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Book SynopsisThe standard reference for fixed income portfolio managersâfully updated with new analytical frameworks Fixed Income Mathematics is known around the world as the leading guide to understanding the concepts, valuation models for bonds with embedded option, mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities, and other fixed income instruments, and portfolio analytics.Fixed Income Mathematics begins with basic concepts of the mathematics of finance, then systematically builds on them to reveal state-of-the-art methodologies for evaluating them and managing fixed-income portfolios. Concepts are illustrated with numerical examples and graphs, and you need only a basic knowledge of elementary algebra to understand them.This new edition includes several entirely new chaptersâRisk-Adjusted Returns, Empirical Duration, Analysis of Floating-Rate Securities, Holdings-Based Return Attribution Analysis, Returns-Based Style Attribution Analysis, Mea

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Book SynopsisThe inside story of a case that illustrates the horrific perils of unchecked prosecutorial overreach, written by the man who experienced it firsthand.Raj Rajaratnam, the respected founder of the iconic hedge fund Galleon Group, which managed $7 billion and employed 180 people in its heyday, chose to go to trial rather than concede to a false narrative concocted by ambitious prosecutors looking for a scapegoat for the 2008 financial crisis. Naively perhaps, Rajaratnam had expected to get a fair hearing in court. As an immigrant who had achieved tremendous success in his adopted country, he trusted the system. He had not anticipated prosecutorial overreach—inspired by political ambition—FBI fabrications, judicial compliance, and lies told under oath by cooperating witnesses. In the end, Rajaratnam was convicted and sentenced to eleven years in prison. He served seven and a half. Meanwhile, not a single senior bank executive responsible for the financial crisis was even charged. Uneven Justice is the story of his bewildering and confounding prosecution by forces who, quite frankly, were looking for bigger game. When Rajaratnam refused to support the narrative that would make that happen, he and the Galleon Group became collateral damage. A cautionary tale with implications for us all, Uneven Justice is both a riveting page-turner and an eye-opening lesson in the vagaries of justice when an unscrupulous prosecutor is calling the shots.Trade Review“The book, "Uneven Justice," makes a persuasive case that this prosecution served to cover up the embarrassment of the Obama DOJ's malfeasance and advance the ambitious Bharara's career. But it's most important point is that the entire justice system is rigged against defendants. Obviously, few people are going to sympathize with a billionaire hedge fund manager. But that's the point. That's not the book's goal. His case is done. The book is a genuine, serious, in-depth study of all the ways federal prosecutors have unchecked power to destroy people. Federal prosecutors routinely threaten people's families, conceal exculpatory evidence, exploit the fact that almost anything is a crime, and in general have rigged the system to make acquittal almost impossible. If it takes Rajaratnam to help expose that, this book is welcomed.” -- Glenn Greenwald, Pulitzer Prize winning Journalist, NY Times Best Selling Author and former constitutional lawyer

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Book SynopsisThe House of Chanel is synonymous with not one, but two, iconic designers. First there was Gabrielle, and then there was Karl. Chanel is a house known for its signatures that not only changed the course of fashion history but still resonate today – the Little Black Dress, the tweed suit, costume jewellery, Chanel No5. These signatures were inspired by Gabrielle Chanel's taste, life experience and travels – but it was Karl Lagerfeld who took these signatures and ingeniously adapted them for the twenty-first century woman. From his first days at the helm of Chanel in the 1980s, to his creative application of the Chanel logo to everything from biker boots to a space rocket, King Karl's reign at Chanel is nothing if not legendary.Little Book of Chanel by Lagerfeld covers his most exquisite pieces, breathtaking catwalk shows and constant reinvention that have maintained Chanel as the most illustrious couture house in the world. Written by the bestselling author of Little Book of Chanel, this beautifully illustrated book is the essential guide to Lagerfeld's tenure at Chanel.Table of ContentsEarly Years • The Chanel Challenge • Evolution of the Brand • Global Identity • Chanel Muses • Advertising • Atelier • Blockbuster Shows

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Book SynopsisThe Instant Number One International Bestseller.Leadership Strategy and Tactics is the essential and practical guide to leadership and how to excel at it from Jocko Willink, the co-author of the number one New York Times bestseller Extreme Ownership.Leadership is the most challenging of human endeavours. It is often misunderstood. It can bewilder, mystify and frustrate even the most dedicated practitioners. Leaders at all levels are often forced to use theoretical guesswork to make decisions and lead their troops.It doesn’t have to be that way.There are principles that can be applied and tenets that can be followed. There are skills that can be learned and manoeuvres that can be practised and executed. There are leadership strategies and tactics that have been tested and proven on the battlefield, in business and in life.Retired Navy SEAL Officer Jocko Willink delivers his powerful and pragmatic leadership methodology that teaches how to lead any team in any situation to victory. Here, you will learn how to:* Deal with egos and the problems they cause* Earn and build trust with both your subordinates and superiors* Instil pride in your team, without creating arrogance* Overcome challenges presented by a micromanaging, indecisive or weak boss* Create a disciplined team that regulates itself* Use leadership as a tool to teach, mentor, train and correct behaviour of team members* Operate at a maximum level of efficiency – and reap the rewards. . . and more. This book is step one towards becoming the commander of your own life. The rest is up to you.'Inspiring, practical and honest lessons that transcend the battlefield . . . read it and apply the lessons to any challenge' – Sarah Armstrong, CFO of Mesa Technical Associates, on The Dichotomy of LeadershipTrade ReviewUntil this point in my life, I’ve never read a book that reveals the truths of leadership in such detail and rawness. The true value of this book cannot be quantified in words -- Pete Roberts, co-founder and CEO of Origin Maine USA, on The Dichotomy of LeadershipThe Dichotomy of Leadership needs to come with a warning label: BRUTALLY HONEST. Finally, a book that tells the truth on how hard and complex it can be to tackle leadership challenges -- Lindi Horton, Director of Solution Engineering at SecureworksInspiring, practical and honest lessons that transcend the battlefield. Buy this book, read it and apply the lessons to any challenge -- Sarah Armstrong, CFO of Mesa Technical Associates, on The Dichotomy of LeadershipProvides even more depth and dimension to the principles of Extreme Ownership -- Sonja Winkler, Senior Director of Operations, Nashville Symphony, on The Dichotomy of Leadership

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Book SynopsisGet the only official guide to the GRE General Test that comes straight from the test makers!If you're looking for the best, most authoritative guide to the GRE General Test, you've found it! The Official Guide to the GRE General Test is the only GRE guide specially created by ETSâthe people who actually make the test. It's packed with everything you need to do your best on the test and move toward your graduate, business, or law school degree. Only ETS can show you exactly what to expect on the test, tell you precisely how the test is scored, and give you hundreds of authentic test questions for practice!With this fully updated fourth edition, the best is even better: Nearly every chapter has been adjusted to align with the shorter test formatâthe test was shortened from four hours to just under two in 2023. And the test makers have added 150 new Verbal Reasoning and Quantitative Reasoning questions organized into 10 mixed practice sets, each of whi

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Book SynopsisA Financial Times Book of the Year 2020! Should companies be run for profit or purpose? In this ground-breaking book, acclaimed finance professor and TED speaker Alex Edmans shows it''s not an either-or choice. Drawing from real-life examples spanning industries and countries, Edmans demonstrates that purpose-driven businesses are consistently more successful in the long-term. But a purposeful company must navigate difficult trade-offs and take tough decisions. Edmans provides a roadmap for company leaders to put purpose into practice, and overcome the hurdles that hold many back. He explains how investors can discern which companies are truly purposeful and how to engage with them to unleash value for both shareholders and society. And he highlights the role that citizens can play in reshaping business to improve our world. This edition has been thoroughly updated to include the pandemic, the latest research, and new insights on how to make purpose a reality.Trade Review'I do not know whether capitalism is in crisis. But I do know Alex Edmans' superb book makes the case, compellingly and comprehensively, for a radical rethink of how companies operate and indeed why they exist. It is the definitive account of the analytical case for responsible business, but is at the same time practical and grounded in real business experience. It is a tour de force.' Andy Haldane, Chief Economist, Bank of England'Politicians are calling for large companies to be regulated or split up. In this compelling book Alex Edmans argues that there is indeed a problem with corporate behavior but that the solution may be simpler: change corporate purpose so that companies focus on growing the pie rather than grabbing more of it. Edmans's arguments are a powerful and persuasive antidote to much of the conventional wisdom about the corporate world.' Oliver Hart, 2016 Nobel Laureate in Economics'This is a brilliant and timely book, taking the business case for responsible capitalism to a whole new level. Edmans provides a rigorous, evidence-based approach, exploring numerous angles around how businesses can (and, as he shows, must) combine profit-seeking with purpose as well as the role investors and other stakeholders can play in driving a genuine win-win approach. He tackles counter-arguments head-on and has the courage to expose examples of virtue-signalling that falsely discredit responsible businesses. Citing case studies collated over decades, it's a great read, too, offering fascinating examples well beyond the usual suspects. Grow the Pie really has the power to convince the sceptics as well as encourage advocates consider new ways to embed the approach further in their businesses.' Dame Helena Morrissey, financier and founder of the 30% Club'This is a must-read book for anyone interested in reforming capitalism - particularly in its role of serving wider society. The book is grounded in academic evidence, but the ideas are highly practical, and recognize the need for business to be profitable as well as purposeful. Most companies have inspiring mission statements; Edmans provides a concrete framework for translating them into actual practice. He does not shy away from acknowledging the challenges with running a purpose-driven company - balancing multiple objectives, achieving investor buy-in, and making decisions where the key criteria cannot be quantified. Instead, he tackles them head-on, giving clear guidelines on how to navigate tough decisions, which he illustrates with powerful examples.' Dominic Barton, former Global Managing Partner of McKinsey'The quest to encourage companies to adopt positive values, for the benefit of all stakeholders, sometimes seems long on vision and short on firepower. Edmans, a finance professor, provides plenty of ammunition to support the idea that visionary leaders can expand the whole 'pie' in pursuit of purpose and profit.' Andrew Hill, Financial Times, Best Books of 2020'This is an original and important book that will help transform how business sees itself - and how we see business. Alex Edmans in his passionate advocacy of 'Pieconomics' challenges us all to adopt a mindset and unity of purpose in which all business actions contribute to pie growing. The implications are radical and far-reaching. Read it: it will challenge how you think.' Will Hutton, Principal of Hertford College, Oxford and Observer columnist'In Grow the Pie, Alex Edmans has provided us with a valuable contribution to contemporary thinking about how business can be a force for good in society. His thought-provoking, often contrarian, ideas are rigorously logical, delving beneath the superficial analyses we often see, which assume correlation implies causation. And Alex's engaging storytelling brings the principles of 'Pieconomics' to life with examples of prominent business people - not just those who understand the benefits of growing the pie - but also those who don't.' Sir James G. M. Wates, Chairman of Wates Group'Alex Edmans has done a great service to society by showing that business doesn't have to be a zero-sum game if we focus more on growing the pie rather than maximizing our slice of it. This is capitalism with a human face.' Andrew Lo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology'Just as Freakonomics encouraged readers to look beyond the conventional wisdom that underlies many public policies, now Professor Alex Edmans introduces the concept of Pieconomics. In Grow the Pie, he challenges popular rhetoric that the free enterprise system is broadly detracting from society. Instead, through many and varied examples, he offers an alternate lens through which we can interpret what constitutes responsible business. In this thoroughly readable book, Edmans debunks mythologies about corporate behavior and offers a new vocabulary by which we can have principled discussions about the role of business in society.  A 'must read' for leaders in government, business and the media that reports on both.' Paula Rosput, Reynolds, Director of GE, BP, and BAE'This book is a must-read for asset owners, fund managers and for the boards and executives who lead business enterprise. It provides evidence-based analysis and guidance on how the influence of well-designed stewardship can yield benefit in terms of both financial returns for savers and investors and returns for all stakeholders in a way that benefits society as a whole.' Sir David Walker, former Chairman of Barclays and Morgan Stanley International, author of the Walker Review'Alex Edmans has produced rigorous evidence that the choice between people and profits is a false dichotomy. Now he makes his work accessible to a broader audience and explains how it's possible to overcome the tradeoffs that hold so many leaders and companies back.' Adam Grant, author of Originals and Give and Take and host of the TED podcast WorkLife'This uplifting book provides powerful examples, as well as evidence, that socially responsible businesses generate even higher long term profits than corporations focused on short term profit maximisation. Value is created particularly in new economy enterprises by employee purpose, creation of brand and reputation which drives customer preference. The findings reflects my own real world experiences of striving for business excellence across the global LifeSciences industry.' David Pyott, former Chairman and CEO of Allergan'Finance Professor Alex Edmans defines his purpose in life as 'to use rigorous research to influence the practice of business.' This book, Grow the Pie, demonstrates his manifest success in fulfilling that purpose. Edmans mobilizes evidence - not anecdotes - to make a case, both accessible and compelling, for policies and practices that increase the value available for all stakeholders versus simply and simplistically maximizing profit. Edmans' critical contribution is to reframe arguments about business and capitalism from an all too prevalent short-term zero-sum game to collaborative games where, over time, all can benefit.' Bill Janeway, Warburg Pincus'Alex Edmans provides robust evidence against the claim that businesses must choose between shareholder value and social responsibility. Although there are trade-offs, there is no single trade-off. What is good for shareholders can be good for society: evidence matters.' Baroness Onora O'Neill, University of CambridgeTable of ContentsIntroduction; How to read this book; Part I. Why Grow the Pie? Introducing the Idea: 1. The pie-growing mentality: a new approach to business that works for both investors and society; 2. Growing the pie doesn't aim to maximise profits – but often does: freeing a company to take more investments, ultimately driving its success: 3. Growing the pie doesn't mean growing the enterprise: three principles to guide trade-offs and which projects to turn down; 4. Does pieconomics work?: data – not wishful thinking – shows that companies can both do good and do well; Part II. What Grows the Pie? Exploring the Evidence: 5. Incentives: rewarding long-term value creation while deterring short-term gaming; 6. Stewardship: the value of engaged investors that both support and challenge management; 7. Repurchases: investing with restraint, releasing resources to create value elsewhere in society; Part III. How to Grow the Pie? Putting it into practice: 8. Enterprises: the power of purpose and how to make it real; 9. Investors: turning stewardship from a policy into a practice; 10. Citizens: how individuals can act and shape business, rather than be acted upon; Part IV. The Bigger Picture: 11. Growing the pie more widely: win-win thinking at the national and personal levels; Conclusion; Action items; Appendix; Acknowledgements; Endnotes; Index.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Eeckhout documents an astonishing rise of market power across all sorts of industries since 1980. We're not just talking about the usual suspects here; Amazon, Google, Facebook, and so on. We're talking about everything from the makers of cat food to the sellers of caskets."---Greg Rosalsky, NPR Planet Money"A serious and significant effort to explain rising market power and its implications to decades of stagnant wages to a wider audience."---Simcha Barkai, ProMarket"A very good read. . . . Hooray for an economist who can write so engagingly."---Diane Coyle, Enlightened Economist"A sharply argued thesis that one effect of all-powerful corporations is the suppression of wages for working people across the board. . . . A provocative case, and one that those who feel undervalued in the present economy will surely appreciate." * Kirkus Reviews *"The book convincingly argues for some role of market power in workers’ woes. . . . At a time when antitrust frameworks are being reconsidered on both sides of the Atlantic, Eeckhout’s book is a powerful reminder that this rethink must go big."---Romain Duval, Finance and Development"The Profit Paradox is an easy read . . . and the tour d’horizon of issues is impressive."---Jane Fuller, Financial World"As economist Jan Eeckhout lays out in his new book The Profit Paradox, rapid technological change since the 1980s has improved business efficiency and dramatically increased corporate profitability. But it has also led to an increase in market power that is detrimental for people in work." * Financial Times *"The work combines an in-depth economic vision with examples from everyday life." * Eurakalert *"The book is important for several reasons. First. . . . this book takes a global view. Second, it pushes back against quite a widespread misconception that monopoly is largely an American problem and that Europeans in particular are protected by strong competition authorities. Third, it is one of those relatively rare books that combines an easy read with deep and rich scholarship from an expert in the field."---Nicholas Shaxson, The Counterbalance"[The Profit Paradox] successfully carries out the Herculean task of bridging the frontier of academic knowledge with the general public. . . .Not only does [Eeckhout] present novel results in economics in a friendly way without departing from academic rigour, but he also provides an agenda for policies to be implemented. Written in an engaging voice and full of concrete examples from everyday life, this book will certainly find a place in the bookshelves of economists, policymakers, and even the general public."---Joaquín Paseyro Mayol and Edoardo Peruzzi, Economics and Philosophy

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Book SynopsisAshley Faus is Head of Lifecycle Marketing, Portfolio at Atlassian. Based in San Francisco, CA, her work has been featured in TIME, Forbes, Content Marketing Institute and The Journal of Brand Strategy. As a speaker she's shared insights with audiences at conferences including DigiMarCon, Digital Summit, INBOUND and MarketingProfs B2B Forum. She has been awarded as one of the Top 100 Product Marketing Mentors 2024, 50 Top B2B Marketing Influencers, Experts and Speakers to Follow 2022 and 2023 and 50 Marchitects to Follow 2022.

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Book SynopsisOffers the investing principles as the author originally laid them out - principles that continue to stand more than half a century since the book was first published. This book tells about making the right decisions to protect your investments and make them a success.Trade Review"By far the best book on investing ever written." -- Warren Buffett "If you read just one book on investing during your lifetime, make it this one" -- Fortune "The wider Mr. Graham's gospel spreads, the more fairly the market will deal with its public." -- Barron's

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Book SynopsisThis textbook looks at decisions how we make them, and what makes them good or bad. In this bestselling introduction, Erik Angner clearly lays out the theory of behavioral economics and explains the intuitions behind it. The book offers a rich tapestry of examples, exercises, and problems drawn from fields such as economics, management, marketing, political science, and public policy. It shows how to apply the principles of behavioral economics to improve your life and work and to make the world a better place to boot. No advanced mathematics is required. This is an ideal textbook for students coming to behavioral economics from various fields. It can be used on its own in introductory courses, or in combination with other texts at advanced undergraduate and postgraduate levels. It is equally suitable for general readers who have been captivated by popular-science books on behavioral economics and want to know more about this intriguing subject. New to this Edition:- An updated cTrade ReviewThis is an exceptionally clear guide to the alternative ways economists can approach decision-making and choice. It presents a thorough introduction to both standard and behavioural theories of decision-making, equipping readers to understand the issues raised by ‘nudge' policies as opposed to their more conventional alternatives. * Diane Coyle, University of Cambridge, UK *Erik Angner has written a wonderful introductory overview of behavioral economics. This book has a unique balance between accessibility and precision, which enhances a good understanding of the key concepts in behavioral economics. It has a concise style with many examples and exercises, and thereby is a great book for teachers and students. * Kirsten Rohde, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands *This text combines a succinct yet rigorous outline of standard choice theory with a lively and engaging discussion of many key findings and concepts of behavioral economics. I especially welcome its discussion of how these insights may be used (and abused) in government and business alike. * Stephen L. Cheung, University of Sydney, Australia *Table of Contents1 Introduction PART I CHOICE UNDER CERTAINTY 2 Rational Choice Under Certainty 3 Decision-making Under Certainty PART II JUDGMENT UNDER RISK AND UNCERTAINTY 4 Probability Judgment 5 Judgment Under Risk and Uncertainty PART III CHOICE UNDER RISK AND UNCERTAINTY 6 Rational Choice Under Risk and Uncertainty 7 Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty PART IV INTERTEMPORAL CHOICE 8 The Discounted Utility Model 9 Intertemporal Choice PART V STRATEGIC INTERACTION 10 Analytical Game Theory 11 Behavioral Game Theory PART VI CONCLUDING REMARKS 12 Behavioral Policy 13 General Discussion.

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsForeword ix Introduction: Problem Solving for the Challenges of the Twenty-First Century xiii Chapter 1 Learn the Bulletproof Problem Solving Approach 1A straightforward seven-step process is the key to bulletproof problem solving. Chapter 2 Define the Problem 31Take time upfront to fully understand the problem and its context. Chapter 3 Problem Disaggregation and Prioritization 49Cleave the problem into manageable parts. Chapter 4 Build a Great Workplan and Team Processes 87Drive your workplans from hypotheses to action for efficient problem solving. Chapter 5 Conduct Analyses 111Start with summary statistics and heuristics to find simple answers to complex problems. Chapter 6 Big Guns of Analysis 135Employ sophisticated tools of analysis with confidence when they are needed. Chapter 7 Synthesize Results and Tell a Great Story 179Synthesize your analysis and turn it into a compelling narrative. Chapter 8 Problem Solving with Long Time Frames and High Uncertainty 195Add tools to address issues of long time frames and uncertainty. Chapter 9 Wicked Problems 235Unpick wicked problems to yield surprising insights. Chapter 10 Becoming a Great Problem Solver 253The magic of the bulletproof process is now yours. Appendix: Blank Worksheets for You to Try 259 About the Authors 265 Acknowledgments 267 Index 271

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Book SynopsisRicardo Semler took over his father's company, Semco (founded in 1954), at the age of 19. Not only did he turn the company round, he made it an outstanding success. On the brink of bankruptcy in 1980, Semco achieved revenues of $34 million in 1993 - and $160 million in 2000. Semler threw out the rule book: for example, workers make their own decisions; every corporate decision is put to the vote; people turn up to the meetings they want to be at. It sounds insane: but it works.Trade ReviewThe way that Ricardo Semler runs his company is impossible; except th at it works, and works splendidly for everyone. I relish this book. It revived my faith in human beings and my hope for business everywhere -- Charles HandyIn this book, Ricardo Semler tells how Semco, Latin America's fastest growing company, uses a revolutionary way of working to run a profit-making company with a work force who love their jobs. * The Sunday Times *Are there real-life lessons to be learned? The answer is yes...Pragmatic, inspirational and intriguing advice. * The Times *Ricardo Semler is our kind of capitalist * Guardian *Semco takes workplace democracy to previously unimagined frontiers * The Times *

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Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. Strategic Brand Communication 2. Advertising 3. Public Relations 4. Action and Interaction: Direct Response and Promotions 5. How Brand Communication Works 6. Strategic Research 7. Segmenting and Targeting the Audience 8. Strategic Planning 9. Creative Side 10. Promotional Writing 11. Direct Response 12. Media Basics 13. Paid Media 14. Owned, Interactive, and Earned Media 15. Media Planning and Negotiation 16. IMC Management 17. Evaluating IMC Effectiveness 18. Social Impact, Responsibility, and Ethics: Is it Right?

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"I know of no other handbook that focuses on this particular genre of academic writing in such a thorough and, therefore, useful manner. I am confident that anybody who actively works through this book--it is, indeed, a workbook--will eventually taste the academic publishing success in the book's subtitle."--Praise for the previous edition "Steven E. Gump, Journal of Scholarly Publishing " "Even seasoned academic writers can find something useful in Belcher's book. . . . Offers sound advice, encouragement, and confidence-building strategies that help novice writers create/recreate a written text that could be publishable."--Praise for the previous edition "Chronicle of Higher Education "

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Book SynopsisTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERTransform your life using the Bullet Journal Method, the revolutionary organisational system and worldwide phenomenon.The Bullet Journal Method will undoubtedly transform your life, in more ways than you can imagine' Hal Elrod, author of The Miracle MorningIn his long-awaited first book, Ryder Carroll, the creator of the enormously popular Bullet Journal organisational system, explains how to use his method to:TRACK YOUR PAST: using nothing more than a pen and paper, create a clear, comprehensive, and organised record of your thoughts and goals.ORDER YOUR PRESENT: find daily calm by prioritising and minimising your workload and tackling your to-do list in a more mindful and productive way.PLAN YOUR FUTURE: establish and appraise your short-term and long-term goals, plan more complex projects simply and effectively, and live your life with meaning and purpose.Like many of us, Ryder Carroll tried everything to get organised countless apps, systems, planners,Trade Review‘The Bullet Journal Method completely changed the way I work and my productivity levels immediately shot up. It’s a system I feel like I’ll use forever as it adapts with me and lends itself to my busy lifestyle’ Lily Pebbles ‘Bullet journaling is one of the most elegant and effective productivity systems I've ever encountered. It will not only help you get more organised but will also help you become a better person. I highly recommend this book (and the method it details) for anyone looking to get more out of life’ Cal Newport, author of Deep Work ‘Whether you are an avid journaler or have always wanted to explore the benefits of journaling, The Bullet Journal Method simplifies the power of putting pen to paper and will undoubtedly transform your life, in more ways than you can imagine’ Hal Elrod, author of The Miracle Morning ‘A month in, and I am surprised by how well this system has kept me on task. I have retired my other organising apps. The physicality of my notebook stops me from getting distracted when I am planning my day. It is nice to have a single log of where and how I spend my time. And, crucially, I am much more productive. My email inbox no longer dictates my priorities for the day’ Lilah Raptopoulos, Financial Times ‘As well as the journal’s ability to organise and prioritise tasks, the popularity of pages dedicated to tracking aspects such as mood and gratitude has led experts to believe that bullet journals could be effective in combatting anxiety – as they make tasks easier to approach and deal with’ Independent ‘I've been using my bullet journal daily since the beginning of January, and I'm low-key obsessed!’ Buzzfeed

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Book SynopsisSCOTT KUPOR is managing partner at Andreessen Horowitz. He has overseen the firm?s rapid growth to one hundred fifty employees and more than $7 billion in assets under management. He is also a cofounder and codirector of the Stanford Venture CapitalTrade ReviewWorth far more than its cover price ... I wish I’d had it available to me when I was first looking for startup funding * ERIC RIES, bestselling author of tHE LEAN STARTUP and THE STARTUP WAY, from the foreword *As someone who helped a small company become a huge, valuable company, I know firsthand the power of the startup ecosystem and entrepreneurship. This is the definitive book on navigating VC as part of that * ERIC SCHMIDT, former executive chairman and CEO, Google; technical advisor, Alphabet Inc *I’ve observed thousands of founders and thought a lot about what it takes to create something important and to achieve outlier success. Kupor’s book takes founders who want to do both through everything from how VCs raise money and evaluate deals, to how to think about term sheets and set up boards. It’s a valuable resource for any founder who wants to work with VCs * SAM ALTMAN, partner and president, Y Combinator; cofounder, OpenAI *Secrets of Sand Hill Road is the definitive guide to how to engage the VC community, including governance and other best practices, in a startup’s journey to a successful public company * ADENA FRIEDMAN, president and CEO, Nasdaq; former managing director and CFO, The Carlyle Group *From acquiring startups, to leading a company, to working to select the next leader of an iconic company, I’ve seen it all. It’s become clear to me that startups drive the kind of innovation that big companies can’t easily do. Secrets of Sand Hill Road provides a useful overview for the next generation of leaders seeking to start such companies * JOHN W. THOMPSON, chairman, Microsoft; former CEO, Symantec *

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction ix The Fable 1 The Lesson 127 Introduction 129 Exploring the Two Leadership Motives 135 The Five Omissions of Reward-Centered Leaders 141 Imperfection and Vigilance 165 The Surprising Danger of Fun 167 The End of Servant Leadership 169 Acknowledgments 171 About the Author 173

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Book SynopsisFully revised and updated with brand new material and cases on issues surrounding sustainability and AI in the context of customer services, plus a brand new chapter on 'Customer service and sustainability'. Explains not only the theory behind the importance of customer service but how to put this theory into practice.

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Book SynopsisFinancial market behavior and key trading strategies are illuminated by interviews with top hedge fund experts in a work that demystifies the secret world of active investing.Trade Review"Encyclopedic in its cataloging of active management strategies and authoritative in its analysis of the practical issues of their implementation."—Martin S. Fridson, Financial Analysts Journal"This valuable and intriguing book provides a contemporary survey of investments across a wide spectrum of asset classes and strategies. Combining a wonderful narrative with a rigorous analytical structure, Efficiently Inefficient serves the needs of students, serious investors, and professionals."—Gary P. Brinson, CFA, GP Brinson Investments"For a book on investments, Efficiently Inefficient sets a completely different and higher standard."—Darrell Duffie, Stanford University"Efficiently Inefficient is a truly modern and masterful introduction to how finance will be studied and practiced in the twenty-first century."—Andrei Shleifer, Harvard University"A tour-de-force combination of original research and provocative interviews with hedge fund managers."—Laurence B. Siegel, CFA Institute Research Foundation

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Book SynopsisRory Sutherland is the Vice Chairman of Ogilvy UK and the founder of the behavioural science practice. He writes the Spectator's Wiki Man' column, presents series for BBC Radio 4, serves on the advisory board of The Evolution Institute, and is former President of the IPA (Institute of Practitioners in Advertising). The IDM (Institute of Direct and Digital Marketing) awarded Sutherland an Honorary Life Fellowship. His TED talks have over 6.5 million views. He authored a collection of blog posts, interviews, tweets and reference materials, The Wiki-Man, in 2011, and his first book Alchemy was published in 2019.Trade ReviewThis is a breakthrough book: Mother Reality makes sense in her own way. She yields her secrets to practitioners, almost never to academics - something psychologists, economists and non-skin in the game people, no matter what they say, are functionally unable to grasp. And the book is funny as hell: I smiled and laughed at every paragraph. Furthermore, this is the first such treatise written by someone who had true contact with reality via something called a P/L.And this is wonderfully applicable to about everything in life, from how to announce airplane delays to how to handle unsold opera tickets.Buy two copies of this book in case one is stolen. * Nassim Nicholas Taleb, scholar and former trader; author of the Incerto. *Revelatory and entertaining * The Sunday Times *Reading Alchemy was, as its title promised, the process of turning paper and print into gold. Veins of wisdom regarding human functioning emerge regularly and brilliantly from the pages. Don't miss this book. * Robert Cialdini, bestselling author of Influence, Yes!, The Small BIG and Pre-suasion *Deeply original * Robert Trivers, evolutionary biologist and author of Deceit and Self-Deception *Sutherland’s book touches on many facets of life, but all come down to the importance of “psycho-logic”, or non-rational factors, in how we make decisions and how problems can be solved * CAMPAIGN magazine *

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Book SynopsisDrawing on years of unprecedented access to the best and most influential culinary R&D teams in the world, Vaughn Tan reveals how they exemplify what he calls the uncertainty mindset. A revelatory look at the R&D kitchen, The Uncertainty Mindset upends conventional wisdom about how to organize for innovation and offers practical insights.Trade ReviewChefs are responsible for some of today's most novel innovations. Vaughn Tan goes behind the scenes to show how R&D is organized inside the world's most famous kitchens, uncovering surprising lessons that have wide application. This is a provocative contribution to studies of culture and R&D. -- Woody Powell, Stanford University This is one of the best books to appear in the last several decades about how to design organizations for continual innovation in high-pressure environments. It offers explanations for why some companies work and others don't, and made me embrace a new, more subtle way of thinking about hiring, managing, and trusting innovators in leading-edge technology companies. -- Jerry Neumann, founder of Neu Venture Capital The Uncertainty Mindset takes a close look at the secret inner workings of some of the most innovative food R&D teams worldwide. It shows organizations in other industries how to redesign themselves to become more resilient, innovative, and adaptable-by simply changing how they think about the future. -- Amy C. Edmondson, author of The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth Vaughn Tan spent long periods observing some of the world's most famous chefs at work in their prize-winning restaurants and tells his readers what they do and how they do it. A real contribution to our understanding of how experts combine artistic creation and business success. -- Howard S. Becker, author of Art Worlds Whether you're new to the culinary world or have dined in some of the world's top restaurants, you'd be hard pressed not to find The Uncertainty Mindset fascinating. Vaughn Tan has written an intriguing, well-researched account of how some of the world's top chefs and their teams approach culinary innovation-this book is full of valuable insights for forward-thinking, innovation-minded organizations and teams in any sector. -- Nathan Myhrvold, coauthor of Modernist Bread, Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking and Modernist Cuisine at Home, author of The Photography of Modernist CuisineTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Part I. A Partial History of New Ideas in Food 1. From the Margins to the Center 2. The Undercurrents of the New Part II. What Is Innovation in Food? 3. Well-Known, Barely Understood 4. Four Types of New Ideas in Food Part III. Innovation Is Uncertainty 5. A Nondelusional Worldview 6. The Uncertainty Mindset Part IV. Building the Ever-Changing Team 7. Innovation Implies Change 8. Building Innovation Dream Teams Part V. Creating the New Familiar 9. The Power of Familiar Novelty 10. Learning House Style Part VI. Staying in the Discomfort Zone 11. The Motivation Paradox 12. Desperation by Design Part VII. Insights from the Frontiers of Food 13. All Change 14. A Mindset for an Uncertain World Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisEmpower your students to solve today's important business problems with the basic tools of economics and without overwhelming calculus. Ideal for MBA courses, Brickley focus on data-driven decision-making and managerial applications within the structure of an organization. Using multidisciplinary examples, students leverage the underlying economic framework to analyze a variety of problems managers face today. It also provides an in-depth analysis of the firm and corporate governance topics.Brickley paired with Connect Economics provides assignable,auto-gradable versions of test bank content. Assignable content is fully integrated with the eBook. Students are also able to search, highlight, and take notes within the ReadAnywhere eBook and complete adaptive reading assignments offline. Connect provides instructors with powerful reporting tools allowing them to plan, track, and analyze student performance across learning outcomes.Table of ContentsPart 1: Basic ConceptsChapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Economists’ View of Behavior Chapter 3 Exchange and Markets Part 2: Managerial EconomicsChapter 4 Demand Chapter 5 Production and CostChapter 6 Market StructureChapter 7 Pricing with Market PowerChapter 8 Economics of Strategy: Creating and Capturing ValueChapter 9 Economics of Strategy: Game Theory Chapter 10 Incentive Conflicts and Contracts Part 3: Designing Organizational ArchitectureChapter 11 Organizational Architecture Chapter 12 Decision Rights: The Level of EmpowermentChapter 13 Decision Rights: Bundling Tasks into Jobs and Sub-units Chapter 14 Attracting and Retaining Qualified EmployeesChapter 15 Incentive Compensation Chapter 16 Individual Performance EvaluationChapter 17 Divisional Performance EvaluationCapstone Case Study on Organizational Architecture: Arthur Andersen LLP Part 4: Applications of Organizational ArchitectureChapter 18 Corporate Governance Chapter 19 Vertical Integration and Outsourcing Chapter 20* Leadership: Motivating Change within Organizations Chapter 21 Understanding the Business Environment: The Economics of Regulation Chapter 22 Ethics and Organizational Architecture Chapter 23* Organizational Architecture and the Process of Management Innovation

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Book SynopsisRetirement, as a major life transition, can be both thrilling and challenging in unexpected ways. Written by acclaimed authors in the fields of business leadership, careers, and work, this book goes beyond the typical financial and health-related advice on retirement, providing insights to guide you in broader areas of your life identity issues, relationship challenges, and questions about creating a new retirement life structure that works for you. With lively, engaging writing, the book tells the detailed retirement transition stories of 14 people and draws on over 200 interviews with 120 people to explore how retiring involves a reconstruction of both the person and their life structure. You'll gain wisdom on the common themes and the wildly different approaches people take to the four big tasks of retiring: making the retirement decision, detaching from work both tangibly and psychologically, building a new life structure for retirement, and settling into a relatively

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Book SynopsisA new collection of simple yet powerful words and wisdom from Warren Buffett about today’s economy and how investing has changed in the past two decades – from crypto to climate change – compiled and commented upon by bestselling authors Mary Buffett and David Clark. Warren Buffett’s investment achievements are unparalleled. He owes his success to hard work, integrity, and the most elusive commodity of all, common sense. In The New Tao of Warren Buffett, Mary Buffett – coauthor of the bestselling Buffettology series – joins David Clark to bring readers more of Warren Buffett’s smartest, funniest, and most memorable sayings that reveal the life philosophy and the investment strategies that have made Warren Buffett, and the shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway, so enormously wealthy. Collected from a variety of fresh sources, including personal conversations, corporate reports, pr

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Book SynopsisIn this inspiring manifesto, an internationally renowned oceanographer makes the provocative case for why protecting nature makes economic sense. Enric Sala wants to change the world--and in this groundbreaking book, he shows us how. Once we appreciate how nature works, he asserts, we will understand why its preservation is economically practical and essential to our survival. In this highly readable narrative, Sala, director of National Geographic's Pristine Seas project, tells the story of his scientific awakening, the colorful mentors whose work inspired him, and his transition from academic to activism--because, as he put it, he was tired of writing the obituary of the ocean. His revelations are surprising, and sometimes counterintuitive: Lots of sharks are actually the best indicator of a healthy ocean ecosystem, and crop diversity, rather than intensive monoculture farming, is the key to planetary abundance. For decades, Sala has speTrade Review"Natural ecosystems are the most complex, interdependent and carefully balanced machines onEarth and very easy to upend through human intervention, inattention and blindness. Enric Sala’sThe Nature of Nature shows how utterly intertwined we are with nature, and how dependent.He tells a fascinating story and presents a cautionary tale. A must-read." –James Cameron –Filmmaker, engineer, environmentalist, and National Geographic Explorer at Large“Enric Sala’s The Nature of Nature makes a case for protecting our planet that appeals just as strongly to our sense of reason as to our sense of humanity. Building on a lifetime of work exploring harmful human impacts on our ecosystems, he artfully weaves together his experiences as an explorer and scholar to explain how the natural world works. Sala makes the case for environmentalism, as he puts it, to both the brain and the heart. The Nature of Nature highlights the wonders of the wild and makes a beautifully argued and heartfelt case for why we must do all we can to protect them.” —Leonardo DiCaprio, actor & environmentalist “Incisive, impassioned, pragmatic, and compelling, Enric Sala’s beautiful book The Nature of Nature is both a gift of wonders and a call to arms. His observations of how nature works and, crucially, how it sustains human life, provide the clearest argument of all for the world to change its ways.” —Isabella Tree, author of Wilding: The Return of Nature to Our Farm “In The Nature of Nature, Enric Sala surveys records of experiments and academic works on nature to advance an urgent argument for the economic value and moral necessity of preserving our planet’s wild places on land and in the ocean. He is also inspired by the wonder and the miracle that he discovers our planet to be and argues that we are able to recover and safeguard this gift of God—namely, the planet's uniquely distinctive endowment with life—only through our joyful contemplation of the mystery of our planet's being and functioning, as Pope Francis has also observed.” —Cardinal Peter Turkson, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, Vatican “The Nature of Nature makes a compelling case for why giving more space to nature is essential to human and economic prosperity. Every leader should read it and apply its insights." —Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum “Enric Sala has a unique ability to explain complicated issues in a simple way. He helps us to understand the world, but also how to act in order to protect it better. Faced with the urgent need to protect our Planet, he provides us with enlightening insights and solutions for action. This book will be of invaluable help to those who refuse to give up." —HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco“Enric Sala writes in clear and highly readable prose about a complex subject, drawing on personal experiences and stories gathered from others. I highly recommend The Nature of Nature for anyone wishing to learn more about the interconnectedness of all living beings, the destructive impact of unsustainable human actions, and how we need to act together to heal the harms we have inflicted. It’s a clear account of the variety and interconnectedness of life forms on Planet Earth—our only home.” —Jane Goodall, PhD, DBE, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute & UN Messenger of Peace “This is an accessible—indeed a charming—account of how natural systems work; as we are now wrecking those intricate systems at a frightening pace, this could serve as an antidote, reminding us to be far more careful, and far more appreciative.” –Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature and Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?

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Book SynopsisAn accessible guide to the essential issues of corporate finance While you can find numerous books focused on the topic of corporate finance, few offer the type of information managers need to help them make important decisions day in and day out.Trade Reviewmarches the reader through the very practical issues that affect value. (Financial Times, November 2010).Table of ContentsAbout the Authors ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xv Part One The Four Cornerstones 1 Why Value Value? 3Many companies make decisions that compromise value in the name of creating value. But with courage and independence, executives can apply the four cornerstones of finance to make sound decisions that lead to lasting value creation. 2 The Core of Value 15Return on capital and growth are the twin drivers of value creation, but they rarely matter equally. Sometimes raising returns matters more, whereas other times accelerating growth matters more. 3 The Conservation of Value 29You can create the illusion of value or you can create real value. Sometimes acquisitions and financial engineering schemes create value, and sometimes they don’t. No matter how you slice the financial pie, only improving cash flow creates value. 4 The Expectations Treadmill 41No company can perpetually outperform the stock market’s expectations. When a company outperforms, expectations rise, forcing it to do better just to keep up. The treadmill explains why the share prices of high performing companies sometimes falter, and vice versa. 5 The Best Owner 51No company has an objective, inherent value. A target business is worth one amount to one owner and other amounts to other potential owners—depending on their relative abilities to generate cash flow from the business. Part Two The Stock Market 6 Who Is the Stock Market? 63Conventional wisdom segments investors into pigeonholes like growth and value, but these distinctions are erroneous. There’s a more insightful way to classify investors, and doing so culls out those who matter most to the value-minded executive. 7 The Stock Market and the Real Economy 73The performance of stock markets and real economies are typically aligned, hardly ever perfectly aligned, and rarely very misaligned. Executives and investors who understand this are better able to make value-creating decisions. 8 Stock Market Bubbles 89Stock market bubbles are rare and usually confined to specific industry sectors and companies. Knowing why and when bubbles occur can keep management focused on making sound strategic decisions based on a company’s intrinsic value. 9 Earnings Management 103Trying to smooth earnings is a fool’s game that can backfire and, in some cases, destroy value. Creating value in the longer run sometimes necessitates decisions that reduce earnings in the shorter run. Part Three Managing Value Creation 10 Return on Capital 119A company can’t sustain a high return on capital in the absence of an attractive industry structure and a clear competitive advantage. Yet it’s surprising how few executives can pinpoint the competitive advantages that drive their companies’ returns. 11 Growth 139It’s difficult to create value without growing, but growth alone doesn’t necessarily create value. It all depends on what type of growth a company achieves and what the returns on that growth are. 12 The Business Portfolio 153A company’s destiny is largely synonymous with the businesses it owns, and actively managed portfolios outperform passively managed portfolios. Sometimes companies can create value by selling even high-performing businesses. 13 Mergers and Acquisitions 169Most acquisitions create value, but typically the acquirer’s shareholders only get a small portion of that value, while the lion’s share goes to the target’s shareholders. But there are archetypal ways that acquirers can create value. 14 Risk 183Nothing in business is more clear yet complex than the imperative to manage risk. Clear because risk matters greatly to the company, its board, its investors, and its decision makers. Complex because each of these groups has a different perspective. 15 Capital Structure 197Getting capital structure right is important but doesn’t necessarily create value—while getting capital structure wrong can destroy tremendous value. When it comes to financial structures, companies are best to keep them as simple as possible. 16 Investor Communications 209Good investor communications can ensure that a company’s share price doesn’t become misaligned with its intrinsic value. And communication isn’t just one way: executives should listen selectively to the right investors as much as they tell investors about the company. 17 Managing for Value 223It’s not easy to strike the right balance between shorter-term financial results and longer-term value creation—especially in large, complex corporations. The trick is to cut through the clutter by making your management processes more granular and transparent. Appendix A The Math of Value 237 Appendix B The Use of Earnings Multiples 241 Index 245

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Book Synopsis* Option Trading, is the first comprehensive guide to trading options covering historical background, to contract types and market structure, to volatility measurement and forecasting, options strategies, and hedging techniques.Table of ContentsPreface xi Professional Trading xii The Role of Mathematics xiv The Structure of this Book xvi Acknowledgments xix CHAPTER 1 History 1 Summary 6 CHAPTER 2 Introduction to Options 7 Options 9 Specifications for an Option Contract 9 Uses of Options 11 Market Structure 14 Summary 20 CHAPTER 3 Arbitrage Bounds for Option Prices 21 American Options Compared to European Options 25 Absolute Maximum and Minimum Values 25 Summary 39 CHAPTER 4 Pricing Models 41 General Modeling Principles 42 Choice of Dependent Variables 45 The Binomial Model 48 The Black-Scholes-Merton (BSM) Model 55 Summary 61 CHAPTER 5 The Solution of theBlack-Scholes-Merton (BSM) Equation 63 Delta 67 Gamma 72 Theta 76 Vega 80 Summary 88 CHAPTER 6 Option Strategies 89 Forecasting and Strategy Selection 89 The Strategies 93 Summary 116 CHAPTER 7 Volatility Estimation 117 Defining and Measuring Volatility 119 Forecasting Volatility 129 Volatility in Context 132 Summary 136 CHAPTER 8 Implied Volatility 137 The Implied Volatility Curve 138 Parameterizing and Measuring the Implied Volatility Curve 142 The Implied Volatility Curve as a Function of Expiration 145 Implied Volatility Dynamics 146 Summary 151 CHAPTER 9 General Principles of Trading and Hedging 153 Edge 154 Hedging 156 Trade Sizing and Leverage 158 Scalability and Breadth 163 Summary 164 CHAPTER 10 Market Making Techniques 165 Market Structure 166 Market Making 169 Trading Based on Order-Book Information 181 Summary 189 CHAPTER 11 Volatility Trading 191 Hedging 192 Hedging in Practice 193 The P/L Distribution of Hedged Option Positions 203 Summary 213 CHAPTER 12 Expiration Trading 215 Pinning 215 Pin Risk 219 Forward Risk 221 Exercising the Wrong Options 221 Irrelevance of the Greeks 223 Expiring at a Short Strike 224 Summary 225 CHAPTER 13 Risk Management 227 Example of Position Repair 228 Inventory 232 Delta 234 Gamma 234 Vega 238 Correlation 240 Rho 242 Stock Risk: Dividends and Buy-in Risk 242 The Early Exercise of Options 243 Summary 248 Conclusion 249 APPENDIX A Distributions 253 Example 253 Moments and the “Shape” of Distributions 254 APPENDIX B Correlation 263 Glossary 271 Index 285

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Book SynopsisThe Logical Trader presents a simple trading methodology that any trader, anywhere can implement to trade anything. The "ACD Method" offers price points at which to buy and sell determined by the opening range of virtually any stock or commodity.Table of ContentsForword by Paul Tudor Jones. Introduction. Know Your ACDs. The Pivot Concept. Putting It Together: ACD and Pivot Ranges. Macro ACD. LOGICAL TRADER: MIDTERM. Pivot Moving Averages. The Advanced Trader. The ACD Version of "Ripley's Believe It or Not!" Trader Interviews. Appendix. Glossary. Index.

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Book SynopsisPete Hamill is a consultant, facilitator and coach with an international background in leadership and organizational development. He is the only executive coach in Europe to have completed an intensive training internship with Dr. Richard Strozzi-Heckler at the Strozzi Institute for Embodied Leadership. He has been certified as a Somatic Leadership Coach and has completed a Certificate in Humanistic Counselling with the Gestalt Centre in London.Trade Review"A thought provoking, practical, accessible guide on how to use your body to develop authority, presence and impact as a leader." * John Leary-Joyce, CEO of the Academy of Executive Coaching *"This book offers refreshingly practical ideas for everyone wanting to develop their leadership skills. It takes deliberate practice, but building on the principles of embodied leadership it opens our eyes to how much choice we actually have when we don't let our past determine our behavior, and hence our potential at work" * Eeva Sipila, Chief Financial Officer, Cargotec Corporation *"A thoroughly insightful and fresh perspective on leadership which makes a compelling case for a different approach." * Melanie Richards Partner, KPMG *Table of Contents Chapter - 00: Introduction; Section - ONE: Setting the foundations; Chapter - 01: What do we mean by leadership anyway?; Chapter - 02: How do I get better at it?; Chapter - 03: If I am to develop myself, what exactly is my ‘self’?; Chapter - 04: What does neuroscience have to say about the self?; Chapter - 05: Embodying our selves; Section - TWO: Exploring the ideas in practice; Chapter - 06: Developing choice and clarity as a leader; Chapter - 07: Conflict, stress and our conditioned tendencies; Chapter - 08: Giving feedback and being mindful rather than mindless; Section - THREE: The wider implications for leadership; Chapter - 09: Ethical leadership; Chapter - 10: Leadership for the 21st century; Chapter - 11: Conclusions

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Book SynopsisDescribes the history of economic thought, focusing on the development of economic theory from Adam Smith's "Wealth of Nations" to the late twentieth century. This text examines how important economists have reflected on the sometimes conflicting goals of efficient resource use and socially acceptable income distribution.Trade Review"Economics Evolving (excellent title) is an enjoyable and detailed presentation of the history of our profession. The focus is on the thoughts of individuals and, while schools of thought are broached, they are not central to the presentation. Historical background is presented and considered, but it is the development of economic thoughts that are at the heart of this analysis."--John J. Bethune, EH.Net "In non-technical language, he analyses how these great thinkers developed their theories, making for an essential guide to the great economic thinkers of the past 200-odd years."--Economist "Get a copy of Agnar Sandmo's book Economics Evolving."--Joseph E. Stiglitz @joestiglitz, Twitter "Taken as whole, this is one of those relatively rare books on economics that is both readable and thoughtful. It also fills a gap in the literature between primers written for non-economists and detailed (and sometimes arduous) histories of economic thought or its various subfields."--Cameron Gordon, Economic RecordTable of ContentsPreface vii Chapter 1: A Science and Its History 1 Chapter 2: Before Adam Smith 15 Chapter 3: Adam Smith 32 Chapter 4: The Classical School: Thomas Robert Malthusand David Ricardo 60 Chapter 5: Consolidation and Innovation: John Stuart Mill 89 Chapter 6: Karl Marx as an Economic Theorist 115 Chapter 7: The Forerunners of Marginalism 138 Chapter 8: The Marginalist Revolution I:William Stanley Jevons and Carl Menger 166 Chapter 9: The Marginalist Revolution II: Leon Walras 190 Chapter 10: Alfred Marshall and Partial Equilibrium Theory 213 Chapter 11: Equilibrium and Welfare: Edgeworth,Pareto, and Pigou 238 Chapter 12: Interest and Prices: Knut Wicksell and Irving Fisher 267 Chapter 13: New Perspectives on Markets and Competition 294 Chapter 14: The Great Systems Debate 318 Chapter 15: John Maynard Keynes and the Keynesian Revolution 339 Chapter 16: Frisch, Haavelmo, and the Birth of Econometrics 367 Chapter 17: The Modernization of EconomicTheory in the Postwar Period 391 Chapter 18: Further Developments in the Postwar Period 416 Chapter 19: Long-term Trends and New Perspectives 440 References 467 Index 485

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Book SynopsisJonathan Ferrar is a globally recognised consultant, speaker and business advisor in HR strategy and analytics. He is chief executive officer of global people analytics firm Insight222, and board advisor to the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development.David Green is an influencer, advisor and prolific speaker in the field of people analytics, human resources technology and the future of work. He is managing partner at Insight222 and host of the Digital HR Leaders podcast. In 2023 he was named as one of the Most Influential HR Thinkers by HR Magazine.Trade Review"In this book, cutting-edge practitioners share insights that you can start putting into action right away."" * Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of THINK AGAIN and host of the TED podcast, WorkLife *"Exceptional and the standard for people analytics" * Dave Ulrich, Rensis Likert Professor, School of Business, University of Michigan Partner, The RBL Group *"A superb book with practical case studies applicable to every HR professional and business leader in the use of data analytics towards better decision making."" * Low Peck Kem, Chief Human Resources Officer, Public Service Division, Prime Minister’s Office, Singapore *"Filled with topical case studies that can support any people analytics and HR team in their pursuit of creating enterprise value." * Loren I. Shuster, Chief People Officer & Head of Corporate Affairs, The LEGO Group *"HR is closer to the business than ever, and this book shows how people analytics is a business activity that drives substantial value." * Katarina Berg, Chief Human Resources Officer, Spotify *"There is a need for companies to become more human in our increasingly digital age. I have found, as a CHRO, that analytics provides equal benefit to both employees and the business, and Excellence in People Analytics dovetails these two very well. Using analytics is clearly one of the most valuable tools for becoming more human, enabling personalization and consumerisation of the employee experience." * Leena Nair Chief Human Resources Officer, Unilever *"People analytics provides business executives with another lever to improve their strategy and operations. Jonathan and David have a deep understanding of this topic and its impact on people and performance. Their work with companies across the globe is now captured in this book, providing insight with a collection of terrific case studies and practical advice. It is an outstanding guide for executives wishing to create value using people analytics." * John Boudreau, Professor Emeritus, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California *"Excellence in People Analytics is a delightful journey of discovery through the field of people analytics with 30 vivid case studies and practical models. Businesses have recognized that workforce data can unleash the potential of talent and create value for the company. Yet people analytics is one of the biggest capability gaps for organizations. This book inspires me and is a great guide to implement people analytics beyond the 'buzz' term." * Rosa Lee, Executive Vice President of Bosch China & Corporate HR, Head of Asia-Pacific *"Excellence in People Analytics will equip HR leaders and practitioners with the structures and use cases they need to keep up with technology and learn new skills. I have little doubt that this book will define HR's contribution to the workplace of the future." * Bernard Marr, Bestselling author of Data Strategy and Data-Driven HR, futurist and strategic advisor *"Brilliantly insightful, yet practically impactful. This is a foundational book in the field of people analytics that emphasizes a business-first approach for elevating human performance. The nine dimensions for success are complemented with powerful cases that will empower any practitioner to apply these concepts." * Michael J. Arena, VP Talent & Development, AWS and author of Adaptive Space *Table of Contents Section - PART ONE: The case for people analytics; Chapter - 00: Introduction; Chapter - 000: The business value of people analytics; Section - PART TWO: Nine Dimensions for Excellence in People Analytics; Chapter - 01: Governance; Chapter - 02: Methodology; Chapter - 03: Stakeholder Management; Chapter - 04: Skills; Chapter - 05: Technology; Chapter - 06: Data; Chapter - 07: Workforce Experiences; Chapter - 08: Business Outcomes; Chapter - 09: Culture; Section - PART THREE: The next steps for people analytics; Chapter - 10: Transforming people analytics; Chapter - 11: Epilogue - the future of people analytics; Chapter - 12: Concluding remarks; Chapter - 13: Glossary; Chapter - 14: Index

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Book SynopsisThe Wall Street Journal Top Ten BestsellerGrowth IQ shows you the 10 strategies to sustainable growth, based on a purpose-led culture for all businesses.'A worthy successor to Michael Porter, Bova's book is that rare gift: it opens doors for new ideas and new actions. No glib answers here, simply hard-won wisdom that will provoke big changes for organizations large and small.' – Seth Godin, author of LinchpinTiffani Bova, the Growth and Innovation Evangelist at Salesforce, draws on her expertise as a consultant and practitioner to devise a new framework for business leaders looking to pursue growth. We're witnessing an age of endless customization, and growth strategy is no exception. There's no one size fits all strategy; a winning strategy for one business may spell doom for another.In Growth IQ, Bova determines that there are ten simple – but easily misunderstood – growth paths, and explains how companies can get a handle on their particular business context, and use it to determine the right combination and sequence of growth paths to take them into the future. Bova breaks down the strategies deployed by a wide range of companies to show you how:* GE and John Deere have lasted over a century and continue to thrive by combining their strategy of innovative product development with a renewed focus on R&D and customer experience.* Marvel transformed from a struggling comic book publisher to a global entertainment behemoth by realigning their market penetration strategy to focus on comic book characters, instead of just comic books.* Gateway's attempt at market expansion into brick-and-mortar retail led to its failure, while the same move by Apple has accelerated its growth.Whether your company is on a growth spurt, in a worrying stall, or showing signs of decline, Growth IQ is your map to charting the course of your company's future.Table of ContentsUnit - Path 1: Customer Experience Chapter - 1.1: Sephora: A Beautiful Experience Chapter - 1.2: Shake Shack: Radical Hospitality Chapter - 1.3: Starbucks: Losing the Soul of the Past Unit - Path 2: Customer Base Penetration Chapter - 2.1: Red Bull: A Thai Pharmacist and an Austrian Entrepreneur Walk into a Bar Chapter - 2.2: McDonald’s: Ready, Set, Breakfast Chapter - 2.3: Sears: Uprooting Retail Unit - Path 3: Market Acceleration Chapter - 3.1: Under Armour: Sweaty T-Shirts Chapter - 3.2: The Honest Company: Better Living Through Chemistry Chapter - 3.3: Mattel: Toys Will Be Toys Unit - Path 4: Product Expansion Chapter - 4.1: Kylie Cosmetics: Keeping Up with Kylie Jenner (#KUWKJ) Chapter - 4.2: John Deere: And the “Beet” Goes On Chapter - 4.3: Blockbuster: “Be Kind, Please Don’t Unwind Our Business” Unit - Path 5: Customer and Product Diversification Chapter - 5.1: Marvel: Superhero Saves the Day Chapter - 5.2: PayPal: Banking on the Future Chapter - 5.3: LEGO: Coming Apart, Brick by Brick Unit - Path 6: Optimize Sales Chapter - 6.1: Salesforce: Four Men and Two Dogs Chapter - 6.2: Walmart: The Ultimate Retail Matchup Chapter - 6.3: Wells Fargo: A Rhyme Is Not a Reason Unit - Path 7: Churn Chapter - 7.1: Spotify: Winning Playlist Chapter - 7.2: Netflix: Twenty Years Old (and Counting) Chapter - 7.3: Blue Apron: Too Much on the Plate Unit - Path 8: Partnerships Chapter - 8.1: GoPro: Adrenaline Junkies Chapter - 8.2: Airlines: The Friendly Skies Chapter - 8.3: Apple: Killing Me Swiftly Unit - Path 9: Co-opetition Chapter - 9.1: Fiat Chrysler, BMW, and Intel: Joining Forces Chapter - 9.2: Wintel: Attack of the Clones Chapter - 9.3: Cisco-VMware-EMC: Better Together? Unit - Path 10: Unconventional Strategies Chapter - 10.1: TOMS Shoes: Heart and Sole Chapter - 10.2: Lemonade Insurance: When Life Gives You Lemons Chapter - 10.3: Grameen Bank in Bangladesh: On Purpose Chapter - 11: Knowing When to Jump Chapter - 12: Amazon Case Study: Staying in Day One

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Book SynopsisTable of Contents PART I: STRATEGIC BRAND MANAGEMENT: AN INTRODUCTION 1. Brands and Brand Management PART II: DEVELOPING A BRAND STRATEGY 2. Customer-Based Brand Equity and Brand Positioning 3. Brand Resonance and Brand Value Chain PART III: DESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTING BRAND MARKETING PROGRAMS 4. Choosing Brand Elements to Build Brand Equity 5. Designing Marketing Programs to Build Brand Equity 6. Integrating Marketing Communications to Build Brand Equity 7. Branding in the Digital Era 8. Leveraging Secondary Brand Associations to Build Brand Equity PART IV: MEASURING AND INTERPRETING BRAND PERFORMANCE 9. Developing a Brand Equity Measurement and Management System 10. Measuring Sources of Brand Equity: Capturing Customer Mind-Set 11. Measuring Outcomes of Brand Equity: Capturing Market Performance PART V: GROWING AND SUSTAINING BRAND EQUITY 12. Designing and Implementing Brand Architecture Strategies 13. Introducing and Naming New Products and Brand Extensions 14. Managing Brands Over Time 15. Managing Brands Over Geographic Boundaries and Market Segments PART VI: CLOSING PERSPECTIVES 16. Closing Observations

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Book SynopsisThis updated and expanded third edition explains the economic realities of the airline industry and the challenges that the sector now faces to decarbonise aviation.

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Book SynopsisCompanies acquire and merge to generate accelerated value growth. But merger integrations pose an enormous challenge to organisations: they are fraught with over-inflated expectations of making rapid synergy gains, laden with pitfalls inherent to complex organisational change, charged with emotion and are often influenced by socio-psychological dynamics. This complicated situation poses risks, and it is no surprise that many merger integrations turn out to be botched jobs. This book pools the current know-how, and closes important knowledge gaps, to offer hands-on advice and practical answers to the many 'how to' questions relating to merger implementation. It also explains the broader M&A context in which integration projects are rooted, providing a crucially important understanding of how to assess the chances of realising synergy potential and evaluate integration risks. The book demonstrates how integration can succeed and provides a candid overview of everything that needs to be done to navigate one of the most challenging areas of entrepreneurial activity. Business integration managers should view this as a vital instruction manual containing the essentials for the successful organisation of merger integration projects. The book guides PMI-managers through all the relevant fields of action to ensure a successful merger which forms a functioning and profitable business.Trade ReviewOffering business integration managers ideas on restructuring two merged organizations to form a functioning, profitable business, Meynerts-Stiller and Rohloff cover the world in merger and acquisition mode, from the transaction to integration, superordinate integration strategy, managing the uncontrollable, cultural mergers, and functional integration strategies. Specific topics include handing over the baton from the transaction team to the integration team, visible signs of integration readiness, managing the risks of integration, cultural integration, and human resources in the integration process. Distributed in North America by Turpin Distribution. -- Annotation ©2019 * (protoview.com) *Table of ContentsPart I: Introduction Chapter 1. Mergers are back in business Part II: The world in M&A mode Chapter 2. "M&A" as a global market phenomenon Chapter 3. Attempts at explaining the M&A adventure Chapter 4. Merger integration competence Chapter 5. Profile of an integration manager Part III: From the transaction to integration Chapter 6. What goes on prior to implementation Chapter 7. Handing over the baton from the transaction team to the integration team Chapter 8. From signing to closing Chapter 9. Share deal vs. asset deal Part IV: Day 1 Chapter 10. Visible signs of integration readiness Part V: Superordinate integration strategy Chapter 11. Fields of action in strategic integration planning Part VI: Management of the uncontrollable Chapter 12. Integration as a project Chapter 13. How to organize an integration project in an intelligent way Chapter 14. The logic of planning and control Chapter 15. Controlling overall success Chapter 16. Managing the risks of integration Part VII: Cultural mergers Chapter 17. Change management in merger integration Chapter 18. Cultural integration Chapter 19. Leadership development Chapter 20. Strategy, team & divisional development Chapter 21. Feedback loops Chapter 22. Communication Part VIII: Functional integration strategies Chapter 23. HR in the integration process Chapter 24. IT integration Chapter 25. Sales & procurement

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