Saturday, August 02, 2008

Business to Business Market Research: Understanding and Measuring Business Markets

This book, Business to Business Market Research is written as a stand-alone reference document and as part of the new series of books designed for market researchers, market research students and non-professional researchers who may have an interest in research, or more particularly, business to business research

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Rich Dad's Who Took My Money?: Why Slow Investors Lose and Fast Money Wins! (Rich Dad's)

For the first time ever, the #1 New York Times bestsel-l-ing authors reveal how to actually speed up and max----imize the return on invest--ments to achieve total fin---ancial independence. Most people think that simply getting a modest return on one's investments is going to take care of them forever, right through their golden years of retirement. But for lots of invest----ors, waiting-and hoping-for a 10% return on their stocks, bonds, and mutual funds is turning out to be a long and perilous wait. In this startling new book, Robert Kiyosaki shows how one can velocitize their money in such a way that they can quickly achieve financial wealth with extraordinary returns and amazing growth. Sound too good to be true? It's not-and Kiyosaki and Lechter show how anyone can make the move right now.

The eighth book in the series, RICH DAD'S WHO TOOK MY MONEY?, follows the success of the previously published titles-Rich Dad Poor Dad (Warner, 2000), The Cashflow Quadrant (Warner, 2000), Rich Dad's Guide to Investing (Warner, 2000), Rich Dad's Rich Kid Smart Kid (Warner, 2001), Rich Dad's Retire Young Retire Rich (Warner, 1/02), Rich Dad's Prophecy (Warner, 10/02), and Rich Dad's Success Stories (Warner, 10/03)-which have sold more than five million copies combined. H The Rich Dad Poor Dad books are perennial New York Times bestsellers and have also appeared on The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, USATODAY, and countless other business bestseller lists. H Robert T. Kiyosaki is a tireless promoter who continues to get his words of financial advice out to mainstream consumers through his bestselling books, board game, electronic game, and national seminars. H Available as a Time Warner AudioBook.

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Risk Budgeting: Portfolio Problem Solving with Value-at-Risk

Covers the hottest topic in investment for multitrillion pension market and institutional investors
Institutional investors and fund managers understand they must take risks to generate superior investment returns, but the question is how much. Enter the concept of risk budgeting, using quantitative risks measurements, including VaR, to solve the problem. VaR, or value at risk, is a concept first introduced by bank dealers to establish parameters for their market short-term risk exposure. This book introduces VaR, extreme VaR, and stress-testing risk measurement techniques to major institutional investors, and shows them how they can implement formal risk budgeting to more efficiently manage their investment portfolios. Risk Budgeting is the most sophisticated and advanced read on the subject out there in the market.

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Managing Information Technology in Small Business: Challenges and Solutions

This book is a timely contribution to a niche issue that has been under discussion for the last few years. In addition to some meassurement tools such a frameworks, models, approaches for IT use measurement in small business, the book builds its wealth of knowledge on the basis of ample case studies from different countries.

In many countries, small businesses comprise over 95% of the proportion of private businesses and approximately half of the private workforce, with information technology being used in more than 90% of these businesses. As a result, governments worldwide are placing increasing importance upon the success of small business entrepreneurs and are providing increased resources to support this emphasis. Managing Information Technology in Small Business: Challenges and Solutions presents research in areas such as IT performance, electronic commerce, internet adoption, and IT planning methodologies and focuses on how these areas impact small businesses.
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