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    A How-To-Do-It Manual

    Series series How-To-Do-It Manuals
    Since its original publication Hunter's manual has been "not only a rich and ready reference tool but also a practical resource for solving problems" (Catholic Library World), and no text has served as a better overview of the field of archives. Newly revised and updated to more thoroughly address our increasingly digital world, including integration of digital records and audiovisual records into ... Read more

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  • The Manhattan Company

    Managing a Multi-Unit Corporation in New York, 1799-1842

    Series series Routledge Library Editions: History of Money, Banking and Finance
    This book, first published in 1989, is a valuable addition to the literature on the study of American business history. Most previous historians, however, have studied the management of business in a vacuum, separating the internal affairs of particular companies from the social and political environments in which corporations existed. From 1799 to 1842 the Manhattan Company had three distinct ... Read more

    $63.20 CAD

  • Process / Industrial Instruments and Controls Handbook, Sixth Edition (PB)

    Extensive practical plant based knowledge to achieve the best automation systemBACK COVER DESCRIPTION:This fully updated on-the-job reference contains all the automation and control information you need to make timely decisions, and maximize process capacity and efficiency. Featuring contributions from 50 top technical experts, Process/Industrial Instruments and Controls Handbook, Sixth Edition ... Read more

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  • Acquisition Trends, 2018

    Defense Contract Spending Bounces Back

    Series series CSIS Reports
    This report analyzes the current state of affairs in defense acquisition by combining detailed policy and data analysis to provide a comprehensive overview of the current and future outlook for defense acquisition. This analysis will provide critical insights into what DoD is buying, how DoD is buying it, from whom is DoD buying, and what are the defense components buying using data from the ... Read more

    $58.99 CAD

  • Is the Ratio of Investment between Research and Development to Production in Major Defense Acquisition Programs Experiencing Fundamental Change?

    Series series CSIS Reports
    With the advent of the information age, both commercial industry and the Department of Defense are moving towards complex R&D-intensive systems over the simpler, mass-produced systems of the industrial age. This CSIS report analyzes the historical trends in the relationship of production costs to development costs in complex acquisition programs. To understand this phenomenon, the study team ... Read more

    $53.69 CAD

  • 101 Tips for a Successful Automation Career

    Series series International Society of Automation
    Do you want to:Know more than your boss?Sleep like a baby before a start-up (less crying in the middle of the night)?Get back early from start-ups?Have vendors ask what you think works best?Become the "go-to person?"Have your CEO smile at you?Inspire your children to become automation engineers?Get knowing twinkles in your eyes like the technologist about to retire?Get asked what ... ... Read more

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  • Defense Acquisition Trends, 2015

    Acquisition in the Era of Budgetary Constraints

    Series series CSIS Reports
    This study examines contracting trends at the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). It relies on empirical analysis of DoD contracting transaction data from the open-source Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS). The authors seek to identify and study emergent trends in the contracting data and marry that analysis with discussion of changing goals and methods for the larger acquisition system. ... Read more

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  • National Technology and Industrial Base Integration

    How to Overcome Barriers and Capitalize on Cooperation

    Series series CSIS Reports
    In light of Section 881 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, which expanded the legal definition of the National Technology and Industrial Base (NTIB) to include the United Kingdom and Australia, this report informs NTIB partners on barriers and opportunities for effective integration. The expansion of the NTIB is based on the principle that defense trade between the ... Read more

    $46.49 CAD

  • Measuring the Impact of Sequestration and the Drawdown on the Defense Industrial Base

    Series series CSIS Reports
    The presence of a technologically superior defense industrial base has been a foundation of U.S. strategy since 1945. While the implementation of the budget cuts in the Budget Control Act of 2011 has caused concerns for the industrial base, the resulting debate has been lacking in empirical analysis. The purpose of this research is to measure the impact of the current defense drawdown across all ... Read more

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  • Evaluating Consolidation and the Threat of Monopolies within Industrial Sectors

    Series series CSIS Reports
    Economics scholars and policymakers have rung alarm bells about the increasing threat of consolidation within industrial sectors. This paper examines the importance of industrial concentration in U.S. defense acquisition in two ways: first, a direct relationship between concentration and performance outcomes; and second, a mediating relationship, where concentration influences performance through ... Read more

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  • Measuring Service Contract Performance

    Preliminary Findings on Effects of Service Complexity, Managerial Capacity, and Paired History

    Series series CSIS Reports
    Researching and manufacturing fighters, ships, and tanks are only part of the picture for defense contracts. Contracting for services accounts for over 41 percent of DoD contract obligations in 2018. Services include maintaining equipment, moving people and things, creating software, providing server space, and construction. Service contracting is challenging as services can be difficult to define ... Read more

    $54.69 CAD

  • Regents Exams and Answers: Living Environment Revised Edition

    Series series Barron's New York Regents
    Barron’s Regents Exams and Answers: Living Environment provides essential review for students taking the Living Environment Regents, including actual exams administered for the course, thorough answer explanations, and comprehensive review of all topics.This edition features:Four actual Regents exams to help students get familiar with the test formatComprehensive review questions grouped by topic, ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD