This revision of Financial Accounting is the most significant in the book’s long history. The substantial changes we have made are geared to meeting the needs of today’s students, who not only face a business world increasingly complicated by ethical issues, globalization, and technology, but who also have more demands on their...
"Don DePalma has provided us with the most comprehensive guide for corporations to compete in the era of globalization. Business Without Borders is an outstanding contribution to managing in the global era, with practical information on the skills and knowledge needed to become an effective...
China’s automotive industry has changed profoundly in the 11 years since I started the research for this book. This study focuses on how industrial modernization in the country’s leading automotive production centers, Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Changchun, Hubei province, and Tianjin has generated lasting changes of...
The 21st-century world is a fundamentally interdependent place. Globalization has expanded, intensified, and accelerated social relations across world-time and world-space. The digital revolution has served as a catalyst for the creation of sprawling information and communication networks that enmesh individuals, states, and businesses alike....
The jQuery library has become increasingly popular with web application developers because of its simplicity and ease of use. The library is supported by an active community of developers and has grown significantly over the years after its inception in 2006 by John Resig. Using this library eases complicated tasks and adds to the interactive...
THE RISE OF THE INTERNET, sophisticated computing and communications
technologies, and globalization have raised customers’
expectations of powerful “always on” services. A crucial characteristic
of these “always on” services is that they are highly available;
if the customer cannot get a search result,...
One of the most debated consequences regarding the increased availability and use
of information and communication technologies (ICTs), especially since the early
1990s, have been their impact on economic growth. Generally speaking, ICT can
serve to reduce transaction costs at all levels of a commercial transaction. With the
emergence...
TO THOSE OF US WHO PAY ATTENTION to such things, the world of software development
has changed a lot in the last few years. In the .NET world, Microsoft’s Visual Studio 2010 is
undoubtedly the most successful development environment. Since the release of the fi rst .NET
version in February 2002, this product has undergone dramatic...
Since Tim Berners-Lee’s original idea for a global system of interlinked hypertext
documents from 1989, the World Wide Web has grown into the world’s biggest
pool of human knowledge. Over the past few years, the Web has changed the way
people communicate and exchange information. It has created new business...
NOTE: This book is based on Windows 8 Release Preview; its content and publication date will be updated for final Windows 8 software.
Reimagined for full-screen and touch-optimized apps, Windows 8 provides a platform for reaching new users in new ways. In response, programming legend Charles Petzold is rewriting his...
There has never been a better time to have a keen interest in commerce. The Web has
truly accelerated globalization and connected us all through a common network. Information
can now be shared at mind-boggling rates, and entrepreneurs everywhere
can truly reach a global audience if they’re clever (and...
