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UNINA9910460331503321 |
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Governing to win : enhancing national competitiveness through new policy and operating approaches / / edited by Charles L. Prow |
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Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., , 2012 |
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1 online resource (151 p.) |
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The IBM Center for the Business of Government book series Governing to win |
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Government spending policy - United States |
Expenditures, Public - United States |
Public administration - United States |
Public welfare - United States |
Human services - United States |
Electronic books. |
United States Social policy |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Governing To Win; TABLE OF CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Section I: The Imperative to Create Long-Term Fiscal Sustainability; Chapter One: Understanding What''s Driving the Annual Deficit; Chapter Two: Understanding the Federal Government''s Long-Term Cost Drivers; Chapter Three: Creating a Strategic Approach to Budget Decisions; Chapter Four: Governance Is the New Competitiveness Imperative; Section II: New Policy Approaches to Enhance Competitiveness; Chapter Five: Three Approaches to Fostering Economic Competitiveness |
Chapter Six: Two Key Actions to Align Postsecondary Education with the Labor Market Chapter Seven: Five Initiatives to Bend the Health Care Cost Curve; Chapter Eight: Three Strategies to Increase Energy Efficiency; Section III: Moving to an ""Enterprise USA"" Approach in Government Can Enhance Competitiveness; Chapter Nine: Create a New |
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Value-Oriented Operating Model for Government; Chapter Ten: Use Technology to Enhance Productivity; Chapter Eleven: Rethink Government Purchasing and Supply Chains; Chapter Twelve: Strategically Use Business Analytics |
Chapter Thirteen: Expand the Use of Shared Services About the Authors |
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Charles Prow has brought together an impressive lineup of businessmen and women, reporters, and experts to show how the United States can be more competitive in the global economy. This book shows not only what is wrong with the current federal spending plan, but ways to fix it. Business professionals and anyone interested in the government's response the recession will find this an important book. |
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UNINA9910813445003321 |
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About the hearth : perspectives on the home, hearth and household in the circumpolar north / / edited by David G. Anderson, Robert P. Wishart and Virginie Vaté |
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New York : , : Berghahn, , 2013 |
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1-78238-787-0 |
0-85745-981-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (336 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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AndersonDavid G |
WishartRobert P |
VatéVirginie |
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Dwellings - Arctic regions |
Vernacular architecture - Arctic regions |
Households - Arctic regions |
Social archaeology - Arctic regions |
Arctic regions Antiquities |
Arctic regions Social life and customs |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Building a Home for Circumpolar Architecture; Chapter 2 The Conical Lodge at the Centre of the Earth-Sky World; Chapter 3 Mobile Architecture, Improvization and Museum Practice; Chapter 4 Building Log Cabins in Teetł'it Gwich'in Country; Chapter 5 The Mobile Sámi Dwelling; Chapter 6 The Devitalization and Revitalization of Sámi Dwellings in Sweden; Chapter 7 Family Matters; Chapter 8 The Life Histories of Intergenerational Households in Northern Norway 1865-1900; Chapter 9 Hunters in Transition |
Chapter 10 Building a Home for the HearthChapter 11 The Perception of the Built Environment by Permanent Residents, Seasonal In-migrants and Casual Incomers in a Village in Northwest Russia; Chapter 12 The Hearth, the Home and the Homeland; Chapter 13 The Fire is our Grandfather; Chapter 14 Home, Hearth and Household in the Circumpolar North; Notes on the Contributors; References; Index |
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Due to changing climates and demographics, questions of policy in the circumpolar north have focused attention on the very structures that people call home. Dwellings lie at the heart of many forms of negotiation. Based on years of in-depth research, this book presents and analyzes how the people of the circumpolar regions conceive, build, memorialize, and live in their dwellings. This book seeks to set a new standard for interdisciplinary work within the humanities and social sciences and includes anthropological work on vernacular architecture, environmental anthropology, household archaeol |
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