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Data Warehousing Fundamentals: A Comprehensive Guide for IT Professionals
- ISBN:
- 0471412546
- Authors:
- Paulraj Ponniah
Geared to IT professionals eager to get into the all-important field of data warehousing, this book explores all topics needed by those who design and implement data warehouses. Readers will learn about planning requirements, architecture, infrastructure, data preparation, information delivery, implementation, and maintenance. They'll also find a wealth of industry examples garnered from the author's 25 years of experience in designing and...
Physical Database Design: the database professional's guide to exploiting indexes, views, storage, and more (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)
- ISBN:
- 0123693896
- Authors:
- Sam S. Lightstone, Toby J. Teorey, Tom Nadeau
The rapidly increasing volume of information contained in relational databases places a strain on databases, performance, and maintainability: DBAs are under greater pressure than ever to optimize database structure for system performance and administration. Physical Database Design discusses the concept of how physical structures of databases affect performance, including specific examples, guidelines, and best and worst practices for a variety...
The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English
- ISBN:
- 0415371821
The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English offers the ultimate record of modern American Slang. The 25,000 entries are accompanied by citations that authenticate the words as well as offer lively examples of usage from popular literature, newspapers, magazines, movies, television shows, musical lyrics, and Internet user groups. Etymology, cultural context, country of origin and the date the word was first used...
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...
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...
The Fifth Postulate: How Unraveling A Two Thousand Year Old Mystery Unraveled the Universe
- ISBN:
- 0470149094
- Authors:
- Jason Socrates Bardi
The great discovery that no one wanted to make It's the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, and Euclidean geometry has been profoundly influential for centuries. One mystery remains, however: Euclid's fifth postulate has eluded for two thousand years all attempts to prove it. What happens when three nineteenth-century mathematicians realize that there is no way to prove the fifth postulate and that it ought to be discarded—along with everything...
SolidWorks 2009 Bible
- ISBN:
- 047025825X
SolidWorks Bible is a comprehensive reference-tutorial that covers the basics, but then quickly ramps up to more advanced level topics. Every feature is thoroughly covered yet written in a way that makes learning this robust program seem non-threatening and uncomplicated. In a market full of books for beginners this is the one book that goes into extensive detail, not just on "how" the software works, but in many cases "why" it works the way it...
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...
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...
Financial Instrument Pricing Using C++ (The Wiley Finance Series)
- ISBN:
- 0470855096
- Authors:
- Daniel J. Duffy
Designing and Implementing Software for Financial Instrument Pricing provides a step by step account of how to price financial derivatives using C++, design patterns and state-of-the-art numerical schemes and methods. Written for those involved in the design and implementation of numerical models for financial derivative products, author Daniel Duffy takes a practical approach to realising these goals using C++, design patterns and state of the...
Analysis and Design of Integrated Circuit-Antenna Modules
- ISBN:
- 0471190446
With communications technologies rapidly expanding, the traditional separation of electronic circuits and antenna systems design is no longer feasible. This book covers various design approaches applicable to integrated circuit-antenna modules with the goal of placing the antenna, transmitter, and receiver all on a single chip. It emphasizes analysis and design involving the integration of circuit functions with radiating elements and addresses...
Creating Value Through Corporate Restructuring: Case Studies in Bankruptcies, Buyouts, and Breakups
- ISBN:
- 0471405590
- Authors:
- Stuart C. Gilson
Praise for Creating Value through Corporate Restructuring "A helpful reference guide for managers facing the complex operational and financial issues raised in today’s competitive environment. Gilson’s case studies provide a real-world context against which corporate leaders can plan their restructuring strategies."–Arthur B. Newman, Senior Managing Director, The Blackstone Group "Stuart Gilson’s analytical case studies have demystified...
Movable Bridge Engineering
- ISBN:
- 0471419605
- Authors:
- Terry L. Koglin
This new reference work addresses both the maintenance and the upkeep of existing movable bridges, as well as the complete design of new movable bridges. Comprehensive coverage is provided on engineering design and actual construction technology used in building all major types of bridges, including all structural issues and relevant mechanical and electrical systems used to make such bridges functional. Includes coverage of vertical lift,...
The Options Course Second Edition: High Profit & Low Stress Trading Methods (Wiley Trading)
- ISBN:
- 0471668516
- Authors:
- George A. Fontanills
Use this invaluable tool to gain a competitive edge and avert bad investment decisions. Well-known options strategist and instructor George Fontanills has updated his time-tested and bestselling book, The Options Course. The new edition improves and expands upon the original to help you avoid some common and costly options mistakes. The systematic, step-by-step approach, covers everything from basic concepts to sophisticated techniques and is...
The Linguistic Legacy of Spanish and Portuguese: Colonial Expansion and Language Change (Cambridge Approaches to Language Contact)
- ISBN:
- 052183175X
- Authors:
- J. Clancy Clements
The historical spread of Spanish and Portuguese throughout the world provides a rich source of data for linguists studying how languages evolve and change. This volume analyses the development of Portuguese and Spanish from Latin and their subsequent transformation into several non-standard varieties. These varieties include Portuguese- and Spanish-based creoles, Bozal Spanish and Chinese Coolie Spanish in Cuba, Chinese Immigrant Spanish, Andean...
Introduction to Structural Dynamics (Cambridge Aerospace Series)
- ISBN:
- 0521865743
- Authors:
- Bruce K. Donaldson
This textbook provides the student of aerospace, civil, and mechanical engineering with all the fundamentals of linear structural dynamics analysis. It is designed for an advanced undergraduate or first year graduate course. This textbook is a departure from the usual presentation in two important respects. First, descriptions of system dynamics are based on the simpler to use Lagrange equations. Second, no organizational distinctions are made...
European Financial Markets and Institutions
- ISBN:
- 0521882990
- Authors:
- Jakob de de Haan, Sander Oosterloo, Dirk Schoenmaker
Written for undergraduate and graduate students of finance, economics and business, this textbook provides a fresh analysis of the European financial system. Combining theory, empirical data and policy, it examines and explains financial markets, financial infrastructures, financial institutions, and challenges in the domain of financial supervision and competition policy. Key features: • Designed specifically for courses on European financial...
Google Sketchup Cookbook: Practical Recipes and Essential Techniques
- ISBN:
- 0596155115
- Authors:
- Bonnie Roskes
As the first book for intermediate and advanced users of Google SketchUp, this Cookbook goes beyond the basics to explore the complex features and tools that design professionals use. You'll get numerous step-by-step tutorials for solving common (and not so common) design problems, with detailed color graphics to guide your way, and discussions that explain additional ways to complete a task. Google SketchUp Cookbook will help you: Use SketchUp...
The Hero with a Thousand Faces: Commemorative Edition (Bollingen Series (General))
- ISBN:
- 0691119244
- Authors:
- Joseph Campbell
Joseph Campbell's classic cross-cultural study of the hero's journey has inspired millions and opened up new areas of research and exploration. Originally published in 1949, the book hit the New York Times best-seller list in 1988 when it became the subject of The Power of Myth , a PBS television special. Now, this legendary volume, re-released in honor of the 100th anniversary of the author's birth, promises to capture the imagination of a new...
Purchasing and Financial Management of Information Technology: A practical guide (Computer Weekly Professional)
- ISBN:
- 0750658541
- Authors:
- Frank Bannister
Purchasing and Financial Management of Information Technology aims to significantly reduce the amount of money wasted on IT by providing readers with a comprehensive guide to all aspects of planning, managing and controlling IT purchasing and finance. Starting from a recognition that IT purchasing and the financial management often needs to be treated differently from other types of expenditure, the author draws on over 25 years of experience in...
IT Performance Management (Computer Weekly Professional)
- ISBN:
- 0750659262
- Authors:
- Peter Wiggers, Maritha de Boer-de Wit, Henk Kok
IT Performance Management addresses the way organizations should balance the demand and the supply of information technology, optimizing the cost and maximizing the business value of IT. In this book several aspects of IT performance management are described. The way this management is executed and the techniques, which should be used, depend on the maturity of the relationship between the IT function and the lines of business of an...
Britain's Fleet Air Arm In World War II
- ISBN:
- 0764321315
- Authors:
- Ron MacKay
The Air Branch of the Royal Navy that was to carve its name into maritime history as the Fleet Air Arm faced an orphan existence up to 1937 when the Admiralty, having handed over control in 1918 to the RAF, resumed charge of its aviators. The Force was poorly equipped and dangerously short of qualified personnel with which to effectively challenge its Axis adversaries, and suffered accordingly in the initial stages of World War II. The provision...
Paris-Princeton Lectures on Mathematical Finance 2002 (Lecture Notes in Mathematics)
- ISBN:
- 3540401938
- Authors:
- Peter Bank, Fabrice Baudoin, Hans Föllmer, L.C.G. Rogers, Halil Mete Soner, Nizar Touzi
The Paris-Princeton Lectures in Financial Mathematics, of which this is the first volume, will, on an annual basis, publish cutting-edge research in self-contained, expository articles from outstanding - established or upcoming! - specialists. The aim is to produce a series of articles that can serve as an introductory reference for research in the field. It arises as a result of frequent exchanges between the finance and financial mathematics...
Lectures on Probability Theory and Statistics: Ecole d'Eté de Probabilités de Saint-Flour XXX - 2000 (Lecture Notes in Mathematics) (English and French Edition)
- ISBN:
- 3540403353
- Authors:
- Sergio Albeverio, Walter Schachermayer, Michel Talagrand
In World Mathematical Year 2000 the traditional St. Flour Summer School was hosted jointly with the European Mathematical Society. Sergio Albeverio reviews the theory of Dirichlet forms, and gives applications including partial differential equations, stochastic dynamics of quantum systems, quantum fields and the geometry of loop spaces. The second text, by Walter Schachermayer, is an introduction to the basic concepts of mathematical finance,...
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...
The Algebraic Theory of Spinors and Clifford Algebras: Collected Works, Volume 2 (Collected Works of Claude Chevalley) (v. 2)
- ISBN:
- 3540570632
- Authors:
- Claude Chevalley
This volume is the first in a projected series devoted to the mathematical and philosophical works of the late Claude Chevalley. It covers the main contributions by the author to the theory of spinors. Since its appearance in 1954, "The Algebraic Theory of Spinors" has been a much sought after reference. It presents the whole story of one subject in a concise and especially clear manner. The reprint of the book is supplemented by a series of...
The Universal Paradigm and Islamic World Systems: Economy, Society, Ethics and Science
- ISBN:
- 9812704604
- Authors:
- Masudul Alam Choudhury
Written by a contemporary pioneer in the area of the universal paradigm and Islamic world-systems, this book offers a fresh post-modernist outlook on new epistemological investigations in the universal paradigm. It addresses the problems of the unity of knowledge in learning systems, thereby invoking the foundations of Islamic epistemology. The author presents a phenomenological model of unity of knowledge in economics, ethics, science and...
In the Black: Live Faithfully, Prosper Financially: The Ultimate 9-Step Plan for Financial Fitness
- ISBN:
- 0061450693
- Authors:
- Aaron W. Smith, Brenda Lane Richardson
With economic uncertainty reaching unprecedented levels, Aaron W. Smith's accessible nine-step plan to take control of your financial future will resonate whether you're just starting out or finding yourself midlife with concerns about your retirement. In The Black will transform your retirement plans, regardless of income, by offering concrete advice on what opportunities are available and using real-life examples to illustrate how anyone can...
The Wall Street Journal Guide to the End of Wall Street as We Know It: What You Need to Know About the Greatest Financial Crisis of Our Time--and How to Survive It
- ISBN:
- 0061788406
- Authors:
- Dave Kansas
We're in the midst of the greatest financial crisis of our time. Do you know what really happened? Are you prepared for what's to come? When every headline delivers bad news, and each morning market bell seems to usher in yet another bank debacle, stock market plunge or dire warning about the end of access to credit; threats to our savings and security; and the collapse of the entire financial system as we know it. . . . It's hard to keep up....
Schaum's Outline of Financial Management
- ISBN:
- 0070579229
- Authors:
- Jae K Shim
Designed for both undergraduate and graduate students, this popular study guide25,000 copies were bought of the first edition! covers everything from financial analysis and forecasting, planning and budgeting to leverage and capital structure, mergers and acquisitions and multinational business finance. This closest-thing-to-a-personal-tutor includes many problems with fully worked out solutions and a comprehensive exam. It's ideal for...
Principles of Cash Flow Valuation: An Integrated Market-Based Approach (Graphics Series)
- ISBN:
- 0126860408
- Authors:
- Joseph Tham, Ignacio Vélez-Pareja
The valuation of assets, both tangible and intangible, is an important element of corporate finance. Putting a price tag on ideas is almost impossible, and in the new economy, where companies grow dependent on intangible assets all the time, market volatility can be attributed in large part to our collective ignorance of their value. There are two basic approaches to valuation: from financial statements to cash flows, and from cash flows to...
Inefficient Markets: An Introduction to Behavioral Finance (Clarendon Lectures in Economics)
- ISBN:
- 0198292287
- Authors:
- Andrei Shleifer
The efficient markets hypothesis has been the central proposition in finance for nearly thirty years. It states that securities prices in financial markets must equal fundamental values, either because all investors are rational or because arbitrage eliminates pricing anomalies. This book describes an alternative approach to the study of financial markets: behavioral finance. This approach starts with an observation that the assumptions of...
The Contracting Organization: A Strategic Guide to Outsourcing
- ISBN:
- 0198774583
- Authors:
- Simon Domberger
Based on over a decade of research and consulting experience by Simon Domberger, Contracting Organization's conclusions have many practical implications. The book develops an analytical decision-making framework for the assessment of contracting options, and has relevance in both the private and public sectors. It will be valuable to all those seeking a better understanding of the outsourcing phenomenon.
Mathematics Emerging: A Sourcebook 1540 - 1900
- ISBN:
- 0199226903
- Authors:
- Jacqueline Stedall
Aimed at students and researchers in Mathematics, History of Mathematics and Science, this book examines the development of mathematics from the late 16th Century to the end of the 20th Century. Mathematics has an amazingly long and rich history, it has been practised in every society and culture, with written records reaching back in some cases as far as four thousand years. This book will focus on just a small part of the story, in a sense the...
Computer Visualization for the Theatre: 3D Modelling for Designers
- ISBN:
- 0240516176
- Authors:
- Gavin Carver, Christine White
Theatre designers using 3D software for computer visualisation in the theatre will find this book both a guide to the creative design process as well as an introduction to the use of computers in live performance. Covering the main software packages in use: Strata Studio Base, 3D Studio Max and 3D Studio Viz, the book provides techniques for 3D modelling alongside creative ideas and concepts for working in 3D space. Projects are provided to...
The Producer's Business Handbook, Second Edition
- ISBN:
- 0240807103
- Authors:
- John J. Lee Jr., Rob Holt
The Producer's Business Handbook provides a model for making a successful business of independent filmmaking. It will give you a comprehensive understanding of the business of entertainment and supply you with the information and tools you'll need to successfully engage all related aspects of global production and exploitation. The handbook also provides a global orientation to the relationships that the most successful producers have with the...
Empowered Investor: Manage Your Investments the Way the Professionals Do (Investor's Guide)
- ISBN:
- 027365943X
- Authors:
- Mark Harrison
"The Empowered Investor" tackles the opportunities of picking winners and building a personal portfolio. It advocates the need for intelligent portfolio trading to ensure long-term success and illustrates how to use top investing techniques and tools, including the Nobel-prize winning Modern Portfolio Theory. Mark Harrison provides a simple guide to tracking down and manipulating the right information, and using it to secure investment success....
The City: Inside the Great Expectation Machine : Myth and Reality in Institutional Investment and the Stock Market (Financial Times Series)
- ISBN:
- 0273661043
- Authors:
- Tony Golding
The landscape of our financial system is dominated by institutional investment. The funds move markets when they act, and corporate empires can rise, fall or change hands on the tide of institutional opinion and the flow of equity. Today, in many ways, these institutions are the City, such is their influence over the whole financial process. They are at the heart of the expectation machine; the Capital of capital. These all-powerful financial...
Analyzing Companies and Valuing Shares: How to Make the Right Investment Decision (Investor's Guide) (Investor's Guide) (Investor's Guide) (Investor's Guide)
- ISBN:
- 0273663631
- Authors:
- Michael Cahill
Getting to the real value of a business and assessing what are its shares really worth suddenly looks less clear cut. In an investment environment that is extremely challenging even for experienced City professionals, doing your homework has never been more important. And with the current accounting scandals rocking confidence and the markets being able to accurately value companies, stock has just taken on a whole new dimension. The book goes...