The Return Generating Models in Global Finance (Series in International Business and Economics)

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The market model, introduced over thirty years ago, is one of the most studied and utilized return generating models in finance. Over three decades it has withstood rigorous testing and, with refinements over the years, remains the standard of reference today, being applied to almost all existing global investment opportunities. The resulting literature is prolific, and the aim of this book is to consolidate the most important literature on the market model, focusing especially on recent research involving issues related to the model. The market model is analysed in detail and its characteristics discussed, criticisms presented and possible shortcomings tested. The book also presents a guide to the various applications of the model, as well as a discussion of other types of model, their forecasting power and their relationship with the market model.

Return Generating Models in Global Finance

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Return Generating Models in Global Finance
Arun J. Prakash
Manufacturer: Elsevier Limited
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A handy guide offering a practical plan for targeting skills any employee wants to develop and employers most desire.

It's hard to tell if today's competitive job market is more unsettling for employees seeking job security or companies trying to retain loyal workers. The Value-Added Employee provides fresh insights on what makes employees valuable to the organization and how companies can keep productive employees on the job. Employees will understand how to increase their personal marketability by developing specific skills, knowledge, and attitudes. Managers and coaches will find the tools and resources to make employees more valuable to the organization. Even policymakers and human resource professionals can drive change and business improvement through the application of competency modeling processes.

The Value-Added Employee is a step-by-step plan for targeting the competencies an employee wants to develop and employers most desire. It discusses 31 core competencies, including interpersonal competencies, business competencies, and self-management competencies.

Designed as a handbook, The Value-Added Employee is a toolkit of ideas and a workbook to be written in and referred to on a regular basis. Through its use, employees and their companies will discover a firm foundation for meeting future goals.

a complete toolkit to increase an employee's value as well as marketability in today's volatile job market.easy-to-use workbook style appeals to professionals as well as academics

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If Not "Irresistible", At Least Valuable.......2000-09-01

The authors suggest "31 skills to make yourself irresistible to any company" and the 31 are indeed important skills to have mastered. If for whatever reasons you are not now currently "irresistible" to your employer, I strongly urge you to purchase, absorb, and digest this book's excellent content. There are others who will also derive substantial benefit from this book: Those in larger organizations who recruit and hire and/or who have supervisory responsibility for others, those launching a new company who can ill afford to make a mistake when hiring a key person, and those now entering the job market who wish to increase and enhance their appeal to prospective employers. In essence, if employees do not add value, they have no value.

"Great job".......2000-02-12

This is an outstanding book. It helped me analyze my strengths and the areas I need to work on to get ahead. Most self-help books are too academic or "motivational". This book seems to reflect what real live corporations are looking for. The writers apparently are not egghead psychologists, but are common sense business people who have successfully implemented competency development systems in major companies. The simple, practical tools for self assessment and career planning included in the book are great. I'm surprised that more organizations haven't adopted this approach. Other non-management employees like myself who are trying to better ourselves would certainly appreciate it.

A Highly Useful Guide!.......1999-12-07

The Value-Added Employee contains some excellent tools to help create specific development plans for people at all levels. The book provides the reader with an understanding of "competencies" and job competency models, concepts that have become popular in recent years with many corporations. Thirty-one competencies are featured, organized into three clear groupings: competencies that are related to working with people, business-related competencies and self-management competencies. As a manager, I partcularly appreciated the suggestions on how I can help develop or strengthen the competency for those I coach. This is a practical book, more like a workbook than a traditional book. HR departments will also find it helpful.

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No other work has yet covered so thoroughly the fundamental changes taking place in appellate courts, changes altering the basic attitudes of appellate lawyers and dramatically changing old habits. Now available in a revised and updated edition, Appellate Litigation provides a comprehensive restatement of appellate procedures. The study covers civil, criminal, and administrative-agency appeal in both state and federal courts, provides comparison between states and raises central ethical questions. A useful reference as well as a practical guide to the litigation process, this complete casebook will prepare students and practitioners to anticipate changes in appellate procedures and to easily adapt to appellate work in other jurisdictions.

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Aberration: "An apparent displacement in the observed position of a star." Earthshine: "A faint illumination of what would otherwise be the 'dark' part of the Moon when its phase is a thin crescent." Peculiar galaxy: "A term loosely applied to any galaxy that does not readily fit into the Hubble classification, shows signs of unusual energetic activity, or is interacting tidally with other neighboring galaxies."

The language of astronomy is both oddly poetic and utterly prosaic, dotted with terms and names from classical mythology (Orion, Charon), Arabic (Aldebaran, Ras Algethi), and no-nonsense scientific classification (jansky, Supernova 1987A). In this gathering of more than 3,000 entries, ranging from Abell Catalogue to ZZ Ceti Star, Cambridge-trained astronomer Jacqueline Mitton provides an authoritative survey of the most commonly used technical terms in the discipline, along with a few terms borrowed from physics and space science. Many of the entries are cross-referenced and illustrated. The result is an accessibly written reference that is of particular use to students and hobbyists. --Gregory McNamee

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Held up by the heliopause? Floored by the flatness problem? Intimidated by MACHOs? With the Cambridge Astronomy Dictionary you'll no longer be defeated by such astronomical jargon! These and 3,200 additional words, names, and abbreviations used in amateur and professional astronomy, are clearly and concisely defined. Entries include information from modern and classical astronomy, including:

A comprehensive selection of specialist terms

All the constellations, planets, and moons of the solar system

Comets, stars, asteroids, nebulae, and galaxies

Telescopes, observatories, spacecraft, and space missions

Published internationally as The Penguin Dictionary of Astronomy, it is considered the classic reference work in its field. This edition has been completely revised and includes many new entries. Anyone involved with astronomy, either professionally or as a hobby, will find the Cambridge Astronomy Dictionary a handy and invaluable reference. Jacqueline Mitton's interest in astronomy began when she was a child and she had her first telescope as a teenager. She graduated from the University of Oxford with a degree in physics, then obtained her PhD in astronomy at the University of Cambridge. In 1989 she became the Press Officer of the Royal Astronomical Society. She is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, a member of the International Astronomical Union, and a Member of the Division of Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society. She is the author or co-author of 16 astronomy books and writes for both children and adults.

Cambridge Air and Space Dictionary (Cambridge reference)

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Cambridge Air and Space Dictionary (Cambridge reference)
Peter Walker
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Cambridge Astronomy Dictionary
Ian Ridpath , and John Woodruff
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• Over 1000 clear and up-to-date entries, extensively cross-referenced • 50 diagrams and 30 tables • From aberration to zodiacal light, all the frequently used expressions are clearly defined • Brief biographies of over 100 famous astronomers (including Hale, Hawking, Hoyle and Hubble) • Includes major observatories such as Palomar and Kitt Park • A compact dictionary at an introductory level • Invaluable reference for active observers and armchair enthusiasts

The Cambridge Dictionary of Space Technology

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The Cambridge Dictionary of Space Technology
Mark Williamson
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
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ASIN: 0521660777

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The Cambridge Dictionary of Space Technology is a comprehensive source of reference on the most important aspects of this fast-developing field, from basic concepts to advanced applications. With some 2,300 entries--700 more than the first edition, it lists fundamental terms that will remain in common usage for the foreseeable future and includes a selection of historical and highly specific entries to add context and depth. The Dictionary features entries on all the major areas relating to space technology, making this a reference of wide-ranging scope. While the emphasis is on defining the meaning of a word or phrase as it is used in the professional space community, each entry also contributes to a deeper understanding of the overall subject, both for the practicing specialist and interested layman. To assist the reader in research on a given topic, related entries are highlighted in the text and other important entries are cross-referenced. An additional key feature is a classified list of entries grouped under 13 subject headings. The Cambridge Dictionary of Space Technology will be indispensable to anyone with an interest in space activity. Mark Williamson is an independent space technology consultant working in the space industry and space insurance communities. A seasoned physicist and engineer, he has over 20 years of experience in satellite communications engineering, technical management, and space consultancy. Williamson has written about 250 published magazine and journal articles. He is also author of The Communications Satellite and editorial director of Earth Space Review magazine.

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Succinct, informative presentatons.......2001-08-11

With 2300 entires covering all aspects of the technologies associatied with the exploration of space, Mark Williamson's The Cambridge Dictionary Of Space Technology is an essential, indispensable, core addition to school, community, and professional reference libraries. This thoroughly "user friendly" compendium features extensive cross-referencing and thorough descriptions, as well as classified lists of entries grouped under subject headings. Included are succinct, informative presentatons on the technologies of spacecraft, communicaitons, propulsions, launch vehicles; space shuttles, manned and unmanned spaceflights, materials, propellants, orbits, physics and astronomy, space centres and organizations. The Cambridge Dictionary Of Space Technology is a seminal, basic, exhaustive, very highly recommended reference.

Cambridge Illustrated Dictionary of Astronomy

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Cambridge Illustrated Dictionary of Astronomy
Jacqueline Mitton
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This lavishly illustrated new dictionary written by an experienced writer and consultant on astronomy provides an essential guide to the universe for amateur astronomers of all ages. Around 1300 carefully selected and cross-referenced entries are complemented by hundreds of beautiful colour illustrations, taken from space missions, the Hubble Space Telescope, and other major observatories on Earth and in space. Distinguished stellar illustrator Wil Tirion has drawn 20 new star maps especially for inclusion here. A myriad of named astronomical objects, constellations, observatories and space missions are described in detail, as well as biographical sketches for 70 of the most luminous individuals in the history of astronomy and space science. Acronyms and specialist terms are clearly explained, making for the most thorough and carefully assembled reference resource that teachers and enthusiasts of astronomy will ever need.

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Bones and Cartilage provides the most in-depth review ever assembled on the topic. It examines the function, development and evolution of bone and cartilage as tissues, organs and skeletal systems. It describes how bone and cartilage is developed in embryos and are maintained in adults, how bone reappears when we break a leg, or even regenerates when a newt grows a new limb, or a lizard a tail.

This book also looks at the molecules and cells that make bones and cartilages and how they differ in various parts of the body and across species. It answers such questions as Is bone always bone? Do bones that develop indirectly by replacing other tissues, such as marrow, tendons or ligaments, differ from one another? Is fish bone the same as human bone? Can sharks even make bone? and many more.

* Complete coverage of every aspect of bone and cartilage
* Full of interesting and unusual facts
* The only book available that integrates development and evolution of the skeleton
* Treats all levels from molecular to clinical, embryos to evolution
* Written in a lively, accessible style
* Extensively illustrated and referenced
* Integrates analysis of differentiation, growth and patterning
* Covers all the vertebrates as well as invertebrate cartilages
* Identifies the stem cells in embryos and adults that can make skeletal tissues

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Nice and comprehensive review in the field of developmental skeletal biology.......2007-02-01

It is nicely written and comprehensive book for readers, who want to go deep in the field of developmental skeletal biology. It provides impressive information about basic processes of skeletongenesis and interspecies' evolution. Unfortunately there is no too much about the last news of the underlying molecular bases but obviously this was not the major aim of the authors. However, as compensation they always refer to appropriate titles for further information.

Bones and Cartilage: Developmental Skeletal Biology

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Bones and Cartilage: Developmental Skeletal Biology
Brian K. Hall
Manufacturer: Academic Press
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OHQIW8

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The topic of this book is a comparison between holism in the philosophy and language and social holism on the one hand and holism about space-time and quantum systems on the other hand. The main claim is that holism in the humanities and holism in fundamental physics come under the same substantial, general conception of holism. That is to say: arguments to the effect that the holism of the mental is unscientific or that the mental is separated from the physical owing to holism are not sound. The holism of the mental fits into a world-view that bases itself on scientific realism. The addressees of this book are all those who care about our view of the world and ourselves in the spirit of an argumentative examination of different positions. No familiarity with physics is presupposed.

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