Business, Finance & Law Books
The University of Chicago Press Face Value The Entwined Histories of Money and
Book SynopsisFrom colonial history to the present, Americans have passionately, even violently, debated the nature and the character of money. The author provides a deep history and a penetrating analysis of American thinking about money and the ways that this ambivalence unexpectedly intertwines with race.Trade Review"Michael O'Malley's new book is a magnificent piece of scholarship on a topic that is at once timely and surprising. He shows our twin national obsessions - money and race - dancing together across economic policy reports, the pages of literary fiction, the stage, the screen, and the airwaves. I recommend this book wholeheartedly." (Benjamin Reiss, Emory University)"
£27.00
PublicAffairs,U.S. The Enduring Enterprise
Book SynopsisFamily businesses thrive in some of the world's toughest environments, providing vital lessons for businesses everywhere. The bulk of the world’s growth in population and economic activity in the foreseeable future will be generated in the developing world. This is precisely where enterprising families dominate, operating very differently than their peers in more stable and affluent nations. These businesses not only survive but actually thrive in turbulent times, enduring wars, lawlessness, market failures, environmental disasters, and more. The world’s most advanced economies will increasingly experience these types of structural shocks and chronic uncertainties in the years ahead. The question is, what can they do about it? In The Enduring Enterprise, Devin DeCiantis and Ivan Lansberg bring readers into the lives of families operating in emerging and frontier economies who rely on a unique portfolio of stabilizing s
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PRH Grupo Editorial El sistema Clockwork Diseña tu negocio para que
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Ebury Publishing Problem Solving 101
Book SynopsisFeaturing diagrams and drawings, this title contains practical tools and techniques to train your brain to solve problems, create solutions and make faster, better decisions.Trade ReviewIf everyone made decisions like Ken Watanabe, the world would be a better place * Seth Godin, author of Tribes *Problem Solving 101 teaches us to recognize the common elements in the decisions we face every day, and how to think carefully about them. It offers tricks and tips for every age * Dan Ariely, author of the New York Time bestseller Predictably Irrational *a business best seller * Business Week *This is an excellent primer on problem solving * Lowell Bryan, author of Mobilizing Minds *
£13.49
The University of Chicago Press Slaughterhouse
Book SynopsisFrom the minute it opened-on Christmas Day in 1865-it was Chicago's must-see tourist attraction, drawing more than half a million visitors each year. Families, visiting dignitaries, even school groups all made trips to the South Side to tour the Union Stock Yard. There they got a firsthand look at the city's industrial prowess as they witnessed cattle, hogs, and sheep disassembled with breathtaking efficiency. At their height, the kill floors employed 50,000 workers and processed six hundred animals an hour, an astonishing spectacle of industrialized death. Slaughterhouse tells the story of the Union Stock Yard, chronicling the rise and fall of an industrial district that, for better or worse, served as the public face of Chicago for decades. Dominic A. Pacyga is a guide like no other-he grew up in the shadow of the stockyards, spent summers in their hog house and cattle yards, and maintains a long-standing connection with the working-class neighborhoods around them. Pacyga takes readers through the packinghouses as only an insider can, covering the rough and toxic life inside the plants and their lasting effects on the world outside. He shows how the yards shaped the surrounding neighborhoods and controlled the livelihoods of thousands of families. He looks at the Union Stock Yard's political and economic power and its sometimes volatile role in the city's race and labor relations. And he traces its decades of mechanized innovations, which introduced millions of consumers across the country to an industrialized food system. Although the Union Stock Yard closed in 1971, the story doesn't end there. Pacyga takes readers to present day, showing how the manufacturing spirit lives on. Ironically, today the site of the legendary stockyard stench is now home to some of Chicago's most successful green agriculture companies. Marking the hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of the opening of the stockyards, Slaughterhouse is an engrossing story of one of the most important-and deadliest-square miles in American history.
£24.00
Kogan Page Innovative Internal Communication
Book SynopsisJoanna Parsons is an award-winning communications consultant, author and trainer based in Dublin, Ireland. She is the Founder and CEO of The Curious Route. She sat on the Board of Directors with the Institute of Internal Communications (IoIC) and in 2022 was awarded an IoIC Fellowship in recognition of her contribution to the profession. Previously she was Head of Internal Communications with An Garda Síochána, the Irish national police force. She is a Lecturer in Strategic Internal Communication with the Public Relations Institute of Ireland.
£30.39
Pearson Education (US) Lean DevOps
Book SynopsisRobert Benefield is an experienced technical leader who has decades of experience delivering robust on-demand services to solve hard problems in demanding ecosystems including banking and securities trading, medical and pharmaceutical, energy, telecom, government, and Internet services. His continual eagerness to learn and work with others to make a difference has taken him from building computers and writing code in the early days of the Internet at Silicon Valley startups to the executive suite in large multinational companies. He shares his unique experience in the hopes that others can continue to build on it without having to collect quite as many scars along the way. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Chapter 1: The Problem with IT Service Delivery 7 Approach #1: Reduce Delivery Friction 9 The Downsides of Targeting Delivery Friction 11 Approach #2: Managing Service Delivery Risk 12 The Downsides of Targeting Service Delivery Risk 14 The Essence of Delivery 15 Beginning the DevOps Journey 17 Summary 18 Chapter 2: How We Make Decisions 21 Examining the Decision-Making Process 22 Boyd and the Decision Process 23 The OODA Loop 26 The Ingredients of Decision Making 29 Ingredient 1: The Target Outcome 30 Delivering Measures over Outcomes 36 Ingredient 2: Friction Elimination 39 Ingredient 3: Situational Awareness 42 The Challenge of Trust 44 The Fragility of Mental Models and Cognitive Biases 45 Ingredient 4: Learning 48 Failing to Learn 48 The Pathway to Improved Decision Making 53 Summary 54 Chapter 3: Mission Command 55 The Origins of Mission Command 56 Learning How to Lead Effectively the Hard Way 57 Managing Through Unpredictability 58 Knowledge and Awareness Weaknesses 59 Misalignments 60 Misjudgment of Ecosystem Complexity 61 The Anatomy of Mission Command 62 Commander's Intent 63 Brief 66 Situational Overview 67 Statement of the Desired Outcome or Overall Mission Objective 67 Execution Priorities 67 Anti-Goals and Constraints 68 Backbriefing 69 Einheit: The Power of Mutual Trust 71 Creating Einheit in DevOps 74 Continual Improvement 75 Staff Rides 78 After Action Reviews 79 Organizational Impacts of Mission Command 80 Summary 81 Chapter 4: Friction 83 Understanding Ohno's Forms of Waste 84 Muda (Pure Waste) 86 Muri (Overburden) 109 Mura (Fluctuation and Irregularity) 113 See the Whole 125 Summary 126 Chapter 5: Risk 127 Cynefin and Decision Making 128 Ordered Systems 131 Unordered Systems 134 Reimagining Risk Management 143 Have Clear and Understood Target Outcomes 144 Make the Best Choice the Easiest Choice 145 Continually Improve Ecosystem Observability 147 Summary 151 Chapter 6: Situational Awareness 153 Making Sense of Our Ecosystem 154 The Mental Model 157 The Problems with Mental Models 158 Cognitive Bias 161 Gaining Better Situational Awareness 163 Framing 164 Finding and Fixing Framing Problems 165 Information Flow 169 Why Ecosystem Dynamics Matter 169 Meeting Your Information Flow Needs 172 Analysis and Improvement 181 Summary 182 Chapter 7: Learning 183 The Emergence of Skills Attainment Learning 184 The Rise of the One Right Way 186 Outcome-Directed Learning 188 Creating a Learning Culture 191 Day-to-Day Kata 191 Improvement and Problem-Solving Kata 192 The Coaching Practice 193 Summary 195 Chapter 8: Embarking on the DevOps Journey 197 The Service Delivery Challenge 204 Traditional Delivery Fog in the Service World 205 The Challenge of the "ilities" 207 The Path to Eliminating Service Delivery Fog 209 The Role of Managers in Eliminating Service Delivery Fog 210 Identifying What You Can or Cannot Know 214 Ways the Team Can Eliminate Service Delivery Fog 219 Summary 220 Chapter 9: Service Delivery Maturity and the Service Engineering Lead 221 Modeling Service Delivery Maturity 223 The Example of Measuring Code Quality 224 Service Delivery Maturity Model Levels 225 Service Delivery Maturity Areas of Interest 228 Configuration Management and Delivery Hygiene 232 Supportability 235 Single Point of Failure Mitigation and Coupling Management 239 Engagement 241 The Service Engineering Lead 243 Why Have a Separate Rotating Role? 244 How the SE Lead Improves Awareness 246 Organizational Configurations with the SE Lead 248 Challenges to Watch Out For 250 Incentivizing Collaboration and Improvement 251 Developers Running Production Services 253 Overcoming the Operational Experience Gap 254 Summary 256 Chapter 10: Automation 257 Tooling and Ecosystem Conditions 258 Building Sustainable Conditions 260 5S 261 Seeing Automation 5S in Action 278 Tools & Automation Engineering 283 Organizational Details 285 Workflow and Sync Points 285 Summary 287 Chapter 11: Instrumentation and Observability 289 Determining the "Right" Data 291 Know the Purpose and Value 293 Know the Audience 297 Know the Source 302 Making the Ecosystem Observable 307 Instrumenting for Observability 310 Instrumenting Development 310 Instrumenting Packaging and Dependencies 314 Instrumenting Tooling 316 Instrumenting Environment Change and Configuration Management 317 Instrumenting Testing 319 Instrumenting Production 320 Queryable/Reportable Live Code and Services 321 Presenting Task, Change, Incident, and Problem Records Together 321 Environment Configuration 322 Logging 323 Monitoring 324 Security Tracking and Analysis 325 Service Data 326 Pulling It All Together 327 Instrumenting a Wastewater Ecosystem 328 Instrumenting an IT Ecosystem 331 Summary 333 Chapter 12: Workflow 335 Workflow and Situational Awareness 336 Managing Work Through Process 337 Managing Work Organically 339 The Tyranny of Dark Matter 340 Learning to See the Disconnects in Action 343 Resolving Disconnects by Building Context 347 Visualizing the Flow 349 Workflow Board Basics 351 State Columns 352 State Columns for Operations 353 Swim Lanes 355 Task Cards 358 Preventing Dark Matter 359 Using the Board 362 Seeing the Problems 363 Limiting Work in Progress 365 The Limits of a Workflow Board 367 Managing the Board 367 Managing Flow and Improvement 368 Summary 368 Chapter 13: Queue Master 371 An Introduction to the Queue Master 372 Role Mechanics 374 "Follow the Sun" Queue Mastering 384 Queue Master Rollout Challenges 389 Team Members Don't See the Value 389 More Traditionally Minded Managers Thwarting Rollout 390 Pushy Queue Masters 391 Junior Team Members as Queue Masters 391 Queue Masters Who Struggle to Lead Sync Points 394 Summary 394 Chapter 14: Cycles and Sync Points 395 Inform, Align, Reflect, and Improve 396 Top-Down Alignment Control Approach 397 Alignment Through Iterative Approaches 397 Service Operations Synchronization and Improvement 400 The Tactical Cycle 400 Important Differences Between Kickoffs and Sprint Planning 404 Daily Standup 408 Retrospective 411 General Meeting Structure 413 The Learning and Improvement Discussion 415 The Strategic Cycle 421 Strategic Review 424 General Review Structure 426 A3 Problem Solving for the Strategic Review 427 Summary 432 Chapter 15: Governance 433 Factors for Successful Governance 434 Meeting Intent 435 No Target Outcome Interference 437 Maintain Situational Awareness and Learning 438 Common Governance Mistakes 440 Poor Requirement Drafting and Understanding 440 Using Off-the-Shelf Governance Frameworks 445 Out-of-the-Box Process Tooling and Workflows 450 Tips for Effective DevOps Governance 453 Understand Governance Intent 454 Make It Visible 454 Propose Reasonable Solutions 456 Automation and Compliance 458 Be Flexible and Always Ready to Improve 458 Summary 460 Appendix 461 9780133847505 TOC 6/7/2022
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ibidem Never Speak to Strangers and Other Writing from
Book SynopsisVolume two includes articles about the Russia-Ukraine war and argues that this tragic conflict was preventable.
£24.30
Hay House UK The Greatness Mindset
Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER: The host of The School of Greatness podcast gives you the practical tools to achieve true greatnessat home, at work, and in your community (Dr. Joe Dispenza)!Discover the mindset shifts you need to reconnect with your purpose, overcome self-doubt, and fulfill your dreams.Are you living your most authentic life? Are you leaning into your purpose or running away from it? Is this the story you want your future self to tell or do you ache for something more?Through his breakthrough discoveries, New York Times best-selling author Lewis Howes reveals how you can rewrite your past to propel yourself into a powerful and abundant future. With raw and revealing personal stories, science-backed strategies from industry-leading experts, and step-by-step guidance, you will learn how to: Clearly define a Meaningful Mission to enhance your purpose for this season of life Identify the root causes of se
£14.39
Rethink Press Manual Magic: Create the Operations Manual Your
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£17.99
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Communicate to Influence How to Inspire Your
Book Synopsis"The gold standard for communication training programs."âUSA Today Business communication sucks. At each meeting and presentation, we are inundated with information, leaving us thirsting for inspiration. Sure, we will check off an action item because we have to . . . but what if we were actually inspired to do something? What if we were so moved that we wanted to do it?Leaders must earn the license to lead. Not by expertise, authority, or title alone, but by influence. In Communicate to Influence, you will learn the secrets of the Decker Method
£19.79
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Carrots and Sticks Dont Work Build a Culture of
Book SynopsisAdvance praise for Carrots and Sticks Don't Work:"Paul Marciano provides a wealth of prescriptive advice that absolutely makes sense. You can actually open the book to any chapter and gain ideas for immediate implementation." -- Beverly Kaye, coauthor of Love 'Em or Lose 'Em"This book should be in the hands of anyone who has to get work done through other people! It's an invaluable tool for any manager at any level." -- John L. Rice, Vice President Human Resources, Tyco International"Carrots and Sticks Don't Work provides a commonsense approach to employee engagement. Dr. Marciano provides great real-world insights, data, and practicalexamples to truly bring the RESPECT model to life." -- Renee Selman, President, Catalina Health Resources"The RESPECT model is one of the most dynamic, engaging, and thought-provoking employee engagement tools that I have seen. Dr. Marciano's work will help you providemeaningful long-term benefits fTable of ContentsIntroduction; Chapter 1: The Last Guy Sat There; Chapter 2: Why Employee Engagement Matter; Chapter 3: Engagement versus Motivation; Chapter 4: Why Traditional Reward and Recognition Programs Fail; Chapter 5: Engagement through RESPECT; Chapter 6: RESPECT; Chapter 7: Recognition; Chapter 8: Empowerment; Chapter 9: Supportive Feedback; Chapter 10: Partnering; Chapter 11: Expectations; Chapter 12: Trust; Chapter 13: Putting it All Together
£18.89
Cengage Learning EMEA Business Research Methods
Book SynopsisBusiness Research Methods covers all the stages in undertaking research using a clear, structured step-by-step guide. Christina Quinlan's qualitive and holistic approaches are combined with William Zikmund's quantitative and advanced methods in this fully updated third edition, to give students a broad spectrum of approaches for their research project. This comprehensive text is essential reading for all business students getting to grips with research methods for their project.Table of ContentsPart I: Introduction 1. Introducing Business Research 2. Developing Research Skills 3. Understanding Research Ethics 4. Understanding Research Philosophy and The Role of Theory Part II: Beginning the Research Process 5. The Literature Review 6. Quantitative Research: An Introduction 7. Qualitive Research: An Introduction 8. Research Methodology and Design 9. Understanding Populations and Sampling 10. Writing the Research Proposal Part III: Data Gathering 11. Fieldwork and Observation 12. Interviews and Focus Groups 13. Surveys and Questionnaires 14. Attitude Measurement Part IV: Dealing with Data 15. Managing Data and Introducing Data Analysis 16. Analyzing Qualitative Data 17. Analyzing Quantitative Data 18. Completing and Presenting the Research
£55.99
McGraw-Hill Architect of Quality
£999.99
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe What It Takes to Be 1
Book SynopsisExplores the fundamental leadership qualities that author considered useful to success, then shows how one can apply those qualities to achieve breakthrough success in virtually various endeavors.Trade Review"Winning is not a something thing, it is an all the time thing. You don't win once in a while, you don't do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is a habit, unfortunately so is losing...."---Vince Lombardi, June 22, 1970
£14.39
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Security Analysis The Classic 1951 Edition
Book SynopsisWith nearly a million copies sold, Security Analysis has been continuously in print for more than sixty years. No investment book in history had either the immediate impact, or the long-term relevance and value, of its first edition in 1934. By 1951, seventeen years past its original publication and more than a decade beyond its revised and acclaimed 1940 second edition, authors Benjamin Graham and David Dodd had seen business and investment markets travel from the depths of Depression to the heights of recovery, and had observed investor behavior during both the calm of peacetime and the chaos of World War II.The prescient thinking and insight displayed by Graham and Dodd in the first two editions of Security Analysis reached new heights in the third edition. In words that could just as easily have been written today as fifty years ago, they detail techniques and strategies for attaining success as individual investors, as well as the responsibilities of corpor
£44.19
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Perfect Phrases for Documenting Employee
Book SynopsisPerfect Phrases for Documenting Employee Performance Problems will be an easy access guide to help managers identify performance issues and prepare concise documentation of those problems. This quick-reference tool is perfect for new managers who need to find effective ways to document performance problems and then be able to offer practical, helpful feedback to those individuals. The book covers a wide variety of performance issues including:Communication SkillsPunctualityDecision MakingEmpowerment and DelegationTechnical Skill DevelopmentPeople Skills and Relationship-buildingCoaching OthersCustomer CareAttitudeHandling Personal ProblemsCreativity and InnovationMeeting DeadlinesLeadership SkillsNegotiation SkillsAppearanceSelf-esteem and ConfidenceEfficient Use of TimeProblem Solving and Conflict ResolutionTeamworkEmotional IntelligenceOverall ProductivityLoyaltyResistance to ChangeProject ManagementSafety
£8.99
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe HighProbability Trading
Book SynopsisWithin 6 months of beginning their careers full of promise and hope, most traders are literally out of money and out of trading. This work reduces the likelihood that you may have to pay this "traders' tuition," by detailing a market-proven program for weathering those first few months and becoming a profitable trader from the beginning.
£30.59
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe The Disease to Please Curing the PeoplePleasing
Book SynopsisWhat's wrong with being a "people pleaser?" Plenty!"A fascinating book... If you struggle with where, when, and how to draw the line between your own desires and the demands of others, buy this book!"Kay Redfield Jamison, bestselling author of An Unquiet Mind and Night Falls FastPeople pleasers are not just nice people who go overboard trying to make everyone happy. Those who suffer from the Disease to Please are people who say "Yes" when they really want to say "No." For them, the uncontrollable need for the elusive approval of others is an addiction. Their debilitating fears of anger and confrontation force them to use "niceness" and "people-pleasing" as self-defense camouflage.Featured on NBC's "Today," The Disease to Please explodes the dangerous myth that "people pleasing" is a benign problem. Best-selling author and frequent "Oprah" guest Dr. Harriet Braiker offers clear, positive, practical, and easily do-able steps tTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: The Disease to Please Triangle: The Price of Nice Part One: People-Pleasing Mindsets Chapter 2: Toxic Thoughts Chapter 3: It’s Okay Not to Be Nice Chapter 4: Putting Others First Chapter 5: There’s More to You Than How Much You Do Chapter 6: Nice People Can Say “No” Part Two: People-Pleasing Habits Chapter 7: Learning to Please: Approval Addiction Chapter 8:Why Can’t You Get Your Parents’ Approval? Chapter 9: Love at All Costs Chapter 10: Romantic Addiction Part Three: People-Pleasing FeelingsChapter 11: Once More,Without Feelings Chapter 12: The Fear of Anger Chapter 13:Words Can Really Hurt You Chapter 14: How Far Would You Go to Avoid a Confrontation? Chapter 15: Small Steps, Big Changes The 21-Day Action Plan for Curing the Disease to PleaseA User’s Guide to the 21-Day Action Plan Day 1: Don’t Say “Yes”When You Want to Say “No” Day 2: The Broken Record Technique Day 3: The Counteroffer Day 4:What to Say If You Want to Say “No”: The SandwichTechnique Day 5: The Reverse Sandwich Technique Day 6: Rewriting the Ten Commandments of People-Pleasing Day 7: Rewriting the Seven Deadly Shoulds Day 8: Taking Care of You Day 9: Talking Yourself Out of Approval Addiction Day 10: To Do or Not to Do, That Is the Question Day 11: Tag, You’re ItDay 12: It’s Okay Not to Be Nice Day 13: The Anger Scale Day 14: The Relaxation Breath Day 15: Anger-Up Day 16: Anger-Down Day 17: TIME OUTDay 18: Stress Inoculation Day 19: Solve a Problem with a Friend, Not for a Friend Day 20: Correcting Faulty Assumptions Day 21: Celebrate Your Cure Epilogue: Some Final Thoughts
£12.59
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe 24 Essential Lessons for Investment Success Learn
Book SynopsisOffering investing do's and don'ts that help you multiply your money, this book gives techniques for building a profitable portfolio. It helps you: accurately gauge the market; buy and sell stocks at just the right moment; seize opportunities presented by market corrections; take advantage of the rich potential of mutual funds; and more.Table of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgements. 24 Essential Lessons for Investment Success. Lesson 1: What Every Investor Should Know Going in. Lesson 2: Getting Started: There's No Time Like the Present! Lesson 3: Follow a System Rather Than your Emotions. Lesson 4: Fundamental Analysis or Technical Analysis? Lesson 5: First Among Fundamentals: Earnings and Sales. Lesson 6: Relative Price Strength: A Key Technical Tool. Lesson 7: Know a Stock by the Company It Keeps. Lesson 8: The Importance of Volume and Sponsorship. Lesson 9: How to Buy at Just the Right Moment. Lesson 10: How Chart Patterns Lead to Big Profits. Lesson 11: How to Read Stock Charts Like a Pro. Lesson 12: How to Gauge the Stock Market's Health. Lesson 13: How to Spot When the Market Hits a Top. Lesson 14: How to Spot When the Market Bottoms. Lesson 15: Putting the Stock-Picking Puzzle Together. Lesson 16: how to Find New Investment Ideas in Investor's Business Daily. Lesson 17: Growth vs. Value investing. Lesson 18: Don't Try to Be a Jack-of-all-Trades. Lesson 19: What's the Right Mix for Your Portfolio? Lesson 20: Sell Rules Every Investor Should Master. Lesson 21: More Sell Rules Every Investor Should Master. Lesson 22: How to Make a Million with Mutuals. Lesson 23: Too Busy? How to Use Investor's Business Daily in Twenty Minutes. Lesson 24: How to Make the Most of Investor's Business Daily, Investors.com, and Other Online Resources. Appendix A. Appendix B. Recommended Reading List. Glossary. Index.
£11.39
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe The Toyota Way Fieldbook
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Taylor & Francis Product Management in the Digital Era
Book SynopsisConsumer and industrial products have evolved significantly over the last century, from physical to virtual products, services, and hybrid products. Product management has had to change and adapt to the rapidly changing business environments. This textbook offers an in-depth look into the role, what the job entails, and what skills it requires.Product managers are required to manage the ideation, development, production, marketing, and distribution of a product. This book: highlights the content and skills required to be an effective product manager including strategy, marketing management, technology, project management, and design; provides frameworks for developing and executing effective strategies throughout the life cycle of a product with the help of case studies and examples; highlights the unique considerations and processes underpinning digital product creation; and explores marketing strategies including various channels for digital marketing and how product managers can use these effectively. Detailed and lucid, this book will be of interest to teachers and students of product management, brand management, management, and business studies.
£35.99
Pearson Education (US) The Disciplined Trader Developing Winning
Book SynopsisThe classic book that introduced the investment industry to the concept of trading psychology. With rare insight based on his firsthand commodity trading experience, author Mark Douglas demonstrates how the mental matters that allow us function effectively in society are often psychological barriers in trading. After examining how we develop losing attitudes, this book prepares you for a thorough “mental housecleaning” of deeply rooted thought processes. And then it shows the reader how to develop and apply attitudes and behaviors that transcend psychological obstacles and lead to success. The Disciplined Trader helps you join the elite few who have learned how to control their trading behavior (the few traders who consistently take the greatest percentage of profits out of the market) by developing a systematic, step-by-step approach to winning week after week, month after month. The book is divided into three parts
£45.00
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe The Newspaper Designers Handbook
Book SynopsisThroughout the seven editions of this book, Harrower has successfully deconstructed the process of laying out newspaper pages. For journalism students and professionals alike, countless designers have used this book to learn how to design and improve their skills as visual communicators. Harrowerâs unique voice and quirky sense of humor are still very much alive in the seventh edition.Table of ContentsIntroduction PrefaceQuick historyCurrent trendsDigital news designLooking aheadChapter 1: Fundamentals What it’s calledTools of the tradeBasic typographyFour basic elementsHeadlinesTextPhotosCutlinesDrawing a dummyA broadsheet dummyA tabloid dummyExercisesChapter 2: Story Stories without artMug shotsText shapesPhotos on the pageHorizontal photosVertical photosSquare photosDominant photosThe picture comboExercisesChapter 3. Page Design The gridPages without artPages with artModular page designFront page designDesigning Page OneMaking stories fitInside pagesDouble trucksBad juxtapositionsRules of thumbExercisesChapter 4. Photos Photo guidelinesPhoto constructsCompelling photosWeak photosFrom camera to pageProcessing digital imagesSizing photosHalftones & screensScanning imagesCropping photosStand-alone photosThe photo columnPhoto spreadsPhoto spread guidelinesStudio shotsPhoto illustrationsIllustrationsRisky businessExercisesChapter 5. Nuts & Bolts The flagLogos and sigsLiftout quotesDecks and summariesBylinesCredit linesSpacingRules and boxesRefers and promosBreaking up textJumpsChapter 6. Graphics Alternative Story FormsA.S.F. presentationsFast factsBio boxesListsChecklistsQ&A’sQuizzesSurveys and pollsQuote collectionsCharts and graphsTablesRatingsTimelinesStep-by-step guidesDiagramsMapsGraphics packagesPackage planningGraphics guidelinesGraphics galleryChapter 7. Special Effects Bending the rulesThe Stewart variationsWraparounds and skewsPhoto cutoutsMortises and insetsScreens and reversesDisplay headlinesColorAdding color to a pageColor guidelinesPrinting full colorChapter 8. The Redesign Redesigning your paperEvaluating your paperGathering examplesCompiling a shopping listBuilding prototypesTesting and promotionWriting a stylebookLaunching and following upRedesign galleryAppendix Exercise answersGlossaryIndexAcknowledgmentsCredits
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Oxford University Press Inc Investment Science
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MIT Press Metadata
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£15.29
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Marketing Management
Book SynopsisMarketing Management: A Contemporary Perspective provides a fresh new perspective on marketing from some of the leading researchers in Europe. The book offers students and practitioners the comprehensive coverage they need to make the right decisions to create and implement highly successful marketing strategies. This exciting new edition includes updated cases and combines scholarly international research with relevant and contemporary examples from markets and brands across the world. The authors combine their experience as researchers and industry consultants to provide the conceptual and theoretical underpinning of marketing and empirical research, helping students to understand how marketing concepts can be applied and implemented. The book covers a full range of industries including business-to-customer, business-to-business, services marketing, retailing and international marketing from companies around the globe.Table of Contents1 Setting the Scene for MarketingPART ONE Laying the Groundwork: Shaping Marketing Strategies2 The Key Aspects of Marketing Strategy3 Analysis of the Initial Strategic Situation4 Formulation, Evaluation and Selection of Marketing StrategiesEnd of Part Case Study: Tesla Motors Inc: Silicon Valley is getting started to e-nable mobility for the massesPART TWO The Marketing Mix5 Product Decisions6 Pricing: Making Profitable Decisions7 Sales Decisions8 Communication Decisions9 Tying the Knot with CustomersEnd of Part Case Study: Jagermeister: Teaching an Old Brand New TricksPART THREE Marketing in Specific Contexts10 Business-to-Business Marketing11 Marketing of Services12 International MarketingEnd of Part Case Study How Amazon Establishes a Global Reach in E-TailingPART FOUR Marketing Implementation13 Marketing and Sales Organization14 Marketing and Sales Information Systems15 Marketing and Sales Management Control16 Human Resource Management in Marketing and Sales17 Market OrientationEnd of Part Case Study: Nespresso: How Market Orientation helps create and protect an iconic brandEnd of Part Case Study: How IBM reinvented itselfAppendix: Theories and Technique
£54.14
Practical Inspiration Publishing Rebrand Right
Book SynopsisHave you been challenged to refresh or fix your brand to reach new buyers and grow revenue? Are you wondering where to start and what it takes to do it successfully? Strengthening your brand will create value for your business. But too often rebrands are done the wrong way, and the expected revenue doesn't follow. You can't afford to wing it. Rebrand Right is a practical guide to help you diagnose, then define and deliver changes to your brand, marketing and experience to grow your business. Start by understanding the four brand factors that drive growth and diagnose where your problem really lies. Then work your way through step by step, from brand strategy and identity, to marketing, implementation and experience. Based on 50 years of experience with over 90 B2B and B2C brands, this is a definitive guide to modern rebranding. Let's get your rebrand right. Rachel Fairley and Sarah Robb have dedicated their careers to strengthening brands. They have worked with over 90 B2B and B2C brands, across 100+ countries and many industries, as marketing leaders and brand strategists. Their practical, supportive, tried-and-tested approach gives marketers the clarity they need to rebrand with confidence. They are the co-founders of Rebrand Right Academy.
£19.99
Pan Macmillan The Investment Trusts Handbook 2025
Book SynopsisThe Investment Trusts Handbook 2025 is the eighth edition of the highly regarded annual handbook for anyone interested in investment trusts often referred to as the City's best-kept secret, or the connoisseur's choice among investment funds.
£23.99
MIT Press Ltd Contract Theory
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Taylor & Francis Business Development for the Biotechnology and
Book SynopsisBusiness Development in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries accounts for over $5 billion in licensing deal value per year and much more than that in the value of mergers and acquisitions. Transactions range from licences to patented academic research, to product developments as licences, joint ventures and acquisition of intellectual property rights, and on to collaborations in development and marketing, locally or across the globe. Asset sales, mergers and corporate takeovers are also a part of the business development remit. The scope of the job can be immense, spanning the life-cycle of products from the earliest levels of research to the disposal of residual marketing rights, involving legal regulatory manufacturing, clinical development, sales and marketing and financial aspects. The knowledge and skills required of practitioners must be similarly broad, yet the availability of information for developing a career in business development is sparse. Martin Austin's highl
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Kogan Page Human Resource Management at Work
Book SynopsisMick Marchington was Emeritus Professor of Human Resource Management at University of Manchester, UK and a Chartered Companion of the CIPD.Adrian Wilkinson is a professor and was founding director of the Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing at Griffith University, Australia and a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD.Rory Donnelly is Professor of HRM at the University of Liverpool, UK and a Chartered Member of the CIPD.Anastasia Kynighou is a senior lecturer in Human Resource Management at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK and a Chartered Member of the CIPD.
£44.99
Pearson Education (US) Will It Fly How to Know if Your New Business Idea
Book SynopsisTHOMAS K. McKNIGHT has coached 200+ business launches, helping entrepreneurs develop organizational infrastructure, plan for emerging technologies and intellectual property creation, project cash flow requirements and contingencies, and analyze potential return and valuations. McKnight draws upon 29 years' successful experience as Chairman, CEO, VP, and Consultant in both large companies and start-up/early-stage ventures. At Gannett, he helped to launch USA Today, the largest new venture in the history of print journalism. His background includes time at Smith Barney, the White House, the Federal Communications Commission, and the Marine Corps. He holds a B.S. in Business from Miami University and a J.D. from The Ohio State University.Table of Contents Preface. I. Overview. II. Elements Of The Scorecard. Element 1. Compelling Unserved Need. Element 2. Explainable Uniqueness. Element 3. Sustainable Differentiation. Element 4. Demonstrable Now. Element 5. Good Competition. Element 6. Bad Competition. Element 7. Compelling Pricing Possible. Element 8. Closable Customers. Element 9. Quality of Evidence of Demand. Element 10. Ahead of the Market. Element 11. Ambush Exposure. Element 12. “Hot Market”. PERSONAL. Element 13. Attitude of Confidence and Fearlessness. Element 14. Commitment. Element 15. Staying Power. Element 16. Passion. Element 17. Management Competence. Element 18. Honesty and Integrity. Element 19. Success Ethic. Element 20. Looking Good in the Lobby. OPERATIONS. Element 21. Cash Flowing Now. Element 22. Revenue Model That Swamps Costs. Element 23. Delivery Advantages. Element 24. Resources Available. Element 25. Preemption and Domination. Element 26. Strategy to Penetrate Market. Element 27. Strategy for Breaching the Chasm. Element 28. Proprietary Ownership. Element 29. Partnering Candidates. Element 30. Appropriateness of Location. Element 31. Quality of the Backup Plan. Element 32. Unfair Advantages. FINANCE. Element 33. Manageable Capital Requirements. Element 34. Low Cash Required Before Launch. Element 35. Visible Capital. HARVEST. Element 36. High Potential Value. Element 37. Foreseeable Harvest. DAUNTING NEGATIVES. Element 38. Taboo. Element 39. Lack of Showstoppers. Element 40. Pretending Not To Know. THE STORY. Element 41. High Profile Persons Available. Element 42. Punchy, Compelling Story. CARPE DIEM. Element 43. Government Relevance. Element 44. Low Hanging Fruit. Conclusion of the Coin-Operated Laundry. @PARTHEAD = III. The Scorecard and Beyond. Game Caution. Conclusion. Appendix I. Orion Satellite Corporation. Appendix II. PTAT System, Inc.. Appendix III. Creative Destruction. Appendix IV. Innovators Scorecard. Appendix V. Coin-Operated Laundry Example. About the Author. Index.
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University of Illinois Press Immigrants against the State Yiddish and Italian
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Zimmer has produced a powerful text that brings to life numerous forgotten rebels and significantly expands our understanding of anti-statist social movements in the first half of the twentieth century… This immaculately researched and carefully composed monograph thus sets a new bar for the study of anarchism."--Anarchist Studies"Most students of US radicalism have long assumed that anarchism was brought to the US in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by immigrants from eastern and southern Europe. Zimmer demonstrates that the real story is more complicated. Recommended."--Choice"Zimmer's archival research is impressive… a fascinating examination of the interplay of individuals of various ethnicities… involved with anarchism and its sympathizers in San Francisco."--International Review of Social History"Well researched and eloquent."--Jewish Book Council"This is likely to be an essential work on immigrant anarchism for years to come."--H-Net Reviews"Drawing on an impressive and unprecedented array of Yiddish- and Italian-language sources, Zimmer details both the ideological connections and ethnocultural obstacles that supported and separated anarchist communities. . . . Zimmer's research and scope is encyclopedic. . . . Zimmer's fine book is indispensable."--The Journal of American History"Immigrants against the State breaks new ground in anarchist history and offers a timely contribution to the knowledge of immigrant radicalism, past and present. It is essential reading for students and scholars of radical and immigration history, and for anyone interested in exploring immigrant lives marked by a transnational collective identity that embraced diversity regardless of the national, ethnic and racial divides.--Labour History"A vitally important transnational work that makes significant interventions into the historiography of immigration, anarchism, labor and the working class, and late-nineteenth to early twentieth-century politics."--American Historical Review "An extraordinarily well-documented and stimulating read."--Italian American Review "A beautiful, exceptionally well-researched work of transnational history."--Canadian Journal of History "Admirably, the author uses Italian- and Yiddish-language sources to produce one of the most extensive accounts of anarchism in twentieth-century America. One of the best histories of anarchism in the United States."--Tony Michels, author of A Fire in Their Hearts: Yiddish Socialists in New York "I have been waiting for a book like this for a long time, one that tells of the multiethnic and transnational world of early twentieth-century anarchism, not just from the perspective of the notorious figures, but from the grass roots. Zimmer is both a highly gifted storyteller and a meticulous, careful researcher whose account follows this history through a truly astonishing range of sources in Yiddish, Italian, Spanish, German, and English, from archives across the globe. This is the new generation of transnational working-class history at its very best."--Jennifer Guglielmo, author of Living the Revolution: Italian Women's Resistance and Radicalism in New York City, 1880–1945 "A century ago, anarchists were everywhere, a movement in constant movement. Having mastered the languages of the two largest groups of immigrant anarchists in the United States, Kenyon Zimmer paints intimate portraits of their Yiddish- and Italian-speaking worlds. The book will be required reading for all scholars of immigrant radicalism. More broadly, anyone interested in the complex intersections of class, mobility, and culture in our own times will find much to ponder in the cosmopolitanism and internationalism immigrants created as they responded to the violent nationalist politics of their own times."--Donna R. Gabaccia, author of Immigration and American Diversity: A Social and Cultural History
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Boundaries for Leaders
Book SynopsisWhat is a boundary? Simply put, a boundary is a property line that defines ownership, and responsibility. Beginning with a lucid description of how brains actually work, the author applies those principles to the critical aspects of a leader's work: how to manage teams, coach direct reports, and instill an organization with values and culture.Trade Review"...the book offers a valuable perspective and ideas." -- Booklist
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Bookvault Publishing AAT Level 2 Principles of Bookkeeping Controls Question Bank
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Amplify Publishing The Creative Cto Intuitive Technology Leadership
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HarperCollins Multipliers Revised and Updated How the Best
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A well-organized system that could be used as a personal tool or as a workbook for team-development seminars." -- Booklist "The authors succeed brilliantly in addressing a critical but unexplored phenomenon-- how leaders unleash smarts and capability in others. Multipliers is a must read for all those who aspire to lead in the knowledge economy." -- C.K. Prahalad, Paul and Ruth McCracken Distinguished University Professor, University of Michigan and author of The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid "As Lincoln famously put the question: How do leaders 'bring out the better angels of our nature?' Multiplers gets closer to answering this fundamental leadership question than anything I've read in years." -- -Warren Bennis, Distinguished and University Professor at the University of Southern California and author of Still Surprised: A Memoir of of a Life in Leadership. "This book will speak to every CEO and CFO. Multipliers get so much from their people that they effectively double their workforce for free." -- -John Doerr, General Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers "Every so often a book comes along that forces us to ask important and difficult questions of ourselves. Multipliers is such a book. Liz Wiseman and Greg McKeown challenge us to imagine a dramatically more productive future for our organizations" -- -Tim Brown, CEO, IDEO "In over 30 years of evaluating executives it was clear to me that some achieved much more than others, but it wasn't always clear why. Wiseman and McKeown present a fresh and compelling analysis of how Multipliers create value while others destroy it." -- -Tom Friel, Former CEO and Chairman of the Board, Heidrick & Struggles "Multipliers is a great manifesto for today's leaders. The authors provide a hands-on guide showing leaders how to make their total organization smarter by tapping the brainpower of everyone at all levels. A very timely and insightful book." -- Noel Tichy co-author of Judgment with Warren Bennis, and Professor of Management & Organizations at the University of Michigan "We've all known Multipliers-people who bring the best, not the worst, out of everyone around them. They're a company's greatest resource. If you want to learn how to become a Multiplier or transform others into genuine Multipliers, read on." -- -Kerry Patterson, bestselling author, Crucial Conversations "A fascinating book that shows how mindsets shape the way people lead. This book will forever change the way we think about leadership." -- -Carol Dweck, Lewis & Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Stanford University; author of Mindset "Wiseman and McKeown's insights are helpful, practical, and relevant. Any leader who needs to get more done with the same (or fewer) resources will find this book a gift and a valuable resource." -- -Dave Ulrich, Professor, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan "As managers around the world grapple with a complex economic environment, this book provides a rich roadmap for extracting the full value of the people in their organizations. This book is a great investment for anyone managing a business in the innovation marketplace." -- -Jeff Henley, chairman of the board, Oracle Corporation "Multipliers is a compelling read. A must have manual for any in a leadership position or aspiring to become a leader. It's obvious Liz Wiseman and Greg McKeown did their homework and those of us who read Multipliers are all the better for it." -- -Byron Pitts, 60 Minutes "This engaging and subversive book asks a vital question: "How can we grow and harness human talent to address the great issues of our day?" Multipliers makes us rethink many of our old assumptions." -- -Gareth Jones, visiting professor, IE Madrid; coauthor, Why Should Anyone Be Led by You? "This book touches upon such a fundamental truth about leadership-one that has been waiting to be named, explored, and finally addressed. Liz and Greg have created a language that will be with us for a very long time impacting millions." -- Verne Harnish, Founder, Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO), CEO, Gazelles "Multipliers is brilliant and extraordinarily timely! It belongs on the bookshelf of every leader-and every leadership scholar." -- -Roderick M. Kramer, William R. Kimball Professor of Organizational Behavior, Stanford University Graduate School of Business
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group The Money Kings
Book SynopsisThe incredible saga of the German-Jewish immigrants?with now familiar names like Goldman and Sachs, Kuhn and Loeb, Warburg and Schiff, Lehman and Seligman?who profoundly influenced the rise of modern finance (and so much more), from the New York Times best-selling author of Sons of WichitaJoseph Seligman arrived in the United States in 1837, with the equivalent of $100 sewn into the lining of his pants. Then came the Lehman brothers, who would open a general store in Montgomery, Alabama. Not far behind were Solomon Loeb and Marcus Goldman, among the ?Forty-Eighters? fleeing a Germany that had relegated Jews to an underclass.These industrious immigrants would soon go from peddling trinkets and buying up shopkeepers? IOUs to forming what would become some of the largest investment banks in the world?Goldman Sachs, Kuhn Loeb, Lehman Brothers, J. & W. Seligman & Co. They would clash and collaborate with J. P. Morgan, E. H. Harriman, Jay Gould, and other famed tycoons of the era. And their firms would help to transform the United States from a debtor nation into a financial superpower, capitalizing American industry and underwriting some of the twentieth century?s quintessential companies, like General Motors, Macy?s, and Sears. Along the way, they would shape the destiny not just of American finance but of the millions of Eastern European Jews who spilled off steamships in New York Harbor in the early 1900s, including Daniel Schulman?s paternal grandparents. In TheMoney Kings, Schulman unspools a sweeping narrative that traces the interconnected origin stories of these financial dynasties. He chronicles their paths to Wall Street dominance, as they navigated the deeply antisemitic upper class of the Gilded Age, and the complexities of the Civil War, World War I, and the Zionist movement that tested both their burgeoning empires and their identities as Americans, Germans, and Jews.
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McGraw-Hill Education - Europe The Big Book of Team Building Games TrustBuilding
Book SynopsisIncludes imaginative games and activities that have been specifically designed for the manager who's looking to: raise sagging morale in a department; liven up boring staff meetings; improve communication; promote a culture of harmony and cooperation; and have fun with your work team.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements.Introduction to Team-Building Games.How to Use This Book.Icebreakers: Getting to Know Each Other Better.Who Are We? Creating Team Identity.What Can Teamwork Achieve? Demonstrating Its Value.Who Can We Trust? Building Mutual Support.How Shoud We Proceed? Setting Team Goals and Norms.How Are We Doing? Improving Teamwork.How Can We Stretch Our Minds? Problem-solving and Creativity Games.Can We Get Along Better? Learning to Communicate and Cooperate.Can We Work Together? Energizing Team Meetins.What Lies Ahead? Coping with Change.how Can We Have More Fun? Taking time to Play.How Can We Build Self-esteem? Affirming Ourselves through Games.
£27.21
Dorling Kindersley Ltd Leadership Essential Managers
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Penguin Books Ltd Holacracy
Book SynopsisIn Holacracy, Brian J Robertson outlines a ground-breaking approach to organisation: no managers, only roles''Holacracy is the opposite of the cliché way to run a start-up. It creates clarity: who is in charge of what, and who makes each kind of decision'' - Evan Williams, cofounder of Blogger, Twitter and MediumIn traditional companies, managers make decisions, and workers execute the plan. But Holacracy is a revolutionary and tried-and-tested new system which turns everyone into a leader. The organisation looks like a nest of circles, not a pyramid -- but it''s not anarchy. It''s finally clear who should make each decision -- the person on the frontline has that authority -- and the organisation succeeds by adapting swiftly to pursue its purpose.In Holacracy, pioneer Brian Robertson explains how to adopt this system across your organisation -- and what you can do just within your department or for yourself -- and how to ovTrade ReviewHolacracy is the opposite of the cliché way to run a startup. People romanticize startup cultures and their lack of structure, but it creates anxiety and inefficiency, whether we have to build consensus around every decision, or deal with land grabs for power. In contrast, Holacracy creates clarity: who is in charge of what, and who makes each kind of decision - and there is a system for changing that, so it's very flexible at the same time -- Evan Williams, co-founder of Twitter and MediumThis book reminds me of a book that I must have read 100 times during my quest to become a better poker player. The first reading will most likely result in a complete paradigm shift, and you'll gain new insight every single time you reread it, especially when interspersed with actual practice playing the game on a regular basis. I highly recommend this book as your 'Holacracy Bible' if you're looking to explore a new way of working -- Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Delivering HappinessHolacracy is a difficult concept to understand, but its founder Brian Robertson breaks it down simply and thoroughly. Regardless of your conclusion about the system's potential, it is undoubtedly the alternative management approach that will be getting the most attention over the next few years as we see how it affects thousands of employees around the world. -- 20 business books to read this summer * World Economic Forum 'Agenda' *engagingly straightforward * Bloomberg *
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Simon & Schuster Empire of the Elite
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Random House USA Inc The Happiness Advantage
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£23.20
Little, Brown and Company Outliers
Book Synopsis Learn what sets high achievers apart -- from Bill Gates to the Beatles -- in this #1 bestseller from a singular talent (New York Times Book Review). In this stunning book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of outliers--the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. He asks the question: what makes high-achievers different? His answer is that we pay too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to where they are from: that is, their culture, their family, their generation, and the idiosyncratic experiences of their upbringing. Along the way he explains the secrets of software billionaires, what it takes to be a great soccer player, why Asians are good at math, and what made the Beatles the greatest rock band.Brilliant and entertaining, Outliers is a landmark work that will simultaneously delight and illuminate.
£999.99
Cengage Learning, Inc Behavioral Finance
Book SynopsisDiscover a structured, applied approach to behavioral finance with the first academic text of its kind--Ackert/Deaves' BEHAVIORAL FINANCE: PSYCHOLOGY, DECISION MAKING, AND MARKETS. This comprehensive text--ideal for today's behavioral finance elective--links finance theory and practice to human behavior.The book begins by building upon the established, conventional principles of finance before moving into psychological principles of behavioral finance, including heuristics and biases, overconfidence, emotion and social forces. Readers learn how human behavior influences the decisions of individual investors and professional finance practitioners, managers, and markets.The book clearly explains what behavioral finance indicates about observed market outcomes as well as how psychological biases potentially impact the behavior of managers. Readers see, first-hand, the implications of behavioral finance on retirement, pensions, education, debiasing, and client management. This book spends a significant amount of time examining how behavioral finance can be used by practitioners today.Readers utilize theory and applications in every chapter with a wide variety of end-of-chapter exercises, discussion questions, simulations and experiments that reinforce the book's applied approach.Table of ContentsIntroduction. Introduction. SECTION I: CONVENTIONAL FINANCE, PROSPECT THEORY AND MARKET EFFICIENCY. 1: Foundations of conventional finance: Expected utility. 2: Foundations of conventional finance: Asset pricing theory and market efficiency. 3: Prospect theory, framing and mental accounting. 4: Limits to arbitrage, anomalies and investor sentiment. SECTION II: BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE FOUNDATIONS. 5: Heuristics and biases. 6: Overconfidence. 7: Emotion. SECTION III: INVESTOR BEHAVIOR. 8: Investor behavior stemming from heuristics and biases. 9: The impact of overconfidence on investor decision-making. 10: Emotion-based investor behavior. SECTION IV: SOCIAL FORCES. 11: Social forces: Selfishness or altruism? 12: Social forces and behavior. SECTION VI: MARKET OUTCOMES. 13: Behavioral explanations for anomalies. 14: Aggregate stock market puzzles. SECTION V: CORPORATE FINANCE. 15: Irrational markets. 16: Irrational managers. SECTION VII: RETIREMENT, PENSIONS, EDUCATION, DEBIASING AND CLIENT MANAGEMENT. 17: Understanding retirement saving and investment behavior and improving DC pensions. 18: Debiasing, education, and client management. SECTION VIII: MONEY MANAGEMENT. 19: Money management and behavioral investing. 20: Neurofinance and trading.
£270.42
Open University Press The Media in Russia
Book Synopsis"Journalism is often said to be the first rough draft of history. The most interesting aspect of this book is that Anna Arutunyan, an American-trained journalist working in Moscow, provides an insiderâs view of Russian journalism from a valuable perspective. As a result, the book gives a level of detail and anecdote about media personalities and outlets that is both informative and interesting."Sarah Oates, Slavonic and East European Review April 2011.This book introduces readers to the Russian media, its current landscape, and its history by outlining the chief challenges faced by Russian journalists on their quest for media freedom. Focusing on how the Government has traditionally controlled the media through censorship, financial involvement, and relations between media moguls and the State, the book analyses to what extent the Russian media has become 'free' since the fall of Communism. The author questions whether freedom is possible at all in a society wheTable of ContentsIntroduction The current media playing field Media and power: ownership in the age of free marketFreedom in the Russian press The Russian newspaper, then and now Television and film The role of radio: a common ear The internet, blogging and the media of the futureConclusion
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