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  • An Investment Perspective on Global Value Chains

    by Christine Zhenwei Qiang, Yan Liu, Victor Steenbergen ...
    This report investigates the role of foreign direct investment (FDI) in helping developing countries participate in global value chains (GVCs). It aims to provide practical guidance for developing countries to develop strategies that use FDI to strengthen GVC participation and upgrading. ... Read more

    $49.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Holographic Duality in Condensed Matter Physics

    by Jan Zaanen, Yan Liu, Ya-Wen Sun, Koenraad Schalm ...
    A pioneering treatise presenting how the new mathematical techniques of holographic duality unify seemingly unrelated fields of physics. This innovative development morphs quantum field theory, general relativity and the renormalisation group into a single computational framework and this book is the first to bring together a wide range of research in this rapidly developing field. Set within the ... Read more

    $78.79 USD

  • 传承中文 Modern Chinese for Heritage Beginners

    Stories about Us

    by Yan Liu, Jingjing Ji, Grace Wu, Min-Min Liang ...
    Modern Chinese for Heritage Beginners aims to serve as a stepping-stone for Chinese heritage language learners’ future Chinese learning, inspiring them to reflect on their identities, learn Chinese American history, and embrace their cultural heritage.The book starts with talking about individuals and families and then expands to the Chinese and Asian American communities in the U.S. and ... Read more

    $51.99 USD

  • Christian Social Activism and Rule of Law in Chinese Societies

    by Chris White, Fenggang Yang, Yucheng Bai, Jeffrey Chiu, Calida Chu, George Dunn, Bob Fu, Kim Kuen Ip, Wai Luen Kwok0, Tsz-him Lai1, Yan Liu2, Magdaléna Rychetská3, Jenny McGill4, Mark McLeister5, Timotheus Mui6, Shiho Murakami7, Jonathan Seitz8, Joshua Tan9, Carsten Vala0, Fuk Tsang Ying1, Xinzhang Zhang2 ...
    Series series
    Although Christianity has been a minority religion in Chinese societies, Christians have been powerful catalysts of social activism in seeking to establish democracy and rule of law in mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and diasporic communities. The chapters gathered in this collection reveal the vital influence of Christian individuals and groups on social, political, and legal activism in ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • An Investment Perspective on Global Value Chains

    by Christine Zhenwei Qiang, Yan Liu, Victor Steenbergen ...
    This report investigates the role of foreign direct investment (FDI) in helping developing countries participate in global value chains (GVCs). It combines the perspectives and strategies from three types of players: multinational corporations, domestic firms and governments. It aims to provide practical guidance for developing countries to develop strategies that use FDI to strengthen GVC ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Modelling Urban Development with Geographical Information Systems and Cellular Automata

    by Yan Liu ...
    Urban development and migration from rural to urban areas are impacting prime agricultural land and natural landscapes, particularly in the less developed countries. These phenomena will persist and require serious study by those monitoring global environmental change. To address this need, various models have been devised to analyze urbanization a ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Practical Applications of Bayesian Reliability

    by Yan Liu, Athula I. Abeyratne ...
    Series series Quality and Reliability Engineering Series
    Demonstrates how to solve reliability problems using practical applications of Bayesian modelsThis self-contained reference provides fundamental knowledge of Bayesian reliability and utilizes numerous examples to show how Bayesian models can solve real life reliability problems. It teaches engineers and scientists exactly what Bayesian analysis is, what its benefits are, and how they can apply the ... Read more

    $105.00 USD

  • Musings on Leadership

    Life lessons to help you thrive as a leader

    by Tor Mesoy, Yan Liu, Qian Lucy ...
    Tired of reading leadership literature with grandiose promises and complex models? Disillusioned by all the hype? Ready to glean inspiration for your leadership from the many examples all around us, in our daily lives?In Musings on Leadership we share anecdotes from daily life and reflect on what they mean for us as leaders. We have found that if our eyes and ears are open, there are great ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Theory and Methods of Quantification Design on System-Level Electromagnetic Compatibility

    by Donglin Su, Shuguo Xie, Fei Dai, Yan Liu, Yunfeng Jia ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book systematically explains the fundamentals of system-level electromagnetic compatibility and introduces the basic concept of system-level electromagnetic compatibility quantification design. The topics covered include the critical technologies in the top-down quantification design of electromagnetic compatibility, quantification design of system-level electromagnetic compatibility, ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • The Withdrawal of Correspondent Banking Relationships

    A Case for Policy Action

    by Michaela Erbenova, Yan Liu, Nadim Kyriakos-Saad, Aledjandro Lopez Mejia, Jose Giancarlo Gasha, Emmanuel Mathias, Mohamed Norat, Francisca Fernando, Yasmin Almeida ...
    This paper focuses on the withdrawal of correspondent banking relationships (CBRs) in some jurisdictions post-global financial crisis. It describes existing evidence and consequences of the withdrawal of CBRs and explores drivers of this phenomenon drawing on recent surveys and select country information. While the withdrawal of CBRs has reached a critical level in some affected countries, which ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Law’s Impunity

    Responsibility and the Modern Private Military Company

    by Professor Hin-Yan Liu ...
    Series series Studies in International Law
    When faced with those who act with impunity, we seek the protection of law. We rely upon the legal system for justice, from international human rights law that establishes common standards of protection, to international criminal law that spearheads efforts to end impunity for the most heinous atrocities. While legal processes are perceived to combat impunity, and despite the ready availability of ... Read more

    $38.89 USD

  • Empirical Likelihood and Quantile Methods for Time Series

    Efficiency, Robustness, Optimality, and Prediction

    by Yan Liu, Fumiya Akashi, Masanobu Taniguchi ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    This book integrates the fundamentals of asymptotic theory of statistical inference for time series under nonstandard settings, e.g., infinite variance processes, not only from the point of view of efficiency but also from that of robustness and optimality by minimizing prediction error. This is the first book to consider the generalized empirical likelihood applied to time series models in ... Read more

    $53.99 USD