Financial Law

The Last Chance Millionaire or Financial and Managerial Accounting

2009-12-06T03:03:00.000-08:00

The Last Chance Millionaire: It's Not Too Late to Become Wealthy

Author: Douglas R Andrew

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Book about: The Origins of the Second World War or Multinational Enterprise and the Globalization of Networks of Knowledge

Financial and Managerial Accounting

Author: Jan Williams

With the fourteenth edition of Financial and Managerial Accounting: The Basis for Business Decisions, the Williams author team carries on the tradition of being a solid foundation for students learning basic accounting concepts. Through the revision, the authors have further refined the financial accounting topics, while slightly expanding the managerial accounting material to provide even more balanced coverage.

Hallmarks of the text—including the solid Accounting Cycle Presentation, relevant pedagogy, and high quality, end-of-chapter material—have all been updated and enhanced through the revision. A new design enhances the graphical elements of the text, while the integration of several boxed elements provides a more streamlined approach to chapter topics.

Chapter 1: Accounting: Information for Decision Making

Chapter 2: Basic Financial Statements

Chapter 3: The Accounting Cycle: Capturing Economic Events

Chapter 4: The Accounting Cycle: Accruals and Deferrals

Chapter 5: The Accounting Cycle: Reporting Financial Results

Comprehensive Problem 1: Susquehanna Equipment Rentals

Chapter 6: Merchandising Activities

Chapter 7: Financial Assets

Chapter 8: Inventories and the Cost of Goods Sold

Comprehensive Problem 2: Guitar Universe, Inc.

Chapter 9: Plant and Intangible Assets

Chapter 10: Liabilities

Chapter 11: Stockholders' Equity: Paid-in Capital

Comprehensive Problem 3: McMinn Retail, Inc.

Chapter 12: Income and Changes in Retained Earnings

Chapter 13: Statement of Cash Flows

Chapter 14: Financial Statement Analysis

Comprehensive Problem 4: Home Depot, Inc.

Chapter 15: Global Business and Accounting

Chapter 16: Management Accounting: A Business Partner

Chapter 17: Job Order Cost Systems and Overhead Allocations

Chapter 18: Process Costing

Chapter 19: Costing and the Value Chain

Chapter 20: Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis

Chapter 21: Incremental Analysis

Comprehensive Problem 5: The Gilster Company

Chapter 22: Responsibility Accounting and Transfer Pricing

Chapter 23: Operational Budgeting

Chapter 24: Standard Cost Systems

Chapter 25: Rewarding Business Performance

Comprehensive Problem 6: Utease Corporation

Chapter 26: CapitalBudgeting

Appendix A: 2005 Home Depot Financial Statements

Appendix B: The Time Value of Money: Future Amounts and Present Values

Appendix C: Forms of Business Organization

The One Thing You Need to Know or The Gridlock Economy

2009-12-05T01:22:00.000-08:00

The One Thing You Need to Know: About Great Managing, Great Leading, and Sustained Individual Success

Author: Marcus Buckingham

Following the success of the landmark bestsellers First, Break All the Rules and Now, Discover Your Strengths, Marcus Buckingham offers a dramatically new way to understand the art of success.

With over 1.6 million copies of First, Break All the Rules (co-authored with Curt Coffman) and Now, Discover Your Strengths (co-authored with Donald O. Clifton) in print, Cambridge-educated Buckingham is considered one of the most respected business authorities on the subject of management and leadership in the world. With The One Thing You Need to Know, he gives readers an invaluable course in outstanding achievement -- a guide to capturing the essence of the three most fundamental areas of professional activity.

Great managing, leading, and career success -- Buckingham draws on a wealth of applicable examples to reveal that a controlling insight lies at the heart of the three. Lose sight of this "one thing" and even the best efforts will be diminished or compromised. Readers will be eager to discover the surprisingly different answers to each of these rich and complex subjects. Each could be explained endlessly to detail their many facets, but Buckingham's great gift is his ability to cut through the mass of often-conflicting agendas and zero in on what matters most, without ever oversimplifying. As he observes, success comes to those who remain mindful of the core insight, understand all of its ramifications, and orient their decisions around it. Buckingham backs his arguments with authoritative research from a wide variety of sources, including his own research data and in-depth interviews with individuals at every level of an organization, from CEO's to hotel maids and stockboys.

In every way a groundbreaking book, The One Thing You Need to Know offers crucial performance and career lessons for business people at all career stages.

Library Journal

Following up on his first two best sellers (First, Break All the Rules; Now, Discover Your Strengths), Buckingham continues in the same vein, this time trying to quantify what makes a successful manager, leader, or even spouse. While occasionally referencing his earlier works, he concentrates on three key areas: management, leadership, and personal success. Much of the text boils down to essential truisms that are not very helpful in themselves, e.g., "discover your strengths and cultivate them." However, by using well-chosen case studies to illustrate his points and by writing in an enjoyable fashion, Buckingham succeeds in creating another book that will connect with readers and encourage them to succeed in leadership positions. Recommended for business collections in both academic and public libraries.-Susan Hurst, Miami Univ. Libs. of Ohio, Oxford Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

The Gridlock Economy: How Too Much Ownership Wrecks Markets, Stops Innovation, and Costs Lives

Author: Michael Heller

25 new runways would eliminate most air travel delays in America. Why can’t we build them? 50 patent owners are blocking a major drug maker from creating a cancer cure. Why won’t they get out of the way? 90% of our broadcast spectrum sits idle while American cell phone service lags far behind Japan’s and Korea’s. Why are we wasting our airwaves? 98% of African American–owned farms have been sold off over the last century. Why can’t we stop the loss? All these problems are really the same problem—one whose solution would jump-start innovation, release trillions in productivity, and help revive our slumping economy.
Every so often an idea comes along that transforms our understanding of how the world works. Michael Heller has discovered a market dynamic that no one knew existed. Usually, private ownership creates wealth, but too much ownership has the opposite effect—it creates gridlock. When too many people own pieces of one thing, whether a physical or intellectual resource, cooperation breaks down, wealth disappears, and everybody loses. Heller’s paradox is at the center of The Gridlock Economy. Today’s leading edge of innovation—in high tech, biomedicine, music, film, real estate—requires the assembly of separately owned resources. But gridlock is blocking economic growth all along the wealth creation frontier.
A thousand scholars have applied and verified Heller’s paradox. Now he takes readers on a lively tour of gridlock battlegrounds. Heller zips from medieval robber barons to modern-day broadcast spectrum squatters; from Mississippi courts sellingAfrican-American family farms to troubling New York City land confiscations; and from Chesapeake Bay oyster pirates to today’s gene patent and music mash-up outlaws. Each tale offers insights into how to spot gridlock in operation and how we can overcome it.
The Gridlock Economy is a startling, accessible biography of an idea. Nothing is inevitable about gridlock. It results from choices we make about how to control the resources we value most. We can unlock the grid; this book shows us where to start.

Options Made Easy or Police Officer Exam

2009-12-03T23:42:00.000-08:00

Options Made Easy: Your Guide to Profitable Trading

Author: Guy Cohen

“Guy Cohen cuts through the fog and helps all levels of investors grasp the most intricate concepts. He does so with great clarity and brevity despite covering such a broad set of topics. His is an invaluable guide for the interested beginner and the most advanced trader.”

–Ned Bennett, CEO, optionsXpress, Inc.

"The best book on options I have ever come across."
–Alpesh B. Patel, bestselling author of Trading Online and Mind of a Trader

"Guy Cohen really does make options easy. Each options strategy has both a visual diagram of the risk and reward, as well as a logical explanation of how the strategy works. Combined with primers on fundamental and technical analysis, Guy shows you how to put the odds in your favor in today's options markets."
–Price Headley, Founder, BigTrends.com and author of Big Trends in Trading

"Guy Cohen has put together a comprehensive, easy to understand, must-read on options for investors of all levels. Practical in its approach, the graphics bring clarity to what beginning investors might consider complicated strategies."
–Joseph Sellitto, Director Retail Derivatives, E*TRADE Securities LLC

"This is one of the best books on option strategies I have ever read."
–Daniel J. Zanger, President, Chartpattern.com

"Guy Cohen builds a foundation for thereader with simple definitions and clear mechanics on what can be a complicated topic. He then approaches each strategy with a context of fundamental and technical analysis and sets the stage for a solid understanding of risk, reward and probability."
–Dave Whitmore, Managing Director, Products & Services, Ameritrade, Inc.

In Options Made Easy, Second Edition, Guy Cohen clearly explains everything you need to know about options in plain English so that you can start trading fast and make consistent profits in any market, bull or bear!

Simply and clearly, the author reveals secrets of options trading that were formerly limited to elite professionals–and exposes the dangerous myths that keep investors from profiting.

As you set out on your options journey, you'll learn interactively through real-life examples, anecdotes, case studies, and pictures. Guy Cohen is your friendly expert guide, helping you pick the right stocks, learn the right strategies, create the trading plans that work, and master the psychology of the winning trader.

Master all the essentials–and put them to work

Options demystified so that you can get past the fear and start profiting!
Learn the safest ways to trade options

Identify high-probability trades that lead to consistent profits
Design a winning Trading Plan–and stick to it

Understand your risk profile and discover exactly when to enter and exit your trades
Choose the right stocks for maximum profit

Screen for your best opportunities–stocks that are moving–or are about to move
Discover the optimum strategies for you

Match your trading strategies to your personal investment goals
No bull! The realities and myths of the markets

What you must know about fundamental and technical analysis

The easy, plain-English guide to making consistent profits with options!

Teaches all the essentials with real-life examples and crystal-clear explanations

No complicated math or confusing jargon: Learn visually with easy-to-understand pictures!

Identify high-probability trades, and design a Trading Plan that works

Master practical, easy strategies for succeeding in any environment–even bear markets

Updated for today's markets with even more dynamic graphics, intuitive explanations, and valuable information!

For every investor interested in trading options

When you read this book, you'll be amazed how quickly you understand options–and how quickly you can start profiting from them!

1	Introduction to options	1
2	Into the marketplace	29
3	The basics of fundamental analysis	49
4	The basics of technical analysis	85
5	Two popular strategies and how to improve them	137
6	An introduction to the Greeks	164
7	Bull call spreads and bull put spreads	197
8	Two basic volatility strategies	220
9	Two basic sideways strategies	238
10	Trading and investing psychology	262
11	Putting it all together - a call to action	280
12	Stock futures and options strategies (bonus chapter)	289

Interesting book: Vietnam or The Grimke Sisters from South Carolina

Police Officer Exam: The Complete Preparation Guide

Author: Learning Express

Every prospective policeman across the nation must take a written exam. Police Officer Exam provides all the essential test preparation needed to succeed. This guide contains six complete multiple-choice practice exams; chapters on the physical ability test and the personal background interview; a practice police officer suitability test; targeted review in judgment, map reading, memory observation, and recall skills; and a step-by-step preparation system and customizable study schedules. A final chapter discusses additional law enforcement opportunities. A free online practice test is included.

Is the American Dream Killing You or Milkshake Moment

2009-12-02T22:01:00.000-08:00

Is the American Dream Killing You?: How The Market Rules Our Lives

Author: Paul Stiles

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Book review: Zig Ziglars Secrets of Closing the Sale or Scheisse

Milkshake Moment: Overcoming Stupid Systems, Pointless Policies and Muddled Management to Realize Real Growth

Author: Steven S Littl

Praise for The Milkshake Moment

"Little gives leaders a crucial reminder not to be their own worst enemies in their quest for growth. You'll never forget the hilarious milkshake story that gives the book its name. This book will help your organization get out of its own way."

DAN HEATH, coauthor of Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die

"Little's milkshake story is straightforward, compelling, and irresistible. It teaches leaders a hundred vital lessons on growth.

Sip it slowly and enjoy."

ROD BECKSTROM, coauthor of The Starfish and the Spider:The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations

"Little is a gifted storyteller, and his stories always lead to practical ways for organizations to reach another level. The Milkshake Moment is not only a great read, it is truly a call-to-arms for all of us looking for growth in the twenty-first century. Read it today so you can mix it up tomorrow."

JON GORDON, author of The Energy Bus: Ten Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work,

and Team with Positive Energy and The No Complaining Rule: Positive Ways

to Deal with Negativity at Work

The Contrarians Guide to Leadership or Mass Career Customization

2009-12-01T20:20:00.000-08:00

The Contrarian's Guide to Leadership

Author: Steven B Sampl

In this offbeat approach to leadership, college president Steven B. Sample-the man who turned the University of Southern California into one of the most respected and highly rated universities in the country-challenges many conventional teachings on the subject. Here, Sample outlines an iconoclastic style of leadership that flies in the face of current leadership thought, but a style that unquestionably works, nevertheless. Sample urges leaders and aspiring leaders to focus on some key counterintuitive truths. He offers his own down-to-earth, homespun, and often provocative advice on some complex and thoughtful issues. And he provides many practical, if controversial, tactics for successful leadership, suggesting, among other things, that leaders should sometimes compromise their principles, not read everything that comes across their desks, and always put off decisions.

Soundview Executive Book Summaries

In The Contrarian's Guide to Leadership, Steven Sample, the president of the University of Southern California (USC) offers his no-holds-barred, unconventional wisdom on what it takes to be a great leader.

He writes that contrarian leaders think differently from other people. They maintain their intellectual independence by thinking gray, and enhance their intellectual creativity by thinking free. Contrarian wisdom holds that judgments should be arrived at slowly or not at all. Most people immediately categorize things as good or bad, true or false, friend or foe. Sample explains that truly effective leaders see shades of gray.

Thinking Gray and Free
Sample writes that the essence of thinking gray is this: Don't form an opinion about an important matter until you have heard all the relevant facts and arguments or until circumstances force you to form an opinion. Resist the temptation to immediately classify everything you read or hear as either true or false, good or bad, right or wrong, useless or useful.

A close cousin of thinking gray is thinking free - free from all prior restraints. Sample writes that the key to thinking free is to first allow your mind to contemplate really outrageous ideas, and only later apply constraints of practicality, practicability, legality, cost, time and ethics.

According to Sample, contrarian leaders know it is better to listen first and talk later. And when they listen, they do so artfully because artful listening is an excellent means of acquiring new ideas and gathering and assessing information. If leaders can listen attentively without rushing to judgment, they will often get a fresh perspective that will help them think independently. He writes that a good leader listens carefully to his or her inner circle and even the most obnoxious self-appointed advisers.

Listening gray requires open communication at all levels of the organization, he writes. It requires that leaders avoid categorizing people into an "A" list and a "B" list, and means they should not dismiss ideas strictly because of who they come from. He also adds that a leader should pay close attention to experts but never take them too seriously, and never trust them completely. Sample writes that it helps to clarify the roles experts and leaders should play. Experts are deep specialists whose role is to offer leaders greater insight than they have in one small area; the leader's role should be to integrate the advice of several experts into a coherent course of action.

Evenhanded Justice
According to Sample, to be an effective leader, a person must be able to lay down rules and evenhandedly punish those who violate them. Evenhanded but tough justice inspires a sense of security among followers.

Decision-making is another major element of leadership. It can be fun, exhilarating, an ego trip, a tremendous burden, agonizing and scary. A leader's legacy is determined by the long-term effects of his or her decisions. Sample summarizes the contrarian's approach to decision-making in two general rules:

Never make a decision yourself that can reasonably be delegated to a lieutenant.
Never make a decision today that can reasonably be put off until tomorrow.

Most people confuse good leadership with effective leadership, but the contrarian leader knows that there is an enormous difference between the two. Being a leader sometimes requires making tough moral decisions. Sample writes that moral choosing requires that you "decide which hill you're willing to die on." Good leaders need to perform a delicate balancing act. Sample explains that a contrarian leader must develop and hold moral convictions, but remain as open as possible to the strongly held moral beliefs of others.

Sample writes that contrarian leaders support those who work for them, and advises leaders to spend 90 percent of their time supporting their employees, and 10 percent hiring, evaluating and firing them. He writes that leaders should accept them as equals, and should work for those who work for them.

Hire Those Stronger Than You
Sample writes that leaders should hire the best possible people, and beware of the common tactic of hiring those who are weaker than themselves. In an ideal world, he writes, leaders would only hire those who are stronger than themselves.

Before one can lead, one must acquire followers. Sample writes that to gather followers, leaders must sell themselves first, and their visions and policies second. Contrarian leaders also understand that if they seek out leadership positions with a well-established podium, the task of getting followers will be easier.

Once a top leadership position has been attained, Sample advises, leaders should use the rule of 70/30. Up to 30 percent of their time should be spent on substantive matters and the remaining 70 percent on matters that are trivial or routine. He writes that 30 percent might not seem like a lot, but it really is.

Why Soundview Likes This Book
The Contrarian's Guide to Leadership is an inspiring book from a man who has spent much time leading and learning about successfully turning an organization around. His impressive academic background and business accomplishments lend credibility to his insightful book, and his no-nonsense approach makes it a fascinating look at how leaders can become more effective by eliminating many bad ideas from the leadership toolbox. Copyright (c) 2002 Soundview Executive Book Summaries

Mass Career Customization: Aligning the Workplace with Today's Nontraditional Workforce

Author: Cathleen Benko

Far-reaching changes in attitudes and family structures have been redefining the workforce for more than two decades-yet the workplace has remained much the same. During this time, many companies have learned that personalizing the customer experience is good for business. In Mass Career Customization, the authors argue convincingly to extend this popular and profitable concept to the workplace.

This book is centered on the powerful insight that career options in today's economy need to accommodate the rising and falling phases of employee engagement as it changes over time. The remarkable process unveiled in this book offers choices involving four important dimensions of career progression: role; pace; location and schedule; and workload.

As the working population shrinks, maintaining industry advantage will depend largely on keeping employees engaged and connected. Mass career customization provides a framework for organizational adaptability that will do just that

U.S. News and World Report

Mass Career Customization personalizes employees' careers to fit their lifestyles.

The Financial Times

There is much to commend this book.

November HR Magazine

Forget the corporate ladder. Employees at all levels are increasingly on a "corporate lattice" that lets them move up, sideways and even down as needed . . .

Hot Flat and Crowded or Fooled by Randomness

2009-11-30T18:40:00.000-08:00

Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution - and How It Can Renew America

Author: Thomas L Friedman

Thomas L. Friedman's No. 1 bestseller The World Is Flat has helped millions of readers to see the world, and globalization, in a new way. With his latest book, Friedman brings a fresh and provocative outlook to another pressing issue: the interlinked crises of destabilizing climate change and rising competition for energy--both of which could poison our world if we do not act quickly and collectively. His argument speaks to the 2008 presidential election--and to all of us who are concerned about the state of America and its role in the global future.

"Green is the new red, white, and blue," Friedman declares, and proposes that an ambitious national strategy--which he calls geo-greenism--is not only what we need to save the planet from overheating, it is what we need to make America healthier, richer, more innovative, more productive, and more secure in the coming E.C.E.--the Energy-Climate Era. Green-oriented practices and technologies, established at scale everywhere from Washington to Wal-Mart, are both the only way to mitigate climate change and the best way for America to "get its groove back"--to "reknit America at home, reconnect America abroad, retool America for the new century, and restore America to its natural place in the global order."

As in The World Is Flat and his previous bestseller The Lexus and the Olive Tree, he explains the future we are facing through an illuminating account of recent events. He explains how 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, and the flattening of the world by the Internet, which has brought three billion new consumers onto the world stage, have combined to bring the climate and energy issues to main street. But they have not really gone down main street yet. Indeed, it is Friedman's view that we are not really having the green revolution that the press keeps touting, or, if we are, "it is the only revolution in history," he says, "where no one got hurt." No, to the contrary, argues Friedman, we're actually having a "green party." We have not even begun to be serious yet about the speed and scale of change that is required.

With all that in mind, Friedman lays out his argument that if we are going to avoid the worst disruptions looming before us as we enter the Energy-Climate Era, we are going to need several disruptive breakthroughs in the clean-technology sphere--disruptive in the transformational sense. He explores what enabled the disruptive breakthroughs that created the IT (Information Technology) revolution that flattened the world in information terms and then shows how a similar set of disruptive breakthroughs could spark the ET--Energy Technology--revolution. Time and again, though, Friedman shows why it is both necessary and desirous for America to lead this revolution--with the first green president, a green New Deal, and spurred by the Greenest Generation--and why meeting the green challenge of the twenty-first century could transform America every bit as meeting the Red challenge, that of Communism, did in the twentieth century.

Hot, Flat, and Crowded is classic Thomas L. Friedman--fearless, incisive, forward-looking, and rich in surprising common sense about the world we live in today.

The New York Times - David G. Victor

The litany of dangers has been told many times before, but Mr. Friedman's voice is compelling and will be widely heard…Heads will be nodding across airport lounges, as readers absorb Mr. Friedman's common sense about how America and the world are dangerously addicted to cheap fossil fuels while we recklessly use the atmosphere as a dumping ground for carbon dioxide.

The Washington Post - Joseph S. Nye Jr.

Like it or not, we need Tom Friedman. The peripatetic columnist has made himself a major interpreter of the confusing world we inhabit. He travels to the farthest reaches, interviews everyone from peasants to chief executives and expresses big ideas in clear and memorable prose. While pettifogging academics (a select few of whom he favors) complain that his catchy phrases and anecdotes sometimes obscure deeper analysis, by and large Friedman gets the big issues right.

Publishers Weekly

Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Friedman (The World Is Flat) is still an unrepentant guru of globalism, despite the looming economic crisis attributable, in Friendman's view, to the U.S. having become a "subprime nation that thinks it can just borrow its way to prosperity." Friedman covers familiar territory (the need for alternate energy, conservation measures, recycling, energy efficiency, etc.) as a build-up to his main thesis: the U.S. market is the "most effective and prolific system for transformational innovation.... There is only one thing bigger than Mother Nature and that is Father Profit." While he remains ostensibly a proponent of the free market, he does not flinch from using the government to create conditions favorable to investment, such as setting a "floor price for crude oil or gasoline," and imposing a new gasoline tax ($5-$10 per gallon) in order to make investment in green technologies attractive to venture capitalists: "America needs an energy technology bubble just like the information technology bubble." To make such draconian measures palatable, Friedman poses a national competition to "outgreen" China, modeled on Kennedy's proposal to beat the Soviets to the moon, a race that required a country-wide mobilization comparable to the WWII war effort. Recognizing the looming threat of "petrodicatorship" and U.S. dependence on imported oil, this warning salvo presents a stirring and far-darker vision than Friedman's earlier books.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Risa Getman - Library Journal

The audio edition of three-time Pulitzer® Prize winner/New York Times columnist Friedman's The World Is Flat, which won an Audie® Award in 2006, remains Macmillan Audio's top-selling title of all time. Audie® Award-winning actor/narrator Oliver Wyman, who skillfully voiced that title, does the same with this one, in which Friedman addresses the triple threat of global warming, overconsumption, and population explosion not just to the environment but to political stability and the economy. The currency and gravity of this topic cannot be overstated; regardless of their political leanings, readers will sit up and listen. Highly recommended for all library collections; expect heavy demand. [Audio clip available through us.macmillan.com.-Ed.]

Kirkus Reviews

The world is flat, New York Times columnist Friedman told us in his bestselling 2005 book of that name. Now things are getting worse, and the clock is ticking. Americans have squandered most of the goodwill extended since 9/11, writes Friedman, and in the years of the Bush administration no thought has been given to what 9/12 is supposed to look like. The climate is changing, but the administration has spent most of its tenure denying it and insisting on a particularist view that we deserve to be profligate because we're Americans. Our political blindness and ignorance vis-a-vis other nations now butts up against the world's instability and, Friedman continues, "the convergence of hot, flat, and crowded is tightening energy supplies, intensifying the extinction of plants and animals, deepening energy poverty, strengthening petrodictatorship, and accelerating climate change." The way out of those tangles, he says, is for America to go green in any way possible-and to do it right away, investing in every kind of alternative and renewable energy form imaginable, setting the best of examples for the rest of the world and exporting green technologies everywhere, thus winning back allies and influencing people. Readers who have been paying attention to Fareed Zakaria, Jared Diamond or similar writers know most of this, but still the word has been slow getting out. Many others have written about these subjects, but few enjoy Friedman's audience, so it's good that he's turning to such matters, if a touch belatedly. His case studies-from New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's insistence on a fleet of hybrid taxis on the street to British firm Marks & Spencer's insistence that going green is PlanA and that "there is no Plan B" -are well-selected, detailed and, in the end, quite inspiring. That inspiration is needed, along with a lot of hard work. A timely, rewarding book. Agent: Esther Newberg/ICM

Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets

Author: Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Now in a striking new hardcover edition, Fooled by Randomness is the word-of-mouth sensation that will change the way you think about business and the world. Nassim Nicholas Taleb–veteran trader, renowned risk expert, polymathic scholar, erudite raconteur, and New York Times bestselling author of The Black Swan–has written a modern classic that turns on its head what we believe about luck and skill.

This book is about luck–or more precisely, about how we perceive and deal with luck in life and business. Set against the backdrop of the most conspicuous forum in which luck is mistaken for skill–the world of trading–Fooled by Randomness provides captivating insight into one of the least understood factors in all our lives. Writing in an entertaining narrative style, the author tackles major intellectual issues related to the underestimation of the influence of happenstance on our lives.

The book is populated with an array of characters, some of whom have grasped, in their own way, the significance of chance: the baseball legend Yogi Berra; the philosopher of knowledge Karl Popper; the ancient world’s wisest man, Solon; the modern financier George Soros; and the Greek voyager Odysseus. We also meet the fictional Nero, who seems to understand the role of randomness in his professional life but falls victim to his own superstitious foolishness.

However, the most recognizable character of all remains unnamed–the lucky fool who happens to be in the right place at the right time–he embodies the “survival of the least fit.” Such individuals attract devoted followers who believe in their guru’sinsights and methods. But no one can replicate what is obtained by chance.

Are we capable of distinguishing the fortunate charlatan from the genuine visionary? Must we always try to uncover nonexistent messages in random events? It may be impossible to guard ourselves against the vagaries of the goddess Fortuna, but after reading Fooled by Randomness we can be a little better prepared.

PRAISE FOR FOOLED BY RANDOMNESS:

Named by Fortune One of the Smartest Books of All Time

A Financial Times Best Business Book of the Year

“[Fooled by Randomness] is to conventional Wall Street wisdom approximately what Martin Luther’s ninety-five theses were to the Catholic Church.”
–Malcolm Gladwell, author of Blink

“The book that rolled down Wall Street like a hand grenade.”
–Maggie Mahar, author of Bull! A History of the Boom, 1982—1999

“Fascinating . . . Taleb will grab you.”
–Peter L. Bernstein, author of Capital Ideas Evolving

“Recalls the best of scientist/essayists like Richard Dawkins . . . and Stephen Jay Gould.”
–Michael Schrage, author of Serious Play: How the World’s Best Companies Simulate to Innovate

“We need a book like this. . . . Fun to read, refreshingly independent-minded.”
–Robert J. Shiller, author of Irrational Exuberance

“Powerful . . . loaded with crackling little insights [and] extreme brilliance.”
–National Review

“If asked to name the five best books written about markets, Fooled by Randomness would be on my list.”
–Jack D. Schwager, author of Market Wizards: Interviews with Top Traders

“Excellent and thought-provoking . . . an entertaining book.”
–Financial Times

Paul Wilmott

A blast of common sense. From classical to modern philosophers, via cab drivers, businessmen, and dentists . . .

Marco Avellaneda

Intelligent, honest, and revealing. There exists a distinct Taleb way of thinking and it is contagious.

Robert J. Shiller

I really liked this book. . . It is fun to read, refreshingly independently-minded and at the same time playful.

Peter L. Bernstein

. . . Taleb will grab you. As a non-random consequence, your understanding of life (and your money will expand exponentially.

Donald Geman

Taleb's book is mathematically sound as well as entertaining and informative for the general public, which is quite an achievement . . .

Victory Niederhoffer

Whether you agree with Mr. Taleb or not, his book will leave you with many suggestive queries.

Publishers Weekly

In this look at financial luck, hedge fund manager Taleb (Dynamic Hedging) addresses the apparently irrational movement of money markets around the world. Using his own investing experience and examples of others' successes and disappointments, he discusses theories like Monte Carlo math (easy; considered cheating by purists) and the concept of Russian roulette. Taleb tells interesting, well-wrought stories about individual behavior: "While Nero has succeeded beyond his wildest dreams, both personally and intellectually, he is starting to consider himself as having missed a chance somewhere." While serious investors and mathematics enthusiasts will be intrigued, readers looking for practical investment strategies will be disappointed by this rambling intellectual discourse. Tables. 40,000-copy first printing; $150,000 marketing budget. (Oct. 30) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Greenspans Bubbles or Small Business Owners Manual

2009-11-29T16:59:00.000-08:00

Greenspan's Bubbles: The Age of Ignorance at the Federal Reserve

Author: Bill Fleckenstein

No matter who you are-investor, trader, homeowner, 401(k) holder, or CEO-you are bound to feel the impact of Alan Greenspan's “Age of Ignorance” for years to come.

According to MSN Money columnist William A. Fleckenstein, Greenspan's nearly 19-year career as Federal Reserve Chairman is even worse than anyone imagined. Labeled “Mr. Bubble” by the New York Times, Greenspan was nothing less than a serial bubble blower with a long history of bad decision-making. His famous “Greenspan Put” fueled the perception of a Goldilocks economy-but, as this explosive exposé reveals, the bear has finally caught up with Goldilocks.

Using transcripts of Greenspan's FOMC meetings as well as testimony before Congress, this eye-opening book delivers a timeline of his most devastating mistakes and weaves together the connection between every economic calamity of the past 19 years:

The stock market crash of 1987
The Savings & Loan crisis
The collapse of Long Term Capital Management
The tech bubble of 2000
The feared Y2K disaster
The credit bubble and real estate crisis of 2007

Fleckenstein explains just how far-reaching Greenspan's mess has been flung, and presents damning evidence that contradicts the former Fed chief's public naiveté concerning shifts in the market and economy. He also points to a disturbing fact, that throughout his career, Greenspan not only made costly mistakes, but made the same ones-over and over again. And not only was he never able to recognize or admit to those mistakes, he constantly rewrote his own history to justifythem.

Greenspan's Bubbles offers a lock-stock-and-barrel portrait of a flawed but fascinating man whose words and actions have led a whole generation astray, and whose legacy will continue to challenge us in the years ahead.

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Small Business Owner's Manual: Everything You Need to Know to Start up and Run Your Business

Author: Joe Kennedy

An Owner's Manual provides fast, practical and direct advice and that's what you get with this book! The Small Business Owner's Manual is useful for newly minted entrepreneurs as well as seasoned business owners and can be read from cover-to-cover or to quickly lookup information in the midst of a crisis. For example:

Choose among 13 ways to get new financing and the 17 steps to building a winning loan package.
Weigh the pros and cons among 8 legal structures, from corporations to LLCs.
Write winning ads and analyze 16 advertising and marketing alternatives including the latest in Search Engine Marketing and Search Engine Optimization.
Develop a powerful business plan in half the time.
Learn to sell products and services by considering 10 possible sales and distribution channels.
Discover the latest trends to quickly and inexpensively set up a web-site and e-store.
Get taxes paid on time, collect from deadbeats, protect the business from litigation and get legal agreements with teeth by effectively finding and partnering with CPAs and attorneys. * Get a quick overview of the 14 top forms of business insurance including workers comp and medical. * Looking to lease? Exploit a comprehensive review of the top 18 critical factors used to evaluate locations and 24 of the most important clauses in lease agreements.
Understand the legal side of hiring, firing, and managing employees and contractors.
Minimize taxes by learning the ins-and-outs of business income taxes, the top 5 payroll taxes, sales and use taxes, common tax dodges, and the latest loopholes for business owners. Filing schedules, form names, form numbers and download links are also included.
Credit cards are critical these days - so learn how the system really works and minimize chargebacks, disputes and headaches. Includes 35 important definitions and 12 ways to minimize fraud.
Lots more too!

Nickel and Dimed or Working with You Is Killing Me

2009-11-28T15:19:00.000-08:00

Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America

Author: Barbara Ehrenreich

The bestselling, landmark work of undercover reportage, now updated

Acclaimed as an instant classic upon publication, Nickel and Dimed has sold more than 1.5 million copies and become a staple of classroom reading. Chosen for “one book” initiatives across the country, it has fueled nationwide campaigns for a living wage. Funny, poignant, and passionate, this revelatory firsthand account of life in low-wage America—the story of Barbara Ehrenreich’s attempts to eke out a living while working as a waitress, hotel maid, house cleaner, nursing-home aide, and Wal-Mart associate—has become an essential part of the nation’s political discourse.

Now, in a new afterword, Ehrenreich shows that the plight of the underpaid has in no way eased: with fewer jobs available, deteriorating work conditions, and no pay increase in sight, Nickel and Dimed is more relevant than ever.

New York Times

One of today's most original writers.

Chicago Tribune

Ehrenreich is passionate, public, hotly lucid, and politically engaged.

Boston Globe

Ehrenreich's scorn withers, her humor stings, and her radical light shines on.

Ms. Magazine - Vivien Labaton

Nickel and Dimed is an important book that should be read by anyone who has been lulled into middle-class complacency.

New York Times Book Review - Dorothy Gallagher

We have Barbara Ehrenreich to thank for bringing us the news of America's working poor so clearly and directly, and conveying with it a deep moral outrage and a finely textured sense of lives as lived. As Michael Harrington was, she is now our premier reporter of the underside of capitalism.

Publishers Weekly

In contrast to recent books by Michael Lewis and Dinesh D'Souza that explore the lives and psyches of the New Economy's millionares, Ehrenreich (Fear of Falling: The Inner Life of the Middle Class) turns her gimlet eye on the view from the workforce's bottom rung. Determined to find out how anyone could make ends meet on $7 an hour, she left behind her middle class life as a journalist—except for $1000 in start-up funds, a car and her laptop computer—to try to sustain herself as a low-skilled worker for a month at a time. In 1999 and 2000, Ehrenreich worked as a waitress in Key West, Fla., as a cleaning woman and a nursing home aide in Portland, Maine, and in a Wal-Mart in Minneapolis, Minn.

During the application process, she faced routine drug tests and spurious "personality tests"; once on the job, she endured constant surveillance and numbing harangues over infractions like serving a second roll and butter. Beset by transportation costs and high rents, she learned the tricks of the trade from her co-workers, some of whom sleep in their cars, and many of whom work when they're vexed by arthritis, back pain or worse, yet still manage small gestures of kindness. Despite the advantages of her race, education, good health and lack of children, Ehrenreich's income barely covered her month's expenses in only one instance, when she worked seven days a week at two jobs (one of which provided free meals) during the off-season in a vacation town. Delivering a fast read that's both sobering and sassy, she gives readers pause about those caught in the economy's undertow, even in good times.

Dorothy Gallagher

"Barbara Ehrenreich . . . is our premier reporter of the underside of capitalism."
—Dorothy Gallagher, The New York Times Book

Eileen Boris

"With grace and wit, Ehrenreich discovers . . . the irony of being nickel and dimed during unprecedented prosperity."
—Eileen Boris, The Boston Globe

Stephen Metcalf

"Ehrenreich is a superb and relaxed stylist {with} a tremendous sense of rueful humor."
—Stephen Metcalf, Los Angeles Times Book Review

Diana Henriques

". . . you will read this explosive little book cover to cover and pass it on to all your friends and relatives."
—Diana Henriques, The New York Times

Anne Colamosca

"Angry, amusing . . . An in-your-face expose."
—Anne Colamosca, Business Week

Susannah Meadows

"Jarring, full of riveting grit . . . This book is already unforgettable."
—Susannah Meadows, Newsweek

Library Journal

A close observer and astute analyzer of American life (The Worst Years of Our Life and The Fear of Falling), Ehrenreich turns her attention to what it is like trying to subsist while working in low-paying jobs. Inspired to see what boom times looked like from the bottom, she hides her real identity and attempts to make a life on a salary of just over $300 per week after taxes. She is often forced to work at two jobs, leaving her time and energy for little else than sleeping and working. Ehrenreich vividly describes her experiences living in isolated trailers and dilapidated motels while working as a nursing-home aide, a Wal-Mart "sales associate," a cleaning woman, a waitress, and a hotel maid in three states: Florida, Maine, and Minnesota. Her narrative is candid, often moving, and very revealing. Looking back on her experiences, Ehrenreich claims that the hardest thing for her to accept is the "invisibility of the poor"; one sees them daily in restaurants, hotels, discount stores, and fast-food chains but one doesn't recognize them as "poor" because, after all, they have jobs. No real answers to the problem but a compelling sketch of its reality and pervasiveness. [Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 1/01.] Jack Forman, San Diego Mesa Coll. Lib. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

School Library Journal

Adult/High School-Between 1998 and 2000, Ehrenreich spent about three months in three cities throughout the nation, attempting to "get by" on the salary available to low-paid and unskilled workers. Beginning with advantages not enjoyed by many such individuals-she is white, English-speaking, educated, healthy, and unburdened with transportation or child-care worries-she tried to support herself by working as a waitress, a cleaning woman, a nursing-home aide, and a Wal-Mart employee. She discovered that her average salary of $7 per hour couldn't even provide the necessities of life (rent, transportation, and food), let alone the luxury of health coverage. Her account is at once enraging and sobering. In straightforward language, she describes how labor-intensive, demeaning, and controlling such jobs can be: she scrubbed floors on her hands and knees, and found out that talking to coworkers while on the job was considered "time theft." She describes full-time workers who sleep in their cars because they cannot afford housing and employees who yearn for the ability to "take a day off now and then-and still be able to buy groceries the next day." In a concluding chapter, Ehrenreich takes on issues and questions posed before and during the experiment, including why these wages are so low, why workers are so accepting of them, and what Washington's refusal to increase the minimum wage to a realistic "living wage" says about both our economy and our culture. Mandatory reading for any workforce entrant.-Dori DeSpain, Fairfax County Public Library, VA Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

What People Are Saying

Molly Ivins
Reading Ehrenreich is good for the soul.

Diane Sawyer
Barbara Ehrenreich is smart, provocative, funny, and sane in a world that needs more of all four.

Working with You Is Killing Me: Freeing Yourself from Emotional Traps at Work

Author: Katherine Crowley

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Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management or Financial Sector Transformation

2009-02-17T13:23:00.000-08:00

Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management

Author: McGraw Hill

This program can help your students become successful in creating and running a small business. Its focus is on selecting a business, preparing a business plan, and managing an ongoing operation.

Books about: Hospitalidade e Gestão de Restaurante

Financial Sector Transformation: Lessons from Economies in Transition

Author: Mario I Blejer

While policy makers need to focus on achieving and sustaining basic macroeconomic stability in the transition of economies from a socialist to a market orientation, financial institutions and reforms play a particularly crucial role in this transformation. The essays in this collection offer overviews of issues in banking sector reform and capital markets as well as specific perspectives on the financial sectors in changing economies of Central and Eastern Europe, China, and Israel. Original versions of the essays were presented at the Second Dubrovnik Conference on Transition Economies organized by the National Bank of Croatia in June,
1996.

Law and Accounting or Jobsearchnet

2009-02-16T11:43:00.000-08:00

Law and Accounting

Author: Lawrence A Cunningham

This book is both revolutionary and traditional, using primary materials rather than author narrative. By adopting this traditional approach for law and accounting, Cunningham's new book puts the subject on par with other law school courses.

This traditional cases and materials approach underscores how accounting standards bear earmarks of functional law. To facilitate analogical and critical engagement on par with other law school teaching books, pedagogical design follows the classic casebook method of arranging cases and materials in pairs of opposites and complements. This arrangement enables conceptualizing accounting as functional law as theoretical and analytical matters as well. This original content also illuminates transaction economics, factors associated with accounting irregularities and the lawyer's role in financial reporting.

New interesting textbook: Primer of Cooking and Housekeeping or Way Back in the Country Cookbook

Jobsearch.net: Presenting Your Skills In Cyberspace

Author: Carrie Straub

With the Web doubling in size each year, more employers are expected to use the Web to fill job openings.

The Theory of Environmental Policy or Financial System in Nineteenth Century Britain

2009-02-15T10:01:00.000-08:00

The Theory of Environmental Policy

Author: William J Baumol

In this book, Professors Baumol and Oates provide a rigorous and comprehensive analysis of the economic theory of environmental policy. They present a formal, theoretical treatment of those factors infuencing the quality of life. By covering both the theory of externalities and its application to environmental policy, the authors have retained the basic structure and organization of the first edition, which has become a standard reference in the field. In this edition, however, they have updated their analysis to incorporate recent research in enviromental economics.

Interesting book: Healing Your Body Naturally or End of Life Care in Nephrology

Financial System in Nineteenth-Century Britain

Author: Mary Poovey

This unique collection reveals how England rose to a position of international financial supremacy and how writing about finance both monitored and supported that triumph. Featuring primary documents drawn from the period's periodical and business press, it provides an introduction to the most important features of the financial system in nineteenth-century England. Topics covered include currency and credit instruments; the national debt and the stock exchange; banks and the banking system; and the money market, company law, and financial fraud.

	Preface
	Chronology of the British Financial System
	Introduction	1
1	Currency and Credit Instruments	35
	Paper against Gold (1810)	39
	Substitution of Notes for Coins	48
	Distinction between Bills of Exchange and Paper Money (1832)	49
	Bills of Exchange (1885)	51
	A Biography of a Bad Shilling (1851)	60
	Gold and Social Politics (1863)	71
	What Is Money? (1879)	98
	The Rupee and the Ruin of India (1893)	111
2	The National Debt and the Stock Exchange	123
	Facts for Enquirers: The National Debt (1843)	125
	The National Debt and the Stock Exchange (1849)	127
	Stockbroking and the Stock Exchange (1876)	149
	Speculative Investments (1876)	173
	The Singularity of Indian Finance (1872)	201
	The Financial Condition of India (1878)	205
	The Genesis of the Industrial Capitalist (1867)	221
3	Banks and Banking	229
	Ten Minutes' Advice about Keeping a Banker (1839)	231
	Exposure of the Banking and Funding System (1841)	238
	The Bank Charter and Commercial Credit (1858)	242
	The Position of English Joint-Stock Banks (1878)	258
	Personal Credit (1885)	277
	The London Times: 13 December 1825, p. 2	282
	The London Times: 14 December 1825, p. 2	285
	The Administration of a Bank during Seasons of Pressure (1882)	288
4	The Money Market, Company Law, and Financial Fraud	301
	The State of the Money Market from a Fresh Point of View (1864)	305
	The Money Market, No. 1: What the Money Market Is and Why It Is So Changeable (1866)	310
	Whither Is Limited Liability Leading Us? (1864)	316
	The Panic (1866)	321
	The Autobiography of a Joint Stock Company (Limited) (1876)	327
	Glossary	357
	Contributors' Biographies	361
	Suggestions for Further Reading	365
	Index	373

Introductory Mathematical Economics or Sales Management

2009-02-14T08:20:00.000-08:00

Introductory Mathematical Economics

Author: D Wade Hands

A strong relationship clearly exists between mathematics and modern economics; mathematics helps extend and formalize economic theory, and quantitative economic data influences the development and refinement of mathematical models. In Introductory Mathematical Economics, 2/e, author D. Wade Hands introduces students to a variety of new mathematical tools and explains how to apply those tools to a broad range of economic problems. The book begins with an overview of the necessary mathematical background, then presents a number of more advanced mathematical tools that allow students to expand their knowledge of economics. It offers a mix of classical and contemporary economic theory, covering the standard mathematical techniques such as optimization and comparative statics, as well as more specialized topics such as uncertainty, dynamics, nonlinear programming, and matrix theory.

Thoroughly revised and updated, this second edition offers students a wide range of mathematical techniques and the associated economic theory. The new Chapter 0, a mathematical review covering all prerequisite mathematics, serves as both a precourse mathematics refresher and a handy reference. All end-of-chapter problems are economics problems; many are detailed and require a substantial amount of economic interpretation in addition to the technical analysis. These problems have been revised and expanded in this second edition. Boxes in each chapter provide economic examples of relevant mathematical concepts. Several boxes discuss recent developments in economic theory, while others present results that influenced the evolution of modern economics. Featuring a clear and concise presentation of mathematicaland economic concepts, Introductory Mathematical Economics, 2/e, is ideal for undergraduate courses in mathematical economics.

Sales Management

Author: Douglas J Dalrympl

Through six editions, Sales Management has provided readers with a comprehensive, practical approach to sales management. Now the authors continue that tradition in a new edition that places special emphasis on current issues of managing strategic account relationships, team development, diversity in the work force, sales force automation, and ethical issues.

Booknews

A text on sales management for marketing students, focusing on the activities of first-line field sales managers. After material on how salespeople interact with customers and prospects, coverage includes developing the selling function, sales goals and structure, building a sales program, and leading the sales force. Special emphasis is placed on current issues of managing strategic account relationships, team development, workforce diversity, salesforce automation, and ethics. Learning aids include chapter summaries, key terms, review questions, problems, and brief and detailed case studies, plus boxed readings, in-class exercises, and discussions on getting a job in sales. The length of this sixth edition has been shortened to make it easier to use. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

1	Introduction to Selling and Sales Management	1
2	Strategy and Sales Program Planning	42
	Sales Management Resource: Estimating Potentials and Forecasting Sales	89
	Management Resource: Sales Force Investment and Budgeting	108
3	Sales Opportunity Management	120
4	Account Relationship Management	162
5	Customer Interaction Management	198
6	Sales Force Organization	239
	Management Resource: Territory Design	293
7	Recruiting and Selecting Personnel	314
8	Sales Training	354
9	Leadership	391
10	Ethical Leadership	426
11	Motivating Salespeople	456
12	Compensating Salespeople	497
13	Evaluating Performance	532
	References	565
	Credits	583
	Key Term and Subject Index	587
	Author Index	595
	Company Index	599
	Case Index	601

Human Resource Management or New Sources of Development Finance

2009-02-13T06:40:00.000-08:00

Human Resource Management: An Introduction

Author: Trevor Bolton

From planning human resources through recruitment and selection, training and development, appraisal and reward management to welfare and redundancy, this introductory text follows the natural cycle of HRM activity in a way that is intuitive and accessible to the student. The international and European content gives a broader context for the student than any other text in the field, and makes it essential reading for those taking BA business studies, and other management degree programmes and profession Diploma and Certificate courses in peresonnel and human resource management.

	List Figures
	List of Tables
	Preface: How to Use This Book
	Acknowledgements
1	Introduction	1
2	Planning Human Resources	11
3	Recruitment: The Initial Stages	32
4	The Recruitment Media	45
5	Selection	59
6	Equal Opportunities	75
7	The New Employee	91
8	Training and Development: The United Kingdom Experience	103
9	Training and Development Methods	120
10	Job Evaluation	137
11	From Performance Appraisal to Performance Management	148
12	Reward Management	167
13	Restructuring the Workforce: Corporate Downsizing	186
14	Employee Welfare	200
15	The Influence of Europe: Implications for UK Human Resource Managers	218
16	The Management of Human Resources: Some European Comparisons - Germany and Spain	240
17	Training in Europe: A Brief Consideration	258
18	Conclusion	272
19	Appendix: The Influence of the European Union	276
	Index	289

Go to: When All Reason Fails or Nonprescription Drug Therapy

New Sources of Development Finance

Author: A B Atkinson

As their Millennium Development Goals, world leaders have pledged by 2015 to halve the number of people living in extreme poverty and hunger, to achieve universal primary education, to reduce child mortality, to halt the spread of HIV/AIDS, and to halve the number of people without safe drinking water. Achieving these goals requires a large increase in the flow of financial resources to developing countries - double the present development assistance from abroad.
Examining innovative ways to secure these resources, this book sets out a framework for the economic analysis of different sources of funding, applying the tools of modern public economics to identify the key issues. It examines the role of new sources of overseas aid, considers the fiscal architecture and the lessons that can be learned from federal fiscal systems, asks how far increased transfers impose a burden on donors, and investigates how far one can separate raising resources from their use.
In turn, the book examines global environmental taxes (such as a carbon tax) the taxation of currency transactions (the Tobin tax), a development-focused allocation of Special Drawing Rights by the IMF, the UK Government proposal for an International Finance Facility, increased private donations for development purposes, a global lottery (or premium bond), and increased remittances by emigrants. In each case, it considers the feasibility of the proposal and the resources that it can realistically raise. In each case, it offers new perspectives and insights into these new and controversial proposals.

Sports Marketing or Blue Collar Bayou

2009-02-12T04:59:00.000-08:00

Sports Marketing: Competitive Business Strategies for Sports

Author: Christine Brooks

Offering a hands-on approach to becoming an efficient sports marketing strategist, this guide shows readers how to develop their own idea for a sports product/event, create a strategic plan, and apply these ideas to a real-world business venture. KEY TOPICS: Exposing the day-to-day realities of putting together a sports business venture, the handbook begins with two case studies that introduce the overall situation facing sports managers as they attempt to make decisions regarding the correct direction to take their organization ... then walks readers step by step through the many different aspects that are part and parcel of a successful sports marketing plan, such as seeing and seizing an opportunity, understanding markets, the structure of the sport industry, sport publics, sport markets and sport products, the adult sport participant, conducting market research, sponsorship within the corporate marketing framework, designing sport packages, putting the sport sponsorship plan together, pricing sponsorship packages, sponsorship publicity, hospitality programs, analyzing competitive forces, image control, market share strategy, and writing a strategic plan. The guide also includes examples taken directly from the sports business world and highlights the vast scope of job opportunities available in the primary and secondary sport infrastructure.Ideal for both beginning and seasoned sports marketing professionals.

Booknews

Instructs the reader on how to identify and research sports markets, analyze and interpret data, and design a plan for exploiting relevant markets. Provides a step-by-step method of developing sponsorship programs, emphasizing a hands-on approach to understanding both marketing principles and the sports industry. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

	Preface
Ch. 1	Taking Control	1
Ch. 2	Understanding Markets	9
Ch. 3	The Structure of the Sports Industry	31
Ch. 4	Sports Publics	55
Ch. 5	Sports Products and Sports Markets	83
Ch. 6	The Adult Sports Participant	103
Ch. 7	Conducting Market Research	133
Ch. 8	Sponsorship within the Corporate Marketing Framework	159
Ch. 9	Designing Sponsorship Packages	183
Ch. 10	Putting a Sports Sponsorship Plan Together	211
Ch. 11	Pricing Sponsorship Packages	235
Ch. 12	Sponsorship Publicity	253
Ch. 13	Analyzing Competitive Forces	281
	Appendix A: Writing Your Strategic Plan	313
	Glossary	323
	Index	329

Go to: Vente Silencieuse :les Meilleures Pratiques et les Stratégies Efficaces dans le Marketing Visuel

Blue Collar Bayou: Louisiana Cajuns in the New Economy of Ethnicity

Author: Jacques M M Henry

Although the French language and the traditional rural way of life are disappearing among Louisiana Cajuns, identification with Cajun ethnicity is flourishing. Henry and Bankston draw on historical documents, ethnographic observations and interviews, and statistical sources to investigate and explain this phenomenon. They argue that while Cajun ethnicity developed from and consisted of the French-speaking, rural poor of the region, it has been transformed into a regional class with common interests and outlooks. This comprehensive structural analysis of Cajun ethnicity suggests a new emphasis on structural conditions in understanding ethnic phenomena and introduces the concept of an "economy of ethnicity."

Innovations in Computerized Assessment or Postsocialist Pathways

2009-02-11T03:18:00.000-08:00

Innovations in Computerized Assessment

Author: Fritz Drasgow

This book presents the challenges & dilemmas faced by leading researchers as they created their new computerized assessments. It examines the potential for computerized assessment in the fields of psychometrics, I/O psychology, & educational measurement.

Books about: The Physicians Guide to Depression and Bi Polar Disorders or Caring for Our Elders

Postsocialist Pathways: Transforming Politics and Property in East Central Europe

Author: David Stark

Is there a distinctly East European capitalism? This volume analyzes democratization and economic change in the postsocialist societies of East Central Europe. It demonstrates that the collapse of communism was not the same across the region and that the differences in how the pieces fell shaped the building blocks used for reconstructing political systems and restructuring economies in the region. Among the key concepts are the importance of social networks in the economies and of deliberative institutions in the polity that include the interests of subordinate groups in policymaking.

What People Are Saying

Janos Kornai
Originality, intellectual innovation, inspiration derived from sharp observation, and courageous theoretical generalizations—these are rare qualities in transition economics, and characteristic of Stark and Bruszt's book. Some of their propositions are certainly controversial, but that also helps to make Postsocialist Pathways exciting and thought-provoking reading.

	Preface and Acknowledgments
	Introduction	1
Pt. I	Extrication
Ch. 1	Remaking the Political Field: Strategic Interactions and Contingent Choices	15
Pt. II	Transformation
Ch. 2	The Privatization Debate: From Plan to Market or from Plan to Clan?	51
Ch. 3	Path Dependence and Privatization Strategies	80
Pt. III	Deliberative Association
Ch. 4	Markets, States, and Deliberative Associations	109
Ch. 5	Restructuring Networks in East European Capitalism	137
Ch. 6	Enabling Constraints: Institutional Sources of Policy Coherence	166
Ch. 7	Extended Accountability	188
	Notes	203
	References	253
	Index	273

Improving Health in the Community or Service Quality

2009-02-10T01:37:00.000-08:00

Improving Health in the Community: A Role for Performance Monitoring

Author: Institute of Medicine Staff

"Improving Health in the Community" explains how population-based performance monitoring programs can help communities point their health efforts in the right direction. Offering a policy framework, the book applies a multidimensional model of the determinants of health and provides sets of prototype performance indicators for specific health issues.

Bernard J. Turnock

This book examines the status of community health planning and provides recommendations for enhancement of these processes through greater emphasis on linking key stakeholders to community health objectives through performance monitoring. A special committee of the Institute of Medicine developed this report after conducting a series of national workshops to inform their process. Several audiences will find this report of interest. Community health assessments and community action plans are increasing across the U.S., in terms of their number and comprehensiveness. In capturing the state-of-the-art and advancing recommendations for focused enhancements, this book will appeal mainly to public health professionals, health planners, and students. Other community partners involved in participatory community health planning processes will also find this book of interest. The key feature of this book is its thoughtful presentation of the current state of community health improvement processes and its recommendations for enhancements of these efforts. The book also has extensive information on the process undertaken by the panel developing this report and on prototypes of performance measures for several health outcomes. This book will be quite useful in advancing community health improvement efforts by placing the credibility of the Institute of Medicine behind them. The book does not greatly extend the state-of-the-art, but it nicely summarizes and documents a rational framework for these processes. As these efforts expand, this book will become more useful in its appeal to health professionals and other audiences.

Doody Review Services

Reviewer: Bernard J. Turnock, MD, MPH (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Description: This book examines the status of community health planning and provides recommendations for enhancement of these processes through greater emphasis on linking key stakeholders to community health objectives through performance monitoring.
Purpose: A special committee of the Institute of Medicine developed this report after conducting a series of national workshops to inform their process.
Audience: Several audiences will find this report of interest. Community health assessments and community action plans are increasing across the U.S., in terms of their number and comprehensiveness. In capturing the state-of-the-art and advancing recommendations for focused enhancements, this book will appeal mainly to public health professionals, health planners, and students. Other community partners involved in participatory community health planning processes will also find this book of interest.
Features: The key feature of this book is its thoughtful presentation of the current state of community health improvement processes and its recommendations for enhancements of these efforts. The book also has extensive information on the process undertaken by the panel developing this report and on prototypes of performance measures for several health outcomes.
Assessment: This book will be quite useful in advancing community health improvement efforts by placing the credibility of the Institute of Medicine behind them. The book does not greatly extend the state-of-the-art, but it nicely summarizes and documents a rational framework for these processes. As these efforts expand, this book will become more useful in its appeal to health professionals and other audiences.

Booknews

Outlines the elements of a continuing, community-based health improvement process that combines a collaborative approach with population-based performance monitoring as a tool for achieving accountability for action. Consider issues communities face in health assessment and addressing specific health concerns, offers guidance for selecting performance indicators, and illustrates the application of the approach with several prototype performance indicator sets for areas such as elder health, violence, and depression. For policymakers and community health administrators. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Rating

3 Stars from Doody

	Executive Summary	1
1	Introduction	23
2	Understanding Health and Its Determinants	40
3	Managing a Shared Responsibility for the Health of a Community	59
4	A Community Health Improvement Process	77
5	Measurement Tools for a Community Health Improvement Process	126
6	Conclusions and Recommendations	166
App. A	Prototype Performance Indicator Sets	183
App. B	Methodological Issues in Developing Community Health Profiles and Performance Indicator Sets	360
App. C	Using Performance Monitoring to Improve Community Health: Exploring the Issues (Workshop Summary)	374
App. D	Using Performance Monitoring to Improve Community Health: Conceptual Framework and Community Experience (Workshop Summary)	416
App. E	Committee Biographies	452
	Acronyms	460
	Index	463

Book review: Study Guide to Accompany Fund of Corp Fin or Scenario Driven Planning

Service Quality: New Directions in Theory and Practice

Author: Roland T Rust

The importance of service and service quality has been growing in the world economy since the late 1970s. Establishing new levels of sophistication and rigor, as well as a broad set of approaches, Service Quality presents the latest research and theory in customer satisfaction and services marketing. Designed to advance the practice of delivering superior service, the field's leading scholars and practitioners present a wealth of ideas that include measuring the managerial impact of service quality improvement, new methods of assessing the various elements of service quality, and philosophies about the nature of customer value. Presenting diverse points of view and revealing a variety of emerging ideas, the editors conclude with a look toward the future of service quality. An exhilarating--and sometimes demanding--change of pace, Service Quality is essential for professionals, researchers, scholars, and students in marketing studies.

Modern Organizations or Optimisation and Stability Theory for Economic Analysis

2009-02-08T23:56:00.000-08:00

Modern Organizations: Organization Studies in the Postmodern World, Vol. 1

Author: Stewart R Clegg

Stewart Clegg offers a panoramic and stimulating critical overview of the modern organization and, in the process, challenges the major schools of organization theory that contribute to our understanding of today's industrial enterprise. His wide-ranging analysis both explores current approaches to organization studies and relates the concepts of modernity and postmodernity to the realities of organizational structure and function. In surveying alternative perspectives on organizations in terms of ideal types, systems, contingencies, ecologies, cultures, markets, and efficiency, he vividly demonstrates that no single approach is adequate to deal with the real-world variety of organizations that exist today. Drawing upon unusual and revealing examples--the production of French bread, the Italian fashion industry, and post-Confucian Asian enterprises-- he argues that their success cannot simply be reduced to culture, but must incorporate a broader understanding of the ways in which organizations are constructed and reproduced. His analysis is then adapted to a detailed discussion on the debate over why Japanese organizations are so successful. As both a synthesis of current perspectives and an innovative argument based on a comprehensive international overview, Modern Organizations serves both as a text and important resource for all interested in organization and management studies. "The author gives a timely reminder of the influence of Weber, not only as a significant figure in the development of organization studies but also as an eminent (reforming) theorist of modernity. . . . In this book we encounter significant parallels with Harvey. . . "--Administrative Science Quarterly ". . . the (fifth) chapter on 'French Bread, Italian Fashion and Asian Enterprise' is one of the most interesting treatment of enterprise behavior I have read for some time. . . . The reading list is very full, with a most up-to-date coverage of the field, and there is a useful index. . . . The 'broad international sweep' . . is, of course, to be commended. . . " --Journal of General Management "Contributes to the major debates in organization theory from the perspective of a coherent, overarching framework, and is unmissable on that account alone. But the comprehensiveness of its survey of organizational theory qualifies it as a textbook as well, in a range of disciplines. This book promises the reader as smooth a ride as the terrain permits." --APROS Bulletin "With style and panache . . . Clegg breaks free of the standard format for organization theory books and establishes a new norm. The very freshness of the approach makes comparisons difficult. . . . His work is both broader and more insightful than other more recent works. Clegg's work either represents the initial breakthrough to a new organizational theory perspective or a perspective so far from the bulk of the mainstream that it will be challenged. It is certainly worth the attention of serious scholars in the field." --Choice "Stewart Clegg thrusts the study of organizations towards a truly world view in this tempered and scholarly work. United by its theme of the cultural relativity of organizational analysis, it uses intriguing material notably from Europe and from the nations of the Asian Pacific Rim to take a wide view of ideas and of international differences in organizing and managing." --David J. Hickson, University of Bradford, England "Professor Clegg's stylish, elegantly written work Modern Organisations: Organisation Studies in the Postmodern World is a rewarding blend of theoretical argument and discussion of concrete examples of organisations, which I am sure will be quickly seen as essential reading for students of organisation studies....his discuss of Weber is extrememly good, well read and accurate, as is his discussion of some of the theories of organisations developed since....the greatest value...to be found in this work is the discussion of what Professor Clegg calls "postmodern" organisations." --New Technology Work and Employment "...the (fifth) chapter on 'French Bread', Italian Fashion and Asian Enterprise' is one of the most interesting treatment of enterprise behaviour I have read for some time....The reading list is very full, with a most up-to-date coverage of the field, and there is a useful index....The 'broad international sweep'...is, of course, to be commended..." --Journal of General Management

Theoretical Contrasts and International Contexts Organizations and the Modernization of the World Why and Where did Bureaucracy Triumph? Contingencies, Markets and Hierarchies Ecologies, Institutions and Power in the Analysis of Organizations French Bread, Italian Fashions and Asian Enterprise
The Embeddedness of Organizational Diversities Organizational Diversities and Rationalities Modernist and Postmodernist Organization Postmodern Skill Formation and Postmodern Capital Formation?

Optimisation and Stability Theory for Economic Analysis

Author: Brian Beavis

This text presents a coherent and systematic exposition of the mathematical theory of the problems of optimization and stability, both of which are central to economic analysis. Through extensive use of economic examples, the authors provide the economist with a feel for the kinds of mathematical techniques most useful for dealing with particular economic problems. Although the text deals with fairly advanced material, the mathematical prerequisites are minimized by the inclusion of an integrated mathematical review designed to make the text self-contained and accessible to the reader with only an elementary knowledge of calculus and linear algebra.

Basic Telecommunications or Medical Practice in the Current Health Care Environment

2009-02-07T22:16:00.000-08:00

Basic Telecommunications: The Physical Layer

Author: Gary J Mullett

Part of Delmar Learning's new National Center for Telecommunications Technologies Series, this book introduces wireline, wireless, and fiber optic concepts, focusing on physical layer implementation of system hardware. Industry regulations and background on filters, and test equipment is provided. Readers then launch into study of multiplexing and modulation schemes, with opportunities to compare digital and traditional techniques. Presentation is guided by the needs of technicians tasked with evaluating system operation and reconfiguring programmable hardware. DC/AC theory and digital electronics knowledge is assumed.

Medical Practice in the Current Health Care Environment: A Handbook for Residents and Medical Students

Author: Janine C Edwards

"Residents and medical students," writes Janine C. Edwards, "need to know the economics of health care delivery and current patterns of delivery, especially managed care." In Medical Practice in the Current Health Care Environment, a distinguished group of contributors explain the settings in which medical care is currently being delivered, with the aim of helping both residents and medical students make an informed career choice. The authors look at the basic economics of health care, including HMOs, PPOs, private practice (solo and group), and Medicare and Medicaid. The concluding chapter presents issues to consider in making career decisions, including personality, geography, income, and lifestyle. A glossary defines the technical terms of health care administration.

Isaac Kleinman

This is a collection of seven short chapters, each by a different author, on financial dynamics of health care, HMOs, PPOs, Medicare and Medicaid, solo and group practice, making a career choice, and medical care reform. There is appended a short primer of basic economic concepts and a glossary. The purpose is to acquaint young physicians with ""the principles of economics and the applications of the principles to the dynamics of health care and physician reimbursement"" and to familiarize them with the career options available and ""the information needed to chose a career path among the options."" It is aimed at young physicians, medical students, and residents. There are no illustrations beyond a small number of graphs and tables. The authors are mainly academics at St Louis University and Washington University School of Medicine. I could not find papers from any of the contributors listed in any of the various chapter bibliographies. There is a lack of current references. This is an important weakness in a text on medical/economic matters that for some time have been undergoing very rapid change. The newest reference, for example, in the chapter on medical care reform was 1982. In most of the chapters the references are four to five years old and older. Although one might quarrel with the biases that show through in many of these chapters, this book is useful as an introduction to the various ways health care delivery is being organized in this country and as a brief history of the development of health care legislation at the national level. It falls far short, however, as a guide or manual for making a career choice in medicine.

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Reviewer: Isaac Kleinman, MD (Baylor College of Medicine)
Description: This is a collection of seven short chapters, each by a different author, on financial dynamics of health care, HMOs, PPOs, Medicare and Medicaid, solo and group practice, making a career choice, and medical care reform. There is appended a short primer of basic economic concepts and a glossary.
Purpose: The purpose is to acquaint young physicians with "the principles of economics and the applications of the principles to the dynamics of health care and physician reimbursement" and to familiarize them with the career options available and "the information needed to chose a career path among the options."
Audience: It is aimed at young physicians, medical students, and residents.
Features: There are no illustrations beyond a small number of graphs and tables. The authors are mainly academics at St Louis University and Washington University School of Medicine. I could not find papers from any of the contributors listed in any of the various chapter bibliographies. There is a lack of current references. This is an important weakness in a text on medical/economic matters that for some time have been undergoing very rapid change. The newest reference, for example, in the chapter on medical care reform was 1982. In most of the chapters the references are four to five years old and older.
Assessment: Although one might quarrel with the biases that show through in many of these chapters, this book is useful as an introduction to the various ways health care delivery is being organized in this country and as a brief history of the development of health care legislation at the national level. It falls far short, however, as a guide or manual for making a career choice in medicine.

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An updated roadmap for those about to embark on a career as a physician. The seven essays cover the finances of the US health care system, health-maintenance and preferred-provider organizations, the changing Medicare and Medicaid programs, solo or group practice, career choices, and medical care reform. Paper edition (unseen), $15. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Rating

2 Stars from Doody

	Preface
	Acknowledgments
	Contributors
1	The Financial Dynamics of the U.S. Health Care System	1
2	Health Maintenance Organizations	20
3	Preferred Provider Organizations	42
4	The Changing Face of Medicare and Medicaid	59
5	Private Practice: Solo or Group	87
6	Making a Career Choice	104
7	Medical Care Reform	115
	Appendix: Basic Economic Concepts	133
	Glossary	143
	Index	149

Environmental Crime or How to Make Effective Presentations

2009-02-06T20:35:00.000-08:00

Environmental Crime

Author: Mary Clifford

This valuable addition to environmental crime literature provides a compilation of interdisciplinary research while exploring the enforcement of environmental protection legislation. Ten leading contributors to the text present the history of environmental protection efforts; one of the first comprehensive discussions on the criminal justice system's response to this unique type of crime; and illustrative case studies on the most controversial environmental issues.

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This interdisciplinary text explores the enforcement of environmental protection legislation. Fifteen chapters discuss the definition of environmental crime, a history of the U.S. environmental movement, economics and politics, a social understanding of the natural sciences, federal legislation, an interagency approach, and identifying essential connections. Concludes with five case studies that exemplify many of the themes presented in the text--activism, politics, economics, legislation, hazardous waste, government involvement, and international issues. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Contents: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME * Defining "Environmental Crime" * A History of the U.S. Environmental Movement * Economics, Politics, and Environmental Protection * A Social Understanding of the Natural Sciences * A Review of Federal Environmental Legislation * ENFORCING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION LEGISLATION: AN INTERAGENCY APPROACH * The Federal Environmental Regulatory Structure * State and Local Environmental Enforcement * Policing the Environment * Environmental Crime Prosecution at the County Level * Sentencing the Environmental Criminal * IDENTIFYING ESSENTIAL CONNECTIONS * Five Types of Environmental Criminals * Environmental Ethics, Criminal Law, and Environmental Crime * Mystification of Environmental Images: Identifying Environmental Crime * International Environmental Issues * Environmental Crime Research: Where We Have Been, Where We Should Go * CASE STUDIES * Case Study 1--Community Opposition to Hazardous Waste Incineration: The Case of ENSCO * Case Study 2--Hazardous Waste Regulation: Legacies of the Past and Projections for the Future * Case Study 3--Rocky Flats: A Plea Bargain in Public View * Case Study 4--Controversy Amid Controversy: Reauthorization of the Endangered Species Act * Case Study 5--Environmental Crimes at the U.S.-Mexico Border * Comments in Closing * Appendixes * Index

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How to Make Effective Presentations, Vol. 16

Author: Elizabeth P Tierney

"How To Make Effective Presentations, true to its down-to-earth title, takes you through practicalities of the gestation process of a presentation . . . . tips make the book a useful companion."

--The Financial Express

You're a teacher or student about to make a presentation but you don't know where to begin. How do you plan your presentation? How do you incorporate visual aids and handouts? How much should you practice your speech? How do you handle questions? How do you calm your nerves? Everyone in academia makes presentations and faces similar questions and concerns. Elizabeth P. Tierney, a skilled speaker and consultant, offers advice and suggestions on how to make an effective presentation. From planning your presentation to stepping in front of an audience and delivering your speech, the author takes you step-by-step through the entire process.

If you're a teacher or student faced with giving a presentation, this is the book for you.

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For teachers and students who, when they are required to make a presentation, find themselves the night before either gnawing themselves raw with worry or re-labelling all the spice jars with great concentration. Provides suggestions on planning, incorporating visual aids and handouts, how much to practice, how to handle questions, how to stay calm, and other aspects. No index. Paper edition (unseen), $12.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Case Studies in Building Design and Construction or Human Rights and International Political Economy in Third World Nations

2009-02-05T18:54:00.000-08:00

Case Studies in Building Design and Construction

Author: Robert W Dorsey

This unique book uses case studies and real-life experiences to present the optimum project delivery systems in terms of contractual arrangements for a variety of building projects. This is designed to allow the reader to become aware of the evolving conditions in the practice of architecture and construction. KEY TOPICS: A critical hands-on guide, this book provides practical, real-world perspective using the authorÕs professional experience as designer, constructor, and owner for a variety of buildings with a total value of over $100 million and presents case studies based on the authorÕs actual experiences in those three areas. And it includes several case studies that focus on leadership capabilities and the skills necessary for success in building design and construction. It also provides references to sources needed to help solve the case studies in the book, such as other reference books, contract forms, public agencies, private practitioners, and many more. Most important, it discusses the skills needed to successfully address regulatory issues and to deal with government agencies.An essential reference for every professional who designs, builds, or owns major buildings.

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Asserting that the emerging academic construction discipline should be considered equal of architecture or engineering, architect Dorsey (U. of Cincinnati) guides participants in navigating its increasing complexity, glories, and problems though the case study method. The author covers the profession's organization, contractual relations, construction and program management, public and private sector work needing solutions, risk distribution and dispute resolution, government regulation, and leadership. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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Human Rights and International Political Economy in Third World Nations: Multinational Corporations, Foreign Aid, and Repression

Author: William H Meyer

Meyer examines the effects that American foreign aid, investment, and multinational corporations have on human rights in Third World countries. A quantitative analyses employing a sample of more than 50 developing nations specifies the international linkages between human rights, MNC investment, and US economic and military aid. In addition case studies detail particular human rights abuses by specific MNCs.

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Including case studies of sweat shops in India, Chile, and Mexico, this text explores the impact of the economic activity of multinational corporations (MNCs) and foreign aid on relative levels of human rights abuses in less developed countries. While finding that certain MNCs, such as Nike and Wal-Mart, have been implicated in serious and systemic human rights abuses, the author claims that, on a general international level, MNC activity and foreign development aid have a beneficial effect on human rights over time. Conversely, he finds that military aid has a deleterious effect on human rights. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

	Illustrations
	Acknowledgments
	Abbreviations
	Introduction	1
1	Universal Human Rights in a Cross-Cultural Context	5
2	Foreign Policy and Human Rights	37
3	Human Rights and Multinational Corporations: Investing in Repression?	83
4	Human Rights and Foreign Aid	113
5	Case Studies of Multinational Corporations and Human Rights	141
6	Conclusion	197
	Selected Bibliography	221
	Index	233

Pattern Classification or Organizing Change

2009-02-04T17:14:00.000-08:00

Pattern Classification: A Unified View of Statistical and Neural Approaches

Author: Jurgen Schurmann

PATTERN CLASSIFICATION

a unified view of statistical and neural approaches

The product of years of research and practical experience in pattern classification, this book offers a theory-based engineering perspective on neural networks and statistical pattern classification. Pattern Classification sheds new light on the relationship between seemingly unrelated approaches to pattern recognition, including statistical methods, polynomial regression, multilayer perceptron, and radial basis functions. Important topics such as feature selection, reject criteria, classifier performance measurement, and classifier combinations are fully covered, as well as material on techniques that, until now, would have required an extensive literature search to locate. A full program of illustrations, graphs, and examples helps make the operations and general properties of different classification approaches intuitively understandable.

Offering a lucid presentation of complex applications and their algorithms, Pattern Classification is an invaluable resource for researchers, engineers, and graduate students in this rapidly developing field.

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Offers a theory-based engineering perspective on neural networks and statistical pattern classification. On the way, sheds light on the relationship between apparently unrelated approaches to pattern recognition, including statistical methods, polynomial regression, multilayer perceptron, and radial basis functions. Also discusses such topics as feature selection, reject criteria, classifier performance measurement, and classifier combinations. Most of the examples and applications relate to character recognition. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Organizing Change: An Inclusive, Systemic Approach to Maintain Productivity and Achieve Results

Author: Karl J Krayer

Learn how to harness change and use it as a competitive advantage! Organizing Change shows you how to organize and activate a team process to accomplish a successful change initiative throughout your organization. Using the process outlined in this book, your organization will be able to respond quickly yet methodically to your organization's needs while your company maintains, and even increases, productivity and results throughout the change process.

"In Organizing Change Lee and Krayer have taken what most executives regard as consultant candy and transformed it into a science . . . a doable science."
--Joseph F. Carlisle, senior consultant, Training Consulting Softek, Denton, Texas

Written for organizational development consultants, human resources professionals, managers at all levels, and organizational change agents, this important resource is a valuable asset that contains a wealth of tools, ideas, as well as a wide variety of checklists, worksheets, templates, and forms that you can use to assist you in organizing change initiatives.

	List of Figures, Exhibits, and Tables
	Preface
	Introduction	1
1	Change and the Growth and Complexity of Organizations	15
2	Introduction to the Model	21
3	Change Agents	29
4	Choosing Committee Members	39
5	Analyzing and Improving Committee Interaction	45
6	Planning	59
7	Assessment	89
8	Analysis	107
9	Design	137
10	Development	159
11	Implementation	171
12	Evaluation	181
13	Gathering Information	203
14	Disseminating Information	225
	Conclusion	235
	References	241
	About the Authors	245
	Index	249
	How to Use the CD-ROM	255

Precedence and Arrow Networking Techniques for Construction or Applications and Computational Elements of Industrial Hygiene

2009-02-03T15:33:00.000-08:00

Precedence and Arrow Networking Techniques for Construction

Author: Robert B Harris

Two important scheduling techniques for modern construction management—the precedence technique and the arrow technique—are developed and analyzed. The parallel treatment of these two applications presents a basis of theory and practice for the civil engineering student and the practicing project manager. Introduces the concept of the scheduling plan as a design process. Shows the steps for developing the list of activities as the basis for any networking technique. Gives computations for arrow and precedence diagrams. Covers practical techniques for making time-cost adjustments to early start schedules. Concludes with discussion of applications of techniques in the context of real-life projects.

Introduction.
Project Breakdown.
Basic Arrow Diagraming.
Basic Precedence Diagraming.
Establishing Activity Durations.
Scheduling Computations for Arrow Networks.
Scheduling Computations for Precedence Networks.
Communicating the Schedule.
Project Control.
Time-Cost Adjustments.
Resource Leveling.
Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT).
Overlapping Networks.
Index.

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Applications and Computational Elements of Industrial Hygiene

Author: Martin B Stern

Presenting the only textbook available today that covers all of the critical elements of industrial hygiene ó conceptual information, computational coverage, case studies, and sample problems and exercises ó in one volume. Organized around the basic rubrics of industrial hygiene, this book helps students to think like industrial hygienists while offering the latest techniques for practicing professionals. Applications and Computational Elements of Industrial Hygiene is the most complete reference available on IH, and is also an ideal study aid for exam preparation. This is the first and only textbook that includes all critical computations for each concept covered. Each chapter discusses a different hazard and how to recognize, evaluate, and control it. The advantage of this approach is clear; technical issues, instrumental techniques, engineering control procedures ó relevant issues from A to Z ó are discussed for each hazard. Chapters conclude with case studies that offer critical insight into the practical aspects of the field. The book also covers emerging issues that will affect industrial hygienists in the future. The book includes real-life situations and experiences to demonstrate practical applications of concepts presented in the text. For students, Applications and Computational Elements of Industrial Hygiene offers critical material formerly scattered across multiple sources. For seasoned industrial hygienists, this is an essential problem-solving tool and state-of-the-art reference that consolidates and updates previously scattered information.

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A dozen contributors offer assistance for certification to industrial hygienists, in their detective work of ferreting out circumstances surrounding an employee's exposure to a toxic environment, and developing recommendations to protect workers from future exposure events. With case studies, equations, and graphics, textbook chapters cover: general principles, toxicology, air sampling and pollution, analytical chemistry, engineering controls, noise, radiation, temperature extremes, personal protective equipment, ergonomics, management, construction, and emerging issues (e.g. indoor air quality, metrics). Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Business Communication Updated or 100 Methods for Total Quality Management

2009-02-02T13:52:00.000-08:00

Business Communication, Updated (Custom)

Author: Deborah C Andrews

This introductory business communication text is organized the way the course really unfolds--from basics of communication, to direct messages, then to reports, oral presentations, on to indirect messages, job resumes, letters, and interviews. The book ends with coverage of interpersonal communication, organizational communication, and managerial and supervisory communication.

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100 Methods for Total Quality Management

Author: Gopal K Kanji

Ranging from brainstorming to the Deming Wheel, from force field analysis to "zero defects," 100 Methods for Total Quality Management meets the need for a short, accessible reference to the 100 most frequently adopted methods for implementing total quality management (TQM). Central to the this book is a broad interpretation of TQM. The methods addressed are relevant to all those interested in using explicit tools (qualitative and quantitative) to assist with problem solving, analysis, and evaluation in the management process. An introduction briefly outlines the basic principles of TQM. The bulk of the book provides clear, concise outlines of the 100 methods, describing their purpose, application, and benefits. 100 Methods for Total Quality Management is an invaluable resource for practitioners, academics, and students working in the areas of TQM, management science, teamwork and problem solving in organizations, and general management and decision making.

Hospitality Sales or Battling Big Business

2009-02-01T12:11:00.000-08:00

Hospitality Sales: A Marketing Approach

Author: Margaret Shaw

What It Takes to be a Leader in Hospitality Sales-Principles and Techniques for Success What's the key to success in today's competitive hospitality industry? Sales-the art and science of telling potential customers that you have the product they need, when they need it, and where, at a price that's right for them. Hospitality Sales: A Marketing Approach provides in-depth instruction based on the strategies of leading hospitality organizations. This comprehensive book introduces crucial sales and marketing concepts and describes how they apply to hospitality businesses and customers. An unparalleled teaching resource, this book:
* Presents selling as the vital link between marketing and operations
* Explains concepts and practices with clear, real-world examples
* Explores sales management technology, from office automation and yield management technology to point-of-sale systems and guest service technology
* Provides summaries and discussion questions at the end of each chapter
* Features a quick-reference glossary of important terms
Hospitality Sales: A Marketing Approach introduces students in any undergraduate program to the real world of hospitality sales and gives them the solid grounding they will need to embark on a successful career in hospitality sales.

SETTING THE STAGE.
Introduction to Sales and Marketing.
The Marketing Communication Mix.
THE PLAYERS.
Hospitality Customers: The Buyers.
Hospitality Businesses: The Suppliers.
Hospitality Businesses: More Suppliers.
PERSONAL SELLING AND SALES MANAGEMENT.
Personal Selling: The Sales Process.
Personal Selling: The Delivery.
Sales Management.
Sales and Technology: Part A Management and Operations.
Sales and Technology: Part B The Hospitality Customer.
INTERMEDIARIES AND PARTNERSHIPS.
Intermediaries.
Hospitality Partnerships.
Glossary.
Index.

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Battling Big Business: Countering Greenwash, Front Groups and Other Forms of Corporate Deception

Author: Eveline Lubbers

After big business suffered several spectacular media defeats, from the Mclibel suit where McDonalds won the suit but lost the war, to Monsanto's underestimation of resistance to genetically modified organisms, corporations are fighting back. Hard. From surveillance to legal suits, from lobbyists crafting laws to PR groups' greenwashing crimes Battling Big Business reveals how corporate giants attempt to control their "enemies"-and how groups and individuals can fight back.

Contributors include Naomi Klein, George Monbiot, Sharon Beder, Andy Rowell and Eveline Lubbers.

Eveline Lubbers is an investigative reporter and activist living in Amsterdam. She co-founded the Jansen & Janssen Bureau to monitor police and secret services. She has produced books on corporate intelligence and PR strategies of multinationals against their critics, subjects mainly in Dutch. Her works can be found at Evel's Writing www.evel.nl, and the work of the Bureau at www.burojansen.nl.

Child Care Options or California and the Fictions of Capital

2009-01-31T10:30:00.000-08:00

Child Care Options: A Workplace Initiative for the 21st Century

Author: Margery Leveen Sher

Child Care Options presents the facts, the background information, and the special considerations involved in discussing and selecting on-site or near-site child care, as well as programs designed to deal with difficult child-care situations. As authorities in work/family relations, the authors share the firsthand knowledge and experience they have gained as consultants to such diverse groups as the Washington Post, American Labs, and the Central Intelligence Agency.

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Provides information for businesses seeking to create and select child care alternatives and develop child care programs in the workplace. Places child care into the context of current and future demographic trends and discusses legal, financial, design, and management details of direct-service child care, including information specifically for small businesses. Appendices list corporate-sponsored child care programs, insurance carriers, licensing information, and architectural and playground resources. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

	Foreword
	Preface: The Earth Shifts: Babies 1, Football Game 0
	Acknowledgments
Ch. 1	Child Care! What Does That Have to Do with Our Business?	1
Ch. 2	Child Care Choices: "Multitudes in the Valley of Decision"	21
Ch. 3	Decisions: "You Can Sleep on a Matter Before You Decide, Unless You Have a Competitor Who Doesn't Need the Sleep"	40
Ch. 4	A Child Care Center! What Are We Getting Into?	49
Ch. 5	Legal Issues: "The Good of the People Is the Chief Law"	67
Ch. 6	Finances: Poetry, Philosophy, and the Bottom Line	75
Ch. 7	Child Care Facility Design: More Than Building Codes	90
Ch. 8	Management: If We Do It, Who's Going to Run It?	111
Ch. 9	Special Tips: Nothing Succeeds Like Success	119
Ch. 10	A Note to Small Businesses	128
Ch. 11	"An Invasion of Armies Can Be Resisted, but Not an Idea Whose Time Has Come"	133
	Appendix A: Executive Summaries	149
	Appendix B: Partial Listings of Employer-Supported Child Care	159
	Appendix C: Child Care Center Liability Insurance Carriers	168
	Appendix D: Current Child Day Care Licensing Offices	169
	Appendix E: Resources for Playground Information	176
	Appendix F: A Sampling of Architectural Firms with Child Care Center Experience	177
	Appendix G: Resource Organizations	178
	Appendix H: Child Care Program Inventory (CCPI) Evaluation Criteria	179
	Appendix I: Application for Board of Directors	189
	Index	191

California and the Fictions of Capital

Author: George L Henderson

Between the frequently recounted events of the Gold Rush and the Great Depression stretches a period of California history that is equally crucial but less often acknowledged. In his fresh, synthetic consideration of these in-between years, George L. Henderson points specifically to the take-off of California's rural juggernaut between the 1880s and middle 1920s--the upward spiral of city bids for country dollars and rural bids for urban investments. These decades were salve for mining's risky finances yet groundwork for the chaotic 1930s. Moreover, Henderson argues that much like the two important periods which framed it, this era produced a cultural and literary apparatus that attempted to grapple with capital's machinations, if only to legitimate them in the end.

Central to California and the Fictions of Capital is a theory of how the circulation of capital wove itself into agriculture. The book asks why it mattered to capital that agriculture was based in Nature, and then explores the procedures through which images of Nature became central to capitalism's story of itself. What unique possibilities did Nature offer to circuits of capital and what was their role in suturing the urban and rural together? How did boom and bust intervene and set the pace for regional change? How was capital linked to the racializing of working bodies? And why was the capitalist imperative expressed in landscape alterations like irrigation? Such are the key questions informing this bold, far-reaching volume.

Beyond political economy, the book also looks to the rural juggernaut's cultural and literary work, which was stamped by celebratory, if fretful, ruminations. In all sorts oftexts--but especially in novels by Frank Norris, Mary Austin, Harold Bell Wright, and many other writers--difficult questions surfaced. Capital was seen in terms of its spillage into rural frontiers, just as rural frontiers were seen in terms of movements of capital. Capital was the new geography of money. But for whom did it work? Which identities did it favor? In mapping the real and imaginary realms that capital occupied, Henderson locates the banker-, land developer-, and engineer-heroes of California fiction as well as the fictionalized "new woman" of the capitalist, agrarian West. He unravels the colliding representations of race, gender, and class, while linking their treatment to the naturalizing rhetoric of capital's agrarian turn.

In part a tour of California as a virtual laboratory for refining the circulation of capital, and in part an investigation of how the state's literati, with rare exception, reconceived economy in the name of class, gender, and racial privilege, this study will appeal to all students and scholars of California's--and the American West's--economic, environmental, and cultural past.

"Henderson's book is an intellectual foray into the relationships among capital investment, the productive use of agricultural land, and how these issues have fired the imagination of novelists in California history from 1870 to 1920....Students of the American West and California will find it worthwhile."--Choice

Auditing or Applications in Business Communications

2009-01-30T08:49:00.000-08:00

Auditing: An Assertions Approach

Author: Donald H Taylor

Presents auditing concepts and procedures within the context of audit assertions, as described in Statements on Auditing Standards. It includes the basic approach to reasoning from audit assertions to audit objectives to audit procedures and numerous examples of computer generated audit working papers. A new aspect of this edition is the introduction of value-added business advice as an integral part of the audit. Public accounting firms are placing increased emphasis on adding value to an audit.

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Applications in Business Communications

Author: Richard D Featheringham

Applications in Business Communication simulates a hypothetical company-GEI— that specializes in producing indoor and outdoor leisure-time products, giving learners the opportunity to apply business communication skills in a real-life setting. Learners work in self-managed work teams to solve real-life problems facing businesses today, while the instructor acts as CEO of GEI. This text allows learners to actively take part in learning the subject matter, and relate it to their daily lives, and develop the higher-order skills of analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. Additionally, working collaboratively toward a single goal provides learners with an understanding of the importance of teamwork.

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In this communications text, students become employees of a hypothetical company and apply business-communication skills to a variety of its needs. Exercises include tasks such as designing a letterhead and business card, searching the Internet for information about competitors, developing a code of ethics, communicating across cultures, writing memos and letters that contain good and bad news, writing news releases, crafting persuasive sales messages, dealing with company layoffs, and preparing reports and newsletters. Featheringham teaches business communications at Michigan State U., and Baker teaches in the marketing department at Siena College, Loudonville, NY. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

	Preface	ix
	Introduction	xiii
Application 1	Teamwork in Business	1
Application 2	Using Technology in Business Communication	4
Application 3	Developing a Code of Ethics	8
Application 4	Communicating Across Cultures	13
Application 5	Listening Skills	18
Application 6	Organizing the Message Deductively	22
Application 7	Organizing to Write Inductively	25
Application 8	Revising and Proofreading a Message or Document	28
Application 9	Good News and Routine Messages	30
Application 10	Goodwill Messages	33
Application 11	Informative Messages	36
Application 12	Direct Requests	38
Application 13	Unfavorable, Unwanted, or Bad News Messages	40
Application 14	Writing a News Release	43
Application 15	Instruction Writing	48
Application 16	Memos	52
Application 17	E-mail	55
Application 18	Persuasive Sales Messages	58
Application 19	Newsletters and In-House Publications	62
Application 20	Dealing with Company Layoffs	65
Application 21	Print Advertisements	69
Application 22	Position Paper	73
Application 23	Introduction to Research	77
Application 24	Proposal Writing	82
Application 25	Using Graphics	86
Application 26	Preparing and Writing Reports	92
Application 27	Preparing Informal Reports	96
Application 28	Preparing a Long Report--International Study	100
Application 29	Business Presentations	106
Application 30	Oral Communication	111
Application 31	Meeting Skills	115
Application 32	Cover Letters	120
Application 33	Resumes	124
Application 34	Interviewing	129
Application 35	Employment Letters	133
Application 36	Finding a Job	139
	Appendix
	Selected Style Techniques of Writing	143
	Punctuation and Capitalization	146

International Business or Using Financial Accounting

2009-01-29T06:59:00.000-08:00

International Business

Author: Michael R R Czinkota

International Business, 6th edition presents an up-to-date and complete exploration of international business issues and practice. The authors' experience as both practitioners and academics brings a balanced and seasoned voice to the text. The text is built upon a strong foundation of theory and includes current examples, cases, and insights showing how global businesses apply these concepts. The text examines the role and impact of culture and also includes numerous current world maps, helping readers develop and refine a global perspective.

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New edition of a text first published in 1989, covering operational concerns of small, medium, and large international or multinational businesses, as well as policy aspects reflecting the concerns of the US and other governments. Arrangement is in five sections on basic concepts of theory and practice, the international business environment and institutions, business-government interface, preparation for market entry, and strategic management issues. Updates include increased emphasis on ethics, the environment, diversity, and a global perspective. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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Reflecting recent developments and current interests, this text provides a strong theoretical basis as well as a practical examination of actual practice and real-world cases. The book describes the environment in which business operates, the process of business preparation and market entry, strategy and operations, and the impact of international business. Czinkota and Ronkainen teach marketing at international business at Georgetown University. Moffett teaches finance and international business at the American Graduate School of International Management. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Using Financial Accounting: An Introduction

Author: Dennis Murray

Using Financial Accounting, 2e. means "change without pain" to adopters. This text looks at the balance sheet with a user-oriented approach that minimizes or eliminates procedure (debits and credits) and the accounting cycle. The focus is on ratio analysis and information usefulness. Financial statements are introduced early (Ch. 3) and are used throughout.

Ch. 1	Financial Accounting and its Environment	1
Ch. 2	Basic Concepts of Financial Accounting	27
Ch. 3	The Balance Sheet	66
Ch. 4	The Income Statement	105
Ch. 5	Statement of Cash Flows	198
Ch. 6	Current Assets	208
Ch. 7	Noncurrent Assets	260
Ch. 8	Accounts Payable, Commitments, Contingencies, and Risks	314
Ch. 9	Noncurrent Liabilities	350
Ch. 10	Shareholders' Equity	395
Ch. 11	A Framework for Financial Statement Analysis	443
Ch. 12	Additional Issues in Liability Reporting	486
Ch. 13	Reporting Issues for Affiliated and International Companies	531
Ch. 14	Additional Dimensions of Financial Reporting	572
App. A	Accounting Procedures	618
App. B	Careers in Accounting	641
App. C	The Time Value of Money	652
App. D	Wendy's International, Inc.	666
App. E	Reebok International Ltd.	687
	Glossary	709
	Index	723

Tax Planning and Compliance for Tax Exempt Organizations or Multinational Finance

2009-01-28T05:18:00.000-08:00

Tax Planning and Compliance for Tax-Exempt Organizations

Author: Jody Blazek

The 2008 Cumulative Supplement contains the following new updates:

• A significantly revised Form 990 must be used for the 2008 filing year. That means calendar year organizations should now begin the process of gathering the enhanced data requested on the schedules and parts of the core form.

• Impact of Pension Protection Act: The past year or so has been an amazingly difficult time for private foundations, donor-advised fund sponsors, supporting organizations, and their advisors. It feels like 1970 all over again as funders revise procedures and struggle with dissatisfied grantees they are told they cannot fund– particularly when the foundation has previously pledged to do so. Revised grant checklists in Chapter 17 should be used to assure the new issues are considered.

• For PFs, the excise tax on "investment" income considered in Chapter 13 was expanded to include capital gains on exempt function assets– an oxymoron that causes confusion.

• Congress split Type III supporting organizations (SO) into two types that are now identified as either non-functionally integrated with the public charities it supports and simply provides grants or holds assets for its supported charities(y) or functionally integrated because it performs the functions of those it supports. The complexities are found in Chapter 11.

• Private foundation-like operational constraints were placed on donor-advised funds and Type III supporting organizations. Prohibitions against excess business holdings (Chapter 16) and transactions benefiting insiders (Chapter 20) were imposed.

• Lastly, readers are reminded thata PF grant to non-functionally integrated Type III supporting organizations is no longer treated as qualifying distributions effective the date after the legislation was signed into law (August 17, 2006). This overnight change placed a burden on the SOs that can no longer receive funding and the PFs that were not informed of the rules in timely fashion. Exhibit 17.2A provides a grant checklist that is revised to include the new standards and Exhibit 17.2B provides a certification an SO can provide to a private foundation to prove it is a Type I, II, or III functionally integrated supporting organization a payment to which can be counted as a qualifying distribution. The Form 4720 illustrated in Chapter 18 contains a disclosure of failure to meet this requirement with a request for abatement of any penalties associated with the PF’s actions.

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Multinational Finance

Author: Kirt C Charles Butler

MULTINATIONAL FINANCE provides a concise treatment of the investment and financial decisions facing the multinational corporation. The text provides a framework for evaluating the opportunities, costs and risks of multinational operations so readers can see beyond the algebra and terminology to general principles. It is distinguished by its logical organization, superior pedagogy, and clear, non-technical writing style. It includes the traditional international finance topics of foreign exchange, currency and derivatives markets, currency risk (transaction, operating and translation) management, country risk, taxation, capital structure, cost of capital, and international portfolio diversification. It also has unique chapters on multinational treasury management, options on real assets, corporate governance, asset pricing, and international portfolio management.

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Intended for MBA and advanced undergraduate classes, this text requires only an introductory course in finance. The author, a professor of finance at Michigan State U., addresses basic issues of multinational finance including foreign exchange and exchange rate determination, the multinational corporation's investment and financial decisions, derivative securities for currency risk management, and international capital markets and portfolio investment. This edition emphasizes corporate finance and includes new chapters on risk measurement and management. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

	Preface
Pt. 1	Overview and Background	1
Ch. 1	An Introduction to Multinational Finance	2
Ch. 2	World Trade and the International Monetary System	29
Pt. 2	The International Financial Environment	55
Ch. 3	International Financial Markets	56
Ch. 4	Foreign Exchange, Eurocurrencies, and Currency Risk Management	87
Ch. 5	The International Parity Conditions	121
Ch. 3	Derivative Securities for Currency Risk Management	155
Ch. 6	Currency Futures and Futures Markets	156
Ch. 7	Currency Options and Options Markets	181
Ch. 8	Currency Swaps and Swaps Markets	217
Pt. 4	Managing the Risks of Multinational Operations	241
Ch. 9	The Rationale for Hedging Currency Risks	242
Ch. 10	Multinational Treasury Management	265
Ch. 11	Managing Transaction Exposure to Currency Risk	287
Ch. 12	Managing Operating Exposure to Currency Risk	313
Ch. 13	Managing Translation Exposure to Currency Risk	333
Ch. 14	Country Risk Management	357
Pt. 5	Valuation and the Structural of Multinational Operations	379
Ch. 15	Cross-Border Capital Budgeting	380
Ch. 16	Multinational Capital Structure and Cost of Capital	407
Ch. 17	Taxes and Multinational Corporate Strategy	439
Ch. 18	Real Options and Cross-Border Investment	461
Ch. 19	Corporate Governance and the International Market for Corporate Control	489
Pt. 6	International Portfolio Investment and Asset Pricing	523
Ch. 20	International Portfolio Diversification	524
Ch. 21	International Asset Pricing	561
Ch. 22	Managing an International Investment Portfolio	591
	Glossary	625
	Name Index	641
	Subject Index	647

Inside the Worlds Export Credit Agencies or Cases in Electronic Commerce

2009-01-27T03:37:00.000-08:00

Inside the World's Export Credit Agencies

Author: William A Delphos

Inside the World's Credit Agencies is a user-friendly guide for business executives who need a quick understanding of the extensive sources of export financing support from approximately 40 of the world's largest trading countries. It provides a brief explanation of the government agencies programs (i.e. type of export financing, eligibility, terms, fees, etc.) and specific contact information for next step action. In addition, there are a number of case studies that provide examples of how these government programs have successfully been used. This book will be an important resource guide for anyone involved in financing cross-border transactions.

	Acknowledgements
	Preface
	Introduction
	Foreword
Ch. 1	Official Export Credit Agencies of OECD Member Countries	1
Ch. 2	Official Export Credit Agencies of non-OECD Member Countries	133
Ch. 3	Regional Export Credit Agencies	225
App. A	Customary and Maximum Repayment Benefits	261
App. B	OECD Country Term Categories	263
App. C	Sample LI and Term Sheet From Ex-Im Bank	265
App. D	Sample EFIC Letter of Indication Application Form	267
App. E	ECGD's Impact Screening and Analysis Procedures	269
App. F	Export Credit Agencies	282
	Index	261

Interesting textbook: Une Introduction à l'Assurance de la qualité dans les Soins de santé

Cases in Electronic Commerce

Author: Sidney Laurence Huff

Cases in Electronic Commerce is a collection of 25 full-length case studies written by professors at the renowned Richard Ivey School of Business. Each case study is centered around a real-world company and provides sufficient detail on the implications associated with e-commerce initiatives. This managerial-oriented approach allows students to fully understand and appreciate the strategic, tactical, and operational challenges faced when launching an e-commerce-based business.

Exploring Microeconomics or Unpopular Culture

2009-01-26T01:56:00.000-08:00

Exploring Microeconomics

Author: Robert L Sexton

The 4th Edition of Robert Sexton's Exploring Microeconomics is now available in a modular format. The 4th Edition offers the microeconomics content in 5 modules – in other words, it costs less than a traditional microeconomics text. Buy a product that provides more value for your dollar! You no longer have to buy the same material twice your instructor will not get through during the term. You are no longer paying for unused material—and no longer carrying a heavy text!

Book about: Lets Have a Dog Party or The Gourmet Potluck

Unpopular Culture: The Ritual of Complaint in a British Bank

Author: John R Weeks

When you start a new job, you learn how things are done in the company, and you learn how they are complained about too. Unpopular Culture considers why people complain about their work culture and what impact those complaints have on their organizations. John Weeks based his study on long-term observations of the British Armstrong Bank in the United Kingdom. Not one person at this organization, he found, from the CEO down to the junior clerks, had anything good to say about its corporate culture. And yet, despite all the griping—and despite high-profile efforts at culture change—the way things were done never seemed fundamentally to alter. The organization was restructured, jobs redefined, and processes redesigned, but the complaining remained the same.
As Weeks demonstrates, this is because the everyday standards of behavior that regulate complaints curtail their effectiveness. Embarrass someone by complaining in a way that is too public or too pointed, and you will find your social standing diminished. Complain too loudly or too long, and your coworkers might see you as contrary. On the other hand, complain too little and you may be seen as too stiff or just too strange to be trusted. The rituals of complaint, Weeks shows, have powerful social functions.

Womens Work or Managing Internet Driven Change in International Telecommuications

2009-01-25T00:07:00.000-08:00

Women's Work: Development and the Division of Labor by Gender

Author: Eleanor Leacock

"Significant because [it] traces the development process from the non-industrial societies to present-day socialist nations, includes scholars from the first and third worlds, and provides data for a comparative analysis of structural changes in gender relations, links production and reproduction, and redefines work to encompass women's `invisible work.'" Gender & Society "[A] valuable addition to the literature on women in the developing world." The Times of the Americas

Interesting book: Direzione ed amministrazione di professione d'infermiera: Una guida pratica

Managing Internet-Driven Change in International Telecommuications

Author: Robert M M Frieden

This unique new resource offers you a detailed road map for tracking developments and trends in both international telecommunications and Internet-mediated communications. Useful to novices and higher-level professionals alike, the book explores the impact of the Internet on international telecommunications and gives you a clear definition of technological and marketplace convergence.

By providing answers and perspective for both telecommunications and information technology professionals, the book bridges the gap between these two disciplines, making it easier to respond to and profit from change occasioned by the Internet. From a presentation of past, present and developing models in international telecommunications... to an overview of modern technologies... to an examination of the key players in policy making, this unique resource helps you manage Internet-driven change and offers an in-depth understanding of the relationship between the telecommunications and information processing markets.

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Frieden (telecommunications, Pennsylvania State U.) offers a roadmap for tracking developments and trends in both international telecommunications and Internet-mediated communications. The book explores the impact of the Internet on international communications and provides a clear definition of technological and marketplace convergence. From a presentation of past, present, and developing models in international telecommunications, to an examination of modern technologies and the key players in policy making, it offers guidance in managing Internet-driven change and provides an examination of the relationship between the telecommunications and information-processing markets. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents: Introduction: Understanding International Telecommunications in an Internet-Driven, Information Economy. What's Driving Change? The Old World Order: Past and Present Models in International Telecommunications. The New World Order: Developing Models in International Telecommunications. The Technologies in Modern International Telecommunications. Players in International Telecommunications Policy Making. Players in International Telecommunications Trade Policy Making. Players in United States Telecommunications and Trade Policy Making. Case Studies in Change. Introducing Private Enterprise in Telecommunications. Developing Trends in International Telecommunications.

Regional Silviculture of the United States or Markets Dont Fail

2009-01-23T22:26:00.000-08:00

Regional Silviculture of the United States

Author: John W Barrett

A valuable working resource for professionals.

An excellent text for advanced forestry students . . .

This unique book provides students and professionals with a broad- based knowledge of contemporary silviculture theory and practice. Throughout, the authors emphasize fundamental questions of edaphic, physiographic, and climatic site factors, as well as ecological relationships and silvical characteristics of major tree species. Updated and expanded to reflect the many scientific, socioeconomic, and public policy trends that have had a profound impact on silviculture over the past decade, this Third Edition of Regional Silviculture of the United States:

• Brings together the knowledge and expertise of fourteen leading experts from around the nation
• Provides a rational framework with which to critically assess forest data and to develop innovative silvicultural solutions
• Features region-by-region coverage of the eleven major forest types in the continental U.S. and Alaska
• Offers a detailed look at practices that promote a wide range of forest resources—from wood production and outdoor recreation, to wildlife habitat and range forage production
• Now includes more in-depth coverage of such crucial themes as biodiversity, endangered species, habitat fragmentation, forest health, landscape management, neotropical migrants, and more

"...silviculture is not reducible to a series of rules; it must be flexible and adaptable to a variety of conditions. Much of it is an art as well as a synthesis of ecology and economics. There is no single best answer to how a stand should be managed. And institutionaland societal constraints must be considered." —from the Preface by John W. Barrett

Regional Silviculture of the United States, Third Edition is not a "cookbook,"offering pat recipes for solving "typical" silvicultural problems. Instead, it arms those responsible for the development and care of forests with something far more valuable—a rational framework for the analysis of forest data and the development of innovative solutions tailored to specific forest types and the shifting politicoeconomic constraints under which silviculturalists must work.

One way in which this book achieves that goal is by providing readers with a broad-based knowledge of contemporary silviculture theory and practice. In chapters organized according to the eleven major forest regions of the continental U.S., fourteen recognized experts from around the nation—each of them a specialist in a particular region of operation—offer their valuable insights and observations on silviculture in general and on various silvicultural practices with which they are familiar. Throughout, the authors are attentive to fundamental considerations of edaphic, physiographic, and climatic site factors, as well as ecological relationships and silvical characteristics of major tree species.

This Third Edition of John W. Barrett's classic has been revised and expanded to encompass a number of important themes which have risen to prominence within silviculture over the past decade, including biodiversity, endangered species, habitat fragmentation, forest health, landscape management, and neotropical migrants.

Timely, authoritative, and comprehensive in scope, Regional Silviculture of the United States, Third Edition is a valuable resource for foresters, forestry students, ecologists, environmental scientists, and all those concerned with development, management, and preservation of our most valuable national treasure.

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Updated and expanded to reflect the many scientific, socioeconomic, and public policy trends that have had a profound impact on silviculture over the past decade, this text for advanced forestry students or working resource for professionals provides a broadbased knowledge of contemporary silviculture theory and practice. Throughout, the authors emphasize fundamental questions of edaphic, physiographic, and climatic site factors, as well as ecological relationships and silvical characteristics of major tree species. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

	Preface
1	The Forests of the United States	1
2	The Northeastern Region	31
3	The Lake States Region	81
4	The Central Region	129
5	The Southern Appalachian Hardwood Region	173
6	The Southern Bottomland Hardwood Region and Brown Loam Bluffs Subregion	227
7	The Southern Pine Region	271
8	The Middle and Southern Rocky Mountain Region	335
9	The Northern Rocky Mountain Region	387
10	The California Region	441
11	The Pacific Northwest Region	499
12	The Alaska Region	559
	Appendix I: Common and Scientific Names of Trees Mentioned in the Text	607
	Appendix II: Common and Scientific Names of Insects Mentioned in the Text	615
	Index	619

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Markets Don't Fail!

Author: Brain P P Simpson

Markets Don't Fail! addresses many of the popular arguments made by economists and other intellectuals against the free market. Using numerous examples as well as moral and epistemological arguments, this book claims that free market economies raise the standard of living of all individuals who live in them, and allow human life to flourish.

Marketing or Cam and Nursing Coding Manual V2001r3

2009-01-22T20:45:00.000-08:00

Marketing: Real People, Real Choices

Author: Patricia M Bernson

This reader-friendly marketing book conveys timely and relevant material in a dynamic presentation of how marketing concepts are implemented, and what they mean in the marketplace. It introduces marketing from the perspective of real people making real marketing decisions at leading companies every day. Learners will come to understand that marketing is about creating value–for customers, for companies, and for society as a whole-and they will see how that is accomplished in the real world.

A five-part organization covers making marketing value decisions, identifying markets and understanding customers' needs for value, creating the value proposition, communicating the value proposition, and delivering the value proposition.

For individuals interested in a career in marketing.

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An introductory text for undergraduates, bringing students inside large companies such as MTV Europe, Intel, and Marriott, as well as small businesses, through vignettes and chapter cases. Contains sections on marketing decision, markets, creating and managing a product, assigning value, product delivery, and communicating about the product. Unique pedagogical features include boxes on real-life marketers and decisions they make, on entrepreneurs and their products, and on ethical issues. Other aids are chapter summaries, key terms, review questions, Internet and other projects, cases with questions, and a math appendix, plus color photos. This second edition adds an entrepreneurial element, more Internet material, an ongoing end-of-section case, and coverage of electronic commerce. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

New interesting textbook: Changing Lanes in China or Making Career Decisions That Count

Cam and Nursing Coding Manual, V2001r3: A Coding and Procedural Reference Tool Based on the Abccodes for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (Cam) and Conventional Nursing

Author: Alternative Link

The ABC Codes are built upon the belief that this system greatly improves the entrance of CAM and expanded nursing services into mainstream healthcare. The codes provide the infrastructure needed for insurance companies to measure the effectiveness of these services side by side with conventional medicine treatments, thus facilitating responsible patient access to integrated healthcare. This coding system fulfills the need of CAM and nurse providers to accurately communicate procedures and services. The ABC Codes were also built to meet the business requirements of practitioners who file their own electronic healthcare claims to insurance companies. The CAM and Nursing Coding Manual provides a complete overview of the structure codes, samples of the HCFA 1550 and IB-92 forms, how insurance companies use codes, how the system works to support CAM and Nursing, and much more.

	Foreword	viii
	Acknowledgments	ix
	Introduction	xiii
	Structure of the codes	xiii
	What you must know to use this book	xiii
	How to use code modifiers	xiii
	Reference codes and their use	xiv
	To prescribe, compound or dispense	xiv
	Herbs, nutritional supplements and homeopathic preparations	xiv
	Reference codes to refer and track adjunct services	xiv
	Using CPT and ABC Codes to bill for services	xiv
	The HCFA 1500 form and the UB-92	xv
	HCFA 1500 Example	xv
	HCFA 1500 Fig. 1	xvi
	Cross references	xvii
	Using the index to locate procedures	xvii
	Using the code tree to locate procedures	xvii
	General guidelines for providers	xvii
	Provider modifiers	xvii
	Why use a provider modifier?	xvii
	Provider specific guidelines	xviii
	Acupuncturists and Oriental Medicine Doctors	xviii
	Bodyworkers, Massage Therapists and Somatic Educators	xviii
	Chiropractors	xix
	Midwives	xx
	Naturopathic Doctors	xx
	Osteopathic Doctors	xx
	Clinical Nurse Specialists, Certified Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Licensed Practical Nurses and Registered Nurses	xxi
	Further instructions	xxii
	Super tip for super efficiency	xxi
	Background of the coding system	xxii
	How the insurance industry uses codes	xxiii
	How the complete system works to support CAM and nursing	xxiii
	Training Standards	xxiv
	Relative Value Units	xxiv
	Conclusion	xxv
	Frequently asked questions	xxv
	List of provider modifiers	xxvi
	Sample Superbill	xxviii
	Code request form	xxix
Section A	Clinical Practice Charges	1
	Diagnostician	3
	Periodic	14
	Limited and non-diagnostician	15
	General service and reference codes	20
	Education	27
Section B	Multi Specialty Treatments	31
	Physical modalities	33
	Movement modalities	38
	Rehabilitative	43
	Tests and measurements	46
	General	49
Section C	Practice Specialties	51
	Oriental medicine	53
	Somatic education and massage	56
	Chiropractic services	68
	Mental health services	71
	Midwifery services	90
	Naturopathic manipulation	100
	Osteopathic manipulation	102
	Indigenous medicine	103
Section D	Laboratory and In-Office Procedures	107
	Heart or vascular services	109
	Neurological	109
	Substance administration	109
	Laboratory	117
	Radiology	136
	General procedures and services	137
Section E	Supplies	139
	Physical devices	141
	Topical applicants	145
	Solution	145
Section F	Nutritional Supplements	153
	Amino acid	155
	Enzymes	155
	Minerals	155
	Other	155
	Oral chelation with natural agents	161
	Oxidative	161
	Vitamins	161
Section G	Herbs and Botanicals	163
	Oriental	165
	Western	189
	General	208
Section H	Homeopathic Preparations	219
	General	221
Section N	Nursing	309
	Interventions	311
	Nursing education	336
	Procedure Index	1
	Supply and Product Index	21
	NIC Code Index	41
	Code Tree	63

Environmental Effects of Mining or Business Communication Today

2009-01-21T19:04:00.000-08:00

Environmental Effects of Mining

Author: Earle A Ripley

Research funded by the Centre for Resource Studies,Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

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The first half of the book covers topics including exploration and development, extraction processes, metallurgical processing and refining, environmental and ecological analysis, reclamation, regulation, and monitoring. In the second half, chapters are devoted to specific mined commodities, covering the production history, the situation of orebodies, ore extraction and processing, environmental effects, and short- and long-term remediation methods. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Business Communication Today

Author: Courtland L Bove

A book that addresses the need for skills-building in today's competitive business environment, Business Communication Today has been completely revised and reworked to provide the most cutting-edge information available on the market. Combining a solid foundation of communication fundamentals with practical advice and insights, readers will be effectively prepared for the challenges they'll face when entering the job market. Thorough coverage and thoughtful integration of business communication technology sets this book apart from the competition. Every essential technology is covered, successfully demonstrating the importance of business etiquette, teamwork, proper short communication (memos, email, instant messaging, etc.), and effective business reports and proposals. An especially useful tool for those entering the job market, this book is also a must-read for corporate trainers, office managers, and others that need to utilize effective communications on a day-to-day basis.

Booknews

For this seventh edition of a text for undergraduates, material has been reorganized to incorporate a three-step process for solving communication problems. Coverage of communication issues in teams has been expanded, and there are new chapters on writing for the Web, communicating through the Internet and other technologies, and enhancing presentations with electronic visual aids. Learning features include boxes on technology applications, ethics, and communication across cultures, documents for students to critique, cases, margin notes, and test questions. The author teaches business communication at Grossmont College. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

	Preface
Pt. 1	Foundations of Business Communication	1
Ch. 1	Understanding Business Communication	2
Ch. 2	Listening, Working in Teams, and Understanding Nonverbal Communication	34
Ch. 3	Communicating Interculturally	60
Pt. 2	The Writing Process	89
Ch. 4	Planning Audience-Centered Business Messages	90
Ch. 5	Organizing and Composing Audience-Centered Business Messages	122
Ch. 6	Revising Audience-Centered Business Messages	162
Pt. 3	Letters, Memos, E-Mail, and other Brief Messages	197
Ch. 7	Writing Routine, Good-News, and Goodwill Messages	198
Ch. 8	Writing Bad-News Messages	244
Ch. 9	Writing Persuasive Messages	286
Pt. 4	Information and Technology	335
Ch. 10	Communicating Information through the Internet and Other Technologies	336
Ch. 11	Finding, Evaluating, and Processing Information	366
Ch. 12	Communicating Information through Graphs and Other Visuals	398
Pt. 5	Reports and Oral Presentations	437
Ch. 13	Communicating through Reports	438
Ch. 14	Planning, Organizing, and Writing Reports and Proposals	468
Ch. 15	Completing Formal Reports and Proposals	510
Ch. 16	Giving Speeches and Oral Presentations	560
Pt. 6	Employment Messages	587
Ch. 17	Writing Resumes and Application Letters	588
Ch. 18	Interviewing for Employment and Following Up	626
Pt. 7	Special Topics in Business Communication	659
Component Ch. A	Format and Layout of Business Documents	660
Component Ch. B	Documentation of Report Sources	686
App. I	Fundamentals of Grammar and Usage	A-1
App. II	Correction Symbols	A-19
	References	R-1
	Acknowledgments	AC-1
	Organization/Company/Brand Index	I-1
	Subject Index	I-4

Trade Plunder and Settlement or Understanding Industrial and Corporate Change

2009-01-20T17:23:00.000-08:00

Trade, Plunder and Settlement: Maritime Enterprise and the Genesis of the British Empire, 1480-1630

Author: Kenneth R Andrews

Not since 1945 has a general account of the origins of the British Empire been published, as if the demise of the empire freed us from our imperial past and historians from any obligation to digest it. Of course, it has done nothing of the kind, but it does enable the historian today to approach that past in a more critical spirit and to attempt a deeper and more detached analysis than could have been expected a generation ago. The purpose of this work is therefore not merely to recount but to explain the course of English overseas expansion and the beginning of the overseas empire; a prolonged pregnancy, culminating in a difficult birth and sickly infancy. The introductory essay discusses the forces and motives involved in the expansion movement, which is seen as being part of a wider European movement and derivative in many ways from it. The author considers the attitude and conduct of the Tudors and early Stuarts towards this fundamentally commercial movement and examines the nature and importance of sea power, the contribution of different social groups, and the relevance of religious and economic ideals as well as nationalistic sentiment. These various themes are taken up again in the narrative chapters which follow, dealing with the enterprises of exploration, trade, plunder and colonisation successively through from the early Bristol quest for 'Brasil' to the diverse ventures of the 1620s.

1. Early ventures 1480-1550;
2. The northeast;
3. From Muscovy to Persia;
4. The Levant;
5. Western Africa;
6. The Caribbean;
7. Beyond the equinoctial;
8. Northwest with Frobisher and Davis;
9. Gilbert's ventures;
10. Roanoke;
11. The sea-war 1585-1603;
12. The East India Company;
13. The West Indies 1585-1630;
14. North America 1591-1630;
15. North and Northwest 1602-32;
16. Reflections; Bibliography; Index.

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Understanding Industrial and Corporate Change

Author: Giovanni Dosi

Understanding Industrial and Corporate Change contains pioneering work on technological, organizational and institutional change from leading theorists and practitioners such as Joseph Stiglitz, Oliver Williamson, Masahiko Aoki, Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., and Sidney Winter. Trans-disciplinary in it's approach, the book explores three distinct themes: Markets and Organizations; Evolutionary Theory and Technological Change; and Strategy, Capabilities, and Knowledge Management. The chapters are drawn from the journal Industrial and Corporate Change, reflecting the diverse contributions it has published since 1992 in such areas as business history, industrial organization, strategic management, organizational theory, innovation studies, organizational behavior, economics, political science, social psychology and sociology. Understanding Industrial and Corporate Change provides an accessible account of recent research and theory on technological, organizational and institutional change for academics and advanced students of Business and Management, Organization Theory, Technology and Innovation Studies and Industrial Economics.

Retail in the European Union or Globalization Technological Change and Public Education

2009-01-14T18:40:00.000-08:00

Retail in the European Union: Structures, Competition and Performance

Author: Stewart How

This is an in-depth analysis of the structure of retailing, and particular government legislation and controls affecting individual economies within the EU. Written by authors from the subject countries, the book covers all major EU economies and includes an introductory chapter covering the major issues. It concludes by drawing a number of retail sector performance and policy conclusions. This study will be of interest to anyone concerned with comparative retailing, as well as those who wish to learn about this important dimension of EU economic activity.

Globalization, Technological Change, and Public Education

Author: Torin Monahan

How do we prepare students to compete in the global economy
? How is globalization affecting technological change in public schools
? How might students and educators maneuver through the interplay of technological change and organizational restructuring
?
Based on extensive field work conducted with the Los Angeles Public School System, the 2nd largest in the United States, Globalization, Technological Change, and Public Education provides the first in depth ethnographic study of the interrelation globalization, Information technology and public schooling. The book offers a holistic perspective on the effects of technological change, organizational restructuring, and geographical emplacement upon the lives of people in the system. The book successfully illustrates the resonance that these changes have with similar ones occurring in other public institutions and places.

Globalization, Technological Change, and Public Education,
bridges theorywith real practice by concluding each chapter with recommendations for how people working within the school systems could improve the organizations to better meet the needs of students and teachers
provides compelling photographic examples of how technology is implemented in different schools and to what end
reveals how technology can maintain rather than eradicate inequalities among schools

Picking Winners or TRANS CAP CLASS

2009-01-14T09:59:00.000-08:00

Picking Winners?: From Technology Catch-up to the Space Race in Japan

Author: Saadia M Pekkanen

“ . . .This book is a solid contribution toward deciphering the so-called Japanese economic miracle.”—Enterprise and Society

	List of Figures and Tables
	Acknowledgments
	List of Abbreviations
	Introduction	1
1	The Logic of Industrial Selection	9
2	Quantitative Arts and Criteria for Selection	30
3	Political Economy of the Most-Favored Sectors	63
4	Criteria and Perceptions in Historical Perspective	112
5	The Commercial Space Launch Industry	161
6	TIPS from Postwar Japan	192
	Notes	215
	Bibliography	249
	Index	267

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TRANS CAP CLASS

Author: SKLAIR

The Transnational Capitalist Class provides theoretically informed empirical research to explain the process of globalization from the viewpoint of the corporations themselves. Through personal interviews with executives and managers from over eighty Fortune Global 500 corporations, Sklair demonstrates how globalization works from the perspective of those who control and oppose the major globalizing corporations and their allies in government and the media. Sklair's unique approach brings a fresh perspective to what has become a key debate of our time.

European Integration or Textbooks for Learning

2009-01-14T03:18:00.000-08:00

European Integration: An Economic Perspective

Author: Jorgen Drud Hansen

Hansen's study examines how far European economic integration has come. Is it still more useful to view the European Union countries as a set of individual economies, or does it now make more sense to look at them as forming one larger economy? The book attempts to answer this question in a range of expert contributions dealing with all the major aspects of European economic integration, including trade, economic growth, demographics, labour markets, industrial structures, foreign direct investment, and monetary integration.

Book review: Negócio

Textbooks for Learning

Author: Marilyn J Chambliss

This book is one of the most comprehensive texts discussing the design, selection and adoption of expository textbooks.

	List of figures
	List of tables
	Foreword
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
1	Today's Textbooks, Tomorrow's Minds: The Importance of Textbooks	1
Pt. I	The Characteristics of Well-Designed Textbooks	11
2	Designing the Ideal Text	13
3	The Design of Curriculum and Instruction	43
4	Designing the Ideal Textbook	75
5	Finding the Design in Textbook Materials	115
Pt. II	Well-Designed Textbook Publishing, State Adoption, and District Selection	163
6	Current Practices: Publishers, States, and Districts	165
7	Creating a Design for Publishing, Adopting, and Selecting	193
Pt. III	Stepping into the Future	243
8	A New Approach to Textbook Design: Instructional Support Systems	245
9	Bringing about the Ideal: Leaders and Collaborators	280
	References	299
	Index	308

Society on the Line or Planning Your Future

2009-01-13T17:38:00.000-08:00

Society on the Line: Information Politics in the Digital Age

Author: William H Dutton

Society on the Line presents a new way of thinking about the social and economic implications of the revolution in information and communication technologies (ICTs). It offers a clear overview of information in the digital age, and explains how social and technical choices about ICTs influence access to information, people, services, and technologies themselves.

Part I. A New Perspective of the Information Revolution

1. Introduction: Tele-Access - The Outcome of an Ecology of Games

2. Information Politics, Technology and Society

Part II. Social Dimensions of the Technical: Social, Cultural, and Political Processes Shaping Tele-Access

3. Technologies Shaping Tele-Access: A Force for Social Change

4. The Social Shaping of Tele-Access: Inventing our Futures

Part III. Tele-Access in Business, Management and Work

5. The Reach and Boundaries of Business and Management: Virtual Organizations

6. Redesigning the Workplace: Challenging Geographical and Cultural Constraints on Access

Part IV. Public Access in Politics, Governance, and Education

7. Digital Democracy: Electronic Access to Politics and Services

8. Knowledge Access: Reconfiguring Users and Producers in Teaching and Research

Part V. The Virtual City: Shaping Access in Everyday Life

9. The Intelligent Household: For Richer or Poorer

10. Wiring the Global Village

Part VI. Industrial Strategies and Public Policies

11. Regulating Access: Broadening the Policy Debate

12. The Politics of Tele-Access: Social Relations in a Network Society

Glossary

Bibliography

Book review: Internet as a Diverse Community or Internet Marketing

Planning Your Future: Keys to Financial Freedom

Author: Stephen Konowalow

Employing a friendly approach to the study of money, this book reveals proven strategies and information for saving for a sound financial future and retirement. It provides both the money sage and neophyte with more realistic ideas about money, especially their money, and the art of managing it. Chapter topics cover: the secret to financial independence; finding the money to invest; planning a budget for financial success; how to be a money knowledgeable, savvy, and wise investor; using gifts from the government; and more. For individuals interested in their own financial planing—those in school, starting out in the working world, or retiring.

Organizational Behaviour and Work or The Commercialization of American Culture

2009-01-13T10:57:00.000-08:00

Organizational Behaviour and Work: A Critical Introduction

Author: Fiona Wilson

This book provides a critical approach to the study of work and organizational behavior, questioning what organizational behavior is and how it has been researched and discussed. Written as an introductory textbook, the book aims to stimulate readers towards further questions and their own research.

This book is unique in that it deals directly with the weaknesses of theories of topics such as motivation, leadership and teambuilding while also covering topical subjects such as theft, fun, sex, romance, bullying, harassment, resistance, exploitation, unequal power relations and sabotage. This book gives a realist's perspective of what constitutes organizational behavior, providing a critique of the latest research from the gurus of management whilst also describing the realities of work and behavior found in organizations.

This new, second edition of Fiona Wilson's successful critical textbook is fully updated and expanded to include new chapters on scene setting, motivation, teams and teamworking, culture, leadership, change and organizational learning. Established sections such as unemployment, organizational misbehavior and sexuality have been updated and expanded.
The text has retained its unique critical stance while also encouraging greater student understanding and accessibility. The background to the major theories is explained and each chapter contains a wealth of student learning features including, chapter introductions, topical case studies, examples, stop boxes, group exercises, end of chapter questions, further reading and web links.

	Introduction	1
1	Scene Setting	7
2	Rationality: From Founding Fathers to Eugenics. Is it all about Fitting Worders to Jobs?	25
3	Rationality and Bureaucracy	49
4	What Work Means	65
5	The View from Below	73
6	Sexuality, Sex Typing, Managing Emotions, and Feeling in Control	91
7	When Organizational Behaviour is not so 'Good'	105
8	The View from Above: What Managers Do	127
9	Motivation	145
10	Power, Control, and Resistance	163
11	Culture	179
12	Teams and Teamworking	205
13	Organizational Learning	223
14	Leadership	237
15	Health, Well-Being, and Stress	253
16	Being Unemployed, Being a Volunteer, and Being 'on the Fiddle'	265
17	All Change?	277
18	Alternative Organizations	297
	Index	309

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The Commercialization of American Culture: New Advertising, Control and Democracy

Author: Matthew P McAllister

Divided into eight elaborate and well-defined chapters that leave out almost nothing that's relevant, Mathew P. McAllister-who is associated with the Virginia Polytechnic Institute-takes a graphic look at the advertising and consumer scene in America. . . . A bible, quran, bhagwatgita rolled into one for all concerned about a habitable universe." --Suresh Kohli in The Hindustan Times "This critical analysis should toss around American thinking on the subject of advertising as much as Vance Packard's The Hidden Persuaders (1957) did. Matthew P. McAllister has written a classic, showing advertising's invasion of everything--classrooms, doctors' offices, sports arenas, concert halls, museums. . . . Systematically researched, organized, and documented, this book should be required reading for advertising and media students and for the general public."

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The media, which are essential to the well-being of a democracy, are doing a poor job in serving a participatory citizenship, and are likely to do an even worse job in the future, says McAllister (communication studies, Va. Polytechnic Inst. and State U.). A large reason, he argues, is the current direction of advertising--the fuel that powers the engine of media--in an era of one- newspaper towns, cable monopolies, and homogeneous mall theater chains. He explores advertising tactics such as place-based media, cross-promotion, and product placement in movies, and shows that these phenomena are related, sparked by the same trends and often designed to accomplish the same goals. Paper edition (unseen), $21.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Global Spread of Arms or Analytical Methods in Economics

2009-01-13T02:16:00.000-08:00

Global Spread of Arms: Political Economy of International Security

Author: Frederic S Pearson

Today, despite the end of the cold war, more countries have more sophisticated weapons from more numerous suppliers than ever before. This is partly a product of continuing and growing conflicts—especially regional and interethnic ones—but it also reflects the political and economic difficulties of weaning public and private enterprise away from powerful and highly lucrative defense manufacturing and sales.In this compact yet comprehensive volume, Frederic Pearson surveys the broad terrain covered by the concept of “the security dilemma” and points out landmarks along the route proceeding from proliferation to economic interests, to potential “conversion,” to the future of defense production and marketing. Along the way we experience the lure of arms sales expositions and fairs and the quandary of deciding whether to arm victims of aggression. The author meticulously describes and documents the twin motives of “welfare and security” in the arms market: who buys weapons, who sells them, where they are produced, and how they are—and are not—used. Through a combination of data, anecdotes, illustrations, and narration accompanied by special feature boxes, we see how arms races have mounted historically and how they might be defused in this, the gathering post–Cold War order.From spears and axes to the radar-eluding stealth aircraft, The Global Spread of Arms charts the history of the arms dilemma and brings us up-to-date on myths and recent trends in weapons development internationally. Touching on issues ranging from multinational arms manufacturers to black and gray market consumers, from arms verification toarms autonomy, and from peace dividends to “peace through strength,” Pearson presents a balanced view of the policy debate about defense economies, collective security, and how to manage them.Governments of developed and developing countries alike talk about arms control but often fail to act in curtailing arms trade and transfers. Nowhere is the paradox of the “sovereign right to arm” more apparent than in current hot spots detailed by Pearson, including the Balkans, the former Soviet Union, Iraq, North Korea, and South Asia. We see an array of arms trends played out to devastating effect: sanctions, embargoes, multilateral trade and negotiations, smuggling, “arms balancing,” and, ultimately, proliferation and escalation cycles. Potential escape routes from weapons dilemmas also are offered in a full review of arms transfer controls.Students of international relations and international political economy, from peace studies to security studies, will join industry and government professionals as well as general readers in finding this primer indispensable to understanding the past and future global arsenal.

	List of Tables and Illustrations
	Acknowledgments
	List of Acronyms
	Introduction: Persistent Arms Dilemmas	1
1	Global Arms Proliferation: Past and Present	7
2	The Impetus to Manufacture and Acquire Arms	29
3	Arms Transfers and World Politics	53
4	Controlling the Spread of Arms	71
5	Conclusion: Can the Dilemmas Be Resolved?	95
	Appendix	113
	Discussion Questions	119
	Notes	123
	Suggested Readings	135
	Glossary	139
	About the Book and Author	143
	Books in This Series	145
	Index	147

Analytical Methods in Economics

Author: Akira Takayama

An accessible introduction to the analytical foundation of economics.

The American Work Ethic and the Changing Work Force or Offshore Financial Centers Accounting Services and the Global Economy

2009-01-12T18:35:00.000-08:00

The American Work Ethic and the Changing Work Force: An Historical Perspective, Vol. 52

Author: Herbert A Applebaum

A major force in American society, the work ethic has played a pivotal role in U.S. history, affecting cultural, social, and economic institutions. But what is the American work ethic? Not only has it changed from one era to another, but it varies with race, gender, and occupation. Considering such diverse groups as Colonial craftsmen, slaves, 19th century women, and 20th century factory workers, this book provides a history of the American work ethic from Colonial times to the present. Tracing both continuities and differences, the book is divided into sections on the Colonial era, the 19th century and the 20th century and includes chapters on both major occupational groups, such as farmers, factory workers, laborers, and gender, racial, and ethnic minorities.

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Employing an impressionistic, anthropological point of view, the author looks at the way Americans have viewed work over the past four centuries. Presented in the form of 21 essays, the material discusses the work ethic among farmers, craftsmen, indentured servants, slaves, women, artisans, factory workers, white collar professionals, immigrants, and minorities across American history. The author argues that the work ethic has always been central to American values and provides a valuable window into American culture. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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Offshore Financial Centers, Accounting Services and the Global Economy

Author: David L L McKe

The new global climate of free enterprise has brought with it a proliferation of offshore financial centers that presumably have important roles to play in the emergent global economy. The air of secrecy that appears to pervade the activities of offshore financial centers may well slant or obscure any real understanding of the functions of such centers. The authors investigate the role of major international accounting firms and their services in the processes of business facilitation in the locations that host these centers. By focusing the investigation upon the role of the accounting firms in offshore financial centers, the authors gain a better grasp of the real or potential impacts of the firms in the global economy and in the jurisdictions that host them. Not only do the authors provide a detailed assessment of what the major accounting firms are actually doing in the centers, but they point out what attributes are needed by jurisdictions hoping to succeed as offshore financial centers. The centers included are Antigua, Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, Gibraltar, Malta, Cyprus, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Mauritius, the Seychelles, Singapore, and Vanuatu.

Introduction
The General Frame of Reference
The Role of Offshore Financial Centers
The Centers, International Services, and the Accounting Firms
Offshore Financial Centers and the Accounting Firms in a Global Perspective
Offshore Financial Centers and the Major Accounting Firms in Regional Contexts
The Firms in Selected Caribbean and North Atlantic Centers
The Firms in Selected European Centers
The Firms in Offshore Centers in the Persian Gulf, the Indian Ocean and the Far East
Institutional Parameters for Accounting Practice
Accounting and Business Environment in the Caribbean and the North Atlantic
The Climate for Accounting and Business Services in Selected European Centers
Accounting and Business Environment in the Persian Gulf, the Indian Ocean and the Far East
Implications For Growth and Change
Offshore Financial Centers, Accounting Services and the Global Economy
Some Final Reflections
Bibliography
Index

Modeling the Supply Chain or Crossing Currents

2009-01-12T11:54:00.000-08:00

Modeling the Supply Chain

Author: Jeremy F Shapiro

With an emphasis on modeling techniques, Jeremy Shapiro's MODELING THE SUPPLY CHAIN is the perfect tool for courses in supply chain management or for professional managers who seek better analytical tools for managing their supply chains, information technologists who are responsible for developing and/or maintaining such tools, and consultants who conduct supply chain studies using models. Shapiro examines in detail the roles of data, models, and modeling systems in helping companies improve the management of their supply chains. The focus is on optimization models based on linear and mixed integer programming. The complementary role played by descriptive models in developing data inputs for optimization models is thoroughly reviewed. Using numerous applications, Shapiro clearly illustrates that when properly implemented, these methodologies can create accurate and comprehensive models of great practical value. The book also shows how competitive advantage in supply chain management can be most fully realized by developing and applying optimization modeling systems.

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With an emphasis on data, models, and modeling systems, this text teaches professionals and students how to analyze supply chain planning problems. It overviews IT developments related to improving supply chain performance, introduces fundamentals of optimization modeling, explains design principles for supply chain network optimization systems, and presents a methodology for scheduling problems that combines optimization methods with heuristics. It also offers examples of modeling applications to strategic, tactical, and operational supply chain planning problems. The author is affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

PART I: INTRODUCTION TO SUPPLY-CHAIN MANAGEMENT. 1. Supply-Chain Management, Integrated Planning, and Models. 2. Information Technology. PART II: MODELING AND SOLUTION METHODS. 3. Fundamentals of Modeling: Linear Programming. 4. Fundamentals of Modeling: Mixed Integer Programming. 5. Unified Optimization Methodology for Operational Planning . 6. The Supply-Chain Decision Database. PART III: APPLICATIONS. 7. Strategic and Tactical Supply Chain Planning: State-of-the-Art Modeling Applications . 8. Strategic and Tactical Supply-Chain Planning: Advanced Modeling Applications. 9. Integration of Financial and Physical Supply-Chains. 10. Operational Supply-Chain Planning. 11. Inventory Management. PART IV: THE FUTURE. 12. Organizational Adaptation to Supply-Chain Modeling Systems.

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Crossing Currents: Continuity and Change in Latin America

Author: Michael B Whiteford

Designed to expose readers to some of the most important critical thinking by anthropologists across a wide range of issues, this anthology combines a variety of works that examine Latin American cultures from a number of different perspectives. Very accessible and perceptive, it covers a wide range of topics -- beginning with a general overview of Latin America (observations about size of land mass, geography, population size and growth rates) and then highlighting some of the cultural characteristics that permit us to talk about "Latin America" -- balancing the incredible cultural diversity with some of the overriding features that give at least the appearance of "similarity."

Eclipse of Morality or Training for Professionals Who Work with Gay and Lesbians in Educational and WorkPlace Settings

2009-01-12T02:13:00.000-08:00

Eclipse of Morality: Science, State, and Market

Author: Lawrence Busch

Using the works of Bacon, Hobbes, and Adam Smith as well as historical examples drawn from the last two centuries, Busch shows how the ideas initially proposed by these thinkers became reified as scientism, statism, and marketism--systems of belief that a single mode of ordering could solve the riddle of society, and thereby supplant moral responsibility.

Busch contrasts this approach with concrete examples of successful attempts to extend democracy into these areas--to create multiple orderings--so that moral responsibility is neither crushingly heavy on individuals nor unbearably light on society.

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction: The Politics of Science and the Science of Politics	1
1	Development and the Problem of Order	5
	Order	5
	A Digression on Method	7
	Bacon: Democratic Technocracy	9
	Hobbes: The Moral Responsibility of the State	16
	Smith: The Morality of the Marketplace	23
	Three Paths to Order; Three Paths from Moral Responsibility	27
2	The Technology of Power and the Power of Technology	33
	The United States	35
	The Soviet Union	47
	From the Green Revolution to the Gene Revolution	56
	Other Nations	63
	The Critics	67
	Conclusion: Bacon Lives!	67
3	The State of the State	71
	The Colonial Project	72
	The Oppressive State and the State of Oppression	77
	Statism with a Democratic Face	82
	The Rise of the Private State	89
	The State and the Individual	93
4	Selling the Market	97
	The Irish Potato Famine	99
	The Expansion of Intellectual Property Rights	101
	Education	108
	Social Security	109
	The Return of the State	110
5	Beyond the Leviathans	117
	Scientism	117
	Statism	119
	Marketism	122
	Fundamentalism: A Solution?	133
	Beyond Scientism, Statism, and Marketism	135
	Of Chickens and Eggs	136
6	Networks of Democracy	147
	Politics with a Capital P	152
	The Workplace	156
	Science and Technology Choice	162
	Education	168
	Health Care	173
	Arts	175
	Media	176
	Family	179
	Law	184
	Putting It All Together: Networks of Democracy	185
	References	189
	Index	207

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Training for Professionals Who Work with Gay and Lesbians in Educational and WorkPlace Settings

Author: Hilda F Besner

This manual was written for trainers, both in the private and public sectors, who are responsible for educating employees about gay and lesbian issues that directly or indirectly affect organizations in educational or workplace settings.

There are compelling reasons for addressing gay and lesbian issues in educational and workplace settings. Many gays and lesbians are victims of prejudice, discrimination, and violent behavior that is motivated by fear, misinformation, and/or lack of knowledge. Unsafe environments in the educational and workplace environments can have negative effects on the productivity and creativity of personnel and interpersonal relationships.

Urban Future 21 or After Lean Production

2009-01-11T18:32:00.000-08:00

Urban Future 21: A Global Agenda for 21st-Century Cities

Author: Sir Peter Hall

Urban Future 21 is an entirely new and comprehensive review of the state of world urban development at the millennium and a forecast of the main issues that will dominate urban debates in the next 25 years. Prepared for the World Commission on on 21st Century Urbanization conference, it is the most significant book on cities and city planning problems to appear for many years.

Booknews

A collection of material prepared for the July 2000 international conference in Berlin to provide background information to the World Commission on 21st-Century Urbanization established by the German government. It analyzes various aspects of the globalization process and projections of how they will impact cities throughout the world over the next quarter century. The report of the conference itself is shorter and more accessible. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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After Lean Production: Evolving Employment Practices in the World Auto Industry

Author: Thomas A Kochan

Nearly every country that produces cars views the automobile industry as strategically important because of its direct economic significance and because it serves as a bell-weather for innovation in employment conditions. In this book, industrial relations experts from eleven countries consider the state of the industry worldwide. They are particularly interested in assessing whether the loudly heralded model of lean production initiated by Toyota has become pervasive.

The contributors focus on employment practices: the way work is organized, how workers and managers interact, the way worker representatives respond to lean production strategies, and the nature of the adaptation and innovation process itself. Global competition and changing technological possibilities are pressuring other industries to transform their employment practices and the auto industry may be an important harbinger of what is to come.

	Tables and Figures
	Acknowledgments
Pt. I	An International Perspective on the Auto Industry
1	Introduction	3
2	Changes in Auto Industry Employment Practices: An International Overview	9
Pt. II	Bellwethers of Innovation in the Auto Industry
3	Japan: Beyond the Model for Lean Production	45
4	United States: Variations on a Theme	61
5	Canada: Continuity and Change	85
6	Germany: Implementing Lean Production	109
7	Germany: Labor's Perspective on Lean Production	117
8	United Kingdom: The Reorganization of Production	137
9	Italy: Changing the Workplace in the Auto Industry	155
10	Spain, France, and Italy: Mediterranean Lean Production	177
11	Sweden: The Volvo and Saab Road beyond Lean Production	191
12	Australia: Restructuring for Survival	205
Pt. III	Emerging Economies and Lean Production
13	South Africa: The Struggle for Human Resource Development	231
14	Brazil: The Diffusion of a New Pattern of Industrial Relations Practices	255
15	Korea: Recent Developments and Policy Options	273
Pt. IV	After Lean Production
16	Conclusion: After Lean Production?	303
	References	325
	Contributors	337
	Index	343

Automation Production Systems and Computer Integrated Manufacturing or Capital Culture Gender at Work

2009-01-11T09:51:00.000-08:00

Automation, Production Systems, and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing

Author: Mikell P Groover

This book provides the most advanced, comprehensive, and balanced coverage on the market of the technical and engineering aspects of automated production systems. It covers all the major cutting-edge technologies of production automation and material handling, and how these technologies are used to construct modern manufacturing systems. Manufacturing Operations; Industrial Control Systems; Sensors, Actuators, and Other Control System Components; Numerical Control; Industrial Robotics; Discrete Control Using Programmable Logic Controllers and Personal Computers; Material Transport Systems; Storage Systems; Automatic Data Capture; Single Station Manufacturing Cells; Group Technology and Cellular Manufacturing; Flexible Manufacturing Systems; Manual Assembly Lines; Transfer Lines and Similar Automated Manufacturing Systems; Automated Assembly Systems; Statistical Process Control; Inspection Principles and Practices; Inspection Technologies; Product Design and CAD/CAM in the Production System; Process Planning and Concurrent Engineering; Production Planning and Control Systems; and Lean Production and Agile Manufacturing. For anyone interested in Automation, Production Systems, and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing.

Booknews

A text for advanced engineering students, with sections on automation and control technologies, material handling technologies, manufacturing and quality control systems, and manufacturing support systems. Includes example problems and exercises. This second edition offers expanded coverage of automation fundamentals, numerical control programing, group technology, and flexible manufacturing systems, in addition to many other topics. Material has been completely reorganized. This edition also includes 125 new quantitative problems, and historical notes describing the development and historical background of automation technologies. The author teaches industrial and manufacturing systems engineering at Lehigh University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Capital Culture Gender at Work

Author: Linda McDowell

The changing nature of waged work in contemporary advanced industrial nations is one of the most significant aspects of political and economic debate. It is also the subject of intense debate among observers of gender. Capital Culture explores these changes focusing particularly on the gender relations between the men and women who work in the financial services sector. The multiple ways in which masculinities and femininities are constructed is revealed through the analysis of interviews with dealers, traders, analysts and corporate financiers.
Drawing on a range of disciplinary approaches, the various ways in which gender segregation is established and maintained is explored. In fascinating detail, the everyday experiences of men and women working in a range of jobs and in different spaces, from the dealing rooms to the boardrooms, are examined. This volume is unique in focusing on men as well as women, showing that for men too there are multiple ways of doing gender at work.

	List of Illustrations
	List of Tables
	Series Preface
	Acknowledgements
	Introduction: Money and Work	1
Pt. I	Gender at Work	9
1	Thinking through Work: Gender, Power and Space	11
2	City Work/Places: The Old and New City	43
3	Gendered Work Patterns	69
4	Gendered Career Paths	83
5	The Culture of Banking: Reproducing Class and Gender Divisions	117
Pt. II	Bodies at Work	135
6	Engendered Cultures: The Impossibility of Being a Man	137
7	Body Work 1: Men Behaving Badly	158
8	Body Work 2: The Masqueraders	181
9	Conclusions: Rethinking Work/Places	204
Appendix	The Field Work	213
	Bibliography	217
	Index	236

Markstrat3 or Principles of Accounting

2009-01-11T03:10:00.000-08:00

Markstrat3: The Strategic Marketing Simulation

Author: Jean Claude Larrech

This #1 marketing simulation is designed for teaching strategic marketing concepts. It incorporates theories of market and competitive behavior. Users are grouped into teams that are in direct competition in the simulated world. The teams will confront marketing problems, and develop and implement strategies over as many as 12 simulated years. MARKSTRAT3: The Marketing Strategy Simulation is the user's guide that accompanies the MARKSTRAT3 simulation software. Note: The MARKSTRAT3 software is not sold by ITP or South-Western College Publishing. Professors should contact STRAT*X (Boston: 617-494-8282, Paris: 330.1.64.45.87.53) for details concerning licensing of the software.

New interesting book: Independence Additivity Uncertainty or The Little Book of Cases in Hospitality Management

Principles of Accounting

Author: Meg Pollard

The Demo Docs System of instruction replicates the classroom experience by providing more “I get it” moments outside of class. We’ve talked to tons of POA instructors and our editors have even taken the accounting course (numerous times!) to figure out the following issue in this course that is consistent: Students understand (or “get it”) right after you do a problem in class, but as soon as they leave class, with each passing hour, their ability to do the problems again and complete their homework diminishes to the point of them either having to come to office hours to get help, or they just quit and get behind in the course. On top of this, you can end up getting behind in the course as well, in order to keep everyone on track. The Demo Docs system helps to recreate the “I get it” moments outside of class-- keeping both you and the students on track.

Chapter 1 Accounting and the Business Environment
Vignette: Turning Your Dreams into Business
Business Organizations
Types of Businesses
Forms of Business Organizations
Accounting and Accountability
Organization Accountability
Financial Accounting and Management Accounting
Accounting Concepts and Principles
The Entity Concept
The Reliability (Objectivity) Principle
The Cost Principle
The Going-Concern Concept
The Accounting Equation
Assets, Liabilities, and Owner’s Equity
Components of Owner’s Equity
Accounting for Business Transactions
Evaluating Business Transactions
Financial Statements
The Income Statement
The Statement of Owner’s Equity
The Balance Sheet
The Statement of Cash Flows
Relationships Among the Financial Statements
Ethical Decision Making
Ethics in Accounting and Business
Standards of Professional Conduct
Accounting in Action
Review
Word Power
Quick Check
Accounting Practice
Short Exercises
Exercises
Problems
Be on Guard Case #1
Be on Guard Case #2
Know Your Business
Quick Check Solutions

Chapter 2 Recording Business Transactions
Vignette: Shopping for Your Future
Process of Recording and Summarizing Business Transactions
Transactions
Accounts
Assets
Liabilities
Owner’s Equity
Chart of Accounts
Double Entry Accounting
Rules of Debits and Credits
T-Account
Normal Balance
Recording and SummarizingBusiness Transactions
The Transaction Analysis
Applying Transaction Analysis
Balancing the Accounts
Details of Journals and Ledgers
Posting
Four-Column Account
Trial Balance
Trial Balance Errors
Using the Trial to Prepare Financial Statements
Accounting in Action
Review
Word Power
Quick Check
Accounting Practice
Short Exercises
Exercises
Problems
Be on Guard Case #1
Be on Guard Case #2
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Chapter 3 The Adjusting Process
Vignette: Adjusting to Reality
Measuring Business Income Using Accounting Principles
Types of Adjusting Entries
Adjusting the Accounts
Deferrals
Accruals
Summary of the Adjusting Process
The Adjusted Trial Balance
Preparing the Financial Statements
Relationships Among the Financial Statements
Accounting in Action
Review
Word Power
Quick Check
Accounting Practice
Short Exercises
Exercises
Problems
Be on Guard Case #1
Be on Guard Case #2
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Quick Check Solutions

Chapter 4 Completing the Accounting Cycle
Vignette: Scoring the Game
The Accounting Cycle
The Worksheet
Completing the Accounting Cycle
Preparing the Financial Statements
Recording the Adjusting Entries
Closing the Accounts
The Four Closing Entries
Post-Closing Trial Balance
Classifying Assets and Liabilities
Assets
Liabilities
A Classified Balance Sheet
Accounting in Action
Review
Word Power
Quick Check
Accounting Practice
Short Exercises
Exercises
Problems
Be on Guard Case #1
Be on Guard Case #2
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Chapter 5 Accounting for a Retail Business
Vignette: Catching the Wave
The Supply Chain
The Supplier/Retailer Relationship
Retail Inventory Systems
The Retailer/Customer Relationship
Accounting for the Supplier/Retailer Relationship
Cash and Credit Purchases
Purchase Discounts
Purchase Returns and Allowances
Accounting for the Retailer/Customer Relationship
Cash Sales
Credit Sales
Sales Discounts to Other Businesses – The Supplier’s Perspective
Sales Returns and Allowances
Accounting for Delivery and Other Selling Expenses
Costs to Receive Goods from Suppliers
Cost to Deliver Goods to Customers
Other Selling Costs
Preparing a Retailer’s Financial Statements
Income Statement
Statement of Owner’s Equity
Balance Sheet
Two Key Ratios for Decision Making
The Gross Profit Percentage
The Rate of Inventory Turnover
Accounting in Action
Review
Word Power
Quick Check
Accounting Practice
Short Exercises
Exercises
Problems
Be on Guard Case #1
Be on Guard Case #2
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Quick Check Solutions

Chapter 6 Internal Control and Cash
Vignette: Protecting Yourself
Fraud in Business
The Fraud Triangle
Fraud
Organization Accountability for Fraud
Objectives of Internal Control
Control Activities
Accountability for Internal Control
Limitations of Internal Control
Internal Control For Cash
Internal Control over Cash Receipts
Internal Control over Cash Payments
The Bank Account
Preparing the Bank Reconciliation
Online Banking
Petty Cash
Setting Up the Petty Cash Fund
Replenishing the Petty Cash Fund
Changing the Petty Cash Fund
Reporting Cash on the Balance Sheet
Accounting in Action
Review
Word Power
Quick Check
Accounting Practice
Short Exercises
Exercises
Problems
Be on Guard Case #1
Be on Guard Case #2
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Chapter 7 Receivables
Vignette: Throwing the Credit Net
Sales and Receivables
Types of Sales
Types of Receivables
Internal Control Over Receivables
Managing the Collection of Receivables
The Direct Write-Off Method
The Allowance Method
Estimating Uncollectibles
Notes Receivables
Overview
Accounting for Notes Receivable
Accruing Interest Revenue
Dishonred Notes Receivable
More Ratios for Decision Making
Quick Ratio
Days’ Sales in Receivables
Accounting in Action
Review
Word Power
Quick Check
Accounting Practice
Short Exercises
Exercises
Problems
Be on Guard Case #1
Be on Guard Case #2
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Quick Check Solutions

Chapter 8 Inventory
Vignette: Managing the Goods
Inventory
Types of Inventory
Inventory Shrinkage
Internal Controls over Inventory
Inventory Costing Methods
Inventory Cost Flows
First-in, First-Out (FIFO) Method
Last-In, First-Out (LIFO) Method
Average Cost Method
Journalizing Inventory Transactions
Comparing FIFO, LIFO, and Average Cost
Valuing Inventory Using Lower-of-Cost-or-Market (LCM)
Reporting Inventory on the Balance Sheet
Financial Statement Presentation of Inventory
Effects of Inventory Errors
Using the Gross Profit Method to Estimate Ending Inventory
Accounting in Action
Review
Word Power
Quick Check
Accounting Practice
Short Exercises
Exercises
Problems
Be on Guard Case #1
Be on Guard Case #2
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Quick Check Solutions

Chapter 9 Long-Term Assets: Plant Assets and Intangibles
Vignette: Making Assets Work
Long-Term Assets
Measuring the Cost of Plant Assets
Land and Land Improvements
Building, Equipment, Machinery, Furniture, and Fixtures
A Lump-Sum (Basket) Purchase of Assets
Capital Expenditures
Measuring Plant Asset Depreciation
Depreciation Methods
Comparing Depreciation Methods
Other Issues in Accounting for Plant Assets
Disposing of a Plant Asset
Selling a Plant Asset
Exchanging Plant Assets
Retiring a Plant Asset
Accounting for Natural Resources
Accounting for Intangible Assets
Patents
Copyrights
Trademarks and Brand Names
Franchises and Licenses
Goodwill
Presenting Long-Term Assets on the Balance Sheet
Accounting in Action
Review
Word Power
Quick Check
Accounting Practice
Short Exercises
Exercises
Problems
Be on Guard Case #1
Be on Guard Case #2
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Quick Check Solutions

Chapter 10 Current Liabilities and Payroll
Vignette: Taking Money to Make Money
Current Liabilities of Known Amount
Accounts Payable
Short-Term Notes Payable and Interest Payable
Sales Tax Payable
Current Portion of Long-Term Notes Payable
Accrued Expenses
Unearned Revenues
Estimated and Contingent Liabilities
Estimated Warranty Payable
Contingent Liabilities
More Ratios for Decision Making
Accounting for Payroll
Gross Pay and Net Pay
Employee Payroll Deductions
Employer Payroll Taxes
Other Payroll Considerations
The Payroll Process
Payroll Register
Payroll Checks
Employee Earnings Record
Internal Control over Payroll
Payroll Entries
Record Employee Compensation
Record Employer Payroll Taxes and Contributions to Employee Benefits
Record Payments of Compensation, Taxes, and Benefits
Reporting Payroll Expenses and Liabilities
Accounting in Action
Review
Word Power
Quick Check
Accounting Practice
Short Exercises
Exercises
Problems
Be on Guard Case #1
Be on Guard Case #2
Know Your Business
Quick Check Solutions

Chapter 11 Corporations and Stockholders’ Equity
Vignette: Incorporating a Great Idea
Forms of Business Organizations
Corporations: An Overview
Organizing a Corporation
Stockholders’ Equity
Classes of Stocks
Issuing Stock
Issuing Common Stock
Issuing Preferred Stock
Accounting for Cash Dividends
Dividend Dates
Dividends on Preferred and Common Stock
Dividends on Cumulative and Noncumulative Preferred Stock
Stock Dividends and Stock Splits
Stock Dividend
Stock Splits
Comparison of Cash Dividends, Stock Dividends, and Stock Splits
Treasury Stock
Purchase of Treasury Stock
Sale of Treasury Stock
Reporting Stockholders’ Equity
Stockholders’ Equity Section of the Balance Sheet
Statement of Stockholders’ Equity
Accounting in Action
Review
Word Power
Quick Check
Accounting Practice
Short Exercises
Exercises
Problems
Be on Guard Case #1
Be on Guard Case #2
Know Your Business
Quick Check Solutions

Chapter 12 Long-term Liabilities
Vignette: Funding for Financial Fitness
Long-Term Liabilities: Mortgages and Leases
Mortgage Notes Payable
Lease Liabilities
Bonds Payable
Types of Bonds
Present Value
Bond Interest Rates
Bond Prices
Issuing Bonds Payable and Paying Interest
Issuing Bonds Payable at Maturity Value
Issuing Bonds Payable at a Discount
Issuing Bonds Payable at a Premium
Adjusting Entries for Interest Expense
Retirement of Bonds
Redeeming Bonds at Maturity
Early Retirement of Bonds Payable
Reporting Liabilities on the Balance Sheet
Accounting in Action
Review
Word Power
Quick Check
Accounting Practice
Short Exercises
Exercises
Problems
Be on Guard Case #1
Be on Guard Case #2
Know Your Business
Quick Check Solutions

Chapter 13 The Statement of Cash Flows
Vignette: Cashing in for Business Success
Basic Concepts: Statement of Cash Flows
Operating, Investing, and Financing Activities
Two Formats for Operating Activities
Noncash Investing and Financing Activities
Preparing the Statement of Cash Flows by the Indirect Method
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
NonCash Investing and Financing Activities
Preparing the Statement of Cash Flows by the Direct Method
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
Accounting in Action
Review
Word Power
Quick Check
Accounting Practice
Short Exercises
Exercises
Problems
Be on Guard Case #1
Be on Guard Case #2
Know Your Business
Quick Check Solutions

Chapter 14 Financial Statement Analysis
Vignette: Sorting Out Investment Choices
Purpose of Financial Statement Analysis
Horizontal Analysis
Trend Percentages
Vertical Analysis
How Do We Compare One Company with Another?
Using Ratios to Make Decisions
Liquidity Ratios
Profitability Ratios
Asset Utilization
Debt Utilization
Analyzing Stock Investments
Economic Value Added
Analyzing Nonfinancial Data
Accounting in Action
Review
Word Power
Quick Check
Accounting Practice
Short Exercises
Exercises
Problems
Be on Guard Case #1
Be on Guard Case #2
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Quick Check Solutions

Chapter 15 Introduction to Management Accounting
Vignette: Joe’s Delivery Service, Maria’s Birthday Cakes, Roberto’s Bakery
Management Accountability
Today’s Business Environment
Service Companies
Merchandising Companies
Manufacturing Companies
Accounting in Action
Review
Word Power
Quick Check
Accounting Practice
Short Exercises
Exercises
Problems
Be on Guard Case #1
Be on Guard Case #2
Know Your Business
Quick Check Solutions

Chapter 16 Job Order Costing
Vignette: Seasons Greetings
How Much Does It Cost to Make a Product? Two Approaches
Job Order Costing for Manufacturing Products
Job Order Costing: Accounting for Material and Labor
Accounting for Materials
Accounting.com: Beyond the Bar Code: Radio Frequency Identification Systems
Accounting for Labor
Job Order Costing: Allocating Manufacturing Overhead
Allocating Manufacturing Overhead to Jobs
Accounting for Completion and Sale of Finished Goods and Adjusting Manufacturing Overhead
Accounting for the Competition and Sale of Finished Goods
Adjusting Underallocated or Overallocated Manufacturing Overhead at the End of the Period
Overview of Job Costing in a Manufacturing Company
Job Order Costing in a Service Copany
Accounting in Action
Review
Word Power
Quick Check
Accounting Practice
Short Exercises
Exercises
Problems
Be on Guard Case #1
Be on Guard Case #2
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Quick Check Solutions

Chapter 17 Process Costing
Vignette: Puzzle Me
Process Costing: An Overview
Two Basic Costing Systems: Job Order Costing and Process Costing
How Does the Flow of Costs Differ Between Job and Process Costing?
Building Blocks of Process Costing
Conversion Costs
Equivalent Units
Process Costing in First Department with No Beginning Inventory
Illustrating Process Costing
Step 1: Summarize the Flow of Physical Units
Step 2: Compute Output in Terms of Equivalent Units
Step 3: Summarize Total Costs to Account For
Step 4: Compute the Cost per Equivalent Unit
Step 5: Assign Costs to Units Completed and to Units in Ending Work in Process Inventory
Process Costing in a Second Department
The Weighted-Average Process Costing Method
Steps 1 and 2: Summarize the Flow of Physical Units
and Compute Output in Terms of Equivalent Units
Steps 3: Summarize Total Costs to Account For and Compute the Cost per Equivalent Unit
Step 4: Assign Total Cost to Units Completed and to Units in Ending Work in Process Inventory
How Managers Use a Production Cost Report
Accounting in Action
Review
Word Power
Quick Check
Accounting Practice
Short Exercises
Exercises
Problems
Be on Guard Case #1
Be on Guard Case #2
Know Your Business
Quick Check Solutions

Chapter 18 Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis
Vignette: Mi Tierra Driving School
Cost Behavior
Variable Costs
Fixed Costs
Mixed Costs
High-Low Method
Relevant Range
Basic CVP Analysis: What Must We Sell to Break Even?
Assumptions
How Much Must We Sell to Break Even? Three Approaches
Using CVP to Plan Profits
How Much Must We Sell to Earn a Profit?
Graphing Cost-Volume-Profit Relations
Using CVP for Sensitivity Analysis
Changing the Sale Price
Changing Variable Costs
Changing Fixed Costs
Margin of Safety
Information Technology and Sensitivity Analysis
Effects of Sales Mix on CVP Analysis
Accounting in Action
Review
Word Power
Quick Check
Accounting Practice
Short Exercises
Exercises
Problems
Be on Guard Case #1
Be on Guard Case #2
Know Your Business
Quick Check Solutions

Chapter 19 The Master Budget and Responsibility Accounting
Vignette: Pete’s Pet Shop
Why Managers Use Budgets
Using Budgets to Plan and Control
The Benefits of Budgeting
Preparing the Master Budget
Components of the Master Budget
Preparing the Operating Budget
The Sales Budget
The Inventory, Purchases, and Cost of Goods Sold Budget
The Operating Expenses Budget
The Budgeted Income Statement
Preparing the Financial Budget
Preparing the Cash Budget
The Budgeted Balance Sheet
Getting Employees to Accept the Budget
Using Information Technology for Sensitivity Analysis and Rolling Up Unit Budgets
Sensitivity Analysis
Rolling Up Individual Unit Budgets into the Companywide Budget
Responsibility Accounting
Four Types of Responsibility Centers
Responsibility Accounting Performance Reports
Accounting in Action
Review
Word Power
Quick Check
Accounting Practice
Short Exercises
Exercises
Problems
Be on Guard Case #1
Be on Guard Case #2
Know Your Business
Quick Check Solutions

Chapter 20 Flexible Budgets and Standard Costs
Vignette: How Managers Use Flexible Budgets
What is a Flexible Budget?
Standard Costing
Price Standards
Quantity Standards
Why Do Companies Use Standard Costs?
Variance Analysis
Analyzing the Flexible Budget Variance: How Pluto Uses Standard Costing:
Direct Material Variances
Direct Labor Variances
Manufacturing Overhead Variances
Allocating Overhead in a Standard Cost System
Overhead Flexible Budget Variance
Production Volume Variance
Summary of Overhead Variances
Standard Cost Accounting Systems
Journal Entries
Standard Cost Income Statement for Management
Accounting in Action
Review
Word Power
Quick Check
Accounting Practice
Short Exercises
Exercises
Problems
Be on Guard Case #1
Be on Guard Case #2
Know Your Business
Quick Check Solutions

Chapter 21 Special Business Decisions and Capital Budgeting
Vignette:
Relevant Information
How Managers Make Decisions
What Information Is Relevant to a Special Business Decision?
How to Make Short-Term Special Decisions
Special Sales Order Decision
Dropping a Business Segment (A Product, A Department, A Territory)
Product Mix—Which Product to Emphasize?
Outsourcing (Make or Buy) Decisions
Sell As Is or Process Further?
How Do Short-Term and Long-Term Special Decisions Differ?
Using Payback and Accounting Rate of Return to Make Capital Budgeting Decisions
Payback Period
Accounting Rate of Return
Using Discounted Cash-Flow Models to Make Capital Budgeting Decisions
Net Present Value
Internal Rate of Return
Comparing Capital Budgeting Methods
Accounting in Action
Review
Word Power
Quick Check
Accounting Practice
Short Exercises
Exercises
Problems
Be on Guard Case #1
Be on Guard Case #2
Know Your Business
Quick Check Solutions

Independence Additivity Uncertainty or The Little Book of Cases in Hospitality Management

2009-01-10T17:29:00.000-08:00

Independence, Additivity, Uncertainty

Author: Karl Vind

This book deals with the important economic problem of uncertainty. The first attempt was to simplify and unify some results usually taught in courses in mathematical economics. The economic interpretation of the results was representations of preferences as sums or integrals and the decomposition of preferences into utilities and probabilities. The book contains all the classical results, but the main justification of the book is that the approach taken in the earlier versions was also the proper approach in generalizing from preferences, which were total preorders to preferences, which were not total or transitive. The same mathematics gives representations which are additive. It also gives decompositions where concepts of utility, probability, and uncertainty appeared. These results are new and give a solution to how uncertainty can be formalized.

Look this: Starting Out with C or Core Concepts of Information Systems Auditing

The Little Book of Cases in Hospitality Management: Stories from Industry Practitioners

Author: Peter Ricci

This book presents a collection of current stories culminated into cases from the real world experiences of industry practitioners. The authors bring a combined experience of over 35 years in lodging, meeting planning, F&B, human resources, strategy, marketing, and destination promotion. The 45 easy to read, thought provoking cases–focusing on all sectors of the industry–provide users with the visceral experiences of practicing middle level hospitality management. Features 45 real world cases culminated from stories extracted from practicing managers in the hospitality industry–including lodging, foodservice, theme parks, attractions, resorts, recreation, events, transportation and entertainment venues. A great supplement for entry-level managers in the hospitality industry or operations, marketing, human resources, finance, and administration careers.

Case 1	Productivity enhancement	3
Case 2	Leading a turnaround strategy	4
Case 3	Value-added restaurant service	5
Case 4	Training strategies	6
Case 5	Turnaround strategies and employee relations	7
Case 6	Rules and progressive discipline	8
Case 7	A new management assignment	9
Case 8	Dealing with problem employees	10
Case 9	The restaurant	13
Case 10	Career paths	16
Case 11	A comparison of management styles	18
Case 12	Management and employee motivation	20
Case 13	The department transfer	22
Case 14	The training scenario	24
Case 15	Managers' reputations	26
Case 16	Coaching, counseling, and discipline	27
Case 17	The special restaurant	29
Case 18	Subjective management practices	31
Case 19	Job opportunities	33
Case 20	Human resource management overview	37
Case 21	Recruitment and retention	39
Case 22	Employee productivity and value-added management	41
Case 23	Legal compliance	43
Case 24	Employee relations and retention	46
Case 25	Employee retention	49
Case 26	Legal compliance	52
Case 27	Recruitment and selection	55
Case 28	Employee training and needs assessment	58
Case 29	Employee compensation	61
Case 30	Performance appraisals and management responsibility	64
Case 31	Management communications and employee relations	67
Case 32	Leadership development	69
Case 33	Employee motivation and recognition programs	71
Case 34	Starting and running an HR office	74
Case 35	The invisible car	79
Case 36	Taking care of the elderly	83
Case 37	There's a mouse in the house	87
Case 38	Forty-eight hours	90
Case 39	Don't park here	93
Case 40	The confused consultant	95
Case 41	Can you float me a loan?	97
Case 42	The "sick" van	100
Case 43	The prejudiced housekeeper	103
Case 44	The overnight "vigil"	107
Case 45	The disappearing dodge	113

Cost Accounting or Managing Organizations

2009-01-10T10:48:00.000-08:00

Cost Accounting: Principles and Applications, Text

Author: Horace R Brock

Cost Accounting provides comprehensive coverage of cost accounting principles and techniques in short learning segments that make it easier for students to learn and understand the material. In addition to a clear, concise writing style, carefully planned organization, and numerous illustrations, this new edition now offers an even more attractive design that enhances learning while maintaining student interest. A spreadsheet applications disk can be packaged with the text.

New interesting book: The Prostate Cancer Treatment Book or The Triathletes Guide to Bike Training

Managing Organizations: Current Issues

Author: Cynthia Hardy

In this, the second of a two-volume paperback edition of the landmark Handbook of Organization Studies, editors Stewart R. Clegg, Cynthia Hardy, and Walter R. Nord survey the major issues and debates in management and organization. The text addresses key topics such as leadership, decision making, and innovation in organizations alongside such themes as diversity, globalization, and ecology. Students and teachers of management will find this a comprehensive and wide-ranging resource on the core issues for contemporary managers and organizations.

Introduction - Stewart R Clegg, Cynthia Hardy and Walter R Nord Creative Deconstruction - Richard Whipp
Strategy and Organizations Leadership in Organizations - Alan Bryman Decision-Making in Organizations - Susan J Miller, David J Hickson and David C Wilson Cognitions in Organizations - Anne E Tenbrunsel et al Diverse Identities in Organizations - Stella M Nkomo and Taylor Cox Jr Putting Group Information Technology in Its Place - Arthur D Shulman
Communication and Good Work Group Performance Metaphors of Communication and Organization - Linda L Putnam, Nelson Phillips and Pamela Chapman Organizations, Technology and Structuring - Karlene H Roberts and Martha Grabowski Organizing for Innovation - Deborah Dougherty Organizational Learning - Karl E Weick and Frances Westley
Affirming an Oxymoron Organizations and the Biosphere - Carolyn P Egri and Lawrence T Pinfield
Ecologies and Environments Evolution and Revolution - Barbara Parker
From International Business to Globalization

Handbook for Research in Cooperative Education and Internships or The Changing Nature of Work

2009-01-10T02:08:00.000-08:00

Handbook for Research in Cooperative Education and Internships

Author: Patricia L Linn

This Handbook is designed to help cooperative education and internship professionals and employers design, carry out, and disseminate quality research and evaluation studies of work-based education. It offers examples of current, leading-edge studies about work-based education, but with a practical twist: The chapter authors frame their studies within a specific key research design issue, including finding a starting point and a theoretical framework; fitting research into one's busy practitioner workload; deciding on particular data-gathering methods and an overall methodological approach; integrating qualitative and quantitative methodologies; and disseminating results. Also addressed are questions and concerns that are relevant throughout the course of a research project: the use of theory in research; the role and relationship of program assessment to research; and ethical considerations in research.

By combining descriptions of exemplary research and evaluation studies with practical advice from top researchers in the field, this volume is a useful tool for educators and employers who are designing and carrying out their own studies, as well as a resource for what current research is discovering and affirming about the field itself. Educators from other fields, such as study abroad and service-learning will also find this book an indispensable reference in conducting research on experiential learning and teaching.

The Changing Nature of Work

Author: Ann Howard

The Changing Nature of Work envisions the future nature of work, its effect on workers and organizations, and the expanded knowledge that will be needed to optimize its returns. The book examines critical post-industrial transformations in work, workers, and the experience of working and assesses the implications of those changes. It investigates what is driving change at work, what is constraining it, and where work is headed as governments, societies, and work organizations respond to its revolutionary thrust.

	Foreword
	Preface
	The Authors
1	A Framework for Work Change	3
2	The Political Context of Employment	45
	Political Economic Institutions, Labor Relations, and Work	52
	Government Regulation of Human Resources	67
3	Technology and the Organization of Work	89
	New Information Technologies and Changes in Work	97
	Form, Function, and Strategy in Boundaryless Organizations	112
4	New Manufacturing Initiatives and Shopfloor Job Design	139
5	Technological Changes in Office Jobs: What We Know and What We Can Expect	175
6	Human Resources and Their Skills	211
	The Youth Labor Market: Skill Deficiencies and Public Policy	223
	Enhancing Skills in the New Economy	238
7	Advancing Personnel Selection and Placement Methods	252
8	Changing Individual-Organization Attachments: A Two-Way Street	290
9	Careers as Lifelong Learning	323
10	When People Get Out of the Box: New Relationships, New Systems	365
11	Leadership in the Twenty-First Century: A Speculative Inquiry	411
12	Changing Conceptions and Practices in Performance Appraisal	451
13	Post-Industrial Lives: New Demands, New Prescriptions	485
14	Rethinking the Psychology of Work	513
	Name Index	557
	Subject Index	575

Bargaining and Markets or Industry State and Society in Stalins Russia 1926 1934

2009-01-09T18:26:00.000-08:00

Bargaining and Markets

Author: Martin J Osborn

The formal theory of bargaining originated with John Nash's work in the early 1950s. This book discusses two recent developments in this theory. The first uses the tool of extensive games to construct theories of bargaining in which time is modeled explicitly. The second applies the theory of bargaining to the study of decentralized markets. Rather than surveying the field, the authors present a select number of models, each of which illustrates a key point. In addition, they give detailed proofs throughout the book.

Key Features
* Uses a small number of models, rather than a survey of the field, to illustrate key points
* Detailed proofs are given as explanations for the models
* Text has been class-tested in a semester-long graduate course

See also: Project Management or Crosstalk

Industry, State, and Society in Stalin's Russia, 1926-1934

Author: David R Shearer

In his reexamination of the origins of the Stalinist state during the formative period of rapid industrialization in the late 1920s and early 1930s, David R. Shearer argues that a centralized state-controlled economic system was the consciously conceived political creation of Stalinist leaders rather than the inevitable by-product of socialist industrialization. Focusing on the different economic and bureaucratic cultures within the industrial system, Shearer reconstructs the debate in 1928 and 1929 over administrative, financial, and commercial reform. He uses information from recently opened archives to show that attempts by the state's trading organizations to create a commercial economy enjoyed wide support, offering a model that combined planning and rapid industrialization with social democracy and economic prosperity. In an effort to crush the syndicate movement and establish tight political control over the economy, Stalinist leaders intervened with a program of radical reforms. Shearer demonstrates that many professional engineers, planners, and industrial administrators actively supported the creation of a powerful industrial state unhampered by domestic social and economic constraints. The paradoxical result, Shearer shows, was a loss of control. The overly centralized system that emerged during the first five-year plan was rendered incoherent by periodic economic crises and the continuing influence of partially suppressed social and market forces.

	Acknowledgments
	Abbreviations
	Introduction: Stalinism and the Industrial State	1
I	The State(s) of the Economy in the Late 1920s
1	Unruly Bureaucracies, Fragmented Markets	25
2	Wheeling and Dealing in Soviet Industry	53
3	Rabkrin and the Militarized Campaign Economy	76
II	The Struggle for a New State, 1928-1930
4	What Kind of State?	111
5	The Politics of Modernization	134
III	Working in the Madhouse, 1930-1934
6	Daily Work in the Apparat	167
7	Purge and Patronage	187
8	The Pathologies of Modernization	204
	Conclusions: Socialism, Dictatorship Despotism in Stalin's Russia	232
	Glossary	243
	Bibliography	247
	Index	259

The Politics of Fortune or Leaders and Legacies

2009-01-09T11:46:00.000-08:00

The Politics of Fortune: A New Agenda For Business Leaders

Author: Jeffrey E E Garten

In The Politics of Fortune, Jeffrey E. Garten poses two questions: What is the emerging shape of the world in the wake of both the September 11 terrorist attacks and the corporate scandals that began with Enron? What role should business leaders play in this new era? In this controversial book, Garten recommends a bold but feasible new agenda for CEOs-one that will not only require them to rebuild their tarnished reputations, but to partner with government in charting a new course that differs radically from what we've known in the 1980s and 1990s.

Garten calls for business leaders to engage in constructive public initiatives to an extent that we've not seen since the immediate aftermath of World War II. He shows how CEOs must change not just their corporate and public strategies but their way of thinking about their responsibilities-not only to their shareholders but to a broader society. He describes the challenges that they must confront and the concrete steps that they must take in a number of areas:

· Protecting homeland security
· Rebuilding trust in markets and corporate America
· Establishing a stronger foundation for free trade
· Devising better ways to reduce global poverty
· Expanding corporate citizenship abroad
· Charting a more effective foreign policy
· Reorienting business education for the new era

The Politics of Fortune contains critical insights for anyone who wants to understand better the context for the enormous changes sweeping over our country and our world, and the role that private enterprise must play in building a more secure and more prosperous future.

Author Biography: Jeffrey E. Garten is Dean of the Yale School of Management. Formerly a Managing Director for Lehman Brothers, Inc. and The Blackstone Group on Wall Street, he also held senior economic and foreign policy positions in the Nixon, Ford, Carter, and Clinton administrations. Now a columnist for Business Week, his articles have also appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs, and the Harvard Business Review. He lives with his wife, Ina, in Connecticut and New York.

Publishers Weekly

With headlines about fiscal malfeasance becoming as normal as weather reports, Garten delivers a timely and well-reasoned rationale for executives to become better public citizens, and not only to improve their public image. He presents a range of public policy challenges that business leaders should be more engaged in-fiscal responsibility, accounting fraud, domestic security, world poverty-contending that these political problems have a huge impact on the private sector, and we would all be better off if CEOs helped solve them. A Business Week columnist and dean of Yale's School of Management, Garten spends his days telling present and future CEOs how to conduct their business. There are moral undertones to his arguments, but his call for a stronger public and private partnership is practical. For example, there's no way for the government to secure the nation's infrastructure against terrorists without working closely with the private firms that own it. Although the broad range of issues prevents Garten from addressing any single one with great depth, his points are clear and well supported. He doesn't simply rail against outrageous stock options; he shows how they mislead investors and damage consumer confidence ("the Federal Reserve estimates that between 1995 and 2000, if the Standard and Poor's 500 companies had accounted for their options as an expense, their average annual earnings growth would have declined from 12 percent to 9.4 percent"). Although his prose is at times dry and academic, American business leaders would do well to follow Garten's agenda. (Nov. 4)

Leaders and Legacies: Contributions to the Profession of Counseling

Author: John D West

Leaders and Legacies is the first book to focus specifically on the important contributions of leaders in the counseling profession. It covers a variety of topics, including the importance of leadership in the field of counseling, leadership efforts that have been made, the history of the counseling professional, and leadership opportunities for counselors in school, community and counselor education settings. It also includes profiles of 22 current leaders in the field. This book was written by some of the most distinguished senior counselor educators in the field, and has received the support of CACREP, NBCC, and Chi Sigma Iota--the three leading organizations for counselors.

	Preface
	Academy of Advisors
Pt. I	Perspectives on Leadership	1
Ch. 1	Dimensions of Leadership in the Counseling Profession	3
Ch. 2	Counseling: Milestones and History Makers	23
Ch. 3	School Counselors: Leadership Opportunities and Challenges in the Schools	51
Ch. 4	Community Counseling: Leadership Opportunities Today	65
Ch. 5	Tapping the Potential: Leadership Possibilities for Master's Degree Students	79
Ch. 6	The Doctorate in Counselor Education: Implications for Leadership	95
Pt. II	Noted Leaders and their Legacies	109
Ch. 7	Michael Kent Altekruse	111
Ch. 8	Roger F. Aubrey	119
Ch. 9	Loretta Bradley	129
Ch. 10	David Kendrick Brooks, Jr.	135
Ch. 11	Mary Thomas Burke	143
Ch. 12	Harold F. Cottingham	151
Ch. 13	Samuel Templeman Gladding	159
Ch. 14	Harold L. (Dick) Hackney	165
Ch. 15	Edwin L. Herr	173
Ch. 16	George E. Hill	183
Ch. 17	Thomas Walsh Hosie	189
Ch. 18	Kenneth B. Hoyt	199
Ch. 19	Courtland C. Lee	205
Ch. 20	Judith A. Lewis	213
Ch. 21	Don C. Locke	221
Ch. 22	John (Johnnie) McFadden	229
Ch. 23	Jane E. Myers	237
Ch. 24	Merle M. Ohlsen	245
Ch. 25	Theodore P. Remley Jr.	253
Ch. 26	Bruce Shertzer	259
Ch. 27	Robert O. Stripling	265
Ch. 28	Thomas J. Sweeney	273
Ch. 29	Joe Wittmer	283
Pt. III	Dimensions and Areas for Leadership	291
Ch. 30	Dimensions and Areas for Leadership	293
	Contributors	309
	Index	313

Ideology Conflict and Leadership in Groups and Organizations or Hospitality Financial Management

2009-01-09T02:05:00.000-08:00

Ideology, Conflict, and Leadership in Groups and Organizations

Author: Otto F Kernberg

In this book a psychoanalytic clinician and theoretician integrates current knowledge of the psychodynamics of individuals, groups, and organizations into a new theoretical framework. Otto F. Kernberg shows how the interplay of libidinal and aggressive impulses enacted within the dynamic unconscious of the individual also occurs at the level of groups and social organizations. He sheds new light on the turbulent nature of human interactions in groups, suggests how this understanding may help resolve conflicts at the group and institutional levels, and provides a model for achieving effective institutional change.

See also: Doggie Desserts or Reflexions

Hospitality Financial Management

Author: Agnes L Defranco

Real-world advice for quick retention of the most important business concepts and skills of hospitality finance

Hospitality Financial Management provides a straightforward, practical approach to help the hospitality manager effectively analyze hospitality industry management reports and financial statements; prepare accurate business forecasts, strategic pricing models, and effective cost-control systems; manage working capital; develop and finance growth strategies; perform investment analysis; prepare investment packages; negotiate and structure business deals; and ultimately increase shareholder value and personal wealth.

This comprehensive how-to book includes:

• Feature Stories--brief histories of famous hospitality leaders highlighting how they have used financial management skills to attain success for their companies and significant financial rewards for themselves

• Learning Outcomes--a summary of key topics covered in each chapter

• Finance in Action--scenarios that apply the concepts, skills, and techniques presented in the chapter to real-world situations. A step-by-step solution is provided for each problem to walk the reader through the necessary financial calculations

• The Real Deal--boxed inserts that emphasize the relevance of the book by linking financial concepts to fun facts associated with situations students either have or will encounter in their everyday lives

• Concept Checks--case studies that reinforce the materials presented and enable students to practice their analytic and problem-solving skills

Hospitality Financial Managementis the perfect book for undergraduate and graduate hospitality management students, hospitality industry managers, and owners of small hospitality businesses.

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

1 Finance and the Hospitality Industry.

Introduction.

2 Financial Reporting.

Financial Reporting.

3 Analyzing Financial Statements.

Analysis of Financial Statements.

4 Managing Working Capital and Controlling Cash.

Managing Working Capital and Controlling Cash.

5 Growing the Business.

The Need for Growth.

Growth Strategies.

6 Financing Growth.

The Need for Capital.

Hotel Financing Trends and Schemes.

7 The Time Value of Money.

Concept of Time Value of Money.

8 Investment Analysis.

Investment Analysis.

9 Hospitality Industry Applications of Time Value of Money Concepts and Skills.

Time Value of Money Applications.

10 The Investment Package.

The Need for an Investment Package.

11 Crafting and Negotiating the Deal.

The New Business Venture.

Negotiating Loans with Lenders.

Negotiating the Equity Investment.

Negotiating Skills.

12 Tying It All Together.

Introduction.

Hospitality Industry Financial Challenges.

Financial Reporting.

Analysis of Financial Statements and Management Reports.

Managing Working Capital.

Growing the Business.

Financing Growth.

Investment Analysis.

The Investment Package.

Crafting and Negotiating the Deal.

Index.

Business English at Work or Cleaning up the Mess

2009-01-08T18:24:00.000-08:00

Business English at Work

Author: Susan Jaderstrom

Written in a conversational tone, Business English at Work 2e by Jaderstrom and Miller is a four-color text that takes a totally new learning approach to relating Business English to the workplace. Telecommunications, customer service, online references, and a host of other real-world topics connect directly to activities and exercises in grammar, punctuation, vocabulary, spelling, word division, and sentence writing/revising.

Part 1: Reviewing Basic Business English ConceptsChapter 1 Resources to Improve Vocabulary, Proofreading, and Spelling Chapter 2 Overview of Parts of Speech Chapter 3 Sentence Development Part 2: Reviewing Nouns and Pronouns Chapter 4 Noun Functions and Plurals Chapter 5 Compound and Possessive Nouns Chapter 6 Capitalization Chapter 7 Pronouns Chapter 8 Pronoun/Antecedent Agreement Part 3: Reviewing Verbs Chapter 9 Verb Types and Parts Chapter 10 Verb Tense, Voice, and Mood-Verbals Chapter 11 Subject/Verb Agreement Part 4: Reviewing Modifiers and Connectors Chapter 12 Adjectives Chapter 13 Adverbs Chapter 14 Prepositions Chapter 15 Conjunctions Part 5: Reviewing Punctuation and Number Use Chapter 16 The Period and the Comma Chapter 17 Other Punctuation Chapter 18 Numbers

Interesting textbook: Cuidadores de Hacen - Crea:Idealistas, Empresarios, y la Formación de Literatura de Niños americana

Cleaning up the Mess: Implementation Strategies in Superfund

Author: Thomas W Church

The federal Superfund program for cleaning up America's inactive toxic waste sites is noteworthy not only for its enormous cost-- $15.2 billion has been authorized thus far--but also for its unique design.

Booknews

An in-depth study of Superfund operations at hazardous waste sites. In order to find out "what works," the authors examine six Superfund cleanups, including three regions and both "hard" and "easy" sites. They describe various strategies that have been employed by government regulators and the responses to those different strategies by business and local government officials. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Rosemany O'Leary

In CLEANING UP THE MESS: IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES IN SUPERFUND, Thomas W. Church and Robert T. Nakamura investigate and analyze the strategies of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to foster cleanup of hazardous waste sites. The book is a series of case studies with subsequent analysis of "the nitty-gritty" of Superfund decision making. The implementation of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (Superfund or CERCLA) is described and advice is given as to how the program might be implemented more effectively. Chapter one sets the stage by explaining the statutory framework of the Superfund statute. The competing implementation strategies of coercion, cooperation, and the "public works" approach (i.e., cleaning up the sites) are overviewed. The authors' case study approach is explained. In Chapter Two, Church and Nakamura discuss Superfund's well known statutory tools, such as strict liability, joint and several liability and retroactive application. Actual implementation strategies are described. Four objectives of the Superfund program are outlined: application of an appropriate remedy; minimum cost to taxpayers, expeditious cleanup of sites; and minimum transaction costs. The next three chapters present case studies of the challenges of implementing Superfund. The authors deftly describe the cases, neatly organized into prosecution, accommodation and public works categories. Assessments of each strategy follow the case studies. The sixth chapter examines "lessons learned" from the case studies with the intent of illuminating what works and what doesn't work in Superfund implementation. To their credit, the authors emphasize that to truly understand Superfund implementation, the reader must clearly understand the turbulent "environment" in which the EPA operates. Examples of sources of constraints include the courts, Congress, the budget, and clashing bureaucratic and political imperatives. Examples of lessons learned, roughly paraphrased, include (1) there are trade-offs among strategies; (2) not all costs and risks associated with cleanups will be borne by private parties; (3) it may be possible in some situations to create a win-win agreement among parties; and (4) each remedy should be site specific. The authors close the book by presenting their "ruminations on reform" which include such ideas as creating conditions favorable to boundary spanning Page 19 follows: among organizations, alternative dispute resolution, creating a new government organization, and modifying incentives, including how we measure Superfund success. Prescriptions for successful privatization of Superfund cleanups are presented, including: considering transaction costs; recognizing how privatization ties the hands of the EPA; developing realistic solutions; promoting government actions that will be perceived as reasonable (because those perceived as unreasonable may prompt resistance). The book is well written and interesting to read. The thesis is clearly stated and developed. To their credit, the authors make clear the limits of their methodology and hence the limits of their analyses. The use of evidence and documentation to back up assertions and conclusions is a particularly strong feature of the book. The book is logically organized. The book would be an excellent text in introductory courses concerning policy implementation, environmental policy and environmental law. It also would be useful for elected officials trying to understand the basics of the Superfund act and program. Finally, the book would be useful for beginning lawyers with little knowledge or experience concerning the intricacies of hazardous waste cleanup. The only shortcoming of the book (which is also a strength) is its simplicity. The authors do not assume that the reader has any knowledge of environmental policy, basic economics, or "Government 101." For example, they go to great lengths to explain concepts such as market failure (p. 17), and the limits of privatization (p. 169). In addition, Church and Nakamura put in writing what most people with some experience in the field already know. The crazy Superfund implementation stories that fuel this work, for example, are the subject of conversation at every American Bar Association convention. Nonetheless, CLEANING UP THE MESS is a fine contribution to the literature. I would not hesitate to use it in my graduate and undergraduate classes. It is especially a "must read" for our newly elected congresspersons interested in responsible government change.

An Introduction to Digital Communications or Modern Logistics Management

2009-01-08T09:43:00.000-08:00

An Introduction to Digital Communications

Author: Jack Kurzweil

The only book available that integrates a realistic design approach with a theoretical approach! This outstanding new book focuses on the central theoretical and practical issues involved in modem design. The first half deals with the basic issues of base-band and passband data transmission and contains descriptions of applications to specific digital transmission systems. The second half specifically addresses design issues including timing and carrier recovery, channel characterization, adaptive equalization, and trellis coding. The author uses simulation programs in Matlab and C to help readers:
* Determine the power spectral density of complex data encoding rules
* Simulate the performance of passband data transmission techniques
* Design and assess the performance of carrier recovery systems
* Develop time domain models for a variety of channels
* Design and assess the performance of adaptive equalizers
* Use existing programs as the framework for creating simulation modules

See also: Cuidar de Liderança & Gestão

Modern Logistics Management: Integrating Marketing, Manufacturing and Physical Distribution

Author: William F Capacino

This comprehensive overview of logistics provides a conceptual framework for understanding the logistics system, the integration of its basic elements, and its relationship to the overall firm. Discusses both manufacturing and physical distribution, new technologies in each of these areas, and how they related to each other and to the company. New topics covered range from approaches to strategic logistics planning and multi-location inventory planning, to international logistics issues and future directions. Includes case studies.

The Logistics System Concept.
Relation to Industrial Management Functions.
Forecasts and Patterns of Market Activity.
Inventories and Service Reliability.
Transportation.
Fixed Facilities.
Information Systems.
International Logistics.
Logistics Costs for Management Control and Decisions.
Framework and Methods for System Analysis.
Inventory Deployment and Service in Logistics Networks.
Design of Large-Scale Logistic Systems.
Long-Range Logistics Planning and Uncertainty.
Logistics and Pricing.
Organization, Management, and Strategy.

Management Decision Making or Financial Accounting

2009-01-08T03:02:00.000-08:00

Management Decision Making: Spreadsheet Modeling, Analysis, and Application

Author: George E Monahan

Management Decision Making is a spreadsheet-based introduction to the tools and techniques of modern managerial decision making. The author shows how to formulate models in Microsoft Excel that can be used to analyze complex problems taken from all the functional areas of management, including finance, marketing, operations, and human resources. Throughout, the goal is to understand how business decisions are reached, what tradeoffs are made, and how outcomes depend on the underlying data. A CD-ROM is included that contains the widely-used decision analysis software applications TreePlan and Crystal Ball. A solutions manual and transparencies of all figures are available on the Web. The book is aimed at students of business, economics and engineering, including those taking MBA courses.

Interesting textbook: In the Presence of My Enemies or Mongrels Bastards Orphans and Vagabonds

Financial Accounting: A Bridge to Decision Making

Author: Robert W Ingram

Now in its sixth edition, Ingram, Albright, FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING: A BRIDGE TO DECISION MAKING continues to teach students to understand the impact of accounting information on a company's financial statements. The authors illustrate accounting not as a set of technical procedures, but as a way of identifying and understanding business problems and a means for evaluating alternative solutions. By organizing the text around the flow of information through a business, the authors provide students with a sound understanding of the accounting information system and then an analysis of the financial, investing and operating activities of the firm. This approach is especially ideal for students who will become business managers, not accountants.

SECTION F1: THE ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEM. F1. Accounting and Organizations. F2. Information in Organizations. F3. Accounting Measurement. F4. Processing Accounting Information. Module: The Database Environment: A Demonstration Case. F5. Reporting Accounting Information. F6. Financial Reporting: The Statement of Cash Flows. SECTION F2: ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING INFORMATION. F7. The Time Value of Money. F8. Financing Activities. F9. Analysis of Financing Activities. F10. Investing Activities. F11. Analysis of Investing Activities. F12. Operating Activities. F13. Analysis of Operating Activities. Appendix A: Sources of Information About Companies and Industries. Appendix B: General Mills Inc. 1998 Annual Report.

Talespin or Cultural Consumption and Everyday Life

2009-01-07T17:20:00.000-08:00

Talespin

Author: GERRY MCCUSKER

Gerry McCusker gives us an amusing, yet shocking, peek behind the scenes of 79 real-life public relations disasters from around the globe. Documenting both the infamous and the unreported PR disasters from the worlds of branding, business, media, music, politics and sport, he asks the question, "How can these catastrophes continue to happen?"

Go to: Microeconomia

Cultural Consumption and Everyday Life

Author: John Storey

This book explores cultural consumption from the postdisciplinary perspective of cultural studies. It provides a critical map of the field, bringing together work on reception theory in literary studies and philosophy, work on consumer culture in anthropology and sociology, and work on media audiences within media studies and sociology.. "It explores historical work on the consumption of culture, outlines theoretical perspectives, reviews key work in ethnography and surveys recent debates on postmodernism, consumption and identity. The final chapter offers a critical reassessment of the place of consumption in the continuing development of cultural studies.

Reclaiming Evolution or Integrated Marketing Communication

2009-01-07T10:39:00.000-08:00

Reclaiming Evolution: A Dialogue on How Societies Evolve

Author: William M Dugger

In this unique book, Howard Sherman and William M. Dugger engage in a dialogue on evolution from Institutionalist and Marxist perspectives, each representing one side. The result is an extremely accessible study of economic evolution - the intention being to explore the way society devlops using the equally radical, but very different approaches of Thorstein Veblen and Karl Marx.

	Acknowledgements
Pt. I	Preliminaries	1
1	What is evolution?	3
Pt. II	Elements	15
2	Economic relations	17
3	Technology	43
4	Enabling myth	69
5	Democracy	89
Pt. III	Processes	119
6	Structural change	121
7	Social tensions	134
8	Social conflict	143
Pt. IV	Denouement	165
9	Conclusion: reclaiming evolution	167
	Afterword: technology and revolution?	175
	References	195
	Index	202

Book about: 15 Minute Vegetarian or New York Bartenders Guide

Integrated Marketing Communication: A Primer

Author: Philip Kitchen

This textbook is the first introductory primer on integrated marketing communications. It combines theory and practice to show students of marketing how different aspects of integrated marketing communications (IMC) work together. Setting the scene in which IMC has emerged, the authors go on to explain each component of the promotional mix and explain the process of functional integration. The text includes key case studies, illustrating to students the practical side of IMC in addition to an introduction to the main theories at work.

Microbial Quality Assurance in Pharmaceuticals Cosmetics and Toiletries or Marketing 05 06

2009-01-07T01:58:00.000-08:00

Microbial Quality Assurance in Pharmaceuticals, Cosmetics, and Toiletries

Author: R M Baird

The importance of quality assurance in the production, storage and use of manufactured preparations is widely recognized. This book encapsulates the issues involved in the manufacture of non-steriles, such as creams, ointments, herbal remedies, shampoos, soaps and toiletry products (as opposed to sterile drugs and injectible products). Knowledge of the microbial limits is expanded, new standards are included, and coverage of the preservation issues of dosage forms is widened to include semi-solids and liquid preparations. This edition also contains new regulations regarding preservative efficacy testing and covers pharmacopoeial and industry regulations and guidelines. Rapid methods are also discussed, now more common in cosmetic and toiletry practice, in their pharmaceutical capacity.

New interesting book: New Lighthearted Cookbook or A Meat Eaters Guide to Vegetarian Children

Marketing 05/06

Author: John E Richardson

This twenty-seventh edition of Annual Editions: Marketing is a compilation of articles selected from the best of the public press including magazines, newspapers, and journals.

According to Theodore Levitt, shortsighted managers are unable to recognize that there is no such thing as a growth industry—as the histories of the railroad, movie, and oil industries show. To survive, he says, a company must learn to apply this marketing concept: to think of itself not as producing goods or services but as buying customers.

8. Why Customer Satisfaction Starts With HR, Patrick J. Kiger, Workforce, May 2002

This article reveals convincing evidence that HR drives customer satisfaction—and corporate revenues—by careful attention to who is hired, how they are trained, how they are coached, and how they are treated on the job.

9. Start With the Customer, Stephen W. Brown, Marketing Management, January/February 2003

Stephen Brown argues that top-performing service companies always put the customer first.

10. Talking Shop, Elizabeth Goodgold, Entrepreneur, September 2003

Elizabeth Goodgold investigates what makes shoppers tick and describes the strategies of five retail superstores for pleasing customers and keeping them coming back for more.

11. What Drives Customer Equity, Katherine N. Lemon, Roland T. Rust, and Valarie A. Zeithaml, Marketing Management, Spring 2001

This article discloses why customer equity is certain to be the most important determinant of the long-term value of a firm.

Part C. Services & Social Marketing
12. Creating Growth with Services, Mohanbir Sawhney, Sridhar Balasubramanian, and Vish V. Krishnan, MIT Sloan Management Review, Winter 2004

The authors provide a systematic framework for thinking through the opportunities and risks inherent in a strategy that seeks services-led growth.

13. Life Support: Hospitals Must Create Brand that Differentiates, Lisa Tollner, Marketing News, May 1, 2004

A hospital's brand is more than a name. Lisa Tollner describes how it represents a set of positive associations including corporate personality, image and differential benefits to patients, medical professionals, staff, and the community in general.

14. Surviving in the Age of Rage, Stephen J. Grove, Raymond P. Fisk, and Joby John, Marketing Management, March/April 2004

The authors scrutinize why learning to manage angry customers is a crucial part of today's service landscape.

Part D. Marketing Ethics & Social Responsibility
15. Trust in the Marketplace, John E. Richardson and Linnea Bernard McCord, McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, 2000

The authors scrutinize the significance of companies that are cognizant of the precarious nature and powerful advantages of gaining and maintaining trust with their customers in the marketplace.

16. Ethics Can Be Gauged by Three Key Rules, Dillard B. Tinsley, Marketing News, September 1, 2003

Dillard Tinsley explains how the Golden Rule, the Silver Rule, and the Open Forum Rule can serve as guides for analyzing multicultural ethics.

UNIT 2. Research, Markets, and Consumer Behavior
Part A. Market Research
17. A Different Approach for Developing New Products or Services, Robert Brass, M World, Winter 2003

Robert Brass discusses why the key to success in new product development is well-focused brainstorming sessions.

18. Product by Design, David J. Lipke, American Demographics, February 2001

David Lipke describes how an increasingly popular research technique helps marketers and consumers get what they really want.

Part B. Markets and Demographics
19. Marketing Surprise: Older Consumers Buy Stuff, Too, Kelly Greene, The Wall Street Journal, April 6, 2004

Kelly Greene explains how companies such as Sony and Ford are marketing their products to older consumers while making it clear to younger people their brands are still “cool.”

20. What Women Want, Joanne Cleaver, Entrepreneur, February 2004

The growing economic power of women consumers, according to Joanne Cleaver, is transforming today's marketplace.

21. Race, Ethnicity and the Way We Shop, Rebecca Gardyn and John Fetto, American Demographics, February 2003

The authors assert that although minority consumers may be out numbered at the mall, their buying power should not be underestimated.

22. Top Niche: Growth in Asian-Am. Spending Fuels Targeted Marketing, Deborah L. Vence, Marketing News, June 1, 2004

Due to Asian-Americans' growth in population and spending power, according to Deborah Vence, companies are devoting more resources to marketing efforts that specifically target this segment.

Part C. Consumer Behavior
23. What Makes Customers Tick?, Lewis P. Carbone, Marketing Management, July/August 2003

Lewis Carbone believes that most businesses do not understand why customers behave as they do.

24. Tough Love, Justin Berzon, Sales & Marketing Management, December 2002

Justin Berzon suggests ways—in tough economic times—to handle difficult customers while keeping your sanity.

25. Defining Moments: Segmenting by Cohorts, Charles D. Schewe, Geoffrey E. Meredith, and Stephanie M. Noble, Marketing Management, Fall 2000

The authors of this article delineate how coming-of-age experiences influence values, attitudes, preferences, and buying behaviors for a lifetime.

UNIT 3. Developing and Implementing Marketing Strategies
26. The Very Model of a Modern Marketing Plan, Shelly Reese, Marketing Tools, January/February 1996

Shelly Reese tells how companies are rewriting their strategies to reflect customer input and internal coordination.

Part A. Product
27. The Power of Design, Bruce Nussbaum, Business Week, May 17, 2004

A tiny firm called IDEO redefined design by creating experiences, not just products. Now, according to Brucke Nussbaum, IDEO is changing the way companies innovate.

28. In Praise of the Purple Cow, Seth Godin, Fast Company, February 2003

To be successful in marketing you need to stand out and that means becoming a purple cow—that is, becoming remarkable in a field of brown cows. Innovation in marketing is an important key to succeeding in business.

29. Have It Your Way, Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, Time, December 23, 2002

Lisa Cullen describes how from lipsticks to cars, a growing array of products can be custom-made to your own taste—and waist.

Part B. Pricing
30. Kamikaze Pricing, Reed K. Holden and Thomas T. Nagle, Marketing Management, Summer 1998

The authors of this article advocate that managers can prevent the fruitless slide into kamikaze pricing by implementing a value-driven pricing strategy for the most profitable customer segments.

31. Mind Your Pricing Cues, Eric Anderson and Duncan Simester, Harvard Business Review, September 2003

For most of the items consumers buy, according to the authors, they don't have an accurate sense of what the price should be. The article covers some of the most common pricing cues retailers use, and reveals some surprising facts about how—and how well—those cues work.

32. Which Price is Right?, Charles Fishman, Fast Company, March 2003

Charles Fishman describes how business is at the start of a new era of pricing. This era is being shaped by a new set of insights into business strategy and human behavior, and these insights are turbo-charged with software, mathematics, and rapid experimentation.

Part C. Distribution
33. The Old Pillars of New Retailing, Leonard L. Berry, Harvard Business Review, April 2001

In the course of his extensive research on dozens of retailers, Leonard Berry found that the best companies create value for their customers in five interlocking ways.

Part D. Promotion
34. Got Advertising That Works?, Jeff Manning and Kevin Lane Keller, Marketing Management, January/February 2004

The authors disclose how the “Got Milk?” advertising campaign shook consumers out of their milk malaise.

35. Global Ads Aim for One Brand, Image, Theresa Howard, USA Today, June 24, 2004

Theresa Howard shows the significance of a unified global advertisement being adapted to the local market.

36. Web Plays Vital Role in Marketing Push, Deborah L. Vence, Marketing News, April 15, 2004

Brochures, e-mail promotions, and advertising are far from obsolete, but such marketing tactics, according to Deborah Vence, play second fiddle to the Web.

UNIT 4. Global Marketing
37. Segmenting Global Markets: Look Before You Leap, V. Kumar and Anish Nagpal, Marketing Research, Spring 2001

The authors of this article advocate that before implementing a global market segmentation strategy, it is imperative to have an understanding and grasp the significance of both local and global issues.

38. International Marketing Research: A Management Briefing, Tim R. V. Davis and Robert B. Young, Business Horizons, March/April 2002

International marketing research, according to the authors, is much more critical than many managers think.

39. The New Land of Opportunity, Om Malik, Business 2.0, July 2004

“Zippies” (i.e. young Indians who walk with a zip in their stride, oozing with attitude, ambition, and money) represent India's burgeoning middle class, which out numbers the entire U.S. population. Instead of being a threat, according to the author, the zippies signify an unprecedented economic opportunity for American business.

40. Made in India vs. Made in China, Keith Bradsher, The New York Times, June 12, 2004

According to Keith Bradsher, multi-nationals are seeing a big upside to the sub-continent.

41. Cracking China's Market, Leslie Chang and Peter Wonacott, The Wall Street Journal, January 9, 2003

The authors describe the dawning reality that China is turning into a profitable global market for foreigners in a relatively short time.

Building Accounting Systems Using Access 2002 or Handbook of Occupational Safety and Health

2009-01-06T18:18:00.000-08:00

Building Accounting Systems Using Access 2002

Author: James T Perry

Today's accounting students must know how to develop, audit, and use accounting systems so the information contained within them can then be used by managers and decision makers. This textbook teaches students how to perform this role with Microsoft Access as the database tool.

Booknews

This text/CD-ROM package provides an introduction to database principles and theory by immersing readers in the process of constructing accounting systems with Access 2002. Step-by-step instructions show how to build accounting database elements for the four main transaction cycles of business, illustrated by screen shots of each task and diagrams of finished forms and printed reports. The CD-ROM contains files for exercises and examples. Although designed to be used in an undergraduate accounting major systems class, the book can also be used in computer accounting courses. The authors are affiliated with the University of San Diego School of Business. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Go to: Amministrazione di vendita

Handbook of Occupational Safety and Health

Author: Louis J Diberardinis

Workplace safety and health is serious business. In work environments where the safety and health of employees is a significant issue, a major leadership challenge is to instill shared, companywide values that establish the safety, health, and well-being of each individual as a paramount concern of the business. Now in its second edition, the Handbook of Occupational Safety and Health, originally edited by Lawrence Slote, remains an essential first source for quick, practical answers on this pivotal workplace issue.

Concise chapters detail specific issues of biological, chemical, and physical hazards to workplace safety and health, and also address a broad spectrum of management concerns including training, workers' compensation, liability coverage, and regulatory matters. While adhering to the requirements set by the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) of 1971, the authors of this volume advocate a progressive approach that exceeds basic compliance with established regulations. Chapters emphasize not only worker protection through safe equipment and management supervision, but also the safety training of workers. Throughout, contributors stress the need to align safety and health concerns fully with a company's business objectives, offering insight into how these dual interests can be integrated.

With many chapters structured in an accessible "how-to" format, even those professionals inexperienced in occupational safety issues can rapidly gain a practical knowledge of the particular concerns of their industry. For launching or updating a comprehensive workplace safety program, or for assistance with confronting specific problems when they occur, theHandbook is an ideal starting point for assessing risks and initiating proactive measures to prevent accidents in any industry.

A new edition of the one-stop source for practical information on occupational safety and health.

Now expanded by more than 50 percent, this Second Edition of the Handbook of Occupational Safety and Health, originally edited by Lawrence Slote, demonstrates how to control hazards to safety and health in many types of work environments-and how to deal with injuries when they do occur. It features 30 concise chapters that enable even those not formally trained in occupational safety to get up to speed quickly, plus more than 150 helpful illustrations that complement the text.

With up-to-date contributions from occupational physicians, public health professionals, legal experts, and specialists in areas ranging from chemicals and radiation to noise exposure, this comprehensive Handbook presents a complete program of effective responses to a vast range of occupational safety and health problems. It includes:
* An overview of the field and its recent advances, with a clear explanation of managerial roles and responsibilities for safety and health
* Five sections on a variety of issues-safety evaluations, health assessment, control practices, physical hazards, and legal affairs-that make it simple to pinpoint information quickly
* How-to advice-step-by-step guidance on how to conduct an accident investigation, maintain a quality medical surveillance program, and much more
* Chapters on the prevention of specific hazards such as dermatoses, heat stress, radiation, respiratory illness,and infection
* Includes updated material based on chapters from Patty's Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology, Fourth Edition

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A concise and practical first-source reference on specific issues of biological, chemical, and physical hazards to workplace safety and health and on a range of management concerns, including training, workers' compensation, liability coverage, and regulatory matters. Many in a how-to format, articles adhere to the requirements of the 1971 US Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) but also advocate a progressive approach that exceeds basic compliance; emphasize worker protection through safe equipment, management supervision, and safety training for workers; and stress the need to align safety and health concerns fully with a company's business objectives. The first edition was edited by Lawrence Slote; no date is given for it. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

	Preface
	Contributors
Pt. I	Introduction
1	Occupational Safety and Health Management	1
2	Management's Roles and Responsibility in an Effective Safety and Health Program	13
3	How to Locate Information Sources for Occupational Safety and Health	33
4	Recognition of Health Hazards in the Workplace	53
Pt. II	Safety Evaluations
5	How to Conduct an Accident Investigation	103
6	Risk Assessment Techniques	127
7	How to Apply Computer Simulation to Occupational Safety and Health	179
Pt. III	Health Evaluations
8	Evaluation of Exposure to Chemical Agents	239
9	Evaluation and Management of Exposure to Infectious Agents	287
10	Biological Monitoring in Occupational Health and Safety	373
11	How to Ensure Quality in a Medical Surveillance Program	415
Pt. IV	Control Practices
12	How to Establish Industrial Loss Prevention and Fire Protection	429
13	Hazard Communication and Worker Right-to-Know Programs	479
14	Health and Safety Instruction	517
15	Philosophy and Management of Engineering Control	539
16	How to Select and Use Personal Protective Equipment	601
17	Respiratory Protective Devices	639
18	How to Apply the Microcomputer to Occupational Safety and Health	677
Pt. V	Physical Hazards and Special Topics
19	Occupational Dermatoses	697
20	Indoor Air Quality in Nonindustrial Occupational Environments	743
21	Heat Stress	791
22	Occupational Noise Exposure and Hearing Conservation	825
23	Ergonomics: Achieving System Balance Through Ergonomic Analysis and Control	931
24	Radiation: Nonionizing and Ionizing Sources	987
Pt. VI	Legal Affairs
25	How to Deal with the Troubled Employee	1017
26	Managing Workers' Compensation	1029
27	How to Evaluate Your Occupational Safety and Health Program	1081
28	Occupational Health and Safety Regulatory Affairs	1107
29	Occupational Safety and Health Legal Issues	1149
30	How to Provide Liability Industrial Coverage	1163
	Index	1195

The Pacification of Central America or Organizations in Industry

2009-01-06T11:37:00.000-08:00

The Pacification of Central America: Political Change in the Isthmus, 1987-1993

Author: James Dunkerley

This unique guide to the politics and recent history of Central America by one of its most distinguished commentators opens with a succinct overview of pacification and democracy in the region.

Book about: The Checklist or CHI Kung for Health and Vitality

Organizations in Industry: Strategy, Structure, and Selection

Author: Glenn R Carroll

Organizations in Industry offers an in-depth look at historical organizational reality. Intended as a real world companion to classes that involve the theoretical analysis of formal organizations, this straightforward, accessible text presents an inside look at the actual structure and evolution of numerous different industries. Individual chapters are on specific industries and discuss developments from the origin of the industry to the near present, covering automobile manufacture, biotechnology, financial services, health care, labor organizing, microcomputer manufacture, art museums, newspaper publishing, radio broadcasting, railroad transport, and telephony. Ideal for any course in organizational behavior or theory, the benefits of this approach include practical institutional knowledge about particular industries, valuable insight into organizational society through comparative analysis, a clear understanding of the real-life difficulty associated with organizational change, and an opportunity to study the operation of selection processes among organizations.

	Contributors
I	Theoretical Issues in Studying Organizations	1
1	Focus on Industry: The Organizational Lens	3
2	An Introduction to Organizational Ecology	17
II	Environmental Selection	33
3	Microcomputer Manufacturers	37
4	Railroads	59
5	Art Museums	87
III	Density-Dependent Evolution	115
6	Labor Unions	121
7	Credit Unions	137
8	Health Maintenance Organizations	163
9	Newspaper Publishers	183
10	Automobile Manufacturers	195
IV	Resource Partitioning	215
11	Beer Brewers	223
12	Medical Diagnostic Imaging Manufacturers	244
V	Segregating Processes and Community Dynamics	273
13	Telephone Companies	277
14	Investment Banks	290
15	Radio Broadcasters	308
16	Biotechnology Firms	332
	Concluding Notes	359
	Subject Index	365
	Organization Index	373

	Introduction: Getting Ready	1
1	Serving in Florida	11
2	Scrubbing in Maine	51
3	Selling in Minnesota	121
	Evaluation	193

	Preface
	Understanding Total Quality Management	1
	The Role of TQM Methods	8
	List of Methods (By Category)	10
	Purpose of Methods (Alphabetical List)	13
	Management Methods	20
	Analytical Methods	79
	Idea Generation	123
	Data Collection, Analysis and Display	154
	References	234
	Index	236

	Acknowledgments
1	Unpopular Culture	1
2	An Illustration	14
3	Organizational Culture	31
4	Modes and Forms	57
5	Counter Culture	105
6	Lay Ethnography	137
	References	155
	Index	163

	Foreword
Ch. 1	Politics of space	21
Ch. 2	Just another tool?	49
Ch. 3	Technological cultures	73
Ch. 4	Fragmented centralization	93
Ch. 5	Policy games	113
Ch. 6	Flexible governance	139
Ch. 7	Future imaginaries	155
Ch. 8	Neoliberal orders	181
App	Acronyms and abbreviations	187

Financial Law

The Last Chance Millionaire or Financial and Managerial Accounting

The Last Chance Millionaire: It's Not Too Late to Become Wealthy

Financial and Managerial Accounting

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1: Accounting: Information for Decision Making

Chapter 2: Basic Financial Statements

Chapter 3: The Accounting Cycle: Capturing Economic Events

Chapter 4: The Accounting Cycle: Accruals and Deferrals

Chapter 5: The Accounting Cycle: Reporting Financial Results

Comprehensive Problem 1: Susquehanna Equipment Rentals

Chapter 6: Merchandising Activities

Chapter 7: Financial Assets

Chapter 8: Inventories and the Cost of Goods Sold

Comprehensive Problem 2: Guitar Universe, Inc.

Chapter 9: Plant and Intangible Assets

Chapter 10: Liabilities

Chapter 11: Stockholders' Equity: Paid-in Capital

Comprehensive Problem 3: McMinn Retail, Inc.

Chapter 12: Income and Changes in Retained Earnings

Chapter 13: Statement of Cash Flows

Chapter 14: Financial Statement Analysis

Comprehensive Problem 4: Home Depot, Inc.

Chapter 15: Global Business and Accounting

Chapter 16: Management Accounting: A Business Partner

Chapter 17: Job Order Cost Systems and Overhead Allocations

Chapter 18: Process Costing

Chapter 19: Costing and the Value Chain

Chapter 20: Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis

Chapter 21: Incremental Analysis

Comprehensive Problem 5: The Gilster Company

Chapter 22: Responsibility Accounting and Transfer Pricing

Chapter 23: Operational Budgeting

Chapter 24: Standard Cost Systems

Chapter 25: Rewarding Business Performance

Comprehensive Problem 6: Utease Corporation

Chapter 26: CapitalBudgeting

Appendix A: 2005 Home Depot Financial Statements

Appendix B: The Time Value of Money: Future Amounts and Present Values

Appendix C: Forms of Business Organization

The One Thing You Need to Know or The Gridlock Economy

The One Thing You Need to Know: About Great Managing, Great Leading, and Sustained Individual Success

Library Journal

Table of Contents:

The Gridlock Economy: How Too Much Ownership Wrecks Markets, Stops Innovation, and Costs Lives

Options Made Easy or Police Officer Exam

Options Made Easy: Your Guide to Profitable Trading

Table of Contents:

Police Officer Exam: The Complete Preparation Guide

Is the American Dream Killing You or Milkshake Moment

Is the American Dream Killing You?: How The Market Rules Our Lives

Milkshake Moment: Overcoming Stupid Systems, Pointless Policies and Muddled Management to Realize Real Growth

The Contrarians Guide to Leadership or Mass Career Customization

The Contrarian's Guide to Leadership

Soundview Executive Book Summaries

Table of Contents:

Mass Career Customization: Aligning the Workplace with Today's Nontraditional Workforce

U.S. News and World Report

The Financial Times

November HR Magazine

Hot Flat and Crowded or Fooled by Randomness

Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution - and How It Can Renew America

The New York Times - David G. Victor

The Washington Post - Joseph S. Nye Jr.

Publishers Weekly

Risa Getman - Library Journal

Kirkus Reviews

Table of Contents:

Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets

Paul Wilmott

Marco Avellaneda

Robert J. Shiller

Peter L. Bernstein

Donald Geman

Victory Niederhoffer

Publishers Weekly

Greenspans Bubbles or Small Business Owners Manual

Greenspan's Bubbles: The Age of Ignorance at the Federal Reserve

Small Business Owner's Manual: Everything You Need to Know to Start up and Run Your Business

Nickel and Dimed or Working with You Is Killing Me