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UNINA9910465875403321 |
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Millstein Ira M. |
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The activist director : lessons from the boardroom and the future of the corporation / / Ira M. Millstein |
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New York : , : Columbia University Press, , [2017] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (240 pages) : illustrations |
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Columbia Business School publishing |
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Boards of directors - United States |
Directors of corporations - United States |
Corporate governance - United States |
Corporations - Investor relations - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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A mess that can't be fixed? -- The board-centric imperative -- Revolt in the boardroom: the story of General Motors -- General Motors as catalyst -- Drexel: the most feared firm on Wall Street -- Dead broke: New York City's 1970s fiscal crisis -- Lights out: the Con-Ed blackout -- Shedding light on shadow government in New York State -- Planned Parenthood: a corporate governance success story -- Conclusion. |
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Some of the worst corporate meltdowns over the past sixty years can be traced to passive directors who favored operational shortcuts over quality growth strategies. Thinking primarily about placating institutional investors, selective stockholders, proxy advisors, and corporate management, these inattentive and deferential board members have relied on short-term share price increases to sustain their companies long term. Driven by a desire for prosperity, not posterity, these actions can doom any company. In The Activist Director, attorney Ira M. Millstein looks back at fifty years of counseling companies, nonprofits, and governments to actively govern their corporations and constituencies. From the threat of bankruptcy and the ConEd blackout of 1970s New York City, to the meltdown of Drexel |
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Burnham Lambert in the late 1980s, to the turnaround of General Motors in the mid-1990s, Millstein takes readers into the boardrooms of several of the greatest catastrophes and success stories of America's best-known corporations. His solution lies at the top: a new breed of activist directors who partner with management and reject short-term outlooks, plan a future based on growth and innovation, and take responsibility for corporate organization, strategy, and efficiency. What questions should we ask of potential board members and how do we know they'll be active? Millstein offers pragmatic suggestions for recruiting activist directors to the boardroom to secure the future of the corporation. |
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UNINA9910143246403321 |
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Guidelines for pressure relief and effluent handling systems [[electronic resource] /] / Center for Chemical Process Safety of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers |
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New York, N.Y., : American Institute of Chemical Engineers, c1998 |
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1-282-78325-4 |
9786612783258 |
0-470-93519-7 |
1-59124-596-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (564 p.) |
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620.106 |
660.0286 |
660/.028/6 |
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Chemical plants - Waste disposal |
Hazardous wastes - Management |
Relief valves |
Sewage disposal |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Guidelines for Pressure Relief and Effluent Handling Systems; Contents; |
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Preface; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 1.1. Objective; 1.2. Scope; 1.3. Design Codes and Regulations, and Sources of Information; 1.4. Organization of This Book; 1.5. General Pressure Relief System Design Criteria; 1.5.1 Process Hazards Analysis; 1.5.2 Process Safety Information; 1.5.3 Problems Inherent in Pressure Relief and Effluent Handling System Design; 2 Relief Design Criteria and Strategy; 2.1. Limitations of the Technology; 2.2. General Pressure Relief Strategy |
2.2.1 Mechanism of Pressure Relief2.2.2 Approach to Design; 2.2.3 Limitations of Systems Actuated by Pressure; 2.2.4 Consideration of Consequences; 2.3. Codes, Standards, and Guidelines; 2.3.1 Scope of Principal USA Documents; 2.3.2 General Provisions; 2.3.3 Protection by System Design; 2.4. Relief Device Types and Operation; 2.4.1 General Terminology; 2.4.2 Pressure Relief Valves; 2.4.3 Rupture Disk Devices; 2.4.4 Devices in Combination; 2.4.5 Miscellaneous Nonreclosing Devices; 2.4.6 Miscellaneous Low-Pressure Devices; 2.4.7 Miscellaneous Relief System Components |
2.4.8 Selection of Pressure Relief Devices2.5. Relief System Layout; 2.5.1 General Code Requirements; 2.5.2 Pressure Relief Valves; 2.5.3 Rupture Disk Devices; 2.5.4 Low-Pressure Devices; 2.5.5 Series/Parallel Devices; 2.5.6 Header Systems; 2.5.7 Mechanical Integrity; 2.5.8 Material Selection; 2.5.9 Drainage and Freeze-up Provisions; 2.5.10 Noise; 2.6. Design Flows and Code Provisions; 2.6.1 Safety Valves; 2.6.2 Relief Valves; 2.6.3 Low Pressure Devices; 2.6.4 Rupture Disk Devices; 2.6.5 Devices in Combination; 2.6.6 Miscellaneous Nonreclosing Devices; 2.7. Scenario Selection Considerations |
2.7.1 Events Requiring Relief Due to Overpressure2.7.2 Design Scenarios; 2.8. Fluid Properties and System Characterization; 2.8.1 Data Sources/Determination/Estimation; 2.8.2 Pure-Component Properties; 2.8.3 Mixture Properties; 2.8.4 Phase Behavior; 2.8.5 Chemical Reaction; 2.8.6 Miscellaneous Fluid Characteristics; 2.9. Fluid Behavior in Vessel; 2.9.1 Accounting for Chemical Reaction; 2.9.2 Two-Phase Venting Conditions and Effects; 2.10. Flow of Fluids through Relief Systems; 2.10.1 Conditions for Two-Phase Flow; 2.10.2 Nature of Compressible Flow |
2.10.3 Stagnation Pressure and Critical Pressure Ratio2.10.4 Flow Rate to Effluent Handling System; 2.11. Relief System Reliability; 2.11.1 Relief Device Reliability; 2.11.2 System Reliability; Appendix 2A. International Codes and Standards; Appendix 2B. Property Mixing Rules; Appendix 2C. Code Case: Protection by System Design; 3 Relief System Design and Rating Computations; 3.1. Introduction; 3.1.1 Purpose and Scope; 3.1.2 Required Background; 3.2. Vessel Venting Background; 3.2.1 General; 3.2.2 Material and Energy Balances; 3.2.3 Phase Behavior; 3.2.4 Two-Phase Venting Technology |
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Current industry, government and public emphasis on containment of hazardous materials makes it essential for each plant to reduce and control accidental releases to the atmosphere. Guidelines for Pressure Relief and Effluent Handling Systems meets the need for information on selecting and sizing pressure relief devices and effluent handling systems that will maintain process integrity and avoid discharge of potentially harmful materials to the atmosphere. With a CD-ROM enclosed containing programs for calculating flow through relief devices, effluent handling systems, and associated piping, t |
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