R James: 1068 books
The First Great Financial Crisis of the 21st Century
A Retrospective
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2015
Although there have been numerous studies of the causes and consequences of the Great Financial Crisis of 2007–2010 in the US and abroad, many of these were undertaken only for a small number of countries and before the financial and economic effects were fully realized and before various governmental...
Financial Valuation Workbook
Step-by-Step Exercises and Tests to Help You Master Financial Valuation
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2017
Practical valuation exercises with real-world application and expert insight
Financial Valuation Workbook cuts the learning curve in half, with practical training for use with any valuation textbook. Packed with tools, resources, and over 300 exercises, this book helps novices get a handle...
Valuation for Financial Reporting
Fair Value, Business Combinations, Intangible Assets, Goodwill, and Impairment Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2010
Praise for Valuation for Financial Reporting, Third Edition
"Writing a book on financial reporting is a challenge in and of itself, let alone to focus on the shifting sands of valuation in financial reporting. Yet, Mard and company have done it again, and this time, it is even more user-friendly,...
Unbreakable
The 25 Most Unapproachable Records in Baseball
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2014
Unbreakable gives fans the fascinating stories behind incredible records and the players who made them and provides a basis for comparing players of the Deadball era with those of today. Most importantly, it gives the true baseball fan quantitative objective data to bring to arguments about players...
Olympic Television
Broadcasting the Biggest Show on Earth
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017
As the Olympic spectacle grows, broadcast coverage becomes bigger, more complex, and more sophisticated. Part sporting event, part reality show, and part global festival, the Olympics can be seen as both intensely nationalistic and a celebration of a shared sense of international community. This book...
Higher Education as a Bridge to the Future
Proceedings of the 50th Anniversary Meeting of the International Association of University Presidents, with Reflections on the Future of Higher Education by Dr. J. Michael Adams
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2016
This volume assembles the papers, presentations, and speeches from the 50th Anniversary Meeting of the International Association of University Presidents (IAUP) held in Oxfordshire in 2015. This book is a companion volume to the proceedings of the 1965 inaugural meeting of IAUP, also published by...
Learning to Lead
A Handbook for Postsecondary Administrators
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2003
Leadership is an activity that not only manifests itself in formal positions, but also bubbles up in various places within an organization. Perhaps given the importance of leadership to any endeavor, the literature on this topic has burgeoned. Yet among these titles, Learning to Lead stands out as...
School To Work
Research On Programs In The United States
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
An in-depth investigation into career-related programmes in American secondary schools and two-year further education colleges is given in this book. In addition to reviewing evidence on the effectiveness of vocational coursework, the authors analyse programmes involving students who study and work...
From Mediation to Nation-Building
Third Parties and the Management of Communal Conflict
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2013
The eruption in the early 1990s of highly visible humanitarian crises and exceedingly bloody civil wars in the Horn of Africa, imploding Yugoslavia, and Rwanda, set in motion a trend towards third party intervention in communal conflict in areas as far apart as the Balkans and East Timor. However...
by James R. Hobbs
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1925
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1925
Suggestions for performing the various tasks of the pastor. Includes vital information and examples for all types of services and ceremonies.
Process Improvement Essentials
CMMI, Six Sigma, and ISO 9001
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2008
Today, technology has become too much a part of overall corporate success for its effectiveness to be left to chance. The stakes are too high. Fortunately, the idea of 'quality management' is being reinvigorated. In the last decade process programs have become more and more prevalent. And, out of...
Performance Improvement in Hospitals and Health Systems
Managing Analytics and Quality in Healthcare, 2nd Edition
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2018
Healthcare Organizations offer significant opportunities for change and improvement in their overall performance. Hospitals and clinics are generally large, complex, and inefficient, and need serious development in process workflow and management systems, which will ultimately lead to better patient...
The Business of Commerce
Examining an Honorable Profession
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Chesher and Machan explore the cultural, philosophical, and theological sources of the bad reputation suffered by business in Western culture. They sample prominent opinion, from Plato to Galbraith, in an examination of the fundamental dichotomies of a society that seeks prosperity, yet disdains the processes by which prosperity is achieved.
Lean-Agile Software Development
Achieving Enterprise Agility
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2009
Agile techniques have demonstrated immense potential for developing more effective, higher-quality software. However,scaling these techniques to the enterprise presents many challenges. The solution is to integrate the principles and practices of Lean Software Development with Agile’s ideology and...