Self-compacting concrete / / Geert De Schutter ... [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910969218603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Dunbeath, Scotland, : Whittles Pub.; Boca Raton, Fla., : CRC Press, 2008
• ISBN: 9781849953504; 1849953503; 9781628700947; 1628700947; 9781904445982; 1904445985
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (312 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): De SchutterGeert
• Disciplina: 620.136
• Soggetti: Self-consolidating concrete; Concrete
• 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: ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the authors""; ""1 Introduction and glossary of common terms""; ""2 Self-compacting concrete""; ""3 Constituent materials""; ""4 Properties of fresh self-compacting concrete mixes""; ""5 Tests for key properties of freshself-compacting concrete""; ""6 Mix design""; ""7 Construction process""; ""8 Hydration and microstructure""; ""9 Engineering properties""; ""10 Durability""; ""11 Standards and specifications""; ""12 Benefits of using self-compacting concrete""; ""13 Practical applications""; ""Index""; ""Author Index""
• Sommario/riassunto: During the last decade, concrete technology has made an enormous advance through the introduction of self-compacting concrete.This application of nanotechnology in construction provides benefits from the perspective of materials technology and environmental protection and is presenting diverse opportunities to engineers and architects alike.

Becoming a social entrepreneur : starting out, scaling up and staying true / / Michael Gordon

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910974145803321
• Autore: Gordon Michael David
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, NY : , : Routledge, , 2020; ©2020
• ISBN: 0-429-51633-9; 0-429-51290-2; 0-429-24318-9
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (391 pages)
• Disciplina: 338.04
• Soggetti: Social entrepreneurship
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Half Title -- Endorsement Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface: Listening to social entrepreneurs -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1: Before you -- Chapter 1: Lessons to learn -- Sanga's birthday -- Lessons left on the ground -- Note -- Chapter 2: Are you a social entrepreneur? -- A new wave -- From the sweet spot toward profit -- Which market? -- Mission, not profit, lights the way -- Are you a social entrepreneur? (Take two) -- Being a social entrepreneur -- Notes -- Part 2: You -- Chapter 3: Before they were social entrepreneurs -- Immerse yourself -- Life comes at you hard -- Survivor -- Off the track -- Invite the world in -- Knowing versus understanding -- Unflinching -- Real life -- Experienced with meaning -- Faux immersion -- Notes -- Chapter 4: Ideas -- Paths -- Sludge -- Impulse to act -- Developing an idea -- The doctor and the priest -- On whose shoulders? -- Complexity from simpler parts -- Intention for impact -- Recover, integrate, act -- Strong "number 2s" -- Notes -- Chapter 5: Necessity -- Is it necessary - Really necessary? -- Originality is not necessity -- Markets don't define necessity -- Notes -- Chapter 6: Join -- The siren call of social entrepreneurship -- Joining the chorus -- Necessary and unwelcome -- Chapter 7: Personal challenges -- Not just action -- Awards notwithstanding -- Work intensity -- Stress and risk -- You don't know ; your own venture -- Misunderstood -- Burning your social enterprise -- Myths and shells -- Notes -- Chapter 8: The sanities of ­ pro-social behavior -- Act for yourself -- act for others -- Persistence -- Flexibility -- Nonproductive persistence -- Your goodness or mine? -- Reframe -- A taste for equity -- Notes -- Chapter 9: Committing -- Ready? Really? -- Always stepping on the gas -- When your venture gives you lemons -- Breathe in.; Acting from values -- Pushing forward -- Charmed "whys" -- Critical "whys" -- Wisdom -- Breathe out -- Notes -- Chapter 10: Gaining skills -- Now, just a product -- Language of enterprise -- Prepare thyself! -- Learn -- Becoming technical -- Ask -- New mistakes -- Too cool for school? -- Data -- Climb with others -- Soft skills -- Credibility -- Seizing opportunity -- In-credible personalities -- In-credible winners -- In-credulous: Talent doesn't have hues -- Notes -- Part 3: Your team -- Chapter 11: Go team, go -- If the bus comes -- There's no "team" in "I" -- It's not about you -- Chapter 12: Co-founder -- Start together -- Invest together -- You or "yous" -- Critical feedback -- Building partnership -- Notes -- Chapter 13: Team formation -- School work to real work -- Embracing new roles -- Warm relationships -- Organization structure: Benefit or crutch? -- Pluripotency -- Note -- Chapter 14: Hiring -- Bad language, bad hires -- Mindful hiring -- Basics of hiring -- Away from home -- The people the people you know know -- Talent is everywhere -- P.S. -- Vision attracts talent -- Notes -- Chapter 15: Compensation -- Compensation: Values -- Compensation: Experience -- Non-monetary economics -- Hiring expresses values -- Note -- Chapter 16: Volunteers -- Local talent is not voluntary talent -- Why would anyone volunteer? -- Volunteer structure -- Select and train -- Your team in the cloud -- Note -- Chapter 17: Training -- Rooted in business -- Adaptive hiring -- Learners and rockers -- Chosen few -- Notes -- Chapter 18: Culture -- Organizational software -- Like them. Trust them. Be yourself. -- Think different -- Emote different -- Inward and outward -- Notes -- Chapter 19: Mentors -- Others' shoes -- One mentor or two? -- Who's your mentor? -- Wise moments -- Facets of support -- Get your mentor - Now? -- Who's your mentor? -- Menteeship.; Moments, lifetimes -- Note -- Chapter 20: Networks -- Network of support -- Relationships -- Help with your taxes, and maybe a hug -- Free lunch? -- Chapter 21: Board -- Your board: Get interested -- Boards 101 -- Formation -- Don't shake on it -- You are not perfect -- Yes, you raise money -- Smart and gray -- Notes -- Part 4: Your business model -- Chapter 22: Two businesses -- Flying to Miami -- Your two businesses -- Modeling impact -- Mission statement -- Notes -- Chapter 23: Know your customers -- Your business business -- TAM SAM SOM … mat ter -- Note -- Chapter 24: Value proposition -- Why you? -- Chapter 25: The economics of your business -- Accounting 101 -- E pluribus business model -- Poop and carbon -- Chapter 26: Value chain -- Chained value -- Every link matters -- Chapter 27: Revising your model -- Jazz -- Competition ain't a model -- Take the money and … -- Fresh eyes -- Part 5: Running your business -- Chapter 28: Small ain't easy -- Small businesses, still complex -- Chapter 29: Selling your stuff -- That's a what? -- Aspiration versus illumination -- Who will buy? -- As a scientist -- Minimum viable product -- Analogs -- Easier than this? -- Pure -- Notes -- Chapter 30: Operations -- Running your business business -- Rows and ducks -- By the book -- Mimic -- Design -- Does it hold water? -- Get moving -- Becoming sophisticated -- Notes -- Chapter 31: Managing -- What you didn't sign up for -- Managing: Pro tips -- ; Tips from the front lines -- Ninja management -- Stranger in a strange land -- Chapter 32: Legitimacy -- Taken seriously -- Chapter 33: Legal -- Legal turn -- U-turn -- Legalitie -- Note -- Chapter 34: Expenses -- Ramen -- Afloat -- Waves roll in, waves roll out -- Rolling out -- Chapter 35: Fundraising -- Financing: Appetizer -- Strings attached -- The challenge of fundraising -- Hot truth -- John Anner is not like you.; Chapter 36: Investors -- Investor-speak -- Ready? No. -- Still … -- What's the what? -- No interest -- Chapter 37: Fundraising tips -- Fundraising tip: Authenticity -- Fundraising tip: Spare change -- Too soon -- Chapter 38: Fundraising trajectories -- Trajectory: Zambia -- Trajectory: United States -- Potatoes, large -- Potatoes, small -- Chapter 39: Funders' perspectives -- Funding: No work for you -- Funding: Fair -- A/B testing the virtual reality of monetizing -- The physics of funding -- Social? No, risky. -- Chapter 40: Seller, beware -- Part 6: More than you: Impact -- Chapter 41: Scale -- Early-stage scaling? -- Destiny -- Waste not -- Anticipate -- Build on top of -- The market giveth and the market taketh away -- Jenga -- Small and right -- Think exit early. Stay small -- Exits -- Notes -- Chapter 42: Measure -- If a tree falls in a forest … -- Who means why -- Impact machines -- And now it gets messy -- Net improvement -- Change what you change -- Through funders' eyes -- Notes -- Chapter 43: Poets versus Quants -- Softball -- RCT -- Impact as dollars -- Power in numbers -- Fitbit -- Evaluation mistakes -- Gut -- Help wanted -- Real impact is not gamed -- Impact, business, impact -- Happy ending progress -- Notes -- Part 7: Beyond you -- Chapter 44: This moment -- Now, move -- Volatile -- Subversives -- Note -- Chapter 45: Beyond scale -- Passage to change -- Think exit early. Grow large -- Volatile: Money and food -- Not just a loan -- Mind of God -- A deliberate course toward movement -- Beyond organization and cause -- Pragmatics of care -- And now, this -- Seeing -- Liberation -- Cosmos -- Notes -- Chapter 46: Our moment -- It's all about us -- Yesterday. Tomorrow -- Decide -- Notes -- Appendix 1: Methodology -- Appendix 2: The entrepreneursand the organizations -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Uses the stories and experiences of over 100 social entrepreneurs to provide a kaleidoscopic description of what it means to become a social entrepreneur. This book presents the truth, not the varnish.