"Business Risk Management provides the foundations needed for managers who have to make decisions in an uncertain and risky environment, using quantitative tools and probability models to provide a cl
This classic text offers you the key to understanding short circuits, open conductors and other problems relating to electric power systems that are subject to unbalanced conditions. Using the method
The 12 chapters in this volume describe the use of X-ray computed tomography and other imaging methods to evaluate soil and root systems and their interactions at multiple scales. In particular, synch
Money Without Boundaries is a theoretical primer on blockchain. Largely inspired by The Denationalization of Money by Fredrich Hayek, the ideological foundation of Money Without Boundaries is also ins
Transform Your Organization by Scaling LeadershipHow do senior leaders, in their own words, describe the most effective leaders—the ones that get results, grow the business, enhance the culture and le
There's an urgent need in businesses around the world for this book. Male entrepreneurs and corporate leaders approach Rania Anderson regularly to ask for her guidance on this exact topic. Social more
There are three types of team members on an organization’s payroll: caretakers, playmakers, and game changers. The behaviors associated with each category go beyond skills or talent; they are pr
In spite of a powerful tradition, more than two thousand years old, that in a valid argument the premises must be relevant to the conclusion, twentieth-century logicians neglected the concept of relev
This book is P. W. Anderson's long-awaited full presentation of his theory of high-T"c" superconductivity in the cuprates. He realized that this striking new phenomenon needed for its explanation not
Bandwidth Efficient Coding addresses the major challenge in communication engineering today: how to communicate more bits of information in the same radio spectrum. The book introduces new techniques,
Middle East is a lively and much-needed update of a well-respected work. Based on W. B. Fisher's book of the same name published in 1978, Anderson provides a comprehensive account of the physical geog
The Value of Debt in Building Wealth will greatly expand upon and go beyond the ideas presented inThe Value of Debt by framing out debt strategies for individuals who are generally between 25 and
Irvine Anderson carefully reconstructs the years between 1933 and 1950 and provides a case study of the evolution of U.S. foreign oil policy and of the complex relationships between the U.S. governmen
This book makes available the entire range of Ezra Pounds studies and translations of the technically complex philosophical poems of the thirteenth-century Florentine Guido Cavalcanti, Dante's first f
Book 3 in the Princeton Mathematical Series.Originally published in 1950.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books f
Irvine Anderson carefully reconstructs the years between 1933 and 1950 and provides a case study of the evolution of U.S. foreign oil policy and of the complex relationships between the U.S. governmen
Oil was a basic source of conflict between the United States and Japan. This book examines the role played by the Standard-Vacuum Oil Company in the crisis that led to Pearl Harbor. "Stanvac"
The birth rate in late-nineteenth century Russia was high and virtually constant, but by 1970 it had fallen by about two-thirds. Although similar reductions have occurred in other countries, the decli
To understand why people migrate during periods of modernization, Barbara Anderson contends that one must study the place of origin, since the persons at the origin are the potential migrant populatio
The book traces growing state intervention in the rural areas of Tunisia and Libya in the middle 1800s and the diverging development of the two countries during the period of European rule. State form
This book inaugurates a series of volumes that will present the results of more than twenty years of research by a team of American and Yugoslav scholars at Stobi, an ancient city of northern Macedoni
Filling a gap for a research-level text aimed mainly at academic users working with and developing the latest methods, this handbook comprises five topical volumes of approximately 450 pages each, pro
Is your leadership a competitive advantage, or is it costing you? How do you know?For most leaders today, complexity is outpacing their personal and collective development. Most leaders arein over the
Stop chasing hot trends and start driving real growthIt's Not Rocket Science blasts through the trends and false promises permeating the business world to help you and your company get back to basics
Picking up where The Value of Debt left off, The Value of Debt in Retirement will focus on how to better live and thrive during retirement by taking advantage of a holistic perspective including both
Praise for The Value of Debt"While most financial firms today are able to deliver integrated solutions, truly integrated financial advice remains a scarce commodity. With The Value of Debt, Tom Anders
Thirty-four contributions offer a multifaceted "companion" to the eminently multifaceted Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880), the novelist better known as George Eliot. Addressing the breadth of her intellectu
Antibacterial agents act against bacterial infection either by killing the bacterium or by arresting its growth. They do this by targeting bacterial DNA and its associated processes, attacking bacteri
An in-depth look at the Chinese car industry that sheds new light on the delicate nature of China's planned economyChina's unprecedented growth over the last three decades, along with the recent finan
Biblical solutions to dozens of the toughest challenges leaders face today. Concise, to-the-point, and highly useable, How to Lead by THE BOOK presents a series of personal and business challenges re
You've read about Jack Welch, Lou Gerstner and Steve Jobs - but what can you learn about business from van Gogh and Picasso?The Fine Art of Success shows why you should look to pop-stars like Madonna
Ken Fisher is founder and CEO of Fisher Investments, an independent money management firm managing over $35 billion (as of Dec. 31/09) for individuals and institutions. And, Fisher has written the mon
Global investing isn't new. In fact, investors have been looking to overseas markets for hundreds of years, and with good reason. A global portfolio can bestow innumerable rewards on the savvy investo
Praise for the first edition of Up Your Business! "Dave Anderson has hit another home run! Up Your Business! is an invaluable, highly readable guide that should be on the desk--and
Praise for How to Deal with Difficult Customers "The application of the ten key strategies in this book will help every sales professional learn how to deal with the truly difficult and how to avoid
This is not your typical business book. You won't find academic remedies to your business challenges or exhortations to create a warmer and fuzzier workplace. In fact, you'll find the opposite-tips on
This introduction to digital data transmission, modulation, and error-correction coding, together with the underlying communication and information theory is an all-inclusive text suitable for all tho
Perfected over three editions and more than forty years, this field- and classroom-tested reference:* Uses the method of maximum likelihood to a large extent to ensure reasonable, and in some cases op
Fixed broadband networks can provide far higher data rates and capacity than the currently envisioned 3G and 4G mobile cellular systems. Achieving higher data rates is due to the unique technical pro
Validation is a central issue to future model design in environmental science. This book is the first to provide a critical appraisal of today's validation needs, capabilities, and required changes in
