Artificial Economics and Self Organization Agent-Based Approaches to Economics and Social Systems. by Leitner, Stephan

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LESSONS THAT SCHOOL FORGOT : how the agile and curious can beat the smart and rich. by Sammartino, Steve

Table of Contents: “…Invented money (entrepreneurship -- highest risk -- highest return); From ownership to access; Wages, profits and tax; Chapter 7 The seeds of greatness; Spent money vs invested money; Where did it go? …”
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Abraham Lincoln : great American historians on our sixteenth president / Brian Lamb and Susan Swain, editors.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- A note to readers on style -- The life of Abraham Lincoln -- Maps: Where Lincoln lived -- Sites of the Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858 -- Route of Lincoln's train to Washington in 1861 -- Route of Lincoln's funeral train to Springfield -- Pt. 1. …”

New Approaches to CSR, Sustainability and Accountability, Volume III edited by Kıymet Tunca Çalıyurt.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction The increasing importance of ESG reporting in the Covid era -- 2. Training Accounting, Finance and Internal Auditing Staff on Environmental Issues, Sustainability and Climate Change Risk -- 3. …”
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International human resource management : policies and practices for multinational enterprises / Ibraiz Tarique, Dennis R. Briscoe, Randall S. Schuler. by Tarique, Ibraiz, Briscoe, Dennis R., 1945-, Schuler, Randall S.

Table of Contents: “…International Recruitment, International Selection, and Repatriation 10. International Training and Management Development 11. International Compensation, Benefits, and Taxes 12. …”
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Mergers, acquisitions, and corporate restructurings / Patrick A. Gaughan. by Gaughan, Patrick A.

Table of Contents: “…-- Managing Value as an Antitakeover Defense -- Benchmarks of Value -- How the Market Determines Discount Rates -- Valuation of the Target's Equity -- Marketability of the Stock -- Takeovers and Control Premiums -- Valuation of Stock-for-Stock Exchanges -- Shareholder Wealth Effects and Methods of Payment -- Exchange Ratio -- Fixed Number of Shares versus Fixed Value -- Merger Negotiations and Stock Offers: Halliburton vs Baker Hughes -- International Takeovers and Stock-for-Stock Transactions -- Desirable Financial Characteristics of Targets -- Chapter 16 Tax Issues in M & A -- Financial Accounting for M & As -- Taxable versus Tax-Free Transactions -- Tax Consequences of a Stock-for-Stock Exchange -- Asset Basis Step-Up -- Changes in the Tax Laws -- Role of Taxes in the Merger Decision -- Role of Taxes in the Choice of Sell-Off Method -- Organizational Form and M & A Premiums -- Capital Structure and Propensity to Engage in Acquisitions -- Leverage and Deal Structure -- Taxes as a Source of Value in Management Buyouts -- Miscellaneous Tax Issues -- Glossary -- Index -- EULA.…”
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Keeping the Books : Basic Recordkeeping and Accounting for the successful Small Business / Linda Pinson. by Pinson, Linda

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Dividends and dividend policy / [edited by] H. Kent Baker.

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Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures (BICA) for Young Scientists Proceedings of the First International Early Research Career Enhancement School (FIERCES 2016) / edited by...

Table of Contents: “…Models of Autonomous Cognitive Agents -- Differentiation of Groundwater Tax Rates as an Element of Improving the Economic Mechanism in the State Groundwater Extraction Management -- Users' of Information Systems Protection Analysis from Malefactor's Social Engineering Attacks Taking into Account Malefactor's Competence Profile -- Character Reasoning of the Social Network Users on the Basis of the Content Contained on Their Personal Pages -- Bayesian Optimization of Spiking Neural Network Parameters to Solving the Time Series Classiffcation Task -- Simulation of Learning in Neuronal Culture -- Unsupervised Neural Architecture for Saliency Detection: Extended Version -- Active adaptation of expert-based suggestions in ladieswear recommender system LookBooksClub via Reinforcement Learning -- Visual Analytics Support for Carbon Nanotube Design Automation -- A model of Neurodynamics of Hippocampal Formation Neurons Performing Spatial Processing Based on Even Cyclic Inhibitory Networks -- Feature Selection for Time-Series Prediction in Case of Undetermined Estimation -- A New Approach for Semantic Cognitive Maps Creation and Evaluation Based on Affix Relations -- On Alternative Instruments for the fMRI Data Analysis: General Linear Model Versus Algebraic Topology Approach -- Application of Hopfield Neural Network to the N-Queens Problem -- Simulation of a Fear-Like State on a Model of Dopamine System of Rat Brain -- Spatial and Temporal Parameters of Eye Movements During Viewing of Affective Images -- MEG Data Analysis Using the Empirical Mode Decomposition Method -- Evolutional Approach to Image Processing on the Example of Microsections -- "Cognovisor" for the Human Brain: Towards Mapping of Thought Processes by a Combination of fMRI and Eye-tracking -- Dynamic Intelligent Systems Integration and Evolution of Intelligent Control Systems Architectures -- Automated Planning: Usage for Integrated Expert Systems Construction -- Some Aspects of Temporal Knowledge Acquisition and Representation in Dynamic Integrated Expert Systems -- Collaboration of All-purpose Static Solver, Temporal Reasoning and Simulation Modeling Tools in Dynamic Integrated Expert Systems -- Some Aspects of Intellectual Tutoring Based on the Integrated Tutoring Expert Systems Usage -- To the Question of Learnability of a Spiking Neuron with Spike-Timing-Dependent Plasticity in Case of Complex Input Signals -- Causal Interactions Within the Default Mode Network as Revealed by Low-frequency Brain Fluctuations and Information Transfer Entropy -- Hierarchical Temporal Memory Implementation with Explicit States Extraction -- Swarm MeLiF: Feature Selection with Filter Combination Found via Swarm Intelligence -- Agent-based Model of Interactions in the Community of Investors and Producers -- Patterns of Spiking Activity of Neuronal Networks in Vitro as Memory Traces -- The Competency Management Based on Ontologies: Issues of Using in Organizations -- The Approach to Modeling of Synchronized Bursting in Neuronal Culture Using a Mathematical Model of a Neuron with Autoregulation Mechanism -- Dynamic Clustering of Connections Between fMRI Resting State Networks: A Comparison of Two Methods of Data Analysis -- Neural Network Solution of an Inverse Problem in Raman Spectroscopy of Multi-Component Solutions of Inorganic Salts -- Prediction of Relativistic Electrons Flux in the Outer Radiation Belt of the Earth Using Adaptive Methods -- Comparative Analysis of Residual Minimization and Artificial Neural Networks as Methods of Solving Inverse Problems: Test on Model Data -- A Biologically Inspired Architecture for Visual Self-Location.…”
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Zen Cart : e-commerce application development / Suhreed Sarkar ; reviewer, Kanudan Rohadiya. by Sarkar, Suhreed

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewer; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction to Zen Cart; What is Zen Cart?; The Main Features of Zen Cart; Easy Installation and Upgradation; Easy Localization; Customer Management; Categories and Products; Customer Retention Tools; Promotions, Sales, and Discounts; Powerful Administration Tool; Fully Customizable Catalog Templates; Third-Party Modules; Zen Cart versus osCommerce; Feature Comparison; Default and Contributed Modules; Security; Categories and Products Management; Template Customization…”
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Advances in Local Public Economics Theoretical and Empirical Studies / edited by Minoru Kunizaki, Kazuyuki Nakamura, Kota Sugahara, Mitsuyoshi Yanagihara.

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Home ownership : getting in, getting from, getting out, part II / John Doling, Marja Elsinga (eds.).

Table of Contents: “…Risks to lenders and borrowers. -- 11.1 Introduction and background -- 11.2 The recent and current pattern of risks to home owners -- 11.3 Potential future risks -- 11.4 Mitigating future risk -- 11.5 A sustainable home ownership partnership (SHOP) -- 11.6 Housing tax credits.…”
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The essential advisor : building value in the investor-advisor relationship / Bill Crager, Jay Hummel. by Crager, Bill, Hummel, Jay W., 1979-

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Pension economics / David Blake. by Blake, David, 1954-

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Dismantling the American Dream How Multinational Corporations Undermine American Prosperity / by Michael Collins. by Collins, Michael

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Halftitle -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Description -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Outsourcing by Multinational Corporations -- Chapter 3: A Surge in Inequality -- Chapter 4: The Myth of Free Trade -- Chapter 5: Innovation and the Loss of Technology -- Chapter 6: The Slow Erosion of American Manufacturing Industries -- Chapter 7: Financialization and the Shareholder Revolution -- Chapter 8: The Threat of Wall Street -- Chapter 9: The Problems of Tax Reduction…”
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Beyond Survival : Protecting Households from Health Shocks in Latin America. by Packard, Truman G.

Table of Contents: “…-- Policy Options for Extending Contributory Risk Pooling among the Informal and the Self-Employed Nonpoor -- 6 THE QUEST FOR EFFICIENCY AND UNIVERSAL COVERAGE: HEALTH SECTOR REFORM IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN -- Achieving Universal Coverage -- Improving Health Sector Efficiency in Latin America and the Caribbean -- Lessons and Challenges -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- BOXES -- 5.1 Spain's Shift from Bismarck to Beveridge: Delinking Risk-Pool Financing from Labor Status -- 5.2 Trends in Latin American and Caribbean Tax Policies: Balancing the Efficiency-Equity Tradeoff -- 5.3 Mitigating the Fiscal Burden in a Transition toward General Tax-Funded Risk-Pooling: Simulations for the Chilean Health System in 1999 -- 6.1 South Korea and Taiwan: From Fragmentation to Universal Coverage through Social Insurance -- Reforms and Breadth versus Depth Choices -- 6.2 United Kingdom: Strengthening the Purchaser-Provider Compact through Inte.…”
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Handbook of State Aid for Film Finance, Industries and Regulation / edited by Paul Clemens Murschetz, Roland Teichmann, Matthias Karmasin.

Table of Contents: “…-- Chapter 31: An Irish Film Industry or a Film Industry in Ireland? The Paradoxes of Film Tax Incentives -- Chapter 32: Tax Incentive Schemes for Film Production: A Pivotal Tool of Film Policy? …”
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Horizontal equity, uncertainty, and economic well-being / edited by Martin David and Timothy Smeeding.

Table of Contents: “…Shoven ; comment, Sheldon Danziger -- Horizontal and vertical equity characteristics of the federal individual income tax, 1966-1977 / Marcus C. Berliant and Robert P. …”
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The Economics of public-private partnerships : a basic guide / Eduardo Engel, University of Chile, Ronald D. Fischer, University of Chile, Alexander Galetovic, Universidad de Los A... by Engel, Eduardo

Built on Value The Huawei Philosophy of Finance Management / by Weiwei Huang. by Huang, Weiwei

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