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El Canal de Panamá es un ícono de la conexión global, pero también la causa de dramáticas desconexiones. En este libro innovador, Ashley Carse explora cómo el proceso histórico de la construcción del Canal y la reorganización de la naturaleza panameña como una infraestructura para el transporte marítimo internacional desconectaron a múltiples comunidades humanas, políticas y ecológicas. Con base en investigaciones etnográficas y de...
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This publication presents stories that showcase how improved connectivity has transformed lives---especially of women and girls---in rural communities of India. It presents the contributions of the Asian Development Bank's Rural Connectivity Investment Program (RCIP) in five states: Assam, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, and West Bengal. Enhanced connectivity has improved people's quality of life in the five RCIP states and contributed to a...
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Using an LLC as your business structure is an important part of protecting yourself and your assets from potential lawsuits. The liability protection that an LLC offers is a big attraction to business owners and people starting new businesses every day.
This book will explain to you all of the different features of an LLC, and will compare it to a variety of other business structures so you can determine whether or not an LLC is the...
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We all have activities that irritate us, bore us, and drain our energy. The problem is thinking that this is just a necessary part of life and business. In this book, I show you a simple process to shed those unwanted activities to not only free yourself up to concentrate on what fascinates and motivates you but to strengthen your team as well. Imagine spending your workdays doing only what you find endlessly fascinating. This is a reality for entrepreneurs...
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The UK has the most centralised system of government amongst major economies. This results in poorer services, lower economic growth and higher taxes. We have also developed an approach to devolution that is incoherent and unstable. This short book proposes an entirely new set of constitutional arrangements. It proposes that the UK should develop a federal structure of government with only a small number of functions such as defence and border control...
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This book is not a reconstruction plan for the United States of America's vast system of roads and bridges. Instead, it is a very simple collection of commonsense, low cost and no cost ideas that could or should help the system last longer. A little longer useful life for roads and bridges could buy some much needed time before the money is found for major improvements and replacements.
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The Wisconsin business community has anticipated the ticking time bomb in its available workforce for years. Now the time has arrived. The coming decade will be one of the fastest transformational periods that industry has ever encountered.
Backed by a long list of iconic companies, industry has always been Wisconsin's bedrock. Generations of Wisconsinites have proven themselves resourceful, dependable, and highly skilled at making things.
But we're...
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En este libro, Marcela Córdoba, psicóloga y coach transformacional, ofrece herramientas prácticas e innovadoras de transformación personal y organizacional a través del modelo que ella misma creó denominado IDREA.
Este método se explica desarrollando el acrónimo.
IDREA es una herramienta poderosapara transformar/se a través:
Identificación del estado actual,
Definición de metas y objetivos,
Reprogramación de pensamientos,
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I authored this book to provide practical guidance and insightful advice for a selected target group, which we can call 'IoT Solution Architects'. If you search the internet for the term IoT (Internet of Things), you may come across hundreds of publications in the form of books, papers, blogs and other resources about IoT on the market. This book does not repeat the information covered in those publications. It offers a unique perspective and focus...
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In the Digital Age of the twenty-first century, the question is not if you will be targeted, but when. For an enterprise to be fully prepared for the immanent attack, it must be actively monitoring networks, taking proactive steps to understand and contain attacks, enabling continued operation during an incident, and have a full recovery plan already in place. Are you prepared? If not, where does one begin?
Cybersecurity expert Ray Rothrock has provided...
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This complete summary of the ideas from Pete Mazany's book "Teamthink: Team New Zealand" presents a "vision-driven" model for managing extraordinary teams, projects and organisations. This model for successful project management was exemplified by the success of Team New Zealand in winning the 1995 America's Cup. In his book, the author explains that there are four components to this project model and when each of those components is in place, high-quality...
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This report explains how the quality of infrastructure investments in developing Asia can be enhanced and why this is vital for the region's sustainable recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. It emphasizes the need to balance urgent demand for infrastructure financing with governance approaches that focus on boosting efficiency and integrating infrastructure systems. The report also explores, how the Asian Development Bank can...
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An investigation of the history and demise of the most controversial North American energy infrastructure project. In 2015, President Barack Obama denied approval for TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline, which would have carried crude oil from the Canadian oil sands to the U.S. Gulf Coast, providing great economic benefit to Canada. Over seven years of regulatory process, environmental activism, and media attention, the project had become infamous,...
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The must-read summary of Stephen Flynn's book: "The Edge of Disaster: Rebuilding a Resilient Nation".
This complete summary of "The Edge of Disaster" by Stephen Flynn outlines the author's argument that America has learned very little from the 9/11 attacks and Hurricane Katrina, and has become a vulnerable nation. He advocates for better infrastructure, more resilience and immediate preparation to ensure a safer future.
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This report explores potential links between the agriculture and tourism sectors that could strengthen infrastructure development and inclusive growth in the Lao People's Democratic Republic. Over the last 3 decades, the Lao People's Democratic Republic has seen remarkable economic growth, with per capita income quadrupling between 1989 and 2019. However, this growth has been accompanied by widening inequality as the economy generated limited job...
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Las empresas de propiedad estatales (EPE) vienen con diferentes nombres y tamaños dependiendo del país en el que están incorporadas o el propósito para el cual se han establecido. Por lo tanto, sus nombres varían desde empresa / entidad estatal y empresa de propiedad estatal (EPE) hasta Gobierno / Corporación de propiedad pública, y compromiso del sector público, o paraestatal. Sin embargo, cualquiera que sea su nombre, una EPE es una entidad...
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The must-read summary of Gary Hamel's book: "What Matters Now: How to Win in a World of Relentless Change, Ferocious Competition and Unstoppable Innovation".
This complete summary of the ideas from Gary Hamel's book "What Matters Now" reveals the importance of reinventing management methods in order to create organisations that are ready for the future. The author highlights the five challenges that companies will face in the future and the changes...
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Unwanted and neglected as a child, abused by neighborhood perverts beginning at six years old, and then by loser boyfriends during her adolescence and beyond, Cathrine Ann became pregnant at fifteen, was pimped out by her rich uncle at seventeen, was jailed at eighteen, and lived as a prostitute in her thirties. But today she is the founder and president of a multi-million-dollar company. How did that happen? Beautiful Buttons is a rough, raw, candid,...
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"An eminent sociologist and bestselling author offers an inspiring blueprint for rebuilding our fractured society. We are living in a time of deep divisions. Americans are sorting themselves along racial, religious, and cultural lines, leading to a level of polarization that the country hasn't seen since the Civil War. Pundits and politicians are calling for us to come together, to find common purpose. But how, exactly, can this be done? In Palaces...
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