books about: commercialization

books about: commercialization

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Commercialization

Thoughts on the politicization of science through commercialization.: An article from: Social Research
M. Norton Wise

Thomson Gale, 2006

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Innovation, Product Development and Commercialization: Case Studies and Key Practices for Market Leadership
Dariush Rafinejad

J. Ross Publishing, 2007

Innovation, Product Development, and Commercialization is a highly recommended practical book to help every manager and executive succeed in today s competitive environment. -- Gerald Z. Yin , Ph. D., Chairman and CEO, Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc. (AMEC) This comprehensive reference presents a unique holistic approach to ...

The Commercialization of Microfinance: Balancing Business and Development

Kumarian Press, 2002

* Addresses key issues related to bringing microfinance into the commercial realm * Written by prominent practitioners and scholars from a variety of organizations While many microfinance organizations started as NGOs, there is now a growing movement for them to transform into regulated, for-profit entities. Concurrently, commercial banks, credit ...

Universities in the Marketplace: The Commercialization of Higher Education

Derek Bok

Princeton University Press, 2004

Highly Recommended!
Former Harvard University President Derek Bok warns that making commercial ventures part of the fabric of U.S. higher education endangers universities' basic values and goals. However, he also gives compelling descriptions of why trustees and administrators are tempted ...

Am I Thin Enough Yet?: The Cult of Thinness and the Commercialization of Identity

Sharlene Hesse-Biber

Oxford University Press, USA, 1997

Excellent for beginners, not so useful for researchers
"Am I thin Enough Yet?" is a very well-written book, and I strongly recommend it to women (and men!) living in the Western World, where thinness is what defines a woman's self-worth. The author's interviews with college women are fascinating and useful in terms of ...

Made to Play House: Dolls and the Commercialization of American Girlhood, 1830-1930
Miriam Formanek-Brunell

The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998

"Formanek-Brunell's study of the United States doll industry provides a fresh perspective on the construction of gender in America... Made to Play House is a pioneering book of interest to collectors, historians of women and of consumer culture, and anyone who has a child who plays with dolls." -- Molly Ladd-Taylor, Journal of American History In ...

Commercialization of Innovative Technologies: Bringing Good Ideas to the Marketplace

C. Joseph Touhill, Gregory Touhill, ...

Wiley-AIChE, 2008

Strong Support for Starting Off Right
I found this book very helpful, especially from the perspective of the business manager and investor. The comments about technical personnel rang especially true based on my experience- the challenge is to harness their skills, understand their traits and motivations, ...

The Managed Heart: Commercialization of Human Feeling, Twentieth Anniversary Edition, With a New Afterword

Arlie Russell Hochschild

University of California Press, 2003

Great
Fantastic work, great research...,great Subject, but need a follow up Book...to see how things are done now at DL...

City of Eros: New York City, Prostitution, and the Commercialization of Sex, 1790-1920

Timothy J. Gilfoyle

W. W. Norton & Company, 1994

Gilfoyle is that rare academic who can write for popular audiences
Sex. At one time or another it's on everybody's mind. For some people, sex is more than a thought, it's a business. And what a business it was in New York from the late 18th through the early 20th Century. Timothy Gilfoyle has done an impressive job of researching ...

The Commercialization of Intimate Life: Notes from Home and Work

Arlie Russell Hochschild

University of California Press, 2003

Wisdom
Good books on work-family issues give us a window into the mind of the author, describe relevant issues in ways that make sense, and tell us what we can do to improve the world. Great books do all of this, but also give us a glimpse into the author's soul, and leave ...

Property and Equality: Encapsulation, Commercialization, Discrimination

Berghahn Books, 2006

The ethnography of egalitarian social systems was first met with sheer disbelief. Today, it is still hotly debated in a number of fields and has gained sophistication as well as momentum. This collection of essays on "property and equality" acknowledges this diversification by presenting research results in two complementary volumes. They bring ...

From Politics to Profit: The Commercialization of Canadian Daily Newspapers, 1890-1920
Minko Sotiron

McGill-Queen's University Press, 2005

In their drive to maximize profits, Canadian publishers abandoned partisan politics and adopted sensationalistic journalism to build audiences for advertisers. "From Politics to Profit" analyses the decisive period in which newspapers changed in content and appearance as the number of "fluff" pieces increased and hard news stories decreased, ...

Enterprise: Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Concepts, Contexts and Commercialization
Robin Lowe, Sue Marriott

Butterworth-Heinemann, 2006

Enterprise, Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Concepts, Contexts and Commercialisation provides readers with an accessible and readable introduction to the various dimensions of entrepreneurship and market innovation. It has a clear structure that is easy for the reader to follow and it focuses on enterprising behaviour. The text contains: * ...

The Cinema of Feng Xiaogang: Commercialization and Censorship in Chinese Cinema After 1989
Rui Zhang

University of Washington Press, 2008

Beginning first as a case study of Feng Xiaogang, this book explores Chinese film history since the early 1990s in terms of changes of party film policy, industry reforms, the party's promotion of Main Melody films and the emergence and growth of popular cinema. The image of Feng that will emerge in this book is that of a filmmaker working under ...

The Commercialization of News in the Nineteenth Century
Gerald J. Baldasty

University of Wisconsin Press, 1992

The Commercialization of News in the Nineteenth Century traces the major transformation of newspapers from a politically based press to a commercially based press in the nineteenth century. Gerald J. Baldasty argues that broad changes in American society, the national economy, and the newspaper industry brought about this dramatic shift. ...