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Author Joseph N. Cohen
Investing in Movies: Strategies for Investors and Producers is a useful guide for investors and producers looking for an analytical framework to assess the opportunities and pitfalls of film investments. The book traces macroeconomic trends and the globalization of ....
Release Date 2017/05 -
Author Juan Chiachio-Ruano , Manuel Chiachio-Ruano , Shankar Sankararaman
This book is devoted to a special class of engineering problems called Bayesian inverse problems. These problems comprise not only the probabilistic Bayesian formulation of engineering problems, but also the associated stochastic simulation methods needed to solve them. Through this book, the reader....
Release Date 2021/11 -
Author Rachel E. Kranton , George A. Akerlof
Identity Economics provides an important and compelling new way to understand human behavior, revealing how our identities--and not just economic incentives--influence our decisions. In 1995, economist Rachel Kranton wrote future Nobel Prize-winner George Akerlof a ....
Release Date 2010/01 -
Author Steve Shipside
Develop your skills, realise your full potential and make your life work
Release Date 2007/02 -
Author Katie Ledger , Barrie Hopson
Would you like to find work that uses all your skills and passions? That can help you experience a great work/life blend? And that is flexible enough so you can thrive in difficult economic times?If your answer is yes, we encourage you to consider a portfolio career....
Release Date 2009/10 -
Seven Strategy Questions: A Simple Approach for Better Execution
Author Robert Simons
To stay ahead of the pack, you must translate your organization's competitive strategy into day-to-day actions that will enable your company to win in the marketplace. This means channeling resources into the right efforts, striking a balance between innovation and....
Release Date 2010/11 -
Social Networking Spaces: From Facebook to Twitter and Everything In Between (Beginning)
Author Todd Kelsey
What the heck is Facebook? Twitter? Blogging? This book answers these questions and explains how to use a variety of social networking sites to keep in touch, stay in business, and have fun.This book covers the main social networking "spaces," and introduces some of....
Release Date 2010/03 -
Office 2010 Workflow: Developing Collaborative Solutions
Author Mark J. Collins
Workflow is the glue that binds information worker processes, users, and artifacts. Without workflow, information workers are just islands of data and potential. Office 2010 Workflow details how to implement workflow in SharePoint 2010 and the client Microsoft Offic....
Release Date 2010/07 -
Oracle Application Express 4 Recipes
Author Edmund Zehoo
Oracle Application Express 4 Recipes provides an example-based approach to learning Application Express—the ground-breaking, rapid application development platform included with every Oracle Database license. The recipes format is ideal for the quick-study who just ....
Release Date 2011/06 -
CFO Techniques: A Hands-On Guide to Keeping Your Business Solvent and Successful
Author Marina Guzik
CFO Techniques: A Hands-on Guide to Keeping Your Business Solvent and Successful is a comprehensive and instructive working manual for multitasking chief financial officers and controllers working in the fast-paced commercial environment. Every senior financial prof....
Release Date 2011/12 -
Foundation Game Design with ActionScript 3.0, Second Edition
Author Rex van der Spuy
In response to the success of the first edition of Foundation Game Design with Flash, Rex van der Spuy has revised and updated all the code to meet current programming best practices, and the focus is now on accurate ActionScript 3.0, regardless of the IDE that y....
Release Date 2012/01 -
The Employer Bill of Rights: A Manager's Guide to Workplace Law
Author Jonathan T. Hyman
Any employee can sue any employer at any time, and for just about any reason. There is no such thing as a bulletproof personnel decision. It's no wonder businesses fear lawsuits from employees—they are costly in terms of time, money, and distraction. But fear not....
Release Date 2012/11 -
The Soul of the Organization: How to Ignite Employee Engagement and Productivity at Every Level
Author David B. Zenoff
Given the opportunity to describe Apple as a company in just a word or two, most would respond with adjectives like: Innovative. Design-conscious. Iconic. Some would probably even say: Secretive. But here's another: Soulful. Yes, Apple has a soul, and it is not alo....
Release Date 2012/12 -
Author Bhushan Lakhe
Practical Hadoop Security is an excellent resource for administrators planning a production Hadoop deployment who want to secure their Hadoop clusters. A detailed guide to the security options and configuration within Hadoop itself, author Bhushan Lakhe takes you th....
Release Date 2014/12 -
Expert Oracle RAC Performance Diagnostics and Tuning
Author Murali Vallath
"Expert Oracle RAC Performance Diagnostics and Tuning provides comprehensive coverage of the features, technology and principles for testing and tuning RAC databases. The book takes a deep look at optimizing RAC databases by following a methodical approach based on....
Release Date 2014/10 -
Programming Like a Pro for Teens
Author Charles R. Hardnett
Are you ready to learn how to program a computer? You'll do just that in this book. PROGRAMMING LIKE A PRO FOR TEENS is written in a friendly, unassuming voice that makes it possible for you to master the ideas and concepts that professionals use for programming ev....
Release Date 2011/06 -
GarageBand® ’11 Power!: The Comprehensive Recording and Podcasting Guide
Author Todd M. Howard
Ready to explore music composition, recording, podcasting, audio/video blogging, remixing/mashing, sound design for video editing or DVD creation, or learning to play the guitar or piano with GarageBand? Great! This book will show you how. GarageBand is one of the m....
Release Date 2011/04 -
Author Michael Blaha
Best-selling author and database expert with more than 25 years of experience modeling application and enterprise data, Dr. Michael Blaha provides tried and tested data model patterns, to help readers avoid common modeling mistakes and unnecessary frustration on th....
Release Date 2016/04 -
End-to-End Adaptive Congestion Control in TCP/IP Networks
Author George A. Rovithakis , Christos N. Houmkozlis
Establishing adaptive control as an alternative framework to design and analyze Internet congestion controllers, End-to-End Adaptive Congestion Control in TCP/IP Networks employs a rigorously mathematical approach coupled with a lucid writing style to provide extens....
Release Date 2017/12 -
Author Darrell Clifton
A security director must have knowledge of criminal and civil law, risk and personnel management, budgeting and finance, and a host of other areas in order to be effective. Hospitality Security: Managing Security in Today’s Hotel, Lodging, Entertainment, and Tourism....
Release Date 2012/07 -
The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Power of the Enneagram
Author Karen K. Brees , Herb Pearce
Discover your personality type.The enneagram system has been used for decades to help people understand their strengths and weaknesses, heal neuroses and inner conflicts, enhance creativity, strengthen team building in the workplace, and aid in couples therapy. Thi....
Release Date 2007/11 -
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Global Economics
Author Gregory Rehmke , Craig Hovey
Think outside the borders.Global economics affects every aspect of our lives. Free trade agreements, tariffs, terrorism, trade deficits, international debt, global warming, OPEC, outsourcing, and sweat shops are just some of the forces driving our world, food suppl....
Release Date 2008/02 -
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Coaching for Excellence
Author Jane Creswell
The last word in one-on-one coaching for productivity in business. The most effective way for companies to achieve goals is by energizing their most important asset: their staff. From the executive suite to the assembly line, each staff person is a member of a team....
Release Date 2008/10 -
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Self-Testing Your Personality
Author Arlene Uhl
It really is all about you!Everyone loves taking personality tests. Presented in an easy-to-read format, this collection of entertaining and insightful self-scoring quizzes lets readers explore different aspects of their personalities with tests such as Am I a Risk....
Release Date 2008/11 -
Author Bob DuCharme
Gain hands-on experience with SPARQL, the RDF query language that’s bringing new possibilities to semantic web, linked data, and big data projects. This updated and expanded edition shows you how to use SPARQL 1.1 with a variety of tools to retrieve, manipulate, and....
Release Date 2013/07 -
From Business Strategy to Information Technology Roadmap
Author Andrew Pham , David K. Pham , Tiffany Pham
Whether you are a CEO, CFO, board member, or an IT executive, From Business Strategy to Information Technology Roadmap: A Practical Guide for Executives and Board Members lays out a practical, how-to approach to identifying business strategies and creating value-dri....
Release Date 2016/04 -
Data Visualization, 2nd Edition
Author Alexandru C. Telea
Designing a complete visualization system involves many subtle decisions. When designing a complex, real-world visualization system, such decisions involve many types of constraints, such as performance, platform (in)dependence, available programming languages and s....
Release Date 2014/09 -
The C# Programmer’s Study Guide (MCSD): Exam: 70-483
Author Hamza Ali , Ali Asad
Prepare for Microsoft Certification Exam 70-483: Programming in C#. The “What, Why, and How” of each concept is presented along with quick summaries, code challenges, and exam questions to review and practice key concepts.You will learn how to use:Lambda expression....
Release Date 2017/06