Economics, Finance, and Business Books
Springer Nature Switzerland AG Quantile Regression for Cross-Sectional and Time
Book SynopsisThis brief addresses the estimation of quantile regression models from a practical perspective, which will support researchers who need to use conditional quantile regression to measure economic relationships among a set of variables. It will also benefit students using the methodology for the first time, and practitioners at private or public organizations who are interested in modeling different fragments of the conditional distribution of a given variable. The book pursues a practical approach with reference to energy markets, helping readers learn the main features of the technique more quickly. Emphasis is placed on the implementation details and the correct interpretation of the quantile regression coefficients rather than on the technicalities of the method, unlike the approach used in the majority of the literature. All applications are illustrated with R. Table of ContentsWhy and When Should Quantile Regression Be Used?- A Case of Study: Modelling Energy Markets by the Means of Quantile Regression.- Quantile Regression: A Methodological Overview.- Cross-Sectional Quantile Regression.- Time Series Quantile Regression.- Goodness of Fit in Quantile Regression Models.- Novel Approaches in Quantile Regression.- What Have We Learned from Quantile Regression? Implications for Economics and Finance.- Appendix: Programs for Quantile Regression and Implementation in R.
£54.99
Springer Nature Switzerland AG Retirement Income Recipes in R: From Ruin Probabilities to Intelligent Drawdowns
Book SynopsisThis book provides computational tools that readers can use to flourish in the retirement income industry. Each chapter describes recipe-like algorithms and explains how to implement them via simple scripts in the freely available R coding language. Students can use those skills to generate quantitative answers to the most common questions in retirement income planning, as well as to develop a deeper understanding of the finance and economics underlying the field itself. The book will be an excellent asset for experienced students who are interested in advanced wealth management, and specifically within courses that focus on holistic modeling of the retirement income process. The material will also be useful to current and future wealth management professionals within the financial services industry. Readers should have a solid understanding of financial principles, as well as a rudimentary background in economics and accounting. Table of Contents1 Setting Expectations and Deviations.- 2 Loading and Getting to Know R.- 3 Coding the (Simple) Financial Life-cycle Model.- 4 Data in R: The Family Balance Sheet.- 5 Portfolio Longevity: Deterministic & Stochastic.- 6 Modeling the Risk of Sequence-of-Returns.- 7 Modeling Human Longevity and Life Tables.- 8 Life & Death in Continuous Time: Gompertz 101.- 9 The Lifetime Ruin Probability (LRP).- 10 Life Annuities: From Immediate to Deferred.- 11 Intelligent Drawdown Rates.- 12 Pensionization: From Benefits to Utility.- 13 Biological (and other) Ages.- 14 Exotic Annuities for Longevity Risk.- 15 Very Last Thoughts.- Glossary of User Defined R-Functions.
£54.99
Springer Nature Switzerland AG Continuous-Time Asset Pricing Theory: A
Book SynopsisAsset pricing theory yields deep insights into crucial market phenomena such as stock market bubbles. Now in a newly revised and updated edition, this textbook guides the reader through this theory and its applications to markets. The new edition features new results on state dependent preferences, a characterization of market efficiency and a more general presentation of multiple-factor models using only the assumptions of no arbitrage and no dominance. Taking an innovative approach based on martingales, the book presents advanced techniques of mathematical finance in a business and economics context, covering a range of relevant topics such as derivatives pricing and hedging, systematic risk, portfolio optimization, market efficiency, and equilibrium pricing models. For applications to high dimensional statistics and machine learning, new multi-factor models are given. This new edition integrates suicide trading strategies into the understanding of asset price bubbles, greatly enriching the overall presentation and further strengthening the book’s underlying theme of economic bubbles. Written by a leading expert in risk management, Continuous-Time Asset Pricing Theory is the first textbook on asset pricing theory with a martingale approach. Based on the author’s extensive teaching and research experience on the topic, it is particularly well suited for graduate students in business and economics with a strong mathematical background. Table of Contents
£54.99
Springer International Publishing AG Recent Developments in Computational Finance and Business Analytics
Book Synopsis.- Analysis of Factors Affecting Goodwill Impairment and Research on Models Assisted by Computer Vision.- The Impact of Financial Technology Innovation on New Quality Productive Forces.- Empirical Study on Digital Finance Empowering the High Quality Development of Urban Ecological Economy in China.- Design of a Financial Risk Identification and Early Warning Model Based on Machine Learning, etc.
£189.99
Springer International Publishing AG Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference Digital Future Science Education and Innovative Development of SocioEconomic Systems
Book SynopsisPart 1_Digital Transformation of Science and Research.- Part 2_Innovations in Digital Education.- Part 3_Digitalization of Socio-economic Systems.- Part 4_Ethical Issues of AI Application.
£189.99
Springer International Publishing AG Electricity Derivatives
Book SynopsisOffering a concise but complete survey of the common features of the microstructure of electricity markets, this book describes the state of the art in the different proposed electricity price models for pricing derivatives and in the numerical methods used to price and hedge the most prominent derivatives in electricity markets, namely power plants and swings. The mathematical content of the book has intentionally been made light in order to concentrate on the main subject matter, avoiding fastidious computations. Wherever possible, the models are illustrated by diagrams. The book should allow prospective researchers in the field of electricity derivatives to focus on the actual difficulties associated with the subject. It should also offer a brief but exhaustive overview of the latest techniques used by financial engineers in energy utilities and energy trading desks.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Electricity Markets.- Electricity Features.- Markets Microstructure.- Real Derivatives.- Conclusion.- Price Models.- Preliminary Remarks.- HJM Style Forward Curve Models.- One-Factor Spot Models.- Multi-Factor Spot Models.- Structural Models.- Derivatives.- Spreads.- Power Plants and Tollings.- Storage and Swings.- Retail Contracts.- Weather Derivatives.- Conclusion.
£41.24
Springer International Publishing AG Fixed-Income Portfolio Analytics: A Practical Guide to Implementing, Monitoring and Understanding Fixed-Income Portfolios
Book SynopsisThe book offers a detailed, robust, and consistent framework for the joint consideration of portfolio exposure, risk, and performance across a wide range of underlying fixed-income instruments and risk factors. Through extensive use of practical examples, the author also highlights the necessary technical tools and the common pitfalls that arise when working in this area. Finally, the book discusses tools for testing the reasonableness of the key analytics to help build and maintain confidence for using these techniques in day-to-day decision making. This will be of keen interest to risk managers, analysts and asset managers responsible for fixed-income portfolios.Table of ContentsWhat Is Portfolio Analytics?- From Risk Factors to Returns: Computing Exposures.- A Useful Approximation.- Extending Our Framework.- The Yield Curve: Fitting Yield Curves.- Modelling Yield Curves.- Performance: Basic Performance Attribution.- Advanced Performance Attribution.- Traditional Performance Attribution.- Risk: Introducing Risk.- Portfolio Risk.- Exploring Uncertainty in Risk Measurement.- Risk and Performance: Combining Risk and Return.- The Ex-Post World.- Appendix: Some Mathematical Background.- A Few Thoughts on Optimization.- Index.
£75.99
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG The Mathematics of Arbitrage
Book SynopsisProof of the "Fundamental Theorem of Asset Pricing" in its general form by Delbaen and Schachermayer was a milestone in the history of modern mathematical finance and now forms the cornerstone of this book. Puts into book format a series of major results due mostly to the authors of this book. Embeds highest-level research results into a treatment amenable to graduate students, with introductory, explanatory background. Awaited in the quantitative finance community.Trade ReviewFrom the reviews: "As a learning device, I think this works really well. The second half of the book allows readers to ‘put to use’ the mathematics they learn in the first half. I really like the authors’ writing style. They provide plenty of intuitive insights and historical notes along the way as they formally develop concepts. … I recommend it highly to theoretically-inclined financial engineers and researchers." (www.riskbook.com, September, 2006) "The aim of the book, as the authors state … is to give the reader a guided tour through the mathematics of arbitrage. … The book will be of invaluable help to new researchers in the area of incomplete markets. A new graduate student wishing to do such research would start by reading the papers in the book. She or he now has a very good book to assist this study." (Angelos Dassios, Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2007 a)Table of ContentsA Guided Tour to Arbitrage Theory.- The Story in a Nutshell.- Models of Financial Markets on Finite Probability Spaces.- Utility Maximisation on Finite Probability Spaces.- Bachelier and Black-Scholes.- The Kreps-Yan Theorem.- The Dalang-Morton-Willinger Theorem.- A Primer in Stochastic Integration.- Arbitrage Theory in Continuous Time: an Overview.- The Original Papers.- A General Version of the Fundamental Theorem of Asset Pricing (1994).- A Simple Counter-Example to Several Problems in the Theory of Asset Pricing (1998).- The No-Arbitrage Property under a Change of Numéraire (1995).- The Existence of Absolutely Continuous Local Martingale Measures (1995).- The Banach Space of Workable Contingent Claims in Arbitrage Theory (1997).- The Fundamental Theorem of Asset Pricingfor Unbounded Stochastic Processes (1998).- A Compactness Principle for Bounded Sequences of Martingales with Applications (1999).
£104.49
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG A Benchmark Approach to Quantitative Finance
Book SynopsisA framework for financial market modeling, the benchmark approach extends beyond standard risk neutral pricing theory. It permits a unified treatment of portfolio optimization, derivative pricing, integrated risk management and insurance risk modeling. This book presents the necessary mathematical tools, followed by a thorough introduction to financial modeling under the benchmark approach, explaining various quantitative methods for the fair pricing and hedging of derivatives.Trade ReviewFrom the reviews:"The book under review introduces quantitative finance using the benchmark approach. … It is quite a nice blend of narrative and mathematics. There are also some bigger examples which contribute nicely to the overall presentation. … Exercises are provided at the end of each chapter. The authors even provide solutions to exercises. … I think it could be quite useful for students, because of the first part of the book, and to practitioners, due to the exposition in the second part of the book." (Ita Cirovic Donev, MathDL, March, 2007)"This book provides an introduction to quantitative finance. … It aims to stimulate interest in the benchmark approach by describing some of its power and wide applicability. It is intended for quantitative analysts postgraduate students, practioners in finance, economics and insurance. … It is designed for three groups of users. Firstly, it provides useful information to financial analysts and practioners. Secondly, it aims to introduce those with a reasonable basic mathematical background. Thirdly, researchers may find the later parts of the book interesting … ." (Klaus Ehemann, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1104 (6), 2007)"The book is a rather comprehensive treatment of quantitative finance and distinguishes itself from other analogous treatments by using a novel approach that allows one to generalize various existing results and to some extent also allows one to bridge a certain gap between current and classical approaches. … The comprehensiveness of the book is very valuable for research … ." (Wolfgang J. Runggaldier, Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2008 d)“A comprehensive introduction to the mathematical foundations of finance. It is thorough and encyclopedic, providing a wide range of definitions and theorems that are useful in the subject. … a valuable text for well-motivated students interested in these topics, whether they are pursuing problems within the classical framework or beyond the assumptions of the basic theory.” (Gunduz Caginalp, SIAM Review, Vol. 52 (2), 2010)Table of ContentsPreliminaries from Probability Theory.- Statistical Methods.- Modeling via Stochastic Processes.- Diffusion Processes.- Martingales and Stochastic Integrals.- The Itô Formula.- Stochastic Differential Equations.- to Option Pricing.- Various Approaches to Asset Pricing.- Continuous Financial Markets.- Portfolio Optimization.- Modeling Stochastic Volatility.- Minimal Market Model.- Markets with Event Risk.- Numerical Methods.- Solutions for Exercises.
£44.99
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Concentration Risk in Credit Portfolios
Book SynopsisModeling and management of credit risk are the main topics within banks and other lending institutions. Historical experience shows that, in particular, concentration of risk in credit portfolios has been one of the major causes of bank distress. Therefore, concentration risk is highly relevant to anyone who wants to go beyond the very basic portfolio credit risk models. The book gives an introduction to credit risk modeling with the aim to measure concentration risks in credit portfolios. Taking the basic principles of credit risk in general as a starting point, several industry models are studied. These allow banks to compute a probability distribution of credit losses at the portfolio level. Besides these industry models the Internal Ratings Based model, on which Basel II is based, is treated. On the basis of these models various methods for the quantification of name and sector concentration risk and the treatment of default contagion are discussed. The book reflects current research in these areas from both an academic and a supervisory perspectiveTrade ReviewFrom the reviews: "Concentration risk is one of the most important risk segments when measuring and presenting credit risk. … The … main part of the book presents the analysis of concentration risk in credit portfolios. … can be of tremendous value to practitioners in financial institutions measuring and reporting concentration risk. It could also be of great value for graduate students in statistics, applied mathematics, and economics to see the technical side of the measures of concentration risk." (Ita Cirovic Donev, The Mathematical Association of America, March, 2009)Table of Contentsto Credit Risk Modeling.- Risk Measurement.- Modeling Credit Risk.- The Merton Model.- The Asymptotic Single Risk Factor Model.- Mixture Models.- The CreditRisk+ Model.- Concentration Risk in Credit Portfolios.- Ad-Hoc Measures of Concentration.- Name Concentration.- Sector Concentration.- Empirical Studies on Concentration Risk.- Default Contagion.- Empirical Studies on Default Contagion.- Models Based on Copulas.- A Voter Model for Credit Contagion.- Equilibrium Models.
£49.99
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Optimal Stopping Rules
Book SynopsisAlthough three decades have passed since the first publication of this book, it is reprinted now as a result of popular demand. The content remains up-to-date and interesting for many researchers as is shown by the many references to it in current publications. The author is one of the leading experts of the field and gives an authoritative treatment of a subject.Table of ContentsRandom Processes: Markov Times.- Optimal Stopping of Markov Sequences.- Optimal Stopping of Markov Processes.- Some Applications to Problems of Mathematical Statistics.
£66.49
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Statistics of Financial Markets: Exercises and Solutions
Book SynopsisPractice makes perfect. Therefore the best method of mastering models is working with them. This book contains a large collection of exercises and solutions which will help explain the statistics of financial markets. These practical examples are carefully presented and provide computational solutions to specific problems, all of which are calculated using R and Matlab. This study additionally looks at the concept of corresponding Quantlets, the name given to these program codes and which follow the name scheme SFSxyz123. The book is divided into three main parts, in which option pricing, time series analysis and advanced quantitative statistical techniques in finance is thoroughly discussed. The authors have overall successfully created the ideal balance between theoretical presentation and practical challenges.Trade ReviewFrom the book reviews:“This edition in total presents 18 chapters, four pages of ‘Symbols and Notations,’ and another four and a half pages are devoted to providing definitions to commonly used terminology. … this book is a useful supplement for students, professionals, and practitioners in the area of financial statistics and related fields. … All the chapters of the book are carefully structured with natural flow. It is an interesting and useful collection of exercises, teaching theory by solving the related problems.” (Technometrics, Vol. 55 (2), May, 2013)Table of ContentsPart I Option Pricing: Derivatives.- Introduction to Option Management.- Basic Concepts of Probability Theory.- Stochastic Processes in Discrete Time.- Stochastic Integrals and Dierential Equations.- Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model.- Binomial Model for European Options.- American Options.- Models for the Interest Rate and Interest Rate Derivatives.- Part II Statistical Model of Financial Time Series: Financial Time Series Models.- ARIMA Time Series Models.- Time Series with Stochastic Volatility.- Part III Selected Financial Applications: Value at Risk and Backtesting.- Copulae and Value at Risk.- Statistics of Extreme Risks.- Volatility Risk of Option Portfolios.- Portfolio Credit Risk.- References.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Financial Modeling: A Backward Stochastic
Book SynopsisBackward stochastic differential equations (BSDEs) provide a general mathematical framework for solving pricing and risk management questions of financial derivatives. They are of growing importance for nonlinear pricing problems such as CVA computations that have been developed since the crisis. Although BSDEs are well known to academics, they are less familiar to practitioners in the financial industry. In order to fill this gap, this book revisits financial modeling and computational finance from a BSDE perspective, presenting a unified view of the pricing and hedging theory across all asset classes. It also contains a review of quantitative finance tools, including Fourier techniques, Monte Carlo methods, finite differences and model calibration schemes. With a view to use in graduate courses in computational finance and financial modeling, corrected problem sets and Matlab sheets have been provided. Stéphane Crépey’s book starts with a few chapters on classical stochastic processes material, and then... fasten your seatbelt... the author starts traveling backwards in time through backward stochastic differential equations (BSDEs). This does not mean that one has to read the book backwards, like a manga! Rather, the possibility to move backwards in time, even if from a variety of final scenarios following a probability law, opens a multitude of possibilities for all those pricing problems whose solution is not a straightforward expectation. For example, this allows for framing problems like pricing with credit and funding costs in a rigorous mathematical setup. This is, as far as I know, the first book written for several levels of audiences, with applications to financial modeling and using BSDEs as one of the main tools, and as the song says: "it's never as good as the first time".Damiano Brigo, Chair of Mathematical Finance, Imperial College LondonWhile the classical theory of arbitrage free pricing has matured, and is now well understood and used by the finance industry, the theory of BSDEs continues to enjoy a rapid growth and remains a domain restricted to academic researchers and a handful of practitioners. Crépey’s book presents this novel approach to a wider community of researchers involved in mathematical modeling in finance. It is clearly an essential reference for anyone interested in the latest developments in financial mathematics. Marek Musiela, Deputy Director of the Oxford-Man Institute of Quantitative FinanceTable of ContentsPart I: An Introductory Course in Stochastic Processes.- 1.Some classes of Discrete-Time Stochastic Processes.-2.Some Classes of Continuous-Time Stochastic Processes.- 3.Elements of Stochastic Analysis.- Part II: Pricing Equations.- 4.Martingale Modeling.- 5.Benchmark Models.- Part III: Numerical Solutions.- 6.Monte Carlo Methods.- 7.Tree Methods.- 8.Finite Differences.- 9.Callibration Methods.- Part IV: Applications.- 10.Simulation/ Regression Pricing Schemes in Diffusive Setups.- 11.Simulation/ Regression Pricing Schemes in Pure Jump Setups.- Part V: Jump-Diffusion Setup with Regime Switching (**).- 12.Backward Stochastic Differential Equations.- 13.Analytic Approach.- 14.Extensions.- Part VI: Appendix.- A.Technical Proofs (**).- B.Exercises.- C.Corrected Problem Sets.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Introduction to Modern Time Series Analysis
Book SynopsisThis book presents modern developments in time series econometrics that are applied to macroeconomic and financial time series, bridging the gap between methods and realistic applications. It presents the most important approaches to the analysis of time series, which may be stationary or nonstationary. Modelling and forecasting univariate time series is the starting point. For multiple stationary time series, Granger causality tests and vector autogressive models are presented. As the modelling of nonstationary uni- or multivariate time series is most important for real applied work, unit root and cointegration analysis as well as vector error correction models are a central topic. Tools for analysing nonstationary data are then transferred to the panel framework. Modelling the (multivariate) volatility of financial time series with autogressive conditional heteroskedastic models is also treated. Table of ContentsIntroduction and Basics.- Univariate Stationary Processes.- Granger Causality.- Vector Autoregressive Processes.- Nonstationary Processes.- Cointegration.- Nonstationary Panel Data.- Autoregressive Conditional Heteroscedasticity.
£41.24
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Financial Derivatives Modeling
Book SynopsisThis book gives a comprehensive introduction to the modeling of financial derivatives, covering all major asset classes (equities, commodities, interest rates and foreign exchange) and stretching from Black and Scholes' lognormal modeling to current-day research on skew and smile models. The intended reader has a solid mathematical background and is a graduate/final-year undergraduate student specializing in Mathematical Finance, or works at a financial institution such as an investment bank or a hedge fund.Table of ContentsDerivatives Pricing Basics: Pricing by Replication.- Static Replication.- Dynamic Replication.- Derivatives Modeling in Practice.- Skew and Smile Techniques: Continuous Stochastic Processes.- Local Volatility Models.- Stochastic Volatility Models.- Lévy Models.- Exotic Derivatives: Path-Dependent Derivatives.- High-Dimensional Derivatives.- Asset Class Specific Modeling: - Equities.- Commodities.- Interest Rates.- Foreign Exchange.- Mathematical Preliminaries.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Formeln und Tabellen der angewandten
Book SynopsisEin Klassiker für die Praxis der mathematischen Statistik! Die Zusammenstellung der Verfahren mit ihren Grundlagen, Formeln, Tabellen und Nomogrammen ist einmalig. Durchgerechnete Beispiele erläutern anschaulich die wesentlichsten Methoden; dadurch kann auf Beweise und Ableitungen verzichtet werden.Trade Review"...Es ist sehr zu begrüßen, daß das seit langem vergriffene Standardwerk nun in aktualisierter Form vorliegt." (OR-Spektrum) "...Es ist eine Freude, mit diesem umfassenden Buch arbeiten zu können, ... Für den praktischen Gebrauch ist es angenehm, daß im Buch alle benötigten Tabellen, Nomogramme und Grafiken vorhanden sind, ... Das Werk läßt keinen Wunsch offen, ... ist allen, die mit Statistik arbeiten, Entwicklern und Mitarbeitern in der statistischen Qualitätssicherung wärmstens zu empfehlen." (Elin-Zeitschr.) "...Das wirklich Neue an dieser Auflage wird aber nicht bestimmt durch die vielen nützlichen Erweiterungen, sondern durch die neue, hervorragend gelungene Präsentation des vielfältigen Stoffes. ... ein für den Benutzer wirklich komfortables Handbuch statistischer Verfahren. ..." (Statistical Papers) "...ein Nachschlagewerk, ... das in keiner Statistik-Bibliothek fehlen sollte." (Nouvelles Mathématiques Internationales)Table of ContentsA Formeln.- 1 Formeln zur Berechnung von Wahrscheinlichkeiten.- 1.1. Zufallsexperiment, Ergebnisse und Ereignisse.- 1.2 Wahrscheinlichkeit.- 1.3 Satz von der totalen Wahrscheinlichkeit und Satz von Bayes.- 1.4 Zufallsvariable.- 2 Eindimensionale diskrete Verteilungen.- 2.1 Allgemeines.- 2.2 Hypergeometrische Verteilung.- 2.3 Binomialverteilung.- 2.4 Poisson-Verteilung.- 2.5 Negative Binomialverteilung.- 3 Eindimensionale stetige Verteilungen.- 3.1 Allgemeines.- 3.2 Normalverteilung (Gauß-Verteilung).- 3.3 Logarithmische Normalverteilung (Lognormalverteilung).- 3.4 ?2-Verteilung (Helmert-Pearson-Verteilung).- 3.5 t-Verteilung (Student-Verteilung).- 3.6 F -Verteilung (Fisher-Verteilung).- 3.7 Gamma-Verteilung.- 3.8 Beta-Verteilung.- 3.9 Weibull-Verteilung (Typ III-Extremwertverteilung).- 3.10 Gumbel-Verteilung (Typ I-Extremwertverteilung).- 3.11 Ungleichungen von Tschebyscheff und Camp-Meidell.- 3.12 Übersicht über die wichtigsten eindimensionalen Verteilungen.- 4 Mehrdimensionale Verteilungen.- 4.1 Zweidimensionale diskrete Verteilungen.- 4.2 Zweidimensionale stetige Verteilungen.- 4.3 Beziehungen über Funktionalparameter (Kenngrößen) zweidimensionaler Verteilungen.- 4.4 p-dimensionale Verteilungen.- 4.5 Spezielle mehrdimensionale Verteilungen.- 4.5.1 Zweidimensionale Normalverteilung.- 4.5.2 p-dimensionale Normalverteilung.- 4.5.3 Multinomialverteilung.- 4.5.4 Verallgemeinerte hypergeometrische Verteilung.- 5 (Eindimensionale) Häufigkeitsverteilungen, Stichprobenfunktionen, Zufallsstreubereiche, Schätzwerte, Vertrauensbereiche, Statistische Anteilsbereiche.- 5.1 Häufigkeitsverteilung eines stetigen Merkmals.- 5.1.1 Stichprobe ohne Klasseneinteilung.- 5.1.2 Stichprobe mit Klasseneinteilung.- 5.1.3 Kennwerte der Stichprobe.- 5.2 Häufigkeitsverteilung eines diskreten Merkmals.- 5.3 Schluß von einer bekannten Grundgesamtheit auf die Stichprobe. Verteilungen und Zufallsstreubereiche von Stichprobenfunktionen.- 5.3.1 Verteilungen und Zufallsstreubereiche von Stichprobenfunktionen bei beliebiger Verteilung.- 5.3.2 Verteilungen und Zufallsstreubereiche von Stichprobenfunktionen bei Normalverteilung.- 5.3.3 Zufallsstreubereich für X bei logarithmischer Normalverteilung.- 5.3.4 Zufallsstreubereiche bei Binomialverteilung.- 5.3.5 Zufallsstreubereiche bei Poisson-Verteilung.- 5.4 Schluß von der Stichprobe auf die Grundgesamtheit. Schätzwerte für die Parameter von Wahrscheinlichkeitsverteilungen.- 5.4.1 Schätzwerte für Parameter beliebiger Verteilungen.- 5.4.2 Schätzwerte bei Normalverteilung.- 5.4.3 Schätzwerte bei logarithmischer Normalverteilung.- 5.4.4 Schätzwerte bei Gamma-Verteilung.- 5.4.5 Schätzwerte bei Beta-Verteilung.- 5.4.6 Schätzwerte bei Weibull-Verteilung.- 5.4.7 Schätzwerte bei Gumbel-Verteilung.- 5.4.8 Schätzwerte bei hypergeometrischer Verteilung und Binomialverteilung.- 5.4.9 Schätzwerte bei Poisson-Verteilung.- 5.4.10 Schätzwerte bei negativer Binomialverteilung.- 5.5 Schluß von der Stichprobe auf die Grundgesamtheit. Vertrauensbereiche (Konfidenzintervalle) für die Parameter von Wahrscheinlichkeitsverteilungen.- 5.5.1 Vertrauensbereiche bei Normalverteilung.- 5.5.2 Vertrauensbereiche bei Binomialverteilung.- 5.5.3 Vertrauensbereiche bei Poisson-Verteilung.- 5.5.4 Vertrauensbereiche bei beliebiger stetiger Verteilung.- 5.6 Schluß von der Stichprobe auf die Grundgesamtheit. Statistische Anteilsbereiche.- 5.6.1 Statistische Anteilsbereiche bei Normalverteilung.- 5.6.2 Statistische Anteilsbereiche bei beliebiger stetiger Verteilung.- 6 Testverfahren.- 6.1 Allgemeines.- 6.2 Tests auf Zufälligkeit.- 6.3 Anpassungstests.- 6.4 Ausreißertests bei Normalverteilung.- 6.5 Vergleich des Erwartungswertes mit einem vorgegebenen Wert bei Normalverteilung.- 6.6 Vergleich der Varianz mit einem vorgegebenen Wert bei Normalverteilung.- 6.7 Vergleich der Erwartungswerte von Normalverteilungen.- 6.7.1 Erwartungswertvergleich bei zwei Normalverteilungen (unabhängige Stichproben).- 6.7.2 Erwartungswertvergleich bei zwei abhängigen (verbundenen) Stichproben und Normalverteilung der Paardifferenzen (paarweiser Vergleich).- 6.7.3 Testen der Erwartungswerte ?i von mehreren Normalverteilungen (mit unbekannten, aber als gleich vorausgesetzten Varianzen ?2) auf Gleichheit.- 6.8 Vergleich der Varianzen bzw. Standardabweichungen von Normalverteilungen.- 6.8.1 Varianzvergleich bzw. Vergleich der Standardabweichungen von zwei Normalverteilungen.- 6.8.2 Varianzvergleich bzw. Vergleich der Standardabweichungen von mehreren Normalverteilungen.- 6.9 Vergleich der Grundwahrscheinlichkeit einer Binomialverteilung mit einem vorgegebenen Wert.- 6.10 Vergleich der Grundwahrscheinlichkeiten von Binomialverteilungen.- 6.10.1 Vergleich der Grundwahrscheinlichkeiten von zwei Binomialverteilungen.- 6.10.2 Vergleich der Grundwahrscheinlichkeiten von k Binomialverteilungen.- 6.11 Vergleich der Parameter von l Multinomialverteilungen.- 6.12 Vergleich des Erwartungswertes einer Poisson-Verteilung mit einem vorgegebenen Wert.- 6.13 Vergleich der Erwartungswerte von Poisson-Verteilungen.- 6.13.1 Vergleich der Erwartungswerte ?1 und ?2 von zwei Poisson-Verteilungen bei gleicher Zählabschnittgröße b1 = b2.- 6.13.2 Vergleich der Erwartungswerte ?1 und ?2 von zwei Poisson- Verteilungen bei ungleichen Zählabschnittsgrößen b1 und b2.- 6.13.3 Vergleich der Erwartungswerte ?1 von k Poisson-Verteilungen bei gleicher Zählabschnittsgröße b1 = b2 =… = bk = b.- 6.14 Vergleich des Medians mit einem vorgegebenen Wert bei beliebiger stetiger Verteilung.- 6.15 Vergleich zweier beliebiger Verteilungen.- 6.16 Vergleich der Lage von zwei beliebigen stetigen Verteilungen.- 6.16.1 Unabhängige Stichproben.- 6.16.2 Abhängige (verbundene) Stichproben.- 6.17 Vergleich der Streuung von zwei beliebigen stetigen Verteilungen.- 7 Varianzanalyse.- 7.1 Allgemeines.- 7.2 Balancierte einfache Varianzanalyse.- 7.3 Unbalancierte einfache Varianzanalyse.- 7.4 Balancierte zweifache Varianzanalyse mit n-facher Versuchsdurchführung; Kreuzklassifikation.- 7.5 Balancierte zweifache Varianzanalyse; Kreuzklassifikation; Sonderfall n = 1.- 7.6 Unbalancierte zweifache Varianzanalyse; Kreuzklassifikation.- 7.7 Balancierte dreifache Varianzanalyse mit n-facher Versuchsdurchführung; Kreuzklassifikation.- 7.8 Balanciertes Schachtelmodell (balanciertes hierarchisches Modell) mit zwei (oder mehr) Stufen.- 7.9 Simultaner Vergleich der Erwartungswerte für die Stufen systematischer Faktoren bei balancierten Varianzanalysen; Newman-Keuls-Test.- 7.9.1 Modell mit systematischen Komponenten der balancierten einfachen Varianzanalyse.- 7.9.2 Modell mit systematischen Komponenten der balancierten zweifachen Varianzanalyse; Kreuzklassifikation.- 7.10 Verteilungsfreie Varianzanalyse.- 7.10.1 Verteilungsfreie einfache Varianzanalyse.- 7.10.2 Verteilungsfreie balancierte zweifache Varianzanalyse mit n = 1; Kreuzklassifikation; Friedman-Test.- 8 Korrelations- und Kontingenzanalyse.- 8.1 Allgemeines.- 8.2 Kovarianz und Korrelationskoeffizient der Stichprobe.- 8.2.1 Kovarianz und Korrelationskoeffizient der Stichprobe bei Vorliegen von n Wertepaaren.- 8.2.2 Berechnung von Kovarianz und Korrelationskoeffizient aus n Wertepaaren.- 8.2.3 Kovarianz und Korrelationskoeffizient der Stichprobe bei Vorliegen einer Korrelationstabelle.- 8.2.4 Berechnung von Kovarianz und Korrelationskoeffizient aus einer Korrelationstabelle.- 8.3 Testverfahren und Vertrauensbereiche für den Korrelationskoeffizienten der Grundgesamtheit bei zweidimensionaler Normalverteilung.- 8.4 Schätz- und Testverfahren für die partiellen und multiplen Korrelationskoeffizienten bei p-dimensionaler Normalverteilung.- 8.4.1 Partielle Korrelation.- 8.4.2 Multiple Korrelation.- 8.5 Zweidimensionale Rangkorrelationsanalyse.- 8.5.1 Spearmansche Rangkorrelation.- 8.5.2 Kendallsche Rangkorrelation.- 8.6 Mehrdimensionale Rangkorrelationsanalyse.- 8.7 Zweidimensionale Kontingenzanalyse.- 8.7.1 Unabhängigkeitstest.- 8.7.2 Kontingenzmaße (Assoziationsmaße).- 8.7.3 Sonderfall k = m = 2 (Vierfeldertafel).- 9 Regressionsanalyse.- 9.1 Allgemeines.- 9.2 Einfache lineare Regression.- 9.2.1 Modelle.- 9.2.2 Auswertung der Stichprobe.- 9.2.3 Testverfahren.- 9.2.4 Vergleich zweier Regressionsgeraden.- 9.2.5 Vertrauensbereiche (zweiseitig, Vertrauensniveau 1 ? ?).- 9.2.6 Vorhersagebereich für Y (zweiseitig, Vertrauensniveau 1 ? ?).- 9.2.7 Statistische Anteilsbereiche.- 9.2.8 Einfache lineare Regressionsanalyse bei Varianzungleichheit.- 9.3 Mehrfache lineare Regression.- 9.3.1 Modelle.- 9.3.2 Auswertung der Stichprobe.- 9.3.3 Testverfahren.- 9.3.4 Vergleich zweier Residualvarianzen und zweier Regressionskoeffizienten.- 9.3.5 Vertrauensbereiche (zweiseitig, Vertrauensniveau l??).- 9.3.6 Vorhersagebereich für Y (zweiseitig, Vertrauensniveau 1??).- 9.3.7 Statistische Anteilsbereiche.- 9.4 Die Behandlung qualitativer Einflußgrößen bei der Regressionsanalyse.- 10 Qualitätsregelkarten.- 10.1 Allgemeines.- 10.2 Qualitätsregelkarten für ein quantitatives Merkmal.- 10.2.1 Voraussetzungen.- 10.2.2 Sollwerte, Erfahrungswerte und Vorlaufwerte für Erwartungswert ? und Standardabweichung ? bei ungestörtem Prozeß.- 10.2.3 Qualitätsregelkarten ohne Berücksichtigung von vorgegebenen Grenzwerten.- 10.2.4 Qualitätsregelkarten mit erweiterten Grenzen zur Überwachung der Lage.- 10.2.5 Qualitätsregelkarten zur Überwachung der Lage mit Berücksichtigung von vorgegebenen Grenzwerten.- 10.3 Qualitätsregelkarten für die Anzahl oder den Anteil fehlerhafter Einheiten.- 10.4 Qualitätsregelkarten für die Fehlerzahl.- 11 Stichprobenpläne.- 11.1 Annahmestichprobenprüfung.- 11.2 Einfach-Stichprobenanweisungen für Attributprüfung.- 11.2.1 Ablaufschema.- 11.2.2 Prüfung auf fehlerhafte Einheiten.- 11.2.3 Prüfung auf Fehler.- 11.2.4 Operations-Charakteristik, Durchschlupf und mittlerer Prüfaufwand.- 11.2.5 Bestimmung von (n, c) zu zwei vorgegebenen Punkten der Operations-Charakteristik.- 11.3 Doppel- und Mehrfachstichprobenanweisungen für Attributprüfung.- 11.3.1 Ablaufschema.- 11.3.2 Operations-Charakteristik, Durchschlupf und mittlerer Prüfaufwand von Doppel-Stichprobenanweisungen.- 11.4 Einfach-Stichprobenanweisungen für Variablenprüfung.- 11.4.1 Voraussetzungen.- 11.4.2 Ablaufschema bei einem vorgegebenen Grenzwert.- 11.4.3 Operations-Charakteristik, Durchschlupf und mittlerer Prüfaufwand bei einem vorgegebenen Grenzwert.- 11.4.4 Bestimmung von (n, k) zu zwei vorgegebenen Punkten der Operations-Charakteristik bei einem vorgegebenen Grenzwert.- 11.4.5 Einfach-Stichprobenanweisungen für Variablenprüfung bei zwei vorgegebenen Grenzwerten.- 11.5 Sequentielle Stichprobenanweisungen für Attributprüfung.- 11.5.1 Prüfung auf fehlerhafte Einheiten (basierend auf der Binomialverteilung).- 11.5.2 Prüfung auf Fehler (basierend auf der Poisson-Verteilung).- 11.6 Sequentielle Stichprobenanweisungen für Variablenprüfung.- 11.6.1 Prüfung des Erwartungswertes ? auf Überschreitung von ?1 bei bekannter Varianz ?2.- 11.6.2 Prüfung des Schlechtanteils p oberhalb To (unterhalb TU) auf Überschreitung von p1 bei bekannter Varianz ?2.- 11.6.3 Prüfung des Erwartungswertes ? auf Überschreitung von ?1 bei unbekannter, jedoch von Prüflos zu Prüflos konstanter Varianz?2 (Barnard-Test).- 11.6.4 Prüfung der Varianz ?2 auf Überschreitung von ?12 bei bekanntem Erwartungswert ?.- 11.6.5 Prüfung des Schlechtanteils p oberhalb To (unterhalb TU) auf Überschreitung von p1 bei bekanntem Erwartungswert ?.- 11.6.6 Prüfung der Varianz ?2 auf Überschreitung von ?12 bei unbekanntem Erwartungswert ?.- 11.6.7 Prüfung des Schlechtanteils p oberhalb To (unterhalb TU) auf Überschreitung von p1 bei unbekanntem ? und ?2 (WAGR-Test).- 11.7 Kontinuierliche Stichprobenprüfung.- 11.7.1 Einstufiger Dodge-Plan CSP-1.- 11.7.2 Plan CSP-2 von Dodge und Torrey.- 11.7.3 Mehrstufige Pläne CSP-k.- 11.8 Stichprobensysteme.- 11.8.1 Military Standard 105D.- 11.8.2 Stichprobensystem von ISO für sequentielle Attributprüfung.- 11.8.3 LQL-Stichprobensystem von ISO.- 11.8.4 Dodge-Romig-Stichprobensystem.- 11.8.5 Philips-Standard-Stichprobensystem.- 11.8.6 Military Standard 414.- 11.8.7 Stichprobensystem von ISO für sequentielle Variablenprüfung.- 11.8.8 Stichprobensysteme für Lebensdauerprüfungen.- 11.8.9 Stichprobensysteme für kontinuierliche Stichprobenprüfung.- 12 Funktionen von Zufallsvariablen.- 12.1 Transformationen einer Zufallsvariablen; Merkmalstransformation.- 12.2 Transformation mehrerer Zufallsvariablen; Streuungsfortpflanzung.- B Beispiele.- 1 Berechnung von Mittelwert, Median, Varianz, Standardabweichung und Variationskoeffizient bei kleinem Stichprobenumfang.- 2 Berechnung von Mittelwert, Median, Varianz, Standardabweichung und Schiefe bei großem Stichprobenumfang (gleichabständige Klasseneinteilung).- 3 Graphische Ermittlung von Mittelwert und Standardabweichung im Wahrscheinlichkeitsnetz.- 4 Zufallsstreubereiche.- 5 Vertrauensbereiche.- 6 Statistische Anteilsbereiche.- 7 Anwendung des Binomialpapiers.- 8 Tests auf Zufälligkeit, Ausreißer und Normalverteilung.- 9 Vergleich eines Parameters mit einem vorgegebenen Wert.- 10 Vergleich der Erwartungswerte bzw. der Mediane bei zwei unabhängigen Stichproben (Zweistichproben-t-Test, Spannweitenverfahren von Lord, Mann-Whitney-Wilcoxon-Test).- 11 Vergleich der Erwartungswerte bei zwei verbundenen Stichproben (paarweiser t-Test, Zweistichproben-Vorzeichen-Rangtest von Wilcoxon).- 12 Vergleich der Varianzen von Normalverteilungen (F-Test, Cochran-Test, Hartley-Test).- 13 Vergleich der Grundwahrscheinlichkeiten von Binomialverteilungen.- 14 Test auf Normalverteilung mit dem ?2-Anpassungstest.- 15 Einfache Varianzanalyse.- 16 Balancierte zweifache Varianzanalyse mit dreifacher Versuchsdurchführung; Kreuzklassifikation.- 17 Zweifache Varianzanalyse; eine Beobachtung je Zelle.- 18 Balanciertes zweistufiges Schachtelmodell (balanciertes zweistufiges hierarchisches Modell) der Varianzanalyse.- 19 Korrelationsanalyse bei zweidimensionaler Normalverteilung.- 20 Zweidimensionale Rangkorrelationsanalyse.- 21 Einfache Regressionsanalyse.- 22 Mehrfache Regressionsanalyse.- 23 Qualitätsregelkarten für ein quantitatives Merkmal ohne Berücksichtigung von vorgegebenen Grenzwerten.- 24 Qualitätsregelkarte für ein quantitatives Merkmal mit Berücksichtigung von Grenzwerten.- 25 Qualitätsregelkarte für die Anzahl fehlerhafter Einheiten (Stücke).- 26 Qualitätsregelkarte für die Fehlerzahl.- 27 Einfach-Stichprobenanweisung für Attributprüfung.- 28 Einfach-Stichprobenanweisung für Variablenprüfung.- 29 Sequentielle Stichprobenanweisung für Attributprüfung.- 30 Auswertung einer Stichprobe im logarithmischen Wahrscheinlichkeitsnetz.- 31 Auswertung einer Stichprobe im Weibull-Netz.- C Tabellen.- C 1 Wahrscheinlichkeitsdichtefunktion ?(u) der standardisierten Normalverteilung.- C 2 Verteilungsfunktion ?(u) der standardisierten Normalverteilung.- C 3 Quantile up der standardisierten Normalverteilung.- C 4 Quantile tf; p der t-Verteilung.- C 5 Quantile ?f; p2 der ?2-Verteilung.- C 6 95%-Quantile $${F_{{f_1},{f_2};95\% }}$$ der F-Verteilung.- C 7 97,5%-Quantile $${F_{{f_1},{f_2};97.5\% }}$$ der F-Verteilung.- C 8 99%-Quantile $${F_{{f_1},{f_2};99\% }}$$ der F-Verteilung.- C 9 99,5%-Quantile $${F_{{f_1},{f_2};99.5\% }}$$ der F-Verteilung.- C 10 Häufigkeitssummen F(i)(n) (in Prozent) zum Eintragen der Punkte [x(i); F(i) (n)] von geordneten Stichproben in das Wahrscheinlichkeitsnetz beim Stichprobenumfang n = 6, 7,…, 30.- C 11 Erwartungswert, Standardabweichung und Quantile der Verteilung der Extremwerte bei Normalverteilung.- C 12 Quantile wn; p der Verteilung der auf a bezogenen Spannweite Wn = R/? = (X(n) - X(1))/? = U(n) - U(1) in Stichproben vom Umfang n bei Normalverteilung.- C 13 95%-Quantile qm,f;95% der Verteilung der studentisierten Spannweite Qm,f=(X(m)-X(1)/Sf.- C 14 99%-Quantile qm,f;99% der Verteilung der studentisierten Spannweite Qm,f=(X(m)-X(1))Sf.- C 15 Abgrenzungsfaktoren xU und xO zur Abgrenzung des Vertrauensbereiches für ? bzw. des Zufallsstreubereiches für s.- C 16 Werte für $$z = \arcsin \sqrt p $$ (z in Radiant).- C 17 Werte für p = sin2z (z in Radiant).- C 18 Vertrauensgrenzen ?U und ?O für den Erwartungswert ? der Poisson-Verteilung.- C 19 Zahlenwerte kn;? zur Abgrenzung des Vertrauensbereiches für den Median.- C 20 Faktoren k1b(n; 1 ? y; 1 ? ?) zur Berechnung des einseitig abgegrenzten statistischen Anteilsbereiches bei Normalverteilung (Varianz ?2 bekannt).- C 21 Faktoren k2b(n; 1 ? y; 1 ? ?) zur Berechnung des zweiseitig abgegrenzten statistischen Anteilsbereiches bei Normalverteilung (Varianz ?2 bekannt).- C 22 Faktoren k1u(n; 1 ? y; 1 ? ?) zur Berechnung des einseitig abgegrenzten statistischen Anteilsbereiches bei Normalverteilung (Varianz ?2 unbekannt).- C 23 Faktoren r(n; 1 ? y) und v (f; 1 ? ?) zur Berechnung des zweiseitigen statistischen Anteilsbereiches bei Normalverteilung (Varianz ?2 unbekannt).- C 24 Abgrenzungsfaktoren zur Berechnung der Warngrenzen (P = 95% zweiseitig) und Eingriffsgrenzen (P = 99% zweiseitig) von Mittelwertkarten ($$\bar x$$-Karten), Mediankarten ($$\tilde x$$-Karten) und Urwertkarten (Extremwertkarten).- C 25 Abgrenzungsfaktoren zur Berechnung der Warngrenzen (P = 95% zweiseitig) und Eingriffsgrenzen (P = 99% zweiseitig) von Standardabweichungskarten (s-Karten) und Spannweitenkarten (R -Karten).- C 26 Gleichverteilte Zufallszahlen.- D Nomogramme.- D l Verteilungsfunktion G(x; n, p) der Binomialverteilung.- D 2 Verteilungsfunktion G(x; ?) der Poisson-Verteilung.- D 3 Relativer Abstand qr der Vertrauensgrenzen $$\bar x$$ von bei zweiseitiger Abgrenzung des Vertrauensbereiches für den Erwartungswert ? der Normalverteilung.- D 4 Zweiseitiger Vertrauensbereich für p bei Binomialverteilung zum Vertrauensniveau 1 ? ? = 95%.- D 5 Zweiseitiger Vertrauensbereich für p bei Binomialverteilung zum Vertrauensniveau l?? 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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC What is the Economy?: And Why it Matters to You
Book SynopsisWhy are houses so expensive? Is our banking system going to collapse again? Should we be worried that robots are going to take all our jobs? And just what exactly is the economy anyway? Economists and politicians would have you believe it is a rarified topic best left to ‘the experts’. The experts are wrong. This book uncovers what people really mean when they talk about ‘the economy’, taking the word off its pedestal and showing that it’s just a lens for seeing the world around us. That, at its heart, economics is about you, and the society you’re a part of. Explaining key concepts in economics in relation to how they directly affect your life – from your money to your home, your workplace to your future – What is the Economy? drags the obscure world of economics kicking and screaming towards the everyday and equips you with clarity and understanding.Trade ReviewIf you ever wanted to know what economists talk about, or want to get a bit more understanding out of media coverage of economics and the economy, then this gem of a book will get you started! * Peter Antonioni, UCL, UK *What is the economy? What is economics? This excellent book seeks to give meaningful answers to the non-economist. This is no simple task. But we all have expertise at least in the parts of the economy that affect us directly. We also all need to understand something about the economy and economics if we are to make sense of our lives and participate in our democracy. Read and learn: economics is too important to be left to the economists. * Martin Wolf *We all live in an economy. Many of the things we do and many things that happen to us are to do with the economy. However, there is a gap between economic analyses and our everyday lived experiences. This book fills that gap. And it does that in a way that is systematic but light-footed, comprehensive but not overpowering, and principled but not sanctimonious. Let's all read it. * Ha-Joon Chang, University of Cambridge, UK *This clear and comprehensible book about economics is long overdue. * Brian Eno *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Preface (and a general warning) Chapter 1: How did we get here? Chapter 2: What is the economy? Chapter 3: What is an economy for? Chapter 4: You (and everybody else) Chapter 5: Your High Street Chapter 6: Your Home Chapter 7: Your Work Chapter 8: Your Money Chapter 9: Your Society Chapter 10: Your Government Chapter 11: Your World Chapter 12: The World Needs a New Language Bibliography and Further Reading
£22.50
Profile Books Ltd Unconventional Wisdom: Adventures in the
Book SynopsisThe world can be an amazing place if you know the right questions to ask: How much does a ghost reduce a house's value? How are winemakers responding to climate change? How much should you tip your Uber driver? Should your dog fear Easter more than fireworks? The keen minds of The Economist love to look beyond everyday appearances to find out what really makes things tick. In this latest collection of The Economist Explains, they have gathered the weirdest and most counter-intuitive answers they've found in their endless quest to explain our bizarre world. Take a peek at some Unconventional Wisdom - and pass it on! The world only gets more amazing when discoveries are shared.Trade ReviewThe Father Christmas of knowledge -- Giles CorenPraise for Go Figure: Books like this make you wary of ever guessing the answer to anything -- Mark Mason * Daily Mail *
£8.54
Legend Press Ltd Smart Skills: Working with Others
Book SynopsisPart of the Smart Skills SeriesWorking with Others offers all you need to know to work successfully with colleagues and business associates, whether you are an employee, manager, freelancer or business owner.Many of the most successful business ideas and projects spring from collaboration between people, so making sure you work effectively with others can be the making or breaking of a business
£9.49
Rethink Press Choices: From confusion to clarity
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£13.49
BenBella Books The Soul-Sourced Entrepreneur: An Unconventional
Book SynopsisCan you succeed in business when your strength is more about sensitivity than swagger? If you're moved by meaning, more than manipulation? In other words: Can you succeed while still being you? Christine Kane is living proof that the answer is yes. Far too many of us have swallowed the notion that business owners have to be a certain way to be successful—strategy-obsessed, data-driven, and relentlessly aggressive. Bookstore shelves are lined with guides for entrepreneurs that urge them to "Crush it! "10X It!" or "Unf**k it!" Those who aren't crushers or unf**kers of anything are left wondering if something's wrong with them. Like,maybe they're just not cut out for business. A former songwriter and performer, and then founder of Uplevel YOU—a multi-million-dollar business coaching company—Christine Kane shows a new class of entrepreneurs another way. It's time to connect, not crush. In The Soul-Sourced Entrepreneur, Kane shares the insights that have helped thousands find success without losing themselves. In these pages, readers will find a practical plan to: • Toss out ineffective, old-school goal-setting models. • Reframe your intuition and sensitivity as valuable assets, not as flaws to hide. • Examine old patterns for clues as to what's been holding you back. • Clean up the spaces and distractions draining your energy and power. • Learn to confidently trust in your own wisdom. • Break free from fear-based decision-making that plagues most businesses. Throughout the book, you'll hear stories from other soul-sourced entrepreneurs, who employ their own reliable, unique set of best practices based as much in intuition and self-awareness as on specific skills and strategies. Forget business as usual. Your business is personal, and in this new era, authenticity, creativity, and sensitivity are what set businesses apart. The Soul-Sourced Entrepreneur is your unconventional plan to build the business of your dreams, and being wildly successful by being you.Trade Review"Do you want to know how entrepreneurship is being redefined? By ditching the winner-take-all tactics, and leaning into authenticity and integrity. Christine Kane's book shows you how to achieve the business of your dreams, the right way."—Mike Michalowicz, author of Fix This Next and Profit First"If you want to be successful, powerful, and influential, but are repulsed by admonishments to crush, hack, manipulate, and succeed through pure 24/7 aggression, this is the book you've been waiting for. In this inspiring and practical guide, Kane points to those qualities you may have deemed problematic—vulnerability, sensitivity, creativity, intuition—as the path to lasting success."—Susan Piver, New York Times bestselling author and founder of The Open Heart Project "Finally, a business guide that celebrates that business is personal and vulnerability is strength. Christine Kane's approach to entrepreneurship deepens our integrity, clarity, and connection to others. Eye-opening, affirming, and downright practical . . . a must-read for all mindful, vision-driven business owners."—Kristine Carlson, New York Times bestselling coauthor of the Don't Sweat the Small Stuff series "If Christine Kane didn't already exist, the world would have to create her. The soul-sourced approach to business success, rooted in sound strategy and soul-searching authenticity, is exactly what today's entrepreneurs want and need. What a beautiful, powerful book!"—John David Mann, coauthor of the international bestseller The Go-GiverTable of ContentsContents On Being “Cut Out” for Business (or Why You Need This Book)STRATEGY & SOUL1 The Greed Industry2 Trading Tricks for Tracks3 The New Ops Manual: Eight Guidelines for the Soul TrackINITIATING INTENTION4 Firewalks and Fast Food: Tossing Out Old-School Goal Setting5 How It Starts: The Two Drivers of Intention6 How We Kill Intention7 Initiating Your Intention8 What to Do If You Don’t Know What You WantMANAGING POWER9 Power Redefined10 The Attention Economy11 Energy Doesn’t Lie12 Power Plays: The Inner Game of BusinessINTERPRETING EXPERIENCES13 Swords and Arrows: The Meaning We Bring to Experience14 Interpreting from Expansion15 Hooked by Stories16 Accessing Neutral17 The Habit of Interpretation18 Interpretation TrapsNAVIGATING DECISIONS19 The Play-Big Zone20 Just Tell Me What to Do21 This Is Your Brain on Decisions22 Tolerating: The Ultimate Non-Decision23 Getting Good at Decisions24 Real Is the New Strong: Embracing Your Funk
£999.99
BenBella Books Ludicrous: The Unvarnished Story of Tesla Motors
Book SynopsisTesla is the most exciting car company in a generation . . . but can it live up to the hype?Tesla Motors and CEO Elon Musk have become household names, shaking up the staid auto industry by creating a set of innovative electric vehicles that have wowed the marketplace and defied conventional wisdom. The company's market valuation now rivals that of long-established automakers, and, to many industry observers, Tesla is defining the future of the industry. But behind the hype, Tesla has some serious deficiencies that raise questions about its sky-high valuation, and even its ultimate survival. Tesla's commitment to innovation has led it to reject the careful, zero-defects approach of other car manufacturers, even as it struggles to mass-produce cars reliably, and with minimal defects. While most car manufacturers struggle with the razor-thin margins of mid-priced sedans, Tesla's strategy requires that the Model 3 finally bring it to profitability, even as the high-priced Roadster and Model S both lost money. And Tesla's approach of continually focusing on the future, even as commitments and deadlines are repeatedly missed, may ultimately test the patience of all but its most devoted fans. In Ludicrous, journalist and auto industry analyst Edward Niedermeyer lays bare the disconnect between the popular perception of Tesla and the day-to-day realities of the company—and the cars it produces. Blending original reporting and never-before-published insider accounts with savvy industry analysis, Niedermeyer tells the story of Tesla as it's never been told before—with clear eyes, objectivity and insight.Trade Review "Exceptionally well written, impressively informative, and ... extraordinary." —Midwest Book Review "Fascinating and frustrating at the same time . . . Edward Niedermeyer has really worked hard in researching this well-balanced book." —Washington Book Review "Ludicrous is a revealing look at Tesla's tumultuous history from the internet's leading Tesla skeptic." —Timothy Lee, reporter at Ars Technica "Ed Niedermeyer's deep dive into Tesla reveals the complex, fascinating, and often frustrating world of a company that has achieved great heights and is at risk of an even bigger fall. This isn't a book for the faint of heart. It lays bare all of Tesla—including the flaws and scar tissue—giving an unadulterated view of an enigmatic company and its rise from unknown upstart to a high-profile global automaker." —Kirsten Korosec, senior reporter at TechCrunch "The Tesla book we need, but don't deserve." —Alex Roy, founder of the Human Driving Association and author of The Driver: My Dangerous Pursuit of Speed and Truth in the Outlaw Racing World "Ed Niedermeyer has taken on the challenge of chronicling a company that prefers to only be discussed by its fans in an even-handed way that covers what went right and what failed. It's a fascinating read." —Sam Abuelsamid, principal mobility research analyst at Navigant ResearchTable of ContentsContents Introduction 1 The Survivor 2 The Top Secret Master Plan3 The Accidental Automaker 4 The Startup Trap 5 Making Cars Is Hard 6 Bailout 7 Zero to Sixty Billion 8 The Lovers and the Haters 9 Solar, Superchargers, and Swap 10 The Autopilot Pivot 11 X Marks the Spot 12 Defects, Disclosure, and Drama 13 The Remastered Plan 14 The Machine That Builds the Machine 15 The Empire Strikes Back 16 Ludicrous Mode 17Where the Rubber Meets the Road Acknowledgments Notes Index
£999.99
Kohlhammer Professionelle Personalauswahl Und Suche
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£26.10
Springer International Publishing AG Actuarial Sciences and Quantitative Finance: ICASQF, Bogotá, Colombia, June 2014
Book SynopsisFeaturing contributions from industry and academia, this volume includes chapters covering a diverse range of theoretical and empirical aspects of actuarial science and quantitative finance, including portfolio management, derivative valuation, risk theory and the economics of insurance. Developed from the First International Congress on Actuarial Science and Quantitative Finance, held at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia in Bogotá in June 2014, this volume highlights different approaches to issues arising from industries in the Andean and Carribean regions. Contributions address topics such as Reverse mortgage schemes and urban dynamics, modeling spot price dynamics in the electricity market, and optimizing calibration and pricing with SABR models.Table of ContentsModeling Electricity Spot Price Dynamics by Using Levy-Type Cox Processes: An Application to the Colombian Market.- Using Value-at-Risk (VaR) to Measure Market Risk of the Equity Inventory of a Market Maker.- Reverse mortgage schemes financing urban dynamics using the multiple decrement approach.- Speedup of Calibration and Pricing with SABR models: from equities to interest rates derivatives.- Bergman, Piterbarg and Beyond: Pricing Derivatives under Collateralization and Differential Rates.
£80.99
Gabler Grundlagen statistischer Wahrscheinlichkeiten: Kombinationen, Wahrscheinlichkeiten, Binomial- und Normalverteilung, Konfidenzintervalle, Hypothesentests
Book SynopsisEndlich verstehen Sie die ökonomischen Anwendungsmöglichkeiten und Funktionsweisen statistischer Wahrscheinlichkeiten im Betrieb! Dieses Buch vermittelt Ihnen die grundlegenden Verfahren der Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung als auch der Wahrscheinlichkeitsverteilungen und zeigt Ihnen deren praktische Anwendung in Betrieb und Ökonomie. Beispiele und Fragen mit Musterlösungen dienen dem weiteren Verständnis.Table of ContentsGrundlagen statistischer Wahrscheinlichkeiten in der Betriebswirtschaft: Grundbegriffe der Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung Diskrete Wahrscheinlichkeitsverteilungen - Binomial- und Hypergeometrische Verteilung Stetige Wahrscheinlichkeitsverteilung - Normalverteilung Intervallschätzung Notwendiger Stichprobenumfang Wahlforschung Hypothesentestverfahren Tabelle der Standardnormalverteilung Mathematische Grundlagen der induktiven Statistik Lösungen
£27.99
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Aufgabensammlung zur statistischen Methodenlehre
Book SynopsisIn die 4. Auflage dieser Aufgabensammlung wurde eine in Aufgaben-Form gebrachte empirische Untersuchung über das Lotto 6 aus 49 aufgenommen, die auf der Auswertung von 1264 Lotto-Ausspielungen aus 25 Jahren beruht. Das Ergebnis lautet: Auch aus Sicht der Mathematischen Statistik gibt es rationale Tipp-Strategien. Sie lassen sich darauf gründen, daß die realen Lottospieler-Kollektive einem stark ausgeprägten Konsensverhalten folgen, das rationales individuelles Verhalten in der Form eines speziellen Gegen-den-Strom-Schwimmens ermöglicht. Allein die systematische Berücksichtigung einer einzigen kollektiv stark vernachlässigten Lottozahl - solche Zahlen werden als "Antikonsenszahlen" bezeichnet - hätte in den untersuchten Ausspielungen die mathematische Gewinn-Erwartung um ca. 30% erhöht gegenüber dem "Normal"-Wert von 50% des Einsatzes. Danach erscheint es hoch plausibel, daß Spieler, die ihre Tippreihen ausschließlich aus solchen "Antikonsenszahlen" bilden, sogar eine mathematische Gewinn-Erwartung erzielen können, die den Einsatz übersteigt. Ein Bereich solcher "Antikonsenszahlen" wird mit Hilfe eines statistischen Schätzverfahrens explizit bestimmt. Die praktische Nutzanwendung solcher Ergebnisse steht allerdings unter dem Vorbehalt, daß sich das kollektive Spielverhalten nicht signifikant ändert, z.B. weil es durch Informationen - wie die hier vorgelegten - gestört wird.Table of ContentsAufgabensammlung zur statistischen Methodenlehre und Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung.
£38.24
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Nichtparametrische Analyse und Prognose von
Book SynopsisTable of Contents1 Einleitung.- I Motivation, Asymptotik und Modifikationen von Kern- und Nearest-Neighbour-Schätzern.- 2 Von der nichtparametrischen Dichteschätzung zur nichtparametrischen Zeitreihenanalyse und Prognose.- 2.1 Nichtparametrische Dichteschätzung.- 2.2 Nichtparametrische Regression.- 2.3 Nichtparametrische Zeitreihenanalyse und Prognose.- 3 Asymptotische Eigenschaften von Kern- und Nearest-Neighbour-Schätzern.- 3.1 Modellannahmen zur Herleitung asymptotischer Eigenschaften.- 3.2 Asymptotische Eigenschaften bei unabhängigen Beobachtungen.- 3.3 Asymptotische Eigenschaften bei abhängigen Beobachtungen.- 4 Ein Lösungsansatz zum Problem der Dimensionalität.- 4.1 Prognose auf der Basis ähnlicher aber möglicherweise entfernter Verlaufsmuster.- 4.2 Verringerung des Einflusses allzu ferner Verlaufsmuster.- 5 Biasreduktion durch asymmetrische Kerne.- 5.1 Der Fall p=1.- 5.2 Übertragung auf höhere Dimensionen.- 6 Biasreduzierende und varianzreduzierende Mischungen von Kern- und NN-Schätzern.- 7 Robuste Kern- und NN-Schätzer.- 7.1 M-Schätzer.- 7.2 L-Schätzer.- 7.3 R-Schätzer.- 7.4 Weitere Verfahren der robusten Kern- und Nearest-Neighbour-Schätzung.- 8 Weitere Modifikationen und einige Bemerkungen zur Wahl der Glättungsparameter.- 8.1 Additive nichtparametrische Modelle.- 8.2 Twicing.- 8.3 Jackknifing von Kern- und Nearest- Neighbour-Schätzern.- 8.4 Polynomiale nichtparametrische Regression.- 8.5 Semiparametrische Zeitreihenmodelle.- 8.6 Einige Bemerkungen zur Wahl der Bandweite und der Anzahl der nächsten Nachbarn.- II Einige empirische Studien.- 9 Nichtparametrische Modellierung der Wasserführung der Ruhr.- 9.1 Die Daten.- 9.2 Prediktogramme.- 9.3 Kern- und NN-Schätzer.- 9.4 Modifizierte Kern- und NN-Schätzer.- 10 Nichtparametrische Modellierung der Leitfähigkeit eines niedersächsischen Flusses.- 10.1 Die Daten.- 10.2 Prognoseeigenschaften gewöhnlicher NN-Schätzer.- 10.3 Verwendung asymmetrischer Kernfunktionen.- 10.4 Einbeziehen ähnlicher aber möglicherweise entfernter Verläufe.- 11 Nichtparametrische Modellierung der Luftbelastung durch Schwefeldioxid und Stickstoffdioxid.- 11.1 Allgemeines.- 11.2 Die Daten.- 11.3 Prognosen.- 12 Abschließende Bemerkungen.- Abbildungsverzeichnis.- Tabellenverzeichnis.
£44.99
Duncker & Humblot Regionalwirtschaft: Global Denken, Regional Und Lokal Handeln
£36.10
The University of Chicago Press The Firm the Market and the Law
Book SynopsisA collection of essays on economics which focus on the practical implications of theory.
£26.00
McGill-Queen's University Press To Make a Killing
Book SynopsisTo Make a Killing chronicles the life of Arthur Cutten, the grain and stock market speculator who made a fortune during the 1920s and was later vilified by the Roosevelt administration as one of the “banksters” responsible for the Great Depression.Trade Review“While the history of the financial markets of the early twentieth century has been well documented, To Make a Killing approaches the topic from a new angle, bringing the relatively unknown story of Arthur Cutten to life. Extensively researched, this is an interesting book that deserves to be read.” Angela Redish, Vancouver School of Economics, University of British Columbia“To Make a Killing offers a fresh and engaging adventure through the life of a little-known commodity and stock exchange speculator. The book will be a valuable read for anyone interested in financial history or American history.” Joe Martin, co-author of From Wall Street to Bay Street: The Origins and Evolution of American and Canadian Finance
£999.99
University of Washington Press American Indian Business
Book SynopsisAmerican Indian business is booming. The number of American Indian and Alaska Nativeowned businesses increased by 15.3 percent from 2007 to 2012a time when the total number of US businesses increased by just 2 percentand receipts grew from $34.4 million in 2002 to $8.8 billion in 2012. Despite this impressive growth, there is an absence of small businesses on reservations, and Native Americans own private businesses at the lowest rate per capita for any ethnic or racial group in the United States. Many Indigenous entrepreneurs face unique cultural and practical challenges in starting, locating, and operating a business, from a perceived lack of a culture of entrepreneurship and a suspicion of capitalism to the difficulty of borrowing start-up funds when real estate is held in trust and cannot be used as collateral. This book provides an accessible introduction to American Indian businesses, business practices, and business education. Its chapters cover the history of American Indian Trade Review"A great read as a textbook or as an additional reading assignment. . . . I recommend this book for courses such as tribal management, reservation entrepreneurial operations, and others that have similar learning outcomes. The book approaches business from Indigenous perspectives and is important for students, faculty members, and Native entrepreneurs alike. . . .The value of this book goes beyond borderlines. American Indian Business: Principles and Practices contributes to our understanding of the many issues and challenges of starting a business in Indian Country." * Tribal College Journal *Table of ContentsForeword Preface 1. A Brief History of American Indian Business / Charles F. Harrington 2. Embracing Cultural Tradition: Historic Business Activity by Native People in the Western United States / Joseph Scott Gladstone 3. American Indian Entrepreneurship / Charles F. Harrington, Carolyn Birmingham, and Daniel Stewart 4. Business Strategy: Building Competitive Advantage in American Indian Firms / Daniel Stewart 5. The Business Law of the Third Sovereign: Legal Aspects of Doing Business in Indian Country / Gavin Clarkson 6. Legal Forms of Organization / Amy Klemm Verbos 7. Tribal Finance and Economic Development: The Fight against Economic Leakage / Gavin Clarkson 8. High-Stakes Negotiation: Indian Gaming and Tribal-State Compacts / Gavin Clarkson and James K. Sebenius 9. American Indian Leadership Practices / Stephanie Lee Black and Carolyn Birmingham 10. Business Ethics and Native American Values / Carma M. Claw, Amy Klemm Verbos, and Grace Ann Rosile 11. Coyote Learns to Manage a Health Program / Joseph Scott Gladstone 12. A Native American Values–Infused Approach to Human Resources / Matthew S. Rodgers and Shad Morris 13. Service Management for Native American Customers / Deanna M. Kennedy, Denise Bill, Rachael Meares, and Iisaaksiichaa (Good Ladd) Ross Braine 14. Native Americans and Marketing: A Paradoxical Relationship / Stephanie Lawson Brooks and Cara Peters List of Contributors Index
£110.48
University of Washington Press American Indian Business
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A great read as a textbook or as an additional reading assignment. . . . I recommend this book for courses such as tribal management, reservation entrepreneurial operations, and others that have similar learning outcomes. The book approaches business from Indigenous perspectives and is important for students, faculty members, and Native entrepreneurs alike. . . .The value of this book goes beyond borderlines. American Indian Business: Principles and Practices contributes to our understanding of the many issues and challenges of starting a business in Indian Country." * Tribal College Journal *Table of ContentsForeword Preface 1. A Brief History of American Indian Business / Charles F. Harrington 2. Embracing Cultural Tradition: Historic Business Activity by Native People in the Western United States / Joseph Scott Gladstone 3. American Indian Entrepreneurship / Charles F. Harrington, Carolyn Birmingham, and Daniel Stewart 4. Business Strategy: Building Competitive Advantage in American Indian Firms / Daniel Stewart 5. The Business Law of the Third Sovereign: Legal Aspects of Doing Business in Indian Country / Gavin Clarkson 6. Legal Forms of Organization / Amy Klemm Verbos 7. Tribal Finance and Economic Development: The Fight against Economic Leakage / Gavin Clarkson 8. High-Stakes Negotiation: Indian Gaming and Tribal-State Compacts / Gavin Clarkson and James K. Sebenius 9. American Indian Leadership Practices / Stephanie Lee Black and Carolyn Birmingham 10. Business Ethics and Native American Values / Carma M. Claw, Amy Klemm Verbos, and Grace Ann Rosile 11. Coyote Learns to Manage a Health Program / Joseph Scott Gladstone 12. A Native American Values–Infused Approach to Human Resources / Matthew S. Rodgers and Shad Morris 13. Service Management for Native American Customers / Deanna M. Kennedy, Denise Bill, Rachael Meares, and Iisaaksiichaa (Good Ladd) Ross Braine 14. Native Americans and Marketing: A Paradoxical Relationship / Stephanie Lawson Brooks and Cara Peters List of Contributors Index
£33.98