eBooks List For Item Economics - General
Economic Facts and Fallacies
- ISBN:
- 0465003494
- Authors:
- Thomas Sowell
From one of America's most distinguished economists, a short, brilliant and revelatory book: the fundamental ideas people most commonly get wrong about economics, and how to think about the subject better. Economic Facts and Fallacies exposes some of the most popular fallacies about economic issues--and does so in a lively manner and without requiring any prior knowledge of economics by the readers. These fallacies include many beliefs widely...
Finance: A Fine Art
- ISBN:
- 0470847670
- Authors:
- Michel Fleuriet
The financial markets play a crucial role in contemporary society. They can change the lives of whole communities for better or worse and form an essential part of the overall economy. Yet their intermediaries are frequently criticised for misuse of the power that they wield. In this defence of the markets Michel Fleuriet draws on his many years experience in the field to span history and contemporary culture, addressing the market...
Principles of Conflict Economics: A Primer for Social Scientists
- ISBN:
- 0521875579
- Authors:
- Charles H. Anderton, John R. Carter
Conflict economics contributes to an understanding of violent conflict in two important ways. First, it applies economic analysis to diverse conflict activities such as war, arms races, and terrorism, showing how they can be understood as purposeful choices responsive to underlying incentives. Second, it treats appropriation as a fundamental economic activity, joining production and exchange as a means of wealth acquisition. Drawing on a...
Entrepreneurship, Growth, and Public Policy
- ISBN:
- 0521894921
While the public policy community has turned to entrepreneurship to maintain, restore, or generate economic prosperity, the economics profession has been remarkably taciturn in providing guidance for public policy for understanding the links between entrepreneurship and economic growth as well as for framing and weighing policy issues and decisions. The purpose of this volume is to provide a lens through which public policy decisions involving...
ICTs and Indian Economic Development: Economy, Work, Regulation
- ISBN:
- 0761933395
ICTs and Indian Economic Development evaluates the recent phenomenon of Information technology communication (ICT) development in India, and discusses such questions as: Can the growth be sustained? How far can an ICT revolution go towards modernising India's economy? What could be the capacity of ICTs to induce rapid social transformation and change? Can India navigate all the pitfalls and hazards and retain its current comparative advantage in...
Change Management: Altering Mindsets in a Global Context (Response Books)
- ISBN:
- 0761934685
- Authors:
- V Nilakant, S Ramnarayan
This book presents a new and fundamentally different way of understanding organizational change. The authors present a new model of change management which identifies four core tasks that are crucial to the success of any change initiative in organizations. These are: appreciating change, mobilizing support for change, executing change and building change capability. They contend that failures of change initiatives result from failure to manage...
Non-Life Insurance Mathematics: An Introduction with Stochastic Processes (Universitext)
- ISBN:
- 3540406506
- Authors:
- Thomas Mikosch
This book offers a mathematical introduction to non-life insurance and, at the same time, to a multitude of applied stochastic processes. It gives detailed discussions of the fundamental models for claim sizes, claim arrivals, the total claim amount, and their probabilistic properties. Throughout the book the language of stochastic processes is used for describing the dynamics of an insurance portfolio in claim size space and time. In addition...
Tourism Demand Modelling and Forecasting: Modern Econometric Approaches (Advances in Tourism Research)
- ISBN:
- 0080436730
The phenomenal growth of both the world-wide tourism industry and academic interest in tourism over the last thirty years has generated great interest in tourism demand modelling and forecasting from both sectors. However, the tendency for researchers and practitioners engaged in quantitative causal tourism modelling and forecasting to run many regression equations and try to choose the 'best' model based on various parametric and non-parametric...
Energy Optimization in Process Systems
- ISBN:
- 0080451411
- Authors:
- Stanislaw Sieniutycz, Jacek Jezowski
Despite the vast research on energy optimization and process integration, there has to date been no synthesis linking these together. This book fills the gap, presenting optimization and integration in energy and process engineering. The content is based on the current literature and includes novel approaches developed by the authors. Various thermal and chemical systems (heat and mass exchangers, thermal and water networks, energy converters,...
The Secrets of Economic Indicators: Hidden Clues to Future Economic Trends and Investment Opportunities, 2nd Edition
- ISBN:
- 0132447290
- Authors:
- Bernard Baumohl
"This is the real deal. Baumohl miraculously breathes life into economic indicators and statistics." --The Wall Street Journal "This is the most up-to-date guide to economic indicators and their importance to financial markets in print. The coverage of less-reported indicators, especially those from nongovernment sources, is hard to find elsewhere. The inclusion of the actual published tables helps the newer student of the markets find the data...
Decisions, Uncertainty, and the Brain: The Science of Neuroeconomics (Bradford Books)
- ISBN:
- 0262072440
- Authors:
- Paul W. Glimcher
In this provocative book, Paul Glimcher argues that economic theory may provide an alternative to the classical Cartesian model of the brain and behavior. René „escartes (1596-1650) believed that all behaviors could be divided into two categories, the simple and the complex. Simple behaviors were those in which a given sensory event gave rise deterministically to an appropriate motor response. Complex behaviors were those in which the...
International Economics
- ISBN:
- 0273655078
- Authors:
- Barbara Ingham
The book is aimed at undergraduate students taking Level 2 or Level 3 courses in international economics. As well as students specialising in economics, the book is likely to be of interest to students on business studies, management, and social science programmes. Massive changes took place in the world economy in the last quarter of the twentieth century and the speed with which markets in goods, services, and finance were liberalised has no...
Truth or Economics: On the Definition, Prediction, and Relevance of Economic Efficiency
- ISBN:
- 0300114591
- Authors:
- Prof. Richard S. Markovits
Is economic efficiency a sound basis upon which to make public policy or legal decisions? In this sophisticated analysis, Richard S. Markovits considers the way in which scholars and public decision-makers define, predict, and assess the moral and legal relevance of economic efficiency. The author begins by identifying imperfections in the traditional definition of economic efficiency. He then develops and illustrates an appropriate response to...
Gameplay and design
- ISBN:
- 0321204670
- Authors:
- Kevin Oxland
What exactly is the elusive ingredient that makes a game worth playing? To create a great game you need passion, imagination, talent, a good understanding of game-play and design, experience, a dedicated team, good project management and lots of hard work. Every game developed is individual, but there are certain techniques and fundamentals that can be learnt to understand the creative process of game design, and those fundamentals will be...
The Possibilities Organization
- ISBN:
- 0874255775
- Authors:
- Bernard G. Berenson, Robert R. Carkhuff
The organization as the source of new capital development — Marketplace Capital Development (MCD), Organizational Capital Development (OCD), Human Capital Development (HCD), Information Capital Development (ICD), Mechanical Capital Development (mCD).
The End of Prosperity: How Higher Taxes Will Doom the Economy--If We Let It Happen
- ISBN:
- 1416592385
- Authors:
- Arthur B. Laffer, Stephen Moore, Peter Tanous
Arthur Laffer -- the father of supply-side economics and a member of President Reagan's Economic Policy Advisory Board -- joins economist Stephen Moore of The Wall Street Journal editorial board and investment advisor Peter J. Tanous to send Americans an urgent message: We risk losing the exceptional standard of living that has made us the envy of the rest of the world if the pro-growth policies of the last twenty-five years are reversed by a...
Animating Real-Time Game Characters (Game Development Series)
- ISBN:
- 1584502703
- Authors:
- Paul Steed
Learn the basics of what makes a great character model and gain new insights to the many issues facing the character animator. Using the tried and proven methods found in Animating Real-Time Game Characters, youíll quickly bring your character animation to the next level. Find detailed coverage on modeling, rigging, and weighting real-time game characters using 3ds max and character studio. Explore effective keyframing techniques that focus on...
Distressed Debt Analysis: Strategies for Speculative Investors
- ISBN:
- 1932159185
- Authors:
- Stephen G. Moyer
Recently, reorganizations, restructurings, and bankruptcies have replaced IPOs as the common financial vehicle of the times. However, these distressed companies can still provide an avenue for profitable investing. This eagerly anticipated new reference helps guide you through this treacherous landscape in order to master the multi-move chess-like strategies required to achieve financially advantageous results for your portfolio. It is the most...
Information Technology Auditing: An Evolving Agenda
- ISBN:
- 3540221557
- Authors:
- Jagdish Pathak
An evolving agenda of Information Technology Auditing is subject of this book. The author presents various current and future issues in the domain of IT Auditing in both scholarly as well as highly practice-driven manner so as to make those issues clear in the mind of an IT auditor. The aim of the book is not to delve deep on the technologies but the impact of these technologies on practices and procedures of IT auditors. Among the topics are...
Nonlinear Dynamics and Heterogeneous Interacting Agents (Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems)
- ISBN:
- 3540222375
Economic application of nonlinear dynamics, microscopic agent-based modelling, and the use of artificial intelligence techniques as learning devices of boundedly rational actors are among the most exciting interdisciplinary ventures of economic theory over the past decade. This volume provides us with a most fascinating series of examples on
Location Theory: A Unified Approach
- ISBN:
- 3540243216
- Authors:
- Stefan Nickel, Justo Puerto
Although modern location theory is now more than 90 years old, the focus of researchers in this area has been mainly problem oriented. However, a common theory, which keeps the essential characteristics of classical location models, is still missing. This monograph addresses this issue. A flexible location problem called the Ordered Median Problem (OMP) is introduced. For all three main subareas of location theory (continuous, network and...
Handbook on Optimal Growth 1: Discrete Time (V. 1)
- ISBN:
- 3540323082
The problem of efficient or optimal allocation of resources is a fundamental concern of economic analysis. The theory of optimal economic growth can be viewed as an aspect of this central theme, which emphasizes in general the issues arising in the allocation of resources over an infinite time horizon, and in particular the consumption-investment decision process in models in which there is no natural "terminal date". This broad scope of...
Dynamic Inventory Management in Reverse Logistics (Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems)
- ISBN:
- 3540332294
- Authors:
- Rainer Kleber
The integration of product recovery into regular production processes enables new opportunities for cost savings. It also yields new challenges for inventory management because there are two sources to satisfy product requirements which need to be coordinated by additionally taking into account limited availability of used products. In case of a dynamic planning situation, for instance when dealing with seasonality or the product life cycle, new...
Putting Knowledge Networks into Action: Methodology, Development, Maintenance
- ISBN:
- 3540405747
The concepts and theories of knowledge management and networks are meanwhile well documented. Yet there are few, if any, guidelines on how to implement knowledge management within an organization, especially focusing on how to manage knowledge in a network environment. This shows that managing knowledge in networks is a rather new and unexplored field. This book visualizes paths that allow one to make connections between theories, concepts and...
Computer-Aided Introduction to Econometrics
- ISBN:
- 354044114X
The advent of low cost computation has made many previously intractable econometric models empirically feasible and computational methods are now realized as an integral part of the theory. This book provides graduate students and researchers not only with a sound theoretical introduction to the topic, but allows the reader through an internet based interactive computing method to learn from theory to practice the different techniques discussed...
Reliability Engineering: Theory and Practice
- ISBN:
- 3540493883
- Authors:
- Alessandro Birolini
This book shows how to build in, evaluate, and demonstrate reliability & availability of components, equipment, systems. It presents the state-of-the-art of reliability engineering, both in theory and practice, and is based on the author's 30 years experience in this field, half in industry and half as Professor of Reliability Engineering at the ETH, Zurich. The structure of the book allows rapid access to practical results. Besides extensions...
Innovation and Technology - Strategies and Policies
- ISBN:
- 0792344359
Innovation and Technology -- Strategies and Policies contains a selection of outstanding contributions by world experts on how a culture of innovation is able to produce a response to fast global changes affecting society. The book describes major evolutionary directions and foreseen trends in: environment versus industry; technology breakthroughs; energy planning; education and research; intangible investment requirements; new health...
Institutional Economics: Theory, Method, Policy (Recent Economic Thought)
- ISBN:
- 0792393465
The volume appraises, refines, and extends the institutionalist's evolutionary theory of political economy in six different areas of inquiry: (a) the provision of a fresh and comparative overview of institutional economics in general; (b) the presentation and refinement of pragmatic methods of inquiry; (c) the exploration of extensions and clarifications of instrumental value theory; (d) the distillation of an emergent institutionalist theory of...
The Economics of Biodiversity Conservation: Valuation in Tropical Forest Ecosystems
- ISBN:
- 1844073645
- Authors:
- K. N. Ninan
* Placing an economic value on biodiversity is seen by many as the best and perhaps only successful way of preserving it while also protecting livelihoods * This is the most comprehensive examination of valuation ever conducted, focusing on one of the world’s top eight biodiversity "hotspots", with principles widely applicable across the world * Original comparisons of the different "values" of biodiversity, trade-offs, incentives for...
Economics Uncut: A Complete Guide to Life, Death And Misadventure
- ISBN:
- 1845425804
Applies principles of microeconomics to unusual settings to inspire students, teachers and scholars alike in the 'dismal science'. In this book, leading experts show how economics reaches into the strangest of places and throws light onto the dark side of human nature.
Handbook of Worldwide Postal Reform (Advances in Regulatory Economics)
- ISBN:
- 1847209572
- Authors:
- Michael A. Crew, Paul R. Kleindorfer, James I., Jr. Campbell
The postal and delivery sector has been the subject of considerable interest in recent years. This book brings together a number of contributions directed at understanding developments in the field of postal reform. The authors review the experience and plans of individual countries to provide some perspective on the problems faced in the area and the varied approaches being taken to address it. They also review key elements of policy and...
Late Capitalism (Verso Classics, 23)
- ISBN:
- 185984202X
- Authors:
- Ernest Mandel
Late Capitalism represents the first ever attempt to combine the general theory of the 'laws of motion' of the capitalist mode of production developed by Marx with the concrete history of capitalism in the twentieth century. Mandel sketches the structure of the world market and develops a bold schema for the 'long-waves' of expansion and contraction in the history of capitalism.
From Knowledge Management to Strategic Competence: Measuring Technological, Market And Organisational Innovation (Series on Technology Management)
- ISBN:
- 1860946380
The business and academic communities continue to have an interest in the concepts of knowledge management and strategic competencies or core capabilities. This book attempts to establish the links between strategic competencies, knowledge management, organisational learning and innovation - specifically, how an organisation identifies, assesses and exploits its competencies, and translates these into new processes, products and services. The...
Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest and Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics (Library Binder)
- ISBN:
- 0786199172
- Authors:
- Henry Hazlitt
Called by H. L. Mencken, one of the few economists in history who could really write, Henry Hazlitt achieved lasting fame for this brilliant but concise work. In it, he explains basic truths about economics and the economic fallacies responsible for unemployment, inflation, high taxes, and recession. Covering considerable ground, Hazlitt illustrates the destructive effects of taxes, rent and price controls, inflation, trade restrictions, and...
Absolute Beginner's Guide to Online Dating
- ISBN:
- 0789732858
- Authors:
- Greg Holden
Curious about online dating but worried that it might not be safe? Not even sure where to start and which site to try first? Now there is a one-stop reference guide to teach you everything you need to know to enter the world of online dating — safely. The Absolute Beginner's Guide to Online Dating will help you acquire the skills to attract a future mate based on personality, values and interests using e-mail, chat and the Web. From a...
The Business of Economics
- ISBN:
- 0198292228
- Authors:
- John Kay
Medicine and business management share certain similarities, writes John Kay. For centuries, the theories behind medical practice were mostly nonsense. Doctors simply applied fashionable nostrums, bleeding one patient, starving another, and sometimes the patient got better, sometimes not. The prestige of a doctor rested more on the social rank of his patients and the confidence of his assertions than on the evidence of his cures. Much the same...
The Institutions of the Market: Organizations, Social Systems, and Governance
- ISBN:
- 0199231435
This book approaches markets as a dynamic ensemble of institutions; and as a set of rules or norms, that contribute to the evolution of social systems of governance, and can be analysed as a structured social system. It tackles such questions as: * Where do markets come from and what drives their evolution? * How do organizations cope with the competitive dynamism of markets? * What is the role of governance mechanisms in the institutional...
New Rules for the New Economy: 10 Radical Strategies for a Connected World
- ISBN:
- 0670881112
- Authors:
- Kevin Kelly
The old rules are broken. The current revolution in business requires nothing less than a new set of rules. Succinct and memorable, New Rules is the survival kit for the new economy. Kelly's manifesto in Wired brought rave reviews from business gurus such as Tom Peters, and praise from think tanks and business strategists from all over the world. New Rules will wake up the business world. Forget supply and demand. Forget computers. Today,...
Testing Macroeconometric Models
- ISBN:
- 0674875036
- Authors:
- Ray Fair
In this book Ray Fair expounds powerful techniques for estimating and analyzing macroeconometric models. He takes advantage of the remarkable decrease in computational costs that has occurred since the early 1980s by implementing such sophisticated techniques as stochastic simulation. Testing Macroeconometric Models also incorporates the assumption of rational expectations in the estimation, solution, and testing of the models. And it presents...
Essays on the Great Depression
- ISBN:
- 0691016984
- Authors:
- Ben S. Bernanke
Few periods in history compare to the Great Depression. Stock market crashes, bread lines, bank runs, and wild currency speculation were worldwide phenomena--all occurring with war looming in the background. This period has provided economists with a marvelous laboratory for studying the links between economic policies and institutions and economic performance. Here, Ben Bernanke has gathered together his essays on why the Great Depression was...