Download or read book Culture 2030 indicators written by UNESCO and published by UNESCO Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-18 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Terra 2008 written by Leslie Rainer and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2011-06-14 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Earthen architecture constitutes one of the most diverse forms of cultural heritage and one of the most challenging to preserve. It dates from all periods and is found on all continents but is particularly prevalent in Africa, where it has been a building tradition for centuries. Sites range from ancestral cities in Mali to the palaces of Abomey in Benin, from monuments and mosques in Iran and Buddhist temples on the Silk Road to Spanish missions in California. This volume's sixty-four papers address such themes as earthen architecture in Mali, the conservation of living sites, local knowledge systems and intangible aspects, seismic and other natural forces, the conservation and management of archaeological sites, research advances, and training.
Download or read book Les normes comptables cadre conceptuel et gouvernance written by Benoît Pigé and published by Éditions EMS. This book was released on 2017-08-31 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: L'universalité du langage comptable a facilité les échanges, mais elle a également conduit à des impasses quand les normes comptables apparaissent en contradiction avec d'autres normes ou avec des usages locaux. C'est ainsi que le développement des normes comptables internationales est parfois perçu comme le moyen d'imposer une vision économique et financière du monde au détriment d'approches alternatives qui pouvaient, ou qui peuvent, avoir une utilité dans des contextes locaux spécifiques. Si les organisations sont des entités complexes constituées à la fois des parties prenantes et des interactions entre ces diverses parties prenantes, alors l'information n'a plus pour seul objet de réduire l'asymétrie d'information, elle a également pour objet de contribuer à la vitalité de l'organisation qui naît des interactions multiples entre ces parties prenantes. L'information passe d'un intérêt privé à un intérêt commun. L'intérêt privé est celui des acteurs, des parties prenantes. L'intérêt commun est celui qui émerge de l'existence de l'organisation, non pas acteur individuel, mais acteur collectif lui-même composé d'acteurs individuels (et/ou collectifs). Parce qu'elle façonne les interaction entre les acteurs, la comptabilité exige la prise en compte de l'interaction complexe entre la nécessité de principes comptables qui favorisent une vision universelle, et une harmonisation de la diversité des normes et des usages à un niveau territorial.
Download or read book Dynamic Accounting written by Eugen Schmalenbach and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Design Theory written by Pascal Le Masson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-04-06 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook presents the core of recent advances in design theory and its implications for design methods and design organization. Providing a unified perspective on different design methods and approaches, from the most classic (systematic design) to the most advanced (C-K theory), it offers a unique and integrated presentation of traditional and contemporary theories in the field. Examining the principles of each theory, this guide utilizes numerous real life industrial applications, with clear links to engineering design, industrial design, management, economics, psychology and creativity. Containing a section of exams with detailed answers, it is useful for courses in design theory, engineering design and advanced innovation management. "Students and professors, practitioners and researchers in diverse disciplines, interested in design, will find in this book a rich and vital source for studying fundamental design methods and tools as well as the most advanced design theories that work in practice". Professor Yoram Reich, Tel Aviv University, Editor-in-Chief, Research In Engineering Design. "Twenty years of research in design theory and engineering have shown that training in creative design is indeed possible and offers remarkably operational methods - this book is indispensable for all leaders and practitioners who wish to strengthen theinnovation capacity of their company." Pascal Daloz, Executive Vice President, Dassault Systèmes
Download or read book Handbook for Integrating Risk Analysis in the Economic Analysis of Projects written by Asian Development Bank and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aiming to support the development of a framework for the analysis of risk in project design and economic analysis, this handbook outlines technical approaches to modeling risk. Also summarized is the nature and practice of sensitivity analysis in dealing with uncertain outcomes as well as the principles to consider in typical risk analysis situations sector by sector. Case studies are included to demonstrate the application of quantitative risk analysis using actual Asian Development Bank projects to help improve project design and quality. Handbook users will learn to identify factors that are the key determinants of project outcomes, determine the likelihood of an individual project's returns being unacceptable, and design measures to mitigate the risks arising from the identified key factors.
Download or read book Constructive Ergonomics written by Pierre Falzon and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2014-09-26 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The goal for ergonomics has always been to adapt work, work environments, and machines to humans. But is this goal still sufficient? Does it satisfy the needs of the individual or of societies and organizations as they operate now? Constructive Ergonomics provides an answer to these questions. Rooted both in the academic world and in the world of p
Download or read book Collected Essays in Architectural Criticism written by Alan Colquhoun and published by Black Dog Architecture. This book was released on 2009 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collected Essays in Architectural Criticism is an indispensable anthology of writing by one of the most important voices in architectural theory of the last 50 years. Born in 1921, Colquhoun graduated from the Architectural Association in 1949. Currently Professor Emeritus of Architecture at Princeton University, he has taught at the AA, Cornell University and University College Dublin, among many other schools of architecture. He is the author of several books including the seminal Essays in Architectural Criticism, 1981, Modernity and the Classical Tradition, 1991, (both republished here in their entirety) and The Oxford History of Modern Architecture, 2002. This book includes essays from throughout Colquhoun's distinguished career. In his early writing Colquhoun subjects modern architecture to a far more thorough reading than was then customary. His meticulous evaluation of Modernism raised the standard of architectural historiography and has influenced new directions in theory and practice ever since. Collected Essays in Architectural Criticism encompasses the clarity of style and rigorous, erudite analysis that Colquhoun has brought to bear on a diverse range of subjects, including Le Corbusier, Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, the Pompidou Centre, Postmodernism and the design of museums.
Download or read book La comptabilit financi re written by Bernard Esnault and published by QUE SAIS-JE. This book was released on 2013-06-07T00:00:00+02:00 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Les premières années du XXIe siècle ont été marquées par des modifications significatives de l’environnement comptable. Ainsi, l’expression « comptabilité financière » a supplanté celle de « comptabilité générale », marquant la prééminence de la mission de communication financière. Ce changement d’objectif a généré des bouleversements dans l’approche de certains concepts fondamentaux de la comptabilité.De plus, la mondialisation de l’économie et de la finance a rendu nécessaire l’élaboration d’un langage commun. Des travaux d’harmonisation menés depuis quelques décennies ont abouti à la création d’un référentiel international (IFRS) utilisé notamment par les sociétés européennes depuis 2005. En conséquence, la normalisation comptable française évolue. Elle converge progressivement, mais régulièrement, vers ce référentiel.L’ouvrage se situe dans cette nouvelle approche qui met au centre du modèle comptable les besoins des utilisateurs, en particulier les décideurs. Si, dans cette optique, la technique d’enregistrement comptable peut sembler accessoire, elle reste nécessaire et est, ici, détaillée au travers d'un exemple développé.
Download or read book The Chicago Plan Revisited written by Mr.Jaromir Benes and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the height of the Great Depression a number of leading U.S. economists advanced a proposal for monetary reform that became known as the Chicago Plan. It envisaged the separation of the monetary and credit functions of the banking system, by requiring 100% reserve backing for deposits. Irving Fisher (1936) claimed the following advantages for this plan: (1) Much better control of a major source of business cycle fluctuations, sudden increases and contractions of bank credit and of the supply of bank-created money. (2) Complete elimination of bank runs. (3) Dramatic reduction of the (net) public debt. (4) Dramatic reduction of private debt, as money creation no longer requires simultaneous debt creation. We study these claims by embedding a comprehensive and carefully calibrated model of the banking system in a DSGE model of the U.S. economy. We find support for all four of Fisher's claims. Furthermore, output gains approach 10 percent, and steady state inflation can drop to zero without posing problems for the conduct of monetary policy.
Download or read book The Social Sources of Financial Power written by Leonard Seabrooke and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A state's financial power is built on the effect its credit, property, and tax policies have on ordinary people: this is the key message of Leonard Seabrooke's comparative historical investigation, which turns the spotlight away from elite financial actors and toward institutions that matter for the majority of citizens. Seabrooke suggests that everyday contests between social groups and the state over how the economy should work determine the legitimacy of a state's financial and fiscal system. Ideally, he believes, such contests compel a state to intervene on behalf of people below the median income level, leading the state to broaden and deepen its domestic pool of capital while increasing its influence on international finance. But to do so, Seabrooke asserts, a state must first challenge powerful interests that benefit from the concentration of financial wealth." "Seabrooke's novel constructivist approach is informed by economic sociology and the work of Max Weber. This book demonstrates how domestic legitimacy influences the character of international financial orders. It will interest all readers concerned with how best to transform state intervention in the economy for the good of the majority."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book L information financi re en crise written by Nicolas Véron and published by Odile Jacob. This book was released on 2004 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Comptabilit et analyse des tats financiers written by Karine Cerrada and published by De Boeck Superieur. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cet ouvrage est une introduction générale à la comptabilité et à l'analyse des états financiers, dans le contexte belge et à la lumière de l'internationalisation croissante de l'information financière. Chaque chapitre est enrichi d'exercices, ainsi que d'un exercice de synthèse. Cet ouvrage est une introduction générale à la comptabilité et à l'analyse des états financiers, dans le contexte belge et à la lumière de l'internationalisation croissante de l'information financière. Ses spécificités sont d'offrir : - une approche conceptuelle plutôt que technique de la partie double, avec un approfondissement de thèmes particuliers (amortissements, régularisations, taxe sur la valeur ajoutée...) - une ouverture aux raisonnements issus des normes comptables internationales IAS/IFRS - une mise en perspective de la comptabilité proprement dite en fonction d'objectifs d'analyse des états financiers - une introduction à la consolidation - la mise en parallèle des applications aux entités à forme sociétaire et aux associations sans but lucratif - un exposé des informations financières dans le contexte de la gouvernance des entreprises et des associations. Chaque chapitre est enrichi d'exercices, ainsi que d'un exercice de synthèse. Ceux-ci proposent un ensemble de questions ouvertes et à choix multiples, couvrant les thèmes et concepts développés dans l'ouvrage. Le site web de l'ouvrage donne le corrigé des exercices. L'ouvrage, dont cette nouvelle édition a été enrichie et mise à jour, s'adresse aux professeurs et étudiants en gestion, droit, comptabilité, etc., de niveau universitaire ou supérieur non universitaire, ainsi qu'aux praticiens de l'information comptable et financière qui souhaiteraient mettre à jour leurs connaissances.
Download or read book Private Authority and International Affairs written by A. Claire Cutler and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores in detail the degree to which private sector firms are beginning to replace governments in "governing" some areas of international relations.
Download or read book Global Political Economy written by Robert G. Gilpin and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2011-08-29 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the eagerly awaited successor to Robert Gilpin's 1987 The Political Economy of International Relations, the classic statement of the field of international political economy that continues to command the attention of students, researchers, and policymakers. The world economy and political system have changed dramatically since the 1987 book was published. The end of the Cold War has unleashed new economic and political forces, and new regionalisms have emerged. Computing power is increasingly an impetus to the world economy, and technological developments have changed and are changing almost every aspect of contemporary economic affairs. Gilpin's Global Political Economy considers each of these developments. Reflecting a lifetime of scholarship, it offers a masterful survey of the approaches that have been used to understand international economic relations and the problems faced in the new economy. Gilpin focuses on the powerful economic, political, and technological forces that have transformed the world. He gives particular attention to economic globalization, its real and alleged implications for economic affairs, and the degree to which its nature, extent, and significance have been exaggerated and misunderstood. Moreover, he demonstrates that national policies and domestic economies remain the most critical determinants of economic affairs. The book also stresses the importance of economic regionalism, multinational corporations, and financial upheavals. Gilpin integrates economic and political analysis in his discussion of "global political economy." He employs the conventional theory of international trade, insights from the theory of industrial organization, and endogenous growth theory. In addition, ideas from political science, history, and other disciplines are employed to enrich understanding of the new international economic order. This wide-ranging book is destined to become a landmark in the field.
Download or read book Waking the Asian Pacific Co operative Potential written by Morris Altman and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2020-06-21 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Replete with case studies, Waking the Asian Pacific Cooperative Potential applies a novel theoretical framework to aid in understanding meaningful change in cooperative firms, mutual firms, collectives, and communes, focusing in particular on the underexamined Asia Pacific region. It explores the common, albeit competing, objectives of transformational cooperatives that deliver a range of social benefits and corporative coops where the cooperative exhibits the characteristics of a competitive investor firm. The book provides examples of successful cooperatives in eleven countries across the Asia Pacific and reviews the theoretical framework of cooperatives, including issues pertaining to socio-economic, politico-legal, and domestic and international factors. Waking the Asian Pacific Co-operative Potential provides early-career researchers and graduate students with a systematic resource of cooperatives in the Asia Pacific, highlighting core lessons from case studies regarding the ideal role of cooperatives in a modern economy and on the enabling factors of the role of the state, the market potential for scale-up, the mitigation of poverty, and civil society. - Provides numerous case studies drawn from successful co-operative organizations across the Asia Pacific region - Advances a theoretical framework to help readers access and understand the reasons for co-operative success in the Asia Pacific region - Develops tools for practitioners to establish effective co-operatives and restructure them to optimal goals
Download or read book The New Masters of Capital written by Timothy J. Sinclair and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-31 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The New Masters of Capital, Timothy J. Sinclair examines a key aspect of the global economy—the rating agencies. In the global economy, trust is formalized in the daily operations of such firms as Moody's and Standard & Poor's, which continuously monitor the financial health of bond-issuers ranging from private corporations to local and national governments. Their judgments affect unimaginably large sums, approximately $30 trillion in outstanding debt issues, according to a recent Moody's estimate. The difference between an AA and a BB rating may cost millions of dollars in interest payments or determine if a corporation or government can even issue bonds Without bond rating agencies, there would be no standard means to compare risks in the global economy, and international investment would be problematic. Most observers assume that the agencies are neutral and scientific, and that they interpret their role in narrowly economic terms. But these agencies, by their nature, wield extraordinary power and exert massive influence over public policy. Sinclair offers a highly accessible account of these institutions, their origins, and the rating processes they use to judge creditworthiness. Illustrated with a wide range of cases, this book offers a fresh assessment of the role of an often-overlooked institution in the dynamics of modern global capitalism.
