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The idea of self-regulation as an instrument capable of mitigating socially undesirable practices in industries - such as corruption, environmental degradation, or the violation of human rights - is receiving substantial consideration in theory and practice. By approaching this phenomenon with the theory of the New Institutional Economics, Jan Sammeck develops an analytical approach that points out the critical mechanisms which decide about the effectiveness of this instrument. By integrating theory with practical examples of self-regulation, this study highlights the necessity to look at the institutional incentives of an industry, in order to come to a sound judgement about the feasibility and effectiveness of this instrument in a given situation.
This book traces the process through which authors like Spenser, Shakespeare, and Milton adapted, rewrote, or resisted romance, mapping a world in which new cross-cultural contacts and religious conflicts demanded a rethinking of some of the most fundamental terms of early modern identity.
This books covers new aspects of location strategies and site selection through globalization. It elaborates real estate specific requirements to the planning and analysis process of industrial corporations in an international environment. It explains methods relevant for professionals in the field and discusses in detail an extensive list of site selection criterias. The book is built on existing and broadly recognized research and accelerates this know-how in an real reastate and international context. The challenges for location strategies as well as management alternatives for practitioners are shown and explained through practical examples.
10 % des deutschen Bruttoinlandsproduktes werden für Baumaßnahmen verwendet, mehr als 4 % der gesamten Wertschöpfung in Deutschland werden vom Baugewerbe erbracht. Das Werk enthält eine Sammlung von Beiträgen zu aktuellen Themen der Bau- und Immobilienwirtschaft, verfasst von namhaften Spezialisten der diversen Fachdisziplinen.Der interessierte Bautätige bekommt so einen vielschichtigen Einblick in die wesentlichen gegenwärtig diskutierten Entwicklungen in diesem Wirtschaftsbereich.
Building Information Modelling, BIM, stellt eine neue Arbeitsweise in der Kooperation, der Steuerung und dem Management von Bauprojekten dar. Multimodelle erhöhen die Qualität des koordinierten Zusammenarbeitens durch die Vernetzung der Informationen um eine weitere Größenordnung. Das Buch zeigt anhand von zwei realen Projekten, wie diese Methoden eingesetzt werden können und welche Werkzeuge hierzu nötig sind. Band 2 geht zunächst auf die Anwendung von BIM und Multimodellen in der Baustelleneinrichtungsplanung ein und zeigt auf, wie diese neue Arbeitsmethode neue Perspektiven auch für die Montage- und Logistiksimulation bietet und wie aus den verlinkten Informationen mit wenigen Sch...
Life-Cycle and Sustainability of Civil Infrastructure Systems contains the lectures and papers presented at the Third International Symposium on Life-Cycle Civil Engineering (IALCCE 2012) held in one of Vienna‘s most famous venues, the Hofburg Palace, October 3rd-6th, 2012. This volume consists of a book of extended abstracts (516 pp) and a DVD-ROM
Abstracts of journal articles, books, essays, exhibition catalogs, dissertations, and exhibition reviews. The scope of ARTbibliographies Modern extends from artists and movements beginning with Impressionism in the late 19th century, up to the most recent works and trends in the late 20th century. Photography is covered from its invention in 1839 to the present. A particular emphasis is placed upon adding new and lesser-known artists and on the coverage of foreign-language literature. Approximately 13,000 new entries are added each year. Published with title LOMA from 1969-1971.