1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910220091403321

Autore

Moore Nancy Y.

Titolo

Small business and strategic sourcing : lessons from past research and current data / / Nancy Y. Moore, Clifford A. Grammich, Judith D. Mele

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Monica, California : , : RAND, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-8330-8231-0

0-8330-8207-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (123 p.)

Disciplina

355.62120973

Soggetti

Business logistics - United States

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE The Intersection of Small-Business Policies and Strategic-Sourcing Practices; Department of Defense as a Purchaser; Trends in DoD Spending; Challenges Facing DoD in Meeting Small-Business Contracting Goals; CHAPTER TWO Origins and Intents of Small-Business Contracting Policy; Historical Background; Varying Definitions of Small Business: Differences by Policy; Changes in Small-Business Activity over Time; Past Proposals to Change Size Thresholds

Different Data Perspectives on Industries and Small Businesses Classifying Industries Correctly; Implications: Small Business Is a Qualitative Concept Difficult to Define Quantitatively; CHAPTER THREE Composition of Small-Business Purchases by DoD and Its Implications for Strategic Sourcing; Small-Business Dollars and Contracts; Changing Composition of Small-Business Purchases; Small-Business Purchases, by Industry; CHAPTER FOUR Identifying Specific Opportunities for Strategic Sourcing and Implications for Small-Business Procurement

CHAPTER FIVE Conclusions and Recommendations: Improving the Classification of Small Businesses and Adjusting to Changing DoD Needs Improving the Classification of Small Businesses; Adjusting to Changing DoD Needs; APPENDIX Overview of Data Used in the Analyses;



References

Sommario/riassunto

The Department of Defense (DoD) may face challenges as it attempts to maintain its goal of spending about 23 percent of prime-contract dollars for goods and services with small businesses and at the same time apply strategic-sourcing practices to reduce total costs and improve performance and efficiency and in ways that will not conflict with small-business goals.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910417986503321

Titolo

Population review

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wilmington, Del., : Population Review Publications, ©2003-

[Fernley, Nev.?], : Sociological Demography Press

ISSN

1549-0955

Disciplina

301.3

Soggetti

Population

Demography

Démographie

Periodicals.

Périodique électronique (Descripteur de forme)

Ressource Internet (Descripteur de forme)

Developing countries Population Periodicals

Developing countries

Asie du Sud-Est

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Refereed/Peer-reviewed

Title from contents page (Project Muse, viewed June 14, 2004).



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910792425303321

Autore

Fioramonti Lorenzo

Titolo

European Union democracy aid : supporting civil society in post-apartheid South Africa / / Lorenzo Fioramonti

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-136-97870-4

1-136-97871-2

1-282-58667-X

9786612586675

0-203-85273-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (174 p.)

Collana

Europe in the world ; ; 9

Disciplina

341.242/2

Soggetti

Economic assistance, European - South Africa

Civil society - South Africa

Democracy - South Africa

European Union countries Foreign relations South Africa

South Africa Foreign relations European Union countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Promoting democracy through the citizens: Civil society, micro-assistance to democracy, sustainability; 3 Democracy promotion and civil society aid: The EU approach; 4 Civil society and democracy in South Africa: The grassroots dimension of a changing sector; 5 EU democracy aid to South Africa: The first ten years of democracy (1994-2004); 6 Democracy from below: EU support to community-based advice organizations

7 EU micro-assistance to democracy and sustainability: A multi-level analysis of grassroots organizations8 Conclusion; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Since the end of the Cold War, the promotion of democracy has occupied centre stage in global politics and in the academic debate on international relations. Governments, intergovernmental agencies, and



international donors have invested significant resources to support the democratic consolidation of fledgling democracies. The European Union (EU), which is the largest aid donor in the world, has been no exception to this trend. ?This book focuses on the development aid provided by the EU to the South African democracy during its first ten years of life. EU Democracy Aid is the first

4.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910785556403321

Autore

Frierson Cathy A

Titolo

All Russia is burning! [[electronic resource] ] : a cultural history of fire and arson in late Imperial Russia / / Cathy A. Frierson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Seattle, : University of Washington Press, c2002

ISBN

0-295-80146-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (330 p.)

Disciplina

364.16/4

Soggetti

Arson - Russia - History - 19th century

Russia Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Samuel and Althea Stroum book."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.