Tabla de Contenidos: “…Practice Alert -- FASB Initiative -- SEC Initiative -- Suggestions for Improving Disclosure Effectiveness -- Disclosure Requirements2 -- Disclosure Examples -- Accounting Period -- Accounts Receivable -- Advertising -- Cash Equivalents -- Comprehensive Income -- Concentrations of Risk -- Consolidation Policy -- Contingencies -- Derivatives -- Earnings Per Share -- Use of Estimates -- Financial Instruments -- Foreign Currency Transactions -- Income Taxes -- Intangible Assets -- Inventories -- Property and Equipment and Depreciation Methods -- Nature of Operations -- Revenue -- Recent Accounting Pronouncements -- Risks and Uncertainties -- Stock-Based Compensation -- Chapter 8 ASC 250 Accounting Changes and Error Corrections -- Authoritative Literature -- Subtopic -- Scope -- Reasons for Accounting Changes -- Practice Alert -- Disclosure and Presentation Requirements -- Change in Accounting Principle -- Reclassifications -- Change in Accounting Estimate -- Change in Accounting Estimate Effected by a Change in Accounting Principle -- Change in Reporting Entity -- Error Corrections -- Interim Reporting Considerations -- Example Disclosures -- Example 8.1: Change in Accounting Principle-Note A: Change in Method of Accounting for Inventories -- Example 8.2: Change in Accounting Principle-Retrospective Application of a Change in Accounting Principle -- Example 8.3: Change in Accounting Principle-Adoption of a New Accounting Principle-Retrospective Application -- Example 8.4: Reclassifications-Reclassification of Intellectual Property Income, Gains, and Losses -- Example 8.5: Reclassifications-Reclassification of Expenses -- Example 8.6: Change in Accounting Estimate Effected by a Change in Accounting Principle-Change in Amortization Method of Fixed Maturity Securities -- Example 8.7: Change in Accounting Estimate-Change in Depreciable Life of Equipment…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Value-based Pricing und risk-based Pricing -- II. Voraussetzungen für Preisdiskriminierung -- 1. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…4.9.1 The Identification of Value Streams -- 4.9.2 Lean Project Risk Management -- 4.9.3 Lean Project Knowledge Management -- 5 Use Cases of Lean Project Management -- 5.1 Case Study 1 - Personnel Management System -- 5.1.1 The Project at a Glance -- 5.1.2 Personnel and Organisation -- 5.1.3 Procedures and Project Flow -- 5.1.4 Scope and Task Management -- 5.1.5 Other Elements -- 5.2 Case Study 2 - ZLP (Central Police Control Centre) -- 5.2.1 The Project at a Glance -- 5.2.2 Scope Management -- 5.2.3 Project Organisation -- 5.2.4 Project Planning and Control -- 5.2.5 Mission Orientation -- 5.2.6 Other Selected PM Disciplines -- 6 Analysing the Conditions of a Project -- 6.1 Classification of Projects -- 6.2 Project Characterisation Criteria -- 6.2.1 General Alignment of the PM System -- 6.2.2 Case Study: Creating an Audio Tour -- 6.3 Overall View of the PM System Adaptation -- 7 Implementation of Lean Project Management -- 7.1 Organisational Classification -- 7.1.1 Cultural Framework -- 7.1.2 Systemic View -- 7.1.3 Employee-Related Leadership -- 7.1.4 Project-Related Application of Lean PM -- 7.1.4.1 Derivation -- 7.1.4.2 Improvement of the Corporate PM System -- 7.1.4.3 Setting Up the PM System of a Project -- 7.1.4.4 Problem Solving in an Ongoing Project -- 7.1.4.5 Use in the Project -- 7.2 Procedure for the Introduction -- 7.2.1 Introduction of Lean PM as a Change Project -- 7.2.1.1 Procedure Model -- 7.2.1.2 Success Factors -- 7.2.2 Technical Procedure -- 7.2.3 Practices in Project Implementation -- 7.2.4 Success Factors in the Implementation of Lean PM -- 8 Perspective of Lean Project Portfolio Management -- 8.1 Background of Project Portfolio Management -- 8.2 Criticism of the Classic PPM -- 8.3 Success Factors in Project Portfolio Management -- 8.4 Approaches to Increase the Agility of Project Portfolio Management…”

“…In addition, the book addresses the modelling of time series for the prediction of risk scenarios such as hyperglycaemia and hypoglycaemia using deep neural networks. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Definition of ESG and sustainability -- Environmental impact -- Social impact -- Governance -- The value of ESG for enterprises -- Stakeholder expectations -- Competitive advantage -- Long-term business viability -- Risk mitigation -- Regulatory landscape -- Building a sustainability program -- ESG reporting standards and frameworks -- Double materiality assessment and reporting -- Adopting an ESG reporting program -- Cloud computing as an ESG enabler -- Environmental factors -- Social factors -- Governance factors -- Building sustainable applications in the cloud -- Summary -- Further reading -- Index -- About PACKT -- Other Books You May Enjoy…”

“…This unprecedented information on MNE Groups' operations across the world has boosted tax authorities' risk-assessment capabilities. The Action 13 Minimum Standard was translated into specific terms of reference and a methodology for the peer review process. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Connecting peripherals -- Modbus messaging -- Reading data from a peripheral -- Summary -- Further reading -- Part 3: Miscellaneous Topics -- Chapter 12: Enhancing Security for Reducing Risk -- Learning about the threat landscape -- Encryption algorithms -- Data backup -- Multi-factor authentication -- Password managers -- Embracing cloud security -- Multi-factor authentication -- Identity and access management -- Key Management Service -- Secrets Manager -- Storage buckets -- Managed databases -- Virtual machines -- Shielded VMs -- DoS protection -- Virtual private networks -- Bastion hosts -- Firewalls -- Enforcing edge security -- Operating system -- Login and access control -- Over-the-air updates -- Backups -- Physical ports -- Firewalls -- Learning about certificate authorities -- Let's Encrypt -- Certificate Authority Service -- Summary -- Chapter 13: Scaling for High Availability -- Understanding high availability -- Power outage -- Network outages -- Hardware failure -- Hardware upgrades -- Increased demand -- Understanding load balancing -- Implementing HA for databases -- Implementing HA for RESTful servers -- Summary -- Further reading -- Chapter 14: Building and Manufacturing Hardware -- Designing more compact hardware -- Proof-of-concept (PoC) prototypes -- Microcontrollers -- Preliminary production design -- PCB prototyping -- Schematic design -- PCB design -- Bill of Materials -- Designing printed circuit boards -- Manufacturing hardware -- PCB fabrication -- Enclosures -- Understanding the need for certification -- Summary -- Further reading -- Index -- About Packt -- Other Books You May Enjoy…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Expost State Verification -- Banks and Debt Markets -- Functions of Financial Markets -- Types of Banking Reforms -- Financial Repression and Major Financial Reforms in India -- Financial Repression-Revenues and Liberalization -- The Supply of Loans and the Demand for Deposits -- Risk and the Supply of Credit -- Banks' Response to Financial Liberalization -- Liberalization, Growth, and Collateral Benefits -- Human Capital: A Keystone of Financial Reforms -- Summary -- Notes -- Test Yourself -- Online Application -- Monetary Policy Objectives and Targets -- Goals of Monetary Policy and Intermediate Targets -- Evolution of the Operating Instruments of the Monetary Policy in India -- Choosing Intermediate Targets in the Case of Demand Shocks -- IS Curve Shocks -- LM Curve Shocks -- Choosing Intermediate Targets in the Case of Supply Shocks -- Targeting the Nominal GDP -- Rules Versus Discretion in the Monetary Policy -- The Social Welfare Function of Policymakers -- The Private Sector and Central Bank Policy -- Discretion and Surprise (Unanticipated) Inflation -- Commitment to a Policy Rule -- Achieving Credibility -- Monetary Policy Rules -- Summary -- Notes -- Test Yourself -- Online Application -- N ominal Spending, the Short-Run and the Long-Run Full-Information Supply Curve -- Derivations of the Equations in Section 15.5 on Rules Versus Discretion -- Economic Growth -- Sources of Growth -- Growth Accounting-China and India -- Potential and Feasible Output -- The Determinants of Long-Run Growth -- The Solow Diagram -- Comparative Statics -- The Golden Rule -- Calculating the Golden Rule Saving Rate -- Convergence -- Poverty Traps -- Lawyers-Do They Reduce Economic Growth? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…5.3.3 Social Exchange Theory5.3.4 Learning Theory; 5.3.5 Theory of Perceived Risk; 5.3.6 Theory of Cognitive Dissonance; 5.3.7 Other Theories; 5.4 Finalizing the Conceptual Model and the Hypotheses; 5.4.1 The Relationship between Loyalty Program Membership, Store Satisfaction, and Loyalty; 5.4.2 The Effect of Shopper Characteristics; 5.4.3 The Influence of Competing Loyalty Program Memberships; 5.5 Construct Operationalization; 5.5.1 Store Satisfaction; 5.5.2 Loyalty; 5.5.3 Economic Shopping Orientation; 6. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- 2.6 Gold Mines -- 2.7 Deliberate Practice -- 2.8 Results of the Study -- References -- 3 The Mediating Effect of Intelligence, Willpower, and Intrinsic Motivation on Talent and Performance -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Intelligence and Willpower -- 3.3 Discipline and Rules -- 3.4 Ego Depletion -- 3.5 Intrinsic Motivation -- 3.6 The Motivation Continuum -- 3.7 Motivation 3.0 -- 3.8 Results of the Study -- References -- 4 The Ability to Adapt -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The Importance of Adaptability -- 4.3 Vuca -- 4.4 Radical Changes -- 4.5 Agile Talent -- 4.6 Results of the Study -- References -- 5 The Impact of Self-efficacy -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Risk Avoidance -- 5.3 Domain-Specific Knowledge Is Power -- 5.4 What Is Self-efficacy? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Australian House Party Has Been Glorious - But the Hangover May Be Severe: Reforms to Mitigate Some of the Risks -- 7. Back to Basics: Reforming Australia's Private Sector Whistleblowing Laws -- 8. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…LISTEN TO YOUR COMMUNITY AND GATHER FEEDBACK -- FIRST STEP TOWARD IMPACT -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 5: Writing Inclusive Job Descriptions and Candidate Communication -- WHY INCLUSIVE JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND CANDIDATE COMMUNICATION MATTER -- ASSESSING THE INCLUSIVITY OF YOUR JOB DESCRIPTIONS -- WRITING MORE INCLUSIVE JOB DESCRIPTIONS -- FIRST STEP TOWARD IMPACT -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 6: Diversity Sourcing -- UNDERSTANDING WHY DIVERSITY SOURCING MATTERS -- RETHINK YOUR APPROACH TO DIVERSITY SOURCING -- ASSESSING WHERE YOU ARE WITH DIVERSITY SOURCING -- DEVELOPING A ROLE-SPECIFIC DIVERSITY SOURCING STRATEGY -- TACTICS TO APPLY FOR DIVERSITY SOURCING -- USE TECHNOLOGY TO FACILITATE DIVERSITY CANDIDATE SOURCING -- ENGAGE YOUR TEAM MEMBERS IN DIVERSITY SOURCING AND REFERRALS -- FIRST STEP TOWARD IMPACT -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 7: Minimizing Selection Bias -- WHY MINIMIZING SELECTION BIAS MATTERS -- ASSESSING WHERE YOU HAVE BIAS IN THE SELECTION PROCESS -- HOW TO MINIMIZE CANDIDATE SELECTION BIAS -- ANONYMIZING CANDIDATE INFORMATION -- TRAINING YOUR TEAM AND STRUCTURING YOUR PROCESS TO REDUCE BIAS -- USING OBJECTIVE HIRING ASSESSMENTS -- BUILDING AWARENESS TO PERSONALLY ADDRESS BIAS -- ADDRESSING BIAS THROUGH TECHNOLOGY AND RISKS WITH AI -- FIRST STEP TOWARD IMPACT -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 8: Developing Fair Interviews -- WHY FAIR INTERVIEWS MATTER -- ASSESSING HOW FAIR AND STRUCTURED YOUR INTERVIEWS ARE -- HOW TO STRUCTURE YOUR INTERVIEW PROCESS -- FAIRLY EVALUATING CANDIDATES -- ENSURING DIVERSE INTERVIEW PANELS -- CHANGING DYNAMICS FOR INCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS -- REENGAGING CANDIDATES FOR FEEDBACK AFTER INTERVIEWS -- FIRST STEP TOWARD IMPACT -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 9: Ensuring Equitable Job Offers -- UNDERSTANDING THE PROBLEM OF PAY EQUITY -- UNDERSTANDING THE GENDER PAY GAP -- UNDERSTANDING THE RACIAL PAY GAP -- PAY EQUITY FACING OTHER COMMUNITIES…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Dalezios, Ioannis -- Faraslis, and Kaveh Ostad-Ali-Askari -- 11 Global Satellite-Based Precipitation Products -- Zhong Liu, Dana Ostrenga, Andrey Savtchenko, William Teng, Bruce Vollmer, Jennifer Wei, and David Meyer -- 12 Risk Analysis of Water Harvesting Systems -- Maria Do Céu Almeida, Nelson Carriço, João Santos and Saeid Eslamian -- Part D Hydrological Aspects of Water Harvesting -- 13 Return Period Determination for Rainwater Harvesting System Design -- Sandeep Samantaray, Dillip K. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…3.3 Information Theoretic Approaches to Bayes Estimation3.3.1 Minimum Error Entropy Estimation; 3.3.1.1 Some Properties of MEE Criterion; 3.3.1.2 Relationship to Conventional Bayes Risks; 3.3.2 MC Estimation; 3.4 Information Criteria for Model Selection; Appendix E: EM Algorithm; Appendix F: Minimum MSE Estimation; Appendix G: Derivation of AIC Criterion; 4 System Identification Under Minimum Error Entropy Criteria; 4.1 Brief Sketch of System Parameter Identification; 4.1.1 Model Structure; 4.1.2 Criterion Function; 4.1.3 Identification Algorithm; 4.1.3.1 Batch Identification…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Repairing Email -- Chapter 3 Video: The Personal, Rehumanizing Tool -- Relationships Are the Whole Point -- Millennia of Human Brain Training -- Our Faces Speak the Same Language -- The Eyes Have It -- Talking With Your Hands -- The Warmth of Your Smile -- Outsmarting Our Mental Shortcuts -- Chapter 4 Six Signs This New Approach Is for You and Your Business -- Sign 1: You Teach, Train, Sell, or Serve -- Sign 2: You Drive Opportunities Toward Face-to-Face Meetings -- Sign 3: You Want to Improve Customer Experience -- Sign 4: You Risk Disintermediation by Web Apps, Tools, and Automations -- Sign 5: You Benefit From Word of Mouth -- Sign 6: You Win More Opportunities Face to Face -- Six Signs That You Need Personal Video -- Part 2 When to Rehumanize with Video -- Chapter 5 Nine Stories of Sales Acceleration and Better Customer Experience -- Author Dan Pink and Professor Dan Smith -- The Most Important Sound in Any Language -- Leadership, Video, and the Handwritten Note -- Appreciation You Can Feel -- More Sales Replies and Fewer Support Replies -- Even More Success in Customer Success…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Way to Prepare a Financial Expert Report Organization of the Financial Expert Witness Written Report Writing the Financial Expert Witness Report Caveats to Consider Exhibits Quality Control for Financial Expert Witness Reports Coming Up Notes Chapter 11 Rebutting the Financial Expert Witness Report The Financial Expert Rebuttal Steps for an Effective Rebuttal Case Study: Exclusion of the Financial Expert Witness Risks of Having Only Rebuttal Opinions Coming Up Notes Chapter 12 Discovery Using Deposition What is a Deposition? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…2.1.3 Equity Instruments 2.1.4 Equity Interest; 2.1.4.1 Residual Interest; (1) Definition of Residual Interest; (2) Implications of the Residual Interest Model; (3) The Balance Sheet Approach; 2.1.4.2 Ownership Interest; (1) Ownership Versus Residual Interest; (2) The Invested and Earned Equity Model; 2.1.4.3 Economic Interest; 2.1.4.4 Voting Interest; 2.1.4.5 Controlling Financial Interest; 2.1.4.6 Variable Interest; 2.2 Basic Characteristics of Equity; 2.2.1 Ownership Rights; 2.2.2 Dependency on an Entity's Dynamics; 2.2.3 Risks and Rewards of Ownership; 2.2.4 Subordination…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…HEALTH CARE -- KEY TERMS -- SUMMARY -- DISCUSSION QUESTIONS -- CHAPTER 3: MAJOR HEALTH PROBLEMS IN MODERN SOCIETY -- LEARNING OBJECTIVES -- CONCEPTIONS OF HEALTH AND DISEASE -- THE CAUSES OF DISEASE -- NONDISEASE THREATS TO HEALTH, FUNCTION, AND SURVIVAL -- EPIDEMIOLOGY: THE SCIENCE OF THE DENOMINATOR -- HEALTH AND ILLNESS IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY -- FUTURE THREATS TO HEALTH -- KEY TERMS -- SUMMARY -- DISCUSSION QUESTIONS -- CHAPTER 4: HUMAN BEHAVIOR, HEALTH, AND HEALTH CARE -- LEARNING OBJECTIVES -- THE BEHAVIORAL DIMENSION -- THE CONCEPT OF THE SICK ROLE -- HEALTH RISK BEHAVIOR -- USE OF HEALTH SERVICES -- ADVERSE PATIENT BEHAVIOR -- HEALTH LITERACY AND CULTURAL COMPETENCE -- COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE -- CONSUMER PREFERENCES AND HEALTH CARE MARKETING -- KEY TERMS -- SUMMARY -- DISCUSSION QUESTIONS -- PART 2: MEANS OF DELIVERY -- CHAPTER 5: HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS -- LEARNING OBJECTIVES -- THE IMPORTANCE OF ORGANIZATIONS IN HEALTH CARE -- HEALTH SERVICE INDUSTRY SECTORS -- AMBULATORY CARE ORGANIZATIONS -- THE HOSPITAL -- THE MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION -- OTHER HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- Grayboxing the map -- How to do it... -- Risk-versus-reward spots -- How to do it... -- Placing props for cover -- How to do it... -- Creating an outer perimeter -- How to do it... -- Adding volumetric lighting -- How to do it... -- Finishing the map -- Getting ready -- How to do it...…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Applying Journalistic Principles to Investment Writing -- The Five Ws and the Pyramid Principle -- Inquisitiveness -- Proactive Idea Generation -- The Strategic Purposes of Investment Writing -- Note -- Chapter 2: Writing for Investor Acquisition and Retention -- Framing Your Investment Proposition as the Solution to a Problem -- Step 1: Define Your Offering -- Step 2: Identify Your Client's Problem -- Step 3: Acknowledge the Problem -- Step 4: Frame Your Offering to Address the Investor's Concerns -- Investor Retention: It's All in the Communication -- Opportunities for Retentive Communications -- Facts Are Key for Reassuring Your Investors -- Other Considerations for Reassuring Investors -- Notes -- Chapter 3: Writing for Intermediaries -- How Intermediaries Expect You to Communicate -- Communicate on a Consistent Basis -- Crystallize the Details of Your Firm's Offerings -- Provide Timely, Turnkey Investment Literature -- Keep Your Communications Targeted -- Intermediaries Don't Have It Easy, So Help Them Out -- Chapter 4: Stylistic Considerations for Investment Writing -- Setting the Appropriate Style -- The Desired Image and Voice an Investment Firm or Professional Wishes to Project -- The Type of Literature Being Written -- The Investor's Presumed Knowledge about the Subject Matter -- On Using Jargon -- Refrain from Explaining Certain Jargon to Highly Sophisticated Investors -- Distinguish Between the Three Broad Levels of Investment Literacy -- Alternatives to Explaining Jargon -- Cut Through Extraneous Technical Detail -- If You Risk Being Vague, Err on the Side of Clarity…”