July 2011 European growth and renewal: The path from crisis to recovery The McKinsey Global Institute The McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), the business and economics research arm of McKinsey & Company, was established in 1990 to develop a deeper understanding of the evolving global economy. Our goal is to provide leaders in the commercial, public, and social sectors with the facts and insights on which to base management and policy decisions. MGI research combines the disciplines of
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EUROPE Mobile marketing Dawn of a new medium Mobile usage is exploding and ad revenues should follow We think 2010 marked the crux of the hockey stick for mobile marketing. Smartphones are already 35% of the handset market in the US, Europe and Japan, and tablet computers are now taking off. Apple and Android apps set a new standard, and mobile is now at the forefront of marketers‟ conscience. A $14 billion market – at least – by 2015 This report focuses on marketing, not tech or telecoms
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Contemporary Developments in Business and Management Kenneth Fee The University of Sunderland © 2013 The University of Sunderland First published September 2013 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without permission of the copyright owner. While every effort has been made to ensure that references to websites are correct at
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IMPRINT Imprint © 2013 Smashing Media GmbH, Freiburg, Germany ISBN: 978-3-94454016-0 Cover Design: Ricardo Gimenes PR & Press: Stephan Poppe eBook Strategy and Editing: Vitaly Friedman Technical Editing: Cosima Mielke Planning and Quality Control: Vitaly Friedman, Iris Lješnjanin Tools: Elja Friedman. Syntax Highlighting: Prism by Lea Verou. Idea & Concept: Smashing Media GmbH Preface Over the past few years, our eBook collection has grown steadily. With more than 50 eBooks already
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sought. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Coke, Al. Seven steps to a successful business plan / Al Coke. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8144-0648-3 1. Business planning. 2. Strategic planning. 3. Success in business. I. Title. HD30.28 .C6422 2001 658.4'012—dc21 2001033579 ©2002 Alfred M. Coke All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. This publication may not be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in whole
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Nmap® Cookbook The fat-free guide to network scanning 2 Nmap® Cookbook The Fat-free Guide to Network Scanning Copyright © 2010 Nicholas Marsh All rights reserved. ISBN: 1449902529 EAN-13: 9781449902520 www.NmapCookbook.com BSD® is a registered trademark of the University of California, Berkeley CentOS is property of CentOS Ltd. Debian® is a registered trademark of Software in the Public Interest, Inc Fedora® is a registered trademark of Red Hat, Inc. FreeBSD® is a registered trademark of
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Globalisation, challenges and changes Ian Brooks, Jamie Weatherston and Graham Wilkinson Learning outcomes On completion of this chapter you should be able to: understand the impact of globalisation; understand the move towards greater dynamism, complexity and uncertainty (turbulence) in the international business environment of most firms; speculate about the future prospects for organisations, individuals, governments and groups in society as a result of environmental turbulence;
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Systems Thinking: Managing Chaos and Complexity This Page Intentionally Left Blank Systems Thinking: Managing Chaos and Complexity A Platform for Designing Business Architecture SECOND EDITION Jamshid Gharajedaghi AMSTERDAM • BOSTON • HEIDELBERG • LONDON NEW YORK • OXFORD • PARIS • SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO • SINGAPORE • SYDNEY • TOKYO Butterworth-Heinemann is an imprint of Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann is an imprint of Elsevier 30 Corporate Drive, Suite 400, Burlington, MA 01803
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www.it-ebooks.info OpenCV Computer Vision with Python Learn to capture videos, manipulate images, and track objects with Python using the OpenCV Library Joseph Howse BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI www.it-ebooks.info OpenCV Computer Vision with Python Copyright © 2013 Packt Publishing All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in
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CISSP: The Domains Table of Contents INTRODUCTION 4 DOMAIN 1: ACCESS CONTROL WHAT’S NEW IN ACCESS CONTROL? AN OVERVIEW 5 5 7 DOMAIN 2: SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT SECURITY WHAT’S NEW IN APPLICATIONS SECURITY (NOW SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT SECURITY)? AN OVERVIEW 9 9 10 DOMAIN 3: BUSINESS CONTINUITY & DISASTER RECOVERY WHAT’S NEW? AN OVERVIEW 12 12 13 DOMAIN 4: CRYPTOGRAPHY WHAT’S NEW? AN OVERVIEW 17 17 18 DOMAIN 5: INFORMATION SECURITY GOVERNANCE & RISK MANAGEMENT
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