Economics, Finance, Business and Management

This book presents the capitalist system as a function of the interaction of the three basic classes in the capitalist social formation.

Feminist critique has yet to deconstruct the new 'superwoman' ideal: the modern woman who can and must have everything, but who, in reality, is never good enough.

This one-of-a-kind guide provides project managers, executives, and customers alike with an in-depth start-to-finish process that ensure win-win solutions when things go awry.

This is the first book to provide a systematic description of statistical properties of large-scale financial data.

Project Risk Management Guidelines covers the basic principles, practices, and techniques for managing risk in projects, especially large-scale and complex projects.

LECTURING BIRDS ON FLYING For the past few decades, the financial world has often displayed an unreasonable willingness to believe that "e;the model is right, the market is wrong,"e; in spite of the fact that these theoretical machinations were largely responsible for the stock market crash of 1987, the LTCM crisis of 1998, the credit crisis of 2008, and many other blow-ups, large and small.

Every organization makes plans for updating products, technologies, and business processes.

This book is a reference for continuous improvement project (CIP) leaders/facilitators in manufacturing and service organizations, students (undergraduate and graduate), academics responsible for managing senior projects (Capstone Projects) and teaching quality courses, and researchers interested in how organizations could produce more effective and efficient continuous improvement initiatives and projects.

Über den Sinn und Zweck der Unternehmung läßt sich gut räsonieren.

LEAD Safety concentrates on self-development and education in safety leadership.

Stopping Losses from Accidental and Malicious Actions Around the world, users cost organizations billions of dollars due to simple errors and malicious actions.

Based on the Job Definition Format (JDF) new workflow concepts are developed which will help create integrated workflows in the graphic arts industry.

Taoism for Beginners is a practical guide to applying the key notions, concepts and beliefs underlying Taoism's various branches and schools.

The past twenty years has seen the emergence of an industry standard model of presentation - the slide show.

As our economy shifts from recession to recovery, our current economic climate is ripe for transformation.

Social media have radically shifted the way people relate with each other and with organizations in technology-mediated ways; few areas are being impacted more strongly than Human Resources or Personnel Management.

Mind your business with this updated edition of the bestselling online business how-to guide Have a computer, an Internet connection, and a dream?

This book articulates a unified theory of capitalism as an attempt to provide a comprehensive scientific theory of this social system.

This book, first published in 1997, focuses on the Anglo-American cooperation which began during the relatively uneventful years 1953 and 1954, and which led to a covert operation, code-named 'Alpha', which aimed - unsuccessfully - at convincing Egyptian and Israeli leaders to consider a settlement through secret negotiations.

Julia Gentgen stellt ein integriertes Entscheidungsmodell für deutsche Banken vor, das zur Behandlung von Problemkrediten sowohl die Kosteneffizienz der jeweiligen Transaktionsform als auch die erforderlichen Kompetenzen zur Bearbeitung berücksichtigt.

Culture transformation expert Siobhan McHale defines culture simply: ';It's how things work around here.

This book reveals the myriad aspects of Big Data collection and analysis, by defining and clarifying the meaning of Big Data and its unique characteristics in a non-technical and easy-to-follow way.

There are thousands of books about thinking.

The new wave in business process re-engineering.

Policy evaluation and programme choice are important tools for informed decision-making, for the administration of active labour market programmes, training programmes, tuition subsidies, rehabilitation programmes etc.

When the going gets tough, the tough need inspiration-and that's what Great Thoughts to Sell By provides.

Competition between market centers is a driving force for innovation, dynamic growth, and reasonable pricing structures.

The distinctive nature of the European pe/vc environment is on display in Stefano Caselli's presentation of its complete conceptual framework, from the volatile (its financial side) to the stable (its legal organization).

There is a need for a book that provides a model of learning that is appropriate for online learning as well as teaches the user how to create potent Flash applications to deliver online learning content.

Occupational Safety and Hygiene VI collects recent papers of selected authors from 21 countries in the domain of occupational safety and hygiene (OSH).

A major success of the early post-war period was the negotiated reduction of barriers to international trade in commodities and manufactured goods, under the auspices of the GATT.

Meeting consumer needs and desires, while promoting cleaner production and sustainable consumption, is one of the greatest challenges facing industry today.

Trading Regime Analysis is a groundbreaking work on how markets behave and how to profit from this behaviour.

First Published in 2003.

Developing and executing marketing strategies is a vital aspect of any business and few books currently cover this with relation to creative industries.

This book analyzes some of the most recent advances in the field of decision making and fuzzy systems applied to business and economics presented at the International Conference on Modeling and Simulation (MS'12 Rio de Janeiro), 10-13 December, 2012.

Public Management and Governance is the leading text in international public management and governance and an ideal introduction to all aspects of this field.

The No-Time-To-Lose Diet reveals a weight-loss plan you can successfully use in the real world.

The Chinese shipping industry is a particularly prominent industry and has rapidly expanded over the last decade.

This book presents the latest tools, techniques, and solutions that decision makers use to overcome the challenges faced by their sustainable supply chains.

Systems of innovation that are conducted within national borders can preserve inefficient solutions and prevent development.

Introduction to Stochastic Finance with Market Examples, Second Edition presents an introduction to pricing and hedging in discrete and continuous-time financial models, emphasizing both analytical and probabilistic methods.