Praise for The Deciding Factor "Both companies and governments have made some poor decisions recently, and almost all would benefit from more fact-based and analytical approaches. This book provides clear methods and extensive examples for organizations that want to make better, faster, and more consistent decisions."—Thomas H. Davenport, author, Competing on Analytics, and President's Distinguished Professor of Information Technology and Management, Babson College "The secrets of the decision-making processes employed by the most successful corporations of the world are revealed in The Deciding Factor. Both corporate decision makers as well as analysts will gain invaluable insights from this treasure trove of case studies and expert guidelines." —Robert Heller, former president and CEO of VISA U.S.A., and former governor, Federal Reserve Board "Information, used correctly and creatively, can be a source of tremendous customer value, competitive advantage, and company profitability. The Deciding Factor will help you understand if you have this opportunity, and how you might seize it." —Nigel Morris, co-founder, Capital One Financial Services "There has never been a more important time in business history to truly understand both the technical strengths and conceptual weaknesses of decision analytics. If you're prepared to be serious, The Deciding Factor offers the insider's insights that matter when managing innovation risk." —Michael Schrage, author, Serious Play, and research associate, MIT Sloan School of Management

The Deciding Factor: The Power of Analytics to Make Every Decision a Winner

Business & Money

Nash, John

Rosenberger, Larry E.

Management & Leadership

Jossey-Bass

Praise for The Deciding Factor "Both companies and governments have made some poor decisions recently, and almost all would benefit from more fact-based and analytical approaches. This book provides clear methods and extensive examples for organizations that want to make better, faster, and more consistent decisions."--Thomas H. Davenport, author, Competing on Analytics, and President's Distinguished Professor of Information Technology and Management, Babson College "The secrets of the decision-making processes employed by the most successful corporations of the world are revealed in The Deciding Factor. Both corporate decision makers as well as analysts will gain invaluable insights from this treasure trove of case studies and expert guidelines." --Robert Heller, former president and CEO of VISA U.S.A., and former governor, Federal Reserve Board "Information, used correctly and creatively, can be a source of tremendous customer value, competitive advantage, and company profitability. The Deciding Factor will help you understand if you have this opportunity, and how you might seize it." --Nigel Morris, co-founder, Capital One Financial Services "There has never been a more important time in business history to truly understand both the technical strengths and conceptual weaknesses of decision analytics. If you're prepared to be serious, The Deciding Factor offers the insider's insights that matter when managing innovation risk." --Michael Schrage, author, Serious Play, and research associate, MIT Sloan School of Management

James Joyce and the Act of Reception: Reading, Ireland, Modernism

James Joyce and the Act of Reception is a detailed account of Joyce's own engagement with the reception of his work. It shows how Joyce's writing, from the earliest fiction to Finnegans Wake, addresses the social conditions of reading (particularly in Ireland). Most notably, it echoes and transforms the responses of some of Joyce's actual readers, from family and friends to key figures such as Eglinton and Yeats. This study argues that the famous 'unreadable' quality of Joyce's writing is a crucial feature of its historical significance. Not only does Joyce engage with the cultural contexts in which he was read but, by inscribing versions of his own contemporary reception within his writing, he determines that his later readers read through the responses of earlier ones. In its focus on the local and contemporary act of reception, Joyce's work is seen to challenge critical accounts of both modernism and deconstruction.

Literature & Fiction

British & Irish

Cambridge University Press

When John Nash won the Nobel prize in economics in 1994, many people were surprised to learn that he was alive and well. Since then, Sylvia Nasar's celebrated biography A Beautiful Mind, the basis of a new major motion picture, has revealed the man. The Essential John Nash reveals his work--in his own words. This book presents, for the first time, the full range of Nash's diverse contributions not only to game theory, for which he received the Nobel, but to pure mathematics--from Riemannian geometry and partial differential equations--in which he commands even greater acclaim among academics. Included are nine of Nash's most influential papers, most of them written over the decade beginning in 1949.
 From 1959 until his astonishing remission three decades later, the man behind the concepts "Nash equilibrium" and "Nash bargaining"--concepts that today pervade not only economics but nuclear strategy and contract talks in major league sports--had lived in the shadow of a condition diagnosed as paranoid schizophrenia. In the introduction to this book, Nasar recounts how Nash had, by the age of thirty, gone from being a wunderkind at Princeton and a rising mathematical star at MIT to the depths of mental illness.
 In his preface, Harold Kuhn offers personal insights on his longtime friend and colleague; and in introductions to several of Nash's papers, he provides scholarly context. In an afterword, Nash describes his current work, and he discusses an error in one of his papers. A photo essay chronicles Nash's career from his student days in Princeton to the present. Also included are Nash's Nobel citation and autobiography.
 The Essential John Nash makes it plain why one of Nash's colleagues termed his style of intellectual inquiry as "like lightning striking." All those inspired by Nash's dazzling ideas will welcome this unprecedented opportunity to trace these ideas back to the exceptional mind they came from.

The Essential John Nash

Biographies & Memoirs

Professionals & Academics

Princeton University Press

The agrarian economies of Central Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union are at present undergoing a systemic change and transformation from planned economies to market economies based on private ownership. However, the transformation is a far more complicated and complex process than imagined. This volume presents an overview of the agricultural situation and the status of the reforms in the agrarian sector in Central and Eastern Europe and the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States. It provides benchmark information for studying problems of this difficult transition in Central and Eastern Europe and for the development of specific agricultural projects in the individual countries of the region.

The Agrarian Economies of Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States: Situation and Perspectives, 1997 (387) (World Bank Discussion Papers)

Economics

World Bank Publications

Policy makers in many countries in the Latin American and Caribbean region have found it challenging to determine how to treat natural resource commodity production and how to manage the recurrent cycles of booms and busts. 'Natural Resources in Latin America and the Caribbean: Beyond Booms and Busts?' addresses the major concerns associated with commodity dependence, summarizing the state of the art in existing literature and filling in the knowledge gaps with new analysis. The report finds that some commonly accepted negative effects of dependence on natural resources are largely myths, while some are realities. But the authors find that all the effects can be managed, and they provide practical advice on how to do so. Issues covered include long-term fiscal growth, fiscal volatility, institutional impacts, and environmental and social effects. The report analyzes the implications for the region’s development and policies.'Natural Resources in Latin America and the Caribbean: Beyond Booms and Busts?' will be of interest to policy makers, academics, and analysts, as well as others interested in the economics of commodity markets and their role in economic development.

Natural Resources in Latin America and the Caribbean: Beyond Booms and Busts? (World Bank Latin American and Caribbean Studies)

De La Torre, Augusto

Sinnott, Emily

This guide to traditional handwriting demonstrates the art of beautiful lettering and features an introduction to the basic materials, step-by step instructions on techniques, and sample projects.

Practical Calligraphy

Arts & Photography

Nash, John R.

Fleuss, Gerald

Other Media

Smithmark Pub.

Parnassian Molehill: an Anthology of Suffolk Verse Written

BLYTHE, Ronald

Cranbrook, The Earl of

Poetry

The Aldeburgh Bookshop Limited

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