Physical Security And the Inspection Process or Managerial Accounting

Physical Security And the Inspection Process

Author: C A Roper

Physical Security and The Inspection Process illustrates the basic concepts and procedures for development, implementation, and management of a physical security inspection program. It provides personnel with a model inspection procedure that can be specifically tailored to meet any company's reasonable minimum standards. With detailed checklists broken down by security subject area, the reader will be able to develop site-specific checklists to meet organizational needs. Physical Security and the Inspection Process is an important reference for security managers, physical security inspection team chiefs, team members, and others responsible for physical security.

C. A. Roper is a security specialist and lead instructor with the Department of Defense Security Institute, where he provides general and specialized security training throughout the US, in Germany, and in Panama. Previously, Mr. Roper worked for the assistant chief of staff for intelligence, Department of the Army, and the Defense Communications Agency. He is a counter-intelligence technician with the US Army Reserve, was activated for Desert Shield/Desert Storm, and has provided training and other support to various operations with the Army, Navy, and foreign national forces.

The most comprehensive physical security inspection checklist available.
A model inspection procedure that can be specifically tailored to any organization.
Provides practical guidelines for ensuring compliance with standards of effectiveness.

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Treats the basic concepts and procedures for development, implementation, and management of a physical security inspection program and presents a model inspection procedure that can be tailored to individual companies. Includes appendices of security inspection checklists, as well as an automated information systems security checklist. For security managers, physical security inspection team chiefs, and others responsible for physical security. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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Managerial Accounting

Author: Linda Smith Bamber

The Bamber System of instruction replicates the classroom experience by providing more “I get it” moments outside of class. For Introductory, Undergraduate Managerial accounting course 

 

We’ve talked to tons of Managerial Accounting instructors and our editors have even taken the Managerial accounting course (numerous times!) to figure out the following issue in this course that is consistent:  Students understand (or “Get It”) right after you do a problem in class, but as soon as they leave class, with each passing hour, their ability to do the problems again and complete their homework diminishes to the point of them either having to come to office hours to get help, or they just quit and get behind in the course.  On top of this, you can end up getting behind in the course, as well, in order to keep everyone on track.  The  Bamber system helps to recreate the “I Get It” moments outside of class keeping you and the students on track.

Table of Contents:

Introduction to Management Accounting     2
Management Accounting: Information for Managers     4
Managers' Four Primary Responsibilities     4
A Road Map: How Does Management Accounting Fit In?     5
Management Accounting Versus Financial Accounting     6
The Management Accountant Within the Organization     8
Organizational Structure     8
The Changing Roles of Management Accountants     10
The Skills Required of Management Accountants     10
Professional Association     12
Ethics     12
Decision Guidelines     15
Summary Problem 1     17
Today's Business Environment     19
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002     19
Shift Toward a Service Economy     20
Competing in the Global Marketplace     21
Time-Based Competition     21
Total Quality Management     23
Cost-Benefit Analysis     25
Decision Guidelines     26
Summary Problem 2     27
Review and Assignment Material     29
Building Blocks of Management Accounting     46
Three Business Sectors and the Value Chain     48
Service, Merchandising, andManufacturing Companies     48
Which Business Activities Make Up the Value Chain?     51
Determining the Costs to Serve a Customer or to Make a Product     53
Cost Objects, Direct Costs, and Indirect Costs     53
Product Costs for Internal Decision Making and External Reporting     55
Merchandising Companies' Inventoriable Product Cost     56
Manufacturing Companies' Inventoriable Product Cost     57
Prime and Conversion Costs     59
Direct and Indirect Labor Compensation     59
Review: Inventoriable Product Costs or Period Costs?     60
Decision Guidelines     61
Summary Problem 1     62
Inventoriable Product Costs and Period Costs in Financial Statements     63
Service Companies     63
Merchandising Companies     63
Manufacturing Companies     64
Effects on the Balance Sheet     67
Other Cost Terms for Planning and Decision Making     68
Controllable Versus Uncontrollable Costs     68
Relevant and Irrelevant Costs     70
Fixed and Variable Costs     71
Total, Average, and Marginal Costs     72
Decision Guidelines     74
Summary Problem 2      75
Review and Assignment Material     76
Job Costing     100
Full Product Costs: A Brief Overview     103
How Much Does It Cost to Make a Product? Two Approaches     104
Process Costing     104
Job Costing     104
Job Costing: Accounting for Materials and Labor     107
Accounting for Materials     108
Accounting for Manufacturing Labor     111
Decision Guidelines     114
Summary Problem 1     115
Job Costing: Allocating Manufacturing Overhead     117
Allocating Manufacturing Overhead to Jobs     118
Six Steps in Allocating Manufacturing Overhead     119
Accounting for Completion and Sale of Finished Goods and Closing Manufacturing Overhead     122
Accounting for Completion and Sale of Finished Goods     122
Closing Manufacturing Overhead to Adjust for Underallocated or Overallocated Manufacturing Overhead     123
Overview of Job Costing in a Manufacturing Company     126
How Information Technology Has Changed Job Costing     127
Assigning Noninventoriable Costs     128
Noninventoriable Costs in Manufacturing Companies     128
Noninventoriable Costs and Job Costing in Nonmanufacturing Companies      128
Decision Guidelines     131
Summary Problem 2     133
Review and Assignment Material     136
Chapter 3 Demo Doc: Job Costing for Manufacturers
Process Costing     158
Process Costing: An Overview     160
Two Basic Costing Systems: Job Costing and Process Costing     160
How Does the Flow of Costs Differ Between Job and Process Costing?     161
Building Blocks of Process Costing     165
Conversion Costs     165
Equivalent Units     165
Inventory Flow Assumptions     167
Illustrating Process Costing in the First Processing Department     167
Summarize the Flow of Physical Units     169
Compute Output in Terms of Equivalent Units     169
Summarize Total Costs to Account For     171
Compute the Cost per Equivalent Unit     172
Assign Total Costs to Units Completed and to Units in Ending Work in Process Inventory     172
Decision Guidelines     174
Summary Problem 1     176
Process Costing in a Second Processing Department     178
Process Costing in Sea View's Insertion Department     178
Summarize the Flow of Physical Units and Compute Output in Terms of Equivalent Units      180
Summarize Total Costs to Account For and Compute the Cost per Equivalent Unit     181
Assign Total Costs to Units Completed and to Units in Ending Work in Process Inventory     182
How Managers Use a Production Cost Report     185
Decision Guidelines     186
Summary Problem 2     188
Review and Assignment Material     190
Chapter 4 Demo Doc: Illustrating Process Costing
Activity-Based Costing and Other Cost Management Tools     212
Refining Cost Systems     214
Why Managers Need More Accurate Cost Systems     215
Sharpening the Focus: From Business Functions to Departments to Activities     216
Activity-Based Costing     218
Developing an ABC System     219
Traditional Versus ABC Systems: Chemtech     220
Activity-Based Management: Using ABC for Decision Making     224
Pricing and Product Mix Decisions     224
Cutting Costs     226
Routine Planning and Control Decisions     226
Using ABC in Merchandising and Service Companies     226
When Does ABC Pass the Cost-Benefit Test?     227
The Cost-Benefit Test     227
Signs That the Old Cost System May Be Broken     228
Decision Guidelines     228
Summary Problem 1     230
Traditional Versus Just-in-Time Systems     232
Traditional Systems     232
Just-in-Time Systems     233
Features of JIT Costing     235
Example of JIT Costing     235
Continuous Improvement and the Management of Quality     237
Types of Quality Costs     238
Deciding Whether to Adopt a New Quality Program     239
Decision Guidelines     240
Summary Problem 2     241
Review and Assignment Material     242
Cost Behavior     264
Cost Behavior: How Do Changes in Volume Affect Costs?     266
Variable Costs     267
Fixed Costs     270
Mixed Costs     271
Relevant Range     274
Other Cost Behaviors     275
Decision Guidelines     276
Summary Problem 1     278
Determining Cost Behavior     279
Account Analysis     279
High-Low Method     280
Regression Analysis     282
Using the Results of High-Low Method and Regression Analysis to Predict Costs     284
Data Concerns     285
The Contribution Margin Income Statement: A Summary of Cost Behavior     285
Decision Guidelines     287
Summary Problem 2     288
Variable Costing and Absorption Costing     291
Decision Guidelines     297
Summary Problem 3     298
Review and Assignment Material     300
Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis     316
How Does Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis Help Managers?     318
Data Required for Effective CVP Analysis     318
CVP Assumptions     319
The Unit Contribution Margin     320
The Contribution Margin Ratio     321
Using CVP Analysis to Find the Breakeven Point     322
The Income Statement Approach     325
Shortcut Approach Using the Unit Contribution Margin     323
Shortcut Approach Using the Contribution Margin Ratio     324
Using CVP to Plan Profits     325
How Much Must We Sell to Earn a Target Profit?     325
Graphing CVP Relationships     326
Decision Guidelines     328
Summary Problem 1     330
Using CVP When Business Conditions Change     332
Changing the Sale Price     332
Changing Variable Costs      333
Changing Fixed Costs     335
Effect of Sales Mix on CVP Analysis     336
Information Technology and Sensitivity Analysis     340
Risk Indicators     340
Margin of Safety     340
Operating Leverage     341
Decision Guidelines     345
Summary Problem 2     346
Review and Assignment Material     348
Chapter 7 Demo Doc: Using CVP for Sensitivity Analysis
Short-Term Business Decisions     368
How Managers Make Decisions     370
Relevant Information     371
Relevant Nonfinancial Information     372
Keys to Making Short-Term Special Decisions     372
Special Sales Order and Regular Pricing Decisions     373
When to Accept a Special Sales Order     374
How to Set Regular Prices     376
Decision Guidelines     382
Summary Problem 1     383
Other Short-Term Special Business Decisions     385
When to Drop Products, Departments, or Territories     385
Product Mix: Which Product to Emphasize?     388
When to Outsource     391
Sell As Is or Process Further?     394
Decision Guidelines     397
Summary Problem 2     398
Review and Assignment Material     400
Capital Investment Decisions and the Time Value of Money     422
Capital Budgeting     424
Four Popular Methods of Capital Budgeting Analysis     424
Focus on Cash Flows     425
Capital Budgeting Process     425
Using Payback and Accounting Rate of Return to Make Capital Investment Decisions     426
Payback Period     426
Accounting Rate of Return (ARR)     429
Decision Guidelines     432
Summary Problem 1     433
A Review of the Time Value of Money     434
Factors Affecting the Time Value of Money     434
Future Values and Present Values: Points Along the Time Continuum     435
Future Value and Present Value Factors     436
Calculating Future Values of Single Sums and Annuities Using FV Factors     436
Calculating Present Values of Single Sums and Annuities Using PV Factors     438
Using Discounted Cash-Flow Models to Make Capital Budgeting Decisions     441
Net Present Value (NVP)     442
Internal Rate of Return (IRR)     446
Comparing Capital Budgeting Methods     448
Decision Guidelines     450
Summary Problem 2     451
Review and Assignment Material     452
Present Value Tables and Future Value Tables     9A-1
The Master Budget and Responsibility Accounting     466
Why Managers Use Budgets     468
Using Budgets to Plan and Control     469
Benefits of Budgeting     470
Preparing the Master Budget     472
Components of the Master Budget     472
Data for Whitewater Sporting Goods' Master Budget     473
Preparing the Operating Budget     475
The Sales Budget     475
The Inventory, Purchases, and Cost of Goods Sold Budget     476
The Operating Expenses Budget     476
The Budgeted Income Statement     477
Summary Problem 1     478
Preparing the Financial Budget     480
Preparing the Cash Budget     480
The Budgeted Balance Sheet     483
The Budgeted Statement of Cash Flows     483
Getting Employees to Accept the Budget     483
Using Information Technology for Sensitivity Analysis and Rolling Up Unit Budgets     484
Sensitivity Analysis     485
Rolling Up Individual Unit Budgets into the Companywide Budget     486
Responsibility Accounting      487
Four Types of Responsibility Centers     487
Responsibility Accounting Performance Reports     489
Decision Guidelines     492
Summary Problem 2     493
Review and Assignment Material     497
Chapter 10 Demo Doc: Master Budget
Flexible Budgets and Standard Costs     518
How Managers Use Flexible Budgets     520
What Is a Flexible Budget?     521
Graphing the Flexible Budget     522
Using the Flexible Budget to See Why Actual Results Differ from the Static Budget     524
Decision Guidelines     528
Summary Problem 1     530
Standard Costs     531
Using Standard Costs to Analyze Direct Material and Direct Labor Variances     533
Direct Material Variances     535
Direct Labor Variances     539
Price and Efficiency Variances: Three Common Pitfalls     542
Using Variances     543
Using Standard Costs to Analyze Manufacturing Overhead Variances     544
Overhead Flexible Budget Variance     544
Production Volume Variance     545
Standard Cost Accounting Systems     547
Journal Entries     547
Standard Cost Income Statement for Management     550
Decision Guidelines     553
Summary Problem 2     554
Review and Assignment Material     557
Performance Evaluation and the Balanced Scorecard     578
Decentralized Operations     580
Advantages of Decentralization     580
Disadvantages of Decentralization     581
Responsibility Centers     581
Performance Measurement     582
Goals of Performance Evaluation Systems     582
Limitations of Financial Performance Measurement     584
The Balanced Scorecard     584
The Four Perspectives of the Balanced Scorecard     585
Decision Guidelines     590
Summary Problem 1     591
Measuring the Financial Performance of Cost, Revenue, and Profit Centers     592
Measuring the Financial Performance of Investment Centers     595
Return on Investment (ROI)     596
Residual Income (RI)     599
Economic Value Added (EVA)     600
Limitations of Financial Performance Measures     601
Decision Guidelines     604
Summary Problem 2     605
Allocating Service Department Costs     607
Review and Assignment Material      609
Financial Statement Analysis     624
Methods of Analysis     627
Horizontal Analysis     628
Illustration: Google Inc.     628
Horizontal Analysis of the Income Statement     628
Horizontal Analysis of the Balance Sheet     630
Vertical Analysis     631
Illustration: Google Inc.     631
How Do We Compare One Company with Another?     632
Benchmarking     633
Benchmarking Against a Key Competitor     633
Benchmarking Against the Industry Average     633
Summary Problem 1     635
Using Ratios to Make Decisions     637
Measuring Ability to Pay Current Liabilities     637
Measuring Ability to Sell Inventory and Collect Receivables     639
Measuring Ability to Pay Long-Term Debt     641
Measuring Profitability     642
Analyzing Stock Investments     644
Red Flags in Financial Statement Analysis     646
Decision Guidelines     647
Summary Problem 2     649
Review and Assignment Material     651
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Glindex (combined Glossary/Index)     G-1

The Studio Business Book or ABCs of Nonprofits

The Studio Business Book

Author: Mitch Gallagher

All studios, both large and small, spend a lot of money every year in an unending quest to attract clients— whether they are upgrading equipment, tweaking acoustics, or adding that big leather couch for the back of the control room. But merely throwing money at a studio may not be enough to keep it competitive. As with any other business, a recording studio must be properly managed in order to be profi table, or merely to break even. This all-new and expanded edition of The Studio Business Book is the bestselling step-by-step guide to operating and managing a professional recording facility. Used by studio owners, managers, and as a text for university courses, it begins with the basics: formulating a business plan, estimating studio startup costs (from small project studios to world-class rooms), finding a location, getting funded, and making equipment purchases. From there, the book takes you through the necessary details of business operation: accounting, phone, network and utility services, insurance plans, promoting your venture, and increasing revenues. Other chapters cover the fine art of studio management: scheduling sessions, dealing with clients, hiring and firing employees, maintaining and upgrading equipment, and how to cope with all kinds of disasters. The authors combine decades of insider experience and knowledge of the subject in this solid, well-written and carefully organized text. As an added bonus, numerous interviews with leading experts in every facet of the business are interspersed throughout the chapters, providing rare insights and fi rst-hand advice from successful industry veterans who deal with studio operations every day. This is truly amust-have book for anyone interested in starting a recording business.

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ABCs of Nonprofits

Author: Lisa A Runquist

Written for practitioners and nonprofit corporations, this concise guidebook offers a basic introduction to what is a nonprofit corporation and how it is formed; options for organizational structure; operating the corporation; tax exemptions; directors' responsibilities; and much more. This title is written as an example of a practitioner advising a client on the necessary steps to starting a new nonprofit organization. A related bibliography is included plus a sample form for an organization addressing a policy on conflict or interest.

Public Relations Handbook or All about Mortgages

Public Relations Handbook

Author: Theaker

The Public Relations Handbook is a comprehensive and detailed introduction to the theories and practices of the public relations industry. It traces the history and development of public relations, explores ethical issues which affect the industry, examines its relationship with politics, lobbying organizations and journalism, assesses its professionalism and regulation and advises on training and entry into the profession.

The Public Relations Handbook combines theoretical and organizational frameworks for studying public relations with examples of how the industry works in practice. It draws on a range of promotional strategies and campaigns from businesses and consumer groups including Railtrack, Voice of the Listener and Viewer, Marks and Spencer, Guinness, the Prince's Trust, Esso, Action Cancer and the Metropolitan Police.

The Public Relations Handbook includes interviews with press officers and PR agents about their examples, press releases and illustrations from arange of campaigns from multinational corporations, local government, small businesses, and charities; specialist chapters on financial public relations, global PR, business ethics, on-line promotion and the challenges of new technology, and over twenty illustrations from recent PR campaigns.

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All About Mortgages: Insider Tips to Finance Your Home

Author: Julie Garton Good

There's no denying that Americans continue to buy homes. And record-low interest rates keep mortgage companies busy when consumers refinance. But, as a mortgage consumer, is there any way to gauge up front if the decisions you make are financially sound and in your best interest for the long run? In the newly revised third edition of her bestselling book, All About Mortgages, real estate expert, syndicated columnist, and international speaker Julie Garton-Good shows you how to pick a loan that works in your best interest -- not the lender's. All About Mortgages puts the facts on the table for obtaining a cost-effective loan along with the inside scoop on: How your credit score can save you thousands in mortgage interest, Mortgages that require little or no money down, How to crunch numbers to determine if refinancing makes sense, Creating contract clauses that give you, the buyer, an edge -- even in a seller's market, When prepaying your mortgage makes financial sense, and when it doesn't, Remedies available when payments fall behind.

Table of Contents:

	Preface	xi
1.	Mortgage Market Overview: Players and Process	1
	The Mortgage Lending Process	2
	Consumer Empowerment Via the World Wide Web	6
	Think like an Appraiser to Select a Property	9
	Protecting Yourself in the Purchase Agreement	13
	The Basics of Loan Disclosure	15
	The Loan Application Process	16
	The Loan Underwriting Process	20
	The Loan Closing	25
	What to Do If the Lender Says No	28
	Consumer Booklets to the Rescue	29
2.	Creditworthiness	32
	Creditworthiness: The Backbone of Mortgage Lending	32
	The Credit-Checking Process	33
	What the Credit Report Shows	34
	Special Considerations for Married and Divorced Persons	35
	Major Areas of Credit Evaluation	35
	Credit Scoring--The Creditworthiness Gauge	36
	Credit Scores Vary between Credit Repositories	39
	What Constitutes "Good Credit"?	40
	Ensuring the Best Possible Credit Report	41
	Checking Someone Else's Credit	44
	Getting a Mortgage after Marred Credit	44
	Establishing Credit	45
	Check Your Credit in Advance of the Mortgage Application	46
	Be an Informed Customer	46
3.	Qualifying for the Mortgage	47
	Preapproval: Knowing What You Can Afford	48
	Qualifying Ratios	49
	Qualifying the Self-Employed Borrower	54
	Low-Doc/No-Doc Loans	56
	Subprime Loans: The Answer for Marginal Borrowers	57
	Borrow against Your Retirement Plan	59
	Tax-Free Gifts	59
	Tips for Generating Extra Cash	59
	Tips for Reducing Debt	61
4.	Comparison Shopping	62
	Rent or Buy?	63
	What's the Cost of Waiting to Purchase?	63
	Pay Cash or Get a Mortgage?	64
	Making a Final Decision on the Loan and the Lender	66
	Questions to Ask before Choosing a Loan	70
	Interest Rates, Loan Terms, and Down Payments	71
	Pros and Cons of Small Versus Large Down Payments	74
	Determining Loan Costs	74
	No Closing Cost Loans	75
	Categories of Closing Costs	77
	Discount Points	79
	Using Buydowns	81
	Determining Lockins	82
5.	Conventional Loans	84
	Pros and Cons of Conventional Fixed-Rate Loans	85
	Profile of a Conventional-Loan Borrower	87
	Secondary Market Guidelines	87
	Premium Pricing: Lender Contributions	95
	Using Compensating Factors When Ratios Don't Fit	95
	Little-Known Facts about Underwriting	97
	Borrowers with Bankruptcy or Foreclosure Histories	98
	Types of Qualifying Income and Verification	99
	Verifying the Borrower's Down Payment	100
	Using Gifted Funds as Leverage	100
	Citizenship Is Not a Requirement	101
	Refinancing with Conventional Loans	101
	Closing Costs	102
	Affordable Housing Programs	103
	More First-Time Buyer Loans	106
	Other Conventional-Mortgage Programs	107
6.	Private Mortgage Insurance on Conventional Loans	109
	The Basics of Private Mortgage Insurance	110
	Comparing PMI to a Piggyback Second Mortgage	114
	PMI Approval Guidelines	115
	Removing PMI from a Mortgage	118
7.	The Adjustable-Rate Mortgage (ARM)	119
	Pros and Cons of Adjustable Rate Mortgages	120
	Basics of Adjustable-Rate Mortgages	121
	Indexes	123
	Disclosure Provided by Lenders	125
	Margins	126
	Interest and Payment Caps	128
	Negative Amortization, Carryover, and Adjustment Periods	129
	Convertibility Options	131
	The Qualifying Process	133
	Program Types	134
	Calculation Errors	136
	Determine ARM Savings	137
	Questions to Ask before Taking Out an ARM	138
	Profile of an ARM Purchaser	140
8.	Federal Housing Administration Loans	143
	Levels of Federal Housing Administration Loans	144
	Pros and Cons of FHA Loans	144
	The Basics	146
	Qualification Guidelines	148
	Gifts	152
	Borrowing the Down Payment	153
	Closing Costs	153
	No Cash Reserves Required	153
	Qualifying Income	154
	Determining Debt for Loan Qualifying	157
	Alternative Documentation	158
	Previously Bankrupt Borrowers	158
	Property Guidelines	159
	Leverage	160
	Mortgage Insurance Premiums	161
	Concessions	163
	Assumption Guidelines	163
	Prepayment Penalties	164
	Discount Points and Buydowns	164
	Refinancing	165
	Other FHA Loan Options	166
	Specialized FHA Mortgage Programs	167
	Foreclosure Alternatives When Payments Fall Behind	169
9.	Va Loan Programs	170
	Levels of VA Loans	171
	Pros and Cons of VA Loans	171
	Profile of a VA Buyer	173
	Eligibility	173
	Calculating the Guaranty Amount	176
	Qualification Guidelines	179
	Income Guidelines: Overtime and Part-Time Income	183
	Leverage	184
	Closing Costs	186
	Discount Points	187
	VA Appraisals	189
	Loan Types	190
	Underwriting Guidelines	191
	Assumption Guidelines	192
	Refinancing	196
	Foreclosure Alternatives: Workout Programs	197
10.	Loan Programs with Leverage	199
	Growing Equity Mortgages	200
	Reverse Annuity Mortgages	201
	Graduated Payment Mortgages	203
	Biweekly Mortgages	204
	Bridge Loans	205
11.	Leverage from the Seller	206
	The Power of Leverage	207
	Pros and Cons of Seller Financing	208
	Using Seller Financing	214
	Creative Down Payments	218
	Options for Sellers Holding Financing	223
	Discount Points and Buydowns	228
	Lease-Purchase	231
	Assumptions	233
12.	After the Close: Managing the Mortgage and Your Equity	238
	Escrow/Impound Accounts	239
	When the Mortgage Is Sold	240
	Understand How Mortgage Payments Apply	241
	Prepaying a Mortgage	242
	Tapping Equity to Purchase Investment Real Estate	246
	Communicating with the Lender	247
	Mortgage Trends	248
13.	Refinancing	250
	When Does It Make Sense to Refinance?	250
	When Not to Refinance	254
	Refinancing Roadblocks	255
	Tips and Traps When Refinancing	257
	Refinancing via the Internet	262
	Home Equity Loans	263
	125 Percent Mortgages	264
14.	When the Borrower Falls Behind in Payments	266
	Why Are Foreclosures at a 30-year High?	266
	The Key: Contact the Lender Immediately	268
	Foreclosure Alternatives	269
	Protection against Creditor Harassment	272
	Best Wishes for Growing Your Equity	273
Appendix	Amortization Factors	274
	Glossary	278
	Resource Guide	290
	Index	297

The Wiley Guide to Managing Projects or Intellectual Property

The Wiley Guide to Managing Projects

Author: Jeffrey K Pinto

This handbook pulls together the fundamentals of project management and presents them along side the other business systems and procedures effected by project management. The book is the most comprehensive reference resource for all business managers. It allows readers to understand how project management fits into their organization, and helps them apply this knowledge on the job.

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Intellectual Property: Licensing and Joint Venture Profit Strategies

Author: Gordon V Smith

. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Booknews

Intellectual property, whether it is a story, character, or product design, is defined as a matter of law. This text shrewdly guides the reader on how to appraise and protect the market value of intellectual property within the rules of that law. By following the correct procedures, a person contributing intellectual property to a joint venture should be appropriately compensated and properly protected from having his creation "legally" stolen by others. Written by two experts in the field, this volume offers insight and advice that would be difficult and expensive to find otherwise. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Biography

GORDON V. SMITH is President of AUS Consultants and has advised clients in valuation matters for almost 40 years. His assignments have included appraisals of nearly every type of tangible and intangible asset as well as consultations relative to royalty rates and the economic life of property. Clients have been many of the Fortune 500, as well as research and government institutions, regulatory bodies, and the US government. He has served as an expert witness on numerous occasions regarding valuations and valuation theory.

RUSSELL L. PARR is Senior Vice President of the Valuation Services Group of AUS Consultants and expert at assessing the value of intellectual property and intangible assets. He advises clients about the value of patents, trademarks, copyrights, and other intangible assets to help accomplish strategic mergers, acquisitions, licensing transactions, and joint ventures.

Table of Contents:

	Preface
1	Emergence of intellectual property exploitation strategies	1
2	Introduction to exploitation strategies	9
3	Introduction to the history and economics of legal limits on licensing intellectual property rights	38
4	Creating industry standards	56
5	Economic analysis of exploitation - underlying theory	65
6	Economic contributions of intellectual property	82
7	Use of the 25% rule in valuing intellectual property	107
8	Determining a royalty rate - an example	125
9	An infringement damages analysis for determining a royalty rate	142
10	Risks of exploitation	149
11	Licensing economics and royalty rates	169
12	Dealing with early-stage intellectual property	202
13	Trademark licensing	219
14	Licensing internet assets	243
15	Licensing negotiations and agreements	255
16	Another view of licensing strategies	273
17	Joint venture	290
18	Corporate acquisition as an exploitation strategy	310
19	University technology transfer	319
20	Global exploitation potential	328
21	Organizing for the future	350
22	Understanding the business and risks of licensing	363
A	Investment rate of return requirements	373
B	Financial and business information sources	386
C	Licensing transaction examples and royalty rates	392
	Index	433

Entrepreneurship Strategy or Financing Terrorism

Entrepreneurship Strategy: Changing Patterns in New Venture Creation, Growth, and Reinvention

Author: Lisa K Gundry

In this engaging and practical book, authors Lisa K. Gundry and Jill R. Kickul uniquely approach entrepreneurship across the life cycle of business growth—offering entrepreneurial strategies for the emerging venture, for the growing venture, and for sustaining growth in the established venture. Written from the point of view of the founder or the entrepreneurial team, the book offers powerful and practical tools to increase a venture's potential for success and growth.

This is an ideal core textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses such as Entrepreneurship and New Venture Management, Entrepreneurship Strategy, Strategic Management, Entrepreneurial Growth, Management of Innovation, Entrepreneurial Marketing, and Global Entrepreneurship in the fields of Management, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, and Organizational Behavior.

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Financing Terrorism

Author: Mark Pieth

In declaring the war against terrorism President George W. Bush also declared war on the financing of terrorism. The call to arms has been complemented by a concerted effort world-wide to track down and freeze the assets of suspected terrorists and financial institutions have risen to these challenges over the last year contributing their expertise gathered mostly through techniques to combat money laundering. In this book, bankers, regulators and academics pose a variety of questions from their individual perspectives: To what extent are new laws really new? What can financial institutions realistically contribute to the suppression of terrorist financing? Can individual rights be protected in these circumstances? These questions are analysed by experts who come up with some thought-provoking answers.

Table of Contents:

	Editorial: The Financing of Terrorism - Criminal and Regulatory Reform	1
	Articles
	Globalization, Terrorist Finance, and Global Conflict - Time for a White List?	5
	How Can Sound Customer Due Diligence Rules Help Prevent the Misuse of Financial Institutions in the Financing of Terrorism?	41
	Financing of Terrorism - A Predicate Offence to Money Laundering?	49
	Obstacles in Company Law to Anti-Money Laundering International Co-Operation in European Union Member States	57
	Terrorist Finance, Money Laundering and the Rise and Rise of Mutual Evaluation: A New Paradigm for Crime Control?	87
	Financing of Terrorism: Following the Money	115
	Documentation
	FATF Cracks Down on Terrorist Financing	129
	FATF Special Recommendations on Terrorist Financing	131
	Financial Action Task Force Guidance for Financial Institutions in Detecting Terrorism	147
	International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism	161
	Council Common Position of 27 December 2001 on the Application of Specific Measures to Combat Terrorism	177
	Customer Due Diligence for Banks	189
	Wolfsberg Group Pledges Anti-Terrorism Support	211
	The Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism - Wolfsberg Statement	213

Negotiation as a Social Process or Raising Money for Education

Negotiation as a Social Process

Author: Roderick Moreland Kramer

"This is a valuable book. It is a rare combination of appreciation and criticism; it is an eloquent statement of conceptual advocacy. Negotiation as a Social Process attempts the difficult task of the needed reform of a successful field and it does so by example as well as precept. . . . Kramer and Messick have done their research colleagues a great service; let us hope that they make the most of it." --Robert L. Kahn, Professor Emeritus, The University of Michigan "Negotiation as a Social Process puts the 'social' back in negotiation theory and research, where it belongs. Consisting of contributions by some of today's leading negotiation researchers, this volume is a direct response to the undue emphasis placed in recent years on the role of cognition in negotiation. Just as one needs two hands to clap (unless you are a Zen Buddhist), one needs two or more sides to negotiate. This excellent collection explicitly addresses the social and relational context in which negotiations invariably occur and, in doing so, returns the discussion to its proper place." --Jeff Rubin, Program on Negotiation, Harvard Law School In the past several years, negotiation and conflict management research has emerged as one of the most active and productive areas of research in organizational behavior. Although most research has focused on the cognitive aspects of negotiation, few address the impact of social processes and contexts on the negotiation process. Because negotiations always occur in the context of some preexisting social relationship between the negotiating parties, this neglect is unfortunate. Editors Rod Kramer and Dave Messick have brought together original theory and research frommany of the leading scholars in this important and emerging area of negotiation research. Negotiation as a Social Process covers a wide range of topics, including the role of group identification and accountability on negotiator judgment and decision making, the importance of power-dependence relations on negotiation, intergroup bargaining, coalitional dynamics in bargaining, social influence processes in negotiation, cross-cultural perspectives on negotiation, and the impact of social relationships on negotiation. Scholars, students, and professionals in organization, management, and communication studies will find Negotiation as a Social Process an important and thought-provoking volume.

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A collection of 14 studies emphasize the social dimensions of negotiation as a means of reducing the domination of the field by cognitive approaches. Among the topics are an information- processing perspective on the social context in negotiation, social factors that make freedom unattractive, the inseparability of relationships and negotiations in joint decision making, and fairness versus self-interest as asymmetric moral imperatives in ultimatum bargaining. The CiP data shows the subtitle New Trends in Theory and Research. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Raising Money for Education

Author: David H Monk

How can we create a funding system that's fair to every school and every taxpayer? Or is this an impossible goal? That's the issue Monk and Brent raise. The authors offer an overview of the current trends in school funding sources. They explain how the property tax system works. They examine the elements necessary to fair taxation and explore tax reform options that could bring in more dollars for education. Consider these pertinent questions about any proposed future public education tax: * Is the tax fair? * Does it generate money efficiently? * Is there a potential growth of the tax base? * Will this tax be a stable source of revenue for schools? * How hard will it be to administer this tax? * Will the public comply with this tax? The authors offer real insights into the issues surrounding how we get, and how we spend, the money for our schools. The book also looks at alternatives ways to raise funds, such as taxes based on income, sales, and lotteries. It delivers thoughtful, well-researched information for anyone who's interested in the future of public education and how we will fund it.

Table of Contents:

	Preface: Baseball, Apple Pie, and the Property Tax
	About the Authors
1	Where Does the Money Come From?	1
2	What Is a "Fair" Tax System?	9
3	How Should Education's Taxes Be Evaluated?	20
4	How Does the Property Tax Work?	39
5	Does Reforming the Property Tax Make Sense?	80
6	Should We Shift Away From the Local Property Tax?	106
7	What Other Ways Are There to Raise Revenues?	120
8	Recommendations for Generating School Revenues	134
	References	137
	Index	141

Offshoring Opportunities or Ariaal Pastoralists of Kenya

Offshoring Opportunities: Strategies and Tactics for Global Competitiveness

Author: John Berry

offshoring opportunities is on target for today's marketplace

"This book provides a much needed framework for offshoring that supports making sound business decisions in this area, and it can help guide the management of the resulting offshore relationship in an efficient and effective manner. John brings clarity and structure to this broad and complex subject."
-Jim Maloney Chief Security Executive Corillian Corporation

"An extremely well-written and researched book. Starts with a good background on the political and cultural implications of offshoring and proceeds to provide an invaluable guide to take the reader through the sourcing decision and how to make it."
-Charly Paelinck Vice President of Application Development Harrah's Casino

"We evaluate many different offshoring and site selection decisions each year for our clients, and I encourage every executive faced with these quandaries to consider the strategies discussed in this book. Offshoring Opportunities can be used as a practical review before investing millions, and it may just help you avoid several unintended consequences."
-Jay Doherty Principal Mercer Human Resource Consulting

Table of Contents:

Preface.

Acknowledgment.

Chapter 1: Offshoring And Its Discontents.

What Is Offshoring?

Understanding Offshoring The Way A Manager Would.

Business Process Offshoring.

Chapter 2: Everything You Can Send Down A Wire Is Up For Grabs.

Setting The Stage For Offshoring.

Drivers Of Offshoring Are Interdependent.

How Big Can This Thing Get?

Cognitive Food Chain.

Invincibility Of The Symbolic Analyst?

Offshoring Innovation.

Chapter 3: Coase And The Changing Nature Of Work.

Will The Nature Of Work Change?

Software Industry Offers Hints.

Offshoring Offers Hints.

Chapter 4: Pouring The Foundation: The Offshoring Value Delivery Framework.

Strategy Development: Think.

Strategy/Goals Alignment: A Balanced Scorecard Approach.

In House Or Out House: Issue Of Control.

Chapter Takeaway.

Chapter 5: Is The Organization Ready?

Strategic Level Readiness.

Building The Safety Net.

Argument For A Big Response.

Operational Level Readiness.

Operational Level Readiness: The Elements.

When The Operational Framework Fails.

Belief In Empiricism Is The Answer.

A Shared Services Perspective.

Business Case.

Chapter Takeaway.

Chapter 6: Making The Case.

Business Case Lives.

Process Of Discovery.

Captive Versus ServiceProvider Business Case.

Total Value Of A Business Case.

How To Represent Costs.

Offshoring Cost/Benefit Model.

Mapping Costs Analysis To The Offshoring Value Delivery Framework.

Chapter 7: So Many Choices.

Selection Process: Plan.

Selection Criteria Development.

Chapter Takeaway.

Chapter 8: Location Is Everything.

Site Selection.

Chapter Takeaway.

Chapter 9: An Alliance Is Forged.

Relationship Building.

Pilot Project.

Security Framework.

Revise Business Case.

Chapter Takeaway.

Chapter 10: Let’s Make A Deal.

Contracting.

Chapter Takeaway.

Chapter 11: Other Relationship Details.

Chief Outsourcing/Offshoring Officer.

Good To Great, Then Offshore Versus Offshore, Then Good To Great.

Relationship Defined By Pricing.

Exit Strategy.

Chapter Takeaway.

Chapter 12: Start Of A Beautiful Friendship.

Ongoing Management: Execute & Manage.

Transition.

Performance Tracking and Value Auditing.

Governance.

Final Thoughts On the Offshore Vlaue Delivery Framework.

Chapter Takeaway.

Chapter 13: Calling All Low Cost Reps.

Mixed Attitudes About Contact Centers.

Chapter Takeaway.

Chapter 14: Toward Best Practices.

Index.

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Ariaal Pastoralists of Kenya: Studying Pastoralism, Drought, and Development in Africa's Arid Lands (Part of the Cultural Survival Studies in Ethnicity and Change Series)

Author: Elliot Fratkin

In its Second Edition, Aarial Pastoralists of Kenya, gives readers a humorous and readable ethnographic representation of the Maasai-speaking society of East Africa. Based on more than 25 years of research and fieldwork, this unique text describes the story of how a society of livestock herders in northern Kenya have conformed to and survived both natural and human-induced disasters of recent times, such as, drought and famine, inter-pastoralist warfare, and the wide-scale intervention of international development and relief organizations.

New to This Edition
• Brings readers up to date on the current status of the Ariaal and neighboring pastoral groups and includes an expanded final chapter that discusses the most recent developments.
• A revised description of fieldwork experiences has evolved from a short section in the first edition into an entire chapter and allows students to appreciate a variety of methods, trials, and tribulations of anthropological research and provides them with new understanding of the area.
• Offers an expanded discussion of issues of gender equality, particularly in the context of women finding new opportunities and financial independence in a changing economy.

Labor Economics or Business Ethics

Labor Economics

Author: George J Borjas

George Borjas' well-received text blends coverage of traditional topics with modern theory and developments into a superb Labor economics book. His integration of theory with facts and coverage of latest research make his book one of the most popular at the middle and upper end of the market.

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Business Ethics: People, Profits and the Planet

Author: Kevin Gibson

Business Ethics offers a structured set of readings with a clear conceptual progression; classic and current topics; and issues that matter to students. But that’s not all: The instructor's resource CD-ROM contains lesson plans, and discussion, essay and multi-choice questions for every reading. A dedicated web site, designed by Dr. Gibson, also allows students access to further research and exploration into their own interests. The cases -- linked directly to the readings -- are deliberately short and provocative, challenging students to take and defend their own ethical analysis.

Kevin Gibson is Associate Professor of Management and Philosophy at Marquette University and the Director of the its Center for Ethics Studies. He is a five-time winner of the Excellence in Executive Education Award from the Marquette Business School.

Table of Contents:

Ch. 1	The market system and its critics	9
	Elements of the market system	13
	The invisible hand	25
	What is capitalism?	27
	An egalitarian theory of justice	33
	Socialist democracy	39
	The right to eat and the duty to work	43
	How do managers think about market economies and morality?	52
Ch. 2	The theoretical backdrop of business ethics	61
	Thinking ethically : a framework for moral decision making	64
	Judging the morality of business practices : the influence of personal moral philosophies	67
	Utilitarianism	76
	The ethics of duty	83
	Ethics as virtues	87
	A role for virtue ethics in the analysis of business practice	91
	The seven habits of highly effective people : restoring the character ethic	97
	Making sense of human rights	100
	The idea of a female ethic	109
	Feminist morality and competitive reality : a role for an ethic of care?	117
	How good a person do I have to be?	133
	Ethics without the sermon	137
Ch. 3	Leadership, values, and the force of the institution	146
	Managerial ethical leadership : examples do matter	148
	Ethical leadership and the psychology of decision making	158
	Linking groupthink to unethical behavior in organizations	172
	Moral mazes : bureaucracy and managerial work	184
	Adapting Kohlberg to enhance the assessment of managers' moral reasoning	193
Ch. 4	The moral place of corporations	203
	The social responsibility of business is to increase its profits	206
	A stakeholder theory of the modern corporation : Kantian capitalism	211
Ch. 5	Role morality and personal responsibility	225
	Collective responsibility	228
	The moral responsibility of corporate executives for disasters	236
	Workers as agents and corporate responsibility	243
	Contrasting role morality and professional morality	250
	My view on the Pinto affair	260
Ch. 6	Conflicts between individual and corporate morality	262
	Changing unethical organizational behavior	264
	Some paradoxes of whistleblowing	276
	Persons of the year : 2002	287
	Just pucker and blow? : an analysis of corporate whistleblowers, the duty of care, the duty of loyalty, and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act	290
Ch. 7	Encouraging morality in business	304
	Creating ethical corporate structures	306
	What can we learn from the U.S. federal sentencing guidelines for organizational ethics?	313
	Breach of trust : leadership in a market economy	325
Ch. 8	Employee issues	335
	Work and family : should parents feel guilty?	338
	Rights in the workplace : a Nozickian argument	349
	Discrimination, harassment, and the glass ceiling : women executives as change agents	353
	Workplace discrimination, good cause, and color blindness	367
	Diversity dilemmas at work	378
	Drug testing and the right to privacy : arguing the ethics of workplace drug testing	392
Ch. 9	Business and consumers	403
	Risk analysis and the value of life	407
	Paternalism in the marketplace : should a salesman be his buyer's keeper	412
	Barbie banished from the small screen : the proposed European ban on children's television advertising	415
	The doctrine of double effect, deadly drugs, and business ethics	424
	Consumer protection - or overprotection?	431
	Business on trial : the civil jury and corporate responsibility	434
Ch. 10	Business and the community	443
	Corporate social responsibility in the 21st century : a view from the world's most successful firms	445
	The ethics of corporate social responsibility and philanthropic ventures	453
	Toledo : failing to deliver	463
Ch. 11	Business from other perspectives	469
	What can eastern philosophy teach us about business ethics?	471
	Business ethics in Islamic context	480
	Guiding principles of Jewish business ethics	484
Ch. 12	Doing business abroad	492
	The price of international business morality : twenty years under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act	495
	Values in tension : ethics away from home	503
	Ethical dilemmas for multinational enterprise : a philosophical overview	513
	The moral responsibility of multinational corporations to be socially responsible	518
Ch. 13	The ethics of globalization	524
	The Lexus and the olive tree	527
	Labor standards in the global economy : issues for investors	535
	One world : one economy	546
Ch. 14	Business and the environment	561
	People or penguins : the case for optimal pollution	566
	Cannibals with forks : the triple bottom line of 21st century business	571
	At the monument to General Meade, or on the difference between beliefs and benefits	583
	Sacrifice to slaughter	595
	Defending the use of animals by business : animal liberation and environmental ethics	599
	Shades of green : business, ethics, and the environment	607
	Cases	619
	The Bhopal disaster	620
	Dow Corning and breast implants	621
	DuPont and Benlate	622
	Enron - from pipelines to pipedreams	624
	The Exxon Valdez	627
	The Ford Explorer and Firestone tires	629
	The Ford Pinto	630
	Genetically modified foods	632
	HealthSouth	634
	The herald of free enterprise	636
	H. B. Fuller and substance abuse in Latin America	637
	Hooters restaurant	639
	Johnson & Johnson and the Tylenol poisonings	640
	Johnson controls	642
	Love Canal	644

Manufacturing Revolution or Playing for Dollars

Manufacturing Revolution: The Intellectual Origins of Early American Industry

Author: Lawrence A Peskin

"While much has been written about the industrial revolution," writes Lawrence Peskin, "we rarely read about industrial revolutionaries." This absence, he explains, reflects the preoccupation of both classical and Marxist economics with impersonal forces rather than with individuals. In Manufacturing Revolution Peskin deviates from both dominant paradigms by closely examining the words and deeds of individual Americans who made things in their own shops, who met in small groups to promote industrialization, and who, on the local level, strove for economic independence.

In speeches, petitions, books, newspaper articles, club meetings, and coffee--house conversations, they fervently discussed the need for large-scale American manufacturing a half-century before the Boston Associates built their first factory. Peskin shows how these economic pioneers launched a discourse that continued for decades, linking industrialization to the cause of independence and guiding the new nation along the path of economic ambition. Based upon extensive research in both manuscript and printed sources from the period between 1760 and 1830, this book will be of interest to historians of the early republic and economic historians as well as to students of technology, business, and industry.

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Playing for Dollars: Labor Relations and the Sports Business

Author: Paul D Staudohar

Fans of professional sports have been forced to pay attention to labor relations in the last five years. The 1994-1995 season reminded baseball enthusiasts that a players' strike can mean something more than a swing and a miss, and the fans of other sports have experienced similar frustrations. In Playing for Dollars, Paul D. Staudohar analyzes the business dimension of sports with a timely assessment of the interactions among labor, management, and government in baseball, football, basketball, and hockey. Author of The Sports Industry and Collective Bargaining, an earlier version of the current volume, Staudohar describes the mechanics of contract and salary negotiations, including the pivotal issue of free agency. He explains how unions become established in sports, how the balance of power shifted between owners and players, and how the salaries of stars escalated. He investigates the gambling controversies and changing drug policies that have sometimes alienated fans and comments, as well, on the impact AIDS has had on professional sports. Sports events are media events, and Staudohar takes a look at the effects of television contracts and international expansion. He also considers the future of team sports, discussing league expansion, prospects for growth, and the issue of franchise relocation.

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In the tradition of The Tao of Physics, Perkowitz (physics, Emory U.) mingles scientific theories with psychic mysteries, creating an elegant and evocative technical interpretation of light's story. Inspired by Magritte's painting Empire of Light and its paradoxical portrayal of day and night, Perkowitz picks up the artist's theme in discussions of ancient discoveries, modern theories (in cosmic and subatomic form), and the human eye's ability to receive data to link it with physiological responses. All this rather dry analysis is illuminated with examples from the artistry of Vincent van Gogh, Edward Hopper, Edgar Degas, and James Turrell. Our only regret is that the beautiful description of how light moves across real water and the water of van Gogh's perspective could not be accompanied by a reproduction of the painting. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Supervision Skills for the Service Industry or Marketing for Hospitality and Tourism

Supervision Skills for the Service Industry: How to Do It

Author: DV Teson

Supervision Skills for the Service Industry: How to Do It is a practical guide for managers, supervisors, or students aspiring to work in the service business. This book is organized into three parts:

• Conceptual knowledge required for effective supervision
• Practical or applied skills for supervisors to use on the job
• Job search strategies and how to be a supervisor in a real-life scenario

Filled with features that enhance the reader's experience:

• Chapter-opening, "In the Real World," vignettes
• Performance-based learning objectives
• Key terms bolded in the text and defined in the text margins
• Timely articles in each chapter drawn from the Hospitality News newspapers
• Mini-cases
• Questions for discussion
• Key terms lists
• Chapter quizzes
• Chapter conclusions with more "In the Real World" vignettes

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Marketing for Hospitality and Tourism

Author: Philip Kotler

Philip Kotler, one of the world's foremost authorities on marketing, along with hospitality marketing experts John Bowen and James Makens, bring their knowledge of the hospitality industry to the pages of Marketing for Hospitality and Tourism, Third Edition. The authors' understanding of the industry results in a practical text. Introductory students and experienced managers alike will find this book a useful tool, providing a strong foundation for hospitality marketing decision-making and know-how.

Table of Contents:

	Preface
	About the Authors
1	Introduction: Marketing for Hospitality and Tourism	3
2	Service Characteristics of Hospitality and Tourism Marketing	39
3	The Role of Marketing in Strategic Planning	71
4	The Marketing Environment	111
5	Marketing Information Systems and Marketing Research	153
6	Consumer Markets and Consumer Buying Behavior	197
7	Organizational Buyer Behavior of Group Market	231
8	Market Segmentation, Targeting, and Positioning	261
9	Designing and Managing Products	299
10	Internal Marketing	349
11	Building Customer Loyalty through Quality	381
12	Pricing Products: Pricing Considerations, Approaches, and Strategy	443
13	Distribution Channels	497
14	Promoting Products: Communication and Promotion Policy and Advertising	539
15	Promoting Products: Public Relations and Sales Promotion	591
16	Electronic Marketing: Internet Marketing, Database Marketing, and Direct Marketing	629
17	Professional Sales	663
18	Destination Marketing	715
19	Next Year's Marketing Plan	751
	Case Studies	789
	Glossary	875
	Index	885

Securities Regulation or Jacques Coeur

Securities Regulation: Cases and Materials

Author: Thomas Lee Hazen

Hazen's Securities Regulation Cases and Materials includes the most up-to-date developments both in the courts and with respect to SEC rulemaking. For example, the Seventh Edition includes 1933 Act offering reform. The Seventh Edition is organized to enable instructors to easily omit or rearrange material. The problem and documentary supplement is available as a companion to the casebook. The problems are designed for teachers using the problem method. It also contains sample documents including a 1933 Act registration and back-up documents. The Seventh Edition is accompanied by an expanded teacher's manual. The teacher's manual includes analysis of the problems contained in the problem and documentary supplement.

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Jacques Coeur: Entrepreneur and King's Bursar

Author: Kathryn L Reyerson

This biography traces the career of Frenchman Jacques Coeur, royal official, merchant, and financier, amidst war and exploration in Fifteenth-Century Europe, and invites readers to consider Coeur's career against a broad historical context.

The titles in the Library of World Biography series make ideal supplements for World History survey courses or other courses in the history curriculum where figures in history are explored. Paperback, brief and inexpensive, each interpretative biography in this series focuses on a figure whose actions and ideas significantly influenced the course of World history, and relates the life of its subject to the broader themes and developments of the times.

This biography traces the career of Jacques Coeur as a royal official, merchant, bursar, a supply officer catering to the needs of the royal household, and powerful financier to Charles the VII (1422-1461), amidst war and exploration in Fifteenth-Century Europe, and invites the reader to consider Coeur's career from its high point as one of the richest and most powerful men in France to his startling downfall, disgrace, and banishment against the broad historical background of the Fifteenth Century, a transitional time between the traditional medieval period and the early modern era.

Global Marketing Management or Practical Investment Management

Global Marketing Management: A Casebook

Author: John A Quelch

Sometimes a story communicates more than the best instructor could ever articulate. GLOBAL MARKETING MANAGEMENT uses Harvard cases to examine the factors that affect marketing of goods and services worldwide and illustrate how top companies are overcoming the challenges facing the expanded global marketplace. The biggest hurdle to your business' success may be developing the organizational capabilities and managerial competencies to implement a clearly defined strategic intent. Discover what companies like Reebok, Gillette, DHL, Tesco, and others did to increase their competitive advantage in the global marketplace in GLOBAL MARKETING MANAGEMENT.

Go to: Edible Forest Gardens or Simple Food for the Good Life

Practical Investment Management (with Stock Track Coupon)

Author: Robert A Strong

PRACTICAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT is intended for learners studying investments for the first time. Very practical and applied, it is comprehensive enough for those who plan to become Certified Financial Analysts, but remains user-friendly due to its clarity of explanation and its pedagogy. The book contains all standard topics found in the typical modern investments text, but in addition, several chapters of Practical Investment Management are unique. In addition to being an increasingly important asset class, mortgage-backed securities provide some thought-provoking questions on fixed income valuation. Bob Strong has an engaging writing style along with practical experience making this a very solid, yet very friendly, book for readers.

Table of Contents:

1. The Concept of Investing. 2. Understanding Risk and Return. 3. The Marketplace. Appendix: Statement of the Standards of Professional Conduct. 4. Bond Fundamentals. 5. Common Stock. 6. Market Mechanics. 7. Fundamental Stock Analysis. 8. Valuation Tools. 9. Technical Analysis. 10. Market Efficiency. 11. Behavioral Finance. 12. Gathering Investment Information. 13. Market Indexes. 14. Convertible Securities. 15. Investing Internationally. 16. Why Diversification? Appendix: Arbitrage Pricing Theory. 17. The Role of Derivative Assets. Appendix: Option Pricing. 18. Managing the Equity Portfolio. Appendix: Index Overwriting. 19. Managing the Fixed Income Portfolio. 20. Mortgage-Backed Securities. 21. Investment Companies. Appendix: Tax Considerations. 22. Performance Measurement and Presentation. 23. Contemporary Issues.