A discussion of the rapid tooling (RT) technologies under development and in use for the timely production of moulds and manufacturing tools. It describes applications within various leading companies and guides product and manufacturing process development groups on ways to reduce investments of money ... more »

Throughout the 1990s, pictures of Albanian youngsters studying in makeshift classrooms became a symbol of Serbian state repression in Kosovo. The establishment of so-called parallel education in private houses and businesses in Kosovo became part of Albanian resistance to Serbian rule and an important ... more »

This is a book for the Single European Market and for the real estate professionals operating within it. The real estate industry is europeanising rapidly in anticipation of the SEM, with potentially even greater European integration under the provisions of the Maastricht Treaty of European Union. more »

Monetary policy has become one of the most contested areas of modern economics. Governments have come to see prudent monetary policy as essential to the control of inflation and hence to sustained economic growth, yet the processes by which this can be translated into practice remain controversial. In ... more »

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This book asks whether foreign aid can help post-communist societies to steer their technological innovation systems in more environmentally sound directions. It examines the legacy of Soviet-type innovation systems, then looks at opportunities for greener innovations in post-communist Poland. more »

This book provides a new answer to the old question of the rise of the West. Why, from the eighteenth century onwards, did some countries embark on a path of sustained economic growth while others stagnated? Ringmar's concludes that, for sustained development to be possible, change must be institutionalized ... more »

Considers the recent explosion of knowledge about the carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) family, which resulted from the molecular cloning of family member genes in 1986. Results indicating CEA family members upregulated in cancer could have an instrumental role in malignant transformation and metastasis ... more »

Micro-Optomechatronics systematically explains the devices based upon the fusion of optics, electronics, and mechanics via MEMS technology. The book first demonstrates how devices are classified based upon the control methods of power and position of the laser beam. It then describes the devices in detail ... more »

This fascinating study uses Domesday book data and Management Science methods to examine manorial production efficiency in Medieval Essex in 1086. It reveals unexpected facts about economic history. more »

Analyzing ground-breaking research, this reference highlights the impact of sleep deprivation on the well-being of the individual and society-presenting current theories on the function of sleep, the effects of sleep deprivation on patients with medical and psychiatric conditions, as well as providing ... more »

The internet bubble which peaked in size in 2000 is now well and truly burst. As with all bubbles, there are varying explanations for its occurrence, but the hype which surrounds the internet has shouldered a lot of the blame. There is however, no doubt that the internet has significantly changed the ... more »