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Hospitality Financial Accounting

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Hospitality Financial Accounting

Wiley 2008 | ISBN-10: 0470083603 | 544 Pages | PDF | 20,4 MB

Updated with the latest developments in the accounting and hospitality fields, Hospitality Financial Accounting, Second Edition covers the basics of financial accounting and then walks you through analyzing financial statements and dealing with the daily issues you’ll face on the job. In this Second Edition, the authors have provided engaging new coverage and features that includes new case studies, an expanded section on ethics, new “Accounting in Action” vignettes, applied exercises, and new coverage of casinos, spas, and purveyors.

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Cisco Network Security Little Black Book

noreply@blogger.com (Mysterious) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:51:00 +0000

Cisco Network Security Little Black Book

With this concise, problem-solving guide, networking professionals will learn how to identify network security threats and implement uniform security throughout their networks, secure remote dial-in access with CiscoSecure ACS and Cisco IOS AAA features, protect Internet access on their perimeter routers with the CiscoSecure IOS firewall software, and implement secure VPNs using IPSec and Cisco Encryption Technology. Step-by-step instructions and immediate solutions will help administrators implement and update security defenses. Also, every configuration in this book was completely tested and perfected with actual Cisco routers.

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How Secure is Your Wireless Network? Safeguarding Your Wi-Fi LAN

noreply@blogger.com (Mysterious) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:50:00 +0000

Now you can have the awesome benefits of wireless LANs without falling victim to their notorious security flaws. Leading wireless security expert Lee Barken shows you practical workarounds and fixes for the vulnerabilities in today'sWLANs, introduces high-security wireless protocols new to the market place, and offers step-by-step instructions for protectingall your wireless information, from the home to the enterprise.This is the definitive and easy-to-use WLAN security book you've been searching for--whether you're a network administrator,security specialist, manager, or home user.

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Jonathan Knudsen, Java 2D Graphics

noreply@blogger.com (Mysterious) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:48:00 +0000

Jonathan Knudsen, Java 2D Graphics
O'Reilly | ISBN: 1565924843 | 1999 | PDF | 355 pages | 2.56 MB

Featuring major improvements in Java's graphics, printing, and font rendering capabilities, the Java 2D API allows you to produce high-quality, professional images on a screen or printer. Java 2D Graphics describes the 2D API from top to bottom, demonstrating how to set line styles and pattern fills as well as more advanced techniques of image processing and font handling. You'll see how to create and manipulate the three types of graphics objects: shapes, text, and images. Other topics include image data storage, color management, font glyphs, and printing. Java 2D Graphics assumes no prior knowledge of graphics. Chock full of detailed explanations and examples, this book provides beginning Java programmers with a solid foundation in 2D graphics and helps more advanced programmers create and use high-quality images in their applications.

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Fundamental Neuroscience for Basic and Clinical Applications, 3rd edition

noreply@blogger.com (Mysterious) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:47:00 +0000

Duane E. Haines , "Fundamental Neuroscience for Basic and Clinical Applications, 3 ed"
MgChurchill Livingstone | 2005 | ISBN: 0443067511 | 608 pages | CHM | 76,2 MB

Richly illustrated, clinically oriented, well-balanced coverage of both neurophysiology and neuroanatomy provides all the knowledge you need for Board exam preparation and practice! This 3rd Edition offers meticulous updates from cover to cover ... a new, more user-friendly page layout ... 300 USMLE-style review questions, with answers and rationales

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Read and Speak Arabic - Course for beginners

noreply@blogger.com (Mysterious) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:45:00 +0000

Read and Speak Arabic - Course for beginners
G-and-W Publishing | 2004 | PDF | Number of pages: 112 | ISBN-10: 190310314 | MP3 | 192 kbps, 44 kHz, stereo | 102 Mb

Series features: Quick rewards; Designed for beginners of all ages; Entertaining and informative: Learn through activities and games; 8 Everyday topics to get you talking: Names and Introductions; Saying where you are from; Ordering drinks and snacks; Describing your house and town; Describing objects and people; Getting around; Meeting the family; Living and working. Every title in the series includes a free 60-minute audio CD for pronunciation, listening and speaking practice. "Read and Speak Arabic" uses a friendly standard Arabic understood in all countries of the Arab World; Arabic is now a key language on the world stage; Numbers studying Arabic have more than doubled in the past 2-3 years.

Gary M. Gartsman MD "Shoulder Arthroscopy, 2nd Edition"

noreply@blogger.com (Mysterious) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:44:00 +0000

Gary M. Gartsman MD "Shoulder Arthroscopy, 2nd Edition"
Saunders | English | 2008-12-10 | ISBN: 1416046496 | 392 pages | PDF | 55 MB

The new edition of this step-by-step guide covers the entire spectrum of operative shoulder arthroscopy from initial operation room set-up through advanced reconstructive procedures. View all-new illustrations and apply the latest treatment options for Bankart repair, SLAP repair, and repair of a full range of rotator cuff lesions, along with strategies for stiff shoulders and osteoarthritis. The included DVD narrated by Dr. Gartsman demonstrates exactly how to complete both simple and complex operations in over three hours of video clips. Whether you are a novice or an experienced shoulder surgeon, improve your technique with the expertise of Dr. Gartsman.

• Provides detailed step-by-step descriptions of Dr. Gartsman's approach-including variations and complications-so that you can reproduce his results.

• Emphasizes re-operative planning and associated outcome data to give you a scientific basis for treatment recommendations.

• Includes a DVD with video clips of procedures demonstrating Dr. Gartsman's surgical techniques.

• Provides revised content and new illustrations, with coverage of the latest instrumentation so you get a fresh, up-to-date approach to the subject matter.

• Presents the most current scientific data on the treatment outcomes of specific conditions and techniques so you make the best-informed decisions.

• Features two new chapters on Diagnostic Ultrasound and Suprascapular Nerve Release for state-of-the-art arthroscopic diagnostic and management tools, including arthroscopic Latarjet for recurrent dislocation.

• Includes ten additional surgical videos on the bonus DVD, such as routine cuff with Elite, instability with Ethibonds, knot tying.

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Web Technologies: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications - 4 Volumes

noreply@blogger.com (Mysterious) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:42:00 +0000

Arthur Tatnall "Web Technologies: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications - 4 Volumes (Contemporary Research in Information Science and Technology)"
Information Science Reference | English | 2009-10-31 | ISBN: 1605669822 | 2824 pages | PDF | 42,1 MB

With the technological advancement of mobile devices, social networking, and electronic services, Web technologies continues to play an ever-growing part of the global way of life, incorporated into cultural, economical, and organizational levels. Web Technologies: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications provides a comprehensive depiction of current and future trends in support of the evolution of Web information systems, Web applications, and the Internet. Through coverage of the latest models, concepts, and architectures, this multiple-volume reference supplies audiences with an authoritative source of information and direction for the further development of the Internet and Web-based phenomena.

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Scott Oakes, Java Security (2nd Edition)

noreply@blogger.com (Mysterious) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:41:00 +0000

Scott Oakes, Java Security (2nd Edition)
O'Reilly | ISBN: 0596001576 | 2001 | PDF | 618 pages | 1.38 MB

The book is intended primarily for programmers who want to write secure Java applications. However, it is also an excellent resource for system and network administrators who are interested in Java security, particularly those who are interested in assessing the risk of using Java and need to understand how the security model works in order to assess whether or not Java meets their security needs.

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Applied Oracle Security: Developing Secure Database and Middleware Environments

noreply@blogger.com (Mysterious) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:09:00 +0000

David Knox, Scott Gaetjen, Hamza Jahangir, Tyler Muth, Patrick Sack, Richard Wark, Bryan Wise, "Applied Oracle Security: Developing Secure Database and Middleware Environments"

McGraw-Hill Osborne Media | 2009 | ISBN: 0071613706 | 640 pages | PDF | 5,8 MB

Cutting-edge techniques from leading Oracle security experts

This Oracle Press guide demonstrates practical applications of the most compelling methods for developing secure Oracle database and middleware environments. You will find full coverage of the latest and most popular Oracle products, including Oracle Database and Audit Vaults, Oracle Application Express, and secure Business Intelligence applications.

Applied Oracle Security demonstrates how to build and assemble the various Oracle technologies required to create the sophisticated applications demanded in today's IT world. Most technical references only discuss a single product or product suite. As such, there is no roadmap to explain how to get one product, product-family, or suite to work with another. This book fills that void with respect to Oracle Middleware and Database products and the area of security.

Part I: Oracle Database Security New Features;

Chapter 1. Security Blueprints and New Thinking;

Chapter 2. Transparent Data Encryption;

Chapter 3. Applied Auditing and Audit Vault;

Part II: Oracle Database Vault;

Chapter 4. Database Vault Introduction;

Chapter 5. Database Vault Fundamentals;

Chapter 6. Applied Database Vault for Custom Applications;

Chapter 7. Applied Database Vault for Existing Applications;

Part III: Identity Management;

Chapter 8. Architecting Identity Management;

Chapter 9. Oracle Identity Manager;

Chapter 10. Oracle Directory Services;

Part IV: Applied Security for Oracle APEX and Oracle Business Intelligence;

Chapter 11. Web-centric Security in APEX;

Chapter 12. Secure Coding Practices in APEX;

Chapter 13. Securing Access to Oracle BI;

Chapter 14. Securing Oracle BI Content and Data;

Appendix A. Using the Oracle BI Examples;

Index

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Wireless Networking: Know It All (Newnes Know It All)

noreply@blogger.com (Mysterious) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:08:00 +0000

Wireless Networking: Know It All (Newnes Know It All)
Newnes | 2007-09-12 | ISBN: 0750685824 | 576 pages | PDF | 10 MB

One-stop information source for embedded engineers to learn the theory and real-world application of creating embedded networking systems, with detailed fully functional design examples, schematics, and source code.

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C++ for Computer Science and Engineering, 4th Edition

noreply@blogger.com (Mysterious) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:07:00 +0000

C++ for Computer Science and Engineering, 4th Edition
Broquard Ebooks | ISBN: 0970569726 | 2007 | 717 pages | PDF | 14 MB

For CS1 and other courses covering beginning programming in C++. It is aimed at readers with little or no programming experience. It can be used both in Computer Science and Engineering programs as a first course in programming. It is in use at Illinois Central College in the Cmpsc 125 Introduction to C++ and Engr 230 Engineering Applications in C++ courses. The Fourth Edition has been updated to use Microsoft's Visual Studio .NET 2005 compiler.

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Oracle Database Foundations: Technology Fundamentals for IT Success

noreply@blogger.com (Mysterious) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:05:00 +0000

Before embarking on a career as an Oracle DBA, you need a solid understanding of database administration and SQL programming fundamentals, and that's exactly what this book provides. Oracle Database Foundations assumes no prior knowledge of databases and provides a comprehensive introduction to the major topics involved, explaining the fundamentals of database administration in simple terms with tangible examples. Aspiring database administrators will enjoy this book's straightforward approach and abundance of valuable information.

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Shannon Horn, "Microsoft Silverlight 3: A Beginner's Guide"

noreply@blogger.com (Mysterious) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:05:00 +0000

Shannon Horn, "Microsoft Silverlight 3: A Beginner's Guide"

McGraw-Hill Osborne Media | 2009 | ISBN: 0071590439 | 288 pages | PDF | 6,1 MB

Essential Skills Made Easy!

This hands-on guide prepares software developers to create next-generation Web and Windows applications using Microsoft Silverlight--the new technology that extends the .NET Framework to the client. The book covers Microsoft Silverlight 2.0, the .NET Framework 3.5, and prerequisite technologies. You will learn to use Silverlight to stream multimedia content across the Web, create dynamic, data-driven Silverlight applications, and implement security.

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Microfinance for Bankers and Investors: Understanding the Opportunities and Challenges of the Market

noreply@blogger.com (Mysterious) — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:51:00 +0000

Microfinance for Bankers and Investors: Understanding the Opportunities and Challenges of the Market

McGraw-Hill | 2009 | ISBN: 0071624066 | 352 pages | PDF | 1,7 MB

What promise did Sequoia Capital recognize in SKS microfinance (India) that it had also seen in Apple, Oracle, and Google? Why would Vodafone help distribute money via cell phones for millions of Kenyans? How did a Mexican retailer create a financial-services empire, Banco Azteca, that would serve eight million borrowers in five years? From its origins as a nonprofit poverty alleviation strategy, microfinance has become a viable business model for providing financial services to the poor in ways that allow for both social responsibility and profit, even in the midst of economic turmoil. Longtime microfinance expert Elisabeth Rhyne and her team guide readers through the landscape of financial-inclusion opportunities, providing lessons from companies around the world that are leading the way in earning profits while addressing global poverty. Microfinance for Bankers and Investors reveals: Changes in the market allowing for increased private investment in microfinance

New technologies and delivery channels that reduce costs for small transactions

Proven ways to overcome the unique challenges of serving customers at the bottom of the pyramid

Innovative products for grassroots finance, such as mobile phone banking and microinsurance

The extraordinary social value and business sustainability of microfinance

Microfinance for Bankers and Investors breaks new ground by showing how microfinance attracts top organizations to engage in double and triple bottom-line business activities. With deep insight and clear vision, it examines the unique opportunities and challenges of providing financial services for low-income people. Inclusive finance gives companies the prospect of aligning social values with long-term business strategies. Microfinance for Bankers and Investors offers the facts and insights you need to enter this fast-growing market with confidence.

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The Organizational Champion: How to Develop Passionate Change Agents at Every Level

noreply@blogger.com (Mysterious) — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:48:00 +0000

The Organizational Champion: How to Develop Passionate Change Agents at Every Level Summary:

McGraw-Hill | 2009 | ISBN: 0071624864 | 272 pages | PDF | 1,1 MB

A new style of leader is emerging from the world’s most successful organizations. These dynamic men and women are driven by possibilities and absolutely committed to mutual values. Excited, creative, and alert, they are the new change makers. Imagine: an army of these outstanding leaders running your organization. The Organizational Champion is a priceless tool for enacting positive change through the use of an innovative new leadership model. Mike Thompson created the Organizational Champion philosophy to help such clients as Wal-Mart, P&G, Dillard’s, Tyson, VF Corporation, and J.B. Hunt enact positive change in their respective industries. Thompson now puts his proven leadership method to paper for the first time. The Organizational Champion will help you develop the personal foundations of solid, innovative leadership—from cognizance and self-awareness to trustworthiness and the ability to inspire. Grounding your leadership in these firm principles will fully prepare you to face the unprecedented challenges of today’s business landscape. As an organizational champion, you will: Build global brand trust

Establish an industry edge

Execute transformational change

Inspire high-performance teams

Drive organizational growth and value

The result of hundreds of interviews with CEOs and executives, thousands of surveys, and untold hours of painstaking research, Thompson’s leadership method will steer your organization well into the twenty-first century, where profits and growth await.

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Internal Medicine Just the facts

noreply@blogger.com (Mysterious) — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:44:00 +0000

Internal Medicine Just the facts Summary:

Paul G. Schmitz, MD, FACP & Kevin J. Martin, MB, BCh, FACP | English | ISBN: 0071593438 | 2008 | PDF | 810 pages | 7.47 Mb

All the essentials of internal medicine in an instant! This concise, yet all-inclusive review is the perfect tool to prepare for primary certification and recertification exams, or for use as a clinical refresher. Its streamlined format conveniently condenses and simplifies the most important content, for maximum yield and comprehension- making it indispensable for internal medicine residents, clerkship students, and busy practitioners.

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Introduction to Medical Immunology

noreply@blogger.com (Mysterious) — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:42:00 +0000

Introduction to Medical Immunology Summary:

Medical Univ. of South Carolina, Charleston. Introductory textbook for medical students integrating basic and clinical science. This edition is written in outline format. 14 U.S. contributors. DNLM: Immunity.

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noreply@blogger.com (Mysterious) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:27:00 +0000

Aligning Human Resources and Business Strategy, Second Edition Summary:

By Linda Holbeche

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann

Number Of Pages: 496

Publication Date: 2009-03-16

ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0750680172

ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780750680172

Product Description:

What difference can the aspiring HR strategist really make to business value? In the new edition of her ground-breaking book, Linda Holbeche answers this question and provides the tools and insights to help HR managers and directors add value to the organization by implementing effective HR initiatives that are aligned to core business strategies. Featuring updated profiles and case studies from top HR strategists who have used their skills to deliver a variety of key business objectives, Aligning Human Resources and Business Strategy, 2nd edition provides inspiration and guidance on how to apply the theory to challenges in your organization. Learn how you can strengthen and prove the relationship between people strategy and business success through your approach to performance and development and impress at the highest levels with this new edition of an HR classic. Linda Holbeche is Director of Research and Policy at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). Linda chairs and speaks at meetings and conferences worldwide and appeared at number six in Human Resources magazine's HR most influential 2008 roll call of top industry thinkers. * New edition of HR best-seller by influential industry thinker Linda Holbeche

* Essential insights and examples demonstrate how you can strengthen and prove the relationship between people strategy and business success through your approach to performance and development

* Case studies and vignettes on managing change, influencing organizational development, identifying and retaining talent, and leadership development provide inspiration and guidance on how to apply the theory to challenges in your organization

Summary: Anachronism of the Year Award

Rating: 1

A bland book with little of interest, unless you work for a government department in a third-world country. Reads like an academic treatise from a second-year student in 1990. The ideas are trite and lack substance. For example, "dealing with poor performance" is discussed in a single paragraph. "Long term incentives and share ownership", too, is glossed over in a micro-paragraph about trends with nary a reference to shareholder value and rewards. This book is an excellent example of the lead-lag chasm between American HR practices and Europe's archaic thinking.

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Human Resources for the Non-HR Manager

noreply@blogger.com (Mysterious) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:26:00 +0000

Human Resources for the Non-HR Manager Summary:

Human Resources for the Non-HR Manager appeals to anyone interested in management issues. The book explains why human resource issues are increasing the responsibilities of front-line managers rather than the HR department. Chapters present the basics of HR including the fundamentals of hiring, performance appraisal, reward systems, and disciplinary systems, so that any manager--regardless of his or her background or functional area--can approach these parts of the job with confidence. The book also covers the latest developments in equal opportunity law and describes the manager's responsibilities in controlling sexual harassment and managing diverse employees, including older workers and employees with disabilities. Each chapter's material is firmly grounded in the current HR academic literature, but the book's friendly, conversational tone conveys basic principles of good practice without technical jargon.

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Schaum's Outline of Intermediate Accounting I, Second Edition

noreply@blogger.com (Mysterious) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:24:00 +0000

Schaum's Outline of Intermediate Accounting I, Second Edition Summary:

McGraw-Hill | 2006 | ISBN: 0071469737 | 339 pages | PDF | 38,5 MB

Confusing Textbooks? Missed Lectures? Not Enough Time?

Fortunately for you, there's Schaum's Outlines. More than 40 million students have trusted Schaum's to help them succeed in the classroom and on exams. Schaum's is the key to faster learning and higher grades in every subject. Each Outline presents all the essential course information in an easy-to-follow, topic-by-topic format. You also get hundreds of examples, solved problems, and practice exercises to test your skills. This Schaum's Outline gives you

Practice problems with full explanations that reinforce knowledge.

Coverage of the most up-to-date developments in your course field.

In-depth review of practices and applications.

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Fully compatible with your classroom text, Schaum's highlights all the important facts you need to know. Use Schaum's to shorten your study time-and get your best test scores!

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Protecting Your Ideas: The Inventor's Guide to Patents

noreply@blogger.com (Mysterious) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:22:00 +0000

Protecting Your Ideas: The Inventor's Guide to Patents Summary:

Publisher: Academic Press 1998 | 242 Pages | ISBN: 0121384101 | PDF | 10.5 MB

Intellectual property law is currently exploding, as demonstrated by the growth of technology transfer offices in universities. More and more scientists, companies, and institutions are rushing to secure intellectual property rights for their ideas and inventions. This process frustrates many people; patent laws are constantly changing, and most books about them are either overly technical or boring.

Protecting Your Ideas: The Inventor's Guide to Patents is a succinct, straightforward guide to the system. This guide presents the steps involved in obtaining patent protection for inventions. It is easy to read and brimming with essential information and advice compounded from FAQs posed by the author's academic and industrial clientele. The text includes tips, warnings, and examples that guide the reader through the invention process so patent rights are not jeopardized. Checklists and other helpful information are provided to assist the inventor preparing to enter the patent process. The book includes valuable resource information and business guidance to protect the inventor from consumer fraud that is sometimes associated with the patent process. Protecting and Idea is a must read for every engineer, scientist, or amateur inventor.

Key Features

* Simple, easy-to-read format demystifies the patent process

* Numerous example patents help to illustrate the issues involved

* Provides an overview of the types of intellectual property protection

* Incorporates up-to-date information about U.S. patent laws

* Advises inventors about the do's and don'ts of patenting

* Includes useful resources for helping inventors safeguard their ideas

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Creativity and Innovation for Managers

noreply@blogger.com (Mysterious) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:20:00 +0000

Creativity and Innovation for Managers Summary:

Butterworth-Heinemann | 1999-8 | ISBN: 0750642556 | 113 pages | PDF | 6 MB

Creativity and Innovation for Managers will appeal to any manager responsible for getting more out of a business. Creative thinking, creative problem solving and creative idea generation have become essential business drivers. This book provides an excellent executive briefing for senior management to understand what business creativity is, how it can benefit the company, and how to get the most out of it. It looks at the pitfalls on the road to innovation and the ways to avoid them, pulling together the experiences of key practitioners in the field both in the UK and the US. By concentrating on the essentials, Creativity and Innovation In Brief is a waffle-free approach to creativity, providing a quick action focused and accessible insight into a complex topic. It provides;

- a practical approach to business creativity without the hype;

- an agenda for making innovation happen in your business

- a real world view.

What is business creativity and how can it benefit your company?

How to avoid the pitfalls of creativity and innovation

Practical and action-focused

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Challenges And Risks Of Genetically Engineered Organisms

noreply@blogger.com (Mysterious) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:18:00 +0000

Challenges And Risks Of Genetically Engineered Organisms Summary:

OECD | ISBN: 9264108777 | 2004 | PDF | 223 pages | 3.32 MB

This book discusses the often diverging risks and opportunities associated with genetically engineered organisms in terms of the environment, food safety, and economics and trade. These issues were raised at the OECD Workshop on Challenges and Risks of GMOs - What Risk Analysis is Appropriate? Options for Future Policy Making Towards Integrated Agro-Food Systems, held in Maastricht, Netherlands, in July 2003. Discussions also covered the relevant WTO Agreements and their relationship with other multilateral accords as well as regional and national approaches.

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