Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Forewords -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: Getting Started -- Chapter 1: Welcome to the World -- Top Ten Experiences -- The Heart of Agile Teams at 10Pines (Page 32) -- Glad, Mad, Sad in Japan (Page 157) -- Building Trust, Learning, and Understanding: An Agile Approach to Project Discovery (Page 81) -- Agile Organizations Set the Stage for Emergent Leaders (Page 252) -- Finding My Voice (Page 308) -- Trust: The Basic Building Block of Agile Teams (Page 115) -- Forced Fun (Page 278) -- Accelerating the Supply Chain of Goods and Services (Page 62) -- Retrospectives at Every Level (Page 51) -- Learntor: On a Mission to Create a Level Playing Field for Africa (Page 325) -- Understanding Culture -- When Cultures Collide -- At the Risk of Stereotyping -- Categorizing Behaviors -- The Hofstede Model -- The Lewis Model -- A Basis for Study: Cultural Behaviors and the Agile Values -- On the Road -- Part II: South America -- Agile Community Events and Meetups -- Chapter 2: Argentina -- History -- Insights -- Heart of Agile Teams at 10Pines -- People -- Great Environment -- Vision -- Self-Organization -- Communication -- Conclusion -- Getting On and Around -- Agile Community Events and Meetups -- Chapter 3: Chile -- History -- Insights -- The Accountant That Automated Himself Out of a Job and Into Development -- Getting On and Around -- Retrospectives at Every Level -- Agile Community Events and Meetups -- Chapter 4: Colombia -- History -- Insights -- Lean Change Management at a Hardware Retailer4 -- Accelerating the Supply Chain of Goods and Services -- Hypothesis 1 - Increased collaboration and shared responsibility -- Hypothesis 2 - Improved quality as perceived by the internal client -- Hypothesis 3 - Reduced delivery times of contract completion -- Geniio: Generating Integral and Timely Information…”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Front Cover -- Handbook on Biological Warfare Preparedness -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Biological warfare agents: History and modern-day relevance -- History of biological warfare agents -- Biological warfare agents -- Characteristics of biological weapons -- Advantages and disadvantages of biological agents -- Characteristics of an ideal biological warfare agent -- Classification of biological warfare agents according to the Center for Disease Control -- Present-day relevance of the agents -- Detection -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2: Bacterial biological warfare agents -- Introduction -- Warfare agents -- Biological warfare agents as a preferred weapon of destruction -- Biological warfare agents -- Bacterial biological warfare agents are unique -- Historical aspects -- Bacterial biological warfare agents -- Lists of bacterial biological warfare agents -- Bacillus anthracis -- Yersinia pestis -- Brucella suis -- Coxiella burnetii -- Francisella tularensis -- Burkholderia pseudomallei -- Burkholderia mallei -- Reason behind rising bacterial bioterrorism -- Identifying the signs of biological attack -- Detection techniques for bacterial biological warfare agents -- Establishment of bacterial biological weapon programs -- Biological warfare program of the USSR -- Japanese biological warfare program -- United States biological warfare program -- Iraq's biological warfare program -- Impact of bacterial bioweaponization for society -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Toxins as biological warfare agents -- Introduction -- Dinoflagellate toxins -- Saxitoxin -- Bacterial toxins -- Botulinum neurotoxin -- Staphylococcal enterotoxins -- Staphylococcal enterotoxin B -- Fungal toxins -- Trichothecenes (T-2) toxin -- Diacetoxyscirpenol -- Snail toxins -- Conotoxins…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Executive Summary -- The Strategic Playbook -- The Commercial Playbook -- The Operational Playbook -- The Financial Playbook -- The Governance Playbook -- The Organizational Playbook -- The Change Management Playbook -- Prototypical Order -- Part I The Strategic Playbook -- Chapter 1 The Investment Case: The Heart of the Merger and Acquisition Leader's Playbook -- What You Want -- What You Are Willing to Give Up -- Which Opportunities to Pursue -- The Path to Value Creation -- Core Focus -- Fundamental Investment Case Model for a Merger or Acquisition -- Tool 1.1 Investment Case -- Chapter 2 Focus: It Drives Everything Else -- Design-Focused -- Production Focused -- Delivery Focused -- Service Focused -- Chapter 3 Plans: Strategy Precedes Execution -- 365-Day Plan Elements -- Financial Reporting Systems -- Tool 3.1 Situation Analysis Checklist -- Tool 3.2 SWOT -- Tool 3.3 Business Planning -- Chapter 4 Innovation: A Fundamental Strategic Choice -- Innovation Tips -- Innovation Strategies -- Creativity -- Systems -- Tool 4.1 BRAVE Innovation -- Part II The Commercial Playbook -- Chapter 5 Organic Revenue Growth: So Valuable -- Marketing, Communications, and Customer Interface -- Sales Model and Organization -- Customer Profitability -- End Market Analysis and Go-to-Market Strategy -- Chapter 6 Customers: From Which All New Value Flows -- Purchasers -- Strategic Sales -- Chapter 7 Marketing and Sales: Which Every Organization Must Do -- Tool 7.1: Purchase and Sales Funnel Management -- Tool 7.2: Marketing Planning -- Why It's Crucial to Align Brand Positioning with the Essence of Your Organization -- Aligning Brand Positioning -- Aspirations -- Tool 7.3: Creative Brief -- Tool 7.4: Strategic Selling -- Part III The Operational Playbook…”

“…Commit to great leadership and implement it today The Leadership Contract Field Guide provides a practical blueprint for implementing the Leadership Contract. Reading is one thing, but new ideas cannot be useful until they are put into practice—so now it is time to commit. …”

“…C# in a Nutshell provides everything programmers need to know about the C# language in one concise and accessible volume. Designed as a primary reference for daily use, it also includes all the essential background information to become productive quickly. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Sect. I. Chronology. 1. Origins of the Cold War, 1917-41. 2. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction: The enterprise capabilities that turn digital and AI into a source of ongoing competitive advantage -- Digital as a source of competitive advantage -- The "How" -- What this book is . . . and isn't -- It's still Day 1 for digital and AI transformation -- Notes -- Section One: Creating the Transformation Roadmap: A business-led roadmap is the blueprint for a successful digital and AI transformation -- Chapter 1 Get your top team inspired and aligned -- Vision -- Alignment -- Commitment -- Notes -- Chapter 2 Choose the right transformation "bite size" -- The domain-based approach -- Prioritizing domains -- Note -- Chapter 3 Have business leaders define what's possible -- How to think about emerging technologies such as Generative AI -- Note -- Chapter 4 Figure out what resources you need to achieve what you want -- Pod composition -- Pod archetypes -- Estimating overall talent needs -- Note -- Chapter 5 Build capabilities for now and the next decade -- Assessing foundational digital capabilities -- Scoping your capability-building needs -- Partnering to accelerate capability building -- Chapter 6 The digital roadmap is a contract for your C-suite -- Chapter 7 The ultimate corporate team sport -- The CEO -- The chief transformation officer -- The CTO, CIO, and CDO -- The chief data officer -- The CHRO -- The CFO -- The chief risk officer -- Leaders of business lines and business functions -- Getting Ready Section One -- Section Two: Building Your Talent Bench: Creating an environment where digital talent thrives -- Chapter 8 Core versus noncore capabilities - strategic talent planning -- What talent do you need in-house? …”