Presents the knowledge and skills needed for the successful management and leadership of the family enterprise. This practical book explores a diverse set of family firms, examining the interrelationships between the owners, the family, and the management team. It provides management and family prac[...]

Deconstruction and pragmatism constitute two of the major intellectual influences on the contemporary theoretical scene; influences personified in the work of Jacques Derrida and Richard Rorty. Both Rortian pragmatism, which draws the consequences of post-war developments in Anglo-American philosoph[...]

Ernesto Laclau has blazed a unique trail in political theory and philosophy since the early 1970s. In so doing, he has articulated a range of philosophical and theoretical currents into a coherent alternative to mainstream models and practices of conducting social and political science. The editors [...]

Few books on the subject of Riemann surfaces cover the relatively modern theory of dessins d'enfants (children's drawings), which was launched by Grothendieck in the 1980s and is now an active field of research. In this 2011 book, the authors begin with an elementary account of the theory of compact[...]

(Piano). The second Lecuona/Tirino piano edition, this collection includes waltzes that are the result of Thomas Tirino's exhaustive study of Lecuona's music based on all possible written and oral traditions in several countries. Many pieces are presented here in print for the first time. Includes a[...]

An easy-to-follow formula for success so that anyone with an idea for a business can pursue his or her dream. If your dream is to transform your passion into a way to make a living, this is the right book for you.[...]

By going back to the Italian humanist tradition and aspects of earlier Greek and Latin thought, Ernesto Grassi develops a conception of rhetoric as the basis of philosophy. Grassi explores the sense in which the first principles of rational thought come from the metaphorical power of the word. He fi[...]

"New Reflections on the Revolution of Our Time" continues the innovative exploration of major issues concerning democracy and socialism which was staked out in "Hegemony and Socialist Strategy." Examining the meanings of social struggle in the context of late capitalism, Laclau situates the re-makin[...]