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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPART 1 The Essence of Management Science and Business Analytics1 Introduction 2 Overview of the Analysis Process PART 2 Models for Predictive Analytics3 Classification and Prediction Models for Predictive Analytics 4 Predictive Analytics Based on Traditional Forecasting Methods PART 3 Using Linear Programming to Perform Prescriptive Analytics5 Linear Programming: Basic Concepts6 Linear Programming: Formulation and Applications 7 The Art of Modeling with Spreadsheets 8 What-If Analysis for Linear Programming 9 Network Optimization Problems PART 4 Using Integer or Nonlinear Programming to Perform Prescriptive Analytics10 Integer Programming 11 Nonlinear Programming PART 5 Traditional Uncertainty Models for Performing Predictive or Prescriptive Analytics12 Decision Analysis 13 Queueing Models 14 Computer Simulation: Basic Concepts 15 Computer Simulation with Analytic Solver APPENDIXESA Tips for Using Microsoft Excel for ModelingB Partial Answers to Selected Problems

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Book SynopsisThis Big Book helps you make design decisions for shops. With the advent of e-commerce, the role that physical stores played changed dramatically. Their right to exist is not in question, but the need for a different design for these stores is high. This book provides the necessary knowledge to design the store for the future. It provides a complete overview of background and research on the necessary tools, to reflections on the challenges of the future.

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Book SynopsisTable of Contents1 Accounting in Action 1-1 Knowing the Numbers 1-1 1.1 Accounting Activities and Users 1-3 Who Uses Accounting Data 1-4 Data Analytics 1-5 1.2 The Building Blocks of Accounting 1-7 Ethics in Financial Reporting 1-7 Accounting Standards 1-8 Measurement Principles 1-9 Assumptions 1-9 1.3 The Accounting Equation 1-12 Assets 1-12 Liabilities 1-13 Equity 1-13 1.4 Analyzing Business Transactions 1-14 Accounting Transactions 1-15 Transaction Analysis 1-16 Summary of Transactions 1-21 1.5 Financial Statements 1-22 Income Statement 1-24 Retained Earnings Statement 1-24 Statement of Financial Position 1-24 Statement of Cash Flows 1-25 Comprehensive Income Statement 1-25 Appendix 1A: Career Opportunities in Accounting 1-27 Public Accounting 1-27 Private Accounting 1-28 Governmental Accounting 1-28 Forensic Accounting 1-28 A Look at U.S. GAAP 1-48 2 The Recording Process 2-1 Accidents Happen: Bank of Taiwan 2-1 2.1 Accounts, Debits, and Credits 2-2 The Account 2-2 Debits and Credits 2-3 Equity Relationships 2-7 Summary of Debit/Credit Rules 2-7 2.2 The Journal 2-8 The Recording Process 2-8 The Journal 2-9 2.3 The Ledger and Posting 2-11 The Ledger 2-11 Posting 2-13 Chart of Accounts 2-14 The Recording Process Illustrated 2-14 Summary Illustration of Journalizing and Posting 2-20 2.4 The Trial Balance 2-22 Limitations of a Trial Balance 2-23 Locating Errors 2-23 Currency Signs and Underlining 2-23 A Look at U.S. GAAP 2-47 3 Adjusting the Accounts 3-1 What Was Your Profit? 3-1 3.1 Accrual-Basis Accounting and Adjusting Entries 3-2 Fiscal and Calendar Years 3-3 Accrual- versus Cash-Basis Accounting 3-3 Recognizing Revenues and Expenses 3-3 The Need for Adjusting Entries 3-6 Types of Adjusting Entries 3-6 3.2 Adjusting Entries for Deferrals 3-7 Prepaid Expenses 3-7 Unearned Revenues 3-11 3.3 Adjusting Entries for Accruals 3-14 Accrued Revenues 3-14 Accrued Expenses 3-16 Summary of Basic Relationships 3-19 3.4 Adjusted Trial Balance and Financial Statements 3-22 Preparing the Adjusted Trial Balance 3-23 Preparing Financial Statements 3-23 Appendix 3A: Alternative Treatment of Deferrals 3-26 Prepaid Expenses 3-27 Unearned Revenues 3-28 Summary of Additional Adjustment Relationships 3-29 Appendix 3B: Financial Reporting Concepts 3-30 Qualities of Useful Information 3-30 Assumptions in Financial Reporting 3-31 Principles in Financial Reporting 3-31 Cost Constraint 3-32 A Look at U.S. GAAP 3-58 4 Completing the Accounting Cycle 4-1 Speaking the Same Language: IASB 4-1 4.1 The Worksheet 4-3 Steps in Preparing a Worksheet 4-3 Preparing Financial Statements from a Worksheet 4-11 Preparing Adjusting Entries from a Worksheet 4-12 4.2 Closing the Books 4-13 Preparing Closing Entries 4-13 Posting Closing Entries 4-15 Preparing a Post-Closing Trial Balance 4-17 4.3 The Accounting Cycle and Correcting Entries 4-20 Summary of the Accounting Cycle 4-20 Reversing Entries—An Optional Step 4-20 Correcting Entries—An Avoidable Step 4-20 4.4 Classified Statement of Financial Position 4-24 Intangible Assets 4-25 Property, Plant, and Equipment 4-26 Long-Term Investments 4-26 Current Assets 4-26 Equity 4-27 Non-Current Liabilities 4-27 Current Liabilities 4-28 Appendix 4A: Reversing Entries 4-30 Reversing Entries Example 4-30 A Look at U.S. GAAP 4-59 5 Accounting for Merchandise Operations 5-1 Who Doesn’t Shop?: Carrefour 5-1 5.1 Merchandising Operations and Inventory Systems 5-3 Operating Cycles 5-3 Flow of Costs 5-4 5.2 Recording Purchases Under a Perpetual System 5-7 Freight Costs 5-8 Purchase Returns and Allowances 5-9 Purchase Discounts 5-10 Summary of Purchasing Transactions 5-11 5.3 Recording Sales Under a Perpetual System 5-11 Sales Returns and Allowances 5-13 Sales Discounts 5-14 Data Analytics and Credit Sales 5-15 5.4 The Accounting Cycle for a Merchandising Company 5-16 Adjusting Entries 5-16 Closing Entries 5-17 Summary of Merchandising Entries 5-17 5.5 Financial Statements for a Merchandiser 5-19 Income Statement 5-19 Classified Statement of Financial Position 5-23 Appendix 5A: Worksheet for a Merchandising Company 5-25 Using a Worksheet 5-25 Appendix 5B: Periodic Inventory System 5-26 Determining Cost of Goods Sold Under a Periodic System 5-27 Recording Merchandise Transactions 5-28 Recording Purchases of Merchandise 5-28 Recording Sales of Merchandise 5-29 Journalizing and Posting Closing Entries 5-29 Using a Worksheet 5-31 Appendix 5C: Adjusting Entries for Credit Sales with Returns and Allowances 5-33 Data Analytics in Action 5-54 A Look at U.S. GAAP 5-58 6 Inventories 6-1 “Where Is That Spare Bulldozer Blade?”: Komatsu 6-1 6.1 Classifying and Determining Inventory 6-2 Classifying Inventory 6-2 Determining Inventory Quantities 6-4 6.2 Inventory Methods and Financial Effects 6-7 Specific Identification 6-7 Cost Flow Assumptions 6-8 Financial Statement and Tax Effects of Cost Flow Methods 6-11 Using Inventory Cost Flow Methods Consistently 6-13 6.3 Effects of Inventory Errors 6-14 Income Statement Effects 6-14 Statement of Financial Position Effects 6-15 6.4 Inventory Statement Presentation and Analysis 6-16 Presentation 6-16 Lower of Cost or Net Realizable Value 6-16 Financial Analysis and Data Analytics 6-17 Appendix 6A: Inventory Cost Flow Methods in Perpetual Inventory Systems 6-21 First-In, First-Out (FIFO) 6-21 Average-Cost 6-22 Appendix 6B: Estimating Inventories 6-23 Gross Profit Method 6-23 Retail Inventory Method 6-24 Appendix 6C: LIFO Inventory Method 6-25 Data Analytics in Action 6-47 A Look at U.S. GAAP 6-50 7 Fraud, Internal Control, and Cash 7-1 Minding the Money at Nick’s: Nick’s Steakhouse and Pizza 7-1 7.1 Fraud and Internal Control 7-2 Fraud 7-3 Internal Control 7-3 Principles of Internal Control Activities 7-4 Data Analytics and Internal Controls 7-10 Limitations of Internal Control 7-10 7.2 Cash Controls 7-11 Cash Receipts Controls 7-11 Cash Disbursements Controls 7-14 Petty Cash Fund 7-16 7.3 Control Features of a Bank Account 7-19 Making Bank Deposits 7-19 Writing Checks 7-20 Electronic Banking 7-21 Bank Statements 7-21 Reconciling the Bank Account 7-22 7.4 Reporting Cash 7-27 Cash Equivalents 7-27 Restricted Cash 7-28 Data Analytics in Action 7-46 A Look at U.S. GAAP 7-49 Appendix 9A: Exchange of Plant Assets 9-26 Loss Treatment 9-27 Gain Treatment 9-27 Data Analytics in Action 9-47 A Look at U.S. GAAP 9-50 8 Accounting for Receivables 8-1 Are You Going to Pay Me—or Not?: BNP Paribas 8-1 8.1 Recognition of Accounts Receivable 8-2 Types of Receivables 8-3 Recognizing Accounts Receivable 8-3 8.2 Valuation and Disposition of Accounts Receivable 8-5 Valuing Accounts Receivable 8-5 Disposing of Accounts Receivable 8-12 8.3 Notes Receivable 8-15 Determining the Maturity Date 8-16 Computing Interest 8-16 Recognizing Notes Receivable 8-17 Valuing Notes Receivable 8-17 Disposing of Notes Receivable 8-17 8.4 Presentation and Analysis 8-20 Presentation 8-20 Analysis 8-20 Data Analytics and Receivables Management 8-21 Data Analytics in Action 8-38 A Look at U.S. GAAP 8-41 9 Plant Assets, Natural Resources, and Intangible Assets 9-1 How Much for a Ride to the Beach?: Rent-A-Wreck 9-1 9.1 Plant Asset Expenditures 9-2 Determining the Cost of Plant Assets 9-3 Expenditures During Useful Life 9-6 9.2 Depreciation Methods 9-7 Factors in Computing Depreciation 9-8 Depreciation Methods 9-9 Component Depreciation 9-13 Depreciation and Income Taxes 9-14 Revaluation of Plant Assets 9-14 Revising Periodic Depreciation 9-15 9.3 Plant Asset Disposals 9-16 Retirement of Plant Assets 9-17 Sale of Plant Assets 9-18 9.4 Natural Resources and Intangible Assets 9-19 Natural Resources and Depletion 9-20 Intangible Assets 9-21 9.5 Statement Presentation and Analysis 9-25 Presentation 9-25 Analysis 9-26 10 Current Liabilities 10-1 Financing His Dreams: Wilbert Murdock 10-1 10.1 Accounting for Current Liabilities 10-2 What Is a Current Liability? 10-2 Notes Payable 10-3 Value-Added and Sales Taxes Payable 10-4 Unearned Revenues 10-5 Salaries and Wages 10-6 Current Maturities of Long-Term Debt 10-8 10.2 Reporting and Analyzing Current Liabilities 10-8 Reporting Uncertainty 10-8 Reporting of Current Liabilities 10-10 Analysis of Current Liabilities 10-11 A Look at U.S. GAAP 10-27 11 Non-Current Liabilities 11-1 Are We Living on Borrowed Time? 11-1 11.1 Overview of Bonds 11-2 Types of Bonds 11-3 Issuing Procedures 11-3 Bond Trading 11-4 Determining the Market Price of a Bond 11-5 11.2 Accounting for Bond Transactions 11-7 Issuing Bonds at Face Value 11-7 Discount or Premium on Bonds 11-8 Issuing Bonds at a Discount 11-9 Issuing Bonds at a Premium 11-10 Redeeming Bonds 11-12 11.3 Accounting for Non-Current Liabilities 11-13 Long-Term Notes Payable 11-13 Lease Liabilities 11-15 11.4 Reporting and Analyzing Non-Current Liabilities 11-16 Presentation 11-16 Analysis 11-16 Debt and Equity Financing 11-17 Appendix 11A: Effective-Interest Method of Bond Amortization 11-19 Amortizing Bond Discount 11-19 Amortizing Bond Premium 11-21 Appendix 11B: Straight-Line Amortization 11-22 Amortizing Bond Discount 11-22 Amortizing Bond Premium 11-23 A Look at U.S. GAAP 11-40 12 Corporations: Organization, Share Transactions, and Equity 12-1 To the Victor Go the Spoils: adidas 12-1 12.1 The Corporate Form of Organization 12-2 Characteristics of a Corporation 12-3 Forming a Corporation 12-6 Shareholder Rights 12-6 Share Issue Considerations 12-8 Corporate Capital 12-10 12.2 Accounting for Share Transactions 12-12 Accounting for Ordinary Shares 12-12 Accounting for Preference Shares 12-14 Accounting for Treasury Shares 12-15 12.3 Accounting for Dividends and Splits 12-19 Accounting for Cash Dividends 12-19 Dividend Preferences 12-21 Accounting for Share Dividends 12-24 Accounting for Share Splits 12-26 12.4 Reporting and Analyzing Equity 12-28 Retained Earnings 12-28 Presentation of Statement of Financial Position 12-29 Analysis 12-31 Appendix 12A: Statement of Changes in Equity 12-32 Appendix 12B: Book Value—Another per Share Amount 12-33 Book Value per Share 12-33 Book Value versus Market Price 12-34 Data Analytics in Action 12-58 A Look at U.S. GAAP 12-61 13 Investments 13-1 Playing for Fun and Profit: Sony 13-1 13.1 Debt Investments 13-2 Why Companies Invest 13-3 Classification and Measurement of Investments 13-4 Accounting for Debt Investments 13-4 13.2 Share Investments 13-7 Holdings of Less than 20% 13-7 Holdings Between 20% and 50% 13-9 Holdings of More than 50% 13-10 13.3 Valuing and Reporting Investments 13-12 Categories of Securities 13-12 Statement of Financial Position Presentation 13-18 Presentation of Realized and Unrealized Gain or Loss 13-19 Classified Statement of Financial Position 13-20 Appendix 13A: Preparing Consolidated Financial Statements 13-22 Consolidated Statement of Financial Position 13-22 Consolidated Income Statement 13-26 A Look at U.S. GAAP 13-43 14 Statement of Cash Flows 14-1 What Should We Do with This Cash?: Keyence 14-1 14.1 Statement of Cash Flows: Usefulness and Format 14-3 Usefulness of the Statement of Cash Flows 14-3 Classification of Cash Flows 14-3 Significant Non-Cash Activities 14-5 Format of the Statement of Cash Flows 14-5 14.2 Preparing the Statement of Cash Flows—Indirect Method 14-7 Indirect and Direct Methods 14-7 Indirect Method—Computer Services International 14-8 Step 1: Operating Activities 14-9 Summary of Conversion to Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities—Indirect Method 14-12 Step 2: Investing and Financing Activities 14-13 Step 3: Net Change in Cash 14-14 14.3 Using Cash Flows to Evaluate a Company 14-17 Free Cash Flow 14-17 Appendix 14A: Statement of Cash Flows—Direct Method 14-19 Step 1: Operating Activities 14-21 Step 2: Investing and Financing Activities 14-25 Step 3: Net Change in Cash 14-26 Appendix 14B: Statement of Cash Flows—T-Account Approach 14-26 Data Analytics in Action 14-48 A Look at U.S. GAAP 14-51 15 Financial Analysis: The Big Picture 15-1 Making Money the Old-Fashioned Way: Li Ka-shing 15-1 15.1 Basics of Financial Statement Analysis 15-2 Need for Comparative Analysis 15-3 Tools of Analysis 15-3 Horizontal Analysis 15-3 Vertical Analysis 15-6 15.2 Ratio Analysis 15-9 Liquidity Ratios 15-9 Profitability Ratios 15-13 Solvency Ratios 15-16 Summary of Ratios 15-18 15.3 Sustainable Income 15-20 Discontinued Operations 15-21 Changes in Accounting Principle 15-22 Comprehensive Income 15-22 A Look at U.S. GAAP 15-48 Appendix A Specimen Financial Statements: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Limited A-1 Appendix B Specimen Financial Statements: Nestlé SA B-1 Appendix C Specimen Financial Statements: Delfi Limited C-1 Appendix D Specimen Financial Statements: Apple Inc. D-1 Appendix E Time Value of Money E-1 E.1 Interest and Future Values E-1 Nature of Interest E-1 Future Value of a Single Amount E-3 Future Value of an Annuity E-5 E.2 Present Value Concepts E-7 Present Value Variables E-7 Present Value of a Single Amount E-8 Present Value of an Annuity E-10 Time Periods and Discounting E-12 Present Value of a Long-Term Note or Bond E-12 E.3 Using Financial Calculators E-15 Present Value of a Single Sum E-15 Present Value of an Annuity E-16 Useful Applications of the Financial Calculator E-17 Appendix F Accounting for Partnerships F-1 F.1 Forming a Partnership F-1 Characteristics of Partnerships F-2 Organizations with Partnership Characteristics F-3 Advantages and Disadvantages of Partnerships F-4 The Partnership Agreement F-5 Accounting for a Partnership Formation F-5 F.2 Accounting for Net Income or Net Loss F-6 Dividing Net Income or Net Loss F-6 Partnership Financial Statements F-9 F.3 Liquidation of a Partnership F-10 No Capital Deficiency F-11 Capital Deficiency F-12 F.4 Admissions and Withdrawals of Partners F-14 Admission of a Partner F-15 Withdrawal of a Partner F-18 Appendix G Subsidiary Ledgers and Special Journals G-1 G.1 Subsidiary Ledgers G-1 Subsidiary Ledger Example G-2 Advantages of Subsidiary Ledgers G-3 G.2 Special Journals G-4 Sales Journal G-5 Cash Receipts Journal G-7 Purchases Journal G-11 Cash Payments Journal G-13 Effects of Special Journals on the General Journal G-16 Cybersecurity: A Final Comment G-17 Subject Index I-1 Company Index I-13

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Book SynopsisIntroduction to Operations Research is the classic text on operations research. While building on the classic strengths of the text, the author continues to find new ways to make the text current and relevant to students. One way is by incorporating a wealth of state-of-the art, user-friendly software and more coverage of business applications than ever before. When the first co-author received the prestigious Expository Writing Award from INFORMS for the textbook, the award citation described the reasons for the book's great success as follows:Two features account for this success. First, the editions have been outstanding from students' points of view due to excellent motivation, clear and intuitive explanations, good examples of professional practice, excellent organization of material, very useful supporting software, and appropriate but not excessive mathematics. Second, the editions have been attractive from instructors' points of view because they repeatedly in

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Book SynopsisAlnoor Bhimani is Professor of Management Accounting and Director of the South Asia Centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Charles T. Horngren was the Edmund W. Littlefield Professor of Accounting at Stanford University. Srikant M. Datar is the Dean of Harvard Business School. Madhav V. Rajan is the Dean of the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago.Table of ContentsContents Guide to the case studies Preface Author's acknowledgements Part 1 Management and cost accounting fundamentals The manager and management accounting An introduction to cost terms and purposes Job costing Process costing Cost allocation Cost allocation: joint-cost situations Income effects of alternative stock-costing methods Part 1 Case study problems Part 2 Accounting information for decision making Cost–volume–profit analysis Determining how costs behave Relevant information for decision making Activity-based costing Pricing issues and customer profitability analysis Capital investment decisions Part 2 Case study problems Part 3 Planning and budgetary control systems Motivation, budgets and responsibility accounting Flexible budgets, variances and management control: I Flexible budgets, variances and management control: II Measuring yield, mix and quantity effects Part 3 Case study problems Part 4 Management control systems and performance issues Control systems and transfer pricing Control systems and performance measurement Part 4 Case study problems Part 5 Strategy, quality, time and emerging issues Strategy, the balanced scorecard and quality Strategy, the balanced scorecard and quality Emerging issues: digitalisation and sustainability Part 5 Case study problems Appendix A: Solutions to selected exercises Glossary Subject Index Publisher's acknowledgements

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Book SynopsisThe New York Times bestselling guide to leading positive change in any organizationâupdated with critical new insights, research, and case studiesThe world-renowned leadership experts that brought us the leadership classic Crucial Conversations have fully updated their bestselling Crucial Influence (originally published as Influencer). In these pages, they reveal that fewer than one in eight behavior change efforts is successfulâand most produce nothing more than wasted resources and organization-wide cynicism.The solution to this challenge isnât easy, but it is simple. Itâs all about the strategic application of influenceâsystematic and intentional actions aimed at helping people improve results by changing their behaviorâa practice most leaders have yet to fully understand and embrace.Crucial Influence walks you through the process of identifying the personal, social, and structural levers that influence both motivatio

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsForeword by H. Irving Grousbeck Acknowledgements Introduction: The Five Skills of Great Leaders Part I: Commitment to Building a Team Chapter 1 Hire for Outcomes Chapter 2 The One Hundred Day Window Chapter 3 Instant Performance Feedback Chapter 4 The 360° Review Chapter 5 Coaching Underperformance Chapter 6 Breaking Up is Hard Chapter 7 Never Waste a Last Goodbye Part II: Fanatical Custodian of Time Chapter 8 Activity Is Not Progress Chapter 9 Make Your Day to Make Your Month Chapter 10 Curing the Digital Disaster Chapter 11 Seven Steps to Running a Great Meeting Chapter 12 Delegating Part III: Willingness to Seek and Take Advice Chapter 13 Five Questions Chapter 14 Finding and Using Mentors Chapter 15 Executive Coaching Chapter 16 A Board of Advisors Part IV: Setting and Adhering to Priorities Chapter 17 Key Performance Indicators Chapter 18 The Operating Plan Chapter 19 Alignment Through Compensation Part V: An Obsession with Quality Chapter 20 Quality Drives Profit Chapter 21 Walk Behind the Tractor Chapter 22 A Vow to Wow Implementing The Five Skills of Great Leaders Afterword by Irv Grousbeck Notes Index

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Book SynopsisGenerative AI and the remote-work revolution show us every day that we''re in a new era. The rules and norms have changed—and so must leadership.And yet, coercive bureaucracy, hierarchy, and control—old ways of thinking and working—are still with us, a deep-seated and powerful legacy. We are living through a profound transition from an old, industrial era to a new one that is digital, transparent, and complex.In this important new book by former dean of Harvard Business School Kim Clark, written with his business school professor son, Jonathan, and management consultant daughter, Erin, the dynamic struggle between two competing paradigms of leadership is compellingly illustrated: an old paradigm that involves control and power over people versus a new one that enables and inspires power through people.With rich examples and stories, the authors show how deeply ingrained the legacy model of leadership remains and how destruc

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Book SynopsisAn actionable guide to mindfulness and practical ethics for any creative professional who wants to make a living without selling their soul.It can be difficult to live according to our values in a complicated world. At a time when capitalism seems most unforgiving but the need for paying work remains high, it is important to learn how we can be more mindful and intentional about our impact personal, social, economic, and environmental.As designer and creative director Kelly Small had to do to navigate a crisis of ethics and burnout in their career in advertising, we can admit our complicity in problematic systems and take on the responsibility of letting our own conscience guide our decisions.Start with one or many of these 100+ rigorously researched, ultra-practical action steps: Co-create and collaborate Get obsessed with accessibility Demand diverse teams Commit to self-care Make ethics a competitivTrade ReviewKelly Small’s experience as a former creative director provides valuable insight … Small’s thorough breakdown of ethical concerns in the workplace can benefit anyone wanting to grow as an ally in a nation rife with issues of disparity. * Cascade *What Kelly Small brings to the table is a healthy dose of both inspiration and practicality … Kelly Small’s personal story is an inspiration in itself, shared throughout the book with candour and courage. If you’re a creative searching for cleaner, healthier, and socially just ways to practice, you’ll not find a better place to start looking. And the timing couldn’t be better. * Applied Arts *

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Book Synopsis LEADING FROM PURPOSE IS TRANSFORMING LEADERSHIP AT THE WORLD''S TOP COMPANIES''I can''t imagine leading Ben & Jerry''s without it'' Jostein Solheim, CEO of Ben & Jerry''s ''Makes lives deeper, organisations stronger and society more cohesive.'' Paul Polman, CEO, Unilever''Purpose has really enhanced my impact as a leader.'' Ralph Hamers, CEO of ING Bank''My purpose has acted as a guiding light to help me centre and ground myself to lead effectively when it''s needed most.'' Loren Shuster, Chief People Officer at LEGO Drawing on ten years of experience working with more than 10,000 executives from companies around the world, Nick Craig takes you on a revelatory journey to understand your purpose, find clarity and focus and lead with inspiration.When uncovered, purpose becomes our most fundamental guiding principle. Explaining where true purpose lies and demystifying whereTrade ReviewA testament to the power of purpose, based on powerful insights on how to apply it in a way that makes lives deeper, organisations stronger and society more cohesive. -- Paul Polman, CEO, UnileverCaution: this is a book about purpose. Do this work and it will change the way you live, love, parent and lead. Once you live your purpose, you can't unlive it. -- Brené Brown, New York Times bestselling author of 'The Gifts of Imperfection', from the forewordAfter 25 years of corporate life, I knew there was an underlying driver, but could not put my finger on it - that is until I explored with Nick his work around Purpose. Since then, my purpose has acted as a guiding light to help me centre and ground myself to lead effectively when it's needed most. -- Loren Shuster, Chief People Officer at LEGONick Craig's breakthrough book will transform your leadership as you discover your authentic purpose. With his depth of understanding, brilliant insights and powerful examples, Craig enables you to find the deeper meaning of your life so you can make a lasting impact on the world around you. -- Bill George, Senior Fellow at Harvard Business School and former Chair & CEO of MedtronicWorking with Craig dramatically changed my professional path and I can't imagine leading Ben & Jerry's without it. -- Jostein Solheim, CEO of Ben & Jerry'sArticulating my own purpose has not been a process of invention, but a process of discovery, and working with Nick helped put the various pieces together. Having discovered my own purpose has really enhanced my impact as a leader. -- Ralph Hamers, CEO of ING BankLeadership - useful, generous, humble leadership - is our most urgent need today. Nick Craig shares his wisdom on how each of us can make a difference, starting now. -- Seth Godin, New York Times bestselling author of 'Linchpin'Some say it takes up to 10,000 hours to master a skill. Fortunately, Nick Craig has done the hard work for us. Listen closely, because Nick Craig is truly the Master of Purpose. * Scott A. Snook, Senior Lecturer of Business Administration, Harvard Business School *Nick Craig has developed a model that unlocks that journey, creating a pathway for clarity of purpose and mission. The implementation of this model across several hundred of senior leaders has seen deeper alignment with core values, a greater focus on our core mission and continued improvement in the culture and performance of the organisation. * Michael Schneider, Managing Director, Bunnings Group *

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Book SynopsisSubprime Cities: The Political Economy of Mortgage Markets presents a collection of works from social scientists that offer insights into mortgage markets and the causes, effects, and aftermath of the recent ''subprime'' mortgage crisis. Provides an even-handed and detailed analysis of mortgage markets and the recent housing crisis Features contributions from various social scientists with expertise in critical social theories who have assembled and analyzed detailed empirical information Offers a unique and powerful rebuttal to many of the misleading popular explanations of the crisis and its aftermath Reveals how racial minorities and the neighbourhoods inhabited by them are more likely to be targeted by subprime and predatory lenders Trade Review"Aalbers has edited a commendable volume that makes a strong case for the centrality of urban processes in crisis formation. It has implications for a number of subfields in political science—including urban politics, economic and housing policy processes, race and ethnicity, politics and history, and federalism and intergovernmental relations—and should be read by scholars seeking to pinpoint the urban origins of the global financial crisis, as well as by those with an interest in learning more about the unavoidable and deepening connection between the fate of cities and the fate of nations." (Perspectives on Politics, 1 September 2013) “So its reading will benefit not only economic geographers, but also sociologists, political scientists and, dare we say, economists.” (Political Studies Review, 8 January 2014) "Aalbers has edited a commendable volume that makes a strong case for the centrality of urban processes in crisis formation. It has implications for a number of subfields in political science—including urban politics, economic and housing policy processes, race and ethnicity, politics and history, and federalism and intergovernmental relations—and should be read by scholars seeking to pinpoint the urban origins of the global financial crisis, as well as by those with an interest in learning more about the unavoidable and deepening connection between the fate of cities and the fate of nations."(Perspectives on Politics, September 2013) “The book will be extremely useful for advanced courses in economic geography, housing policy and related topics. It should be widely cited in the ongoing debates over the subprime crisis as well as in discussions of mortgage and housing markets more generally.” (International Journal of Housing Policy, 20 June 2013) “Overall, the book is a must-have for not only those interested in the economics, geography, and politics of the subprime crisis or mortgage markets, but also those more broadly interested in economic geography more broadly, especially as it concerns finance. The book will be extremely useful for advanced courses in economic geography, housing policy, and related topics. It should be widely cited in the ongoing debate over the subprime crisis as well as in discussions of mortgage and housing markets more generally.” (International Journal of Housing Policy, 2012) Table of ContentsList of Figures vii List of Tables viii Notes on Contributors ix Foreword: The Urban Roots of the Financial Crisis xiii David Harvey Series Editors’ Preface xx Acknowledgments xxi Part I Introduction 1 Subprime Cities and the Twin Crises 3 Manuel B. Aalbers Part II The Political Economy of the Mortgage Market 23 1 Creating Liquidity Out of Spatial Fixity: The Secondary Circuit of Capital and the Restructuring of the US Housing Finance System 25 Kevin Fox Gotham 2 Finance and the State in the Housing Bubble 53 Herman Schwartz 3 Expanding the Terrain for Global Capital: When Local Housing Becomes an Electronic Instrument 74 Saskia Sassen 4 Building New Markets: Transferring Securitization, Bond-Rating, and a Crisis from the US to the UK 97 Thomas Wainwright 5 European Mortgage Markets Before and After the Financial Crisis 120 Manuel B. Aalbers 6 The Reinvention of Banking and the Subprime Crisis: On the Origins of Subprime Loans, and How Economists Missed the Crisis 151 Gary A. Dymski Part III Cities, Race, and the Subprime Crisis 185 7 Redlining Revisited: Mortgage Lending Patterns in Sacramento 1930–2004 187 Jesus Hernandez 8 The New Economy and the City: Foreclosures in Essex County New Jersey 219 Kathe Newman 9 Race, Class, and Rent in America’s Subprime Cities 242 Elvin Wyly, Markus Moos, and Daniel J. Hammel Part IV Conclusion 291 10 Subprime Crisis and Urban Problematic 293 Gary A. Dymski Glossary 315 Index 324

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Book SynopsisLead change amid constant turbulence and disruption.Get more of the ideas you want, from the authors you trust, with HBR's 10 Must Reads on Change Management (Vol. 2). We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you successfully transform your organization.With insights from leading experts including John Kotter, Tim Brown, and Roger Martin, this book will inspire you to: Master the eight accelerators of strategic change Turn your culture into a catalyst for transformation Use your network ties to win over resisters Apply design thinking to secure buy-in Scale agile practices across your organization Get reorgs right Avoid pursuing the wrong changes This collection of articles includes "What Everyone Gets Wrong About Change Management," by N. Anand and Jean-Louis Barsoux; "Cultural Change That Sticks," by Jon R. Katzenbach, Ilona Steffen, and Caroline Kronley; "Culture Is Not the Culprit," by Jay W. Lorsch and Emily McTague; "The Network Secrets of Great Change Agents," by Julie Battilana and Tiziana Casciaro; "Design for Action," by Tim Brown and Roger L. Martin; "Agile at Scale," by Darrell K. Rigby, Jeff Sutherland, and Andy Noble; "The Merger Dividend," by Ron Ashkenas, Suzanne Francis, and Rick Heinick; "Getting Reorgs Right," by Stephen Heidari-Robinson and Suzanne Heywood; and "Your Workforce Is More Adaptable Than You Think," by Joseph B. Fuller, Judith K. Wallenstein, Manjari Raman, and Alice de Chalendar.HBR's 10 Must Reads paperback series is the definitive collection of books for new and experienced leaders alike. Leaders looking for the inspiration that big ideas provide, both to accelerate their own growth and that of their companies, should look no further. HBR's 10 Must Reads series focuses on the core topics that every ambitious manager needs to know: leadership, strategy, change, managing people, and managing yourself. Harvard Business Review has sorted through hundreds of articles and selected only the most essential reading on each topic. Each title includes timeless advice that will be relevant regardless of an ever‐changing business environment.

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Book SynopsisShortlisted for the African Business Book of the Year Award For Heineken, ‘rising Africa’ is already a reality: the profits it extracts there are almost 50 per cent above the global average, and beer costs more in some African countries than it does in Europe. Heineken claims its presence boosts economic development on the continent. But is this true? Investigative journalist Olivier van Beemen has spent years seeking the answer, and his conclusion is damning: Heineken has hardly benefited Africa at all. On the contrary, there are some shocking skeletons in its African closet: tax avoidance, sexual abuse, links to genocide and other human rights violations, high-level corruption, crushing competition from indigenous brewers, and collaboration with dictators and pitiless anti-government rebels. Heineken in Africa caused a political and media furore on publication in The Netherlands, and was debated in their Parliament. It is an unmissable exposé of the havoc wreaked by a global giant seeking profit in the developing world.Trade Review'Precisely and rigorously ticks off Heineken’s excesses and tribulations in Africa.' -- Le Monde'[This] critical account of the brewer goes to the heart of doing business in challenging markets . . . [a] provocative book.' -- The Financial Times‘van Beemen, the author of this well-researched and provocative book, has uncovered an astounding counter-story to the corporate spin . . . an almost perfect case study of what can go wrong when globalisation is unleashed in markets with huge financial potential but without the regulatory frameworks present in more stable parts of the world.' -- Prospect'A brilliant and exhaustive investigation into a corporate giant’s claims of its positive actions on that continent.' -- Counterfire'A complex tale of a company operating in a country defined by perpetual conflict and warlordism . . . this book it is an important window into how careless corporate behaviour can impede Africa’s development.' -- African Business'The unauthorised story of a beer giant’s African saga. … Van Beemen precisely and rigorously ticks off Heineken’s excesses and tribulations in Africa. … For a long time Heineken’s management refused to meet the journalist, before changing their minds and giving him interviews almost two years after the book first appeared, which offer a valuable counterpoint and make this remarkable survey all the more balanced.' -- Le Monde‘One of the most readable, nuanced and critical accounts of “multinationals doing business in Africa” . . .Van Beemen uses his unagitated and meticulously researched style to the fullest advantage . . . an excellent book.’ -- Aidnography Blog

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Book SynopsisThe authors, design practitioners and educators, bringing together in this book 15 years of knowledge, practice and research, have produced the first book about how, as a designer, to formulate a vision for new and appropriate products. They call this new approach Vision in Product Design (ViP). It strikes a good balance between structuring the process of design while allowing the designers to take a personal position and fully express themselves in producing a product. ViP is both a method and a design philosophy. Besides explaining what ViP is all about, the book offers a rich array of narratives like conversations, cases, literature and creative materials (both academic and popular) and illustrations like models and pictures. Through these different pathways the reader will better understand ViP and will be able to interact with the book, both in practice as in educational context in more various ways.

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Book SynopsisWhat is great culture made of? How do you get more of it, or turn around a group that needs improving? In The Culture Playbook, Daniel Coyle delivers a field-tested guide for building strong, cohesive, high-performing groups.Coyle, author of the New York Times bestselling The Culture Code, has spent the last six years studying and consulting with some of the most successful groups on the planet - including Pixar, Navy SEALS Team 6 and others. Here, he distils his findings into 60 concise, actionable, scientifically proven tips for building safety, generating trust, and establishing purpose - plus a set of conversation-igniting exercises to help you assess and improve your current culture. The result is a book that will sharpen the skills of any leader and strengthen the cohesion of any team - because it demonstrates that great culture is not controlled by fate or luck; it's controlled by you.Praise for The Culture Code'A truly brilliant, mesmerising read that demystifies the magic of great groups. It blows all other books on culture right out of the water. Read it immediately.' Adam Grant, author of Originals'An essential book that unlocks the secrets of highly successful groups and provides readers with a toolkit for building a cohesive, innovative culture.' Business Insider

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPREFACE vii OVERVIEW OF THE 12 WEEK YEARTM ix CHAPTER 1 Becoming a Visionary 1 Exercise #1: Have – Do – Be 2 Exercise #2: Long-Term Vision 4 Exercise #3a: Three-Year Personal Vision 5 Exercise #3b: Three-Year Business Vision 6 Exercise #4: 12-Month Vision (Optional) 7 CHAPTER 2 Establishing Your Goals and Building Your Plan 11 Starting with the End in Mind 11 Writing Effective Goals 13 12 Week Plan Tactics 16 CHAPTER 3 Making and Keeping 12 Week Commitments 25 Benefits of Keeping Commitments 26 CHAPTER 4 Installing Process Control 31 Weekly Plan 31 Weekly Accountability Meeting (WAM) 33 Daily Huddles 35 12 Week Theme 36 12 Week Year Celebrations 37 CHAPTER 5 Scorekeeping 41 The Four Weekly Execution Scenarios 45 Great Week after Great Week: The Weekly Execution Routine 47 CHAPTER 6 Using Your Time Intentionally 51 Constructive Belief #1: Your Time Is at Least as Valuable as the Time of Others 51 Constructive Belief #2: You Can’t Get Everything Done 52 Constructive Belief #3: Work on the High Priority, Money-Making, Results-Generating Activity First 52 Constructive Belief #4: Breakthrough Requires Breakout from Your Old “Systems” 53 Constructive Action: Create a Model Workweek and Implement It 53 CHAPTER 7 12 Week Year Review and Planning 61 12 Week Year Review and Planning 62 Quality of Life 63 Success Disciplines 65 Breakthroughs 66 CHAPTER 8 Confront the Truth (Optional Section) 69 Confronting the Truth Example – 12 Week Execution Data 70 Confronting the Truth 71 CHAPTER 9 12 Week Year Game Plan 97 CONCLUSION 115 ABOUT THE AUTHORS 117

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Book SynopsisHow do you remember more and forget less?How can you earn more and become more creative just by moving house?And how do you pack a car boot most efficiently?This is your shortcut to the art of the shortcut.Mathematics is full of better ways of thinking, and with over 2,000 years of knowledge to draw on, Oxford mathematician Marcus du Sautoy interrogates his passion for shortcuts in this fresh and fascinating guide. After all, shortcuts have enabled so much of human progress, whether in constructing the first cities around the Euphrates 5,000 years ago, using calculus to determine the scale of the universe or in writing today's algorithms that help us find a new life partner.As well as looking at the most useful shortcuts in history such as measuring the circumference of the earth in 240 BC to diagrams that illustrate how modern GPS works Marcus also looks at how you can use shortcuts in investing or how to learn a musical instrument to memory techniques. He talks to, among many, the Trade Review‘enjoyably clever …with vividly illustrated chapters about the real-world applications of algebra, geometry, probability theory…It’s Du Sautoy, in the end, who provides the wisest commentary’ Steven Poole, Guardian ‘If you thought Maths was all about long stuff, like long division and long multiplication and taking a long, long time to figure things out, Marcus du Sautoy shows that it's just the opposite. Full of humour, stories and the lightest of touches, this is a sight-seeing tour of some of the world's greatest neat dodges, unexpected turns and useful cut-throughs. Prepare to be caught short’ Michael Rosen ‘This book will change the way you look at the world. It's chock full of stories, ideas and clever tricks – I loved it. Marcus is a maestro at making big ideas come alive – he deserves his place alongside Richard Dawkins, E. O. Wilson and Carlo Rovelli in the pantheon of great modern science writers’ Rohan Silva, CEO and founder of Second Home ‘If mathematics has proved anything, it is that shortcuts can change the world. Marcus du Sautoy has come up with a smart, well written and entertaining guide to the connecting tunnels, underpasses and other tricks to traverse the trials of everyday life’ Roger Highfield, author, broadcaster and Science Director at the Science Museum ‘The joy of du Sautoy’s book isn’t really the art of the real-world shortcut at all. It is the romp through mathematical ideas, from place value to non Euclidean geometry to probability theory…There are vivid historical examples of scientists and others using mathematical ideas to solve problems’ Tim Harford, Financial Times

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Book Synopsis''Wilfred''s sheer ambition is an inspiration. We can all learn from it.'' - Peter Bazalgette''Based on my career, Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones'' approach to risk can produce huge dividends'' - Nigel Travis, chairman of Dunkin'' Brands and author of The Challenge CultureJeopardy is the single greatest catalyst for making things happen in life.In Jeopardy, award-winning entrepreneur Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones argues that our natural instinct for caution is one of the greatest barriers to making progress in life, and shows how embracing jeopardy is essential if you want to succeed.Drawing on a life that has taken him from a deprived childhood in inner-city Birmingham to becoming one of the nation''s most famous farmers, he demonstrates how we can all go further in life by learning to escape the fears that stop us from achieving our ambitions.Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones is no stranger to jeopardy: he remortgaged his house Trade ReviewWilfred is a one-off; as you'd know if you've ever eaten a Black Farmer sausage, watched any of his TV shows or even listened to one of his political speeches (I've done all three). Wilfred's sheer ambition is an inspiration. We can all learn from it. * Peter Bazalgette *Based on my career, Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones' approach to risk can produce huge dividends -- Nigel Travis, Chairman of Dunkin' Brands and author of The Challenge CultureThis book will help the reader become positive about overcoming adversity and failure, while ensuring that dreams have a better chance of being achieved. Based on my career, Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones' approach to risk can produce huge dividends. * Nigel Travis, Chairman and CEO of Dunkin' Brands (owers of Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin Robbins) and author of Challenge Culture *

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Book SynopsisJonathan Passmore is well known for editing the Association for Coaching series, as well as for other titles in leadership and organizational psychology. He is an occupational psychologist with an international reputation, having spoken at conferences across the world from Harvard University, to Denmark, South Africa and Israel. He is also the Series Editor for the Wiley Blackwell Industrial Psychology series and has authored/co-authored The Top Business Psychology Models, Appreciative Inquiry for Change Management and The Facebook Manager over the last four years. In 2010, Jonathan was awarded the AC Global Coaching Award for his contribution to practice and research. He divides his time between academia, where he works as a professor of psychology at the University of East London, and business, where he works as a practicing psychologist.Trade Review"Mastery in Coaching, the sixth book in the AC series, skilfully draws upon a rich body of knowledge, demonstrating that coaching works. It is a significant contribution to the profession, based on the premise that mastery is not a destination in itself, but a journey of lifelong learning." * Katherine Tulpa, CEO and Co-founder, Association for Coaching *"While this book is entitled Mastery in Coaching: A complete psychological toolkit for advanced coaching, in fact, it offers far more than a toolkit. It will help you along your coaching journey by offering a wide array of research and perspectives. At the Institute of Coaching at Harvard Medical School we see that the greatest challenge facing coaches today is to bridge good theory and research to best practices. The Association for Coaching and Jonathan Passmore achieve this difficult challenge with ease and grace. As you absorb the information presented here, the theory, its application and case examples will help you pull knowledge and wisdom from your mind to your heart and gut." * Carol Kauffman , Founder and Executive Director, Institute of Coaching *Table of Contents Chapter - 01: Mastery in coaching – Jonathan Passmore; Chapter - 02: Positive psychology coaching – Lindsay G Oades and Jonathan Passmore; Chapter - 03: Psychodynamic coaching – Ulla Charlotte Beck; Chapter - 04: Narrative coaching – David Drake and Reinhard Stelter; Chapter - 05: Gestalt approaches – Alison Whybrow and Julie Allan; Chapter - 06: Neurobehavioural modelling: Applying neuroscience research to the development of coaching practice – Paul Brown and Denyse Busby-Earle; Chapter - 07: Cognitive behavioural coaching – Helen Whitten; Chapter - 08: Mindful coaching – Liz Hall; Chapter - 09: Compassionate mind coaching – Tim Anstiss and Paul Gilbert; Chapter - 10: Acceptance and commitment coaching – Tim Anstiss and Rich Blonna; Chapter - 11: Motivational interviewing – Jonathan Passmore

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Book SynopsisThe once-in-a-generation memoir of a rock legend - the No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller.''Electrifying'' New York Times''A masterpiece'' The Word''Funny, poignant, brutally honest'' Sunday Telegraph''Densely packed with incident... immensely readable'' Sunday Times''Once you begin this, wild, wild horses couldn''t drag you away''Independent''Life is pretty faultless as the quintessential depiction of the man in full and his extraordinary life and times to date'' The Times''I was hooked from the start''Harper''s BazaarAs a member of the Rolling Stones, Keith Richards created the riffs, the lyrics and the songs that roused the world, and over four decades he lived the original rock and roll life: taking the chances he wanted, speakiTrade ReviewA masterpiece, the most sustained, colourful and rambunctious rampage through his [Keith's] 67 years imaginable * THE WORD MAGAZINE *Funny, poignant, brutally honest, engagingly colloquial, Life is pure Keith Richards, as good a rock memoir as you are likely to read. * SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *Densely packed with incident ... immensely readable * SUNDAY TIMES *This is a good, gossipy read. But the best stuff is Keith on music. Check out his wonderful passage on Charlie Watt's drumming * EVENING STANDARD *Dark, honest and gleefully indiscreet from the first page to the last, it puts some of today's painfully dull musicians to shame * SHORTLIST *Once you begin this, wild, wild horses couldn't drag you away * INDEPENDENT *A hilarious, ribald and often shocking tale told elegantly and with much candidness * CATHOLIC HERALD *I was hooked from the start * HARPER'S BAZAAR *LIFE may be the best rock star autobiography ever * CLASSIC ROCK *A memoir so full of incident it feels like the author's lived three lives, not one * SUNDAY TIMES *The fact that Keith is still alive to tell the story is incredible * SUNDAY EXPRESS S MAGAZINE *LIFE is pretty faultless as the quintessential depiction of the man in full and his extraordinary life and times to date * THE TIMES *Electrifying... the intimate and moving story of one man's long strange trip over the decades, told in dead-on, visceral prose without any of the pretence, caution or self-consciousness that usually attend great artists sitting for their self-portraits * NEW YORK TIMES *Keith comes across as a thoroughly decent man, with just a hint of the devil. His relationship with Jagger is complex and fascinating * EVENING STANDARD *a masterpiece, the most sustained, colourful and rambunctious rampage through his [Keith's] 67 years imaginable -- Mark Ellen * THE WORD *densely packed with incident ... immensely readable -- Lynn Barber * SUNDAY TIMES *Funny, poignant, brutally honest, engagingly colloquial, Life is pure Keith Richards, as good a rock memoir as you are likely to read. -- Sally Cousins * SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *This is a good, gossipy read. But the best stuff is Keith on music. Check out his wonderful passage on Charlie Watt's drumming. -- William Leith * LONDON EVENING STANDARD *Dark, honest and gleefully indiscreet from the first page to the last, it puts some of today's painfully dull musicians to shame. * SHORTLIST *Once you begin this, wild, wild horses couldn't drag you away. -- Boyd Tonkin * INDEPENDENT *A hilarious, ribald and often shocking tale told elegantly and with much candidness. * CATHOLIC HERALD *I was hooked from the start -- Giles Deacon * HARPER'S BAZAAR *Life may be the best rock star autobiography ever. * CLASSIC ROCK *A memoir so full of incident it feels like the author's lived three lives, not one. * SUNDAY TIMES *The fact that Keith is still alive to tell the story is incredible. -- Chris Tarrant * THE SUNDAY EXPRESS S MAGAZINE *

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Book SynopsisBrand the Change unpacks the brand building process in practical steps. Whether you are building an innovative new product, creating a service for good, spreading a new idea, or positioning yourself as a leader in your field, thinking like a brand strategist will help you to create a clear, compelling offer, develop unique brand experiences and ultimately attract and convert the right audiences. The book offers the tools and exercises to build your own brand and offers a rich array of tips from trademarking to digital marketing, and inspires with case studies of successful change-making brands. The content has been developed based on years of experience in building brands, conversations with dozens of changemakers, understanding their branding challenges and required knowlege and skills, and extensive content testing with hundreds of workshop participants. It contains 23 tools and exercises, 14 case studies from change-making organisations across the world and 7 guest essays from experts.Trade Review'Brand the Change is the rarest of branding books that shows founders both how to think about branding as well as how to execute the process from A-Z. I found it inspiring and actionable.' - Laura Talsma, entrepreneur 'We want people to be changemakers not just change thinkers. This method helps Amani Fellows to effectively sell the change they want to see in the world.' - Roshan Paul, president of the Amani Institute 'One-of-a-kind, fresh and zealous approach to branding that will soon become a mindset for a fairer world.' - Raquel Sztejnberg, Brand Strategist' This book is first choice to get any branding project started at lightning speed.' - Romas Stukenberg, Design Strategist 'Our participants blossomed before our eyes within hours of working with the Brand Thinking Canvas. It was a truly inspiring moment.' - Princess Reema Bint Bandar Al Saud "The visually strong book is a logical addition to the eponymous toolkit by author Anne Miltenburg. A practical, fresh and scannable book that fits conceptually with the subject." - Customertalk.nl "The result is an inspiring and very readable book full of practical information and illustrations." - Dude magazine "A practical and inspiring book that helps people with great initiatives and ideas to launch their world-changing plans with the right marketing technique." - Fonk.nl

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Book SynopsisThe authors of the classic Difficult Conversations teach you how to take criticism productively in Thanks for the Feedback.We get feedback every day of our lives, from friends and family, colleagues, customers, and bosses, teachers, doctors, and strangers. We''re assessed, coached, and criticized about our performance, personalities and appearance.We know that feedback is essential for professional development and healthy relationships - but we dread it and even dismiss it. That''s because while want to learn and grow, we also want to be accepted just as we are.Thanks for the Feedback is the first book to address this tension head on. In it, the world-renowned team behind the Harvard Negotiation Project offer a simple framework and powerful tools, showing us how to take on life''s blizzard of comments and advice with curiosity and grace.''I''ll admit it: Thanks for the Feedback made me uncomfortable. And that''s one reason I liked it so much. With keen insight and lots of practical takeaways, it reveals why getting feedback is so hard - and then how we can do better'' Daniel H. Pink, author of To Sell Is Human and Drive''Thanks for the Feedback is a road map to more self-awareness, greater learning, and richer relationships. A tour de force'' Adam Grant, Wharton professor and author of Give and TakeDouglas Stone and Sheila Heen are Lecturers on Law at Harvard Law School and cofounders of Triad Consulting. Their clients include the White House, Citigroup, Honda, Johnson & Johnson, Time Warner, Unilever, and many others. They are co-authors of the international bestseller Difficult Conversations. Stone lives in Cambridge, MA. Heen lives with her husband and three children in a farmhouse north of Cambridge, MA.Trade ReviewI'll admit it: Thanks for the Feedback made me uncomfortable. And that's one reason I liked it so much. With keen insight and lots of practical takeaways, it reveals why getting feedback is so hard - and then how we can do better -- Daniel H. Pink, author of To Sell is Human and DriveThanks for the Feedback is a road map to more self-awareness, greater learning, and richer relationships. A tour de force -- Adam Grant, Wharton professor and author of Give and TakeImagine an organisation where everyone is actually good at receiving feedback. People would learn and grow. Impossible, you say? Thanks to this insanely original and powerful book, maybe not -- Judy Rosenblum, former chief learning officer of Coca-Cola and founder of Duke Corporate Education

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Peddling Protectionism admirably conveys the context of the events it describes, surveying America's domestic politics in the late 1920s and providing a vivid account of the foreign retaliation that the tariff called forth."--James Grant, Wall Street Journal "In his new book, Douglas A. Irwin tells the fascinating story of how Congress stubbornly passed a bill that, as opponents noted at the time, was truly doomed to fail."--Roger Lowenstein, New Republic's The Book "[Irwin's] account of how the act came about is at once a thorough study and a breezy read. The often overblown rhetoric that Smoot-Hawley has inspired, seemingly from the start, also means that the book is often surprisingly amusing... Mr. Irwin's description of how an attempt to prop up America's agricultural sector metastasised into a law that raised nearly 1,000 import tariffs, mostly on manufacturing products, is fascinating."--Economist "A vivid, anecdotal, judicious telling of a timeless story: what happens when cocksure politicians fall into the grip of a really bad economic idea."--Christopher Caldwell, Financial Times "Peddling Protectionism, by the economist and historian Douglas Irwin, is a vivid, anecdotal, judicious telling of timeless story: what happens when cocksure politicians fall into the grip of a really bad economic idea."--Christopher Caldwell, Financial Times "In Peddling Protectionism, a short, clear and graceful book, in which maps, photographs and cartoons complement the handful of tables and graphs, Irwin makes a surprisingly lively story of the tradition of tariff revisions in the United States, the domestic politics that produced the Smoot-Hawley statute, in particular the various retaliatory measures that ensued... [I]f only economists could write more books like it about other controversies!"--David Warsh, Economic Principals "A short, clear and graceful book."--David Warsh, Economic Principals "In his wonderful new book Peddling Protectionism, Dartmouth College economist and historian Douglas A. Irwin warns that congress, left on its own to fashion trade policy, will quickly be captured by special interests."--Daniel Griswold, Washington Times "Irwin's encyclopedic knowledge of the literature on Smoot-Hawley will make this the standard work on the subject for many years to come... The memory of Smoot-Hawley and its link to the Great Depression is one of the few things that keeps protectionism in check. For this reason, Peddling Protectionism deserves a wide readership."--Fiscal Times "[P]ersuasive."--Arnold Kling, Econlog "The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930, named after two congressmen who sponsored it, raised U.S. duties on thousands of imported goods. Its ramifications on world trade reverberated for decades. In this comprehensive history, Irwin examines the political wrangling that caused the yearlong delay in its passage."--Library Journal "A rarity among books of its ilk, Peddling Protectionism is a stellar read both as a historical narrative and an economic text. As mundane as the issues at hand might sound--think of Ben Stein's famous monotonic lecture about Smoot-Hawley in Ferris Bueller's Day Off--Irwin makes them comprehensible and even enjoyable to consider, peppering his text with anecdotes and contemporary political cartoons as he unpacks the economic context that led to the act's passage."--Asa Fitch, The National "A rarity among books of its ilk, Peddling Protectionismis a stellar read... [T]hink of Ben Stein's famous monotonic lecture about Smoot-Hawley in Ferris Bueller's Day Off--Irwin makes [the issues] comprehensible and even enjoyable to consider, peppering his text with anecdotes and contemporary political cartoons as he unpacks the economic context that led to the act's passage."--Asa Fitch, National "Irwin's book is not technical; he summarizes research findings, including his own, but does not formally present models or econometric results. His approach makes the book quite suitable for the interested general reader, undergraduates, and economic historians and other economists interested in the life and times of Smoot-Hawley. Finally, this volume is well priced for individual purchase and is nicely illustrated with a number of photographs and political cartoons of the day. It is also mercifully free of the typos that plague so many university press books these days."--Anthony Patrick O'Brien, EH.Net "Irwin, an economics professor at Dartmouth College and one of the world's leading scholars of international trade, makes a careful, fact-freighted case."--David R. Henderson, Regulation "Irwin's outstanding book will teach even well-informed scholars a great deal... [H]is scholarship is impeccable; his reasoning is sure and never overreaching; and his prose is clean and direct... [T]o date the finest set of words devoted exclusively to that justly infamous spectacle of American protectionism."--Independent Review "Irwin's outstanding book will teach even well-informed scholars a great deal about the history and politics that produced the Smoot-Hawley tariff as well as about its economic and political consequences. Read Irwin's book for the important details... No better guide to Smoot-Hawley's history and consequences is available than Doug Irwin. His scholarship is impeccable; his reasoning is sure and never overreaching; and his prose is clean and direct. His little volume may not be the last word on Smoot-Hawley (Are there ever last words on any subject?), but it is to date the finest set of words devoted exclusively to that justly infamous spectacle of American protectionism."--Donald J. Boudreaux, Independent Review "[I]rwin's recent book Peddling Protectionism demolishes the conventional wisdom [of the Smoot-Hawley tariff]."--Robert J. Samuelson, Wilson Quarterly "[Irwin's book is] eminently readable, and will be of interest to all those concerned with trade policy and the trading system, as well as being valuable for upper division undergraduate seminars. The particulars of the political arguments for and against SH, the quotes of opinions of policy makers, and the marshalling of evidence regarding policy choices and attempts at international cooperation make the period come alive and simultaneously enable a balanced assessment regarding the role of trade policy and its determinants."--Anne O. Krueger, Journal of World Trade Review "[T]his book is a welcome contribution to the field. Several of the old 'wisdoms' regarding the tariff are presented and analysed, and the empirical evidence brought forth by Irwin is convincing. The course of events is concisely presented in a chronological manner. Irwin has collected quite a number of political cartoons, caricatures and quotations to illustrate the debate of contemporaries and scholars that both entertain and point to the gravity of the issue. All this adds nicely to the economic analyses. The lines of arguments and the analyses of the author in the book are convincing and accessible to both scholars and the general reader."--Peter Hedberg, Scandinavian Economic History Review "It is, to put it mildly, a challenge to write an interesting and lively history of tariff policy. In his graceful study of the Smoot-Hawley tariff, economist Douglas Irwin successfully rises to the task... Scholars of the period will find much that is valuable in Irwin's analytical and readable narrative."--Jason Scott Smith, Journal of American Studies

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Book SynopsisA new business parable from John Kotter - the leading authority on leadership and change, and bestselling author of Our Iceberg is MeltingThat''s Not How We Do It Here is the story of a clan of meerkats who live in the Kalahari. Well organised and efficient, the colony enjoys many years of successful growth, until it suddenly comes under threat from a new form of predator and is forced to rethink its organizational structure. John Kotter uses this charming parable to explore why organizations often struggle no matter their past success, and why they fall. Kotter shows that by embracing reliability, efficiency, speed and agility, and building passion, discipline and personal growth, organizations can once again prosper, fulfil their mission, create great jobs and services and generate wealth.Trade ReviewThis remarkable parable shows us how we re "safer" in changing times when we innovate! * Spencer Johnson, MD, author of WHO MOVED MY CHEESE? *A meerkat falling prey to the unexpected attack of a vulture doesn't keep many leaders up at night. But the unanticipated assault of new competitor, or a fundamental shift in the operating environment, can evoke an almost paralyzing fear in the most successful organizations. This simple parable of furry mammals facing the challenge of adapting to threat offers real insights into the journey so many of us must make. Brilliant! * General Stanley McChrystal, author of TEAM OF TEAMS and co-founder of the McChrystal Group *It works. And not just for meerkats. * Gaetan Thomas, NB Power president and CEO *John Kotter does it again. His use of metaphor helps readers distill down to the fundamental requirements for a high-performing organization: tapping the hearts and minds of team members in service to a compelling purpose. Leadership enables this, and in doing so unlocks tremendous creativity and potential. * Leigh Morgan, COO, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation *Kotter and Rathgeber's ability to impart clear lessons via fable is as strong as ever * TD Magazine *

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Book SynopsisUsing studies drawn from the experiences of Nike, Marlboro, Ivory and other powerhouse brands, the authors show that the most successful brands are those that most effectively correspond to fundamental patterns in the unconscious mind known as archetypes.Trade ReviewUsing examples from advertising and marketing and consumer, popular, and organizational culture, Pearson and Mark show that successful brands draw on responses to such archetypes as the hero, outlaw, lover, sage, magician, creator, and innocent, and that these responses cross lifestyle and cultural boundaries. Booklist 20010110Table of ContentsPart I: Primal Assets: A System for the Management of Meaning. Chapter 1: The First System-Ever-for the Management of Meaning. Chapter 2: Archetypes: The Heartbeat of Enduring Brands. Chapter 3: Postmodern Marketing. Part II: The Yearning for Paradise: Innocent, Explorer, Sage. Chapter 4: The Innocent. Chapter 5: The Explorer. Chapter 6: The Sage. Part III: Leaving a Thumbprint on the World: Hero, Outlaw, Magician. Chapter 7: The Hero. Chapter 8: The Outlaw. Chapter 9: The Magician. Part IV: No Man (or Woman) Is an Island: Regular Guy/Gal, Lover, Jester. Chapter 10: The Regular Guy/Gal. Chapter 11: The Lover. Chapter 12: The Jester. Part V: Providing Structure to the World: Caregiver, Creator, Ruler. Chapter 13: The Caregiver. Chapter 14: The Creator. Chapter 15: The Ruler. Part VI: Finding True North: Positioning an Archetypal Brand. Chapter 16: The Artichocke: Uncovering the Archetypal Meaning of Your Brand. Chapter 17: Telling Your Brand Story. Chapter 18: The Case of the March of Dimes. Part VII: Deeper Waters. Chapter 19: May the Force Be With You: Capturing Category Essence. Chapter 20: The Real McCoy: Branding and Organizational Congruence. Chapter 21: Leaving a Legacy: The Ethics of Archetypal Marketing.

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Book SynopsisFascinating insights into the hedge fund traders who consistently outperform the markets, in their own words From bestselling author, investment expert, and Wall Street theoretician Jack Schwager comes a behind-the-scenes look at the world of hedge funds, from fifteen traders who've consistently beaten the markets.Trade Review"A must-read for all would-be traders...while the book's focus is clearly on trading and investing, there is more than enough human interest on offer for the general reader.... Like Schwager's other works...Hedge Fund Market Wizards looks set to become a classic." (Money Week, June 2012) "Offers valuable guidance and timeless insights for both investment professionals and market enthusiasts looking to improve their trading abilities by learning from the best." (trade2win.com, July 2012) "This book is destined to be a classic just like the others by Jack. But the latest goes one step further, these traders aren't just at the top of their game, they have defined it. What can I say? This book was so good it almost made me want to get back into the game again!" —Paul Wilmott, mathematician and ex-hedge fund manager "Brilliant! Brilliant! Brilliant! Another book about true traders by a true trader. Jack Schwager has become the official author of traderdom for this and future generations. Not only does Hedge Fund Market Wizards deserve a spot in every respectable trader’s book collection, but the entire series should be read annually by both professional and aspiring traders. Timeless wisdom, priceless concepts!" —Peter Lewis Brandt, Futures Trader, Stableford Asset Management, and Author of Diary of a Professional Commodity Trader "I read Jack Schwager's first Market Wizards book when I was just starting out as in investor more than 20 years ago. It put into brilliant focus the importance of trading psychology and knowing thyself. His latest work is yet another masterpiece. It brings to light new concepts in the world of investing that apply to all investors in today's markets. Anyone who reads this work will immeasurably enrich themselves on many levels because trading is life and life is trading." —Dr. Chris Kacher, Founder of www.SelfishInvesting.com, and Author of Trade Like an O'Neil Disciple Author Jack Schwager seems to have built his career on the market wizardry of others. Based on this fourth wizard book—interviews with 15 hedge-fund managers who recount their careers and strategies—Schwager's long experience with wizardry has served him well. Readers captivated by the hedge-fund mystique won't be disappointed. Readers looking for insight into exactly how successful hedge-fund managers achieve success will have plenty to chew over. Schwager attempts to boil down the interviews into 40 "Market Wizard Lessons." Examples: Value investing works. Position size can be more important than entry price. Sometimes it's useful to do nothing. But the one that may ring truest is this: There is no Holy Grail in trading. What works for one may not work for another, or for you. Fortunately for us, there's a wide enough variety of portraiture in Hedge Fund Market Wizards that at least a few lessons should resonate. —Barrons.com “Determining how great traders acquire and use their special skills has been an elusive quest. We have no shortage of cookbooks on how to trade, but only a limited number of books describe the decision processes of those who speculate as a profession. Trader confessionals exist often as testimonies to egos, but few focus on the details of decision making. Material that does successfully capture the essence of how speculators think is the Market Wizards series by Jack D. Schwager…. Even in the interviews of well-known traders, Schwager’s probing questions extract many new insights.” —FAJ Book Review “Even in the interviews of well-known traders, Schwager’s probing questions extract many new insights. The Ed Thorp interview, which is the longest, is almost worthy of a book in itself.” —CFA Institute review Table of ContentsForeword ix Preface xiii Acknowledgments xvii Part One Macro Men 1 Chapter 1 Colm O’Shea: Knowing When It’s Raining 3 Chapter 2 Ray Dalio: The Man Who Loves Mistakes 47 Chapter 3 Larry Benedict: Beyond Three Strikes 77 Chapter 4 Scott Ramsey: Low-Risk Futures Trader 103 Chapter 5 Jaffray Woodriff: The Third Way 129 Part Two Multistrategy Players 159 Chapter 6 Edward Thorp: The Innovator 161 Chapter 7 Jamie Mai: Seeking Asymmetry 223 Chapter 8 Michael Platt: The Art and Science of Risk Control 261 Part Three Equity Traders 285 Chapter 9 Steve Clark: Do More of What Works and Less of What Doesn’t 287 Chapter 10 Martin Taylor: The Tsar Has No Clothes 323 Chapter 11 Tom Claugus: A Change of Plans 359 Chapter 12 Joe Vidich: Harvesting Losses 385 Chapter 13 Kevin Daly: Who Is Warren Buffett? 405 Chapter 14 Jimmy Balodimas: Stepping in Front of Freight Trains 423 Chapter 15 Joel Greenblatt: The Magic Formula 451 Conclusion 40 Market Wizard Lessons 489 Epilogue 507 Appendix A The Gain to Pain Ratio 513 Appendix B Options—Understanding the Basics 515 About the Author 519 Index 521

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Book SynopsisTackle complex situations with critical thinking.You're facing a problem at work. There are many ways you can approach the situation, but each comes with its own pros and cons. How do you sort through all the information so that you know you're taking the right path?The answer is in how you think. The HBR Guide to Critical Thinking will help you navigate your most challenging issues, from difficult problems to tough decisions to complex scenarios. By carefully observing the situation, gathering information, inviting other perspectives, and analyzing what's in front of you, you can move forward with confidence while building this crucial leadership skill.You'll learn how to: Question your assumptions Keep an open mind to opposing viewpoints Sidestep cognitive biases Use data—when appropriate Grow comfortable with ambiguity Find innovative and creative solutions Arm yourself with the advice you need to succeed on the job, with the most trusted brand in business. Packed with how-to essentials from leading experts, the HBR Guides provide smart answers to your most pressing work challenges.

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Book SynopsisNow in its fourth edition, Fundamentals of Corporate Finance continues to use its engaging, accessible narrative to give students an introductory overview of the key concepts in modern corporate finance, and the strategies used by firms in this continually changing field. The author uses years of expertise to guide readers through a framework of corporate finance, providing readers with a solid foundation of knowledge. With integrated theories and real-world European examples, the new edition presents the fundamentals of corporate finance in a clear and captivating way.Key Features• New Sustainability in Finance boxes provide awareness on how sustainability and corporate finance are interconnected in every-day life.• Example boxes in every chapter provide real and hypothetical examples, illustrating theoretical concepts such as calculating returns, bond yields and equity.• Real World Insight boxes on prominent topics like mortgages, investing and price models illustrate how corporate finance theories and concepts have been applied to business and decisions.• Up-to-date content reflecting the latest developments in the field, including the growth of ethics and sustainability, the emergence of cryptocurrencies and financial technology, and the impact of Brexit on corporate finance practice.• Coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic and how this has and will impact the field of corporate finance in the future.• Material aligns with external syllabi from professional bodies including ACCA, CIMA and ICAEW.Table of ContentsPART ONE: OVERVIEW OF CORPORATE FINANCE1 Introduction to Corporate Finance 2 Corporate Governance 3 Financial Statement Analysis PART TWO: VALUATION OF FUTURE CASH FLOWS4 Introduction to Valuation: The Time Value of Money5 Discounted Cash Flow Valuation 6 Bond Valuation 7 Equity Valuation PART THREE: CAPITAL BUDGETING8 Net Present Value and Other Investment Criteria 9 Making Capital Investment Decisions 10 Project Analysis and Evaluation PART FOUR: RISK AND RETURN11 Some Lessons from Recent Capital Market History 12 Return, Risk and the Security Market Line PART FIVE: COST OF CAPITAL AND LONG-TERM FINANCIAL POLICY13 Cost of Capital 14 Raising Capital 15 Financial Leverage and Capital Structure Policy 16 Dividends and Payout PolicyPART SIX: TOPICS IN CORPORATE FINANCE17 Short-Term Financial Planning and Management 18 International Corporate Finance 19 Behavioural Finance 20 Financial Risk Management21 Options and Corporate Finance22 Mergers and Acquisitions

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Book Synopsis Find your signature voicePeople are drawn to and influenced by leaders who communicate authentically, connect easily with people, and have immediate impact. So how do you become one of them? How can you learn to “own the room”? This book will help you develop your leadership presence. According to Amy Jen Su and Muriel Maignan Wilkins, leadership presence is the ability to consistently and clearly articulate your value proposition while influencing and connecting with others. They offer a simple and compelling framework, as well as practical advice about how you can develop your own personal presence.No matter where you sit in an organization, you can “own the room” if you are able to do two things well: first, demonstrate your authentic value and distinction, and second, connect to others in a positive way. Leaders who are able to be authentic while connecting with and impacting others have what the authors call a “Trade Review"... great advice for communicating authentically and connecting more easily with employees in a positive way." -- Washington Post "The skills, drills and devices in the book are based on Isis Associates' Signature Voice workshops. If you can't take the workshop, the book offers a sound alternative." -- SUCCESS Magazine "There are few, practical roadmaps to leadership that teach by example; Own the Room: Discover Your Signature Voice to Master Your Leadership Presence by Amy Jen Su and Muriel M Wilkins is definitely one of them." -- CareerBright.com "The book is chock full of tables, quizzes and charts to help readers visualize and create action plans."-- 800 CEO READ "This is a book that is as applicable to small business owners who sell to more corporate clients as well as to employees who are looking to move into leadership positions." -- Small Business Trends (smallbiztrends.com) ADVANCE PRAISE for Own the Room: Jane Brock-Wilson, Managing Director, Berkshire Partners-- "Own the Room is a must-read for all emerging and experienced leaders who aspire to authentically connect with others, forge relationships, and increase their influence. The authors have provided a practical roadmap and toolkit for building leadership presence from the inside out." Mary Ellen Joyce, PhD, Senior Director, Brookings Executive Education-- "At last! For years Amy Jen Su and Muriel Maignan Wilkins have been helping leaders at Brookings Executive Education to transform their 'presence.' This book brings their critically important leadership concepts and tools to a broad audience in terms that are clear, concise, and actionable." Suzanne Richards, Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion, Freddie Mac-- "Amy Jen Su and Muriel Maignan Wilkins have finally given a descriptive voice--a signature voice--to what has been a frustratingly elusive concept. This book provides step-by-step guidance and a fresh, workable approach to identifying and making the most of one's authentic self." Joel von Ranson, Partner, Spencer Stuart-- "This is a unique and powerful book that explains the major components of leadership and effective business communication. What's special about the authors' approach is that it links professional success to accessing the unique formula in each of us ... our signature voice." Bob Raidt, Executive Vice President and Worldwide Account Head, Leo Burnett USA-- "Own the Room demystifies the notion of executive leadership 'presence.' Using a practical model and instructive case examples, the authors prove that developing presence doesn't require becoming someone else; it's a unique, signature voice that can be accessed from within." Tim Gray, CFO, MedImmune-- "I often think about my leadership presence--where I stand today and how I want to be perceived in the future. Own the Room helped me develop a clear roadmap to reach a higher level. This book is a valuable resource for all leaders." Scott Burger, President, Pandora North America-- "Own the Room is a must-read for anyone transitioning into, or aspiring toward, an enterprise-wide leadership position. There is an undeniable link between self-awareness and leadership. The authors' practical model and real-world examples provide an invaluable tool to transition self-awareness to self-improvement."

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Book SynopsisAs business priorities change and focus shifts to address arising issues, HR professionals need to be able to reorganize talent swiftly and plan for future needs to enable the business to succeed. It covers how to forecast organizational demand for people, resources and skills, analyze the gap between supply and demand and most importantly, how to fill this gap. This book explains how to use agile workforce planning to achieve this. Agile Workforce Planning is a practical guide for HR and organization development practitioners needing to align their staff, skills and resources with evolving company goals. This book also covers how to identify the skills needed in the workforce, where these skills are already available and when they're missing, how to decide whether to buy, borrow or build them. Agile Workforce Planning explains how to collect data to calculate and predict staff churn as well as how to use qualitative and quantitative demand modelling to forecast for future needs and provides strategies to address these including lateral internal recruitment. There is also expert guidance on horizon scanning, scenario planning and how to secure stakeholder buy in and engagement for an agile workforce plan. Supported by case studies from companies including Apple, Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble, NATO and the UK National Health Service, this is essential reading for HR and OD professionals needing to continuously align the talent and capabilities in their workforce with the overall business strategyTrade Review"Adam has filled a major gap in the literature with this book. Thoughtful, nuanced, rigorous and practical, it will be a great end-to-end guide and reference for leaders and professionals at all levels on the ROI, theory and practice of effective workforce planning." * Rupert McNeil, Government Chief People Officer, UK Civil Service *"In this constantly changing world we respond with adaptability and speed, with a consistent learning mindset, seeking development and innovation. This book immerses the reader in this agile world through a welcoming narration of personal and business stories, explaining how to practically implement theories and conquer the related statistics. Adam Gibson, offers the recipe to succeed on having the right people capability that will lead an organization become truly agile. This book is written with the people in mind not just the business, preparing us for the future workplace. Its captivating narration offers an enjoyable way of fast knowledge assimilation for all those seeking to extend their knowledge on workforce planning and gain new perspectives, as well as those that want to start their learning on this topic." * Anna Mamalaki, Organizational Development & HR Consulting Director, Business: The Human Aspect LLC *"Adam Gibson provides us with a guide to agile workforce planning for professionals at all levels. This is a go-to handbook on how to plan for the future that I will be using many more times for its wealth of case studies and examples." * Erik van Vulpen, Founder, Academy to Innovate HR *"In Agile Workforce Planning, Adam Gibson has delivered the definitive book on workforce planning. As businesses navigate uncertainty and complexity, this book shows how workforce planning will need to be agile and built upon solid principles of business, economics, and risk. It is a must-read for practitioners in this space." * Nicholas Garbis, former leader of SWP at General Electric and Allianz SE *"At last a comprehensive and practical guide to workforce planning! Whilst organizations are realising the value of strategic workforce planning, as a relatively new discipline within the HR profession and wider business, there hasn't been the corresponding capability to capitalise on their interest. Staying true to Adam's 7Bs of workforce planning, if there is no internal supply and a scarcity of skill in the market then organizations need build this capability. Adam's book takes significant steps in providing the resource for organizations to build a workforce planning capability for themselves. It enables people to become SWP (Strategic Workforce Planning) professionals, providing them with the knowledge, tools and approach to form a solid foundation as a SWP practitioner." * Kath Soole, Strategic Workforce Planning Lead, Ministry of Defence *"Adam has woven together his considerable experience, detailed academic research, organizational case studies and fascinating military anecdotes to convey the 'what' the 'how' and critically the 'why' behind Agile Workforce Planning. I believe all HR professionals, not just those devoted to workforce planning, will find the framework and insights provided of real practical value in shaping, building and delivering the workforces their organizations require." * Steven Scott, Global Head & Managing Director, Workforce Management & Analytics, Standard Chartered Bank *"Workforce planning has always been among the top priorities for HR and Business leaders alike - after all, if we don't anticipate the workforce we need in our organizations well, we may suffer massive direct or opportunity cost. However, in today's VUCA world, workforce planning has proved to be an almost impossible task - how shall we anticipate the workforce requirements when we cannot even predict what might happen a few months ahead? This is why I was so happy to receive a copy of Adam's book, who based on his many year's practical experience shows us that with solid, Agile principles we can create the workforce we need that enables organizations to be successful in the market. The book is based on solid research and academic insights - and also demonstrates many practical, real-life applications showing the readers that workforce planning is a manageable process if we apply an agile mindset- after all, we cannot change the past, but we can always alter our current situation and act now to build the organization of the future." * Mihaly Nagy, Founder & CEO, The HR Congress *"A business strategy without understanding the future workforce shape, capability and skill needs, and cultures and operating model is like having a stool missing a leg. In these times with all the drivers of change in the future of work, organizations need to build the capability for agile workforce planning. This book provides great insights on what this means, why it is important, and the ways in which to approach it. It will help us all in being able to adapt for the future in an uncertain world." * Peter Cheese, Chief Executive, CIPD *Table of Contents Section - ONE: Introduction to workforce planning; Chapter - 01: What is workforce planning?; Chapter - 02: Evolution of workforce planning; Chapter - 03: The value and limitations of workforce planning; Chapter - 04: The agile approach; Section - TWO: Baseline; Chapter - 05: Analysing the strategic context; Chapter - 06: Understanding the workforce; Chapter - 07: Gaining buy-in; Section - THREE: Supply; Chapter - 08: Understanding workforce evolution; Section - FOUR: Demand; Chapter - 09: The nature of demand; Chapter - 10: Forecasting demand; Section - FIVE: Gap analysis; Chapter - 11: Establishing the gap; Section - SIX: Action plan; Chapter - 12: The planning approach; Chapter - 13: Demand optimization; Chapter - 14: Talent management; Chapter - 15: Creating the plan; Section - SEVEN: Deliver; Chapter - 16: Implementing the plan; Section - EIGHT: Conclusion; Chapter - 17: Becoming a workforce planning professional

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Book SynopsisThis title has been adapted for use in Europe, the Middle East and Africa and has been tailored to meet the demands of today's lecturers and students.Jeffrey M. Wooldridge's Introduction to Econometrics shows how econometrics is a useful tool for answering questions in business, policy evaluation and forecasting environments. Packed with timely, relevant applications, the text incorporates close to 100 intriguing data sets, available in six formats, with appendices and questions available online.Unique organization pioneered by the author clearly presents applications for today's students. This comprehensive econometrics text pioneered the approach of explicitly covering cross-sectional applications first, followed by time series applications, and, ultimately, panel data applications in the advanced chapters.Practical application prepares students to use econometrics in business today. This unique, comprehensive text applies econometrics to actual real business problems, demonstrating Table of Contents1. The Nature of Econometrics and Economic Data 2. The Simple Regression Model 3. Multiple Regression Analysis: Estimation 4. Multiple Regression Analysis: Inference 5. Multiple Regression Analysis: OLS Asymptotics 6. Multiple Regression Analysis: Further Issues 7. Multiple Regression Analysis with Qualitative Information: Binary (or Dummy) Variables 8. Heteroskedasticity 9. More on Specification and Data Issues 10. Basic Regression Analysis with Time Series Data 11. Further Issues in Using OLS with Time Series Data 12. Serial Correlation and Heteroskedasticity 13. Pooling Cross Sections Across Time: Simple Panel Data Methods 14. Advanced Panel Data Methods 15. Instrumental Variables Estimation and Two Stage Least Squares 16. Simultaneous Equations Models 17. Limited Dependant Variable Models and Sample Selection Corrections 18. Advanced Time Series Topics 19. Carrying Out an Empirical Project

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Book SynopsisRegardless of your position, learn how to lead with impact by utilizing John C. Maxwell''s thirty years of experience teaching people how to make a significant difference in their organizations.As one of the most trusted leadership mentors, John C. Maxwell debunks the myths that hold people back from leaning into and developing their influence. In this inspiring call-to-action, he shows middle managers how to leverage their unique positions and become 360 degree leaders by exercising influence in all directions--up (to the boss), across (among their peers), and down (to those they lead).In The 360 Degree Leader, you will learn how to: overcome the challenges facing the vast majority of professionals; understand the pressures and pain points that come from being caught in the middle; and gain the confidence and competence to step into their roles as significant influencers. Complete with a workbook to help

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewWorthwhile reading for those who don't believe in the holy grail in the markets; a must-read for those who do. -- Jack Schwager, author of Hedge Fund Market Wizards A novel approach aimed at pushing you inside your head and outside the losing habits most folks adopt right after multiple successes. A must-have for traders blessed with a string of hot trades. -- Ken Fisher, Fisher Investments FORBES At Ned Davis Research, we like to say that we are in the business of making mistakes and that the only difference between winners and losers is that winners make small mistakes and losers, big mistakes. This book does an excellent job in explaining in simple English the potential psychological 'flaws' that cause investors to make big mistakes. -- Ned Davis, Ned Davis Research, Inc. One of the rare noncharlatanic books in finance. -- Nassim Nicholas Taleb, from Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder Plenty of books recount past successes or focus on how to make money in the market, but what about keeping the money you already have? This may seem like a high-class problem, but it is a very real challenge for investors with substantial capital. -- John Mihaljevic Beyond Proxy [An] enlightening read. -- Brenda Jubin Investing.com The book points out very early that many successful investors have opposing styles and theories on how to make money, and that they can not all be right at the same time. The most important point to take from the book is how to avoid losing money... -- Steve Osbiston Financial Times AdvisorTable of ContentsForeword Preface to the Columbia Edition Preface Part I. Reminiscences of a Trader 1. From Hunger 2. To the Real World 3. Wood That I Would Trade 4. Spectacular Speculator 5. The Quest Part II. Lessons Learned 6. The Psychological Dynamics of Loss 7. The Psychological Fallacies of Risk 8. The Psychological Crowd Part III. Tying It All Together 9. Rules Conclusion Postscript Appendix Notes Bibliography

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Book SynopsisTeaches how to apply the secrets of One Minute Manager to have customers falling over themselves to buy your product.Spencer Johnson author of Number one bestselling business book Who Moved My Cheese? and business guru Larry Wilson teach the principles of the One Minute Manager to the sales-person in this motivational business book.Practical advice is offered to help the struggling salesman covering useful pointers for how to behave such as :treat customers like people, listen carefully to their needs, use after-sale calls to generate good will and referrals; as well as motivational, confidence boosting tricks which help bring sales to completion with minimum of effort.Spencer and Larry prove that bad track records can be smashed by applying the simple techniques learnt here and by helping peopleto feel good about what they buy. Creating positive mental states in the customer and the salesperson provides the right environment for a sale.This book is the quick., easy and fun way to achieve success in sales.

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Book SynopsisGetting Healthy in Toxic Times is the first book to connect the health of our planet with our own well-being, and asks the question that very few doctors do how can we protect ourselves from the pollution, chemicals and toxins that pervade our environment?We're all too aware of the traffic pollution in the air, the chemicals in our water, the toxins in the soil (and therefore our food) and the electromagnetic energy emanating from our gadgets. But if we can also understand how they affect our health, not least in the worrying rises in asthma and allergies, infertility, obesity, heart disease, behavioural and neurological disorders as well as cancer, then we can take positive steps to avoid them.We can safeguard ourselves with protective measures, minimise our interactions with those pollutants we can't get away from, ensure our bodies have the right anti-toxin nutrients and take collective action to fight for our health and that of the environment, both local

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Book SynopsisAn intriguing link between a wide range of problems occurring in physics and financial engineering is presented. These problems include the evolution of small perturbations of linear flows in hydrodynamics, the movements of particles in random fields described by the Kolmogorov and Klein-Kramers equations, the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck and Feller processes, and their generalizations. They are reduced to affine differential and pseudo-differential equations and solved in a unified way by using Kelvin waves and developing a comprehensive math framework for calculating transition probabilities and expectations. Kelvin waves are instrumental for studying the well-known Black-Scholes, Heston, and Stein-Stein models and more complex path-dependent volatility models, as well as the pricing of Asian options, volatility and variance swaps, bonds, and bond options. Kelvin waves help to solve several cutting-edge problems, including hedging the impermanent loss of Automated Market Makers for cryptocurrency trading. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

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Book SynopsisDynamic Hedging is the definitive source on derivatives risk. It provides a real-world methodology for managing portfolios containing any nonlinear security. It presents risks from the vantage point of the option market maker and arbitrage operator.Table of ContentsIntroduction Dynamic Hedging 1 Part 1 Markets, Instruments, People 1 Introduction to the Instruments 9 2 The Generalized Option 38 3 Market Making and Market Using 48 4. Liquidity and Liquidity Holes 68 5 Arbitrage and the Arbitrageurs 80 6 Volatility and Correlation 88 Part II Measuring Option Risks 7 Adapting Black-Scholes-Merton: The Delta 115 8 Gamma and Shadow Gamma 132 9 Vega and the Volatility Surface 147 10 Theta and Minor Greeks 167 11 The Greeks and Their Behavior 191 12 Fungibility, Convergence, and Stacking 208 13 Some Wrinkles of Option Markets 222 14 Bucketing and Topography 229 15 Beware the Distribution 238 16 Option Trading Concepts 256 Part III Trading and Hedging Exotic Options 17 Binary Options: European Style 273 18 Binary Options: American Style 295 19 Barrier Options (I) 312 20 Barrier Options (II) 347 21 Compound, Choosers, and Higher Order Options 376 22 Multiasset Options 383 23 Minor Exotics: Lookback and Asian Options 403 Part IV Modules Module A Brownian Motion on a Spreadsheet, a Tutorial 415 Module B Risk Neutrality Explained 426 Module C Numeraire Relativity and the Two-Country Paradox 431 Module D Correlation Triangles: A Graphical Case Study 438 Module E The Value-at-Risk 445 Module F Probabilistic Rankings in Arbitrage 453 Module G Option Pricing 459 Notes 479 Bibliography 490 Index 499

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Book SynopsisWinner of the Nobel Prize in Economics Get ready to change the way you think about economics.Trade Review"A sly and somewhat subversive history of [the economics] profession . . . engrossing and highly relevant." -- Jonathan A. Knee - New York Times"Highly enjoyable . . . dense with fascinating examples. . . . It is long past time to replace Econs with Humans, both in theory and in the practice of prediction." -- Carol Tavris - Wall Street Journal"A dryly humorous history of the revolution [Thaler] helped ignite, as well as a useful (if sometimes challenging) primer on its key concepts." -- Julia M. Klein - Chicago Tribune"[A] masterful, readable account of behavioral economics. Very well done." -- David Wessel, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, author of Red Ink and Ben Bernanke’s War on the Great Panic"Bound to become a classic. Now established as one of the great figures in the history of economic thought, Thaler has no predecessors. A rebel with a cause . . .[w]here he wins Olympic gold is in keen observation; his greatest insights come from actually looking." -- Cass Sunstein - New Rambler"Entertaining…. An excellent read on the shortcomings of classical economic and finance theory." -- Ronald L. Moy, CFA Institute"The creative genius who invented the field of behavioral economics is also a master storyteller and a very funny man. All these talents are on display in this wonderful book." -- Daniel Kahneman, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics and author of Thinking, Fast and Slow"The story behind some of the most important insights in modern economics. If I had to be trapped in an elevator with any contemporary intellectual, I’d pick Richard Thaler." -- Malcolm Gladwell"Richard Thaler has been at the center of the most important revolution to happen in economics in the last thirty years. In this captivating book, he lays out the evidence for behavioral economics and explains why there was so much resistance to it. Read Misbehaving. There is no better guide to this new and exciting economics." -- Robert J. Shiller, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics and author of Finance and the Good Society

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Book SynopsisThe Five Rules for Successful Stock Investing "By resisting both the popular tendency to use gimmicks that oversimplify securities analysis and the academic tendency to use jargon that obfuscates common sense, Pat Dorsey has written a substantial and useful book. His methodology is sound, his examples clear, and his approach timeless.Table of ContentsForeword. Introduction: Picking Great Stocks Is Tough. Chapter 1. The Five Rules for Successful Stock Investing. Chapter 2. Seven Mistakes to Avoid. Chapter 3. Economic Moats. Chapter 4. The Language of Investing. Chapter 5. Financial Statements Explained. Chapter 6. Analyzing a Company- The Basics. Chapter 7. Analyzing a Company-Management. Chapter 8. Avoiding Financial Fakery. Chapter 9. Valuation- The Basics. Chapter 10. Valuation-Intrinsic Value. Chapter 11. Putting It All Together. Chapter 12. The 10-Minute Test. Chapter 13. A Guided Tour of the Market. Chapter 14. Health Care. Chapter 15. Consumer Services. Chapter 16. Business Services. Chapter 17. Banks. Chapter 18. Asset Management and Insurance. Chapter 19. Software. Chapter 20. Hardware. Chapter 21. Media. Chapter 22. Telecom. Chapter 23. Consumer Goods. Chapter 24. Industrial Materials. Chapter 25. Energy. Chapter 26. Utilities. Appendix. Recommended Readings. Morningstar Resources. Index.

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