Learn IT - Books tags economy

Business Under Fire: How Israeli Companies Are Succeeding in the Face of Terror

AMACOM, 2004

American companies steeling themselves against the threat of terrorism can learn a lot from Israel's experience. Despite facing the constant grim reality of terrorism, the Israeli economy is surprisingly robust. How do businesses in Israel stay viable in a chaotic environment, and how do they rebuild in the wake of destruction? Based on in-depth...

Diamonds Are Forever, Computers Are Not: Economic and Strategic Management in Computing Markets

Imperial College Press, 2004

This is a collection of 43 essays about the economics and management of information technology markets. The first part of the book focuses on events, notable birth dates and longstanding trends. The unifying theme revolves around the role of human economic behavior in the face of...

The Aftershock Investor: A Crash Course in Staying Afloat in a Sinking Economy

John Wiley & Sons, 2012

Advice on protection and profits in the short and long term future from the experts who accurately predicted the financial crisis of 2008, and who now have more detailed information about what is yet to come

From the authors who accurately predicted the domino fall of the conjoined real estate, stock, and private debt...

Popular Culture and the State in East and Southeast Asia (Routledge Studies in Asia's Transformations)

Routledge, 2011

This volume examines the relations between popular culture production and export and the state in East and Southeast Asia including the urban centres and middle-classes of Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, China, Thailand, and the Philippines. It addresses the shift in official thinking toward the role of popular...

The Philosophy of Money

Routledge, 2004

'I have lost interest ... in all that I have written prior to The Philosophy of Money. This one is really my book, the others appear to me colourless and seem as if they could have been written by anyone else.' - Georg Simmel to Heinrich Rickert (1904)

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Advanced Artificial Intelligence (Series on Intelligence Science)

World Scientific Publishing, 2011

Artificial Intelligence's long-term goal is to build the human level of artificial intelligence. AI was born 50 years ago, in the bumpy road has made encouraging progress, in particular, machine learning, data mining, computer vision, expert systems, natural language processing, planning, robotics and related applications have...

Electric Power Research Trends

Nova Press, 2007

The world is becoming increasingly electrified. For the foreseeable future, coal will continue to be the dominant fuel used for electric power production. The low cost and abundance of coal is one of the primary reasons for this. Electric power transmission, a process in the delivery of electricity to consumers, is the bulk...

Information, Technology and Control in a Changing World: Understanding Power Structures in the 21st Century (International Political Economy Series)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2019

This book explores the interconnected ways in which the control of knowledge has become central to the exercise of political, economic, and social power. Building on the work of International Political Economy scholar Susan Strange, this multidisciplinary volume features experts from political science, anthropology, law, criminology,...

The Rhetorical Nature of XML: Constructing Knowledge in Networked Environments

Routledge, 2009

The Rhetorical Nature of XML is the first volume to combine rhetoric, XML, and knowledge management in a substantive manner. It serves as a primer on XML and XML-related technologies, illustrating how the naming of XML elements can be understood as a rhetorical act, and detailing the essentials of knowledge management practices that...

The Global M&A Tango: How to Reconcile Cultural Differences in Mergers, Acquisitions, and Strategic Partnerships

McGraw-Hill, 2010

In our rapidly expanding and increasingly volatile global economy, mergers and acquisitions are becoming the strategy of choice for businesses seeking to stimulate growth while managing risk. As more and more M&A deals are struck between global organizations, difficult new issues involving cultural differences have arisen.

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Business Continuity Management: Building an Effective Incident Management Plan

John Wiley & Sons, 2009

Whether an international corporation or a small business, developing and utilizing

a Business Continuity Management (BCM) Plan protects companies and their personnel, facilities, materials, and activities from the broad spectrum of risks that face businesses and government agencies on a daily basis, whether at home or...

Building Your Own Home For Dummies

For Dummies, 2005

Keep construction on track with helpful checklists

Turn your dream of a custom home into reality!

Thinking about building your own home? This easy-to-follow guide shows you how to plan and build a beautiful home on any budget. From acquiring land to finding the best architect to overseeing the construction, you get lots of savvy...

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