Selasa, 29 Desember 2009

Accounting and Finance for the International Hospitality Industry


Accounting and Finance for the International Hospitality Industry Summary:


By Peter Harris
Publisher:   Butterworth-Heinemann
Number Of Pages:   352
Publication Date:   1998-02-12
ISBN-10 / ASIN:   075063586X
ISBN-13 / EAN:   9780750635868


Product Description:


Top experts specializing in hospitality management have contributed articles to this new collection which explains recent developments in accounting and finance. The material is drawn from a combination of fieldwork and practical experience. The managerial emphasis means that the content is fully relevant internationally and not constrained by the legal framework of different countries.
Accounting and Finance provides an overview of: *analysis and evaluation of performance *planning methods and techniques *financial information and control *financial management. It also shows how operational analysis can be used as a management tool to improve performance. Techniques for predicting the financial success or failure of hotels are suggested. Research into hotel companies in the US and Europe demonstrates key performance indicators used by hotel managers and financial executives. Other contributors explore the interface between accounting and marketing and human resource management and there is thorough coverage of financial strategy formulation. Readers will also find helpful the section on statistics in the analysis and prediction of cost behaviour in hotels. Contributors: Raymond Schmidgall (Michigan State University, USA); Debra J. Adams (Bournemouth University, UK); Professor Elisa S. Moncarz (Florida International University, USA); Richard N. Kron (Kron Hospitality Consulting, USA); Angela Maher (Oxford Brookes University, UK); Peter J. Harris (Oxford Brookes University, UK); Geoff S. Parkinson (BDO Stoy Hayward Chartered Accountants, UK); Paul Fitz-John (Bournemouth University, UK); Paul Collier (University of Exeter, UK); Professor Alan Gregory (University of Glasgow, UK); Tracy A. Jones (Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education, UK); Jacqueline Brander Brown (The Manchester Metropolitan University, UK); Nina J. Downie (Oxford Brookes University, UK): Catherine L. Burgess (Oxford Brookes University, UK); Ian C. Graham (Holiday Inn Worldwide, Belgium); Howard M. Field (International Hotel and Leisure Associates, UK); Professor Paul Beals (Canisius College, USA); Frank J. Coston (Pannell Kerr Forster Associates, UK). Endorsed by the British Association of Hotel Accountants Articles contributed by the world's top experts in the field of hospitality management Edited by leading academic in accounting and finance for hospitality.


Beginning Access 2003 VBA (Programmer to Programmer)


Beginning Access 2003 VBA (Programmer to Programmer) Summary:
Publisher: Wrox | ISBN: 0764556592 | edition 2004 | PDF | 545 pages | 11,7 mb


Written by an Access programmer with more than 10 years of VBA experience, this is the perfect guide for Access users who are ready to take their databases to the next level, or for programmers who are new to Access or VBA.
Veteran Access developer Denise Gosnell shows readers the ins and outs of Access VBA and provides plenty of source code, and fully developed sample applications to guide you along the way.
Not only do readers learn to build “stand-alone” desktop applications, but readers also learn how to integrate Access applications with Web Services, and SQL Server.


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Advances in Biomedical Sensing, Measurements, Instrumentation and Systems (Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering 55)


Advances in Biomedical Sensing, Measurements, Instrumentation and Systems (Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering 55) Summary:
By Subhas Chandra Mukhopadhyay, Aimé Lay-Ekuakille
Publisher:   Springer
Number Of Pages:   358
Publication Date:   2009-12-17
ISBN-10 / ASIN:   3642051669
ISBN-13 / EAN:   9783642051661
Product Description:
Advances in technological devices unveil new architectures for instrumentation and improvements in measurement techniques. Sensing technology, related to biomedical aspects, plays a key role in nowadays applications; it promotes different advantages for:
healthcare, solving difficulties for elderly persons, clinical analysis, microbiological characterizations, etc.. This book intends to illustrate and to collect recent advances in biomedical measurements and sensing instrumentation, not as an encyclopedia but as clever support for scientists, students and researchers in other to stimulate exchange and discussions for further developments.




Genetic Dissection of Complex Traits, Volume 42


Genetic Dissection of Complex Traits, Volume 42 Summary:
583 pages | Academic Press; 1 edition (October 18, 2000) | 0120176424 | PDF | 38 Mb


"Genetic Dissection of Complex Traits provides an extensive overview of contemporary methods for statistical gene mapping."

—Alexandre A. Todorov for AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS (July 2002) -- Review


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The Nonprofit Sector: A Research Handbook, Second Edition

The Nonprofit Sector: A Research Handbook, Second Edition Summary:
Publisher: Yale University Press | pages: 672 | 2006 | ISBN: 0300109032 | PDF | 16,9 mb


The second edition of The Nonprofit Sector provides a novel, comprehensive, cross-disciplinary perspective on nonprofit organizations and their role and function in society. This new, updated edition keeps pace with industry trends and advances as well as with the changing interests and needs of students, practitioners, and researchers.
As before, every chapter has been written to stand on its own, providing sufficient background for the reader to follow the argument without referring to other chapters—allowing readers to selectively choose those chapters that are most relevant to a particular course, interest, or issue.


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Corporate Governance and Firm Performance


Corporate Governance and Firm Performance Summary:
Emerald Group Publishing Limited | English | 2009-04-19 | ISBN: 1848555369 | 284 pages | PDF | 1,5 MB


While Advances continues to publish papers from any area of Finance, the focus of this issue is on corporate governance, broadly defined as the system of controls that helps corporations and other organizations effectively manage,
administer, and direct economic resources. Included in the volume are papers focusing on: the impact of deregulation and corporate structure on productive efficiency; the effectiveness of the fraud triangle and SAS; board monitoring and access to debt financing; institutional investors; and managerial stability and payout policy.


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Practical Essentials of Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy 2nd Edition


Practical Essentials of Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy 2nd Edition Summary:
By K.S. Clifford Chao, Smith Apisarnthanarax, Gokhan Ozyigit


Publisher:   Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Number Of Pages:   324
Publication Date:   2004-09-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN:   0781752795
ISBN-13 / EAN:   9780781752794


Product Description:


The primary objective of this book is to teach residents, fellows, and clinicians in radiation oncology how to incorporate intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) into their practice. IMRT has proven to be an extremely effective treatment modality for head and neck cancers.
It is now being used effectively in other sites, including, prostate, breast, lung, gynecological, the cervix, the central nervous system, and lymph nodes. The book will provide in a consistent format an overview of the natural course, lymph node spread, diagnostic criteria, and therapeutic options for each cancer subsite.
Summary: A must have Rating: 5
'Practical Essentials of Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy' starts out with an introduction to IMRT, and terminology that is commonly encountered with IMRT. This book describes in detail the delineation of target volumes and normal tissues using ct and mri cross sectional color images. Standard dose prescriptions for IMRT for various sites are mentioned clearly. Each site ends with a review of results of IMRT treatment. For radation oncologists starting out on an IMRT program, this book is definitely a must have.