The scientific study of complex systems has transformed a wide range of disciplines in recent years, enabling researchers in both the natural and social sciences to model and predict phenomena as diverse as earthquakes, global warming, demographic patterns, financial crises, and the failure of materials. In this book, Didier Sornette boldly applies his varied experience in these areas to propose a simple, powerful, and general theory of how, why, and when stock markets crash. Most attempts to ex...
There are thousands of mergers every year and, by some estimates, two-thirds of them either fail or fall far short of expectations. How can leaders keep their merger from becoming a head-on collision? In The Human Side of M&A, Dennis Carey and Dayton Ogden argue that most failed mergers looked good on paper--they made financial and strategic sense--but the crucial human element was neglected or overlooked. Consequently, corporate cultures often clash and wreck any chance that the companies will...
What happens next? That's what everybody wants to know, and astrology has been providing answers to that question for centuries. But astrologers are only as good as their methods, and incomplete methods give an incomplete picture. That's where progressions come in. When used in conjunction with the other predictive tools in the astrologer's kit, progressions provide a fresh set of insights into future trends and help complete the picture of the coming days, months, and years. Predictive Astrolog...
European Domestic Tourism and Leisure Trends Development
Multicriteria Decision Aid Methods for the Prediction of Business Failure
The New Germany: Identifying Oppportunities and Winning Market Share (European strategy reports)
Best of Long Range Planning
The aim of The Best of Long Range Planning is to bring together the best articles on a particular topic from the Long Range Planning journal, so that readers wishing, to study a specific aspect of planning- can find an authoritative and comprehensive view of the subject. conveniently published in one volume. The Best of 'Long Range Planning' builds into an invaluable reference library, covering, all the important aspects of strategic planning.
The Market for Consumer Electronics in Latin America (Emerging markets)
The Market for Dairy Products in South-East Asia (Emerging markets)
Anticipating Correlations: A New Paradigm for Risk Management (Econometric Institute Lectures)
by Robert Engle
Nord-Pas De Calais (European investment regions)
The Market for Tobacco in China (Emerging markets)
The Chinese Economy into the 21st Century-forecasts and Policies
by Jingwen Li
Brunei Darussalam, 2007 (Report)
Communications Outlook
