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Ruling, but not governing : a logic of regime stability -- The Egyptian, Algerian, and Turkish military "enclaves" : the contours of the officers' autonomy -- The pouvoir militaire and the failure to achieve a "just mean" -- Institutionalizing a military-founded system -- Turkish paradox : Islamist political power and the Kemalist political order -- Toward a democratic transition? : weakening the patterns of political inclusion and exclusion.
INTERMITTENT DEMAND FORECASTING The first text to focus on the methods and approaches of intermittent, rather than fast, demand forecasting Intermittent Demand Forecasting is for anyone who is interested in improving forecasts of intermittent demand products, and enhancing the management of inventories. Whether you are a practitioner, at the sharp end of demand planning, a software designer, a student, an academic teaching operational research or operations management courses, or a researcher in this field, we hope that the book will inspire you to rethink demand forecasting. If you do so, then you can contribute towards significant economic and environmental benefits. No prior knowledge of ...
The aim of this text is to identify the concepts and principles of cost accounting in a clear way. It offers a flexible organization which discusses the cost accounting concepts concerned with cost collection factors that influence such managerial decisions as sales price determination. The last part of the book emphasizes the application of cost concepts in cost management analysis and the quantitative tools for decision making. New to this edition is coverage of the changing nature of cost accounting and the impact of customer focus, automation, JIT, quality control, and other new management techniques on the need for cost management information. Activity-based cost systems and strategic cost analysis are also discussed. There is expanded coverage of distribution and marketing costs which now demonstrate the role of activity-based cost drivers in pricing decisions and evaluating marketing performance, and real world exampled of current cost management practices are used.
By examining available demographic data and petitions submitted by non-Muslims for accepting Islam, this volume convincingly reconstructs the stages of the Islamization process in the Balkans and offers an insight to the motives and factors behind conversion.
A comprehensive survey of widely used mathematical tools, fully integrated with the personal computer. Based on the authors' recent Quantitative analysis for management, 4th ed. (1991), this text provides an alternative organization to accommodate the sequence of those management science courses which prefer the linear programming chapters early in the text. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Designed especially for business and social science students who are familiar with the fundamentals of statistics, this text explores both the theory and practice of regression analysis - proficient in handling the analysis of large data sets. It describes the interaction between data analysis and regression models used to represent the data - to help students learn how to analyze regression data, understand regression models, and how to specify an appropriate model to represent a data set. The main narrative in each chapter stresses application and interpretation of results in applied statistical methods from a user's point of view. Principles are introduced as needed for various applications.
Providing valuable insight into the latest practice and design philosophies, this collection of readings and cases analyzes the defects that exist with traditional cost management systems, and shows how to design systems that will benefit a wide range of organizations. Opens with a thorough introduction to cost systems - with discussions on their use, product and process costing, operational control, financial reporting, and strategic relevance - and explores target costing, and ABC and product design and development. Considers the foundations of activity-based costing, including its necessity for companies, cost hierarchy, and activity attributes, and dedicates entire sections to the use of cost systems for managing customer and supplier relationships, and for designing and developing new products. Second Edition features include many new cases and a critical study of service industry and activity-based budgeting. For management consultants, CFO's, and controllers.