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Intelligent Fashion Forecasting Systems: Models and Applications

Forecasting is a crucial function for companies in the fashion industry, but for many real-life forecasting applications, the data patterns are notorious for being highly volatile and it is very difficult, if not impossible, to analytically learn about the underlying patterns. As a result, many traditional methods (such as pure statistical models) will fail to make a sound prediction. Over the past decade, advances in artificial intelligence and computing technologies have provided an alternative way of generating precise and accurate forecasting results for fashion businesses. Despite being an important and timely topic, there is currently an absence of a comprehensive reference source that provides up-to-date theoretical and applied research findings on the subject of intelligent fashion forecasting systems. This three-part handbook fulfills this need and covers materials ranging from introductory studies and technical reviews, theoretical modeling research, to intelligent fashion forecasting applications and analysis. This book is suitable for academic researchers, graduate students, senior undergraduate students and practitioners who are interested in the latest research on fashion forecasting.

Strategies for Project Sponsorship

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Optimize the Role of the Project Sponsor The project sponsor is critical to project success, yet it is a role that is often assigned to a member of the organization with little knowledge or training in project management practices. This creates challenges not only for the sponsor but for the project manager. The organization suffers too if key members of the project team are not fully utilized, as valuable resources are wasted. In Strategies for Project Sponsorship, the authors address this challenge from all three vantage points—that of the project manager, the project sponsor, and the organization. Based on their practical experience and solid research, they offer practical methods that project manager s can use to optimize the participation of the sponsor. They also offer clear and straightforward guidance for project sponsors on how to properly execute their duties and contribute to project success. Executives will gain valuable perspective on the organization's projects and key players. From defining the roles and responsibilities of the project sponsor to suggesting specific practices that maximize the working relationship between the sponsor and project manager, this book is the ultimate guide. Examples from real-world sponsor experiences, as well as tips, techniques, and tools, enhance its applicability and practicality. This book should be given to every newly assigned project sponsor, read and referred to by every project manager, and on the desk of every organizational executive as a reference.

Sullivan's Flooring Concept

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A carpenter is considering options for improving the manufacturing process of his custom wood-flooring concept. He started the business as a part-time venture and wanted to increase production efficiency to accommodate the growing interest for his pine flooring design. The carpenter was unsure whether he should invest in new equipment or hire part-time labour, but he knew that either way, he would have to change the current process to ensure that capacity would meet the upcoming year's forecasted demand.

Great Teams

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What makes a team great? Not just good and not just functional—but great?Over six years, long-time Sports Illustrated editor Don Yaeger was invited by some of the greatest companies in the world to speak about the habits of high-performing individuals. From Microsoft and Starbucks to the New England Patriots and San Antonio Spurs, what do some organizations do seemingly better than most of their opponents?Don took the challenge. He began building into his travel schedule opportunities to interview our generation’s greatest team builders from the sports and business worlds. During this process, he conducted more than 100 interviews with some of the most successful teams and organizations in the country. From those interviews, Don identified 16 habits that drive these high-performing teams.Building on the stories, examples, and first-hand accounts, each chapter in Great Teams comes with applicable examples on how to apply these characteristics in any organization. Great Teams includes:Life lessons from some of the most notable names in sports and business applied to team-making in any situation Interviews from well-known players from Peyton and Eli Manning to Kevin DurantSkills to allow culture to shape who you recruit, manage dysfunction, friction, and strong personalitiesAdvice on how to win in critical situations, embrace change, build a mentoring culture, and see value others missGreat Teams is the ultimate intersection of the sports and business worlds and a powerful companion for thought leaders, teams, managers, and organizations that seek to perform similarly. The insight shared in this book is sure to enhance any team in its pursuit of excellence.

L'économie rurale

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Cet ouvrage est une réédition numérique d’un livre paru au XXe siècle, désormais indisponible dans son format d’origine.

The Peak Performing Organization

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Building a peak performing organization is not easy or else everybody would be achieving this goal. Organizations today are facing heightened challenges in remaining competitive in a more demanding global business environment. New technology, customer expectation, outsourcing, low cost competitors and needs for both higher performance and more inno

The Effective Executive

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The measure of the executive, Peter Drucker reminds us, is the ability to 'get the right things done'. Usually this involves doing what other people have overlooked, as well as avoiding what is unproductive. He identifies five talents as essential to effectiveness, and these can be learned; in fact, they must be learned just as scales must be mastered by every piano student regardless of his natural gifts. Intelligence, imagination and knowledge may all be wasted in an executive job without the acquired habits of mind that convert these into results. One of the talents is the management of time. Another is choosing what to contribute to the particular organization. A third is knowing where and how to apply your strength to best effect. Fourth is setting up the right priorities. And all of them must be knitted together by effective decision-making. How these can be developed forms the main body of the book. The author ranges widely through the annals of business and government to demonstrate the distinctive skill of the executive. He turns familiar experience upside down to see it in new perspective. The book is full of surprises, with its fresh insights into old and seemingly trite situations.

Managing Professional Identities

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This book addresses the nature of current shifts in professional and managerial knowledge and practice, particularly in relation to power and accountability. Connecting with current debates concerned with work and identity, the book will present a range of theoretical and empirical accounts of the dilemmas and issues facing specialists in various organizational arenas as they seek to adapt to the challenges of organizational and cultural transformation. Contributions offer innovative and sophisticated theoretical engagements which draw upon various perspectives, including those of post-structuralism, feminism, post-marxism and post-modernism.

Do zobaczenia na szczycie

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Zig Ziglar to jeden z największych motywatorów naszych czasów. Przez wiele dziesięcioleci zachęcał, podnosił na duchu i inspirował rzesze ludzi. Jego przełomowy bestseller Do zobaczenia na szczycie (See You at the Top) jest i na zawsze pozostanie autentycznym amerykańskim klasykiem literatury motywacyjnej.Do zobaczenia na szczycie podkreśla wartość zdrowego obrazu własnej osoby i pokazuje, jak go budować i wzmacniać. Nastawienie na cele osobiste jest istotną częścią każdego programu rozwijającego kompetencje prowadzące do osiągania sukcesów. Ta niezwykła książka mówi o tym, jak wyznaczać i osiągać te cele, a także zawiera instrukcje krok po kroku, jak zmienić sposób myślenia o sobie i swoim otoczeniu. Książka Do zobaczenia na szczycie jest powszechnie stosowana przez duże korporacje i małe firmy, szkoły, agencje rządowe, zakłady karne i organizacje sprzedażowe – wszędzie tam, gdzie motywacja i samodoskonalenie uważane są za priorytet w działaniu. Niniejsze wydanie, poprawione i zaktualizowane z okazji dwudziestej piątej rocznicy funkcjonowania na rynku, eksponuje znaczenie uczciwości, lojalności, wiary i silnego charakteru w zdobyciu osobistego sukcesu. Została przetłumaczona na kilkanaście języków, sprzedała się w ponad milionie egzemplarzy, a niesłabnące zapotrzebowanie sprawia, że ciągle jest wznawiana i znajduje coraz to nowych nabywców. Wydawnictwo: Purana Rok wydania: 2021 Ilość stron: 520

Visual MBA (versione italiana)

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Un manuale che grazie al potere visuale cattura l'essenza di ciascun insegnamento di un master e la distilla in concetti semplici e rapidamente memorizzabili. Per accelerare la tua crescita professionale o realizzare progetti imprenditoriali di successo, un programma MBA è il modo migliore per acquisire conoscenza ed esperienza. Ma un Master è un grosso investimento in termini di tempo, impegno e denaro. In questo libro, Jason Barron offre una soluzione radicale e innovativa, che ha convinto studenti e professori delle più importanti università. Durante il suo MBA, invece di prendere appunti noiosi che non avrebbe mai più letto (né usato), Jason ha creato degli schizzi per ogni lezione, sintetizzando visivamente i punti essenziali dei vari argomenti, mettendo in evidenza i collegamenti fondamentali e creando così una risorsa accessibile e inestimabile per chi vuole iscriversi a un Master, per chi l'ha già fatto e vuole accelerare lo studio, per chiunque desideri capire meglio alcuni concetti fondamentali di marketing, economia, finanza. Un manuale geniale per studenti, manager, imprenditori, leader.

Coordinating Stabilization and Structural Reform: Proceedings of the Seminar Coordination of Structural Reform and Macroeconomic Stabilization, Washington, D.C., June 17-26, 1993

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This seminar volume, edited by Richard C. Barth, Alan R. Roe, and Chorng-Huey Wong, presents an overview of the links between structural and macroeconomic policies that were addressed in an IMF Institute seminar held in Washington, D.C., in 1993. The most important areas of structural reform are covered: the price system, tax and expenditure policy, exchange rate management, external trade, public enterprises, the financial sector, and social safety nets. Four case studies are presented: China, Poland, Argentina, and the Gambia.

Le meilleur de l'actualité 2015-2016

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Un outil indispensable pour préparer les écrits comme les oraux de tous les concours (grandes écoles, administratifs, etc.) et de tous les examens.La crise grecque, les attentats de Paris, les accords sur le nucélaire irakien, Daesh, Hilary Clinton, la rupture au sein du clan Le Pen, les scandales de la FIFA, les émeutes raciales aux Etats-Unis, les biotechnologies, l'intelligence artificielle, les objest connectés …Le meilleur de l’actualité 2015-2016 fait la synthèse de tous les événements majeurs de l’année :• Plus de 50 fiches qui couvrent toutes les thématiques clés : Économie ; Géopolitique ; Culture et société ; Sciences, technologie et innovation.• Des fiches « Débats » et « Personnalités » pour enrichir le contenu de vos dissertations et de vos oraux.• Une mise en avant systématique du contexte, des chiffres clés et des enjeux de chaque sujet.• De nombreux graphiques, des chronologies thématiques et des cartes.Des mises à jour et de nouvelles fiches sur l’actualité 2016 sont à télécharger sur www.dunod.com à partir de fin avril. (accessibles uniquement aux acheteurs de l'ouvrage).

IMF Conditionality: Experience Under Stand-By and Extended Arrangements, Part II: Background Papers

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This paper is part II of a two-volume study conducted as a part of the IMF's ongoing process of evaluating its lending facilities. It focuses on IMF-supported programs and macroeconomic performance during 1988-92, reflecting information available through the end of 1993. Part I (Occasional Paper No. 128) provides an overview of the principal issues and findings and distills the main message for future programs. Part II presents detailed examinations of selected policy issues in five background papers.

Flexible Work Organizations

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This book focuses on the challenges of capacity building for flexible work organizations in Asia, and demonstrates how business enterprises practice reactive flexible capacity (in the form of adaptiveness and responsiveness) to cope with changing and uncertain business environments. The book provides examples of how this can be achieved by means of various organizational change initiatives, leadership strategies, re-engineering, innovation in products and processes, the use of information and communication technology, reshaping learning orientations, and more. As these topics are supported by research and case studies situated in different sectors and countries across Asia, the book will provide a useful resource for a broad readership including: management students and researchers, practicing business managers, consultants, and professional institutions.

Démographie des entreprises : une revue de la littérature

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Cet ouvrage est une réédition numérique d’un livre paru au XXe siècle, désormais indisponible dans son format d’origine.

Central Bank Reforms In the Baltics, Russia, and the Other Countries of the Former Soviet Union

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Since 1991, the 15 countries under review - have to varying degrees, been pursuing reforms whose broad objectives have been to achieve market-based determination of interest rates and exchange rates, manage banking system liquidity through market operations with indirect instruments, and provide the institutional underpinnings for the design and implementation of macroeconomic stabilization and structural reform programs supported by the IMF. This study reviews the experience under these programs and the economic developments in the countries that undertook them.

Summary of Debra Fine's The Fine Art of Small Talk

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Excerpt From Summary of Debra Fine's The Fine Art of Small Talk #1 Small talk is commonly used as a synonym for conversing with strangers, but it also refers to the type of conversation that occurs in between two more substantial topics. It can be very anxiety-inducing for some people, and this book will teach you how to master small talk. #2 The first step is to let go of the idea that we are all supposed to know how to converse with strangers and acquaintances. It is simply not true. We are not taught how to do it, and there is no biological mechanism that takes over when we are put in a conversational bind.

Criando um Segundo Cérebro

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O objetivo deste livro é mudar a forma como lidamos com a informação.Com base nos mais recentes avanços no campo da Gestão do Conhecimento Pessoal, Tiago Forte ensinará você a:• Guardar qualquer coisa que tenha aprendido, pensado ou acessado, podendo encontrar tudo em segundos, sem precisar recriar nada.• Gastar menos tempo procurando algo e mais tempo trabalhando de maneira eficaz e criativa.• Organizar seu conhecimento e usá-lo para concluir projetos e metas de forma mais consistente.• Conectar ideias e perceber padrões em diferentes áreas da vida e, assim, aprender a viver melhor.Um método revolucionário para guardar e acessar informações, aumentar sua produtividade e potencializar suas ideias.Este livro mostra como criar um “Segundo Cérebro”, um sistema para organizar digitalmente seus mais valiosos trabalhos, notas e ideias.Assim, quando surgir a oportunidade de fazer uma apresentação, lançar um produto, mudar de emprego, abrir um negócio ou até mesmo começar uma família, você terá acesso à sabedoria necessária para tomar boas decisões e adotar as medidas mais adequadas.“Criando um segundo cérebro mudou completamente minha forma de pensar sobre as informações que absorvo e sobre meus sistemas de anotações.” – Daniel Pink, autor de Motivação 3.0

Visual Guide to Options

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The practical, visual guide to the complex world of options investing loaded with tactics and tips for market success Options provide a diverse, strategic, advantaged approach to trading that can significantly limit the overall risks of a trade or yield additional returns. For many people, investing in options seem so risky that they fail to capitalize on this potentially lucrative opportunity that can unlock doors you would never imagine. The Bloomberg Visual Guide to Options uses full-color charts and other illustrations to help readers understand the mechanics and actionable details of the marketplace and how to profit from options trading.An accessible reference volume for investment professionals of all levels of experience, the book takes a direct and to the point approach to the topic, enhanced by colorful and visually effective graphs and charts of the options market. Discussing the functions of the exchanges, how they work, and the strategies for taking advantage of the market while steering clear of risk, this is the ultimate visual guide to understanding the world of trading options. Immerses readers in the exciting world of options trading through the use of full-color graphs and charts Provides tips, tricks, and real scenarios for successful trading, whether trading in a bull, bear, or neutral market Presents detailed, unique strategies for understanding and succeeding in the real options market Includes special learning aids, such as Key Point Summaries, Do-It-Yourself Exercises, Step-By-Step Instructions, and much more Putting even the most complex options trading issues at your fingertips in an easy-to-understand, readily accessible format, Bloomberg Visual Guide to Options is a must-have trading reference for professional investors.

Piensa rápido, habla mejor

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DOMINA LA COMUNICACIÓN ESPONTÁNEA Y UTILÍZALA PARA LOGRAR TUS OBJETIVOS A muchos nos aterra expresar nuestras ideas ante los demás. Los expertos en oratoria recomiendan centrarnos en la comunicación planificada, como presentaciones con diapositivas o pláticas formales; sin embargo, la mayor parte de nuestra comunicación profesional y personal ocurre en situaciones inesperadas para las que no estamos preparados.Piensa rápido, habla mejor nos ofrece herramientas para ayudar hasta a los más inseguros a improvisar con éxito y estrategias basadas en la ciencia para manejar la ansiedad, responder al estado de ánimo de la audiencia y hacer que el contenido sea conciso, relevante, convincente y memorable. A partir de la experiencia con sus clientes y estudiantes, Matt Abrahams, profesor de Stanford y coach experto en comunicación, revela las mejores técnicas para conducir las sesiones de preguntas y respuestas, brillar en las entrevistas de trabajo, mantener una conversación casual, persuadir a los demás y manejar otros tipos de discurso improvisado. ¡Aprende a sortear cualquier situación sacando lo mejor de ti!INCLUYE UN CÓDIGO QR VINCULADO A VIDEOS Y MATERIALES, EN INGLÉS, QUE AMPLÍAN LAS EXPLICACIONES Y COMPLEMENTAN LA LECTURA "Matt Abrahams tiene un don para hacer que los conceptos complejos sean fáciles de comprender y sencillos de aplicar. Piensa rápido, habla mejor es una prueba de su habilidad para decodificar el a menudo intimidante mundo de la comunicación espontánea y enseñarnos a enfrentar el reto con menos miedo y más empatía. Si alguna vez has batallado para encontrar las palabras correctas en el momento adecuado, este libro es una lectura esencial." DANIEL H. PINK, superventas #1 de The New York Times, autor de El poder del arrepentimiento y La sorprendente verdad sobre qué nos motiva "Una auténtica guía maestra para encontrar tu voz cuando importa más. Piensa rápido, habla mejor es la lectura obligada para cualquiera que sienta estrés o inseguridad a la hora de hablar. Una clase magistral sobre la confianza para abrirse y conectar con los demás. " KELLY McGONIGAL, autora de Estrés: el lado bueno y Autocontrol

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