Thought Leaders: Insights on the Future of Business (Jossey Bass Business and Management Series)
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  • Perspectives on an Uncertain Future
  • TAPPING INTO THE THINKING OF TWELVE TOP MINDS.
Thought Leaders: Insights on the Future of Business (Jossey Bass Business and Management Series)

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ASIN: 078793903X

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The Best Ideas on Business?from Today?s Visionary Leaders and Thinkers

In this unprecedented collection of interviews and profiles, twelve of the world?s most remarkable business leaders and thinkers tell companies what it will take to prosper in the next century. Visionary and inspiring, the contributors offer compelling insights into such topics as the strategic uses of technology, building sustainable business growth, and realizing a new corporate core while anticipating key business functions and competencies for the future. The cast includes such renowned pundits as C.K. Prahalad, Charles Handy, Gary Hamel, and Warren Bennis. Also heard are a number of powerful new voices including those of Minoru Makihara, president of Mitsubishi; Jean Rene-Fourtou, CEO of the French pharmaceutical-chemical giant Rhone-Poulenc; and Paul Romer, the brilliant Stanford economist. Always fascinating and often provocative, this work speaks to everyone who had rather be ready for tomorrow today.

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5 out of 5 stars Perspectives on an Uncertain Future.......2001-06-04

This is one in a series of "Strategy & Business" books from Booz-Allen & Hamilton, published by Jossey-Bass. All are first-rate and well-worth checking out. In this book, Joel Kurtzman edits a series of in-depth interviews of 12 of the most influential thought leaders during the last decade. Obviously, some will quibble with the number and/or with specific selections. However, although several may be unfamiliar to you, after you read the interviews I think you will agree with me that all 12 are eminently worthy. They are: Charles Handy, Minoru Makihara, Keshub Mahindra, C.K. Prahalad, John Kao, Paul M. Romer, Stan Shih, Norbert Walter, John T. Chambers, Warren Bennis, Gary Hamel, and Jean-Rene Fourtou. In the Foreword, Brian N. Dickie (president and COO, Booz-Allen & Hamilton) suggests that "the new agenda" for CEOs and their top[ teams (managing for growth, business process redesign for the next generation, and new organization structures) and then suggests that "the winners will be those CEOs who can integrate the new agenda with their own clear vision while simplifying the execution challenge and inspiring their organizations to perform beyond expectations." It is from this perspective that Kurtzman then provides the 12 interviews. None of them fully addresses all of the issues but together, the CEOs provide insights of substantial value to decision-makers at all levels of organizational configuration. Here are three brief excerpts, obviously taken out of context but nonetheless thought-provoking:

"With people scattered around the world, you really have to let them be on their own. The assignments are often difficult and you need them for specific purposes. Those purposes may change. That means you have to run the organization on the basis of professionalism and trust -- and subsidiarity." Charles Handy, Professor, London Business School, and author of The Age of Unreason and The Age of Paradox

"The management of creativity is more intimate [than the traditional management skill set that is appropriate to a large, complex industrial-era organization]. By that I mean that it deals with an individual's personal, psychological landscape. It deals with the way you create relationships. It deals with creating an atmosphere and environment that support the creative process. As a result, it is a management skill set that is inherently psychological and that encourages desired outcomes rather than demands those outcomes." John Kao, Harvard Business School, and author of Jamming

"What we have to do is work out a balance between tolerating some monopolies and monopoly profits -- since that's how we motivate people to discover new recipes -- with competition to keep prices low and distribute products widely. We encourage this competition by granting property rights that are partial or incomplete. In practice, what this means is that while in the physical economy with diminishing returns there are perfect prices, in the knowledge economy with its increasing returns there are no perfect prices." Paul M. Romer, Stanford Business School

Kurtzman has exceptional skills as both interviewer and editor, framing initial questions and then adjusting smoothly during the rigorous but informal exchange of responses. He guides each "thought leader" without imposing any of his own opinions. The result is that the reader is provided with direct access to how each of the 12 thinks as well as what each has to share about a given issue. Those who share my high regard for this book are urged to check out the other volumes in the "Strategy & Business" series from Booz-Allen & Hamilton. I also highly recommend Strategy + Business magazine of which Kurtzman served as editor-in-chief.

5 out of 5 stars TAPPING INTO THE THINKING OF TWELVE TOP MINDS........1999-04-11

This work presents interviews with twelve leading thinkers in business and academia on a very wide range of subjects relating to: issues of business strategy, growth and human resources: the new social contract among companies, employees and shareholders; and the way in which society is changing. This is a highly interesting collection of the ideas and insights of some of the brightest people around. Reviewed by Gerry Stern, founder, Stern & Associates, author of Stern's Sourcefinder The Master Directory to HR and Business Management Information & Resources, Stern's CyberSpace SourceFinder, and Stern's Compensation and Benefits SourceFinder.

Building Financial Derivatives Applications with C++:
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  • Waste of 120 bucks
  • Book to learn how to program derivatives's modeling
  • great book
  • A must book for MBA's/MS in financial engineering
  • Code Available
Building Financial Derivatives Applications with C++:
Robert Brooks
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Radical developments in financial management, spurred by improvements in computer technology, have created demand for people who can use modern financial techniques combined with computer skills such as C++. Dr. Brooks gives readers the ability to express derivative solutions in an attractive, user-friendly format, and the ability to develop a permanent software package containing them. His book explains in detail how to write C++ source code and at the same time explains derivative valuation problems and methods. Entry level as well as experienced financial professionals have already found that the ability to understand and write C++ code has greatly enhanced their careers. This is an important hands-on training resource for practitioners and a clearly presented textbook for graduate-level students in business and finance. Dr. Brooks combines object-oriented C++ programming with modern derivatives technology and provides numerous examples to illustrate complex derivative applications. He covers C++ within the text and the Borland C++Builder program, on which the book is based, in extensive appendices. His book combines basic C++ coding with fundamental finance problems, illustrates traditional techniques for solving more complicated problems, and develops the reader's ability to express complex mathematical solutions in the object-oriented framework of C++. It also reviews derivative solutions techniques and illustrates them with C++ code, reviews general approaches to valuing interest rate contingent claims, and focuses on practical ways to implement them. The result is a book that trains readers simultaneously in the substance of its field, financial derivatives, and the programming of solutions to problems in it.

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1 out of 5 stars Waste of 120 bucks.......2006-10-09

This is one of the worst-written programming books I have seen yet. I'm sorry I bought it. It appears to be written by a man who knows quite a bit about finance, and dangerously little about C++ programming. Duffy's review correctly describes the main flaws.

I would add that (1) The book is not structured to build upon OO, GOF Patterns, or STL design principles; (2) The code does not follow even basic C++ coding conventions; (3) The images (screenshots) are agonizingly UNREADABLE; (4) The code listings are in ITALICS using a variable-pitch font [is COURIER font code listing so difficult to include in a $100 book???]; (5) No over-arching component object model is suggested ANYWHERE in the book.

Some of the efforts at brevity are just plain WRONG or even DANGEROUSLY WRONG to teach beginning programmers. For example, Pg 19 Data Types section:

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int - holds integer numbers up to a little over 2 million, for example, "int I = 2000000;."
long - same as int.
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WRONG, PROFESSOR! This is not only a syntactically incorrect example, but a just plain wrong assertion. If the reader does not know how to determine the (platform-specific) size of an "int" or "long", then the author has only served to confuse the matter further!

Furthermore, I consider it a "cheapskate" tactic to ask readers to pay for the code from this book in electronic form (particularly when the book's code listings are so sloppy). That said, I would not use the code, even if it had been supplied for free ... but it *might* have been interesting to have something to play around with...

Have any of the reviewers actually USED any code from this book without substantial refactoring?

The only use I could see for this book is for intermediate-advanced fin-techs, who want to review a few general algorithms for selected derivative calculations (futures, forwards, etc) ... but just be prepared to squint and suffer through reading the code!

5 out of 5 stars Book to learn how to program derivatives's modeling.......2004-08-05

This is very accessible book to learn from. If really want be a quanta this is the book to start with. All quantas entering the field of financial derivatives should start with this book, which includes all you will need to know to program and implement your first derivatives' modeling application.

5 out of 5 stars great book.......2004-05-22

One of the best books in the market. I enjoyed reading it.

5 out of 5 stars A must book for MBA's/MS in financial engineering.......2004-03-20

This book has the contents that a graduate student will look for in a course that covers derivatives application development using C++. Dr. Brooks book is by far the best I have ever scanned for the purpose of finance. For a quant analyst position it is important to understand how to generate various mathematical tools using C++ and the book covers such code in details. The book covers Lattice based solutions through extensive coding of Black Derman and Toy, Monte Carlo simulation, curve fitting techniques and iterative numerical solutions technique .The most attractive part of this book is the simplistic approach to mathematical complexities and Dr. Brooks excels in handling the mathematics and the language. His examples are in Borland C++ so VC or other C users need not be intimidated as the basic C++ principles are the same for any type of proprietary C++ language. In fact Borland is a good way to get introduced to the visual C++ modeling approach at the graduate level, it definitely reduces the entry barrier into coding.

5 out of 5 stars Code Available.......2003-05-17

If you have shopped around you may be aware that this is one of the only books available that is dedicated to pricing derivatives using C++. Perhaps like me as a student of Pure and Applied Mathematics you have wondered why all those Financial Engineering grad schools are pushing so hard for C++.
You can expect that this book will introduce you to a set of traditional algorithms for option pricing at a basic level. It will be helpful if you already know standard C++, and also if you have seen mathematical models of what is being implemented here.

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                                      This manual/study guide is designed as a stand-alone text or for use with ROMEO AND JULIET: Original text and facing-pages translation into contemporary English. (ISBN 1885564112)

                                      It offers a wealth of material including background information on Shakespeare's life, his sources for ROMEO AND JULIET, suggestions for teaching and producing the play, and probing questions with suggested answers.

                                      Detailed summaries of every scene in THE TRAGEDY OF ROMEO AND JULIET are included, together with an annotated bibliography, a guide to pronouncing proper nouns in the play, a Shakespearean time line, and an alphabetical glossary of terms, cross-referenced to act, scene, and line.

                                      This manual is an invaluable source of information for anyone teaching, studying, or reading THE TRAGEDY OF ROMEO AND JULIET.

                                      Customer Reviews:

                                      5 out of 5 stars Great for Teaching "Romeo and Juliet".......2007-04-22

                                      This book has saved me more than once! I used it just the other day when teaching the famous balcony scene, "What's in a name....". Out textbook suggested having the students translating this particular passage into modern English, but gave no translation. So, I pulled out this book and it saved the day! I also suggested it to another teacher who was having the same problem. It would be nice if a school district would purchase these books for all of their students (with today's budgets, that won't happen). This book is well worth the money spent.

                                      1 out of 5 stars Deceptive Advertising.......2006-03-23

                                      The Manual for Romeo and Juliet is not at all what it is advertised to be. It does NOT contain the original text of the play nor any "translation" of the play into modern English. It contains only brief summaries of the play's scenes and a modicum of analysis. If that is what you need, buy Cliff Notes for half the price.

                                      5 out of 5 stars The classic love story.......2004-05-12

                                      May 11, 2004
                                      "Romeo and Juliet" is a simple love story that is brought to life by the poetry and beauty of Shakespeare's writing style. This is the story of two lovers who are caught between their feuding families and are unable to publicly show their affections. In the end they both die for their feelings conveying the message that love is the strongest bond between two people. The sonnet-like stanzas seems to breath life into the characters and create an emotional connection between the reader and the story. Shakespeare captures the deep feelings of each character by simply using powerful dialouge that leaves the reader breathless. I would recommend this play to anyone at an advanced reading level, since the language can at times be hard to decipher. This story will grab the hearts of even the toughest person, and bring tears to the eyes of those people who adore a good love story.

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