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The Japanese Money Tree: How Investors Can Prosper from Japan's Economic Re
2008-05-10 18:00:00 The Japanese Money Tree : How Investors Can Prosper from Japan's Economic Rebirth?????# Author: Andrew H. Shipley # Format:PDF 1.03MB# Page Count: 288 pages# Publisher: FT Press (February 19, 2007)# Language: English# ISBN-10: 0132343908# ISBN-13: 978-0132343909For over a decade, investors shunned Japan, which had been stuck in an economic quagmire. But reforms have unleashed the world's second largest economy. Andrew H. Shipley's The Japanese Money Tree challenges the stale conventional wisdom regarding Japan's grim prospects, and highlights how foreign investors are making the most of exciting opportunities in Tokyo. He also reveals how readers themselves, whether institutional money managers or individual investors, can profit from Japan's economic rebirth.The Japanese Money Tree reflects Shipley's 15 years "on the ground" in Japan, sharing actual experiences of foreign investors operating there. Shipley uncovers immense intellectual property value hidden "off the books" in ...
Businessweek May 19 2008 ??????????
2008-05-10 13:17:00 Businessweek May 19 2008 ??????????PDF | English | 14.0MBBusinessWeek is a business magazine published by McGraw-Hill. It was first published in 1929 (as The Business Week) under the direction of Malcolm Muir, who was serving as president of the McGraw-Hill Publishing company at the time.Since 1988, BusinessWeek has published annual rankings of United States business school MBA programs. In addition to these rankings, it has recently started publishing annual rankings of undergraduate business programs.
Financing Innovation in the United States, 1870 to Present
2008-05-10 05:35:00 Financing Innovation in the United States , 1870 to Present # Author:William H. Janeway , Naomi R. Lamoreaux, Kenneth L. Sokoloff # Format:PDF 3.8MB# Page Count: 428 pages# Publisher: The MIT Press (May 1, 2007)# Language: English# ISBN-10: 0262122898# ISBN-13: 978-0262122894Although technological change is vital for economic growth, the interaction of finance and technological innovation is rarely studied. This pioneering volume examines the ways in which innovation is funded in the United States. In case studies and theoretical discussions, leading economists and economic historians analyze how inventors and technologically creative entrepreneurs have raised funds for their projects at different stages of U.S. economic development, beginning with the post-Civil War period of the Second Industrial Revolution. Their discussions point to intriguing insights about how the nature of the technology may influence its financing and, conversely, how the availability of funds influences tech... More About: Financing
Science Magazine May 2 2008
2008-05-10 03:33:00 Science May 2 2008 ?????? 2008?5?2?PDF | English | 24 MBA science magazine is a periodical publication with news, opinions and reports about science for a non-expert audience. A periodical publication for scientific experts is called a "scientific journal".Science magazines are read by non-scientists and scientists who want accessible information on fields outside their specialization.They are an important means of communication between the scientific community and the wider community. More About: Science , Magazine , Science Magazine
Harvard Business Review May 2008 ????????
2008-05-10 00:45:00 Harvard Business Review May 2008 ????????Format:PDFLanguage:EnglishSize:22 MBHarvard Business Review is a general management magazine published since 1922 by Harvard Business School Publishing, owned by the Harvard Business School. A monthly research-based magazine written for business practitioners, it claims a high ranking business readership and enjoys the reverence of academics, executives, and management consultants. More About: Harvard
The Psychology of Sales Success (Selling Power)
2008-05-09 21:41:00 The Psychology of Sales Success (Selling Power )# Author: Gerhard Gschwandtner # Format:PDF 2.3MB# Page Count: 224 pages# Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (February 26, 2007)# Language: English# ISBN-10: 0071476008# ISBN-13: 978-0071476003If you're a sales professional who wants to succeed, you can benefit from these familiar words: ?Know thyself.? Even more important, you should also know your customers. The Psychology of Sales Success shares insights into three psychological dynamics driving the sales process: the salesperson, the salesperson's desire for success, and the customer. Featuring action steps as well as knowledge from leading psychologists, psychiatrists, business school professors, successful authors, and talented sales professionals, the book will help you to: * Develop a successful attitude, master the thinking habits of successful sales professionals, and harness their powers of concentration * Handle customer anger, procrastination, and rejection; deal wit...
Mother Teresa: A Biography ??????
2008-05-09 18:00:00 Mother Teresa: A Biography ?????? # Author: Meg Greene# Format: PDF 1.5MB# Number of Pages: 174# Publisher: Greenwood Press (2004)# Language: English# ISBN-10: 0313327718# ISBN-13: 9780313327711In this new biography, students will follow Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu from her humble Albanian birth to worldwide celebrity as Mother Teresa. The nun who attended to the dying and diseased in Calcutta, India, and established her Missionaries of Charity around the world is revealed to have a singular determination from a young age. As a woman in the patriarchal Catholic system, she had to prove to the hierarchy, even the Vatican, that she was capable of handling each project she proposed. Her vision to live and work among the "poorest of the poor" as one of them led to the founding of a new order that tended to society's outcasts. The narrative chronicles the expansion and success of the order and the eventual attention that was showered on her efforts. This increasing attention led to scrutiny an... More About: Mother , Mother Teresa
Teachers Exploring Tasks in English Language Teaching
2008-05-09 12:21:00 Teachers Exploring Tasks in English Language Teaching # Author:Corony Edwards, Jane Willis# Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan # Number Of Pages: 272 # Publication Date: 2005-04-16 # ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1403945578 # ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781403945570 This book was written for language teachers by language teachers, with a view to encouraging readers to use more tasks in their lessons, and to explore for themselves various aspects of task-based teaching and learning. It gives insights into ways in which tasks can be designed, adapted and implemented in a range of teaching contexts and illustrates ways in which tasks and task-based learning can be investigated as a research activity. Practicing language teachers and student professionals in graduate TESOL and Applied Linguistics programs will find this a rich resource of varied experience in the classroom and a stimulus to their own qualitative studies. More About: English Language
Eat Right 4 Your Type
2008-05-09 10:03:00 Eat Right 4 Your Type : The Individualized Diet Solution to Staying Healthy, Living Longer & Achieving Your Ideal Weight# Author:Peter J. D'Adamo, Catherine Whitney # Format:PDF 1.6MB# Page Count: 392 pages# Publisher: Putnam Adult; 1 edition (January 1, 1996)# Language: English# ISBN-10: 039914255X# ISBN-13: 978-0399142550If you've ever wondered why the latest fad diet doesn't work for you... well, there are lots of reasons, mostly the fact that it's a fad diet. But it could also be that you're the wrong blood type for the kinds of foods the diet recommends. Peter D'Adamo makes a persuasive argument that your blood type is an evolutionary marker that tells you which foods you'll process best, and which will be useless calories. He covers the entire range for each of the four blood types, from entrées to condiments and seasonings, and also makes type-specific exercise and lifestyle recommendations.New York Times best seller?I found the information in Eat Right For Your Type ab...
Science April 25 2008 ??????
2008-05-09 01:22:00 Science April 25 2008 ?????? 2008?4?25?PDF | English | 24 MBA science magazine is a periodical publication with news, opinions and reports about science for a non-expert audience. A periodical publication for scientific experts is called a "scientific journal".Science magazines are read by non-scientists and scientists who want accessible information on fields outside their specialization.They are an important means of communication between the scientific community and the wider community. More About: Science
Chasing the Dragon: Assessing China's System of Export controls for WMD-rel
2008-05-08 21:27:00 Chasing the Dragon : Assessing China's System of Export controls for WMD-related Goods and Technologies # Author:Evan S. Medeiros # Format:PDF 1.73MB# Page Count: 132 pages# Publisher: RAND Corporation (August 25, 2005)# Language: English# ISBN-10: 0833038052# ISBN-13: 978-0833038050Examines the structure and operation of the chinese goverment's controls on exports of items that could be used in the production of weapons of mass destruction.China?s export controls on sensitive equipment, materials, and technologies used to produce weapons of mass destruction (WMD) have evolved significantly since the early 1980s. This monograph examines the structure and operation of the Chinese government?s system of controls on exports of items that could be used in the production of WMD and WMD-related delivery systems. More About: The Dragon
Fifty Plus Fitness
2008-05-08 18:03:00 Fifty Plus Fitness # Author:Ian Oliver # Format:PDF 2.3MB# Page Count: 320 pages# Publisher: Snowbooks; New Ed edition (October 19, 2006)# ISBN-10: 1905005164# ISBN-13: 978-1905005161The purpose of this book was simply to persuade people over 50 (and those approaching 50) that fitness and health can be attained or improved by physical activity at any age. For this reason I have set out to offer suggestions on various forms of exercise for people ranging from the (presently) totally unfit to those who are already very fit but who would welcome the invigoration that comes from trying new or challenging activities.I have deliberately limited the use of scientific, anatomical or medical information; it has been my experience that my target audience will ignore information regarding actin and myosin, mitochondria and Golgi apparatus,cut to the chase instead, and get on with it. It is, alternatively, possible that readers may use this book to jam the door open while taking the empties to ...
Numbers Guide: The Essentials of Business Numeracy, Fifth Edition ????:????
2008-05-08 14:11:00 Numbers Guide : The Essentials of Business Numeracy, Fifth Edition (The Economist Series) ????:??????# Author:Richard Stutely # Format:PDF 1.1MB# Page Count: 256 pages# Publisher: Bloomberg Press; 5th ed. edition (April 2003)# Language: English# ISBN-10: 1576601447# ISBN-13: 978-1576601440The Numbers Guide is very useful for everyone who wants to be competent and able to communicate effectively with numbers and is particularly invaluable for managers who have budgetary, planning, or forecasting responsibilities. There are chapters on key concepts including finance and investment, measures for interpretation and analysis, forecasting techniques, sampling and hypothesis testing, incorporating judgments into decision making, linear programming and networking.Guide to all you need to know about numbers and numerical techniques. Explains the fundamentals of numeracy and provides a range of essential methods for effective decision making. For anyone who wants to be competent, and able to c... More About: Numbers
A Dictionary of Nonprofit Terms And Concepts (Philanthropic and Nonprofit S
2008-05-08 10:14:00 A Dictionary of Nonprofit Terms And Concepts (Philanthropic and Nonprofit Studies) # Author:David Horton Smith, Robert A. Stebbins, Michael A. Dover# Format:PDF 1.3MB# Page Count: 337 pages# Publisher: Indiana University Press (November 2006)# Language: English# ISBN-10: 0253347831# ISBN-13: 978-0253347831This reference work defines more than 1,200 terms and concepts that have been found useful in past research and theory on the nonprofit sector. The entries reflect the importance of associations, citizen participation, philanthropy, voluntary action, nonprofit management, volunteer administration, leisure, and political activities of nonprofits. They also reflect a concern for the wider range of useful general concepts in theory and research that bear on the nonprofit sector and its manifestations in the United States and elsewhere. This dictionary supplies some of the necessary foundational work on the road toward a general theory of the nonprofit sector.
The Powers to Lead
2008-05-08 06:07:00 The Powers to Lead # Author:Joseph S. Nye# Format:PDF 1.3MB# Page Count: 240 pages# Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (March 3, 2008)# Language: English# ISBN-10: 0195335627# ISBN-13: 978-0195335620What qualities make a leader succeed in business or politics? In an era when the information revolution has dramatically changed the playing field, when old organizational hierarchies have given way to fluid networks of contacts, and when mistrust of leaders is on the rise, our ideas about leadership are clearly due for redefinition.With The Powers to Lead, Joseph S. Nye, Jr. offers a sweeping look at the nature of leadership in today's world, in an illuminating blend of history, business case studies, psychological research, and more. As he observes, many now believe that the more authoritarian and coercive forms of leadership--the hard power approaches of earlier military-industrial eras--have been largely supplanted in postindustrial societies by soft power approaches that seek ...
Gilt-Edged Market (Securities Institute Operations Management)
2008-05-08 01:30:00 Gilt-Edged Market (Securities Institute Operations Management )# Author:Moorad Choudhry, Graham "Harry" Cross, Jim Harrison# Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann # Number Of Pages: 288 # Publication Date: 2003-06-05 # ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0750651636 # ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780750651639 The Gilt-Edged Market is specifically aimed at finance professionals and investors who need to understand the inner working of the United Kingdom gilt market. There is detailed coverage of the different gilt instruments, as well as a look at the structures, institutions and practices of the market itself.Topics include:* Bond basics* Conventional gilts* Index-linked gilts* Gilt strips* The gilt repo market* The gilt bond future basis* Yield spread trading using gilts
PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) Review: Pearls of Wisdom
2008-05-07 21:34:00 PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support ) Review : Pearls of Wisdom # Author:Guy H. Haskell# Format:PDF 2.3MB# Page Count: 200 pages# Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Appleton & Lange; 3 edition (May 9, 2007)# Language: English# ISBN-10: 0071488332# ISBN-13: 978-0071488334Updated to meet the 2005 American Heart Association Guidelines, this rapid-fire question-and-answer book is required reading for anyone preparing for PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) certification or recertification.
Truth in Translation: Accuracy and Bias in English Translations of the New
2008-05-07 18:03:00 Truth in Translation : Accuracy and Bias in English Translations of the New Testament # Author: Jason David BeDuhn# Format: DjVu 1.5# Number of Pages: 113# Publisher: University Press of America (2003)# Language: English# ISBN-10: 0761825568# ISBN-13: 9780761825562Truth in Translation is a critical study of Biblical translation, assessing the accuracy of nine English versions of the New Testament in wide use today. By looking at passages where theological investment is at a premium, the author demonstrates that many versions deviate from accurate translation under the pressure of theological bias. More About: Truth
Economic Reform In China And India: Development Experience In A Comparative
2008-05-07 13:03:00 Economic Reform In China And India : Development Experience In A Comparative Perspective??????????# Author:Joseph C. H. Chai, Kartik C. Roy# Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing # Number Of Pages: 295 # Publication Date: 2006-06-27 # ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1840649879 # ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781840649871 Recent acceleration of the Indian economic growth rate from six to eight per cent has sparked worldwide speculation that India is about to catch up with China and become another Asian miracle economy. Economic Reform in China and India examines this prospect, reviewing the development strategies pursued by the two countries over the last 50 years in general, and exploring recently introduced reform measures in particular. The culmination of many years of research by specialists in these economies, this book assesses the performance of China and India at both macro and sectoral levels (including economic, social, political and environmental aspects), illustrates the reasons why China has ou...
Business Risk Management Handbook: A sustainable approach
2008-05-07 10:04:00 Business Risk Management Handbook : A sustainable approach # Author: Linda S Spedding , Adam Rose# Format:PDF 2.1MB# Page Count: 768 pages# Publisher: CIMA Publishing (December 2, 2007)# Language: English# ISBN-10: 0750681748# ISBN-13: 978-0750681742It is now seen as essential that all businesses assess their exposure to business risk especially in relation to value creation. This book explains the practical links between risk management and the impact it has on the value of your business. It offers vital, accessible and timely tools to assist you in making an immediate difference to the core value of your business and thereby satisfy the demands of an ever increasing range of stakeholders.This book will help you:Discover how risk exposure can have a financial impact on your businessMake your business become more sustainable financially, socially and environmentallyLearn how to apply knowledge fast with this practical guide to risk management issues More About: Business , Risk Management
Speak to Win: How to Present with Power in Any Situation (??·??)
2008-05-07 02:11:00 Speak to Win: How to Present with Power in Any Situation (??·??) # Author:Brian Tracy # Format:PDF 1.03MB# Page Count: 208 pages# Publisher: AMACOM (January 31, 2008)# Language: English# ISBN-10: 0814401570# ISBN-13: 978-0814401576The ability to speak with confidence and deliver winning presentations can accelerate your career, earn people?s great respect, and enable you to achieve your greatest -- even most impossible-seeming goals. But what many people don't realize is that anyone can learn to be a great speaker, just as easily as they can learn to drive a car or ride a bike! As one of the world?s premier speakers and personal success experts, Brian Tracy is the ideal instructor. In Speak to Win, Tracy reveals time-tested tricks of the trade that readers can use to present powerfully and speak persuasively, whether in an informal meeting or in front of a large audience. Readers will learn how to:* become confident, positive, and relaxed in front of any audience * grab people?s att... More About: Speak
Credit Risk Management (Essential Capital Markets)
2008-05-07 01:20:00 Credit Risk Management (Essential Capital Markets )# Author:Andrew Fight# Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann # Number Of Pages: 264 # Publication Date: 2004-11-22 # ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0750659033 # ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780750659031 Credit Risk Management will enable general bankers, staff, and credit analyst trainees to understand the basic information and principles underlying credit risk evaluation, and to use those underlying principles to undertake an analysis of non financial and financial risks when preparing a credit proposal. Since the best loans are the ones that do not present problems during the repayment phase, the authors also focus on elements relating to the proactive management of those loans during their inception. More About: Credit
Your Guide to Healthy Sleep ??????
2008-05-06 21:22:00 Your Guide to Healthy Sleep ????????# Author: National Heart Lung and Blood Institute# Format:PDF 1.3MB# Page Count: 60 pages# Publisher: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (November 1, 2005)# ISBN-10: 1933236051# ISBN-13: 978-1933236056As seen on national television. This booklet provides the latest science-based information on healthy sleep and sleep disorders. Learn about . . . Common sleep myths and practical tips for getting adequate sleep: - Coping with jet lag and nighttime shift work - Avoiding dangerous drowsy driving This booklet also gives information on sleep disorders, such as insomnia, sleep apnea, restless legs syndrome, narcolepsy, and some parasomnias.
Making a Meal of It: Rethinking the Theology of the Lord's Supper
2008-05-06 18:02:00 Making a Meal of It: Rethinking the Theology of the Lord's Supper # Author:Ben Witherington III# Format:PDF 1.0MB# Page Count:168# Publisher: Baylor University Press (2007)# Language: English# ISBN-10: 1602580154# ISBN-13: 9781602580152Making a Meal of It explores the background and implication of the Lord's Supper. Delving into its historical and Scriptural origins, Witherington argues that the Lord's Supper is a sacramental celebration of the community of God, designed to incorporate people of varying backgrounds. Excavating the diverse ways in which Scripture and early Christian tradition speak about the Lord's Supper, Witherington advocates that the meal is primarily about who the people of God are and how they should thus live together.
The Jack Welch Lexicon of Leadership: ??·???????
2008-05-06 15:26:00 The Jack Welch Lexicon of Leadership : Over 250 Terms, Concepts, Strategies & Initiatives of the Legendary Leader??·???????# Author:Jeffrey A. Krames# Publisher: McGraw-Hill # Number Of Pages: 224 # Publication Date: 2001-08-17 # ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0071381406 # ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780071381406 A comprehensive guide to the strategies and initiatives of legendary CEO Jack Welch In his two decades as CEO, Jack Welch's principles, strategies, and tenets transformed GE into one of history's most dynamic and valuable corporations. As a result, executives in all industries are now eager to hear Welch's every pronouncementand implement his strategies in their own organizations.The Jack Welch Lexicon of Leadership is the first alphabetically structured collection to place Welch's career in perspective, and trace the evolution of his key ideas and innovations. Intended to stand on its own as well as complement Welch's eagerly awaited upcoming memoir, this timely book provides readers ...
Understanding Human Motivation: What Makes People Tick?
2008-05-06 15:22:00 Understanding Human Motivation : What Makes People Tick ?# Author:Donald R. J. Laming# Format:PDF 2.3MB# Page Count: 344 pages# Publisher: Blackwell Publishers (August 2003)# Language: English# ISBN-10: 063121982X# ISBN-13: 978-0631219828Despite the relatively attractive front cover and book title, this is not a tool book to learn how to motivate others or make ideas tick. It is in essence an introduction to psychology that covers quite a lot of interesting topics (please refer to the table of content. In particular, I like the ones on sex and gambling) with plenty of research findings and stories presented in a light and enjoyable manner. No conclusive theory for individual topic, but good food for thought. Though I dont like the theoretical architecture of his analysis based on his three fundmental ideas of 1) Personal View and Camera View, 2) Quasi Mechanical Behaviour 3) Social Conventions, it's an above average textbook and for sure a good supplement. Suitable for leisure readin... More About: Understanding
Great Psychologists and Their Times: Scientific Insights into Psychology's
2008-05-06 10:13:00 Great Psychologists and Their Times : Scientific Insights into Psychology's History????????????# Author: Dean Keith Simonton# Format:PDF 1.3MB# Page Count: 554 pages# Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA); 1 edition (April 2002)# Language: English# ISBN-10: 155798896X# ISBN-13: 978-1557988966Chapters are rich in examples drawn from the lives and careers of nota ble psychologists, examining such issues as birth order, psychopatholo gy, and intellectual precocity. Of particular interest are chapters ex ploring what aspects of the sociocultural context are most conducive t o the emergence of illustrious psychologists and how these sociocultur al conditions-including political events, economic disturbances, or cu ltural values-affect not only the magnitude of achievement but also th e very nature of that achievement. The findings reviewed lead to sugge stions about how best to educate and train both undergraduate psycholo gy majors and graduate students in psychology. This... More About: Great
Wealth, War and Wisdom ????????
2008-05-06 06:17:00 Wealth, War and Wisdom ????????# Author:Barton Biggs# Publisher: Wiley # Number Of Pages: 358 # Publication Date: 2008-02-04 # ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0470223073 # ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780470223079 In Wealth, War & Wisdom, legendary Wall Street investor Barton Biggs reveals how the turning points of World War II intersected with market performance, and shows how these lessons can help the twenty-first century investor comprehend our own perilous times as well as choose the best strategies for the modern market economy. Filled with in-depth observations and practical advice, Wealth, War & Wisdom will help you apply these original financial lessons directly, and beneficially, to today?s turbulent markets. Barton Biggs spent thirty years at Morgan Stanley. In that time, he formed the firm?s number one- ranked research department, built up its investment management business, and served as chairman of the investment management firm. At various times during this period, he was ranked as the n... More About: Wealth
An Introduction to Financial Option Valuation: Mathematics, Stochastics and
2008-05-06 02:10:00 An Introduction to Financial Option Valuation : Mathematics , Stochastics and Computation# Author:Desmond Higham# Publisher: Cambridge University Press # Number Of Pages: 296 # Publication Date: 2004-04-19 # ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0521547571 # ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780521547574 This book is intended for use in a rigorous introductory PhD level course in econometrics, or in a field course in econometric theory. It covers the measure-theoretical foundation of probability theory, the multivariate normal distribution with its application to classical linear regression analysis, various laws of large numbers, central limit theorems and related results for independent random variables as well as for stationary time series, with applications to asymptotic inference of M-estimators, and maximum likelihood theory. Some chapters have their own appendices containing the more advanced topics and/or difficult proofs. Moreover, there are three appendices with material that is supposed to be known. Appendix I co...
Eat Right 4 Your Type: The Individualized Diet Solution to Staying Healthy,
More articles from this author:2008-05-05 21:31:00 Eat Right 4 Your Type : The Individualized Diet Solution to Staying Healthy , Living Longer & Achieving Your Ideal Weight# Author:Peter J. D'Adamo, Catherine Whitney # Format:MP3 66.3MB# Page Count: 392 pages# Publisher: Putnam Adult; 1 edition (January 1, 1996)# Language: English# ISBN-10: 039914255X# ISBN-13: 978-0399142550If you've ever wondered why the latest fad diet doesn't work for you... well, there are lots of reasons, mostly the fact that it's a fad diet. But it could also be that you're the wrong blood type for the kinds of foods the diet recommends. Peter D'Adamo makes a persuasive argument that your blood type is an evolutionary marker that tells you which foods you'll process best, and which will be useless calories. He covers the entire range for each of the four blood types, from entrées to condiments and seasonings, and also makes type-specific exercise and lifestyle recommendations. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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