Hub-and-Spoke Cartels: Why They Form, How They Operate, and How to Prosecute Them by Joseph E. Harrington Jr.
English | November 16, 2021 | ISBN: 0262046202 | 302 pages | PDF | 4.48 Mb
The first comprehensive economic and legal analysis of hub-and-spoke cartels, with detailed case studies.

Grace Q. Zhang, "Elastic Language: How and Why We Stretch our Words"
English | 2015 | ISBN: 1107028442, 1108718914 | PDF | pages: 259 | 1.8 mb
Elastic language carries non-specific and stretchable meaning, as in 'He loves her, kind of'. It is used like a slingshot, targeting various strategic goals. Consolidating current research and charting new directions, this book develops a refreshing theory of elasticity, empirically attested by natural language data from tension-prone encounters between Australian Customs officers and passengers. The theory proposes three principles (fluidity, stretchability and strategy) and offers a systematic look at how elastic language, as a sliding scale, works to balance strengthening and weakening speech tones, to firm and soften a speaker's stance, and to reveal and evade the truth. The comparative analysis of forms, functions, and context confirms that elastic language is fluid, stretchable, and strategic. It serves both cooperative and competitive functions, and social and speech factors impact on its use. This book will appeal to students and researchers working in pragmatics, applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, and communication.

That's Why I'm The Soap Opera Writer by Matthew Grant
English | MP3@192 kbps | 37 min | 50.9 MB
Go behind the scenes of popular soap operaTo Live And Lovein this humorous short story in which the backstage drama is more intense than what happens in front of the camera.

Explorations in Marx's Theory of Price-Why Marx Is Still Relevant for Understanding the Modern Economy: Volume I: Money and Money Prices by Howard Nicholas
English | PDF,EPUB | 2023 | 327 Pages | ASIN : B0BRGVXMVZ | 4.6 MB
This book is the first volume in a three-volume series that takes an in-depth look at the relevance of Marx's economics for understanding the modern economy. The focus of this volume is the money prices of commodities. In light of the failure of central banks to stimulate inflation through printing of money, it is now accepted that there are problems with the mainstream approach to the explanation of prices. Howard Nicholas underlines the shortcomings of this and other approaches to the explanation of prices, particularly their concepts of the value of the commodity and money.

James C. Petersen D.Min. L.P.C., "Why Don't We Listen Better? Communicating & Connecting in Relationships 2nd Edition"
English | ISBN: 0979155959 | 2015 | 280 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
You can listen your way to better relationships. This often humorous book, loaded with practical tips, examples, and techniques, will bail you out of touchy situations. Dr. Jim Petersen's powerfully intuitive yet tongue-in-cheek Flat Brain Theory shows how and why we get upset and confused and what to do about it. We may think we're good listeners, but not many of us are. When others talk, we focus on what we think, rather than what they are trying to say. Few of us know how to use the power of listening to improve life for ourselves or those around us. Jim says that good communication uses the same skills in a professional office, on a date, in a corporate boardroom, or at a kitchen table. He discusses the need to abandon the win-lose mentality of the courtroom-like culture that so often puts us at odds with each other. Listen shows how to improve talking and listening skills using the Talker-Listener Card. This creative use of the;taking turns we learned as children can end arguing as we know it. He presents more than thirty time-tested listening techniques to help you deal with common communication land mines and listen your way to better relationships, from intimate to casual and work-related. Petersen's pièce de résistance, the inventive Talker-Listener Card is practical, easy to use and portable, a format that elevates idle banter and argument into the arena of authentic dialogue. When people use the card they help each other relax, think clearer and build empathy and cooperation. He includes chapters on using the Card to improve listening with couples, difficult groups and as a family dinner table game. It along with the book are great resources for counselors and counselees. Why Don't We Listen Better? presents other original easy-to-use tools and techniques to help people develop skills at what he calls come-alive communication. It is organized in short sections, labeled in the Table of Contents so you can immediately find the technique or idea you want to review. His insights will give you creative ways to handle both daily interactions and the difficult situations of anger, grief and conflict. This veteran counselor's unique approach to listening has changed lives. He distilled forty plus years of pastoral experience, counseling and teaching into this informal volume loaded with practical tips, examples, and techniques to practice. The informal manner that endears him to novices and experts alike is reflected in this valuable book for anyone who communicates with others.

Corporate Governance and Effectiveness: Why Companies Win or Lose By Dipak R. Basu, Victoria Miroshnik
2018 | 226 Pages | ISBN: 1138322644 | PDF | 2 MB
The book looks at the corporate management system and how it affects company performance. The main theme revolves around the notion that when a company valuesits workers and theirsatisfaction,that company can achieve success. The book is unique in its quantitative perspective and analysis and examines whether a corporate management system can be regarded as a source of a firm's competitive advantage by creating a sustainable competitive advantage and firm performance. The book examines how, in the context of Japanese multinational corporations (MNCs), corporate management can be part of an MNC's strategy in enhancing its capabilities, both in the home and abroad, in Japan and in Thailand. Also, it analyses the reason for the demise of two major Indian companies, Dunlop and Hindustan Motors in terms of their unsympathetic management systems.

A Seat at the Table: Congresswomen's Perspectives on Why Their Presence Matters By Kelly Dittmar, Kira Sanbonmatsu, Susan J. Carroll
2018 | 272 Pages | ISBN: 0190915722 | PDF | 8 MB
The presence of women in Congress is at an all-time high -- approximately one of every five members is female -- and record numbers of women are running for public office for the 2018 midterms. At the same time, Congress is more polarized than ever, and little research exists on how women inCongress view their experiences and contributions to American politics today. Drawing on personal interviews with over three-quarters of the women serving in the 114th Congress (2015-17), the authors analyze how these women navigate today's stark partisan divisions, and whether they feel effectivein their jobs. Through first-person perspectives, A Seat at the Table looks at what motivates these women's legislative priorities and behavior, details the ways in which women experience service within a male-dominated institution, and highlights why it matters that women sit in the nation'sfederal legislative chambers. It describes the strategies women employ to overcome any challenges they confront as well as the opportunities available to them. The book examines how gender interacts with political party, race and ethnicity, seniority, chamber, and district characteristics to shapewomen's representational influence and behavior, finding that party and race/ethnicity are the two most complicating factors to a singular narrative of women's congressional representation. While congresswomen's perspectives, experiences, and influence are neither uniform nor interchangeable, theystrongly believe their presence matters in myriad ways, affecting congressional culture, priorities, processes, debates, and outcomes.

Madeleine Kahn, "Why are We Reading Ovid's Handbook on Rape?: Teaching and Learning at a Women's College "
English | ISBN: 1594511020 | 2005 | 198 pages | EPUB | 371 KB
Why Are We Reading Ovid's Handbook on Rape? raises feminist issues in a way that reminds people why they matter. We eavesdrop on the vivid student characters in their hilarious, frustrating, and thought-provoking efforts to create strong and flexible selves against the background of representations of women in contemporary and classical Western literature. Young women working together in a group make surprising choices about what to learn, and how to go about learning it. Along the way they pose some provocative questions about how well traditional education serves women. Equally engaging is Kahn's own journey as she confronts questions that are fundamental to women, to teachers, to students and to parents: Why do we read? What can we teach? and What does gender have to do with it?

Martin Bulmer, "Why Do We Still Talk About Race? "
English | ISBN: 1138368873 | 2018 | 212 pages | EPUB | 1450 KB
The main objective of this edited collection is to provide an insight into key facets of contemporary research and scholarship on race and ethnicity. The various chapters were presented at a conference to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the international journal Ethnic and Racial Studies. Given this context, contributors reflect on the evolution of scholarship over the past five decades, and look forward to the range of issues that we shall need to research and understand more fully in the future. In doing so they both provide an overview of the shifting boundaries of the field of ethnic and racial studies and display an engagement with emerging fields of scholarship and research.

Jennifer Anderson-Meger, "Why Do I Need Research and Theory?: A Guide for Social Workers"
English | ISBN: 1138833363 | 2016 | 140 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
This book is based on the idea that social work as a profession can do better with advancing our mission if practitioners are knowledgeable, skilled, critical thinkers that use research to inform practice. This is a user-friendly, student directed book form to help students understand the connection between knowledge, social work research, and social work practice. This short text will support students in their research course by offering insights as to why research is important, how to help students understand how research affects their own future social work practice, how their beliefs impact successful learning, and practical tips for being successful in research.