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Introduction to management science

The objective of this management science book is to help the reader solve the decision-making problems that confront managers in both the public and private sectors. It demonstrates the use of mathematical models to solve these problems, and provides numerous examples and illustrations to help ...

Market-valuation methods in life and pension insurance

In classical life insurance mathematics the obligations of the insurance company towards the policy holders were calculated on artificial conservative assumptions on mortality and interest rates. However, this approach is being superseded by developments in international accounting and solvency standards coupled with other advances enabling ...

Mathematics of games and gambling

The new edition of a favourite which introduces and develops some of the important and beautiful elementary mathematics needed for rational analysis of various gambling and game activities. Most of the standard casino games (roulette, craps, blackjack, keno), some social games (backgammon, poker, bridge) and ...

The WTO in the twenty-first century

dispute settlement, negotations, and regionalism in Asia

Three significant issues will determine the future of the WTO: dispute settlement, negotiations and regional integration. Dispute settlement is widely regarded as one of the major successes of the WTO in its first ten years. Concluding the Doha round negotiations is one of its main ...

The institutional economics of corruption and reform

theory, evidence and policy

Corruption has been a feature of public institutions for centuries, yet only relatively recently has it been made the subject of sustained scientific analysis. Johann Graf Lambsdorff shows how insights from institutional economics can be used to develop a better understanding of the institutions necessary ...

Handbook of procurement

How can organizations ensure that they can get best value for money in their procurement decisions? How can they stimulate innovations from their dedicated suppliers? With contributions from leading academics and professionals, this handbook offers expert guidance on the fundamental aspects of successful procurement design ...

Perspectives on innovation

Innovation has become a major field of study in economics, management, sociology, science and technology, and history. Case studies, empirical models, appreciative analyses and formal theories abound. However, after several decades of study on innovation, and so many different types of contribution, there are still ...

The political economy of power sector reform

the experiences of five major developing countries

Over the last fifteen years the world's largest developing countries have initiated market reforms in their electric power sectors from generation to distribution. This book evaluates the experiences of five of those countries - Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa - as they have shifted ...

Complex social networks

The book provides a systematic and self-contained account of the fast- developing theory of complex social networks. Social networks are central to the understanding of most socio-economic phenomena in the modern world. The classical approach to studying them relies on a methodology that abstracts from ...

The refinement of econometric estimation and test procedures

finite sample and asymptotic analysis

The small sample properties of estimators and tests are frequently too complex to be useful or are unknown. Much econometric theory is therefore developed for very large or asymptotic samples where it is assumed that the behaviour of estimators and tests will adequately represent their ...

Acerca del derecho de superficie

En el libro se distinguen varias partes: Una dedicada a los antecedentes históricos y al movimiento codificador, tanto fuera de España como en nuestro Derecho. Con estudio de la situación en nuestro ordenamiento desde la vigencia del Código civil. Otra dedicada a la incidencia en ...

Marketing plans

how to prepare them, how to use them

Now in its 6th edition "Marketing Plans" is a highly renowned international bestseller. The book has been thoroughly revised throughout, and every chapter has been carefully updated with special attention paid to the latest developments in e-marketing, CRM and new planning practices. "Marketing Plans" is ...

All politics is global

explaining international regulatory regimes

Has globalization diluted the power of national governments to regulate their own economies? Are international governmental and nongovernmental organizations weakening the hold of nation-states on global regulatory agendas? Many observers think so. But in All Politics Is Global, Daniel Drezner argues that this view is ...

Producing security

multinational corporations, globalization, and the changing calculus of conflict

Scholars and statesmen have debated the influence of international commerce on war and peace for thousands of years. Over the centuries, analysts have generally treated the questions "Does international commerce influence security?" and "Do trade flows influence security?" as synonymous. In "Producing Security", Stephen Brooks ...

La cuestión religiosa en el siglo XXI

geopolítica y crisis de la posmodernidad

Finalizado el siglo XX, se nos repite continuamente que el «retorno de lo religioso» impregnará la geopolítica mundial y se convertirá en la clave principal para comprender las profundas transformaciones del mundo postmoderno. Pero Georges Corm contradice esta afirmación con este libro estimulante y erudito ...

El secreto de los fósiles

el arte y la ciencia de reconstruir a nuestros antepasados (y a otras criaturas)

En El secreto de los fósiles Mauricio Antón desvela un complejo proceso, que comienza en los yacimientos de fósiles y pasa por el laboratorio paleontológico con escalas para recopilar información adicional en la mesa de disección o en remotos espacios naturales. Técnicas de anatomía forense ...

Implementing CRM

from technology to knowledge

Firms are continually seeking new ways to forge close relationships with their most valuable customers. With recent advances in networking and database management, firms have both the motivation and the means for improving their Customer Relationship Management (CRM) strategies. This book focuses on the actuality ...

Economic analysis of accident Law

Accident law, if properly designed, is capable of reducing the incidence of mishaps by making people act more cautiously. Scholarly writing on this branch of law traditionally has been concerned with examining the law for consistency with felt notions of right and duty. Since the ...

Contra la corrupción en la administración

defensa de los accionistas minoritarios frente a las grandes corporaciones

Desde que la Constitución recogió los derechos fundamentales de los ciudadanos, no puede el poder político aducir razones de Estado para vulnerarlos. En la medida que esto es así supone una conquista del Estado de Derecho de la que deberíamos estar satisfechos si no fuera ...

Just work

This elegant essay on the justice of work focuses on the fit between who we are and the kind of work we do. Russell Muirhead shows how the common hope for work that fulfils us involves more than personal interest; it also points to larger ...