Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Summary -- Chapter 2: Getting Started with Spring Security -- Hello Spring Security -- Importing the sample application -- Updating your dependencies -- Using Spring 4.3 and Spring Security 4.2 -- Implementing a Spring Security XML configuration file -- Updating your web.xml file -- The ContextLoaderListener class -- ContextLoaderListener versus DispatcherServlet -- The springSecurityFilterChain filter -- The DelegatingFilterProxy class -- The FilterChainProxy class -- Running a secured application -- Common problems -- A little bit of polish -- Customizing login -- Configuring logout -- The page isn't redirecting properly -- Basic role-based authorization -- Expression-based authorization -- Conditionally displaying authentication information -- Customizing behavior after login -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Custom Authentication -- JBCP calendar architecture -- The CalendarUser object -- The Event object -- The CalendarService interface -- The UserContext interface -- The SpringSecurityUserContext interface -- Logging in new users using SecurityContextHolder -- Managing users in Spring Security -- Logging in a new user to an application -- Updating SignupController -- Creating a custom UserDetailsService object -- The CalendarUserDetailsService class -- Configuring UserDetailsService…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Four Cardinal Sins that Undermine Good Customer Service -- Summary -- Test Your Understanding -- Suggested Further Readings -- Chapter 5 Ethics, Legislation, and Outsourcing -- Introduction -- Ethics -- The RadioShack Case -- The Tyco Case -- The WorldCom Case -- The Enron Case -- Legislation -- Sarbanes-Oxley Act -- Graham-Leach-Bliley Act -- California Senate Bill 1386 -- Outsourcing -- Summary -- Test Your Understanding -- Suggested Further Readings -- Chapter 6 Comparison to ITIL Processes -- Introduction -- Developments Leading Up To ITIL -- IT Service Management -- The Origins of ITIL -- Quality Approach and Standards -- Criteria to Differentiate Infrastructure Processes -- Comparison of Infrastructure Processes -- Ten Common Myths Concerning the Implementation of ITIL -- Myth #1: You Must Implement All ITIL or No ITIL at All -- Myth #2: ITIL is Based on Infrastructure Management Principles -- Myth #3: ITIL Applies Mostly to Data Center Operations -- Myth #4: Everyone Needs to be Trained on ITIL Fundamentals -- Myth #5: Full Understanding of ITIL Requires Purchase of Library -- Myth #6: ITIL Processes Should be Implemented Only One at a Time -- Myth #7: ITIL Provides Detailed Templates for Implementation -- Myth #8: ITIL Framework Applies Only to Large Shops -- Myth #9: ITIL Recommends Tools to Use for Implementation -- Myth #10: There Is Little Need to Understand ITIL Origins -- Summary -- Test Your Understanding -- Suggested Further Readings -- Chapter 7 Availability -- Introduction -- Definition of Availability -- Differentiating Availability from Uptime -- Differentiating Slow Response from Downtime -- Differentiating Availability from High Availability -- Desired Traits of an Availability Process Owner -- Methods for Measuring Availability -- The Seven Rs of High Availability -- Redundancy -- Reputation -- Reliability -- Repairability…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- There's more... -- Function literals with receivers -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- Working with anonymous functions -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- Chapter 5: Object-Oriented Programming -- Introduction -- Working with interfaces in Kotlin -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- How to implement complicated interfaces with multiple overridden methods in Kotlin -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How to extend a class in Kotlin (Inheritance and Extension functions) -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- Extension functions -- How it works... -- There's more... -- How to work with Generics in Kotlin -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- How to implement polymorphism in Kotlin -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- Restricting class hierarchies -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Chapter 6: Collections Framework -- Introduction -- How to merge two collections -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- Splitting original collection into pair of collections -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Sorting a list by specified comparator -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Sorting in descending order -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works...…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Aligning incentives and the accountability structure with the framework for well-being in schools -- Opportunities -- The current UAE School Inspection Framework focuses on some key aspects of student well-being -- DSIB inspectors discuss how schools use survey results to inform change -- DSIB's distance learning evaluation tool emphasises student well-being as a key outcome of schooling -- Schools with strong well-being practices are rewarded and given visibility at the Emirate level -- Areas for improvement -- Misalignments and gaps in the UAE School Inspection Framework need addressing -- At present, the UAE School Inspection process puts little emphasis on teacher well-being -- An alleged overemphasis on students' outcomes in the inspection process puts pressure on schools, teachers and students, as does its frequency -- Schools are under pressure from parents and school owners to improve student outcomes -- Potential next steps -- Educate parents and the local community to build a strong demand for well-being policies and practices in schools -- Why this is needed -- Considerations -- Review the accountability and incentive structure to further embed a culture of well-being in schools -- Why this is needed -- Considerations -- Policy Objective 3.3. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Implementing an Example Calculator with the switch Statement -- Chapter 8: Debugging Your Programs, Part I -- Identifying Types of Errors -- Avoiding Introducing Errors -- Coding with style -- Establishing variable naming conventions -- Finding the First Error with a Little Help -- Finding the Run-Time Error -- Formulating test data -- Executing the test cases -- Seeing what's going on in your program -- Part III: Becoming a Procedural Programmer -- Chapter 9: while Running in Circles -- Creating a while Loop -- Breaking out of the Middle of a Loop -- Nested Loops -- Chapter 10: Looping for the Fun of It -- The for Parts of Every Loop -- Looking at an Example -- Getting More Done with the Comma Operator -- Chapter 11: Functions, I Declare! …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Operating systems differ -- The Hiera way -- Setting up Hiera -- Adding Hiera data to your Puppet repo -- Troubleshooting Hiera -- Querying Hiera -- Typed lookups -- Types of Hiera data -- Single values -- Boolean values -- Arrays -- Hashes -- Interpolation in Hiera data -- Using lookup() -- Using alias() -- Using literal() -- The hierarchy -- Dealing with multiple values -- Merge behaviors -- Data sources based on facts -- What belongs in Hiera? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…E.5.3 DoDAF and Views and Beyond -- E.5.4 A Strategy to Use DoDAF to Document Software Architecture -- E.6 Where Architecture Documentation Ends -- E.7 A Final Word -- E.8 For Further Reading -- Appendix A: UML-Unified Modeling Language -- A.1 Introduction -- A.2 Documenting a Module View -- A.2.1 Decomposition Style -- A.2.2 Uses Style -- A.2.3 Generalization Style -- A.2.4 Layered Style -- A.2.5 Aspects Style -- A.2.6 Data Model Style -- Perspectives: UML Class Diagrams: Too Much, Too Little -- A.3 Documenting a Component-and-Connector View -- A.4 Documenting an Allocation View -- A.4.1 Deployment Style -- A.4.2 Install and Implementation Styles -- A.4.3 Work Assignment Style -- A.5 Documenting Behavior -- A.5.1 Activity Diagram -- A.5.2 Sequence Diagram -- A.5.3 Communication Diagram -- A.5.4 Timing Diagram -- A.5.5 Interaction Overview Diagram -- A.5.6 State Machine Diagram -- A.5.7 Use Case Diagram -- A.6 Documenting Interfaces -- Perspectives: UML Tools -- Appendix B: SysML-Systems Modeling Language -- B.1 Architecture Documentation -- B.2 Requirements -- B.3 Documenting a Module View -- B.4 Documenting a Component-and-Connector View -- B.5 Documenting an Allocation View -- B.6 Documenting Behavior -- B.7 Documenting Interfaces -- B.8 Summary -- Appendix C: AADL-The SAE Architecture Analysis and Design Language -- C.1 Introduction -- C.2 Documenting a Module Style -- C.3 Documenting a Component-and-Connector View -- C.4 Documenting a Deployment View -- C.5 Documenting Behavior -- C.6 Documenting Interfaces -- C.7 Summary -- Acronyms -- Glossary…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Administering Database Servers -- Registering Servers -- Connecting to a Server -- Creating a New Server Group -- Managing Multiple Servers -- Starting and Stopping Servers -- Managing Databases Using Object Explorer -- Creating Databases Without Using Transact-SQL -- Modifying Databases Without Using Transact-SQL -- Managing Tables Without Using Transact-SQL -- Authoring Activities Using SQL Server Management Studio -- Query Editor -- Solution Explorer -- SQL Server Debugging -- Summary -- Exercises -- Part II: Transact-SQL Language -- Chapter 4: SQL Components -- SQL's Basic Objects -- Literal Values -- Delimiters -- Comments -- Identifiers -- Reserved Keywords -- Data Types -- Numeric Data Types -- Character Data Types -- Temporal Data Types -- Miscellaneous Data Types -- Binary and BIT Data Types -- Large Object Data Types -- UNIQUEIDENTIFIER Data Type -- SQL_VARIANT Data Type -- HIERARCHYID Data Type -- TIMESTAMP Data Type -- Storage Options -- FILESTREAM Storage -- Sparse Columns -- Transact-SQL Functions -- Aggregate Functions -- Scalar Functions -- Numeric Functions -- Date Functions -- System Functions -- Metadata Functions -- Scalar Operators -- Global Variables -- NULL Values -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 5: Data Definition Language -- Creating Database Objects -- Creation of a Database -- Attaching and Detaching Databases -- CREATE TABLE: A Basic Form -- CREATE TABLE and Declarative Integrity Constraints -- The UNIQUE Clause -- The PRIMARY KEY Clause -- The CHECK Clause -- The FOREIGN KEY Clause -- Referential Integrity -- Possible Problems with Referential Integrity -- The ON DELETE and ON UPDATE Options -- Creating Other Database Objects -- Integrity Constraints and Domains -- Alias Data Types -- CLR Data Types -- Modifying Database Objects -- Altering a Database -- Modifying File or Filegroup Properties -- Setting Database Options…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Learning Goals in Review -- MyLab Operations Management Resources -- Key Equations -- Key Terms -- Solved Problems -- Discussion Questions -- Problems -- Active Model Exercise -- Video Case Quality at Axon -- Experiential Learning 3.1 Statistical Process Control with a Coin Catapult -- 4 CAPACITY PLANNING -- Tesla Motors -- Planning Long‐Term Capacity -- Measures of Capacity and Utilization -- Economies of Scale -- Diseconomies of Scale -- Capacity Timing and Sizing Strategies -- Sizing Capacity Cushions -- Timing and Sizing Expansion -- Linking Capacity and Other Decisions -- A Systematic Approach to Long‐Term Capacity Decisions -- Step 1: Estimate Capacity Requirements -- Step 2: Identify Gaps -- Step 3: Develop Alternatives -- Step 4: Evaluate the Alternatives -- Tools for Capacity Planning -- Managerial Practice 4.1 Capacity Planning at PacifiCorp -- Waiting‐Line Models -- Simulation -- Decision Trees -- Learning Goals in Review -- MyLab Operations Management Resources -- Key Equations -- Key Terms -- Solved Problems -- Discussion Questions -- Problems -- Video Case Gate Turnaround at Southwest Airlines -- Case Fitness Plus, Part A -- SUPPLEMENT B Waiting Lines -- Structure of Waiting‐Line Problems -- Customer Population -- The Service System -- Priority Rule -- Probability Distributions -- Arrival Distribution -- Service Time Distribution -- Using Waiting‐Line Models to Analyze Operations -- Single‐Server Model -- Multiple‐Server Model -- Little's Law -- Finite‐Source Model -- Waiting Lines and Simulation -- SimQuick -- Decision Areas for Management -- Learning Goals in Review -- MyLab Operations Management Resources -- Key Equations -- Key Terms -- Solved Problem -- Problems -- 5 CONSTRAINT MANAGEMENT -- Microsoft Corporation -- The Theory of Constraints -- Key Principles of the TOC -- Managing Bottlenecks in Service Processes…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…2 Frequent Research Designs and Methodological Strategies -- 3 Main Analytical Constructs -- 3.1 Styles -- 3.2 Topics -- 3.3 Features -- 3.4 Functions -- 4 Desiderata and Directions for Future Research -- References -- Content Analysis in the Research Field of Public Diplomacy -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Commonly used research designs in public diplomacy research -- 3 Main constructs employed in content analyses on public diplomacy -- 4 Research desiderata -- References -- Content Analysis in the Research Field of Disinformation -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Common Research Designs and Combination of Methods -- 3 Main Constructs -- 4 Research Desiderata -- References -- Content Analysis in the Research Field of Corporate Communication -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Frequent Research Themes -- 3 Frequent Research Designs -- 4 Trends -- 5 Research Desiderata -- References -- Die Inhaltsanalyse im Forschungsfeld der kommerziellen Werbung -- 1 Einleitung -- 2 Besonderheiten von Werbung als Untersuchungsgegenstand der Inhaltsanalyse -- 3 Trends, Konstrukte und zentrale Befunde in der Forschung -- 4 Forschungsdesiderata -- Literatur -- Content Analysis in the Research Field of Social Movements Communication -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Common Research Questions and Objects of Study -- 3 Trends in Methodology -- 4 Research Desiderata -- References -- Die Inhaltsanalyse im Forschungsfeld der Justizkommunikation &amp -- Litigation-PR -- 1 Einleitung -- 2 Trends inhaltanalytischer Studien zur Justizberichterstattung -- 3 Ergebnisse inhaltanalytischer Studien zur Justizberichterstattung -- 4 Forschungsdesiderata -- Literatur -- Content Analysis in the Research Field of Strategic Health Communication -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Frequent Designs -- 3 Main Constructs -- 4 Research Desiderata -- References -- Content Analysis in the Research Field of Science Communication -- 1 Introduction…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Review - grouping connected clips in Storylines -- Controlling and overriding connections -- Review - controlling and overriding connections -- Three-point editing and more -- Backtiming -- Overwriting -- Copy and paste -- Review - three-point editing and more -- Summary -- Review questions -- Review answers -- Chapter 8: Neaten the Edges: Trimming Techniques -- Rolling an edit -- Understanding a regular trim edit -- Performing a Roll edit -- Using keyboard shortcuts to Roll -- Review - Rolling an edit -- Slipping and Sliding clips -- Using a Slip edit -- Using a Slide edit -- Review - Slipping and sliding clips -- Softening audio with split edits (J- and L-cuts) -- Expanding and collapsing audio -- Overlapping audio edit points -- Fading audio edits -- Fading music for beat-matching -- Review - softening audio with split edits (J- and L-cuts) -- Editing numerically and with the precision editor -- Trimming using numbers -- Setting clip duration -- Moving to a specific timecode -- Using the precision editor -- Review - editing numerically and with the precision editor -- Summary -- Review questions -- Review answers -- Chapter 9: Consider Your Options: Multicam, Replacing, and Auditions -- Working with Multicam media -- Understanding Multicam footage -- Preparing to edit with the Angle Viewer -- Switching angles -- Replacing and editing existing angles -- Editing inside a Multicam angle -- Review - working with Multicam media -- Exchanging one clip with another -- Showing or hiding a clip -- Replacing clips -- Review - exchanging one clip with another -- Creating and using Auditions -- Review - creating and using Auditions -- Summary -- Review questions -- Review answers -- Chapter 10: Explore a Little: Compound Clips and Timeline Tricks -- Creating and using Compound Clips -- Replacing media using Multicam Clips…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Making Offers They Can't Refuse -- Don't delay -- Make an offer over the phone -- Prepare and send an official offer letter -- Set a deadline -- Stay connected -- Know how to negotiate salary -- Decide how far you're willing to go in negotiating salary -- Know when to draw the line -- Clarify acceptance details -- Stay in touch -- Part 3 Retaining and Engaging Talent -- Chapter 10 Onboarding: Setting Up New Team Members for Success -- Explaining What Onboarding Is -- Integrating New Team Members into the Organization -- Recognizing Three Unproductive Approaches That Don't Work -- Osmosis -- "Just follow Joe around" -- Watch the video -- Doing It Right: A Little Empathy Goes a Long Way -- The First Day: Easing Anxieties -- The First Week: Revealing More about the Company and the Job -- Providing the rules of the road -- Keeping onboarding practical -- Involving senior leaders from across the business -- Holding large-group sessions in a suitable location -- Making group presentations user-friendly and engaging -- Providing an onboarding session agenda -- Offering information in digestible chunks -- Giving a clear sense of tasks and setting concrete goals -- Onboarding: A Process, Not an Event -- Developing a checklist -- Keeping the message alive -- Using mentoring to build a solid foundation -- Getting feedback: How good is your onboarding program? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…A preprocessing example -- Identity preprocessors and pretty printers -- The preprocessor within the Unicon preprocessor -- Code generation in the Unicon preprocessor -- Transforming objects into classes -- Generating source code from the syntax tree -- Closure-based inheritance in Unicon -- The difference between preprocessors and transpilers -- Transpiling Jzero code to Unicon -- Semantic attributes for transpiling to Unicon -- A code generation model for Jzero -- The Jzero to Unicon transpiler code generation method -- Transpiling the base cases: names and literals -- Handling the dot operator -- Mapping Java expressions to Unicon -- Transpiler code for method calls -- Assignments -- Transpiler code for control structures -- Transpiling Jzero declarations -- Transpiling Jzero block statements -- Transpiling a Jzero class into a Unicon package that contains a class -- Summary -- Questions -- Chapter 12: Bytecode Interpreters -- Technical requirements -- Understanding what bytecode is -- Comparing bytecode with intermediate code -- Building a bytecode instruction set for Jzero -- Defining the Jzero bytecode file format -- Understanding the basics of stack machine operation -- Implementing a bytecode interpreter -- Loading bytecode into memory -- Initializing the interpreter state -- Fetching instructions and advancing the instruction pointer -- Instruction decoding -- Executing instructions -- Starting up the Jzero interpreter -- Writing a runtime system for Jzero -- Running a Jzero program -- Examining iconx, the Unicon bytecode interpreter -- Understanding goal-directed bytecode -- Leaving type information in at runtime -- Fetching, decoding, and executing instructions -- Crafting the rest of the runtime system -- Summary -- Questions -- Chapter 13: Generating Bytecode -- Technical requirements -- Converting intermediate code to Jzero bytecode…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Functional dependencies -- Keys -- Being Aware of the Danger of Anomalies -- Eliminating anomalies -- Examining the higher normal forms -- The Database Integrity versus Performance Tradeoff -- Chapter 3 Balancing Performance and Correctness -- Designing a Sample Database -- The ER model for Honest Abe's -- Converting an ER model into a relational model -- Normalizing a relational model -- Handling binary relationships -- A sample conversion -- Maintaining Integrity -- Entity integrity -- Domain integrity -- Referential integrity -- Avoiding Data Corruption -- Speeding Data Retrievals -- Hierarchical storage -- Full table scans -- Working with Indexes -- Creating the right indexes -- Indexes and the ANSI/ISO standard -- Index costs -- Query type dictates the best index -- Point query -- Multipoint query -- Range query -- Prefix match query -- Extremal query -- Ordering query -- Grouping query -- Equi-join query -- Data structures used for indexes -- Indexes, sparse and dense -- Index clustering -- Composite indexes -- Index effect on join performance -- Table size as an indexing consideration -- Indexes versus full table scans -- Reading SQL Server Execution Plans -- Robust execution plans -- A sample database -- A typical query -- The execution plan -- Chapter 4 Creating a Database with SQL -- First Things First: Planning Your Database -- Building Tables -- Locating table rows with keys -- Using the CREATE TABLE statement -- Setting Constraints -- Column constraints -- Table constraints -- Keys and Indexes -- Ensuring Data Validity with Domains -- Establishing Relationships between Tables -- Altering Table Structure -- Deleting Tables -- Book 3 Writing SQL Queries -- Chapter 1 Values, Variables, Functions, and Expressions -- Entering Data Values -- Row values have multiple parts -- Identifying values in a column -- Literal values don't change…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…White Balance, JPEG Parameters, and Raw Conversion -- Tip 102: Custom white balance: a little effort can go a long way -- Tip 103: Changing color tints with WB SHIFT -- Tip 104: White balance and monochrome images -- Tip 105: Using film simulations -- Tip 106: Using the GRAIN EFFECT -- Tip 107: Contrast settings: adjusting highlights and shadows -- Tip 108: Color saturation -- Tip 109: The COLOR CHROME EFFECT…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- See also -- Chapter 4: Using Quarto to Make Data-Rich Reports, Presentations, and Websites -- Technical requirements -- Further information -- Using Markdown and Quarto for literate computation -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Creating different document formats from the same source -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Creating data-rich presentations from code -- Getting ready…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Using functions as arguments to other functions -- Defining functions using the arrow syntax -- Understanding value closure -- Working with arrays -- Reading and modifying the contents of an array -- Enumerating the contents of an array -- Using the spread operator -- Working with objects -- Understanding literal object types -- Defining optional properties in a type annotation -- Defining classes -- Adding methods to a class -- Access controls and simplified constructors -- Using class inheritance -- Checking object types -- Working with JavaScript modules -- Creating and using modules -- Consolidating module contents -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Understanding Node.js Concurrency -- Preparing for this chapter -- Creating a simple web application -- Understanding (simplified) server code execution -- Understanding multi-threaded execution -- Understanding blocking and non-blocking operations -- Understanding JavaScript code execution -- Understanding Node.js code execution -- Using the Node.js API -- Handling events -- Working with promises -- Wrapping callbacks and unwrapping promises -- Executing custom code -- Yielding control of the main thread -- Using worker threads -- Writing the worker code -- Creating a worker thread -- Packaging worker threads into a callback -- Packaging worker threads into a promise -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Handling HTTP Requests -- Preparing for this chapter -- Listening for HTTP requests -- Understanding the Server configuration object -- Understanding HTTP requests -- Parsing URLs -- Understanding HTTP responses -- Supporting HTTPS requests -- Creating the self-signed certificate -- Handling HTTPS requests -- Detecting HTTPS requests -- Redirecting insecure requests -- Using third-party enhancements -- Using the Express router -- Using the request and response enhancements -- Using Express route parameters -- Summary…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Die kurdische Frage und der kurdische Kampf um Selbstbestimmung -- 3.1 Kurdistan und seine Bevölkerung -- 3.1.1 Bevölkerungszusammensetzung Kurdistans -- 3.1.2 Sprachliche Vielfalt -- 3.2 Die kurdische Frage in Nordkurdistan und der Türkei -- 3.2.1 Die Kurd:innen während des Zerfalls des Osmanischen Reiches -- 3.2.2 Das Ende des Ersten Weltkriegs und die Vierteilung Kurdistans -- 3.2.3 Folgen der Republikgründung für die Kurd:innen -- 3.2.4 Das Scheitern der frühen kurdischen Aufstände -- Der Kocgiri‐Aufstand -- Der Sex Seid Aufstand -- Die Xoybun‐Partei und der Ararat‐Aufstand -- Das letzte Aufbäumen kurdischer Stämme - Der Dersim‐Aufstand -- 3.2.5 Das Wiederaufflammen der kurdischen Frage -- 3.2.6 Debatten über die kurdische Frage innerhalb der türkischen Linken -- 3.2.7 Die Jahre zwischen den Militärputschen -- 3.3 Die kurdische Frage in Rojava und Syrien -- 3.3.1 Gründung Syriens und die neue innerkurdische Grenze…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Overseeing Risk -- Chapter 24 The Intricacies of Subsidiary/Holding Governance -- Structures -- Culture -- Chapter 25 Fostering Entrepreneurship from the Board -- 'Best Practice' Governance vs Entrepreneurship -- Boards Should Actively Encourage Entrepreneurship -- Innovativeness and Autonomy -- Passion and Risk Taking -- Chapter 26 The Board's Oversight Framework for M&amp -- As -- Creating a Deal-making Mindset -- Seeing the Bigger Picture -- Staging Deals with Maximum Precision -- Strategy Fit Review -- Risk Analysis -- Due Diligence -- Deal Structure and Pricing -- Integration -- Post-integration Analysis -- Confronting Litigation Involving M&amp -- As -- Conflicts of Interest -- Lack of Disclosure -- Hostile and Friendly Takeover -- Pre-acquisition Mismanagement -- Post-acquisition Mismanagement -- Acknowledgement -- Chapter 27 Boards and Oversight of KPIs -- KPIs are a Language - and are Indispensable for Boards -- KPIs Need to be Credible to be Useful -- Zooming in on the KPIs that Matter - and that Tell a Story of How the Company Creates Value -- KPIs Should Measure What is Critical -- A Keen Focus on Value Creation -- KPIs Help Diminish Substantial Business Risks Linked to ESG -- KPIs and Human Capital -- A Dynamic Approach to KPIs -- Hi-tech Display and Review of KPIs -- A Renaissance of the Balanced Scorecard -- KPIs for Board Members -- Appendix 27A -- Checklist -- Chapter 28 The Talent Pipeline -- The Board's Responsibility for Talent Management -- From succession plans to transitioning leaders, boards have a role to play…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Copyright -- Contributors -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Part 1: Essential Concepts -- Chapter 1: Recap of Mathematical Notation and Terminology -- Technical requirements -- Number systems -- Notation for numbers and fields -- Complex numbers -- What we learned -- Linear algebra -- Vectors -- Matrices -- What we learned -- Sums, products, and logarithms -- Sums and the ​ ​ notation -- Products and the ​ ​ notation -- Logarithms -- What we learned -- Differential and integral calculus -- Differentiation -- Finding maxima and minima -- Integration -- What we learned -- Analysis -- Limits -- Order notation -- Taylor series expansions -- What we learned -- Combinatorics -- Binomial coefficients -- What we learned -- Summary -- Notes and further reading -- Chapter 2: Random Variables and Probability Distributions -- Technical requirements -- All data is random -- A little example -- Systematic variation can be learned - random variation can't -- Random variation is not just measurement error -- What are the consequences of data being random? …”