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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “michael meurer”
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  • Transgression and Deviance in the Ancient World

    Edited by Lennart Gilhaus, Anja Dorn, Imogen Herrad, Michael Meurer ...
    Series series History (R0)
    Social coexistence is made possible and regulated by norms. Which actions are labeled and sanctioned as transgressions of norms is the result of social negotiation processes. Transgression and norm deviance can both stabilize and undermine the existing norm system. The contributions to this anthology aim to provide some impulses on the relationship between norm and deviance in ancient societies by ... Read more

    $64.09 CAD

  • Patent Failure

    How Judges, Bureaucrats, and Lawyers Put Innovators at Risk

    by James Bessen, Michael J. Meurer ...
    In recent years, business leaders, policymakers, and inventors have complained to the media and to Congress that today's patent system stifles innovation instead of fostering it. But like the infamous patent on the peanut butter and jelly sandwich, much of the cited evidence about the patent system is pure anecdote--making realistic policy formation difficult. Is the patent system fundamentally ... Read more

    $45.09 CAD

  • A Critical Companion to Terry Gilliam

    by Sabine Planka, Philip van der Merwe, Ian Bekker, Chris Broodryk, Michael Charlton, Jonathan Fruoco, Ulrich Meurer, Garreth O’Brien0, Ivy Roberts1, Karen Randell2, Andrew Grossman3, Kevin J. Wetmore,Jr.4, David Robinson5 ...
    Series series Critical Perspectives on Contemporary Directors
    A Critical Companion to Terry Gilliam provides a fresh, up-to-date exploration of the director’s films and artistic practices, ranging from his first film Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) to his recently released and latest film The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018). This volume presents Gilliam as a director whose films weave together an avant-garde cinematic style, imaginative exaggeration ... Read more

    $120.99 CAD

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    Series series Cambridge Companions to Literature
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  • 3-d Negotiation

    Powerful Tools to Change the Game in Your Most Important Deals

    by David A. Lax, James K. Sebenius ...
    When discussing being stuck in a "win-win vs. win-lose" debate, most negotiation books focus on face-to-face tactics. Yet, table tactics are only the "first dimension" of David A. Lax and James K. Sebenius' pathbreaking 3-D Negotiation (TM) approach, developed from their decades of doing deals and analyzing great dealmakers. Moves in their "second dimension"-deal design-systematically unlock ... Read more

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  • A Companion to Greek and Roman Historiography

    Edited by John Marincola ...
    Series series Wiley Companions to the Ancient World
    This two-volume Companion to Greek and Roman Historiography reflects the new directions and interpretations that have arisen in the field of ancient historiography in the past few decades.Comprises a series of cutting edge articles written by recognised scholarsPresents broad, chronological treatments of important issues in the writing of history and antiquityThese are complemented by chapters on ... Read more

    $60.99 CAD

  • Management

    Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices

    by Peter F. Drucker ...
    Management is an organized body of knowledge. "This book," in Peter Drucker'swords, "tries to equip the manager with the understanding, the thinking, the knowledge and the skills for today'sand also tomorrow's jobs." This management classic has been developed and tested during more than thirty years of teaching management in universities, in executive programs and seminars and through the author's ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • Roman Dress and the Fabrics of Roman Culture

    Edited by Jonathan Edmondson, Alison Keith ...
    Series Book 46 - Phoenix Supplementary Volumes
    Roman Dress and the Fabrics of Roman Culture investigates the social symbolism and cultural poetics of dress in the ancient Roman world in the period from 200 BCE-400 CE. Editors Jonathan Edmondson and Alison Keith and the contributors to this volume explore the diffusion of Roman dress protocols at Rome and in the Roman imperial context by looking at Rome's North African provinces in particular, ... Read more

    $41.59 CAD

  • On Competition

    by Michael E. Porter ...
    Series series Harvard Business Review Book
    For the past two decades, Michael Porter's work has towered over the field of competitive strategy.On Competition, Updated and Expanded Edition brings together more than a dozen of Porter's landmark articles from the Harvard Business Review. Five are new to this edition, including the 2008 update to his classic "The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy," as well as new work on health care, ... Read more

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  • The Gymnasium of Virtue

    Education and Culture in Ancient Sparta

    by Nigel M. Kennell ...
    Series series Studies in the History of Greece and Rome
    The Gymnasium of Virtue is the first book devoted exclusively to the study of education in ancient Sparta, covering the period from the sixth century B.C. to the fourth century A.D. Nigel Kennell refutes the popular notion that classical Spartan education was a conservative amalgam of “primitive” customs not found elsewhere in Greece. He argues instead that later political and cultural movements ... Read more

    $34.39 CAD

  • On Roman Religion

    Lived Religion and the Individual in Ancient Rome

    by Jörg Rüpke ...
    Series Book 67 - Cornell Studies in Classical Philology
    Provocative reading for anyone interested in Roman culture in the late Republic and early Empire.â• Religious Studies ReviewWas religious practice in ancient Rome cultic and hostile to individual expression? Or was there, rather, considerable latitude for individual initiative and creativity? Jörg Rüpke, one of the world’s leading authorities on Roman religion, demonstrates in his new book that it ... Read more

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  • MBA in a Box

    Practical Ideas from the Best Brains in Business

    by Joel Kurtzman, Glenn Rifkind, Victoria Griffith ...
    The best minds in business—at your serviceMBA in a Box brings together some of the best brains in business who show how the core curriculum of an MBA program works in the real world. People like Michael Porter, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Adrian J. Slywotzky, Warren Bennis, and Bill George give you a box full of ideas and tools that can boost your career and help you add value to your organization. For ... Read more

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