Tabla de Contenidos: “…Budgeting for a Better Bottom Line -- Brushing Up on Budgeting Basics -- Seeing the master budget and its component parts -- Why budgeting is important -- Considering the costs and benefits of data collection -- Leveraging AI and data analytics for effective budgeting -- Planning strategically -- Planning How to Plan: Factors That Impact Your Budgeting Process -- Experience counts -- Timing is everything -- People get you headed in the right direction -- Sales projections pay off -- The Nuts and Bolts (and Washers) of Budgeting -- Understanding the budgeting financials -- Reviewing revenue and production budgets -- Budgeting with Cash Accounting or Accrual Accounting -- Cash basis accounting: Using your checkbook to budget -- I accrue, you accrue, we all accrue with accrual accounting -- Budgeting to Produce the Income Statement and Balance Sheet -- The well-balanced balance sheet -- The incredible income statement -- Chapter 7 Constant Change: Variance Analysis -- Variance Analysis and Budgeting -- Using management by exception to recognize large variances -- Seeing the problem in using a static budget -- Opting for a flexible budget -- Investigating budget variances -- Analyzing in Material Price and Efficiency Variances -- Applying price variances to direct materials -- Applying efficiency variances to direct materials -- Implementing price variances for direct labor -- Sizing up efficiency variances for direct labor…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The theory of contestable markets -- Box 11.1 A fast food race to the bottom -- Box 11.2 E-commerce -- Box 11.3 Premier league football: the Sky is the limit -- Box 11.4 'It could be you' -- Summary -- Review questions -- 12 Profit maximisation under imperfect competition -- 12.1 Monopolistic competition -- 12.2 Oligopoly -- 12.3 Game theory -- Box 12.1 OPEC -- Box 12.2 Oligopoly and oligopsony -- Box 12.3 The prisoners' dilemma -- Box 12.4 The Hunger Games -- Summary -- Review questions -- 13 Alternative theories of the firm -- 13.1 Problems with traditional theory -- 13.2 Behavioural economics of the firm -- 13.3 Alternative maximising theories -- 13.4 Multiple aims -- Box 13.1 How firms increase profits by understanding 'irrational' consumers -- Box 13.2 Constraints on firms' pricing -- Box 13.3 Stakeholder power -- Summary -- Review questions -- Additional Part E case studies on the Economics for Business student website -- Websites relevant to Part E -- Part F SUPPLY: ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES -- 14 An introduction to business strategy -- 14.1 What is strategy?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1 Introduction to Machine Learning for Analyzing Material-Microbe Interactions -- 1.1 Introduction -- References -- Chapter 2 Introduction to 2D Materials -- 2.1 Classification of 2D Materials -- 2.2 Synthesis of 2D Materials -- 2.2.1 Top-Down Methods -- 2.2.2 Bottom-Up Methods -- 2.2.3 Layer Transfer Methods -- 2.3 Functionality of 2D Materials -- 2.3.1 Mechanical Properties -- 2.3.2 Electrical Properties -- 2.3.3 Optical Properties -- 2.4 Applications of 2D Materials -- References -- Chapter 3 An Overview of Machine Learning -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.1.1 The Processing Pipeline of an ML Task -- 3.1.2 Data Integration -- 3.1.3 Data Preparation -- 3.1.4 Model Building -- 3.1.5 Model Evaluation -- 3.2 ML Algorithms -- 3.2.1 Bias and Variance -- 3.3 Unsupervised Learning -- 3.3.1 Cluster Analysis -- 3.3.2 Principal Component Analysis (PCA) -- 3.4 Supervised Learning -- 3.4.1 Regression -- 3.4.2 Classification -- 3.4.3 Supervised Learning Variants: Self-Supervised Learning -- 3.5 Deep Learning -- 3.5.1 Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) -- 3.6 Recurrent Neural Networks (RNN) -- References -- Chapter 4 Discovery of 2D Materials with Machine Learning -- 4.1 Introduction: High-Throughput Screening -- 4.2 ML Approaches for 2D Materials Research -- 4.2.1 Three ML Approaches for 2D Materials Research -- 4.2.2 A Summary of the Use of Machine Learning in 2D Materials Research -- 4.3 Prediction of 2D Material Properties Using Machine Learning -- 4.4 Application Machine Learning Approaches to Discover Novel 2D Materials -- 4.4.1 Predictions of Crystal Structure -- 4.4.2 Prediction of Components -- 4.5 Machine Learning for Miscellaneous Functions -- 4.6 Assessment of Common Challenges and Their Prevention Methods -- 4.6.1 The Problems with Model Building -- 4.6.2 Usability…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Using the letter-spacing property -- The vertical-align property -- The "top" and "bottom" keywords -- The value as a percentage or length -- The cursor property -- Chapter 8 Space around boxes -- Margins and the margin properties -- Using the margin property -- Common uses of the margin properties -- The padding properties -- Using the padding property -- The border properties group -- The border-color properties -- The border-style properties -- The border-width properties -- Using the border-width property -- The border properties -- Using the border property -- Working with the border properties -- Outline borders -- Collapsing margins -- The width property -- The height property -- The float property -- The clear property -- Minimum and maximum widths and heights -- The whole story on width computation -- Case I: no value is "auto -- Case 2: one value is "auto -- Case 3: two or three of the three values are "auto -- The overflow property -- Chapter 9 Relative and absolute positioning -- The position property -- The containing block -- Relative positioning -- Fixed positioning -- Absolute positioning -- Using auto values -- The z-index property -- Making elements invisible -- Clipping elements -- An example -- Chapter 10 Colors -- Specifying colors -- Color names -- RGB colors -- System colors -- The properties -- The color property -- Setting the color of a border -- Setting the color of hyperlinks -- The background properties -- The background-color property -- Background color in inline elements -- Background color in block elements -- Background color in list items -- The transparent value -- The background-image property -- The background-repeat property -- The background-attachment property -- The background-position property -- Placing images using percentages -- Placing images using absolute positions -- Placing images using keywords…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Preparing the Parallel Port -- Installing an Interrupt Handler -- The /proc Interface -- Autodetecting the IRQ Number -- Kernel-assisted probing -- Do-it-yourself probing -- Fast and Slow Handlers -- The internals of interrupt handling on the x86 -- Implementing a Handler -- Handler Arguments and Return Value -- Enabling and Disabling Interrupts -- Disabling a single interrupt -- Disabling all interrupts -- Top and Bottom Halves -- Tasklets -- Workqueues -- Interrupt Sharing -- Installing a Shared Handler -- Running the Handler -- The /proc Interface and Shared Interrupts -- Interrupt-Driven I/O -- A Write-Buffering Example -- Quick Reference -- Data Types in the Kernel -- Use of Standard C Types -- Assigning an Explicit Size to Data Items -- Interface-Specific Types -- Other Portability Issues -- Time Intervals -- Page Size -- Byte Order -- Data Alignment -- Pointers and Error Values -- Linked Lists -- Quick Reference -- PCI Drivers -- The PCI Interface -- PCI Addressing -- Boot Time -- Configuration Registers and Initialization -- MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE -- Registering a PCI Driver -- Old-Style PCI Probing -- Enabling the PCI Device -- Accessing the Configuration Space -- Accessing the I/O and Memory Spaces -- PCI Interrupts -- Hardware Abstractions -- A Look Back: ISA -- Hardware Resources -- ISA Programming -- The Plug-and-Play Specification -- PC/104 and PC/104+ -- Other PC Buses -- MCA -- EISA -- VLB -- SBus -- NuBus -- External Buses -- Quick Reference -- USB Drivers -- USB Device Basics -- Endpoints -- Interfaces -- Configurations -- USB and Sysfs -- USB Urbs -- struct urb -- Creating and Destroying Urbs -- Interrupt urbs -- Bulk urbs -- Control urbs -- Isochronous urbs -- Submitting Urbs -- Completing Urbs: The Completion Callback Handler -- Canceling Urbs -- Writing a USB Driver -- What Devices Does the Driver Support?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Repeated Column Names in the GROUP BY Clause -- Grouping on Composite Columns -- Concatenated Groupings -- Concatenated groupings with GROUPING SETS -- ROLLUP and CUBE as arguments to GROUPING SETS -- The GROUPING_ID and GROUP_ID Functions -- GROUPING_ID -- GROUPING and GROUPING_ID in ORDER BY -- GROUP_ID -- Advanced Analytic SQL -- Analytic SQL Overview -- Ranking Functions -- RANK, DENSE_RANK, and ROW_NUMBER -- Handling NULLs -- Top/bottom N queries -- FIRST/LAST -- NTILE -- WIDTH_BUCKET -- CUME_DIST and PERCENT_RANK -- Hypothetical Functions -- Windowing Functions -- Working with Ranges -- FIRST_VALUE and LAST_VALUE -- LAG/LEAD Functions -- Reporting Functions -- Report Partitions -- RATIO_TO_REPORT -- Summary -- SQL Best Practices -- Know When to Use Specific Constructs -- EXISTS Is Preferable to DISTINCT -- WHERE Versus HAVING -- UNION Versus UNION ALL -- LEFT Versus RIGHT OUTER JOIN -- Avoid Unnecessary Parsing -- Using Bind Variables -- Using Table Aliases -- Consider Literal SQL for Decision-Support Systems -- XML -- What Is XML? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…7 Limits of the Welfarist Approach and Alternatives -- 7.1 Issues with the Welfarist Approach -- 7.2 Alternatives -- A.1 Formal Derivation of the Optimal Nonlinear Tax Rate -- A.2 Optimal Bottom Tax Rate in the Mirrlees Model -- Appendix -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- 3: A New Place to Call Home - Getting to Know the Desktop -- Welcome to the GNOME Desktop -- The Top Panel -- The Bottom Panel -- Project 3A: Customizing the GNOME Panel -- Project 3B: Manipulating Menus -- Virtual Desktops -- Wanda Revisited--GNOME Easter Eggs -- Shutting Down -- 4: More Than Webbed Feet - Connecting to the Internet -- How Do You Connect? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Inmon) -- Top-Down vs. Bottom-Up Approach -- Operational Reporting vs. Analytical Applications -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2: Don't Reinvent Any Wheels -- Data Warehouse Primer -- What Is a BI Application? …”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Touring the iPad Exterior -- Checking out the top -- Perusing the bottom -- Exploring the right side -- Getting to know the back -- Becoming familiar with the front -- Exploring the Home Screen and Dock -- Interpreting the status bar -- Exploring the Home screen -- Getting to know the dock -- Chapter 2 Basic Training -- Turning On and Setting Up the iPad -- Automatic setup -- Manual setup -- Mastering the Touchscreen -- Training your digits -- Navigating beyond the main Home screen page -- Select, cut, copy, and paste -- To err is human, to undo divine -- Running Multiple Apps -- Switching between running apps -- Sharing the screen with split view -- Sharing the screen with slide over -- All the iPad's a stage: Multitasking with Stage Manager -- Sharing the screen with picture-in-picture -- Organizing Icons into Folders -- Printing -- Searching Your iPad -- Getting to Know the iPad's Onscreen Keyboard -- Anticipating what comes next -- Discovering the special-use keys -- Finger-typing on the virtual keyboards -- Editing mistakes -- Chapter 3 Synchronicity: Getting Stuff to and from Your iPad -- A Brief iCloud Primer -- Getting in Sync -- Sync prep 101 -- Backing up your iPad -- Disconnecting the iPad -- Synchronizing Your Data -- Syncing contacts -- Syncing calendars -- Syncing bookmarks…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Modeling case study: Nonfarm payrolls -- 8.1 Interpretable versus Blackbox or top-down versus bottom-up models via Kuhn -- 8.2 The practical reason: modeling noise in small data sets -- 8.3 The five keys: clean data, internal consistency, shrinkage, bootstrapping, and ensembling -- 8.4 The model overconfidence metric -- 8.5 Discussion of case study results -- 9. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Embedding Environmental and Social Considerations in Strategy -- Strategy Show: Star Jalsha TV Channel Assumes Environmental Leadership -- 8.1 Practices for Sustainability of Businesses and Benefits Thereof -- 8.2 Environmental Risk Management -- 8.3 Environmental Communication -- 8.4 Green Strategy -- 8.5 Greening the Value Chain and Lifecycle Assessment -- 8.6 Environmental Management Systems and Environmental Audit -- 8.7 Entrepreneurship in Green Business -- 8.8 Eco Advantage Strategy and Product Differentiation -- 8.9 Ethical Processes, Environmental Ethics, and Triple Bottom Line Business -- 8.10 Moving from Sustainable Competitive Advantage to Corporate Sustainability Strategy -- 8.11 Green Washing -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Exercises for Understanding -- Project for Insights -- Strategy Practice: Carbon Clean Solutions -- 9. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- How We Structured the Book -- Part 1: The "Why" -- Part 2: The "What" -- Part 3: The "How" -- Structured Hiring Framework -- Chapter 2: From Chaos to Confidence: The Hiring Maturity Curve -- Never‐Never Land -- Skills versus Competencies -- Cause and Effect -- Stage 1: Chaos -- What the Hiring Experience Looks Like in Chaos -- What Talent Finding Looks Like at the Bottom of the Curve -- Trust Is the Issue -- What Decision Making Looks Like in Chaos -- Operations in Chaos -- Stage 4: Strategic Organizations -- What the Hiring Experience Looks Like in Strategic Organizations -- What Talent Finding Looks Like in Strategic Organizations -- What Recruiting and DE&amp -- I Look Like in Strategic Organizations -- Pipeline and Confidence -- What Decision Making Looks Like in Strategic Organizations -- Operational Excellence in Strategic Organizations -- "I don't have the luxury of being able to afford such specialists to improve my operation." -- Characteristics of the Inconsistent and Systematic Stages -- No Excuses -- Online Assessment -- Chapter 2: Takeaways…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Section IV: Data and Automation -- 13: Designing Your Ultimate Marketing Stack -- How to Build a Solid Martech Stack -- Bottoms Up -- CRM -- Marketing Automation -- Tag Management -- Analytics and Tracking: You Need to Track Your Performance, Ads, Technology, and Everything Else -- Invest in Keeping Your Stack Open -- Data Management Platform (DMP) -- Content Delivery Network (CDN) -- Conversion Optimization -- Campaign Management -- E-mail Marketing -- Mobile Optimization -- Advertising Networks -- Remarketing -- Search Engine Marketing -- Search Engine Advertising -- Monitoring the Martech Stack -- Martech That Drives Business Growth -- Agile Is Your Savior -- Marketing Technology Frameworks and the Emf -- Always-On Assessment, Evaluation, and Adoption -- No Single Platform Winner Aka "Marketing Operating System -- Build, Buy, or Rent? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Buy-Hold Myth #3: Don't Be the Fool Who Sells at the Bottom Mini-Myth: You Don't Want to Miss the Rebound Mini-Myth: the Rebound is Equal to the Fall The Two Fools of Mayberry R.F.D. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Running a Permission-Based DM Campaign -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 10 Creating Compelling Copy That Converts Prospects into Paying Clients -- Engaging the Emotions -- Structuring Your Writing -- AIDA (Attention, Interest, Desire, Action)…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Sales Planning and Forecasting -- Your top down/bottom up approach -- 2. Your Customer Classification Framework -- Using the framework -- Example to illustrate the framework in action -- Understanding potentiality -- 3. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The United States and the West: Strengths and Key Differentiators -- Will China Stay, Stall, or Fall? -- The Bottom Line Is That It Doesn't Matter . . . -- Chapter 5: Introduction to the Marketing Framework for Our Analysis -- Understanding How to Position Your Market Offering -- Framework for Analysis -- Stage 1: Market Segmentation -- Stage 2: Target Market Selection -- Stage 3: Defining and Applying the New 5Ps of Marketing -- Stage 4: Positioning and the Marketing Mix -- Section II: China -- Chapter 6: How the Chinese Do Business à la the 5Ps: A Brief Summary -- Product (Solution and Innovation) -- Price (Value-Add) -- Place (Partnerships) -- Promotion (Customer Relationships and Culture) -- Politics -- Chapter 7: Market Segmentation and Target Market Selection + China's Market Penetration Approach -- Step 1: Market Segmentation -- Customer/Market Segmentation: Slice It Up! …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction-That Big Green Elephant in the Room -- 1.1 Research Objectives -- 1.1.1 Background -- 1.1.2 Objectives -- 1.1.3 The definition of a Global Transformation Towards Sustainability-Clarification -- 1.2 Research Design and Methodology -- 1.2.1 Ideal Types: Theoretical Models and Scenarios from the Negotiation Perspective -- 1.2.2 Case Studies and Simulations -- 1.3 The Analytical Framework-Negotiation Studies as an Entry Point to Transformation Towards Sustainability -- 1.4 Reflexivity and Stakeholder Engagement for Transformation Towards Sustainability -- 2 Global Transformation Towards Sustainability-Clusters of Current Scholarly Discourse -- 2.1 Cluster 1: Triple Bottom Line (TBL)-The Sustainable Development Discourse -- 2.2 Cluster 2: Technological Innovation and Change Management-The Industrial Revolution Discourse -- 2.3 Cluster 3: Systems Approaches (SA)-Transformation Management and Socio-Technical Discourse -- 2.4 Cluster 4: Systems Approaches (SA)-Global Shifts and Globalization Discourse -- 2.5 Cluster 5: Process Approaches (SA)-The Center-Periphery and the Global South Discourse -- 2.6 Cluster 6: Process Approach-The Climate Negotiations Discourse -- 2.7 Interim Conclusion -- 3 Trade-Offs and Turnstiles as the Main Drivers of the Transformation Process Towards Sustainability -- 3.1 Trade-Offs -- 3.1.1 Global vs. …”