Tabla de Contenidos: “…Thinking Ten Years ahead to Benefit Today -- 2. Institute for the Future's Ten-Year Forecast -- 3. The VUCA World: Both Danger and Opportunity -- 4. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Purposeful schools -- 6. Quaglia institute and the Future Project -- 7. Purposeful instruction -- 8. …”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- About the Author -- About Institute for the Future…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Future consumption of welfare services: how the change in consumer expectations will affect offerings and business models in welfare -- The trust revolution: blockchain's potential to resolve institutional inefficiencies? -- The future of the nation-state: how the nation-state can find a way through digitalization -- Digitalization has changed the foundation of the democracy -- Conclusion: digital welfare -- now and forever?…”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Granting Vehicles at Nsf -- Young Investigator Awards -- OTHER AGENCIES -- Department of Energy -- Department of Defense -- Department of Commerce: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Department of the Interior -- NONFEDERAL FUNDING OF BASIC BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH -- INDUSTRY -- PHILANTHROPY -- ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS -- 4 THE FUTURE SUPPLY OF NEWLY INDEPENDENT LIFE SCIENTISTS -- OVERVIEW -- CURRENT SUPPLY OF SCIENTISTS -- WOMEN IN THE PIPELINE -- UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITY GROUPS -- 5 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- GENERAL CONCLUSIONS -- A MODEL FOR GRANTS TO NEWLY INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATORS -- MONITORING THE NUMBERS OF SCIENTISTS -- RECOMMENDATIONS ON FEDERAL EXTRAMURAL FUNDING OF NEWLY INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATORS IN THE LIFE SCIENCES -- NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH -- The First Independent Research Support and Transition (FIRST) Award -- Locally Administered Funds -- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE -- NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION -- RECOMMENDATIONS ON NONFEDERAL FUNDING OF NEWLY INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATORS IN THE LIFE SCIENCES -- INDUSTRIAL FUNDING -- PHILANTHROPIC FUNDING -- VOLUNTARY HEALTH ORGANIZATION FUNDING -- UNIVERSITY SUPPORT -- RECOMMENDATIONS ON SUPPORT FOR FEMALE NEWLY INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATORS IN THE LIFE SCIENCES -- RECOMMENDATIONS ON SUPPORT FOR UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITY GROUPS IN THE LIFE SCIENCES -- APPENDIX: ADDITIONAL DATA -- LITERATURE CITED…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Datasets -- Institutions -- Reasons -- Relations -- Future-proof norms -- 10 Empowering global people -- Universal reach -- Restricting private power -- An enlarged social contract -- Participatory deliberation -- Theoretical models -- Individuals -- Civil society -- National parliaments -- International organisations -- Global multistakeholder forums -- A new constituent power -- 11 Translating fundamental rights -- An aerial view -- Common roots -- Human dignity -- Life, liberty, and security -- Protection of children and disabled people -- Right to a healthy environment -- Economic freedom -- Online as offline -- Freedom of expression -- Freedom and secrecy of correspondence -- Freedom of association and assembly -- Generalisation and re-specification -- Non-discrimination -- Right to privacy -- Due process -- 12 Constitutional innovation -- New rights -- Data protection -- E-democracy -- Internet access -- A right to a digital forum -- Public service value -- Responsibilities -- Governance -- 13 Conclusion -- Contrasting constitutional anaemia -- The legacy of Internet bills of rights -- Challenges of digital constitutionalism -- Appendix A -- Bibliography -- Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- Chapter I The Fundamental Issue: Efficiency in Market Economies -- 1 The Separability of Market Systems into an Allocation System and an Information System -- 1.1 The Allocation System -- 1.1.1 PARETO's Paradigm -- 1.1.2 Extension: Market Costs -- 1.1.2.1 Transaction Costs -- 1.1.2.2 Coordination Costs -- 1.1.2.3 Transaction Costs versus Coordination Costs -- 1.1.3 Factor Earnings -- 1.1.3.1 Input Costs -- 1.1.3.2 Managerial Reward -- 1.2 The Information System -- 1.2.1 The Concept of an Information System -- 1.2.2 Entrepreneurial Activity and Managerial Performance -- 1.2.2.1 The Mode of Interaction -- 1.2.2.2 Entrepreneurial Profit -- 1.2.2.3 Structures of Organization and Efficiency -- 1.2.3 The Process of Diffusion of Information -- 1.2.3.1 Profit Erosion as an Indication of Diffusion of Information -- 1.2.3.2 A Simple Model of Profit Erosion -- 1.2.4 Allocation versus Information Processes -- 1.2.5 Possession versus Property -- 2 The Concept of Allocational Efficiency and Informational Efficiency -- 2.1 Efficiency and Rationality in Economic Science -- 2.2 The Concept of Allocational Efficiency -- 2.3 The Concept of Informational Efficiency -- 3 An Efficiency-Preference Function -- Chapter II The Empirical Reference System: Futures Markets -- 1 Definition and Institutional Setup -- 2 Transaction Possibilities with Particular Reference to Conflicting Theories of Hedging -- 2.1 Arbitrage -- 2.2 Hedging -- 2.2.1 Hedging for Risk-Shifting -- 2.2.2 Hedging for Profit-Making -- 2.3 Speculation -- 2.4 Spreading -- 3 Economic Functions of Futures Markets -- 3.1 Microeconomic Functions -- 3.2 Macroeconomic Functions -- 4 Institutional Properties of Futures Markets as an Aid to Theoretical Analysis -- Chapter III The 'Neoclassical' Perspective of Informational Efficiency -- 1 Introductory Notes…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- The expansion and transformation of iddirs in the 20th century -- The imperial period -- The Derg period -- The EPRDF period -- Recent evidence -- Growth in number, spatial diffusion, and density of iddirs -- The WIDE longitudinal evidence -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Informal savings and insurance associations -- Introduction -- Informal savings and insurance associations -- Iddir: indigenous life insurance -- Equb: indigenous saving institution -- Informal institutions: future‐making and dreams of migration -- Informal vis‐a-vis formal savings institutions -- Continuity and changing trends among iddirs and equbs -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Wijjo and kochoo -- Introduction -- Description of the study area -- Wijjo: Women's ROSCAs -- Kochoo: Men's ROSCAs -- The Socio‐economic significance of wijjo and kochoo -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- The activities, benefits, and challenges of Awada women's self‐help groups in empowering women in Sidama region, southern Ethiopia -- Introduction -- The nexus between empowerment and SHGs -- Awada women's SHG activities, benefits, and challenges -- Social benefits -- Case 1 -- Economic benefits -- Case 2 -- Political benefits -- Case 3 -- Challenges encountered -- Conclusion and recommendations -- Tables -- Figures -- Bibliography…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Machine generated contents note: Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Discount Rates and Returns Estimating Returns Geometric and Arithmetic Averages Caveats to Return Extrapolation Discounting Present Values of Cash Flow Streams Internal Rate of Return and Yield to Maturity Real and Nominal Returns Summary Chapter 2: Fixed Income Securities Coupon Bearing Bonds Infinite Cash Flow Streams (Perpetuities) General Pricing Formulas for Finite Cash Flow Streams Interest Rate Risk Analysis of Duration Interest Rate Risk Dynamics Immunization and Duration Applications - Liability Discounting and Cash Matching Pension Logic Risky Coupons Inflation Risk and TIPS A Bond Portfolio Strategy (Optional) Summary Appendix 2.1: Solving Infinite and Finite Power Series References Chapter 3: Term Structure Discounting Using Spot Rates Forward Rates NPV revisited Short Rates The Bootstrap Method Duration Redux Summary Chapter 4: Equity The Determination of Stock Prices Discount Rates Redux Price and Dividend Multiples Extrapolating Multiples to Forecast Returns Pitfalls of Trend Analysis The Gordon Growth Model Sources of Return Summary References Chapter 5: Portfolio Construction Stochastic Returns and Risk Diversification The Efficient Frontier Markowitz Portfolio Selection Criteria Capital Market Line and the CAPM Performance Evaluation Summary Appendix 5.1: Statistical Review Appendix 5.2: Risk Adjusted Performance References Chapter 6: Optimal Portfolios Portfolio 1: Minimum Variance Portfolio (Fully Invested) Portfolio 2: Minimum Variance Portfolios with Targeted Return Portfolio 3: Minimum Variance Portfolios with No Short Sales Portfolio 4: Minimum Variance Portfolios with Capped Allocations Portfolio 5: Maximum Risk-Adjusted Return Performance Attribution The Efficient Frontier (Again) Summary Appendix 6.1: Matrix Operations Chapter 7: Data and Applications Analyzing Returns on a Ten Asset Portfolio Performance Attribution Changing the Investment Horizon Benchmarking to the Market Portfolio The Cost of Constraints A Bond Strategy Summary Chapter 8: Anomalies Deviations from the CAPM Behavioral Finance Summary References Chapter 9: Factor Models Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT) Factor Selection Model Estimation Principal Components Applications and Examples Summary References Chapter 10: Active Portfolio Management Active Portfolio Construction and Attribution Analysis Performance Attribution Summary Appendix 10.1: Active Space Chapter 11: Risk The Failure of VaR Taxonomy of Risk Visualizing Risk Estimating Volatilities Maximum Likelihood Estimation (Optional) Credit Risk Adjusting for Leverage Adjusting for Illiquidity Other Risks Summary References Chapter 12: Monte Carlo Methods Example 1: Generating Random Numbers - Estimating pi Example 2: Confirming the Central Limit Theorem Example 3: Credit Default Risk Non-Normal Distributions The Gaussian Copula Summary References Chapter 13: Systemic Risk Extreme Value Theory Estimating the Hazards of Downside Risks A Systemic Risk Indicator Summary References Chapter 14: Incorporating Subjective Views Methodological Concepts An Example using Black-Litterman Active Space Risk Attribution Summary References Chapter 15: Futures, Forwards, and Swaps Institutional Detail and Futures Mechanics The Relationship between Spot Prices and Forward (Futures) Prices Hedging Basis Risk Hedging Portfolio Risk Futures Pricing Swaps Summary References Chapter 16: Introduction to Options Option Payoffs and Put-Call Parity Pricing European Call Options Pricing European Put Options Option Strategies Real Options Summary References Chapter 17: Models of Stock Price Dynamics Stock Price Dynamics Ito Processes Lognormal Stock Prices Deriving the Parameters of the Binomial Lattice Black-Scholes-Merton Model The Greek Letters Monte Carlo Methods Summary Appendix 17.1: Derivation of Ito's Lemma Chapter 18: Hedging Portfolio Risk Simple Hedging Strategies S&P 500 Index Puts Selling Volatility VIX Calls Liability Driven Investment Summary References Chapter 19: Private Equity The Private Equity Model Return and Risk Methodology Summary Appendix 19.1: CAPM References Chapter 20: Structured Credit Securitization Credit Enhancement Basics of Pricing Interest Rate Derivatives Interest Rate Dynamics CDO Valuation The Crash of the Housing Bubble Summary References Chapter 21: Optimal Rebalancing Trigger Strategies and No-trade Regions An Optimal Control Problem Implications Optimal Rebalancing in a Static Optimization Model The Comparative Statics of Transactions Costs References Chapter 22: Data Problems* Covariance Estimation An Example Empirical Results Overlapping Observations Conclusions Appendix 22.1: Covariance Matrix Estimation Removing the effects of smoothing References About the Author Index…”

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