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Nueva historia económica de Colombia
by Salomón KalmanovitzUna edición revisión y actualizada de este importante libro sobre la economía en Colombia. La historia económica es el laboratorio de la economía. Esta es una creencia que compartimos los que participamos en esta gran empresa de elaborar una nueva historia económica de Colombia que pone a prueba diversas teorías para explicar la realidad. El Banco de la República tuvo la iniciativa de elaborar una historia que fuera a la vez de la población y sus condiciones de vida, de la construcción de Estado y de sus cuentas fiscales, del comercio internacional, las políticas públicas, de la macroeconomía, de la industria y el problema agrario. Hoy ofrecemos una versión ampliada y corregida, aportando las series estadísticas actualizadas e incluyendo una buena parte de la literatura en historia que se ha producido en los últimos años. Queremos reafirmar los temas sociales y políticos y continuar con la búsqueda de la objetividad, aportando el análisis de los datos duros. Hemos impreso un carácter divulgativo a la exposición, combinando los métodos de la historia cuantitativa, el análisis de las instituciones que moldean los incentivos de los ciudadanos, la economía política detrás de las grandes decisiones y la historia comparada, para abordar diversos períodos de manera cronológica, pero también temática. Así, buscamos trazar algunas perspectivas que se abren para Colombia durante el siglo XXI. Salomón Kalmanovitz Durante los últimos 30 años las investigaciones de Salomón Kalmanovitz han influido de manera decisiva en cómo pensamos sobre los factores que han incidido en el desarrollo económico de Colombia. Este libro establecerá la agenda investigativa de los próximos 30 años. James Robinson Profesor de la Universidad de Harvard Kalmanovitz y sus colaboradores ofrecen explicaciones originales y convincentes sobre las fuerzas que impulsaron o retrasaron las grandes transformaciones políticas, económicas y sociales de Colombia, desde la Colonia hasta nuestros días. Se trata de un libro que, por muchos años, será fuente ineludible de inquietudes y respuestas para todo lector interesado honestamente en la historia colombiana. José Darío Uribe
Nueva historia económica de Colombia
by Salomón KalmanovitzLa historia de la economía en Colombia. La historia es el laboratorio de la economía o de la administracióncuando analiza casos empresariales en los que se tomaron decisionesimportantes. Frente a las nuevas orientaciones que pretenden conducir ala historia por inciertos caminos posmodernos, lo mejor que podemoshacer los economistas y administradores interesados es ofrecer nuestrasalternativas, reafirmar la importancia de los temas sociales, hacer usode modelos adecuados y de datos verídicos, continuar con la búsqueda dela objetividad y del rigor; en fin, elaborar trabajos que demuestren suutilidad para entender mejor el presente. Y vencer también una tendenciainconveniente que comparten muchos economistas, la cual consiste en unafalta de interés por hacerse entender de un público más amplio ysumergirse en un lenguaje complejo de comunidad cerrada.
Nuevas ventas. Simplificadas.: El manual esencial para el desarrollo de posibles y nuevos negocios
by Mike WeinbergPorque en las ventas no existe nada que dure para siempre, necesitas nuevos clientes y nuevos negocios… todo el tiempo. Por mucho que realices negocios con clientes leales, la vida de tu negocio consiste en abrir cuentas nuevas constantemente. Tanto si eres representante de ventas, gerente de ventas o ejecutivo de servicios profesionales, se espera de ti que atraigas nuevos negocios, para lo que necesitarás una fórmula comprobada para la prospección, el desarrollo y cierre de tratos. Aquí encontrarás la respuesta. Aprenderás cómo: • Identificar una lista estratégica, limitada y realizable de prospectos reales • Bosquejar un «argumento de ventas» persuasivo y centrado en tu cliente • Perfeccionar las llamadas telefónicas proactivas para alcanzar reuniones cara a cara con más clientes potenciales • Tomar ventaja del correo electrónico, los mensajes de voz y las redes sociales • Superar, e incluso evitar, los reflejos de todo posible comprador contra los vendedores • Formar relaciones, porque la gente hace negocios con aquellos que les agradan y en quienes confían • Prepararte para una llamada de ventas exitosa y bien estructurada • Dejar de hacerle presentaciones a los clientes y comenzar a dialogar con ellos • Hacer tiempo en tu calendario para actividades de desarrollo de negocios • Y mucho más Lleno de ejemplos y anécdotas, este libro logra un equilibrio entre una perspectiva franca, y muchas veces divertida, de los errores que cometen la mayor parte de los vendedores y los ejecutivos con un plan fácil de seguir para incrementar notablemente tu cantidad de nuevos clientes a partir de hoy.
El nuevo mánager al minuto (One Minute Manager - Spanish Edition): El metodo gerencial mAs popular del mund
by Spencer Johnson Ken BlanchardDurante más de veinte años, millones de gerentes en compañías de Fortune 500 y pequeñas empresas a nivel nacional han seguido las técnicas de El manager al minuto, aumentando así su productividad, satisfacción en el trabajo y prosperidad personal. Estos resultados reales se lograron mediante el aprendizaje de las técnicas de gestión que explican la rentabilidad de la organización y sus empleados.El manager al minuto es una historia concisa y fácil de leer que revela tres secretos muy funcionales: objetivos de un minuto, alabanzas de un minuto y reprimendas de un minuto.El libro también presenta varios estudios de medicina y ciencias de la conducta que explican claramente por qué estos métodos aparentemente simples funcionan tan bien con tanta gente. Al final del libro usted sabrá cómo aplicarlos a su propia situación y disfrutar de los beneficios.Es por eso que El manager al minuto ha seguido apareciendo en las listas de libros más vendidos de negocios por más de dos décadas, y se ha convertido en una sensación internacional.
El nuevo síndrome laboral Boreout
by Philippe Rothlin Peter Werder¿Tu trabajo te aburre? ¿Te sientes fuera de lugar y totalmente desaprovechado? Es posible que sufras de boreout. El boreout es lo contrario del burnout y se compone de: infraexigencia (tareas repetitivas y monótonas), aburrimiento (la desgana se apodera de la jornada laboral) y desinterés (falta de identificación con el trabajo).La premisa de que sería genial no dar golpe en la oficina es muy popular. Sin embargo, las horas en las que no hay nada que hacer salvo esperar el momento de volver a casa pasan muy lentamente, con un terror mudo. El empleado terminará basando en esa insatisfacción, por paradójico que parezca, el resto de estrategias de su vida. Y esas estrategias dejarán a un lado de manera definitiva toda su creatividad. En consecuencia, también la empresa para la que trabaja saldrá perdiendo.Philippe Rothlin y Peter R. Werder diseccionan un fenómeno laboral inédito y aportan soluciones para evitar sus perniciosas consecuencias en lo anímico y en lo económico. Tanto si eres un empleado aquejado por esta condición como si eres un directivo que desea motivar a su plantilla, este libro es de lectura imprescindible.
Numb: How the Information Age Dulls Our Senses and How We Can Get them Back
by Charles R. ChaffinDiscover how to manage this noisy world without it managing you. In Numb, distinguished author Dr. Charles R. Chaffin delivers a fun and evidence-based exploration of how you can devote more attention on what you believe is important while ignoring the distractions that increasingly permeate your life. Using research from cognitive, education, positive, and clinical psychology, the book identifies the sources of noise and distraction in this information age and how we can manage it in all aspects of our lives. You'll learn about: How experiences in technology, from social media to selfies to porn, impact our ability to engage and connect with others The news we consume and the impact of confirmation bias, filter bubbles, and tribalism How FOMO and choice overload impact our decision-making The power of our attention in all aspects of our daily lives Perfect for anyone interested in the expanding impact of the information age on our collective psyche, ;Numb helps empower you to use technology and information not as a destination, but as a tool towards authenticity and empowerment.
The Number: Why Companies Lied And The Stock Market Crashed
by Alex BerensonWith a new Afterword by the author and a new Foreword by Mark Cuban In this commanding big-picture analysis of what went wrong in corporate America, Alex Berenson, a top financial investigative reporter for The New York Times, examines the common thread connecting Enron, Worldcom, Halliburton, Computer Associates, Tyco, and other recent corporate scandals: the cult of the number. Every three months, 14,000 publicly traded companies report sales and profits to their shareholders. Nothing is more important in these quarterly announcements than earnings per share, the lodestar that investors--and these days, that's most of us--use to judge the health of corporate America. earnings per share is the number for which all other numbers are sacrificed. It is the distilled truth of a company's health. Too bad it's often a lie. Alex Berenson's The Number provides a comprehensive, brutally factual overview of how Wall Street and corporate America lost their way during the great bull market that began in 1982. With wit and a broad historical perspective, Berenson puts recent corporate accounting (or accountability) disasters in their proper context. He explains how the wheels came off the wagon, giving readers the information and analysis they need to understand Enron, Tyco, WorldCom, Halliburton, and the rest of the corporate calamities of our times.
The Number: A Completely Different Way to Think About the Rest of Your Life
by Lee EisenbergDo you know your Number? What happens if you don't make it to your Number? Do you have a plan? The often-avoided, anxiety-riddled discussion about financial planning for a secure and fulfilling future has been given a new starting point in The Number by Lee Eisenberg. The buzz of professionals and financial industry insiders everywhere, the Number represents the amount of money and resources people will need to enjoy the active life they desire, especially post-career. Backed by imaginative reporting and insights, Eisenberg urges people to assume control and responsibility for their standard of living, and take greater aim on their long-term aspirations. In 1999, Eisenberg was in the midst of downshifting from having served as the Editor-in-Chief of Esquire and other high profile positions. He was "half-in, half-out of the workplace" with an enviable consulting position at Time, Inc., and a family comfortably settled in the suburbs. That's when he received an unexpected offer from the Wisconsin-based Lands' End which, in the end, he couldn't resist. It meant uprooting his family and moving to the rural heartland, and taking on the challenges of an entirely new way of life. Before the move, he admits, "I was worried about the Number." Once in Wisconsin, Eisenberg confesses that the "Number was leading us around by our noses." From Wall Street to Main Street USA, The Number means different things to different people. It is constantly fluctuating in people's minds and bank accounts. To some, the Number symbolizes freedom, validation of career success, the ticket to luxurious indulgences and spiritual exploration; to others, it represents the bewildering and nonsensical nightmare of an impoverished existence creeping up on them in their old age, a seemingly hopeless inevitability that they would rather simply ignore than confront. People are highly private and closed-mouthed when it comes to discussing their Numbers, or lack thereof, for fear they might either reveal too much or display ineptitude. In The Number, Eisenberg describes this secret anxiety as the "Last Taboo," a conundrum snared in confusing financial lingo. He sorts through the fancy jargon and translates the Number into commonsense advice that resonates just as easily with the aging gods and goddesses of corporate boardrooms as it does with ordinary people who are beginning to realize that retirement is now just a couple of decades away. Believing that the Number is as much about self-worth as it is net worth, Eisenberg strives to help readers better understand and more efficiently manage all aspects of their life, money, and pursuit of happiness. According to Eisenberg, "Number chasers" fall into four personality types:--"Procrastinators" enter their forties and fifties ensconced in a cloud of avoidance and denial about the years ahead of them, or simply do not understand investing in their futures. --"Pluckers" often lazily or arrogantly pull ephemeral, albeit specific, Numbers from thin air with little attention to developing a realistic and coherent plan to achieve their goals. --"Plotters" crunch every practical aspect of their financial history, hoping to cement their Number in black and white, even at the expense of not having fun and leisure. --"Probers" visualize their Numbers not as an end but as the means to pursuing dreams and passions, and completing inner and outer journeys to self-fulfillment. The current "Debt Warp" is the "silent Number killer that afflicts young and old" that has been brought on by our "whip-it-out credit-card culture." The"Lost Years" describes a person's 20s, 30s, and 40s wherein sensible financial foundation-building bows to oblivious and careless spending, and the tug-of-war dichotomy between the "old Rest of Your Life" and the "new Rest of Your Life."
Number Go Up: Inside Crypto’s Wild Rise and Staggering Fall
by Zeke FauxIn 2021, cryptocurrency goes mainstream. Giant investment funds are buying it. Politicians endorse it. TV ads hail it as the future of money. Hardly anyone knows how it works - who cares when everyone is getting rich? But financial crime reporter Zeke Faux cares: even in fraud, there are standards.In the Bahamas, schlubby billionaire wunderkind Sam Bankman-Fried tells him how he will use his fortune to save the world. In Cambodia, a spam text unearths a horrifying slavery ring fuelled by crypto. Faux buys a $20,000 cartoon of a mutant ape to gain access to a festival headlined by Snoop Dogg, and talks his way onto the yacht of a riddling crypto founder/former child actor (The Mighty Ducks, 1992) who was among the first to see the power of imaginary treasure. In search of an elusive cash reserve at the foundation of the whole system, the incredulous Faux finds himself crossing three continents, as well as the boundaries of law, taste and economic rationality. Shocking and uproarious, Number Go Up is the essential chronicle of a $3 trillion delusion, the greatest bubble in history.
The Number That Killed Us
by Pablo TrianaA critical look at the risk measurement tool that has repeatedly hurt the financial world The Number That Killed Us finally tells the "greatest story never told": how a mysterious financial risk measurement model has ruled the world for the past two decades and how it has repeatedly, and severely, caused market, economic, and social turmoil. This model was the key factor behind the unleashing of the cataclysmic credit crisis that erupted in 2007 and which the effects are still being felt around the world. The Number That Killed Us is the first and only book to thoroughly explain this hitherto-uncovered phenomenon, making it the key reference for truly understanding why the malaise took place. The very number financial institutions and regulators use to measure risk (Vale at Risk/VaR) has masked it, allowing firms to leverage up their speculative bets to unimaginable levels. VaR sanctioned and allowed the monstrously geared toxic punts that sank Wall Street, and the world, during the latest crisis. We can confidently say that VaR was the culprit. In The Number That Killed Us, derivatives expert Pablo Triana takes you through the development of VaR and shows how its inevitable structural flaws allowed banks to take on even greater risks. The precise role of VaR in igniting the latest crisis is thoroughly covered, including in-depth analysis of how and why regulators, by falling in love with the tool, condemned us to chaos. Uncritically embraced worldwide for way too long, VaR is, in the face of such destruction, just starting to be examined as problematic, and in this book Triana (long an open critic of the tool's role in encouraging mayhem) uncovers exactly why it makes our financial world a more dangerous place. If we care for our safety, we should let VaR go. Contains controversial analysis of the hotly debated risk metric Value at Risk (VaR) and its central role in the credit crisis Denounces the role of regulators and academics in forcing the presence of the inevitably malfunctioning in financeland Describes how bonus-hungry traders can use VaR as an alibi to take on the most reckless of bets Reveals how the most recent financial crisis will simply repeat itself if the problems behind VaR are not unmasked Pablo Triana is also the author of Lecturing Birds on Flying The very risk measurement tool that was intended to contain risk allowed financial firms to blindly take on more. The model that was supposed to save us condemned us to misery. The Number That Killed Us reveals how this has happened and what needs to be done to correct the situation.
Numbers and Narratives in Bangladesh's Economic Development
by Rashed Al TitumirThis book focuses on socio-economic developments of Bangladesh by challenging the dominant international narrative of the case being termed as “development surprise”, “development paradox” or “development conundrum,” given the absence of good governance. In doing so, the book examines the political economic dynamics and offers valuable insights into the current state of the Bangladeshi economy in light of stability, transformability and sustainability.Pointing to the ‘high’ rate of growth in gross domestic product (GDP) in Bangladesh, there is wide belief that economic growth can be obtained even without functioning institutions, and is more important than an inclusive political system. Advocates go on to argue that authoritarianism may be condoned as long as a steady course of development is perused. However, the inadequacy of comparative analysis in to the state of the economy of Bangladesh vis-à-vis other relevant economies makes such claims myopic and parochial.This book thus investigates the numbers and narratives to ascertain the validity of such assertions and lamentations by looking at the necessary and sufficient conditions of development. The necessary conditions imply an incisive inquiry into the factors of economic growth— land, labour, capital and technology while sufficient conditions warrant a penetrating incisive inquiry into the factors of economic growth— land, labour, capital and technology. As such, the book explores development by drawing variables of politics and economics to find out a causal relationship, and interjects these variables have on themes such as growth, agriculture, manufacturing industry, financial sector, health, education, poverty and inequality.
Numenta: Inventing and (or?) Commercializing AI
by David Ben Shimol Liz Kind David B. YoffieIn March 2016, Donna Dubinsky (co-founder and CEO) and Jeff Hawkins (co-founder) were struggling with a key question: could Numenta be successful in both creating fundamental technology and building a commercial business? Located in Redwood City, CA, Numenta was founded in 2005 to expand Hawkins' research on the human brain, with the goal of "reverse engineering the neocortex" and then creating machines based on biological principals. Ultimately, Hawkins believed that Numenta could be a catalyst in creating intelligent machines that would lay the foundation for the next generation of computing with potentially broad ranging commercial opportunities.
Numenta in 2020: The Future of AI
by Cameron Armstrong David B. Yoffie Marta Zwierz Mei TaoIn 2020, Numenta's co-founder, Jeff Hawkins, completed his pathbreaking research on artificial intelligence. His co-founder and CEO, Donna Dubinsky, had to find a business model to monetize the technology. This case explores the challenges of building a business around intellectual property.
Numenta: Inventing and (or) Commercializing AI
by David B. Yoffie Liz Kind David Ben ShimolIn March 2016, Donna Dubinsky (co-founder and CEO) and Jeff Hawkins (co-founder) were struggling with a key question: could Numenta be successful in both creating fundamental technology and building a commercial business? Located in Redwood City, CA, Numenta was founded in 2005 to expand Hawkins' research on the human brain, with the goal of "reverse engineering the neocortex" and then creating machines based on biological principals. Ultimately, Hawkins believed that Numenta could be a catalyst in creating intelligent machines that would lay the foundation for the next generation of computing with potentially broad ranging commercial opportunities.
Numeracy Tests For Dummies
by Colin BeveridgeThe easy way to get practice and excel at numeracy testsWhether you're looking for a new job, applying to certain university courses, or attempting to join the military, you're increasingly likely to face a numeracy test as part of the screening process. And the only way to prepare for a numeracy test is practise. Numeracy Tests For Dummies is an accessible one-stop guide to pass these test. Featuring expert advice, instruction, review, and plenty of practise, Numeracy Tests For Dummies will help you succeed.Numeracy Tests For Dummies contains instruction and revision on:Basic mathematical knowledge and skillsData interpretationQuantitative reasoningNumerical sequencing
The Numerate Manager (Routledge Library Editions: Management #39)
by Fred KeayThis book, first published in 1969, was written for the manager or potential manager concerned with strategic decision-making. Its theme of the concept of numeracy and the role it should play. The book discusses its origins and its tools, the nature of problems, the characteristics and handling of information and the implications for the future. The text is a valuable resource for students of economics, management, and business studies.
Numeric Investors L.P.
by Brian Tierney Andre F. PeroldNumeric Investors manages equity portfolios with the use of a momentum model and a value model. The momentum model is based on earnings surprise and analysts' revisions of their earnings estimates. The firm offers long-short as well as long-only strategies, and its approach involves high portfolio turnover. Numeric has experienced rapid growth in assets under management, which has resulted in higher transaction costs. The firm has already closed many of its products to further investment, and needs to decide where to go next. The case provides a rich setting within which to discuss value investing, momentum investing, the efficiency of analysts' earnings estimates, stock market efficiency, long-short investing, transaction costs, the relationship between assets under management and performance, performance fees, and the business strategies of investment management firms.
Numerical Methods and Optimization: An Introduction (Chapman & Hall/CRC Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing Series)
by Sergiy Butenko Panos M. PardalosFor students in industrial and systems engineering (ISE) and operations research (OR) to understand optimization at an advanced level, they must first grasp the analysis of algorithms, computational complexity, and other concepts and modern developments in numerical methods. Satisfying this prerequisite, Numerical Methods and Optimization: An Intro
Numerical Methods and Optimization
by Éric WalterInitial training in pure and applied sciences tends to present problem-solving as the process of elaborating explicit closed-form solutions from basic principles, and then using these solutions in numerical applications. This approach is only applicable to very limited classes of problems that are simple enough for such closed-form solutions to exist. Unfortunately, most real-life problems are too complex to be amenable to this type of treatment. Numerical Methods - a Consumer Guide presents methods for dealing with them. Shifting the paradigm from formal calculus to numerical computation, the text makes it possible for the reader to · discover how to escape the dictatorship of those particular cases that are simple enough to receive a closed-form solution, and thus gain the ability to solve complex, real-life problems; · understand the principles behind recognized algorithms used in state-of-the-art numerical software; · learn the advantages and limitations of these algorithms, to facilitate the choice of which pre-existing bricks to assemble for solving a given problem; and · acquire methods that allow a critical assessment of numerical results. Numerical Methods - a Consumer Guide will be of interest to engineers and researchers who solve problems numerically with computers or supervise people doing so, and to students of both engineering and applied mathematics.
Numerical Methods for Finance
by John A. D. Appleby David C. Edelman John J. H. MillerFeaturing international contributors from both industry and academia, Numerical Methods for Finance explores new and relevant numerical methods for the solution of practical problems in finance. It is one of the few books entirely devoted to numerical methods as applied to the financial field.Presenting state-of-the-art methods in this area
Numerical Methods in: Finance with C++
by Maciej J. Capi Ski Tomasz ZastawniakDriven by concrete computational problems in quantitative finance, this book provides aspiring quant developers with the numerical techniques and programming skills they need. The authors start from scratch, so the reader does not need any previous experience of C++. Beginning with straightforward option pricing on binomial trees, the book gradually progresses towards more advanced topics, including nonlinear solvers, Monte Carlo techniques for path-dependent derivative securities, finite difference methods for partial differential equations, and American option pricing by solving a linear complementarity problem. Further material, including solutions to all exercises and C++ code, is available online. The book is ideal preparation for work as an entry-level quant programmer and it gives readers the confidence to progress to more advanced skill sets involving C++ design patterns as applied in finance.
Numerical Methods in Computational Finance: A Partial Differential Equation (PDE/FDM) Approach (Wiley Finance)
by Daniel J. DuffyThis book is a detailed and step-by-step introduction to the mathematical foundations of ordinary and partial differential equations, their approximation by the finite difference method and applications to computational finance. The book is structured so that it can be read by beginners, novices and expert users. Part A Mathematical Foundation for One-Factor Problems Chapters 1 to 7 introduce the mathematical and numerical analysis concepts that are needed to understand the finite difference method and its application to computational finance. Part B Mathematical Foundation for Two-Factor Problems Chapters 8 to 13 discuss a number of rigorous mathematical techniques relating to elliptic and parabolic partial differential equations in two space variables. In particular, we develop strategies to preprocess and modify a PDE before we approximate it by the finite difference method, thus avoiding ad-hoc and heuristic tricks. Part C The Foundations of the Finite Difference Method (FDM) Chapters 14 to 17 introduce the mathematical background to the finite difference method for initial boundary value problems for parabolic PDEs. It encapsulates all the background information to construct stable and accurate finite difference schemes. Part D Advanced Finite Difference Schemes for Two-Factor Problems Chapters 18 to 22 introduce a number of modern finite difference methods to approximate the solution of two factor partial differential equations. This is the only book we know of that discusses these methods in any detail. Part E Test Cases in Computational Finance Chapters 23 to 26 are concerned with applications based on previous chapters. We discuss finite difference schemes for a wide range of one-factor and two-factor problems. This book is suitable as an entry-level introduction as well as a detailed treatment of modern methods as used by industry quants and MSc/MFE students in finance. The topics have applications to numerical analysis, science and engineering. More on computational finance and the author’s online courses, see www.datasim.nl.
Numerical Nonsmooth Optimization: State of the Art Algorithms
by Napsu Karmitsa Marko M. Mäkelä Manlio Gaudioso Adil M. Bagirov Sona TaheriSolving nonsmooth optimization (NSO) problems is critical in many practical applications and real-world modeling systems. The aim of this book is to survey various numerical methods for solving NSO problems and to provide an overview of the latest developments in the field. Experts from around the world share their perspectives on specific aspects of numerical NSO. The book is divided into four parts, the first of which considers general methods including subgradient, bundle and gradient sampling methods. In turn, the second focuses on methods that exploit the problem’s special structure, e.g. algorithms for nonsmooth DC programming, VU decomposition techniques, and algorithms for minimax and piecewise differentiable problems. The third part considers methods for special problems like multiobjective and mixed integer NSO, and problems involving inexact data, while the last part highlights the latest advancements in derivative-free NSO. Given its scope, the book is ideal for students attending courses on numerical nonsmooth optimization, for lecturers who teach optimization courses, and for practitioners who apply nonsmooth optimization methods in engineering, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and business. Furthermore, it can serve as a reference text for experts dealing with nonsmooth optimization.
Numerical Probability: An Introduction with Applications to Finance (Universitext)
by Gilles PagèsThis textbook provides a self-contained introduction to numerical methods in probability with a focus on applications to finance. Topics covered include the Monte Carlo simulation (including simulation of random variables, variance reduction, quasi-Monte Carlo simulation, and more recent developments such as the multilevel paradigm), stochastic optimization and approximation, discretization schemes of stochastic differential equations, as well as optimal quantization methods. The author further presents detailed applications to numerical aspects of pricing and hedging of financial derivatives, risk measures (such as value-at-risk and conditional value-at-risk), implicitation of parameters, and calibration. Aimed at graduate students and advanced undergraduate students, this book contains useful examples and over 150 exercises, making it suitable for self-study.
Nunca pares: Autobiografía del fundador de Nike
by Phil KnightPhil Knight nos habla por primera vez de la auténtica historia que hay detrás de Nike, la empresa que fundó en 1962, que hoy en día factura más de 30 000 millones de dólares al año, y cuyo logo ha llegado a ser un símbolo global, el icono más ubicuo y reconocido en todo el mundo. Todo comenzó con 50 dólares y una idea sencilla: importar calzado deportivo económico y de gran calidad desde Japón. Vendiendo esos tenis en la cajuela de su coche, Phil Knight consiguió facturar 8 000 dólares durante el primer año. Progresivamente, este pequeño negocio se convirtió en una start-up exitosa que revolucionó el mercado, creó una marca universal e innovadora y evolucionó hasta convertirse en el gigante actual. En estas memorias sinceras y viscerales, Phil Knight relata los numerosos riesgos asumidos, los reveses sufridos y los incipientes éxitos, pero sobre todo la relación con sus primeros colaboradores y empleados, un grupo de inconformistas y luchadores que acabaron sintiéndose como hermanos. Juntos, animados por la fuerza de un objetivo común y una fe profunda en el espíritu del deporte, construyeron una marca que transformó todos los cánones establecidos. Otros autores y personalidades han opinado:«Estas memorias, por el co-fundador de Nike, es un recordatorio refrescante y honesto de lo que realmente es el camino hacia el éxito empresarial: desordenado, precario y lleno de errores. He coincidido con Knight varias veces en los últimos años. Él es muy agradable, pero también es tranquilo y difícil de conocer. Aquí Knight se abre de una manera que pocos CEOs están dispuestos a hacer. No creo que Knight se proponga enseñar nada al lector. En su lugar, logra algo mejor. Él cuenta su historia con la mayor honestidad posible. Es un historia increíble.»Bill Gates «Conozco a Phil Knight desde que era niño, pero en realidad no lo descubrí hasta que abrí este magnífico libro tan personal. Lo mismo me ha ocurrido con Nike. Había usado su material con orgullo, pero no era consciente del conjunto de logros extraordinarios, innovación, supervivencia y triunfo que hay detrás del logo de esta marca. Sincero, entretenido y elegante, éste es un relato para todos aquellos a quienes les guste el deporte, pero sobre todo para quienes adoran las memorias.»Andre Agassi, autor del bestseller Open «Nunca pares es una magnífica historia sobre la suerte, el coraje, el aprendizaje y la alquimia mágica de un puñado de personajes excéntricos que se reunieron para crear Nike. Las lecciones que encontramos en este libro acerca de la emprendeduría y los obstáculos que vamos encontrando cuando queremos crear algo nuevo no tienen precio.»Abraham Verghese, autor de Hijos del ancho mundo «Una conmovedora y entretenida aventura, una auténtica odisea con mucho que enseñar sobre innovación y creatividad. Phil Knight nos lleva hasta los inicios de la marca Nike y recuerda cómo tuvo que suplicar para conseguir dinero de unos bancos muy reacios y cómo tuvieron que trabajar juntos para construir algo único y revolucionario. Una inspiración para quienes tengan sueños poco convencionales.»Michael Spence, Premio Nobel de Economía Reseñas:«Estas memorias, por el co-fundador de Nike, es un recordatorio refrescante y honesto de lo que realmente es el camino hacia el éxito empresarial: desordenado, precario y lleno de errores. He coincidido con Knight varias veces en los últimos años. Él es muy agradable, pero también es tranquilo y difícil de conocer. Aquí Knight se abre de una manera que pocos CEOs están dispuestos a hacer. No creo que Knight se proponga enseñar nada al lector. En su lugar, logra algo mejor. Él cuenta su historia con la mayor honestidad posible. Es una historia increíble.»Bill Gates «Conozco a Phil Knight desde que