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Author Michael Forsythe , Henry Sanderson
Inside the engine-room of China's economic growth—the China Development BankAnyone wanting a primer on the secret of China's economic success need look no further than China Development Bank (CDB)—which has displaced the World Bank as the world's biggest developm....
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Yield Curve Modeling and Forecasting
Author Glenn D. Rudebusch , Francis X. Diebold
Understanding the dynamic evolution of the yield curve is critical to many financial tasks, including pricing financial assets and their derivatives, managing financial risk, allocating portfolios, structuring fiscal debt, conducting monetary policy, and valuing cap....
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Author Serena Ferrara
In this unique study, Serena Ferrara examines the revolutionary impact of the Steadicam on filmmaking. The Steadicam has freed-up the camera operator to follow a film's movement, wherever it is happening. Serena Ferrara explains the principles by which the St....
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An Introduction to the Analysis of Algorithms, Second Edition
Author Philippe Flajolet , Robert Sedgewick
Despite growing interest, basic information on methods and models for mathematically analyzing algorithms has rarely been directly accessible to practitioners, researchers, or students. An Introduction to the Analysis of Algorithms, Second Edition, organizes and pre....
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Taming Text: How to Find, Organize, and Manipulate It
Author Grant S. Ingersoll , Thomas S. Morton , and Andrew L. Farris
SummaryTaming Text is a hands-on, example-driven guide to working with unstructured text in the context of real-world applications. This book explores how to automatically organize text using approaches such as full-text search, proper name recognition, clustering, ....
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Start-ups - A toolkit for entrepreneurs
Author BCS The Chartered Institute for IT
Starting up your own business can be an exciting yet daunting venture. The case studies, interviews, and articles in this ebook will provide valuable insight for the aspiring entrepreneur. They cover areas such as marketing and finance, address legal issues and tack....
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Author Steven Bolt , Joe Fichera
Nearly every business depends on its network to provide information services to carry out essential activities, and network intrusion attacks have been growing increasingly frequent and severe. When network intrusions do occur, it’s imperative that a thorough and sy....
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Author Robert Fisher
There is an ongoing debate among photographers whether digital photography processes will ever be able to reach the pinnacle of image quality and tonality achieved by Ansel Adams decades ago. The Digital Zone System (DZS) is an innovative methodology for editing dig....
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Author Jay Shergill , Anna Kaziunas France , Bre Pettis
Ready to join the personal fabrication movement? This hands-on book shows you how to make a wide variety of physical objects with the amazing MakerBot 3D printer. It’s handy when you need a replacement for something lost, broken, or no longer made—like a knob on you....
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Windows 8 Apps Revealed: Using XAML and C#
Author Adam Freeman
This 88-page primer unveils the key features of Microsoft's eagerly anticipated Windows 8 operating system. Windows 8 contains Microsoft's revolutionary new application framework for building dynamic and responsive touch-enabled applications that target both desk....
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Beginning Groovy, Grails and Griffon
Author Jim Shingler , Joseph Faisal Nusairat , Christopher M. Judd , Vishal Layka
Web frameworks are playing a major role in the creation of today's most compelling web applications, because they automate many of the tedious tasks, allowing developers to instead focus on providing users with creative and powerful features. Java developers have b....
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Android Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach, Second Edition
Author Jeff Friesen , Dave Smith
Android continues to be one of the leading mobile OS and development platforms driving today's mobile innovations and the apps ecosystem. Android appears complex, but offers a variety of organized development kits to those coming into Android with differing program....
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Advanced Social Media Marketing: How to Lead, Launch, and Manage a Successful Social Media Program
Author Tom Funk
Hundreds of millions of Americans are using social media (SM), and already some 70% of businesses have joined them there, using Facebook and other SM platforms to connect with their customers, and attract new ones. So the real question isn't whether to take your bu....
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Encyclopedia of Financial Models I
Author Frank J. Fabozzi
An essential reference dedicated to a wide array of financial models, issues in financial modeling, and mathematical and statistical tools for financial modelingThe need for serious coverage of financial modeling has never been greater, especially with the size, div....
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Encyclopedia of Financial Models II
Author Frank J. Fabozzi
An essential reference dedicated to a wide array of financial models, issues in financial modeling, and mathematical and statistical tools for financial modelingThe need for serious coverage of financial modeling has never been greater, especially with the size, div....
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Author Tim A. Flanagan , Craig E. Runde
"An amazingly comprehensive collection of designs, options, examples, and techniques on how to move from conflict avoidance to constructive resolution."—Jim Kouzes, coauthor, The Leadership ChallengePraise for Craig E. Runde and Tim A. Flanagan's BooksBuilding Conf....
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Author Valtteri Niemi , Wolf-Dietrich Moeller , Günther Horn , Dan Forsberg
A concise, updated guide to the 3GPP LTE Security Standardization specificationsA welcome Revised Edition of the successful LTE Security addressing the security architecture for SAE/LTE, which is based on elements of the security architectures for GSM and 3G, but wh....
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Asia-Pacific Transfer Pricing Handbook
Author Margaret Kent , Robert Feinschreiber
An overarching look at transfer pricing regimes in Asia-Pacific countries and what they mean for foreign businessesA comprehensive guide for companies doing business globally, Asia-Pacific Transfer Pricing Handbook explains the policies and practices that Asia-Pacif....
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Economics: Theory and Practice, 10th Edition
Author Gerry F. Welch , Patrick J. Welch
Designed for the Survey of Economics course, Economics: Theory and Practice introduces students to basic economic concepts, institutions, relationships, and terminology.This text prepares students to use economic thinking in their classes, careers, and everyday live....
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Value Negotiation: How to Finally Get the Win-win Right
Author Horacio Falcão
Value Negotiation: How to Finally Get the Win-Win Right examines the complicated world of negotiation and provides a simple and practical approach in helping negotiators learn how to consistently deliver the highest possible value at the lowest possible risk in t....
Release Date 2012/12 -
The Truth About Getting the Best from People, Second Edition
Author Martha I. Finney
In the Second Edition of the successful book, The Truth About Getting the Best From People, Martha Finney shares over 60 proven principles for achieving employee engagement one-hundred percent of the time. This new edition features more than 15 new truths including....
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Author Anthony Flynn
Smart brands such as Chipotle, Zazzle, Nike, and Pandora are ditching the outdated 20th century model of a one-size-fits-all approach to providing products and services. From a Netflix movie night to a marriage courtesy of eHarmony, customization is changing every c....
Release Date 2012/11 -
Socialized!: How the Most Powerful Businesses Harness the Power of Social
Author Mark Fidelman
Most companies today realize the imperative to connect with their customers, employees, and partners through social technologies – Facebook, Twitter, Google+, YouTube, and elsewhere. But a huge challenge is still in the way: how to build programs and teams for accom....
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Author Adrie Reinders , Marion Freijsen
As an entrepreneur, youre not afraid to bend the rules and think outside the box. Youre not burdened with linear thinking, and thinking differently and trying new approaches enable you to solve problems.As serial entrepreneurs and cofounders of the largest social ne....
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HTML5 Graphing and Data Visualization Cookbook
Author Ben Fhala
Get a complete grounding in the exciting visual world of Canvas and HTML5 using this recipe-packed cookbook. Learn to create charts and graphs, draw complex shapes, add interactivity, work with Google maps, and much more. Build interactive visualizations of data fro....
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Author Emanuele Feronato
Create amazing and realistic physics Flash games using Box2DDesign blockbuster physics game and handle every kind of collisionBuild and destroy levels piece by pieceCreate vehicles and bring them to life with motorsIn DetailPhysics games are getting more and more po....
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Author Piergiorgio Lucidi , Luca Stancapiano , Ken Finnigan
Over 60 recipes for building portals with GateIn including user security, gadgets, and applications with frameworks.All you need to develop and manage a GateIn portal and all available portlets Thorough detail on the internal architecture needed to use the component....
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Designing Service Processes to Unlock Value
Author Joy M. Field
The service process design landscape is changing, with a much broader range of design options now available. Opportunities for new service design configurations are being supported, to a large extent, by technology-enabled innovations; many tasks previously performe....
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Author Brian Matsumoto Ph. D , Carol F. Roullard
The Sony Alpha NEX-7: The Unofficial Quintessential Guide provides a wealth of experience-based information and insights for owners of this exciting new camera. Authors Carol F. Roullard and Brian Matsumoto team up to help the new user navigate past the confusion fa....
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Author Daniel Pocock , Peter Phaal , Matt Massie , Frederiko Costa , Jeff Buchbinder , Brad
Written by Ganglia designers and maintainers, this book shows you how to collect and visualize metrics from clusters, grids, and cloud infrastructures at any scale. Want to track CPU utilization from 50,000 hosts every ten seconds? Ganglia is just the tool you need,....
Release Date 2012/11