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The anticipated pension crisis means that fewer people are going to be able to retire without supplementing their income to some degree. This book is packed with information and resources designed to enable every retiree, regardless of personal circumstances or financial worth, to tap into proven strategies for generating additional income. Read more...

As industries worldwide move toward consolidation, niche companies need to take advantage of strategies that are forward-thinking and anticipate new trends. Beating the Global Consolidation Endgame identifies nine key strategies that niche companies must master in order to outperform their markets and gain the largest benefits from consolidation. It draws from a landmark study conducted by global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney of more than 600,000 small to mid-sized niche companies over a 15-year period. A.T. Kearney thought leaders Dr. Fritz Kroeger, Dr. Andrej Vizjak, and Michael Moriarty reveal nine successful Endgame niche strategies while explaining how these strategies are most viable at certain points during consolidation. In order to time the strategies accurately, all decision makers must know what stage of industry consolidation they're in, along with the implications of each stage. This ensures a company's survival and success against global consolidators. Taking you through the Merger Endgame Theory lifecycle, the authors show you how to develop stable niche strategies by: Determining your industry's Endgame position and expected evolution of consolidation in coming years Identifying industry sectors with comparable models to illuminate strategic success factors for your sector Knowing the strengths and weaknesses of Endgame consolidation winners and losers Spotting potential market splits and new configurations for the value-creation chain Read more...

There is a rapidly increasing number of food and wine festivals taking place around the world and many new festivals and events are now being developed as a deliberate part of a regional or national tourism strategy. It is now recognised that food and wine festivals and events can play a significant role in rural and urban development and regeneration and the impacts of these events can be far ranging at a social, political, economic and environmental level. Food and Wine Festivals and Events Around the World: development, management and markets is a pioneering text that recognises the importance of this area of the tourism industry. It brings together an international contributor team of experts and uses leading research to examine the specialist nature of the food and wine festival/event and the linkages that exist between food, festivity and place. Divided into three parts, the book looks at Food Festivals, Wine /Drink Festivals and Farmers Markets. Each section has an introductory chapter which will set the context and provide an overview of current activity in that particular area. * Uses international case studies to illustrate best practise and contextualise theory. For example, Ramadan festivals in Malaysia, food and drink festivals in Japan, festival based culinary tourism in the US, the Valley wine festival in Western Australia, farmers markets in the UK and many more. * Contains results of ?cutting edge? research carried out at specific food and wine eve Read more...

Whether dealing in coffee, wheat, pork bellies, silver or gold, any buyer investing in commodities is trading in the futures market. For the investor, the goal is to make money when that commodity either gains or loses in value. Winning with Futures demystifies the market, with all of its risks and opportunities, and enables readers to make the most informed decisions when betting on the outcome of a product. With easy-to-follow, practical advice, Michael C. Thomsett teaches novice investors to select the best commodities—from energy and imports to financial futures; manage risks effectively while diversifying their portfolios; and avoid selling at the wrong time. Complete with a history of the futures market as well as an evaluation of the risks involved for all types of futures, this book will help every investor make far better predictions and much bigger profits. Read more...

Building an organization’s commitment to sustainability is not just a means to enhancing the health, diversity, and strength of the world’s ecosystems but a financially and socially sound best practice as well. The Sustainable Enterprise Fieldbook helps readers understand what sustainability means, and how they can implement it in their organization. Collecting the wisdom of an outstanding network of experts, the book uses models, tools, case studies, and examples from a wide range of companies to show readers how they can: manage the transition to an eco-friendly culture foster employee engagement integrate sustainability into the day-to-day realities of their business oversee both short-and long-term goals for their sustainability initiatives Also included are metrics allowing readers to measure their efforts in promoting an environmentally responsible organization. This book provides the crucial guidance organizations need to make money and make a difference. Read more...

This international edition of How to Market Books covers every topic including, online marketing, direct mail, copy writing, viral marketing, and different sectors such as children's book and professional publishing. How to Market Books, now in its fourth edition, has for many years been the place to turn for professionals in the industry charged with maximizing revenues and minimizing costs. In recent years the selling and marketing of books has come under more and more pressure. The industry has become dominated by the larger chains, by new channels to market, by new players such as supermarkets, and by consumer demand for different product formats. This book provides the answers for the marketer whose job it is to sell and market books in today’s increasingly competitive bookselling environment. Whether you are a marketing or sales director, manager or executive, How to Market Books shows you best-practice ways to maximize marketing ROIs and deliver top-line growth for your publishing company. Written by Alison Baverstock, Senior Lecturer in Publishing Studies at Kingston University, the new edition has been brought right up to date to include: digital and online marketing; professional and STM publishing; leveraging international sales; and low-cost “guerrilla” marketing. Used throughout the industry, the new edition will ensure that the book maintains its well-earned status as “the bible of book marketing”. Read more...

52 Weeks of Sales Success, 2nd edition is based on Roberts' series of popular weekly sales seminars originally offered to his staff. Ralph now delivers the same energy and sales-generating wisdom and closing tools to everyone who is committed to achieving his or her full potential. In this second edition, Ralph has expanded and updated the material to address issues important to today's salespeople and reveals his field-proven strategies for selling in the 21st Century: Stop thinking like an employee and start thinking like an entrepreneur Surround yourself with positive people Develop systems and procedures Hire an assistant, so you can concentrate on clients Know your product, yourself, and your client Under-promise, over-deliver Turn problems into opportunities Read more...

In Creating a Million-Dollar-a-Year Sales Income, Paul McCord sets out a detailed, yet flexible course of action that has been proven to generate referrals in virtually any sales system or environment and in any industry. This easy-to-read reference guide features compelling real-world examples of common mistakes and solutions that will transform lost opportunities into real prospects. Create the referral base that guarantees success! Read more...

Many sales experts focus on a cookie-cutter sales "strategy, " encouraging reps to push the customer through a pre-planned sales process -- an approach that can drive customers away. With ProActive Selling reps have a wide variety of flexible and effective selling tactics to choose from. This enables them to adapt and approach each sales call uniquely and keep the customer at the center of every sales presentation. By learning to think like the customer, sales professionals will learn to shift their own focus from the selling process to the buying process, and how to use the right tool at the right time. Miller's 15 practical selling tools let sales professionals in any industry: -- double the number of calls returned from prospective customers -- call high (where buying decisions are really made) and stay there -- increase the effectiveness of in-person and telephone sales interactions -- own the process and own the deal Plus, they'll learn how to speak the right language to buyers at any level, get rid of the "maybes" in the sales funnel, and master the 7 Qualification Questions that keep their efforts focused on only the most worthwhile accounts. Read more...

Without a doubt, developing high-impact marketing is one of the toughest challenges for small and medium businesses. The world of marketing is in the midst of a revolution, generating great new opportunities for entrepreneurs in Internet, street and stealth marketing. Instant Marketing for Almost Free presents tactics designed to deliver effective marketing quickly and at a low cost: --Reaching out to Internet “communities” --“Street” and other nontraditional advertisements --Email marketing that’s not spam --And hundreds of other methods Instant Marketing for Almost Free is a totally up-to-the-minute approach to marketing that will see businesses increasing their profits while reducing their marketing headaches. Read more...

The definition and measurement of productivity in services raises important conceptual, methodological and strategic problems. This book aims to provide a critical review of the main debates on productivity in the domain of services. The first part examines the theoretical consequences of services specificities on the concept of productivity and reviews the attempts to measure it. The second part is devoted to the main determinants of productivity growth and the strategies to increase productivity in service firms and organisations. Read more...

In Investing from the Top Down, Anthony Crescenzi, esteemed financial author and chief bond strategist for Miller Tabak and Co., explains how to develop new, highly effective investment strategies by taking a macro view of the factors shaping industries and markets. Emphasizing the importance of economic and market cycles (as opposed to a bottom-up approach, which places valuation ahead of the big picture) top-down investing is better suited for today's global economy and will likely become the dominant strategy in the future. Crescenzi provides more than fifty tools for analyzing domestic and international trends and indicators, such as GDP growth rates, inflation, interest and exchange rates, and energy prices. He then explains how to narrow your search down to region, total sales, price levels, competition, and entry/exit from market to make astute buying and selling decisions. Crescenzi explains why “thematic” investing is the ideal approach for: Taking full advantage of exchange traded funds (ETFs) Using the policies of central banks to steer your investments Designing diversification best suited for the long term Using sector selection to insulate your portfolio from risk Maximizing profits when market sentiment spikes or plummets Investing from the Top Down covers every major financial instrument and investment choice, from bonds, treasuries, and currencies to real estate, private equity, and emerging markets. Crescenzi concludes with an extensive list of Read more...

Step-by-Step, Full-Color Graphics! Get your eBay business started right away--the QuickSteps way. Color screenshots and clear instructions show you how to establish and run a profitable eBay business in no time. Follow along and learn how to create a business plan, build inventory, set up processing centers, create appealing listings, set up an eBay store, and market your business. YouAnd#39;ll also find out how to become an eBay Trading Assistant, use eBay sales outlets, and even raise money for your nonprofit on eBay. Use these handy guideposts: Shortcuts for accomplishing common tasks Need-to-know facts in concise narrative Helpful reminders or alternate ways of doing things Bonus information related to the topic being covered Errors and pitfalls to avoid Read more...

In The Certifiable Salesperson, bestselling author and sales guru Tom Hopkins and leading sales consultant Laura Laaman help readers master the art of selling. Through the sales journey of a character named " Steve, " readers will learn the secret to a successful sales career. Containing simple strategies that have proven successful in today’ s economy, this book can help any salesperson in any industry improve th numbers within no time. Tom Hopkins (Scottsdale, AZ) carries the standard as a master sales trainer and is recognized as the world’ s leading authority on selling techniques and salesmanship. Laura Laaman (Rochester, NY) was one of the top salespeople in America. She founded Executive Training Consultants in 1989 to help progressive salespeople and companies succeed. "If you are a salesperson, you will find yourself in this book. Treat it like your road map to success and you will be a professional salesperson." – Willis Turner, CSE President, Sales and Marketing Executives International, Inc. "This action–oriented book covers the best practices of top sales performers in all critical areas. The lessons are easy to learn and they will help you forge more rewarding customer relationships, a higher income, and a richer career satisfaction. A must–read for any salesperson who wants to improve and reach the next level of success." – Gerhard Gschwandtner, founder and Publisher, Selling Power magazine "As a professor teaching MBA students for twenty years, Read more...

This guide helps to create an army of advocates for you and your business. Word-of-mouth, person-to-person connections matter more to your success than all the hard-sell strategies in the world. This ingenious self-marketing guide by America’s number 1 “Referral Guru” reveals surefire secrets that will help you to identify, and successfully meet, hundreds of high-quality referrals. Without spending a dime, you can shorten your sales cycle, increase your profits, and expand your network of friends and contacts - by giving them something to talk about. In this book you’ll discover: -The 7 Deadly Referral Mistakes and How to Avoid Them -12 Ways to Get Great Prospects Calling You -10 Social Prospecting Ideas That Generate Referrals -6 Tactics for Stronger Introductions -How to Ask for Referrals Without Begging or Pushing -plus the 4-Point VIPS method[trademark] for asking for referrals Whether you’re a small business owner, self-employed worker, or company salesperson, referrals are the most inexpensive and effective way to drum up business. With Cates’ techniques, you can establish a real name for yourself by making more connections, and more money, than you ever thought possible. ‘I dare you to read this book and not come away with a dozen or more ideas you can put to use immediately’ - Gerhard Gschwandtner, publisher, “Selling Power” magazine. Read more...

Sales An Effective New Sales Program for Finding New Prospects, Uncovering Their Needs, and Writing Their Orders You are a professional salesperson. And to improve your closing ratio, you must gain access to the right people, at the time they want to hear you, with the message they want to hear--every day. "Sales Techniques "is filled with insightful, proven concepts, tools, and techniques for delivering superior numbers to your company by first delivering compelling value to your customers. Whatever your product or service, this newest addition to McGraw-Hill's hands-on, results-focused Briefcase Books series will arm you with: Step-by-step strategies for successfully implementing the all-new IMPACT Selling SystemTM Powerful qualifying questions to determine whether someone is a buyer or a tire-kicker 10 ways to position yourself more effectively, and 6 common but fatal mistakes While breakthrough success in sales is extraordinarily difficult to achieve, the rules can be remarkably straightforward. Let "Sales Techniques "introduce you to those rules, and provide you with distinctive, up-to-date ideas and strategies for using them to consistently turn prospects into buyers. Briefcase Books are written "specifically "for today's busy professional. Each book features eye-catching icons, checklists, and sidebars to guide professionals step-by-step through everyday workplace situations. Look for these innovative design features to help you navigate through eac Read more...

Guide to finding out if the sales industry is right for you. Explains the industry and the many types of jobs in it; and shows how to assess your skills, traits, and personal characteristics and how they would fit with a career in sales. Analyzes what sales jobs pay; including salary, bonus, commission, and other compensation structures. Read more...

The key challenges facing China in the next two decades derive from the ongoing process of urbanization. China`s urbanization rate in 2005 was about 43%. Over the next 10-15 years, China s urbanization rate is expected to rise to well over 50% adding an additional 200 million mainly rural migrants to the current urban population of 560 million. How China copes with such a large migration flow will strongly influence rural-urban inequality, the pace at which urban centers expand their economic performance, and the urban environment. The growing population will necessitate a big push strategy to maintain high rate of investment in housing and the urban physical infrastructure and urban services. To finance such expansion will require a significant strengthening and diversification of China s financial system. Growing cities will greatly increase consumption of energy and water. Containing this without at the same time constraining the economic performance of cities or the improvement in the standards of living will call for enlightened policies, strategies, careful urban planning, and significant technological advances. China Urbanizes: Consequences, Strategies, and Policies identifies the key developments to watch and discusses the policies that would affect the course as well as the fruitfulness of change. Read more...

The average student loan debt has reached almost $20,000. Credit card debt continues to rise at staggering levels. Please Send Money provides young adults with the tools they need to navigate the tumultuous world of personal finance with smart advice from leading expert Dara Duguay, Director of Citigroup's Office of Financial Education. Dozens of eye-opening, real-life stories chronicle the financial mistakes commonly made by young people and present an array of solutions. Duguay covers topics including: --Avoiding the traps of easy credit --How to manage car payments --The dangers of using student loans for personal needs and wants --Dealing with bankruptcy --Overcoming material temptations Please Send Money contains useful financial tools for determining budget, net worth, cost of credit, and safe debt levels. It's a book that no young adult should be without. Read more...

Step-by-Step, Full-Color Graphics! Get your eBay business started right away--the QuickSteps way. Color screenshots and clear instructions show you how to establish and run a profitable eBay business in no time. Follow along and learn how to create a business plan, build inventory, set up processing centers, create appealing listings, set up an eBay store, and market your business. YouAnd#39;ll also find out how to become an eBay Trading Assistant, use eBay sales outlets, and even raise money for your nonprofit on eBay. Use these handy guideposts: Shortcuts for accomplishing common tasks Need-to-know facts in concise narrative Helpful reminders or alternate ways of doing things Bonus information related to the topic being covered Errors and pitfalls to avoid Read more...

In The Certifiable Salesperson, bestselling author and sales guru Tom Hopkins and leading sales consultant Laura Laaman help readers master the art of selling. Through the sales journey of a character named " Steve, " readers will learn the secret to a successful sales career. Containing simple strategies that have proven successful in today’ s economy, this book can help any salesperson in any industry improve th numbers within no time. Tom Hopkins (Scottsdale, AZ) carries the standard as a master sales trainer and is recognized as the world’ s leading authority on selling techniques and salesmanship. Laura Laaman (Rochester, NY) was one of the top salespeople in America. She founded Executive Training Consultants in 1989 to help progressive salespeople and companies succeed. "If you are a salesperson, you will find yourself in this book. Treat it like your road map to success and you will be a professional salesperson." – Willis Turner, CSE President, Sales and Marketing Executives International, Inc. "This action–oriented book covers the best practices of top sales performers in all critical areas. The lessons are easy to learn and they will help you forge more rewarding customer relationships, a higher income, and a richer career satisfaction. A must–read for any salesperson who wants to improve and reach the next level of success." – Gerhard Gschwandtner, founder and Publisher, Selling Power magazine "As a professor teaching MBA students for twenty years, Read more...

This guide helps to create an army of advocates for you and your business. Word-of-mouth, person-to-person connections matter more to your success than all the hard-sell strategies in the world. This ingenious self-marketing guide by America’s number 1 “Referral Guru” reveals surefire secrets that will help you to identify, and successfully meet, hundreds of high-quality referrals. Without spending a dime, you can shorten your sales cycle, increase your profits, and expand your network of friends and contacts - by giving them something to talk about. In this book you’ll discover: -The 7 Deadly Referral Mistakes and How to Avoid Them -12 Ways to Get Great Prospects Calling You -10 Social Prospecting Ideas That Generate Referrals -6 Tactics for Stronger Introductions -How to Ask for Referrals Without Begging or Pushing -plus the 4-Point VIPS method[trademark] for asking for referrals Whether you’re a small business owner, self-employed worker, or company salesperson, referrals are the most inexpensive and effective way to drum up business. With Cates’ techniques, you can establish a real name for yourself by making more connections, and more money, than you ever thought possible. ‘I dare you to read this book and not come away with a dozen or more ideas you can put to use immediately’ - Gerhard Gschwandtner, publisher, “Selling Power” magazine. Read more...

Sales An Effective New Sales Program for Finding New Prospects, Uncovering Their Needs, and Writing Their Orders You are a professional salesperson. And to improve your closing ratio, you must gain access to the right people, at the time they want to hear you, with the message they want to hear--every day. "Sales Techniques "is filled with insightful, proven concepts, tools, and techniques for delivering superior numbers to your company by first delivering compelling value to your customers. Whatever your product or service, this newest addition to McGraw-Hill's hands-on, results-focused Briefcase Books series will arm you with: Step-by-step strategies for successfully implementing the all-new IMPACT Selling SystemTM Powerful qualifying questions to determine whether someone is a buyer or a tire-kicker 10 ways to position yourself more effectively, and 6 common but fatal mistakes While breakthrough success in sales is extraordinarily difficult to achieve, the rules can be remarkably straightforward. Let "Sales Techniques "introduce you to those rules, and provide you with distinctive, up-to-date ideas and strategies for using them to consistently turn prospects into buyers. Briefcase Books are written "specifically "for today's busy professional. Each book features eye-catching icons, checklists, and sidebars to guide professionals step-by-step through everyday workplace situations. Look for these innovative design features to help you navigate through eac Read more...

Guide to finding out if the sales industry is right for you. Explains the industry and the many types of jobs in it; and shows how to assess your skills, traits, and personal characteristics and how they would fit with a career in sales. Analyzes what sales jobs pay; including salary, bonus, commission, and other compensation structures. Read more...

The key challenges facing China in the next two decades derive from the ongoing process of urbanization. China`s urbanization rate in 2005 was about 43%. Over the next 10-15 years, China s urbanization rate is expected to rise to well over 50% adding an additional 200 million mainly rural migrants to the current urban population of 560 million. How China copes with such a large migration flow will strongly influence rural-urban inequality, the pace at which urban centers expand their economic performance, and the urban environment. The growing population will necessitate a big push strategy to maintain high rate of investment in housing and the urban physical infrastructure and urban services. To finance such expansion will require a significant strengthening and diversification of China s financial system. Growing cities will greatly increase consumption of energy and water. Containing this without at the same time constraining the economic performance of cities or the improvement in the standards of living will call for enlightened policies, strategies, careful urban planning, and significant technological advances. China Urbanizes: Consequences, Strategies, and Policies identifies the key developments to watch and discusses the policies that would affect the course as well as the fruitfulness of change. Read more...

The average student loan debt has reached almost $20,000. Credit card debt continues to rise at staggering levels. Please Send Money provides young adults with the tools they need to navigate the tumultuous world of personal finance with smart advice from leading expert Dara Duguay, Director of Citigroup's Office of Financial Education. Dozens of eye-opening, real-life stories chronicle the financial mistakes commonly made by young people and present an array of solutions. Duguay covers topics including: --Avoiding the traps of easy credit --How to manage car payments --The dangers of using student loans for personal needs and wants --Dealing with bankruptcy --Overcoming material temptations Please Send Money contains useful financial tools for determining budget, net worth, cost of credit, and safe debt levels. It's a book that no young adult should be without. Read more...

Whether you are a small business owner seeking to create or improve your Web presence, or a player in a large corporation who wants to better understand the legal and business fundamentals of your company's Web enterprise, The Business Owner's Guide to the Internet will provide you with the important information you cannot be without! --Build and register your website --Select and request your domain --Use current software or build customized versions --Register your copyright --Sell on the Internet --Develop customer relationships and maintain loyalty --Attract visitors to your website --Protect your business --Collect money, credit card authorization and taxation Read more...

International migration has become a central element of international relations and global integration due to its rapidly increasing economic, social, and cultural impact in both source and destination countries. This book provides new evidence on the impact of migration and remittances on several development indicators, including innovative thinking about the nexus between migration and birth rates. In addition, the book identifies the effect of host country policies on migration flows, examines the determinants of return and repeat migration, and explores the degree of success of return migrants upon return to their country of origin. Read more...

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Sales An Effective New Sales Program for Finding New Prospects, Uncovering Their Needs, and Writing Their Orders You are a professional salesperson. And to improve your closing ratio, you must gain access to the right people, at the time they want to hear you, with the message they want to hear--every day. "Sales Techniques "is filled with insightful, proven concepts, tools, and techniques for delivering superior numbers to your company by first delivering compelling value to your customers. Whatever your product or service, this newest addition to McGraw-Hill's hands-on, results-focused Briefcase Books series will arm you with: Step-by-step strategies for successfully implementing the all-new IMPACT Selling SystemTM Powerful qualifying questions to determine whether someone is a buyer or a tire-kicker 10 ways to position yourself more effectively, and 6 common but fatal mistakes While breakthrough success in sales is extraordinarily difficult to achieve, the rules can be remarkably straightforward. Let "Sales Techniques "introduce you to those rules, and provide you with distinctive, up-to-date ideas and strategies for using them to consistently turn prospects into buyers. Briefcase Books are written "specifically "for today's busy professional. Each book features eye-catching icons, checklists, and sidebars to guide professionals step-by-step through everyday workplace situations. Look for these innovative design features to help you navigate through eac Read more...

Guide to finding out if the sales industry is right for you. Explains the industry and the many types of jobs in it; and shows how to assess your skills, traits, and personal characteristics and how they would fit with a career in sales. Analyzes what sales jobs pay; including salary, bonus, commission, and other compensation structures. Read more...

The key challenges facing China in the next two decades derive from the ongoing process of urbanization. China`s urbanization rate in 2005 was about 43%. Over the next 10-15 years, China s urbanization rate is expected to rise to well over 50% adding an additional 200 million mainly rural migrants to the current urban population of 560 million. How China copes with such a large migration flow will strongly influence rural-urban inequality, the pace at which urban centers expand their economic performance, and the urban environment. The growing population will necessitate a big push strategy to maintain high rate of investment in housing and the urban physical infrastructure and urban services. To finance such expansion will require a significant strengthening and diversification of China s financial system. Growing cities will greatly increase consumption of energy and water. Containing this without at the same time constraining the economic performance of cities or the improvement in the standards of living will call for enlightened policies, strategies, careful urban planning, and significant technological advances. China Urbanizes: Consequences, Strategies, and Policies identifies the key developments to watch and discusses the policies that would affect the course as well as the fruitfulness of change. Read more...

The average student loan debt has reached almost $20,000. Credit card debt continues to rise at staggering levels. Please Send Money provides young adults with the tools they need to navigate the tumultuous world of personal finance with smart advice from leading expert Dara Duguay, Director of Citigroup's Office of Financial Education. Dozens of eye-opening, real-life stories chronicle the financial mistakes commonly made by young people and present an array of solutions. Duguay covers topics including: --Avoiding the traps of easy credit --How to manage car payments --The dangers of using student loans for personal needs and wants --Dealing with bankruptcy --Overcoming material temptations Please Send Money contains useful financial tools for determining budget, net worth, cost of credit, and safe debt levels. It's a book that no young adult should be without. Read more...

Whether you are a small business owner seeking to create or improve your Web presence, or a player in a large corporation who wants to better understand the legal and business fundamentals of your company's Web enterprise, The Business Owner's Guide to the Internet will provide you with the important information you cannot be without! --Build and register your website --Select and request your domain --Use current software or build customized versions --Register your copyright --Sell on the Internet --Develop customer relationships and maintain loyalty --Attract visitors to your website --Protect your business --Collect money, credit card authorization and taxation Read more...

International migration has become a central element of international relations and global integration due to its rapidly increasing economic, social, and cultural impact in both source and destination countries. This book provides new evidence on the impact of migration and remittances on several development indicators, including innovative thinking about the nexus between migration and birth rates. In addition, the book identifies the effect of host country policies on migration flows, examines the determinants of return and repeat migration, and explores the degree of success of return migrants upon return to their country of origin. Read more...

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With a number of disparate, often geographically distributed, organisations involved in the delivery of construction projects, there has been considerable interest in e-business tools within the construction industry. These tools open up a range of possibilities for the industry to rethink existing processes and working methods, so their use is increasingly common. Nevertheless, there has been little definitive guidance for practitioners, researchers and students on the major issues in electronic business from a construction perspective. Read more...

Simply knowing the right questions to ask can make the difference between finalizing a sale or losing it. Most salespeople have extensive knowledge of their products, but many fail to ask the questions that will help them uncover the real needs of their customers. Questions That Sell helps readers use advanced questioning techniques to sell their products based on value to the customer, not on price--and increase their success rate as a result. The book contains powerful examples, exercises, and hundreds of sample questions, including: * Vision Questions: Tap into a customers' needs and desires for the future * Questions to Uncover Problems: Fix something that's not working for the client * Pay-Off Questions: Get customers to articulate for themselves how much the product or service is worth Questions That Sell is an invaluable resource for connecting with customers, understanding what they need, and closing more sales, faster. Read more...

Sales techniques from the biggest names in the business world How would you like to be as successful as Donald Trump, Martha Stewart, or Michael Dell? What if you could tap into the collective wisdom of the biggest business superstars for winning over customers and adversaries, sowing the seeds for business breakthroughs, and reaping the rewards? Well, you can-with "Everything I Know About Sales Success." Sales-performance expert Gerhard Gschwandtner went straight to the top, interviewing and profiling this country's most persuasive and hardworking business leaders to find out their sales secrets and philosophies. He also examined how successful companies tap into the hearts and minds of their customers, from understanding their wants and needs to making the sale. Success Lessons from * Michael Dell * Arnold Schwarzenegger * Donald Trump * Martha Stewart * Sandy Weill * Toyota * Marriott * SAP * Red Bull Stay on top of the sales game with strategies from the world's biggest leaders The art and science of selling has never been more complex, demanding, or potentially lucrative. As a sales professional, you know that staying ahead of the game means continually educating yourself-both in the successful techniques that have stood the test of time and about the freshest new ideas on everything-from generating leads to creating trust, from branding your business to closing the deal. That's why "Everything I Know About Sales Success" is so helpful. It's full Read more...

With a number of disparate, often geographically distributed, organisations involved in the delivery of construction projects, there has been considerable interest in e-business tools within the construction industry. These tools open up a range of possibilities for the industry to rethink existing processes and working methods, so their use is increasingly common. Nevertheless, there has been little definitive guidance for practitioners, researchers and students on the major issues in electronic business from a construction perspective. Read more...

Simply knowing the right questions to ask can make the difference between finalizing a sale or losing it. Most salespeople have extensive knowledge of their products, but many fail to ask the questions that will help them uncover the real needs of their customers. Questions That Sell helps readers use advanced questioning techniques to sell their products based on value to the customer, not on price--and increase their success rate as a result. The book contains powerful examples, exercises, and hundreds of sample questions, including: * Vision Questions: Tap into a customers' needs and desires for the future * Questions to Uncover Problems: Fix something that's not working for the client * Pay-Off Questions: Get customers to articulate for themselves how much the product or service is worth Questions That Sell is an invaluable resource for connecting with customers, understanding what they need, and closing more sales, faster. Read more...

Sales techniques from the biggest names in the business world How would you like to be as successful as Donald Trump, Martha Stewart, or Michael Dell? What if you could tap into the collective wisdom of the biggest business superstars for winning over customers and adversaries, sowing the seeds for business breakthroughs, and reaping the rewards? Well, you can-with "Everything I Know About Sales Success." Sales-performance expert Gerhard Gschwandtner went straight to the top, interviewing and profiling this country's most persuasive and hardworking business leaders to find out their sales secrets and philosophies. He also examined how successful companies tap into the hearts and minds of their customers, from understanding their wants and needs to making the sale. Success Lessons from * Michael Dell * Arnold Schwarzenegger * Donald Trump * Martha Stewart * Sandy Weill * Toyota * Marriott * SAP * Red Bull Stay on top of the sales game with strategies from the world's biggest leaders The art and science of selling has never been more complex, demanding, or potentially lucrative. As a sales professional, you know that staying ahead of the game means continually educating yourself-both in the successful techniques that have stood the test of time and about the freshest new ideas on everything-from generating leads to creating trust, from branding your business to closing the deal. That's why "Everything I Know About Sales Success" is so helpful. It's full Read more...

We are all in the business of selling. Selling our products and our services, selling our company and especially selling ourselves. So whether you are selling business to business, or business to consumer this book will show you in simple steps how to close more sales and win more business. It covers: * how to build better rapport with your prospects * how to sell to the right people * how to use a sales structure that works * how to overcome objections * how to read and understand body language * how to close the sale and come away with the business. Whether you are selling business to business or to consumers this guide will show in simple steps: How to build a better rapport with your prospects and therefore increase your chances of selling to them How to use a sales structure that works How to use the buying motivations to get people to buy How to handle objections and close the sale. How to read the body language signals and come away with the business. Read more...

Now fully revised and updated, The Beginner's Guide to Financial Spread Betting provides an essential grounding in the basic principles of spread betting. Spread betting was once the domain of institutional investors, city traders and high rollers. Not anymore. You would now be hard-pressed to find any other form of trading that allows such a scale of return and has such wide appeal. The popularity of spread betting has increased massively over the last few years, with thousands of new traders entering the market every month. And, whilst the basic principles of spread betting are simple, there is jargon to overcome and some important lessons to be learnt if the novice trader is going to make the most of the opportunities available. However, these huge opportunities do carry some risk and this book describes how it is vital that traders manage those risks and understand how to minimise them wherever possible. Read more...

Corporate actions have been sidelined for too long and deserve to be treated with more respect. No type of investment security can be fully understood without knowledge of its corporate actions. They have implications for the sustainability of an investment's performance but repeatedly more beguiling investment preoccupations put them into the shade. Together with bank clearing and exchange settlement systems, the administration of corporate actions is one of the key co-operative functions tying our highly competitive global finance industry together.In the financial markets of the developed world the efficiency and 'risklessness' of corporate actions processing is entirely taken for granted. Yet the volume of complex corporate actions and a common sense estimate of the likelihood of mistakes occurring suggest that industry practitioners and investing clients may be deluding themselves. If knowledge of corporate actions brings us to fully understand the securities they relate to, some familiarity with corporate actions processing is important in gaining an insight into the workings of the securities industry as a system. With the exceptions of accountancy and financial regulation, no other activity involves as many kinds of investment industry participant as corporate actions processing. Read more...

Challenge the normally accepted limits of "what is possible" in business. Entrepreneurship is usually associated with individuals and small companies. Yet it is the successful entrepreneurs who develop businesses into large corporations - their spirit, leadership and determination lead to great things. In this book John Forbat, serial entreupreneuer, covers: characteristics you will need to succeed; issues that start-ups face; The TASK principle and the 4 T's; management and company politics; spotting unrecognised markets; convincing people that the "cure for which there is no ill" does have an ill; the importance of R and D and how it doesn't have to cost thousands; how necessity can be a real mother of invention; and much more! Also included are case studies which provide fascinating insights into how the author: operated a company on two continents (without capital!); turned a company facing insolvency into a takeover target; and managed to turn a good business plan and a relatively small amount of credit into a company with profits of $200,000 p.a. The down to earth ideas and experiences related in this book make it essential reading for all budding entrepreneurs and those already in business. Read more...

This exciting volume presents cutting-edge developments in high frequency financial econometrics, spanning a diverse range of topics: market microstructure, tick-by-tick data, bond and foreign exchange markets and large dimensional volatility modelling. The chapters on market microstructure deal with liquidity, asymmetries of information, and limit order aggressiveness in pure limit order book markets. The chapters on tick-by-tick data present statistical techniques for the analysis of the discrete nature of price movements, the intraday seasonal patterns of financial durations, and the joint probability law of prices, volume and durations. Bond markets are brought into focus through the analysis of macroeconomic announcements in the future bond market as a function of the business cycle. Exchange markets are examined from two perspectives: the study of the impact of information arrival on exchange rate volatility and the uncovering of chartist patterns in the euro/dollar exchange rate. Last, dynamic modelling of large dimensional covariance matrices is also presented. Shedding light on some of the most relevant open questions in the analysis of high frequency data, this volume will be of interest to graduate students, researchers and industry professionals. Read more...

Prepublication Praise: "The authors have shaped the field of high-frequency data in finance; the text provides an excellent summary of their pioneering work." --PAUL EMBRECHTS, Professor of Mathematics, ETH Zurich "An Introduction to High-Frequency Finance by the research team from Olsen and Associates is an amazing presentation of their work over the last decade and a half examining high-frequency, primarily currency, data. The volume includes details of data handling, filtering methods, scaling procedures, volatility models, automatic market making and trading rules that for many years were proprietary information. I highly recommend the book for anyone using tick data." --ROBERT ENGLE, Department of Finance, Stern School, NYU and Department of Economics, University of California, San Diego "At long last, the study of financial prices is moving beyond convenient oversimplifications. For providing much of the best data and an indispensable bridge between the financial and academic communities, this flowering is deeply indebted to the group led by Dr. Richard Olsen. This group and its alumni have also analyzed their own data. That work, which I often quote, has now been collected and extended in a book. I shall wear it out by constant use and it is a delight to recommend it to the emerging rational finance community." --BENOIT B. MANDELBROT, Sterling Professor of Mathematical Sciences, Yale University Read more...

Small is beautiful - if you have an eye for an opportunity. While most big fund managers and private investors seek the apparent safety of the largest stocks, the best investment ideas can be found among nearly 2,000 smaller companies whose shares are quoted on the London Stock Exchange. The book is packed full of case studies demonstrating the successes, failures and potential of small companies. Each succinctly presents the lessons to be learnt from their experience. All investors looking to widen their portfolios will welcome this highly informative book covering an area of the stock market that is too often neglected by pundits, investors and the press. Read more...

Challenge the normally accepted limits of "what is possible" in business. Entrepreneurship is usually associated with individuals and small companies. Yet it is the successful entrepreneurs who develop businesses into large corporations - their spirit, leadership and determination lead to great things. In this book John Forbat, serial entreupreneuer, covers: characteristics you will need to succeed; issues that start-ups face; The TASK principle and the 4 T's; management and company politics; spotting unrecognised markets; convincing people that the "cure for which there is no ill" does have an ill; the importance of R and D and how it doesn't have to cost thousands; how necessity can be a real mother of invention; and much more! Also included are case studies which provide fascinating insights into how the author: operated a company on two continents (without capital!); turned a company facing insolvency into a takeover target; and managed to turn a good business plan and a relatively small amount of credit into a company with profits of $200,000 p.a. The down to earth ideas and experiences related in this book make it essential reading for all budding entrepreneurs and those already in business. Read more...

This exciting volume presents cutting-edge developments in high frequency financial econometrics, spanning a diverse range of topics: market microstructure, tick-by-tick data, bond and foreign exchange markets and large dimensional volatility modelling. The chapters on market microstructure deal with liquidity, asymmetries of information, and limit order aggressiveness in pure limit order book markets. The chapters on tick-by-tick data present statistical techniques for the analysis of the discrete nature of price movements, the intraday seasonal patterns of financial durations, and the joint probability law of prices, volume and durations. Bond markets are brought into focus through the analysis of macroeconomic announcements in the future bond market as a function of the business cycle. Exchange markets are examined from two perspectives: the study of the impact of information arrival on exchange rate volatility and the uncovering of chartist patterns in the euro/dollar exchange rate. Last, dynamic modelling of large dimensional covariance matrices is also presented. Shedding light on some of the most relevant open questions in the analysis of high frequency data, this volume will be of interest to graduate students, researchers and industry professionals. Read more...

Prepublication Praise: "The authors have shaped the field of high-frequency data in finance; the text provides an excellent summary of their pioneering work." --PAUL EMBRECHTS, Professor of Mathematics, ETH Zurich "An Introduction to High-Frequency Finance by the research team from Olsen and Associates is an amazing presentation of their work over the last decade and a half examining high-frequency, primarily currency, data. The volume includes details of data handling, filtering methods, scaling procedures, volatility models, automatic market making and trading rules that for many years were proprietary information. I highly recommend the book for anyone using tick data." --ROBERT ENGLE, Department of Finance, Stern School, NYU and Department of Economics, University of California, San Diego "At long last, the study of financial prices is moving beyond convenient oversimplifications. For providing much of the best data and an indispensable bridge between the financial and academic communities, this flowering is deeply indebted to the group led by Dr. Richard Olsen. This group and its alumni have also analyzed their own data. That work, which I often quote, has now been collected and extended in a book. I shall wear it out by constant use and it is a delight to recommend it to the emerging rational finance community." --BENOIT B. MANDELBROT, Sterling Professor of Mathematical Sciences, Yale University Read more...

Small is beautiful - if you have an eye for an opportunity. While most big fund managers and private investors seek the apparent safety of the largest stocks, the best investment ideas can be found among nearly 2,000 smaller companies whose shares are quoted on the London Stock Exchange. The book is packed full of case studies demonstrating the successes, failures and potential of small companies. Each succinctly presents the lessons to be learnt from their experience. All investors looking to widen their portfolios will welcome this highly informative book covering an area of the stock market that is too often neglected by pundits, investors and the press. Read more...

For many Americans, "retirement" is not shaping up to be what they had in mind. With so many people living longer than ever before, and many chronic illnesses on the increase, along with personal savings on the decrease, the dream of retirement has become a four-letter word: Yuck! America and Americans are in a financial and health crisis. Longevity is up, but that means the money has to last longer, too. But saving for the future is down. Almost 70 percent of workers have put aside less than $50,000 for retirement. To change your fortune and your future, meet your personal physical and financial fitness gurus--Jack LaLanne and Matthew J. Rettick. Their easy-to-follow guidance is here in Fiscal Fitness, the first book ever written that offers you a road map to wealth and health in your retirement years. It's about decreasing your aches and pains, increasing your energy, building up your financial fitness, eliminating your debts, and gaining peace of mind. In this book, you will learn how to: * Eat right and enjoy it for a lifetime. * Exercise your body's bank account. * Develop the power to reverse the aging process. * Insure your financial future by never running out of money! * Stop the tax man, probate, and nursing home from depleting your hard-earned savings! * Achieve stock market-linked returns with no market risk to your principal. Read more...

The $100,000+ Career unlocks the power of networking to help build your executive career and land the job you want. It's not enough to find an executive job - this guide will show you how to land a job you love and are well-compensated for. By following Davies's method, you'll discover which industry, job type, location, company size, salary and other factors are right for you. And the best part about it is that you'll have other people helping you land that dream job, and advancing your career. The $100,000+ Career is more than just a job search technique - it is a brand new way to build your career at the top of the ladder. Read more...

This book is a practical, pragmatic "how to" book designed for hi-tech marketing operations, regional, and corporate marketing leaders at every level. This unique book takes you step-by-step through the disciplined, yet practical, process of architecting truly integrated marketing communications plans that work. In it, you fill find a prescription for building a successful, repeatable campaign development process, including the necessary templates and helpful, practical techniques. This book is your guide that will show you how you can optimize your marketing efforts and achieve an even greater return on your marketing investment. While many of us will recognize a good, well-thought-out marketing campaign when we see one, the single, basic truth about world-class marketing campaign development is that it is easy to say, but hard to do. It is hard to do because we all like to take short-cuts. I hear the lament all too often: "I'm over-worked don't have the time to think strategically" or "Planning is overrated. I just need to get these projects done." As a result, we take short-cuts like "ready, fire, aim." Lack of planning is the slippery slope that leads to wasteful marketing. Then one day we get the call from the corner office to come and explain why our marketing efforts did not produce the desired results. Luckily, architecting world-class campaigns is achievable for any marketing team. Successful marketing requires following a disciplined, systematic approach Read more...

There is a group of men, who, for over 200 years, have been controlling the destiny of the United States. In 1910, they secretly met on a small island off the coast of Georgia. Their plan: to formulate a program to destroy the financial structure of America. To do that, they pushed Woodrow Wilson into the presidency; and in 1913, Wilson signed into law, the Federal Reserve Act and the Federal Income Tax. In 1921, these international bankers established the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). The U.S. Government took advantage of the CFR’s experience in finance and foreign affairs, and one of their study groups, the Advisory Committee on Post-War Foreign Policy, became part of the State Department in 1941. The secret goal of this study group was to condition the Congress, and the people of this country to accept the establishment of the United Nations (UN). The UN, initiated in 1945, does not seek to promote world peace and cooperation– it was the first step towards a one-world government, which is now referred to as the New World Order. The CFR is a subsidiary of the Round Table Organization, a group of British elitists controlled by the most powerful family in the world– the Rothschilds, who, through an organization known as the Illuminati, have been controlling world events since 1776, and are now poised for the establishment of a one-world government- with them in control. The Illuminati controls world leaders and the money that runs their countries. They can elect a Presi Read more...

The book focuses on socio-demographics and the use of these data to support strategic planning initiatives associated with the spatial expansion of urban areas and economic development. It contains a conceptual discussion of the challenges, both methodological and practical, implementing GIS applications for assessing economic and planning activities in peripheral regions including developing countries. The book examines how spatial clustering concepts, spatial models, and related visualization techniques (GIS) can be applied to the case of economic development in rural environments. It discusses methodological issues including data and analysis issues. It also examines the differential growth patterns of counties within city-systems of the Western United States from the date of county formation until the late 20th century, using an historical GIS and historical US Census data. The final chapter summarizes the collection and positions it within the context of the broader book series on geotechnologies. The book is written by planning practitioners as well as university based researchers. It will provide scholars and professionals with a survey of the contemporary work in the field, and with insights into remaining questions, methodological debates, and technical complications of employing geotechnologies in the real world. Read more...

Aid for Trade (AfT) has become a major item in the international trade and development discourse. This is in response to concerns expressed by developing countries in the aftermath of the formation of the WTO over their capacities to implement the WTO agreements and undertake necessary adjustments to benefit from emerging trade opportunities. The transformation of that concern into the aid for trade initiative became salient during the course of the Doha round of multilateral trade negotiations over adjustment and competitiveness challenges facing developing countries, arising from, inter alia, preference erosion, textile quota elimination, implementing existing and future WTO Agreements, as well as their inherent lack of supply capacity and trade-related infrastructure deficits and deficiencies. Subsequently the Sixth WTO Ministerial Declaration endorsed the concept of aid for trade and mandated the establishment of a Task Force to operationalize the concept and the Director General of the WTO to consult on financing for the initiative. The WTO Task Force was composed, met and issued a report with recommendations that was endorsed by WTO members. Various initiatives by UN agencies including UNCTAD and regional commissions have been implemented to sustain the momentum towards the operationalization and implementation of the aid for trade initiative. The UN system is supportive of the aid for trade initiative and its developmental goals, as committed in the 2005 World Summit O Read more...

Small is beautiful - if you have an eye for an opportunity. While most big fund managers and private investors seek the apparent safety of the largest stocks, the best investment ideas can be found among nearly 2,000 smaller companies whose shares are quoted on the London Stock Exchange. The book is packed full of case studies demonstrating the successes, failures and potential of small companies. Each succinctly presents the lessons to be learnt from their experience. All investors looking to widen their portfolios will welcome this highly informative book covering an area of the stock market that is too often neglected by pundits, investors and the press. Read more...

For many Americans, "retirement" is not shaping up to be what they had in mind. With so many people living longer than ever before, and many chronic illnesses on the increase, along with personal savings on the decrease, the dream of retirement has become a four-letter word: Yuck! America and Americans are in a financial and health crisis. Longevity is up, but that means the money has to last longer, too. But saving for the future is down. Almost 70 percent of workers have put aside less than $50,000 for retirement. To change your fortune and your future, meet your personal physical and financial fitness gurus--Jack LaLanne and Matthew J. Rettick. Their easy-to-follow guidance is here in Fiscal Fitness, the first book ever written that offers you a road map to wealth and health in your retirement years. It's about decreasing your aches and pains, increasing your energy, building up your financial fitness, eliminating your debts, and gaining peace of mind. In this book, you will learn how to: * Eat right and enjoy it for a lifetime. * Exercise your body's bank account. * Develop the power to reverse the aging process. * Insure your financial future by never running out of money! * Stop the tax man, probate, and nursing home from depleting your hard-earned savings! * Achieve stock market-linked returns with no market risk to your principal. Read more...

The $100,000+ Career unlocks the power of networking to help build your executive career and land the job you want. It's not enough to find an executive job - this guide will show you how to land a job you love and are well-compensated for. By following Davies's method, you'll discover which industry, job type, location, company size, salary and other factors are right for you. And the best part about it is that you'll have other people helping you land that dream job, and advancing your career. The $100,000+ Career is more than just a job search technique - it is a brand new way to build your career at the top of the ladder. Read more...

This book is a practical, pragmatic "how to" book designed for hi-tech marketing operations, regional, and corporate marketing leaders at every level. This unique book takes you step-by-step through the disciplined, yet practical, process of architecting truly integrated marketing communications plans that work. In it, you fill find a prescription for building a successful, repeatable campaign development process, including the necessary templates and helpful, practical techniques. This book is your guide that will show you how you can optimize your marketing efforts and achieve an even greater return on your marketing investment. While many of us will recognize a good, well-thought-out marketing campaign when we see one, the single, basic truth about world-class marketing campaign development is that it is easy to say, but hard to do. It is hard to do because we all like to take short-cuts. I hear the lament all too often: "I'm over-worked don't have the time to think strategically" or "Planning is overrated. I just need to get these projects done." As a result, we take short-cuts like "ready, fire, aim." Lack of planning is the slippery slope that leads to wasteful marketing. Then one day we get the call from the corner office to come and explain why our marketing efforts did not produce the desired results. Luckily, architecting world-class campaigns is achievable for any marketing team. Successful marketing requires following a disciplined, systematic approach Read more...

There is a group of men, who, for over 200 years, have been controlling the destiny of the United States. In 1910, they secretly met on a small island off the coast of Georgia. Their plan: to formulate a program to destroy the financial structure of America. To do that, they pushed Woodrow Wilson into the presidency; and in 1913, Wilson signed into law, the Federal Reserve Act and the Federal Income Tax. In 1921, these international bankers established the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). The U.S. Government took advantage of the CFR’s experience in finance and foreign affairs, and one of their study groups, the Advisory Committee on Post-War Foreign Policy, became part of the State Department in 1941. The secret goal of this study group was to condition the Congress, and the people of this country to accept the establishment of the United Nations (UN). The UN, initiated in 1945, does not seek to promote world peace and cooperation– it was the first step towards a one-world government, which is now referred to as the New World Order. The CFR is a subsidiary of the Round Table Organization, a group of British elitists controlled by the most powerful family in the world– the Rothschilds, who, through an organization known as the Illuminati, have been controlling world events since 1776, and are now poised for the establishment of a one-world government- with them in control. The Illuminati controls world leaders and the money that runs their countries. They can elect a Presi Read more...

The book focuses on socio-demographics and the use of these data to support strategic planning initiatives associated with the spatial expansion of urban areas and economic development. It contains a conceptual discussion of the challenges, both methodological and practical, implementing GIS applications for assessing economic and planning activities in peripheral regions including developing countries. The book examines how spatial clustering concepts, spatial models, and related visualization techniques (GIS) can be applied to the case of economic development in rural environments. It discusses methodological issues including data and analysis issues. It also examines the differential growth patterns of counties within city-systems of the Western United States from the date of county formation until the late 20th century, using an historical GIS and historical US Census data. The final chapter summarizes the collection and positions it within the context of the broader book series on geotechnologies. The book is written by planning practitioners as well as university based researchers. It will provide scholars and professionals with a survey of the contemporary work in the field, and with insights into remaining questions, methodological debates, and technical complications of employing geotechnologies in the real world. Read more...

Aid for Trade (AfT) has become a major item in the international trade and development discourse. This is in response to concerns expressed by developing countries in the aftermath of the formation of the WTO over their capacities to implement the WTO agreements and undertake necessary adjustments to benefit from emerging trade opportunities. The transformation of that concern into the aid for trade initiative became salient during the course of the Doha round of multilateral trade negotiations over adjustment and competitiveness challenges facing developing countries, arising from, inter alia, preference erosion, textile quota elimination, implementing existing and future WTO Agreements, as well as their inherent lack of supply capacity and trade-related infrastructure deficits and deficiencies. Subsequently the Sixth WTO Ministerial Declaration endorsed the concept of aid for trade and mandated the establishment of a Task Force to operationalize the concept and the Director General of the WTO to consult on financing for the initiative. The WTO Task Force was composed, met and issued a report with recommendations that was endorsed by WTO members. Various initiatives by UN agencies including UNCTAD and regional commissions have been implemented to sustain the momentum towards the operationalization and implementation of the aid for trade initiative. The UN system is supportive of the aid for trade initiative and its developmental goals, as committed in the 2005 World Summit O Read more...

The last few years have been a watershed for the commodities, cash and derivatives industry. New regulations and products have led to an explosion in the commodities markets, creating a new asset for investors that includes hedge funds as well as University endowments, and has resulted in a spectacular growth in spot and derivative trading. This book covers hard and soft commodities (energy, agriculture and metals) and analyses: Economic and geopolitical issues in commodities markets Commodity price and volume risk Stochastic modelling of commodity spot prices and forward curves Real options valuation and hedging of physical assets in the energy industry It is required reading for energy companies and utilities practitioners, commodity cash and derivatives traders in investment banks, the Agrifood business, Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs) and Hedge Funds. In Commodities and Commodity Derivatives, Helyette Geman shows her powerful command of the subject by combining a rigorous development of its mathematical modelling with a compact institutional presentation of the arcane characteristics of commodities that makes the complex analysis of commodities derivative securities accessible to both the academic and practitioner who wants a deep foundation and a breadth of different market applications. It is destined to be a "must have" on the subject.” —Robert Merton, Professor, Harvard Business School "A marvelously comprehensive book of interest to academi Read more...

In Commodity Derivatives: Markets and Applications, Neil Schofield provides a complete and accessible reference for anyone working in, or studying commodity markets and their associated derivatives. Dealing primarily with over the counter structures, the book provides extensive coverage of both hard and soft commodities, including gold, crude oil, electricity, plastics, emissions and agriculturals. Using structures unique to the individual market, each chapter includes an explanation of the commodity and an analysis of its physical market, discussion on the typical patterns of demand and supply and the main factors that will influence the price of the commodity, and the main products. Each chapter focuses on how the products could be used along the physical supply chain and seeks to identify the main market risks and how they can be hedged. The book then brings into perspective how the structuring banks hedge their own resultant exposure and examines the attraction of OTC investment structures for the wholesale market. Commodity Derivatives: Markets and Applications is essential reading for those wishing to learn about the main features of the commodity markets, the mechanics of derivatives, and how they are applied. From the Inside Flap "This is a timely book, written with great clarity, and full of valuable insights. It will be essential reading for experienced professionals and for newcomers to commodity derivatives alike." —Andrew Chisholm, Consultant and Read more...

'Weather Derivative Valuation draws on both finance and meteorology, with a healthy dose of mathematics and statistics, to provide the practitioner with a comprehensive guide to the various methods for pricing and hedging weather derivative contracts. While no perfect model may exist, Jewson and Brix give the reader the background necessary to make informed choices between competing techniques.' William Gebhardt, Merrill Lynch 'The weather derivatives market is exciting, dynamic and growing. This book is the most complete treatment I have seen of the many issues surrounding valuation of weather derivatives, starting from the basic principles, and then covering all the bases including meteorological data analysis, pricing, portfolio management, incorporation of forecasts and risk management. As a practitioner in the market, I found this book comprehensive and excellently written. Jewson and Brix have taken a complex subject and made it both interesting to read and easy to understand. I would have no hesitation in recommending it to others, both experts in the field and those approaching the subject for the first time.' Gear Lane, Centrica 'The book covers all of the latest topics in weather derivative pricing, valuation and risk management in a way that is rigorous, and yet also accessible to the non-mathematician. Highly recommended for all involved in weather derivatives, whether they are hedgers, traders, investors, marketers or risk managers.' Martin Jones, Chief Investmen Read more...

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"Neoliberal economic policies and their imposition on developing countries by the IMF and the World Bank under the name of structural adjustment policies (SAPs) have long been targets of criticism by human rights advocates. Human Rights and Structural Adjustment not only brings together the rich theoretical arguments and empirical evidence but also provides comprehensive comparative analyses of the impact of SAPs on a variety of human rights. It speaks to all who are interested in human rights, democracy, development, poverty and political economy. As a corrective, it should be distributed to the executives of the two agencies and the US Treasury Department as a must reading." Zehra F. Kabasakal Arat, Juanita and Jeff Leff Distinguished Professor, Purchase College, SUNY "This book addresses a significant policy issue at a time when there is a growing consensus on the importance of human rights based approaches to development. The analysis shows that World Bank and IMF structural adjustment programmes have actually had adverse effects on a range of human rights practices in aid recipient states; effects which may well undermine the attempt to establish the social and political institutions necessary for good governance. Scholars and practitioners in the fields of development, democracy and human rights should take heed of the robust findings presented in this book and use its important lessons for the future." Todd Landman University of Essex "This is by far the most Read more...

Product Description This book analyzes the political obstacles to the adoption of classic strategies of economic recovery and development, as well as the economic consequences of democratic political reforms. The case studies demonstrate that both “rentierism” and the “democracy deficit” result from a means-end problem rather than an ideological problem. The contributors focus on the role of the challenged rulers of shaky states where economic devastation has been the consequence of civil strife, often aided and abetted by external influences. But, if there can be no successful rebuilding of devastated economies, without some significant regime change, we seem to be asking these governments to put themselves out of business. About the Author Leonard Binder, Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for Near East Studies at UCLA is a past President of the Middle east Studies Association and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is one of the founders of the field of modern Middle East Studies through his research, scholarship, publication, and participation in the work of the Middle East Studies Association, the Social Science Research Council, and the Mideast Centers at the University of Chicago and at UCLA. Product Details * Hardcover: 296 pages * Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (October 30, 2007) * Language: English * ISBN-10: 0230600174 * ISBN-13: 978-0230600171 Read more...

The 2nd edition of this sucessful book has several new features. The calibration discussion of the basic LIBOR market model has been enriched considerably, with an analysis of the impact of the swaptions interpolation technique and of the exogenous instantaneous correlation on the calibration outputs. A discussion of historical estimation of the instantaneous correlation matrix and of rank reduction has been added, and a LIBOR-model consistent swaption-volatility interpolation technique has been introduced. The old sections devoted to the smile issue in the LIBOR market model have been enlarged into a new chapter. New sections on local-volatility dynamics, and on stochastic volatility models have been added, with a thorough treatment of the recently developed uncertain-volatility approach. Examples of calibrations to real market data are now considered. The fast-growing interest for hybrid products has led to a new chapter. A special focus here is devoted to the pricing of convertible bonds and inflation-linked derivatives. Since Credit Derivatives are increasingly fundamental, and since in the reduced-form modeling framework much of the technique involved is analogous to interest-rate modeling, Credit Derivatives -- mostly Credit Default Swaps (CDS) and CDS Options - are discussed, building on the basic short rate-models and market models introduced earlier for the default-free market. Read more...

It is quite obvious that the authors have significant practical experience in sophisticated quantitative analysis and derivatives modeling. This real world focus has resulted in a text that not only provides clear presentations on modeling, pricing and hedging derivatives products, but also provides more advanced material that is usually found only in research publications. This book has innovative ideas, state of the art applications, and contains a wealth of valuable information that will interest academics, applied quantitative derivatives modelers, and traders. Read more...

This groundbreaking book introduces the application of statistical methodologies to e-Commerce data With the expanding presence of technology in today's economic market, the use of the Internet for buying, selling, and investing is growing more popular and public in nature. Statistical Methods in e-Commerce Research is the first book of its kind to focus on the statistical models and methods that are essential in order to analyze information from electronic-commerce (e-Commerce) transactions, identify the challenges that arise with new e-Commerce data structures, and discover new knowledge about consumer activity. This collection gathers over thirty researchers and practitioners from the fields of statistics, computer science, information systems, and marketing to discuss the growing use of statistical methods in e-Commerce research. From privacy protection to economic impact, the book first identifies the many obstacles that are encountered while collecting, cleaning, exploring, and analyzing e-Commerce data. Solutions to these problems are then suggested using established and newly developed statistical and data mining methods. Finally, a look into the future of this evolving area of study is provided through an in-depth discussion of the emerging methods for conducting e-Commerce research. Statistical Methods in e-Commerce Research successfully bridges the gap between statistics and e-Commerce, introducing a statistical approach to solving challenges that arise in Read more...

Apart from standard actuarial theory, Modern Actuarial Risk Theory contains methods that are relevant for actuarial practice, for instance the rating of automobile insurance policies, premium principles and IBNR models, as well as generalized linear models with an eye on actuarial applications. Furthermore extensive introductions are given to credibility theory and ordering of risks. The book reflects the state of the art in actuarial risk theory. In addition to some chapters which are compatible with official material of actuarial education in North-America, Europe and other parts of the world, the book contains important material on topics that are relevant for recent insurance and actuarial developments including determining solvency measures, fair-value computations, reserving, ranking of risks, modelling dependencies and the use of generalized linear models. Basic ideas on risk measures in the framework of insurance premiums are also considered. The numerous exercises contained in Modern Actuarial Risk Theory, together with the hints for solving the more difficult ones and the numerical answers to many others, make the book useful as a textbook. Some important practical paradigms in insurance are presented in a way that is appealing to actuaries in their daily business. The mathematical background assumed is on a level such as acquired in the first stage of a bachelors program in quantitative economics or mathematical statistics. Read more...

Uncover a digital trail of e-evidence by using the helpful, easy-to-understand information in Computer Forensics For Dummies! Professional and armchair investigators alike can learn the basics of computer forensics, from digging out electronic evidence to solving the case. You won’t need a computer science degree to master e-discovery. Find and filter data in mobile devices, e-mail, and other Web-based technologies. You’ll learn all about e-mail and Web-based forensics, mobile forensics, passwords and encryption, and other e-evidence found through VoIP, voicemail, legacy mainframes, and databases. You’ll discover how to use the latest forensic software, tools, and equipment to find the answers that you’re looking for in record time. When you understand how data is stored, encrypted, and recovered, you’ll be able to protect your personal privacy as well. By the time you finish reading this book, you’ll know how to: Prepare for and conduct computer forensics investigations Find and filter data Protect personal privacy Transfer evidence without contaminating it Anticipate legal loopholes and opponents’ methods Handle passwords and encrypted data Work with the courts and win the case Plus, Computer Forensics for Dummies includes lists of things that everyone interested in computer forensics should know, do, and build. Discover how to get qualified for a career in computer forensics, what to do to be a great investigator and expert witness, and how to build a Read more...

Praise for Energy and Power Risk Management "Energy and Power Risk Management identifies and addresses the key issues in the development of the turbulent energy industry and the challenges it poses to market players. An insightful and far-reaching book written by two renowned professionals." –Helyette Geman, Professor of Finance University Paris Dauphine and ESSEC "The most up-to-date and comprehensive book on managing energy price risk in the natural gas and power markets. An absolute imperative for energy traders and energy risk management professionals." –Vincent Kaminski, Managing Director Citadel Investment Group LLC "Eydeland and Wolyniec’s work does an excellent job of outlining the methods needed to measure and manage risk in the volatile energy market." –Gerald G. Fleming, Vice President, Head of East Power Trading, TXU Energy Trading "This book combines academic rigor with real-world practicality. It is a must-read for anyone in energy risk management or asset valuation." –Ron Erd, Senior Vice President American Electric Power Read more...

The definitive guide to fixed income valuation and risk analysis The Trilogy in Fixed Income Valuation and Risk Analysis comprehensively covers the most definitive work on interest rate risk, term structure analysis, and credit risk. The first book on interest rate risk modeling examines virtually every well-known IRR model used for pricing and risk analysis of various fixed income securities and their derivatives. The companion CD-ROM contain numerous formulas and programming tools that allow readers to better model risk and value fixed income securities. This comprehensive resource provides readers with the hands-on information and software needed to succeed in this financial arena. Read more...

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