1.

Record Nr.

UNICAMPANIAVAN0228819

Autore

Sterken, Christiaan

Titolo

Jean-Charles Houzeau's Escape from Texas : a Belgian Astronomer Caught in the American Civil War / Christiaan Sterken, Amy Abercrombie King

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, : Springer, 2020

Titolo uniforme

Jean-Charles Houzeau's Escape from Texas

Descrizione fisica

xiii, 161 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Altri autori (Persone)

Abercrombie King, Amy

Soggetti

01-XX - History and biography [MSC 2020]

00A79 (77-XX) - Physics [MSC 2020]

85-XX - Astronomy and Astrophysics [MSC 2020]

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910800045103321

Titolo

Critical issues in air transport economics and business / / edited by Rosario Macario and Eddy Van de Voorde

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-92644-5

1-136-92645-3

1-282-91300-X

9786612913006

0-203-84533-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (423 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in the modern world economy ; ; 84

Altri autori (Persone)

MacarioRosario

VoordeE. van de (Eddy)

Disciplina

387.7/1

Soggetti

Aeronautics and state

Aeronautics, Commercial - Finance

Airlines - Cost of operation

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

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 The future air transport sector: A modified market and ownership structure; 3 Airlines and their focus on cost control and productivity; 4 Low-cost airlines: Strategies and reaction patterns; 5 Airline performance prediction; 6 World air cargo and merchandise trade; 7 Integrators in a changing world; 8 Airports of the future: Essentials for a renewed business model; 9 The airport city: A new business model for airport development; 10 The economics of airline alliances; 11 The transmogrification of hub-and-spoke airline networks

12 The impact of airline network strategies for service quality of airports: The case of Amsterdam Schiphol and Paris Charles de Gaulle13 Congestion and air transport: A challenging phenomenon; 14 Towards a more efficient use of airport capacity at Europe's hubs; 15 Assessing the impact of Open Skies agreements; 16 The impact of North Atlantic passenger services on airports; 17 Effects of emission trading schemes; 18 Competition between airlines and high-speed rail;



19 Consolidation in the air transport industry and antitrust enforcement in Europe

20 Regulatory constraints in Europe or "how free are you?"21 Essential airline marketing strategies; 22 Major challenges for the future of the air transport sector; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers material for strategic thinking featuring contributions from key figures in Europe, the US and Asia. The focus of the book expands from economic to legal issues, bankruptcy and safety and security. The carefully selected papers offer a thorough and structured analysis of major current developments in the air transport industry. Fully up to date, topics covered include competitive strength, capacity utilisation and risk.The most likely future scenarios are more or less known. Only, the timeframe remains uncertain. The speed at which the various market players i

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910821590503321

Autore

Agamben Giorgio <1942->

Titolo

Opus Dei : an archaeology of duty / / Giorgio Agamben ; translated by Adam Kotsko

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, 2013

ISBN

0-8047-8856-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (164 p.)

Collana

Meridian : crossing aesthetics

Altri autori (Persone)

KotskoAdam

Disciplina

264/.02

Soggetti

Liturgics

Duty

Ontology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Originally published in Italian under the title Opus Dei. Archaeologia dell'ufficio."

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Translator's Note; Preface; 1 - Liturgy and Politics; Threshold; 2 - From Mystery to Effect; Threshold; 3 - A Genealogy of Office; Threshold; 4 - The Two Ontologies;  or, How Duty Entered into Ethics; Threshold; Bibliography



Sommario/riassunto

In this follow-up to The Kingdom and the Glory and The Highest Poverty, Agamben investigates the roots of our moral concept of duty in the theory and practice of Christian liturgy. Beginning with the New Testament and working through to late scholasticism and modern papal encyclicals, Agamben traces the Church's attempts to repeat Christ's unrepeatable sacrifice. Crucial here is the paradoxical figure of the priest, who becomes more and more a pure instrument of God's power, so that his own motives and character are entirely indifferent as long as he carries out his priestly duties. In moderni