John wiley sons jun 2006 (44 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Understanding Accounts is the fast-track route to interpreting and using financial reports.It covers the key areas of accounts, from understanding a company's strategy and financial statements to making valid comparisons between organisations.It gives examples and lessons from some of the world's most successful businesses, including Nokia and Sony Ericsson, and ideas from the smartest thinkers, including Professor Sir David Tweddie, Warren Buffet, Jim Slater and Terry Smith.It includes a glossary of the key concepts and a comprehensive resources guide.Understanding Accounts lays bare the essential techniques you need to interpret financial data and measure company performance.fast.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Becoming a teen is an important milestone in every boy's life. It's even more important to get answers and advice to the most common health issues boys face from a trusted source. The American Medical Association Boy's Guide to Becoming a Teen is filled with invaluable advice to get you ready for the changes you will experience during puberty. Learn about these important topics and more: - Puberty and what kinds of physical and emotional changes you can expect-from your developing body to your feelings about girls - The importance of eating the right foods and taking care of your body - Pimples, acne, and how to properly care for your skin - Your reproductive system-inside and out - Thinking about relationships and dealing with new feelings.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT REITSGETTING STARTED IN REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTSReal Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) offer small investors the chance to participate in a broad range of real estate opportunities across most major property sectors and geographic locations. But to make the most out of this proven investment vehicle, you must first gain a firm understanding of it.Getting Started in Real Estate Investment Trusts provides an accessible introduction to the benefits and performance characteristics of REITs and examines the role they play in a well-diversified investment portfolio.Divided into three comprehensive parts, Getting Started in Real Estate Investment Trusts covers a wide variety of issues within this field, including: The legal and financial history of REITs How REITs behave as an investment class and how they are best integrated into an investor s portfolio The fundamental economic issues that affect real estate and how they impact REITs Specific methods for analyzing REITs as an investment Different types of REITs: residential, office, industrial, retail property, and moreFilled with in-depth insight and practical advice, Getting Started in Real Estate Investment Trusts is a valuable road map to an investment that can help stabilize and grow your portfolio for years to come.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Adam Smith continues to dazzle and sparkle! With the passage of time, Supermoney has, if anything, added to its power to inspire, arouse, provoke, motivate, inform, illuminate, entertain, and guide a whole new generation of readers, while marvelously reprising the global money show for earlier fans.'-David M. Darst, author of The Art of Asset Allocation Managing Director and Chief Investment Strategist, Morgan Stanley Individual Investor Group'Nobody has written about the craft of money management with more insight, humor, and understanding than Adam Smith. Over the years, he has consistently separated wisdom from whimsy, brilliance from bluster, and character from chicanery.'-Byron R. Wien, coauthor of Soros on Soros Chief Investment Strategist, Pequot Capital ManagementSupermoney may be even more relevant today than when it was first published nearly twenty-five years ago. Written in the bright and funny style that became Adam Smith's trademark, this book gives a view inside institutions, professionals, and the nature of markets that has rarely been shown before or since. 'Adam Smith' was the first to introduce an obscure fund manager in Omaha, Nebraska, named Warren Buffett, and in this new edition, Smith provides a fresh perspective in an updated Preface that contextualizes the applicability of the markets of the 1960s and 1970s to today's markets. Things change, but sometimes the more they change, the more they stay the same.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book provides the most comprehensive examination of the Normans available, examining the emergence of the Normans, their characteristics as a group, and their various achievements in war, culture and civilization.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A collection of the best thinking from one of the most innovative management consulting firms in the worldFor more than forty years, The Boston Consulting Group has been shaping strategic thinking in business. The Boston Consulting Group on Strategy offers a broad and up-to-date selection of the firm's best ideas on strategy with fresh ideas, insights, and practical lessons for managers, executives, and entrepreneurs in every industry. Here's a sampling of the provocative thinking you'll find inside:'You have to be the scientist of your own life and be astonished four times:at what is, what always has been, what once was, and what could be.''The majority of products in most companies are cash traps . . . .[They] are not only worthless, but a perpetual drain on corporate resources.''Use more debt than your competition or get out of the business.''When information flows freely, reputation, more than reciprocity,becomes the basis for trust.''As a strategic weapon, time is the equivalent of money, productivity,quality, even innovation.''When brands become business systems, brand management becomes far too important to leave to the marketing department.''The winning organization of the future will look more like a collection ofjazz ensembles than a symphony orchestra.''Most of our organizations today derive from a model whose original purpose was to control creativity.''Rather than being an obstacle, uncertainty is the very engine of transformation in a business, a continuous source of new opportunities.''IP assets lack clear property lines. Every bit of intellectual property you can own comes with connections to other valuable innovations.'.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Every manager of a professional firm realizes that generating leads and landing new clients are critical components of any successful business venture. But transforming accountants, architects, attorneys, consultants, engineers, and other professionals into client-generators is not always easy to do.Divided into two comprehensive parts-The Rainmaker Model and The Elements of Rainmaking-Creating Rainmakers outlines all the steps you should take to turn your professional staff into a powerful team of sales winners.Filled with in-depth insight and practical advice, this book will show you how to:\* Generate leads\* Build a strong network of contacts\* Master a variety of sales techniques\* Develop capable successors to current rainmakers\* And much moreBased on more than 100 interviews with the principals of professional firms, including many of today's preeminent rainmakers, this valuable guide has the information you need to help your company succeed.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Combining an overview of current research literature and 23 engaging narratives, Faculty of Color invites deeper dialogue on the experiences of faculty of color teaching in predominantly white institutions. By raising issues for commentary and investigation, the book challenges its readers to adopt effective strategies for the recruitment and retention of faculty of color in higher education. The authors represent a variety of disciplines and share firsthand experiences that range from teaching, recruitment, research, mentoring, institutional climate, and administration, to relationships with colleagues as well as students. Through their stories, they are able to offer useful insights into - Teaching styles and how they affect promotion decisions - The impact of mentoring relationships - Collegiality in the campus and university setting - Separating self-identity from group membership - Managing service activities - Understanding and dealing with racism Faculty of Color is intended for senior administrators and policymakers, faculty development professionals, current faculty, and future faculty of color who are contemplating academia. Each chapter offers a variety of recommendations designed to guide predominantly white colleges and universities in working to ensure that their institutions continue to change in substantive ways.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The first two editions of Models of Democracy have provenimmensely popular among students and specialists worldwide. In asuccinct and far-reaching analysis, David Held provides anintroduction to central accounts of democracy from classical Greeceto the present and a critical discussion of what democracy shouldmean today.This new edition has been extensively revised and updated totake account of significant transformations in world politics, anda new chapter has been added on deliberative democracy whichfocuses not only on how citizen participation can be increased inpolitics, but also on how that participation can become moreinformed.Like its predecessor, the third edition of Models ofDemocracy combines lucid exposition and clarity of expressionwith careful scholarship and originality, making it highlyattractive to students and experts in the field. The third editionwill prove essential reading for all those interested in politics,political theory and political philosophy.A companion website to Models of Democracy provideslecturer and student resources; including a study guide, aninterview with the author and links to develop the reader'sunderstanding of the topics covered.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Psychoanalysis and the Image brings together an influential team of international scholars who demonstrate innovative ways to apply psychoanalytical resources in the study of international modern art and visual representation. - Examines psychoanalytic concepts, values, debates and controversies that have been hallmarks of visual representation in the modern and contemporary periods - Covers topics including melancholia, sex, and pathology to the body, and parent-child relations - Advances theoretical debates in art history while offering substantive analyses of significant bodies of twentieth century art - Edited by internationally renowned art historian Griselda Pollock. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This broad survey introduces readers to the major themes, figures, traditions and theories in Western historical thought, tracing its evolution from biblical times to the present. - Surveys the evolution of historical thought in the Western World from biblical times to the present day. - Provides students with the background to contemporary historical debates and approaches. - Serves as a useful reference for researchers and teachers. - Includes chapters by 24 leading historians.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Ethics of War is an indispensable collection of essays addressing issues both timely and age-old about the nature and ethics of war. - Features essays by great thinkers from ancient times through to the present day, among them Plato, Augustine, Aquinas, Machiavelli, Grotius, Kant, Russell, and Walzer - Examines timely questions such as: When is recourse to arms morally justifiable What moral constraints should apply to military conduct How can a lasting peace be achieved - Will appeal to a broad range of readers interested in morality and ethics in war time - Includes informative introductions and helpful marginal notes by editors. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Written by a leading authority on Baptist life and thought, this inclusive survey traces the development of the Baptist tradition in North America over the past 400 years. - Shows how from a handful of churches on the Atlantic Coast, the Baptist movement spread to become the largest Protestant denomination in the United States. - Considers the contribution of all Baptists, including those in the United States and Canada, men and women, Caucasians and non-Caucasians. - Includes statistical data, a timeline, lists of Baptist groups and related institutions, and a glossary of terms.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Until recently COPD was largely neglected by health professionals and viewed as the Cinderella of respiratory conditions. Many patients were seen as heart-sink cases with a self-inflicted disease. But views are now changing and COPD, like other chronic conditions managed within primary care, has taken on a higher profile within the Government and NHS agenda. This book reflects that change. It looks at the treatment of COPD in primary care: in the GP surgery, in outpatient clinics, and through district and community nursing. COPD management does not depend on purely medical intervention; much can be done to help these patients from a psychological, social and holistic perspective to cope with their everyday activities. Patients lead a frightening existence, struggling to breathe and to cope with their symptoms. The book helps nurses and other healthcare professionals to support these patients.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Expanded coverage of essential math, including integral equations, calculus of variations, tensor analysis, and special integrals Math Refresher for Scientists and Engineers, Third Edition is specifically designed as a self-study guide to help busy professionals and students in science and engineering quickly refresh and improve the math skills needed to perform their jobs and advance their careers. The book focuses on practical applications and exercises that readers are likely to face in their professional environments. All the basic math skills needed to manage contemporary technology problems are addressed and presented in a clear, lucid style that readers familiar with previous editions have come to appreciate and value. The book begins with basic concepts in college algebra and trigonometry, and then moves on to explore more advanced concepts in calculus, linear algebra (including matrices), differential equations, probability, and statistics. This Third Edition has been greatly expanded to reflect the needs of today's professionals. New material includes: \* A chapter on integral equations \* A chapter on calculus of variations \* A chapter on tensor analysis \* A section on time series \* A section on partial fractions \* Many new exercises and solutions Collectively, the chapters teach most of the basic math skills needed by scientists and engineers. The wide range of topics covered in one title is unique. All chapters provide a review of important principles and methods. Examples, exercises, and applications are used liberally throughout to engage the readers and assist them in applying their new math skills to actual problems. Solutions to exercises are provided in an appendix. Whether to brush up on professional skills or prepare for exams, readers will find this self-study guide enables them to quickly master the math they need. It can additionally be used as a textbook for advanced-level undergraduates in physics and engineering.…

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This second edition of the The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Marketing has been revised and updated, with new content on aspects of cross cultural marketing, research in marketing methodologies, societal marketing and marketing strategy. The implications of developments in information and communications technologies are assessed while retailing has been extensively revised to embrace contemporary trends. - Features over 250 entries - Includes new content on aspects of cross cultural marketing, research in marketing methodologies, societal marketing and marketing strategy - Assesses the implications of developments in new information and communications technologies - Contains extensive revisions to the section on retailing to embrace contemporary trends.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The new edition of The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management: Strategic Management includes a new preface by the current editor, John McGee. He acknowledges the signal contribution of Derek Channon and outlines the key current trends in the field of strategic management. - - Fully updated new edition covers over 160 key terms and concepts in strategic management; - - Contains contributions from more than 55 international contributors; - - Gives more explicit attention to 'competitive strategy' and 'competitive advantage'; - - Fully treats the 'resource-based view', with recent developments around the 'knowledge- based view'; - - Introduces the 'new economy', specifically economics of knowledge and information and the nature of network externalities; - - Outlines the key current trends in the field of strategic management in the editor's preface. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This revised edition of The Blackwell Encyclopedia of International Management provides clear, up-to-the-minute definitions and explanations of the key concepts in the fast-changing field of international management. - - Covers recent developments arising from globalization, the internet, e-commerce and meta-markets; - Includes information on new International Standards, together with the impact of the European Union and the new geo-political areas of the Russian Federation and China; - Features contributions from international experts in the field, including members of the International Organization Network (ION); - Contains more than 350 entries with 50% new material compiled by the new editorial team.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management Information Systems has been updated with recent developments in the use of information systems in organizations and the information systems function that plans, implements, and operates the systems. - - Focuses new applications of information technology to organization systems, new processes enabled by the Internet, and new technologies applied by managers and their business implications; - Provides coverage of technologies that are important to organization systems, including Radio Frequency Identification (RFID); - Features entries from over 90 international academics and professionals working in the field; - Edited by the pioneer of the academic field of management information systems; - Contains over 300 entries.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Over the last three decades, the global expectations for abundant, cheap and reliable energy have driven the growth in demand, and this is challenging the ability to cheaply exploit the accessible energy sources, and to minimise environmental pressure. At the same time, in concert with similar changes in other industries, deregulation and privatisation have continued apace.To enable them to contend with the daily process of generation, dispatch and supply, the electricity markets have risen to new levels of sophistication and complexity. Continued advances are required to effectively contend with issues such as demand management, environmental efficiency and security of supply. In addition, policy makers and regulators have a commitment to underwrite the performance of the industry model, and to intervene as necessary in structures, instruments and conditions.The relationship between policy objectives, free markets, and the technicalities of electricity production, network flow, supply and consumption, is not a simple one. In this context the book relates electricity market structures, economics for electricity, and derivative pricing of electricity. It is intended as a companion for all those with an interest in the electricity supply industry, including participants, traders, students, stakeholders, and policy makers and implementers. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Reap the benefits of sludgeThe processing of wastewater sludge for use or disposal has been a continuing challenge for municipal agencies. Yet, whensludge is properly processed, the resulting nutrient-rich product--biosolids--can be a valuable resource for agriculture and other uses. Wastewater Sludge Processing brings together a wide body of knowledge from the field to examine how to effectively process sludge to reap its benefits, yet protect public health.Presented in a format useful as both a reference for practicing environmental engineers and a textbook for graduatestudents, this book discusses unit operations used for processing sludge and the available methods for final disposition of the processed product. Topics discussed include sludge quantities and characteristics, thickening and dewatering, aerobicand anaerobic digestion, alkaline stabilization, composting, thermal drying and incineration, energy consumption, and the beneficial use of biosolids.COMPREHENSIVE IN ITS COVERAGE, THE TEXT:\* Describes new and emerging technologies as well as international methods\* Compares different types of sludge processing methods\* Explains both municipal and industrial treatment technologiesWritten by authors with decades of experience in the field, Wastewater Sludge Processing is an invaluable tool for anyone planning, designing, and implementing municipal wastewater sludge management projects.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An effective, quantitative approach for estimating and managing software projectsHow many people do I need When will the quality be good enough for commercial sale Can this really be done in two weeks Rather than relying on instinct, the authors of Software Measurement and Estimation offer a new, tested approach that includes the quantitative tools, data, and knowledge needed to make sound estimations.The text begins with the foundations of measurement, identifies the appropriate metrics, and then focuses on techniques and tools for estimating the effort needed to reach a given level of quality and performance for a software project. All the factors that impact estimations are thoroughly examined, giving you the tools needed to regularly adjust and improve your estimations to complete a project on time, within budget, and at an expected level of quality.This text includes several features that have proven to be successful in making the material accessible and easy to master:\* Simple, straightforward style and logical presentation and organization enables you to build a solid foundation of theory and techniques to tackle complex estimations\* Examples, provided throughout the text, illustrate how to use theory to solve real-world problems\* Projects, included in each chapter, enable you to apply your newfound knowledge and skills\* Techniques for effective communication of quantitative data help you convey your findings and recommendations to peers and managementSoftware Measurement and Estimation: A Practical Approach allows practicing software engineers and managers to better estimate, manage, and effectively communicate the plans and progress of their software projects. With its classroom-tested features, this is an excellent textbook for advanced undergraduate-level and graduate students in computer science and software engineering.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A classroom-tested book addressing key issues of electrical noiseThis book examines noise phenomena in linear and nonlinear high-frequency circuits from both qualitative and quantitative perspectives. The authors explore important noise mechanisms using equivalent sources and analytical and numerical methods. Readers learn how to manage electrical noise to improve the sensitivity and resolution of communication, navigation, measurement, and other electronic systems.Noise in High-Frequency Circuits and Oscillators has its origins in a university course taught by the authors. As a result, it is thoroughly classroom-tested and carefully structured to facilitate learning. Readers are given a solid foundation in the basics that allows them to proceed to more advanced and sophisticated themes such as computer-aided noise simulation of high-frequency circuits.Following a discussion of mathematical and system-oriented fundamentals, the book covers:\* Noise of linear one- and two-ports\* Measurement of noise parameters\* Noise of diodes and transistors\* Parametric circuits\* Noise in nonlinear circuits\* Noise in oscillators\* Quantization noiseEach chapter contains a set of numerical and analytical problems that enable readers to apply their newfound knowledge to real-world problems. Solutions are provided in the appendices.With their many years of classroom experience, the authors have designed a book that is ideal for graduate students in engineering and physics. It also addresses key issues and points to solutions for engineers working in the burgeoning satellite and wireless communications industries.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book gives readers a broad understanding of the Black Church in America and a sense of its uniqueness in the wider world. - - Explores the history of the Black Church in America, its African roots, beliefs, practices, politics, and contemporary moral dilemmas - Argues that in the Black Church, individual and communal destiny are bound together - The author is a Priest in the Episcopal Church and teaches spirituality and Black Church studies at Duke University. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Ethics of War is an indispensable collection of essays addressing issues both timely and age-old about the nature and ethics of war. - Features essays by great thinkers from ancient times through to the present day, among them Plato, Augustine, Aquinas, Machiavelli, Grotius, Kant, Russell, and Walzer - Examines timely questions such as: When is recourse to arms morally justifiable What moral constraints should apply to military conduct How can a lasting peace be achieved - Will appeal to a broad range of readers interested in morality and ethics in war time - Includes informative introductions and helpful marginal notes by editors. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Success in an experimental science such as chemistry depends on good laboratory practice, a knowledge of basic techniques, and the intelligent and careful handling of chemicals.Practical Organic Synthesis is a concise, useful guide to good laboratory practice in the organic chemistry lab with hints and tips on successful organic synthesis. Topics covered include:\* safety in the laboratory\* environmentally responsible handling of chemicals and solvents\* crystallisation\* distillation\* chromatographic methods\* extraction and work-up\* structure determination by spectroscopic methods\* searching the chemical literature\* laboratory not Elektronisches Buch\* writing a report\* hints on the synthesis of organic compounds\* disposal and destruction of dangerous materials\* drying and purifying solventsPractical Organic Synthesis is based on a successful course in basic organic chemistry laboratory practice which has run for several years at the ETH, Zurich and the University of Berne, and its course book Grundoperationen, now in its sixth edition.Condensing over 30 years of the authors' organic laboratory teaching experience into one easy-to-read volume, Practical Organic Synthesis is an essential guide for those new to the organic chemistry laboratory, and.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The art and science of groundwater age datingTraditionally concerned with the flow rate calculation, recharge estimation, and renewability of groundwater resources, the application of groundwater age data has now expanded to include such issues as the calibration of groundwater flow and transport models, the management of dry land salinity, and the study of groundwater vulnerability and pollution. In short, thanks to both technical developments in the field and worldwide concerns about water resources, the study of groundwater age has coalesced into a potent and much respected field. In this comprehensive book, the field of groundwater age dating receives the major reference it needs and deserves.Written by three leading experts in the field, Groundwater Age aggregates, in one volume, state-of-the-art knowledge concerning groundwater dating, including its historical development, principles, applications, various methods, and likely future progress in its concepts.The book discusses such topics as:\* Essential definitions and the basics of groundwater dating science\* The history of groundwater dating, including pioneers and key contributors to the field\* Applications and uses of age data for consulting companies and resource managers\* Various methods for age dating young, old, and very old groundwaters\* New mathematical approaches\* Modeling of groundwater age and residence time distributions\* Thoughts on and suggestions for current practices and future progressPresenting modern knowledge and cutting-edge research simply and clearly, Groundwater Age will satisfy and stimulate both seasoned professionals and student novices alike.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Severe dementia is a relatively neglected area of psychiatry that attracts considerably less attention than the earlier stages of the illness. However, later stages of dementia are as important, if not more so, as the earlier stages, since they harbour unique characteristics and events which profoundly affect the lives of patients and their carers.Severe Dementia addresses the special challenges faced by clinicians managing the late stage of this illness. After a brief introduction to diagnosis and the underlying pathology, a comprehensive section covers clinical features, such as behavioural disturbances and physical effects. This is followed by the section on management, which addresses treatment options, both with drugs and non-pharmacologically, and health economics. It also deals with ethical and nursing issues regarding caring for people in the terminal stages of illness, palliative care and the role of the family.Written and edited by an expert team of geriatric psychiatrists, Severe Dementia will be of value to all clinicians involved in the management of the complex and vulnerable group of patients. It will also be of interest to general practitioners and carers in nursing homes.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book provides a state of the art collection of recent papers on interfaces in heterogeneous ceramic systems presented at the 6th Pacific Rim Conference on Ceramic and Glass Technology (PacRim 6) in September of 2005 in Maui, Hawaii. The book is logically divided into 5 sections on interfaces, including theory and modeling, wetting phenomena, heterogeneous interfaces in high temperature superconductors, bio interfaces, and new developments in instrumentation that aid in the characterization of interfaces.…