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Media and communication have become ubiquitous in today's societies and affect all aspects of life. On an individual level, they impact how we learn about the world, how we entertain ourselves, and how we interact with others. On an organisational level, the interactions between media and organisations, such as political parties, NGOs, businesses and brands, shape organisations' reputation, legitimacy, trust and (financial) performance, as well as individuals' consumer, political, social and health behaviours. At the societal level, media and communication are crucial for shaping public opinion on current issues such as climate change, sustainability, diversity, and well-being. Media challenges are widespread and include mis- and disinformation, the negative impact of algorithms on our information diets, challenges to our privacy, cyberbullying, media addiction, and unwanted persuasion, among many others. All this makes the study of media and communication crucial. This book provides a broad overview of the ways in which people create, use, and experience their media environment, and the role of media and communication for individuals, organisations, and society. The chapters in the book were written by researchers from the Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR) on the occasion of its 25th anniversary. ASCoR is today the largest research institute of its kind in Europe and has developed over the past 25 years into one of the best communications research institutes in the world.

Communication. --- Digital media. --- SCIENCE / Research & Methodology. --- New communicators, new media technology, new media communication, consequences of todays' media landscape for society, groups and individuals.

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Accounting is the score keeping system in the "game" of business--you can't do well in any "game" if you don't understand how the score is kept. This book is intended to benefit practicing managers, MBA students, and nonaccounting business majors. United States financial reporting standards are compared and contrasted with international financial reporting standards where appropriate. The book emphasizes how management's choice of accounting methods and their required estimates in reporting transactions and events impact financial statements, both immediately and in the future. Unlike typical accounting books, journal entries are not used to illustrate topical coverage. This unique book exclusively provides a user's decision-making perspective by using the accounting equation format to directly illustrate financial statement effects of transactions and events. Most of the topics addressed in this book are typically studied by accounting majors in the two course "intermediate" accounting sequence, but the text also includes discussion of consolidations--a topic generally covered in the "advanced" accounting course. Intermediate accounting textbooks alone typically exceed well over 1,500 pages. By exclusively applying a user's perspective, and limiting topical content to areas relevant for decision making, this book allows nonaccountants to acquire the requisite underlying knowledge in a concise, easy to understand text.

Accounting --- Standards. --- Financial Statements --- GAAP --- Cash Flow vs. Earnings --- Accounting Equation Format --- Accounting Method Choice --- Accounting Estimates --- Off-Balance-Sheet Financing --- Economic Consequences of Accounting --- Earnings Management --- Substance Over Form --- IFRS

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Much of the produce that Americans eat is grown in the Mexican state of Baja California, the site of a multibillion-dollar export agricultural boom that has generated jobs and purportedly reduced poverty and labor migration to the United States. But how has this growth affected those living in Baja? Based on a decade of ethnographic fieldwork, Made in Baja examines the unforeseen consequences for residents in the region of San Quintín. The ramifications include the tripling of the region's population, mushrooming precarious colonia communities lacking basic infrastructure and services, and turbulent struggles for labor, civic, and political rights. Anthropologist Christian Zlolniski reveals the outcomes of growers structuring the industry around an insatiable demand for fresh fruits and vegetables. He also investigates the ecological damage-";watercide"-and the social side effects of exploiting natural resources for agricultural production. Weaving together stories from both farmworkers and growers, Made in Baja provides an eye-opening look at the dynamic economy developing south of the border.

Agricultural laborers --- Social conditions. --- agricultural boom. --- american. --- anthropologist. --- baja california. --- civic. --- colonia communities. --- ecological damage. --- ethnographic fieldwork. --- fruit. --- generated jobs. --- growers. --- industry. --- insatiable demand. --- labor migration. --- labor. --- lacking basic infrastructure. --- mexican. --- multibillion dollar export. --- political rights. --- population. --- produce. --- ramifications. --- reduced poverty. --- san quintin. --- unforeseen consequences. --- united states. --- vegetables.

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This paper studies the effect of individual uncertainty on collective decision-making to implement innovation. We show how individual uncertainty creates a bias for the status quo even under irreversible voting decisions, in contrast with Fernandez and Rodrik (1991). Blocking innovation is rooted in the aversion to the potential loss of political clout in future voting decisions. Thus, risk neutral individuals exhibit what we call political risk aversion. Yet individual uncertainty is not all bad news as it may open the door to institutional reform. We endogenize institutional reform and show a non-monotonic relationship between institutional efficiency and the size of innovation.

Business & Economics --- Economic Theory --- Uncertainty. --- Rational expectations (Economic theory) --- Expectations, Rational (Economic theory) --- Economic forecasting --- Time and economic reactions --- Uncertainty --- Reasoning --- Labor --- Industries: Information Technololgy --- Production and Operations Management --- Inventions --- Technological Change: Choices and Consequences --- Diffusion Processes --- Innovation --- Research and Development --- Technological Change --- Intellectual Property Rights: General --- Macroeconomics: Production --- Geographic Labor Mobility --- Immigrant Workers --- Information technology industries --- Technology --- general issues --- Macroeconomics --- Inventions & inventors --- Labour --- income economics --- Emerging technologies --- Productivity --- Technological innovation --- Labor mobility --- Industrial productivity --- Technological innovations --- China, People's Republic of

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Total factor productivity (TFP) of 14 manufacturing sectors in France has kept up with that of the United States during 1980-2002 and remained well above that of the United Kingdom. Estimates using a dynamic panel equilibrium correction model indicate that sectors further behind the technological frontier experience faster productivity growth and that spending on research and development and trade with technologically advanced economies positively influences TFP growth, but not the speed of convergence. Conversely, TFP growth is negatively related to some key labor market variables, namely the replacement ratio and the ratio of the minimum wage to the median wage.

Business & Economics --- Economic History --- Labor --- Information Management --- Production and Operations Management --- Innovation --- Research and Development --- Technological Change --- Intellectual Property Rights: General --- Measurement of Economic Growth --- Aggregate Productivity --- Cross-Country Output Convergence --- Comparative Studies of Countries --- Production --- Cost --- Capital and Total Factor Productivity --- Capacity --- Macroeconomics: Production --- Demand and Supply of Labor: General --- Technological Change: Choices and Consequences --- Diffusion Processes --- Macroeconomics --- Labour --- income economics --- Knowledge management --- Total factor productivity --- Productivity --- Labor markets --- Technology transfer --- Capacity utilization --- Technology --- Industrial productivity --- Labor market --- Industrial capacity --- United States