Business & economics

2013 Field Guide to Financial Planning

by CLU Michael E. Kitces & CLU D. M. Donald F. Cady

The 2013 Edition of Field Guide to Financial Planning is the sales strategy tool that no financial planner should go without.

Field Guide to Financial Planning offers step-by-step solutions to hundreds of planning...

Past is Prologue: Timeless Techniques for Financial Advisors in the 21st Century

by ChFC Norman G. Levine

Learn from the best. Norman Levine is an internationally recognized speaker, trainer, and consultant. He radiates the energy of success that has inspired over half a million people from groups of 10 to 15,000...

Personal Lines Unlocked: The Key to Personal Lines Underwriting

by CPCU Christine G. Barlow

Regardless of whether the subject is a residence, a personal auto, or an individual’s liability exposures, good underwriting is particularly critical in personal lines.  An underwriter cannot grant discounts...

The Crowdsourced Performance Review: How to Use the Power of Social Recognition to Transform Employee Performance

by Eric Mosley

IS YOUR REVIEW PROCESS PERFORMING BELOW EXPECTATIONS?

Fix the Performance Review with the Wisdom of Crowds!

If you're like most employees and managers, you dread the annual performance review. It's outdated and...

Commercial General Liability Coverage Guide

by CPCU Donald S. Malecki

Let the industry's most renowned CGL experts take you to the heart of general liability exposures and problems. Covers the most recent April 2013 CGL Form.

This guide is the only resource to provide an in-depth,...

The Product Manager's Survival Guide: Everything You Need to Know to Succeed as a Product Manager

by Steven Haines

FORGE A POWERFUL STRATEGY TO BECOME A PRODUCT MANAGER WHO DELIVERS RESULTS

The world of business is moving at breakneck speed. More is being demanded of everyone--with fewer resources than ever. In no profession...

Talent Intelligence: What You Need to Know to Identify and Measure Talent

by Nik Kinley & Shlomo Ben-Hur

Building effective talent measurement systems in businesses big and small

Much has been written about best practices for measuring talent and which tests and tools to use, however there is little written that...

Decision Making Process: Concepts and Methods

by Denis Bouyssou, Didier Dubois & Henri Prade

This book provides an overview of the main methods and results in the formal study of the human decision-making process, as defined in a relatively wide sense. A key aim of the approach contained here is to...

Organic Materials for Sustainable Civil Engineering

by Yves Mouton

This book provides an inventory of organic materials and products, the major components of all civil engineering projects, in terms of their scientific and technical background, including the regulations that...

The People Manager's Tool Kit: A Practical Guide to Getting the Best From People

by Karen Gately

Essential tools busy managers need to get the best out of their teams and people

People who manage people face a number of challenges, from keeping workers engaged and performing at a high level to dealing with...

A Vineyard Odyssey: The Organic Fight to Save Wine from the Ravages of Nature

by John Kiger

A Vineyard Odyssey is a fascinating saga of wine that takes the reader on a travelogue of the many hazards that lie along the journey from vine to bottle. John Kiger tracks the nefarious denizens of the vineyard...

Building Reliable Trading Systems: Tradable Strategies That Perform As They Backtest and Meet Your Risk-Reward Goals

by Keith Fitschen

An award winning system developer explains how to create, test, and implement a profitable trading system

Traders have long been drawn to the idea of translating their strategies and ideas into trading systems....

Project and Program Management: A Competency-Based Approach

by Mitchell L. Springer

Choosing the right people to carry out a project is essential to its success. When multiple projects are combined into a complex program, the "human aspect" becomes even more important. This book is the first...

The New ebay: The Official Guide to Buying, Selling, Running a Profitable Business

by Todd Alexander

The only comprehensive, official guide to buying and earning money on eBay Australia

Written by an eBay insider with more than ten years of experience with the company, The New eBay guides you through the very...

Australia's Competitiveness: From Lucky Country to Competitive Country

by Michael J. Enright & Richard Petty

In this in-depth overview of Australia's economy, Michael Enright and Richard Petty — leading scholars on international competition—look at the data behind the news reports to offer a complete view of Australia's...

The China Crisis: How China's Economic Collapse Will Lead to a Global Depression

by James R. Gorrie

A controversial look at the impending Chinese economic collapse—the history behind it, its contemporary causes, and its dire implications for the global economy

All the experts agree: the 21st century belongs...

Modern Security Analysis: Understanding Wall Street Fundamentals

by Martin J. Whitman & Fernando Diz

A legendary value investor on security analysis for a modern era

This book outlines Whitman's approach to business and security analysis that departs from most conventional security analysts. This approach has...

S.K.I.R.T.S in the Boardroom: A Woman's Survival Guide to Success in Business and Life

by Marshawn Evans

If you're a working woman who wants to get ahead, S.K.I.R.T.S. in the Boardroom will equip you with the strategies you need to combine confidence and compassion, style and substance, and beauty and brains for...

Selling Your IT Business: Valuation, Finding the Right Buyer, and Negotiating the Deal

by Robert J. Chalfin

"For close to twenty years I have observed Mr. Chalfin helping owners, business advisors, and students get a grip on the slippery issues of selling a business. This book is a valuable distillation of his expertise....

VaR Methodology for Non-Gaussian Finance

by Marine Habart-Corlosquet, Jacques Janssen & Raimondo Manca

With the impact of the recent financial crises, more attention must be given to new models in finance rejecting “Black-Scholes-Samuelson” assumptions leading to what is called non-Gaussian finance. With...