1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910466596103321

Autore

Charlesworth David

Titolo

Decision analysis for managers : a guide for making better personal and business decisions / / David Charlesworth

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Business Expert Press, , 2017

ISBN

1-63157-605-4

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 148 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Quantitative approaches to decision making collection

Disciplina

658.403

Soggetti

Decision making

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-144) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. What is decision analysis?: and why should I care? -- 2. How to start framing a DA problem: how can we work together? -- 3. The objectives hierarchy: what do we want? -- 4. Decisions and alternatives: what can we do? -- 5. Influence diagrams: what do we know? -- 6. Uncertainty assessment: the boundary between known and unknown -- 7. Building a deterministic model: time to run the numbers -- 8. Tornado diagrams: figuring out what is important -- 9. Cumulative probability: looking at the range of outcomes -- 10. Value of information: how much is it worth to know? -- 11. Multiattribute decision analysis: there's more to life than money -- 12. Decision quality: how well have we done? -- 13. Risk analysis: I want it cheap and I want it now -- 14. Other topics: more things to think about -- Notes -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Everybody has to make decisions--they are unavoidable. Yet we receive little or no education or training on how to make decisions. Decision making can be difficult, both in business (hiring, product development, capacity, bidding, balancing R&D versus compliance spending, etc.) and your personal life (dating and marriage, which automobile or house to buy, whether to change jobs or not, where to vacation, retirement, how to deal with health problems, etc.). Decision Analysis (DA) is a time-tested set of tools (mental frameworks) that will help you and people you work with: Clarify and reach alignment on goals and objectives, Understand trade-offs associated with reaching your goals, Develop



and examine alternatives, Systematically analyze the effects of risk and uncertainty, and Maximize the chances of achieving your goals and objectives. Success (getting what you want) depends on luck and good decision making. You can't control your luck, but you can maximize your odds by making the best possible decisions. Broadly speaking, this book organizes and presents otherwise formal decision-making tools in an intuitively understandable fashion. The presentation is informal, but the concepts and tools are research-based and formally accepted. Whether you are a business owner, a manager or team leader, or a senior professional, these tools will help you make better decisions in both your personal and your business life. In the second edition of Decision Analysis for Managers, chapters focusing on risk analysis and decision quality have been added.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910970758103321

Titolo

Conditions for foreign direct investments in India / / Brent M. Cardenas and Zackary R. Berg, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., c2010

ISBN

1-61668-882-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (202 p.)

Collana

Global economic studies

Altri autori (Persone)

CardenasBrent M

BergZackary R

Disciplina

332.6730954

Soggetti

Investments, Foreign - India

India Economic policy 1991-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- CONDITIONS FOR FOREIGN INVESTMENTS IN INDIA -- CONDITIONS FOR FOREIGN INVESTMENTS IN INDIA -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: CHALLENGES TO SUSTAINED ECONOMIC GROWTH IN INDIA -- ECONOMIC REFORM -- BIFURCATED ECONOMY -- CHALLENGES TO LONG-TERM GROWTH -- CONCLUSION -- End Notes -- Chapter 2: COMPETITIVE CONDITIONS FOR FOREIGN DIRECT



INVESTMENT IN INDIA* -- ABSTRACT -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. FDI IN INDIA -- 3. INDIA'S FDI ENVIRONMENT -- 4. SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES -- 5. FDI REGULATION AND DISPUTE SETTLEMENT -- 6. INDIA'S INVESTMENT-RELATED INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS -- 7. CASE STUDY 1: AUTOMOTIVE INVESTMENT IN INDIA -- 8. CASE STUDY 2: PHARMACEUTICAL FDI IN INDIA -- CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- APPENDIX A. SECTOR-SPECIFIC GUIDELINES FOR FDI IN INDIA -- APPENDIX B. WEB SITE ADDRESSES OF STATE AND UNION TERRITORY (UT) GOVERNMENTS AND THEIR INVESTMENT PROMOTION AGENCIES IN INDIA -- APPENDIX C. BILATERAL INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS THAT AFFECT INVESTMENT IN INDIA -- End Notes -- Chapter 3: THE ENVIRONMENT FOR AGRICULTURAL AND AGRIBUSINESS INVESTMENT IN INDIA -- ABSTRACT -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- TRENDS IN AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT -- THE PRIVATE INVESTMENT CLIMATE -- PROSPECTS FOR AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT -- REFERENCES -- End Notes -- Chapter 4: OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT - 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - INDIA -- OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT -- CONVERSION AND TRANSFER POLICIES -- EXPROPRIATION AND COMPENSATION -- DISPUTE SETTLEMENT -- PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS AND INCENTIVES -- RIGHT TO PRIVATE OWNERSHIP AND ESTABLISHMENT -- PROTECTION OF PROPERTY RIGHTS -- TRANSPARENCY OF THE REGULATORY SYSTEM -- EFFICIENCY OF CAPITAL MARKETS AND PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT -- POLITICAL VIOLENCE -- CORRUPTION -- BILATERAL INVESTMENT AGREEMENTS.

OPIC AND OTHER INVESTMENT INSURANCE PROGRAMS -- LABOR -- FOREIGN TRADE ZONES/FREE TRADE ZONES -- FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT STATISTICS -- INDEX -- Blank Page.

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines foreign direct investment (FDI) in India, in the context of the Indian economic and regulatory environment. Presented are FDI trends in India, by country and by industry, using official government data from India, the United States, and international organisations.