Oxford University Press

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This volume is intended as a reference book for scientists, engineers and graduate students practicing in traditional engineering and science disciplines as well as in emerging fields of nanotechnology, biotechnology, microelectronics and energy....

Entrepreneurs generally lack the marketing capabilities necessary to bring their        new product to market. To engage the resources required to do this, they must        somehow place a value on the enterprise. However, all of the methods of valuation        currently available are based on the use of historical or current revenues,...

Global Power through Classification and RankingsIndicators and rankings are widely used by governments and international        organizations to assess the effectiveness, efficiency, and success of policy        decisions. The role of indicators is however little examined. This book closes this        gap by evaluating the creation of indicators,...

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In   Naming and Necessity, Saul Kripke undermined descriptive analyses of names by showing that they are rigid designators. He thereby told us what their meanings are not, but not what they are. In   Beyond Rigidity, Scott Soames fills this gap. Using a new conception of how the meaning of a sentence relates to the information asserted and conveyed...