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Does your startup rely on social network analysis? This concise guide provides a statistical framework to help you identify social processes hidden among the tons of data now available. Social network analysis (SNA) is a discipline that predates Facebook and Twitter by 30 years. Through expert SNA researchers, you’ll learn concepts and techniques for recognizing patterns in social media, political groups, companies, cultural trends, and interpersonal networks. You’ll also learn how to use Python and other open source tools—such as NetworkX, NumPy, and Matplotlib—to gather, analyze, and visualize social data. This book is the perfect marriage between social network theory and practice, and a valuable source of insight and ideas. Discover how internal social networks affect a company’s ability to perform Follow terrorists and revolutionaries through the 1998 Khobar Towers bombing, the 9/11 attacks, and the Egyptian uprising Learn how a single special-interest group can control the outcome of a national election Examine relationships between companies through investment networks and shared boards of directors Delve into the anatomy of cultural fads and trends—offline phenomena often mediated by Twitter and Facebook Download ebook: Social Network Analysis for Startups: Finding connections on the social web If you liked this post, buy me a beer. (Suggested: $3 a beer or $7.5 for a pitcher)
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The ultimate guide to maximizing shareholder value through ERM The first book to introduce an emerging approach synthesizing ERM and value-based management, Corporate Value of Enterprise Risk Management clarifies ERM as a strategic business management approach that enhances strategic planning and other decision-making processes. A hot topic in the wake of a series of corporate scandals as well as the financial crisis Looks at ERM as a way to deliver on the promise of balancing risk and return A practical guide for corporate Chief Risk Officers (CROs) and other business professionals seeking to successfully implement ERM ERM is here to stay. Sharing his unique insights and experiences as a recognized global thought leader in this field, author Sim Segal offers world-class guidance on how your business can successfully implement ERM to protect and increase shareholder value. Download ebook: Corporate Value of Enterprise Risk Management: The Next Step in Business Management (Wiley Corporate F&A;) If you liked this post, buy me a beer. (Suggested: $3 a beer or $7.5 for a pitcher)
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In an online and social media world, measurement is the key to success If you can measure your key business relationships, you can improve them. Even though relationships are “fuzzy and intangible,” they can be measured and managed-with powerful results. Measure What Matters explains simple, step-by-step procedures for measuring customers, social media reputation, influence and authority, the media, and other key constituencies. Based on hundreds of case studies about how organizations have used measurement to improve their reputations, strengthen their bottom lines, and improve efficiencies all around Learn how to collect the data that will help you better understand your competition, do strategic planning, understand key strengths and weaknesses, and better respond to customer preferences Author runs a successful blog and serves as a measurement consultant to companies such as Facebook, Southwest Airlines, Raytheon, and Allstate Don’t draw conclusions or make key decisions based on guesswork. Instead, Measure What Matters and the difference will show in the most important measure: your bottom line. Download ebook: Measure What Matters: Online Tools For Understanding Customers, Social Media, Engagement, and Key Relationships If you liked this post, buy me a beer. (Suggested: $3 a beer or $7.5 for a pitcher)
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Robert Holden, “Happiness Now!: Timeless Wisdom for Feeling Good FAST” H.y H.use | 2007 | ISBN: 140192039X | 320 pages | epub, mobi | 0,8 + 0,8 MB
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Denise Sullivan, “Keep On Pushing: Black Power Music from Blues to Hip-hop” La….ce H..l Bo..s | 2011-07-01 | ISBN: 1556528175 | 224 pages | PDF | 1,6 MB
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Life on a Cattle Farm By Judy Wolfman, David Lorenz Winston Publisher: Car..olrh..oda Bo..oks 2002 | 48 Pages | ISBN: 1575055163 | PDF | 10 MB
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MF Teaford, MM Smith, MWJ Ferguson, “Development, Function and Evolution of Teeth” Publisher: Cambridge University Press | ISBN: 0521570115 | edition 2000 | PDF | 325 pages | 7,7 mb Advances in genetics, histology, microstructure, biomechanics, and morphometrics have allowed researchers to view teeth and dental tissue from new perspectives. Written by leading experts in the field, this book brings together overviews on a wide range of dental topics. The contributors discuss the latest research linking genes, molecules, and developmental mechanisms within an evolutionary framework. This book will stimulate cooperative research in fields as diverse as paleontology, molecular biology, developmental biology, and functional morphology.
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Nello Cristianini, “Introduction to Computational Genomics: A Case Studies Approach” Publisher: Cambridge University Press | ISBN: 0521671914 | edition 2002 | PDF | 202 pages | 1,4 mb This readable and entertaining book, based on successful taught courses, provides a roadmap to navigate entry to this field. It guides the reader through key achievements of bioinformatics, using a hands-on approach. Statistical sequence analysis, sequence alignment, hidden Markov models, gene and motif finding and more, are introduced in a rigorous yet accessible way. A companion website provides the reader with Matlab-related software tools for reproducing the steps demonstrated in the book.
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Richard L. Epstein, “Critical Thinking” Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing | ISBN: 0534583482 | edition 2005 | PDF | 448 pages | 5,6 mb Critical thinking isn’t as easy as it sounds. CRITICAL THINKING shows you how decision-making errors are made, and how to avoid them. By combining simple explanations with time-tested theories, CRITICAL THINKING helps you meet the challenges of life head-on.
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Georgios B. Giannakis, Zhiqiang Liu, Xiaoli Ma, Shengli Zhou, “Space Time Coding for Broadband Wireless Communications” Publisher: Wiley-Interscience | pages: 400 | 2003 | ISBN: 0471214795 | PDF | 21,8 mb
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