What Do Citicorp, UPS and Marriott have in common? They are "breakthrough" service providers, firms that changed the rules of the game in their respective industries by consistently meeting or exceeding customer needs and expectations. To find out how these companies do it, service management experts James Heskett, Earl Sasser, and Christopher Hart put the question to the chief executive officers of fifteen of America's leading service firms attending a workshop at the Harvard Business School. B...
The World Wave and Tidal Market Report 2009-2013
by Douglas-Westwood
Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Trading for Beginners
by Anthony Williams Ph D
Regional Economic Outlook, October 2011, Western Hempishere
by International Monetary Fund
A pesar del reciente deterioro del entorno económico mundial, las proyecciones para la región implican tan solo un debilitamiento moderado de las perspectivas. En la edición de octubre de 2011 de Perspectivas económicas: Las Américas, el Departamento del Hemisferio Occidental advierte, sin embargo, que los riesgos a la baja son severos. Una fuerte desaceleración en Asia, provocada, por ejemplo, por una recesión en las economías avanzadas, podría afectar a los precios de las materias primas, lo q...
Hong Kong as a Financial Services Centre (Imperial College Management Reports)
by Samuel Hon-Wah Mak
Machine Learning in the Analysis and Forecasting of Financial Time Series
This book is a collection of real-world cases, illustrating how to handle challenging and volatile financial time series data for a better understanding of their past behavior and robust forecasting of their future movement. It demonstrates how the concepts and techniques of statistical, econometric, machine learning, and deep learning are applied to build robust predictive models, and the ways in which these models can be used for constructing profitable portfolios of investments. All the conce...
Vision . . . All the best business schools, books, and gurus say that leaders absolutely must have it--so why does it appear that many of today’s leaders were absent the day that was taught? Because the sad truth is, most leaders today have not developed the visionary capacity necessary to look ahead and explore strategic futures. Or at least their so-called vision is not one that compels, inspires, and energizes their people. Vision may sound like a rare quality, attainable by only a select few...
Economic Modeling in the Post Great Recession Era (Wiley and SAS Business)
by John E. Silvia, Azhar Iqbal, and Sarah Watt House
Reality-based modeling for today's unique economic recovery Economic Modeling in the Post Great Recession Era presents a more realistic approach to modeling, using direct statistical applications to address the characteristics and trends central to current market behaviors. This book's unique focus on the reality of today's markets makes it an invaluable resource for students and practitioners seeking a comprehensive guide to more accurate forecasting. While most books treat the economy as if it...
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The Fast Forward MBA in Business Planning for Growth (Fast Forward MBA, #11)
by Philip Walcoff
The Fast Forward MBA in Business Planning for Growth gives you a strategy for success! Is your company at a standstill, or is it growing but without the focus and strategy it needs for sustained and continued growth? Do you have an idea for a business but no idea where to start? Business planning is vital to the growth and survival of any company, but only an action-oriented plan can give your business the steady growth it needs to survive and succeed in today's business world. Whether your comp...
Medium-Term Dynamic Forecasting
Housing in the United States appears to be constantly in the throes of -crises.- The public perception of American domestic crises (including housing) does not reflect changes in real conditions as much as it reflects a cycle of heightened public interest followed by boredom with the issue in question. As one tries to envision the future of housing in the US, one must not develop a trend based upon the temporary vagaries of the moment. In this volume, the editors discuss the long-term elements t...
Emerging Turkey