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  • Basic Methods of Policy Analysis and Planning

    by Carl Patton, David Sawicki, Jennifer Clark ...
    Updated in its 3rd edition, Basic Methods of Policy Analysis and Planning presents quickly applied methods for analyzing and resolving planning and policy issues at state, regional, and urban levels.Divided into two parts, Methods which presents quick methods in nine chapters and is organized around the steps in the policy analysis process, and Cases which presents seven policy cases, ranging in ... Read more

    $165.00 USD

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  • Neighbor Networks

    Competitive Advantage Local and Personal

    by Ronald S. Burt ...
    There is a moral to this book, a bit of Confucian wisdom often ignored in social network analysis: "Worry not that no one knows you, seek to be worth knowing." This advice is contrary to the usual social network emphasis on securing relations with well-connected people. Neighbor Networks examines the cases of analysts, bankers, and managers, and finds that rewards, in fact, do go to people with ... Read more

    $29.69 USD

  • Brokerage and Closure

    An Introduction to Social Capital

    by Ronald S. Burt ...
    Series series Clarendon Lectures in Management Studies
    Social Capital, the advantage created by location in social structure, is a critical element in business strategy. Who has it, how it works, and how to develop it have become key questions as markets, organizations, and careers become more and more dependent on informal, discretionary relationships. The formal organization deals with accountability; Everything else flows through the informal: ... Read more

    $42.29 USD

  • Statistical Analysis of Adverse Impact

    A Practitioner’S Guide

    by Stephanie R. Thomas Ph.D. ...
    Written with human resources professionals, in-house counsel and employment lawyers in mind, readers are introduced to the statistical analysis of adverse impact. Various tools for examining disparate impact are presented in a non-technical manner. Concrete examples and simple calculations demonstrate how these statistical tools can be applied to questions of adverse impact in hiring, promotion, ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Public Management

    Organizations, Governance, and Performance

    by Laurence J. O'Toole, Jr, Kenneth J. Meier ...
    How effective are public managers as they seek to influence how public organizations deliver policy results? How, and how much, is management related to the performance of public programs? What aspects of management can be distinguished? Can their separable contributions to performance be estimated? The fate of public policies in today's world lies in the hands of public organizations, which in ... Read more

    $52.49 USD

  • A Career in Statistics

    Beyond the Numbers

    by Gerald J. Hahn, Necip Doganaksoy ...
    A valuable guide to a successful career as a statisticianA Career in Statistics: Beyond the Numbers prepares readers for careers in statistics by emphasizing essential concepts and practices beyond the technical tools provided in standard courses and texts. This insider's guide from internationally recognized applied statisticians helps readers decide whether a career in statistics is right for ... Read more

    $70.00 USD

  • The Routledge Companion to Strategic Risk Management

    Edited by Torben Andersen ...
    Series series Routledge Companions in Business, Management and Marketing
    Managing risk in and across organizations has always been of vital importance, both for individual firms and for the globalized economy more generally. With the global financial crisis, a dramatic lesson was learnt about what happens when risk is underestimated, misinterpreted, or even overlooked. Many possible solutions have been competing for international recognition, yet, there is little ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Mergers & Acquisitions

    A Critical Reader

    Edited by Annette Risberg ...
    Mergers and acquisitions remain one of the most common forms of growth, yet they present considerable challenges for the companies and management involved. The effects on stakeholders, including shareholders, managers and employees, must be considered as well as the wider implications for the economy, the level of competition and employment.By drawing on classic research perspectives and placing ... Read more

    $96.99 USD

  • People and Profits?

    The Search for A Link Between A Company's Social and Financial Performance

    by Joshua Daniel Margolis, James P. Walsh ...
    Series series Organization and Management Series
    What is the relationship between the social performance of companies and their financial performance? More colloquially, can a firm effectively attend to both people and profits as it conducts its business? This question has been investigated in no fewer than 95 empirical studies published since 1972. The authors have assembled a compendium of this research to give researchers and practitioners ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Cost Accounting in Government

    Theory and Applications

    Edited by Zachary Mohr ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Accounting
    Managerial cost accounting is the financial and managerial tool that is used to estimate the organizational cost of products and services in business and government. In recent decades, cost accounting in the United States and other advanced industrial countries has been dominated by discussions of Activity Based Costing or ABC. While ABC can be shown to produce a more accurate estimate of cost ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • The Handbook of Financial Communication and Investor Relations

    Edited by Alexander V. Laskin ...
    Series series Handbooks in Communication and Media
    The first book to offer a global look at the state-of-the-art thinking and practice in investor relations and financial communicationFeaturing contributions from leading scholars and practitioners in financial communication and related fields—including public relations, corporate communications, finance, and accounting— this volume in the critically acclaimed “Handbooks in Communication and Media” ... Read more

    $175.00 USD

  • Performance Measurement and Management Control

    Global Issues

    by Marc J. Epstein ...
    Series Book 25 - Studies in Managerial and Financial Accounting
    Over the years, the performance measurement and management control conference has grown in number of participants, quality of presentations and reputation, and has attracted leading researchers in the field from North and South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Africa. The 2011 theme was directed at global issues, and included the significant challenges of managing and measuring performance ... Read more

    $194.39 USD