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Bitcoins und andere dezentrale Transaktionssysteme: Blockchains als Basis einer Kryptoökonomie
by Elfriede SixtDieses Buch beschreibt zum ersten Mal in deutscher Sprache umfassend die verschiedenen digitalen Währungen, das faszinierende Potenzial elektronischen Geldes sowie einer möglichen neuen Wirtschaftsordnung: Geld ist im Bitcoin-System ein programmierbarer Wert, geschützt durch Kryptotechnologien. Experten aus der Finanzbranche arbeiten heute gemeinsam mit Juristen, Wirtschaftsfachleuten und Softwareentwicklern intensiv an neuen kryptographischen Finanzprodukten. Die Erwartungen sind groß: es geht um die Hoffnung auf signifikante Effizienzgewinne und Anwendungsszenarien auf volkswirtschaftlicher und betriebswirtschaftlicher Ebene. Mit den neuen Finanzprodukten und -Dienstleistungen sollen Einzelpersonen, Organisationen und sogar Maschinen Transaktionen flexibler, effizienter und produktiver ausführen. Die Autorin gibt dem Leser einen umfassenden Wegweiser in die komplexe Gegenwart und mögliche Zukunft des Cybergeldes mit seinen Vor- und Nachteilen, Informationen über die praktischen Nutzungsmöglichkeiten, die rechtlichen Implikationen und den Schutz vor seinen Gefahren.
Bitfury: Blockchain for Government
by Elena Corsi Mitchell WeissIn the Republic of Georgia, legend had it their land was a precious gift from God he had intended to keep for his mother. But over time, the land had been under intermittent threat from without and within. In 2017, the Bitfury Group, which Valery Vavilov had co-founded, had helped publish 300,000 Georgian land titles onto the blockchain, making them immutable and, many believed, unhackable. What came next, Vavilov's team envisioned, were smart purchase and sale contracts via the blockchain; and from there, a full suite of property-related services and, eventually, blockchain as the foundation for a transformation in government services. Vavilov, who had co-founded Bitfury and expanded it substantially from its bitcoin mining roots, felt a blockchain-driven makeover of this sort would take place not just in Georgia's government, but around the world. It was not a matter of "if?" anymore; although that still left the question of "when?"
Bits and Bricks: Digitalisierung von Geschäftsmodellen in der Immobilienbranche
by Andreas Moring Lukas Maiwald Timo KewitzDie Digitalisierung wird auch die Immobilienwirtschaft maßgeblich verändern, darin sind sich die Experten einig. Doch noch kann niemand genau vorhersehen, welche Veränderungen konkret auf die Unternehmen zukommen werden. Dieses Buch versteht sich als Wegweiser für dieses komplexe Thema. Ausführlich beschreiben die Autoren mögliche Auswirkungen der Digitalisierung auf die Geschäftsmodelle von Bauunternehmen, Immobilienmaklern und Projektentwicklern im Immobilienmarkt. Sie schildern, welche Veränderungen der Wertschöpfungskette durch die Digitalisierung des Baugewerbes zu erwarten sind. Das Building Information Modeling, eine softwarebasierte Methode zur optimierten Planung, Ausführung und Bewirtschaftung von Gebäuden, ist nur eines der vielen neuen und digitalen Handlungsfelder im Baugewerbe der Zukunft. Auch die Immobilienvermittlung wird vom digitalen Wandel betroffen sein. Neben einer Analyse der digitalen Trends in der Immobilienvermittlung geben die Autoren außerdem zahlreiche Handlungsempfehlungen für die Projektentwicklung im Bau- und Immobiliensektor. Das Buch zeigt, dass alle Wertschöpfungsketten in der Immobilienwirtschaft von verschiedenen Trends und Technologien betroffen sind und teilweise sogar ganze Bereiche wegfallen. Die Effekte werden schneller zu spüren sein, als es den meisten Unternehmen der doch eher langfristig denkenden und handelnden Branche bewusst ist. Wer die Auswirkungen und deren Folgen jetzt schon analysieren und abschätzen kann, stellt sich heute richtig auf für die Entwicklungen und Umwälzungen in den kommenden Jahren. Ein Buch für alle Vor- und Querdenker der Branche, die sich den Herausforderungen einer digitalen Immobilienwirtschaft aktiv stellen wollen.
Bits, Bytes, and Balance Sheets: The New Economic Rules of Engagement in a Wireless World
by Walter B. WristonThis follow-up to the author's Twilight of Sovereignty explores the consequences of the changes produced by the new economy of the Internet, defining the new rules and examining some of the promising initiatives under way to create a system of measuring and valuing assets that reflects our new economic realities. Wriston shows that in today's economy, intellectual capital is more important than physical capital—and that businesses must adapt to this change or perish.
Bitstream
by Michael J. RobertsFocuses on the new CEO of a growing software firm, the culture he's tried to create, and the need to hire a manager to spearhead a new product division. Includes details on how the search was conducted and presents resumes of four candidates who are being considered for the position. Designed to allow students to think through the recruitment, selection, and interview process.
Bitten by the Blues: The Alligator Records Story (Chicago Visions and Revisions)
by Bruce Iglauer Patrick A. RobertsIt started with the searing sound of a slide careening up the neck of an electric guitar. In 1970, twenty-three-year-old Bruce Iglauer walked into Florence’s Lounge, in the heart of Chicago’s South Side, and was overwhelmed by the joyous, raw Chicago blues of Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers. A year later, Iglauer produced Hound Dog’s debut album in eight hours and pressed a thousand copies, the most he could afford. From that one album grew Alligator Records, the largest independent blues record label in the world. Bitten by the Blues is Iglauer’s memoir of a life immersed in the blues—and the business of the blues. No one person was present at the creation of more great contemporary blues music than Iglauer: he produced albums by Koko Taylor, Albert Collins, Professor Longhair, Johnny Winter, Lonnie Mack, Son Seals, Roy Buchanan, Shemekia Copeland, and many other major figures. In this book, Iglauer takes us behind the scenes, offering unforgettable stories of those charismatic musicians and classic sessions, delivering an intimate and unvarnished look at what it’s like to work with the greats of the blues. It’s a vivid portrait of some of the extraordinary musicians and larger-than-life personalities who brought America’s music to life in the clubs of Chicago’s South and West Sides. Bitten by the Blues is also an expansive history of half a century of blues in Chicago and around the world, tracing the blues recording business through massive transitions, as a genre of music originally created by and for black southerners adapted to an influx of white fans and musicians and found a worldwide audience. Most of the smoky bars and packed clubs that fostered the Chicago blues scene have long since disappeared. But their soul lives on, and so does their sound. As real and audacious as the music that shaped it, Bitten by the Blues is a raucous journey through the world of Genuine Houserockin’ Music.
Bitter Brew: The Rise and Fall of Anheuser-Busch and America's Kings of Beer
by William Knoedelseder“Bitter Brew deftly chronicles the contentious succession of kings in a uniquely American dynasty. You’ll never crack open a six again without thinking of this book.”—John Sayles, Director of Eight Men Out and author of A Moment in the SunThe creators of Budweiser and Michelob beers, the Anheuser-Busch company is one of the wealthiest, most colorful and enduring family dynasties in the history of American commerce. In Bitter Brew, critically acclaimed journalist William Knoedelseder tells the riveting, often scandalous saga of the rise and fall of the dysfunctional Busch family—an epic tale of prosperity, profligacy, hubris, and the dark consequences of success that spans three centuries, from the open salvos of the Civil War to the present day.
Bitter Competition: The Holland Sweetener Co. vs. NutraSweet (A)
by Adam Brandenburger Julia Kou Maryellen CostelloThe NutraSweet Co. has very successfully marketed aspartame, a low-calorie, high-intensity sweetener, around the world. NutraSweet's position was protected by patents until 1987 in Europe, Canada, and Japan, and until the end of 1992 in the United States. The case series describes the competition that ensued between NutraSweet and the Holland Sweetener Co. (HSC) following HSC's entry into the aspartame market in 1987. Describes the subsequent move and countermove in both the marketplace and the courts. Also, discusses the business "game" that takes place at both the tactical and value levels. Ends with the final countdown to the expiration of NutraSweet's U.S. patent.
Bitter Competition: The Holland Sweetener Co. vs. NutraSweet (B)
by Adam Brandenburger Julia Kou Maryellen CostelloSupplements the (A) case.
Bitter Competition: The Holland Sweetener Co. vs. NutraSweet (C)
by Adam Brandenburger Julia Kou Maryellen CostelloSupplements the (A) case.
Bitter Competition: The Holland Sweetener Co. vs. NutraSweet (D)
by Adam Brandenburger Julia Kou Maryellen CostelloSupplements the (A) case.
Bitter Competition: The Holland Sweetener Co. vs. NutraSweet (E)
by Adam Brandenburger Julia Kou Maryellen CostelloSupplements the (A) case.
Bitter Competition: The Holland Sweetener Co. vs. NutraSweet (F)
by Adam Brandenburger Julia Kou Maryellen CostelloSupplements the (A) case.
Bitter Competition: The Holland Sweetener Co. vs. NutraSweet (G)
by Adam Brandenburger Julia Kou Maryellen CostelloSupplements the (A) case.
Bitter Harvest: An Inquiry into the War between Economy and Earth
by Lisi KrallHumans are in danger of crossing a divide where their foothold on an earth once abundant in self-willed otherness is slipping away. This is apparent with the sixth mass extinction, climate change, and the many breaches of planetary boundaries. Bitter Harvest brings clarity to this moment in history through a focus on economic order, how it comes to be what it is, and the way it structures the relationship between humans and Earth. An unusual synergy of disciplines (evolutionary biology, history, economic systems analysis, anthropology, and deep ecology) are tapped to fully explore the emergence of an economic system that contextualized a duality between humans and Earth. Conversations that focus on capitalism and the industrial revolution are subsumed under the longer arc of history and the system change that began with the cultivation of annual grains. Bitter Harvest engenders a more critical conversation about the complexity of the human relationship to Earth and the challenge of altering the economic trajectory that began with agriculture and has now reached its apogee in global capitalism.
Bitter Pills: Inside the Hazardous World of Legal Drugs
by Stephen FriedWe take our medicines on faith. We assume our doctors are well-informed, our drug companies scrupulous, our FDA diligent--and our medications safe. All too often we're wrong. Just how wrong is documented in this critically acclaimed portrait of the international pharmaceutical industry by one of our most highly respected investigative journalists.According to the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), adverse drug reactions are the fourth leading cause of death in America. Reactions to prescription and over-the-counter medications kill far more people annually than all illegal drug use combined.Stephen Fried's wife took a pill for a minor infection--and ended up in the emergency room. Some drug reactions go away in a few hours or days. Diane's did not. This emotionally wrenching experience launched Fried into a five-year examination of the entire pharmaceutical industry, the most profitable legal business in the world. Rigorously documented, Bitter Pills is a full-scale portrait of pill making and pill taking in America today, presented through the powerful human drama of doctors, patients, drug companies, the FDA, and government regulators as they war for control of our medicine cabinets.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Bitter Waters: Life And Work In Stalin's Russia Kindle Edition
by Gennady M. Andreev-Khomiakov Ann HealyOne dusty summer day in 1935, a young writer named Gennady Andreev-Khomiakov was released from the Siberian labor camp where he had spent the last eight years of his life. His total assets amounted to 25 rubles, a loaf of bread, five dried herrings, and the papers identifying him as a convicted "enemy of the people. " From this hard-pressed beginning, Andreev-Khomiakov would eventually work his way into a series of jobs that would allow him to travel and see more of ordinary life and work in the Soviet Union of the 1930s than most of his fellow Soviet citizens would ever have dreamed possible. Capitalizing on this rare opportunity, Bitter Waters is Andreev-Khomiakov's eyewitness account of those tumultuous years, a time when titanic forces were shaping the course of Russian history. Later to become a successful writer and editor in the Russian émigré community in the 1950s and 1960s, Andreev-Khomiakov brilliantly uses this memoir to explore many aspects of Stalinist society. Forced collectivization, Five Year Plans, purges, and the questionable achievements of "shock worker brigades" are only part of this story. Andreev-Khomiakov exposes the Soviet economy as little more than a web of corruption, a system that largely functioned through bribery, barter, and brute force--and that fell into temporary chaos when the German army suddenly invaded in 1941. Bitter Waters may be most valuable for what it reveals about Russian society during the tumultuous 1930s. From remote provincial centers and rural areas, to the best and worst of Moscow and Leningrad, Andreev-Khomiakov's series of deftly drawn sketches of people, places, and events provide a unique window on the hard daily lives of the people who built Stalin's Soviet Union.
Bittersweet Sands: Twenty-Four Days in Fort McMurray
by Rick RansonRick Ranson has collected stories from all over North America, from the DEW Line and the drill ships of Working North to the raging waters of the Mississippi in Paddling South. Now, join this engaging raconteur as he ventures to one of Canada’s most talked-about locations: Fort McMurray, home of the oilsands. In Bittersweet Sands, Rick Ranson recounts a twenty-four day shift at an oilsands operation undergoing a shutdown, giving us a glimpse at a world most of us only know from the evening news. Along the way, he encounters a group of engaging roughnecks, including a husband and wife welding crew, a petty fascist safety inspector, and the tough-as-nails secretary that keeps them all in line.
Bivariate Assessments of Real Exchange Rates Using PPP Data
by Juan ZalduendoA report from the International Monetary Fund.
Biz-War and the Out-of-Power Elite: The Progressive-Left Attack on the Corporation
by Jarol B. ManheimThis book tells the fascinating story of the reemergence of the American political left over the last quarter century in the form of the new Progressive Movement. Born out of Liberalism's crushing defeats at the hands of conservative strategists of the Reagan/Bush era, this new movement has cleverly reverse engineered the conservative's institutional networking strategy to plan and finance its resurgence. Progressive strategists have constructed an elaborate network of foundations, advocacy groups, and other institutions to advance their agenda. But where the conservatives relied on affirmative corporate support to help power their movement, the Progressive Left has used an anti-corporate strategy whose purpose is three-fold: 1. To reclaim the moral high ground of politics by challenging corporate power and influence. 2. To gain effective control over "other people's money" (e.g., pension funds, mutual funds) and use it to press for changes in corporate social policies. 3. To leverage this influence over corporate decision-making to change the direction of American politics and public policy. Biz War extends the argument of Manheim's 2001 book, The Death of A Thousand Cuts, by showing how anti-corporate campaigns have evolved from economically-oriented labor actions to ideological and programmatic political struggles. It details how the strategies and tactics crafted by organized labor are being employed with increasing effect by the political left. The book will be of interest to students of contemporary American politics, strategic communication, political movements, and business management. Likewise it will help corporate executives and financial analysts understand more fully the proxy wars and other attacks against their companies.
BizRate.com
by Youngme MoonBizRate is a market research firm that collects point-of-purchase customer feedback data from retailing merchants. It then makes its findings available to consumers in the form of "BizRate star ratings," which are displayed on its website. To date, its primary revenue source has come directly from this market research (the company sells detailed customer feedback analysis reports to vendors). In October 1999 (Red October), BizRate introduced a number of e-commerce initiatives, which were so successful that the company's e-commerce revenues are now on the verge of eclipsing revenues from BizRate's research division. This has led to a debate over whether or not BizRate should dump the research side of its business altogether (i.e., continue to collect point-of-sale and follow-up data, but stop producing research reports for vendors) in order to focus on becoming an e-commerce referral site. Includes color exhibits.
BizTalk 2013 EDI for Health Care: HIPAA-Compliant 834 (Enrollment) and 837 (Claims) Solutions
by Mark BecknerBizTalk 2013 EDI for Healthcare - EDI 834Enrollment Solutions eliminates the complexity anddemonstrates how to build both inbound and outbound EDI 834 processes inBizTalk server that follow the required patterns for integrations with theseexchanges. Archiving, mapping,reconstituting EDI 837 data, exception handling and advanced logging andreporting (without the need for BAM!) are all covered in enough detail to allowyou to implement your own fully functional solution. The Affordable CareAct and the requirements to integrate with state Exchanges have securedBizTalk's role with integrations within the healthcare industry. EDI 834 documents are the heart to allintegrations, dealing with enrollment and the maintenance of enrollments. In order to successfully integrate with theexchanges, companies are required to implement a number of architectural componentsthat can be daunting and complex to work through. High-quality resources for IT professional to handle these challenges are sorely needed, and this resource has been designed to provide concise solutions. What you'll learn Learn how to develop complete end to end EDI 834 solutions, both inbound and outbound Create a solution that demonstrates how to integrate with state Exchanges Explore options for custom pipeline components, archiving patterns, lookups Detailed information for advanced 834 EDI mapping Who this book is for BizTalk administrators and developers, as well as management personnel connected with these positions. Table of Contents 1. Architectural Patterns 2. Solution: Receiving 837P Data 3. Solution: Sending 837P Data 4. Mapping Data 5. Adapters, AS2 and Acks 6. Solution: Receiving 834 Data 7. Pipelines for 834 Processing 8. Custom Business Rules 9. Advanced 834 Mapping 10. Solution: Sending 834 Data 11. Solution: Sending 834 Data, Simplified
BizTalk 2013 EDI for Supply Chain Management: Working with Invoices, Purchase Orders and Related Document Types
by Mark BecknerBuilding a successful supply chain processing EDI implementation in BizTalk Server can be complex. Decisions must be made around how to extract and publish data, how to map to the various EDI standards, and how to appropriately batch and deliver data. If architected properly, your BizTalk solution can be highly efficient, simple, and something that can be managed and extended for years to come. The topics in this book include building complete inbound and outbound solutions for 810, 845, and 850 EDI document types, which will lay the groundwork for any document type you may be implementing. In addition, topics on how to set up FTP, SFTP, and AS2 protocols for document exchange, working with 997/999 acknowledgements, and creating custom applications for archiving and monitoring data are included. Covering mapping, architectural patterns, orchestrations, trading partner configurations, AS2, SFTP, FTP, usage of role links, and data routing, you will find that BizTalk 2013 EDI for Supply Chain Management gives you the detail and knowledge needed for success with your own implementations. What you'll learn 1. Successfully create professional, industry-standard and compliant implementations 2. Build fully operational inbound and outbound processes using AS2, SFTP, and FTP 3. Integrate with SQL Server, . NET Libraries, and other platforms and technologies 4. Develop maps, schemas, orchestrations and configure encrypted file delivery 5. Configure role links to allow for shipment of outbound data to multiple parties Who this book is for BizTalk Developers, technical architects, and executives of manufacturing or supply companies looking to implement EDI on BizTalk Table of Contents 1. Solution: Receiving 850 Data 2. Solution: Sending 810 Data 3. Solution: Sending 845 Data 4. Mapping Data 5. Adapters, AS2, and Acks
BizzWords
by Gregory BergmanThere's language. . . and then there is the language of business. In today's offices, you're as likely to hearkitchen-sinkedorsticker shockascapitalizationandbalance sheet. With the international marketplace and the prevalence of text messaging, the vocabulary of business is constantly evolving. This evolution has left many a step behind, wondering: Should you blush if your boss tells you to put some pants on it? Could you be fired for frazzing? What's the correct reaction to a bozo explosion? How does a dot snot act around the office? You will find answers to these questions and more inBizzWords, defining the new buzzwords of business. Written in a sophisticated and slightly irreverent style,BizzWordsis an engaging guide to today's essential, edgy business terms and expressions.
BizzWords
by Gregory BergmanThere's language . . . and then there is the language of business. In today's offices, you're as likely to hear kitchen-sinked or ticker shock as capitalization and balance sheet. With the international marketplace and the prevalence of text messaging, the vocabulary of business is constantly evolving. This evolution has left many a step behind, wondering:Should you blush if your boss tells you to put some pants on it?Could you be fired for frazzing?What's the correct reaction to a bozo explosion?How does a dot snot act around the office?You will find answers to these questions and more in BizzWords, defining the new buzzwords of business. Written in a sophisticated and slightly irreverent style, BizzWords is an engaging guide to today's essential, edgy business terms and expressions. Gregory Bergman is the author of -ISMS from Autoeroticism to Zoroastrianism (An Irreverent Reference) and The Little Bathroom Book Of Philosophy. He received a BA in philosophy from Hunter College. Currently, he serves as associate editor of EQUITIES Magazine, a financial publication. He lives in Southern California.