John wiley sons dez 2000 (21 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Der LTCM (Long-Term Capital Management) - ein Rentenportfolio im Wert von 100 Mrd. US Dollar - verfügte über 5% des globalen Zinsswap-Marktes sowie andere Derivate, wodurch der Fonds einen fiktiven nominellen Wert von 1 Billion US Dollar hatte. Gemanagt wurde er vom 'Dream Team': Robert Merton und Myron Scholes (beide Nobelpreisträger für ihre Arbeit zur Optionspreisbildung), John Meriwether (früherer Vize-Vorsitzender der Salomon Brothers und ehemaliger Rentenkönig der Wall Street) und David Mullins (ehemaliger Professor an der Harvard Business School und früherer Vize-Vorsitzender der Federal Reserve). Doch trotz des Sachverstands dieser Finanzexperten brach der LTCM im September 1998 zusammen und sorgte damit weltweit für Schlagzeilen und eine Finanzkatastrophe. 14 Investmentbanken mußten 'Finanzspritzen' in Höhe von 3,6 Milliarden US Dollar zur die Stützung des Fonds aufbringen, wodurch auch sie dem Zusammenbruch nahe waren. Nick Dunbar, Herausgeber des Risk Magazine, erzählt hier anschaulich die unglaubliche Geschichte über den Zusammenbruch des LTCM. Dabei geht es um mehr als nur eine faszinierende Geschichte von Reichtum, finanziellem Ruin, Wissenschaft und Nobelpreisträgern. Dunbar spricht die Kernfragen an: 'Welche Rolle spielt die Wissenschaft in der Finanzwirtschaft ' und 'Wohin führt diese Entwicklung bei den internationalen Finanzmärkten und Volkswirtschaften ' Eine fesselnde Lektüre - jetzt neu in der günstigen Broschurausgabe.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Blocking out, turning a blind eye, shutting off, not wanting to know, wearing blinkers, seeing what we want to see . these are all expressions of 'denial'. Alcoholics who refuse to recognize their condition, people who brush aside suspicions of their partner's infidelity, the wife who doesn't notice that her husband is abusing their daughter - are supposedly 'in denial'. Governments deny their responsibility for atrocities, and plan them to achieve 'maximum deniability'. Truth Commissions try to overcome the suppression and denial of past horrors. Bystander nations deny their responsibility to intervene. Do these phenomena have anything in common When we deny, are we aware of what we are doing or is this an unconscious defence mechanism to protect us from unwelcome truths Can there be cultures of denial How do organizations like Amnesty and Oxfam try to overcome the public's apparent indifference to distant suffering and cruelty Is denial always so bad - or do we need positive illusions to retain our sanity States of Denial is the first comprehensive study of both the personal and political ways in which uncomfortable realities are avoided and evaded. It ranges from clinical studies of depression, to media images of suffering, to explanations of the 'passive bystander' and 'compassion fatigue'. The book shows how organized atrocities - the Holocaust and other genocides, torture, and political massacres - are denied by perpetrators and by bystanders, those who stand by and do nothing.; Ausgezeichnet: American Society of Criminology's International Division Award, 2008.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS)-securitizations of mortgage loans backed by commercial real estate-have become compelling devices for fixed income investing. This title, edited by renowned financial expert Frank Fabozzi, describes the structure, valuation, and performance of CMBS, illustrates an empirical framework for estimating CMBS defaults, instructs how to value prepayment and credit risks of CMBS, and more. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Written by Mark Umbreit, internationally known for his work in restorative justice, this indispensable resource offers an empirically grounded, state-of-the-art analysis of the application and impact of victim offender mediation, a movement that has spread throughout North America and abroad. The Handbook of Victim Offender Mediation provides practical guidance and resources for offering victim meditation in property crimes, in minor assaults, and, more recently, with crimes of severe violence, including with family members of murder victims who request to meet the offender.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - What role do relationships play in the individual's health and the functioning of families and communities Recent research indicates that relationships are important not only to individuals' well-being, but also to families, whilst their importance in the functioning of communities is only beginning to be recognized and investigated in a systematic way. Each chapter is focused on a cutting-edge application of the personal relationships perspective relevant to clinical and community psychology. The book addresses such issues as the effect of close personal relationships on health outcomes, the impact of genetic testing, family relationships and major mental disorders, and social support dynamics in adjustment to disasters. Theoretical viewpoints and research findings, as well as intervention strategies, are presented on a variety of levels from individual to family to community. Personal Relationships: Implications for Clinical and Community Psychology is essential reading for researchers and scholars within the relationships field, students of clinical and community psychology, social work and psychological nursing.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Comprehensive guidelines on preparing and using construction contract documents and effectively communicating construction requirements. This comprehensive third edition covers the most widely used contract documents and how to structure them for maximum efficiency. An important reference for owners, design professionals, contractors, and students. This valuable resource provides the latest information on: - How to structure your documents for maximum efficiency - The roles and responsibilities of the owner and the construction professional - Legal concerns and insurance - Improved methods of project delivery - Reviewing documents to ensure consistency and avoid conflicts.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Das Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts sah den Aufbau der vertikal integrierten Wertkette - der Inbegriff des modernen Unternehmens -, und das Ende des 20. Jahrhunderts ist Zeuge ihres Abbaus. Dieser Abbau hat für das strategische Management eines Unternehmens gravierende Auswirkungen. Dieses Buch - der neueste Band der Reihe 'Strategic Management Series' - untersucht, welche Auswirkungen der Abbau der Wertkette auf die Unternehmensstrategie hat, wie sich das strategische Denken verändert und welche Maßnahmen notwendig sind, um mit den daraus resultierenden Herausforderungen und Chancen umzugehen. 'Winning Strategies in a Deconstructing World' enthält Beiträge von bedeutenden Experten und behandelt brandaktuelle Ideen und Fragen der strategischen Managementtheorie und -praxis.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Im Rahmen der Meta-Analyse wird versucht, die in klinischen Versuchen gesammelten Daten zu kombinieren, um Schlußfolgerungen über die Wirksamkeit einer Behandlung abzuleiten. Das Thema ist daher gleichermaßen relevant für Medizin und pharmazeutische Industrie. Einschlägige methodische Ansätze werden kritisch diskutiert und miteinander verglichen. Nützlich sind die ausführlichen Hinweise auf weiterführende Literatur zu Spezialthemen. (10/00). …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The magnitude of the food-waste disposal problem cannot be understated. Utilisation of food waste is of concern to the food processing industry, consumers, environmentalists, and regulators of handling and disposal systems. Food waste is not consistent in quality, is usually high in moisture content, and is only available locally. This book focuses on the challenges of utilising both wet and/or processed food waste. The regulatory environment relating to food waste, the perspective of the end-users, and practical use as animal feed is also discussed. One of the goals of this publication, other than to give a clear explanation of the subject of food waste and its uses as animal feed, is to stimulate a need for research.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A complete handbook on a critical issue for today's businessleaders-how to improve customer satisfaction, control costs, andmaximize profits Producing a product or service to heighten customersatisfaction-and doing so cost effectively-do not have to bemutually exclusive objectives. With Market Driven Enterprise, AmiyaChakravarty presents a state-of-the-art, clearly designed frameworkfor responding to market forces while keeping total costs incheck. The book's twelve chapters are divided into three sections:interfaces and decision-making in an enterprise, product design andtime-to-market, and responsive supply chains and manufacturing. Agenerous supply of real-world examples and more than 200illustrations enhance the book's readability-as does its detailedtable of contents breaking down each chapter into subsections forquick reference. Some of the book's most valuable featuresinclude: \* An analysis of the entire product development and manufacturingprocesses in light of customer needs \* An innovative treatment of digitally connected supply networksand new business models \* A focus on the optimization of manufacturing and marketingprocesses for greater managerial insights leading to the highestpotential profit \* Coverage of the most vital management techniques andphilosophies-concurrent engineering and quality functiondeployment, manufacturing flexibility, information transparency,collaboration, and the virtual enterprise-and their relationship tothe market-driven manufacturing process \* Mathematical models for product-platform, product launch,supply-chain coordination, and market-driven manufacturing For students and professionals in business and engineering,production and operations management, marketing, or production anddesign engineering, Market Driven Enterprise is an essentialhandbook. Anyone whose business is striving to attain an optimalposition in a demanding marketplace will find it an excellent placeto start.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Electrical Engineering/Circuits and Systems Transmission Lines for Digital and Communication Networks An IEEE Press Classic Reissue In the recent past, knowledge of transmission line behavior was not essential to understanding digital logic design. Slow signals, relatively short wires, logic probes and the treatment of wave forms as sequences of ones and zeros made it possible to design logic without a solid understanding of fields. That has changed dramatically. Today, with edge rates and gate delays moving into the picosecond realm, innovative product designers must be able to understand and model the essential distributed element nature of electrical circuits. Those who don't will lag far behind the competition. Keeping pace with these developments, IEEE Press is pleased to bring back into print this definitive reference on high-speed transmission line behavior. First written in 1969, this book provides a level of detail on high-speed signaling problems that remains unmatched to this day. Engineers who want to move beyond the introductory level of field theory will find the practical applications they need for solving difficult real-world problems. In this Book You Will Find Thorough Coverage of:\* The realistic behavior of wiring, including skin effects\* Series and parallel losses\* Complex issues such as phase and group velocity, and the resulting pulse and edge spreading\* Cross coupling of signals from physically adjacent transmission lines\* Superconducting transmission linesAn indispensable resource for scientists, circuit and package designers, and system architects, this book is also appropriate for students of computer-aided design and technology. Also of Interest from IEEE Press. Routing in Third Dimension: From VLSI Chips to MCMs by Naveed A. Sherwani, Siddharth Bhingarde, and Anand Panyam, Intel Corporation 1995 Hardcover 416pp ISBN 0-7803-1089-6 IEEE Product No. PC4473 This book provides a complete and in-depth discussion of formal algorithms appropriate for state-of-the-art VLSI and MCM technologies. Principles of Data Conversion System Design by Behzad Razavi, AT&T Bell Laboratories 1995 Hardcover 272pp ISBN 0-7803-1093-4 IEEE Product No. PC4465 This text deals with the design and implementation of integrated circuits for analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog conversion. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This major reference book is divided into two sections; the first deals with the practical, hands-on understanding of individual areas of tape casting and the other targets the understanding of the overall system. Readers can quickly address current problems with tried and true fixes and their relation to the overall process. The book handles the problem diagnosis separately from the standard production of quick-fixes. Tape Casting will benefit technicians, engineers, and engineering managers, as well as professors and students.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Die 2. Auflage diese leicht verständlichen Textes zur Chemie der Hauptgruppenelemente wurde umfassend überarbeitet und von Ballast (zum Beispiel elementare chemische Grundlagen) befreit. Im Mittelpunkt stehen Struktur, Synthese und Verhalten von Verbindungen der Hauptgruppenelemente, vom Wasserstoff bis zu Edelgasen. Ein spezielles Kapitel ist der Chemie in Lösung gewidmet. (11/00).…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A Companion to the City provides the reader with an indispensable and authoritative overview of the key debates, controversies, and questions concerning the city from a variety of theoretical vantage points with an international perspective. - Indispensable companion for students of the City. - Multidisciplinary approach of interest across several fields. - Includes contributions from major scholars in the field.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Integrierte Schaltkreise werden immer komplexer - deshalb wird es zunehmend schwieriger, Fehler schnell und treffsicher aufzuspüren. Die Photonenemissionsmikroskopie (PEM) ist eine Analysetechnik auf physikalischer Grundlage, die sich als Fehlererkennungsmethode bewährt hat. Dieser Band erläutert alle Aspekte dieser Methode, von der instrumentellen Ausrüstung über spezifische Details der Mikroskope bis hin zu Merkmalen der Photonenemission unter verschiedenen Bedingungen. (11/00).…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Computer aided design (CAD) emerged in the 1960s out of the growing acceptance of the use of the computer as a design tool for complex systems. As computers have become faster and less expensive while handling an increasing amount of information, their use in machine design has spread from large industrial needs to the small designer.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - New statistical methods and future directions of research in time series A Course in Time Series Analysis demonstrates how to build time series models for univariate and multivariate time series data. It brings together material previously available only in the professional literature and presents a unified view of the most advanced procedures available for time series model building. The authors begin with basic concepts in univariate time series, providing an up-to-date presentation of ARIMA models, including the Kalman filter, outlier analysis, automatic methods for building ARIMA models, and signal extraction. They then move on to advanced topics, focusing on heteroscedastic models, nonlinear time series models, Bayesian time series analysis, nonparametric time series analysis, and neural networks. Multivariate time series coverage includes presentations on vector ARMA models, cointegration, and multivariate linear systems. Special features include: - Contributions from eleven of the worldâ s leading figures in time series - Shared balance between theory and application - Exercise series sets - Many real data examples - Consistent style and clear, common notation in all contributions - 60 helpful graphs and tables Requiring no previous knowledge of the subject, A Course in Time Series Analysis is an important reference and a highly useful resource for researchers and practitioners in statistics, economics, business, engineering, and environmental analysis. An Instructor's Manual presenting detailed solutions to all the problems in he book is available upon request from the Wiley editorial department.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The investigation of the origin and formation of microstructures and the effect that microstructure has on the properties of materials are important issues in materials science and technology. Geometrical analysis is often the key to understanding the formation of microstructures and the resulting material properties. The authors make use of mathematical morphology, spatial statistics, image processing, stereology and stochastic geometry to analyze microstructures arising in materials science.\* Quantitative microstructure analysis is one of the most successful experimental techniques in materials science\* Uses examples to demonstrate the techniques\* Program code included enables the reader to apply the numerous algorithms\* Accessible to material scientists with limited statistical knowledgePrimarily aimed at applied materials scientists, the book will also appeal to those working and researching in earth sciences, material technology, mineralogy, petrography, image analysis, cytology and biology.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Fundamental to all areas of mathematics, algebra provides the cornerstone for the student's development. The concepts are often intuitive, but some can take years of study to fully absorb. For over twenty years, the author's classic three-volume set, Algebra, has been regarded by many as the most outstanding introductory work available. This work, Classic Algebra, combines a fully updated Volume 1 with the essential topics from Volumes 2 and 3, and provides a self-contained introduction to the subject.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Die Ökotoxikologie ist eine relativ junge Wissenschaft, die sich rasant entwickelt. Dieser Band behandelt ein nahezu unberühtes Gebiet dieser Disziplin: Er untersucht die Schnittstelle zwischen Toxikologie und demographischer Theorie. Das Verstehen der Demographie einer gegebenen Population kann häufig Aufschluß geben über die Gesundheit oder Stabilität einer Gemeinschaft und damit auch des Ökosystems. Eine Population besteht aus der Gesamtheit von Lebewesen einer bestimmten Spezies, Rasse bzw. tierischer oder pflanzlicher Lebensformen, die eine bestimmte Örtlichkeit oder Region zu einer gegebenen Zeit bewohnt. Dieses Buch ist nicht nur für Ökotoxikologen, sondern auch für Doktoranden und Wissenschaftler in den Bereichen Tierschutz und Ökologie interessant. (11/00).…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Pest and Disease Management Handbook updates the 3rd edition of the Pest and Disease Control Handbook (1989). The structure of this important new book differs in several respects, acknowledging the advances that have been made in integrated crop management and the trends towards the more rational use of pesticides. Fully revised and up-to-date, the book commences with a new introductory chapter covering the principles of pest and disease management. Following chapters, each written by acknowledged experts in the field, cover a group of major temperate northern hemisphere crops. As well as comprehensive details of pest and disease management strategies, each chapter also includes a classification scheme for the cited pests and diseases. This important publication is a vital tool for all those involved in the crop protection / agrochemical industry including business managers, entomologists, agricultural scientists, plant pathologists and those studying and teaching BASIS courses. As an important reference guide for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying agricultural sciences, applied entomology and crop protection, copies of the book should be available on the shelves of all research establishments and universities where these subjects are studied and taught. Pest and Disease Management Handbook is published for the British Crop Protection Council (BCPC) by Blackwell Science. BCPC is a registered charity having the principal objective of promoting the development, use and understanding of effective and sustainable crop protection practice. Dr David V Alford, based in Cambridge, UK, is a member of the BCPC board, with many years' experience working as a government entomologist.…