“…How can corporations protect us rather than predate on us, and how can that help their bottom line? In this book I aim to summarise both the overarching concepts and principles about why this is important, and offer practical solutions for companies, policy makers, academia and individuals to push back against these known threats and also try to future proof themselves going forward. …”

“…Big Data, Data Mining, and Machine Learning: Value Creation for Business Leaders and Practitioners is a complete resource for technology and marketing executives looking to cut through the hype and produce real results that hit the bottom line. Providing an engaging, thorough overview of the current state of big data analytics and the growing trend toward high performance computing architectures, the book is a detail-driven look into how big data analytics can be leveraged to foster positive change and drive efficiency. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Fleck, "Row the Boat," Minnesota Golden Gophers -- Much More Than a Clever Mantra -- Create Your Own Cultural Purpose Statement -- Action Steps for Leaders -- Chapter 7 Winning Hearts and Minds for Impactful Culture-Building -- Top-Down Directed, but Bottom-Up Created -- A Collaborative, Multifaceted Approach -- Step #1: Identification: Identify Problem Areas of the Existing Culture -- Step #2: Engagement: Involve Every Manager in the Company -- Step #3: Transformation: Turn Values into Specific Daily Behaviors -- Step #4: Managerial Development: Conduct Company-Wide Manager Meetings -- Driving Cultural Meaning and Impact -- Action Plan for Leaders -- Chapter 8 The Culture Implementation Playbook -- Imagine This Scenario -- Common Culture Implementation Pain Points -- Six Implementation Pain Points -- A Playbook for Driving Transformation at Scale -- Culture Implementation Playbook -- Action#1: Drive Alignment Forward -- Action #2: Behavioral Manifesto -- Action#3: Communication Strategy -- Action #4: Culture Rollout Roadmap -- Moving with Urgency and Adaptability -- Culture Implementation Playbook Action Steps -- Chapter 9 Be Fanatical About Sustained Impact -- Framework for Driving Culture Sustainability -- Five-Step Fanatical Framework -- Step #1: Fanatical Continuous Attention, Development, Nurturing -- Step #2: Fanatical Consistency and Alignment -- Step #3: Fanatical Focus on the Vital Few -- Step #4: Fanatical Follow-Through -- Step #5: Fanatical About Making the Business Case -- Full System Embedment for Sustained Impact -- Strategy #1: Rigorous Training and Reinforcement -- Strategy #2: Cultural Impact Committee -- Strategy #3: Define and Prioritize the Cultural Imperatives -- Strategy #4: Handbook of Cultural Guidelines -- Strategy #5: Ignite and Inspire Your Teams…”

“…Eschewing long-winded ""agile philosophy"" in favor of a formally prioritized process, this book serves as a distilled learning guide for managing technical resources in a manner that directly boosts your bottom line. Build the teams, define the roles, acquire the tools, and deliver your world-class software on time and on budget…”

“…By taking advantage of the accountable advertising model that direct response has to offer, you can improve your bottom line, build brands, and develop lasting relationships with legions of satisfied customers. …”

“…The milieu of best selling books on business strategies involving these communities have companies scrambling to create communities, both internal and external, to increase their bottom line, increase employee retention, improve products, and aid in marketing campaigns.Interface designers and usability specialists are being called on more and more to build communities for a variety of these business strategies. …”

“…He provides a comprehensive account of their interdependence: why the financial sector is crucial to achieving sustainability and why the triple bottom line of commercial, environmental and social success points the way forward for banking. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…ESTIMATING -- Learning outcomes -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 What we estimate and why it is important -- 6.3 Expert judgement -- 6.4 Bottom-up and top-down approaches -- 6.5 A parametric approach -- 6.6 Estimating by analogy -- 6.7 Checklist -- Sample questions -- Pointers for activities -- 7. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; Foreword; Preface; 1 Introduction; PART I Tools for Measuring Behaviour in the Operating Theatre; 2Development and Evaluation of the NOTSS Behaviour Rating System for Intraoperative Surgery (2003-2008); Figure 2.1 Developing the NOTSS system; Table 2.1 Summary of NOTSS v1.1 evaluation results (see Yule et al. 2008a for detailed results); Figure 2.2 NOTSS skills taxonomy v1.2; Figure 2.3 Completed NOTSS rating form; 3 Competence Evaluation in Orthopaedics - A 'Bottom-up' Approach; Table 3.1 PBA domains…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…""2.2.1 Objective""""2.2.2 Concepts and methodology""; ""2.3 The Case Study Lagoons""; ""2.4 The European Policy Context""; ""2.5 The Bottom-Up Approach for a Pan-European View""; ""2.6 Final Remarks""; ""2.7 Acknowledgements""; ""2.8 References""; ""Chapter 3: The physio-geographical background and ecology of Ria de Aveiro""; ""3.1 Introduction""; ""3.2 Study Site Description""; ""3.2.1 Characterization of the Vouga river drainage basin""; ""3.2.2 Characterization of the Ria de Aveiro lagoon""; ""3.2.3 Hydrological regime""; ""3.2.4 Meteorological characterization""…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…5.2 Experimental methods for characterization of fatigue behaviour of fibres5.3 Fatigue analysis of glass fibres; 5.4 Fatigue analysis of carbon fibres; 5.5 Fatigue analysis of other types of fibres; 5.6 Modelling of fatigue strength of fibres and bundles; 5.7 Effect of environmental factors on the fatigue behaviour of fibres; 5.8 Conclusions and future challenges; References; 6 - Multiaxial fatigue of a unidirectional ply: an experimental top-down approach; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Bottom-up strategy versus top-down approach; 6.3 Failure mode-related fatigue model; 6.4 Application…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Locate Lost Nuts and Other Small BitsBuild Your Top and Bottom Frame As Completely As Possible; Add Extra Nuts; The Moving Parts; Working with Oiled Parts ; Keep Smooth and Threaded Rods Clean; Belt Tensioners ; Align Pulleys with the Belt; Don't Stress the Plastic ; Take Care with Mounting the Accessories; Electronics; ESD Is the Enemy; Test Your Components Separately; Don't Rush Assembly; You Cannot Use Too Many Zip Ties ; Cutting Wires to Length; Cut Zip Ties Close to the Nub; Use High-Temp Wire for Heaters; Use ESD Shielding for LCD Cables; Insulate Mains; Use Stress Relief…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; The Start Menu and Bottom Left of the Task Bar; And on the Right Side...; The Start Menu; Accessories; Debian Reference; File Manager; Image Viewer; Leafpad; LXTerminal…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Big Picture Economics: How to Navigate the New Global Economy; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Introduction to the Economics of Context; Adapting to the Economy-View from the Cab of a Truck; Bottom of the Recession; What the Business Cycle Meant to the Business; The Service Sector-The Enchilada Stops Here; The Cash Register Stops Singing; Celebrate for 15 Minutes; What Does Economics Teach Us about Context?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Paraphrasing and Summarizing SkillsTime-Traveling; Next Step; 10 Sharpen Your Executive Business Acumen; Top Down and Bottom Up; Think Across the Entire Organization; ATL and BTL Solution Boxes; Talking About Trains; Become the Champion of Solution Box B; I-Date for Box B; 11 Stage 2: Don't Forget The Split; It's Not a Race; The Quantified Problem; The Quantified Cause; The Quantified Solution; Printer Story: The Value of the Three Qs; 12 Discussions with an ATL Executive; The ValueStar: Learning ATL Vocabulary; ROI: Selling Money; Making the Most of Time; Risk: The Million-Dollar Question…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; Touring the iPad mini Exterior; On the top; On the bottom…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Keep active space in your content; 5. Beware of false bottoms; 6. Don't let headings float; 7. Don't center text; 8. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; Custom Data Structures; PART 5: Keep Your Comments to Everyone Else!; The Bottom Line; PART 6: Why Does Flash Do That?; Event Flow…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Know the Difference Between Luck and TalentIdentify Your Strengths and Weaknesses; Be Ready to Leap; Play the Players, Not the Game; Time to Move On; Chapter 9: Easy Dot Come; Start with What and Who You Know; A Dot-Com Is Born; My VCs Wanted Their Money Back; Investors Can Come from Unlikely Places; Know Your Limits; Big-Time Marketing on a Small-Time Budget; My Most Expensive Mistake Ever; The Deal That Got Away; We Didn't Know We Were Getting Rich; A Hollywood Ending; A Time to Celebrate; Chapter 10: Easy Dot Go; Find a Mission for Your Venture; Don't Forget the Bottom Line…”