mit press ltd apr 2022 (9 Ergebnisse)

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A bold, groundbreaking argument by a world-renowned expert that unless we treat free speech as the fundamental human right, there can be no others.What are human rights Are they laid out definitively in the UN s Universal Declaration of Human Rights or the US Bill of Rights Are they items on a checklist dignity, justice, progress, standard of living, health care, housing In The Most Human Right, Eric Heinze explains why global human rights systems have failed. International organizations constantly report on how governments manage human goods, such as fair trials, humane conditions of detention, healthcare, or housing. But to appease autocratic regimes, experts have ignored the primacy of free speech. Heinze argues that goods become rights only when citizens can claim them publicly and fearlessly: free speech is the fundamental right, without which the very concept of a right makes no sense.Heinze argues that throughout history countless systems of justice have promised human goods. What, then, makes human rights different What must human rights have that other systems have lacked Heinze revisits the origins of the concept, exploring what it means for a nation to protect human rights, and what a citizen needs in order to pursue them. He explains how free speech distinguishes human rights from other ideas about justice, past and present.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - How leaders can recast innovation s toughest trade-offs efficiency vs. flexibility, consistency vs. change, product vs purpose as productive tensions.Why is leading innovation in today s dynamic business environment so distressingly hit-or-miss More than 90 percent of high-potential ventures don t reach their projected targets. Surveys show that 80 percent of executives consider innovation crucial to their growth strategy, but only 6 percent are satisfied with their innovation performance. Should leaders aim for Steve Jobs-level genius, shower their projects with resources, or lean in to luck and embrace uncertainty None of the above, say Christopher Bingham and Rory McDonald.Drawing on cutting-edge research and probing interviews with hundreds of leaders across three continents, in Productive Tensions Bingham and McDonald find that the most effective leaders and successful innovators embrace the tensions that arise from competing aims: efficiency or flexibility consistency or change product or purpose Bingham and McDonald spotlight eight critical tensions that every innovator must master, and they spell out, with dozens of detailed examples of both success and failure, how to navigate them. How do you excite customers about a product they ve never imagined When is it wise to accept what the data is telling you, and when should you ignore the data and plow forward anyway How can you maintain stakeholders trust and support during radical unforeseen course corrections Bingham and McDonald guide readers through innovation s thorniest tensions, using examples drawn from the experience of organizations as varied as P&G, Instagram, the US military, Honda, In-N-Out Burger, Slack, Under Armour, and the snowboarding company Burton.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Why it takes more than microloans to empower women and promote sustainable, inclusive economic growth.Nearly one billion women have been completely excluded from the formal financial system. Without even a bank account in their own names, they lack the basic services that most of us take for granted secure ways to save money, pay bills, and get credit. Exclusion from the formal financial system means they are economic outsiders, unable to benefit from, or contribute to, economic growth. Microfinance has been hailed as an economic lifeline for women in developing countries but, as Mary Ellen Iskenderian shows in this book, it takes more than microloans to empower women and promote sustainable, inclusive economic growth.Iskenderian, who leads a nonprofit that works to give women access to the financial system, argues that the banking industry should view these one billion unbanked women not as charity cases but as a business opportunity: a lucrative new market of small business owners, heads of households, and purchasers of financial products and services. Iskenderian shows how financial inclusion can be transformative for the lives of women in developing countries, describing, among other things, the informal moneylenders and savings clubs that women have relied on, the need for both financial and digital literacy (and access) as mobile phones become a means of banking, and the importance of women s property rights. She goes on to make the business case for financial inclusion, exploring the ways that financial institutions are adapting to help women build wealth, access capital, and manage risks. Banks can do the right thing and make money while doing so and all of us can benefit.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -'The full financial inclusion of women will lead to significant advances in global economic development'--Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld 200 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'The rise of the English couture industry, and the transatlantic network that supported it during a turbulent period of depression, war, and post-war reconstruction'--.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'The merging of the autobiographical with the philosophical or theoretical traced through feminist conceptual art, performance art, literature, philosophy, and activism'.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Translated by Cadenza Academic Translations team and Antonia Hirsch'.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'This classic text teaches fundamental principles of computer programming, including recursion, abstraction, modularity, and programming language design and implementation. The approach focuses on discovering general patterns for solving specific problems, and building software systems that make use of those patterns. This version uses JavaScript as the language of instruction'--.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'An extensive introduction to quantum mechanics for undergraduate physics majors, based on the required MIT course and refined for the popular 'Mastering Quantum Mechanics' edX course'--.