A principal theme of the book is a plea for ' real venture capital', with the venture capitalist adding substantial value to companies and their founders through a wide knowledge of business, in contrast to the purely financial skills required in other sectors of the private equity field, such as leveraged buy-outs.

Real Venture Capital: Building International Businesses

Business & Money

Thompson, R.

Economics

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

This volume explores the history of England's northern borders - the former counties of Northumberland, Cumberland, Durham, Westmorland and the Furness areas of Lancashire - across 1000 years. For most of them the region was a world of its own, often disrupted by border warfare between England and Scotland yet largely disregarded by the official authorities to south and north. Peace in the 17th century brought prosperity and population growth; a region virtually without wheeled traffic was opened up by turnpike and railway; and the North East grew into one of the dynamic hubs of industrial Britain, with ironworking, shipbuilding and mining prominent among its thriving concerns. The book explores aspects of this changing scene, from the thin towns and poor upland farms of early modern Cumbria to life in the teeming communities of late Victorian Tyneside. In their final chapters the authors review the modern decline of these traditional industries and the erosion of many of the region's historical characteristics.

The Northern Counties from AD 1000 (Regional History of England)

History

Mccord, N.

Europe

Longman

<p>Industrial Inorganic Chemicals pulls together authoritative contributions from acknowledged experts to form a comprehensive, sector-by-sector review of the contemporary inorganic chemicals industry, with a global overview of its importance. It shows how different parts of the industry integrate and supply others, placing production and consumption rates in relative as well as absolute perspective. Chapters cover commodity and speciality inorganic chemicals, with the production and uses of derived products described in detail. The book describes how the last two decades have witnessed a cleaning up of an industry with a reputation for damaging health and environments. It shows the role in this of tightening legislation and practical action, with particular reference to metals smelting and the physical treatment and use of production by-products. It also addresses perceived shortcomings in the teaching of `pure' chemistry courses, which often fail to prepare graduates for entry into manufacturing. In dealing with this issue, the book will be useful to undergraduates and others unfamiliar with industrial design. Industrial Inorganic Chemicals is set to be a mainstay of the reading lists of many undergraduates and graduates in applied, physical and inorganic chemistry, and chemical engineering, for some years to come. It will prepare teachers and industry professionals with a valuable working knowledge of the state of the industry, and the scientist's role within it.</p>

Industrial Inorganic Chemicals

Science & Math

Chemistry

Royal Society of Chemistry, [

Education, Work and Social Change: Young People and Marginalization in Post-Industrial Britain

<p>Drawing on a longitudinal study of the lives of NEET young people, this book looks beyond dominant discourses on youth unemployment to provide a rich, detailed account of young people's experiences of participation and non-participation on the margins of education and employment, highlighting the policy implications of this research.</p>

Politics & Social Sciences

Simmons, R.

Russell, L.

Social Sciences

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