Global Economy, Global Technology, Global Corporations -- Copyright -- Contents -- Overview of the Project -- BACKGROUND AND REVIEW OF THE STUDY PROCESS -- AREAS OF AGREEMENT AND DISAGREEMENT -- Agreement on the Importance of Effective MNC Management -- Agreement on the Correlation Between...

Front Matter -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Introduction to the Government/Industry Forum -- 2 DOE's Role as Project Owner -- 3 DOE Project Management Accountability and Process Improvement -- 4 The Elements of Project System Excellence -- 5 DuPont's Role in Capital Projects -- 6 Weyerhaeuser...

Front Matter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Workshop Session 1: Past, Present, and Future of Specifications and Standards -- 3 Workshop Session 2: Company, Commercial, and Military Specifications -- 4 Workshop Session 3: Implementation...

Front Matter -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Boxes -- Executive Summary -- 1 The 2020 Vision -- 2 Grand Challenges for Manufacturing -- 3 Priority Technologies and Supporting Research -- 4 Preparing for 2020 -- References -- APPENDIX A Summary of Workshop on...

Intro -- FrontMatter -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Figures, Tables, and Boxes -- Summary -- 1 The Long-Term Challenge -- 2 Framing the Choices -- 3 Fiscal Prudence -- 4 Choices for a Sustainable Budget -- 5 Options for Medicare and Medicaid -- 6 Options for Social Security -- 7...

Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Challenges in Measuring Labor Market Conditions Across Countries -- 3 Assessing Compliance with Freedom of Association Standards -- 4 Information and Indicators of Forced Labor -- 5 Information and Indicators of Discrimination -- 6...

Women, Work, and Wages: Equal Pay for Jobs of Equal Value -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- CURRENT LEGAL CONTEXT -- THE ISSUES -- PLAN OF THE REPORT -- 2 Evidence Regarding Wage Differentials -- THE EXISTENCE OF WAGE DIFFERENTIALS -- The Effect of Worker Characteristics...

Population Growth and Economic Development: Policy Questions -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- BACKGROUND -- FOCUS ON FERTILITY DECLINE AND ECONOMIC WELFARE -- UNDERSTANDING THE CONSEQUENCES OF FERTILITY DECLINE -- 1 Will Slower Population Growth Increase the Growth Rate of...

Land Use Planning and Oil and Gas Leasing on Onshore Federal Lands -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- CORE RECOMMENDATIONS -- SUPPLEMENTARY RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCE -- 1 Introduction -- ORIGIN OF THIS REPORT -- THE PROBLEM -- ORGANIZATION OF THIS REPORT -- REFERENCES...

Front Matter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Executive Summary -- 1 Purpose, Scope, and Process of This Study -- 2 Nature and Structure of the U.S. Advanced Battery Consortium -- 3 Performance Goals and Project Selection -- 4 Technical Progress -- 5 Management Model and...