1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910458904003321

Autore

McGovern Glenn

Titolo

Targeted violence : a statistical and tactical analysis of assassinations, contract killings, and kidnappings / / Glenn McGovern

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton : , : Taylor & Francis, , 2010

ISBN

1-4398-5739-3

0-429-24611-0

1-4398-2513-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (334 p.)

Disciplina

364.15

Soggetti

Assassination

Murder for hire

Kidnapping

Victims of crimes

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

Front cover; Contents; Introduction; About the Author; Chapter 1. Chronology of Attacks; Chapter 2. Global Statistics; Chapter 3. Attack Methodology; Chapter 4. Attack Locations; Chapter 5. Methods of Operation; Chapter 6. Victimology; Chapter 7.Case Studies of Attacks on Motorcades; Chapter 8. Case Studies of Attacks on Pedestrians; Conclu sion; Bibliography; Index; Back cover

Sommario/riassunto

Drawn from case examples of incidents from around the world, Targeted Violence: A Statistical and Tactical Analysis of Assassinations, Contract Killings, and Kidnappings is the most complete resource of information on the attack methodologies, tactics used, and groups responsible for targeted killings and kidnappings. The author, a former SWAT and JTTF team member-whose experience includes providing protection to diplomats, high-ranking military personnel, prosecutors, and organized crime informants-presents a wealth of global statistics on assassinations,



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910159433703321

Titolo

Corporate sustainability : the new pillar of the circular economy / / Susana Garrido Azevedo and João Carlos O. Matias, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Nova Publishers, , [2017]

©2017

ISBN

1-5361-0731-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (244 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Business issues, competition and entrepreneurship

Disciplina

338.9/27

Soggetti

Industrial management - Environmental aspects

Corporations - Environmental aspects

Business enterprises - Environmental aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword -- The relation between corporate sustainability and a circular economy / Beatrice Santos, Susana Garrido Azevedo and João Carlos Matias, Department of Electromechanical Engineering, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal, and others -- The use of biomass as an energy resource in the path of the circular economy / Leonel Jorge Ribeiro Nunes, Department of Economics, Management, Industrial Engineering and Tourism (DEGEIT), University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal -- Corporate environmental sustainability : the life cycle assessment of an aluminum profile / Ana Carrizo Moreira, António Carrizo Moreira and Luís M. Ferreira, Department of Environment and Planning, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal, and others -- Eco-innovation empirical determinants : how Portuguese firms behave? / Mara Madaleno, Margarita Robaina, Marta Ferreira Dias, and Tiago Nunes, GOVCOPP, Research Unit in Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policies, University of Aveiro, DEGEIT, Department of Economics, Management, Industrial Engineering and Tourism, Aveiro, Portugal, and others -- Paving the way for a circular economy : theoretical framework and opportunities in challenging sectors / Lígia M. Costa Pinto, Paulo Ramísio, Ana Marreiros, and Sofia Santos, NIMA, School of Economics and Management, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, and others -- What should policy makers do to encourage sustainability practices? /



Joana Costa, Department of Economics, Management, Industrial Engineering and Tourism, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal -- Index.