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Risk Management and Value Creation in Financial Institutions

John Wiley & Sons, 2002

From an empirical as well as a personal point of view, risk management in the financial industry has been one of the most exciting and most researched areas over the last decade. Depositors and regulators claim that risk management is necessary, and many banks argue that superior risk management can create (shareholder) value. However, from a...

The Secret Language of Money: How to Make Smarter Financial Decisions and Live a Richer Life

McGraw-Hill, 2009

If money were about math, none of us would be carrying any debt.

The numbers are simple. What’s complicated is what we do with money. We use money to soothe our feelings and buy respect, to show how much we care or how little. We don’t simply earn, save, and spend money: we flirt with it, crave it,...

The Art of Film Acting: A Guide For Actors and Directors

Focal Press, 2002

This guide for actors and directors develops a valid method for training performers to act from their core--whether they are cold reading, auditioning, or performing for film or television. This book teaches actors how to achieve and respond to believable and honest emotions before the camera, and it maintains that the key to a successful...

101 Boardroom Problems and How to Solve Them

AMACOM, 2008

Before becoming a consultant on meetings and effective decision making, I was employed as an engineer. My motto then was: Silence is golden. Keeping quiet in meetings was safe and risk-free, and rarely did anyone solicit my ideas anyway. Had I shared my input, however, it might have improved the quality of my team’s decisions and reduced its...

Open Source Leadership

Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

'Why do we have so many theories of leadership? Because none of them work very well all of the time. For 70 years we have spewed out content leadership theories. In the new digital world of the twenty-first century we need a new leadership theory. This is it! Open Source Leadership is a process theory ruled by attention, awareness, intention!and,...

Algebra Know-It-ALL: Beginner to Advanced, and Everything in Between

McGraw-Hill, 2008

Master algebra from the comfort of home!

Want to “know it all” when it comes to algebra? Algebra Know-It-ALL gives you the expert, one-on-one instruction you need, whether you're new to algebra or you're looking to ramp up your skills. Providing easy-to-understand concepts and thoroughly explained...

Corrosion Mechanisms in Theory and Practice (Corrosion Technology)

CRC Press, 2002

Corrosion is a major issue for the increase of service life and reliability of metallic materials. A detailed understanding of the mechanisms of corrosion helps us to solve existing corrosion problems and to prevent future problems.

The aim of this book is to review recent advances in the understanding of corrosion and protection...

SQL Server 2008 Administration in Action

Manning Publications, 2009

SQL Server 2008 Administration isn't a standard SQL Server tutorial-there are dozens of those to choose from. Instead, this book breaks down the role of "SQL Server Administrator" into its key focus areas and tasks and details the techniques and best practices that make an administrator effective. In this book, a reader can...

Fundamentals of Circuits and Filters (The Circuits and Filters Handbook, Thrid Edition)

CRC Press, 2009

The purpose of this book is to provide in a single volume a comprehensive reference work covering the broad spectrum of mathematics for circuits and filters; circuits elements, devices, and their models; and linear circuit analysis. This book is written and developed for the practicing electrical engineers in industry, government, and academia. The...

Understanding IBM SOA Foundation Suite: Learning Visually with Examples

IBM Press, 2009

The IBM SOA Foundation Suite is an integrated, open-standards-based set of software, best practices, and patterns that help you systematically maximize the business value of SOA. Understanding IBM SOA Foundation Suite brings together 26 hands-on tutorials that will help you master IBM SOA Foundation and apply it successfully...

Atlas of Urodynamics

John Wiley & Sons, 2007

Urodynamics is the investigation of the function of the lower urinary tract - the bladder and urethra - using physical measurements such as urine pressure and flow rate as well as clinical assessment. The assessment begins with a medical history and examination, which may for example reveal abnormalities within the lower abdomen or pelvis that are...

The Ultimate Omega-3 Diet: Maximize the Power of Omega-3s to Supercharge Your Health, Battle Inflammation, and Keep Your Mind S

McGraw-Hill, 2007

Live longer, better, and healthier with omega-3s!

The Ultimate Omega-3 Diet is the first book to offer simple, practical steps for striking the proper balance between miraculous omega-3 fats and the less-healthy omega-6 fats to get the most out of your diet. Armed with the practical information in The Ultimate...

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