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    Conundrum : The Challenge of Execution in Middle-Market Companies


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    NAFTA, WTO and Global Business Strategy : How AIDS, Trade and Terrorism Affect Our Economic Future


  16. Human Relations in Small Business: Developing Interpersonal Skills the Successful Approach to Business Relationships (Crisp Small Business and Entre)

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Commissions at Risk: A Real Estate Professional's Guide to Beating Online Competition
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
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  • Commissions At Risk
  • An insightful analysis of the future in Real Estate
  • A "must buy" for anyone interested in real estate!
Commissions at Risk: A Real Estate Professional's Guide to Beating Online Competition
Danielle Babb
Manufacturer: Kaplan Business
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1419593234
Release Date: 2006-10-01

Book Description

Real estate professionals will soon be faced with fierce competition from web-based transaction systems that decrease commissions, flatten rates, and enable consumers to eliminate the middleman. Commissions at Risk demonstrates the use of technology in today’s real estate market and its impact.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Rave Review from MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW.......2007-02-24

Bravo for Danielle Babb's new book, "Commissions at Risk"! Real estate agents have feared the technology revolution for years, but until now they have not been armed with a plan to pro-actively become part of the future of real estate. In her new book Ms. Babb lays out in a methodical manner the who, why, what, where and when of the fundamental technology shift that is taking place today in residential real estate brokerage. She shares with the reader how to embrace the change and use it to increase their market share and closed transactions. Explaining in detail how to get ahead of the competitions learning curve, any agent serious about staying in the business should read this definitive book.

Chapter titles include: Technology and Real Estate, Background of the Process, The Internet---Turning Services into Commodities, Knowing Your Competition, The Future of Real Estate and Technology, So What Can YOU Do About It?, and Investors Creating Markets Ripe for the Picking. Plus a Introduction, References and an Index.

My favorite part of the book talks in-depth about Web Based Versus Web Enabled. Many agents need to start thinking about the shift towards integration. Integration offers a web-based transaction, where all related information is stored and accessed by the principals, lenders, escrow and title companies. The final step includes the electronic signature of the client. This might sound new-age to some in the traditional brokerage industry, but be forewarned , your market share is being taken one percent at a time by new enabled brokerages. A must-read for existing and new agents, brokers and those looking to enter the future of real estate.

Mark Nash
Reviewer

2 out of 5 stars Not impressed.......2007-02-16

I found myself constantly waiting for the meat of the subject. The message that real estate agents are on the way of the horse and buggy was so redundant that I almost tossed it. Although there are occassional good points of interest I felt that I could have spent my time better. An experienced agent will question the experience of this author with the industry and a newbie might be misled without a basis in reality. No question that the industry is becoming dominated by third parties using the Internet to cash in on this mega-bucks industry but, this author seems to believe that you can purchase real estate like an airline ticket without accounting for the various laws regulating the industry on a state level.

1 out of 5 stars Commissions At Risk.......2007-01-10

Book was obviously authored by someone who hasn't had any practical real estate experience. She purports to advising agents but has no idea as to the value of an agent in a real estate transaction. I was disappointed in the content and would not recommend this book to fellow agents.

5 out of 5 stars An insightful analysis of the future in Real Estate.......2006-10-24

Dr. Dani has done an excellent job of evaluating the Real Estate field from so many angles, that if you are not willing to learn and adapt, you could become one of the future casualties that she outlines in her book. As an IT professional with real world knowledge of real estate investing, Dr. Dani has THOROUGHLY researched each topic, and has provided examples from the perspective of the realtor, lender, appraiser, and several others. If you are introspective, and looking to increase your performance, or just want to stay on top, this is a GREAT book for you to read. I've gone back to sections of the book so many times, that I may need to buy another copy.

5 out of 5 stars A "must buy" for anyone interested in real estate!.......2006-10-21

The author of Commissions at Risk: A Real Estate Professional's Guide to Beating Online Competition brilliantly combines her expertise in information technology, real estate, and business to create a handbook for anyone interested in buying or selling property. The reader will better understand the impact the Internet has on the industry and be taken, step by step, through the process of strategically planning to successfully compete with it. The book is critical for survival in the ever-changing world of real estate.
Beating the Dow with Bonds: A High-Return, Low-Risk Strategy for Outperforming the Pros Even When Stocks Go South
Average customer rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
  • Good INvesting Advice for Low Interest Rate Cycles
  • A sad waste of paper - babbling brooks are better
  • Interesting...but confusing
  • Profitable, Pragmatic Advice for All Investment Scenarios
  • Not very good, but....
Beating the Dow with Bonds: A High-Return, Low-Risk Strategy for Outperforming the Pros Even When Stocks Go South
Michael B. O'Higgins , and John McCarty
Manufacturer: Collins
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 088730883X

Amazon.com

Michael O'Higgins is worried. The ideas advanced in his 1989 classic, Beating the Dow, have been adopted by mutual-funds and market gurus alike as a proven formula for getting consistently high returns with a minimum of risk. In that book, O'Higgins introduced a system that become known as the Dogs of the Dow, which prescribed investing in out-of-favor Dow stocks--an approach that has produced annual returns that have handily beaten most all market averages.

These days, however, O'Higgins is less concerned about beating the market than surviving it. In Beating the Dow with Bonds, O'Higgins considers the wild valuations of today's stock market and sees the specter of a sharp and steep decline. To face this inevitable selloff, O'Higgins offers a survival strategy that involves annually allocating assets among stocks (Dow Dogs), T-bills, and T-bonds. While most members of the baby-boom generation know how stocks work, they'd be hard-pressed to explain the arcane world of bonds. O'Higgins explains them admirably. Had you followed O'Higgins's new system for the last 30 years, which saw six bear markets, your portfolio would have enjoyed an average annual return of 23.77 percent versus 18.03 percent with his Dow Dogs portfolio and 11.77 percent with the DJIA.

O'Higgins is no Chicken Little--rather, he's a market contrarian with a proven and profitable track record. If you think the stock market will go up forever, then look elsewhere for advice. But if you believe in gravity, then get this book and read it soon. Highly recommended. --Harry C. Edwards

Amazon.com Audiobook Review

Michael B. O'Higgins entered the stock-brokerage business in the early 1970s, right on the verge of a rabid bear market. So his skepticism about the continued rise in stock prices is understandable. At the same time, he notes that bond yields, as of the 1999 publication date of this audiobook, are historically high relative to inflation. Therefore, an investment portfolio combining stocks and bonds, rather than stocks exclusively, should beat the Dow Jones Industrial Average in the future. Hiring A&E Network's Jack Perkins, cohost of the acclaimed Biography series, to read this audiobook was a stroke of genius. Perkins's voice adds the heft of lifelong experience and hard-won wisdom to O'Higgins' rather dry explanations of what bonds are and why you should invest in them. (Running time: 3 hours, 2 cassettes) --Lou Schuler

Book Description

In 1991, Michael B. O'Higgins, one of the nation's top money managers, revolutionized the investment industry by asserting that investors could beat the pros 95 percent of the time by putting 100 percent of their money into the "dog" stocks of the Dow. His book, Beating the Dow, became a bestselling investment classic and spawned an industry of websites and mutual funds, elevating the theory to legendary status.

Now, with equities dangerously overvalued and stock prices at an all-time high, O'Higgins turns his attention to bonds, providing a proven system for achieving the lowest risk, highest returns in a chaotic stock market--requiring less than five minutes per year and helping you beat the pros 95 percent of the time, regardless of market conditions. Utilizing a simple, proven method for mastering the market by determining the best investment choices, Beating the Dow with Bonds evaluates companies and bond ratings, to help you achieve the highest risk-adjusted returns. For investors with as little as $5,000, Beating the Dow with Bonds provides a safer, more reliable opportunity to beat the Dow not just in today's market--but in any market.

 

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Good INvesting Advice for Low Interest Rate Cycles.......2006-08-01

Zero coupon bonds are the bonds spoken of in the book's title. Zero coupon bonds do well in falling interest rate and stable, low interest rate investing environments as we had 90% of the time from 1982 to 2004. Now is NOT the time to use this book's advice, wait until interest rates fall again (2010??).
but it is true, by not owning any stocks O'Higgins outperformed the greatest -and longest- bull market in history.

1 out of 5 stars A sad waste of paper - babbling brooks are better.......2004-09-09

Having read many books on various financial subjects, this one is on my list as one of the top 10 wastes of time. In fact I am only writting this to hopefully save you time! Warning! When the reviews are from annonymous 'a reader' be suspicious!

2 out of 5 stars Interesting...but confusing.......2003-08-14

I agree with much of what has already been said as far as the amount of filler and the editorial glitches. And can anyone figure out the last chart -- table 11.1? These numbers make no sense and don't even correspond with the info on table 9.1. I began the book with some excitement but ended up feeling very uncertain about the method.

5 out of 5 stars Profitable, Pragmatic Advice for All Investment Scenarios.......2001-10-19

This is one of the few stock market books from the 1990s that will be read and appreciated many years from now. While silly stuff like "Dow 36,000" & Harry Dent quickly withers away, O'Higgins advice gains credibility every day in this apparently multi-year bear market. Several web sites (beartopia dot com & others) mention this book. Perhaps the book's title should have substituted "zero coupon bonds" for the word "bonds." Do look up the authors corrected list of investment steps here at Amazon, however, do not let the slightly sloppy editing deter you from learning this powerful investment advice. The more knowledgable one is of the market, the more one appreciates O'Higgins and his two works. This book's advice works in bull and bear markets.

2 out of 5 stars Not very good, but...........2001-07-27

The book was not very well written, and why he felt the need to devote 70 pages describing in copious detail all 30 of the Dow stocks is beyond me. However, his 30 year zero-coupon analysis does have something going for it, and the inflation rate is a good predictor for a change in asset allocation.
Migraine: Beating the Odds : The Doctors Guide to Reducing Your Risk
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    Migraine: Beating the Odds : The Doctors Guide to Reducing Your Risk
    Richard B., M.D. Lipton , Lawrence C., M.D. Newman , and Helene MacLean
    Manufacturer: Perseus Books
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    Beating the Dow, 1992: A High-Return, Low-Risk Method for Investing in the Dow Jones Industrial Stocks With As Little As $5,000
    Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    • Some excellent material but not really enough for a full book
    • Great system
    • intro to 1 style mechanical (ie. rigid rule based) investing
    • Not a totally bad method of choosing stocks
    • Beating the Dow, Still an Unbeatable Read
    Beating the Dow, 1992: A High-Return, Low-Risk Method for Investing in the Dow Jones Industrial Stocks With As Little As $5,000
    Michael O'Higgins , and John Downes
    Manufacturer: Harper Perennial
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    ASIN: 006098404X

    Book Description

    In 1991, Michael B. O'Higgins, one of the nation's top money managers, turned the investment world upside down with an ingenious strategy, showing how all investors--from those with only $5,000 to invest to millionaires--could beat the pros 95% of the time by putting 100% of their equity investment into the high-yield, low-risk "dog" stocks of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. His formula spawned a veritable industry, including websites, mutual funds, and $20 billion worth of investments, elevating the theory to legendary status.

    Reflecting on the greatest bull market of our time, this must-have investment guide has been revised and updated for a new economy. With current company and stock profiles, as well as new charts, statistics, graphs, and figures, Beating the Dow is the smart investment that you--and your portfolio--can't afford to miss

    Customer Reviews:

    4 out of 5 stars Some excellent material but not really enough for a full book.......2007-06-01

    2nd edition (2000) with Johns Downes, 259 pages

    O'Higgins' basic method for selecting out of favour stocks from the Dow Jones Industrial Average can be explained in a single sentence: list the ten stocks from the Dow with the highest dividend yield, and then select the five with the lowest share prices from these ten. Buy an equal weighting in each of them and after one year, sell and start again.

    So you could be forgiven for wondering how he manages to fill a book. I found significant chunks to be of little interest in understanding why and how his method has worked. For example, I didn't find his introduction on why stocks are the best long term investments, or his potted history of each of the Dow constituents (which takes up just under half the book) added much. (The history of the Dow stocks also reads as if at least the updates for the 2nd edition were written in a considerable hurry.) However, if you are new to equity investing these parts may be more useful to you. Even so, I cannot understand why O'Higgins included the addresses for each of the Dow stocks in the main body of the book when his method is a mechanical one which requires that you do not do any specific stock research or have any contact with companies.

    I bought this book with a particular aim in mind: to understand the background better to see how it could be applied in the UK. For example, some people try to apply it to the FTSE 100 and others to the FT 30 index and others use the lowest market capitalisation rather than the lowest share price as the second filter.

    After reading the book I concluded that the FT 30 index with lower share prices (i.e. with minimum changes to O'Higgins' original method for the Dow) would be most appropriate. This is because the FT 30 index is modelled on the Dow and has greater stability than the FTSE 100. Even so, there are differences between the FT 30 index and the Dow, which might mean there is greater specific stock risk in the FT 30 (for example, FT 30 stocks are only replaced if they are taken over or fail, whereas Dow stocks can be replaced by the editors of the Wall Street Journal).

    Regarding the choice of low share price or low market capitalisation for the second filter, O'Higgins specifically states that the most relevant factor is "simply the phenomenon that the less expensive a stock is, the more it is prone to greater percentage moves." O'Higgins also believes UK companies are more prone to cutting their dividends in difficult periods compared to US companies and that this may mean a mechanical method based upon dividends would work less well in the UK.

    Anyway, notwithstanding my gripes above about the padding in the book, the good parts are very good and the book carries an excellent central thesis: that simplicity not only entails less work, but also often produces better results.

    By the end of the book I also understood why the method is likely to continue working. Historically the method did not work every year (for example during the last few years of the dot com boom), but produced good results over the long term. As O'Higgins states: "It's the occasional off-year that allows anomalies, like the strategies we'll be discussing next, to exist." The second, critical factor is that the method automatically enforces a contrarian discipline. I like the way O'Higgins puts it:

    "In an investment world addicted to complexity, it can almost be said that keeping it simple is itself a form of contrarianism. It can certainly be said that for a system like mine to become too popular to work, contrarianism would have to become conventional wisdom. That would mean turning human nature on its head."

    5 out of 5 stars Great system.......2006-12-11

    This book simply suggests listing the 30 Dow components and then buying the lowest price stocks in the group that also has the best yield (Dividend %).You skip the lowest priced because that one probably does have issues versus being a value. You can either put your $5000 in the second to lowest priced with the best yield, or the 2nd-6th stocks, or the 2nd to 11th stocks that are the lowest priced with the best yield. He shows the back tested history of this method as delivering huge gains. It is a system to think about or use it to develop your own.
    The biggest thing I got out of this book was the direction to read books by Yale Hirsh. This was very profitable for me to discover the November-May stock market pattern, the presidential election cycle and the days of the week. You must read The Almanac Investor(by his son), it is VERY valuable, I made $10,000 from Sept 1st 2006 to Dec 9th 2006 due to my aggressive stance in November and December.

    4 out of 5 stars intro to 1 style mechanical (ie. rigid rule based) investing.......2004-08-07

    O'Higgins writes nicely... and identifies with specificity one generally agreeable style of mechanical stock investing... it doesn't particularly work well recently... but it is a useful text to introduce the idea of rule-based (non-emotional) trading decision making. assumptions of money management particularly out of phase with first tier thinking.. but i like the book.

    3 out of 5 stars Not a totally bad method of choosing stocks.......2002-03-13

    "Beating The Dow" by Michael O'Higgins offers the following simple investment strategy. You simply buy the ten highest dividend paying stocks among the Dow Industrial Averages. The Philosophy is that as the value of the stocks increase, via stock price lagging or falling below the market, the dividend yield will tend to rise. (i.e. the assumption is that dividend yield is a proxy for value. One problem is that not all Dow stocks pay out the same level of earnings, so some stocks will tend to have higher dividends.)

    While I tend to be skeptical of any investment strategy that is too simple, if you must use such a simple strategy, then you could do far worse selecting the highest dividend paying stocks from the Dow. Of course, the other option is just to index your money in a mutual fund that buys the entire stock market. Vanguard Funds is the leader in such index funds. But, I like dividends.

    The difficulty with simple investment strategies is that they tend to be arrived at via data mining. The proponent of the investment method asks "What worked in the past?" and then tries to draw up a canned investment method. Almost always, the proposed method then starts to lag behind in the present and future stock market performance. (the recent performance of this strategy is discussed in another person's great book review. See that.) This is not due to market efficiency or that the method is becoming well known. It just means that the method wasn't entirely valid as a predictive method.

    There is the old joke about the "X investment strategy." When a computer was asked to vigorously evaluate the stock market and look for predictors of future investment success, the computer spit back the answer, "Invest in stocks whose name begins with an 'X' and whose name ends with an 'X.' " Xerox was the top performing stock over the period.

    "Beating The Dow" is one of those books, if read all by itself, might mislead a new investor into an over-simplified investment strategy. Yet, you might enjoy reading it. And, as stated, you could do worse than holding the ten highest dividend-paying Dow stocks.

    "Beating The Dow" also mentions what Michael O'Higgins calls the "Penulatimate Profit Prospect (PPP)" which involves buying just one stock. The Stock with the second lowest price among the ten highest yielding stocks. I consider that Penidiotic. We conservative investors do love our stock dividends, and the focus on dividend yield gets "Beating The Dow" a solid honorable mention.

    Peter Hupalo, Author of "Becoming An Investor: Building Wealth By Investing In Stocks, Bonds, And Mutual Funds."

    4 out of 5 stars Beating the Dow, Still an Unbeatable Read.......2001-12-22

    Michael O'Higgin's investing classic holds up as well in the New Millenium as it did when it first hit book stands 10 years ago.

    He maintains that it is still possible to beat the DOW by buying the 10 highest yielding stocks and tweaking your holdings each year, with correspondingly greater rates of return with a two- or five-stock selection from the group. O'Higgin's admits in the new eidtion that the strategy has been muddied by a drop in the relative importance of dividends as a part of total yield of the DOW. Dividends and payouts have lost lost out to stock buybacks, in part because dividends are taxed at a higher rate than long-term capital gains from stock sales. Changes in the DOW have also reduced the overall dividend payout. Of the most recent additions, Microsoft pays no dividend and Intel and Home Depot have nominal payouts. O'Higgin's strategy may also be less effective because it's simplicity and past returns attracted the attention of Wall Street money managers and of many, many individual investors. There is at least one web site devoted to the Dogs of the Dow and a number of similar investment strategies were profiled for several years on the Motley Fool website.

    Nor is the most valuable part of O'Higgin's book his thumbnail sketches of other value strategies for beating the market with a basket of DOW stocks. Several seem downright ridiculous. I remain skeptical that investing based on presidential election cycles or end-of-year asset sales by fund managers can yield meaningful, long-term results for individual investors.

    The value of this book is O'Higgin's championing of value investing in general and his highlighting of the resilience of the DOW stocks in markets bull and bear. Most people aren't professional investors and lack the time and resources to profit from a strategy of active trading. If the efficient markets guys are right, then buying all 30 DOW stocks and holding on long-term will beat returns of most professionally baskets of stocks, with less risk and less payouts for taxes and trading costs to boot. Or maybe buying the highest yielders in any given year and holding. Anyway, you get the picture.

    Regardless of whether you think the high-yield 10 is still capable of outgaining the overall DOW, O'Higgin's book is, to me, as valuable in 2001 as it was when I first read it in 1993.
    Heart Disease and High Cholesterol: Beating the Odds (Reducing Your Hereditary Risk)
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      Heart Disease and High Cholesterol: Beating the Odds (Reducing Your Hereditary Risk)
      C. Richard Conti , and Diana Tonnessen
      Manufacturer: Addison-Wesley
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      Beating embezzlement. (how to minimize your risk of fraud): An article from: Association Management
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        Beating embezzlement. (how to minimize your risk of fraud): An article from: Association Management
        Andrew S. Lang
        Manufacturer: American Society of Association Executives
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        Binding: Digital
        ASIN: B00092IX6M
        Release Date: 2005-07-28

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        This digital document is an article from Association Management, published by American Society of Association Executives on December 1, 1991. The length of the article is 2112 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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        Title: Beating embezzlement. (how to minimize your risk of fraud)
        Author: Andrew S. Lang
        Publication: Association Management (Magazine/Journal)
        Date: December 1, 1991
        Publisher: American Society of Association Executives
        Volume: v43 Issue: n12 Page: p27(4)

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        Breast Cancer and Ovarian Cancer: Beating the Odds (Reducing Your Hereditary Risk)
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          Breast Cancer and Ovarian Cancer: Beating the Odds (Reducing Your Hereditary Risk)
          M. Margaret, M.D. Kemeny , Paula Dranov , and Mona Mark
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          Beating the Dow, 1992: A High-Return, Low-Risk Method for Investing in the Dow Jones Industrial Stocks With As Little As $5,000
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            Beating the Dow, 1992: A High-Return, Low-Risk Method for Investing in the Dow Jones Industrial Stocks With As Little As $5,000
            Michael O'Higgins; John Downes
            Manufacturer: Harper Perennial
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            ASIN: B000QY8KHA
            Beating the Black Lists.: An article from: Risk & Insurance
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              Beating the Black Lists.: An article from: Risk & Insurance
              Matt Damsker
              Manufacturer: Axon Group
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              Binding: Digital
              ASIN: B0008J2448
              Release Date: 2005-07-28

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              Title: Beating the Black Lists.
              Author: Matt Damsker
              Publication: Risk & Insurance (Magazine/Journal)
              Date: August 1, 2000
              Publisher: Axon Group
              Page: 10

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              Beating IT Risks
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                Beating IT Risks
                Ernest Jordan , and Luke Silcock
                Manufacturer: Wiley
                ProductGroup: Book
                Binding: Hardcover

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                ASIN: 047002190X

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                Beating IT Risks is the essential guide for anyone at risk from information technology failure. The book provides proven models and evaluation tools that will guide board members, senior management, IT leaders and business unit managers in decision-making, monitoring and negotiation roles. Featuring real-world PA Consulting Group case studies along with the authors' own direct experience in managing IT risks, this book will sit above more specialist titles to help you develop an integrated and comprehensive understanding of different IT risks and how to combat them. The authors cover all types of IT risk, and offer explicit guidance about what to consider when implementing a risk management approach to best meet an individual company's needs.

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