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The Blockchain Alternative: Rethinking Macroeconomic Policy and Economic Theory

Apress, 2017

Examine what would happen if we were to deploy blockchain technology at the sovereign level and use it to create a decentralized cashless economy. This book explains how finance and economics work today, and how the convergence of various technologies related to the financial sector can help us find solutions to problems,...

The Birth of Satan: Tracing the Devil's Biblical Roots

Palgrave Macmillan, 2005

"An informative study of the biblical origins of Satan…With resourceful though never excessive citation, Mobley and Wray make a good job of pinning down the roots of a notoriously protean character."--The Times Literary Supplement

"Let's admit it. Even in a secular age we are all still...

World Without Secrets: Business, Crime and Privacy in the Age of Ubiquitous Computing

John Wiley & Sons, 2002

"Richard Hunter has seen the future, and its really scary. If you ever plan to do anything wrong, you need to read this book. If you suspect that someone will ever try to do anything wrong to you, you also need to read it. I believe that covers pretty much all of us." —Thomas H. Davenport, Director, Accenture Institute for...

Big Think Strategy: How to Leverage Bold Ideas and Leave Small Thinking Behind

Harvard Business School, 2007

Business leaders need bold strategies to stay relevant and win. In "Big Think Strategy", Schmitt shows how to bring bold thinking into your business by sourcing big ideas and executing them creatively. With the tools in this book, any leader can overcome institutionalized 'small think' - the inertia, the narrow-mindedness,...

Breakthrough Business Negotiation: A Toolbox for Managers

Jossey-Bass, 2002

Although there are many how-to books on negotiating, they provide little useful guidance on how to conduct complex realworld negotiations. Advice on conducting two-party negotiations about a modest number of issues isn’t hard to come by, but few negotiations are that simple. While dealing with the other side, negotiators typically also...

The Essential Galileo

Hackett Publishing, 2008

Edited and translated by Maurice A. Finocchiaro, an international authority on Galileo, this collection makes available to scholars and students an excellent and extensive selection of Galileo's key works from his early career to the end of his life - some in toto and some represented by key selections. It presents not only Galileo's most famous...

Point-Based Graphics (Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Graphics and Geometric Modeling)

Morgan Kaufmann, 2007

This book will present the latest research results in point-based computer graphics. After an overview of the key issues, affordable 3D scanning devices will be discussed and new concepts for the mathematical representation of point-sampled shapes will be presented. Then the authors will describe methods for high-performance and high-quality...

Data Scientists at Work

Apress, 2014

Data Scientists at Work is a collection of interviews with sixteen of the world's most influential and innovative data scientists from across the spectrum of this hot new profession. "Data scientist is the sexiest job in the 21st century," according to the Harvard Business Review. By 2018, the United States will...

Developing Analytic Talent: Becoming a Data Scientist

John Wiley & Sons, 2014

Learn what it takes to succeed in the the most in-demand tech job

Harvard Business Review calls it the sexiest tech job of the 21st century. Data scientists are in demand, and this unique book shows you exactly what employers want and the skill set that separates the quality data scientist from other talented IT...

Risk Management and Capital Adequacy

McGraw-Hill, 2003

A Step-by-Step Approach for Integrating Market, Credit, and Operational Risk Management--While Complying with New Basel Accord Guidelines

For financial institutions around the world, the work involved in managing market, credit, and operational risk exposures--as well as the capital required to support such...

Connecting the Dots: Aligning Projects with Objectives in Unpredictable Times

Harvard Business School, 2003

Are you ever going to see the value promised from your company’s project portfolio?

The question is all too familiar. The concern is real and legitimate. Technology and other project initiatives have grown faster than the ability of most companies to manage them—affecting the return on the investment of trillions of dollars...

20 Minutes to a Top Performer: Three Fast and Effective Conversations to Motivate, Develop, and Engage Your Employees (Business Books)

McGraw-Hill, 2009

Transform Average Employees into Powerhouse Performers

“I cannot think of a more important message and timely book. 20 Minutes to a Top Performer offers quick, simple techniques for managers to improve their effectiveness in communicating with their teams.”
Steven Fine, vice president for...

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