A mushrooming computer market and the advent of World Wide Web have sparked a rapid increase in the electronic delivery of education. Technology based distance education has been around a long time, but its growth has surged in the 1990s all over the world, resulting in growing thousands of online courses in field of English language teaching....

The Single Minute Exchange of Die (SMED) is one important lean tool to reduce waste and improve flexibility in manufacturing processes allowing lot size reduction and manufacturing flow improvements....

The persistent interest in the investigation of the electron atom/molecule collisions is driven by the increase in importance of the electron assisted processes in the development of modern technologies....

Four or five years ago, at the instance of some of my nearest co-workers, I agreed to write my autobiography. I made the start, but scarcely had I turned over the first sheet when riots broke out in Bombay and the work remained at a standstill. it is not my purpose to attempt a real autobiography....

This collection of Meghnad Desai\'s essays are a treatise on the political economy of South Asia in general and of India in particular, in the last thirty five years. They venture into political history and engage in issues of policy. All these articles are in response to the issues that have been in the forefront of study since the early 1960s....

Published in honor of Victoria Chick, and inspired by her own contributions to knowledge in this field, this volume represents both consolidation and the breaking of new ground in Keynesian monetary theory and macroeconomics by leading figures in these fields....

\'In the triumphant resurgence of capitalism and indeed its global reach, the one thinker who is vindicated is Karl Marx. The demise of the socialist experiment inaugurated by October 1917 would not distress but cheer Marx if, as an atheist, he occupies any part of Hell, Purgatory or Heaven....

Book DescriptionThese case studies offer a unique perspective on international corporate finance. Theyll help you understand international financial markets, including the instruments and techniques used in the foreign exchange market, monetary policy and international asset allocation....

Published in honor of Victoria Chick, and inspired by her own contributions to knowledge in this field, this volume represents both consolidation and the breaking of new ground in Keynesian monetary theory and macroeconomics by leading figures in these fields....