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Front Matter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 1 Background -- Chapter 2 Managing ICT Complexity -- Chapter 3 Aligning Organizational and ICT Strategies -- Chapter 4 Managing ICT Risk -- Chapter 5 Technology Risk as a Socially Embedded Issue -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX A: REFERENCES TO WORKSHOP DISCUSSIONS ANDINTERVIEWS -- APPENDIX B: ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS -- APPENDIX C: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ON THE PRINCIPALINVESTIGATOR.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- INTERNATIONAL TAX POLICY AND TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS -- The Taxation of Foreign Direct Investment: Operational and Policy Perspectives -- International Taxation and Corporate R&D: Evidence and Implications -- R&D Tax Incentives and Manufacturing-Sector R&D Expenditures -- International Tax Policy, Investment, and Technology -- INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVES ON THE IMPACT OF INTERNATIONAL TAX RULES -- Impact of Tax Incentives on the Location of Investment: A Corporate Perspective -- The Virtual Global Electronic Economy -- Operating Through Joint Ventures Under U.S. International Tax Rules: Global Competition for R&D Investments -- TAX REFORM: PRESCRIPTIONS AND PROSPECTS -- International Tax and Competitiveness Aspects of Fundamental Tax Reform -- U.S. Tax Policy and Multinational Corporations: Incentives, Problems, and Directions for Reform -- Directions for International Tax Reform -- Tax Reform: Prescriptions and Prospects -- Glossary -- Index.

FrontMatter -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Improving Assessments-Questions and Possibilities -- 3 Recent Innovative Assessments -- 4 Political Experiences and Considerations -- 5 Coherent Assessment Systems -- 6 Opportunities for Better Assessment -- 7 Making Use of Assessment Information -- 8 Challenges of Developing New Assessments -- 9 Research Needs -- References -- Appendix A: Workshop Agendas -- Appendix B: Workshop Participants.

Intro -- FrontMatter -- Reviewers -- Prologue -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Young Adults in the 21st Century -- 3 Relationships -- 4 Education and Employment -- 5 Civic Engagement and National Service -- 6 Public Health -- 7 The Health Care System -- 8 Government Investments in Marginalized Young Adults -- 9 Next Steps -- Appendix A: Open Session Agendas -- Appendix B: Diversity and the Effects of Bias and Discrimination on Young Adults' Health and Well-Being -- Appendix C: Youth-Focused National Service Programs -- Appendix D: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members -- Index.

FrontMatter -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- Workshop Background -- Workshop Context -- Overviews of the International Nuclear Nonproliferation Context -- International Political Efforts to Address the Dangers of Nuclear Weapons and Materials -- The Legal and Regulatory Context for MPC&A -- Safeguards Culture -- IAEA Nonproliferation and MPC&A Programs -- Domestic MPC&A Programs -- Concluding Remarks -- Appendix A Workshop Participants List -- Appendix B Workshop Agenda.