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International Business: An Asia Pacific Perspective (Second Edition) provides a unique exploration of the topic of international business. It examines decisions relevant to managers in internationalizing and multinational firms operating in the Asia Pacific region. Its uniqueness stems from the cutting-edge conceptual material that underlies the decision-making frameworks in the text and in the numerous Asian company examples and illustrations. Users of this text examine such essential topics as the measurement and analysis of the cultural, political and economic dimensions of the international environment; the formation of internationalization strategies, including entry mode choice and strategic alliances; the analysis of the competitive implications of multinational firms and business groups; multinational, subsidiary and expatriate management; and the management of ethical issues.

Dive into the life of a man who followed his faith and lived a life of service to others. This is an inspiring story of a man with sterling character making the world a better place for those he came into contact with, but especially for those who dealt with the challenges of having an amputated limb or orthopedic deformity.The story offers a glimpse into the history of the artificial limb industry and the treatment of World War Two's amputee veterans.

This book gives provides a thorough introduction to GPU optimized database systems especially in online analytical processing (OLAP).

This is a comprehensive and systematic survey of Martin Luther's entire thought by an internationally recognized authority in the field of Reformation research. The main theological questions which engaged the Reformer's attention are set forth in clear and simple fashion, along with a host of quotations from this own writings to illumine the presentation. Scholars and laypersons alike will appreciate the more than a thousand instances in which the author allows Luther to speak forcefully and directly for himself.

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This is one of a pair of volumes by Paul Kroll (the companion volume deals with medieval Taoism and the poetry of Li Po). Collecting eleven essays by this leading scholar of Chinese poetry, the volume presents a selection of studies devoted to the medieval period, centering especially on the T'ang dynasty. It opens with the author's famous articles on the dancing horses of T'ang, on the emperor HsÃ1⁄4an Tsung's abandonment of his capital and forced execution of his prized consort, and on poems relating to the holy mountain T'ai Shan (with special attention to Li Po). Following these are detailed examinations of landscape and mountain imagery in the poetry of the "High T'ang" period in the mid-8th century, and of an extraordinary attempt made in the mid-9th-century to recall in verse and anecdote the great days of the High T'ang. The second section of the book includes two articles on birds (notably the kingfisher and the egret) in medieval poetry, and four of Kroll's influential studies focusing on the verse-form known as the fu or "rhapsody," especially drawing from the 3rd-century poet Ts'ao Chih and the 7th-century poet Lu Chao-lin.

During China's transition from imperial monarchy to republic,great changes occurred in popular education. After 1900, Chineseeducators began to stress the importance of educating all the peoplerather than just training an elite for government service. Associatedwith popular education was an attempt to 'reform' those customsand behaviours that were thought to be decadent and backward, sosetting the foundations of post-1949 Communist China. Reform the People is an intellectual history of the earlyyears of popular education in China and an account of how the new ideaswere put into practice. Paul Bailey draws on a wide variety of sources-- in particular contemporary Chinese educational journals notavailable in the West -- and describes how the educators promotedliteracy by establishing day-schools, vocational schools, and publiclibraries and encouraged a hard-working, disciplined andpublic-spirited citizenry. The author also throws new light on the work-study movement inFrance, promoted by Chinese anarchists in the early years of theRepublic, and relates the ideas behind it to the educational debatebegun during the last years of the Qing dynasty. Reform the People makes an important contribution to thesocial history of ideas and shows that despite the political turmoil ofthe early republic, there was an essential continuity in thought andpractice which spanned the two political systems.