A comprehensive guide to the management of financial portfolios, intended for use by introductory graduates or intermediate undergraduates with a minimal level of expertise in mathematics and statistics. Coverage includes background on securities and markets; statistical concepts; combining individual securities into portfolios; risk, expected return, and performance measurement; asset pricing …
In the decade since Fred Wiersema coauthored the #1 bestseller The Discipline of Market Leaders, a momentous shift has occured. We have entered an age of customer scarcity--an age in which exciting, often unorthodox companies are revolutionizing the global marketplace. In this path-cutting work, Wiersema provides new benchmarks for ranking businesses in this new economy and reveals the strategi…
Kesenian dan kebudayaan adalah dua entitas yang tidak bisa dipisahkan. Kesenian yang lahir di masyarakat merupakan salah satu perwujudan dari kebudayaan. Dangdut, srimulat, teater, tarian, wayang, film, dan semua jenis kesenian yang hadir di tengah kita memiliki corak kebudayaan masing-masing, tergantung di mana ia tumbuh. Buku bunga rampai tentang kesenian dalam masyarakat ini semula d…
Investments, Twelfth Edition, is intended primarily as a textbook for courses in investment analysis. Our guiding principle has been to present the material in a framework that is organized by a central core of consistent funda-mental principles. We attempt to strip away unnecessary mathematical and technical detail, and we have concen-trated on providing the intuition that may guide students a…
Now with an all-new chapter on Followership! Adopted at more than 1600 institutions in 89 countries and translated into 13 different languages, this market-leading text successfully combines an academically robust account of the major theories and models of leadership with an accessible style and special emphasis on how leadership theory can inform leadership practice. Peter G. Northouse uses a…
Is happiness catching? Are your friends making you fat? Can your sibling make you smart? Is wealth contagious? Where is true love found? Does free will exist? Based on exciting discoveries in mathematics, genetics, psychology and sociology, 'Connected' is an innovative and fascinating exploration of how social networks operate. Think it's all about who you know? It is. But not the way you think…
Britain eats more fast food than any other country in Europe. It looks good, tastes good, and it's cheap. But the real cost never appears on the menu. Eric Schlosser visits the lab that re-creates the smell of strawberries; examines the safety records of abattoirs; reveals why the fries really taste so good and what lurks between the sesame buns - and shows how fast food is transforming not on…
Di tengah dunia yang semakin kompleks, penuh rivalitas geopolitik, dan disrupsi teknologi digital, diplomasi tidak lagi sekadar seni negosiasi antarnegara—ia telah berkembang menjadi instrumen strategis yang melibatkan berbagai aktor, kepentingan, dan arena global. Teori dan Praktik Diplomasi hadir sebagai karya komprehensif yang menjembatani pemahaman konseptual dengan realitas praktik diplo…
Studi hubungan internasional (HI) telah berkembang menjadi salah satu disiplin ilmu yang paling dinamis dan reflektif dalam ilmu sosial modern. Di tengah perubahan tatanan global yang semakin kompleks—ditandai oleh persaingan kekuatan besar, interdependensi ekonomi, transformasi teknologi, fragmentasi identitas, hingga munculnya isu-isu nontradisional, seperti lingkungan, gender, dan keberlan…
Salah satu metode penelitian ilmu-ilmu social adalah studi kasus. Secara umum, studi kasus merupakan strategi yang lebih cocok bila pokok pertanyaan suatu penelitian berkenaan dengan bagaimana atau menagapa; peneliti hanya memiliki sedikit peluang untuk mengontrol peristiwa-peristiwa yang akan diselidiki dan bilamana fokus penelitian terletak pada fenomena kontemporer dalam konteks kehidupan ny…
The document describes a practical marketing handbook series for community bankers published by the ABA. The series consists of 6 units that provide templates and best practices for developing a marketing plan, conducting market research, implementing relationship marketing and sales techniques, integrating marketing communications, using e-marketing, and launching new products. The units range…
Buku ini mengisahkan tentang pelayanan publik dan bagaimana masyarakat berperan aktif dalam meningkatkan pelaksanaan pelayanan publik dengan mengadukan persoalannya kepada Ombudsman RI. Tidak hanya itu, kumpulan tulisan ini juga menceritakan ikhtiar Ombudsman RI dalam bergiat menyebarluaskan pemahaman mengenai pelayanan publik dan bahaya maladministrasi. Buku ini merupakan inspiring practices …
Buku ini menyajikan topik pembahasan melawan maladministrasi yaitu perilaku atau perbuatan melawan hukum, melampaui wewenang, menggunakan wewenang untuk tujuan lain dari yang menjadi tujuan wewenang tersebut, termasuk kelalaian atau pengabaian kewajiban hukum dalam penyelenggaraan pelayanan publik yang dilakukan oleh Penyelenggara Negara dan Pemerintahan.
Komunikasi politik telah ada sejak manusia berkomunikasi dan berpolitik, namun sebagai telaah ilmiah baru diakui dalam dekade 1970-an dan berkembang terutama di negara demokrasi. Komunikasi politik yang melintasi berbagai disiplin dan dibesarkan secara lintas disiplin merupakan pembicaraan untuk memengaruhi dalam kehidupan bernegara. Komunikasi politik dapat juga dipahami sebagai seni mende…
Buku ini membahas perkembangan, orientasi, dan dinamika politik luar negeri Indonesia pada masa pasca-kemerdekaan hingga awal 1980-an. Michael Leifer menganalisis faktor-faktor yang membentuk kebijakan luar negeri Indonesia, termasuk kondisi domestik, kepemimpinan nasional, lingkungan regional Asia Tenggara, serta hubungan Indonesia dengan negara-negara besar. Dengan pendekatan analitis yang me…
Multicultural Competence in Student Affairs is a unique resource that offers student affairs practitioners and faculty a guide that features a model of core competencies that embraces the broad scope of multicultural issues including race, class, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, and abilities
The ninth edition of A First Look at Communication Theory justifies again the program's enduring popularity. Em Griffin, now joined by colleagues Andrew Ledbetter and Glenn Sparks, encourages students who are encountering the field for the first time to tackle theories without fear. The authors introduce 32 diverse theories that are a mix of foundational and recent scholarship and, with the ben…
Political Science: An Introduction, 13/e, provides a comprehensive and jargon-free introduction to the field's basic concepts and themes. It draws examples from the U.S. and other countries to introduce the entire field of political science to new readers. The authors stress how exciting politics can be, balancing practical and theoretical knowledge
Featuring carefully edited contributions from an impressive line-up of international scholars, Global Political Economy, Third Edition, is an authoritative introduction that combines coverage of history and theoretical approaches with contemporary issues and debates. The expert contributors offer a diverse range of perspectives and insights into the relevance of global political economy within …
Introducing students to the main theories in international relations, this textbook also deconstructs each theory, allowing students to engage critically with the assumptions and myths that underpin them