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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787207703321

Autore

Payne Keith B.

Titolo

Deterrence in the second nuclear age / / Keith B. Payne

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 1996

©1996

ISBN

0-8131-0895-0

0-8131-4843-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (185 p.)

Disciplina

327.1/7

Soggetti

Deterrence (Strategy)

World politics - 1989-

United States Military policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. New Environment, New Requirement; Chapter 3. The Valor of Ignorance; Chapter 4. Success, Motivation, Mistakes, and Uncertainty; Chapter 5. Reconsidering the Hubris of Past and Present; Chapter 6. Summary and Conclusion; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W

Sommario/riassunto

Keith Payne begins by asking, ""Did we really learn how to deter predictably and reliably during the Cold War?"" He answers cautiously in the negative, pointing out that we know only that our policies toward the Soviet Union did not fail. What we can be more certain of, in Payne's view, is that such policies will almost assuredly fail in the Second Nuclear Age -- a period in which direct nuclear threat between superpowers has been replaced by threats posed by regional ""rogue"" powers newly armed with chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons.The fundamental problem with deterrence theory is th



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785876503321

Autore

Brijs Bert

Titolo

Business analysis for business intelligence / / Bert Brijs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, Fla. : , : CRC Press, , 2013

ISBN

0-429-06544-2

1-4665-8115-8

1-4398-5837-3

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

xxiii, 362 p

Disciplina

658.4/72

Soggetti

Business intelligence

Decision making

Strategic planning

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

An Auerbach book.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

ch. 1. Introduction -- ch. 2. The increasing cycle speed of growth and its laws -- ch. 3. Balancing the 5 Ps of strategic management -- ch. 4. Adapting BI to the organization's configuration -- ch. 5. Understanding the 4 Cs -- ch. 6. Business case for business intelligence -- ch. 7. BI and cost accounting -- ch. 8. BI and financial management -- ch. 9. BI and operations management -- ch. 10. BI and marketing management -- ch. 11. BI and human resources management -- ch. 12. Starting a BI project -- ch. 13. Managing the project life cycle -- ch. 14. Mastering data management -- ch. 15. Mastering data quality -- ch. 16. Business analyst's toolbox.

Sommario/riassunto

Aligning business intelligence (BI) infrastructure with strategy processes not only improves your organization's ability to respond to change, but also adds significant value to your BI infrastructure and development investments. Until now, there has been a need for a comprehensive book on business analysis for BI that starts with a macro view and