“…A blueprint full of practical ideas and tools to inspire you into action’— Craig Donaldson - Chief Executive Officer , Metro Bank (RANKED NUMBER ONE IN GLASSDOOR’S HIGHEST RATED CEO 2016) If you asked a cross-section of business leaders, business owners and entrepreneurs what their biggest business challenge is, you would probably hear the same recurring thought: growing their business in a sustainable, predictable, yet profitable way – quickly. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Reporting Services -- About the Author -- About the Technical Editors -- Contents at a Glance -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Galactic Database and Other Supporting Materials -- Part I: Getting Started -- Chapter 1: Let's Start at the Very Beginning -- Sharing Business Intelligence -- The Need to Share -- The Production Manager -- The Vice President of Sales -- The Chief Executive Officer -- Possible Solutions -- An HTML Solution -- A PDF Solution -- A Third-Party Reporting Environment -- Microsoft Reporting Services -- No Programming Required -- A Server with a View -- Plays Well with Printers -- Special Delivery -- The Price Is Right -- Reporting Services to the Rescue -- Report Authoring Architecture -- Report Structure -- Data Definition -- Report Layout -- Report Definition Language -- Report Designer -- Design Surface -- Report Data Window -- Toolbox -- Properties Window -- Grouping Pane -- Report Builder -- Report-Serving Architecture -- Report Server -- Report Catalog -- Report Processor -- Data Providers -- Renderers -- Request Handler -- Report Delivery -- Report Manager Website -- SharePoint -- Subscription Delivery -- Web Service Interface -- Diving In -- Chapter 2: Putting the Pieces in Place: Installing Reporting Services -- Preparing for the Installation -- The Parts of the Whole -- The Windows Service -- Administration Utilities -- SQL Server 2005/2008/2008 R2/2012 -- SQL Server Agent -- The Report Server and Report Server Temp DB Databases -- Sample Reports and the AdventureWorks Database -- SQL Server Data Tools/Visual Studio/Report Builder -- Documentation -- Editions of Reporting Services -- The Express Edition -- The Standard Edition -- The Business Intelligence and Enterprise Editions -- The Developer Edition -- Types of Reporting Services Installations -- The Full Installation…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Copyright -- Contributors -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Part 1: Overview -- Chapter 1: Truth and Dare - The CxO Challenges -- The market -- Uncertainty about the future -- Trends -- Glocalization -- The supply chain -- Financial challenges -- CapEx versus OpEx -- Maintenance costs -- The cost of living -- Lack of investment -- Recession -- Return on investment -- Accuracy cost estimation -- Regulation compliance -- GDPR -- The CCPA -- Industry regulations -- Data residency -- Technology evolution -- Flexible adoption of new technology -- Technology strategy -- Emerging new technologies -- Evolving customer perspectives -- Consistent customer service -- Operational challenges -- Sustainable supply chain pressures -- Resourcing issues regarding raw materials, people, and skill gaps -- The multi-vendor model -- Choosing a SAP service provider -- Key considerations for businesses when opting for a cloud provider -- Keeping the lights on -- Organizational challenges -- Transformation challenges - business- or IT-driven -- Factors affecting transformation -- Environmental challenges -- Sustainability challenges -- COVID-19 -- Political polarization -- Impact of the war in Ukraine -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Faith of Four - Vision of the Masters -- The four masters -- Chief Executive Officer (CEO) -- Chief Finance Officer (CFO) -- Chief Information/Technology Officer (CIO/CTO) -- Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) -- The business challenge -- Top-line growth -- Bottom-line growth -- Green-line growth -- Other focus areas -- The way forward -- Uncertainty -- Insights -- Yesterday's ERP -- Sustainability insight -- The next steps -- The phoenix transformation -- How does Spark4Life Ltd take the first step? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Audit Committee Independence -- Member Qualifications -- Audit Committee Authority/Resources -- Audit Committee Responsibility -- Audit Committee Meetings -- Audit Committee Agenda -- Audit Committee Reporting -- Legal Liability of Audit Committees -- Evaluation of Audit Committee Effectiveness -- Audit Committee Evaluation of External Auditors -- Compensation Committee -- Structure -- Responsibilities -- Proxy Statement Disclosure -- Compensation Committee Responsibilities -- Corporate Governance Committee -- Responsibilities of the Corporate Governance Committee -- Corporate Governance Reporting/Disclosures -- Nominating Committee -- Responsibilities of the Nominating Committee -- Selection, Nomination, and Election of New Directors -- Election of Directors -- Reelection of Incumbent Directors -- Succession Planning Process -- Nominating Committee Disclosures -- Other Board Standing Committees -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- Discussion Questions -- Notes -- Chapter 6: Roles and Responsibilities of Management -- Introduction -- Primary Objectives -- Management Responsibilities -- Operating Process -- Financial Reporting Process -- Compliance Process -- Corporate Officers -- Chief Executive Officer -- Chief Financial Officer -- Corporate Development Officer -- Chief Risk Officer -- Chief Internal Control Officer -- Executive Compensation -- Components of Executive Compensation -- Executive Compensation Disclosure -- Financial Reporting Requirements -- Small Reporting Companies -- Financial Reporting Challenges -- Off Balance Sheet Arrangements Disclosures -- Aggregate Contractual Commitments -- Disclosure of Critical Accounting Policies -- Initial Adoption of Accounting Policies -- Disclosure of Changes in Existing Accounting Policies -- Acceleration of Periodic Report Filing Dates and Real-Time Disclosures…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- Cause Related Marketing -- Caux Round Table Principles -- Centre for Corporate Governance (Nairobi) -- CERES -- CH2 Building, Melbourne -- Chapman Report (2006) (Australia) -- Cheating -- Chief Executive Officer -- Chief Sustainability Officer -- Christianity and CSR -- Christine Parker -- Civil Regulation -- Climate Change -- Clinton Global Initiative -- Club of Rome -- Co-determination -- Co-operation -- Co-ownership -- Coalation of Environmentally -- Responsible Economies -- Code of 'best practice' and norms of behavior -- Colin Scott -- Collaborative Advantage -- Collective bargaining/trade unions -- Combined Assurance -- Combined Code (June 2008) -- Command and Control -- Commonwealth Association of CG -- Communicating with Stakeholders -- Communities of Practice -- Community -- Community activism -- Community of practice -- Community outrage -- Community relations -- Company Directors and CSR -- Competition -- Competitive advantage -- Compliance/Legal Compliance -- Compliant Finance -- Comply-or-explain -- Comprehensive Environmental Responses , Compensation and Liability Act -- Confucian Ethics -- Consumer Driven Corporate Responsibility -- Consumerism Consumers' protection -- Core Principles of CSR Approaches Corporate -- Corporate Activism -- Corporate Citizenship -- Corporate codes of conduct -- Corporate giving -- Corporate Governance -- Corporate Governance as a Tool for Alleviating -- Developmental Issues -- Corporate Governance Reporting -- Corporate killing -- Corporate manslaughter -- Corporate Mission, Vision and Values -- Corporate moral agency -- Corporate negligence -- Corporate outrage -- Corporate Political Connection -- Corporate Reputation -- Corporate Responsibility Index -- Corporate Responsibiliy Maturity -- Corporate Secretaries -- Corporate Social Entrepreneurship -- Corporate Social innovation -- Corporate Social -- Irresponsibility -- Corporate Social Marketing -- Corporate Social Opportunity -- Corporate Social Performance -- Corporate Social Performance Measurement -- Corporate social responsibility -- Corporate Social Responsibility Report -- Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy -- Corporate social responsiveness (Carroll, Frederick and Ackerman) -- Corporate Strategy -- Corporate Sustainability -- Corporation as Psychopath -- Corporatism -- Corruption and National Development -- Cost-benefit analysis -- Cradle to cradle -- Cradle to grave -- Critical reflection in corporate management -- Critiques of Corporate Social Responsibility -- Cross-cultural attitudes to CSR -- CSR and Africa -- CSR and Catholic Social Teaching -- CSR and Corruption -- CSR and Poverty -- CSR and Spirituality -- CSR Butterfly effect -- CSR Communication -- CSR Continuum - core business to broader goals -- CSR Europe -- CSR Evolutionary Journey - CSR Journey, CSR Organisational Evolutions -- CSR Frameworks -- CSR Innovation -- CSR Lifecycle -- CSR Measurement -- CSR: Australian Standard AS8003 [world first] -- CSRwire -- Cultural differences in values/ethics and decision-making -- Culture and Organization Performance -- Cultures, businesses, and global CSR -- Customer value creation -- Dame Anita Roddick -- Data protection -- David Henderson -- Decent work -- Definitions of social responsibility -- Deming 14 points model -- Demographic change -- Design for Environment (sep entry Hannover Principles) -- Development -- Dialogue -- Director Competencies and Skills -- Director Interlocks -- Director Role Position Description -- Disability -- Disclosure (CSR reporting) -- Discrimination -- Distributive Justice -- Diversity -- Dividend -- Dow Jones Sustainability Index -- Downsizing -- Due Diligence -- Duties of employees (comlpy with contract, comply with law, respect employers property) -- E-Waste -- Earth Summitt (separate entry on Rio declaration and on Agenda 21) -- Earthscan (publisher) -- EC Non-Discrimination Law -- Eco-Efficiency -- Eco-innovation -- Ecolabel -- Ecological economics -- Ecological footprint -- Ecology (separate entries on human and industrial) -- Econology -- Economic Globalization -- Economic sociology -- Economic Sociology of the CSR Movement -- Ecopreneurship -- Ecosystem -- Ecotoxity -- Education -- Elkington, John -- Embedded CSR -- Emissions trading -- Employability -- Employee participation/'ownership -- Employee Surveillance -- Employee volunteer programmes -- Employers' Forum on Age -- Employers' Forum on Disability -- EMS -- Endemic -- Energy Biofuels -- Energy—renewable -- Energy-solar -- Engagement/Stakeholder Engagement -- Enlightened Self-Interest -- Enron -- Environmental Accounting -- Environmental Audit -- Environmental ethics -- Environmental governance -- Environmental impact assessment -- Environmental law -- Environmental Management System -- Environmental protection agencies (all countries) -- Environmental Report Verification -- Environmental sustainability index (World economic forum) -- Environmental, Social and Governance Factors in Investment -- Environmental, Social and Governance Risk -- Environmentally Sensitive Accounting -- Equal Opportunity -- Equal Pay -- Equator Principles -- Ethic of responsibility to other stakeholders -- Ethical absolutism v. ethical relativism -- Ethical Corporation -- Ethical CSR -- Ethical Egoism & CSR -- Ethical problems in financial markets -- Ethical Theories -- Ethical Trading Initiative -- European Corporate Governance Institute -- European Multistakeholder Forum -- European Union Directive - The 8th Company Law Directive on Disclosure & Transparency -- European Urban Charter 1992 and 1998 -- Evolution of Corporate Governance Reports in the UK and Ireland -- Executive remuneration and CSR -- Externalities -- Externally Driven Business Case (EDBC) -- Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) -- Exxon Mobil -- Exxon Valdez -- Factor 4 / Factor 10 -- Fair Pensions -- Fair Trade -- Fair wages -- Family Business and Corporate Social Responsibility -- Fiduciary duty -- Filial Piety & CSR -- Financial Regulations -- Financial Reporting Council (UK) -- Five Capitals Framework (Forum for the Future) -- Forest Stewardship Council -- Fortune at the bottom of the pyramid (Prahalad) -- Franchising Fraud prevention, detection and auditing -- Free range/cage-free/crate free/ethically raised -- Freedom of conscience -- Freedom of speech -- Friedman, Milton -- FTSE4Good Index -- G20.…”

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