Все книги издательства «Cambridge University Press»

Strategic Management of Innovation and Design	Cambridge University Press
Автор: Pascal Le Masson Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 2010	PDF, 488 страниц, 14.64 МБ 7 Оценка:
There is now widespread agreement that innovation holds the key to future economic and social prosperity in developed countries. Experts studying contemporary capitalism also agree that the battle against unemployment and relocations can only be won through innovation. But what kind of innovation is required and what is the best way to manage, steer and organize it? Grounded on experiences of innovative firms and based on the most recent design theories, this book argues that instead of relying on traditional R&D and project management techniques, the strategic management of innovation must be based on innovative design activities. It analyses and explains new management principles and techniques that deal with these activities, including innovation fields, lineages, C-K (Concept-Knowledge) diagrams and design spaces. The book is ideal for advanced courses in innovation management in industrial design schools, business schools, engineering schools, as well as managers looking to improve their practice.
1769 najma891 22 апреля 2014	Скачать книгу

Strategic Risk Management Practice	Cambridge University Press
Автор: Torben Juul Andersen Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 2010	PDF, 268 страниц, 8.04 МБ 7 Оценка:
At a time when corporate scandals and major financial failures dominate newspaper headlines, the importance of good risk management practices has never been more obvious. The absence or mismanagement of such practices can have devastating effects on exposed organizations and the wider economy (Barings Bank, Enron, Lehmann Brothers, Northern Rock, to name but a few). Today's organizations and corporate leaders must learn the lessons of such failures by developing practices to deal effectively with risk. This book is an important step towards this end. Written from a European perspective, it brings together ideas, concepts and practices developed in various risk markets and academic fields to provide a much-needed overview of different approaches to risk management. It critiques prevailing enterprise risk management frameworks (ERMs) and proposes a suitable alternative. Combining academic rigour and practical experience, this is an important resource for graduate students and professionals concerned with strategic risk management.
972 elkameneva 23 декабря 2012	Скачать книгу

A Student's Guide to Data and Error Analysis	Cambridge University Press
Автор: Herman J.C. Berendsen Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 2011	PDF, 238 страниц, 7.14 МБ 7 Оценка:
All students taking laboratory courses within the physical sciences and engineering will benefit from this book, whilst researchers will find it an invaluable reference. This concise, practical guide brings the reader up-to-speed on the proper handling and presentation of scientific data and its inaccuracies. It covers all the vital topics with practical guidelines, computer programs (in Python), and recipes for handling experimental errors and reporting experimental data. In addition to the essentials, it also provides further background material for advanced readers who want to understand how the methods work. Plenty of examples, exercises and solutions are provided to aid and test understanding, whilst useful data, tables and formulas are compiled in a handy section for easy reference.
863 meshugger 20 сентября 2016	Скачать книгу

A Student's Guide to Equity and Trusts	Cambridge University Press
Автор: Bray Judith Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 2012	PDF, 388 страниц, 11.64 МБ 7 Оценка:
This engaging introduction explores the key principles of equity and trusts law and offers students effective learning features. By covering the essentials of each topic, it ensures students have the foundations for successful further study. The law is made relevant to current practice through chapters that define and explain key legal principles. Examples and exercises set the law in context and make the subject interesting and dynamic by showing how these rules apply in real life. Key facts sections and summaries help students remember the crucial points of each topic and practical exercises offer students the opportunity to apply the law. Exploring clearly and concisely the subject's key principles, this should be every equity student's first port of call.
1408 vampir 06 мая 2015	Скачать книгу

Perspectives on Pedagogical Grammar	Cambridge University Press
Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 1994	DjVu, 352 страницы, 14.08 МБ 5 Оценка:
The author brings together authorities from worldwide to update current theory and research in pedagogical grammar. In the paperback edition, Professor Odlin brings together eleven authorities from various parts of the world to update current theory and research in pedagogical grammar. The first section addresses grammatical analysis, covering Chomskyan Universal Grammar and a number of alternative models. The second section shows how lexicon and discourse rules interact with and influence the grammatical system. A final section deals directly with applications, outlining effective methods of teaching grammar in different areas of the language curriculum.
1266 anarho 21 июля 2009	Скачать книгу

The Origins of Nationalism: An Alternative History from Ancient Rome to Early Modern Germany	Cambridge University Press
Автор: Hirschi Caspar Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 2011	PDF, 253 страницы, 7.59 МБ 5 Оценка:
In this wide-ranging work, Caspar Hirschi offers new perspectives on the origins of nationalism and the formation of European nations. Based on extensive study of written and visual sources dating from the ancient to the early modern period, the author re-integrates the history of pre-modern Europe into the study of nationalism, describing it as an unintended and unavoidable consequence of the legacy of Roman imperialism in the Middle Ages. Hirschi identifies the earliest nationalists among Renaissance humanists, exploring their public roles and ambitions to offer new insight into the history of political scholarship in Europe and arguing that their adoption of ancient role models produced massive contradictions between their self-image and political function. This book demonstrates that only through understanding the development of the politics, scholarship and art of pre-modern Europe can we fully grasp the global power of nationalism in a modern political context.
918 nezabydka 16 мая 2014	Скачать книгу

The Past and Future of Central Bank Cooperation	Cambridge University Press
Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 2011	PDF, 260 страниц, 7.80 МБ 8 Оценка:
This book explores the past and future of central bank cooperation. In today's global economy, the cooperation between central banks is a key element in maintaining or restoring monetary and financial stability, thereby ensuring a smooth functioning of the international financial system. In this book, economists, historians, and political scientists look back at the experience of central bank cooperation during the past century — at its goals, nature, and processes and at its successes and failures — and draw lessons for the future. Particular attention is devoted to the role played by central bank cooperation in the formulation of minimum capital standards for internationally active banks (the Basel Capital Accord, Basel II), and in the process of European monetary unification and the introduction of the Euro.
943 admin 14 сентября 2016	Скачать книгу

On Space and Time	Cambridge University Press
Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 2012	PDF, 303 страницы, 9.09 МБ 5 Оценка:
This book gets to the heart of science by asking a fundamental question about its essence: what is the true nature of space and time? Both defy modern physics, and scientists find themselves continually searching for answers. This unique volume brings together world leaders in cosmology, particle physics, quantum gravity, mathematics, philosophy and theology, to provide fresh insights into the deep structure of space and time. In an attempt to understand the question, subjects ranging from dark matter to the philosophical and theological implications of spacetime are covered, ensuring that the issue is thoroughly explored. Interesting and thought-provoking answers provide a well-rounded read.
1100 eugeny 16 марта 2015	Скачать книгу

One Language, Two Grammars?	Cambridge University Press
Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 2010	DOC, 486 страниц, 1.00 МБ 0 Оценка:
It is well known that British and American English differ substantially in their pronunciation and vocabulary — but differences in their grammar have largely been underestimated. This volume focuses on British-American differences in the structure of words and sentences and supports them with computer-aided studies of large text collections. Present-day as well as earlier forms of the two varieties are included in the analyses. This makes it the first book-length treatment of British and American English grammar in contrast, with topics ranging from compound verbs to word order differences and tag questions. The authors explore some of the better-known contrasts, as well as a great variety of innovative themes that have so far received little or no consideration. Bringing together the work of a team of leading scholars in the field, this book will be of interest to those working within the fields of English historical linguistics, language variation and change, and dialectology.
1762 ser034 20 декабря 2012	Скачать книгу

Old English: A Linguistic Introduction	Cambridge University Press
Автор: Jeremy J. Smith Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 2009	PDF, 212 страниц, 6.36 МБ 5 Оценка:
Old English provides a clear linguistic introduction to English between the 5th century and the Norman invasion in 1066. Tailored to suit the needs of individual course modules, it assumes no prior knowledge of the subject, and presents the basic facts in a straightforward manner, making it the ideal beginners' text. Students are guided step-by-step through the main characteristics and developments of English during that period, aided by concise chapter summaries, suggestions for further reading, and a comprehensive glossary. Each chapter is accompanied by an engaging set of exercises and discussion questions based on authentic Anglo-Saxon texts, encouraging students to consolidate their learning, and providing essential self-study material. The book is accompanied by a companion website, featuring solutions to the exercises and useful additional resources. Providing essential knowledge and skills for those embarking on the study of Old English, it is set to become the leading introduction to the subject.
768 likaang 22 апреля 2013	Скачать книгу

Oligarchy	Cambridge University Press
Автор: Jeffrey A. Winters Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 2011	PDF, 344 страницы, 10.32 МБ 0 Оценка:
For centuries, oligarchs were viewed as empowered by wealth, an idea muddled by elite theory early in the twentieth century. The common thread for oligarchs across history is that wealth defines them, empowers them and inherently exposes them to threats. The existential motive of all oligarchs is wealth defense. How they respond varies with the threats they confront, including how directly involved they are in supplying the coercion underlying all property claims and whether they act separately or collectively. These variations yield four types of oligarchy: warring, ruling, sultanistic and civil. Moreover, the rule of law problem in many societies is a matter of taming oligarchs. Cases studied in this book include the United States, ancient Athens and Rome, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, medieval Venice and Siena, mafia commissions in the United States and Italy, feuding Appalachian families and early chiefs cum oligarchs dating from 2300 BCE.
1248 alex1984 15 мая 2014	Скачать книгу

Normative Jurisprudence	Cambridge University Press
Автор: West Robin Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 2011	PDF, 220 страниц, 6.60 МБ 8 Оценка:
Normative Jurisprudence aims to reinvigorate normative legal scholarship that both criticizes positive law and suggests reforms for it, on the basis of stated moral values and legalistic ideals. It looks sequentially and in detail at the three major traditions in jurisprudence natural law, legal positivism, and critical legal studies that have in the past provided philosophical foundations for just such normative scholarship. Over the last fifty years or so, all of these traditions, although for different reasons, have taken a number of different turns toward empirical analysis, conceptual analysis, or Foucaultian critique and away from straightforward normative criticism. As a result, normative legal scholarship scholarship that is aimed at criticism and reform is now lacking a foundation in jurisprudential thought. The book criticizes those developments and suggests a return, albeit with different and in many ways larger challenges, to this traditional understanding of the purpose of legal scholarship.
798 admin 16 апреля 2015	Скачать книгу

New Horizons in the Study of Language and Mind	Cambridge University Press
Автор: Chomsky Noam Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 2000	PDF, 250 страниц, 7.50 МБ 8 Оценка:
New Horizons in the Study of Language and Mind is an outstanding contribution to the philosophical study of language and mind, by one of the most influential thinkers of our time. In a series of penetrating essays, Chomsky cuts through the confusion and prejudice which has infected the study of language and mind, bringing new solutions to traditional philosophical puzzles and fresh perspectives on issues of general interest, ranging from the mind-body problem to the unification of science. Using a range of imaginative and deceptively simple linguistic analyses, Chomsky defends the view that knowledge of language is internal to the human mind. He argues that a proper study of language must deal with this mental construct. According to Chomsky, therefore, human language is a 'biological object' and should be analyzed using the methodology of the sciences. His examples and analyses come together in New Horizons in the Study of Language and Mind to give a unique and compelling perspective on language and the mind.
902 admin 7 декабря 2009	Скачать книгу

The New Knighthood	Cambridge University Press
Автор: Barber Malcolm Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 2012	PDF, 464 страницы, 13.92 МБ 0 Оценка:
The Order of the Temple, founded in 1119 to protect pilgrims around Jerusalem, developed into one of the most influential corporations in the medieval world. It has retained its hold on the modern imagination thanks to the dramatic events of the Templars' trial and abolition two hundred years later, and has been invoked in historical mysteries from masonic conspiracy to the survival of the Turin shroud. Malcolm Barber's lucid narrative separates myth from history in this full and detailed account of the Order, from its origins, flourishing and suppression to the Templars' historic afterlife.
1684 biomg 27 сентября 2017	Скачать книгу

Neutralization	Cambridge University Press
Автор: Silverman Daniel Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 2012	PDF, 236 страниц, 7.08 МБ 0 Оценка:
The function of language is to transmit information from speakers to listeners. This book investigates an aspect of linguistic sound patterning that has traditionally been assumed to interfere with this function — neutralization, a conditioned limitation on the distribution of a language's contrastive values. The book provides in-depth, nuanced and critical analyses of many theoretical approaches to neutralization in phonology and argues for a strictly functional characterization of the term: neutralizing alternations are only function-negative to the extent that they derive homophones, and most surprisingly, neutralization is often function-positive, by serving as an aid to parsing. Daniel Silverman encourages the reader to challenge received notions by carefully considering these functional consequences of neutralization. The book includes a glossary, discussion points and lists of further reading to help advanced phonology students consolidate the main ideas and findings on neutralization.
856 goa14 18 июня 2014	Скачать книгу

Introducing Language Typology	Cambridge University Press
Автор: Moravcsik A. Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 2013	PDF, 320 страниц, 9.60 МБ 8 Оценка:
Language typology identifies similarities and differences between languages of the world. This textbook provides an introduction to the subject which assumes minimal prior knowledge of linguistics. It offers the broadest coverage of any introductory book, with sections on historical change, language acquisition and language processing. Students will become familiar with the subject by working through numerous examples of cross-linguistic generalizations and diversity in syntax, morphology and phonology as well as vocabulary, writing systems and signed languages. Chapter previews and summaries, key words, a glossary and copious literature references help the reader understand and internalize what they have read, while activities at the end of each chapter reinforce key points.
1162 admin 20 декабря 2015	Скачать книгу

The Theory of Proportion in Architecture	Cambridge University Press
Автор: Scholfield P.H. Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 2011	PDF, 170 страниц, 5.10 МБ 8 Оценка:
A building cannot be good to look at if it is unplanned, with its parts totally unrelated to one another; but on the other hand if the arrangement is too regular it becomes boring and dull. The object of architectural proportion is to strike the balance between these extremes, creating an interesting visible order by the repetition of similar shapes. In this book, first published in 1958, Mr Scholfield deals with the history of the theory of proportion, and in doing so develops his own positive theory, which reconciles the apparent contradictions of rival systems and serves as a key to historical understanding. Even when he is dealing with complex themes, Mr Scholfield's exposition can be followed by the uninitiated reader. Those already interested in architecture and the visual arts will certainly want the book; and those who are not will find, on reading it, that their interest is stimulated.
616 admin 15 июня 2013	Скачать книгу

Images of English: A Cultural History of the Language	Cambridge University Press
Автор: Richard W. Bailey Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 2009	PDF, 344 страницы, 10.32 МБ 0 Оценка:
Images of English was the first book to focus exclusively on opinions about the language as they have evolved through time. Through the use of abundant quotations, Richard Bailey lets voices from the past speak to our present assumptions and challenges the notion of English triumphalism throughout the world and the ages. The book offers a unique historical perspective on attitudes towards the language. We see that journalists who fill anxious columns on slow news-days with fulminations on linguistic deterioration are embellishing centuries of complaint; that women who campaign for a language free of patriarchy and suited to themselves express a yearning first conveyed long ago; that teachers who recommend the vigour of Anglo-Saxon words are sustaining an idea that emerged four hundred years ago in notions about racial purity.
1247 alex1984 15 июня 2011	Скачать книгу

Human Rights, State Compliance, and Social Change	Cambridge University Press
Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 2012	PDF, 364 страницы, 10.92 МБ 0 Оценка:
National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) — human rights commissions and ombudsmen — have gained recognition as a possible missing link in the transmission and implementation of international human rights norms at the domestic level. They are also increasingly accepted as important participants in global and regional forums where international norms are produced. By collecting innovative work from experts spanning international law, political science, sociology and human rights practice, this book critically examines the significance of this relatively new class of organizations. It focuses, in particular, on the prospects of these institutions to effectuate state compliance and social change. Consideration is given to the role of NHRIs in delegitimizing — though sometimes legitimizing — governments' poor human rights records and in mobilizing — though sometimes demobilizing — civil society actors. The volume underscores the broader implications of such cross-cutting research for scholarship and practice in the fields of human rights and global affairs in general.
1321 schwarzfs 19 февраля 2014	Скачать книгу

An Humble Supplication to Her Majestie	Cambridge University Press
Автор: Southwell Robert Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 2011	PDF, 106 страниц, 3.18 МБ 0 Оценка:
This 1953 text presents the story of an appeal made by priest and poet Robert Southwell, who dared to address himself in writing to Queen Elizabeth I, to plead with her how unfair her proclamation of October 1591 against the Roman Catholics was. Southwell had spent 10 years at Douay and Rome preparing himself to be a member of the Jesuit mission in England. Five years into this, the Queen's proclamation of 1591 was issued, and Southwell's Humble Supplication was immediately written. He intended, it seems, to print it — 'hoping that among so many as shall peruse this short and true relation of our troubles, God will touch some merciful heart to let your Highness understand the extremity of them'. But he was captured in June 1592, and all that remained for him then, as he must have known, was imprisonment, torture and the scaffold.
384 kaktotak 28 июля 2012	Скачать книгу

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