Statistics for Business and Economics, 11e introduces sound statistical methodology within a strong applications setting. The authors clearly demonstrate how statistical results provide insights into business decisions and present solutions to contemporary business problems. New cases and more than 350 real business examples and memorable exercises, 150 of which are new in this edition, present…
The AHP has been successfully applied to many complex planning, resource, allocation and priority setting problems throughout industry and business. This book is based on successful application experience.
A fully revised second edition focused on the best practices of enterprise risk managementSince the first edition of Enterprise Risk Management: From Incentives to Controls was published a decade ago, much has changed in the worlds of business and finance. That's why James Lam has returned with a new edition of this essential guide. Written to reflect today's dynamic market conditions, the Seco…
Baye and Prince's bestselling Managerial Economics and Business Strategy provides a complete solution designed to help students use tools from intermediate microeconomics, game theory, and industrial organization to make sound managerial decisions. Now fully integrated within McGraw-Hill's Connect platform, the 8th edition provides instructors with new ways to assess student performance in the …
Since the passage of Sarbanes-Oxley, internal auditing has seen resurgence. Today's internal auditor is responsible for creating higher standards of professional conduct and for greater protection against inefficiency, misconduct, illegal activity, and fraud. In addition, the internal auditor is as much responsible as senior management in ensuring that the corporation is productive and is achie…
This book is one man's fantasy about where we need go with electricity and water for a sustainable future. The book is very readable and offers food-for-thought and some interesting ideas. But mostly it is another anti-nuclear and anti-utility book that offers little in real factual information and is frequently misleading. Real solutions to the challenges facing us moving to a sustainable ener…
Non-market valuation has become a broadly accepted and widely practised means of measuring the economic values of the environment and natural resources. This book provides a guide to the statistical and econometric practices that economists employ in estimating non-market values.
The importance of the hedonic valuation approach in public policy evaluation and environmental value estimation is now widely accepted. This text is especially designed to illustrate the basic assumptions of the hedonic approach and highlight the strengths and weaknesses associated with it. Combining rigorous theoretical analysis, detailed empirical studies and an extensive history of hedonic v…