In this book Ken Standfield presents a novel approach to valuing intangibles. The book asserts that intangibles create financial transactions, not vice versa. It offers distinct, reproducible methods of valuing intangibles in intangible forms, with associated and meaningful financial values. It also presents new management frameworks in which all forms of intangibles can be classified, measured, managed, and reported.
The beautiful but modest Hannah Thornton leaves Ireland in search of a family to call her own, with only three filled trunks and her faith in God. A scabrous voyage across the North Atlantic brings many adventures, and her life is changed when Nathan, a British seaman, falls in love with her. Hannah's deep respect and loyalty to her father causes Nathan to fear for her to learn his true identity. Hannah's destination is a plantation near Charl...
Taking a multidisciplinary approach, this volume examines the relationship between space and the production of local popular culture in contemporary China.
Are business conflicts in China resolved in much the same way as elsewhere? Or are they handled altogether differently? Setting out in search of an answer, Jie Tang immersed herself in the day-to-day operation of a major construction project in China that brought together participants from around the globe. The result is this in-depth account of the inner workings of the Chinese business world. It follows the progress of construction from tend...
Cognitive Psychology: Key Readings provides students with the opportunity to learn about the details of the actual articles and chapters that have had major influences in the development of this discipline.
Deals with physical, chemical, and biological aspects of marine science. This text contains an analysis on cold seep sediments, unburnt coal in the marine environment, biofiltration and biofouling on artificial structures in Europe, ecology of rafting in marine ecosystems, effects of globalisation in marine environments, and much more.
These colorful illustrations, brimming with nostalgia, evoke the good life at elegant hotels and resorts -- from Monte Carlo to Pasadena and from Atlantic City to Bangkok. 278 full-color illustrations.
A well-rounded resource for those involved with informatics tools useful in disease detection, diagnosis, and treatment, Informatics in Proteomics examines the application of statistical and bioinformatic tools in data analysis, presentation, and mining. It discusses the implementation of algorithms, statistical methods, and computer applications that facilitate pattern recognition and biomarker discovery by integrating data from multiple sour...
Whilst the global environment continues to deteriorate, cities have emerged as places of achievement and optimism. "Cleaner and greener" cities have become a requirement of global competition and environmental protection is held to be vital to improving the lives of citizens. However, the global and urban dimensions of sustainability circle upwards and around each other like a double helix. Now into the twenty-first century, the conflictive ge...
Sleep and wakefulness are fundamental behavioral and neurobiological states that characterize all higher animals, including human beings. Concise yet comprehensive, "Sleep Disorders and Psychiatry, " the latest volume in American Psychiatric Publishing's popular "Review of Psychiatry" Series, presents the cumulative experience of 12 experts who talk about what sleep is and why sleep is essential to maintaining good health, summarizing the majo...