Black journal. 1969, Part 1

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The business blockchain : promise, practice, and application of the next Internet technology by Mougayar, William

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The Putin predicament : problems of legitimacy and succession in Russia by Petersson, Bo

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Flow measurement by electromagnetic induction : theory and numerical methods by Zhang, Xiao-Zhang

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From research to operations in weather satellites and numerical weather prediction : crossing the valley of death

Table of Contents: “…Acronyms and AbbreviationsBoard Members' Biographies -- Appendix A -- AGENDA FOR THE 1999 BASC SUMMER STUDY -- Monday, June 28 OPEN SESSION -- Tuesday, June 28 OPEN SESSION -- Wednesday, June 30 OPEN SESSION -- Thursday, July 1 OPEN SESSION -- Friday, July 2 CLOSED SESSION -- Appendix B National Weather Service Organization -- GENERAL DESCRIPTION -- The National Centers for Environmental Prediction…”
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Transforming Microfinance Institutions : Providing Full Financial Services to the Poor. by Ledgerwood, Joanna

Table of Contents: “…But for savings, it is the client who must trust the MFI; Principle 3 Certain basic preconditions are needed for mobilizing voluntary savings from the public; Principle 4 Owners, board members, and managers of regulated MFIs must meet legal and regulatory requirements for accountability and qualifications.…”
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Starting right : a basic guide to museum planning by George, Gerald (Gerald W.)

Table of Contents: “…-- How will you clarify the relative responsibilities and prerogatives of board members, directors, staff members, and volunteers? …”
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Big data analytics and computing for digital forensic investigations

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Creating financial value : a guide for senior executives with no finance background by Allitt, Malcolm

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Transformational corporate leadership. by Kirimi, David

Table of Contents: “…Stage 1Stage 2; Stage 3; Stage 4; References And Bibliography; Part 3; Fundamental Areas Of Transformation; Model For Transforming A Corporation; References And Bibliography; Chapter 6; Corporate Governance; Agency Theory; Corporate Governance Principles And Practices; Types Of Boards; Legal Requirements For Boards Of Directors; Boards Of Directors' Responsibilities; Recruitment Of Board Members; Training And Retention; Energizing Existing Boards; Case Illustration: Success Through Effective Leadership -- Kenyatta University; References And Bibliography; Chapter 7.…”
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Ethical decision-making : case studies in organization and leadership

Table of Contents: “…Part III: Public and Nonprofit Organizations -- Overview / Marie Roberts De La Parra -- Case Study: 3.1 Battling Board Members / Mitchell Friedman -- Case Study: 3.2 The Big Easy / Jason Mitchell -- Case Study: 3.3 Coming Up Short: The Challenge of Food Stashing / Janith Norman -- Case Study: 3.4 Promoting from Within / Jay Le Roux Dillon -- Case Study: 3.5 The Nonconsequentialist Leader / Marie Roberts De La Parra -- Case Study: 3.6 No Need to Rush / Cynthia Mitchell -- Case Study: 2.5 Board Gone Wild-When Ethics Don't Matter / Stanford Simmons --Case Study: 2.6 Senior Management Challenge / Jamie Williams -- -- Part III: Public and Nonprofit Organizations -- Overview / Marie Roberts De La Parra -- Case Study: 3.1 Battling Board Members / Mitchell Friedman -- Case Study: 3.2 The Big Easy / Jason Mitchell -- -- Case Study: 3.3 Coming Up Short: The Challenge of Food Stashing / Janith Norman -- Case Study: 3.4 Promoting from Within / Jay Le Roux Dillon -- Case Study: 3.5 The Nonconsequentialist Leader / Marie Roberts De La Parra -- Case Study: 3.6 No Need to Rush / Cynthia Mitchell…”
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So now you're the superintendent! by Eller, John, 1957-

Table of Contents: “…The Superintendent-School Board Relationship: A Cornerstone of Your Success; About This Chapter; Managing the Superintendent-Board Relationship; The Importance of Equal Treatment; The "Inner Circle"; Addressing Individual Board Member Requests; When Is Equal Treatment Unequal?…”
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Sustainability and Corporate Governance A Guide to Law and Practice. by Gutterman, Alan S.

Table of Contents: “…International Reporting and Management Standards -- Securities Exchanges and Regulators -- Notes -- 3 Board Oversight of Sustainability -- Directors' Adoption and Oversight of Corporate Sustainability -- Directors' Fiduciary Duties -- Framework for Board Oversight of CSR and Corporate Sustainability -- Board Committees -- Board Composition -- Sustainability Education and Training for Board Members -- Notes -- 4 Governance and Nominating Committee -- Qualifications of Directors -- Independence Requirements -- Financial Expertise -- Charter and Activities of Governance and Nominating Committee…”
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Alberta's Petroleum Industry and the Conservation Board. by Breen, David

Table of Contents: “…3 Founding the Petroleum and Natural Gas Conservation Board, 1937-19384 Establishing a Regulatory Foundation, 1938-1947; 5 The Leduc Discovery and the New Regulatory Environment; 6 The Natural Gas Export Debate; 7 Conservation and the Struggle to Expand the Market for Alberta Crude Oil; 8 The Petroleum and Natural Gas Conservation Board: Organization and Regulation of Field Development, 1948-1959; 9 The Petroleum and Natural Gas Conservation Board in Retrospect; APPENDIX I: Board Chairmen, Deputy Chairmen, and Board Members, 1938-1962.…”
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Time Horizons and Technology Investments. by Staff, National Academy of Engineering

Table of Contents: “…""Perspectives on the Cost of Capital""""Financial Markets and Technology Investments""; ""Investment Hurdle Rates and Technology Investments""; ""DETERMINANTS OF COMPANY INVESTMENT TIME HORIZONS""; ""SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION""; ""3 Company Time Horizons and Technology Investments: The Roles of Corporate Governance and Management""; ""THE IMPORTANCE OF GOVERNANCE: THE ROLES OF BOARDS OF DIRECTORS""; ""Boards of Directors' Choices and Time Horizons""; ""Compensation and Selection of Board Members""; ""THE PREROGATIVES OF MANAGEMENT AND CORPORATE TIME HORIZONS""…”
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Theorizing criminality and policing in the digital media age

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Half-Title Page -- Series Page -- Editorial Board Members -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- List of Contributors -- About the Authors -- Acknowledgments -- Editor's Introduction -- New Opportunities for Criminals and Police -- Digital Media Representations of Criminality and Policing -- Studying Criminality and Policing in the Digital Media Age -- References -- Section I: New Opportunities for Criminals and Police…”
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A survival guide for college managers and leaders by Collins, David

Table of Contents: “…7 Providing resourcesSources of income -- Main items of expenditure -- Characteristics of efficient and inefficient colleges -- Benchmarking calculations and ratios -- Dealing with inherited problems and recovery situations -- Investing for the future -- 8 Dealing with people -- Dealing with the powers that be and would like to be â€? stakeholders and board members -- Deciding on the staff mix -- Selecting staff -- Setting targets -- Performance appraisal -- Staff development -- Dismissals and redundancies -- Handling the good, the bad and the ugly…”
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One America in the 21st century : the report of President Bill Clinton's initiative on race

Table of Contents: “…Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Timeline -- One America in the 21st Century: Forging a New Future -- Advisory Board Members -- Transmittal Letter from Chairman Franklin -- Acknowledgments -- Executive Summaryâ€?…”
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The sustainability mindset : using the matrix map to make strategic decisions by Zimmerman, Steve, 1970-

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Smart embedded systems and applications

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Community Parks and Recreation An Introduction. by Edginton, Christopher

Table of Contents: “…-- BOARD, COMMISSION, AND POLICY MAKING -- THE ROLE OF A BOARD MEMBER -- STRUCTURING THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD -- PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION BOARDS -- SUMMARY -- DISCUSSION QUESTIONS -- REFERENCES -- 10 Engaging the Community -- CHAPTER OBJECTIVES -- INTRODUCTION -- FOUNDATIONS OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT -- VOLUNTEER ENGAGEMENT -- EVALUATION AND RECOGNITION OF VOLUNTEERS -- SUMMARY -- DISCUSSION QUESTIONS -- REFERENCES -- 11 Acquisition of Parks and Open Space -- CHAPTER OBJECTIVES.…”
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Mediated Millennials by Schulz, Jeremy

Table of Contents: “…Cover; FM; Half Title; Series Page; EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS; Title Page; Copy right Page; CONTENTS; ABOUT THE EDITORS; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Introduction to Volume 19: "Millennials and Media"; Millennials and Media; The Millennial Social Self; Visual Culture and Creation of the Self; Millennials, News, and the Digital Public Sphere; Un-Mediated Millennials and Inequalities; Chapter 1: Millennials Usher A Postdigital: Theorizing How Generation Y Engages With Digital Media; Study Objectives and Research Method; Defining the Millennials' (Generation Y) Demographic Cohort…”
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How to Run a Theatre : Creating, Leading and Managing Professional Theatre. by Volz, Jim

Table of Contents: “…General Tips on Board of Trustee and Executive Staff RelationsBoard Meeting Planning; Organization of the Agenda; Distribution of Board Meeting Minutes; Season Planning, Budget Preparations and Board Communications; Introduction; Season Selection and Budget Planning; Fundraising Planning and Board Communications; A Sample "Board of Trustee Contract" and "Talking Points"Outline for Recruiting New Board Members; Soothing Souls, Funding Dreams and Saving Theatres: National Theatre Leaders Speak Out on Building America's Non-Profit Boards; Who Should be on a Theatre Board?…”
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Asia-Pacific contemporary finance and development

Table of Contents: “…Front Cover; Asia-Pacific Contemporary Finance and Development; Copyright Page; Contents; About the Contributors; Editorial Advisory Board Members; Acknowledgments; About the Editors; Chapter 1 Asia Pacific, Trans-Pacific Partnership, and the United States: The Network Perspective; 1. …”
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Musical composition awards 1943-1999 : from Aaron Copland and Samuel Barber to Gian-Carlo Menotti and Melinda Wagner

Table of Contents: “…S OPENING PASSAGE -- 1953 AWARD: ABOUT THE DECISION TO WITHHOLD THE MUSIC PRIZE -- NAMES OF THE BOARD MEMBERS VOTING FOR “NO AWARDâ€? -- 1954 AWARD: ABOUT THE COMPOSITION CONCERTO FOR TWO PIANOS AND ORCHESTRA -- FIRST PERFORMANCE OF THE WORK -- THE SCOREâ€?…”
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Challenges in Implementing Corporate Governance : Whose Business is it Anyway. by Zinkin, John

Table of Contents: “…; Conclusion; Chapter 4: The Role of Board Members; Board Composition; Why Separate the Roles of Chair and CEO?…”
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Business plan in a day : get it done right, get it done fast by Abrams, Rhonda M.

Table of Contents: “…-- How to use this book -- Step 1: Executive Summary: -- Prepare your summary -- Step 2: Company Description: -- Give your company names(s) and locations (s) -- Provide information about your company's ownership and legal status -- Describe your company's history, development stage, and milestones -- Identify your products(s) or service (s) -- Describe your industry -- Explain your company's funding -- Pulling it all together: company description -- Step 3: Target Market: -- Specify the geographic location of your target market -- Describe the demographic characteristics of your target customers -- Explain customer motivations and purchasing patterns -- Determine your market size -- Evaluate market trends -- Pulling it all together: target market -- Step 4: Competition: -- Identify types of competition -- Identify your specific competitors -- Determine your competitor's market share -- Determine competitive positions -- Highlight your competitive edge -- Evaluate barriers to entry and potential future competition -- Pulling it all together: the competition -- Step 5: Marketing And Sales Plan: -- Summarize your marketing message -- Describe your marketing vehicles -- Identify and additional marketing and sales strategies -- Describe your sales team -- Pulling it all together: marketing and sales plan -- Step 6: Operations: -- Determine key operations elements -- Highlight your operational advantages -- Address current-or potential-operational challenges -- Pulling it all together: operations -- Step 7: Management Structure: -- Highlight your key team members -- Predict future management needs -- Describe your staffing structure -- Identify your board members, advisors, and consultants -- Pulling it all together: management structure -- Step 8: Future Development: -- Define your long-term goals -- Establish future milestones -- Assess the risks -- Explore exit strategies -- Pulling it all together: future development -- Step 9: Financials: -- Most important financial statements -- Additional financials -- Produce you income statement -- Develop you cash-flow projection -- Generate your balance sheet -- Show your sources and use of funds -- Consider preparing additional supporting financial statements -- Presentation pointers -- Following up -- Nine sure-fire ways to ruin your business plan -- Experts talk -- Business terms glossary -- Business resources -- Index -- Acknowledgments.…”

Immunology : an introductory textbook

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Governance in the Digital Age : From Robert's Rules of Order to Goverance Cloud, and Beyond. by Schindlinger, Dottie

Table of Contents: “…Be Ready for Anything (Because It Will Probably Happen)Finding and Cultivating the Right People; Implementing the Right Processes; Notes; Chapter 4 Building Insights and Just-in-Time Strategies; Asking the Right Questions at the Right Time; Know What to Ask; Get Out and Talk to People; Examine Your Board's Profile; Notes; Chapter 5 From Corporate Citizenship to ESG; Tracking Data; Communicating Transparently and Responsively; Empowering Board Members as ESG Ambassadors; Notes; Chapter 6 Directors and Personal Accountability; Playing by the Rules; Playing Well Together…”
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The essential friends of libraries : fast facts, forms, and tips by Dolnick, Sandy

Table of Contents: “…Fast Facts for Friends in a Hurry -- Academic Friends -- Accounting -- Advocacy -- Affiliations -- Agenda -- American Library Association -- Annual meeting -- Appraisals -- Audit -- Authors -- Awards -- Bank accounts -- Banner -- Best practices -- Board job descriptions -- Board meeting -- Board members, recruiting -- Board of directors -- Bonding of employees -- Book clubs -- Book sales -- Book sales, customer retention -- Book sales, dealers as volunteers -- Book sales, dealers at -- Book sales, donation of books for -- Book sales, etiquette -- Book sales, leftovers -- Book sales, media attention -- Book sales, merchandising -- Book sales, online auctions -- Book sales, online fixed-price -- Book sales, preparation for -- Book sales, previews for Friends members -- Book sales, pricing books -- Book sales, pricing policy -- Book sales, publicity for -- Book sales, selling online -- Book sales, smelly books -- Book sales, sorting for -- Book sales, volunteers -- Bookmarks -- Bookstores -- Branch Friends -- Brochures -- Budgets -- Bulk mail -- Bylaws -- Capital campaigns -- Cause-related marketing -- Center for the Book -- Charter members -- Citywide Friends -- Codes of conduct -- Coffee shops -- Commitment -- Committees -- Community involvement -- Constitution -- Contracts -- Control -- Corporate support -- Correspondence -- Craft projects -- Demographics -- Development office -- Diversity -- Document storage -- Donations -- Due diligence -- Dues -- EIN number -- Elections -- Embezzling -- Endowments -- Evaluation of programs -- Executive committee -- Executive director -- Finances -- Financial disclosure -- Fiscal policy -- Fiscal year -- Flowchart -- Foundations -- Friends of Libraries U.S.A. …”
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The empowered manager : positive political skills at work by Block, Peter

Table of Contents: “…Allies: High Agreement/High TrustOpponents: High Trust/Low Agreement; Bedfellows: High Agreement/Low Trust; Fence Sitters: Low Trust/Unknown Agreement; Adversaries: Low Agreement/Low Trust; Boss As Adversary; Subordinate As Adversary; Seven: Balancing Autonomy and Interdependence; Political Scripts; Profiles in Dependency; The Right Use of Scripts; Interdependence; Naming the Game; Confirmation; Contact; Temporary Protection; Learning; Autonomy and Interdependence; Finding Peace with the Boss; Boss As Banker; Boss As Board Member; Eight: Facing Organizational Realities.…”
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Internet of Things and Data Analytics Handbook. by Geng, Hwaiyu

Table of Contents: “…TITLE PAGE ; COPYRIGHT PAGE ; CONTENTS; LIST OF€CONTRIBUTORS; FOREWORD; TECHNICAL ADVISORY BOARD€MEMBERS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABOUT THE COMPANION WEBSITE ; PART I INTERNET OF€THINGS; CHAPTER 1 INTERNET OF€THINGS AND€DATA ANALYTICS IN€THE€CLOUD WITH€INNOVATION AND€SUSTAINABILITY; 1.1 INTRODUCTION; 1.2 THE IoT AND THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION ; 1.3 INTERNET OF€THINGS TECHNOLOGY; 1.4 STANDARDS AND€PROTOCOLS; 1.5 IoT ECOSYSTEM; 1.6 DEFINITION OF€BIG DATA; 1.7 IoT, DATA ANALYTICS, AND€CLOUD COMPUTING; 1.8 CREATIVITY, INVENTION, INNOVATION, AND€DISRUPTIVE€INNOVATION.…”
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Hidden Truths What Leaders Need to Hear but Are Rarely Told. by Fubini, David

Table of Contents: “…Choosing Board Challengers -- Restructuring Board Interactions -- Will Board Members Resist? -- Chapter 10: Do Good While Doing Well -- Saying One Thing, Doing Another -- Navigating the Paradox: 7 Feasible Directions -- Educate, Engage, and Question -- Creating a Good Impression -- Your World is Changing -- Going Forward with an Authentic Cause -- Chapter 11: Embrace the Value and Reality of Diversity -- Beware of Reflexive Actions -- Six Proactive Actions -- Chapter 12: Know When to Leave -- What Boards Talk About When They Talk About CEO -- Departure Times and Types…”
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Governance of Indian state power utilities : an ongoing journey by Pargal, Sheoli

Table of Contents: “…Figure 3.7 Average Chairperson/Managing Director Tenure Figure 3.8 Number of Directors on Utility Boards; Figure 3.9 Average Number of Board Meetings per Year; Figure 3.10 Utilities with Audit Committees; Figure 3.11 Utilities with an Independent Director Chairing the Audit Committee; Figure 3.12 Utilities with Executive Directors Constituting Less or More than Half of Board Members; Figure 3.13 Utilities with an ERP System or Advanced MIS; Tables; Table 3.1 Share of Utilities in Compliance with Indicators That Constitute the Basic Index.…”
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Successful Drug Discovery. Volume 1

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Related Titles; Title Page; Copyright; Advisory Board Members; Preface; Part I: General Aspects; Part II: Drug Class; Part III: Case Histories; Chapter 1: Serendipitous Target-Based Drug Discoveries; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Recent Examples of Target-Based Drug Discovery; 1.3 Serendipitous Target-Based Drug Discoveries; 1.4 Drospirenone (Contraceptive with Anti-aldosterone Activity); 1.5 Escitalopram (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor Antidepressant); 1.6 Ezetimibe (Inhibitor of Cholesterol Absorption); 1.7 Lamotrigine (Discovery of a Standalone Drug for the Treatment of Epilepsy).…”
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Charity Case : How the Nonprofit Community Can Stand Up For Itself and Really Change the World by Pallotta, Dan

Table of Contents: “…5 Sign On to Our Rapid Response Media Team'6 Sign On to Our Rapid Response Public Policy Team; 7 Sign On to Our One-Thing-a-Day List; 8 Submit Stories for Our Research Project on the Negative Effects of Lack of Investment in Overhead; 9 Help Us Recruit Great "I'm Overhead" Stories; 10 Organize Regional Seminars for Board Members; 11 Organize Regional Seminars for Major Donors; 12 Sponsor an All-Staff Presentation at Your Organization; 13 Ask Your State Legislator to Come to a Regional Meeting, and Get Her to Say Yes; 14 Work with Local Media to Get Ad Space Donated.…”
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The Power of Positive Destruction. by Merrin, Seth

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Biographical dictionary of women's movements and feminisms in Central, Eastern, and South Eastern Europe : 19th and 20th centuries

Table of Contents: “…Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Advisory Board Members (Country Coordinators); Often Used Abbreviations; Maps; Introduction; Subjects per Country*; ALIYE, Fatma (1862-1936); APPONYI, Countess, Mrs Count Albert Apponyi, born Countess Clotilde, Klotild Dietrichstein- Mensdorff- Pouilly (1867- 1942); ARIAN, Praskov'ia Naumovna Belenkaia (1864/ 5- 1949); ARMAND, Inessa- Elizaveta Fiodorovna (1874- 1920); ASPAZIJA (Elza Rozenberga, in marriage Pliekša- ne) (1865- 1943); ATANASIJEVIC, Ksenija (1894- 1981); BACHMANN, Ingeborg (1926- 1973); BAIULESCU, Maria (1860- 1941).…”
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How to be a global nonprofit : legal and practical guidance for international activities by Norton, Lisa, 1956-

Table of Contents: “…Laws that Regulate International Activities; 1.7 The Importance of Vigilance; Choose Board Members Carefully; Follow the Money; 1.8 So, You Still Want to Be a Global Nonprofit?…”
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Designing an innovative pedagogy for sustainable development in higher education

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