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Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 224 Seiten) , ill

ISBN: 9781849805315

Serie: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive

Inhalt: 1. The significance of globalization to American higher education / D. Bruce Johnstone -- 2. The realities of mass higher education in a globalized world / Phillip G. Altbach -- 3. Higher education crossing borders : programs and providers on the move / Jane Knight -- 4. International research collaborations / Elizabeth D. Capaldi -- 5. Offering domestic degrees outside the United States : one university's experiences over the past decade / Mark S. Kamlet -- 6. Creating successful study abroad experiences / M. Peter McPherson and Margaret Heisel -- 7. Creating an international experience on the domestic campus / Kathleen M. Waldron -- 8. The centrality of faculty to a more globally oriented campus / Patti McGill Peterson -- 9. Internationalizing the scholarly experience of faculty / Diana Bartelli Carlin -- 10. Bringing international students to campus : who, what, when, where, why and how? / Charles E. Phelps -- 11. Reinventing higher education in a global society : a perspective from abroad / Gowher Rizvi and Peter S. Horn -- 12. American higher education in an increasingly globalized world : the way ahead / D. Bruce Johnstone

Inhalt: Higher education functions in a global environment of consumers, employees, competitors, and partners. It has been a force for globalization and a model for adaptation, but nonetheless faces challenges. This volume of essays examines emerging issues and opportunities for advancing education across borders

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Weitere Ausg.: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781848447523

Sprache: Englisch

Fachgebiete: Allgemeines

Schlagwort(e): Globalisierung ; Hochschulbildung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung

DOI: 10.4337/9781849805315

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Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 352 p) , ill

ISBN: 9781849803526

Serie: Elgar original reference

Inhalt: Nonprofit organizations are arguably the fastest growing and most dynamic part of modern market economies in democratic countries. This Handbook explores the frontiers of knowledge at the intersection of economics and the management of these entities. The authors review the role, structure and behavior of private, nonprofit organizations as economic units and their participation in markets and systems of public service delivery, assess the implications of this knowledge for the efficient management of nonprofit organizations and the formulation of effective public policy, and identify cutting edge questions for future research

Inhalt: Introduction: the frontiers of economics and nonprofit management research. / Bruce A. Seaman and Dennis R. Young -- Income diversification / Cyril F. Chang and Howard P. Tuckman -- Revenue interactions: crowding out, crowding in, or either? / Daniel Tinkelman -- Distribution policies of private foundations / Richard Sansing -- Capital formation / Robert J. Yetman -- Asset composition / Woods Bowman -- Collaboration versus competition in the third sector / Renée A. Irvin -- Markets with competition between for-profit and nonprofit firms / Eleanor Brown -- Nonprofit wages: theory and evidence / Anne E. Preston and Daniel W. Sacks -- Modeling nonprofit behavior / Patricia Hughes and William Luksetich. -- Pricing strategies / Bruce A. Seaman -- Nonprofits and the value of risk management / Martin F. Grace -- Contracting out / Salvatore Alaimo -- Product diversification and social enterprise / Sharon M. Oster -- Internal organization and governance / Vladislav Valentinov -- Franchises and federations: the economics of multi-site nonprofit organizations / Dennis R. Young and Lewis Faulk -- The valuation of volunteer labor / Laura Leete -- Assessing nonprofit performance / Joseph J. Cordes and Katherine Coventry -- Social accounting for value creation in nonprofits / Laurie Mook and Femida Handy -- Certification and self-regulation of nonprofits, and the institutional choice between them / Andreas Ortmann and Jan Myslivecek -- Federal tax policy / Michael Rushton -- The property tax exemption for nonprofits / David L. Sjoquist and Rayna Stoycheva -- Government funding policies / Stefan Toepler

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Weitere Ausg.: ISBN 1847203582

Weitere Ausg.: ISBN 1849800723

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Weitere Ausg.: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Handbook of research on nonprofit economics and management Cheltenham [u.a.] : Elgar, 2010 ISBN 9781847203588

Sprache: Englisch

Fachgebiete: Wirtschaftswissenschaften

Schlagwort(e): Nonprofit-Bereich ; Management ; Aufsatzsammlung

DOI: 10.4337/9781849803526

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ISBN: 9789814508728

Anmerkung: Intro -- Contents -- Title Page -- Acknowledgements -- General Introduction -- References and Notes -- Section One Information Theory & -- Biology: Introductory Comments Robert J. Marks II -- 1.1.1 Biological Information - What is It? Werner Gitt, Robert Compton and Jorge Fernandez -- Introduction -- Defining Subsets of Information -- Distinguishing Attributes of Information -- Code plus syntax -- Meaning -- Expected Action -- Intended Purpose -- The Definition of Universal Information -- The Nature of Universal Information -- Does Biological Life Contain Universal Information? -- Code plus Syntax -- Abstract Meaning -- The Expected Acti on -- The Intended Purpose -- UI Senders, Transmitters and Receivers -- The Existence, Validity and Significance of Universal Information -- Conclusion -- References -- 1.1.2 A General Theory of Information Cost Incurred by Successful Search William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert and Robert J. Marks II -- 1. The Search Matrix -- Example 1.1: Uniform random sampling with perfect knowledge -- Example 1.2: Uniform random sampling with zero knowledge -- Example 1.3: Uniform random sampling with partial knowledge -- Example 1.4: Smooth gradient fitness with single peak -- 2. General Targeted Search -- 3. Search Examples -- Example 3.1: Uniform random sampling with perfect knowledge and without replacement -- Example 3.2: Easter egg hunt -- Example 3.3: Competitive search -- Example 3.4: Tournament play -- Example 3.5: Populati on search -- 4. Information and Efficiency Measures -- 5. Liftings and Lowerings -- 6. Conservation of Information - The Uniform Case -- 7. Conservation of Information - The General Case -- 8. Regulating the Information Industry -- Acknowledgment -- References and Notes -- 1.1.3 Pragmatic Information John W. Oller, Jr. -- Introduction -- Ranking in Sign Systems. , Tampering with the Sign Architecture -- Pragmatic Mapping -- The Vanishing Ratio of Meaningful to Random Strings -- The Logical Sequence for Discovering Meaning -- Conclusions -- Addendum -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 1.2.1 Limits of Chaos and Progress in Evolutionary Dynamics William F. Basener -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Goals and Perspective. -- 1.2 History and Applicati on of Topology and Dynamical Systems -- 1.3 General Questions in Evolutionary Models -- 2. Evolutionary Models and Dynamical Systems -- 2.1. Simple Populati on Models -- 2.2. Simple Mutati on-Selection Models -- 2.3. Population Models with Mutati on-Selection -- 3. Chaos and Recurrent Behavior -- 4. Conclusions -- References -- 1.2.2 Tierra: The Character of Adaptation Winston Ewert, William A. Dembski and Robert J. Marks II -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Description of Tierra -- 2.1 Programs -- 2.2 Ancestor -- 2.3 Parallel Tierra -- 2.4 Network Tierra -- 3. Looking for complexity -- 4. Examples -- 4.1 Parasite -- 4.2 Immunity -- 4.3 Hyper-parasites -- 4.4 Social behavior -- 4.5 Cheater -- 4.6 Shorter program -- 4.7 Loop unrolling -- 4.8 Parallel code -- 4.9 Recap -- 5. Summary -- Acknowledgments -- 6. Appendix: Tierra program comparisons -- 6.1 Ancestor and parasite -- 6.2 Immunity -- 6.3 Ancestor and hyper-parasite -- 6.4 Hyper-parasite and social program -- 6.5 Social program and cheater -- 6.6 Ancestor and short code -- 6.7 Loop unrolling -- 6.8 Parallel -- References -- 1.2.3 Multiple Overlapping Genetic Codes Profoundly Reduce the Probability of Beneficial Mutation George Montañez, Robert J. Marks II, Jorge Fernandez and John C. Sanford -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Method and Results -- 2.1 The Model -- 2.2 Analyses -- 2.2.1 First Level of Analysis: -- 2.2.2 Second Level of Analysis: -- 2.2.3 Third Level of Analysis: -- 2.2.4 Summary of Results: -- 3. Discussion. , 3.1 Possible Objections -- 4. Conclusions -- References -- 1.3.1 Entropy, Evolution and Open Systems Granville Sewell -- 1. Compensation -- 2. The Equations of Entropy Change -- 3. A Tautology -- 4. The Common Sense Law of Physics -- 5. Conclusions -- 6. References -- 1.3.2 Information and Thermodynamics in Living Systems Andy C. McIntosh -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Biological information storage and retrieval - thermodynamic issues -- 2.1 Thermodynamics and isolated systems -- 2.2 Non isolated systems -- 2.2.1 Entropy deficiency -- 2.2.2 Open systems and machinery -- 2.3 Can negative entropy be harvested from somewhere else? -- 3. Free energy and Machines -- 3.1 Free energy -- 3.2 Machines and raised free energies -- 3.3 Thermodynamic law of non-isolated systems -- 3.4 Crystal formation -- 3.5 Bio polymer formation -- 4. A different paradigm: Thermodynamics constrained by functional information -- 4.1 A different paradigm: Information definitions -- 4.2 A different paradigm: principles of information and thermodynamics -- 4.2.1 Principles of information exchange -- 4.2.2 Principles of information interaction with energy and matter in biological systems -- 5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgement -- References -- Section Two Biological Information and Genetic Theory: Introductory Comments John C. Sanford -- 2.1 Not Junk After All: Non-Protein-Coding DNA Carries Extensive Biological Information Jonathan Wells -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Widespread Transcription Into RNAs That Are Probably Functional -- 3. Direct Evidence for Some Specific Functions of Non-Protein- Coding RNAs -- 4. Functions of Non-Protein-Coding DNA That Are Not Determined by Precise Nucleotide Sequences -- 4.1 The Length of DNA Sequences -- 4.2 Chromatin Organization -- 4.3 Chromosome Arrangement in the Nucleus -- 5. Conclusion: Multiple Levels of Biological Information -- Addendum. , Acknowledgments -- References -- 2.2 Can Purifying Natural Selection Preserve Biological Information? Paul Gibson, John R. Baumgardner, Wesley H. Brewer and John C. Sanford -- Introduction -- Results -- Conditions allowing perfect purifying selection -- Effects of high mutati on rate and mutation-mutation interference -- Effects of environmental variance -- Effects of varying degrees of randomness within the selecti on process -- Effects of minimal levels of noise from multiple sources -- Effects of larger population size, more time, and more recombination -- Experiments using the latest estimate of human mutation rate and fitness effect distribution -- Discussion -- General Implications -- Robustness of Findings -- Potential Effects of Other Factors -- Conclusion -- Materials and Methods -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Appendix 1: Key parameter settings and their basis -- 2.3 Selection Threshold Severely Constrains Capture of Beneficial Mutations John C. Sanford, John R. Baumgardner and Wesley H. Brewer -- Introduction -- Results -- Conditions allowing optimal selection for beneficial mutations -- Effect of environmental variance -- Introduction of probability into the selection process -- Effect of high mutation rate and consequent selecti on interference among beneficial mutations -- Effect of extremely beneficial mutations -- Effect of adding deleterious mutations -- Effect of multiple sources of noise, at minimal levels -- Modest levels of noise with a larger population -- The effect of time on STd and STb values -- Discussion -- Can low-impact beneficial mutations contribute to genome building? -- Can high-impact beneficial mutations explain the origin of the genome? -- Can equal-but-opposite compensating mutations stop degeneration? -- Can high-impact compensating beneficial mutations stop degeneration?. , Might beneficial mutations be common? -- Possible criticisms -- Concluding comments -- Methods -- Addendum - -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Appendix I: Key parameter settings and their justification: -- 2.4 Using Numerical Simulation to Test the "Mutation-Count" Hypothesis Wesley H. Brewer, John R. Baumgardner and John C. Sanford -- Introduction -- Methods -- Results -- Discussion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 2.5 Can Synergistic Epistasis Halt Mutation Accumulation? Results from Numerical Simulation John R. Baumgardner, Wesley H. Brewer and John C. Sanford -- Introduction -- Methods -- Modeling general epistasis -- Modeling additive interactions -- Modeling multi plicative interactions -- Modeling synergistic epistasis -- Results -- Preliminaries -- Large SE effects and modest selection pressure -- Extreme SE effects and moderate selection pressure -- Extremely exaggerated SE effects and extreme selection pressure -- Discussion -- The importance of genic interactions -- The significance of SE -- Testing the limits of SE -- Modeling SE realistically -- Pros and cons of the SE hypothesis -- Conclusions -- References -- 2.6 Computational Evolution Experiments Reveal a Net Loss of Genetic Information Despite Selection Chase W. Nelson and John C. Sanford -- Introduction -- Mendel's Accountant -- Avida -- Selection threshold and genetic entropy -- Methods -- Experiments using Mendel's Accountant -- Experiments using Avida -- Results -- Experiments using Mendel's Accountant -- Experiments using Avida -- Discussion -- Selection threshold and genetic entropy -- High-impact beneficial mutations -- Distribution of mutational fitness effects -- Junk DNA -- Irreducible complexity and the waiting time to beneficial mutation -- Reductive evolution -- Conclusions -- Addendum -- Acknowledgments -- References. , 2.7 Information Loss: Potential for Accelerating Natural Genetic Attenuation of RNA Viruses Wesley H. Brewer, Franzine D. Smith and John C. Sanford.

Weitere Ausg.: Print version: Sanford, John C Biological Information: New Perspectives - Proceedings Of The Symposium Singapore : World Scientific Publishing Company,c2013 ISBN 9789814508711

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Originaltitel: Driving Miss Daisy

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Umfang: 207 p. : , ill. (chiefly col.), col. map.

Ausgabe: Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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Weitere Ausg.: Print version: Bruce, Ken. Conceptions of professionalism : meaningful standards in financial planning. Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, Vermont : Gower, c2014 ISBN 9781472412508

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Inhalt: The railways of Manchuria offer an intriguing vantage point for an international history of northeast Asia. Before the completion of the Trans-Siberian railway in 1916, the only rail route from the Imperial Russian capital of St. Petersburg to the Pacific port of Vladivostok transited Manchuria. A spur line from the Manchurian city of Harbin led south to ice-free Port Arthur. Control of these two rail lines gave Imperial Russia military, economic, and political advantages that excited rivalry on the part of Japan and unease on the part of weak and divided China. Meanwhile, the effort to defend

Anmerkung: Description based upon print version of record , Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; About the Editors and Contributors; Acknowledgments; Preface; Maps; Introduction; Part I Competing Railway Imperialisms; 1. The Chinese Eastern Railway from the First Sino-Japanese War until the Russo-Japanese War; 2. Japan's South Manchuria Railway Company in Northeast China, 1906-34; 3. Sino-Soviet Tensions and Soviet Administrative Control over the Chinese Eastern Railway, 1917-25; 4. Railway as Political Catalyst: The Chinese Eastern Railway and the 1929 Sino-Soviet Conflict , Part II Competing Railway Nationalisms5. Technology Transfer in Modern China: The Case of Railway Enterprises in Central China and Manchuria; 6. Chinese Railroads, Local Society, and Foreign Presence: The Tianjin-Pukou Line in pre-1949 Shandong; 7. Railways in Communist Strategy and Operations in Manchuria, 1945-48; 8. Return of the Chinese Changchun Railway to China by the USSR; Epilogue: Rivers of Steel: Manchuria's Railways as a Natural Extension of the Sea Lines of Communication; Selected Bibliography; Index

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Weitere Ausg.: ISBN 9780765625144

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Serie: Die Einhornchroniken / Bruce Coville [2]

Inhalt: Das magische Land Kirin hat Cara vollkommen in seinen Bann gezogen. Doch über diesem wundervollen Ort schwebt eine unheilvolle Bedrohung: Der Blutmond steht bevor û und mit ihm der Überfall der gnadenlosen Beloved und ihrer Jägern. Damit nicht genug vergiftet ein geheimnisvolles Flüstern die Herzen der Einwohner Kirins. Doch wer oder was ist dieser Flüsterer? Und woher rührt sein Hass auf die Einhörner? Cara steht vor einer fast unlösbaren Aufgabe. Gemeinsam mit ihren Freunden macht sie sich auf den Weg ins Tal der Zentauren û dort, so wird gemunkelt, kenne man das dunkle Geheimnis. Ein Wettlauf mit der Zeit beginnt ...

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