What Freakonomics does for understanding the economy, The J Curve does for better understanding how nations behave. Bremmer's tour of the nations of the world -- our friends, our foes, and others in between -- shows us how to see the world fresh, get rid of shopworn attitudes, and discover a new and useful way of thinking.

This book, based largely on the Cambridge World History ofFood, provides a look at the globalization of food from the days ofthe hunter-gatherers to present-day genetically modified plants andanimals. The establishment of agriculture and the domestication ofanimals in Eurasia, Africa, the Pacific, and the Americas are alltreated in some detail along with the subsequent diffusion offarming cultures through the activities of monks, missionaries,migrants, imperialists, explorers, traders, and raiders. Muchattention is given to the 'Columbian Exchange' of plants andanimals that brought revolutionary demographic change to everycorner of the planet and led ultimately to the European occupationof Australia and New Zealand as well as the rest of Oceania. Finalchapters deal with the impact of industrialization on foodproduction, processing, and distribution, and modern-dayfood-related problems ranging from famine to obesity to geneticallymodified food to fast food.

Sixty-three stellar academics, consultants, and practitioners look at the future of human resources The follow-up to the bestselling Tomorrow's HR Management (978-0-471-19714-0), this book presents an international panel of expert contributors who offer their views on the state of HR and what to expect in the future. Topics covered include HR as a decision science, understanding and managing people, creating and adapting organizational culture, the effects of globalization, collaborative ventures, and investing in the next generation. Like its bestselling predecessor before it, The Future of Human Resource Management offers the very best thinking on the future of HR from the most respected leaders in the field.

For over 40 years, satellites have been orbiting the Earthquietly monitoring the state of our planet. Unseen by most of us,they are providing information on the many changes taking place,from movements in the land and volcanic eruptions, to human-causedchanges such as the growth of cities, deforestation and the spreadof pollutants in the atmosphere and oceans. Led by four editorswith support from a production team at NASA Goddard Space FlightCenter, many of the world's top remote sensing scientists showcasesome spectacular and beautiful satellite imagery along withinformed essays on the science behind these images and theimplications of what is shown. This is a stunningly attractive andinformative book for anyone interested in environmental issues andthe beauty of our home planet, providing inspiration for students,teachers, environmentalists and the general public alike.

Retailers today are drowning in data but lacking in insight:They have huge volumes of information at their disposal. Butthey're unsure of how to sort through it and use it to make smartdecisions. The result? They're struggling with profit-sappingsupply chain problems including stock-outs, overstock, anddiscounting. It doesn't have to be that way. In The New Science of Retailing,supply chain experts Marshall Fisher and Ananth Raman explain howto use analytics to better manage your inventory for faster turns,fewer discounted offerings, and fatter profit margins. Featuring case studies of retailing exemplars from around theworld, this practical new book shows you how to: · Mine your sales data to identify "homerun" products you'remissing · Reinvent your forecasting and pricing strategies · Build end-to-end agility into your supply chain · Establish incentives that align your supply chain partnersbehind shared objectives · Extract maximum value from technologi

In 1997, a groundbreaking McKinsey study exposed the "war fortalent" as a strategic business challenge and a critical driver ofcorporate performance. Then, when the dot-com bubble burst and theeconomy cooled, many assumed the war for talent was over. It'snot. Now the authors of the original study reveal that, because ofenduring economic and social forces, the war for talent willpersist for the next two decades. McKinsey Company consultants Ed Michaels, HelenHandfield-Jones, and Beth Axelrod argue that winning the war forleadership talent is about much more than frenzied recruitingtactics. It's about the timeless principles of attracting,developing, and retaining highly talented managers-applied in boldnew ways. And it's about recognizing the strategic importance ofhuman capital because of the enormous value that better talentcreates. Fortified by five years of in-depth research on how companiesmanage leadership talent-including surveys of 13,000 executives atmore than 120 companies

Capitalism in the twentieth century has been marked by periodsof persistent bad performance alternating with episodes of goodperformance. Cornwall and Cornwall draw upon Schumpterian,Institutional and Keynesian economics to investigate how far theseswings can be explained as integral to capitalist development. Theauthors consider the macroeconomic record of the developedcapitalist economies over the past 100 years (including rates ofgrowth, inflation and unemployment) as well as the interaction ofeconomic variables with the changing structural features of theeconomy in the course of industrialization and transformation.

Of the twenty most costly catastrophes since 1970, more than half have occurred since 2001. Is this an omen of what the 21st century will be? How might we behave in this new, uncertain and more dangerous environment? Will our actions be rational or irrational? A select group of scholars, innovators, and Nobel Laureates was asked to address challenges to rational decision making both in our day-to-day life and in the face of catastrophic threats such as climate changes, natural disasters, technological hazards, and human malevolence. At the crossroads of decision sciences, behavioral and neuro-economics, psychology, management, insurance, and finance, their contributions aim to introduce readers to the latest thinking and discoveries. The Irrational Economist challenges the conventional wisdom about how to make the right decisions in the new era we have entered. It reveals a profound revolution in thinking as understood by some of the greatest minds in our day, and underscores the growing role and

Managerial economics, meaning the application of economicmethods in the managerial decision-making process, is a fundamentalpart of any business or management course. This textbook covers allthe main aspects of managerial economics: the theory of the firm;demand theory and estimation; production and cost theory andestimation; market structure and pricing; game theory; investmentanalysis and government policy. It includes numerous and extensivecase studies, as well as review questions and problem-solvingsections at the end of each chapter. Nick Wilkinson adopts auser-friendly problem-solving approach which takes the reader ingradual steps from simple problems through increasingly difficultmaterial to complex case studies, providing an understanding of howthe relevant principles can be applied to real-life situationsinvolving managerial decision-making. This book will be invaluableto business and economics students at both undergraduate andgraduate levels who have a basic training in calculus andquantita

This 2006 textbook discusses the fundamentals and applicationsof statistical thermodynamics for beginning graduate students inthe physical and engineering sciences. Building on the prototypicalMaxwell–Boltzmann method and maintaining a step-by-step developmentof the subject, this book assumes the reader has no previousexposure to statistics, quantum mechanics or spectroscopy. The bookbegins with the essentials of statistical thermodynamics, pauses torecover needed knowledge from quantum mechanics and spectroscopy,and then moves on to applications involving ideal gases, the solidstate and radiation. A full introduction to kinetic theory isprovided, including its applications to transport phenomena andchemical kinetics. A highlight of the textbook is its discussion ofmodern applications, such as laser-based diagnostics. The bookconcludes with a thorough presentation of the ensemble method,featuring its use for real gases. Numerous examples and promptedhomework problems enrich the text.

No major enterprise or financial institution can avoid doing business with China—if not directly, then through myriad hidden connections. Global businesses either use Chinese resources or sell to and in China or compete with companies that do. Because there’s no avoiding China, business leaders need a framework that orders the different (and seemingly contradictory) streams of data that hint at its future. That framework is The China Strategy. In this invaluable book, Edward Tse explains the ever-changing nature of China's business environment, its increasingly complex relationship with the rest of the world, and the global business implications—not just for our current environment but for the next decade. Change, Tse argues, is taking place in non-linearly. Some dimensions (like Chinese entrepreneurship) are expanding exponentially, while others (like the value of China's labor arbitrage) may be reaching a plateau. Eschewing easy explanations, Tse shows how to build and execute a global

This book expands our understanding of the distinctive policyanalysis produced between 1919 and 1950 by economists and othersocial scientists for four major international organizations: theLeague of Nations, the International Labor Organization, the Bankfor International Settlements, and the United Nations. Thesepractitioners included some of the twentieth century's eminenteconomists, including Cassel, Haberler, Kalecki, Meade,Morgenstern, Nurkse, Ohlin, Tinbergen, and Viner. Irving Fisher andJohn Maynard Keynes also influenced the work of theseorganizations. Topics covered include: the relationship betweeneconomics and policy analysis in international organizations;business cycle research; the role and conduct of monetary policy;public investment; trade policy; social and labor economics;international finance; the coordination problem in internationalmacroeconomic policy; full employment economics; and therich-country-poor-country debate. Normative agendas underlyinginternational political economy are

There was a time (the 1980s and 1990s) when it seemed easy forexecutives to please Wall Street. That hasn't been true for awhile. The stock market has become an unforgiving place, anddealing with dissatisfied investors part of the daily job of CEOs,CFOs and investor-relations executives. There are right ways andmany, many wrong ways to face an angry mob. Nobody knows thembetter than Baruch Lev. He's done the research. He's analyzed thedata. And he has developed a set of authoritative, often surprisinginstructions for dealing intelligently with Wall Street. This booktells what to do when your company disappoints investors, getsslammed by financial analysts, or finds itself mired in lawsuitsall of which have a negative effect not just on stock prices but onemployee recruitment (who wants to work for a losing company?),consumer behavior (who wants to buy a major product of a failingfirm?), and supply chain development (who wants to partner with atroubled enterprise?). Stripped of cliches and emotional arg

Will the sun set on the greatest currency in the history ofthe world? For decades the dollar has been the undisputed champ. It’s not onlythe currency of America but much of the world as well, the fuel ofglobal prosperity. As the superengine of the world’s onlysuperpower, it’s accepted everywhere. When an Asian company tradeswith South America, those transactions are done in dollars, thecurrency of international business. But for how much longer? Economists fear America is digging a holewith an economy based on massive borrowing and huge deficits thatcloud the dollar’s future. Will the buck be eclipsed by the euro oreven China’s renminbi? Should Americans worry when the value of themighty U.S. dollar sinks to par with the Canadian “loonie”? Craig Karmin’s in-depth “biography” of the dollar explores theseissues. It also examines the green-back’s history, allure, andunique role as a catalyst for globalization, and how the Americanbuck became so almighty that $ became perhaps the most po

This book is a collection of essays written in honor ofProfessor Peter C. B. Phillips of Yale University by some of hisformer students. The essays, which were originally publishedin2006, analyze a number of important issues in econometrics, all ofwhich Professor Phillips has directly influenced through hisseminal scholarly contribution as well as through his remarkableachievements as a teacher. The essays are organized to cover topicsin higher-order asymptotics, deficient instruments, nonstationary,LAD and quantile regression, and nonstationary panels. These topicsspan both theoretical and applied approaches and are intended foruse by professionals and advanced graduate students.

This is the first textbook in microeconomics written exclusivelyfor MBA students. McKenzie/Lee minimizes attention to mathematicsand maximizes attention to intuitive economic thinking. The text isstructured clearly and accessibly: Part I of each chapter outlinesthe basic theory and Part II applies this basic theory tomanagement issues. 'Perspective' sections in each chapter provide anew line of argument or different take on a business or policyissue, and carefully chosen topics and review questions aredesigned to spark lively and instructive debates. Throughout thebook, McKenzie and Lee aim to infuse students with the economic wayof thinking in the context of a host of problems that MBA students,as future managers of real-world firms, will find relevant to theircareer goals.

逆向投资之所以会获得成功，是因为进行预测的投资者不知道自己的局限性所在。（大卫·德雷曼） 历经半世纪，四次全面改版的投资经典 1970年，《逆向投资策略（原书第4版）》前身《心理学与证券市场》面世。 1979年，经改版后的《逆向投资策略：证券市场成功心理学》面世。 1982年，79年版的《逆向投资策略》修订版问世。 1998年，临近世纪之交，德雷曼根据时代变化与十多年来积累的经验重写了《逆向投资策略》一书。 2012年，在华尔街经历了互联网泡沫与次贷危机的洗礼后，行为金融与投资心理的重要性日益凸显，在新世纪跨入第二个十年之际，德雷曼再次重新演绎了自己的这本经典著作，对章节结构进行了全面调整，最终将本书呈现给广大读者。 在本版《逆向投资策略（原书第4版）》中，德雷曼向读者展现了这样一个投资世界： 从心理学的角度诠

This book explains how changing technology and economizingbehaviour induce vast changes in productivity, resource allocation,labour utilization, and patterns of living. Economic growth is seenas a process by which businesses, regimes, countries, and the wholeworld pass through distinct epochs, each one emerging from itspredecessor, each one creating the conditions for its successor.Viewed from a long-run perspective, growth must be characterized asan explosive process, marked by turbulent transitions in social andpolitical life as societies adapt to new opportunities, the demiseof old ways of living, and to the vast increase and redistributionof human populations. The book is based on a synthesis of classicaleconomics and contemporary concepts of adaptation and economicevolution. Although it is based on analytical methods, the text hasbeen stripped of all equations and with few exceptions is devoid oftechnical jargon.

《PICC培训教材：保险基础知识（2014版）》是遵循科学创新、与时俱进的原则，在2006年版的基础上进行的一项工作。新修订的教材保持了原教材的基本框架，根据保险市场及公司业务发展，补充和调整了相关章节及内容。新修订的教材共分16章，力争突出内容新颖、结构完整、实操性强的特点。

There is a vigorous debate about the merits of globalisationfor developing countries. Based on numerous focus-group discussionsand over 10,000 interviews, this book studies economic and culturalopenness from the perspective of the public in four developing or'transitional' countries: Vietnam, (South) Korea, the CzechRepublic and Ukraine (both before and after the Orange Revolution).It finds many supporters of opening up, but also many who arediscontented with its downsides and who expect states to tackle theexploitation and unfairness that accompany it. Among the mostfervent enemies of openness there is support not just for peacefulpublic protest to tackle the problems it brings, but for violenceor sabotage. The methodology provides a unique opportunity for thepublic in developing countries to 'speak with their own voices'about markets and openness – and highlights the subtlety,ambiguity, tensions, conflicts and emotion that statistics alonefail to capture.

This unique text uses Microsoft Excel workbooks toinstruct students. In addition to explaining fundamental conceptsin microeconomic theory, readers acquire a great deal ofsophisticated Excel skills and gain the practical mathematicsneeded to succeed in advanced courses. In addition to theinnovative pedagogical approach, the book features explicitlyrepeated use of a single central methodology, the economicapproach. Students learn how economists think and how to think likean economist. With concrete, numerical examples and novel, engagingapplications, interest for readers remains high as live graphs anddata respond to manipulation by the user. Finally, clear writingand active learning are features sure to appeal to modernpractitioners and their students. The website accompanying the textis found at www.depauw.edu/learn/microexcel .

This book describes the statistical mechanics of classicalspin systems with quenched disorder. The first part of the bookcovers the physics of spin-glass states using results obtainedwithin the framework of the mean field theory of spin glasses. Thetechnique of replica symmetry breaking is explained in detail,along with a discussion of the underlying physics. The second partis devoted to the theory of critical phenomena in the presence ofweak quenched disorder. This includes a systematic derivation ofthe traditional renormalization group theory, which is then used toobtain a new 'random' critical regime in disordered vectorferromagnets and in the two-dimensional Ising model. The third partof the book describes other types of disordered systems, relatingto new results at the frontiers of modern research. The book issuitable for graduate students and researchers in the field ofstatistical mechanics of disordered systems.