Hyundai cars is a breach of the implied warranty of merchantability, and whether the pandemic should qualify as an excuse under UCC section 2-615 Fourteen new primary cases, including Williams v. Amazon, Inc. (E.D. Pa. 2021) (analyzing breach of implied warranty of fitness for a particular purpose claim against Amazon for sale of a henna tattoo kit); Velez v. RM Acquisition, LLC (N.D. Ill. 2023) (discussing whether a GPS system for truck drivers qualifies as a consumer product under the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act); and Jet Experts, LLC v. Asian Pacific Aviation Ltd. (S.D.N.Y. 2022) (determining whether sale of a used corporate jet qualifies for specific performance remedy). Professors and students will benefit from: Problem method forces students to engage in the most productive level of learning during classroom time: applying the law to new facts. In-depth Teacher’s Manual enables instructor to be well-equipped to guide students through the problems. An author who is always happy to interact directly and on short notice with casebook adopters by phone or email regarding any questions on any material in the book. Concise text explains the law clearly so that students can successfully answer the problems for class. Extensive interviews with various players in the sales system give the material a real-world relevance that students particularly appreciate. More than 100 multiple-choice assessment questions with detailed explanations help students measure and clarify their understanding of the material as they go along, consistent with the requirements of ABA Standard 314 on the need for formative assessment tools in the law school curriculum.