wiley dez 2007 (87 results)

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Praise for My Life as a Quant'My Life as a Quant, by Emanuel Derman is, indeed, a perfect memoir, as Derman, a South African-born physicist turned financial engineer, is a perfect memoirist.' --Grant's Interest Rate Observer'That sense of being an intruder in outlaw territory lends an intriguing mood to Derman's My Life as a Quant, a literate and entertaining memoir.'--BusinessWeek'Derman's memoir of his transition from mathematical physicist to expert finance whiz at Goldman Sachs and Salomon Brothers reads like a novel, but tells a lot about brains applied to making money grow.'--Paul A. Samuelson, MIT, Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences, 1970'Elegantly written by a gifted observer who was a pioneering member of the new profession of financial engineering with an evident affection both for finance as a science and for the scientists who practice it. Derman's portrait of how the academics brought their new financial science to the world of business and his descriptions of the late and extraordinary genius Fischer Black who became his mentor, reveal a surprising humanity where it might be least expected.'--Stephen Ross, Franco Modigliani Professor of Finance and Economics, Sloan School, MIT' a deep and elegant exploration by a thinker who moved from the hardest of all sciences (physics) to the softest of the soft (finance). Derman is a different class of thinker I know of no other book that bridges the two cultures.'--Nassim Taleb, author of The Black Swan and Fooled by Randomness.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - The bestselling, up-to-date guide for starting your own import/export businessDo you dream of traveling to exotic places to buy or sell your lines of merchandise Building an Import/Export Business shows you how to start your own business, from researching a raw idea to a successful launch to ongoing, profitable business operations. Author Kenneth Weiss objectively and accurately describes the difficulties and rewards of this kind of business.This practical resource discusses new security procedures put into place since September 11, 2001, and predicts the response to problems with goods from China in mid-2007. Topics include:\*Information on targeting a market, preparing a business plan, managing finances, dealing with foreign currencies, marketing, and more\*Details of shipping procedures, customs requirements, and other government regulations\*Samples of commercial, banking, transportation insurance, and government-mandated documents\*Tips to help you take advantage of NAFTA, CAFTA, and other trade pacts\*Real-life examples from importers and exporters\*Online resources to help you start and grow your business\*Whether you want to participate in the global marketplace or fine-tune an established import/export business, this book helps you every step of the way.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Increase your sales and income with proven tactics and strategyYour no-nonsense guide to selling and generating leads by phoneWant to be persuasive on the phone This hands-on, interactive guide is packed with proven techniques for becoming a champion telephone salesperson. You'll see how to make pre-call plans, conquer your sales call fears, prepare a winning script, ask the right questions, overcome objections, and prospect your way to success.Discover how to:\* Make cold, warm, and referral calls\* Get past screeners\* Orchestrate a successful close\* Understand the 'Do Not Call' law.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Includes advice on attracting investors and balancing the books.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Breaking with the exoticizing cast of public discourse and conventional research, Urban Outcasts takes the reader inside the black ghetto of Chicago and the deindustrializing banlieue of Paris to discover that urban marginality is not everywhere the same. Drawing on a wealth of original field, survey and historical data, Loïc Wacquant shows that the involution of America's urban core after the 1960s is due not to the emergence of an 'underclass', but to the joint withdrawal of market and state fostered by public policies of racial separation and urban abandonment. In European cities, by contrast, the spread of districts of 'exclusion' does not herald the formation of ghettos. It stems from the decomposition of working-class territories under the press of mass unemployment, the casualization of work and the ethnic mixing of populations hitherto segregated, spawning urban formations akin to 'anti-ghettos'.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Look to this book for advice, techniques, and strategies to help people stay vigorous and healthy as they grow older. People are becoming increasingly knowledgeable about managing their health as they age. Healthy Aging For Dummies explains how people can embark on a healthy lifestyle that will enable them to feel young, both mentally and physically, even as they re getting older. It covers tips and advice on choosing the ideal physician; starting an exercise program; learning to meditate; taking the right vitamins and herbs; dealing with or preventing heart disease, cancer, and dementia; replacing negative thinking with positive thinking; and building memory and learning skills.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Understand the principles and practical elements of BIChoose the right technology and implement a successful BI environmentYou're intelligent, right So you've already figured out that Business Intelligence can be pretty valuable in making the right decisions about your business. This book makes BI understandable! You'll see how the applications and technologies work together to access, analyze, and present data you can use to make better decisions about your products, customers, competitors, and more.Discover how to:\*Determine what your business needs\*Compare different approaches to BI\*Build a solid BI architecture and roadmap\*Design, develop, and deploy your BI plan\*Relate BI to data warehousing, ERP, CRM, and e-commerce.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - If you work in a small business, you have to know how to sell. Full stop. But selling as most people know it doesn't work anymore. It's relationships that count.Real selling is about understanding customers' goals and helping them to buy, not topping off a template presentation with a pushy attitude. So how do you put relationships first and still get results Sales Therapy smashes the age-old sales model with an effective new approach grounded in behavioural psychology. It is natural and effortless to use because it mirrors the way people actually interact with each other. And it really works.Thomas Power, Chairman of Ecademy, describes it as 'One of the finest pieces of content on how to sell better in the 21st Century.'At last, you can commit those terrible 'closing techniques' to the recycle bin. Sales Therapy will help you build great relationships with your customers while making the art of selling fun and effective and helping your business to grow.PRAISE FOR SALES THERAPY'This is one of the finest pieces of content on how to sell better in the 21st Century. Grant you are absolutely right with your judgment' Thomas Power, Chairman of Ecademy.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - żSe Habla Dinero The Everyday Guide to Financial Success.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Co-Teaching in the Differentiated Classroom.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This volume, which brings together articles by scholars and activists in China, Japan, Canada and the US in multiple disciplines, seeks to illuminate the problems and possibilities involved in translating feminism from the metropolitan 'West' to a locale rife with its own ideas about gender, class, body and sexuality.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Praise for READY, FIRE, AIM.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Praise ForCorporate Reputation12 Steps to Safeguarding and Recovering Reputation'In a sea of business books, Corporate Reputation is a beacon of light for all leaders and future leaders looking for direction in the treacherous waters of a volatile business environment. It delivers a message that's provocative, insightful, and needs to be heard.'-Heidi Henkel Sinclair, Director of Communications, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation'Every CEO, senior executive, and, increasingly, board member now appreciates the importance of building and protecting a company's reputation. Anyone who depends upon or shapes a company's reputation-customers, employees, news media, NGOs, and bloggers-will benefit from reading Dr. Gaines-Ross's book and will learn more about the influence they wield over corporate reputations.'-Dr. Robert G. Eccles, Senior Lecturer, Harvard Business School'At a time when companies are facing unprecedented reputation crises comes a timely primer from Dr. Gaines-Ross that tells us what companies need to do to bring their reputations back from the brink. The book's 12-step reputation recovery model captures what we know about effective crisis management, and brings the process to life with a host of detailed case examples. It's right on the mark!'-Dr. Charles Fombrun, CEO, Reputation Institute'Finally, a book that clearly, realistically, and compellingly explains how companies of all types and sizes can protect and restore an invaluable company asset-corporate reputation. Brilliant insights and practical solutions leap from each page! A definite must-read for business professionals everywhere.'-Anthony Sardella, CEO, Evolve24 and Adjunct Professor at the Olin School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Television. Love it or hate it, it is still the most popular pastime ever. It reflects and shapes our knowledge of contemporary life across the economic, political, social and cultural spectrum, and yet TV is still among the most criticized phenomena of modern life. Everyone watches it, but everyone's also a critic.This engaging book, written by one of television's best known experts, invites us to explore television's most controversial coverage and fascinating formats: TV citizenship, live TV, 'plebiscitary' shows, reality TV, synchronized sports and TV's own history. At a time of unprecedented change in technologies and business plans, Hartley explores television's evolving place and transforming role in our knowledge-based society.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Peter Merriman traces the social and cultural histories and geographies of driving spaces through an examination of the design, construction and use of England's M1 motorway in the 1950s and 1960s.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This volume offers a state-of-the-art review of terrestrial geochemical sedimentology by internationally recognised experts in the field, integrating their most current research with earlier work. For the first time, the full range of these sediments is reviewed in a single volume, from duricrusts (calcrete, laterite and silcrete) to deposits precipitated in various spring, lake, cave and near-coastal environments. Each chapter summarizes the main characteristics of the sediments: morphological, chemical and mineralogical. Distribution, mechanisms of formation or accumulation, paleo-environmental significance, and relationships to other terrestrial geochemical sediments are also addressed.Geochemical Sediments and Landscapes is unique in its currency and comprehensiveness. An introductory chapter provides an overview of the links between long-term landscape change and geochemical sedimentation. Understanding the origins of terrestrial geochemical sediments can provide insights into past environments, landform preservation and landscape erosion. One chapter is dedicated to the major investigative analytical techniques employed in research, and the final chapter identifies key themes and directions for future research.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Modern Literary Criticism and Theory: A History is the most comprehensive account of modern criticism and theory available in the English language. It provides a historical survey of the various modes of literary criticism developed in the twentieth century. It is distinguished from other texts in the field not only by providing the larger historical contexts of modern critical works, but also by engaging in close readings of some of the major and commonly taught texts, offering clear, detailed, and philosophically informed explanations of difficult works.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 'Fifty years after the birth of corporate computing, IT today is still characterized by 50-70% project failure rates. Which is pretty scary when you come to think of it: either a goblin has cast a spell on a whole profession - or that profession is doing something fundamentally wrong'.IT Success! challenges the widespread assumption that an IT department is like a building contractor whose project managers, architects and engineers (all construction industry terms.) are supposed to deliver systems on schedule, within budget and to spec. Michael Gentle explains why this is not possible, and turns conventional wisdom on its head by showing that:\* you cannot define an IT project in terms of contractual budgets and schedules\* anything can change during the life of a project\* what is eventually delivered can never be what is actually neededHe proposes a new model for IT in which the traditional client/vendor relationship, with its contractual commitments, is replaced by a shared risk/reward partnership geared towards workable results over time. Using real-world examples and a case study, the author walks you through the end-to-end processes of an IT department, covering subjects like demand management, investment planning, agile development and managing production applications.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Praise for Mastering Trading Stress'Ari Kiev helps traders master the internal pressures that skew perception and decision making. A concise and readable guide, this book effectively utilizes case studies to illustrate the varied manifestations of stress and what to do about them.'--Brett N. Steenbarger, PhD, author, The Psychology of Trading and Enhancing Trader Performance'In this groundbreaking book, Kiev undertakes a unique exploration of the impact of emotion and psychology on the trader and his or her investment strategy. The lessons of this book--supported with hallmark Kiev case studies--will resonate with any market participant.'--Matthew S. Grossman, Chief Investment Officer, CR Intrinsic Investors LLC, a division of SAC Capital'Ari Kiev has a tremendous ability to deliver solutions for managing trading stress. This book will benefit aspiring and established traders much as they have benefited me and others who have learned from him directly. I highly recommend this book.'--Wayne Holman, founder and CEO, Ridgeback Capital Management LLC'Put me in, coach! Kiev tells real-life stories from the front line--peeling back the cover on the role of psychology and emotion in trading. His insights and paradigmatic narratives are practical and powerful--enough to get any trader off the sidelines and back in the game.'--Ciaran O'Kelley, Co-Head of Global Equities, Bank of America'Ari Kiev has researched the biggest impediment to trading success: human psychology. His readers will learn to transcend their current boundaries and achieve greater success. Demanding and forthright, Ari's insights challenge us to raise our game in an original and compelling way.'--Quintin Price, CIO, EMEA Pacific Equities, BlackRock.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - How to Read the Victorian Novel provides a unique introduction to the genre. Using examples from the classics, like The Pickwick Papers, David Copperfield, Jane Eyre, The Woman in White, and Middlemarch, it demonstrates just how unfamiliar their familiarity is. The book attempts to break free of the sense that the Victorian novel is somehow old fashioned, moralizing, and formally careless by emphasizing the complexity, difficulty, and rare pleasures of the Victorian writers' strenuous efforts both to entertain and to teach; to create serious 'art' and to appeal to wide audiences; to respond both to the demands of publishing and also to their own rich imaginative engagement with a world heading into modernity at full speed.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This accessible new edition explores the major topics in Monte Carlo simulationSimulation and the Monte Carlo Method, Second Edition reflects the latest developments in the field and presents a fully updated and comprehensive account of the major topics that have emerged in Monte Carlo simulation since the publication of the classic First Edition over twenty-five years ago. While maintaining its accessible and intuitive approach, this revised edition features a wealth of up-to-date information that facilitates a deeper understanding of problem solving across a wide array of subject areas, such as engineering, statistics, computer science, mathematics, and the physical and life sciences.The book begins with a modernized introduction that addresses the basic concepts of probability, Markov processes, and convex optimization. Subsequent chapters discuss the dramatic changes that have occurred in the field of the Monte Carlo method, with coverage of many modern topics including:Markov Chain Monte CarloVariance reduction techniques such as the transform likelihood ratio method and the screening methodThe score function method for sensitivity analysisThe stochastic approximation method and the stochastic counter-part method for Monte Carlo optimizationThe cross-entropy method to rare events estimation and combinatorial optimizationApplication of Monte Carlo techniques for counting problems, with an emphasis on the parametric minimum cross-entropy methodAn extensive range of exercises is provided at the end of each chapter, with more difficult sections and exercises marked accordingly for advanced readers. A generous sampling of applied examples is positioned throughout the book, emphasizing various areas of application, and a detailed appendix presents an introduction to exponential families, a discussion of the computational complexity of stochastic programming problems, and sample MATLAB(r) programs.Requiring only a basic, introductory knowledge of probability and statistics, Simulation and the Monte Carlo Method, Second Edition is an excellent text for upper-undergraduate and beginning graduate courses in simulation and Monte Carlo techniques. The book also serves as a valuable reference for professionals who would like to achieve a more formal understanding of the Monte Carlo method.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Beginning Linux Programming 4th EditionBuilding on the success of its previous editions, this must-have guide continues its popular tutorial approach and brings you a straightforward introduction to developing programs for Linux and other UNIX-style operating systems. The author duo of experienced Linux programmers covers a wide range of topics to help you learn more about what Linux has to offer so you can maximize your programming time and your use of the Linux system.You'll progress from the basics of compiling programs, linking to libraries, and dealing with terminal input and output to more advanced subjects such as writing applications for the GNOME(r) and KDE(r) environments, storing data using MySQL(r), and debugging. As each topic is covered, the authors introduce an appropriate programming theory and then illustrate it with practical examples, clear explanations, and a step-by-step approach with the intent that you will learn by doing. You'll quickly evolve from being a Linux beginner to confidently creating custom applications in Linux.What you will learn from this book\*How to use the standard Linux C libraries and other facilities\*Ways to make the most of the standard Linux development tools\*Tips on basic system calls, file I/O, interprocess communication, and shell programming\*How to build graphical user interfaces using the GTK+ or Qt toolkits\*Using sockets to support TCP/IP networking to different machines\*How to write programs that will work on different distributions of LinuxWho this book is forThis book is for programmers and developers who want to increase their skill level using Linux. Experience in C and/or C++ programming is helpful.Wrox Beginning guides are crafted to make learning programming languages and technologies easier than you think, providing a structured, tutorial format that will guide you through all the techniques involved.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - A significant addition to the growing body of literature in the field, this wide-ranging overview explores the important role of citizenship in the world's liberal democracies and how it is evolving. Long a neglected topic in the social sciences, citizenship is now at the forefront of scholarly discussions on democracy worldwide. In an increasingly global society, constructive dialogue on various themes shaping citizenship studies is indispensable.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Praise for The Dick Davis Dividend'The Dick Davis Dividend is a delightful read and is packed with useful advice for investors. The recommended strategy--index most of the portfolio and actively manage the rest--is likely to improve performance, lower risk, and still allow investment junkies to have fun picking individual stocks and funds. It's what I do myself.'--Burton G. Malkiel, author, A Random Walk Down Wall Street'Dick Davis' new book is a gem.packed with wise, down-to-earth advice for the long-term investor. The investing public needs more Dutch Uncle advice like this. It is worthy of broad readership. I have a general policy of not giving book blurbs, which gives me the freedom to make an exception when a truly exceptional manuscript crosses my desk.'--Knight Kiplinger, Editor in Chief, The Kiplinger Letter and Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine'For forty years, Dick Davis has been dispensing the best investment advice from the best analysts in the world. He is a true national investment wisdom treasure. The Dick Davis Dividend is the highlight of a long and successful career guiding investors in their search for profits and security. Each page is jam-packed with the best that forty years of unmatched research and incredible contacts can offer. This is a book that you will read and re-read over and over again.'--John Mauldin, author, Bull's Eye Investing and Editor of Thoughts from the Frontline'The great thing about Dick Davis' advice--with 90% of which I agree and about the other 10% of which I am likely just wrong--is that it's basically timeless.'--Andrew Tobias, author, The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need'I have known Dick Davis for about thirty-five years. His new book, The Dick Davis Dividend, is straightforward, sound advice. I highly recommend reading it!'--Marty Zweig, Partner, Zweig-DiMenna, LLC'The Dick Davis Dividend is an amazingly complete book covering not only the major aspects of investing but also capturing the nuances and exceptions that are so important. As we would expect from Dick, the writing is bright, engaging, and exceptionally clear. I recommend the book to all individual investors and think it will also help broaden the view of investment professionals.'--James B. Cloonan, Chairman and founder, American Association of Individual Investors.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Developing Technical Training THIRD EDITION.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Provoking Democracy makes an exciting and compelling new argument: that democracies require art - challenging art - to ensure that they are acting as free societies. In the twentieth century, democratic societies turned to dissenting and unpopular artists such as Jackson Pollock, Bertolt Brecht, D. H. Lawrence, and 2 Live Crew to prove their commitment to freedom from majority rule. Author Caroline Levine shows how artists in the tradition of the avant-garde may once again prove to be effective catalysts for contemporary change.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Comprehensive and accessible, The Colonial Era: A Documentary Reader offers a clear and original framework for studying the important issues in colonial American history. It opens with the maximum possible breadth, and then narrows the geographical focus in moving from the sixteenth/seventeenth centuries to the eighteenth century. The author pursues thematic breadth as well, recognizing that it is also crucial for understanding colonial America.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - The Jossey-Bass Reader onthe Brain and Learning'The potentials of brain science for education are indeed enormous. But realizing them requires building a new interdisciplinary science that explicitly links brain science and education . . . educators need to know about brain science, and scientists need to know about education.'-Kurt Fischer and Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, from the IntroductionThis comprehensive reader presents an accessible overview of recent brain research and contains valuable insights into how students learn and how we should teach them. It includes articles from the top thinkers in both the brain science and K-12 education fields, such as Joseph LeDoux, Howard Gardner, Sally Shaywitz, and John Bransford. This rich and varied volume offers myriad perspectives on the brain, mind, and education, and features twenty-six chapters in seven primary areas of interest:\*An overview of the brain\*The brain-based learning debate\*Memory, cognition, and intelligence\*Emotional and social foundations\*Language, reading, and math\*The arts\*When the brain works differentlyThe authors base their findings on cutting-edge research and real-world experience-sharing practical lessons and strategies for the school or classroom. From the scholar to the practitioner, The Jossey-Bass Reader on the Brain and Learning is an invaluable resource for every educator interested in how children think and learn.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This textbook is the ideal introduction to exploring how film can enrich our study of theology, opening up debates surrounding contemporary culture and theological inquiry. It uses film to challenge the sacred/secular divide, spanning a broad range of themes from religion and violence, eschatology, war, and peace to justice, feminism, and the environment.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - In this major intervention into the 'Asian Century', Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak challenges the reader to re-think Asia, in its political and cultural complexity, in the global South and in the metropole. Major work from one of the world's most distinguished literary and cultural theorists Intervenes in the fraught issues generated by ideas of Asia Featured essays include 'Foucault and Najibullah,' 'Moving Devi,' 'Responsibility,' and 'Megacity' Other chapters focus on, among other things, Human Rights, and the turbulent 'present' of the Caucasus Essential reading for anyone interested in postcolonialism, and devotees of Spivak's writing.