“…However, the extent to which these prices look to be fairly valued depends largely on longer-term interest rates remaining at or close to their current low levels. 3) If house prices were to adjust downward, the historical record suggests that the drops might be large and that the process could be protracted, given the observed stickiness of nominal house prices and the current low rates of inflation…”

“…The IEA would welcome comments on the issues and questions raised in this document, or any other observations stakeholders may wish to raise that may be of relevance to this study. …”

“…La mortalité et les signes de toxicité sont enregistrés quotidiennement. Les observations suivantes devraient être faites pendant l'essai : des signes d'intoxication et de tout autre comportement anormal, la mortalité, le poids corporels et la consommation de nourriture…”

“…Recent unprecedented progress in access, use, and analysis of information on scientific publications and patents open innovative ways to study the structure and evolution of science. …”

“…Finally, we show that observable determinants actually explain little of the herding levels, leaving a large part of herding unexplained…”

“…Less research has tested whether defaults affect behaviour in the domain of energy efficiency. This study uses data from a randomized controlled experiment in which the default settings on office thermostats in an OECD office building were manipulated during the winter heating season, and employees’ chosen thermostat setting observed over a 6 week period. …”

“…These results, based on bivariate regressions on secular time series, are largely confirmed on a shorter dataset (1960-2010) when using a multivariate growth framework that accounts for traditional drivers of long-term economic growth and model uncertainty. …”

“…Le vieillissement de la population va entraîner une diminution du nombre d'actifs relativement au nombre de retraités, mais compte tenu des faibles taux des pensions servies par le régime public, il ne sera pas nécessaire de procéder à un relèvement important des taux de cotisation pour faire face aux dépenses de pensions. …”

“…La Méthodologie d'évaluation de la mise en œuvre des Principes de gouvernance d'entreprise du G20 et de l'OCDE a été élaborée par le Comité sur la gouvernance d'entreprise de l'OCDE, avec la participation de la Banque mondiale, dans le but d'étayer l'évaluation de la mise en œuvre des Principes dans une juridiction et de fournir un cadre pour des discussions sur l'action à mener, par exemple dans le contexte des Rapports sur l'observation des normes et codes (RONC) ou d'autres évaluations de pays. …”

“…Les résultats de ces études incluent des mesures (pesée), des observations détaillées régulières (examen hématologique, analyse d’urine, chimie clinique), ainsi que des procédures d’autopsie et l’histopathologie…”

“…First, the paper presents ‘observed’ ratios of total private to public finance in selected climate-related sectors. …”

“…The UK’s proposed Electricity Market Reform is a pioneering effort that will be closely observed by other countries. Ideally, this complex and ambitious reform would in the long run lead to a more liberalised marketplace in which low-carbon power generation technologies compete to deliver innovative and least-cost outcomes. …”

“…L’aménagement, à la fin des années 80, de parcs souterrains de stationnement au cœur de la Presqu’île lyonnaise - sous les places des Terreaux, de la Bourse, de la République et des Célestins, a été l’occasion d’étudier, par ces quatre fenêtres largement ouvertes, une portion du sous-sol qui, jusqu’ici, avait surtout donné lieu à des observations dispersées... Une approche pluridisciplinaire, associant études géologiques, sédimentologiques, archéologiques et archivistiques, permet pour la première fois de restituer une vision d’ensemble de la formation, au confluent du Rhône et de la Saône, de cette presqu’île de prime abord ingrate, puis de sa conquête, patiente et tenace, depuis l’Antiquité jusqu’à nos jours. …”

“…The concept of leadership was once reserved for politics and the military. But as the authors write, "Leadership is now multifaceted rather than simply summed up in the dread words 'command and control.' …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Part 1: The Agile Performance Holarchy -- Chapter 1: The API Is Broken -- Part 2: The Performance Circles -- Chapter 2: Performance Circle: Leading -- Chapter 3: Performance Circle: Providing -- Chapter 4: Performance Circle: Envisioning -- Chapter 5: Performance Circle: Crafting -- Chapter 6: Performance Circle: Affirming -- Chapter 7: Performance Circle: Teaming -- Part 3: Ceremonies and Techniques -- Chapter 8: Acceptance Testing -- Chapter 9: Agile Agreement -- Chapter 10: Agile Digs -- Chapter 11: Agile Partner Assessment -- Chapter 12: All Hands Raised -- Chapter 13: Arc of Conversation -- Chapter 14: Automated Build -- Chapter 15: Backlog Grooming -- Chapter 16: Best Practices Board -- Chapter 17: Big Room Planning / Release Zero -- Chapter 18: Brainstorming -- Chapter 19: Burn Down Chart -- Chapter 20: Confirmation -- Chapter 21: Continuous Deployment -- Chapter 22: Continuous Integration -- Chapter 23: Class, Responsibilities, Collaborators (CRC) Cards -- Chapter 24: Daily Stand-Up -- Chapter 25: Definition of Done -- Chapter 26: Definition of Ready -- Chapter 27: Dot Voting -- Chapter 28: Epics -- Chapter 29: Evaluation -- Chapter 30: Frequent Releases -- Chapter 31: Gemba Walks -- Chapter 32: Gemba Kaizen -- Chapter 33: Goal, Question, Metric (GQM) -- Chapter 34: Incremental Development -- Chapter 35: Kamishibai (Board and Cards) -- Chapter 36: Kanban Board -- Chapter 37: Kano Model -- Chapter 38: Lean Coffee -- Chapter 39: Mob Programming -- Chapter 40: Obeya Room -- Chapter 41: Open Space Technology -- Chapter 42: Pair Programming -- Chapter 43: Peer Reviews -- Chapter 44: Planning Poker -- Chapter 45: Product Backlogs -- Chapter 46: Product Scenarios -- Chapter 47: Project (Team) Chartering -- Chapter 48: Prototyping/Spike -- Chapter 49: Release Planning -- Chapter 50: Retrospectives -- Chapter 51: Review -- Chapter 52: Roles and Accountabilities Game -- Chapter 53: Scrum of Scrums -- Chapter 54: Scrum Wall / Scrum Board -- Chapter 55: Self-Selection/Self-Subscription -- Chapter 56: Spike (Design Spike) -- Chapter 57: Sprint -- Chapter 58: Sprint Demo -- Chapter 59: Sprint Planning -- Chapter 60: Stakeholder Identification and Management -- Chapter 61: State of the Team -- Chapter 62: SWOT Analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) -- Chapter 63: Team Agreement -- Chapter 64: Team Estimation Game -- Chapter 65: Team Room Set-Up -- Chapter 66: Technical Debt -- Chapter 67: Test-Driven Development -- Chapter 68: Three Diverse Humans -- Chapter 69: Training -- Chapter 70: Unit Testing -- Chapter 71: Velocity -- Chapter 72: Visual Information Management -- Part 4: Next Steps for Leaders -- Chapter 73: Using the Agile Performance Holarchy -- Appendix A: Quick Reference Tables -- Glossary…”

“…And yet, long-term observations in the field by the Software Improvement Group (SIG) reveals that many organizations don’t have the necessary resources or institutional processes to make it happen. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The perception of brilliance : actual vs. perceived competence -- The anticipation effect : managing expectations to show your expertise -- Good news, bad news : using the power of association -- The competence formula : framing your competence -- Verbal communication : how to speak like an expert -- Nonverbal communication : how to demonstrate competence through body language -- Beautiful and popular : how to increase your popularity and attactiveness -- Status : the power of symbols -- What now…”

“…For women at all stages of their career, and for managers and executives committed to supporting and guiding women on their leadership journeys, Taking the Stage is the practical, broad-based solution that will allow women to speak up confidently, gain respect, earn the promotions they deserve, and secure their places at the boardroom table…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Machine generated contents note: Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1 Introduction: When it comes to money, we've all got issues Chapter 2 Money Messages We Don't Talk About Money We Talk About Money Constantly From Freud to Frodo: The stories we tell each other Kathy's Story The Stories We Tell Ourselves Stories can help or Hurt Heuristics and Biases Shape Our Stories Identifying Core Beliefs Challenging Core Beliefs Using Science to Our Advantage Chapter 3 Poverty, Privilege, and Prejudice: A crash course in the science of money psychology Money and Social Psychology: How poverty, privilege, and comparisons affect our minds and behavior Money and Cognitive Psychology: How specific thinking patterns affect financial decisions Making Change Chapter 4 The LOADED Budget: Creating a human-centered money management plan What's Wrong With Your Budget? …”

“…And with a few poor decisions, the Fed can plunge the entire world into a recession. The Federal Reserve is one of the most powerful institutions in the world, and also one of the most difficult to understand. …”