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The author presented several valid points which challenge the established financial economics. The author demonstrated his deep insight in the topic. The framework he is proposing is new and interesting. I am not sure whether his fiber bundle theory is "more correct and more useful" than the existing economics theories (it might be though, I am currently still reading the book), but certainly the author has laid out his theory on a solid footing. I believe Ilinski has done a good job to make me look at the financial economics from a very different point of view. No matter whether you agree with him on the whole or not, this book is one of the books financial economists should read.

His description of the geometry of finance is worth the price alone. The eventual discussions of models near (and not so near) equilibrium leave out most of the finer the details but give the reader just enough to re-derive the coupled stochastics equations. I would like to see an Errata Sheet and a web site that lists the code (C, C++, Mathematica or Matlab) for each model discussed. As it stands he has driven deep into the heart of the problem. CAPM and the EMH are here to stay (until the old gaurd dies off). This is the 'new order', maybe.

I was put off initially by his references to Peters writings on chaos and the markets because Peters doesn't understand nonlnear dynamics. Lucky for us Ilinski just uses the fractal idea as a place holder for the real story.

I would like to see more on the use of Quantum Field Theory. The tutorial is well written and very helpful as a review. The detailed derivation for the non-equilibrium model needs expansion, IMHO.

All in all, this is a very readable work for anyone who understands the basics of Black-Sholes and appreciates the math behind stochastic differential equations. The use of Differential Geometry to include MONEY FLOWS is way over due and Ilinsky has filled a void with a real book worth reading.

This is the future... Every young physicist and financial engineer should read this just to see the possibilities. The theory is beautiful and the ramificatons are many. Just read it...

This book does not reduce the complexity of the finance to the laws of the physics. Ilinski offers a new vision of the finance based on the method of physics. Without doubt a great triumph for the gauge theory of all things.

Faith Ralston's new book "Play Your Best Hand," expertly tells on how leaders, managers, and career professionals everywhere can maximize the use of their own talents and the talents of the people they supervise. It's a nifty, slightly undersized book designed to resemble a guide to playing poker. If you ever wanted to understand how to make it in the is world, here is the ultimate playbook!

Play Your Best Hand is a breakthrough book for anyone who leads a team of knowledge workers. The author clearly articulates what these new breed of workers want and don't want from their leaders. This knowledge alone is invaluable.

Ralston also shatters old management paradigms focused on improving weaknesses. Instead she gives compelling advice and practical guidance to leaders on how they can best leverage their teams' and employees' natural talents.

According to Ralston, there are four basic talent types:
- Diamonds are the innovators who challenge the status quo and see opportunities.
- Hearts are the motivators who gain commitment, build trust & resolve conflicts.
- Clubs are the activators who get things going, set up systems and initiate change.
- Spades are the implementors who manage/improve processes and handle the details.

Other key points covered in Play Your Best Hand include: 1) Each talent has its "flip side" when overused. 2) There are natural conflicts inherent between certain talent types and 3) Organizations need ALL talent types to be successful.

This book is filled with ideas on how to maximize your employees' strengths, deal with talent differences, address performance issues and create a winning team. Best of all, Ralston knows she's writing for busy leaders so she nets it out in her very easy-to-read, conversational style.

Jill Konrath, author of Selling to Big Companies

Play Your Best Hand is a tremendous resource whether you're planning your first career, climbing the corporate ladder, leading a team, or growing your entrepreneurial business. If you have lost track of your talent or maybe never quite knew it in the first place, you'll be back on track within a few pages, ready to turn your strengths into productive and fulfilling action! Faith Ralston has put together a book that I'll go back to many times.

I need a teachers edition

I'd like to know if this book is teacher's edition?

As an instructor at a college, I have used the last three editions of Mr Slater's book since 1999. This has to be one of the most understandable, helpful and explanatory textbooks ever produced.
The examples are clearly written, and the use of small,quick reference 'vignettes' make it so easy for the student to get answers to just about any question they want to pose.
I use many textbooks, as I teach various business and management subjects, and this one stands head and shoulders above any other textbook covering this particular discipline.
The BEST part of this book? It can be kept as a reference guide for just about any mathematical question that comes up in everyday life, such as credit card balances, mortgage amortizations etc.

As someone who deals with variety of International tax issues on daily basis, I often refer to this book as a refresher on the basics. The book is not very deep technically, but the examples used and materials covered makes it a must-have on my desk at all times. I'm about the upgrade it to the next edition.

Easy to follow. It doesn't get into extremely technical tax planning, but it explains high-level transactions at a level non-international tax professionals should be able to follow.

The authors deliver an indispensable and valuable guide for international transactional and tax professionals. The analytics, coupled with the use of text and graphics will appeal to a wide range of readers!

Book received was just as described, received very quickly. Excellent. Would use this seller again.

More than just a casual pass through Bangladesh to investigate Grameen Bank, the micro-credit phenomenon started a quarter century ago by Muhammad Yunus, The Price of a Dream fills in gaps left by other writings. It puts a human face on the poor of this impoverished Asian country, formerly known as East Pakistan. It brings poverty-stricken Bangladeshis into your livingroom as factual, not fictional, folks.

"Aren't all Bangladeshis poor?" you ask. No. There is wealth. But there are also tens of millions of families so impoverished that one cannot begin to understand the depth and breadth of their deprivation without actually visiting this tropical nation or coming to know some of these people through a book such as this.

Bornstein writes in a painterly way. His stories, both sad and glad, weave a mesmerizing pattern of the richness of Bangladeshi life amid trying circumstances. How people cope, how they react to successes and disasters, how they work to pull themselves up economically and socially: every thread is pulled through the loom in due course to render a true and clear representation of lives on the ragged edge. Thanks to loans from Grameen, millions of families have been able to hem that edge, one stitch at a time, to finish off their piece of cloth.

For his part, Yunus, speaking as the economics professor he once was, declares, "Credit is a powerful weapon, and anyone possessing this weapon is certainly better equipped to maneuver the forces around him to his advantage." (p. 228)

Micro-credit empowers the unempowered. No one describes that process better than David Bornstein. The Price of a Dream will open your eyes to the possibility of minimizing the indignity of poverty in our lifetime, if not eliminate it altogether. Every beautiful tapestry starts with a single thread. Even if that first thread is mere hope, it's a worthy place to begin.

I am a junior in highschool. I chose this book from an AP Economics reading list I received this year. When I started reading this book, I expecting a monotonous mass of numbers, terms, and theories. However, I was soon captivated by the story. Bornstein beautifully integrated the story of the Grameen Bank, the lives of its members, and the economic principles behind it.

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Principles of Accounting - 7th Edition is a very elaborate book introducing accounting guidelines. Over 1000 pages of all levels of learning from begginer to advanced. It includes transparencies in some portions to make understanding statements very easy!

I liked reading this book for my accounting 101 class. The text is clear, well organized and well written. The typography makes liberal use of color, which makes reading _much_ easier when compared to a monochrome textbook. There are copious examples, illustrations and exercises. The book comes with a workbook (purchased separately) which contains template pages to write in your answers (trust me, you will need it). All chapters are grounded in current reality -- the authors make a point of tying the concepts to real-life situations.

On the cons, the 2002 edition deals with 2000 data -- their production process needs to be speeded up.

I think that a thorough review of this text will give the reader an excellent start in basic accounting.

This is a must have item. Very helpful in completing assignments.

The product arrived in a timely manner and I am very pleased with my purchase.

Book in Excelent condition. Shipment received quickly. Everything was great

An excellent, well-written and comprehensive material about marketing. It covers all aspects of modern marketing with the appropriate depth for the student. The book contains a huge amount of real-life examples, which help the student to understand the theory. The use of color in boxes, diagrams and high quality photographs, makes reading easier and more attractive. The glossary at the end of the book is also a valuable tool for the student who wants a quick revision of all marketing topics.

The book has also a companion web site, with study material, extra case studies and links, and questions. This makes the book more live than just a paper book.

I found "Principles of Marketing" 3rd edition a great companion for my marketing studies. It is certainly a must for every marketing student.

This book, provides information on all modern organisations, situations and solutions.

The text is simple and informative, allowing the reader to fully understand exactly what is being discussed.

Francis Brassington fulfills her objectives in her book and brings them to life in her lectures, where she fully explains each individual case and brings it to life.

The text is an excellent source of modern and realistic suitable for those studying marketing or not.

Excellent job,the answer of Europe to Kotlers Marketing.I wish the best for the career of this book. Costantine Xanthakos Programme Leader of Luton in Athens

As a fee-only financial planner, I really enjoyed this latest book by Rick Ferri. It provides a straightforward approach whereby anyone can construct a low-cost portfolio to build and preserve wealth. The book would be valuable to anyone who wants to understand why markets behave as they do, and to fashion a plan to invest in uncertain times. The author includes useful advice about how much money one needs to accumulate for retirement, and how much income can be withdrawn safely. Mr. Ferri offers plenty of technical information to support his ideas, but it is presented in an easy to read style. I particularly liked the guidelines for setting realistic expectations for investment returns in the future, and the practical advice for successful investing at different phases of life. Many of my clients are do-it-yourself investors who are looking for some guidance. This book provides it - and I plan to recommend it to clients as an educational resource.

Americans are saving no more for retirement than they did twenty years ago. Bad advice from the brokerage community, the financial media, and mutual fund companies compound the difficulty of developing a sound strategy for accumulating sufficient wealth to achieve financial independence. All this is at a time when workers have more retirement options available to them. This book is written for people who want to do their own financial planning. Each of the chapters summarizes and list key points for easy back reference. Given the obstacles investors face from outside advisors and the author's conviction that the projected benefits from Social Security are "destined" to be reduced, the importance of financial planning is compelling.

Ferri's investment advice is straightforward: Save consistently. Diversify. Keep investment costs low. Use market tracking index funds. Many of Ferri's ideas can be found in other recently written books on the subject, but as a stand alone introduction, this is a good place to start. Some readers will take the author's suggestion and begin with the third and final part of the book where advice is given for readers at different stages of their investment lives. But it is in the earlier sections of the book the author builds his case for developing realistic return expectations, reducing risk by using different kinds of assets like foreign stocks and real estate, and keeping costs down. It is also in these sections that Ferri is especially hard, I think unfairly, on stockbrokers who are dismissed as undereducated and mercenary, but these traits are more representative of individuals than a profession. His criticism of the mutual fund industry is more objective with respect to hidden costs and strategies for inflating performance for public consumption. These criticisms echo the periodic comments of industry gadfly John Bogle whose book on mutual funds is recommended in an Appendix.

Not every investor - my guess is only a small minority - will have the discipline to learn to manage their own financial affairs without some outside guidance. However, sound information covering a broad range of topics of the kind Ferri has compiled in this book will greatly improve an investor's chances for success with or without outside help.

I was very impressed with this book and give it an A. Ferri's writing style is easy to read.

Ferri wrote this book near the end of the biggest 3 year drops in the U.S. stock market since the Great Depression. Many investors were wiped out from jumping on the tech stock bubble of the late 90's.

Ferri does a great job of explaining the advantages of index funds and the theory of asset allocation. He offers several ways for investors to judge what their "real" risk tolerance is with regards to selecting the proper stock to bond asset allocation.

I enjoyed the later sections of the book where Ferri broke down his recommendations by age groups (from young people to retirees). He offers specific asset allocations and specific funds to achieve these asset allocations.

Ferri is also brave enough to publish his estimate of future returns of the major asset classes.

If more investors had followed Ferri's asset allocation advice in the late 1990's, they would not have suffered the loss of most of their retirement investments.

All-in-all, a good book for serious investors who manage their own portfolios. I would suggest companion books to supplement this book including The Richest Man in Babylon, Bogle on Mutual Funds, The Millionaire Next Door, The 4 Pillars of Investing, A Random Walk Down Wall Street, Index Mutual Funds: How to Simplify Your Life and Beat the Pros, and the Coffeehouse Investor.

A practical guide which maps out an excellent strategy for any organization, business, or venture. In clear and engaging style the authors show how to improve one's personal relationship to work, family, and community. Intelligible on every page, this books works for those with time for a complete, sit-down reading and also for strap-hangers between subway stops. Here is deep thinking and personal experience applied with a spiritual attentiveness to true challenges. The reader is educated to think realistically about present problems, hard facts, and tough dilemmas in the rubric of uplifting hope. Hope is investigated as the best antidote to fear, and the authors avoid all of the swamps of New Age mushiness. Hope will put us on track. Bravo!

In a time when there are more "managers" (good or bad) than "leaders"; this book offers valuable insight into providing positive and realistic motivation for any organization. Any person who considering themself a leader should read this book and think about how various principles can be applied to their organization. This should be a "must-read"!

In their book, Putting Hope to Work: Five Principles to Activate Your Organization's Most Powerful Resource, Harry Hutson and Barbara Perry identify, and help us understand the inspirational value of Hope in the work place. While often thought of in the realm of vague spirituality or wishy-washy Pollyannaism, the authors clearly demonstrate that Hope, and its value within thriving, achieving organizations is anything but wishy-washy!

Stating that the "Hopes of an organization are consolidated in a company's belief in what you're trying to accomplish," they show how Hope within an organization is inevitably linked to the company's mission and vision - and where there is no vision, the people perish. The importance then, of a company's vision cannot be overstated. It's not coincidence that there is such a lack of "hope-talk" in the modern work place accompanied by a tangible sense of hopelessness.

While traditional management theory focuses on "driving out fear," pioneering authors Hutson and Perry compel us to focus on Hope instead, to "bring energy to the more life-enhancing side of the equation, creating more vibrant, creative, collaborative and successful workplaces."

Hutson and Perry identify the five principles of Hope - Possibility, Agency, Worth, Openness and Connection - and define Hope as "an orientation to a positive future that engages our heads, hearts and hands." When these principles are present - and sustained - within an organization, individuals and their organizations succeed.

In presenting their five principles of Hope, Hutson and Perry highlight research proving the effectiveness of Hope within an organization and provide detailed examples of how to evaluate and improve your skills as a leader fostering Hope within your organization or team. You'll learn who "Hopeful" leaders are, what they do, and how they keep their own Hope alive in times of difficulty or stress.

While some management books present theory alone, Hutson and Perry provide clear, useable tools to create and sustain Hope within your organization. Relying on their many years of management consulting and research, they feature real-life examples from a variety of industries. Combined with the tangible results presented from companies with cultures of Hope, led by "Hopeful" leaders, Putting Hope to Work is an inspirational and practical guide to implementing the power of Hope within your organization or team.