What would happen if everyone in your company followed a disciplined approach to cost reduction? What would it look like? How can it be done? With smart cost management. Two strategies - target costing and value engineering. You'll find both in this book, the first in a series to increase your profits.

The first complete music reference for the region, this volume covers all the nations and ethnic groups of modern Southeast Asia.

Addresses the topics of the psychology of deceptive persuasion in the marketplace and consumer self-protection. This book provides chapters that cover theoretical perspectives on deceptive persuasion; different types of deception tactics; how deception-minded marketers think; and, the nature of marketplace deception protection skills.

This final volume includes case studies, a general index to the entire series and all the bibliographies, discographies and videographies from the nine regional volumes.

Presents leading authorities discussing the many possibilities of using Google products as effective, user-friendly tools in libraries. Google Scholar and Print are explored with an eye towards offering an expanded view of what is and may be possible for the future, with practical insights on how to make the most of the product's capabilities.

Explores the influences on the four musicians in the early 50s who, because of their deep interest in art, associated closely with the New York School of painters: Varese, Wolpe, Feldman and Cage.

Offers an introduction to the thermodynamic behavior of materials systems. Written as a basic text for advanced undergraduates and first year graduate students in metallurgy, metallurgical engineering, ceramics, or materials science, this book presents the underlying thermodynamic principles of materials and their plethora of applications.

Focuses on the achievements of 2400 scientists, explaining the nature and importance of those achievements. This work covers traditional science and the social sciences. It features pronunciation guidelines, quotations, website links, and suggestions for further reading.

Children's exposure to violence in their home, their community, and our society has been recognized as a serious mental heath, social, and public health problem. This book discusses physiological effects of violence on children, its effects on behavioral and emotional functioning, and differences between boys and girls.

As open access initiatives, electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) provide Internet access to graduate student research documents from hundreds of academic institutions, thus furthering international scholarly communication. This book presents a comprehensive treatise on ETDs.

Explains the essentials of the molecular biology of infectious agents right through to the clinical management of the infected patient, passing disease pathogenesis, diagnosis, and the use of antimicrobial therapy on the way.

Presents mathematics education from a culturally responsive perspective. This collection tackles the crucial issues of teaching mathematics to an ethnically diverse school population, including the political dimension of mathematics education within the context of governmental efforts to improve achievement in school mathematics.

Takes the various elements of customer centric marketing and brings them together using the research and case studies from various industries. This book discusses research and concepts to provide practitioners, educators, and students with an understanding of the range of issues relevant to customer centric marketing.

Voices of the Other offers a variety of approaches to children's literature that includes discussions of cultural appropriation, race theory, pedagogy as a colonialist activity, and multiculturalism.

Suitable for student researchers, practitioners, and university faculty who are interested in answering applied research questions and objectively evaluating educational and clinical practices.

Now in its third edition, Human Molecular Genetics continues to provide authoritative guidance on the principles underlying human molecular genetics. The content and organisation has been comprehensively updated.

Deals with finite-difference and finite-volume computational methods. This book presents the fundamentals of numerical simulation and describes the various available solution methods. It also includes relevant references to the literature.

Offers an account of quality control and features forms, worksheets, and step-by-step procedures that simplify statistical process control.

Takes the various elements of customer centric marketing and brings them together using the research and case studies from various industries. This book discusses research and concepts to provide practitioners, educators, and students with an understanding of the range of issues relevant to customer centric marketing.