'A child astronaut takes an imaginary trip to Mars, learns about the harsh conditions on the rocky red planet, and decides that Earth is a good home after all. Includes solar system diagram, Mars vs. Earth fact chart, and glossary'--Provided by publisher.

'Through trial and error and a few humorous mistakes, a boy learns how to do simple outside chores, get repeat customers, and create a successful yard work business to earn enough money to buy a digital music player'--

'Through trial and error and a few humorous mistakes, a boy learns how to wash cars, find customers, and create a successful car wash business to earn enough money to buy a new skateboard'--Provided by publisher.

'Through trial and error and few humorous mistakes, a girl learns how to make her lemonade stand successful and earn enough money for the toy she wants'--Provided by publisher.

'Open the pages of this book and you'll soon be speaking Japanese! Colorful illustrations and simple labels make learning Japanese fun. From the basics to cool phrases, this book will give you lots to talk about!'

'Open the pages of this book and you'll soon be speaking Russian! Colorful illustrations and simple labels make learning Russian fun. From the basics to cool phrases, this book will give you lots to talk about!'

'Open the pages of this book and you'll soon be speaking Italian! Colorful illustrations and simple labels make learning Italian fun. From the basics to cool phrases, this book will give you lots to talk about!'

'Open the pages of this book and you'll soon be speaking Arabic! Colorful illustrations and simple labels make learning Arabic fun. From the basics to cool phrases, this book will give you lots to talk about!'

Simple text in English and French, with phonetic respellings of the expressions in French, invite the reader to learn the French terms for emotions, meals, family, the days of the week, school, home, and other everyday topics.

Simple text in English and Mandarin Chinese, with Pinyin respellings of the expressions in Chinese, invites the reader to learn the Chinese terms for emotions, meals, family, the days of the week, school, home, and other everyday topics.

Simple text in English and Spanish, with phonetic respellings of the expressions in Spanish, invites the reader to learn the Spanish terms for emotions, meals, family, the days of the week, school, home, and other everyday topics.

'Open the pages of this book and you'll soon be speaking Spanish! Colorful illustrations and simple labels make learning Spanish fun. From the basics to cool phrases, this book will give you lots to talk about!'

'Open the pages of this book and you'll soon be speaking French! Colorful illustrations and simple labels make learning French fun. From the basics to cool phrases, this book will give you lots to talk about!'

'Open the pages of this book and you'll soon be speaking German! Colorful illustrations and simple labels make learning German fun. From the basics to cool phrases, this book will give you lots to talk about!'

'Open the pages of this book and you'll soon be speaking Mandarin Chinese! Colorful illustrations and simple labels make learning Mandarin Chinese fun. From the basics to cool phrases, this book will give you lots to talk about!'

Indice: Misurazione delle prestazioni e organizzazione economica delle burocrazie; Concetti e metodi di valutazione dell'efficienza nelle Organizzazioni pubbliche; Analisi economica delle burocrazie; Origini dell'inefficienza e finalitą della misurazione delle prestazioni nelle amministrazioni pubbliche; Metodologie parametriche e non parametriche di misurazione dell'efficienza; L'efficienza di scala e la stima di funzioni di costo standard; L'analisi dell'efficienza attraverso i metodi non parametrici; L'analisi dell'efficienza attraverso la stima di frontiere parametriche; Applicazioni pratiche dell'analisi dei costi standard; Applicazioni empiriche; Funzioni di frontiera per le analisi parametriche dell'efficienza.