John wiley sons jun 2003 (25 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Effective time management is an issue which affects our working routines, as well as our lives outside of work. An effective regime will help alleviate stress, free up time for more personal interests, as well as help put some order and direction into your life. Kickstart Your Time Management is full of useful hints, tips and techniques to keep the thieves of time at bay. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Praise For Damn Right! From the author of the bestselling WARREN BUFFETT SPEAKS 'Charlie Munger, whose reputation is deep and wide, based on an extraordinary record of brilliantly successful business strategies, sees things that others don't. There is a method to his mastery and, through this book, we get a chance to learn about this rare individual.' --MICHAEL EISNER, Chairman and CEO, The Walt Disney Company 'Janet Lowe uncovers the iconoclastic genius and subtle charm behind Charlie Munger's curmudgeonly facade in this richly woven portrait of our era's heir to Ben Franklin. With a biographer's detachment, an historian's thoroughness, and a financial writer's common sense, Lowe produces a riveting account of the family, personal, and business life of this idiosyncratically complex and endlessly fascinating figure.' --LAWRENCE A. CUNNINGHAM, Cardozo Law School, Author of The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America 'For years, Berkshire Hathaway shareholders and investors worldwide (me included) have struggled to learn more about Warren Buffett's cerebral sidekick. Now we can rest and enjoy reading Janet Lowe's book about this rare intellectual jewel called Charlie Munger.' --ROBERT G. HAGSTROM, Author of The Warren Buffett Way'Charlie has lived by the creed that one should live a life that doesn't need explaining. But his life should be explained. In a city where heroism is too often confused with celebrity, Charlie is a true hero and mentor. He lives the life lessons that he has studiously extracted from other true heroes and mentors, from Ben Franklin to Ben Graham. This book illuminates those life lessons.' --RONALD L. OLSON, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP 'Janet Lowe's unprecedented access to Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett has resulted in a first-class book that investors, academics, and CEOs will find entertaining and highly useful.' --TIMOTHY P. VICK, Money Manager and Author of How to Pick Stocks Like Warren Buffett; Das einzige Buch, das einen der geheimnisvollsten Anleger im Investmentgeschaft portratiert: Charlie Munger - der Kopf, der hinter Investmentguru Warren Buffett stand. Geschrieben von Janet Lowe, beruhmte Autorin der WILEY Speaks-Bestsellerreihe. Sie hat hier eine faszinierende Verbindung von Geschaftsphilosophie, und Biographie geschaffen, eine einzigartige Kombination aus Mungers Witz, Humor, Know-How und Erfolg. Offenbart werden auch die Taktiken und Techniken dieses wenig bekannten, aber au erst einflu reichen Finanzgenies und Lehrmeisters von Warren Buffett. Ein Buch zum Verschenken schon.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The European Union is on the brink of fundamental change. Just as the EU is about to enlarge radically, the Convention on the Future of Europe may transform it into a political entity governed by a constitution. This timely volume brings together a world-class group of scholars and practitioners to examine the fundamentals of integration in an expanding EU. - - A timely examination of fundamental questions about the future of Europe. - Written by a top-class group of contributors. - Combines contributions from theorists and practitioners. - Spans all the principal disciplines with an interest in the EU.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In recent years, colleges and universities have experienced tremendous growth in the applications of electronic information and the technologies that support the effective manipulation, transmission, storage, and use of that information. Because the growth has been so rapid, campus leaders are often challenged to effectively manage this increasingly critical function. Organizing and Managing Information Resources on Your Campus provides an overview of current thinking about the most important issues involved in managing information technology and services on campus. This vital resource offers information on how to plan, organize, fund, assess, and govern these strategic assets. It also compares and contrasts approaches appropriate for large versus small institutions, research versus teaching missions, and private verses public models. And the book provides a synthesis of practical advice interwoven with general background discussion.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - At a time when religious fundamentalism is having a huge impact upon the world, this book helps us to understand how people acquire, conceptualise and practise religion at both personal and social levels. At a time when religious fundamentalism is having a huge impact upon the world, this book helps us to understand how people acquire, conceptualise and practise religion at both personal and social levels.Explores religion both as a social phenomenon and as a form of inner experience.Explains why people believe what they do.Looks at the effects of religious and spiritual belief upon behaviour, and upon physical and psychological health.Outlines the various approaches to religious and spiritual experience.Surveys all relevant research.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Employment and Employee Rights addresses the issue of rights in the workplace. Although much of the literature in this field focuses on employee rights, this volume considers the issue from the perspective of both employees and employers.Considers the rights of both employees and employers.Discusses the moral and legal landscape and traditional assumptions about right in employment.Investigates arguments for guaranteeing rights, particularly for employees, which are derived from relational, developmental, and economic bases.Explores new dimensions of employment including a model that incorporates growing workplace diversity, builds upon our understanding of the legal landscape, and expands upon our justifications for recognizing and protecting rights.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Perception presents classic essays on the conceptual and theoretical problems in the study of vision. In a style that is accessible to the non-expert, the volume lays out core issues in the theory of vision and then sets up a dialogue on the topics among philosophers and psychologists, past and present.Offers an accessible introduction to perception through key readings.Presents a dialogue among philosophers and psychologists on the science of perception.Contains a comprehensive introduction and provides suggestions for further reading.Useful for readers interested in philosophy, psychology, cognitive science, computer vision, and visual science.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Learn to trade using technical analysis, market indicators, simple portfolio analysis, generally successful trading techniques, and common sense with this straightforward, accessible book. Essentially a course in making money, A Short Course in Technical Trading teaches proven long- and short-term trading techniques (with an emphasis on short-term), covering basic indicators and how you can best use them to your advantage.The book includes a trading game so you can trade along with the lessons, posing likely problems that you'll encounter once trading begins. As trading becomes more complicated, so do the problems.You'll get a running start as a trader with usage tips on the most popular trading tools. A Short Course in Technical Trading is unlike any other book on the market and is available at a convenient low price.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Expert instruction on the practical applications of candlestick chartingCandlestick charting is more popular than ever before, with a legion of new traders and investors being introduced to the concept by some of today's hottest investment gurus. Having introduced the candlestick technique to the West through two of his bestselling books, Steve Nison is regarded as a luminary in the field of candlestick charting. In his new venture, The Candlestick Course, Nison explains patterns of varying complexity and tests the reader's knowledge with quizzes, Q&As, and intensive examples. In accessible and easy-to-understand language, this book offers expert instruction on the practical applications of candlestick charting to give every level of investor a complete understanding of this proven, profitable, and time-tested investing technique. Straightforward answers quickly clarify this easy-to-use charting method. This guide will allow readers to recognize and implement various candlestick patterns and lines in today's real-world trading environment-giving them a noticeable edge in their trading activities.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Blackwell Companion to Major Classical Social Theorists provides a comprehensive review of classical social theory. Containing original essays especially commissioned for this volume, leading experts and practitioners examine the life and work of 12 major theorists.Includes 12 original essays by leading scholars on major classical social theoristsCovers the key figures who shaped social theory, such as Marx, Weber and Durkheim, as well as additional classical theorists such as Harriet Martineau and W. E. B. Du BoisEssays include biographical sketches, the social and intellectual context, and the impact of the thinker s work on social theory generallyIncludes bibliographies of the theorist s most important works as well as key secondary worksCan be used in conjunction with The Blackwell Companion to Major Contemporary Social Theorists , edited by George Ritzer, for a complete reference source in social theory.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Strategic Innovation offers a flexible, customizable template that managers, executives, and business leaders can use to introduce an effective innovation strategy throughout their organization. The authors, Nancy Tennant Snyder and Deborah L. Duarte, provide the tools needed to craft a workable strategy for embedding innovation as a core competency across an enterprise. Instead of innovation for innovation's sake, the authors offer a proven business-focused way to change a culture from point-in-time innovations from a few to a continuous pipeline of innovations from everywhere and everyone.Based on the real-life example of Whirlpool a solid company with a significant track record and global reach-- Strategic Innovation shows how the world's largest appliance company put innovation in place as a core competency. During this process, Whirlpool transformed itself from a quality producer of appliances to a customer-focused company that strategically embeds innovation throughout the organization. Filled with challenges and struggles, and ultimately successful results, the Whirlpool story can help any organization develop a successful innovation strategy. Written as a practical guide, the book contains in each chapter a variety of hands-on resources including checklists and worksheets. Strategic Innovation offers the tools, ideas, and approaches needed for transforming an organization to a company where anyone and everyone can contribute to the organization's prosperity-- through innovation.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Revolution in Corporate Finance has established itself as a key text for students of corporate finance with wide use on a range of courses. Using seminal articles from the highly regardedBank of America Journal of Applied Corporate Finance , it gives students real insight into the practical implications of the most recent theoretical advances in the field. This extensively revised and updated fourth edition contains a significant amount of new material while retaining key original articles from previous editions. It offers, in one volume, coverage of the latest academic thinking, written by leading financial economists in a way that is accessible to students and corporate management.Uses seminal articles from the highly regarded Bank of America Journal of Applied Corporate Finance.Gives insight into the practical implications of recent theoretical advances in the field.Enhanced by new material, including two new sections on International Finance and International Corporate Governance.Highlights contributions of Nobel Laureate Merton Miller to the field of Finance.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book is specifically designed as a study guide and resource for science students confronted with mathematics that they need extra help on. This math skills review and practice guide is written in a clear, accessible manner to bring readers up to speed quickly on basic math principles.Offering the right amount of depth on the right selection of topics, the book provides quick, clear, and accessible guidance on basic algebraic methods, right when students need it most. In addition to a full range of mathematics topics, Math Survival Guide includes special chapters focused on helping students improve their problem solving and study skills.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Since Joseph Pulitzer first established a prize for the best editorial in1917, the award's prestige has grown steadily. Today the Pulitzer is acknowledged as the most distinguished prize in journalism. All 87 years of these prize-winning pieces are collected in the updated third edition of Pulitzer Prize Editorials: America's Best Writing, 1917-2003. This book is an impressive anthology that illustrates the evolution of editorial writing over the decades. Each entry contains the entire, unabridged text of the prize-winning editorial from that year, and is preceded by a succinct introduction from the editors. From students learning the craft to accomplished opinion writers, Pulitzer Prize Editorials makes it possible for all students of editorial writing to learn from the bestrs.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Bayesian Econometrics introduces the reader to the use of Bayesian methods in the field of econometrics at the advanced undergraduate or graduate level. The book is self-contained and does not require previous training in econometrics. The focus is on models used by applied economists and the computational techniques necessary to implement Bayesian methods when doing empirical work. It includes numerous numerical examples and topics covered in the book including the regression model (and variants applicable for use with panel data time series models models for qualitative or censored data nonparametric methods and Bayesian model averaging.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Protecting nonprofits from both internal and external fraudThis book addresses the most common fraud and abuse schemes committed against nonprofit organizations and explains how those schemes can be prevented and detected. It includes checklists covering each area of fraud and abuse as well as sample policies. The author, an expert in fraud prevention, focuses on the creation of a comprehensive fraud awareness and deterrence system that goes well beyond traditional internal financial controls.Gerard M. Zack, CPA, CFE, MBA is a Director (Partner) with Williams Young, LLC. He founded the Nonprofit Resource Center, a training, publishing, and resource center serving nonprofit CFOs and external auditors. He is a frequent speaker on the topic of nonprofit fraud.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This text provides speech and language therapists and language researchers with a state-of-the art review covering all aspects of speech and language development in individuals with Down syndrome. Written by leading experts in the field, it includes chapters on: the principles which should guide intervention; prelinguistic development; pragmatics and communication; literacy and language; augmentative communication; intervention with adolescents and adults; maintenance of skills for older adults; and a perspective on pertinent issues. Each chapter summarizes research and provides guidelines for effective interventions. This book should be a valuable guide to those working in the field who wish to be able to provide evidence-based interventions for individuals with Down syndrome and to contribute to their quality of life by improving their communication skills. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The capacity of wireless data communications is lagging behind demands due to unsatisfactory performance of the existing wireless networks, such as low data rates, low spectral efficiency and low quality of service.Space-time coding is an effective transmit diversity technique to combat fading in wireless communications.Space-time codes are a highly bandwidth-efficient approach to signalling within wireless communication that takes advantage of the spatial dimension by transmitting a number of data streams using multiple co-located antennas. There are various approaches to the coding structures, including space-time trellis coded modulation, space-time turbo codes and also layered architectures. The central issue in all these various coding structures is the exploitation of multipath effects in order to achieve very high spectral efficiencies.The spectral efficiencies of traditional wireless systems range between 1-5bps/sec/Hz but by using space-time techniques spectral efficiencies of 20-40bps/sec/Hz have been possible. Hence, space-time coding enables an increase in capacity by an order of magnitude. This is the main reason why space-time codes have been included in the standards for the third generation wireless communication systems and ultimately why Space-time Coding will be in great demand by individuals within industry and academia.The comprehensive understanding of space-time coding is essential in the implementation of 3G, and as the only title currently available, Space-Time Coding will be the standard text for Researchers, telecommunication engineers and network planners, academics and undergraduate/postgraduate students, telecommunications managers and consultants.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - \* Written for practitioners of data mining, data cleaning and database management.\* Presents a technical treatment of data quality including process, metrics, tools and algorithms.\* Focuses on developing an evolving modeling strategy through an iterative data exploration loop and incorporation of domain knowledge.\* Addresses methods of detecting, quantifying and correcting data quality issues that can have a significant impact on findings and decisions, using commercially available tools as well as new algorithmic approaches.\* Uses case studies to illustrate applications in real life scenarios.\* Highlights new approaches and methodologies, such as the DataSphere space partitioning and summary based analysis techniques.Exploratory Data Mining and Data Cleaning will serve as an important reference for serious data analysts who need to analyze large amounts of unfamiliar data, managers of operations databases, and students in undergraduate or graduate level courses dealing with large scale data analys is and data mining.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - \* Computational intelligence is the term used by computer scientists to describe the overlapping technical interest areas that would be more readily identified by nontechnologists as AI\* Includes past, present, and future examples of applications developed from computational intelligence studies\* The editors and contributors are the leaders in the CI community writing in their respective fields of expertise.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Damage in wood is principally the result of fatigue. Fatigue is the process of progressive localised irreversible change in a material, and may culminate in cracks or complete fracture if conditions that initiated or propagated the process persist. Comprehensive understanding of fatigue and fracture in engineered wood components must be founded on a proper understanding of the damage processes.Although wood is the world s most widely used structural material, whether measured by volume consumed or value of finished construction, its behaviour is not well understood even by people who have spent their careers studying it. What is known about failure processes comes almost entirely from empirical evidence collected for engineering purposes. Hypotheses about behaviour of wood are based on macroscopic observation of specimens during and following tests. With only limited resources and the need to obtain practical results quickly, the timber engineering research community has steered away from the scientific approach. Forestry practices are changing and are known to influence characteristics of wood cells therefore there is a need to periodically reassess the mechanical properties of visually graded lumber the blackbox approach.Fatigue and Fracture of Wood examines the above issues from a scientific point of view by drawing on the authors own research as well as previously published material. Unlike the empirical research, the book begins by examining growth of wood. It briefly examines its structure in relation to how trees grow, before assessing the fatigue and fracture of wood and discussing the scientific methods of modelling fatigue. Covers from macro to micro behaviour of wood Presents direct evidence of how wood fractures using Scanning Electron Microscopy The first book to present a physically correct model for fracture in wood Provides experimental proof of so-called memory in wood (i.e. dependence of fatigue behaviour on the loading sequence) Givse practical illustrations of how theories and models can be applied in practiceAn essential resource for wood scientists/engineers, timber-engineering practitioners, and graduate students studying wood and solid mechanics.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Phase lock loop frequency synthesis finds uses in a myriad of wireless applications - from local oscillators for receivers and transmitters to high performance RF test equipment. As the security and reliability of mobile communication transmissions have gained importance, PLL and frequency synthesisers have become increasingly topical subjects.Phase Lock Loops & Frequency Synthesis examines the various components that make up the phase lock loop design, including oscillators (crystal, voltage controlled), dividers and phase detectors. Interaction amongst the various components are also discussed. Real world problems such as power supply noise, shielding, grounding and isolation are given comprehensive coverage and solved examples with MATHCAD programs are presented throughout.\* Presents a comprehesive study of phase lock loops and frequency synthesis in communication systems\* Written by an internationally-recognised expert in the field\* Details the problem of spurious signals in PLL frequency synthesizers, a topic neglected by available competing titles\* Provides detailed theorectical background coupled with practical examples of state-of-the-art device design\* MATHCAD programs and simulation software to accompany the design exercises and examplesThis combination of thorough theoretical treatment and guidance on practical applications will appeal to mobile communication circuit designers and advanced electrical engineering students.…

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - \* Presents theoretical models for interpreting and predicting solubilities in solutions. \* Evaluates the collection techniques used to obtain solubility data and presents the most appropriate methods. \* Reviewed and commissioned by IUPAC, an internationally renowned society.; Auf vielen Gebieten der Umweltforschung, beispielsweise bei der Verfolgung von Luft- und Wasserschadstoffen, kommt man ohne möglichst exakte Löslichkeitsdaten für eine Vielzahl von Verbindungen nicht aus. In diesem Handbuch werden Sie fündig! Neben einer Fülle von Datenmaterial enthält der Band auch theoretische Modelle zur Interpretation und Vorhersage von Löslichkeiten. Verschiedene Verfahren zur Datensammlung werden verglichen, so dass Ihnen die Auswahl einer für Ihre Zwecke geeigneten Methode leichter fällt. Ein neuer Band aus der praxisbewährten Reihe Wiley Solution Chemistry, durchgesehen von der IUPAC.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This important book will make an excellent addition to anyone involved in the drying of ceramic materials. In order to accommodate readers with a wide range of interest and abilities, most chapters are divided into sections by basic and advanced concepts. Selected chapters include introduction to drying; water, air, and water vapor; drying mechanisms in particulate systems; psychrometry; characterization of dryer operations; dryer control; drying defects; and advanced drying technologies. The book contains problems at the end of each chapter (with answers to selected problems in the appendix) and laboratory exercises.…