Product Description: Fundamentals of Lighting, 3rd Edition, takes an integrated approach to the study of lighting and design. Topics include lighting system basics, lighting and the design process, human factors, sustainability, global issues, regulations, business practices, and the LEED building certification program...read more

Product Description: This book provides an economic analysis of various aspects of ‘market quality’, a new concept which emerged in the 21st century, using the tools of ‘oligopoly theory’ and ‘auction theory’ that evolved over the 19th and 20th centuries...read more

Product Description: Written by a working CEO who increased earnings in some of the companies he led by 400 percent, this book provides a real-world prescription for prosperity and growth for any company, in any industry.• Presents readers with specific, actionable, and experience-based advice on how to propel a company into a global powerhouse• Teaches the importance of the human factor and how to harness it for peak performance• Reveals the secrets to building a high performance culture by design―not by default• Uses tried-and-true examples from the author's real-world experience in generating turnaround and growth successes• Offers advice on customer service, including how not to lose customers while "explosive growth" occur...read more

Product Description: The Midwest has always been the heart of America—both its economic bellwether and the repository of its national identity. Now, in a newly globalized age, the Midwest is challenged as never before.In Caught in the Middle, longtime Chicago Tribune reporter Richard Longworth explores the new reality of life in today's heartland and reveals what these changes mean for the region and the country...read more