1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456110503321

Titolo

Lives of the laureates [[electronic resource] ] : twenty-three Nobel economists / / edited by William Breit and Barry T. Hirsch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2009

ISBN

0-262-30337-X

1-282-24023-4

9786612240232

0-262-01276-6

0-262-25499-9

Edizione

[5th ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (476 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BreitWilliam

HirschBarry T. <1949->

Disciplina

330.092/2

Soggetti

Economists

Nobel Prizes

Electronic books.

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 (p. [455]-459).

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction to the Fifth Edition; Acknowledgments; W. Arthur Lewis; Lawrence R. Klein; Kenneth J. Arrow; Paul A. Samuelson; Milton Friedman; George J. Stigler; James Tobin; Franco Modigliani; James M. Buchanan; Robert M. Solow; William F. Sharpe; Ronald H. Coase; Douglass C. North; John C. Harsanyi; Myron S. Scholes; Gary S. Becker; Robert E. Lucas, Jr.; James J. Heckman; Vernon L. Smith; Clive W. J. Granger; Edward C. Prescott; Thomas C. Schelling; Edmund S. Phelps; Lessons from the Laureates: An Afterword; Notes

Sommario/riassunto

Autobiographical accounts by twenty-three Nobel laureates give a picture of the richness of contemporary economic thought and insights into the creative process.



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996339111103316

Autore

O'Neill Mark G

Titolo

Green IT for sustainable business practice [[electronic resource] ] : an ISEB foundation guide / / Mark G. O'Neill

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Swindon, : British Informatics Society Limited, 2010

ISBN

1-906124-74-4

1-78017-035-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (159 p.)

Disciplina

004.0684

Soggetti

Information technology - Environmental aspects

Sustainable development

Social responsibility of business

Green technology

Electronic books.

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

Copyright; CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES; AUTHOR; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1 INTRODUCTION TO GREEN IT; 2 THE DEFINITION OF GREEN IT; 3 ESTABLISHING A GREEN IT POLICY; 4 GREEN WASH; 5 KEY ROLES IN GREEN IT; 6 KEY FACTORS DRIVING GREEN IT; 7 BUSINESS AND ORGANISATIONAL BENEFITS OF ADOPTING GREEN IT; 8 MAKING GREEN IT HAPPEN; 9 THE ICT LIFE CYCLE; 10 HOW TO LESSEN THE IMPACT OF EMBODIED EMISSIONS; 11 IMPROVING YOUR ORGANISATION'S GREEN IT CREDENTIALS; 12 CONCLUSION; 13 SUMMARY; USEFUL REFERENCE SITES; ABBREVIATIONS; GLOSSARY OF TERMS; NOTES; INDEX; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a full understanding of the importance of IT when trying to achieve an organisation's green objectives. It gives the tools to create an action list which identifies and addresses Green IT requirements.  Primarily aimed at IT service providers, it also contains advice for the general IT user.