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The Medium Format Advantage

The Medium Format Advantage

Learn the advantages and capabilities of medium-format cameras and examine all aspects of medium-format operations including SLR twin lens panoramic rangefinder wide angle press and view cameras. Also explained and illustrated are lenses and their accessories motor drives films flashes filters slides and slide projectors and more. Includes black and white and color photographs and drawings to illustrate proper use of equipment and various techniques effects and possibilities that produce successful photographs with the best possible image quality. The medium format is truly the format in the middle. It combines many of the benefits of 35 mm photography with those of the large format making a medium format system an excellent choice for almost all types of photography from candid action with a hand-held camera to critical studio work from a tripod. Special chapters are devoted to these different applications and the type of equipment that most likely meets your photography needs. This book explains clearly the medium format's benefits advantages and disadvantages and provides a comparison of the medium format to other formats so you can decide whether it is right for you and your photography. | The Medium Format Advantage

GBP 175.00
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Talent Management in Small and Medium Enterprises Context Practices and Outcomes

Talent Management in Small and Medium Enterprises Context Practices and Outcomes

Talent Management in Small and Medium Enterprises contributes to the body of knowledge concerning talent management in small and medium enterprises. Despite the growing number of publications on talent management in recent years research has focused mainly on large companies. As a consequence of this research bias towards large companies the presented theoretical concepts and practices have limited applicability for talent management in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Because SMEs constitute a significant part of the national economy in a large number of countries many authors report the necessity to investigate talent management in such enterprises. This book will be a source of useful data for managers of SMEs and owners and provide them with information about the practices and methods concerning the acquisition development and retention of talented employees who may contribute to the success of SMEs and the execution of business strategies. The book offers academic researchers postgraduate students and reflective practitioners a state-of-the-art overview of Talent Management in Small and Medium Enterprises. | Talent Management in Small and Medium Enterprises Context Practices and Outcomes

GBP 19.99
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Medium-Sized Cities in the Age of Globalisation

Medium-Sized Cities in the Age of Globalisation

Medium-Sized Cities in the Age of Globalisation provides a brand-new perspective on academic discussions of globalisation through exploring urban development outside of select global cities including Paris Tokyo and London and instead focuses on medium-sized cities in the context of a globalising world. Combining the author’s expertise with extensive research this book fills a gap in the scholarly debate on globalisation and urban development with chapters of the book giving detailed insight on urban governance and economy local identity and urban representation. Through a range of visual sources including maps tables and graphs the book is applicable and accessible and offers a specialised analysis of medium-sized cities through assessing urban regeneration policies as well as promotional activities and their role in promoting positive change in an era of great inter-urban competition. This book contains valuable historical insights and is excellent specialised material for scholars and postgraduate students in the disciplines of Urban History Urban Studies and Geography as well as being a significant source for professionals working in urban planning and place promotion

GBP 130.00
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Small and Medium Enterprises in Malaysia Policy Issues and Challenges

Small and Medium Enterprises in Malaysia Policy Issues and Challenges

First published in 1999 this volume focuses on the contributions of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to Malaysia and they can be best supported. Moha Asri Abdullah examines solutions in the form of policy supports in developing countries financial and credit assistance entrepreneurial development business management training human resources development technical and vocational programmes local and infrastructure facilities fiscal policy and incentives for SMEs and the accessibility of SME support programmes. Abdullah ends with recommendations for the sector. | Small and Medium Enterprises in Malaysia Policy Issues and Challenges

GBP 31.99
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Small and Medium Enterprises in Distress Thailand the East Asian Crisis and Beyond

Small and Medium Enterprises in Distress Thailand the East Asian Crisis and Beyond

This title was first published in 2000: Since 1998 there have been many diagnoses studies and theories attempting to explain the East Asian economic crisis and the impact on major economic and financial sectors. This text aims to fill a gap in the literature by examining the effects on small and medium-sized enterprises. From early 1998 unemployment figures in the region rose rapidly although large enterprises were not as yet engaged in corporate restructuring. Registered small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and microenterprises were a major source of this unemployment especially among unskilled and seasonal workers. This volume covers the debate in five ways. An introductory chapter presents an overview of the SME international experience both in OECD and developing economies. | Small and Medium Enterprises in Distress Thailand the East Asian Crisis and Beyond

GBP 31.99
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Silverpoint and Metalpoint Drawing A Complete Guide to the Medium

Silverpoint and Metalpoint Drawing A Complete Guide to the Medium

Silverpoint and metalpoint more generally is the practice of marking with soft metal on a specifically prepared drawing surface. Practiced for centuries the artform is experiencing a resurgence in recent years with contemporary work exploring abstract as well as realist conceptual as well as traditional. Silverpoint and Metalpoint Drawing is the essential manual of metalpoint technique written by Susan Schwalb and Tom Mazzullo contemporary masters of the medium. This book is the first treatise on the subject for artists and art teachers with chapters on early history materials including grounds supports metals and tools techniques for working in metalpoint as well as mixed media and finally the care of metalpoint works. Not only beautifully illustrated this book also demonstrates how to photograph and exhibit metalpoint art. Featuring a gallery of drawings by contemporary artists along with their tips and insight Silverpoint and Metalpoint Drawing is a perfect introduction for students of the medium and an inspiration for those already more familiar with it. | Silverpoint and Metalpoint Drawing A Complete Guide to the Medium

GBP 39.99
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Medium Secure Psychiatric Provision in the Private Sector

Medium Secure Psychiatric Provision in the Private Sector

First published in 1998 this volume assesses issues of privatisation and mental health provision in the Medium Secure Psychiatric Care sector including case studies on two regional secure units and Stockton Hall Psychiatric Hospital between 1989 and 1992. It emerged at the end of a period of Conservative Party dominance of almost two decades in which privatisation had been at the forefront of discussion and focused on the midpoint of that era. Despite this privatisation of psychiatric care had received little discussion. Here Katrina R. Moss discusses the role of private medical care in the UK healthcare landscape with focus on the meaning of privatisation attitudes towards privatising the criminal justice system along with relevant legal and medical issues related to regulation by the Mental Health Act 1983. | Medium Secure Psychiatric Provision in the Private Sector

GBP 14.99
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Narrative Environments and Experience Design Space as a Medium of Communication

Narrative Environments and Experience Design Space as a Medium of Communication

This book argues narrative people and place are inseparable and pursues the consequences of this insight through the design of narrative environments. This is a new and distinct area of practice that weaves together and extends narrative theory spatial theory and design theory. Examples of narrative spaces such as exhibitions brand experiences urban design and socially engaged participatory interventions in the public realm are explored to show how space acts as a medium of communication through a synthesis of materials structures and technologies and how particular social behaviours are reproduced or critiqued through spatial narratives. This book will be of interest to scholars in design studies urban studies architecture new materialism and design practitioners in the creative industries. | Narrative Environments and Experience Design Space as a Medium of Communication

GBP 38.99
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Small and Medium Enterprises in India Infirmities and Asymmetries in Industrial Clusters

Small and Medium Enterprises in India Infirmities and Asymmetries in Industrial Clusters

Small and medium enterprises (SME) have attracted increasing interest in the last few years and industrialization is no longer seen as a linear way of development. This book analyzes how SME clusters emerge in a developing economy. Using India as a case study it addresses one central question: If growth has largely failed to be inclusive so far and if employing a work force in increasing returns activities through a different trajectory of industrialization is largely dependent upon industrial clusters of small and medium sized firms then what are the structural infirmities and asymmetries that need to be taken into account in the context of framing policies related to industrial clusters? The book identifies the structural infirmities in industrial clusters in India which could be typical to any of the developing countries and sharply in contrast to European success stories. Blending theory and empirical material it provides a middle ground between the two extremes of a uniform policy assuming ‘one size fits all’ and a specific policy based on individual cases. The book redraws the broad contours where space and production processes mutually constitute each other giving rise to outcomes somewhat generic to underdevelopment. It is of interest to academics working in the fields of economics business administration/ management and development economics. | Small and Medium Enterprises in India Infirmities and Asymmetries in Industrial Clusters

GBP 42.99
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Digital Art Aesthetic Creation The Birth of a Medium

Digital Art Aesthetic Creation The Birth of a Medium

Is art created with computers really art? This book answers ‘yes. ’ Computers can generate visual art with unique aesthetic effects based on innovations in computer technology and a Postmodern naturalization of technology wherein technology becomes something we live in as well as use. The present study establishes these claims by looking at digital art’s historical emergence from the 1960s to the start of the present century. Paul Crowther using a philosophical approach to art history considers the first steps towards digital graphics their development in terms of three-dimensional abstraction and figuration and then the complexities of their interactive formats. | Digital Art Aesthetic Creation The Birth of a Medium

GBP 38.99
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Metaphor and Corpus Linguistics Building and Investigating an English as a Medium of Instruction Corpus

Metaphor and Corpus Linguistics Building and Investigating an English as a Medium of Instruction Corpus

Metaphor and Corpus Linguistics: Building and Investigating an English as a Medium of Instruction Corpus offers a model for building a corpus of oral EMI seminars. It demonstrates how incorporating metaphor to the process of corpus building affords a more comprehensive description of the role of metaphor in discourse. EMI is the specific context outlined in this volume and as such it will be of particular interest to researchers in this area though the design and model can be easily generalised and applied to other corpora focusing on metaphor. Alejo-González argues for the need to build such a corpus given the scarcity of corpora being tagged for metaphor as well as the shortage of those dealing with the EMI phenomenon. This book will be of practical use and interest to those researchers of corpus linguistics or related areas looking to explore metaphor through their corpus studies. | Metaphor and Corpus Linguistics Building and Investigating an English as a Medium of Instruction Corpus

GBP 130.00
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Small and Medium Enterprises Law and Business Uncertainty and Justice

Small and Medium Enterprises Law and Business Uncertainty and Justice

The law plays an ambiguous role in running business. While legal tools can be used to tame uncertainties for example by concluding contracts to safeguard enforcement of future claims they can also generate uncertainty. These secondary uncertainties like ones stemming from vague rights and obligations may be counterbalanced by using different resources and strategies including acting informally modifying business plans or accepting the losses from unpaid dues. This book discusses how small and medium enterprises use the law abstain from using the law and use alternative pathways to manage business uncertainties. Examining these topics through the lenses of an extensive qualitative and quantitative empirical study on justiciable issues access to justice and legal uncertainty among SMEs in Poland it implements and expands upon the paradigmatic paths to justice methodology which has been successfully used to study conflict resolution access to justice and utilisation of the law by individuals in more than 30 jurisdictions. It argues that the grand promise of modern law - that it is a certainty-providing neutral and democratic device to resolve problems and conflicts - is not fully delivered. It reveals how the conditions of a freshly developed capitalism combined with the rule of law backsliding contribute to universal structural problems with access to justice meaning that accessing justice is a resource-hungry process which incentivises small businesses to settle for their legal problems and engage in informal and alternative strategies. | Small and Medium Enterprises Law and Business Uncertainty and Justice

GBP 120.00
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Managerial Labour Markets in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

Managerial Labour Markets in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

Focussing on the relatively few small firms which grew rapidly this book originally published in 1993 uses face-to-face interviews as well as published records to identify and analyse the managerial factors most closely associated with successful small firms. The volume concentrates on the following key managerial issues: In what respects do the managerial backgrounds and aspirations of the founders of fast-growth small firms differ from those of non-fast-growth small firms? How is the process of growth managed? What incentives remuneration packages and communication systems are instituted? How do these characteristics and experiences differ in fast-growth small firms from both the traditional small firm and large-firm sector? To what extent is it possible to explain the relative economic performance of small firms in terms of differences in their ownership organizational and management structures. | Managerial Labour Markets in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

GBP 35.99
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Indie TV Industry Aesthetics and Medium Specificity

Indie TV Industry Aesthetics and Medium Specificity

This edited collection is the first book to offer a wide-ranging examination of the interface between American independent film and a converged television landscape that consists of terrestrial broadcasters cable networks and streaming providers in which independent film and television intersect in complex multifaceted and creative ways. The book covers the long history of continuities and connections between the two sectors as seen in the activities of PBS HBO or Sundance. It considers the movement of filmmakers between indie film and TV such as Steven Soderbergh Rian Johnson the Duplass brothers Joe Swanberg Lynn Shelton and Gregg Araki; details the confluence of aesthetic and thematic elements seen in shows such as Girls Breaking Bad Master of None or Glow; points to a shared interest in regional sensibilities evident in shows like One Mississippi or Fargo; and makes the case for documentaries and web series as significant entities in this domain. Collectively the book builds a compelling picture of indie TV as a significant feature of US screen entertainment in the 21st Century. This interdisciplinary landmark volume will be a go-to reference for students and scholars of Television Studies Film Studies and Media Studies. | Indie TV Industry Aesthetics and Medium Specificity

GBP 34.99
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Qualitative Research Methods in English Medium Instruction for Emerging Researchers Theory and Case Studies of Contemporary Research

Qualitative Research Methods in English Medium Instruction for Emerging Researchers Theory and Case Studies of Contemporary Research

This timely book will guide researchers on how to apply qualitative research methods to explore English-medium instruction (EMI) issues such as classroom interactions teachers’ and students’ perceptions on language and pedagogical challenges and stakeholders’ views on the implementation of EMI. Each chapter focuses on a specific type of qualitative research methodology beginning with an overview of the research and the method used before presenting a unique case study. Chapters will also identify the process that EMI researchers went through to conduct their research the key dilemmas they faced and focus particularly on the methodological issues they encountered. By exploring these issues and providing up-to-date insights in contexts across the globe this book informs theory or the lack thereof underlying research into the phenomenon of EMI. This text will be indispensable for researchers who want to learn and acquire skills in conducting qualitative research in EMI as well as undergraduate and postgraduate students reading in the fields of applied linguistics and language education. | Qualitative Research Methods in English Medium Instruction for Emerging Researchers Theory and Case Studies of Contemporary Research

GBP 48.99
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Creative Approaches to Planning and Local Development Insights from Small and Medium-Sized Towns in Europe

Creative Approaches to Planning and Local Development Insights from Small and Medium-Sized Towns in Europe

This book project highlights creative approaches to planning and local development. The dynamic complexity diversity and fluidity which characterize contemporary society represent challenges for planning and development endeavours. While research and policy work has extensively focused on large cities and on metropolitan regions there has been relatively little work on ‘smaller places’. This book shows that if these new challenges affect all places and regions small and medium-sized towns (SMSTs) are suffering many specific problems that call imperatively for the design and implementation of very imaginative creative approaches to planning and local development. What could enhance creativity in local development and planning? Is it possible to talk about creative capacity building at the level of a town that might release imaginative and innovative activities? Under what local and non-local conditions is creativity being initiated and flourishing? What are the major obstacles and in what way can these be contained in order to safeguard pockets of creative action? Interdisciplinary and with case studies from France Norway and other European countries this volume presents a wide range of approaches and territorial contexts of small cities and towns in which spatial dynamics and the consequences of the city-region for urban planning theory and practice in Europe are highlighted with a special focus on the challenges for - and understanding of - planning and development of SMSTs. It provides a significant body of critical comparative and contextual perspectives on the quest for urban sustainability and resilience in SMSTs therefore emphasizing collaborative and potentially innovative approaches that can be detected but also the shortcomings pitfalls and 'traps' that can lie behind the approaches aimed at concerting ecological economic and socio-cultural concerns and the discourses promoting them. | Creative Approaches to Planning and Local Development Insights from Small and Medium-Sized Towns in Europe

GBP 42.99
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Economic Integration in East Asia Production networks and small and medium enterprises

Economic Integration in East Asia Production networks and small and medium enterprises

International production networks in manufacturing particularly in machinery industries have rapidly developed over the last two decades resulting in dramatic increases in intra-regional and intra-industry trade providing a key source of regional growth integration and development in East Asia. This book provides a better understanding on how to effectively further increase SME participation in East Asian production networks and in doing so identifies key challenges and issues that they need to address. This book aims to not only fill the theory-practice gap but also to lay solid foundations for designing national arrangements and a regional institutional frameworks to further encourage and support SME engagement and participation in regional and global production networks. The book contains several country case studies and by drawing upon individual country experiences at various stages of economic development this book demonstrates the varying difficulty faced by SMEs in ASEAN member countries attempting to participate in regional production networks and highlighting differences in needs and policy priorities. This book offers both a more focused theme on the assessment of globalization and a rather unique approach by focusing upon the particular importance of SMEs and by utilizing micro-level data at the firm or plant level. Its policy insights and the richness and uniqueness of the empirical findings will make the book an invaluable contribution to understanding East Asian production networks. | Economic Integration in East Asia Production networks and small and medium enterprises

GBP 42.99
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Deconstructing the Talmud The Absolute Book

Deconstructing the Talmud The Absolute Book

This monograph uses deconstruction—a philosophical movement originated by Jacques Derrida—to read the most authoritative book in Judaism: the Talmud. Examining deconstruction in comparison with Kant’s and Hegel’s philosophies the volume argues that the movement opens an innovative debate on Jewish Law. First the monograph interprets deconstruction within the major streams of continental philosophy; then it criticizes many aspects of Foucault’s and Agamben’s philosophy rejecting their notion of law. On these premises the research delivers a close examination of many fundamental aspects of the Talmud. Consequently it provides a short history of Rabbinic literature a history of the dissemination of the Talmud from Babylon to Northern France and an analysis of Talmudic vocabulary from a deconstructive perspective. Each key concept of the Talmud is analysed according to the deconstructive dialectics between orality and writing. Closing with a comparison between the Talmud and Derrida’s most enigmatic text Glas the study argues that deconstruction dismantles the traditional notion of the Talmud to outline a new approach to Jewish Law. Reading the Talmud through deconstruction this new angle makes the volume an essential resource for students and scholars interested in Jewish studies continental philosophy and the Middle East. | Deconstructing the Talmud The Absolute Book

GBP 39.99
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Digital Transactions in Asia Economic Informational and Social Exchanges

Digital Transactions in Asia Economic Informational and Social Exchanges

This book presents a comprehensive overview of transactional forms of the digital across the Asian region by addressing the platforms and infrastructures that shape the digital experience. Contributors argue that each and every encounter mediated by the digital carries with it a functional exchange but at the same time each transaction also implies an exchange based on social relationships for the digital age. In capturing the digital revolution through case studies of economic informational and social exchanges from across the larger Asian region the book offers a richly contextualized and comparative account of the pervasive nature of the digital as both a medium for action and a medium of record. | Digital Transactions in Asia Economic Informational and Social Exchanges

GBP 44.99
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Supporting EMI Students Outside of the Classroom Evidence from Japan

Supporting EMI Students Outside of the Classroom Evidence from Japan

There is a growing body of research on English-medium Instruction (EMI) in Asian contexts and much of this research points out difficulties experienced by stakeholders. This volume takes up the issue of support for EMI which is and which can be offered to students outside of the classroom in order to help them succeed academically in an EMI environment. Dr Ruegg’s book demonstrates the effectiveness of such support in the Japanese context. It begins by examining the support currently available for students in English-medium full degree programmes then goes on to examine one successful support service in more detail in order to determine the kinds of effects that can be achieved by establishing such a centre. The research reported in this book was conducted in Japan but the findings will apply in other locations especially in other Asian countries. The information provided in the book is expected to inform institutions who are looking to either establish an English-medium degree programme or improve on an existing programme by sharing information about the practices of other institutions. | Supporting EMI Students Outside of the Classroom Evidence from Japan

GBP 16.99
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