Handbook of Organizational Learning and Knowledge

Finalist for the 2002 Terry Book Award, Academy of Management. " An excellent and monumental volume edited by a distinguished group of scholars" -Professor Walter Nord, Chairman, Terry Book Award Committee · " For knowledge-based societies like ours, th...

 The Moment of Proof Mathematical Epiphanies

In The Moment of Proof, Donald Benson attempts to convey to general readers the feeling of eureka - the joy of discoverythat mathematicians feel when they first encounter an elegant proof. This is not an introduction to mathematics so much as an introduct...

 Handbook of Applied Optimization

Optimization is an essential tool in every project in every large-scale organization, whether in business, industry, engineering, and science. In recent years, algorithmic advances and software and hardware improvements have given managers a powerful fram...

 The Science and Engineering of Microelectronic Fabrication

Provides an introduction to microelectronic processing to a wide audience Makes use of the process simulation package SUPREM, showing students how to use it to predict impurity profiles of practical interest The Science and Engineering of Microelectro...

 Samuelsonian Economics and the Twenty-First Century

This volume illuminates and critically assesses Paul A. Samuelson's voluminous and groundbreaking contributions to the field of economics. The volume includes contributions from eminent scholars, including 6 Nobel Laureates, covering the extraordinary dep...

 Seen/Unseen Art, Science, and Intuition from Leonardo to the Hubble Telescope

Seen | Unseen is a deep, richly illustrated, and erudite analysis of the interconnections between science and the visual arts. Martin Kemp explores the responses of artists, scientists, and their instruments, to the world - ranging from early representati...

 Mathematics for Physics

Mathematics is the essential language of science. It enables us to describe abstract physical concepts, and to apply these concepts in practical ways. Yet mathematical skills and concepts are an aspect of physics that many students fear the most. Mathe...

 Introduction to Econometrics

New to this edition New chapter on Panel data. New material on alternative test approaches, Wald, Likelihood ratio. Updating of the demand functions time series data set from 1994 to 2002. More UK/European examples/data sets. Additional theoretic...

 Interfaces in Crystalline Materials

The study of interfaces within and between materials is a central field which is relevant to almost all aspects of materials science. For example, interfaces play a role in many of the mechanical and electrical properties of materials, phase transformatio...

 Marketing Research Tools and Techniques

Provides a balance between the theoretical and practical sides of marketing research, showing students how to "do" market research, and encouraging them to be analytical and critical in their thinking. Include real research tools - genuine briefs and p...

 Introduction to Modern Analysis

A comprehensive and lucid text covering the basic tools of modern analysis Each chapter provides an ideal source for study and general reference Contains over 120 end-of-chapter exercises Solutions to exercises available on a companion website T...

 Operator Algebras and Their Modules An operator space approach

A unique reference presenting the general theory of algebras of operators on a Hilbert space and the modules over such algebras All the basic tools and constructions in one comprehensive volume with detailed notes Authoritative first-hand account from...

 Mathematical Methods for the Magnetohydrodynamics of Liquid Metals

This comprehensive text focuses on mathematical and numerical techniques for the simulation of magnetohydrodynamic phenomena, with an emphasis laid on the magnetohydrodynamics of liquid metals, and on a prototypical industrial application. Aimed at resear...

 The Oxford Handbook of Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship has always been a key factor in economic growth, innovation, and the development of firms and businesses. More recently, new technologies, the waning of the 'old economy', globalization, changing cultures and popular attitudes, and new po...

 Numerical Methods for Structured Markov Chains

Intersecting two large research areas - numerical analysis and applied probability/queuing theory - this book is a self-contained introduction to the numerical solution of structured Markov chains, which have a wide applicability in queuing theory and sto...