Consulting services manual 2006 : : a comprehensive guide to the selection of consultants at the World Bank

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910783582203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , 2006
• ISBN: 1-280-46278-7; 9786610462780; 0-8213-6524-X
• Descrizione fisica: xiv, 178 pages : illustrations ; ; 28 cm
• Disciplina: 332.1/5320684
• Soggetti: Business consultants - Developing countries; Consulting engineers - Developing countries; Consultants - Developing countries; Economic assistance; Technical assistance
• 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: Contents; INTRODUCTION; ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS; 1 Consulting Services; TABLES; FIGURES; 2 Consultants; 3 General Policies and Principles in the Use of Consultants; 4 Conflicts of Interest; 5 Fraud and Corruption; 6 Capacity Building, Transfer of Knowledge, and Training in Consultant Contract Assignments; 7 Financing Consulting Services; 8 The Role of the Bank; 9 The Selection Process and Selection Methods; 10 Developing the Terms of Reference; 11 Estimating Costs and Setting the Budget; 12 Setting the Evaluation Criteria; 13 Advertising and Short List; 14 Request for Proposals; 15 Types and Forms of Contract16 Preparation, Submission, and Evaluation of Proposals; 17 Evaluation Practices of Technical Proposals; 18 Negotiations and Award of Contract; 19 Supervising Consultants; 20 Selection of Individual Consultants; APPENDIXES; REFERENCES; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: The second edition of the Consulting Services Manual provides detailed guidance to borrowers, World Bank staff, and consultants on the application of mandatory provisions of the Consultant Guidelines, the Standard Request for Proposal (SRFP), and other policies, and provides ; advice on the application of professional best practices on non-mandatory aspects of working with the World Bank.

Reshaping Society through Analytics, Collaboration, and Decision Support : Role of Business Intelligence and Social Media / / edited by Lakshmi S. Iyer, Daniel J. Power

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910298517603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015
• ISBN: 3-319-11575-8
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2015.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (270 p.)
• Collana: Annals of Information Systems, , 1934-3221 ; ; 18
• Disciplina: 005.7; 330; 650; 658.40301
• Soggetti: Information technology; Business—Data processing; Application software; Operations research; Decision making; IT in Business; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet); Operations Research/Decision Theory
• 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: Introduction -- Big Data Panel at SIGDSS Pre-ICIS Conference 2013 A Swiss-Army Knife? The Profile of a Data Scientist -- Creating a Data-Driven Global Society -- Agile Supply Chain Decision Support System -- Hawkes Point Processes for Social Media Analytics -- Using Academic Analytics to Predict Dropout Risk in E-learning Courses -- Membership Reconfiguration in Knowledge Sharing Network: A Simulation Study -- On the Role of Ontologies in Information Extraction -- A Quantitative ; Approach to Identify Synergistic IT Portfolios -- Introduction to Research in Progress -- Toward Attentive In-Store Recommender Systems: Detecting Exploratory vs. Goal-Oriented Decisions -- Engaging with Online Croed: A Flow Theory Approach -- Modeling Dynamic Organizational Network Structure -- Introduction: Teaching Analytics, Decision Support, and Business Intelligence: Challenges and Trends -- Data Analysis of Retailer Orders to Improve Order Distribution -- An Online Graduate Certificate Credential Program at the University of Arkansas -- Business Intelligence at Bharti Airtel Ltd.
• Sommario/riassunto: Chapter 1: Introduction Lakshmi Iyer and Daniel J. Power Chapter 2: Big Data panel at SIGDSS Pre-ICIS Conference 2013 A Swiss-Army Knife? The Profile of a Data Scientist Barbara Dinter and David Douglas Chapter 3: Creating a Data-Driven Global Society Daniel J. Power Chapter 4: Agile Supply Chain Decision Support System Jaehun Lee, Hyunbo Cho, and Yong Seog Kim Chapter 5: Hawkes Point Processes for Social Media Analytics Amir Hassan Zadeh and Ramesh Sharda Chapter 6: Using Academic Analytics To Predict Dropout Risk In E-learning Courses Rajeev Bukralia, Amit V. Deokar, and Surendra Sarnikar Chapter 7: Membership Reconfiguration in Knowledge Sharing Network: A Simulation Study Suchul Lee, Yong Seog Kim, and Euiho Suh Chapter 8: On the Role of Ontologies in Information Extraction Sagnika Sen, Jie Tao, and Amit V. Deokar Chapter 9: A Quantitative Approach to Identify Synergistic IT Portfolios Ken Pinaire and Surendra Sarnikar Chapter 10: Introduction to Research in Progress Thilini Ariyachandra and Amit Deokar Chapter 11: Towards Attentive In-Store Recommender Systems: Detecting Exploratory vs. Goal-oriented Decisions Jella Pfeiffer, Thies Pfeiffer, and Martin Meißner Chapter 12: Engaging with Online Crowd: A Flow Theory Approach Cuong Nguyen, Onook Oh, Abdulrahman Alothaim, Triparna de Vreede, and Gert Jan de Vreede Chapter 13: Modeling Dynamic Organizational Network Structure Seokwoo Song and Seong-Hoon Choi Chapter 14: Teaching Analytics, Decision Support, and Business Intelligence: Challenges and Trends Babita Gupta and Uzma Raja Chapter 15: Data Analysis of Retailer Orders to Improve Order Distribution Michelle LF Cheong and Murphy Choy Chapter 16: An Online Graduate Certificate Credential Program at the University of Arkansas Timothy Paul Cronan, David E. Douglas and Jeff Mullins Chapter 17: Business Intelligence at Bharti Airtel Ltd Prabin Kumar Panigrahi.