Econometric Modelling: Techniques and Applications (National Institute of Economic and Social Research Economic and Social Studies)

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Macroeconomic modeling has been one of the most important and influential areas of economic research. This book presents contributions from the leading researchers working in this area as part of the ongoing research project sponsored by the Economic and Social Research Council, Bank of England and UK Treasury. The papers combine a description of the latest techniques used in modeling the economy with an account of the way that models can be used for purposes of policy analysis. It is designed for use by advanced students and professional economists.

Modelling the Growth of Corporations: Applications for Managerial Techniques and Portfolio Analysis

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Modelling the Growth of Corporations: Applications for Managerial Techniques and Portfolio Analysis
Jacques Solvay , MichFle Sanglier , and Paul Brenton
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This book helps managers and investment analysts understand the value of analyzing the long-run growth processes of corporations. The authors develop an approach for analyzing and modeling the productivity growth of individual corporations and show the importance of corporate culture in determining firm performance in the long-run. The model is explained in clear and non-technical terms, and is backed up by full mathematical proofs in an appendix. The authors use their diversity of experience from the business, academic and policy sectors to demonstrate a range of applications for their model. By applying the ideas of complexity and self-organization to the modern corporation, this book provides an alternative to the standard economic approach to corporate growth.

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Wisdom handed down from grandmother to mother to daughter is the theme of "Mother Wit for the Business Woman." The book will help readers tackle even the most difficult workplace situations with ease and confidence. The author explains the most effective way to accomplish career goals with much less stress. Each chapter covers a common-sense topic that will lead to business success.

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A good network is critical to success - read this book to build a solid one.

Networking Leads To Opportunity

You will love this book as a networking beginner

Overall pretty good, just a little too much fluff

Dig Your Well Before You're Thirsty : The Only Networking Book You'll Ever Need
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Bestselling author Harvey Mackay reveals his techniques for the most essential tool in business--networking, the indispensable art of building contacts.

Now in paperback, Dig Your Well Before You're Thirsty is Harvey Mackay's last word on how to get what you want from the world through networking. For everyone from the sales rep facing a career-making deal to the entrepreneur in search of capital, Dig Your Well explains how meeting these needs should be no more than a few calls away. This shrewdly practical book distills Mackay's wisdom gleaned from years of "swimming with sharks," including:

What kinds of networks exist
How to start a network, and how to wring the most from it
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What you can do if you are not good at small talk

Dig Your Well Before You're Thirsty is a must for anyone who wants to get ahead by reaching out.

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Great book - Straight-forward Advice.......2007-08-13

Dig Your Well... is full of great advice and real-world situations which make Harvey Mackay one of my favorite authors. He is well-networked and likeable, showing that building a network of trusted friends, advisors and business associates is valuable for success at any career level.

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A good network is critical to success - read this book to build a solid one........2007-07-09

Dig Your Well Before You're Thirsty is one of the best networking books I have read ("Never Eat Alone" is another great one) and one of the most important books for anyone who wishes to get ahead. Having a solid network of people will do more for your career advancement than almost anything you can do. Harvey Mackay list the top-ten most important things a network can do. Here are a five of those:
1) A network replaces the weakness of the individual with the strength of the group
2) A network can enrich your life anywhere in the world
3) A network can help you help others
4) Job security? Don't rely on the corporation. Rely on your network
5) A network expands your financial reach infinitely

Mackay goes in great detail on how to build solid networks by adding value to others and keeping in touch. He believes that the most valuable tool in your office is your Rolodex. Harvey Mackay certainly knows what he is talking about, not only does he write books and give speeches, he has built an incredible company, in the envelope business, with over 100 million in annual revenue. He did this by learning EVERYTHING he could possibly know about his clients, not just their order history and size of company, but also the owners favorite sport, team, children's names, ages, spouse's name, where they grew up, what they are passionate about, what they are proud of, etc, etc. In this book he teaches us how to ask for that information, how to maintain the data fresh and how to use it to grow our networks.

My favorite quote from the book is: "No salesperson who knew the names of his customer's kids ever went broke." This is as true as: No person who reads this book and applies its principles will ever go broke. Enjoy!

Networking Leads To Opportunity.......2007-05-15

Harvey Mackay is a master of networking. All of his books stress the importance of professionals focusing on how to make, keep and grow their business relationships.....in this book it the the whole enchillada.

Although I read the book years ago, it is still a wonderful reference for me, now that I speak on the topic. I have learned much from Mr. Mackay, and this book is a must read for anyone who wants to make networking a higher priority.

You will love this book as a networking beginner.......2007-04-30

I have to say, although I have gotten my Ph.D. degree in computer science and have worked around 3 years, I am a beginner in term of networkig (not the computer network). As a beginner, I really love this book because it answers the following questions using real and good stories:

1. What is the network.
2. Who should be in the network.
3. How to meet a new people and make him/her part of your network.
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6. How to keep your network.

I really enjoy it.

Overall pretty good, just a little too much fluff.......2007-04-13

Overall pretty good, just a little too much fluff. The book in made up of about a 100 short stories about good and bad networking tips. About 70% is pretty good, while the other 30% is fluff. Still a good read.

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Wonderful stories and quotes.......2004-11-25

I must admit, for the first time, I'm reviewing a book I have not actually read. I did, however, read Jacob M. Braude's "New Treasury of Stories for Every Speaking and Writing Occasion," Prentice Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 1961 obtainable used through Amazon but no longer published. So, I'm taking a leap of faith that this book is an update to the one I've read. I collect quotes as a hobby, and Braude provides the finest short, speaker's stories I've found in one place. Here are just a few examples:
When Thomas Jefferson presented his credentials as U.S. minister to France, the French premier remarked, "I see that you have come to replace Benjamin Franklin." "I have come to succeed him," corrected Jefferson. "No one can replace him." p. 336
There is a monument in Gettysburg to honor the memory of a color-bearer who became isolated from his regiment after a charge. The regiment retired, but the color-bearer and several men held their ground. The Major sent a messenger through to the boy, "Bring the colors back to the regiment." The boy replied, "Bring the regiment back to the colors." George W. Olinger, p. 84
After President Coolidge issued his famous "I do not choose to run" statement, he was besieged by reporters seeking a more detailed statement. One more persistent than his fellows followed Mr. Coolidge to the door of his library. "Exactly why don't you want to be President again, Mr. Coolidge?" he asked. Coolidge turned and looked him squarely in the eye, "Because," he answered, "there's no chance for advancement," p. 17

Also, some humor mixed with wisdom:
Once a week the road-sweeper came by with his brush. He was a friendly old fellow; and Miss Gidding at the Hollies, got into the habit all that summer of taking him a glass of lemonade and a slice of cake. He thanked her shyly, and that was all. But one evening there came a knock at the back door of the Hollies. The road-sweeper was there, a cauliflower in one hand and a bunch of sweet peas in the other. He seemed embarrassed as he said, "I've brought you these, ma'am, for your kindness." "Oh, you shouldn't," exclaimed Miss Gidding, "It was nothing." And then, the road-sweeper said an odd thing. "Well, no," he agreed, "maybe it wasn't much, really ma'am. But it was more than anybody else did." (From 500 Tales to Tell Again, H. L. Gee, Ed., London Epworth Press), p. 161
A professor who has taught for many years was counseling a young teacher. "You will discover," he said, "that in nearly every class there is a youngster eager to argue. Your first impulse will be to silence him. I advise you to think carefully before doing so. He probably is the only one listening." p. 382.)

And ones that really make you think:
In a talk to the graduating class at Smith College, Adlai Stevenson once told his listeners that the "self-adjusted" people who fit painlessly into the social pattern may not be the most valuable citizens. "While I am not in favor of maladjustment," he added, "I view this cultivation of neutrality, this breeding of mental neuters, this hostility to eccentricity with grave misgiving. One looks back with dismay at the possibility of Shakespeare perfectly adjusted to bourgeois life in Stratford, Wesley contentedly administering a county parish, George Washington going to London to receive a barony from George III, or Abraham Lincoln prospering in Springfield with nary a concern for the preservation of the crumbling union. What is needed," continued Mr. Stevenson, "is not just well-adjusted, well-balanced personalities, not just better groupies and conformers but more idiosyncratic, unpredictable characters; people who take open eyes and open minds out with them into the society which they will share and help to transform." p. 281
An old man was living with his son at an abandoned fort on the top of a hill, and one day he lost a horse. The neighbors came to express their sympathy for this misfortune, and the old man asked, "How do you know this is bad luck?" A few days afterwards, his horse returned with a number of wild horses, and his neighbors came again to congratulate him on this stroke of fortune, and the old man replied, "How do you know this is good luck?" With so many horses around, his son began to take to riding, and one day he broke his leg. Again the neighbors came around to express their sympathy, and the old man replied, "How do you know this is bad luck?" The next year there was a war, and because the old man's son was crippled, he did not have to go to the front. (George Kao, Chinese Wit & Humor, Coward-McCann, 1946, p. 224

He also included a number of fine short quotations:
A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience. Miguel de Cervantes, p. 315
A man would do nothing, if he waited until he could do it so well that no one at all would find fault with what he has done. Cardinal Newman, p. 274
Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself. Count Leo Tolstoy, p. 353
Only a mediocre writer is always at his best. W. Somerset Maugham, p. 40
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Good management consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people. (John D. Rockefeller, p. 57

And my favorite quotation in the book:
Present suffering is not enjoyable, but life would be worth little without it. The difference between iron and steel is fire, but steel is worth all it costs. Iron ore may think itself senselessly tortured in the furnace, but when the watch spring looks back, it knows better. Rufus Babcock, p. 17

And my very favorite story of all:
Walking down a country lane, a man heard his little granddaughter from the other side of a large bush. She was repeating the alphabet-A, B, C, D, E, but in an oddly reverent sort of way. He waited until she was through and then walked around to find her. "What were you doing?" he asked. "I was praying," she answered. "I couldn't think of the right words, so I just said the letters, and God will put them together into the words, because He knows what I was thinking." (Robert E. Goodrich, Jr., What's It All About, Fleming H. Revell Co., p. 300

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