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| Author | : Cynthia Fraser |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 458 |
| Release | : 2013-06-18 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1461473810 |
Exceptional managers know that they can create competitive advantages by basing decisions on performance response under alternative scenarios. To create these advantages, managers need to understand how to use statistics to provide information on performance response under alternative scenarios. This updated edition of the popular text helps business students develop competitive advantages for use in their future careers as decision makers. Students learn to build models using logic and experience, produce statistics using Excel 2013 with shortcuts, and translate results into implications for decision makers. The author emphasizes communicating results effectively in plain English and with compelling graphics in the form of memos and PowerPoints. Statistics, from basics to sophisticated models, are illustrated with examples using real data such as students will encounter in their roles as managers. A number of examples focus on business in emerging global markets with particular emphasis on emerging markets in Latin America, China and India. Results are linked to implications for decision making with sensitivity analyses to illustrate how alternate scenarios can be compared. Chapters include screenshots to make it easy to conduct analyses in Excel 2013 with time-saving shortcuts expected in the business world. PivotTables and PivotCharts, used frequently in businesses, are introduced from the start. The Third Edition features Monte Carlo simulation in three chapters, as a tool to illustrate the range of possible outcomes from decision makers’ assumptions and underlying uncertainties. Model building with regression is presented as a process, adding levels of sophistication, with chapters on multicollinearity and remedies, forecasting and model validation, autocorrelation and remedies, indicator variables to represent segment differences, and seasonality, structural shifts or shocks in time series models. Special applications in market segmentation and portfolio analysis are offered, and an introduction to conjoint analysis is included. Nonlinear models are motivated with arguments of diminishing or increasing marginal response.
| Author | : Cynthia Fraser |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 470 |
| Release | : 2012-02-22 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 144199856X |
In a revised and updated edition, this popular book shows readers how to build models using logic and experience, offers shortcuts for producing statistics using Excel 2010, and provides many real-world examples focused on business in emerging global markets.
| Author | : Cynthia Fraser |
| Publisher | : Springer Nature |
| Total Pages | : 291 |
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| ISBN | : 3031425553 |
| Author | : Cynthia Fraser |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 482 |
| Release | : 2016-08-05 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 3319321854 |
The revised Fourth Edition of this popular textbook is redesigned with Excel 2016 to encourage business students to develop competitive advantages for use in their future careers as decision makers. Students learn to build models using logic and experience, produce statistics using Excel 2016 with shortcuts, and translate results into implications for decision makers. The textbook features new examples and assignments on global markets, including cases featuring Chipotle and Costco. A number of examples focus on business in emerging global markets with particular emphasis on emerging markets in Latin America, China, and India. Results are linked to implications for decision making with sensitivity analyses to illustrate how alternate scenarios can be compared. The author emphasises communicating results effectively in plain English and with screenshots and compelling graphics in the form of memos and PowerPoints. Chapters include screenshots to make it easy to conduct analyses in Excel 2016. PivotTables and PivotCharts, used frequently in business, are introduced from the start. The Fourth Edition features Monte Carlo simulation in four chapters, as a tool to illustrate the range of possible outcomes from decision makers’ assumptions and underlying uncertainties. Model building with regression is presented as a process, adding levels of sophistication, with chapters on multicollinearity and remedies, forecasting and model validation, auto-correlation and remedies, indicator variables to represent segment differences, and seasonality, structural shifts or shocks in time series models. Special applications in market segmentation and portfolio analysis are offered, and an introduction to conjoint analysis is included. Nonlinear models are motivated with arguments of diminishing or increasing marginal response.
| Author | : Management Association, Information Resources |
| Publisher | : IGI Global |
| Total Pages | : 1865 |
| Release | : 2021-05-28 |
| Genre | : Computers |
| ISBN | : 179989021X |
Social media has become an integral part of society as social networking has become a main form of communication and human interaction. To stay relevant, businesses have adopted social media tactics to interact with consumers, conduct business, and remain competitive. Social technologies have reached a vital point in the business world, being essential in strategic decision-making processes, building relationships with consumers, marketing and branding efforts, and other important areas. While social media continues to gain importance in modern society, it is essential to determine how it functions in contemporary business. The Research Anthology on Strategies for Using Social Media as a Service and Tool in Business provides updated information on how businesses are strategically using social media and explores the role of social media in keeping businesses competitive in the global economy. The chapters will discuss how social tools work, what services businesses are utilizing, both the benefits and challenges to how social media is changing the modern business atmosphere, and more. This book is essential for researchers, instructors, social media managers, business managers, students, executives, practitioners, industry professionals, social media analysts, and all audiences interested in how social media is being used in modern businesses as both a service and integral tool.
| Author | : Khosrow-Pour, Mehdi |
| Publisher | : IGI Global |
| Total Pages | : 396 |
| Release | : 2017-03-31 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1522522468 |
Organizational applications and managerial implications of new technology resources require a forum for the discussion of issues of best business practice and success. The Handbook of Research on Global Enterprise Operations and Opportunities is a valuable source for the latest research on global resource management with a focus on the managerial and organizational facets. Featuring coverage on a range of topics and perspectives such as global enterprise systems, IT diffusion, and global data security, this publication is ideally designed for researchers, academics, and practitioners seeking current research on approaches to successful business technology use in all countries.
| Author | : Jamil, George Leal |
| Publisher | : IGI Global |
| Total Pages | : 921 |
| Release | : 2018-04-13 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1522530134 |
Innovation is a vital process for any business to remain competitive in this age. This progress must be coherently and optimally managed, allowing for successful improvement and future growth. The Handbook of Research on Strategic Innovation Management for Improved Competitive Advantage provides emerging research on the use of information and knowledge to promote development in various business agencies. While covering topics such as design thinking, financial analysis, and policy planning, this publication explores the wide and complex relationships that constitute strategic innovation management principals and processes. This publication is an important resource for students, professors, researchers, managers, and entrepreneurs seeking current research on the methods and tools regarding information and knowledge management for business advancement.
| Author | : Deepmala Singh |
| Publisher | : CRC Press |
| Total Pages | : 250 |
| Release | : 2022-08-31 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1000619389 |
Business Intelligence (BI) is a solution to modern business problems. This book discusses the relationship between BI and Human Resource Management (HRM). In addition, it discusses how BI can be used as a strategic decision-making tool for the sustainable growth of an organization or business. BI helps organizations generate interactive reports with clear and reliable data for making numerous business decisions. This book covers topics spanning the important areas of BI in the context of HRM. It gives an overview of the aspects, tools, and techniques of BI and how it can assist HRM in creating a successful future for organizations. Some of the tools and techniques discussed in the book are analysis, data preparation, BI-testing, implementation, and optimization on GR and management disciplines. It will include a chapter on text mining as well as a section of case studies for practical use. This book will be useful for business professionals, including but not limited to, HR professionals, and budding business students.
| Author | : Norm Warren |
| Publisher | : Pearson Education |
| Total Pages | : 407 |
| Release | : 2013-05-15 |
| Genre | : Computers |
| ISBN | : 0735675872 |
Dive into the business intelligence features in SharePoint 2013—and use the right combination of tools to deliver compelling solutions. Take control of business intelligence (BI) with the tools offered by SharePoint 2013 and Microsoft SQL Server 2012. Led by a group of BI and SharePoint experts, you’ll get step-by-step instructions for understanding how to use these technologies best in specific BI scenarios—whether you’re a SharePoint administrator, SQL Server developer, or business analyst. Discover how to: Manage the entire BI lifecycle, from determining key performance indicators to building dashboards Use web-based Microsoft Excel services and publish workbooks on a SharePoint Server Mash up data from multiple sources and create Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) using PowerPivot Create data-driven diagrams that provide interactive processes and context with Microsoft Visio Services Use dashboards, scorecards, reports, and key performance indicators to monitor and analyze your business Use SharePoint to view BI reports side by side, no matter which tools were used to produced them
| Author | : Joachim Klewes |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 198 |
| Release | : 2016-09-02 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 3319418459 |
This book demonstrates the challenges for Corporate Communications in the era of the Industrial Internet and the Internet of things, and how companies can adapt their communication strategies to meet them. The Industrial Internet and the Internet of Things herald a transformation in our economy, industry and society. As such, it is high time that companies adjust both their communication strategies and the structure of their communications to reflect these changes. In this book, experts from the corporate world, academia, professional associations, government organizations and NGOs discuss various challenges – from Corporate and Leadership Communication and Employer Branding to Change/Personnel Management and changes in the supply chain – that can be confronted in everyday working environment. Revealing contributions from an interdisciplinary mix of perspectives help offer a more detailed picture of what future programs and standards might look like. The book also features best practice cases that offer practical insights into addressing the Corporate Communications challenges that are to come.
