Subject(s): Finance -- Moral and ethical aspects | Investment advisors -- Moral and ethical aspects | Investments -- Moral and ethical aspects | Financial services industry -- Moral and ethical aspects | Business ethics Summary: "The recent economic crisis further underscores the importance of ethics, which is why finance professionals will

Subject(s): Landscape design -- Economic aspects | Real estate development | Value added Summary: "This book aims to explore the avenue of landscape economics and provides the building blocks (from different scientific disciplines) for an economic analysis of landscapes. What exactly constitutes and determines the value of a landscape? It f

Subject(s): Artificial satellites in telecommunication Summary: "This rich guide to satellite communication engineering includes recent developments enabling digital information transmission and delivery via satellite. This book takes a thorough approach to ramping-up the reader in the topical foundations. Throughout, concepts are developed

Subject(s): Knowledge, Sociology of | Thought and thinking | Knowledge management | Creative ability Summary: "Knowledge science is a problem-oriented interdisciplinary field that explores the modeling and application of the knowledge creation process. It encompasses disciplines such as knowledge management, technology and service managemen

Subject(s): Financial security | Financial risk | Credit Summary: This book presents state of the art thinking and developments in credit securitizationss, derivatives, and risk management. Written by leading thinkers from academia, the industry, and the regulatory environment, the book covers areas such as business cycles; correlation modellin

Subject(s): Building -- Drawings -- Details | Metric system Summary: "An essential reference resource for any architect or architect student, the Metric Handbook is the major handbook for planning and design data. For each building type, the book gives basic design requirements, principal dimensional data and details of relevant building re

Subject(s): Internet -- Social aspects -- Malaysia | Internet -- Government policy -- Malaysia | Digital media -- Social aspects -- Malaysia | Digital media -- Government policy -- Malaysia Summary: "In the four decades or so since its invention, the internet has become pivotal to how many societies function, influencing how individual citi

Subject(s): Autodesk Revit | Architectural drawing -- Computer-aided design | Architectural design -- Data processing Summary: "This Autodesk Official Training Guide teaches Revit to new usersThe perfect introduction to Revit Architecture, Autodesk?s building information modeling (BIM) software, this unique and highly effective guide uses a

Subject(s): Public-private sector cooperation | Public-private sector cooperation -- Europe | Public-private sector cooperation -- United States Summary: "Managing PPP projects is not a routine job, as every PPP project is different and should be managed accordingly. These projects require considerable capability and skills from both public

Subject(s): Transnational education -- Australia Summary: "Enhancing Quality in Transnational Higher Education explores issues and questions concerning the provision of quality teaching and learning in university programs delivered 'offshore'. The focus of the book is on what makes for a good and successful education in the context