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Book SynopsisThe “infuriating, illuminating, essential”​ (Kurt Anderson) exposé of private equity: what it is, how it kills businesses and jobs, how the government helps, and how we stop it Private equity surrounds us. Firms like Blackstone, Carlyle, and KKR are among the largest employers in America and hold assets that rival those of small countries. Yet few understand what these firms are or how they work. In Plunder, Brendan Ballou explains how private equity has reshaped American business by raising prices, reducing quality, cutting jobs, and shifting resources from productive to unproductive parts of the economy. Ballou vividly illustrates how many private equity firms buy up retailers, medical practices, prison services, nursing-home chains, and mobile-home parks, among other businesses, using little of their own money to do it and avoiding debt and liability for their actions. Forced to take on huge debts and pay extractive fees, companies purchased by private equity firms are often left bankrupt, or shells of their former selves, with consequences to communities that long depended on them. Perhaps most startling is Ballou’s insight into how this is happening with the active support of various arms of the government. But, as Ballou reveals in an agenda for reining in the industry, private equity can be stopped from wreaking further havoc.  

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Book SynopsisAuthor Megan Giller invites fellow chocoholics on a fascinating journey through America’s craft chocolate revolution. Learn what to look for in a craft chocolate bar and how to successfully pair chocolate with coffee, beer, spirits, cheese, or bread. This comprehensive celebration of chocolate busts some popular myths (like “white chocolate isn’t chocolate”) and introduces you to more than a dozen of the hottest artisanal chocolate makers in the US today. You’ll get a taste for the chocolate-making process and understand how chocolate’s flavor depends on where the cacao was grown — then discover how to turn your artisanal bars into unexpected treats with 22 recipes from master chefs.

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Book SynopsisBlockchain and artificial intelligence are perhaps the two most significant disruptive technologies this century and both will significantly rewire the world of global financial markets and the world in which we live. While blockchain offers a number of significant advantages over traditional forms of finance including lower cost and massive increases in operational efficiencies of traded markets, property records and a whole host of transaction processes, artificial intelligence is moving fast from basic structured machine learning doing menial yet important big data tasks like credit card fraud detection to predictive analysis and real-time real-world risk management and investment decision making. There is still a lot of confusion in the market about cryptocurrencies, bitcoin and the underlying blockchain technology. Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence highlights the underlying technologies of blockchain and the differences between cryptocurrencies and blockchain financial applications. It explores the current AI offerings and gives a vision of the fast-moving developments in this area including the many solutions that are expected to revolutionize the way financial and commodity markets will operate in the future.

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Book SynopsisA revised and updated third edition of the popular Complete Guide to Personal Training with up-to-date content and new exercises.This is the complete reference guide for anyone working as a personal trainer, or studying to become one, with an in-depth look into the role of the trainer in relation to codes of conduct and client care. This comprehensive book contains practical tips and advice for designing a range of exercise programmes for clients. It also focuses on the best ways to sustain a financially successful personal training business and stand out from the crowd.This new third edition includes:- Brand-new illustrated stretches and exercises- Advice on training at home or outdoors- A spotlight on client well-being- Updated government guidelines, statistics and scientific findings- Guidance on adapting exercises for disabled or vulnerable clients- National guidelines for nutrition and

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Book SynopsisLearn to build financial software hands-on using generative AI tools like ChatGPT and Copilot.

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Book SynopsisSome of the most life-changing connections are made at events. But if you can’t design events, how can you change your world? The answer? This handbook will change the way you think about how events change the world you live in. It shows the way to re-design your world on one sheet of paper using the #EventCanvas. This book identifies the starting point of any event and outlines steps of how events come to life. It focuses on the DNA of specific aspects of events, and provides insight into how to observe and analyze events, understand stakeholders, and define behavioural changes required to deliver value. It also identifies the levers and mechanisms that influence such behavioural changes in event design. This handbook lays the foundation for creating a common language. A language that can be spoken and understood by those who know and those who don’t yet know the mechanics of events. It is a pragmatic approach for designing and creating events that matter. For more information about the #EventCanvas visit: www.eventcanvas.org/eventdesignhandbook

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Book SynopsisAlison Lowe is a leading expert on fashion brand development and growth. Based in London, UK, she founded and leads a fashion incubator agency and an online support platform, Start Your Own Fashion Label. She develops and teaches courses at the London College of Fashion, University of East London, University of the Arts London and Emlyon Business School. A regular international conference speaker, she also consults for brands across the globe, is a judge for the Great British Entrepreneur Awards and has been awarded an MBE for Services to the Fashion Industry.Trade Review"Addresses the changes of sustainability and digitalization brilliantly, highlighting some amazing examples. A wonderful guide for students with entrepreneurial ambitions." * Professor José Teunissen, Dean at London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London *"Alison brings to the table an unbeatable combination of years of experience and an accessible writing style which addresses fashion's issues with admirable directness." * Maurice Mullen, Head of Fashion & Luxury Goods, Evening Standard *"Provides a fresh contemporary approach to the subject of fashion business, fusing both core academic theory and practical tips." * Alexandra Hill, Course Leader, Norwich University of the Arts *"Provides a thorough introduction to all aspects of fashion management while maintaining a clear strategic focus" * Sennait Ghebreab, Programme Leader Business BA Courses at Istituto Marangoni London *"A must-read primer for anyone considering fashion business and management. Read this book and learn from one of the best." * Kent Le, Programme Leader MA International Fashion Business, University of East London and Adjunct Professor for Business of Fashion, Fordham University *"A crucial textbook for fashion studies and an important reference point for those working in fashion branding, fashion businesses and their related industries." * Ram Shergill, Editor in Chief, The Protagonist Magazine *Table of Contents Chapter - 01: Putting the customer first; Chapter - 02: Competitive advantage; Chapter - 03: Purpose, planet, people; Chapter - 04: Business foundations for fashion brands; Chapter - 05: Product design and development; Chapter - 06: Supply chain management; Chapter - 07: Brand storytelling and management; Chapter - 08: Innovation and technology; Chapter - 09: Driving sales; Chapter - 10: Marketing and promotion; Chapter - 11: Finance; Chapter - 12: Future entrepreneurial advantage for fashion brands; Chapter - 13: Glossary;

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Book SynopsisIn a quickly growing and evolving society, organizations at all levels face ongoing challenges and complexities that require specific leadership skills. Contemporary Leadership in Sport Organizations, Second Edition With HKPropel Access, brings together research on leadership—both within and outside of sport settings—to provide comprehensive knowledge of skills and practices relevant to the sport industry. With sport-specific examples, students will learn an effective approach to leadership thought, strategy, and action to apply in recreational, interscholastic, intercollegiate, and professional sport organizations as well as the rapidly growing esports industry. Students will first learn the historical and foundational concepts of leadership, defining what effective leadership is and the primary outcomes of good leadership. Contemporary thought and leadership approaches for present-day challenges are then presented, bringing concepts to life within the unique contexts of sport organizations of all levels and types. Modern leadership concepts that are explored include emotional intelligence and its role in developing authentic leadership, data-informed decision making and problem solving, behaviors and actions that are most effective in crisis situations, and the leadership-as-practice movement. Updates in this edition include the following: Expanded content on leadership for achieving diversity, equity, and inclusion in sport organizations, including new content on LGBTQ+ research in sport Content on global leadership in sport, including the emergence of esports and sport as a tool for social change Discussion of ethical decision making and the challenges and responsibilities for leaders in the development of the values and culture of an organization New student learning activities, delivered through HKPropel, are designed to engage students in a learning experience that turns the principles learned into practical leadership skills. Case studies (some of which include video examples) expand on chapter content and present real-world examples of sport leadership across a broad range of roles. These contain open-ended discussion questions that encourage students to think critically about the cases and about their own future careers. Activities encourage students to put research into practice, while interactive branching scenarios immerse students in the decision-making process, applying strategies presented in the book to navigate through each simulation to discover the most optimal outcome. Modern sport organizations at all levels are evolving into increasingly complex and diverse entities that require adaptable and effective leaders. Contemporary Leadership in Sport Organizations provides the theoretical knowledge and practical skills to inspire students to become successful leaders in the sport industry. Note: A code for accessing HKPropel is included with this ebook.Table of ContentsChapter 1. A Leadership Primer Defining Contemporary Leadership Settings for Leadership in Sport Organizations Management and Leadership: Mutually Exclusive or Integrated? Levels of Analysis in Leadership Additional Frameworks for Understanding Leadership Historical Leadership Theory and Research Research in Sport Leadership: Past, Present, Future 21st-Century Leadership Thought SummaryChapter 2. Results, Relationships, and Responsibility Results Relationships Responsibility SummaryChapter 3. Emotional Intelligence and Leadership Defining EI Why Is EI Important for Sport Leaders? Research and EI Applying EI in Organizational Leadership Development and Training for Improving EI SummaryChapter 4. Building a Culture of Success Leadership and Organizational Culture: The Foundation Research in Sport Organizational Culture Building a Culture of Success in Sport Organizations SummaryChapter 5. Vision and Strategic Leadership Leadership and Vision in Sport Organizations Strategic Leadership SummaryChapter 6. Complexity and Problem Solving Changing Environment for Leadership Sources of Complex Problems in Sport Organizations Competencies and Skills for Creative Problem Solving Approaches to Problem Solving SummaryChapter 7. Change, Turnaround, and Crisis Leadership Change Leadership Turnaround Leadership Crisis Leadership SummaryChapter 8. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Leadership Defining Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Perspectives on Gender, Culture, and Nationality Surface-Level Versus Deep-Level Diversity Diversity Representation and Embracing Diversity Diversity Representation in Sport Organizational Leadership and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Women in Sport LGBTQ+ Individuals With Disabilities Leadership Competencies SummaryChapter 9. Globalization and Leadership Terminology and Forms of Globalization Globalization and Leadership Globalization in a Sport Context Global Esports SummaryChapter 10. Leadership Learning and Development Perspectives on Leadership Development How Do We Learn to Lead? Leadership Learning Applied Sport Organizations as Learning Organizations Planning and Implementing Leadership Development Summary

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Leading student textbook on sport marketing Fully revised new edition. Includes new chapter on new media, including social media. Chapters on customer service and promotion are substantially rewritten. Case studies and examples have been replaced to reflect current concerns. International examples, extensive pedagogical features Highly respected sport management authors

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Book SynopsisThe first edition of The Price of Football quickly established itself as the go-to guide to understanding football club finance for the serious fan. Kieran Maguire, one of the UK’s top football finance analysts, shows how professional clubs operate as businesses and explains, in non-technical language, how to read, understand and interrogate club accounts. As a clear-headed analysis and presentation of the financial imperatives and challenges facing football clubs across the English and Scottish Leagues, it has become a welcome resource not only for students of the industry, but by a wider constituency of supporters looking to understand their club’s latest transfer deal, or season ticket price. This fully revised and updated edition includes analysis of the most recent club accounts, the latest legal rulings on club affairs, as well as the impact of Covid-19 on the game’s finances.Trade ReviewFootball needs Kieran. His brand of financial scrutiny is well thought out, simple to understand, but most of all consistent. He has no fear or favour and is always on the money. We have to change the financial and regulatory situation in football if we are to avoid more disasters like that at Bury, Bolton, Blackpool, Coventry and not least Accrington Stanley, a town that has first-hand experience of the desolation that can befall towns that lose their key social activity. -- Andy Holt MBE, Chairman, Accrington Stanley FCKieran Maguire combines financial expertise with a supporter's love of football, and does very valuable work documenting and explaining clubs' financial workings, including illuminating areas of concern for supporters whose clubs have fallen into crisis. -- David Conn, The Guardian and author of The Fall of the House of FIFAI have never met anyone like Kieran who is so passionate about the numbers and why they matter. I have never met anyone so dedicated to the idea of transparency; to the notion that football clubs have a legal and moral obligation to lay their books open so that fans can see the figures and make up their own minds about what they mean ... Even more importantly he is able to articulate for me what until now had only been a gut feeling: that football is a wonderful game, but it properly belongs to us not them. Football clubs are an idea, a community, a romance. They belong to fans, not faceless conglomerates who think they can change the very nature of the game for their own personal satisfaction. Thanks to Kieran, I don’t just get cross, I can actually begin to explain to people just how unevenly and unfairly the money in the game is distributed. I can explain how and why supporters’ trusts and 50+1 models can work. I now know why it’s wrong to sell a stadium to yourself, not just morally, but financially. I can casually throw in actual figures when I get cross about the biggest clubs having no care for the smallest, or the women’s game having to fight for scraps at the top table. In years gone by, I would just get angry and shout 'agents, bloody agents'. Now, I can tell you exactly why I shout that. -- Kevin Day, from the ForewordProvides an easily digestible framework that allows anyone to better understand the finances of a football club, whether supporter, journalist, would-be investor, sponsor or buyer. -- Steve Menary, Soccer & SocietyThe antithesis to the cliché that football is the beautiful game is the equally clichéd statement that football is big business. Kieran Maguire explains the reality behind the latter claim, detailing the vast inequalities of wealth, mainly focused on the English elite levels ... Football doesn’t come out of this looking particularly ethical or trustworthy. It is clear that there is plenty of sharp practice permitted within the rules ... Maguire does a fine job of deconstructing those rules, though, and shows how they more likely serve the interests of the big six clubs by protecting their position at the top of the Premier League from nouveau riche challengers ... should be essential reading for anyone even remotely considering investing in football ... For general readers ... it should increase your understanding of what goes on and why. -- Stephen Mumford, Times Higher EducationThe Price of Football by Kieran Maguire is an excellent book for anyone who wants to understand how money impacts the game of football. You don't have to be an accountant to understand it. -- Margaret Decker, Birmingham City Supporters TrustTable of ContentsForeword by Kevin Day 1. Introduction Part I Football club financial reports 2. The balance sheet 3. The profit or loss account 4. The cash flow statement Part II The price of football 5. Buying players 6. Ticket prices 7. Broadcasting and sponsorship income 8. Financial fair play Part III Football club financial analysis 9. How to analyse club accounts 1: trend analysis 10. How to analyse club accounts 2: ratio analysis 11. Valuing a football club 12. Ownership models: love, profit, vanity and insanity 13. Red flags: things that make you go “hmmm” – creative accounting and football finance 14. Football finance in a post-Covid-19 world and Project Big Picture Glossary of terms

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Book SynopsisThis book demystifies and explains a subject that affects every one of us in our private lives and at work. Security is a practical discipline concerned with safeguarding lives, property, information, wealth, reputations, and social wellbeing. It is the basis of civilised society. People, businesses, and nations cannot thrive in its absence, whereas the right kind of security frees us to live fulfilling lives.But deciding what is needed, and then making it happen, is not easy. The threats to our security are complex and continually evolving, as criminals, hackers, terrorists, and hostile foreign states continually find new ways of staying one step ahead of us, their potential victims. At the same time, we are continually creating new vulnerabilities as we adopt new technologies and new ways of working. Those who do not understand the fundamentals of security, risk, and resilience open themselves, and those around them, to avoidable dangers, needless anxieties, and unnecessary costs. InTrade ReviewAn impeccable and important work that security people can push into the hands of others [...] who want an authoritative, yet crisply-written book on security. * Professional Security *... a deceptively easy read in that there are ten bite-size takeaway nuggets of digestible information that will make you more aware, informed and alert. Where Martin scores heavily is in the authenticity he brings to the subject, making his set of ideas less of a management self-help book and more of a first step towards protecting your assets. * Nick Smith, E & T Magazine *Table of ContentsLord (Jonathan) Evans of Weardale, Director General of MI5 (2007DS2013): Foreword 1: Rule 1: Security Rules 2: Rule 2: Risk is the Key 3: Rule 3: Think like an Attacker 4: Rule 4: There are Three Ways to Reduce Risk 5: Rule 5: Build Resilience 6: Rule 6: It's All About People 7: Rule 7: Everyone is Biased 8: Rule 8: Cyber is New Ways of Doing Old Things 9: Rule 9: Know What Good Looks Like 10: Rule 10: Know Who's in Charge

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Book SynopsisThis work explores the political, social and economic forces that shape US policies affecting human services. Seeking to shed light on the tension between individual and social responsibility, it should appeal to economists, social scientists and policy-makers concerned with social policy issues.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Victor R. Fuchs 1: Overview Timothy Taylor 2: Child Care: Private Cost or Public Responsibility? Arleen Leibowitz Comment: Francine D. Blau 3: Rationalizing School Spending: Efficiency, Externalities, and Equity, and Their Connection to Rising Costs Eric A. Hanushek Comment: Christopher Jencks 4: Health Care Reform: The Clash of Goals, Facts, and Ideology Henry J. Aaron Comment: Martin Feldstein 5: To Comfort Always: The Prospects of Expanded Social Responsibility for Long-Term Care Alan M. Garber Comment: John B. Shoven 6: Consumption Externalities and the Financing of Social Services Robert H. Frank Comment: Amartya Sen 7: Preferences, Promises, and the Politics of Entitlement Paul M. Romer Comment: Roger G. Noll 8: Information, Responsibility, and Human Services Kenneth J. Arrow Comment: Glenn C. Loury 9: The Changing Roles of Public, Private, and Nonprofit Enterprise in Education, Health Care, and Other Human Services Henry Hansmann Comment: Joseph A. Grundfest 10: Government Intervention in the Markets for Education and Health Care: How and Why? James M. Poterba Comment: Richard J. Zeckhauser 11: The Politics of American Social Policy, Past and Future Theda Skocpol Comment: Seymour Martin Lipset Contributors Author Index Subject Index

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Book SynopsisNow fully revised and updated, the fourth edition of this bestselling text provides students with a vital understanding of the nature of tourism and contemporary tourist behaviour. It also shows them how this knowledge can be used to manage and market tourism effectively in a variety of sectors of tourism including tour operations, hospitality, visitor attractions, transport, retail travel, cruising and airlines.This fourth edition has been updated to include: new material on the impact of Information Communication Technologies (ICT) developments in tourism including social media, AR and VR, the links between climate change, sustainability and tourist behaviour, and the impact of crises and natural disasters on tourism and the cruise industry thirty brand new international case studies about topical issues such as Airbnb, travel blogs, overtourism, Covid-19, the flight-shaming movement, wellness tourism, hunting and tourism, terrorism, dTable of ContentsPart 1: Context 1. Introduction 2. The history of tourist behaviour 3. The main concepts and models in tourist behaviour. Part 2: The Purchase-Decision Process 4. Motivators 5. Determinants 6. Models of the purchase decision-making process Part 3: Typologies of Tourist Behaviour 7. Typologies of tourist behaviour and segmentation of the tourism market Part 4: Tourism Demand and Markets 8. The global pattern of tourism demand. 9. National differences: domestic, inbound and outbound tourism markets. 10. The nature of demand in different segments of the tourism market. 11. Consumer behaviour and purchase experiences in the different sectors of tourism. Part 5: Consumer Behaviour and Marketing 12. Researching tourist behaviour: marketing research 13. The marketing mix and tourist behaviour. Part 6: Topical Issues in Consumer Behaviour. 14. Climate change, sustainability and tourist behaviour. 15. Man-made crises, natural disasters and tourist behaviour. 16. The role of information and communication technologies in tourism. 17. Tourists buy experiences not products 18. The cruise market. Part 7: Conclusions and the Future. 19. Conclusions and the future of consumer behaviour in tourism.

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Book SynopsisSponsorship is a vital area of contemporary sport business. This book offers a concise and practice-focused introduction to sport sponsorship, including an explanation of key concepts, a survey of the key tools required to be a successful practitioner, and insights into real-world practice from authors with extensive industry and academic experience.Covering sport at all levels, from professional to grassroots, and including international cases and examples throughout, the book demonstrates that sport sponsorship works if done correctly. Drawing on the latest cutting-edge research, it introduces the core principles of sport sponsorship and shows how to get maximum value at each stage of the sponsorship process, from plan to activation, servicing and evaluation, for sponsor, property or agency.Requiring no prior knowledge of sport sponsorship, and full of real-world examples of best practice, this is the perfect primer for any student or industry professional looking toTable of Contents1. The Basics of Sport Sponsorship, 2. Sponsorship Objectives, Stakeholders, Proposals, and Packages, 3. Sport Sponsorship Activation, 4. Sport Sponsorship Servicing, 5. Sport Sponsorship Evaluation, 6. The Future of Sport Sponsorship

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Book SynopsisWhat makes a restaurant hot? Whose name do you need to drop to get a table? Why is one place booked solid for the next nine months while somewhere equally delicious is as empty and inhospitable as the Gobi desert?Welcome to the restaurant business, where the hours are punishing, the conditions are brutal and the Chef''s Special has been languishing at the back of the fridge for the past three days.This is an industry plagued with obsessives. Why else do some chefs drive themselves crazy in pursuit of elusive Michelin stars, when in reality all they''re doing is ''making someone else''s tea''?Nothing is left to chance: the lighting, the temperature or even the cut of the salmon fillet. There''s even a spot of psychology behind the menu. What do they want you to order? What makes them the most money? And why should you really hold back on those side dishes? In Restaurant Babylon, Imogen Edwards-Jones and her anonymous industry insider lift the lid onTrade ReviewA glorious behind-the-scenes account of London's debauched hospitality business. * Observer *Shocking and at times jaw-dropping, this is a must-read for any Babylon fans or those who like eating out. **** * Heat *Edwards-Jones gets away with stories far more bizarre than anything you would believe in a novel. Sometimes you laugh out loud at the outrageousness of it all...[her] mission is to amuse and entertain -- Marcus Berkmann * Daily Mail *What's not to like? -- David Sexton * Evening Standard *Very thoroughly researched * Observer Food Monthly, Books of the Year *

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Book SynopsisThis book—ideal for African and world history classes, as well as for potential travelers to the continent—takes readers on a journey through the dynamics of Africa’s tourist history from the nineteenth century to the present to illuminate and challenge deeply ingrained (mis)perceptions about the continent and its peoples.Trade Review“Ready for adventure under control? Cleveland’s book invites us to explore the experiences and meanings of tourism in Africa and its profound impact on how the continent is imagined. It also provides a different reading of Western modernity as a producer of otherness through one of its most profitable products: tourism, where verbs such as to travel become to explore and to discover, preserving the allure of colonial sagas and developmental missions. Experience of difference, heritage, traditions, nature, wildlife, and community culture, have been and are (re)shaped, tailored, commodified, and contested in complex and conflicting local-global power relations from the nineteenth century under the dynamics of tourism in the continent. Their impact on African lives is a capital ingredient of this journey confronting artificial Africas with the realities that the tourism industry produces.” -- Mónica Inés Cejas, author of Feminismo, cultura y política: El contexto como acertijo (Feminism, Culture and Politics: Context as a Riddle)“Todd Cleveland brings together significant facets of tourist history on the African continent into one engaging read. Whereas many tourist studies focus on the tourist, vitally, A History of Tourism in Africa illuminates the myriad competing desires at play in all tourist sites—those of tourists, governments, laborers, and local communities. By presenting these competing perspectives on tourism within the thematic frames of his chapters, Cleveland reveals the complicated nature of African tourist industries, as well as how, from the start, they have been interwoven with the history of socio-politico-economic developments across the continent.” -- Carol L. Magee, author of Urban Cadence: Street Scenes from Lagos and Johannesburg"A seminal and meticulously presented study … [and] an inherently fascinating and impressively informative history. Exceptionally well written, organized and presented, A History of Tourism in Africa is an original and unreservedly recommended addition to personal, professional, community, college, and university library collections in African history and cultural anthropology in general, and African hospitality, travel, and tourism supplemental curriculum studies lists in particular. * Midwest Book Review *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Touristic Illusions and Realities 1. Initial Touristic Incursions to Africa 2. Hunting in Africa: Invisible Guides, Big Game, and Bigger Egos 3. Profits and Propaganda: Tourism in Colonial Africa 4. Paradoxes of Independence: Modernizing by Promoting Primitivism 5. The Touristic Invention of the African Camera Safari 6. Going Home: The Diasporic Quest for Belonging through “Roots” Tourism 7. Controversial New(er) Forms of Tourism in Africa Study Guide and Selected Readings Notes Index

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Book SynopsisNow in a fully revised and updated fourth edition, Advanced Theory and Practice in Sport Marketing is still the only textbook to introduce key theory and best practice in sport marketing at an advanced level. The book goes beyond the introductory sport marketing course by exploring advanced marketing theories related to topics such as ethics and social responsibility, international marketing, marketing research and information systems, data analytics, consumer behavior, product and logistics management, branding and brand management, sales management, promotions, social media and networking, destination marketing, and evaluating performance. New to this edition are sections on pricing structures and strategies, experiential marketing, new digital marketing communications and technology, emotional intelligence in sport marketing, and social entrepreneurship. This is also one of the first books to consider the challenges of sports marketing in a post-COVID world. Every cTable of ContentsPrologue: Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Sport Marketing, Part I: Overview of the Sport Marketing Ecosystem, 1. Situation Analysis of Sport Marketing, 2. Developing the Strategic Sport Marketing Structure, Part II: Identifying Sport Marketing Opportunities, 3. Research and Analytics-Driven Information Systems, 4. Understanding Sport Consumer Behavior, Part III: Responding to the Sport Marketplace – Product, Price, and Positioning Strategies, 5. Product and Service Design and Quality, 6. Pricing Structures and Strategies, 7. Positioning and Distribution of Products and Services, Part IV: Sport Marketing Communications and the Promotions Mix, 8. Branding and Sport Brand Management, 9. Sales and Customer Service, 10. Sport Marketing Partnerships: From Prospecting to Activation, 11. Non-Digital Communications and the Sport Promotional Mix, 12. Digital Marketing Communications and Technologies, Part V: Emerging Concepts in Sport Marketing, 13. Generating Impacts through Destination Sport Marketing, 14. Emotional Intelligence in Sport Marketing, Epilogue: Covid-19 and Post-Pandemic Sport Marketing

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Book SynopsisContemporary supply chains operate under the pressure of customer requirements, increasing price competition, sudden increases or decreases in demand, unforeseen obstacles and new threats. The right way to improve the functioning of the flow of material and accompanying information is not only the continuous collection of data but also their collection, analysis, inference and decision-making with the use of decision support systems, expert systems and artificial intelligence. Such procedures make it easier for logisticians not only to forecast processes but also to predict (forecast) and identify potential problems and facilitate the implementation of optimal modern solutions, paying attention to current trends in the supply chain market. An important issue that affects the quality, efficiency and availability (continuity) of the processes implemented within the supply chain is security. This is an area that is not clearly defined. This book uses theoretical and practical knTable of Contents1. SAFETY DETERMINANTS FOR THE NEEDS OF THE DELIVERY CHAIN 2. CONTEMPORARY CONDITIONS OF SUPPLY CHAINS 3. SUPPLY CHAIN SECURITY MANAGEMENT 4. SAFETY OF TRANSPORT, STORAGE AND FOOD 5. TECHNOLOGIES TO SUPPORT THE SAFETY MANAGEMENT OF PROCESSES IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN 6. ECOLOGISTICS IN A SUPPLY CHAIN – ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 7. SAFETY OF THE INFORMATION STREAM IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN 8. SUPPLY CHAIN SAFETY MANAGEMENT MODEL

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Book SynopsisAs risks arising within the business environment grow in size and complexity, so too do the regulatory requirements put in place to manage them. The pace of regulatory change is itself a significant business risk, and compliance departments are under increasing pressure to keep up with the change and adapt their organisations accordingly. This new edition of what has become an indispensable guide to regulation compliance brings readers up to date with changing areas of focus and provides guidance for regulated firms and regulators alike.The Changing Function of Compliance considers the relationship between regulation and compliance as well as key influences on both, offering insight into the effectiveness of current approaches and addressing practical compliance challenges. It explains the purpose and development of regulatory risk management and the existing regulatory environment, and provides a detailed exploration of the compliance function, explaining how the roleTrade Review"Sharon Ward has produced a defining book for the function and role of the Compliance function in the twenty-first century. Since its development from an internal control department to a more influential advisory role, there has been a tumultuous process of scandal, business misconduct and regulatory response that is still ongoing. The debate as to the nature of its activities, influence and strategic value within organisations bears the hallmarks of the birth of a profession. Her book is as timely as it is instructive; it is an invaluable read to accompany any effort to understand the value and role of the Compliance function, and a must-read for practitioners and legislators alike." Anthony Smith-Meyer, Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Business Compliance, Adjunct Professor of International Management and Organisational Behaviour at Miami University, MUDEC Campus, Luxembourg, and Founder of TheGovernanceProject.org Table of ContentsPart I Compliance Context 1. Regulation and Risk 2. Influences and Influencers 3. Regulatory Risk Management Part II Compliance Focus 4. The Compliance Environment 5. The Compliance Framework 6. Compliance Activities and Approach Part III Compliance Development 7. Why Compliance Matters Now 8. Compliance Challenges 9. Enabling the Compliance Function 10. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis timely and innovative book offers an introduction to a range of creative methods, providing both empirical and conceptual guidance. Based upon existing empirical work and richly illustrated throughout, each chapter carefully examines creative methodology and/or methods within an event and festival context. International case studies are incorporated throughout, providing real-world examples of how these methods have been used in practice, as well as highlighting potential ethical issues. Each chapter includes a concise âhow toâ set of guidelines to help researchers and students employ creative methods in their own work, as well as a series of âthink pointsâ to help develop ethical practices. Chapters illustrate new pathways or lessons learned from research during the pandemic and other challenging landscapes.This significant volume offers festival and event researchers and students a different approach to their work that could result in better research, reaching h

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Book SynopsisDrawing upon interviews with key people in the World Rally Championship as well as trans-local ethnographic research, this book explores questions of commerciality and sporting identity, tackling the sport's controversial handling of the shift into 'the commercial age'. It is essential reading on combining sporting heritage and commercial progress.Table of Contents1. Introduction: The Paradox of Commercialisation 2. The Promotional Context 3. Imagining the Story 4. The Sense of Place in Rallying 5. The Spectator Culture of Rallying 6. The Legacy of WRC Cars 7. Heroes behind the Wheel 8. The WRC's Promotional Value

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Book Synopsis1. Introduction.- 2. Number Theory, Structural Biases and Homomorphisms in Traditional Stock/Bond/Commodity Index Calculation Methods in Incomplete Markets with Partially Observable Un-aggregated Preferences, MN-Transferable-Utilities and RegretMinimization Regimes.- 3. A Critique of Credit Default Swaps (CDS) Indices.- 4. Invariants and Homomorphisms Implicit in, and the Invalidity of the Mean-Variance Framework and Other Causality Approaches: Some Structural Effects.- 5. Decision-Making, Sub-additive Recursive Matching Noise and Biases in Risk-Weighted Stock/Bond Commodity Index Calculation Methods in Incomplete Markets with Partially Observable Multi-attribute Preferences.- 6. Informationless Trading and Biases in Performance Measurement: Inefficiency of the Sharpe Ratio, Treynor Ratio, Jensen's Alpha, the Information Ratio and DEA-Based Performance Measures and Related Measures.- 7. Anomalies in Taylor-Series, and Tracking Errors and HomomorphisTable of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction. 1.1. How this Book Differs from Other Books About ETFs, Indices and Index Funds. 1.2. Regulatory Failure, Regulatory Capture and Regulatory Fragmentation. 1.3. Some Mathematical Commonalities Among Debt, Equity and Commodity Indices. 1.4. The Chapters: Activity Theory and HCI. 1.5. Momentum Effects, Systemic Risk and Financial Instability. 1.6. The Usefulness of Alpha and Beta as Currently Construed; and the Debate About Active Management versus Passive Management. 1.7. ETFs vs. Mutual Funds vs. Closed-End Funds. 1.8. The Case-Shiller Real Estate Indices Are Very Inaccurate and Mis-leading. 1.9. Tax Aspects of Investing in ETFs and Indices. 1.10. Forecasting and Comparisons of Stock Indices and ETFs. 1.11. Network Analysis and Complexity in Stock Indices and ETFs. Chapter 2. Decision-Making and Spatio-Temporal Cognitive Biases and Homomorphisms in Traditional Stock/Bond/Commodity Index Calculation Methods in Incomplete Markets with Partially Observable Un-Aggregated Preferences, MN-Transferable-Utilities and Regret–Minimization Regimes. 2.1. Existing Literature. 2.1.1. Traditional Indices As Options-Based Indices. 2.2. MN-Transferable-Utility. Theorem-1. 2.3. The ICAPM/CAPM Are Inaccurate. Theorem-2. Theorem-3. 2.4. The Traditional Index Calculation Methods (applicable to many equity, debt, real estate, commodity and currency indices). 2.4.1 Market-Capitalization Weighted Indices (And “Diversity” Indices). Theorem-4: 2.4.2. Free Float Adjusted Indices. 2.4.3. Fundamental Indices. 2.4.4. Stock-Price Weighted Indices. 2.4.5. Trading-Volume Weighted Indices. 2.4.6. Market-Cap Weighted and Volume-Weighted Indices (Two Methods). 2.4.7. Dividend-Weighted Indices. 2.4.8. Equal-Weight Indices. 2.4.9. Thomson Reuters’s Indices. 2.5. Other Distortions in Traditional Indices. Theorem-5 Theorem-6 Theorem-7 Theorem-8 Theorem-9 Theorem-10 2.6. Traditional Index Calculation Methods Create Significant Incentives for Companies to Perpetrate Earnings Management. 2.7. Conclusion. Chapter 3. A Critique of Credit Default Swaps (CDS) Indices. 3.1. Existing Literature. 3.2. Quasi-Default Versus Reported Default: the Difference Reduces the Usefulness of CDS Indices. 3.3. The Credit-Ratings Lag. 3.4. The Methods for Pricing Of Debt Reduces the Accuracy of CDS Indices. 3.5. Behavioral Effects and Externalities Inherent in the Use CDS, and Which May Distort the Accuracy of CDS-Indices. 3.6. Financial Stability. 3.7. S&P’s Credit Default Swap (CDS) Indices - the S&P CDS Index Calculation Methods Are Wrong. 3.8. Conclusion. Chapter 4. Invariants and Homomorphisms Implicit in, and the Irrelevance of the Mean-Variance Framework in Risk Analysis, Decision-Making and Portfolio Management 4.1. Existing Literature. 4.2. The Mean Variance Framework is Inaccurate Theorem-2 Theorem 3 Corollary-#1 Corollary-#2 Corollary-#3 Corollary-#4 Corollary-#5 Corollary-#6 Corollary-#7 Corollary-#8 Corollary-#9 Corollary-#10 Corollary-#11 Corollary-#12 Corollary-#13 Corollary-#14 Corollary-#15 Chapter 5. Decision-Making, Sub-Additive Recursive “Matching” Noise and Biases in Risk-Weighted Stock/Bond Index Calculation Methods in Incomplete Markets with Partially Observable Multi-Attribute Preferences. 5.1. Existing Literature. 5.2. The ICAPM/CAPM is Inaccurate. Theorem-1 5.3. For any investment horizon and any market, all risk-weighting methods distort the risk of constituent companies. Theorem-4 5.4. The Risk-Adjusted Index Calculation Methods are Wrong. 5.4.1. Free-float Adjusted Indices. 5.4.2. Equal risk contribution (“ERC”) Indices. 5.4.3. “Most-diversified” (“Diversity”) Indices. 5.4.4. “Minimum-Variance” Indices. 5.4.5. FTSE/EDHEC Risk-adjusted Indices. 5.4.6. The Hang Seng Risk-adjusted Indices. 5.4.7. The S&P Risk-control Index Series: S&P Developed Market Risk-control Index Series, S&P Emerging Market Risk-control Indices and S&P Global Thematic Risk-control Indices. 5.4.8. The Thomson Reuters Lipper Optimal Target Risk Indices. 5.4.9. The Dow Jones Relative-risk Indices. Theorem-5 Theorem-6 Theorem-7 Theorem-8 Theorem-9 Theorem-10 Theorem-11 5.4.10. The Dow Jones RPB Indices. 5.4.11. The FTSE Stablerisk Index Series. 5.4.12. The Minimum Correlation Indices. 5.4.13. Risk Parity (RP) Indices. 5.5. Conclusion. Chapter 6. Informationless Trading and Biases in Performance Measurement: Inefficiency of the Sharpe Ratio, Treynor Ratio, Jensen Alpha, the Information Ratio and DEA-Based Performance Measures and Related Measures. 6.1. Existing Literature. 6.2. CAPM/ICAPM/IAPT Are Inaccurate 6.3. Inherent Biases And Effects That May Affect Performance Measures. 6.4. Effect Of The Investment Horizon. 6.5. Critical Assumptions, Noise And Error. 6.5.1. Error Assumption #1 6.5.2. Error Assumption #2 6.5.3. Error Assumption #3 6.5.4. Error Assumption #4 6.5.5. Error Assumption #5 6.5.6. Error Assumption #6 6.5.7. Error Assumption #7 6.5.8. Error Assumption #8 6.5.9. Error Assumption #9 6.5.10. Error Assumption #10 6.5.11. Error Assumption #11 6.5.12. Error Assumption #12 6.5.13. Error Assumption #13 6.5.14. Error Assumption #14 6.5.15. Error Assumption #15 6.5.16. Error Assumption #16 6.5.17. Error Assumption #17 6.5.18. Error Assumption #18 6.5.19. Error Assumption #19 6.5.20. Error Assumption #20 6.5.21. Error Assumption #21 6.5.22. Error Assumption -#22 6.5.23. Error Assumption -#23 6.5.24. Error Assumption -#24 6.5.25. Error Assumption -#25 6.5.26. Error Assumption-#26 6.5.27. Error Assumption-#27 6.5.28. Error Assumption-#28 6.5.29. Error Assumption-#29 6.5.30. Error Assumption-#30 6.5.31. Error Assumption-#31 6.6. Properties of a Manipulation-Proof Performance Measurement System. 6.6.1. Goetzmann, Ingersoll, Spiegel & Welch (2007) – Properties of a “Manipulation proof Performance Measure” (“MPPM”) 6.6.2. New Properties of a Manipulation-Proof Performance System (“MPPS”) 6.7. Conclusion. Chapter 7. Anomalies in Taylor-Series; and Tracking-Errors And Homomorphisms in the Returns of Leveraged/Inverse ETFs and Synthetic ETFs/Funds. 7.1. Inverse/leveraged ETFs. 7.1.1. Existing Literature. 7.1.2. Some Biases and Problems Inherent in Leveraged ETFs and Inverse ETFs. 7.1.2.1. There cannot be an “Optimal” Degree Of Positive/Negative Leverage for Leveraged/Inverse ETFs. 7.1.2.2 The Hill & Foster (2009) Study is Misleading and Inaccurate. 7.1.2.3. Compounding Has A Significant Effect on Leveraged/Inverse ETFs. 7.1.2.4. Intra-Day Volatility is Irrelevant and Only End-of Day Prices Matter; The Co & Labuszewski (July 2012) Study Is Inaccurate; And Volatility Has Minimal Effects On The Downward Returns Bias. Theorem-1 7.1.2.5. Portfolio Re-Balancing by Investors That Own Leveraged/Inverse ETFs Is Not Always Feasible. 7.1.2.6. The Effect of Underlying Indices. 7.1.2.7. Leveraged/Inverse ETFs Are Highly Sensitive To Manipulation Of End-Of-Day Prices and to the Calculation of End-Of-Day Prices. 7.1.2.8. Changing Margin Requirements Will Not Be Very Helpful. 7.1.2.9. Leveraged/Inverse ETFs Are Gambling Tools. 7.1.2.10. There Are No Basis for Comparisons of Leverage/Inverse ETFs to Leveraged Companies (or Leveraged Mutual Funds). 7.1.2.11. Implied Portfolio Weights. 7.1.2.12. The Inaccuracy of the Put Call Parity Theorem, the Early Exercise Premia and the Structure of Leveraged/Inverse ETFs. 7.1.2.13. Investors Can Replicate the Leverage/Inverse Effects More Cheaply And More Efficiently By Themselves. 7.1.2.14. Risk Return Tradeoff. 7.1.2.15. Suitability & Disclosure. 7.1.2.16. Manager-Risk Inherent in Leveraged/Inverse ETFs. 7.2. Synthetic ETFs and Synthetic Funds. 7.2.1. Existing Literature 7.2.2. Synthetic ETFs and Synthetic Index Funds. 7.2.2.1. The Inaccuracy of the Put Call Parity Theorem, the Early Exercise Premia and the Structure Of Synthetic Funds/ ETFs. 7.2.2.2. Implied Portfolio Weights. 7.2.2.3. Some Investors Can Create the Same Economic Effects/Benefits Of Synthetic Funds/ETFs More Cheaply and More Efficiently By Themselves. 7.2.2.4. Investment Horizon. 7.2.2.5. Counter-Party Credit Risk. 7.2.2.6. Tracking Errors and Compounding And Their Effects On Synthetic Funds/ETFs. 7.2.2.7. Changing Margin Requirements Will Not Be Very Helpful. 7.2.2.8. Intra-Day Volatility is Irrelevant and Only End-of Day Prices Matter; The Co & Labuszewski (July 2012) Study is also Inaccurate; and Volatility Has Minimal Effects on The Downward Returns Bias. 7.2.2.9. The Effect of Underlying Indices. 7.2.2.10. Synthetic Funds/ETFs Are Highly Sensitive to Manipulation of End-Of-Day Prices and to the Calculation of End-Of-Day Prices. 7.2.2.11. Manager-Risk Inherent in Synthetic Funds/ETFs. 7.3. Conclusion. Chapter 8. Spatio-Temporal Cognitive Biases, Misrepresentation and Homomorphisms in the VIX and Options Based Indices in Incomplete Markets with Un-Aggregated Preferences and NT-Utilities Under a Regret–Minimization Regime. 8.1. Existing Literature. 8.2. Critique of Calculation Methods for Options-Based Indices. 8.2.1. Buy-Write Indices. Theorem-1 8.2.2. The CBOE Put-Write Indices. Theorem-2 8.2.3. The Thomson Reuters “Realized Volatility Index”. 8.2.4. VIX Volatility Index. Theorem-3 8.2.5. Other Options-Based Indices. 8.3. Conclusion. Chapter 9. Investors’ Preferences, Human-Computer Interaction and Non-Legislative Approaches for Eliminating Index Arbitrage and ETF Arbitrage. 9.1. Existing Literature. 9.2. Investor Preferences and Transferable Utilities. 9.2.1. The Chiappori (2007) Conditions. 9.3. Optimal Conditions for Reducing/Eliminating Index Arbitrage and ETF Arbitrage. 9.4. The Industry’s Responses to Index Arbitrage and ETF Arbitrage; and Why Index Arbitrage Has Not Been Criminalized. 9.4.1. Why Index Arbitrage Has Not Been Criminalized To Date. 9.5. New Methods for Eliminating Index Arbitrage. 9.5.1. Elimination of Popular Metrics. 9.5.2. Delayed Announcement of Index Weights; or Non-Disclosure of Details of Index Revisions. 9.5.3. Dynamic Index Revision Dates (Composite Conditional Change). 9.5.4. Change The Structure of Index Futures Contracts. 9.5.5. Change The Structure of Swap Contracts. 9.5.6. Trading Volume Multiplier. 9.5.7. Implement a Trading Price Multiplier. 9.5.8. Combined Trading Price and Trading Volume Multiplier. 9.5.9. Index-Futures Trading-Volume Multiplier. 9.6. New Methods For Eliminating ETF Arbitrage. 9.6.1. Non-Disclosure Of Methodology Of Calculating ETF Portfolio Weights. 9.6.2. Eliminate “Popular Metrics” in Indices. 9.6.3. Dynamic Conditional Re-Balancing of The ETF. 9.6.4. There Should Not Be Any Exchange of the ETF’s Creation Units - the Creation and Redemption Processes for Traditional ETFs are Flawed 9.6.5. The Implicit Interest Rates for Shorting ETF Shares Should Be Increased. 9.6.6. “State Contingent” ETF Shares. 9.6.7. Volume-Contingent Dissolution of ETFs. 9.6.8. Index Futures–Contingent Dissolution or Re-Creation of ETF. 9.6.9. Money Supply Linked ETF. 9.7. The Economic Rationale for Making Index Arbitrage and ETF Arbitrage Illegal; and New Theories of Liability Against Perpetrators of Index Arbitrage and ETF Arbitrage. 9.8. Conclusion. Chapter 10. Eliciting Investors’ Preferences: Some New Index-Calculation Methods and their Mathematical Properties. 10.1. Existing Literature. 10.2. Investor Preferences, Transferable Utilities and Optimal Conditions for Indices. 10.3. New Index Calculation/Weighting Methods. 10.3.1. Broad Market Index-1™. 10.3.2. Broad Market Index-2™. 10.3.3. Broad Market Index-3™. 10.3.4. Broad Market Index-4™. 10.3.5. Broad Market Index-5™. 10.3.6. Broad Market Index-6™. 10.3.7. Broad Market Index-7™. 10.3.8. Broad Market Index-8™. 10.3.9. Broad Market Index-9™. 10.3.10. Broad Market Index-10™. 10.3.11. Broad Market Index-11™. 10.3.12. Broad Market Index-12™. 10.3.13. Broad Market Index-13™. 10.3.14. Broad Market Index-14™. 10.3.15. Broad Market Index-15™. 10.3.16. Broad Market Index-16™. 10.3.17. Broad Market Index-17™. 10.3.18. Broad Market Index-18™. 10.3.19. Broad Market Index-19™. 10.3.20. Broad Market Index-20™. 10.3.21. Broad Market Index-21™. 10.3.22. Broad Market Index-22™. 10.3.23. Broad Market Index-23™. 10.3.24. Broad Market Index-24™. 10.3.25. Broad Market Index-25™. 10.3.26. Broad Market Index-26™. 10.3.27. Broad Market Index-27™. 10.3.28. Broad Market Index-28™. 10.3.29. Broad Market Index-29™. 10.3.30. Factor Index-1 (Operational Risk). 10.3.31. Factor Index-2: Value. 10.3.32. Factor Index-3: Value. 10.4. Conclusion. Chapter 11. Stock-Indices and Strategic Alliances Invalidate Third-Generation Prospect Theory, Related Approaches and Intertemporal Asset Pricing Theory: HCI and Three New Decision Models. 11.1. Existing Literature. 11.2. Risk-Adjusted Indices (RAIs) and Traditional Stock Indices in China and the US as Evidence of the Invalidity of Prospect Theory, Cumulative Prospect Theory, Third-Generation Prospect Theory and Related Approaches. 11.3. RAIs, Fundamental Indices and Game Theory. 11.4. RAIs and Options Based Indices (OIs) Can Cause Systemic Risk. 11.5. Errors in Some Studies Of CPT/PT/PT3 in the Context of Financial Decisions. 11.6. The Invalidity Of PT/CPT/PT3 and Related Approaches. 11.7. PT-Portfolios, CPT-Portfolios and PT3 Portfolios (and Related Portfolios) Can Cause Substantial Systemic-Risk/Contagion and Financial Instability. 11.8. Intertemporal Strategic Alliances (ITSA) and Joint Ventures (ITJV) as Elements Of Regulation; and as Evidence of the Invalidity of the Intertemporal Asset Pricing Models. 11.9. RAIs, Fundamental Indices and Options-Based Indices as Asset Pricing Models That Contravene Most Theories of Intertemporal Asset Pricing. 11.10. Three New Models of Decision-Making That Are Derived From the Structure of Indices and Associated Investor Preferences. 11.10.1. The MN Type-I Decision Model. 11.10.2. The MN Type-II Decision Model. 11.10.3. The MN Type-III Decision Model. 11.11. Conclusion. Chapter 12. Economic Policy and “Popular-Index Ecosystems”: Managerial Psychology, Human-Computer Interaction, Corporate Governance and Risk Effects. 12.1. Introduction. 12.2. Existing Literature. 12.3. The Popular-Index Ecosystems Increase Systemic Risk and Financial Instability; and are a New Form of Un-documented/Informal Multi-Party Anti-Compliance Strategic Alliance. 12.3.1. The Popular-Index Ecosystems increase Systemic Risk and Financial Instability. 12.3.2. Increased “Herding” Behavior. 12.3.3. Over-Investment in Popular-Indices, and the Resulting Under-Investment in Other Companies Around the World; and Increased Systemic Risk and Financial Instability. 12.4. Characterization of The Popular-Index Ecosystems. 12.4.1. Operational Contagion and Corporate Governance Contagion. 12.4.2. Prioritization of Stakeholders. 12.4.3. Self-Propagation. 12.4.4. Self-replication. 12.4.5. Short term focus. 12.4.6. Super-Additive Group Information Dominance Theory. 12.4.7. Information Chain Alliance Volatility Theory. 12.4.8. Information-Chain Execution Gaps Theory. 12.4.9. Information Production Capabilities. 12.4.10. Low Merger Activity. 12.4.11. Under-Investment in technology Portfolios. 12.4.12. Share Repurchases. 12.4.13. Exploration and “Exploitation Activities”. 12.4.14. Congruence Between Corporate Strategies And Financial Management. 12.4.15. Un-Intended Wealth Transfers. 12.4.16. Managerial Entrenchment. 12.5. Other Problems Inherent in the Popular-Index Ecosystems. 12.5.1. The Possible Effects of the Popular-Index Ecosystems On Organizational Behavior and Group Decisions. 12.5.1.1. Inclusion Pressure. 12.5.1.2. Deletion Pressure. 12.5.1.3. Corporate Governance Contagion. 12.5.1.4. Human Capital Contagion. 12.5.1.5. Excessive Managerial Risk-Taking. 12.5.1.6. Distorted Incentives. 12.5.1.7. Aggregate Super-Additivity. 12.5.1.8. Managers’ Homomorphic Utility Functions. 12.5.1.9. Asymmetric Risk Reactions. 12.5.1.10. Contingent Renegotiation-Proofness. 12.5.1.11. Sequential Bargaining. 12.5.1.12. The Cumulative Non-Separability of aggregated managers’ utility-functions. 12.5.1.13. The “Long-Memory” component of managers’ capital allocation decisions. 12.5.1.14. Contingent Aggregate Rationality of Managers. 12.5.1.15. Managerial Manipulation. 12.5.2.16. Preference Matching. 12.5.2.17. Substitutability of Managers. 12.5.1.18. Substitutability of Managerial Compensation. 12.5.1.19. Managers’ Willingness to Accept Losses (WTAL). 12.5.1.20. Self-Insurance. 12.5.1.21. The Monotonicity of Managerial “Compliance Functions”. 12.6. Earnings Management, Incentive-Effects Management and Asset-Quality Management Within Popular-Index Companies; and the Manipulation of their Cash and Cash-Equivalents, and the Associated Stock-Price Crash-Risk. 12.6.1. Significant Tax-Evasion by Fortune-500 Companies. 12.6.2. The Periodic Changes in the Cash Balances and Cash-Equivalents of S&P-500 Companies Didn’t Match Changes in their Real Earnings. 12.6.3. Many S&P 500 Companies Didn’t Provide Adequate Disclosure About Their Accelerated Share Repurchase Program (ASR) and ASRs Are,or May Be Illegal. 12.6.4. Many S&P 500 Companies Didn’t Provide Sufficient Disclosures About Their Dividend Equivalent Rights (“DERs”); and DERs are or Maybe Illegal. 12.6.5. Option-Grant Backdating. 12.6.6. Earnings Management and Asset-Quality Management by Other Popular-Index Companies In Europe, Asia And Latin-America During 2000-2017. 12.7. Human Behavior Issues. 12.7.1. Evidence; And Theories of Corporate Governance and Organizational Psychology. 12.7.1.1. Standardization Illusions Bias. 12.7.1.2. Risk-Horizon Contingent Cognition Theory (Group Cognition Dissonance). 12.7.1.3. Uniformity Inertia Bias. 12.7.1.4. Incentive Neutrality Theory. 12.7.1.5. Salary & Tenure Neutrality Theory. 12.7.1.6. Reversibility Theory. 12.7.1.7. The Dynamic Reference-Points Bias. 12.7.1.8. Temporal Disassociation Theory and Temporal Cohesion Theory. 12.7.1.9. Sub-Additive Group-Regret And Super-Additive Group-Regret. 12.7.1.10. Preference For Declining Or Constant Returns To Losses. 12.7.1.11. Event Driven Over-dependence Theory. 12.7.1.12. High Error-Sensitivity And Negative-Information Sensitivity Theory. 12.7.1.13. Knowledge-mediated Splits Theory. 12.7.1.14. Time-Consistent Preferences Bias. 12.7.1.15. Willingness To Accept Losses (WTAL). 12.7.1.16. Disappointment Aversion. 12.7.1.17. Framing Effects and or Static Risk Management. 12.7.1.18. Coalition Formation Synthesis Theory. 12.7.1.19. Sub-Additive Loss Internalization Theory. 12.7.1.20. Selective Risk Tolerance Theory. 12.7.1.21. Complex “higher-order behaviors”. 12.7.1.22. Corporate Governance Statutes And Corporations’ Strategies/Mechanisms/Alliances As Non-Public Goods (that may be created, diminished or amplified by Political Influence And Lobbying). 12.7.1.23. Enforcement Leakages. 12.7.1.24. The Sub-optimal Investment Theory. 12.7.1.25. Strategy Permeation Deficits Theory. 12.7.1.26. Deadweight Losses. 12.7.1.27. Entrenchment. 12.7.1.28. Selective Concern for Social Welfare. 12.7.1.29. The Policy-Dampening Alliance Theory. 12.7.1.30. The Dynamic Coordination-Gaps Theory. 12.7.1.31. Resource Allocation Efficiency Deficits. 12.7.1.32. The Sub-optimally Exercised Time-Varying Asymmetric Power Theory. 12.7.1.33. Regulatory Failure (that may be caused or amplified by Political Influence and Lobbying). 12.8. Conclusion. Chapter 13. Conclusion: Implications for Decision Theory, Enforcement, Financial Stability and Systemic Risk. 13.1. Misrepresentation and Implications for Legislation and Enforcement. 13.2. Implications for Decision Theory (Cumulative Prospect Theory and Third-Generation-Prospect-Theory (PT3)). 13.3. Implications for Game Theory. 13.4. Implications of Indices and Index Funds for Nonlinear Systemic Risk and Nonlinear Financial Instability. 13.5. 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Book SynopsisPrivate Equity in Poland focuses on the private equity industry and emerging markets in Poland. Poland represents the most developed private equity industry in Central and Eastern Europe and is one of the most developed emerging markets worldwideTrade Review"This book provides an authoritative and comprehensive account of private equity activity in Poland. It should be essential reading for anyone interested in emerging economies and economic transition in Central and Eastern Europe." - COLIN MASON, Professor and Director of Research, Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship, Strathclyde Business School, Glasgow, Scotland; Founding Editor: Venture Capital: An International Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance "Private equity financing has been one of the key building blocks of economic growth in emerging markets. Professor Klonowski s comprehensive analysis of private equity in Poland is a case in point." - ULI W. FRICKE, Chairwoman, European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA), Belgium; Founding Managing General Partner, Triangle Venture Capital Group Management GmbH, Germany "Academic rigor and practical experience make this book an invaluable reading for anyone interested in private equity in Central and Eastern Europe." - ELI TALMOR, Founding Chairman, Coller Institute of Private Equity; Professor, London Business School, London, UKTable of ContentsPreface Foreword An Overview of Private Equity Economic Development in Poland Systemic Competitiveness in Poland Nurturing Entrepreneurship in Poland The Exit Environment for Private Equity Firms in Poland The Evolution of Private Equity in Poland Fundraising in Poland and the CEE region Fund Operations in Poland Comparative Perspectives on Private Equity in Emerging Markets The Future Development of Private Equity in Poland

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Book SynopsisThe never-before-told inside story of how the Premier League became the wildest, richest, most popular entertainment business on the planet.Trade ReviewA remarkable and astonishing transformation ... detailed with panache * The Sunday Times *Magnificent ... Witty, pacy, thorough, this is a book hard to put down * Mail on Sunday *The most fascinating book ever written about the Premier League * Mundial *Astute ... forensic and impeccably sourced * The Economist *A jaunty journey through the past quarter of a century in English football * The Times *A fascinating book, by two witty and meticulous sports writers * Sunday Times *captures the Premier League's startling and continuing evolution...Robinson and Clegg specialise in access...the scene setting is lively * Financial Times *A shrewd and colourful account of the Premier League's business history * Jonathan Northcroft, Sunday Times *A fascinating and necessary investigation into the forces that led to the creation of the Premier League. Meticulous in its research * Jonathan Wilson, author of Inverting the Pyramid *Clegg and Robinson are expert storytellers in unspooling the narrative of one of Britain's most successful exports, illustrating the creative tensions between owners that made it possible. The work is at once thorough but also readable and entertaining, with protagonists presented as real live characters, rather than faceless suits: a testament to their reporting and writing skills * Gabriele Marcotti *Magnificent . . . a fine job they have done explaining how English football went from moribund national embarrassment to globe-bestriding colossus. Witty, pacy, thorough, this is a book hard to put down. * Mail on Sunday *Richly detailed, remarkably told . . . Clegg and Robinson provide unparalleled access to the people who make the league go * Billy Beane *A vivid portrait ... but also a candid account of the league's imperialist present and likely future ... it's quite an achievement * Tito Football *Brilliant -- Miguel Delaney * Independent *A tale told with much verve and some wit by two experienced sports journalists ... Revelatory * Spectator *Informative and regularly entertains * FourFourTwo *A brilliant book on the business history of the Premier League * Independent *

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Book SynopsisThe Practical Guide to Patternmaking for Fashion Designers: Menswear offers patternmaking techniques for a variety of garment styles and includes information on sizing, lining and a variety of fabrics. Covering everything from casual to tailored designs, it can serve both as an introduction to the pattern-drafting skills necessary for menswear and as a more in-depth treatment of patternmaking techniques. The guide covers the patternmaking process for an array of menswear garments, as well as the accompanying theories and concepts.Table of Contents* Introduction to Patternmaking * Taking Measurements, Body Forms, Live Models * Drafting the Basic Sloper Set * Shirts * Vests * Pants * Jackets and Coats * Linings TEXT FEATURES * Pattern charts for a range of sizes * Size conversion charts * Specification sheets * Learning Activities

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Book SynopsisPrior to the 1970s-1980s, fashion marketing focused heavily (and perhaps solely) on women's fashions. Today, fashion marketing influences all products and the manner of style consumers use products. How products are marketed, when products are marketed, the evolution of products into different sizes, shapes, color, and uses are all influenced by fashion marketers. Fashion marketing is taken to different levels from branding a person (e.g., Ralph Lauren, the person), line of products (e.g., Lexus luxury cars) to a single product (e.g., Coach handbag). This much needed text will provide information regarding the introduction, making and machine the industry calls Fashion Marketing. Features: -- Addresses how branding and imaging of fashion, once used for a product or product line, is now used for the company spokesperson, owner, or representative -- Looks at the industry through a global perspective -- Case Studies including company logo and discussion of the company's impact on fashion marketing -- Online links throughout the chapter for students and instructors to investigate fashion marketing around the U.S. and world -- End of chapter elements include: summary, list of key terms, 3-4 assignments, discussion questions, study questions, and references -- Appendix includes glossary, bibliography and references (both for citations within text and for further study), index for subject and company -- Instructor's Guide includes exams with answers -- PowerPoint(r) Presentation provides outlines and ideas for lectures; compatible with PC and Mac platformsTrade ReviewAs far as I can see this book is the most practical introduction to fashion marketing. Besides the fact that it covers a broad variety of topics, all informations are up-to-date and the Terms/Questions sections at the end of each chapter are able to generate a deeper interest and understanding by students. -- Alexander Bretz, Mediadesign Fachhochschule - University of Applied Sciences, GermanyTable of ContentsThe Impact of Fashion Branding and Image Fashion Marketing The Buying Season: Marketing Fashions to Retailers Targeting the fashion consumer Cross Channel Shopping Crossing Product Boundaries Fashion and Entertainment Counterfeit merchandise, Ethics and Enforcement of the Law Marketing Fashions Globally

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Book SynopsisThis book investigates the genesis and success of innovation in the hospitality industry as detailed in over four dozen case studies. In many of the cases studies, the innovators themselves provide the insights into their innovative inspiration and the lessons learned from the way they brought their innovative ideas to life. The cases include innovations for improved customer service, stronger human resources, and new food service and lodging concepts. While updated technology forms the basis for many of the innovations, some of the cases focus specifically on technology improvements, with a particular focus on the use of technology as a mediator in the service value chain. With the passage of several years, the book shares the outcome of the innovative concepts—most of which continue to operate. The lessons presented will provide you a valuable perspective on success through innovation, whether you are operating in the hospitality industry or another business.

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Book SynopsisThis book takes the position that organizations, such as businesses, government agencies, etc. form a special class of living system. As such they come into being, live through lifecycle stages, and can experience organizational health and various forms of organizational illness along the way. If the latter is frequent or extended, such organizations often die an untimely death. A services perspective can go a long way to combat this outcome and assist in maintaining organizational health. Allowing this perspective to permeate an organization induces a consideration of its genuine value and leads to a greater understanding of the breadth of stakeholders who are the beneficiaries of it.Productivity and services in an organization are symbiotic—and must be so in order to achieve the balance that is key to the health of each organization. A services perspective illuminates as well the pivotal role that business-to-business service providers play in ensuring that balance is achieved and maintained. This book explores these factors from the point of view of the business leader and anyone concerned with the health of any organization.

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