Statistical Complexity

Advances in Financial Planning and Froecasting (New Series) is an annual publication designed to disseminate developments in the area of financial analysis, planning, and forecasting. The publication is a froum for statistical, quantitative, and accounting analyses of issues in financial analysis and planning in terms of finance, accounting, and economic data.

Advances in Financial Planning and Froecasting (New Series) is an annual publication designed to disseminate developments in the area of financial analysis, planning, and forecasting. The publication is a froum for statistical, quantitative, and accounting analyses of issues in financial analysis and planning in terms of finance, accounting, and economic data.

Advances in Financial Planning and Froecasting (New Series) is an annual publication designed to disseminate developments in the area of financial analysis, planning, and forecasting. The publication is a froum for statistical, quantitative, and accounting analyses of issues in financial analysis and planning in terms of finance, accounting, and economic data.

Advances in Financial Planning and Froecasting (New Series) is an annual publication designed to disseminate developments in the area of financial analysis, planning, and forecasting. The publication is a froum for statistical, quantitative, and accounting analyses of issues in financial analysis and planning in terms of finance, accounting, and economic data.

Advances in Financial Planning and Froecasting (New Series) is an annual publication designed to disseminate developments in the area of financial analysis, planning, and forecasting. The publication is a froum for statistical, quantitative, and accounting analyses of issues in financial analysis and planning in terms of finance, accounting, and economic data.

Advances in Financial Planning and Froecasting (New Series) is an annual publication designed to disseminate developments in the area of financial analysis, planning, and forecasting. The publication is a froum for statistical, quantitative, and accounting analyses of issues in financial analysis and planning in terms of finance, accounting, and economic data.

Advances in Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management (New Series) is an annual publication designed to disseminate developments in the area of investment analysis and portfolio management. The publication is a forum for statistical and quantitative analyses of issues in security analysis, portfolio management, options, futures, and other related issues. The objective is to promote interaction between academic research in finance, economics, and accounting and applied research in the financial community.

Advances in Quantitative Analysis of Finance and Accounting (New Series) is an annual publication designed to disseminate developments in the quantitative analysis of finance and accounting. The publication is a forum for statistical and quantitative analyses of issues in finance and accounting as well as applications of quantitative methods to problems in financial management, financial accounting, and business management. The objective is to promote interaction between academic research in finance and accounting and applied research in the financial community and the accounting profession.

Advances in Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management (New Series) is an annual publication designed to disseminate developments in the area of investment analysis and portfolio management. The publication is a forum for statistical and quantitative analyses of issues in security analysis, portfolio management, options, futures, and other related issues. The objective is to promote interaction between academic research in finance, economics, and accounting and applied research in the financial community.

Advances in Quantitative Analysis of Finance and Accounting (New Series) is an annual publication designed to disseminate developments in the quantitative analysis of finance and accounting. The publication is a forum for statistical and quantitative analyses of issues in finance and accounting as well as applications of quantitative methods to problems in financial management, financial accounting, and business management. The objective is to promote interaction between academic research in finance and accounting and applied research in the financial community and the accounting profession.

Advances in Quantitative Analysis of Finance and Accounting (New Series) is an annual publication designed to disseminate developments in the quantitative analysis of finance and accounting. The publication is a forum for statistical and quantitative analyses of issues in finance and accounting as well as applications of quantitative methods to problems in financial management, financial accounting, and business management. The objective is to promote interaction between academic research in finance and accounting and applied research in the financial community and the accounting profession.

Advances in Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management (New Series) is an annual publication designed to disseminate developments in the area of investment analysis and portfolio management. The publication is a forum for statistical and quantitative analyses of issues in security analysis, portfolio management, options, futures, and other related issues. The objective is to promote interaction between academic research in finance, economics, and accounting and applied research in the financial community.

Advances in Quantitative Analysis of Finance and Accounting (New Series) is an annual publication designed to disseminate developments in the quantitative analysis of finance and accounting. The publication is a forum for statistical and quantitative analyses of issues in finance and accounting as well as applications of quantitative methods to problems in financial management, financial accounting, and business management. The objective is to promote interaction between academic research in finance and accounting and applied research in the financial community and the accounting profession.

Advances in Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management (New Series) is an annual publication designed to disseminate developments in the area of investment analysis and portfolio management. The publication is a forum for statistical and quantitative analyses of issues in security analysis, portfolio management, options, futures, and other related issues. The objective is to promote interaction between academic research in finance, economics, and accounting and applied research in the financial community.

Advances in Quantitative Analysis of Finance and Accounting (New Series) is an annual publication designed to disseminate developments in the quantitative analysis of finance and accounting. The publication is a forum for statistical and quantitative analyses of issues in finance and accounting as well as applications of quantitative methods to problems in financial management, financial accounting, and business management. The objective is to promote interaction between academic research in finance and accounting and applied research in the financial community and the accounting profession.

Advances in Quantitative Analysis of Finance and Accounting (New Series) is an annual publication designed to disseminate developments in the quantitative analysis of finance and accounting. The publication is a forum for statistical and quantitative analyses of issues in finance and accounting as well as applications of quantitative methods to problems in financial management, financial accounting, and business management. The objective is to promote interaction between academic research in finance and accounting and applied research in the financial community and the accounting profession.

Advances in Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management (New Series) is an annual publication designed to disseminate developments in the area of investment analysis and portfolio management. The publication is a forum for statistical and quantitative analyses of issues in security analysis, portfolio management, options, futures, and other related issues. The objective is to promote interaction between academic research in finance, economics, and accounting and applied research in the financial community.

Advances in Quantitative Analysis of Finance and Accounting (New Series) is an annual publication designed to disseminate developments in the quantitative analysis of finance and accounting. The publication is a forum for statistical and quantitative analyses of issues in finance and accounting as well as applications of quantitative methods to problems in financial management, financial accounting, and business management. The objective is to promote interaction between academic research in finance and accounting and applied research in the financial community and the accounting profession.

Advances in Quantitative Analysis of Finance and Accounting (New Series) is an annual publication designed to disseminate developments in the quantitative analysis of finance and accounting. The publication is a forum for statistical and quantitative analyses of issues in finance and accounting as well as applications of quantitative methods to problems in financial management, financial accounting, and business management. The objective is to promote interaction between academic research in finance and accounting and applied research in the financial community and the accounting profession.

Advances in Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management (New Series) is an annual publication designed to disseminate developments in the area of investment analysis and portfolio management. The publication is a forum for statistical and quantitative analyses of issues in security analysis, portfolio management, options, futures, and other related issues. The objective is to promote interaction between academic research in finance, economics, and accounting and applied research in the financial community.

Advances in Quantitative Analysis of Finance and Accounting (New Series) is an annual publication designed to disseminate developments in the quantitative analysis of finance and accounting. The publication is a forum for statistical and quantitative analyses of issues in finance and accounting as well as applications of quantitative methods to problems in financial management, financial accounting, and business management. The objective is to promote interaction between academic research in finance and accounting and applied research in the financial community and the accounting profession.

The Confucian revival which manifests itself in the Modern Confucian current, belongs to the most important streams of thought in contemporary Chinese philosophy. The Rebirth of the Moral Self introduces this stream of thought by focusing on the second generation Modern Confucians— Mou Zongsan, Tang Junyi, Xu Fuguan and Fang Dongmei. These scholars argue that traditional Confucianism, as a specifically Chinese social, political, and moral system of thought can, if adapted to the modern era, serve as the foundation for an ethically meaningful modern life. In this most timely monograph, Jana S. Rošker is visionary in anticipating the role Confucianism might serve as a world resource in reshaping a newly emerging cultural order for our own time and place. She brings the complexity and heterogeneous nature of the philosophical contributions of the second generation of Modern Confucians into clearer focus, and documents the inspiration their discourses have given contemporary scholars eng

Memories are still vivid on the incident: on 29 January 2010, a five-storey building at 45J Ma Tau Wai Road, To Kwa Wan, Hong Kong collapsed, causing four deaths and two injuries. The tragedy has raised public concerns about the safety of many of Hong Kong's old and dilapidated buildings. Realising that the presence of ageing buildings lacking proper care and maintenance poses potential threats to residents and the public at large, since 2012, the Buildings Department has implemented the Mandatory Building Inspection Scheme (MBIS) to carry out inspection and rectification works for buildings aged 30 years or above. This book, as a pioneer to review and examine the statistics and distributions of the aged buildings in Hong Kong, provides critical insights on the building decay and neglect problems. The statistical information highlighted in the book also serves to project the estimated number of aged buildings to be covered by the MBIS in the future, and the demand of professional wor

Advances in Quantitative Analysis of Finance and Accounting (New Series) is an annual publication designed to disseminate developments in the quantitative analysis of finance and accounting. The publication is a forum for statistical and quantitative analyses of issues in finance and accounting as well as applications of quantitative methods to problems in financial management, financial accounting, and business management. The objective is to promote interaction between academic research in finance and accounting and applied research in the financial community and the accounting profession. The papers in this volume cover a wide range of topics including corporate finance and debt management, earnings management, equity market, auditing, option pricing theory, and interest rate theory. In this volume there are eleven chapters, five of them are corporate finance and debt management: 1. Liquidity and Adverse Selection: Evidence from the Five-or-Fewer Rule Change; 2. Changing Busin

Advances in Quantitative Analysis of Finance and Accounting (New Series) is an annual publication designed to disseminate developments in the quantitative analysis of finance and accounting. The publication is a forum for statistical and quantitative analyses of issues in finance and accounting as well as applications of quantitative methods to problems in financial management, financial accounting, and business management. The objective is to promote interaction between academic research in finance and accounting and applied research in the financial community and the accounting profession. The papers in this volume cover a wide range of topics including corporate finance and debt management, earnings management, equity market, auditing, option pricing theory, and interest rate theory. In this volume there are eleven chapters, five of them are corporate finance and debt management: 1. Liquidity and Adverse Selection: Evidence from the Five-or-Fewer Rule Change; 2. Changing Busin

Advances in Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management (New Series) is an annual publication designed to disseminate developments in the area of investment analysis and portfolio management. The publication is a forum for statistical and quantitative analyses of issues in security analysis, portfolio management, options, futures, and other related issues. The objective is to promote interaction between academic research in finance, economics, and accounting and applied research in the financial community. The chapters in this volume cover a wider range of topics including equity markets, risk return trade-off analysis and portfolio management, and IPOs. In this volume there are 10 chapters, four of them analyze the issues of equity markets: 1. Revisiting U.S. Stock Market Returns: Individual Retirement Accounts; 2. Asset Returns and Monetary Policy in the Emerging Taiwan Financial Markets; 3. On the Intradaily Relationship between Information Revelation and Trade Duration: The Evi

This collection of essays brings together the first comprehensive study of TV drama in China. Examining in depth the production, distribution and consumption of TV drama, the international team of experts demonstrate why it remains the pre-eminent media form in China. The examples are diverse, highlighting the complexity of producing narrative content in a rapidly changing political and social environment. Genres examined include the revisionist Qing drama, historical and contemporary domestic dramas, anti-corruption dramas, "pink" dramas, Red Classics, stories from the Diaspora, and sit-coms. In addition to genres, the collection explores industry dynamics: how TV dramas are marketed and consumed on DVD, and China's aspirations to export its television drama rights. The book provides an international and cross-cultural perspective with chapters on Taiwanese TV drama in China, the impact of South Korean drama, and trans-border production between the Mainland and Hong Kong.

Decision Making and Operations Research Techniques for Construction Management challenges the traditional empirical approach to problem solving and provides construction practitioners with a seasoned account to resolving day-to-day complicated issues in construction project management. With over 150,000 workers at different levels working at dispersed project sites throughout the territory, construction managers have to look for optimal solutions to minimize the costs and to maximize the efficiencies. This book provides scientific tools for practitioners to resolve some practical problems which are administered empirically at present and may lead to inconsistent results and human errors. The modern decision-making tools introduced in this book include Multi-criteria Decision-making Models, Artificial Neural Network, Genetic Algorithms, Construction Simulation, Rough Set Theory and Advanced Statistical Techniques for construction. This book will serve as a useful companion for those m

Evolution of language has evolved at multiple levels—from changes in the cognitive processes by which language is acquired in the individual, to language change by diffusion of acquired linguistic features across populations of individuals, to the emergence of linguistic features over phylogenetic time scales. Evolution of language at each of these levels interacts with that at each other level. This volume is a collection of essays by noted researchers from diverse fields that deals with a broad spectrum of issues in the study of language evolution. The principle topics addressed here include: the genetic and cognitive bases for the phylogenetic emergence of language; several distinct accounts of the underlying cognitive processes by which children learn to acquire language; a critique of the methods employed by historical linguists in the last century; the modeling of language evolution using mathematical and computational techniques; discussions on the complexity of language.

成年人如何在工作中持續改變、追求成長？ 這本書就是答案！ 從自我設限到自我超越， 以成長心態面對複雜的世界。 本書作者珍妮佛‧加維‧貝爾格（Jennifer Garvey Berger）是成人發展、心智進化領域中，同時兼備學術研究和管理顧問實務經驗於一身的管理大師。 她在本書中，以當代變革大師、哈佛大學心理學教授羅伯特•凱根（Robert Kegan）成人發展理論為基礎，並且加上企業案例，解析個體心智結構的層級。 貝爾格將職場視為一個意識進化的場域，藉由成人發展的理論，將每一位成員轉化為更具思考力和勝任力的個體，以面對世界的複雜與不確定。 她分析成人心智的進化如何影響領導力表現，並且深入探討人在成年之後依然可以持續發展心智，並將此理論具體應用於組織領導、團隊合作、教練與文化塑造等面向。 貝爾格主張，面對今日充滿變動、複雜與快速變化的世界，領導者需要具備「適應複雜的能力」（complexity fitness）面對挑戰，以取代傳統的管理技巧。這種能力不是知識或工具，而是一種看待世界、理解他人與自我反思的方式。 她結合發展心理學與實務經驗，提出四種心智階段，幫助領導者在面對複雜與變動時，能夠有更好的覺察力、適應力和穩定，包括： 1.「以我為尊」心智（Self-sovereign mind）：只看見自己的觀點，無法真正理解他人立場。 2.「規範主導」心智（Socialized mind）：內化外部權威與群體價值，從他人角度思考，但易陷入內在矛盾。 3.「自主導向」心智（Self-authored mind）：能自主制定價值觀，整合多重觀點，成為內在系統的主導者。 4.「內觀自變」心智（Self-transforming mind）：擁抱不確定與變動，不斷超越舊有自我與邏輯，朝更整合與包容的思維邁進。 貝爾格強調：「成長不是強迫改變，而是創造能夠支持改變的空間。」 她主張，每一位領導者、教練或父母，都可以透過更深層的理解與陪伴，支持他人從既有框架中突破，邁向更高階的心智視野。 這不只是一本關於領導力的書，更是一部深刻的人性探索指南。它邀請讀者將困難視為成長的動能，將職場視為心智的修煉場所，就能培養在變局中所需的勇氣、智慧與定力。 如果你正在尋找一條真誠而深刻的自我與他人發展之路，本書值得細細閱讀與反覆思考。當我們一起摸索這

「如果你擔心自己的技能會過時， 這本書可能是你的救星！」 ──亞當．格蘭特（Adam Grant），《隱性潛能》作者 AI如何讓你變得更強？ 從新手到高手，掌握無可取代技能的成長心法 《隱性潛能》作者　亞當．格蘭特（Adam Grant） LinkedIn共同創辦人　里德．霍夫曼（Reid Hoffman）， 史丹佛大學電腦科學教授　李飛飛 重磅推薦！ 在AI工具如雨後春筍的當下， 不懂程式的人可以輕鬆寫出小工具， 不擅設計的人可以輕鬆剪出有質感的影片， 你是否發現： AI讓我們更容易學會想學的事物，卻對技能的發展不利！ 過去十年，我從餐廳廚房到外科病房， 走訪無數場域，參考大量案例與研究， 發現一套人類學習珍貴技能的三大密碼── 挑戰（Challenge）、複雜性（Complexity）、連結（Connection）。 然而，自動化、人工智慧等新科技的應用，雖然提高了效率， 但同時也破壞了技能發展的關鍵密碼： 1.科技取代部分流程，使得員工技能變得單調重複； 2.專家與新人之間的合作鏈斷裂，專家可以更獨立地完成工作，不再需要新手的協助； 3.加劇技能不平等，擁有高技能的人可以獲得更高的聲望和薪水，而低薪、基層的勞工卻面臨技能退化的困境。 一個人的技能培養，要從平庸到達卓越， 勢必在當前的科技趨勢下，更積極地發展這三項技能密碼。 科技本身並不是問題，問題在於我們如何運用科技。 如果我們只追求生產力，而忽略技能發展， 就會讓科技變成技能的敵人。 相反地，如果我們能善用科技，同時守護挑戰、複雜性和連結， 就可以讓科技成為技能發展的盟友，創造更卓越的自我！ 讓你成為未來世代的菁英、邁向卓越最重要的一本書！

本章探討「價值共創」（Value Co-creation, VCC）在跨域創新生態系中的應用， 並提出協助企業實現可持續發展的策略。隨著人工智慧（Artificial Intelligence, AI） 技術的進步和 VUCA（Volatility [易變性 ]、Uncertainty [不確定性]、Complexity [複雜性]、Ambiguity [模糊性]）環境的加劇，企業面臨前所未有的挑戰與機會。為了在激烈的市場競爭中保持持久優勢，跨域協作成為推動創新、擴展市場及提升競爭力的關鍵策略。跨域協作的多重益處包括資源共享與優勢互補、風險分擔、促進產品創新、進入新市場，並提升企業形象和品牌價值。 然而，跨域創新生態系同時也帶來如文化差異、資訊不對稱、利益共享和技術融合等挑戰。為了應對這些挑戰並抓住機會，企業需在跨域創新生態系中採取一系 列策略，如建立適切的協作機制與互信關係、優化資源配置、強化策略靈活性、促 進持續學習與成長、支持 ESG（Environmental [環境保護]、Social [社會責任]及 Governance [公司治理]）與可持續發展目標，以及運用跨域價值共創模式。這些策 略不僅有助於提升企業的競爭力，亦能促進企業的可持續發展。

VUCA時代來臨，您準備好了沒？ 如果你正在思考迎接未來時代的關鍵能力是什麼， 或是正在考慮轉型、跨界、斜槓……， 你將在本書找到解答！ 面對詭譎多變的職場環境， 認識自我、趨勢探索、賦能提升， 能使你在數字化的環境中逆勢成長。 本書提供三大系統，15項勝任力指標， 透過15位老師，將引領你看到不同的職場面貌。 ───｜VUCA是什麼？｜─── VUCA是volatility（易變性）、uncertainty（不確定性）、complexity（複雜性）、ambiguity（模糊性）的縮寫，這四個單詞是當今商業環境的常態，大至企業，小至個人，都必須因此做出生存的調適。 隨著VUCA時代的來臨，過去的領導力思維也必須跟著調整。因為科技創新而在產業結構、生活形態、甚至政經局勢發生巨大變動，因此，迎向未來的領導力，將愈加偏重在知識力、組織力、以及快速應變的能力，如此才能迅速因應職場及社會的變遷。當人工智慧（AI）、大數據（Big Data）與雲端（Cloud）的ABC科技……等新技術來臨時，必須坦然面對，真正地去了解這些新科技背後的內涵及影響，將它們與工作結合，才能跟上趨勢的潮流。 ───｜VUCA時代來臨，您準備好了沒？｜─── 在VUCA時代，競爭對象、產業結構、科技更迭都因此產生劇烈變動，你找到清楚的個人定位和職涯北極星了嗎？ 一個蘿蔔一個坑，退休爽領退休金的時代已成過往，你存夠本了嗎？ 你的競爭者再也不是坐在隔壁的同事，而或許是新的商業模式，或許是遠在天邊的科研工程師，複雜多變的商業脈絡，你理得順嗎？ 過去的成功法則不再一體適用，創新企業的生命週期更短了，排行榜上每年都有新面孔，面對變異更大、更加模糊的商業環境，你看得清嗎？ ───｜本書目的｜─── 現今所有職場工作人面臨的共同處境就是，危機意識趕不上職能變化，職能變化又難以因應時代環境的變遷。面對VUCA時代的高度變化、充滿不確定性，造就職務界定愈來愈跨界，職能所需愈來愈多元。 而勝任職務的能力，多年來佔據企業人才發展的關鍵之地，但挑戰也愈來愈艱辛，「過往的成功已難成為未來的成就」，而放下過往專業技能又不免惋惜。到底，人才技轉該如何建構？企業人才梯隊又該如何發展？成了這時代下的人才之淚。 而本書正嘗試提出可能的答案。運用勝任力系統導入，讓企業的培訓從單點式轉變成類