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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783891003321

Autore

Visser 't Hooft Willem Maurits <1965, >

Titolo

Japanese contract and anti-trust law : a sociological and comparative study / / Willem M. Visser 't Hooft

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2002

ISBN

1-135-79003-5

1-135-79004-3

1-138-87893-6

1-280-05372-0

0-203-39838-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (230 p.)

Collana

MI ; ; 43

Disciplina

343.520721

Soggetti

Contracts - Japan

Antitrust law - Japan

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally presented as the author's thesis (PhD)--Leiden University, 2000.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [195]-205).

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Japanese Contract Law and the Unilateral Termination of Distribution Agreements; 3 Japanese Anti-trust Law and the Unilateral Termination of Distribution Agreements; 4 Termination Disputes within the Japanese Distribution System for Luxury Cosmetics A Case Study: Manufacturers v. Discounters; 5 Dutch Law and the Unilateral Termination of Distribution Agreements; 6 A Discussion on Japanese Attitudes toward Contracts; Bibliography; Appendix I Case Law: Japan

Appendix II Case Law: The NetherlandsAppendix III Case Law: European Union; Publications in the Meijers Series; Curriculum vitae

Sommario/riassunto

Little has been written on Japanese contract law and anti-trust law in Western languages. This book describes the role of this law in protecting the distributor against unilateral terminations of distribution agreements. There have been significant pressures both to lower prices and restructure distribution channels in Japan which have strained many distribution agreements. This volume, based primarily on



Japanese language legal material, not only involves a study of applicable black-letter law, but also a sociological study of its application in practice. Detailed analysis has been made in pa

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910786702603321

Autore

Hogarth Margaret

Titolo

Data clean-up and management : a practical guide for librarians / / Margaret Hogarth with contributions from Kenneth Furuta

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Chandos Publishing, , 2012

ISBN

1-78063-347-5

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (579 p.)

Collana

Chandos information professional series

Altri autori (Persone)

FurutaKenneth

Disciplina

025

025.210285

Soggetti

Libraries - Data processing

Data editing

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

Cover; Data Clean-up and Management: A practical guide for librarians; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; About the authors; 1 Introduction (why this book is needed); What makes this book unique?; Why library data is important; The book's outline; 2 Commonalities; Microsoft Office Excel; MarcEdit; Microsoft Access; XML; Commonalities; Capture and use; Standardization; Data import issues; Technical skills; Project management challenges; 3 Defining data; Rule 1: define data points; Rule 2: apply data point definitions; Rule 3: count the right apples

Rule 4: avoid capturing redundant data4 Types of data issues; Microsoft Excel vs Microsoft Access; General data-handling edicts; Data issues: importing data; 5 Microsoft Excel techniques; Creating datasheets; Selecting cells; Copying; Sorting; Filter; AutoSum; Sum; Fill; 6 Data clean-up in Excel; Common dirty data scenarios; The usefulness of delimiting; System limitations; Removing extra characters; 7 Excel: combining data; IF statements; The TEXT function; PivotTables and filtering; VLOOKUP; HLOOKUP; MATCH; 8 Additional tools; PDFs;



Notepad; Microsoft Word

Global update in an integrated library systemRegular expressions; Excel; Access; Macros; XML; MarcEdit; The MARC tools window; 9 Access techniques; What is a database?; Access; Planning a database; Preparing data for a database; Adding a table to a database; 10 Access forms; Types of form; Parts to a form; Form controls; Validating data; Option buttons; Combo boxes; ActiveX controls; Tab control techniques; Multiple-table forms; Command buttons; 11 Access reports; Creating a report using the Report Wizard; Controls; Making additions to a report; AutoFormat a report

Working with report propertiesInserting a control into a report; Conditional formatting; Sizing reports; Moving controls in Access; Publishing reports; Sorting and grouping options; Adding calculations to reports; Launching reports; Creating a subreport; 12 Access queries; Sorting in Access; Filtering in Access; Queries; Entering data; Query properties; Access relationships; 13 Data clean-up in Access; Prevention is the best cure; Extra characters; Access data upload errors; ISSN issues; 14 Access - combining data; Combining data from one or more data sources; Query with a sum

Types of operatorsTotals queries; Parameter queries; Action queries; Update queries; Delete queries; Make-Table queries; Append queries; PivotTable queries; SQL in Access; Parameter Queries in SQL; Export data to Excel; Finding unique values in a dataset; Matching on ISSN; 15 Strategies for missing data; Resources are missing ISBNs; Resources are missing ISSNs; Richard Jackson's OCLC look-up strategy; 16 Qualitative data; The definition of qualitative data; Qualitative data is valuable; Types of qualitative data; Qualitative data techniques; SWOT analysis; Tools; The whole picture; 17 ROI

18 Data collection and analysis

Sommario/riassunto

Data use in the library has specific characteristics and common problems. Data Clean-up and Management addresses these, and provides methods to clean up frequently-occurring data problems using readily-available applications. The authors highlight the importance and methods of data analysis and presentation, and offer guidelines and recommendations for a data quality policy. The book gives step-by-step how-to directions for common dirty data issues.Focused towards libraries and practicing librariansDeals with practical, real-life issues and addresses common problems th