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Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Financial Management
Par Mohamed Aamer. 2013
This book is a practical, hands-on guide that covers both the basic and advanced concepts of financial management using Microsoft…
Dynamics AX.Microsoft Dynamics AX Financial Management is for Microsoft Dynamics AX solution architects, application consultants, support engineers, pre-technical sales consultants, and project managers on the partner side, as well as chief financial officers, financial controllers, accounting managers, key users, business analysts, and chief information officers on the customer side. A basic knowledge of financial terms, concepts, and Microsoft Dynamics AX terminologies will help you better understand the concepts covered in this book.The Prehistory of Home
Par Jerry D. Moore. 2012
Many animals build shelters, but only humans build homes. No other species creates such a variety of dwellings. Drawing examples…
from across the archaeological record and around the world, archaeologist Jerry D. Moore recounts the cultural development of the uniquely human imperative to maintain domestic dwellings. He shows how our houses allow us to physically adapt to the environment and conceptually order the cosmos, and explains how we fabricate dwellings and, in the process, construct our lives. The Prehistory of Home points out how houses function as symbols of equality or proclaim the social divides between people, and how they shield us not only from the elements, but increasingly from inchoate fear.Capitalism by Gaslight
Par Wendy A. Woloson, Brian P. Luskey. 2015
While elite merchants, financiers, shopkeepers, and customers were the most visible producers, consumers, and distributors of goods and capital in…
the nineteenth century, they were certainly not alone in shaping the economy. Lurking in the shadows of capitalism's past are those who made markets by navigating a range of new financial instruments, information systems, and modes of transactions: prostitutes, dealers in used goods, mock auctioneers, illegal slavers, traffickers in stolen horses, emigrant runners, pilfering dock workers, and other ordinary people who, through their transactions and lives, helped to make capitalism as much as it made them.Capitalism by Gaslight illuminates American economic history by emphasizing the significance of these markets and the cultural debates they provoked. These essays reveal that the rules of economic engagement were still being established in the nineteenth century: delineations between legal and illegal, moral and immoral, acceptable and unsuitable were far from clear. The contributors examine the fluid mobility and unstable value of people and goods, the shifting geographies and structures of commercial institutions, the blurred boundaries between legitimate and illegitimate economic activity, and the daily lives of men and women who participated creatively--and often subversively--in American commerce.With subjects ranging from women's studies and African American history to material and consumer culture, this compelling volume illustrates that when hidden forms of commerce are brought to light, they can become flashpoints revealing the tensions, fissures, and inequities inherent in capitalism itself.Contributors: Paul Erickson, Robert J. Gamble, Ellen Gruber Garvey, Corey Goettsch, Joshua R. Greenberg, Katie M. Hemphill, Craig B. Hollander, Brian P. Luskey, Will B. Mackintosh, Adam Mendelsohn, Brendan P. O'Malley, Michael D. Thompson, Wendy A. Woloson.Zero to Maker
Par David Lang. 2013
Are you possessed by the urge to invent, design, and make something that others enjoy, but don't know how to…
plug into the Maker movement? In this book, you'll follow author David Lang's headfirst dive into the Maker world and how he grew to be a successful entrepreneur. You'll discover how to navigate this new community, and find the best resources for learning the tools and skills you need to be a dynamic maker in your own right. Lang reveals how he became a pro maker after losing his job, and how the experience helped him start OpenROV--a DIY community and product line focused on open source undersea exploration. It all happened once he became an active member of the Maker culture. Ready to take the plunge into the next Industrial Revolution? This guide provides a clear and inspiring roadmap. Take an eye-opening journey from unskilled observer to engaged maker-entrepreneur Enter the Maker community to connect with experts and pick up new skills Use a template for building a maker-based entrepreneurial lifestyle Learn from the organizer of the first-ever Maker Startup Weekend Be prepared for exciting careers of the futureGetting a Ph.D. in Economics
Par Stuart J. Hillmon. 2014
Considering a graduate degree in economics? Good choice: the twenty-first-century financial crisis and recession have underscored the relevance of experts…
who know how the economy works, should work, and could work. However, Ph.D. programs in economics are extremely competitive, with a high rate of attrition and a median time of seven years to completion. Also, economic professions come in many shapes and sizes, and while a doctoral degree is crucial training for some, it is less beneficial for others. How do you know whether a Ph.D. in economics is for you? How do you choose the right program--and how do you get the right program to choose you? And once you've survived years of rigorous and specialized training, how do you turn your degree into a lifelong career and meaningful vocation?Getting a Ph.D. in Economics is the first manual designed to meet the specific needs of aspiring and matriculating graduate students of economics. With the perspective of a veteran, Stuart J. Hillmon walks the reader though the entire experience--from the Ph.D. admissions process to arduous first-year coursework and qualifying exams to armoring up for the volatile job market. Hillmon identifies the pitfalls at each stage and offers no-holds-barred advice on how to navigate them. Honest, hard-hitting, and at times hilarious, this insider insight will equip students and prospective students with the tools to make the most of their graduate experience and to give them an edge in an increasingly competitive field.Beggar Thy Neighbor
Par Charles R. Geisst. 2013
The practice of charging interest on loans has been controversial since it was first mentioned in early recorded history. Lending…
is a powerful economic tool, vital to the development of society but it can also lead to disaster if left unregulated. Prohibitions against excessive interest, or usury, have been found in almost all societies since antiquity. Whether loans were made in kind or in cash, creditors often were accused of beggar-thy-neighbor exploitation when their lending terms put borrowers at risk of ruin. While the concept of usury reflects transcendent notions of fairness, its definition has varied over time and place: Roman law distinguished between simple and compound interest, the medieval church banned interest altogether, and even Adam Smith favored a ceiling on interest. But in spite of these limits, the advantages and temptations of lending prompted financial innovations from margin investing and adjustable-rate mortgages to credit cards and microlending.In Beggar Thy Neighbor, financial historian Charles R. Geisst tracks the changing perceptions of usury and debt from the time of Cicero to the most recent financial crises. This comprehensive economic history looks at humanity's attempts to curb the abuse of debt while reaping the benefits of credit. Beggar Thy Neighbor examines the major debt revolutions of the past, demonstrating that extensive leverage and debt were behind most financial market crashes from the Renaissance to the present day. Geisst argues that usury prohibitions, as part of the natural law tradition in Western and Islamic societies, continue to play a key role in banking regulation despite modern advances in finance. From the Roman Empire to the recent Dodd-Frank financial reforms, usury ceilings still occupy a central place in notions of free markets and economic justice.Emergence and Collapse of Early Villages: Models of Central Mesa Verde Archaeology (Origins of Human Behavior and Culture #6)
Par Timothy A. Kohler, Mark D. Varien. 2012
Ancestral Pueblo farmers encountered the deep, well watered, and productive soils of the central Mesa Verde region of Southwest Colorado…
around A.D. 600, and within two centuries built some of the largest villages known up to that time in the U.S. Southwest. But one hundred years later, those villages were empty, and most people had gone. This cycle repeated itself from the mid-A.D. 1000s until 1280, when Puebloan farmers permanently abandoned the entire northern Southwest. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this book examines how climate change, population size, interpersonal conflict, resource depression, and changing social organization contribute to explaining these dramatic shifts. Comparing the simulations from agent-based models with the precisely dated archaeological record from this area, this text will interest archaeologists working in the Southwest and in Neolithic societies around the world as well as anyone applying modeling techniques to understanding how human societies shape, and are shaped by the environments we inhabit.Mindful Money: Simple Practices for Reaching Your Financial Goals and Increasing Your Happiness Dividend
Par Jonathan K. Deyoe. 2017
Is it possible to be a conscientious citizen of the world and grow wealth? The author, a Buddhist and a…
financial planner, says yes and explains exactly how. Money drives many of our decisions. We all worry about earning it, spending it, and saving it — regardless of our income level or spiritual perspective. Yet few of us understand money’s true nature. Jonathan K. DeYoe helps you create a unique financial plan that is guided by your deepest beliefs, and shows you how to save, invest, pay off debt, and fund your retirement and dreams by building a lifetime income stream. Mindful Money does all this while emphasizing that money is a tool you can use to support your lifestyle, reach your goals, and earn the “happiness dividend” everyone deserves.Across Atlantic Ice
Par Dennis J. Stanford, Bruce A. Bradley. 2012
Who were the first humans to inhabit North America? According to the now familiar story, mammal hunters entered the continent…
some 12,000 years ago via a land bridge that spanned the Bering Sea. The presence of these early New World people was established by distinctive stone tools belonging to the Clovis culture. But are the Clovis tools Asian in origin? Drawing from original archaeological analysis, paleoclimatic research, and genetic studies, noted archaeologists Dennis J. Stanford and Bruce A. Bradley challenge the old narrative and, in the process, counter traditional--and often subjective--approaches to archaeological testing for historical relatedness. The authors apply rigorous scholarship to a hypothesis that places the technological antecedents of Clovis in Europe and posits that the first Americans crossed the Atlantic by boat and arrived earlier than previously thought. Supplying archaeological and oceanographic evidence to support this assertion, the book dismantles the old paradigm while persuasively linking Clovis technology with the culture of the Solutrean people who occupied France and Spain more than 20,000 years ago.Subsistence under Capitalism: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
Par James Murton, Dean Bavington, Carly Dokis. 2016
The complex relationship between subsistence practices and formal markets should be a growing matter of concern for those uneasy with…
the stark contrast between commercial and local food systems, especially since self-provisioning has never been limited to the margins. In fact, subsistence occupies a central space in local and global economies and networks. Bringing together essays from diverse disciplines to reflect on the meaning of subsistence in theory and in practice, in historical and contemporary contexts, in Canada and beyond, Subsistence under Capitalism is a collective study of the ways in which local food systems have been relegated to the shadows by the drive to establish and expand capitalist markets. Considering fishing, farming, and other forms of subsistence provisioning, the essays in this volume document the persistence of these practices despite capitalist government policies that actively seek to subsume them. Presenting viable alternatives to capitalist production and exchange, the contributors explain the critical interplay between politics, local provisioning, and the ultimate survival of society. Illuminating new kinds of engagements with nature and community, Subsistence under Capitalism looks behind the scenes of subsistence food provisioning to challenge the dominant economic paradigm of the modern world.Creatividad y resolución de problemas
Par Brian Tracy. 2015
Creatividad y resolución de problemas El elemento crucial que separa una carrera brillante de una promedio es la habilidad para…
idear soluciones innovadoras a los retos laborales. Algunas investigaciones muestran que la relación directa entre las ideas y la rentabilidad, habilidades de pensamiento creativo son vitales para un progreso profesional. Como uno de los primeros expertos en éxito, Brian Tracy sabe que la creatividad puede ser desarrollada con práctica y algunas herramientas útiles. Este libro conciso revela 21 técnicas que los lectores pueden usar para comenzar inmediatamente a generar una lluvia de ideas productivas. Con ejercicios que estimulan la mente y estrategias realistas, este libro ayuda a cualquier persona a aprovechar su propio genio intuitivo. El lector podrá: * Estimular los tres factores principales que desencadenan la creatividad * Inspirar una mentalidad creativa en el personal a través de reconocimientos, recompensas y el entorno * Usar métodos como la lluvia de ideas, pensamiento en base cero, técnica de grupo nominal y el pensamiento lateral para la resolución de problemas, mejorar sistemas, crear nuevos productos e idear nuevos y emocionantes puntos de vista de mercadotecnia * Hacer preguntas enfocadas para generar soluciones elegantes * Comprender la diferencia entre el pensamiento mecánico y el adaptado * Evaluar rigurosamente las nuevas ideas... sin matar el impulso creativoAdministración del tiempo
Par Brian Tracy. 2013
Administración del tiempo Más que cualquier otra habilidad en tu carrera, la capacidad de manejar el tiempo determinará tu éxito…
o fracaso. Es una simple ecuación. En cuanto mejor uses tu tiempo, conseguirás más y más grandes serán tus recompensas. Esta práctica guía de bolsillo revela 21 técnicas comprobadas que puede usar inmediatamente para ganar dos o más horas productivas cada día. Ofrece las estrategias que el experto en negocios Brian Tracy ha identificado como las más eficaces que él mismo emplea. Lleno de la sabiduría característica de Brian Tracy, este libro te ayudará a conseguir más cosas... y con mucho menos estrés. Este práctico libro te enseñará a: * Manejar las interminables interrupciones, reuniones, correos electrónicos y llamadas telefónicas * Identificar sus principales áreas de resultados * Designar suficiente tiempo para las responsabilidades más prioritarias * Agrupar las actividades similares para mantenerse enfocado y aprovechar al máximo cada minuto * Superar la postergación * Determinar que delegar y que eliminar * Utilizar el Programa de evaluación y técnicas de revisión para trabajar a partir del futuro... y asegurar que alcanza sus metas más importantes * Y más.Mercadotecnia
Par Brian Tracy. 2014
Mercadotecnia El éxito o el fracaso de tu negocio depende del suceso o del fracaso de tus esfuerzos de mercadotecnia.…
Si puedes identificar lo que tus clientes quieren, necesitan, y pueden costear--y se los das--entonces obtendrás resultados asombrosos. Lleno de la sabiduría característica de Brian Tracy, esta guía indispensable contiene 21 ideas poderosas que puedes usar inmediatamente para mejorar tus resultados estratégicos de mercadotecnia. Lleno de estrategias de mercadotecnia comprobadas, este libro práctico y portable muestra cómo superar a la competencia, incrementar las ventas y la rentabilidad, y dominar el mercado nicho. Descubrirás como: * Construir la base de clientes * Diferenciarte de la competencia * Responder a tres preguntas cruciales acerca de los nuevos productos o servicios * Usar estudios de mercado y grupos focales para impulsar mejores decisiones. * Llenar una necesidad emocional básica para los compradores * Determinar el mejor rango de precios * Enfocar tus esfuerzos completamente en el cliente * Aprovechar mejor tus canales de distribución * Dominar los conceptos de especialización, diferenciación, segmentación, and concentración; * Proporcionar a los clientes una razón para dejar de ser clientes de tus competidores y ser clientes tuyos * Y más.Delegación y supervisión
Par Brian Tracy. 2013
Delegación y supervisión Los gerentes son juzgados por los resultados que entregan-- y más que nada, esos resultados giran en…
torno a la habilidad de delegar y supervisar. Te sorprenderás cuan eficiente y fácil de manejar se convierte tu equipo cuando hayas dominado estas habilidades. Esta práctica guía de bolsillo revela estrategias comprobadas para estimular el desempeño y la productividad de tus empleados. Cuando se hace de la forma correcta, la delegación y supervisión le permiten a tus empleados a aprender, a crecer, y a ser más capaces. Tu éxito subirá vertiginosamente a la vez que incrementes la calidad y cantidad de los resultados, cimentes la lealtad, el involucramiento y el compromiso de tu gente. El lector podrá: * Definir el trabajo, asignarlo, y establecer niveles de desempeño específicos y mensurables. * Combinar las habilidades con los requisitos del trabajo. * Administrar mediante objetivos para delegar tareas a largo plazo a miembros de equipo más confiables. * Monitorear, controlar y mantenerse al día con los proyectos con un mínimo esfuerzo. * Convertir el delegar en una herramienta de enseñanza para construir confianza en tu equipo. * Proporcionar realimentación y obtener una participación activa. * Evitar delegación opuesta. * Hacer tiempo para enfocarte en tareas que solamente tú puedes realizar. * Y mucho más.Motivación
Par Brian Tracy. 2013
Motivación Como gerente, una de tus responsabilidades más importantes es motivar a tus empleados a dar lo mejor. Los gerentes…
que crean ambientes positivos, gratificantes y de mucha energía reducen el absentismo y los reemplazos, mientras incrementan dramáticamente la productividad y calidad. En Motivación, el experto en éxito Brian Tracy se basa en sus décadas de experiencia para sacar lo mejor de los demás al proveer 21 de los métodos más rápidos y poderosos para incrementar la eficiencia de cualquier persona o grupo. La mayoría de la gente está simplemente esperando por alguien que los inspire hacia la grandeza. Lleno de herramientas y estrategias comprobadas, esta guía esencial ayuda a cualquier gerente a inyectar adrenalina directamente al corazón de su equipo. Los lectores aprenderán como: * Asegurar que los empleados ansíen volver al trabajo y se sientan apasionados acerca de lo que hacen * Desafiarlos con tareas que les permitan ir más allá * Satisfacer sus necesidades de autonomía y de ser parte de algo grande * Disminuir sus miedos a fracasar e incrementar sus deseos de intentarlo * Remover los obstáculos que limitan a la gente * Proveer la realimentación que necesitan para alcanzar el triunfo * ¡Y mucho más!Archaeologies of Colonialism
Par Michael Dietler. 2010
This book presents a theoretically informed, up-to-date study of interactions between indigenous peoples of Mediterranean France and Etruscan, Greek, and…
Roman colonists during the first millennium BC. Analyzing archaeological data and ancient texts, Michael Dietler explores these colonial encounters over six centuries, focusing on material culture, urban landscapes, economic practices, and forms of violence. He shows how selective consumption linked native societies and colonists and created transformative relationships for each. Archaeologies of Colonialism also examines the role these ancient encounters played in the formation of modern European identity, colonial ideology, and practices, enumerating the problems for archaeologists attempting to re-examine these past societies.Lean Analytics: Use Data to Build a Better Startup Faster
Par Alistair Croll, Benjamin Yoskovitz. 2013
Whether you're a startup founder trying to disrupt an industry or an intrapreneur trying to provoke change from within, your…
biggest challenge is creating a product people actually want. Lean Analytics steers you in the right direction. This book shows you how to validate your initial idea, find the right customers, decide what to build, how to monetize your business, and how to spread the word. Packed with more than thirty case studies and insights from over a hundred business experts, Lean Analytics provides you with hard-won, real-world information no entrepreneur can afford to go without. Understand Lean Startup, analytics fundamentals, and the data-driven mindset Look at six sample business models and how they map to new ventures of all sizes Find the One Metric That Matters to you Learn how to draw a line in the sand, so you'll know it's time to move forward Apply Lean Analytics principles to large enterprises and established productsSound Business
Par Michael Stamm. 2011
American newspapers have faced competition from new media for over ninety years. Today digital media challenge the printed word. In…
the 1920s, broadcast radio was the threatening upstart. At the time, newspaper publishers of all sizes turned threat into opportunity by establishing their own stations. Many, such as the Chicago Tribune's WGN, are still in operation. By 1940 newspapers owned 30 percent of America's radio stations. This new type of enterprise, the multimedia corporation, troubled those who feared its power to control the flow of news and information. In Sound Business, historian Michael Stamm traces how these corporations and their critics reshaped the ways Americans received the news.Stamm is attuned to a neglected aspect of U.S. media history: the role newspaper owners played in communications from the dawn of radio to the rise of television. Drawing on a wide array of primary sources, he recounts the controversies surrounding joint newspaper and radio operations. These companies capitalized on synergies between print and broadcast production. As their advertising revenue grew, so did concern over their concentrated influence. Federal policymakers, especially during the New Deal, responded to widespread concerns about the consequences of media consolidation by seeking to limit and even ban cross ownership. The debates between corporations, policymakers, and critics over how to regulate these new kinds of media businesses ultimately structured the channels of information distribution in the United States and determined who would control the institutions undergirding American society and politics.Sound Business is a timely examination of the connections between media ownership, content, and distribution, one that both expands our understanding of mid-twentieth-century America and offers lessons for the digital age.Virtuosity in Business
Par Kevin T. Jackson. 2012
The recent global financial crisis raises pressing issues that are not exclusively economic. The health of the economy, Kevin T.…
Jackson contends, reflects the moral health of the wider culture: ethics must be considered along with economics to understand world markets, especially now that globalization and other forces have increasingly complicated the regulation of transnational corporate conduct. Virtuosity in Business calls on businesspeople and ethicists to expand their thinking by stressing the profound relevance of philosophy to business and economics.Virtuosity in Business shows that ethics has been the overriding problem for business and that it is the only enduring solution. Drawing on a variety of philosophical sources, including Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, and Jean-Paul Sartre, Jackson applies the concept of virtue to the competitive realm of the marketplace. Virtuosity, in all realms of human endeavor, is not merely a display of technical skill or adherence to conventional norms. The invisible law of virtuosity, which discourages misconduct and rewards good corporate citizenship, guides ethical firms and wise entrepreneurs toward greater success by playing a constructive part in the human enterprise.A pioneering work in the contemporary philosophy of business, Virtuosity in Business revivifies business ethics to address concerns arising from the global financial crisis, such as restoration of faith in the market, respect for human rights, and environmental sustainability.Counterfeit Crime
Par R. T. Naylor. 2002
In Counterfeit Crime, economist, historian, and criminologist R.T. Naylor dissects the costs - economic, social, and political - of the…
seemingly never-ending wars on the grossly exaggerated menaces of Crime and Terror and how most things politicians do to combat them make matters worse - for the public and the public good. He explains how the post-World War II welfare state, with its commitment to building public infrastructure, maintaining social security, and providing accessible education, gave way to the modern executive state, with its focus on guaranteeing corporate welfare, dropping bombs on countries too weak to fight back, and manipulating the thoughts and actions of populations kept in line by the carrot of glitzy toys and the stick of ever-heavier legal sanctions. He dissects how the canons of free-market fundamentalism, backed by the cannons of state power, paved the road toward a soft form of totalitarianism, which march hand in hand with millennial Christianity and a military-security-industrial complex in search for new - mostly imaginary - enemies. Counterfeit Crime is savage in its critique of the political and judicial status quo and outraged at an economy rife with corruption.