Summary: This accessible book provides readers with clear and concise discussions of key concepts while also incorporating familiar terminology. The author treats the important properties of the three primary types of materials - metals, ceramics and polymers - and composites.
Contents:1. Introduction 2. Atomic Structure and Interatomic Bo
Subject(s): Management
Contents:Preface -- Foundations of management -- Managing and performing -- The external and internal environments -- Managerial decision making -- Planning: delivering strategic value -- Planning and strategic management -- Ethics, corporate responsibility, and sustainability -- International management -- Entrepren
Subject(s): Economic development
Contents:Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction to economic development -- European emergence -- East Asian experience -- Economies in transition : socialist to market -- Sub-Saharan Africa -- South asia -- Latin america -- The Middle East and North Africa -- Conclusions: what have we learned? -- Refere
