Standard & Poor's Stock Reports
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Published: 2009-03
Total Pages: 1308
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Board Member Nomination and Election
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2012-09-20
Total Pages: 120
ISBN-13: 9264179356
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis report addresses the corporate governance framework and company practices that determine the nomination and election of board members. It covers some 26 jurisdictions including in-depth reviews of four jurisdictions: Indonesia, Korea, the Netherlands and the United States.
Leading for Growth
Author: Raymond P. Davis
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2011-01-06
Total Pages: 246
ISBN-13: 1118047230
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow any business leader can create an atmosphere of competitiveness for exceptional growth When Ray Davis took over the local 40-person South Umpqua Bank in 1994, many people in the industry poked fun at his insistence that employees answer the phone with a cheery "World's Greatest Bank." Eleven years, $7 billion in assets, and 128 branches (or " bank stores" in Umpqua lingo) later, the moniker seems quite apt. Other banks scratched their heads when Davis sent his tellers to Ritz-Carlton to learn customer service and were intrigued when he hired a cutting-edge design firm to completely re-think retail layout. Now, with a top design award under their belt, a name change (there never was a North Umpqua bank), and a completely new definition of the banking business, Umpqua has become the darling of the entrepreneurial press and a growth powerhouse. The New York Times calls Umpqua "Starbucks with tellers." Ray Davis (Portland, OR), named by U.S. Banker as one of the 25 most influential people in the financial industry in 2005, is President and CEO of Umpqua Holdings Corporation. Alan Shrader (Moraga, CA) is an experienced writer and editor of business books.
Continuous Cover Forestry
Author: Timo Pukkala
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2011-10-14
Total Pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9400722028
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlthough the majority of the world’s forest ecosystems are dominated by uneven-sized multi-species stands, forest management practice and theory has focused on the development of plantation monocultures to maximize the supply of timber at low cost. Societal expectations are changing, however, and uneven-aged multi-species ecosystems, selectively managed as Continuous Cover Forestry (CCF), are often believed to be superior to monocultures in addressing a wide range of expectations. This book presents methods which are relevant to CCF management and planning: analysing forest structures, silvicultural and planning, economic evaluation, based on examples in Europe, Asia, Africa and North and South America.
Soft Computing in Software Engineering
Author: Ernesto Damiani
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2004-07-09
Total Pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9783540220305
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book illustrates the impact of soft computing techniques on software engineering research and practices dealing with a range of novel methods reshaping the software development process. Specifically, it is shown how Software Engineering tasks such as reuse-oriented classification (e.g. components’ repositories), software diagnostic (e.g. bug detection and correction), effort prediction (e.g. project costs and time estimation), planning (e.g. project scheduling) and others can be appropriately handled by means of soft computing techniques. The book is a valuable reference for practitioners as well as an updated resource of ongoing interdisciplinary research in Soft Computing in Software Engineering.
Report of ... [the] Mayor
Author: Savannah (Ga.)
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Published: 1912
Total Pages: 534
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Author: Hubert Schmitz
Publisher: International Labour Organization
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 92
ISBN-13: 9789221177388
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHandbook of HIV Medicine
Author: Douglas Wilson
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Published: 2002
Total Pages: 469
ISBN-13: 9780195781335
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSouthern African material organised for quick reference in the ward or clinic helps students and doctors inexperienced in HIV/Aids care on the spot in urban and rural settings. The book includes substantial information and guidelines on anti-retroviral therapy.
Bank Funding Structures and Risk
Author: Mr.Francisco F. Vazquez
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Published: 2012-01-01
Total Pages: 33
ISBN-13: 1463933142
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis paper analyzes the evolution of bank funding structures in the run up to the global financial crisis and studies the implications for financial stability, exploiting a bank-level dataset that covers about 11,000 banks in the U.S. and Europe during 2001?09. The results show that banks with weaker structural liquidity and higher leverage in the pre-crisis period were more likely to fail afterward. The likelihood of bank failure also increases with bank risk-taking. In the cross-section, the smaller domestically-oriented banks were relatively more vulnerable to liquidity risk, while the large cross-border banks were more susceptible to solvency risk due to excessive leverage. The results support the proposed Basel III regulations on structural liquidity and leverage, but suggest that emphasis should be placed on the latter, particularly for the systemically-important institutions. Macroeconomic and monetary conditions are also shown to be related with the likelihood of bank failure, providing a case for the introduction of a macro-prudential approach to banking regulation.
Epidemiology
Author: Rodney Ehrlich
Publisher: OUP Southern Africa
Published: 2008-01-31
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780195762778
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEpidemiology: A Research Manual for South Africa maintains the focus on epidemiology as a discipline and incorporates the changes in policy as well as new findings and research methodologies. The only South African book dealing with epidemiology as a discipline.
