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iPremier (A): Denial of Service Attack (Graphic Novel Version)
by Jeremy C. Short Robert D. AustinDescribes an IT security crisis, and raises issues of risk management, preparation for crisis, management of crises, computer security, and public disclosure of security risks. <P><P> <i>Advisory: Bookshare has learned that this book offers only partial accessibility. We have kept it in the collection because it is useful for some of our members. Benetech is actively working on projects to improve accessibility issues such as these.</i>
iPremier (B): Denial of Service Attack (Graphic Novel Version)
by Jeremy C. Short Robert D. AustinDescribes an IT security crisis, and raises issues of risk management, preparation for crisis, management of crises, computer security, and public disclosure of security risks. <P><P> <i>Advisory: Bookshare has learned that this book offers only partial accessibility. We have kept it in the collection because it is useful for some of our members. Benetech is actively working on projects to improve accessibility issues such as these.</i>
iPremier (C): Denial of Service Attack (Graphic Novel Version)
by Jeremy C. Short Robert D. AustinDescribes an IT security crisis, and raises issues of risk management, preparation for crisis, management of crises, computer security, and public disclosure of security risks. <P><P> <i>Advisory: Bookshare has learned that this book offers only partial accessibility. We have kept it in the collection because it is useful for some of our members. Benetech is actively working on projects to improve accessibility issues such as these.</i>
Applied Economics: 60 countries and 50 years of experience
by John ShortApplied Economics: Public Financial Management and Development is focused on economics applied to public financial management and development. It charts over 50 years of the author’s practical experience of economics and public policy in 60 countries on five continents, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. The book’s main focal point is on central and local government budgeting, tracing the progress of revenue aspects and expenditure allocation over time from inputs alone to matching these inputs to achieving and measuring service delivery in programmes. It also presents the assessment instruments that measure public financial management strength and weakness, with real-life illustrations of their application. All of these instruments use examples from the countries that the author has worked in, demonstrating the conditions faced – mostly stable economic environments, but at times during periods of conflict and insecurity, as well as neighbouring geopolitical tension.These experiences have been gained from the author’s resident assignments and short-term visits (mainly multiple over many years) as a consultant for the IMF, World Bank, and bilateral development programmes as well as academic research.
The Unequal City: Urban Resurgence, Displacement and the Making of Inequality in Global Cities
by John Rennie ShortCities around the world have seen: an increase in population and capital investments in land and building; a shift in central city populations as the poor are forced out; and a radical restructuring of urban space. The Unequal City tells the story of urban change and acts as a comprehensive guide to the Urban Now. A number of trends are examined, including: the role of liquid capital; the resurgence of population; the construction of megaprojects and hosting of global megaevents; the role of the new rich; and the emergence of a new middle class. This book explores the reasons behind the displacement of the poor to the suburbs and beyond. Drawing upon case studies from around the world, readers are exposed to an examination of the urban projects that involve the reuse of older industrial spaces, the greening of the cities, and the securitization of the public spaces. This book draws on political economy, cultural and political analysis, and urban geography approaches in order to consider the multifaceted nature of the process and its global unfolding. It will be essential reading to those interested in urban studies, economic geography, urban economics, urban sociology, urban planning and globalization.
American Business and Foreign Policy: Cases in Coffee and Cocoa Trade Regulation 1961-1974 (Routledge Library Editions: International Trade Policy #1)
by Joseph ShortDeveloping countries have for many decades waged a campaign for the global regulation of trade in primary products through international commodity agreements. Heavily dependent upon exports of primary products, developing countries hope to regulate the markets for their commodities to achieve higher prices. While there is a myriad of obstacles to agreements, the blame for slow progress is often laid at the feet of the industrial, commodity-consuming countries, particularly the US. This book, first published in 1987, is a comparative case study that closely analyses how American businesses behaved in relation to US government responses to developing countries’ demands for commodity agreements for coffee and cocoa.
Sell Your Business for an Outrageous Price: An Insider's Guide to Getting More Than You Ever Thought Possible
by Kevin ShortToo many businesses sell for far less than they should! After pouring time, energy, and money into their company, owners deserve to squeeze every last dollar they can from that hard-earned investment. Sell Your Business for an Outrageous Price is the playbook they need to win big at the closing table. Readers will discover how to: Prepare their companies and themselves for sale * Recognize the best time to go to market * Minimize their risk * Identify, attract, and motivate deep-pocketed buyers * Determine their company's competitive advantage and leverage it for the best offer * Find a transaction advisor with the skills and experience to guide them through the M&A jungle * Ascertain whether the advisor has what it takes to get top dollar * Maintain confidentiality * Foil buyers' attempts to undermine sale price * And much more Featuring real-life case studies and an appendix of indispensable tools--including due diligence lists, sample nondisclosure agreements, a sales readiness assessment, and a sample engagement letter--this insightful guide reveals how anyone can get a positively outrageous price for their company.
Planning for Tall Buildings
by Michael J. ShortIn a time of recession, the challenge of building and planning for tall buildings has become even more complex; the economics of development, legislative and planning frameworks, and the local politics of development must be navigated by those wishing to design and construct new tall buildings which fit within the fabric of their host cities. This book is a timely contribution to the debate about new tall buildings and their role and effect on our cities. It is divided into two main parts. In part one, the relationship between tall buildings and planning is outlined, followed by an exploration of the impacts that construction of tall buildings can have. It focuses, in particular, on the conservation debates that proposals for new tall buildings raise. The first part ends with an analysis of the way in which planning strategies have evolved to deal with the unique consequences of tall buildings on their urban locations. The second part of the book focuses on seven examples of medium-sized cities dealing with planning and conservation issues, and implications that arise from tall buildings. These have been chosen to reflect a wide range of methods to either encourage or to control tall buildings that cities are deploying. The case studies come from across the western world, covering England (Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle and Birmingham), Norway (Oslo), Ireland (Dublin) and Canada (Vancouver) and represent a broad spectrum of approaches to dealing with this issue.In drawing together the experiences of these varied cities, the book contributes to the ongoing debate about the role of the tall building in our cities, their potential impacts, and experiences of those who use and inhabit them. The conclusions outline how cities should approach the strategic planning of tall buildings, as well as how they should deal with the consequences of individual buildings, particularly on the built heritage.
South-South Migration: Emerging Patterns, Opportunities and Risks (Routledge Studies in Development, Mobilities and Migration)
by Patricia Short Moazzem Hossain M. Adil KhanSouth-South migration contributes significantly to the development of the emerging economies, the migration of receiving countries and, at the same time, generates a major share of remittance income flowing into the sending countries. By capturing field experience and observations from a number of research studies, this book provides a robust catalogue of data, practical experience and analysis focused on the significant issues, risks and challenges that are associated with this evolving phenomenon in international migration. The book also critically explores new theoretical perspectives by highlighting new policy directions for both sending and receiving countries relevant to making South-South migration more efficient, attractive and mutually beneficial.
The Psychology of Successful Trading: Behavioural Strategies for Profitability
by Tim ShortThis book is the first to demonstrate the practical implications of an important, yet under-considered area of psychology in helping traders and investors understand the biases and attribution errors that drive unpredictable behaviour on the trading floor. Readers will improve their chances of trading successfully by learning where cognitive biases lead to errors in stock analysis and how these biases can be used to predict behavior in market participants. Focusing on the three major types of bias—Belief-Formation, Quasi-Economic, and Social—the book provides a rigorous discussion of the literature before explaining how each of these biases plays out in financial markets. The author brings together the fields of philosophical psychology and behavioral finance to introduce "theory of mind," providing readers with tools to predict biases in others as well as using these predictions to form optimal trading strategies for themselves. Readers will also learn to understand their own behaviors, counteracting biases such as overconfidence and conformity—and the "curse" of their own knowledge—to strengthen trade performance. Pairing his skill and experience with an extensive research bibliography, Short positions the foundational sources of cognitive biases alongside concrete examples, experimental designs, and trader’s anecdotes, helping readers to apply theoretical guidelines to real-life scenarios. Shrewd professionals and MBA students will benefit from The Psychology of Successful Trading’s intuitive structure and practical focus.
Doctors and Their Patients: A Social History
by Edward ShorterWith every passing year, the mutual mistrust between doctor and patient widens, as doctors retreat into resentment and patients become increasingly disillusioned with the quality of care. Rich in anecdote as well as science 'Doctors and Their Patients' describes how both have arrived at this sad shape.
Understanding Creative Business: Values, Networks and Innovation
by Jim Shorthose Neil MaycroftFrom authors used to operating between the commercial, public and independent sectors of the mixed cultural economy, Understanding Creative Business bridges the gap between creative practice and mainstream business organisation, entrepreneurship and management. Using stories, case studies and exercises it discusses the positioning of creative practice within professional and business development, cultural policy-making and the wider cultural economy, and suggests what the broader field of business and management studies can learn from the informal structure and working practices of creative industries networks. Consideration is given to how ethical and moral value orientations animate creative practice and how they play into the wider debate about social responsibilities within business and public policy. The authors also explore the way creative business practices often coalesce around emergent and self-organized networks and how this signals alternative approaches to management, entrepreneurship, business organisation and collaboration. Above all else this book is about relationships; the practical examples expose the ways creative business can professionalise research, develop and sustain routes to growth through 'open' collaborative innovation and the lessons this holds for more general business innovation and policy engagements with the public domain. Written in accessible language, this book will be useful to researchers, students, educators and practitioners within the creative industries; to those working within cultural policy, arts and cultural management; and to all with an interest in management and leadership.
Where is Creativity?: A Multi-disciplinary Approach
by Jim Shorthose Neil MaycroftWhere is Creativity? A Multi-disciplinary Approach goes beyond the orthodox image of creativity as laying inside the brain-mind, to explore how and why it also emerges from relationships between people, from physical spaces such as workplaces and cities, as a result of new media technology and the Web, and due to the effects of broad contexts of the economy and industry. It explores contemporary psychological, sociological, anthropological, economic and philosophical debates concerning creativity in an accessible way, which non-specialist and creative practitioners can appreciate, culminating in a picture of the anatomy of creativity which seeks to provide a concrete guide to the 'doing' of creativity to complement a deeper understanding of its nature and origins. The book will be useful for teaching staff and students; businesses and practitioners; and professionals and policy-makers working within a wide range of creative and innovation-based industries.
Water Quality and Agriculture: Economics and Policy for Nonpoint Source Water Pollution (Palgrave Studies in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy)
by James Shortle Markku Ollikainen Antti IhoWater pollution control has been a top environmental policy priority of the world’s most developed countries for decades, and the focus of significant regulation and public and private spending. Yet, significant water quality problems remain, and trends for some pollutants are in the wrong direction. This book addresses the economics of water pollution control and water pollution control policy in agriculture, with an aim towards providing students, environmental policy analysts, and other environmental professionals with economic concepts and tools essential to understanding the problem and crafting solutions that can be effective and efficient. The book will also examine existing policies and proposed reforms in the developed world. Although this book addresses and has a general applicability to major water pollutants from agriculture (e.g., pesticides, pharmaceuticals, sediments, nutrients), it will focus on the sediment and nutrient pollution problem. The economic and scientific foundations for pollution management are best developed for these pollutants, and they are currently the top priorities of policy makers. Accordingly, the authors provide both highly salient and informative cases for developing concepts and methods of general applicability, with high profile examples such as the Chesapeake Bay, Lake Erie, and the Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone in the US; the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe; and Lake Taupo in New Zealand.
Fundamentals of Queueing Theory (Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics)
by John F. Shortle James M. Thompson Donald Gross Carl M. HarrisThoroughly updated and expanded to reflect the latest developments in the field, Fundamentals of Queueing Theory, Fifth Edition presents the statistical principles and processes involved in the analysis of the probabilistic nature of queues. Rather than focus narrowly on a particular application area, the authors illustrate the theory in practice across a range of fields, from computer science and various engineering disciplines to business and operations research. Critically, the text also provides a numerical approach to understanding and making estimations with queueing theory and provides comprehensive coverage of both simple and advanced queueing models. As with all preceding editions, this latest update of the classic text features a unique blend of the theoretical and timely real-world applications. The introductory section has been reorganized with expanded coverage of qualitative/non-mathematical approaches to queueing theory, including a high-level description of queues in everyday life. New sections on non-stationary fluid queues, fairness in queueing, and Little’s Law have been added, as has expanded coverage of stochastic processes, including the Poisson process and Markov chains.
CyberUnion: Empowering Labor Through Computer Technology
by Arthur B ShostackKey players in organized labour in the USA and abroad are busy modernizing their communications and making creative and effective use of computers and other technology. The author of this book argues that the road to CyberUnion has begun and that those unions are ensuring a future strength.
The Cyberunion Handbook: Transforming Labor Through Computer Technology
by Arthur B ShostakIn his original CyberUnion, the author presented a bold plan for unions to develop a more significant role in the 21st century by adopting four strategic aids - futuristics, innovations, services, and traditions (F-I-S-T) - knit together by cutting-edge Info Tech resources. CyberUnions in Action expands on the F-I-S-T model and looks at gains and setbacks in pioneering efforts to create "CyberUnions". It highlights relevant websites, and features interviews with key CyberUnion advocates (and some critics). Shostak reviews overseas union efforts for transferable lessons, and pays special attention to the AFL-CIO campaign to ensure Labor's advances in the use of computer networks, the Internet, wireless devices, and more.
LiftOff Leadership: 10 Principles For Exceptional Leadership
by Betty ShottonIn 1999, Betty Shotton stood on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange and watched her company go public. After witnessing the negative consequences of the ensuing transition from purpose driven to profit driven, Shotton set out to change the way we define leadership success.Today, with over 35 years as a CEO and Entrepreneur, Shotton passionately advocates a business model that integrates profitability into a larger context of meaningful contribution to the quality of life affected by what we do and who we are as leaders.In Liftoff Leadership,Shotton charts a new course, beginning with an examination of leadership character. With engaging insights into today’s business climate, Liftoff takes readers on an exploration of their unique leadership style: Who am I as a leader? What are my best attributes and guiding principles?How can I make a difference?Calling for a return to leadership traits that have defined history’s most exceptional leaders, Shotton takes us on a journey into ourselves and gives us tools to examine our own unique attributes.
Liderança: Livro de Liderança Sobre Como Influenciar, Motivar E Se Comunicar Com Seu Time E Ser Bem-Sucedido
by Harvard ShottonO que é necessário para ser o bom líder? Talvez você recentemente tenha sido promovido no trabalho ou seja o chefe de um negócio. Pode ser que você eteja em uma posição de liderança por um longo tempo, seja em lojas, na indústria de serviços, produção, recursos humanos, educação, finanças, uma grande empresa ou talvez um gerente de linha. Liderança é importante no mundo de hoje. Sempre foi. Muitas pessoas a vêem como algo que você simplesmente nasceu para ser. Porém, eles não percebem que é uma composição de diferentes habilidades que você aprendeu com o tempo. Quando você colca todas essas habilidades juntas, você se TORNARÁ um grande líder. Não é uma questão de se, mas de quando. Mas primeiro, você precisa aprender mais sobre as habilidades que deve adquirir. Baixe sua cópia desse livro hoje para descobrir quais habilidades você precisa trabalhar hoje se você quer se tornar uma GRANDE líder que tem seus próprios seguidores ao longo do tempo. Adquira sua cópia hoje clicando no botão no topo desta página
Liderismo: Liderismo: La guía completa para influir, motivar y comunicarse efectivamente
by Harvard Shotton¿Qué lleva a ser un buen líder? Quizás Ud. ha sido promovido recientemente, o quizás es Ud. el jefe de una compañía o negocio. Quizás Ud. ha estado en una posición de liderazgo por un largo tiempo, ya sea en retail, la industria del servicio, producción, recursos humanos, educación, finanzas, una compañía de inversiones, o como un gerente de línea o supervisor directo. Las posibilidades son interminables. O quizás seas bastante nuevo en este rol de liderismo que a ti se te ha dado. De cualquier forma, nosotros podemos hacer de todo con algún consejo, ya sea para repasar tus habilidades de liderismo, ser recordado de principios importantes, o ya sea para apuntar en la dirección correcta cuando tú comienzas en este camino.
Como Vender Mais
by Richard Shotton#1 da Amazon ##Vencedor do Prémio Business Book Awards ##Vencedor BBH World Cup of Advertising Books O QUE INFLUENCIA AQUILO QUE COMPRAMOS? Todas as escolhas que fazemos são condicionadas por mecanismos cognitivos que atuam de forma muitas vezes inconsciente e que nos permitem uma rápida tomada de decisões. Pesquisas nas áreas da ciência comportamental e da psicologia mostram que alguns pressupostos comportamentais podem levar-nos a escolher determinados produtos em detrimento de outros. Compreender o que motiva as pessoas nas suas decisões de compra é essencial para ser bem-sucedido em qualquer negócio. Baseando-se em resultados de estudos académicos, em campanhas publicitárias reais e no seu próprio trabalho, Richard Shotton investiga de que modo as nossas tomadas de decisão são moldadas por princípios da ciência comportamental. O autor destaca 25 pressupostos comportamentais significativos, salientando as implicações e repercussões práticas que podem ser aplicadas como alavancas valiosas em estratégias de marketing, publicidade e vendas. Combinando um tom leve, espirituoso e informativo e uma base científica sólida, Richard Shotton apresenta conhecimentos práticos que se podem traduzir numa vantagem competitiva sólida para quem deseje tirar o máximo proveito deles. «Útil, memorável e poderoso. Richard Shotton pegou nas joias da coroa da economia comportamental e tornou-as práticas.» Seth Godin, autor de Isto É Marketing «Um guia de primeira classe para aqueles que querem aplicar a economia comportamental ao seu trabalho, recorrendo à aplicação prática de conceitos psicológicos fundamentais.» Mark Earls, autor bestseller internacional, consultor nas áreas do marketing, da comunicação e da mudança comportamental «Como Vender Mais é uma encantadora anatomia da natureza tendenciosa do cérebro humano que o ajudará a compreender e a influenciar as decisões dos consumidores —incluindo as suas.» Ian Leslie, autor bestseller internacional, especialista em comportamento humano «Um livro que explica de que modo o marketing realmente influencia os consumidores.» Mark Ritson, professor catedrático na Faculdade de Gestão de Melbourne «Simples e com uma linguagem acessível, Como Vender Mais explica de que modo a investigação e a sociologia podem ter um impacto no mundo real.» Dave Trott, autor bestselller internacional, especialista em publicidade «Um livro abrangente, convincente e extremamente prático que reúne os elementos de base da mudança de comportamentos.» Richard Huntington, presidente e diretor de estratégia da Saatchi & Saatchi
Supply Chain Integration for Sustainable Advantages
by Yongyi Shou Mingu Kang Young Won ParkThis book offers a systematic literature review and a set of empirical studies on supply chain integration. Supply chain management is recognized as an essential means for firms to achieve competitive advantages, in which supply chain integration is regarded as the core for operational excellence: shorter lead time, lower inventory, faster delivery, and higher product and service quality. Using data from an international survey of manufacturing firms, an interrelated set of studies that investigate supply chain integration from different perspectives at multiple levels are conducted. Intra-organizational factors such as products, production systems, and socio-technical systems are examined to understand their effects on supply chain integration, indicating that firms need to implement different types of supply chain integration for specific competitive priorities. Then, the outcomes of supply chain integration, including its impact on risk management and sustainability management, are investigated from an inter-organizational perspective. The firm is embedded in a manufacturing network, a global supply chain, or both, and it can use supply chain integration as a strategic action for risks. Sustainability has been a vital issue for manufacturers, and supply chain integration can enhance its success. This book makes significant contributions to the relevant literature on supply chain integration and offers insights to supply chain managers in manufacturing industries.
Public Finance (Social And Economic Studies Of Post-war France Ser.)
by Carl ShoupBroad in scope and carefully balanced in emphasis, this book is a major treatise on the theory and practice of public finance. It is unique in its presentation of a worldwide perspective and in its treatment of both the instruments of public finance and the goals, effects, and criteria of public finance measures. The book is divided into three parts. Book One defines the field, specifies the possible meaning of the "effects" of a public finance measure, and describes the criteria by which these measures are commonly appraised.Book Two is concerned with micro public finance and opens with a discussion of the theory of public goods in general. Each of the major free government services and types of transfer payments as well as the taxes that government employs are then examined. This section concludes with a chapter on the relevant aspects of government borrowing and inflationary finance. Book Three considers the major goals of public finance policy and describes how the various instruments described in Book Two can be used in achieving these goals. Among the topics treated are the use of appropriate instruments to resolve conflict in goals, conceptual problems of measuring the public finance sector and its maximum and minimum economic limits, consensus goals of equity full employment and Pareto-optimism use of resources, and goals that evoke conflicts of interest within any community.
International Guide to Foreign Currency Management
by Gary ShoupFinancial managers rarely find a one-stop source for a complete course in currency management. Expanding on his work, Currency Risk Management, Gary Shoup builds a practical foreign currency management program. This extensive text covers everything managers and their consultants need to implement a program, from trends in exchange rates to understanding pricing determinants. He discusses in detail the market for currencies, price forecasting, exposure and risk management, managing accounting exposure, and managing strategic exposure.
Literature and Leadership: The Role of the Narrative in Organizational Sensemaking (Leadership Horizons)
by John R Shoup Troy W. HinrichsGreat literature provides didactic commentaries on universal themes in the drama of life and visceral lessons on leadership. The careful reading of timeless novels position readers to emerge as astute protagonists in their own stories in the context of the grander narrative and internalize universal themes of the human story. Students of the great works of literature also emerge culturally literate, with a better understanding of themselves and others in relation to nobler virtues, traditions, and purposes. In addition to demonstrating great works of literature as among the first formal books on leadership, this book makes explicit connections between the study of literature and the research found in leadership and management studies. This book: Provides a bridge between the robust literary world and the leadership and management genre. Demonstrates how language and literature uniquely develop leaders to have a sophisticated understanding of historical and contemporary cultures, events, and people. Documents how powerful narratives either promote or diminish human flourishing. Illustrates the usefulness of all great literature and stories in shaping engaging and compelling workplace narratives that inspire and engage the collective. Equips leaders and managers with the knowledge and skills to embrace the drama of leadership and engage in meaningful sensemaking to help organizations thrive. Encourages readers to be connoisseurs of great works of literature and include such works in their leadership libraries. This book is ideal for the initiated and uninitiated in the study of literature and leadership by making explicit complementary and relevant insights to make reading and leading much more meaningful. Those unfamiliar with great literature will gain a deeper appreciation for books serving as tutors and mentors in the ways of leadership and become more discerning readers. Those unfamiliar with the leadership genre will improve their acumen to use endearing and enduring narratives to influence people and organizations.