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Radical technological changes (so-called "technology shocks") frequently disrupt the competitive market structure. New entrants appear, industries need to be redefined, incumbents lose their positions or vanish completely. Fast moving industries - like the often quoted example of the semiconductor industry - have preferably been analyzed for these phenomena. But do the findings hold for industries with longer development cycles like the global machine tool industry? Here, multivariate analysis is used to find out what management needs to focus on in order to lead companies through the technology shocks. The research for this book builds on in-depth interviews with 100 experts and decision ma...
This is the first comparative transnational approach to the language of absolute war and the literature on World War II.
Franz Buck ist durch und durch Polizist. Er steht ein, für Recht und Ordnung. Er lässt sich weder von seinen Vorgesetzten, noch von der Staatsanwaltschaft daran hindern, seine Aufgabe zu erfüllen. Dass er mit seinen Ermittlungen in diesem vorerst „normalen“ Tötungsdelikt, mitten in ein Wespennest sticht, ist nicht seine Schuld. Er deckt dunkle Machenschaften auf, in welche hohe Persönlichkeiten und ein Staatsanwalt verwickelt sind. Seitens der Obrigkeit wird deshalb alles unternommen um seine Arbeit zu erschweren. Es gipfelt darin, dass Franz Buck von seiner Arbeit suspendiert wird. Beim Lesen dieses Buches versetzen Sie sich automatisch in die Lage des Ermittlers. Sie möchten ihm helfen. Ihr Sinn schreit förmlich nach Gerechtigkeit, doch sind die Vorgesetzten erst mal am längeren Hebel..... Um Ruhe zu bewahren, hilft ihm seine Freude am Kochen und gutem Essen. Vielleicht gibt er Ihnen ja noch einige Rezepte bekannt? Lesen Sie selbst, wie sich der gradlinige Ermittler fühlt und denkt, wenn seine Arbeit von allen Seiten behindert wird.
Swansong 1945 chronicles four significant days in the last three weeks of WWII: 20 April, Hitler's last birthday; 25 April, when American and Soviet troops first met at the Elbe; 30 April, the day Hitler committed suicide; and 8 May, the day of the German surrender. Side by side in these pages, we encounter the voices of civilians fleeing on foot to the west, British and American POWs dreaming of home, concentration camp survivors, loyal soldiers from both sides of the conflict and national leaders including Churchill, Hitler and Mussolini. A monumental account of survival, suffering, hope and despair, Swansong 1945 brings vividly to life a conflict whose repercussions are felt today.
Hans Fallada was a drug addict, womanizer, alcoholic, jailbird and thief. This title tells the story of Hans Fallada, whose real name was Rudolf Ditzen. It chronicles his turbulent life as a writer, husband and father, shadowed by mental torment and long periods in psychiatric care.
A vivid account of German-occupied Europe during World War II that reveals civilians' struggle to understand the terrifying chaos of war In An Iron Wind, prize-winning historian Peter Fritzsche draws diaries, letters, and other first-person accounts to show how civilians in occupied Europe tried to make sense of World War II. As the Third Reich targeted Europe's Jews for deportation and death, confusion and mistrust reigned. What were Hitler's aims? Did Germany's rapid early victories mark the start of an enduring new era? Was collaboration or resistance the wisest response to occupation? How far should solidarity and empathy extend? And where was God? People desperately tried to understand the horrors around them, but the stories they told themselves often justified a selfish indifference to their neighbors' fates. Piecing together the broken words of the war's witnesses and victims, Fritzsche offers a haunting picture of the most violent conflict in modern history.