China\"\"s entry into the global networked society has raised considerable debate over what are derived from the development and expansion of information and communication technologies (ICTs). One of hotly debated issues is software piracy, which is critical to the credibility and stability of China\"\"s membership to the global networked society....

China\"s legal system continues to struggle with the political and social complications of its rapid economic development. One of the more glaring tensions in the New China is the treatment of workers in a capitalist economy nested within a socialist political system....

A worldwide interest exists today in drilling horizontal wells to increase productivity. The primary focus of this book is to derive productivity formulae for horizontal wells in anisotropic reservoirs using straight forward mathematical techniques....

The purpose of this study was to gain a better understanding of voluntary associations involved in forest management....

Financial markets are often called the Great Games. This book explores some microstructure characteristics of those great games, with focus on the behaviors of individual investors. The first part studies the retail investors in US equity market....

The recent twenty years have witnessed the international business community\'s marked preference for arbitration as the means for resolving trans-border commercial disputes. The international commercial arbitration moot was created as a clinical tool for training law students in crucial aspects of the procedure: research, drafting and advocacy....

This book presents innovative theories, methodologies, and techniques in the field of risk management and decision making. It introduces new research developments and provides a comprehensive image of their potential applications to readers interested in the area....

The Chinese Electronics Industry documents the technologies, capabilities, and infrastructure that has made China a major player in the Asian electronics industry....