eBooks List For Item Business / Economics / Finance
SAP Workflow Interview Questions, Answers, And Explanations
- ISBN:
- 193380405X
- Authors:
- Jim Stewart
The Ultimate Reference & Learning Guide for Workflow Consultants SAP Workflow Interview Questions, Answers, and Explanations! It' s clear that Workflow is one of the most challenging areas in SAP -- and finding answers can be difficult. SAP WF Interview Questions, Answers, and Explanations guides you through your learning process. From helping you to assess your Workflow skills to evaluating candidates for a job, SAP Workflow Interview Questions...
Network programming in .NET: C# & Visual Basic .NET
- ISBN:
- 1555583156
- Authors:
- Fiach Reid
The purpose of this book is to provide tools to design and implement network-orientated applications in .NET. It is also a guide for software designers to choose the best and most efficient way to implement mission critical solutions. The book addresses real-world issues facing professional developers, such as using third-party components as opposed in-house development. It differentiates itself from existing .NET publications because it is...
C# Network Programming
- ISBN:
- 0782141765
- Authors:
- Richard Blum
C# is Microsoft's hot new language for the .NET platform. This book covers everything C# programmers need to know to create network applications, a task traditionally done in C++. It explores the basics of network programming, including IP and TCP protocols, and moves on to targeted C# instruction, including using the C# network programming classes in the .NET framework. Topics covered include low-level network programming (such as sockets and...
jQuery 1.4 Reference Guide
- ISBN:
- 1849510040
- Authors:
- Jonathan Chaffer, Karl Swedberg
The book is a detailed reference guide, and an invaluable resource for answers to all your queries about jQuery. It is intended to be a quick reference to help at times when you need to quickly confirm a feature of the library. This book is for you if you are a web developer who wants a broad, organized view of all that jQuery library has to offer or a quick reference on their desk to refer to for particular details. Basic knowledge of HTML and...
Building Robots With Lego Mindstorms : The Ultimate Tool for Mindstorms Maniacs
- ISBN:
- 1928994679
- Authors:
- Mario Ferrari, Giulio Ferrari, Ralph Hempel
Lego robots! Mindstorms are sweeping the world and fans need to learn how to programme them Lego Mindstorms are a new generation of Lego Robots that can be manipulated using microcomputers, light and touch sensors, an infrared transmitter and CD-ROMs. Since Lego launched Lego Mindstorms in late 1998 sales have skyrocketed - with no sign of slowing down. Mindstorms have captured the imagination of adults and children alike, creating a subculture...
The Great Inflation and Its Aftermath: The Past and Future of American Affluence
- ISBN:
- 0375505482
- Authors:
- Robert J. Samuelson
It’s a giant gap in our history. The Great Inflation, argues award-winning columnist Robert J. Samuelson in this provocative book, was the worst domestic policy blunder of the postwar era and played a crucial role in transforming American politics, economy, and everyday life–and yet its story is hardly remembered or appreciated. In these uncertain economic times, it is more imperative than ever that we understand what happened in the 1960s...
Coding for Data and Computer Communications
- ISBN:
- 0387212450
- Authors:
- David Salomon
Coding is an highly integral component of viable and efficient computer and data communications, yet the often heavy mathematics that form the basis of coding can prevent a serious and practical understanding of this important area. "Coding for Data and Computer Communications" eschews the complex mathematics and clearly describes the core concepts, principles, and methods of channel codes ( for error correction), source codes (for compressing...
XML for Bioinformatics
- ISBN:
- 0387230289
- Authors:
- Ethan Cerami
XML for Bioinformatics aims to provide biologists, software engineers, and bioinformatics professionals with a comprehensive introduction to XML and current XML applications in bioinformatics. The book will assume no background in XML, and take readers from basic to intermediate XML concepts. Core topics will include: fundamentals of XML, creating XML grammars, web services via SOAP, and parsing XML documents in Perl and Java.
Secure Data Management in Decentralized Systems (Advances in Information Security)
- ISBN:
- 0387276947
The research scope of database security has expanded greatly, due to the rapid development of the global inter-networked infrastructure. Databases are no longer stand-alone systems that are only accessible to internal users of organizations. Instead, allowing selective access from different security domains has become a must for many business practices. New data services are emerging everyday, which also brings new challenges to protect data...
Methods and Procedures for the Verification and Validation of Artificial Neural Networks
- ISBN:
- 0387282882
Neural networks are members of a class of software that have the potential to enable intelligent computational systems capable of simulating characteristics of biological thinking and learning. Currently no standards exist to verify and validate neural network-based systems. NASA Independent Verification and Validation Facility has contracted the Institute for Scientific Research, Inc. to perform research on this topic and develop a...
Distributed and Parallel Systems: From Cluster to Grid Computing
- ISBN:
- 0387698574
Distributed and Parallel Systems: From Cluster to Grid Computing is an edited volume based on DAPSYS 2006, the 6th Austrian-Hungarian Workshop on Distributed and Parallel Systems, which is dedicated to all aspects of distributed and parallel computing. The workshop was held in conjunction with the 2nd Austrian Grid Symposium in Innsbruck, Austria in September 2006. Distributed and Parallel Systems: From Cluster to Grid Computing is designed...
Reshaping Change: A Processual Perspective (Understanding Organizational Change, 2)
- ISBN:
- 0415284090
- Authors:
- Patrick Dawson
A new and innovative approach to organizational change, giving a comprehensive analysis of the processual approach and a detailed commentary on the theory and practice of using a processual perspective in order to make sense of organization
Doing Multicultural Education for Achievement and Equity
- ISBN:
- 0415951844
- Authors:
- Carl A. Grant, Christine Sleeter
Doing Multicultural Education for Achievement and Equity is a hands-on, reader-friendly multicultural education textbook that aims to actively engage education students in critical reflection and self examination as they prepare to teach in increasingly diverse classrooms. As it promotes an understanding of the history of and need for multicultural education in schools, Carl Grant and Christine Sleeter’s book connects multicultural education...
Crafting the Witch: Gendering Magic in Medieval and Early Modern England (Studies in Medieval History and Culture)
- ISBN:
- 0415977614
- Authors:
- Heidi Breuer
How did the witch become wicked? This is the central question of Crafting the Witch, which documents and analyzes the gendered transformation of magical figures that occurred in Arthurian romance as it developed from its earliest continental manifestations in the twelfth century to its flowering in fifteenth- and sixteenth-century England. In particular, while wizard-figures remained repositories of privileged knowledge throughout these periods,...
Constructivist Instruction: Success or Failure?
- ISBN:
- 0415994241
Constructivist Instruction: Success or Failure? brings together leading thinkers from both sides of the hotly debated controversy about constructivist approaches to instruction. Although constructivist theories and practice now dominate the fields of the learning sciences, instructional technology, curriculum and teaching, and educational psychology, they have also been the subject of sharp criticism regarding sparse research support and adverse...
Recursive Model Theory, Volume Volume 1 (Studies in Logic and the Foundations of Mathematics)
- ISBN:
- 0444500030
- Authors:
- Author Unknown
Hardbound.
Recursive Algebra, Analysis and Combinatorics, Volume Volume 2 (Studies in Logic and the Foundations of Mathematics)
- ISBN:
- 0444501061
- Authors:
- Author Unknown
Hardbound.
Elsevier's Medical Terminology for the Practicing Nurse: In English (with definitions)
- ISBN:
- 0444824707
- Authors:
- S.F. Vanderwerf
Medical nomenclature is continually evolving and changing. Its objective is to achieve full scientific interaction among all those who share this discipline. In the course of their work, professional nurses are required to comprehend and interpret medical terminology. This dictionary presents a correlation of medical and nursing terms as reflected in medical practice and nursing arts. Also included, is a survey of little-used and/or newer...
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...
Redesigning Financial Regulation: The Politics of Enforcement
- ISBN:
- 0470018720
- Authors:
- Justin O'Brien
At the height of the 1990s boom, Jack Grubman, one of the most successful analysts in Wall Street proclaimed ‘what used to be conflicts of interest are now synergies’. This myopia contributed dramatically to the elevation of a culture in which greed was deified, oversight denigrated and misfeasance justified. Since the fall of the markets and the implosion of confidence in the American corporate business model, one man has proved...
The Adweek Copywriting Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Writing Powerful Advertising and Marketing Copy from One of America's Top Copywriters
- ISBN:
- 0470051248
- Authors:
- Joseph Sugarman
Great copy is the heart and soul of the advertising business. In this practical guide, legendary copywriter Joe Sugarman provides proven guidelines and expert advice on what it takes to write copy that will entice, motivate, and move customers to buy. For anyone who wants to break into the business, this is the ultimate companion resource for unlimited success.
Managing Customers Profitably
- ISBN:
- 0470060638
- Authors:
- Lynette Ryals
This book is a response to a need in the market place in the fast-growing field of customer profitability analysis and the profitable management of customer relationships. It combines innovative approaches to calculating the value of customers, with the management strategies necessary to make and keep customers profitable. It includes easy-to-follow instructions on how to calculate customer profitability, including worked examples...
Getting Started in Commodities (Getting Started In.....)
- ISBN:
- 0470089490
- Authors:
- George A. Fontanills
Get this handy roadmap to making money in the commodities market. Getting Started in Commodities shows you how to successfully invest in the commodities market in futures, stocks, stock indices, and options. The book explains how the commodities market works as well as how investors can identify and track commodity opportunities -- using fundamental factors such as supply and demand and technical analysis tools. Fontanills, a seasoned trader and...
The Bank Analyst's Handbook: Money, Risk and Conjuring Tricks
- ISBN:
- 0470091185
- Authors:
- Stephen M. Frost
It is not uncommon to meet professionals in financial services who have only a vague idea of what their colleagues actually do. The root cause is specialization and the subsequent development of jargon that makes communication between common specialists faster and more precise but is virtually impenetrable to everybody else. The Bank Analyst's Handbook provides a modern introduction to financial markets and intermediation. Individual...
20/20 Money: See the Markets Clearly and Invest Better Than the Pros (Fisher Investments Press)
- ISBN:
- 0470285397
- Authors:
- Michael Hanson
2O/2O Money: See the Markets Clearly and Invest Better Than the Pros To be a more successful investor, you need to see the investment landscape more clearly. 20/20 Money —from Fisher Investments Press—can help you achieve this goal. Designed to help you think differently about your investing choices, this reliable resource addresses new ideas and challenges widely held conventions. With 20/20 Money as your guide, you'll quickly learn how...
The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power, and Politics of World Trade
- ISBN:
- 0470287160
- Authors:
- Pietra Rivoli
The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy has been lauded by the New York Times, Financial Times, and reviewers worldwide. Translated in fourteen languages, Travels has received numerous awards for its frank and nuanced discussion of global economic realities. Now updated and revised--including a discussions of environmental issue--this fascinating book illustrates crucial lessons in the debate on globalization. The major themes and...
Trading Futures For Dummies (For Dummies (Business & Personal Finance))
- ISBN:
- 0470287225
- Authors:
- Joe Duarte MD
Explore single-stock futures, ETFs, and alternative energy futures Protect your assets and maximize your profits in this risky yet lucrative market Want to take advantage of the futures market? This plain-English guide gives you the surefire strategies you need to be a successful trader, with up-to-the-minute advice on the various types of futures, conducting research, finding a broker, entering and exiting positions, and minimizing your losses....
The Fearless Fish Out of Water: How to Succeed When You're the Only One Like You
- ISBN:
- 0470316683
- Authors:
- Robin Fisher-Roffer
Everyone's felt out of place at some point - be they female, minority, a geek, a non-conformist, or just boldly individual. Fearless Fish will show readers how to stay connected while maintaining a unique identity, how to fit in without blending in, how to transform exclusion and have an impact. After all, there is tremendous opportunity for influence when you're on the edge -- you're already noticed! Fearless Fish will demonstrate how to make...
The CompleteLandlord.com Ultimate Landlord Handbook
- ISBN:
- 0470323159
- Authors:
- William A. Lederer
This book covers the entire cycle of becoming a successful landlord. Written in an accessible format by the entire team of completelandlord.com, this book provides valuable information for landlords from a staff of real estate experts. Readers will find essential information on: What a new landlord can expect How to determine which is the best property to invest in How to keep accurate records, rental agreements and leases How to deal with...
Outpacing the Competition: Patent-Based Business Strategy
- ISBN:
- 0470390859
- Authors:
- Robert L. Cantrell
Praise for Outpacing the Competition Patent-Based Business Strategy "Outpacing the Competition provides a useful IP management framework for rapidly evolving and inherently unpredictable R&D environments where companies are partners, customers, and competitors at the same time." –Marshall Phelps, Corporate Vice President for IP Policy & Strategy, Microsoft "Robert Cantrell's book Outpacing the Competition: Patent-Based Business Strategy?should...
The Big Book of Benefit Auctions
- ISBN:
- 0470412925
- Authors:
- Jay R. Fiske, Corinne A. Fiske
The Big Book of Benefit Auctions is the ultimate step-by-step handbook on how to plan and have a successful and effective auction. Auction committees will find it an invaluable reference as it provides all the tools they will need for complete auction planning and management. From setting the goal for the event, to organizing the committee, procuring auction items, building the audience, preparing the catalog and through auction night cashiering...
Materials Management: An Executive's Supply Chain Guide
- ISBN:
- 047043757X
- Authors:
- Stan C. McDonald
A solid introduction to materials management and the tools needed to create a world-class materials management program This nuts-and-bolts guide presents an overview of the inner workings of the materials process, as well as the best practices to achieve a world-class operating system that will help to eliminate ineffective materials management. Coverage includes discussion of material requirements planning, planning parameters, electronic data...
Living in a Material World: The Commodity Connection (Wiley Finance)
- ISBN:
- 047051891X
- Authors:
- Kevin Morrison
At a time when the world is grappling with rising food and energy prices and climate change, Living in a Material World provides an insight into some of the contributing factors behind these challenges. The emergence of new consumers in China, India, Russia and the Middle East has added formidable competition to the natural resources that have been taken for granted in the developed world. Everything we consume involves the use of metals, fossil...
Risk Management in Commodity Markets: From Shipping to Agricuturals and Energy (The Wiley Finance Series)
- ISBN:
- 0470694254
Commodities represent today the fastest growing markets worldwide. Historically misunderstood, generally under- studied and under- valued, certainly under- represented in the literature, commodities are suddenly receiving the attention they deserve. Bringing together some of the best authors in the field, this book focuses on the risk management issues associated with both soft and hard commodities: energy, weather, agriculturals, metals and...
The Impossible Advantage: Winning the Competitive Game by Changing the Rules
- ISBN:
- 0470717122
- Authors:
- Wolfram Wördemann, Andreas Buchholz, Ned Wiley
Conventional business strategies tell you that differentiation, the right positioning, and defining your superior edge will turn you into the ‘best player’ in your market – but this is wrong. The Impossible Advantage reveals that success can be achieved by changing the market in which you operate, rather than trying to beat the competition. The authors illustrate that the biggest, most spectacular and groundbreaking business success...
Beating Low Cost Competition: How Premium Brands can respond to Cut-Price Rivals
- ISBN:
- 0470742976
- Authors:
- Adrian Ryans
Low cost competitors, who offer “good enough” products and services at very attractive prices, are currently significantly impacting the businesses of many leading companies, and some are starting to “move up” to challenge the traditional companies in their core markets. It’s only a matter of time before most companies will feel the pressure from these aggressive, cut-price competitors. Beating Low Cost Competition offers a...
Dictionary of e-Business: A Definitive Guide to Technology and Business Terms
- ISBN:
- 0470844701
- Authors:
- Francis Botto
The Dictionary of e-business : Now includes extended coverage of wireless and mobile terms Is authored by an expert in the field Presents more than 350 new entries on Java, XML, Customer Relationship Management, mCommerce and more technical language of eBusiness (e.g. security) Demontrates clear applications to both technical and business markets Covers all the latest developments in this fast moving field
Organic Growth
- ISBN:
- 0470844841
- Authors:
- Jean Frédéric Mognetti
Growth in value is core to any business. In the tumultuous, rapidly changing and highly competitive arena that exists today it is increasingly hard to achieve. High-risk and high-reward strategies such as merging and acquisition are still key to achieving growth, but it is now time to look at your assets and realize the opportunities that exist within your own company. Organic Growth shows you how to unleash the sometimes overlooked skills...
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...
Global IT Management: A Practical Approach
- ISBN:
- 0470854332
- Authors:
- Robert Barton
Global IT Management presents a practical approach for initiating and reinforcing global IT, focusing on the mechanisms that need to be put in place to effectively manage IT architecture, strategy, standards, and control across sites in a multinational firm. Key considerations are explained for each domain together with concrete recommendations for core organisation, processes and deliverables. The approach fits cleanly into established best...