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Portfolio management with heuristic optimization

Portfolio Management with Heuristic Optimization consist of two parts. The first part (Foundations) deals with the foundations of portfolio optimization, its assumptions, approaches and the limitations when "traditional" optimization techniques are to be applied. In addition, the basic concepts of several heuristic optimization techniques are ...

Advances in public economics

utility, choice and welfare : a festschrift for Cristian Seidl

'The Festschrift in honor of Christian Seidl' gathers a group of prominent authors being experts in areas like Public Economics, Welfare Economics, Social Choice Theory, Public Choice Theory, Decision Theory and Experimental Economics. Christian Seidl, known as one of the editors of the three-volume 'Handbook ...

Raising capital

Most small businesses cite lack of capital is a major constraint on growth. Raising Capital focuses on non-bank sources of capital since banks only lend to companies that fit a very narrow profile. The topics covered include: (i) capital sources entrepreneurs can tap when they ...

Compartir soluciones

las cooperativas como factor de desarrollo en zonas desfavorecidas

Los vencidos

Los vencidos constituye un testimonio único sobre la posguerra civil. La obra permanecía inédita en España, pese a haber sido escrita en 1960, ya que la censura franquista impidió entonces su aparición. Fue publicada por la editorial Feltrinelli en Italia, por Gallimard en Francia, traducida ...

Lujuria

los siete pecados capitales

A chronology of the Byzantine Empire

This work provides a clear and comprehensive chronology of the Eastern Roman Empire from the foundation of Constantinople in 324 AD to the extinction of the last Byzantine principality in 1461 AD. Shedding light on a once- obscure period of Eastern Mediterranean and Balkan history ...

Occidentalism

a short history of anti-westernism

'Occidentalism' is an investigation into the hostile stereotypes of the Western world that fuels the hatred at the heart of movements such as Al Qaeda. A work of extraordinary range and erudition, it enlarges significantly our understanding of the world in which we live.

Ensayos de comprensión 1930-1954

escritos no reunidos e inéditos de Hannah Arendt

Poverty and charity in the jewish community of medieval Egypt

What was it like to be poor in the Middle Ages? In the past, the answer to this question came only from institutions and individuals who gave relief to the less fortunate. This book, by one of the top scholars in the field, is the ...

Freakonomics

a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything

In Freakonomics Steven Levitt asks a series of provocative and profound questions about contemporary living and helps us to see the familiar world through a completely original lens. He examines everything from education to traffic jams, from food to guns, from sports to getting elected ...

La biennale di Venezia

51 esposizione internazionale d'arte

Si chiamerà L#esperienza dell#arte la mostra che la de Corral curerà nel Padiglione Italia e che avrà un carattere maggiormente classico, ponendo a confronto opere di grandi artisti scomparsi negli ultimi trent#anni che guardano all#attualità, da Beuys a Warhol, da Basquiat ...

The cardinal's hat

money, ambition and housekeeping in a renaissance court

Second son of Lucretia Borgia, Ippolito d'Este loved gambling, hunting, tennis and women. He became Archbishop of Milan at the age of 9 ... But he had to wait another twenty years before he acquired his coveted cardinal's hat, the route to wealth and ...

How to run successful incentive schemes

This revised third edition, which is now endorsed by the Institute of Sales Promotion, includes up-to-date and relevant information for anyone who has the responsibility for developing employee performance and maximizing profit potential. How to Run Successful Incentive Schemes covers all aspects of performance improvement ...

The marketing plan workbook

Planning is one of the most important roles of management, and a company#s marketing plan is a key component of business strategy. It should identify the most promising business opportunities and outline how to penetrate, capture and maintain market positions. The Marketing Plan Workbook ...

Kellogg on biotechnology

thriving through integration

Biotechnology is the new capital. The many stakeholders in this revolution include scientists, technologists, managers, and venture capitalists; health care, agricultural, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries; law professionals and ethicists; public policymakers; and, finally, the society and individuals who are in the midst of all that ...

Effective media relations

how to get results

The power of the media is unquestionable # the impact it can have on public opinion and decision making is quite unique # and knowing how to use it effectively is an essential skill for all public relations practitioners. In this third edition of Effective Media Relations ...

Enciclopedia of new religious movements

An essential companion to both research and scholarship upon which undergraduates, postgraduates, lecturers and researchers can all be expected to draw.

Nuevas perspectivas sobre el castigo de la heterodoxia indígena en la Nueva España

siglos XVI-XVIII

Transiciones de la dictadura a la democracia

los casos de España y América Latina

El libro construye un marco analítico y comparativo entre los procesos de transición política de España y de algunos países latinoamericanos. El análisis de las transiciones se presenta como el proceso que construye y celebra la democracia. El análisis de casos que el texto recoge ...