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Created by the Sarbanes-Oxley Group, this book includes practical, actionable advice that every Finance and IT professional must have at their fingertips as they pursue, or consider pursuing, a journey of Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.
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Great.......2006-03-07
I used this book as a reference for a term paper I'm writing. This was the best source I had--exactly what I needed!
succint and good for a newbie.......2005-12-14
For a newbie - this is an ideal book.
Good to get you jumpstarted and the checklists are useful too!
though,could have used more detail in portions.. good effort - waiting for a next version!!
Nothing new or insightful and fell apart as well before I got to page 24!.......2005-10-04
I have purchased several books on SOX in the last few months (this book, Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 Implementation Toolkit (Ramos), How to Comply with Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 and Information Technology Control and Audit.)
If you wish a well written overview of SOX which includes the key aspects and components -- this is a good book. This book will also provide a few basic checklists and worksheets. However, if you are looking for a comprehensive road map for your project, this book will not meet your needs.
Unfortunately, this book, like many of the others simply does not provide the level of detail required to get your project going.
Additionally, the book is poorly constructed. The book fell apart (literally, the pages falling out) before I made it to page 24. Since I read through the entire book in about 2 hours, I can honestly say that it was not due to misuse.
Formatting Issues with the Book.......2005-07-27
It has been brought to my attention that some of you have received an incorrectly typeset version of this book from the print-on-demand publisher. While the content is the same, I do apologize for any inconvenience that the printing issues may have caused you. Let me know how I can make it up to you. The next edition will be released by year-end. Sincerely, Sanjay.
Sox Simplified.......2005-01-17
An amazing blend of theory and practice, this book is ideal for both beginners as well as experts. For beginners it serves as a great intro to SOX. For experts it reinforces key points about SOX, and also provides frameworks and checklists to validate their SOX work against. I highly recommend getting it. You can't go wrong with this book. If there is only one concern that I have with it is that there are some language issues in the technical portion, but that is easily forgivable considering that it was a team effort and sometimes it is hard to get that consistency across the entire book. Other than that, I give it 5-stars!
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Accounting for sales, transfers and servicing of financial assets and extinguishments of liabilities can be extremely complex. CCH Accounting for Financial Assets and Liabilities offers comprehensive guidance on accounting for transactions dealing with financial assets, such as receivables, loans and securities. It covers a broad range of transactions, including:
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CCH Accounting for Financial Assets and Liabilities also analyzes the FASBs Emerging Issues Task Forces consensus positions, the FASB Special Report: A Guide to Implementation of Statement 140 on Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities and other related literature
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Financial Structure: An Investigation of Sectoral Balance Sheets in the G-7 (National Institute of Economic and Social Research Economic and Social Studies)
Joseph P. Byrne , and
E. Philip Davis
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Differences in financial structure result in contrasting financing and economic behavior. This book confronts theory and empirical research with aggregate financial data across the G7, spanning 1970 through 2000. It compares the contrasting patterns and development of financial structures with the main theoretical and empirical results in economic literature. The resulting data analysis traces portfolios over a turbulent period characterized by considerable economic and financial instability, marked financial liberalization, far-reaching technical change and volatile asset prices.
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Group Financial Statements (Cahpman & Hall Series in Acc)
Roy Dodge
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This book is specially designed to be used as a tool for independent study and as a conventional course textbook. Interactive learning activities throughout the text enable students to develop technical competence and problem solving ability.
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Hendrik Stephanus Cilliers
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- Covers all the new standards required for 2005 year ends
- Specifically written for global consistency, as approved by the Global IFRS Policy Committee of Ernst & Young
- Detailed contents section and index to aid speed of reference
International GAAP® 2005 goes much further than explanation. It interprets the standards, sets them in context, and gives insights into how difficult day-to-day practical issues should be resolved in the real world of financial reporting.
Each chapter of the book deals with a key area of IFRS and has a common structure for ease of use and includes
- An introduction to the background issues
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- A full listing of the required disclosures
- Full guidance on the first time adoption of IFRS
* Most authoritative title worldwide on IFRS
* Sets the international finance standards in context that goes beyond academic analysis and gives insights into day-to-day issues
* Written for global consistancy; IFRS are now followed by a growing international community
* Covers all the new standards required for 2005 year-ends
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International Group Accounting: Issues in European Harmonization (Series on International Accounting and Finance)
S. J. Gray , and
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Model Group Financial Statements
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A pragmatic and passionate guide that establishes the many benefits of coaching in order to create a working environment for individuals and organizations to ensure that both fulfill their full potential.
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A Great Introduction to Coaching.......2002-04-10
Having trailed along on the business sidelines for a number of years, coaching is suddenly enjoying a major surge of popularity. But what's it all about? Tennis in the Boardroom? Golf swings by the water cooler?
Myles Downey's book, despite its relative brevity, makes an excellent job of introducing some of the key considerations involved in training or hiring business coaches. At 135 pages (including the Introduction) you obviously aren't going to get an in-depth explanation of what coaching can do for you and/or your company. What I think you WILL get is a pretty good feeling for whether coaching is something you want to get involved with.
If that makes the book sound a bit airy-fairy, I apologise. Mr Downey also does an excellent job of laying the groundwork for becoming an "effective coach" - if that's what you're after. There are plenty of very practical tips, including useful models, such as the "Spectrum of Coaching Skills" and the "GROW" (or "TO GROW") outline for any coaching session.
One of the highlights of the book as far, as I was concerned, was the inclusion of snippets of dialogue (ranging from a few lines to several pages in length) used to actually demonstrate how to handle various elements of the coaching function.
The one element of the book I felt a little uneasy about was Mr Downey's hypothesis that a manager can also function as coach to one of his/her subordinates. As Mr Downey himself points out, facts and thoughts might emerge during a coaching session that could potentially be somewhat damaging when it comes to appraisal time. There seems to be an assumption that a "good" manager could somehow separate the two functions and ignore in 'manager mode' the things s/he has learnt whilst in 'coaching mode'.
I'd suggest that this is a piece of impractical idealism, which places an unrealistic and unfair burden upon the manager and the coachee alike.
Rather than sweeping such considerations under the rug, it seems to me that coaching is likely to remain a fad until issues such as this have been fully addressed and resolved.
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Everything mammals ever wanted to know about the theory of evolution-but were afraid to ask
This important new book by award-winning science writer Cynthia Mills clearly explains one of the most crucial, and most misunderstood, concepts of modern science-the theory of evolution. After examining Darwin, his precursors, and how the theory of evolution developed, Mills answers key questions, including: How successful is the theory at explaining the natural world, and what does it fail to explain? What are some of the competing ideas and theories about the origin of the species? How will the theory of evolution likely hold up over time, as our understanding of genetics grows?
Cynthia L. Mills (Portland, OR) is an award-winning science writer and veterinarian. Her article "Breeding and Discontents," originally published in The Sciences, was selected for The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2001, guest-edited by E. O. Wilson. Also in the same series: The Big Bang Theory (0-471-39452-1) by Karen C. Fox
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The twin forces of ideological change and the technology revolution make globalization the single most important issue facing executives today. But many companies who have developed a presence in the global market now face the challenges inherent in creating a multinational presence with the demands of the "unglobal consumer" who does not have a "one size fits all" need. Here, HBS Professors John Quelch and Deshpande bring together 13 Harvard Business School professors to discuss these and other problems and benefits encountered by executives in global markets. Topics to be discussed include: operating costs of global advertising and marketing services, global product standards; managing global supply chains; global account management; global brands; global knowledge sharing and performance drivers; managing global customers; and social marketing for global economic development.
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Excellent book for the non-scientist.......2006-08-08
Cynthia Mills has given us an excellent introductory book for the non-scientist. It is intelligently written, easy to read, up to date and accurate. I recommend it most highly to anyone looking for a well-written introduction to the theory of evolution. What is more, it is suitable for intelligent readers of high-school age or beyond.
Buy This Book and Learn.......2004-06-23
This book is very good. I am very impressed by Cynthia Mills' ability to summarize so much information into an enjoyable read. It is easy for me, the lay person, to understand and retain as I progress through the decades. Her examples of the different concepts and terms are clarifying and appreciated.
Ms Mills did a great job. I wish a million people would immediately buy it so she is encouraged to write more books. I think it would be a great book for an introductory course, as it is such a concise overview of theories leading up to Darwin's and continuing to new theories. I especially enjoyed the last quarter of the book as these newer theories are less familiar to me. The bibliography has given me new material to read.
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Statistics for the Quality Control Chemistry Laboratory
E. Mullins
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Statistical methods are essential tools for analysts, particularly those working in Quality Control Laboratories. This book provides a sound introduction to their use in analytical chemistry, without requiring a strong mathematical background. It emphasises simple graphical methods of data analysis, such as control charts, which are a key tool in Internal Laboratory Quality Control and which are also a fundamental requirement in laboratory accreditation. A large part of the book is concerned with the design and analysis of laboratory experiments, including sample size determination. Practical case studies and many real datasets, from both QC laboratories and the research literature, are used to illustrate the ideas in action.The aim of Statistics for the Quality Control Chemistry Laboratory is to give the reader a strong grasp of the concept of statistical variation in laboratory data and of the value of simple statistical ideas and methods in thinking about and manipulating such data. It will be invaluable to analysts working in QC laboratories in industry, hospitals and public health, and will also be welcomed as a textbook for aspiring analysts in colleges and universities.
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Calculations: great work examples extracted from real-life chemical tests.......2007-07-16
This is a great statistical text book to be used whenever a Chemist shall need to plan "how many number" of "N" the method validation study should at least cover via experimental studies; to compare present measurement results with the previous past results; to apply statistical techniques to constuct quality control chart. A reader friendly yet comprehensive statistical text book with lots of illustrated work examples dedicted to anyone working in the field of chemical testing.
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Medical laboratory mathematics
Claude Reeves
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Intelligence Through Simulated Evolution: Forty Years of Evolutionary Programming (Wiley Series on Intelligent Systems)
Lawrence J. Fogel
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A unique, one-stop reference to the history, technology, and application of evolutionary programming
Evolutionary programming has come a long way since Lawrence Fogel
first proposed in 1961 that intelligence could be modeled on the natural process of evolution. Efforts to apply this innovative approach to artificial intelligence have also evolved over the years, and the advent of fast desktop computers capable of solving complex computational problems has spawned an explosion of interest in the field.
Offering the unique perspective of one of the inventors of evolutionary programming, this remarkable work traces forty years of developments in the field. Dr. Fogel consolidates a wealth of information and hard-to-find figures from across the literature, providing comprehensive coverage of the evolutionary programming approach to simulated evolution. This includes both an updated, condensed version of his bestselling 1966 work, Artificial Intelligence Through Simulated Evolution (with Owens and Walsh), and a thorough discussion of the history, technology, and methods of machine learning from 1970 to the present.
This important resource features clear, up-to-date explanations of how the simulation of evolutionary processes allows machines to learn to solve new problems in new ways. And it helps readers make the leap to generating intelligent systems-extending the discussion to neural networks, fuzzy logic, and genetic algorithms development. Engineers and computer scientists in all areas of machine learning will gain invaluable insight into existing and emerging applications and obtain ample ideas to draw upon in future research.
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The laws of thermodynamics are amongst the most assured and wide-ranging of all scientific laws. They do not pretend to explain any observation in molecular terms but, by showing the necessary relationships between different physical properties, they reduce otherwise disconnected results to compact order, and predict new effects. This classic title, first published in 1957, is a systematic exposition of principles, with examples of applications, especially to changes of places and the conditions for stability. In all this entropy is a key concept.
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The Fetcher in the Sky
J.D. Klossek
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The Fetcher in the Sky isn't your typical overnight success story. It's the tale of a "never-was" screenwriter, Owen Sloan, who, through various twists and turns in the wash cycle of life, suddenly finds himself labeled a creative genius in Hollywood, USA. How did he achieve such illustrious status and, more importantly, how can you do the same? Simple. Just get arrested for a crime you didn't commit, be commited to an insane asylum for following your doctor's orders, and never, ever, let go of the dream that consumes you. Just call it "Owen's Flying by the Seat of Your Pants Method of Career Advancement."
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