{"title":"Business strategy","description":"Books on the subject of Business strategy","products":[{"product_id":"transnational-management-text-and-cases-in-cross-border-management-paperback-9781108436694","title":"Transnational Management; Text and Cases in Cross-Border Management (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108436694","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTransnational Management\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eText and Cases in Cross-Border Management\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTransnational Management offers a uniquely global focus on strategic development, organizational capabilities and management challenges.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eChristopher A. Bartlett (Author), Paul W. Beamish (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108436694, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 March 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e570 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.5 x 17.8 x 2.4 cm, 1.16 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'In this 8th edition, the authors have maintained the unique pedagogic philosophy that has been a hallmark of this special book for so long. With a full suite of companion teaching and learning materials, the three parts of the book, strategic imperatives, the organizational challenge and managerial implications have captured the tensions that continue to dominate cross-border management. Contemporaneity again is maintained after its successful twenty-five year dominance in this field as emerging issues continue to transpire. Practitioners alongside students and researchers will find answers to their cross-border management puzzles in this book. This remains an outstanding book.' Peter W. Liesch , University of Queensland\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eTransnational Management provides an integrated conceptual framework to guide students and instructors through the challenges facing today's multinational enterprises. Through text narrative and cases, the authors skilfully examine the development of strategy, organizational capabilities, and management roles and responsibilities for operating in the global economy. The key concepts are developed in eight chapters that are supplemented by carefully selected practical case studies from world-leading case writers. All chapters have been revised and updated for this eighth edition to reflect the latest thinking in transnational management while retaining the book's strong integrated conceptual framework. Ten new cases have been added, and four others updated. A full range of online support materials are available, including detailed case teaching notes, almost 200 PowerPoint slides, and a test bank. Suitable for MBA, executive education and senior undergraduate students studying international management, international business or global strategy courses, Transnational Management offers a uniquely global perspective on the subject.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Expanding abroad: motivations, means and mentalities\u003cbr\u003e 2. Understanding the international context: responding to conflicting environmental forces\u003cbr\u003e 3. Developing transitional strategies: building layers of competitive advantage\u003cbr\u003e 4. Developing a transitional organization: managing integration, responsiveness, and flexibility\u003cbr\u003e 5. Creating worldwide innovation and learning: exploiting cross-border knowledge management\u003cbr\u003e 6. Engaging in cross-border collaboration: managing across corporate boundaries\u003cbr\u003e 7. 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This book provides a comprehensive, non-technical guide to leveraging website localization strategies for global e-commerce success. It contains a wealth of information and advice, including strategic insights into how international business needs to evolve and adapt in light of the rapid proliferation of the 'Global Internet Economy'. It also features step-by-step guidelines to developing, managing and optimizing international-multilingual websites and insights into cutting-edge web localization strategies.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of figures\u003cbr\u003e List of tables\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Global e-commerce opportunities and challenges\u003cbr\u003e 2. International e-business expansion and market entry strategies\u003cbr\u003e 3. Global online consumer segmentation\u003cbr\u003e 4. Web globalization strategies\u003cbr\u003e 5. 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Sjoerd Beugelsdijk, Professor of International Business, University of Groningen\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eNow in its third edition, this core textbook for advanced undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate students combines analytical rigour and managerial insight on the functioning and strategy of large multinational enterprises (MNEs). Verbeke and Lee develop an original conceptual model that supports student learning by providing an integrated perspective, rooted in theory and practice. The discussion also includes unique commentaries on seventy-four seminal articles published in the Harvard Business Review, the Sloan Management Review, and the California Management Review over the past four decades, demonstrating how the key insights can be applied to real businesses engaged in international expansion programmes, especially as they venture into high-distance markets. 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International strategies of corporate environmental sustainability\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: The true foundations of global corporate success\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Management \u0026amp; management techniques [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Management \u0026amp; management techniques\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Management%20\u0026amp;%20management%20techniques%20%5BKJM%5D%22\"\u003eKJM\u003c\/a\u003e], International business [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on International business\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22International%20business%20%5BKJK%5D%22\"\u003eKJK\u003c\/a\u003e], Business strategy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Business strategy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Business%20strategy%20%5BKJC%5D%22\"\u003eKJC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004708966680,"sku":"9781108488037","price":106.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108488037i.jpg?v=1696706410"},{"product_id":"strategic-leadership-in-the-business-school-keeping-one-step-ahead-hardback-9780521116121","title":"Strategic Leadership in the Business School; Keeping One Step Ahead (Hardback) 9780521116121","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eStrategic Leadership in the Business School\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eKeeping One Step Ahead\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShows how Deans of business schools can build effective strategies and better execute their leadership role.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eFernando Fragueiro (Author), Howard Thomas (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521116121, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 31 March 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e284 pages, 25 b\/w illus.  19 tables\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.8 x 2.4 cm, 0.59 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'A very thoughtful book on how to transform business schools for the future through strategic leadership processes (SLP). 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In this book, Fernando Fragueiro and Howard Thomas show how Deans of business schools can meet such challenges in terms of strategic direction setting and the execution of their leadership role. Drawing on their invaluable experience as Deans of highly successful business schools, they present a series of case studies to show how leaders of five leading business schools (IMD, LBS, INSEAD, IAE and Warwick) have built effective strategies in the context of internal and external political pressures.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of figures\u003cbr\u003e List of tables\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction: global financial crisis: future challenges for strategic leadership, Deans and business schools\u003cbr\u003e 2. The business school landscape: trends and dilemmas\u003cbr\u003e 3. Business schools as professional organisations (professional service firms)\u003cbr\u003e 4. The leadership process in business schools\u003cbr\u003e 5. Strategic leadership in practice: leading the strategic process in three top business schools\u003cbr\u003e 6. Strategic leadership in practice: the role of the Dean\u003cbr\u003e 7. Learning from the trenches: personal reflections on Deanship\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Business strategy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Business strategy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Business%20strategy%20%5BKJC%5D%22\"\u003eKJC\u003c\/a\u003e], Business \u0026amp; management [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Business \u0026amp; management\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Business%20\u0026amp;%20management%20%5BKJ%5D%22\"\u003eKJ\u003c\/a\u003e], Economics, finance, business \u0026amp; management [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economics, finance, business \u0026amp; management\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economics,%20finance,%20business%20\u0026amp;%20management%20%5BK%5D%22\"\u003eK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004783612184,"sku":"9780521116121","price":50.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521116121i_e95af9e4-9805-4110-a5aa-8a779de8377c.jpg?v=1691371510"},{"product_id":"cambridge-handbook-of-strategy-as-practice-hardback-9781107073128","title":"Cambridge Handbook of Strategy as Practice (Hardback) 9781107073128","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCambridge Handbook of Strategy as Practice\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA systematic and comprehensive introduction to the different aspects of strategy as practice, capturing recent developments and providing suggestions for future research.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDamon Golsorkhi (Edited by), Linda Rouleau (Edited by), David Seidl (Edited by), Eero Vaara (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107073128, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 3 September 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e687 pages, 14 b\/w illus.  25 tables\u003cbr\u003e25.3 x 18.2 x 3.5 cm, 1.52 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'The second edition of the Handbook is a major step forward in surveying progress in this rapidly expanding field, addressing its diverse orientations, and anticipating future developments. For anyone seeking inspiration for the study of strategy as it is practiced, or searching for insights into their strategising practices, the Handbook provides an invaluable resource.' Hugh Willmott, Cass Business School, City University London, and Research Professor of Organization Studies, Cardiff Business School, Wales\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eNow in its second edition, this extended and thoroughly updated handbook introduces researchers and students to the growing range of theoretical and methodological perspectives being developed in the vibrant field of strategy as practice. With new authors and additional chapters, it shows how the strategy as practice approach in strategic management moves away from disembodied and asocial studies of firm assets, technologies and practices to explore and explain the contribution that strategizing makes to people working at all levels of an organization. It breaks down many of the traditional paradigmatic barriers in strategy to investigate who the strategists are, what they do, how they do it, and what the consequences or outcomes of their actions are. This essential work summarizes recent developments in the field while presenting a clear agenda for future research.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface to the second edition\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: what is strategy as practice?\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Ontological and Epistemological Questions: 1. Practice in research: phenomenon, perspective and philosophy\u003cbr\u003e 2. Epistemological alternatives for researching strategy as practice: building and dwelling worldviews\u003cbr\u003e 3. Making strategy: meta-theoretical insights from Heideggerian phenomenology\u003cbr\u003e 4. Constructivist paradigms: implications for strategy as practice research\u003cbr\u003e 5. Constructing contribution in strategy-as-practice research\u003cbr\u003e 6. The ongoing challenge of developing cumulative knowledge about strategy as practice\u003cbr\u003e 7. Practical relevance of practice-based research on strategy\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Theoretical Resources: Social Theory: 8. Giddens, structuration theory and strategy as practice\u003cbr\u003e 9. An activity theory approach to strategy as practice\u003cbr\u003e 10. A Bourdieusian perspective on strategizing\u003cbr\u003e 11. An economies-of-worth perspective on strategy as practice: justification, valuation and critique in the practice of strategy\u003cbr\u003e 12. A Wittgensteinian perspective on strategizing\u003cbr\u003e 13. A Foucauldian perspective on strategic practice: strategy as the art of (un)folding\u003cbr\u003e 14. A narrative approach to strategy as practice: strategy-making from texts and narratives\u003cbr\u003e 15. Actor-network theory and strategy as practice\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Theoretical Resources: Organization and Management Theories: 16. An institutional perspective on strategy as practice\u003cbr\u003e 17. Relating strategy as practice to the resource-based view, capabilities perspectives and the micro-foundations approach\u003cbr\u003e 18. Theory of routine dynamics and connections to strategy as practice\u003cbr\u003e 19. Identity work as a strategic practice\u003cbr\u003e 20. Sensemaking in strategy as practice: a phenomenon or a perspective?\u003cbr\u003e 21. The communicative constitution of strategy-making: exploring fleeting moments of strategy\u003cbr\u003e 22. Analytical frames for studying power in strategy as practice and beyond\u003cbr\u003e 23. A critical perspective on strategy as practice\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Methodological Resources: 24. Using ethnography in strategy-as-practice research\u003cbr\u003e 25. Researching strategists and their identity in practice: building 'close-with' relationships\u003cbr\u003e 26. Studying strategizing through biographical methods: narratives of practices and life trajectories of practitioners\u003cbr\u003e 27. Researching everyday practice: the ethnomethodological contribution\u003cbr\u003e 28. Critical discourse analysis as methodology in strategy-as-practice research\u003cbr\u003e 29. Studying strategy as practice through historical methods\u003cbr\u003e 30. Quantitative methods in strategy-as-practice research\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Substantive Topic Areas: 31. Strategic planning as practice\u003cbr\u003e 32. Meetings and workshops as strategy practices\u003cbr\u003e 33. The role of materiality in the practice of strategy\u003cbr\u003e 34. Strategy-as-practice research on middle managers strategy work\u003cbr\u003e 35. Participation in strategy work\u003cbr\u003e 36. 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With its authentic cases and exemplary career trajectories of well-known management scholars as role models, this book is best suited for doctoral students as well as junior faculty.' Jegoo Lee, Academy of Management Learning and Education\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn traditional cultures, the shaman is the healer, the connector, and the spiritual leader or sensemaker. Today in the management academy, some individuals use their intellectual gifts to perform a similar role - mediating between various disciplines, ideas and theories, as well as making sense of ideas, insights, and research for others. This book, based on the work and lives of 28 very well-known management academics, describes what it means - and what it takes - to be an intellectual shaman. It is a fascinating insight into the career paths and the sometimes maverick behaviour that has allowed these individuals to achieve success. Based on extensive interviews, Intellectual Shamans provides both a roadmap to junior scholars and a critique of the current system of academic career progression.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003e 1. The intellectual shaman\u003cbr\u003e 2. The path to intellectual shamanism: becoming fully who you are\u003cbr\u003e 3. Beyond the self: power of purpose\u003cbr\u003e 4. Healer\u003cbr\u003e 5. Connector\u003cbr\u003e 6. Sensemaker\u003cbr\u003e 7. The intellectual shaman\u003cbr\u003e 8. Sage: the work of wisdom\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Corporate governance [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Corporate governance\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Corporate%20governance%20%5BKJR%5D%22\"\u003eKJR\u003c\/a\u003e], Management: leadership \u0026amp; motivation [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Management: leadership \u0026amp; motivation\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Management:%20leadership%20\u0026amp;%20motivation%20%5BKJMB%5D%22\"\u003eKJMB\u003c\/a\u003e], Business ethics \u0026amp; social responsibility [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Business ethics \u0026amp; social responsibility\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Business%20ethics%20\u0026amp;%20social%20responsibility%20%5BKJG%5D%22\"\u003eKJG\u003c\/a\u003e], Business strategy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Business strategy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Business%20strategy%20%5BKJC%5D%22\"\u003eKJC\u003c\/a\u003e], Business \u0026amp; management [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Business \u0026amp; management\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Business%20\u0026amp;%20management%20%5BKJ%5D%22\"\u003eKJ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005218738456,"sku":"9781107085183","price":44.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107085183i_37b1ef0c-ac4a-410e-a26e-991a39cb503d.jpg?v=1696791998"},{"product_id":"strategic-human-resource-management-volume-1-text-and-cases-paperback-9781108711951","title":"Strategic Human Resource Management: Volume 1; Text and Cases (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108711951","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eStrategic Human Resource Management: Volume 1\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eText and Cases\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eProvides students in HRM courses and practising managers with a comprehensive view of essential concepts and techniques in the subject.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eFeza Tabassum Azmi (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108711951, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 23 May 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e334 pages, 5 tables\u003cbr\u003e24.1 x 18.5 x 2.1 cm, 0.54 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date text in the subject. 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This book examines the specific challenges faced by emerging market multinationals as they seek to develop their international operations and proposes actionable solutions for them. The authors seamlessly combine academic analyses with a rich selection of real-world cases to provide a clear framework for understanding some of the barriers that prevent firms from emerging economies from succeeding abroad and show readers what actions can be taken to achieve sustained international growth. With clear, concise arguments and examples that bring the discussion to life, this insightful book will appeal to managers and students alike.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction: the rise of EMNCs\u003cbr\u003e 2. Understanding the challenges of internationalization\u003cbr\u003e 3. Country selection\u003cbr\u003e 4. 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Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: International business [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on International business\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22International%20business%20%5BKJK%5D%22\"\u003eKJK\u003c\/a\u003e], Business strategy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Business strategy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Business%20strategy%20%5BKJC%5D%22\"\u003eKJC\u003c\/a\u003e], Business \u0026amp; management [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Business \u0026amp; management\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Business%20\u0026amp;%20management%20%5BKJ%5D%22\"\u003eKJ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005663400216,"sku":"9781107421523","price":24.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107421523i_a6463a54-b8a1-445d-8147-243b0cadc1bd.jpg?v=1694486067"},{"product_id":"pragmatic-strategy-eastern-wisdom-global-success-hardback-9781107001848","title":"Pragmatic Strategy; Eastern Wisdom, Global Success (Hardback) 9781107001848","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePragmatic Strategy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEastern Wisdom, Global Success\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePresents a unique pragmatic framework for shaping and solving strategic problems in a practical, creative and ethical manner.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eIkujiro Nonaka (Author), Zhichang Zhu (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107001848, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 24 May 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e544 pages, 25 b\/w illus.  10 tables\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.8 x 2.7 cm, 0.98 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Cambridge University Press has done the authors 'proud' in bringing out this handsomely presented volume. They clearly do write as directly and transparently as they can, vis a vis the challenging task of communicating the rather difficult subject-matter involved, without at all sacrificing complexity and depth. The use of Chinese philosophic references is throughout most impressive and the work presents a rich array of informative figures, bibliographic citations and learned notes.' Malcolm Warner, Asia Pacific Business Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePragmatism is enjoying a renaissance in management studies and the social sciences. Once written off as amoral, relativist and opposed to the ideals of Truth, Reason and Progress, it is now regaining influence in public policy, international relations and business strategy. But what can pragmatism teach us about strategy? How can pragmatic strategies help businesses to succeed? This innovative book presents a pragmatic framework for shaping and solving strategic problems in a practical, creative, ethical and finely balanced manner. To achieve this, the authors draw from Confucian teaching, American pragmatism and Aristotelian practical wisdom, as well as business cases across industries and nations, particularly from emerging economies. With significant theoretical depth, direct practical implication and profound cultural sensitivity, the book is useful for executive managers, public administrators, strategy researchers and advanced students in the search for pragmatic strategies in an interconnected, fast-moving world.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of figures\u003cbr\u003e List of tables\u003cbr\u003e List of cited classics\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Why Pragmatism, Why Now?: 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Spirits of pragmatism\u003cbr\u003e Part II. What Do Pragmatic Strategies Look Like?: 3. Strategies in a pragmatic world\u003cbr\u003e 4. Strategy as purposeful emergence\u003cbr\u003e Part III. What to Do, How to Do It?: 5. Dealing with wuli-shili-renli\u003cbr\u003e 6. Timely balanced way-making\u003cbr\u003e 7. Orchestrating WSR, orchestrating the firm\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Think When We Learn: 8. Questioning the conventional paradigm\u003cbr\u003e 9. Pragmatism East and West\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Organizational theory \u0026amp; behaviour [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Organizational theory \u0026amp; behaviour\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Organizational%20theory%20\u0026amp;%20behaviour%20%5BKJU%5D%22\"\u003eKJU\u003c\/a\u003e], Business strategy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Business strategy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Business%20strategy%20%5BKJC%5D%22\"\u003eKJC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005840249112,"sku":"9781107001848","price":67.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107001848i_066ff42a-af9e-4ccd-856e-3be7340ffdd5.jpg?v=1691360812"},{"product_id":"resilient-organizations-responsible-leadership-in-times-of-uncertainty-hardback-9781107164666","title":"Resilient Organizations; Responsible Leadership in Times of Uncertainty (Hardback) 9781107164666","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eResilient Organizations\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eResponsible Leadership in Times of Uncertainty\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book studies the development of organizational resilience in the wake of a crisis.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGuia Beatrice Pirotti (Author), Markus Venzin (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107164666, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 22 December 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e172 pages, 20 b\/w illus.  11 tables\u003cbr\u003e25.5 x 18 x 1.3 cm, 0.46 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Pirotti and Venzin address one of the most important and perplexing questions that executives face today: why do some companies sustain high performance in a turbulent, unpredictable business environment while most cannot? Drawing upon their own research and a diversity of wider sources, the authors offer practical guidance on how to build resilient enterprises.' Robert M. Grant, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milan\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eRecent financial crises have shown that firms need to create more robust business models. However, it seems that the task of developing resilience - a firm's ability to adapt, endure, bounce back and then thrive, despite the shock - appears on most managers' strategic issue list only after such a shock has occurred. Managers, through responsible leadership, can make explicit choices that will enhance their firm's resilience, increasing their chances of anticipating and avoiding these shocks. This book is the result of a three-year research project across seven industries, and is aimed at improving the understanding of why some firms are better than others in dealing with market turbulence. Pirotti and Venzin develop a measure for organizational resilience, identifying resilience drivers and demonstrating how firms can appropriate value from high resilience levels. It is a valuable read for graduates taking a course in strategy and global management and for reflective practitioners.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Investing in the ability to withstand shocks\u003cbr\u003e 2. Measuring long-term sustainable performance\u003cbr\u003e 3. Authenticity\u003cbr\u003e 4. Customer centricity\u003cbr\u003e 5. Product focus\u003cbr\u003e 6. Geographical focus\u003cbr\u003e 7. Long-term orientation and strategic decision making\u003cbr\u003e 8. 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(Hardback) 9781107004672","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDownsizing\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eIs Less Still More?\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA comprehensive overview of downsizing that examines both the strategic and human implications of this process.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCary L. Cooper (Edited by), Alankrita Pandey (Edited by), James Campbell Quick (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107004672, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 19 April 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e460 pages, 24 b\/w illus.  15 tables\u003cbr\u003e23.3 x 15.4 x 2.3 cm, 0.84 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'As downsizing has become ubiquitous in today's business organizations, it is about time to take a deep, rigorous, and multidisciplinary look at it. This book does just that, and in so doing, provides a state of the art description, critique, and prescription for both academics and practitioners.' Patrick M. Wright, William J. Conaty GE Professor of Strategic Human Resources, Cornell University\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eDownsizing is one of the most frequently used business strategies for reducing costs, returning firms to profit or for restructuring businesses following takeovers, mergers and acquisitions. Downsizing measures are also set to become much more prevalent in the public sector as governments seek to restrict levels of public spending. This book is one of the first to provide a thorough study of downsizing from a global perspective. It examines the phenomenon in its entirety, exploring how it is initiated and what the process of downsizing looks like. It also looks at the effects of downsizing at a number of different levels, from the individual (e.g., motivational effects, effects on health and stress levels) to the organizational (e.g., financial outcomes, reputational and productivity outcomes). Written by an international team of experts, the book provides a comprehensive overview of downsizing that examines both the strategic and human implications of this process.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of figures\u003cbr\u003e List of tables\u003cbr\u003e List of contributors\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Overview: 1. Job loss and effects on firms and workers Kevin Hallock, Michael R. Strain and Douglas Webber\u003cbr\u003e 2. How does downsizing come about? Wayne F. Cascio\u003cbr\u003e 3. The antecedents of downsizing Sarah J. Freeman and Kyle Ehrhardt\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Human Outcomes: 4. Human motivation and performance outcomes in the context of downsizing Aharon Tziner, Erich C. Fein and Lior Oren\u003cbr\u003e 5. To downsize human capital: a strategic human resource perspective on the disparate outcomes of downsizing Gary C. McMahan, Alankrita Pandey and Brian Martinson\u003cbr\u003e 6. Health effect outcomes: 'survivor disease' in the context of economic change Johannes Siegrist and Nico Dragano\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Organizational Outcomes: 7. Employee downsizing and organizational performance: what do we know? Deepak K. Datta, Dynah A. Basuil and Elena A. Radeva\u003cbr\u003e 8. Executive perceptions: probing the institutionalization of organizational downsizing William McKinley and Jasmin Chia-Jung Lin\u003cbr\u003e 9. Reducing costs and enhancing efficiency or damaging the company: downsizing in today's global economy Kenneth P. De Meuse and Guangrong Dai\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Post-Downsizing Implications: 10. The stress outcomes of downsizing M. Blake Hargrove, Cary L. Cooper and James Campbell Quick\u003cbr\u003e 11. Good downsizing Rocki-Lee Dewitt\u003cbr\u003e 12. Post-downsizing implications and consequences: a global perspective Franco Gandolfi, Lisa M. Renz, Magnus Hansson and John B. Davenport\u003cbr\u003e 13. Exploring the etiology of positive stakeholder behavior in global downsizing Shay S. Tzafrir, Hila Chalutz Ben-Gal and Simon L. 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S. Krishna (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108485388, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 19 September 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e282 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.7 x 16 x 2.4 cm, 0.5 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eTechnology entrepreneurship has been receiving growing importance as an effective instrument to promote national economic growth, both from empirical researchers and policymakers. India has emerged as the third largest base for high-tech start-ups in the world. Although there is a surge in start-up creation rates in India, little is known about factors required for these start-ups to survive, sustain and grow into large enterprises, particularly in the context of emerging economies like India. This book reviews the entrepreneurial, firm-specific and external environment-specific aspects that influence the key lifecycle stages of high-tech start-ups and identifies the key factors that influence each milestone. Existing literature in this subject has limited studies on the structure of the high-tech start-up sector and processes and strategies adapted by them. This book aims to address this gap, analyzing case studies and empirical data, and provides a multidimensional framework to understand the life cycle of high-tech start-ups.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of tables\u003cbr\u003e List of figures\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e 1. 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Conclusions\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Management \u0026amp; management techniques [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Management \u0026amp; management techniques\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Management%20\u0026amp;%20management%20techniques%20%5BKJM%5D%22\"\u003eKJM\u003c\/a\u003e], Entrepreneurship [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Entrepreneurship\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Entrepreneurship%20%5BKJH%5D%22\"\u003eKJH\u003c\/a\u003e], Business innovation [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Business innovation\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Business%20innovation%20%5BKJD%5D%22\"\u003eKJD\u003c\/a\u003e], Business strategy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Business strategy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Business%20strategy%20%5BKJC%5D%22\"\u003eKJC\u003c\/a\u003e], Business \u0026amp; management [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Business \u0026amp; management\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Business%20\u0026amp;%20management%20%5BKJ%5D%22\"\u003eKJ\u003c\/a\u003e], Urban economics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Urban economics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Urban%20economics%20%5BKCU%5D%22\"\u003eKCU\u003c\/a\u003e], Development economics \u0026amp; emerging economies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Development economics \u0026amp; emerging economies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Development%20economics%20\u0026amp;%20emerging%20economies%20%5BKCM%5D%22\"\u003eKCM\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266368524568,"sku":"9781108485388","price":65.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108485388i_6082be52-a00c-4f89-bac2-72110c337c63.jpg?v=1696706297"},{"product_id":"ownership-structure-related-party-transactions-and-firm-valuation-evidence-from-indian-business-groups-hardback-9781108492195","title":"Ownership Structure, Related Party Transactions, and Firm Valuation; Evidence from Indian Business Groups (Hardback) 9781108492195","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eOwnership Structure, Related Party Transactions, and Firm Valuation\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEvidence from Indian Business Groups\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExamines the effect of ownership structure and the disclosure of related party transactions on the firm valuation of group-affiliated firms in India.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAmrinder Khosa (Author), Kamran Ahmed (Author), Darren Henry (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108492195, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 21 March 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e188 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.8 x 15.6 x 1.6 cm, 0.37 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eConcentrated ownership is considered to be the best protection for shareholders in economies where legal protection is relatively weak. This book investigates and concludes, for Indian business groups, that concentrated-inside ownership provides opportunities for the expropriation of minority shareholders. While more concentrated direct ownership of controlling families results in a higher market value of equity, indirect ownership obtained through cross-holding provides incentives to extract private benefits and results in value loss. This finding requires the prompt attention of regulatory bodies, outside investors and other interested parties. This book examines the effect of ownership structure and disclosure of related-party transactions on firm valuation of group-affiliated firms in India, by using a sample of 317 listed firms comprising 1350 firm-year observations from 2008 to 2017. 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Experts provide surveys of a large range of literature scattered across applied and theoretical statistics journals as well as econometrics and empirical economics journals.  \u003ci\u003eThe Handbook of Economic Forecasting\u003c\/i\u003e Volumes 2A and 2B provide a unique compilation of chapters giving a coherent overview of forecasting theory and applications in one place and with up-to-date accounts of all major conceptual issues.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003col\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eForecasting Inflation:\u003c\/b\u003e Jon Faust and Jonathan Wright (Johns Hopkins University) \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDSGE Model-Based Forecasting:\u003c\/b\u003e Marco Del Negro (Federal Reserve Bank of New York) and Frank Schorfheide (University of Pennsylvania) \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eForecasting Output:\u003c\/b\u003e Marcelle Chauvet (University of California, Riverside) and Simon Potter (Federal Reserve Bank of New York) \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNowcasting and the Real Time Data Flow:\u003c\/b\u003e Marta Banbura (European Central Bank), Domenico Giannone (Universite Libre de Bruxelles), Michele Modugno (University Libre de Bruxelles), and Lucrezia Reichlin (London Business School)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eForecasting and Policy Making:\u003c\/b\u003e Volker Wieland and Maik Wolters (Goethe University, Frankfurt)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eForecasting Stock Returns:\u003c\/b\u003e David Rapach (St. Louis University) and Guofu Zhou (Washington University at St Louis)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eForecasting Interest Rates:\u003c\/b\u003e Gregory Duffee (Johns Hopkins University)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eForecasting the Price of Oil:\u003c\/b\u003e Ron Alquist (Bank of Canada), Lutz Kilian (University of Michigan),and Robert J. 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The author does a great job in covering the various topics in a scientifically sound and comprehensive way without losing practitioner focus. The SAS and R case studies further contribute to its value and make it indispensable for anyone working in credit risk!\" \u003cb\u003e--Bart Baesens, KU Leuven and the University of Southampton\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"It is commendable that practitioners like Dr Tiziano Bellini find the time to write volumes on the important industry developments in risk management. This timely volume provides a guide to credit risk modelling and validation in the context of IFRS 9 and CECL expected credit loss estimates. The book is thus developed in the context of the familiar PD, LGD and EAD framework. Recent challenging developments are discussed, for example the treatment of lifetime losses is very timely. The last part of the book, where multivariate time series models are brought into play, can also give ideas to researchers who may wish to make their work more relevant for the industry. More generally, this volume provides an unparalleled guide for graduate and MSc students. Examples in R and SAS make the book a must-have for risk management practitioners.\" \u003cb\u003e--Damiano Brigo, Imperial College London\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIFRS 9 and CECL Credit Risk Modelling and Validation\u003c\/i\u003e covers a hot topic in risk management. Both IFRS 9 and CECL accounting standards require Banks to adopt a new perspective in assessing Expected Credit Losses. The book explores a wide range of models and corresponding validation procedures. The most traditional regression analyses pave the way to more innovative methods like machine learning, survival analysis, and competing risk modelling. Special attention is then devoted to scarce data and low default portfolios. A practical approach inspires the learning journey. In each section the theoretical dissertation is accompanied by Examples and Case Studies worked in R and SAS, the most widely used software packages used by practitioners in Credit Risk Management.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction to Expected Credit Loss Modelling and Validation2. One-Year PDs3. Lifetime PDs 14. LGD Modelling5. Prepayments, Competing Risks and EAD Modelling6. 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Every IT manager needs to move aside a few technical manuals to make room for Holtsnider \u0026amp; Jaffe’s 2nd Edition, IT Manager's Handbook. They have captured the role of every IT Leader and their book should be mandatory for anyone moving into this position.\"\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e--\u003cb\u003eJim Chilton – Vice President and CIO, SolidWorks Corporation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Had this book been available 10 years ago, it would have eased my transition from a purely technical role to a technology management role. Even after a number of years as an IT Manager, I found helpful insights in the first edition of this book and this second edition has added an expanded base of topics to help any new manager succeed. \" \u003cb\u003e--Brian McMann, Director, IT Systems, New Global Telecom\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book is a must-read for a new IT Manager. 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A book that gives as much weight to managing team member personalities as it does to managing software licenses….The breadth and scope of this book is also quite?impressive, given it is only 300 pages long. Outsourcing,?cloud computing, project costing and scheduling, security management and of course employee handling all are covered efficiently and with immediate practical consequences. There is more to rave on about with this book, but really all you need to know is that it is a must-have for any beginner IT manager. Read it, and you are off to a great start. And of course the cost of the book is irrelevant - it is worth it.\" \u003cb\u003e--BCS.org\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Intended as a primer for IT professionals moving into management roles, the third edition of this work adds a new chapter on new connectivity issues surrounding social media and handheld devices. 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Suggested supplemental reading for each topic makes this work a valuable resource for seasoned management as well as novice managers in an IT setting.\" \u003cb\u003e--Reference and Research Book News, August 2012\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIT Manager’s Handbook, Third Edition,\u003c\/i\u003e provides a practical reference that you will return to again and again in an ever-changing corporate environment where the demands on IT continue to increase. Make your first 100 days really count with the fundamental principles and core concepts critical to your success as a new IT Manager. 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In Content Strategy at Work, Bloomstein frames the cases with meaningful context, crisp approaches to problem solving (I will definitely be cribbing from her message architecture client exercise, which she generously shares) and genuine curiosity.\" \u003cb\u003e--ScatterGather.Razorfish.com\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The newest book to the list, Content Strategy at Work by Margot Bloomstein, is a great starting point for those with backgrounds in SEO, social media, or design. Bloomstein effortlessly ties common marketing disciplines to the emerging forefront of content marketing and does so by providing ultra-readable and down to earth case studies. The real lesson presented here, and what drives this book, is to give the user a better experience, a goal that all marketers, regardless of?background, shouldn’t find much trouble getting behind.\" \u003cb\u003e--SparkPlugDigital.com\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Margot Bloomstein guides us through the lifecycle and mindset for content strategy. The process begins with defining what you really need to say. It ends with a solid plan, and long-term commitment, for maintaining that content. To illustrate this lifecycle, Bloomstein provides not only approaches from her personal experience but also a range of case studies from non-profits, healthcare, auto, apparel, higher education and many more. That’s a wide variety of budgets, team sizes, and goals. Chances are you'll find many instances in this book that make you say, ‘Their situation is exactly like ours!’\" \u003cb\u003e--Content-Science.com\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Bloomstein, who heads a brand and content strategy consultancy that helps retailers, universities, and other clients engage target audiences and project key messages through traditional and social media, shows designers, information architects, project managers, copywriters, social media consultants, and others who work with visual or verbal content specific strategies for prioritizing content initiatives to ensure that its types, tone, and media support the customer experience in a way that is appropriate to the brand and useful to its audience.\" \u003cb\u003e--Reference and Research Book News, Inc.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eContent is king… and the new kingmaker… and your message needs to align with your model and metrics and other mumbo jumbo, right? 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And you can measure it in time, creativity, money, lost opportunity, and the sobs you hear equally from creative directors, project managers, and search engine marketing specialists. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe solution is content strategy, and this book offers real-world examples and approaches you can adopt, no matter your role on the team. Put content strategy to work for you by gathering this book into your little hands and gobbling up never-before seen case studies from teams at Johns Hopkins Medicine, MINI, Icebreaker, and more. Content Strategy at Work is a book for designers, information architects, copywriters, project managers, and anyone who works with visual or verbal content. 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The quantitative tools certainly have applicability beyond development economics, and the thought-provoking chapters on institutions and land will be of wide interest.\" \u003cb\u003e--Economic Record\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"On the whole, list the Ist and II nd volumes, the IIIA and IIIB volumes will be regarded as a collection of some excellent and useful surveys by many leading authorities in the field of development economics. ...together, they make excellent reading and sources of very useful references.\" \u003cb\u003e--Economics of Planning\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis third volume of the \u003ci\u003eHandbook of Development Economics\u003c\/i\u003e employs rigorous theoretical and empirical frameworks. It focuses on policy and includes material from unpublished and not generally available sources. 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This volume offers IT industry analysts, China watchers, policy makers and advisors, IT researchers, and investors a singular and authoritative view on how China should get there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART ONE\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDEVELOPMENT OF OUR COUNTRY’S IT INDUSTRY IN THE NEW PERIOD (October 28, 2008)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePART TWO\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eREPORT ON AN INSPECTION TOUR OF THE US AND CANADIAN ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES (August 10, 1983)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eREVITALIZE OUR COUNTRY’S ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY (September 11, 1983)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eACCELERATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY AND MEET THE CHALLENGES OF THE NEW TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTION (February 10, 1984)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGRADUALLY EXPLORE A CHINESE STYLE DEVELOPMENT PATH FOR THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY (February 21, 1984) \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePROMOTE RAPID AND BALANCED DEVELOPMENT OF OUR COUNTRY’S ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY (March 1, 1984) \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFOREIGN TRADE IN THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY AND ITS DEVELOPMENT POLICY (August 20, 1984) \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eACCELERATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR COUNTRY’S COMPUTER INDUSTRY (September 5, 1984)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eREVITALIZE THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY AND PROMOTE THE FOUR MODERNIZATIONS (September 16, 1984)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWRITE A NEW CHAPTER IN OUR COUNTRY’S COMPUTER INDUSTRY (December 1984)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eINITIATE A NEW PHASE IN THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY’S SERVICES FOR THE FOUR MODERNIZATIONS (January 28, 1985)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAPPENDIX I\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBASIC STRATEGY AND MEASURES FOR ACCELERATING THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR COUNTRY’S ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY (January 24, 1985) \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAPPENDIX II \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIDEAS FOR THE REFORM OF THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY’S MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (January 24, 1985) \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSEVERAL ISSUES CONCERNING SHIFTING THE FOCUS OF SERVICES IN THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY AND REFORMING ITS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (February 4, 1985) \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCONSCIENTIOUSLY STUDY AND SOLVE PROBLEMS FACING THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR COUNTRY’S ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY (June 1, 1985)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDEVELOPMENT STRATEGY ISSUES IN OUR COUNTRY’S ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY (June 5, 1985)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNEW CHARACTERISTICS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WORLD’S ELECTRONIC INFORMATION INDUSTRY AND STRATEGY ISSUES CONCERNING THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHINA’S ELECTRONIC INFORMATION INDUSTRY (May 26, 1989)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCOMPUTERIZE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT (June 1, 1993)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSEIZING INFORMATION SUPERIORITY WILL BECOME A FOCUS IN WARFARE (December 14, 1996)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCREATE A SET OF EFFECTIVE MECHANISMS TO DEVELOP NEW AND HIGH TECHNOLOGIES AND INDUSTRIES TO USE THEM (February 10, 1999)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eACCELERATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR COUNTRY’S INFORMATION AND NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES (March 3, 2000)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSPEECH AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 16TH WORLD COMPUTER CONGRESS (August 21, 2000) \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSTRIVE TO ACCOMPLISH THE TWO HISTORIC TASKS OF MECHANIZING AND INFORMATIONIZING OUR ARMY (December 11, 2000) \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePROMOTE THE RAPID AND SOUND DEVELOPMENT OF OUR COUNTRY’S INFORMATION NETWORKS (July 11, 2001)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eACCELERATE OUR COUNTRY’S INFORMATIONIZATION (August 25, 2001)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUSE INFORMATIONIZATION TO DRIVE INDUSTRIALIZATION AND USE INDUSTRIALIZATION TO PROMOTE INFORMATIONIZATION (November 8, 2002)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eINFORMATIONIZE THE ARMY (December 27, 2002)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSTRIVE TO SEIZE THE TECHNOLOGICAL INITIATIVE IN THE MICROELECTRONICS, SOFTWARE AND COMPUTER INDUSTRIES (December 10, 2006)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Information technology industries [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Information technology industries\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Information%20technology%20industries%20%5BKNTX%5D%22\"\u003eKNTX\u003c\/a\u003e], Business strategy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Business strategy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Business%20strategy%20%5BKJC%5D%22\"\u003eKJC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Academic Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46648677564696,"sku":"9780123813695","price":41.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780123813695.jpg?v=1695014016"},{"product_id":"credit-data-and-scoring-the-first-triumph-of-big-data-and-big-algorithms-paperback-9780128188156","title":"Credit Data and Scoring; The First Triumph of Big Data and Big Algorithms (Paperback) 9780128188156","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCredit Data and Scoring\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe First Triumph of Big Data and Big Algorithms\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cp\u003eProvides new insights into the ways that data and scores interact to produce diverse results in countries around the world\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEric Rosenblatt (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780128188156, Elsevier Science\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 7 January 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e274 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.1 x 1.8 cm, 0.52 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Explores credit scoring and personal data collection by credit reporting agencies (CRAs), highlighting the arbitrariness, unfairness, and inaccuracy of the practice. 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I know several of the deals in this book, and the principals who made the right choices were those who could think well about their fundamentals and develop the conviction to act.  This book will help students and professionals do both.? — \u003cb\u003eWilbur Smith, President\/Founder, Greenlaw Partners\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eApprox.240 pages\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection A: Building a framework\u003c\/b\u003eCase 1 Vista View and a Second Shot at OwnershipCase 2 Altitude and Perspective: Let the Fund Guide Investment?Case 3 Apples and Oranges: The Strengths and Weaknesses of Being a GeneralistCase 4 Motor City Madness? 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Late-Cycle Underwriting for Irwindale Reliance and the Olympic PlantCase 19 The Minnifield ParcelCase 20 Do Cycles Die of Old Age? 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To induce people to follow your lead, you must be a good negotiator. The five attributes of Leader-Negotiator that Sylvester so insightfully presents are something every manager must possess.\" \u003cb\u003e--Gordana Dobrijevi, Univerzitet Singidunum\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eNegotiating in the Leadership Zone expertly addresses the question: How do leaders become better negotiators? Much has been written about leadership, and negotiating skills have long been the subject of academics and business consultants. This book successfully brings negotiation and leadership together for the first time, building separate insights about them into practical, applied lessons and tools that can be used immediately. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eLeaders will find unique cases, examples, and insights for high-stakes and routine negotiations alike. Mixng a readable, non-jargon approach with real-world stories and wide applicability, the author's use of 50+ years of experience as a business owner, negotiation consultant, and teacher to convey the fundamental logic and strategies underlying negotiations. The results are more than convincing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection I – The Mind of the Leader-Negotiator\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The Case for the Leader-as-Negotiator\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Attributes of Effective Leader-Negotiators\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Systems-3 Leadership\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection II – Identifying Assumptions using Effective Questioning (EQ)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Introduction to Effective Questioning (EQ)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Using Effective Questioning Strategically\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Win-Win and Win-Lose in the Leadership Zone\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection III – Negotiating in the Leadership Zone\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. The Power and Influence of Frames\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Perspectives on Strategy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Perspectives on the Use of Tactics-Refer to Appendix D: Thirty Tactics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Troubleshooting the Collaborative Process\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection IV – Managing Conflict\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. The Context of Conflict\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. 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Simultaneously and astonishingly, it is of immediate practical relevance for asset management, asset pricing and risk management. This book is required reading, for academics and practitioners alike.? --\u003cb\u003eFrancis X. Diebold, J.M. Cohen Professor of Economics, University of Pennsylvania\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Calvet and Fisher have fashioned the definitive treatment of multi-fractal models of return volatility. Since Mandelbrot first challenged the standard paradigm, evidence supporting the parsiomony and flexibility of the multifractal approach has accumulated. Calvet and Fisher are uniquely positioned to finally unify this progress, much of which is based on their own research. The result is masterful and convincing, particularly for capturing return risk over multiple time horizons. I highly recommend their book.\" --\u003cb\u003eDarrell Duffie, Dean Witter Distinguished Professor of Finance, Stanford University, CA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“This book offers a unified treatment of multifractal volatility, a remarkable approach developed by the authors in a series of earlier papers. The idea is to capture in a single, coherent framework the set of observed features of financial data, whether seen as “jumps? in continuous-time models, “fat tails? in data discretely sampled over short intervals, different characterizations of volatility persistence over intermediate and long horizons, and nonlinearities and skewness in the conditional distributions. The underlying framework is a Markov-switching model with a very large number of different regimes, with the nature of different regimes summarized by a much smaller set of parameters. The book provides an excellent illustration of just how successful this flexible yet parsimonious approach can be in terms of describing a wide variety of the characteristics of financial time series.? --\u003cb\u003eJames Hamilton, Professor of Economics, University of California, San Diego\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Calvet and Fisher provide a valuable and thorough development of a novel class of models of financial market volatility. The methods and models exposited so nicely in their book should be part of the toolkit of researchers interested in understanding and characterizing the stochastic nature of volatility fluctuations. Their book is simultaneously accessible and complete. It shows how to use these models in practice, and it provides a rigorous foundation for their application.? --\u003cb\u003eLars Hansen, Livingston Distinguished Service Professor, University of Chicago, IL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Volatility is a central concern of modern financial econometrics, challenging econometricians to build plausible models and practical methods of inference. Calvet and Fisher draw together the ingredients of a promising new research agenda, integrating a decade of work on multifractal modeling into a masterful overview of the field of volatility, demonstrating the advantages of Markov switching multifractals in aggregating components of differing persistence and showing us how rare events need not be studied in isolation as curiosa. A compelling read for financial theorists and practitioners.? --\u003cb\u003ePeter C. B. Philips, Sterling Professor of Economics \u0026amp; Statistics, Yale University, CT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“To accommodate the high persistence and variability of volatility in financial time series, Calvet and Fisher developed the class of Markov-Switching Multifractal models. This book, which summarizes ten years of their research, is of great interest to researchers in asset pricing and essential reading for practitioners working on risk management or volatility forecasting.? --\u003cb\u003eJose Scheinkman, Theodore Wells '29 Professor of Economics, Princeton University, NJ \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eCalvet and Fisher present a powerful, new technique for volatility forecasting that draws on insights from the use of multifractals in the natural sciences and mathematics and provides a unified treatment of the use of multifractal techniques in finance. A large existing literature (e.g., Engle, 1982; Rossi, 1995) models volatility as an average of past shocks, possibly with a noise component. This approach often has difficulty capturing sharp discontinuities and large changes in financial volatility. Their research has shown the advantages of modelling volatility as subject to abrupt regime changes of heterogeneous durations. Using the intuition that some economic phenomena are long-lasting while others are more transient, they permit regimes to have varying degrees of persistence. By drawing on insights from the use of multifractals in the natural sciences and mathematics, they show how to construct high-dimensional regime-switching models that are easy to estimate, and substantially outperform some of the best traditional forecasting models such as GARCH. The goal of \u003ci\u003eMultifractal Volatility\u003c\/i\u003e is to popularize the approach by presenting these exciting new developments to a wider audience. They emphasize both theoretical and empirical applications, beginning with a style that is easily accessible and intuitive in early chapters, and extending to the most rigorous continuous-time and equilibrium pricing formulations in final chapters.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreface\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1 Introduction\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2 Background\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3 The Multifractal Volatility Model: The MMAR\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4 The Marko-Switching Multifractal (MSM) in Discrete Time\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. Multivariate MSM\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6 The Marko-Switching Multifractal in Continuous Time\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7 Multifrequency News and Stock Returns\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8 Multifrequency Jump Diffusions\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9 Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAppendices\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Business strategy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Business strategy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Business%20strategy%20%5BKJC%5D%22\"\u003eKJC\u003c\/a\u003e], Banking [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Banking\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Banking%20%5BKFFK%5D%22\"\u003eKFFK\u003c\/a\u003e], Finance [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Finance\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Finance%20%5BKFF%5D%22\"\u003eKFF\u003c\/a\u003e], Economic forecasting [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economic forecasting\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economic%20forecasting%20%5BKCJ%5D%22\"\u003eKCJ\u003c\/a\u003e], Macroeconomics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Macroeconomics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Macroeconomics%20%5BKCB%5D%22\"\u003eKCB\u003c\/a\u003e], Economics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economics%20%5BKC%5D%22\"\u003eKC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Academic Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46648851562776,"sku":"9780121500139","price":61.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780121500139_826a9c46-b6e1-4750-a4dc-665fb9064422.jpg?v=1695006656"},{"product_id":"computational-finance-numerical-methods-for-pricing-financial-instruments-hardback-9780750657228","title":"Computational Finance; Numerical Methods for Pricing Financial Instruments (Hardback) 9780750657228","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eComputational Finance\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eNumerical Methods for Pricing Financial Instruments\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe book covers financial engineering with an emphasis on computational\/numerical methods and software development\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGeorge Levy (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780750657228\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 17 December 2003\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e460 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.4 x 16.5 x 2.9 cm, 0.91 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"…there are a number of books that describe the numerical methods available for solving the resultant equations in each of these areas. But the final step of coding the numerical models in a suitable environment has not, up to this point, been particularly well covered. Until now. My next choice, Computational Finance: Numerical Methods for Pricing Financial Instruments, written by George Levy and published by Elsevier Butterworth Heinemann as part of the Elsevier finance series, does precisely that. It also includes a [companion site] full of code and examples in environments including Visual Basic in Excel, C, C++, as well as more advanced environments such as HTML, XML, Delphi and C#.net. This is the first in what I expect will become a growing area, which may mean that financial engineering coders will finally be able to throw out their old copies of Numerical Recipes. 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