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How do modern Muslims adapt their traditions to engage with today's world? Charles Tripp's erudite and incisive book considers one of the most significant challenges faced by Muslims over the last sixty years: the challenge of capitalism. By reference to the works of noted Muslim scholars, the author shows how, faced by this challenge, these intellectuals devised a range of strategies which have

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“She’s blunt, but with a humorous touch that helps you grasp the information and appreciate that she’s been in the situation she’s presenting… She’s just a real estate professional who has learned from her own mistakes and wants to share that experience in a quick, casual, easy-to-follow way… Although the book is geared toward professionals, a potential home buyer or seller may want to pick it up

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In this cooling market, homes are becoming harder to sell. But with the right strategies, sellers can greatly increase their odds of success. Sell Your Home in Any Market gives readers the tools, techniques, and strategies used by the best real estate marketing experts in the nation to ensure their home is positioned to sell. Readers will find out how to:--NewsdaSell Your Home in Any Market

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Donaldson introduces his remarkably effective Wish-Want-Walk Method, which has been successfully presented in seminars around the world:WISH-set a goal for the negotiation.WANT-know where the market is most likely to push the results.WALK-draw the line that you will not cross.'Wish, Want, Walk' will be your guide, telling you when to start the bidding, when to quit while you're ahead, and when to

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The Four Pillars of Profit-Driven Marketing is the first book to offer a practical, proven framework that helps marketers capture the metrics essential to determining ROI and use them to develop an overall marketing strategy based on accurate ROI figures. Inside, two marketing strategy executives at Booz And Company, Leslie Moeller and Edward Landry, reveal the 4 pillars of marketing," which help

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This important book aims to fill this void, serving as a valuable source of reference for scholars interested in the economics of specialization. The volume begins with the precursors of political economy including the ancient Greeks, medieval Islamic scholastics and mercantilists, continues with the classical political economists and the neoclassicists, and concludes with the Austrian economists

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Featuring contributors from These essays give the first detailed analysis of consumerism within East and South-East Asia and contain case studies from Malaysia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Singapore and Japan.Consumption in Asia

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The stability and efficiency of these systems are essential to their economic development and competitiveness. Many of the countries are also EU accession countries in the process of transforming their legal and institutional infrastructure towards Western European standards. Most of the accession countries are aiming at becoming EMU-members and want to replace their currencies by the Euro within

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The goal is to raise awareness and change negative money beliefs and attitudes into increasing wealth. The purpose of this book is to inspire and give hope to millions of people who have not achieved their wealth potential, but have a passion and desire to live a rich, purposeful and joyous lifestyle.The intended audience is small business owners and sales professional who has control of their

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What We Could Have Done with the Money presents 50 thought-provoking spending alternatives. With a trillion dollars, we could * Fix Social Security right now: Stop worrying. Stop debating. It's done. Over. Fixed.* End homelessness in America: House 15 million homeless families, get a million kids out of foster care, and have change to spare!* Give everyone in the world satellite TV: Can we have

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Modern Project Management helps them do that, filling in the knowledge gaps and answering the questions of this often misunderstood process. By going through project management step-by-step, the book presents an integrated approach that balances theory, methods, psychology, and practice, and helps even novice project managers achieve superior results. Readers will learn how to:* Plan the project

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IT project to be completely successful that basic definition of success needs to be extended to include meeting return on investment expectations, product quality, stakeholder satisfaction, security, maintainability and adaptability. Also, the formal methods and tools of the project management discipline need to evolve to address the changes in modern software engineering and our high-tech global

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business-oriented focus." Supply Management "This isn't your usual project management guide, but more a bible on how to blend project management objectives into overall business structures for added effectiveness. From project organization to workshop models and results, The Practice of Project Management will also make a fine classroom text for business courses." Midwestbookreview.com "Will

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Welcome to the fine art of Herding Chickens--unconventional, innovative techniques for successful project management. Inside, the authors divulge expert approaches to getting a disparate project team moving in one direction. In their engaging style, they'll show you novel ways to boost efficiency, eliminate chaos, and ultimately complete your project on time, within budget.A fun and irreverent

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The authors illustrate how the PMO can be used to reduce costs of projects, decrease time to market for new products, increase corporate profits, and ensure project success. This reference covers all aspects of PMO in a format that is easy to read and understand. It discusses the motivations for adopting a PMO, including project performance, project manager competency, the organizational desire

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Enthusiastically supported by Keynes and later by the monetarist school, reserve position doctrine was developed mainly by US central bankers and academics during the early 1920s, and at least in the US became the unchallenged dogma of monetary policy implementation for sixty years.The return of interest rate targeting also corresponds largely to the restoration of central banking principles

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The Future of Banking in a Globalised World provides an entertaining yet informative look at the world of banking and chronicles the radical changes that have occurred in the industry over the past three years. Renowned analyst and international speaker, Chris Skinner assesses the trends that have occurred during the past three years and looks at predictions for the future of banking.Issues

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Arts Marketing Insights offers managers, board members, professors, and students of arts management the ideas and information they need to market effectively and efficiently to customers today and into the future. In this book, Joanne Scheff Bernstein helps readers to understand performing arts audiences, conduct research, and provide excellent customer service. She demonstrates that arts

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Women at the Top: Powerful Leaders Tell Us How to Combine Work and Family include : -explores the work histories, motivation, leadership styles, mentors, and family backgrounds of a diverse assortment of top-level women-includes the case studies of the President of Old Navy/Gap, the Chairman of Deloitte and Touche, the VP of IBM operations, a Supreme Court Judge in China, President of Legislative

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The volume is structured into sections covering the global context, global competencies, teaming and leading, executing strategic initiatives globally, and special issues in developing and transitioning economies. These sections are framed and contextualized by an introduction from the editors. Topical subjects covered include developing a global mindset, managing global virtual teams, knowledge

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Make Your First Million: Ditch the 9-5 and Start the Business of Your Dreams More Info | Mirror

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Small business owners looking to take it to the next level will learn how to:• Fine-tune sales and marketing skills• Manage time and get organized• Control the financial reins• Hire and manage employees• Grow their customer base• Operate more powerfully• Overcome operational crisisMore Info | Mirror

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A Modern Approach to Graham and Dodd Investing examines the classic Graham and Dodd approach to valuation and updates it for the twenty-first century. More Info | Mirror

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This book will both enlighten and empower readers with specific strategies to use in everyday personal and professional activities so that they can achieve greater success in their lives. At the same time, it is intended to enable introverts to understand, appreciate, and celebrate their unique strengths.More Info | Mirror

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Moore moves from frank observations on religious pride to a discussion of making money but losing faith. He sees faith as integral to each and every aspect of investing. Using the financial teachings of the Judeo-Christian Scriptures, he shows people how to take sound but fragmented ideas about modern political, economic, and theological reality and mold them into a coherent whole. He cites

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Underlying each system is a set of assumptions, particularly about trust and risk. To evaluate systems, and this to determine one's own risks, requires an understanding of the dimensions of trust: security, privacy and reliability. In this book Jean Camp focuses on two major yet frequently overlooked issues in the design of Internet commerce systems -trust and risk. Trust and risk are closely

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The book will be in three parts all based on how to research, create and then activate a strategic market plan. Great emphasis is placed on the clarity of the planning model- used internationally with major companies and refined over many years. Important elements for the user of the book will be the use of-* Questionnaires and feedback techniques* Templates that can be used to create real plans

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To help meet that challenge, the BEP asked the NRC to undertake an assessment of technologies and methods to produce designs to enhance the security of U.S. Federal Reserve notes (FRNs). This report presents the results of a systematic investigation of the trends in digital imaging and printing and how they enable emerging counterfeiting threats; the identification and analysis of new features of

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currency traders and hedgers, and will help the reader to understand how managers of international corporations carry out their business. Organized in three sections, the book:* examines the mechanics of the foreign exchange market, reviewing spot, forwards, futures and options* constructs the main building blocks of international finance including interest rate parity an arbitrage* introduces

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Leading business plan expert Tim Berry invites you to block all thoughts of overwhelming, traditional, formal, cookie-cutter business plans and embrace an easier, more practical, modern business plan-the plan that evolves with your business and allows you to start building your business now!More Info | Mirror

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there is no better time than now to get started and The Mocha Manual to Turning Your Passion into Profit offers the step-by-step answers you need to turn your ideas into a business plan and your business plan into a bona fide business. Whether Kimberly Seals-Allers, an entrepreneur herself, is directing you toward resources that will tell you which licenses you need to get started or advising you

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Meltdown draws together nearly twenty years of the best of their coverage of the financial crisis and explores what steps President Obama and his new administration must take to ensure a more secure future for everyone.Contributors include:William Greider on Alan Greenspan’s flawed ideologyRobert Sherrill on why the bubble poppedThomas Frank on the rise of market populismChristopher Hayes on the

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Fundamentally an optimistic book, its message is that once a problem is put on the agenda, government can learn to solve it, maybe not in the most efficient possible way, but in a ragged and democratic fashion.More Info | Mirror

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Reflects the developments in statistics and employs modern, effective methods to teach this topic. This title helps students learn to conduct, randomize and analyze surveys and experiments.More Info | Mirror

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The World Economy and National Economies in the Interwar Slump the interaction between the gold standard and the Great Depression in seven countries is examined by an international team of economists and economic historians. More Info | Mirror

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Today, fundraising success is largely equated with electoral success; the party that raises the most money is at a distinct advantage. If party leaders require their ambitious members to service the financial needs of the party and its political candidates in order to advance in the chamber, the party as a whole benefits from its members’ individual pursuits. Currinder argues that the new “rule

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This book will be of great interest to students with basic calculus and some knowledge of economic theory who are engaged with transportation economics, planning and, or engineering, travel demand analysis, and many related fields. It will also be essential reading for researchers in any aspect of urban transportation.More Info | Mirror

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The International Encyclopedia of Hospitality Management covers all of the relevant issues in the field of hospitality management from both a sectoral level:* Lodging* Restaurants* Clubs* Time-share* ConventionsAs well as a functional one:* Accounting & finance* Marketing* Human resources* Information technology* Facilities managementIts unique user-friendly structure enables readers to find

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From technology to financing issues, "Renewable Energy" offers a comprehensive and authoritative review of the determining factors that drive worldwide dissemination of renewable energy technologies. With a clear emphasis on policy and action, contributions from internationally renowned experts combine to form a holistic picture on the current status, impacts, and future potential of renewable

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lessons in how to make markets and services work to benefit poor people directly, enhancing their dignity and freedom of choice. "Ending Poverty in South Asia: Ideas That Work" is an essential tool for policy makers, social scientists, and development practitioners - indeed for all who are interested in tackling poverty and growth issues from the bottom up.More Info | Mirror

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This study examines whether the large and growing current account deficit is a problem, and if so, how the problem can be solved. A central policy conclusion of this study is that it is increasingly important that the United States reduce its external current account deficit. This deficit is no longer benign as it arguably was in the late 1990s when it was financing high investment instead of

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The need for such work remains, and subsequent to the Office closing, a number of former members of the Office, as well as other interested recruits, have created a network of economists committed to the deeper understanding of Britain’s economic performance which is so necessary if economic policy is to transcend the boundary between rhetoric and reality. The editors of this book would like to

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The global slowdown has affected the euro area more strongly than had been expected, with below potential growth continuing for four years. Growth has been recovering more slowly than elsewhere, with domestic demand staying particularly weak as consumer confidence failed to rebound. The OECD is projecting the recovery to gather steam in 2005, with growth of 2½ per cent. Unemployment is projected

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Wharton School professor Jeremy Siegel provides a potent mix of new evidence, research, and analysis supporting his key strategies for amassing a solid portfolio with enhanced returns and reduced risk. In a seamless narrative that incorporates the historical record of the markets with the realities of today's investing environmentMore Info | Mirror

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Four sets of issues are vividly highlighted throughout the book: the issue of integration into the global economy and the speed with which foreign trade should be liberalized; the issue of divestiture and the merits of following various privatization strategies; the issue of state intervention in the context of liberalization and private sector orientation; and the issue of democratization and

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Statistics, Data, and Statistical Thinking. Methods for Describing Sets of Data. Probability. Random Variables and Probability Distributions. Inferences Based on a Single Sample: Estimation with Confidence Intervals. Inferences Based on a Single Sample: Tests of Hypothesis. Comparing Population Means. Comparing Population Proportions. Simple Linear Regression. Introduction to Multiple Regression.

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It's a compilation of data and overview plus trend by many writers. There are six chapters and very intensive. Last chapter is most interesting - like a conclusion with some thoghts to follow: Global Pattern and Issues. Good for classroom and workplace.More Info | Mirror

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"This book not only makes available a mass of empirical research and provides the best survey of its topic but also suggests a number of areas for future research by economic historians and those in the disciplines of archaeology, literary criticism, and art history. It will be essential reading for all historians of the medieval English economy and society."--American Historical Review More Info

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the completion of the Uruguay Round of the GATT talks, the world economy has entered a fresh phase requiring different rules and different levels of international cooperation.More Info | Mirror

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This publication contains a selection of papers discussed at the OECD Blue Sky II Forum, held in Ottawa, Canada in September 2006. Matters discussed include: policy needs, measurement issues and some of the challenges in describing cross-cutting and emerging topics in science, technology and innovation; as well as ideas to exploit existing data and develop new frameworks of measurement.More Info

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The contributors to this volume are numismatists, ancient historians, and economists intent on investigating how these systems worked and how they both did and did not resemble a modern monetary system. Why did people first start using coins? How did Greeks and Romans make payments, large or small? What does money mean in Greek tragedy? Was the Roman Empire an integrated economic system? This

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The Holy Grail of trading is knowing what the markets will do next. Technical analysis is the art of predicting the market based on tested systems. Some systems work well when markets are "trending," and some work well when they are "cycling," going neither up nor down, but sideways. In Trading with Signal Analysis, noted technical analyst John Ehlers applies his engineering expertise to develop

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This book moves in that direction by dealing with issues as varied and complementary as: the perspectives for an integrating world economy, the financing of economic reform, employment generation and poverty alleviation or the role of institutions in economic development. These themes are tackled in the light of the experience of Asian newly industrialised countries, namely Korea, China and India

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This new edition will give an update of the different opportunities in drug discovery and development and the scientific, medical or other specialist training needed to accomplish them. The scope of this edition has been broadened to encompass all major roles, including marketing and sales.More Info | Mirror

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Excel is the industry standard for financial modelling, providing a number of ways for users to extend the functionality of their own add-ins, including VBA and C/C++. This is the only complete how-to guide and reference book for the creation of high performance add-ins for Excel in C and C++ for users in the finance industry. Steve Dalton explains how to apply Excel add-ins to financial

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The writers concerned included the anatomist Sir William Petty; John Law a convicted Scottish murderer who became Prime Minister of France; Richard Cantillon, a multi-millionaire banker apparently murdered in London in 1734; the Scottish philosopher, David Hume; the French writer, Francois Quesnay, personal physician to the King's mistress, Madame de Pompadour; the former seminarian and future

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The authors discuss hard pegs such as those attempted by the currency board of Argentina, outright dollarization, such as in Ecuador, and multilateral monetary union, as in Europe, the least reversible form of monetary union and the most powerful elixir of financial integration and trade.More Info | Mirror

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Bernhard Ostheimer entwickelt ein Set von Konstruktionsprinzipien für "verteilende eBusiness-Systeme", d.h. Systeme, die flexibel an organisatorische Veränderungen angepasst werden können und verteilte Organisationsstrukturen unterstützen. Er untersucht die Eigenschaften und die fachlichen, organisatorischen und technischen Anforderungen, entwirft ein idealtypisches verteilendes eBusiness-System

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A Review of Taxes and Corporate Finance explores the multiple avenues for taxes to affect corporate decisions including capital structure decisions, organizational form and restructurings, payout policy, compensation policy, risk management, and the use of tax shelters. The author provides a theoretical framework, empirical predictions, and empirical evidence for each of these areas. Each section

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The dictionary is supplemented by an exhaustive list of abbreviations in several languages. It will be an essential reference tool for business people operating within a new economic world order, who wish to understand global trade relations. The wide variety of economic terms presented makes this dictionary unique in the field.More INfo | Mirror

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Stock Investing For Dummies, 3rd Edition includes information on stock investing in both bear and bull markets; unique investment segments; stock investing for different types of situations; and examples straight from the real world of stock investing as they have occurred in the past three years. More Info | Mirror

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Updated to incorporate legislative and syllabus changes, the 2006 Study Systems provide complete study material for the May and November 2006 exams. The new edition maintains the popular loose-leaf format and contains:* practice questions throughout* complete revision section* topic summaries* recommended reading articles from a range of journals* May 2005 Q & A's* The official study systems are

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The …in brief books provide a critical ’snapshot’ of the major management fashions and fads influencing business strategy. They cut through the consultants’ jargon and steer a practical, common sense course through the theory and hype. They provide managers with a balanced view based on evidence rather than missionary zeal, so that they can be better informed.Sultan Kermally is the senior Vice

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In understandable, step-by-step language, it walks you through explanations and examples of conventional real estate financing so you understand clearly how most financing works. It examines all the available creative or unusual financing strategies that seasoned investors and homebuyers use every day to buy and finance properties. Drawing on his long experience as a successful real estate

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The New Path to Real Estate Wealth offers a step-by-step system that takes you from the basics of real estate investing to the more sophisticated strategies that let you earn without owning. Whether you’re a new investor or an experienced one, you’ll make big money in the world’s safest, most reliable investment with expert guidance on:* Finding great deals* Working with real estate agents*

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The book describes and analyzes these issues through a consideration of ten country case studies. As a starting point, the current situation for the provision of water and sanitation services for the poorest through non-regulated public providers in India and Uganda is reviewed. Comparative chapters are then presented on Argentina, Ghana, Philippines, Bolivia, Jordan, Zambia and Indonesia, all

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The second part looks specifically at urbanization and poverty, focusing attention on the critical issues of urban shelter, land and service provision and the socioeconomic and demographic information needed for improving governance and social programs. Part three looks at social difference, equity and urban demography, pointing out the potential advantages of urbanization for poverty reduction,

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The book counters the rhetoric of international policy on achieving sustainable agriculture and food security for developing countries in the context of dwindling global supplies of fossil fuels, and provides useful learning material for the current fledgling attempts at energy descent plans and the mainstreaming of eco-living in industrialized nations. More Info | Info Mirror

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The relationship between nonprofits and the government is ideal in many respects, according to Jeffrey M. Berry and David F. Arons. By underwriting operating budgets and subcontracting the administration of programs to nonprofits, governments at all levels are able to take advantage of nonprofits’ dedication, imagination, and private fund-raising skills. However, as nonprofits assume greater

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In mainstream economics the series of purchases, say, of a personal computer, then of software upgrades, peripherals, on-line services, and so on are analyzed as discrete transactions. McDermott instead links such purchases withing a "sale/purchase state" occupying the period beginning with the initial purchase of the PC and ending only when all of the PC's services have been exchanged to the

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Real estate expert Robert Irwin teaches homebuyers how to pick a house that serves as both a shelter and a secure, wise investment.More Info | Mirror

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A scholarly and entertaining account of the way that mismanagement of money and credit has led to financial explosions over the centuries. Covering such topics as the history and anatomy of crises, speculative manias, and the lender of last resort, this book has been hailed as "a true classic...both timely and timeless." The updated fifth edition expands upon each chapter, and includes two new

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To paraphrase James Madison, "public servants are not angels," but neither are they self-aggrandizing opportunists. The evidence presented in this volume offers a compelling case that motivation theory should be grounded not only in rational choice models, but altruistic and prosocial perspectives as well. In addition to reviewing evidence from many disciplines, the volume extensively reviews

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This introduction to futures and options markets is ideal for those with limited background in mathematics. Based on Hull's Options, Futures and Other Derivatives, one of the best-selling books on Wall Street and in the college market, this text offers an accessible presentation of the topic without the use of calculus. More Information | Mirror

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The authors consider the structure and operation of the market this creates, the economic, legal, and political forces influencing it, and the arguments for and against a robust market for law. Through jurisdictional competition, law markets promise to improve our laws and, by establishing certainty, streamline the operation of the legal system. But the law market also limits governments' ability

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All together, the Market Risk Analysis four volume set illustrates virtually every concept or formula with a practical, numerical example or a longer, empirical case study. Across all four volumes there are approximately 300 numerical and empirical examples, 400 graphs and figures and 30 case studies many of which are contained in interactive Excel spreadsheets available from the the accompanying

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The authors explain how we arrived in this dangerous state, and also what we can do about it. Sperling and Gordon expose the roots of the problem-- the resistant auto-industry, dysfunctional oil markets, short-sighted government policies, and unmotivated consumers. They zero in on reforming our gas-guzzling culture, expanding the search for low-carbon fuels, environment-friendly innovations in

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Integrating insights from management and psychology, the author covers such issues as the development of a free-agent workforce, with talent following supply and demand; the emergence of employees as the only true sustainable advantage; and the opportunities and challenges that managers face in their role as motivators, especially when they themselves are wrestling with limited resources and

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The Manager as Leader presents practical strategies, tools, and techniques for developing the leadership mindset and applying it on a daily basis. The book introduces the "Contextual Leadership Model," which identifies nine fundamental leadership roles and six common contexts in which leadership is exercised, and guides readers toward matching their roles and actions to the particular context at

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Drawing from their extensive research, teaching, and practical application in the field of counseling and group dynamics, the authors show readers how to master the role of "facilitator"--one who engages others in dialogue, resolves conflicts, and steers groups toward collective solutions. From leading project teams to getting buy-in for new policy recommendations, managers will develop the

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Daron Acemoglu gives graduate students not only the tools to analyze growth and related macroeconomic problems, but also the broad perspective necessary to apply those tools to the big-picture questions of growth and divergence. And he introduces the economic and mathematical foundations of modern growth theory and macroeconomics in a rigorous but easy to follow manner.After covering the

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"The book is a masterpiece! Aquila and Marcus have produced the essential guide for managing a professional services firm. They've marshaled their considerable real-life experiences and far-reaching vision into a veritable operating manual for the successful firm."-Rick Telberg, Editor at Large, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants"At its heart, this book is the running shoe for

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The world sugar market focuses on identifying, describing and assessing the key industry drivers and their future potential impact on the market.More Info | Mirror Info

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It analyses the economics of land use planning and the relationship between economics and planning and addresses questions like: What are the limits of land use planning and the extent of its objectives?; Is the aim aesthetic?; Is it efficiency?; Is it to ensure equity?; Or sustainability?; And if all of these aims, how should one be balanced against another?More Info | Mirror Info

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Active Index Investing is the definitive guide to how indexes are constructed, how index-based portfolios are managed, and how the world’s most sophisticated investors use index-based strategies to enhance performance, reduce costs and minimize the risks of investing.Active Index Investing provides a comprehensive overview of (1) the investment theories that are the foundation of index based

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Marketing Research provides clear explanations of complex issues, including the interpretation of statistics. Its charts, graphs, figures, sample questionnaires, and case studies make important points easier to grasp. The practice cases (including an SPSS data disk) offer engaging real-world problems that test the student’s research and analysis skills.Marketing Research offers all the

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The unifying theme revolves around the role of human economic behavior in the face of uncertainty and confusion. The contributors’ intent is to explain, educate and entertain — to go beyond the obvious. The next part contains writing about the Internet. It discusses the development of the online commercial world, and analyzes the macroeconomic side of the investment boom and bust related to

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This book draws upon the idea that internal and external pressures and stresses can result in a change in the shape and form of the organization--the bending moment. It suggests the importance of a holistic business strategy as a crucial part of building for success in the marketplace and relates this to a range of themes and topics, including mergers and acquisitions, risk management, leadership

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Across the OECD, governments are seeking to undertake structural reforms to strengthen their economic growth. Going for Growth 2006 takes stock of the progress made in implementing policy reforms to improve labour productivity and utilisation thMore Information } Mirror

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Responsible Care: A New Strategy for Pollution Prevention and Waste Reduction Through Environmental Management To protect themselves from long term liabilities companies have to do more than just comply with the basic responsibilities. This book is designed to introduce terminology, methodology, tools, procedures and practical guidance for incorporating efficient pollution prevention strategies

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This book examines how the connections between the Russian state, business community, and organized crime influence Russia's foreign and security policies, including its relations with the countries of the former Soviet Union, European Union, Asia and the Middle East. While earlier studies have focused separately on Russian foreign policy, the evolution of the business sector, or the growing

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Get a thorough review of vital research issues!Fundamentals of Business Marketing Research examines industrial/business research of the recent past, evaluates its current effectiveness, and offers suggestions for future use. This unique book includes and is based on "Business Marketing: A Twenty Year Review," a thorough study of industrial/business research conducted from 1978-1997 with critical

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This book presents the econometric analysis of single-equation and simultaneous-equation models in which the jointly dependent variables can be continuous, categorical, or truncated. Despite the traditional emphasis on continuous variables in econometrics, many of the economic variables encountered in practice are categorical (those for which a suitable category can be found but where no actual

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The European Union has long sought to create a single financial area across Europe where consumers in one country benefit from financial markets and activities in other countries. With the emergence of the Internet as a platform for the provision of online banking services, the creation of a pan-European market for banking services appeared a realistic proposition. In practice, however, this has

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Risk Analysis concerns itself with the quantification of risk, the modeling of identified risks and how to make decisions from those models. Quantitative risk analysis (QRA) using Monte Carlo simulation offers a powerful and precise method for dealing with the uncertainty and variability of a problem. By providing the building blocks the author guides the reader through the necessary steps to

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This landmark study provides an integrated analysis of China's unexpected economic boom of the past three decades. The authors combine deep China expertise with broad disciplinary knowledge to explain China's remarkable combination of high-speed growth and deeply flawed institutions. Their work exposes the mechanisms underpinning the origin and expansion of China's great boom. Penetrating studies

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The First Collection That Covers This Field at the Dynamic Strategic and One-Period Tactical LevelsAddressing the imbalance between research and practice, Quantitative Fund Management presents leading-edge theory and methods, along with their application in practical problems encountered in the fund management industry.A Current Snapshot of State-of-the-Art Applications of Dynamic Stochastic

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Experimental methods in economics respond to circumstances that are not completely dictated by accepted theory or outstanding problems. While the field of economics makes sharp distinctions and produces precise theory, the work of experimental economics sometimes appear blurred and may produce results that vary from strong support to little or partial support of the relevant theory.At a recent

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Western-style consumerism appears unstoppable. Yet it is has failed to deliver greater happiness and is now facing major environmental, population and political challenges.The Unmanageable Consumer examines the key Western traditions of thinking about and being a consumer. Each chapter posits a consumer model with examples from the international community. Readers are invited to enter an exciting

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Marketing Revolution: The Radical New Approach to Transforming the Business, the Brand & the Bottom Line Based on the experience of IBM and its leading business partners in transforming themselves and their clientsMore Information | Mirror | Mirror

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