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The book attempts to assess the role of three economic areas in creating power in international relations, i.e. energy sector, internationalization of currency and technologies with a military significance, which might potentially become “fuel for dominance” and an instrument to gain geopolitical advantages of great pow-ers. The book focuses on the policies of chosen countries (USA, China, Germany, and Russia) as well as the European Union in these three economic areas. The purpose is to research the manner and conditions in which the above-mentioned policies can cause the power to grow.

The hands-on guide for fostering relentless innovation within your company Gerard Tellis, a noted expert on innovation, advertising, and global markets, makes the compelling case that the culture of a firm is the crucial driver of an organization's innovativeness. In this groundbreaking book he describes the three traits and three practices necessary to create a culture of relentless innovation. Organizations must be willing to cannibalize successful products, embrace risk, and focus on the future. Organizations build these traits by providing incentives for enterprise, empowering product champions, and encouraging internal markets. Spelling out the critical role of culture, the author provides illustrative examples of organizations with winning cultures and explores the theory and evidence for each of the six components of culture. The book concludes with a discussion of why culture is superior to alternate theories for fostering innovation. Offers a groundbreaking take on innovation that is driven by a company's culture Shows what it takes to create a culture of innovation within any organization Based on a study of 770 companies across 15 countries, the origin of 90 radical innovations spanning over 100 years, and the evolution of 66 markets spanning over a 100 years Provides numerous mini cases to illustrate the workings of culture Written by Gerard Tellis director of the Center for Global Innovation This must-have resource clearly shows the role of culture in driving relentless innovation and how to foster it within any organization.

This very first handbook on the topic summarizes the current concepts and brings together in one volume the critical arguments concerning the mechanisms relevant to immunodominance. In invited chapters written by the leaders in the field, the mechanisms whereby the immune system chooses the parts of a recognized pathogen in order to start the immune response are explained and the variety of biologic processes are identified that contribute to that choice. From the contents: * Mechanics of antigen processing * Proteosome specificity and immuno-proteosomes * Effect of the T cell repertoire on dominance * Effects of pathogens on the immune response

The phenomenal success of Fifty Shades of Grey illuminated the potential of dominance and submission-themed sex for tens of millions of readers… and more specifically… erotic discipline. Of all the options in the infamous red room, Anna settled on the thought of getting a spanking, or actually being spanked by Christian, as her favorite turn-on and link to heightened sexual bliss. How do the rituals of corporal punishment become turn-ons for so many of those being punished or administering punishment? Does the development and evolution of this sexual fetish lead to sublime erotic pleasure? How about true love on a deeper level? Eroticizing Discipline relates real-life, authentic stories that vividly illustrate answers to these questions and more… with white-hot narrative. About the Author: H. Hargrove received a B.A. in journalism and has enjoyed a successful career as an author and editor of works of fiction and non-fiction, books, short stories and articles. A lifelong devotee of erotic discipline who has conducted considerable research into the sexualizing of corporal punishment, dominance and submission, this excellent writer has superb qualifications for assembling this extraordinary collection.