The success of the first ten editions of Global Business Today (and its longer more in-depth textbook option and companion International Business now in the 12th edition) was based in part on the incorporation of leading-edge research into the text the use of the up-to-date examples and statistics to illustrate global trends and enterprise strategy and the discussion of current events within the context of the appropriate theory

This practical guide describes how the supply chain operates and discusses the issues and techniques that are relevant for companies seeking to improve the management of their supply chains. Organized using the features of the Essentials series, this easy-to-use guide contains tips and techniques for maximizing supply chain innovation strategies, as well as real-world examples developed from working with companies such as Johnson Wax, Starbucks, Borg-Warner, and Premier Health Care. Supply chain expert Michael Hugos analyzes the components of a well designed and managed supply chain, explains the metrics involved in measuring performance, and presents a pragmatic approach to designing and building supply chain systems.

Learn how to develop applications for Android mobile devices using simple examples, ready to run with your copy of the software development kit.

In this revised edition, Gary Althen and Janet Bennett have added material that reflects some of the important changes that have occurred over the last decade. This edition features new material on American politics, reflecting the impact of the Bush administration as well as the election of the nation's first black president, and an updated chapter on the effects of social networking sites on meeting people and creating friendships.

The ASP.NET MVC Framework has always been a good platform on which to implement REST-based services, but the introduction of the ASP.NET Web API Framework raised the bar to a whole new level.

Introducing Economic Development: A Global Perspective; Comparative Economic Development

This is the most comprehensive guide to the current uses and importance of case study methods in social research

A convenient and up-to-date reference tool for today's financial and nonfinancial managers in public practice and private industry If the very thought of budgets ushes your sanity over the limit, then this practical, easy-to-use guide is just what you need. Budgeting Basics and Beyond, Fourth Edition equips you with an all-in-one source guaranteed to make the budgeting process easier, less stressful, and more effective

The creation of language tests is―and should be―a craft that is accessible and doable not only by a few language test experts, but also by many others who are involved in second/foreign language education, say the authors of this clear and timely book. Fred Davidson and Brian Lynch offer language educators a how-to guide for creating tests that reliably measure exactly what they are intended to measure. Classroom teachers, language administrators, and professors of language testing courses will find in this book an easy and flexible approach to language testing as well as the tools they need to develop tests appropriate to their individual needs.

This introductory chapter provides a broad overview of the edited volume by describing the rationales, aims, theoretical underpinnings and organization of the book. The chapter first presents key changes that have had a major imparct on the way English is used and learned by geographically diverse groups of people in the world today. It then outlines a set of research – based principles that could be used as a basic for critically examining our curriculum, for designing our lessons for the teaching of listening, speaking, reading, writing anf other language skills and for developing tasks and activities that meet the linguistic, cognitive and affective needs of our students. The last part of the chapter provides a brief synopsis of each of the 20 chapters.