“…Most of the researches on this topic only focus on the coarse-grained market sentiment analysis, i.e., 2-way classification for bullish/bearish. …”

“…Many thanks are due to all Programme Committee Members for the huge and very strong work again. Over 88 papers from 13 countries around the world were submitted to the PC. …”

“…Prologue -- Stepping onto the road -- A plethora of potholes -- Seminary: agony and ecstasy -- A highly incongruous parish -- Again in Vietnam -- Congo Embassy and church -- Korea, Laos, and Washington termination -- Properly into theology -- Still further into theology -- Epilogue -- Annex: The book recast as sermon…”

“…Gelber convincingly demonstrates that the combative and frequently dishonest culture of the showroom floor is a historical artifact whose origins lie in the history of horse trading. Bartering and bargaining were the norm in this predominantly male transaction, with both buyers and sellers staking their reputations and pride on their ability to negotiate the better deal. …”

“…While acknowledging the excellent quality of services delivered by the Norwegian health care system, it identifies a number of problem areas, in particular: i) the long waiting lists for hospital admission and lack of medical staff; ii) the marked regional variation in per capita health care expenditure (which cannot be fully explained by demographic factors); and iii) the risks to cost control associated with soft budget constraints and collective wage bargaining of doctors. A series of recent reforms, most importantly a move from block grant to activity-based funding of hospitals, should provide incentives for raising efficiency in health care provision but also risk leading to “treatment inflation” ..…”

“…Various proposals for the reform of wage-fixing institutions are discussed, including the limitation of trade-union bargaining powers, an official incomes policy, labour management and ownership in business, and tax or subsidy measures to discourage inflationary rises in wages and prices. …”

“…Many of the methods presented here are likely to become ingrained in the way all projects are coordinated. …”

“…Grounded in solid research, the authors-experts in the field of business negotiation-reduce the huge volume of available information into an important audio for busy executives who need to prepare for everyday negotiations as well as for more demanding and complex negotiation situations.Mastering Business Negotiation offers down-to-earth advice for learning to play the negotiation game and shows how toUnderstand the game so you can better control what happensPredict the sequence of negotiation activities and move from disagreement toward agreementIdentify the strategies and tactics of other playersin the gameApply the rules of the game-the "do's and don'ts"that will ultimately lead to successNo matter what you call negotiation-bargaining, haggling, horse trading, or managing differences-the basic skills and techniques of the master negotiator outlined in this book are essential for resolving conflicts, handling difficult conversations, protecting oneself against a competitive adversary, or negotiating a good business deal. …”

“…He explains the six-step Anatomy of a Negotiation Transaction, which guides you from the inception to the execution of agreement, while enabling you to avoid common pitfalls and dirty tricks. If you want better bargains on cars and housing, you need look no farther. …”

“…Leaders will fail because of intractable human responses associated with change-responses such as fear, ingrained habits, politics, incrementalism, and lack of imagination. …”

“…This work explores the issues surrounding contract negotiations between entrepreneurs and other professionals when one of the parties does not have the same level of bargaining power as the other. The need to protect weaker parties from unfair contract terms exists not only in relationships between businesses and consumers, but in business to business contracts also. …”

“…The unparalleled guide to successfully buying and selling on eBay, fully revised and updated eBay is the world's #1 shopping and selling site, where millions find bargains and make money with their own sales. Marsha Collier is the #1 eBay expert and bestselling author, with more than a million copies of her books in print. …”

“…This book develops and tests a theory of interorganizational diffusion in international relations that explains how successful pioneer organizations shape institutional choices in other organizations by affecting the institutional preferences and bargaining strategies of national governments. The author argues that Europe's foremost regional organization systematically affects institution building abroad, but that such influence varies across different types of organizations. …”

“…By discussing such questions, the volume shows how racism is ingrained in the structures of modern societies. As the articles show, structural and everyday racism can also be found in Switzerland in various areas of society. …”

“…Though each chapter is different and stands in its own right, there are certain psychoanalytic concepts that appear and reappear again and again. Specifically these are the concepts of transference, countertransference, and projective identification, which are the theoretical and clinical bedrock on which psychoanalytic psychotherapy rests. …”

“…In contrast to previous assertions about a ceiling on the human lifespan, evidence presented in this book suggests that lifespan records in specific countries and globally will be broken again and again as more people survive to become supercentenarians. …”

“…Clay-specific properties such as colour, grain size distribution, grain shape, hardness, plasticity, organic additives, or bulk and clay mineral properties were used as comparative parameters. …”

“…"Never come second place againSay goodbye to feelings of inadequacy - never again will you have to look on while someone else gets that promotion you wanted, wins the pitch you went for or beats you on the playing field. …”

“…In his work, what he hears again and again is that leaders genuinely care about the people on their teams: they want them to have lower stress levels, they want them to feel healthy and happy, and they want them to be excited to come to work! …”