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How to Keep a Plane in the Sky
Tales from the Wild, Unseen World of Test Engineering
Av Alex Davies
Inbunden, 2026
183 kr
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*‘Hugely entertaining’ Alex Bellos, GuardianROCKET SLEDS. CHICKEN CANNONS. ARTIFICIAL LIGHTNING.WELCOME TO THE WILD, UNSEEN WORLD OF TEST ENGINEERING.‘Terrific ... I learned something new and fantastic on every page.’ Andrew Hunter Murray, co-host of 'No Such Thing as a Fish'________When we sit in …
Kobuk the Destroyer
And Other Tales from the Wild, Unseen World of Test Engineering
Av Alex Davies
Inbunden, 2026
282 kr
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When a manufacturer offers a 10,000-mile warranty on a car or slaps a “bear-resistant” label on a camping cooler, what do we know about how trustworthy that promise is, and how it’s backed up? For the cooler, it’s Kobuk the Destroyer, the fiercest member of the Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee’s …
Creating Society and Constructing the Past
Social Change in the Thames Valley from the Late Bronze Age to the Middle Iron Age
Av Alex Davies
2018
1440 kr
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Async in C# 5.0
Unleash the Power of Async
Av Alex Davies
E-bok, 2012
126 kr
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If you’re writing one of several applications that call for asynchronous programming, this concise hands-on guide shows you how the async feature in C# 5.0 can make the process much simpler. Along with a clear introduction to asynchronous programming, you get an in-depth look at how the async …
Async in C# 5.0
Av Alex Davies
Häftad, 2012
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
129 kr
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This book is for experienced C# developers that need to get a quick yet in depth look at what the new feature async in C# 5.0 means for their current and future projects.
Driven
The Race to Create the Autonomous Car
Av Alex Davies
E-bok, 2021
199 kr
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Alex Davies tells the “illuminating and important narrative” (Steven Levy, author of Facebook: The Inside Story ) of the quest to develop driverless cars—and the fierce competition between Google, Uber, and other companies in a race to revolutionize our lives. The self-driving car has been one of …
Compensation Innovation
An in-depth exploration into the future of law firm compensation
Av Timothy B Corcoran, August Aquila m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
2997 kr
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Commentators have argued for many years that law firms need to move forward from their traditional, seniority-based compensation systems. But it's not enough to simply add performance-related elements at the edges of these. Shifting generational-based attitudes; changing career aspirations; …
Innovations in Client Experience
Av Ken Grady, Julian Summerhayes m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
2997 kr
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Client experience (CX) is by no means a new concept. Ever since the service industry came into being, providing excellent customer service has been a key concern, with particular focus on how the client experiences the service they are receiving. Yet, client experience is rarely delivered well. …
Blockchain and the Legal Profession
Av Lewis Cohen, Priyanka Desai m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
2997 kr
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Created by programmers from the mid-90s onwards and launched by technology disruptors in 2008 on the back of the biggest corporate failings in trust and honesty the modern world has seen, Blockchain collects facts as diverse as Wikipedia and churns them out as randomly as Alexa in a playschool. …
Innovating for competitive advantage in the legal profession
Av Markus Hartung, Arne Gärtner m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
2397 kr
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Innovation. How to go about it, what it can do for your business - what even is it? Can innovation be applied in the legal environment? Such is the interest and appetite for legal innovation that, in the last 18 months, ARK has published over a dozen titles with innovation in their remit, covering …
Future Law Firm Business Models
Av Michael Roster, Patrick J Lamb m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
2346 kr
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Much has been written about the pace of change facing the legal industry - how certain law firm functions are being replaced by artificial intelligence and new types of service providers, how accounting firms are looking to absorb and replace law firms, and how merging into worldwide mega firms of …
Guide to Global Best Practice and Standards in KM
Av Nick Milton, Karen Battersby m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
1677 kr
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A useful toolkit in the implementation of the ISO's new standard in Knowledge Management. The International Standards Organization (ISO) recently published it's first standard on knowledge management. This book looks at global examples of best practice in KM, and discusses how the Standard is …
Career Development for Women Lawyers
Häftad, 2019
1498 kr
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Although women comprise nearly half of all law students and incoming associates at law firms, and have done so for many years, they remain greatly outnumbered by men at senior levels. If nothing is done to change this trend, the percentage of women equity partners will remain under 20 percent for …
Tomorrow's KM: Innovation, best practice and the future of knowledge management
Av Helene Russell, Alex Davies
Häftad, 2019
1677 kr
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Innovation is arguably an integral part of the knowledge management function and KM practice – as a popular “buzzword” over the past few years, and in the fast changing business world of today, it has become the mainstay of professional service organizations. The complexity of innovation increases …
Competitive Strategies for Mid-Sized Law Firms
Häftad, 2019
2637 kr
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Mid-sized law firms in today’s legal marketplace are often given three choices: merge, grow, or die. That’s accepted wisdom. Mid-sized firms may try to compete for profitable corporate litigation, deals and other bread-and-butter work, but everyone knows they (1) don’t have the IT and other systems …
Lawyer’s Guide to the Future of Practice Management
Häftad, 2019
1213 kr
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The Lawyer’s Guide to the Future of Practice Management provides law firm leaders with expert opinion on the very latest guidance and market knowledge on what today’s legal marketplace might look like tomorrow, organized into four crucial areas of practice management – technology, people and …
Design Thinking for the Legal Profession
Av Catherine Alman MacDonagh, JD, Zena Applebaum m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
2322 kr
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For decades, companies in other industries have refined techniques to better understand their customers’ needs, uncover insights, and develop new-to-the-world ideas, which are now products and services we use every day. Organisations have concluded that successfully adopting these methods, known as …
Future of Legal Innovation
Häftad, 2020
3387 kr
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With barely a week going by without news that yet another chief innovation officer has taken up residence in a global law firm, it’s clear innovation is still a hot topic, continuing to grow and expand in terms of its reach within law firms. However, despite rapid advancement in recent years, it’s …
Lawyer Health and Wellbeing - How the Legal Profession is Tackling Stress and Creating Resiliency
Häftad, 2020
1363 kr
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Recent years have witnessed growing concern internationally in wellbeing and mental health across the legal community, a shift reflected in a host of initiatives, networks, reports and research studies. Changes to working patterns, generational shifts, and an increased interest in overall wellbeing …
Horizon Scanning
Modernizing Legal Service Delivery
Av Patrick J McKenna, David Kerr m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
2997 kr
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If we could know in 2020 what we will know in 2025 (only five foreseeable years into the future), how would we change our attitudes, actions, and the way in which we practice law, the services we offer, the clients we target, and the ways in which we choose to deliver our services? Indeed - if we …
Business Development for a New Legal Ecosystem
Av Michelle Murray, Alex Davies
Häftad, 2020
3537 kr
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Pandemics bring the world to a standstill. All economies are based on confidence, yet during and after a pandemic, uncertainty and fear abound. The entire professional services sector the world over – which includes law firms, accounting firms, brokerages, consulting firms, etc. – are cash-based, …
Human Capital in the New Legal Ecosystem
Av Michael Roster, Alex Davies
Häftad, 2020
2322 kr
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The COVID-19 pandemic has changed working practices across the globe. It has been predicted that as much as 80 percent of the legal workforce will remain transient or permanently working from home after the COVID-19 crisis ends, with only around a fifth as full-time office workers. Although law …
Adjusting the Numbers
The Future of Finance in Law Firms
Av James D Cotterman, Stuart Dodds m. fl.
Häftad, 2021
2397 kr
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Why this report, why now? We began 2020 in bright spirits and bountiful economic conditions; by early March all that had changed. Economic adjustments were made and, overall, firms ended the year in much better shape than their spring worst-case projections anticipated. Some firms were even close …
Business Development for a New Legal Ecosystem
Av JD Catherine Alman MacDonagh, Wayne Hassay m. fl.
E-bok, 2021
3303 kr
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Pandemics bring the world to a standstill. All economies are based on confidence, yet during and after a pandemic, uncertainty and fear abound. The entire professional services sector the world over - which includes law firms, accounting firms, brokerages, consulting firms, etc. - are cash-based, …
Business Development for a New Legal Ecosystem
Av JD Catherine Alman MacDonagh, Wayne Hassay m. fl.
E-bok, 2021
3303 kr
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Pandemics bring the world to a standstill. All economies are based on confidence, yet during and after a pandemic, uncertainty and fear abound. The entire professional services sector the world over - which includes law firms, accounting firms, brokerages, consulting firms, etc. - are cash-based, …
Guide to Global Best Practice and Standards in KM
Av Dave Snowden, Patrick DiDomenico m. fl.
E-bok, 2021
1392 kr
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A useful toolkit in the implementation of the ISO''s new standard in Knowledge Management. The International Standards Organization (ISO) recently published it''s first standard on knowledge management. This book looks at global examples of best practice in KM, and discusses how the Standard is …
Guide to Global Best Practice and Standards in KM
Av Dave Snowden, Patrick DiDomenico m. fl.
E-bok, 2021
1392 kr
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A useful toolkit in the implementation of the ISO''s new standard in Knowledge Management. The International Standards Organization (ISO) recently published it''s first standard on knowledge management. This book looks at global examples of best practice in KM, and discusses how the Standard is …
Career Development for Women Lawyers
Av Monica Kurnatowska, Susan Eandi m. fl.
E-bok, 2021
1392 kr
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Although women comprise nearly half of all law students and incoming associates at law firms, and have done so for many years, they remain greatly outnumbered by men at senior levels. If nothing is done to change this trend, the percentage of women equity partners will remain under 20 percent for …
Career Development for Women Lawyers
Av Monica Kurnatowska, Susan Eandi m. fl.
E-bok, 2021
1392 kr
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Although women comprise nearly half of all law students and incoming associates at law firms, and have done so for many years, they remain greatly outnumbered by men at senior levels. If nothing is done to change this trend, the percentage of women equity partners will remain under 20 percent for …
