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Book SynopsisThe 'bioeconomy' is the idea of an economy based on the sustainable exploitation of biological resources. Within this concept, there is increasing emphasis on issues such as climate change, depletion of natural resources and growing world food needs. The bioeconomy builds on the recognition of advances in technology, particularly in the life sciences, but at the same time covers issues such as innovation management, ecosystem services, development and governance. This book explores the development of the bioeconomy across the world from an economic and policy perspective, as well as identifying potential future pathways and issues. It uses a broad definition, covering all sectors using biological resources except health, and rather than focusing on individual sectors, it explores the breadth of interconnections that make the bioeconomy a new and challenging subject. Divided into two parts, the book initially outlines the current definitions, strategies, policy and economic information related to the world's bioeconomy. The second part describes current economic analysis and research efforts in qualifying and understanding the economics of the bioeconomy. This includes the contributions of technology, research and innovation; driving forces and demand-side economics; supply-side economics, and the role of markets and public policy in matching demand and supply. The political economy, regulation and transitions are considered, as well as the contribution of the bioeconomy to society, including growth, development and sustainability. Key features include: - An analysis of varied international approaches to the bioeconomy. - A joint consideration of biotechnology, agriculture, food energy and bio-materials. - An assessment of sustainability in the bioeconomy. - A comprehensive view of the issues from an economic and policy perspective. This book will be of interest to students and researchers in agricultural and natural resource economics, agricultural and environmental policy, as well as policy-makers, practitioners and economists.Table of Contents1: Introduction and Overview 2: What is the Bioeconomy 3: Technology and Innovation in the Bioeconomy 4: Approaches to (the Economics of) the Bioeconomy 5: Driving Forces and Demand-side Economics 6: Supply-side Economics 7: Matching Demand and Supply: Markets, Policies and Beyond 8: The Political Economy of the Bioeconomy, Regulation, Public Policy and Transition 9: The Bioeconomy and Sustainable Development 10: Impact Evaluation and Management Tools 11: At the Boundary of Economics 12: Final Thoughts and Outlook

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Book SynopsisAndrew Hayward is a lawyer with more than a dozen years' experience of compliance roles across sectors. Having previously worked for AstraZeneca and Balfour Beatty, he is now Head of Compliance and Ethics at Subsea 7, an engineering, construction and services contractor to the offshore energy industry. He worked with the British Standards Institute to develop the first anti-bribery standard (BS10500) and was part of the UK delegation on the development of the International Anti-Bribery Standard (BS ISO 37001:2016).Tony Osborn is an award-winning writer, creative consultant and content developer. He has worked with leading global corporations to help them find and tell their stories and connect with stakeholders. He helped shape and write Serco's online and printed Code of Conduct, and, with Andrew Hayward, the award-winning Balfour Beatty Code of Conduct.Trade Review"The 'masters and apprentices' book of compliance - practical insights for the professional and lay person alike."" * Christopher Wright, Head of Compliance, LafargeHolcim *"The authors of this book succeeded in explaining precisely, pleasantly and in an easily understandable way what everybody should know and practice in compliance and ethics. Nobody may say anymore: 'I didn't know how to do it'." * François Vincke, Member of the Brussels Bar, Vice-Chair ICC Commission Corporate Responsibility and Anti-corruption *"The engaging style of this book will take its audience beyond the word 'compliance' - seen as so negative by so many demonstrates how to win over hearts and minds. The stories are a useful and practical way to make learning more memorable and therefore effective. The authors are to be commended for their approach in delivering a must read for every CECO... A seminal textbook for those teaching business ethics at universities and business schools." * Philippa Foster Back CBE, Director, Institute of Business Ethics *"Just as importantly, the work provides the right balance between ethics and values on the one hand and compliance programme elements on the other in discussing what works and what hasn't. Brilliantly written and easy to understand, it provides meaningful insight for both the experienced compliance professional and newcomers to the field. It masterfully weaves real stories and anecdotes into the materials in an entertaining way, bringing the discussion to life. Destined to become a classic in the compliance literature, it is required reading for anyone on the compliance journey." * Keith M. Korenchuk, VP & Chief Compliance Officer, Diagnostic Platform, Danaher Corporation/Beckman Coulter Inc. and former partner, Arnold & Porter LLP *"The authors provide such depth of understanding necessary to help entities navigate ethics and compliance in an effective and integrated way. They have managed to do so in a light and upbeat tone with some fun references ranging from rock 'n' roll to Lewis Carroll and a healthy poke at legalese." * Cécilia Fellouse-Guenkel, General Manager, Compliance For Good *Table of Contents Section - ONE: Chapter - 01: Why compliance isn’t working; Chapter - 02: The meaning, origins and role of compliance and ethics; Chapter - 03: Barriers to success; Chapter - 04: Looking for answers; Section - TWO: Chapter - 05: The anatomy of a compliance and ethics programme; Chapter - 06: Top-level commitment; Chapter - 07: Risk assessment and due diligence; Chapter - 08: Code of conduct and policies; Chapter - 09: Communication, education and training; Chapter - 10: Whistle-blowing hotline and speak-up culture; Chapter - 11: Procedures and controls; Chapter - 12: Investigations, remediation and enforcement; Chapter - 13: Assurance and continuous improvement; Chapter - 14: Implementation – The compliance and ethics function – and everyone else;

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Book SynopsisThis practical book takes you through many commonly encountered visualization problems, and it provides guidelines on how to turn large datasets into clear and compelling figures.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Immanuel Wallerstein Memorial Book Award, Political Economy of the World-System Section of the American Sociological Association""Roos has given us a thought-provoking book that will repay the investment of any reader with an interest in sovereign debt."---Michael Reddell, Central Banking Journal"[A] fresh and painstakingly researched approach that raises vital questions for economists, political scientists and policymakers."---Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan, LSE Review of Books"[A] timely and thoroughly researched book—destined to become an obligatory reference in the field."---Veronica Santarosa, Journal of Economic History"[I've] been reading Why Not Default? at an excruciating pace for the best reason: every page or so I get inspired some subtheme or footnote and go off chasing it down."---Quinn Slobodian"Roos makes a powerful and provocative argument." * Survival: Global Politics and Strategy *"A fantastic contribution to the growing literature on sovereign debt. . . . Why Not Default? will be a mandatory reference for scholars working on financialization, debt, and structural power."---José Tomás Labarca, Finance and Society"[Why Not Default?] does a great service . . . by synthesizing a huge amount of detailed information about these crises in one place, and by clarifying the interlocking effects of a host of social, economic and political changes over the past century."---Shaina Potts, Antipode

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Book SynopsisMany on the Left see the European Union as a fundamentally benign project with the potential to underpin ever greater cooperation and progress. If it has drifted rightward, the answer is to fight for reform from within. In this iconoclastic polemic, economist Costas Lapavitsas demolishes this view. He contends that the EU’s response to the Eurozone crisis represents the ultimate transformation of the union into a neoliberal citadel that institutionally embeds austerity, privatization, and wage cuts. Concurrently, the rise of German hegemony has divided the EU into an unstable core and dependent peripheries. These related developments make the EU impervious to meaningful reform. The solution is therefore a direct challenge to the EU project that stresses popular and national sovereignty as preconditions for true internationalist socialism. Lapavitsas’s powerful manifesto for a left opposition to the EU upends the wishful thinking that often characterizes the debate and will be a challenging read for all on the Left interested in the future of Europe.Trade Review"For those wanting a clear and concise summary of the left case against the euro and of the misrepresentation of German European hegemony as the consummation of the 'European idea', there is no way around this book. Nowhere has the political economy of the common currency and of German ascendancy in Europe been more clearly exposed."—Wolfgang Streeck, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies "Costas Lapavitsas is the most important commentator on the EU and its current crises, including Brexit. This is one of the most significant books on modern politics to appear in the last decade, and virtually the only one fully to grasp the nature of our present situation."—Richard Tuck, Harvard University "Important and timely"—E-International Relations "In 2015, a left-wing government in Athens was wrestling with Berlin and Brussels. Two prominent economists took part in the scuffle: one, Yanis Varoufakis, became Minister of Finance; the other, Costas Lapavitsas, was a member of the ruling party, Syriza. The first was a Europhile who viewed the capitulation of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras as an invitation to struggle for 'another Europe'. The second, always the sceptic, saw his views confirmed by the debacle."—Le Monde Diplomatique "Expedient, informed and lucid."—LSE Review of BooksTable of ContentsCh. 1. The European Union and the Left 1.1 Fragmentation and retreat of democracy 1.2 The challenge for the Left Ch. 2. The evolution of the EU since Maastricht 2.1. Neoliberalism and hegemony in the EU – drawing on Hayek 2.2. Neoliberalism and state monopoly over money 2.3. Creating the euro: A lever of neoliberalism and conditional German hegemony 2.4. The “architectural flaws” of the euro 2.5. The broader context of conditional German hegemony Ch. 3. The ascendancy of Germany and the division of Europe 3.1. A distinctive financialised economy 3.2. The defeat of German labour in the 1990s 3.3. The competitive advantage of Germany and the creation of the Southern periphery 3.4. The unstable core of the EMU and the Central European periphery Ch. 4. The Eurozone crisis: Class interests and hegemonic power 4.1. Crisis erupts 4.2. Imposing a neoliberal agenda 4.3. An unstable and fraught equilibrium Ch. 5. Greece in the iron trap of the euro 5.1 The proximate causes of the Greek crisis 5.2 Long-term weaknesses of the Greek economy 5.3. The lenders impose bail-outs and bring disaster 5.4. Class and national interests in the Greek disaster 5.5 The political debacle of SYRIZA Ch. 6. Seeking democracy, sovereignty, and socialism 6.1. Democracy and sovereignty in the EU, once again 6.2 The impossibility of radical reform 6.3. A class-based stance for the Left 6.4. What to do?

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Book SynopsisIt’s no good having a good idea if you cannot communicate it to someone else. John Simmons, in this stimulating and readable book, demonstrates how we can write and use words more creatively and persuasively in business today. From differentiating your company from another, to injecting life and vibrancy into your products and services, to writing everyday emails, this cult business book by the modern-day guru of business writing (now released as a new 21st anniversary edition) shows ways in which we can use words to gain competitive advantage in business life through “tone of voice”. John Simmons’ method of writing powerfully for business is based on his “WE, ME, THEM and IT” model, which over the past 25 years has been adopted by tens of thousands of marketers and other professionals around of the world. Simmons argues that effective business writing is about learning to love writing and words, and bringing more of our real selves to working life.

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Book SynopsisWhen South Africa’s golden girl of broadcasting, Tracy Going’s battered face was splashed across the media back in the late 1990s, the nation was shocked. South Africans had become accustomed to seeing Going, glamorous and groomed on television or hearing her resonant voice on Radio Metro and Kaya FM. Sensational headlines of a whirlwind love relationship turned horrendously violent threw the “perfect” life of the household star into disarray. What had started off as a fairy-tale romance with a man who appeared to be everything that Going was looking for – charming, handsome and successful – had quickly descended into a violent, abusive relationship. “As I stood before him all I could see were the lies, the disappearing for days without warning, the screaming, the threats, the terror, the hostage-holding, the keeping me up all night, the dragging me through the house by my hair, the choking, the doors locked around me, the phones disconnected, the isolation, the fear and the uncertainty.” The rosy love cloud burst just five months after meeting her “Prince Charming” when she staggered into the local police station, bruised and battered. A short relationship became a two-and-a-half-year legal ordeal played out in the public eye. In mesmerising detail, Going takes us through the harrowing court process – a system seeped in injustice – her decline into depression, the immediate collapse of her career due to the highly public nature of her assault and the decades-long journey to undo the psychological damages in the search for safety and the reclaiming of self. The roots of violence form the backdrop of the book, tracing Going’s childhood on a plot in Brits, laced with the unpredictable violence of an alcoholic father who regularly terrorised the family with his fists of rage. “I was ashamed of my father, the drunk. If he wasn’t throwing back the liquid in the lounge then he’d be finding comfort and consort in his cans at the golf club. With that came the uncertainty as I lay in my bed and waited for him to return. I would lie there holding my curtain tight in my small hand. I would pull the fabric down, almost straight, forming a strained sliver and I would peer into the blackness, unblinking. It seemed I was always watching and waiting. Sometimes I searched for satellites between the twinkles of light, but mostly the fear in my tummy distracted me.” Brilliantly penned, this highly skilled debut memoir, is ultimately uplifting in the realisation that healing is a lengthy and often arduous process and that self-forgiveness and acceptance is essential in order to fully embrace life.Trade Review“Searing, heartbreaking, triumphant: Brutal Legacy is for anyone who’s been punched in the face by someone they loved and then stood up again. It’s for every mother who has run, every sister who has picked up the pieces and every friend who hasn’t fled. It’s for every brother who’s cried and for the children who have watched. Every South African should read it.” – Sisonke Msimang, author of Always Another Country. “On average, one in five South African women older than 18 has experienced physical violence, but the picture of gender-based attacks varies according to marital status and wealth. Four in 10 divorced or separated women reported physical violence, as has one in three women in the poorest households. It’s a complex picture that emerges in Statistics SA’s 2016 Demographic and Health Survey ... And it is one that not only challenges societal attitudes of patriarchy and chauvinism, but also the effectiveness of government programmes and interventions.” – Marianne Merten, Daily Maverick

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Book SynopsisEstate and Trust Administration For Dummies, 2nd Edition (9781119543879) was previously published as Estate and Trust Administration For Dummies, 2nd Edition (9781118412251). While this version features a new Dummies cover and design, the content is the same as the prior release and should not be considered a new or updated product. Your plain-English guide to administering an estate and/or trust As more and more of the population reach senior agesincluding baby boomers, many of whom do not have willsan increasing number of people are being thrust into the role of executor, administrator, personal representative of an estate, or trustee of a trust after the death of a loved one. This updated edition of Estate & Trust Administration For Dummies guides you through the confusing process of administering an estate and/or trust. Settling an estate and administering a trust can be complicated, messy,Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 About This Book 1 Conventions Used in This Book 2 What You’re Not to Read 3 Foolish Assumptions 3 How This Book Is Organized 3 Part 1: Getting Started with Estate and Trust Administration 4 Part 2: Administering an Estate 4 Part 3: Operating a Revocable or Irrevocable Trust 4 Part 4: Paying the Taxes 4 Part 5: The Part of Tens 5 Icons Used in This Book 5 Beyond the Book 6 Where to Go from Here 6 Part 1: Getting Started with Estate and Trust Administration 7 Chapter 1: Operating in a Fiduciary World 9 Identifying the Players 10 Determining an estate’s fiduciaries 10 Knowing who the trustees are 11 Lining up your team of advisors 13 Estate of Change: Delving into Estates 13 Altering the status quo 14 Probating an estate 14 Collecting the estate’s assets 14 Paying expenses and making distributions 15 Tying up the estate’s loose ends 15 Operating a Trust 15 Understanding your duties as trustee 16 Putting assets into trust 16 Putting the trust to work 16 Discovering the purpose of the trust 16 Compiling and organizing trust records 17 Bringing the trust to its conclusion 17 Paying Uncle Sam 17 Compiling the estate tax return 17 Figuring out the income taxes 18 Planning an income tax strategy 18 Whipping together Schedule K-1 18 Chapter 2: Exploring the Ins and Outs of Estates 19 Defining the Estate for Probate Administration Purposes 20 Will Power: Understanding How a Will (Or No Will) Affects an Estate 21 Dying testate 21 Dying intestate 22 Taking a Look at Who Can Inherit 23 Surviving spouse 23 Individuals omitted from the decedent’s will (including intentional disinheritance) 25 The other players: Devisees and legatees 26 Heirs-at-law 26 Defining the Estate for Tax Purposes 27 Transfer taxes 27 Other taxes 30 Chapter 3: Identifying Different Types of Trusts 31 Differentiating for Income Taxes: Grantor versus Non-Grantor Trusts 32 Grantor trusts 32 Non-grantor trusts 33 Intentionally defective grantor trusts 33 Creating Trusts during Lifetime and after Death 34 Trusts created during lifetime 34 Trusts created under a last will 35 Grasping Revocable Trusts 35 Still breathing: Living trusts 36 Tackling Totten Trusts 37 Going incognito: Nominee trusts 38 Understanding Irrevocable Trusts 38 Making gifts to an irrevocable trust 39 Getting the maximum tax benefit out of dying: Marital trusts 40 Protecting the estate tax exemption: Credit shelter trusts 44 Grandpa (or Grandma) knows best: Grandchildren’s trusts 45 Better safe than sorry: Insurance trusts 45 It’s only a name, not a description: Crummey trusts 47 Keeping a finger in the pie: Grantor-retained interest trusts 48 Exploring Charitable Trusts 50 Split-interest charitable trusts 51 Non-operating charitable foundations 52 Owning SubChapter S Shares in Trust 53 Qualified SubChapter S Trusts (QSSTs) 53 Electing Small Business Trusts (ESBTs) 54 Chapter 4: Assembling Your Team Members and Knowing When to Use Them 57 Finding What You Need to Go It Alone 57 Finding an Attorney 59 Knowing where to look 59 Asking the right questions 61 Discussing payment options 62 Finalizing your decision 63 Working with your attorney 63 Hiring a Tax Professional 65 Discovering where to look 65 Discussing payment options 66 Considering Help from Other Pros 66 Determining whether you need an investment advisor 67 Obtaining appraisers where necessary 69 Consulting with other miscellaneous pros 70 Recognizing Malpractice 71 Surveying why malpractice occurs 71 Covering your ass ets 72 Part 2: Administering an Estate 73 Chapter 5: Taking the First Steps after Death 75 Addressing the Immediate Concerns When Someone Dies 76 Honoring anatomical gifts 76 Having an autopsy performed 76 Arranging the Funeral 77 Making important decisions 77 Obtaining copies of the death certificate 82 Understanding How Death Changes Everything about the Decedent’s Assets 83 Bank accounts and the need for funds 83 Powers of attorney 84 Locating the Estate-Planning Documents 84 The Last Will and testament (The Will) 84 Trust agreements and amendments 85 Letters of intent 86 Other documents that dispose of property 86 Notifying Those Who Need to Be Notified 86 Creating Calendars and Files 89 Eyeing what kind of calendar to create 89 Setting up a filing system 90 Chapter 6: Navigating the Probate Process 93 Filing the Last Will with the Probate (Or Equivalent) Court 94 Figuring Out Whether Administration Is Necessary 95 Do you need a temporary executor? 95 Do you need a special administrator? 97 Determining domicile 98 Accessing ancillary administration 99 Deciding What Shape Your Probate Procedure Should Take 100 Taking small estate shortcuts 101 Traveling the traditional probate route 103 Taking Important First Steps after Your Appointment 107 Eyeing the Surviving Spouse’s Rights and Decisions Regarding Property 109 Exercising rights ahead of the provisions of the will 109 Electing against the will 109 Claiming dower 110 Chapter 7: Marshalling and Liquidating Assets 111 Understanding Why You Need to Determine What the Decedent Owned 112 Observing the Obvious: Big-Ticket Items 113 The bricks and mortar: Real estate 113 Things that move: Cars, boats, and cycles 114 Small (and closely held) businesses 114 Tracking Down All the Other Assets 115 Reading the mail 116 Perusing other personal papers 118 Finding the hiding places 118 Emptying the safe deposit box 119 Sleuthing for digital assets and info 120 Checking over prior tax returns 121 Listing Personal and Household Effects 122 Appraising the Property 123 Tangibles 124 Intangibles 125 Real estate 127 Contacting the Employer about Employee Benefits 127 Locating and Collecting Insurance Proceeds 129 Ascertaining Any Other Death Benefits 130 Preparing and Filing the Probate Inventory 132 Liquidating Assets 132 Selling stocks, bonds, and other securities 133 Disposing of real estate 134 Chapter 8: Paying the Debts, Expenses, Bequests, and Devises from the Estate 135 Determining and Paying Debts of the Decedent and Administration Expenses 136 Finding out how and when to pay claims 136 Prioritizing payment 138 Declaring the estate insolvent 140 Informing Potential Beneficiaries of Their Right to Consider Disclaimer 140 Segregating and Distributing Specific Property 142 Treading slowly before distributing 142 Making the distributions 143 Considering tangible property 144 Looking at intangible property 144 Fulfilling bequests of specific dollar amounts 145 Dividing Other Personal Property Equitably 146 Basing division on letter of intent 146 Creating a system for heirs to choose 147 Disposing of unwanted personal property 147 Slicing Up the Residue 147 Chapter 9: Closing the Estate 149 Obtaining Tax Closing Letters 149 Acquiring Releases of Lien for Real Estate 150 Paying Final Administration Expenses 151 Making Final Distributions to Residuary Beneficiaries 152 Preparing and Filing Final Estate Income Tax Returns 153 Readying Accounts for Allowance by the Probate Court 153 Using the appropriate form of accounting 154 Following the proper probate procedures 155 Remembering filing fees 158 Appointing a guardian ad litem, if needed 158 Filing a military affidavit, if necessary 158 Notifying the surety 158 Part 3: Operating a Revocable or Irrevocable Trust 159 Chapter 10: Understanding the Trustee’s Duties 161 Getting Acquainted with the Trust Instrument 162 Creating a plan based on the trust’s terms 162 Identifying the players 163 Reforming the trust 164 Empowering the Trustee 165 Buying and selling assets 165 Determining distributions to beneficiaries 165 Hiring and firing advisors 167 Coloring Inside the Lines: Understanding Fiduciary Duty and Limitations 168 Exercising discretion 168 Obtaining errors and omissions insurance 169 Protecting the Trust’s Assets 169 Diversifying the assets 170 Asking for help 170 Preparing and Filing Annual Income Tax Returns and Accounts 171 Chapter 11: Funding the Trust 173 Putting Assets in Trust during Life 173 Signing It Over: Giving the Trust Asset Ownership 174 Cash and securities 175 Privately held stocks, promissory notes, and limited partnership interests 177 Real estate 178 Life insurance policies 180 Personal and household property in trust 183 Rolling Property into Trust after Death 185 Chapter 12: Investing the Trust’s Assets and Paying Its Expenses 187 Appreciating the Importance of Income and Principal in Trust Administration 188 Defining principal and income 188 Distinguishing between the two 189 Using Investment Advisors Effectively 191 Holding and Diversifying Assets 192 Stocks 193 Bonds 193 Mutual funds 195 Cash needs 197 Real estate 198 Small business stocks 198 Going Green in a Trust 199 Socially conscious 200 Politically aware 200 Looking to the Beneficiaries’ Needs 201 Age 202 Purpose of trust 202 Paying the Trust’s Expenses 204 Trustee’s fees 204 Investment advice 205 Accounting fees 205 Taxes 205 Chapter 13: Paying Trust Beneficiaries 207 Notifying Beneficiaries of the Trust 208 Obtaining addresses and Social Security numbers 208 Verifying dates of birth 209 Determining Scheduled Distributions 209 Figuring out how much to pay 210 Creating a payment schedule 213 Distributing When the Beneficiary Reaches a Specific Age 214 When Beneficiaries Request More Money: Paying Out Extra Distributions 215 Making the Decision to Distribute Discretionally: Eyeing the Trust’s Terms 217 Ensuring health and well-being 217 Paying for education 217 Buying a home 218 Starting a business 219 Using trustee discretion 219 Chapter 14: Creating and Keeping Trust Records 221 Creating a Filing System 221 Getting started: Organizing the right way 222 Keeping the trust instrument handy 224 Compiling correspondence 224 Filing financial records 225 Preserving annual accounts 225 Referencing tax returns 226 Preparing an Initial Inventory and Valuing the Assets 227 Arriving directly from the donor 227 Coming from the donor’s estate 228 Compiling Records of All Transactions 228 Knowing the difference between income and principal 228 Filing income tax returns annually 229 Producing Annual Trust Accounts 230 Assembling the desired information 230 Obtaining assents of beneficiaries 232 Filing with the probate court 232 Chapter 15: Terminating the Trust 235 Distributing All Assets According to the Trust Instrument 235 Calculating final income distributions 236 Holding back funds for final taxes and fees 237 Paying the remaindermen 238 Submitting the Final Income Tax Returns 240 Determining any final tax liability 241 Filing a short-year return 241 Preparing Final Accounting and Obtaining Assents of All Remaindermen 242 Finally finishing a non-probate trust 242 Polishing off a probate trust 243 Dealing with Outliers after the Trust Terminates 244 Part 4: Paying the Taxes 245 Chapter 16: Preparing the Estate Tax Return, Part 1 247 Figuring Out Which Estates Must File 248 Who must file 248 Who actually files Form 706 and when 249 Obtaining a Release from Personal Liability 250 Understanding Some of the Nitty-Gritty Rules for Filing Form 706 251 Where and how to file 251 How to pay the tax 251 Penalties for late filing, late payment, and understatement of valuation 252 Signature and verification 253 Extensions of time to file and pay tax 253 Supplemental documents 255 Completing the Form 706, Pages 1–4 257 Part 1: Decedent and Executor 257 Part 2: Tax Computation 257 Signature of executor(s) 259 Signature of preparer other than the executor 259 Part 3: Elections by the executor 259 Part 4: General Information 262 Part 5: Recapitulation 265 Part 6: Portability of Deceased Spousal Unused Exclusion (DSUE) 265 Being Ready for and Handling an Audit 266 Getting an Estate Tax Closing Letter 267 Chapter 17: Preparing the Estate Tax Return, Part 2 269 Tackling the Most Common Schedules 269 Focusing on real estate: Schedule A 270 Identifying stocks and bonds: Schedule B 271 Addressing mortgages, notes, and cash: Schedule C 276 Considering life insurance: Schedule D 277 Eyeing jointly owned property: Schedule E 278 Considering other property: Schedule F 279 Touching on funeral and administration expenses: Schedule J 281 Recording debts, mortgages, and liens: Schedule K 285 Listing net losses and such: Schedule L 286 Covering bequests to a surviving spouse: Schedule M 287 Recording charitable, public, and similar gifts and bequests: Schedule O 289 Knowing When to Ask for Help 290 Listing transfers during life: Schedule G 290 Exercising powers of appointment: Schedule H 291 Considering annuities: Schedule I 291 Claiming a credit for foreign death taxes: Schedule P 292 Getting a credit for tax on prior transfers: Schedule Q 292 Generation-Skipping Transfer tax: Schedule R 292 Electing a qualified conservation easement exclusion: Schedule U 293 Filing a protective claim for refund: Schedule PC 293 Chapter 18: Filing Income Tax Returns for a Decedent, Estate, or Trust 295 Before You Begin: What You Need to Do 296 Obtain a federal tax ID number 296 Choose a tax year-end 297 Calculating the Income 298 Interest 298 Dividends 299 Business income 299 Capital gains and losses 300 Income from rents, royalties, partnerships, and other estates and trusts 302 Farm income or loss 303 Ordinary gain or loss 303 Other income 304 Deducing Deductions 304 Interest 305 Taxes 306 Fiduciary fees 306 Charitable deductions 307 Attorney, accountant, and preparer fees 308 Miscellaneous itemized deductions 308 The Income Distribution Deduction (Schedule B) 309 The estate tax deduction 311 Taxes owed 311 Credits 315 Additional taxes 316 Answering the Questions on the Back of Page 2 (Form 1041) 317 Chapter 19: Weighing Income Tax Implications 319 Timing Payments In and Out of an Estate 320 Benefitting from the estate’s fiscal year 320 Balancing the estate’s taxable income against the beneficiary’s 321 Timing the receipt of income 323 Paying the ongoing expenses of the estate 323 Investing to Minimize Income Taxes 324 Limiting the fiduciary’s income taxes 324 Protecting the beneficiary 326 Introducing the Unearned Income Medicare Contribution (UIMC) Tax 327 Calculating the tax 328 Lessening the tax’s impact 328 Chapter 20: Reporting Tax Info on Schedule K-1 331 Understanding Schedule K-1 331 General information 332 Income items 335 Deductions and credits 336 Alternative minimum tax information 337 Allocating Types of Income on the K-1 338 Preparing Supplements to Schedule K-1 339 Showing foreign tax allocations 339 Providing state tax information 340 Creating Nominee Form 1099s 340 Part 5: The Part of Tens 343 Chapter 21: Ten Pitfalls for the Unwary 345 Failing to Terminate an Existing Real Estate Purchase and Sale Agreement 345 Taking a Lump Sum Distribution from a Pension Plan, IRA, or Deferred Compensation Plan 346 Creating a Feeding Frenzy When Splitting Personal Property 347 Missing Court Deadlines 348 Forgetting Tax Filing Deadlines 348 Failing to Communicate with the Heirs and Legatees 349 Exercising Poor Fiduciary Judgment 349 Underestimating the Devotion Required 350 Taking Nonsanctioned Shortcuts 350 Paying from the Wrong Pocket 351 Chapter 22: Ten Types of Taxes You May Have to Pay 353 Federal Gift Tax 354 Federal Estate Tax 354 Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax 354 State Inheritance or Estate Tax 355 Estate and Trust Income Taxes (Federal and State) 356 Decedent’s Final Federal and State Income Taxes 356 Local Income Taxes 357 Local Real Estate Taxes 357 State Intangibles Taxes 357 Excise Taxes 358 Appendix A: Glossary 359 Appendix B: State-By-State Rules of Intestacy and Estate or Inheritance Tax 369 Index 401

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Book SynopsisGain the competitive edge by conducting a valuation of your company every yearâquickly, accurately, and inexpensivelyBusiness leaders who know their companyâs value at any given moment are more likely to seize the competitive edgeâespecially these days, when adding digital capabilities can dramatically affect value. But most businesses drop the ball because traditional valuation is complex, time-consuming, and expensive.Not anymore. Reed Phillips, Chairman of Oaklins International, one of the worldâs largest mid-market M&A firms, lays out a straightforward method for gaining a clear understanding of your companyâs current value in a fraction of the time and at a fraction of the cost of traditional methods. He walks you through three easy steps: Identify the key value drivers behind the companyâs value and rate them to develop a Value Driver Score. Perform a careful examination of comparable businesses, including their market-rate multiples forTable of ContentsForeword by Mike Perlis Acknowledgments PART ONE: GETTING READYCHAPTER 1 Why Valuation Matters CHAPTER 2 Understanding Traditional Valuation CHAPTER Preparing Your Company for QuickValue PART TWO: DISCOVER YOUR VALUE IN THREE STEPSCHAPTER 4 Step 1. Find and Rate Your Value Drivers CHAPTER 5 Step 2. Determine Your Multiples Range CHAPTER 6 Step 3. Calculate Your Value PART THREE: USING QUICKVALUECHAPTER 7 Special Situations CHAPTER 8 Private Equity CEOs CHAPTER 9 Guiding Your Strategy CHAPTER 10 Selling Your Company EPILOGUE The Company You Are Now APPENDIX 1 Income Statement Adjustments APPENDIX 2 Resources for Finding Your Industry’sPublic and Private Multiples APPENDIX 3 Additional Resources Notes Index

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Book SynopsisDaniel Rowles, based in Jersey, has more than 25 years of digital marketing experience on both client and agency sides. He is a CIM fellow and course director and the lead judge for the CIM Marketing Excellence Awards. Rowles also lectures at Imperial College London and Cranfield School of Management and co-hosts the Digital Marketing Podcast, a global top-10 business podcast on iTunes. His digital marketing company, TargetInternet.com, supports clients such as the BBC, Vodafone, Sony, Oracle and Tesco. He is also the author of Building Digital Culture, Mobile Marketing and Podcasting Marketing Strategy, also published by Kogan Page.Trade Review"In the fast-paced world of digital media, every marketer needs a bible - I can't recommend it enough." * Gemma Butler, Marketing Director, Chartered Institute of Marketing *"Worthy of a spot on your desk if you're passionate about delivering results through digital channels. A practical yet strategically minded guide - I highly recommend." * Tim Ruthven, Director of Marketing and Communications at Imperial College Business School *"The definitive hands-on guide to digital tactics and strategy." * Ciaran Rogers, Host of the Digital Marketing Podcast *Table of Contents Chapter - 00: Introduction; Section - PART ONE: Digital branding in perspective; Chapter - 01: What digital branding really means; Section - 02: Focusing on value; Section - 03: Considering the user journey; Section - 04: Objectives and authenticity; Section - PART TWO: The digital toolkit; Section - 05: Social media; Section - 06: Search; Section - 07: Mobile; Section - 08: Online advertising; Section - 09: Email marketing; Section - 10: CRM and marketing automation; Section - 11: From integration to transmedia campaigns; Section - PART THREE: Digital brand strategy and measurement; Section - 12: Measuring digital branding; Section - 13: Primaries and indicators; Section - 14: The role of analytics; Section - 15: Bridging the gaps; Section - 16: The importance of asking questions; Section - 17: Conclusion;

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Book SynopsisA Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®) Guide is the go-to resource for project management practitioners. Over the past few years, the project management profession has significantly evolved due to emerging technology, new approaches and rapid market changes. Reflecting this evolution, The Standard for Project Management enumerates 12 principles of project management and the PMBOK® Guide – Seventh Edition is structured around eight project performance domains. Both the standard and the guide reflect the wide range of development approaches that lead to value delivery. This edition is designed to address practitioners’ current and future needs and to help them be more proactive, innovative and nimble in enabling desired project outcomes. This edition of the PMBOK® Guide: Reflects the full range of development approaches (predictive, adaptive, hybrid, etc.) Provides an entire section devoted to tailoring the development approach and processes Includes an expanded list of models, methods, and artifacts Focuses on not just delivering project outputs but also enabling outcomes; and Integrates with PMIstandards+ for information and standards application content based on project type, development approach, and industry sector.

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Book SynopsisIn today's digital age, where we are bombarded with more information than ever before, the power to influence has never been more important. whatever walk of life, you will need to draw on your influencing skills to get people to agree with your point of view. 'The Influence Book' is an inspiring and engaging handbook packed with expert advice, practical tools, and exercises to help you become a master of influence. This book will help you develop your emotional intelligence so you can become a highly skilled influencer in all areas of your life - whether you're influencing customers, colleagues, family, or friends.Trade Review"Whether you're influencing at work of informally, The Influence Book is a practical and engaging guide with an easy-to-apply framework to help you put influencing theory to practice on a daily basis. We all need to influence others and this is the very best handbook on how to excel at it!" --Dr. Duncan Garrood, CEO Bills Restaurants, formerly CEO of Punch Taverns "Nicole Soames is proving to be as dynamic in print as she is in the classroom. If you're looking to find that extra yard in life, The Influence Book is time extremely well-invested." --Olly Dale, Commerical Director, Liverpool Football "A great read and a ton of practical takeaways. This book shows the real power of harnessing your EQ to listen with empathy, put yourself in the other person's shoes, and build effective rapport. Soames shows convincingly how you can motivate people to establish a shared point of view and achieve so much more." --Dr. Martyn Newman, Clinical Psychologist specializing in emotional intelligence and mindfulness, and author of The Mindfulness Book

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Book SynopsisContemporary capitalism produces more and more money, debt, and inequality. These three trends have a common cause: the privilege of private banks to create money by means of accounting - by the stroke of a key. Why was this privilege not addressed politically for so long - and who benefited from it? At the heart of the answer lies the realization that the power to create money has been hidden by the way we commonly think and talk about capitalism. The book traces the omission of money creation from theories of capitalism and maps its consequences. By expanding the manoeuvring space for the banks to use their privilege, the capitalist countries have financed a transformation of the economy known as financialization. As a result, the real economy and private households became a debt supplier to a monetary system whose returns accumulate at the top. It is not simply "the markets" but money itself that transfers economic benefits from the masses to a minority. Increasing inequality of income and wealth can therefore only be combated if one does not only correct distributive results of markets-redistribution-, but addresses predistribution: the modalities of money creation.Trade ReviewIn the money-creation privilege of private banks, Aaron Sahr discovers a precarious mechanism of inequality reinforcement to which the regulation of capitalist economic activity has paid far too little attention to date. -- Hanno Pahl, University of Bonn, Germany * Neue soziologische Beiträge zur Kapitalismusanalyse: Ein Einblick. In: Soziologische Revue 42 (3), S. 405–417. DOI: 10.1515/srsr-2019-0050 *Sahr has successfully identified the structures that privilege so few and put so many at a disadvantage. The way in which the author presents these issues, unravels the connections and structures, and elucidates the illegitimacy of the money-production privilege adds up to an outstanding piece of sociological scholarship. -- Stefan Freichel * Monetative Blog *The uncontrolled creation of money by private banks should interest us all, because it creates a permanent redistribution from the poor to the rich, says the highly interesting 'Keystroke Capitalism'. -- Mathias Sonne * Information (Newspaper), DK *This book an accessible synthesis of a good deal of the literature, with interesting although by no means final political ideas. -- Wolfgang StreeckAaron Sahr's book provides a highly accessible synthesis of the state of knowledge on modern money and how it affects the political economy. Readers learn about the nature of fiat money and fiat credit and their contribution the financialization of contemporary capitalism, the conflicts it generates, and the consequences for the state and public policy. -- Wolfgang StreeckWhy and how did a company with a huge cash pile in the bank - Apple Inc - set out to borrow $17 billion in 2013? How did the world's billionaire class accumulate $418 trillion US dollars - an amount five times world income - in the blink of an eye? The answers can be found in this admirably accessible book on the way the globalised, private financial system generates 'keystroke wealth' and 'keystroke capital gains' - but also its nemesis - 'keystroke debt'. A must-read for all those fretting about the likely next crisis in the evolution of financialised capitalism. -- Ann Pettifor

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Book SynopsisChairman at the Board is an intimate, funny, and absorbing look at the music business by an insider who has recorded a host of the greatest musical artists from the 1970s to today. Bill Schnee takes the reader inside the studiobehind the curtainand through the decades with a cavalcade of famous artists as he helped them to realize their vision. After his high school band was dropped by Decca Records, Schnee began his quest to learn everything he could about making records. Mentored by technical guru Toby Foster, mastering guru Doug Sax, and recording legend Richie Podolor at his American Recording Studio, he immediately began recording the top acts of the day as a freelance engineer/producer in Hollywood. Clive Davis soon hired him to work for CBS where he partnered with famed music producer Richard Perry. Schnee went on to record and/or mix many of Perry''s biggest albums of the ''70s and ''80s, including those by Barbra Streisand, Carly Simon, Ringo Starr, Art Garfunke

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Book SynopsisIf you want to be the best, you have to have the right skillset. From influencing and persuading to choosing a negotiating style and using NLP, THE ULTIMATE NEGOTIATION BOOK is a dynamic collection of tools, techniques, and strategies for success. Discover the main themes and key ideas, and bring it all together with practical exercises.This is your complete course in negotiation. ABOUT THE SERIESULTIMATE books are for managers, leaders, and business executives who want to succeed at work. From marketing and sales to management and finance, each title gives comprehensive coverage of the essential business skills you need to get ahead in your career. Written in straightforward English, each book is designed to help you quickly master the subject, with fun quizzes embedded so that you can check how you''re doing.

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Book Synopsis‘In many ways, being a fashion model can be compared to the life of a professional footballer. You might get signed, but the work doesn’t stop there. In fact, it’s only just begun.’ Interested in working in the fashion industry? Do you want to be a model, designer, photographer or stylist? Want a rare look at the industry from the inside? Supermodel Eunice Olumide MBE was signed when she was just 16. She has since graced catwalks all over the world, working with top design powerhouses including Christopher Kane, Harris Tweed, Alexander McQueen, and Mulberry. How to Get into Fashion is for you, whether you are looking to become a model or wish to pursue one of the many other careers in fashion – or just want to know what goes on behind the scenes. With stunning photographs and the knowledge of someone who’s been there and done it, this is your essential guide to the industry.Trade ReviewThis book is a breath of fresh air; essential, engaging and full of good advice. Elinor Perry-Smith, Associate Editor, SEEN LondonA helpful overview for all those interested in modelling, from someone who has navigated the complex territory of surviving in a demanding industry. Caryn Franklin MBE MSc (Psych) MBPsS, Fashion Commentator

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 About This Book 2 Conventions Used in This Book 2 What You’re Not to Read 2 Foolish Assumptions 3 Icons Used in This Book 3 Beyond the Book 4 Where to Go from Here 4 Part 1: Getting Started with Financial Reports 5 Chapter 1: Opening the Cornucopia of Reports 7 Figuring Out Financial Reporting 8 Preparing the reports 8 Seeing why financial reporting counts (and who’s counting) 9 Checking Out Types of Reporting 11 Keeping everyone informed 11 Following the rules: Government requirements 12 Going global 13 Staying within the walls of the company: Internal reporting 14 Dissecting the Annual Report to Shareholders 15 Breaking down the parts 15 Getting to the meat of the matter 16 Keeping the number crunchers in line 17 Chapter 2: Recognizing Business Types and Their Tax Rules 19 Flying Solo: Sole Proprietorships 20 Keeping taxes personal 20 Reviewing requirements for reporting 21 Joining Forces: Partnerships 21 Partnering up on taxes 22 Meeting reporting requirements 22 Seeking Protection with Limited Liability Companies 22 Taking stock of taxes 23 Reviewing reporting requirements 23 Shielding Your Assets: S and C Corporations 23 Paying taxes the corporate way 24 Getting familiar with reporting requirements 25 Chapter 3: Public or Private: How Company Structure Affects the Books 27 Investigating Private Companies 28 Checking out the benefits 29 Defining disadvantages 30 Figuring out reporting 31 Understanding Public Companies 32 Examining the perks 33 Looking at the negative side 34 Filing and More Filing: Government and Shareholder Reports 35 Quarterly reports 35 Yearly report 35 The rules of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act 36 Dodd-Frank’s impact on financial industry regulation 39 Entering a Whole New World: How a Company Goes from Private to Public 41 Teaming up with an investment banker 41 Making a public offering 42 Chapter 4: Digging into Accounting Basics 45 Making Sense of Accounting Methods 45 Cash-basis accounting 46 Accrual accounting 46 Why method matters 46 Understanding Debits and Credits 48 Double-entry accounting 49 Profit and loss statements 50 The effect of debits and credits on sales 50 Depreciation and amortization 51 Checking Out the Chart of Accounts 52 Asset accounts 54 Liability accounts 56 Equity accounts 57 Revenue accounts 58 Expense accounts 59 Differentiating Profit Types 60 Gross profit 60 Operating profit 60 Net profit 61 Part 2: The Big Show: Annual Reports 63 Chapter 5: Exploring the Anatomy of an Annual Report 65 Everything but the Numbers 66 Debunking the letter to shareholders 66 Making sense of the corporate message 67 Meeting the people in charge 68 Finding basic shareholder information 68 Getting the skinny from management 68 Getting guarantees from management 72 Bringing the auditors’ answers to light 73 Presenting the Financial Picture 76 Summarizing the Financial Data 77 Finding the highlights 77 Reading the notes 78 Chapter 6: Balancing Assets against Liabilities and Equity 79 Understanding the Balance Equation 80 Introducing the Balance Sheet 80 Digging into dates 80 Nailing down the numbers 81 Figuring out format 82 Ogling Assets 84 Current assets 84 Long-term assets 88 Accumulated depreciation 90 Looking at Liabilities 91 Current liabilities 91 Long-term liabilities 92 Navigating the Equity Maze 93 Stock 93 Retained earnings 94 Capital 94 Drawing 94 Chapter 7: Using the Income Statement 95 Introducing the Income Statement 96 Digging into dates 97 Figuring out format 97 Delving into the Tricky Business of Revenues 100 Defining revenue 100 Adjusting sales 101 Considering cost of goods sold 103 Gauging gross profit 104 Acknowledging Expenses 105 Sorting Out the Profit and Loss Types 107 EBITDA 107 Nonoperating income or expense 108 Net profit or loss 109 Calculating Earnings per Share 109 Chapter 8: The Statement of Cash Flows 111 Digging into the Statement of Cash Flows 112 The parts 112 The formats 113 Checking Out Operating Activities 115 Depreciation 116 Inventory 116 Accounts receivable 116 Accounts payable 117 The cash flow from activities section, summed up 117 Investigating Investing Activities 118 Understanding Financing Activities 119 Issuing stock 119 Buying back stock 119 Paying dividends 120 Incurring new debt 120 Paying off debt 121 Recognizing the Special Line Items 121 Discontinued operations 121 Foreign currency exchange 122 Adding It All Up 122 Chapter 9: Scouring the Notes to the Financial Statements 123 Deciphering the Small Print 124 Accounting Policies Note: Laying out the Rules of the Road 125 Depreciation 126 Revenue 126 Expenses 127 Figuring out Financial Borrowings and Other Commitments 128 Long-term obligations 128 Short-term debt 129 Lease obligations 130 Mergers and Acquisitions: Finding Noteworthy Information 131 Pondering Pension and Retirement Benefits 132 Breaking Down Business Breakdowns 134 Reviewing Significant Events 135 Finding the Red Flags 137 Finding out about valuing assets and liabilities 138 Considering changes in accounting policies 138 Decoding obligations to retirees and future retirees 139 Chapter 10: Considering Consolidated Financial Statements 141 Getting a Grip on Consolidation 141 Looking at Methods of Buying Up Companies 147 Reading Consolidated Financial Statements 148 Looking to the Notes 150 Mergers and acquisitions 152 Goodwill 152 Liquidations or discontinued operations 152 Part 3: Analyzing the Numbers 155 Chapter 11: Testing the Profits and Market Value 157 The Price/Earnings Ratio 158 Figuring out earnings per share 158 Calculating the P/E ratio 159 Practicing the P/E ratio calculation 160 Using the P/E ratio to judge company market value (stock price) 162 Understanding variation among ratios 163 The Dividend Payout Ratio 164 Determining dividend payout 165 Digging into companies’ profits with dividends 165 Return on Sales 167 Figuring out ROS 167 Reaching the truth about profits with ROS 168 Return on Assets 168 Doing some dividing to get ROA 169 Ranking companies with the help of ROA 169 Return on Equity 169 Calculating ROE 170 Testing companies using ROE 170 The Big Three: Margins 171 Dissecting gross margin 171 Investigating operating margin 172 Catching the leftover money: Net profit margin 173 Chapter 12: Looking at Liquidity 175 Finding the Current Ratio 177 Calculating the current ratio 177 What do the numbers mean? 178 Determining the Quick Ratio 178 Calculating the quick ratio 178 What do the numbers mean? 179 Investigating the Interest Coverage Ratio 180 Calculating the interest coverage ratio 180 What do the numbers mean? 181 Comparing Debt to Shareholders’ Equity 182 Calculating debt to shareholders’ equity 182 What do the numbers mean? 183 Determining Debt-to-Capital Ratio 184 Calculating the debt-to-capital ratio 184 What do the numbers mean? 186 Chapter 13: Making Sure the Company Has Cash to Carry On 187 Measuring Income Success 188 Calculating free cash flow 188 Figuring out cash return on sales ratio 190 Checking Out Debt 191 Determining current cash debt coverage ratio 192 Computing cash debt coverage ratio 194 Calculating Cash Flow Coverage 196 Finding out the cash flow coverage ratio 196 Mattel 197 Hasbro 198 What do the numbers mean? 198 Part 4: How Companies Optimize Operations 199 Chapter 14: Turning Up Clues in Turnover and Assets 201 Exploring Inventory Valuation Methods 201 Applying Three Inventory Valuation Methods 204 Average costing 205 FIFO 206 LIFO 206 How to compare inventory methods and financial statements 207 Determining Inventory Turnover 208 Calculating inventory turnover 208 What do the numbers mean? 210 Investigating Fixed Assets Turnover 210 Calculating fixed assets turnover 210 What do the numbers mean? 211 Tracking Total Asset Turnover 211 Calculating total asset turnover 212 What do the numbers mean? 212 Chapter 15: Examining Cash Inflow and Outflow 213 Assessing Accounts Receivable Turnover 213 Calculating accounts receivable turnover 214 What do the numbers mean? 216 Taking a Close Look at Customer Accounts 217 Finding the Accounts Payable Ratio 218 Calculating the ratio 218 What do the numbers mean? 219 Determining the Number of Days in Accounts Payable 219 Calculating the ratio 220 What do the numbers mean? 220 Deciding Whether Discount Offers Make Good Financial Sense 221 Calculating the annual interest rate 221 What do the numbers mean? 222 Chapter 16: How Companies Keep the Cash Flowing 223 Slowing Bill Payments 223 Speeding Up Collecting Accounts Receivables 224 Borrowing on Receivables 226 Reducing Inventory 227 Getting Cash More Quickly 228 Part 5: The Many Ways Companies Answer to Others 231 Chapter 17: How Companies Find Errors: The Auditing Process 233 Inspecting Audits and Auditors 234 Looking for mistakes 234 Meeting Mr or Ms Auditor 234 Examining Records: The Role of the Auditor 235 Preliminary review 236 Fieldwork 236 Audit report 238 Filling the GAAP 238 Accounting standards: Four important qualities 239 Changing principles: More work for the FASB 240 Getting more involved internationally 241 Chapter 18: Government Regulations and Reporting Requirements 243 Checking Out the 10-Q 244 Financial information 244 Other critical matters 245 Introducing the 10-K 246 Business operations 246 Financial data 246 Information about directors and executives 247 The extras 248 Investigating Internal Controls 248 Uncovering the Ways Companies Keep in Compliance 250 Digging into Board Operations 252 Understanding the nominating process 253 Contacting board members 254 Finding Out about Insider Ownership 254 Chapter 19: Creating a Global Financial Reporting Standard 255 Why Develop a Worldwide Financial Standard? 256 Key Moves to Reshape Global Financial Reporting 256 Who Benefits from a Global Standard and How? 258 Investors 258 Capital Markets 258 Companies 258 Key Differences between GAAP and IFRS 259 Accounting framework 259 Financial statements 260 Revenue recognition 262 Assets 262 Inventory 262 Related-party transactions disclosures 263 Discontinued operations 263 Impairment charges 264 Chapter 20: Understanding the Analyst–Corporation Connection 265 Typecasting the Analysts 266 Buy-side analysts 266 Sell-side analysts 267 Independent analysts 270 Bond analysts 270 Regarding Bond-Rating Agencies 271 Delving into Stock Rating 273 Taking a Look at How Companies Talk to Analysts 274 Analyst calls 274 Press releases 275 Mobile apps 276 Road shows 276 Chapter 21: How Companies Communicate with Shareholders 277 Making the Most of Meetings 278 Checking Out How the Board Runs the Company 279 Watching the directors 279 Speaking out at meetings 281 Moving away from duking it out 282 Sorting through Reports 282 Catching Up on Corporate Actions 283 Culling Information from Analyst Calls 285 Listening between the lines 286 Knowing when to expect analyst calls 289 Staying Up-to-Date Using Company Websites 289 Regarding Reinvestment Plans 290 Dividend reinvestment plans 290 Direct stock purchase plans 290 Chapter 22: Keeping Score When Companies Play Games with Numbers 291 Getting to the Bottom of Creative Accounting 292 Defining the scope of the problem 292 Seeing through cooked books 293 Unearthing the Games Played with Earnings 295 Reading between the revenue lines 296 Detecting creative revenue accounting 300 Exploring Exploitations of Expenses 302 Advertising expenses 303 Research and development costs 303 Patents and licenses 304 Asset impairment 304 Restructuring charges 305 Finding Funny Business in Assets and Liabilities 306 Recognizing overstated assets 306 Looking for undervalued liabilities 309 Playing Detective with Cash Flow 311 Discontinued operations 311 Income taxes paid 312 Part 6: The Part of Tens 315 Chapter 23: Ten Financial Scandals That Rocked the World 317 Enron 318 Madoff 319 Citigroup 319 Adelphia 320 WorldCom/MCI 320 Tyco 321 Waste Management 322 Bristol-Myers Squibb 323 Halliburton 324 Arthur Andersen 325 Chapter 24: Ten Signs That a Company’s in Trouble 327 Lower Liquidity 327 Low Cash Flow 328 Disappearing Profit Margins 328 Revenue Game Playing 329 Too Much Debt 330 Unrealistic Values for Assets and Liabilities 330 A Change in Accounting Methods 330 Questionable Mergers and Acquisitions 331 Slow Inventory Turnover 332 Slow-Paying Customers 332 Glossary 333 Index 341

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Book SynopsisSHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2019''A near miracle'' Ha-Joon Chang, author of 23 Things They Don''t Tell You About CapitalismAccording to the economy, we have never been wealthier or happier. So why doesn't it feel that way? The Growth Delusion explores how we prioritise growth maximisation without stopping to think about the costs. So much of what is important to our well-being, from safe streets to sound minds, lies outside the purview of statistics. In a book that is both thought-provoking and entertaining, David Pilling argues that our steadfast loyalty to growth is informing misguided policies, and proposes different criteria for measuring our success.Trade ReviewA most thoughtful and profound philosophical reflection on how we live our lives, organise our societies and shape the future of humanity. It should be compulsory reading for everyone who is interested in making the world a better place -- Ha-Joon Chang, author of '23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism'A welcome antidote to the gospel according to GDP -- David Smith * Sunday Times *A witty, well-informed and well-travelled guide to our obsession with growth ... If he sometimes makes fun of measurement, he also makes measurement fun. A real achievement -- Angus Deaton, Winner of the Nobel Prize in EconomicsEngaging and enlightening, The Growth Delusion explains not only why the emperor has no clothes, but why he wasn’t really the emperor in the first place -- David Mitchell, author of 'Cloud Atlas'If you thought that GDP did not necessarily translate into increased welfare, David Pilling shows you convincingly why you were right. One of the Financial Times' most brilliant columnists, Pilling has produced a book that will become a classic -- Jagdish Bhagwati, author of 'Why Growth Matters' and 'In Defense of Globalization'Excellent. The argument for better ways of measuring prosperity is steadily gathering momentum -- Rohan Silva * Evening Standard *A rare beast: a book on economics that is well written, accessible and – whisper it – entertaining! Witty, widely travelled and well-informed, David Pilling is an excellent guide to the pitfalls and shortcomings of GDP and a trenchant exponent of the need to move beyond the ‘cult of growth’ * New Internationalist *Sharp and engaging ... Pilling argues that gross domestic product (GDP) is an arbitrary, oversimplified human invention that we slavishly follow, and growth is a modern "cult". Like all cults, it requires unquestioning allegiance - in this case the one-decimal-point figure produced by national statisticians every three months. Pilling, who has written about GDP from five continents over 20 years for the FT, started asking questions about the cult and couldn't stop ... Pilling is right that the spell needs to be broken ... Entertaining and well-argued -- Philip Aldrich * The Times *A surprisingly zippy book that has the potential to take a smart riposte of mindless growth into mainstream debate … Pilling isn’t afraid to make the well-worn criticisms of GDP, and does with clarity and force. But the real beauty of the book is how effortlessly he takes this argument a step further, demonstrating how GDP often makes no sense whatsoever, even taken on its own terms … A wonderful book … A surprisingly addictive page turner, capable of captivating the general reader on a subject known for making eyes glaze over … By injecting a credible dose of ambivalence into common assumptions about GDP he offers a very welcome entry into post-2008 economic writing * Resurgence Ecologist *Briskly and engagingly, David Pilling alerts us to our impoverished sense of reality in an age that has sacrificed quality to quantity. The Growth Delusion should be read by everyone who wants to make sense of the political earthquakes of our time -- Pankaj Mishra, author of 'Age of Anger'This is an excellent and timely book which should be mandatory reading for policymakers, economists, investors and, yes, journalists. It exposes the folly of our modern obsession with a narrow concept of economics and our reliance on gross domestic product data as a sign of well being - and does this in a lively, well written, and easy-to-understand way -- Gillian Tett, author of 'Fool's Gold' and 'The Silo Effect'Entertaining and well-argued -- Book of the Week * The Week *In The Growth Delusion Pilling makes an important yet complicated subject accessible to experts and non-experts alike. The book offers a most insightful and at times witty guide to the essential question: what precisely is economic growth for and how can it be harnessed to improve the lives of people in poor countries as well as rich ones? -- Kofi Annan, seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations and Winner of the Nobel Peace PrizeThis is a fascinating and extremely readable book which engagingly challenges many of our assumptions about what makes for a successful economy and a happy life -- Chris Patten, the last Governor of Hong Kong and author of 'East and 'West'What economics needs now, what we all need, are people who can bring it back to life. In The Growth Delusion Pilling does exactly that, charting the idea of economic growth from its birth to the present through countless vivid stories -- Joe Earle, author of 'The Econocracy'

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Book Synopsis"You are not born an entrepreneur. It's a skill that you learn along the way."When the skincare company Rodial launched its cult 'snake' serum, the press quickly called the business an 'overnight success'. However, Rodial's founder Maria Hatzistefanis had been toiling for 18 years, building the company from scratch in her bedroom. Now, the beauty boss sets out to demonstrate in this very accessible book that its success stemmed from sheer hard work, tireless efforts and a lot of patience.Fashion-loving Maria set out with a dream to build a beauty business and - despite not excelling at school, and being fired from her first job - she has achieved it. She did it by dreaming big, working hard, surrounding herself with the best, taking risks, creating buzz and building her own personal brand, which is now a favourite with high-profile models and media personalities including Poppy Delevingne, Daisy Lowe and Kylie Jenner. Crucially, she believes anyone can do this and her book, brimming with good sense, great advice, tips and secrets - all presented in an easy, friendly style - shows how.

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Book SynopsisThe highly practical lessons in How to Get to Great Ideas are based on neuroscience, psychology and sociology. Written by former advertising creative director Dave Birss, this book offers a brilliant new system for conceiving original and valuable ideas. It looks at how to frame a problem, how to push your thinking, how to sell the idea, how to build support for it and how to inspire others to have great ideas. It proves that any organization - and any individual or department within an organization - can create a fertile environment for ideas. Combining a practical research-based system with fascinating insights and inspiring and humorous writing, the book also includes the problem-solving system RIGHT Thinking. This is a tool which enables a more effective way to generate more effective ideas, and is one that anyone can use to transform themselves or their business. Training on this system is also available in person from the author. And will be released soon as an Trade ReviewMakes you sit up and listen. * Rachel Evans, Experian Data Quality *One of the most original speakers I've ever seen. Dave is one of the most creative minds off and on the stage. * Darko Buldioski, Allweb Events *Brilliant and thought provoking. I love Dave's ability to open my mind to new concepts and ways of thinking. * Graham Ruddick, Digital Doughnut *

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Book SynopsisWe negotiate constantly. In work, and in life. As one side gains, the other tends to lose, and it can feel more like a tug of war. Yet a different approach can turn this process into something more collaborative - and the start of a more positive working relationship. In Do Deal, music lawyers Richard Hoare and Andrew Gummer share their innovative approach to negotiation that builds trust and finds hidden value. In the dynamic and constantly evolving music industry, it has led to major record deals and highly successful long-term creative partnerships. Now, they will help you to: - Identify and adapt your natural negotiating style - Recognise key traits in your counterpart - Learn strategies to diffuse tricky situations and handle difficult people - Develop a more collaborative mindset - Think creatively to find hidden value and enrich deal terms. No-one is born a brilliant negotiator, but you can learn strategies and develop your natural style so, regardless of the cards you re holding, you approach the bargaining table with confidence, skill and a few tricks up your sleeve. Deal?

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Book SynopsisSolar power has come of age. Not only has it become one of the key alternatives to fossil fuels, it can now be deployed in a way that makes a viable business with a financial profit. This book shows industry professionals and students how to do just that.Solarnomics describes the economics of building and operating a solar power plant today and provides a window into a future in which several technologies collaborate, and in which all participants in the electricity grid become smarter at scheduling both the supply and demand for electric power to give humanity a future that is sustainable, both environmentally and economically. The book shows how to estimate costs and revenues, how to tweak the design of a project to improve profitability, how to calculate return on investment, how to assess and deal with risk, how to raise capital, how to combine solar with batteries to make a hybrid microgrid, and how to be prepared for future developments in the evolving smart elTrade Review"Essential knowledge for the solar entrepreneur, Solarnomics is that rare book that discusses the technical and business aspects of solar power on equal footing. Wright succeeds in delivering the practical information needed to navigate today’s solar market."Chris Giebink, Head of Applied Optoelectronics and Photonics Lab, Penn State University"Solarnomics provides a thorough and well-rounded perspective on the ins and outs of running a profitable solar business. As solar power becomes increasingly important as we move towards a low carbon economy, this book can act as a toolkit for the solar leaders of tomorrow as they look to understand the risks and returns made possible through solar business."Katherine Arblaster, Senior Manager, Monitor Deloitte "Professor Wright shows how evolving solar and green technologies can benefit established economic sectors. Solar energy financing is key to project success. This book provides financial options available to the reader in an engaging manner."David Arenburg, President, DAI Inc"Down to basics, straight to the core of the issue, yet insightful – a reading I recommend for anyone interested in solar economics who doesn't want to go to the trouble of getting a PhD in photovoltaics."Yves Poissant, Research Manager and Senior Specialist in Solar Photovoltaic Technologies, CanmetENERGYTable of ContentsPart I: Deploying Solar 1. Utility-Scale: Large Solar 2. Behind-the-Meter, Commercial and Industrial: Medium-Sized Solar 3. Behind-the-Meter, Small Business and Residential: Small Solar 4. Off Grid: Small to Large Solar Part II: Solar Profitability 5. Net Present Value (NPV) and Internal Rate of Return (IRR) 6. Levelized Cost of Electricity (LCOE) 7. Solar Finance 8. Managing Risk Part III: Getting the Biggest Bang for Your Solar Buck 9. Storage: Improving Solar Profitability 10. Profitability of Solar Microgrids and Hybrids 11. Extra Revenue from Grid-Balancing Services Part IV: Preparing for Future Solar Opportunities 12. Participative/Transactive Electricity Markets 13. Emerging Solar Technologies 14. Emerging Solar Applications 15. Profitability Analysis for Emerging Solar Technologies

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Book SynopsisFinance is widely seen as an obstacle to a better world. Principles of Sustainable Finance explains how the financial sector can be mobilized to counter this. Using finance as a means to achieve social goals we can divert the planet and its economy from its current path to a world that is sustainable for all. Written for undergraduate, graduate, and executive students of finance, economics, business, and sustainability, this textbook combines theory, empirical data, and policy to explain the sustainability challenges for corporate investment. It shows how finance can steer funding to certain companies and projects without sacrificing return and thus speed up the transition to a sustainable economy. It analyses the Sustainable Development Goals as a strategy for a better world and provides evidence that environmental, social, and governance factors matter, explaining in detail how to incorporate these factors in the corporate and financial sectors.Tailored for students, Principles of Sustainable Finance starts each chapter with an overview and learning objectives to support study. It includes suggestions for further reading, lists and definitions of key concepts, and extensive uses of figures, boxes, and tables to enhance educational goals and clarify concepts.Principles of Sustainable Finance is also supported by an online resource that includes teaching materials and cases.Trade ReviewSustainable finance has emerged as a major new field for practitioners, but has largely bypassed the classroom for lack of a good textbook. Principles of Sustainable Finance is an impressive textbook that fills this important gap. It lucidly explains the fundamental challenge climate change poses for financial markets. It is extremely well-informed about the latest developments and weaves together a coherent account of widely dispersed approaches, including research that is otherwise inaccessible to the layman. It is essential reading for any student seeking to understand the main ideas and trends in sustainable finance. * Patrick Bolton, Professor of Business at Columbia University *The financial system is integral to achieving a smooth transition to a low carbon economy. Based on their extensive careers in finance and academia, Schoenmaker and Schramade set out an insightful vision for a sustainable financial sector, one where social and environmental dimensions are integrated within financial decisions. At a time when the need for a sustainable financial system becomes ever more pressing, this book furthers the debate on how to get there and what role each financial market participant has to play. * Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of Englad *The UN Sustainable Development Goals 2030 are predicated on the idea that current and future generations have the resources needed to ensure access to clean water, food, shelter, health, education and energy, irrespective of the place of birth, while caring and preserving our common home: The Earth. In Principles of Sustainable Finance, Dirk Schoenmaker and Willem Schramade discuss the importance of sustainable finance and how it can help allocate resources to individual and social needs, over time, while respecting our planetâs boundaries. It is an indispensable read for students, professionals and policy-makers. * Vitor Gaspar, Director Fiscal Affairs Department at the International Monetary Fun *I am sometimes asked what a biologist is doing at the Ministry of Finance. The answer is simple: there is no better place for a biologist than working with finance. With the monumental challenges we are facing, such as climate change and the loss of biodiversity, mainstream finance needs to become truly sustainable. This implies that a larger skillset is needed for those dealing with economics. This textbook contributes to the change needed. * Per Bolund, Minister for Financial Markets in Sweden *The investment decisions of today shape our future. We have a choice. Do we maximise short-term returns, or create long-term sustainable value? It is becoming increasingly clear that society is reaching ecological and social boundaries, and that we can only prosper if we respect these boundaries. Principles of Sustainable Finance provides investors and financiers with the tools to make the right decisions, now and in the future. * Eloy Lindeijer, Chief Investment Office at PGGM *With this work, Schoenmaker and Schramade make an invaluable contribution to the role of finance in the transition of the global economy to a low carbon growth path. It should be required reading in the C-suite of any bank grappling with what climate change means for its lending strategy. * Stewart James, Managing Director Public Affairs at HSBC *Principles of Sustainable Finance comes with a perfect timing: all around the planet a new, long-term and responsible capitalism is emerging. It requires to combine both a new academic perspective and attention to its concrete implementation. This is exactly what this important book achieves and makes it so valuable for both students, researchers and practitioners. * Fred Samama, Co-Head of Institutional Clients at Amundi *Table of ContentsPart I: What is Sustainability and Why Does it Matter? 1: Sustainability and the Transition ChallengePart II: Sustainability's Challenges to corporates 2: Externalities - Internalisation 3: Governance and Behaviour 4: Coalitions for Sustainable Finance 5: Strategy and Intangibles - Changing Business Models 6: Integrated Reporting - Metrics and DataPart III: Financing Sustainability 7: Investing for Long-Term Value Creation 8: Equity - Investing with an Ownership Stake 9: Bonds - Investing without voting power 10: Banking - New Forms of Lending 11: Insurance - Managing Long-Term RiskPart IV: How To Get There? 12: Transition Management and Integrated Thinking

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsForeword ix Preface xiii Acknowledgments xv About the Authors xvii Introduction: Why Trade Options? 1 Chapter 1: Math and Finance Preliminaries 5 Chapter 2: The Nature of Volatility Trading and Implied Volatility 41 Chapter 3: Trading Short Premium 57 Chapter 4: Buying Power Reduction 83 Chapter 5: Constructing a Trade 93 Chapter 6: Managing Trades 117 Chapter 7: Basic Portfolio Management 133 Chapter 8: Advanced Portfolio Management 149 Chapter 9: Binary Events 163 Chapter 10: Conclusion and Key Takeaways 169 Appendix 177 Glossary 187 References 193 Index 195

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Book SynopsisTransport Economics is a revised and refined fourth edition of a well-established textbook which applies economic analysis to transport issues.Each chapter has been carefully reworked and includes new material dealing with the regulation of transport markets. To assist in pedagogy, twenty or so free standing ‘Exhibits’ now provide a variety of case studies and narratives to supplement the text. More up-to-date examples and illustrations also make the understanding of economic principles easier and assist in the assimilation of economic concepts. The theoretical content is supported with considerable empirical evidence drawn from a wide range of international sources. Although aimed primarily at university students, this volume is accessible to non-specialists who have an interest in transport economics. It has no modal bias but rather examines in general terms the many aspects of the demand for, and supply of, transport together with the various methods of government intervention needed to ensure that social and environmental criteria are attained.This successful and widely adopted textbook has been meticulously revised and updated for the fourth edition. As the best intermediate text currently available, it will be welcomed by students, policymakers and all those concerned with the supply of transport services.Trade ReviewAcclaim for the third edition:‘Button draws together the burgeoning literature in transportation economics. It is a comprehensive standalone text covering all aspects of the field including new sections on logistics and congestion pricing. It should be required reading for every student of transportation and on the library shelf of all transportation researchers and practitioners, an excellent book.’ -- David Gillen, University of British Columbia, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Transport, Economics, and Economists 2. Transport and the Economy: Some Numbers 3. Transport and Location 4. The Demand for Transport 5. Direct Costs of Transport 6. The External Economic Costs of Transport 7. The Pricing of Transport 8. Containing the Environmental Costs of Transport 9. Optimizing Traffic Congestion 10. Economics and Transport Logistics 11. Investment Criteria: Private and Public Sector Analysis 12. Transport Planning and Forecasting 13. Transport and Economic Development 14. Political Economy and Transport Regulation Index

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Book SynopsisWritten by a team of experienced innovators and researchers, Transform with Design provides unique case studies with lessons learned by organizations when building their innovation muscle.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Why Implementing Design Thinking Remains a Challenge Jochen Schweitzer, Sihem BenMahmoud-Jouini, and Sebastian Fixson 2. Reimagining Healthcare: Implementing Design Thinking in a Health Insurance Company Matt Templeton, Sebastian Fixson, and Molly Mazzaferro 3. Design Thinking Recipe in a Food Company: The Case of Danone Sabine Gourmain, Julie Deschamps, and Sihem BenMahmoud-Jouini 4. Keeping the Momentum: The First Decade of Design Thinking at Intuit Wendy Castleman 5. Design for Joy: How Kaiser Permanente Created a Human-Centered Design Movement Christi Zuber and Lisa Carlgren 6. Throwing a Hand Grenade at the Bureaucracy: MindLab and Wicked Problems in Government David Dunne 7. The Making of a Design-Led Innovation Strategy: How Mirvac Launched the Hatch Program Natalia Nikolova, Jochen Schweitzer, and Christine Gilroy 8. From Department to Consultancy: Building Human-Centered Design Capabilities at Swisscom Katja Bürki 9. From Underdog to Design-Led Innovation: Scaling Design Thinking at Thales Sihem BenMahmoud-Jouini and Didier Boulet 10. An Army of One: How One Person Set Off a Grassroots Movement at the U.S. Department of Labor Virginia Hamilton and Lisa Carlgren 11. Veteran-Centered Healthcare: Navigating Change at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Aaron Strienstra, Amber Schleuning, Veronica X. Vela, and Jaryn Miller 12. Transform with Design in Seven Lessons Jochen Schweitzer, Sihem BenMahmoud-Jouini, and Sebastian Fixson

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Book SynopsisNow in its fourth edition, this comprehensive introduction of fundamental panel data methodologies provides insights on what is most essential in panel literature. A capstone to the forty-year career of a pioneer of panel data analysis, this new edition''s primary contribution will be the coverage of advancements in panel data analysis, a statistical method widely used to analyze two or higher-dimensional panel data. The topics discussed in early editions have been reorganized and streamlined to comprehensively introduce panel econometric methodologies useful for identifying causal relationships among variables, supported by interdisciplinary examples and case studies. This book, to be featured in Cambridge''s Econometric Society Monographs series, has been the leader in the field since the first edition. It is essential reading for researchers, practitioners and graduate students interested in the analysis of microeconomic behavior.Trade ReviewA masterful new edition of Hsiao's classic text on panel data. This is a superbly comprehensive and accessible source for panel data with modern approaches to inference and identification, helpful to econometricians and other quantitative social scientists. Esfandiar Maasoumi, Emery UniversityThe latest edition of Cheng Hsiao's panel data monograph is most welcome to the econometrics profession. Benefitting from Professor Hsiao's deep understanding and insight, it has, since its first edition, not only become required reading for students, researchers and practitioners, but surely deserves no small credit for the huge growth of interest and activity in panel data. In this 4th edition, Professor Hsiao has very successfully built on the foundations of the earlier ones. Peter M. Robinson, London School of EconomicsProfessor Hsiao has done it again. This edition provides a lucid and comprehensive account of often complex problems, ranging from the analysis of panel data models with interactive effects, heterogeneity, spatial dependence, simultaneous dynamic models, to program evaluation – many areas to which he himself has made significant and lasting contributions. I have learned a great deal from the past three editions, and I very much look forward to the fourth edition and strongly recommend it to both students and research scholars of panel data alike. Hashem Pesaran, John Elliot University of Southern CaliforniaCheng Hsiao's Analysis of Panel Data has undoubtedly become the classic text book reference on panel data econometric methods. It is to be recommended for the clarity and deepness of its exposition, its wide coverage of the abundant and rapidly developing specialized literature, and its remarkable capacity to focus on what is most essential in this literature. Jacques Mairesse, Collège de FranceTable of ContentsPreface; 1. Introduction; 2. Static models with additive effects; 3. Dynamic models with additive effects; 4. Static simultaneous models with additive effects; 5. Dynamic system; 6. Qualitative choice models; 7. Limited dependent and sample section models; 8. Some nonlinear models; 9. Miscellaneous topics; 10. Interactive effects models; 11. Spatial models and cross-sectional dependent data; 12. Program evaluation; 13. Varying coefficients models; 14. Big data analysis.

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Book SynopsisVietnam has experienced rapid growth within its tourism industry during the past decades. This growth is part of Vietnam's opening economy allowing a wide range of forms of tourism. Vietnam Tourism: Policies and Practices provides a comprehensive review of tourism development in Vietnam. Part I outlines the history of tourism, the role and involvement of public and private sectors in governance and planning, and the markets for tourism. Part II offers analysis and assessment of various types of tourism in Vietnam, including marine and island, eco, heritage, dark and community-based tourism. Part III centres on current operational issues of tourism, hotels and events. The book provides an up-to-date analysis on Vietnamese tourism policy, structure, governance, and operations as well as various forms of tourism from both a theoretical and practical perspective by: · providing a comprehensive review in a single resource; · outlining public and private sector tourism; · addressing Vietnamese structure, governance and planning of tourism; · examining special interest tourism; · addressing current issues of industry's operations and management; · embracing local and global perspectives; · principles and practices applicable to Southeast Asia. Written by scholars with extensive research experience on tourism in Vietnam this book is a reliable source of reference for students, researchers and industry practitioners who are interested in modern tourism specifically in Vietnam and Southeast Asia.Table of ContentsPART I: TOURISM POLICIES AND PRATICES ACROSS TIME AND SPACE Chapter 1: Vietnam Tourism – A View from Within. Huong T. Bui and Giang T. Phi. Chapter 2: The History and Evolution of Vietnam Tourism. Huong T. Bui and He T. Bui. Chapter 3: Tourism Policy and Governance. Huong T. Bui, Long H. Pham, Thanh D. Tran, and Binh Nghiem-Phu. Chapter 4: Tourism Planning in the Central Highlands. Thuy T. Duong, Tuan Q. Pham, Hai Q. Truong, Huong T. Bui, and Giang T. Phi. PART II: TYPES AND FORMS OF TOURISM Chapter 5: Marine and Island Tourism. Huong H. Do and Giang T. Phi Chapter 6: Ecotourism in Forests and Protected Areas. Long Pham, Huong T. Bui, Huong H. Do, and Thomas Jones. Chapter 7: Community-based Tourism: Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Development. Giang T. Phi and Long H. Pham Chapter 8: Heritage Conservation and Tourism: The Present of the Past. Huong T. Bui, Andrew Le, and Thomas Jones Chapter 9: Dark Tourism in the Former DMZ. Phuong M. Ngo, Huong T. Bui and Alexandru Dimanche.. PART III: TOURISM INDUSTRY PRACTICES Chapter 10: Tour Operators: A Behavioral Approach to Implementation of Responsible Tourism. Quynh N. Bui, Giang T. Phi, and Andrew Le. Chapter 11: Public Opinion on Quarantine Hotel: A Question of Corporate Social Responsibility. Binh Nghiem-Phu and Hang T.B Tran. Chapter 12: Policies and Stakeholder Engagement in Cultural Events. Phuong-Anh Dang, Le-Anh Trinh, Giang T. Phi, and Huong T. Bui. Chapter 13: Human Resources Management Practices in Tourism Industry. Thu G. Hoang, Huong H. Do, and Andrew Le.

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Book SynopsisTo effectuate is to engage in a specific type of entrepreneurial action. It has special importance for situations where the future is truly unknowable or human agency is of primary importance. In this new and updated edition of the bestselling Effectuation, Saras Sarasvathy explores the theory and techniques of non-predictive control for creating new firms, markets and economic opportunities.Using empirical and theoretical work done in collaboration with Nobel Laureate Herbert A. Simon, the author employs methods from cognitive science and behavioral economics to develop the notion of entrepreneurial expertise and effectuation. Supportive empirical evidence is provided by the author’s study of 27 entrepreneurs as well as other independent studies. The book then traces the consequences of effectuation for business management, economics and social philosophy. The author finds that effectuators generate constraint-satisfying solutions rather than searching for optimal ones, make rather than find opportunities, and in a deep sense, convert ‘as-if’ propositions into ‘even-if’ ones. The way they accomplish this is the central discussion of the book.Students and scholars of entrepreneurship will find this path-breaking research of great value. The book’s conclusions will also be of interest to those in the fields of behavioral and evolutionary economics, cognitive science and management.Praise for the first edition:‘The concept of effectuation is as subtle as it is profound. On the one hand, it challenges long held beliefs about the nature of cause and effect in social science. On the other hand, it generates a host of new insights about social phenomena. This concept is particularly well suited to analyzing entrepreneurial behavior – behaviors undertaken in settings where the relationship between cause and effect is understood, at best, very poorly.’– Jay B. Barney, The Ohio State University, US‘Things rarely turn out as we expected or intended. Neither rational choice between well-defined prospects nor commitment to a vision, which can be realised by will power or persuasion, offers a credible representation of much human activity – even the activities of entrepreneurs. But although uncertainty (or unknowledge) is inescapable it may be productively managed. If we understand our present circumstances and some of its possibilities, build constructive relationships with others, and be ready to adjust both our objectives and the means of achieving them in order to take advantage of new contingencies, then we can at least participate in shaping our own future. By taking this perspective Saras Sarasvathy makes entrepreneurship a natural human activity, expressing the limitations and potential of human motivation and human intelligence.’– Brian J. Loasby, University of Stirling, UK‘In Effectuation Saras Sarasvathy presents a carefully researched and reasoned view of entrepreneurial behavior that both challenges and extends prevailing wisdom in the field. There is little doubt that these ideas will serve as an important foundation for anyone desirous of stimulating positive action in the world. With Effectuation we are equipped to provide a generation of students and managers with the methods to make and find opportunities that create value. . . everywhere.’– Leonard A. Schlesinger, President, Babson College, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword to the first edition by Lester Lave Foreword to the first edition by S. Venkataraman Introduction PART I THE EMPIRICAL JOURNEY – ENTREPRENEURIAL EXPERTISE 1. What I set out to study and why 2. What I found and how 3. Interpreting what I found PART II THE THEORETICAL JOURNEY – EFFECTUATION 4. Understanding effectuation: problem space and solution principles 5. Understanding effectuation: dynamics of the effectual process 6. Relating effectuation to performance PART III WAYPOINT 7. Entrepreneurship as a science of the artificial 8. Competitive advantages and entrepreneurial opportunities 9. Philosophy and methodology of effectual economics 10. Markets in human hope PART IV THE WAY AHEAD 11. Worlds in the making Afterword to Effectuation: what comes next? References Index

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Book SynopsisThis book takes a light-hearted look at what the author considers to have been the golden age of motoring journalism - the last two decades of the 20th century. As a writer and tester for Motor magazine, founding Editor of Fast Lane magazine, and a freelance journalist with a weekly column in The Daily Telegraph, Peter Dron has many tales to tell. In these pages we meet industry moguls, unusual motoring journalists and various other passers-by. The reasons why it has all gone wrong, both for the motor industry and motoring journalism, are examined with candour. Although this book is essentially about cars and car people, the author ambitiously hopes that it may amuse, irritate or even inform people who are not interested in cars at all. If the readers are not amused, irritated or informed, the author does not mind in the least, provided they have bought the book with their own money rather than stolen it or acquired it by other means, fair or foul.Trade ReviewEver wondered what goes on behind the scenes of magazine road tests? If so, The Good, the Mad & the Ugly may be for you. Through 99 short essays, former Motor man Peter Dron tells a few truths, and reignites the old grudge, in his look back at what he claims to be the 'Golden Age' of motoring journalism. - Classic & Sports Car. Musings on motoring journalism throughout the Seventies, Eighties and Nineties. Very funny. - Classic Cars. Even if your interest in cars, or the motor journalistic scene, is minimal, you will find much to enjoy in this book, mainly because it is just a darned good read! – Iain P W Robertson.Table of Contents1 The not about Jeremy Clarkson chapter 2 A conspicuously successful man 3 The Rollerball Corporation 4 Public Enemy Number 1 5 An industry mogul follows my advice 6 Reference points 7 The good, the mad and the ugly 8 Cardinal Sin 9 BARGAIN OF THE WEEK!!! 10 Geneva as it was 11 Fiatboating 12 Whiteout in Provence 13 A memorably bad week 14 To Turin by Quattro - Part I 15 To Turin by Quattro - Part 2 16 Nobody messed with The Electric Carrot 17 The best laid plans 18 Up the hill with Hannu 19 My ego is bigger than yours 20 Answering questions nobody asked 21 Decline of the Routes Nationales 22 A splendid Anniversary 23 A cold day in the New Forest 24 Where Russian poets go to die 25 Not picking up the tab 26 An singular experience 27 Crashing into dustbins 28 "Let's go back to the hotel..." 29 Jabba and the Bleeptron 30 Frank and the Tardis 31 The training scheme 32 The man who shot Lord Haw-Haw 33 Just a second 34 Going to the wall 35 The subtle art of seduction 36 Crashing a motor caravan 37 Immediate and accurate correction 38 Testing, testing 39 Have you done this kind of thing often? 40 Look - no hands! 41 Brake fade 42 Insurance yarns 43 By Bentley around Europe 44 Asleep at the wheel 45 Dee-dah, dee-dah 46 What should I talk about? 47 Mr Plod takes a dip 48 Bernard 49 No way out, Jose 50 No escape, but in credit 51 Achtung! Take cover! 52 Purple haze 53 Scoop! 54 No survivors, it is claimed 55 EcotY? Phooey! 56 You're a cab 57 Countach! 58 Top speed controversy 59 Maxing the Lotus Carlton 60 A bit more sideways 61 Some enchanted evening 62 The nine-million-euro dream 63 Measure for measure 64 Testing, testing...like so, jawohl! 65 Missed opportunities and creative fibs 66 Polluted steering 67 The conversion of John 68 Plan A: a relaxing weekend in Paris 69 Drinking and driving 70 The mysteriously empty tureens 71 An inspector calls 72 Asymmetric, man 73 The High Priest of Asymmetry 74 Shadow boxing with Mr Bangle 75 It's The Pope, virtually 76 Avant-garde? Says who? 77 The real Mona Lisa, allegedly 78 The royal milk float 79 An adequate product solution 80 Sequiturs and bungarolas 81 Getting in a flap 82 Iron slugs 83 Wheeler dealer 84 Max Power 85 The largest pilot of all times 86 Telegraph times 87 V for Vette 88 The ghost of Mika Hakkinen 89 "What's the best car you have driven?" 90 "What's the best car you have owned?" 91 Retromania 92 Why I hate concours d'elegance 93 Stop the World... 94 Back to basics 95 From 3 to 4/4 96 Career advice 97 Crossing the finish line 98 The trouble with Uncle Harry 99 Last hominid at the wheel

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Book SynopsisIn an era marked by sudden and profound change, the fashion world has also experienced significant transformations. Its boundaries, its rationale and its protagonists have all been redefined, with these changes continuing now and in the future. The purpose of this book is to analyze this market with particular focus on the segment defined as "high-end" and to provide entrepreneurs, professionals, workers in the sector, consultants, and business/fashion students, a context to understand better the latest and most up-to-date ideas and how to govern their growth. The starting point for the book's discussion begins with the title of the book, which emphasizes two important characteristics regarding its context: the increasingly blurred distinction between offline and online - hence the term "onlife" - and the absence of rules, given the obvious out-of-date nature of those on which fashion companies have based their business strategies in recent decades. This has led the authors to propose a handbook of new rules, suitable for a world that increasingly appears to be lacking them.

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Book Synopsis*Now a major movie starring Seth Rogen, Paul Dano, Pete Davidson, Shailene Woodley, Sebastian Stan and Nick Offerman*The GameStop Short Squeeze and the Ragtag Group of Amateur Traders that Brought Wall Street to its Knees.Bestselling author Ben Mezrich offers a gripping, beat-by-beat account of how a loosely affiliate group of private investors and internet trolls took down one of the biggest hedge funds on Wall Street, firing the first shot in a revolution that threatens to upend the financial establishment.It started on a subreddit forum called WallStreetBets a meme-filled, freewheeling place where a disparate group of investors shared their shoot-the-moon investment tips, laughed about big losses and posted diamond hand emojis. Until some members noticed an opportunity in Game Stop a flailing bricks and mortar video-game retailer and somehow rode a rocket ship to tens of millions of dollars in earnings overnight, simultaneously triggering unfathomable losses for one of the most rTrade Review"Mezrich mans the conveyor belt at the factory that turns raw reality into its eventual slick cinematic depiction."―New York Times "Mr. Mezrich, the author of bestsellers on topics ranging from the origins of Facebook to beating the odds at Las Vegas, tells the story of GameStop through the eyes of an array of characters, especially small investors who had little or no previous experience in the stock market."―Wall Street Journal "The David vs. Goliath-esque GameStop short squeeze of Winter 2021 was undoubtedly one of the most entertaining stories of the year, and Mezrich brings new life to the whole thing in this look at the outrageous personalities and corporate drama that fuelled it."―The New York Post

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Book SynopsisRainfall levels are rarely optimal, but there are hundreds of things you can do to efficiently conserve and use the water you do have and to reduce the impact of drought on your soil, crops, livestock, and farm or ranch ecosystem. Author Dale Strickler introduces you to the same innovative systems he used to transform his own drought-stricken family farm in Kansas into a thriving, water-wise, and profitable enterprise, maximizing healthy cropland, pasture, and water supply. Ranging from simple, short-term projects such as installing rain-collection ollas to long-term land-management planning strategies, Strickler’s methods show how to get more water into the soil, keep it in the soil, and help plants and livestock access it.

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Book SynopsisThis well-balanced introduction to enterprise risk management integrates quantitative and qualitative approaches and motivates key mathematical and statistical methods with abundant real-world cases - both successes and failures. Worked examples and end-of-chapter exercises support readers in consolidating what they learn. The mathematical level, which is suitable for graduate and senior undergraduate students in quantitative programs, is pitched to give readers a solid understanding of the concepts and principles involved, without diving too deeply into more complex theory. To reveal the connections between different topics, and their relevance to the real world, the presentation has a coherent narrative flow, from risk governance, through risk identification, risk modelling, and risk mitigation, capped off with holistic topics - regulation, behavioural biases, and crisis management - that influence the whole structure of ERM. The result is a text and reference that is ideal for graduate and senior undergraduate students, risk managers in industry, and anyone preparing for ERM actuarial exams.Trade Review'Quantitative Enterprise Risk Management can be strongly recommended to anyone seeking to develop their skills in risk management. The book will be particularly useful for those seeking to master the more challenging technical aspects of risk management missing in other textbooks.' Andrew Cairns, Heriot-Watt University'This hits the sweet spot between overly abstract mathematical and overly 'math lean' presentations of enterprise risk management.' Gary Hatfield, University of Minnesota'Hardy and Saunders have written a masterpiece that not only explains [ERM] from a quantitative perspective, but also manages to bridge the gap between it and more qualitative approaches. It impressively covers the whole spectrum from risk taxonomy, risk modelling and measurement, risk mitigation, risk transfer up to (behavioural) risk, and crisis management. I highly recommend it to all those who want to get a deeper understanding of ERM.' Rudi Zagst, Technical University of MunichTable of ContentsPreface; 1. Introduction to enterprise risk management; 2. Risk taxonomy; 3. Risk measures; 4. Frequency-Severity analysis; 5. Extreme value theory; 6. Copulas; 7. Stress testing; 8. Market risk models; 9. Short term portfolio risk; 10. Economic scenario generators; 11. Interest rate risk; 12. Credit risk; 13. Liquidity risk; 14. Model risk and governance; 15. Risk mitigation using options and derivatives; 16. Risk transfer; 17. Regulation of financial institutions; 18. Risk adjusted measures of profit and capital allocation; 19. Behavioural risk management; 20. Crisis management; A. Probability and statistics review; References; Index.

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Book SynopsisUPDATED & EXTENDED 2ND EDITION - with a brand-new foreword by Merryn Somerset WebbLet the market come to youDeep Value Investing by Jeroen Bos is an incredibly candid and revealing guide to the secrets of deep value investment. Written by an investor with a long and remarkable track record, it shares for the first time the ins and outs of finding high-potential undervalued stocks before anyone else.Deep value investing means finding companies that are genuine bargains that can pay back phenomenally over the long term. They are firms so cheap that even if they were to close tomorrow their assets would pay you out at a profit. But if they can turn things around, the rewards will be many times greater ...These were the favourite shares of Benjamin Graham, author of The Intelligent Investor. Inspired by Graham''s classic and with a long history of discovering these great value stocks - sometimes known as ''bargain issues'' or ''netnets'' - author and investor Jeroen Bos reveals:- how to use only publicly available information to discover these shares and filter the gold from the dross- everything he did when analysing, purchasing, monitoring and selling more than ten recent successful deep value investments- the complete philosophy behind deep value investing, and the ins and outs of this strategy in practice- what can go wrong and how to minimise the chances of it happening to you.Deep value investing has a better track record than almost any other approach to the market. Even better, it doesn''t require minute and technical knowledge of a company, nor is it fixated on earnings or often-unreliable future projections.It''s all about the balance sheet and patience. This makes it the perfect investing approach for those who want to see phenomenal stock market returns without wasting time or commission costs.Trade ReviewReviews for the first edition; "Mr Bos has written a practical and very readable book that should appeal to those who are looking to learn more about this very particular style of investing. The examples are neatly interwoven with the lessons he has learnt over the years and the qualities required of a deep value investor." -FT Adviser's Book of the Year 2013; "Very well written, easy to understand and jargon free... the book probably will help in making you a better investor, and on that basis it is definitely worth an addition to any serious investor's library." -Richard Gill, T1ps; "If you're "deep" into deep value strategies, or want to watch over the shoulder of a talented operator, Jeroen Bos's 'Deep Value Investing' is well worth picking up!" -Valueprax; "Deep Value investing is not for the faint hearted but Jeroen Bos is an expert practitioner. His book is clear, engaging and practical. It shines an expert light on this lucrative and little known investment niche. Frankly, as a fellow deep value investor looking for undiscovered bargains, I wish he hadn't done quite such a good job of it." -Andrew Williamson, Hawkwood Capital LLP; "If you want to know how to make money by buying cheap companies, this book is a must." -Philip Best, Argos Investment Managers. "...there is a lot of value in Deep Value Investing, especially today afer a period of underperformance." --Michael Wasserman, StrictlyValueTable of ContentsAbout the author Foreword By Michael van Biema Preface to the 2nd edition Preface to the 1st edition Introduction: Being a Deep Value Investor What you can get out of this book Finding friendless companies Teaming up with a super investor A sweet pick Part I. The Deep Value Philosophy 1. Deep Value Investing A neglected method Bargain issues: true deep value Benjamin Graham and bargain issues 2. How Deep Value Investing Works Just the facts Assets not earnings Cyclical services shares A note on comparing stocks Holding on for the ride The rest of the book Part II. Deep Value Successes 3. Spring Group Company background Investment case Outcome 4. Moss Bros Company background Investment case Outcome 5. ArmorGroup International Company background Investment case Outcome 6. Morson Group Company background Investment case Outcome 7. Harvard International Company background Investment case Outcome 8. Velosi Company background Investment case Outcome 9. B.P. Marsh & Partners Company background Investment case Outcome Part III. Deep Value Failures 10. RAB Capital Company background Investment case Outcome 11. Abbeycrest Company background Investment case Outcome Part IV. Deep Value Shares of Tomorrow 12. Bloomsbury publishing Company background Investment case Outcome 13. Barratt Developments Company background Non-investment case The waiting game Investment case Outcome 14. Gleeson (MJ) Group Company background Investment case Outcome 15. French Connection Company background Investment case Outcome A work in progress 16. Norcon Company background Investment case Outcome 17. Record Company background Investment case A changing model Outcome Part V. All-New Deep Value Case Studies 18. Panmure Gordon & Co. Plc 19. Enteq Upstream. 20. Hargreaves Services. 21. Lamprell Plc. 22. Sanshin Electronics Co, Ltd. 23. Hydrogen Group Plc. Epilogue Afterword by Merryn Somerset Webb Acknowledgements

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Book SynopsisEquip yourself with the tools for success in Electrical Installations with this comprehensive and updated edition of our bestselling textbook, published in association with City & Guilds and IET. - Study with confidence using the most up-to-date information available for the new industry standards, including the 2022 amendments to BS7671: 2018, The IET Wiring Regulations 18th edition - Enhance your understanding of concepts in electrical installation with 100s of clear and accurate technical drawings and step-by-step photo sequences- Get ready for the workplace with industry tips- Prepare for your trade tests or end-of-year exams with end-of-chapter practice questions - Engage with author Peter Tanner''s accessible text, drawing on his extensive industry experience- Target your learning with detailed qualification mapping grids for the latest City & Guilds Level 2 qualifications - including the 2365, 8202, 5357 and 5393 specifications, as well as t

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Book SynopsisA practical and easily accessible guide for bodyworkers and movement teachers, including massage therapists and all other complementary therapists, to the setting up and running of a private practice in order to make it into a successful business.This book is for people who wish they didn''t need this book; for people who wish that their passion for their work was all they need to run a business but have learned that it is not. This book provides guidance to give the reader a head for business while maintaining their heart for their work.Filled with practical real-world explanations of basic business skills, it is written with warmth, humor, and an appreciation for the heart-led work of everyone in the health and wellness world. From bookkeeping to financing, business plans to contracts, the reader will find answers to the most basic questions: where do I start and how do I do that?When you love your healing work and need to learn how to run your business this book is the friend you need.

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Book SynopsisCoppice Agroforestry is a comprehensive guide to resprout silviculture – coppicing, pollarding, shredding, and pleaching hardwood trees for firewood, building materials, furniture, basketry, and more. Covers coppice history, biology, ecology, products, woodland economics, and agroforestry system design and management.Trade Review"Mark's magnum opus has finally landed and it is well worth the wait! Packed with historical background and detailed research, this has to be the most comprehensive text on coppice silviculture. Supported by Mark's practical knowledge and understanding of the importance of ecological design, he weaves the ancient knowledge of practical craft and coppice management into future sustainable land use systems. A wealth of appendices will appeal to those planning future forests and agroforestry systems, and above all he entices the reader to sharpen a billhook and begin to coppice." — Ben Law, woodsman, eco-builder, and author, The Woodland Way and Woodland Craft "Without a doubt the finest work on the history and the "how" and the "why" of coppice forestry, a widespread practice of the past that will no doubt play a crucial role in our future. Learn how we can harvest trees and still have forests, too!" — Mark Shepard, coppice agroforester, author, Restoration Agriculture and Water for any Farm "This classic book covers the ancient and much forgotten craft of coppicing. This essential sustainable skill not only must be revived but also expanded to suit new geographies and species and create more possibilities than ever before. Mark has written a book you should purchase for both your future security and that of your grandchildren." — Geoff Lawton, permaculture consultant, designer, teacher, and speaker (permacultureconsultants.com) "Coppicing is an essential component of climate-friendly agriculture and land management. Coppice Agroforestry is a comprehensive guide, based on science and practical experience, to a truly perennial system for producing diverse wood products. Krawczyk's book will be inspiring readers to coppice for decades to come." — Eric Toensmeier, author, The Carbon Farming Solution, co-author, Edible Forest Gardens "Rich in history, culture, botany, and practice, this remarkable work shows exceptional scholarship, dedication, and experience. Krawczyk, who has bridged the Atlantic world, is a worthy successor to Rackham, and just the interpreter of coppice North Americans need to create their own thriving backwoods industries. Ten years in the making, it could not be more timely. Buy it. Read it. Live it." — Peter Bane, author, The Permaculture Handbook, executive director, Permaculture Institute of North America "If you own forested land and want to manage it sustainably, this book is a must-read. It's teeming with useful information that will help build a sustainable future and help readers become more self-sufficient." — Dan Chiras, author, The Chinese Greenhouse, The Homeowner's Guide to Renewable Energy, and Power from the Sun "A masterwork of research and practice by a tree craftsman whose life partnership with trees started young and never stopped. This manual is vast, practical, and astonishing in depth and relevance. It will likely be the go-to authority on utilizing trees in coppicing contexts for many decades to come. It is also a relevant resource for anyone in woody plant horticulture, agroforestry, and ecological restoration as a whole." — Ben Falk, author, The Resilient Farm and Homestead "A well-written and comprehensive body of work that celebrates a commonly referenced but often misunderstood facet of perennial polyculture farming. Krawczyk's subject mastery and the delight with which he shares it will surely advance the field of coppice silviculture, and inspire use of the techniques he commands and cherishes." — Dr. John Munsell, professor and forest management extension specialist, Virginia Tech "Krawczyk's writing is a pleasure to consume and the breadth of information is a testament to his lifetime of devotion to the topic. The abundance of pictures, diagrams, and charts helps any reader chart a course to successful coppicing and envision a future where resprout agriculture persists in landscapes everywhere." — Steve Gabriel, farmer, author, Silvopasture, and co-author Farming the Woods Table of ContentsDedication Acknowledgments Preface Foreword Introduction: What Is Coppice? What Is It? Dissecting Our Definition Why Coppice? Why Is It Nonexistent Here? Why Do It Today? Home and Community Scale Energy Security Local Livelihoods and a Culture of Craft Preserving Native Forests Leaving a Legacy Why Not? Purpose of This Book PART 1: HISTORY, BIOLOGY, SYSTEMS, AND ECONOMY Chapter 1: A Cultural History of Coppice Agroforestry Coppice: An Essential Prehistoric Resource The Landscapes of Prehistoric Europe and Early Evidence of Coppice Resprouts in Pre-contact North America Coppice in Europe: From Subsistence Resource to Market Commodity Roman Legacies: Industrial-scale Copses and Sweet Chestnut Medieval Woodlands: Composition, Patterns, and Protection The Manorial System: Private Ownership and Wooded Commons Coppice in the Emerging Market Economy Charcoal for Industry Boosts Coppice Production Shifting Products, Markets, and Management The Near Extinction of Coppicing The Rise of Modern Forestry Coppice in Colonial and Industrial North America? Revival? Coppicing for the 22nd Century European Revival Recapitulation: Crafting Regenerative Resprout Silviculture Chapter 2: The Anatomy and Physiology of Woody Plants Woody Plant Organs and Tissues Primary Organs: Crown, Trunk, and Roots Woody Plant Forms: Overall Aboveground Architecture Meristems: Tissues Capable of Division Wood and Bark: Tissues of the Trunk Tree Growth, Development, Life Span, and Decay Generalized Growth Pattern: Nested Cones Woody Plant Growth Habits: Above- and Belowground Plant Growth Patterns The Timing and Pattern of Seasonal Growth Tree Health and Life Span: An Energetic Balancing Act Sprouts and Resprouts The Adaptive Utility of the Ability to Resprout Anatomy and Physiology of Angiosperm Sprouting Conclusion Chapter 3: Ecology of Coppice Systems The Economy of Forest Ecosystems Natural Communities and Forest Cover Types Effects of Coppice on Community Ecology and Biodiversity Key Differences Between Coppice and High Forest Forest Growth Stages Forest Gap Formation Effects of Disturbance on Ground Layer Populations Growth Stages and Microclimate Effects of Access Rides and Woodland Roadways Coppice and Bird Species Coppice and Small Mammal Populations Coppice and Deer Coppice and Invertebrates Butterflies Deadwood Nutrient Dynamics in Coppice Woods Soil-Water Dynamics A Conservation Panacea? Chapter 4: Woodland Management Systems Systems Framework Species Economy Disturbance Severity Disturbance Chronology Landscape Pattern Resprout Silviculture Systems both Historic and Modern Adding Trees to Fields Woodland-based Systems Other Types of Resprout Silviculture Shredding Stooling Own-root Fruit Trees Stump Culture or Coppiced Christmas Trees Silvicultural Foundations of High Forest Management High Forest Management Systems Putting it All Together: Choosing the Right System for Your Landscape and Needs Chapter 5: Coppice Economics and Products Markets The Value-added Continuum Business Development Working Along the Value-added Continuum from Low to High Woodchips: Biofuel, Soil-improving Mulches, Woodchip-Clay Fodder Fuelwood Faggots Charcoal Carbon Farming Garden Products Holiday Ornamentation Culinary and Medicinal Mushrooms Food/Medicine/Wine Fencing Shelterbelts/Windbreaks/Soundbreaks Hedges Specialized Traditional Crafts Baskets Rustic Furniture Green Woodworking Building and Construction Materials Buildings Modern Product Potential Matching Production Systems to Regional Climate and Production Needs Financial Assistance to Support Coppice Management Forestry Cooperatives Conclusion PART II: 21st CENTURY COPPICE: A MODERN INTEGRATION Chapter 6: Listening to the Land: The Art of Ecological Design A Synthesis of Strategies The Silvicultural Standard: Forest Management Plans Working with a Professional: The Role of Foresters Goals and Management Objectives Mapping GIS Mapping Mapping Forest Stands Site Analysis Yeomans' Scale of Permanence Stand-specific Assessments System Design Cant Size, Rotation Length, and Layout The Circulatory System: Access and Extraction Routes Water Sources and Supply Fodder and Fence System Design Basket Willow Systems Managing for Wildlife A Coppice Pattern Language: Design Details and Criteria Designing Cultivated Ecologies: Multistoried, Multifunctional Guild Design Temporal Design: Cant Establishment and Harvest Schedules Putting Down the Pencil and Picking Up the Shovel Chapter 7: Getting Started: Establishing Coppice on Your Land Woodland Conversion Existing Stand Dynamics and Their Effects on Cant Development Natural Regeneration: Restocking Forest Stands Prescribed Burns Conclusion Field Transformation Species Layout and Spacing Ground Prep Planting Techniques Planting a Hedgerow Maintenance and Protection Tree Shelters Irrigation Projecting Costs Keeping Records Is Key Chapter 8: Coppice Management and Harvest First Harvest Cycle: Coppice Establishment When to Cut Where to Cut When to Initiate Coppicing Pollarding Preparing a Tree for Pollarding How and Where to Cut Accessing and Harvesting Pollards Timing Disturbance Chronology Managing Hedgerows The Art of Hedgelaying Tools and Felling Techniques Specialized Pollarding Tools Felling Snedding or Limbing Cross-cutting and Product Selection Extraction Storing Products Cant Management Maintenance Inputs Stand Improvement Pest and Weed Control Access Restoring Overstood Coppice Epilogue Appendix 1: Additional Resources Appendix 2: Yield and Species-by-Use Tables Species-by-Use Table Bibliography Endnotes Glossary Bibliography Index About the Author A Note About the Publisher

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