1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990000737050203316

Titolo

Introduzione alla statistica medica / Anna Bossi... et al. ; a cura di Ettore Marubini

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Roma : NIS, 1991

Descrizione fisica

366 p ; 24 cm

Collana

Biblioteca di statistica ; 8

Disciplina

519.502461

Soggetti

Statistica

Collocazione

519.502 INT 1 (COLL. PHM 8)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910817451903321

Autore

Litan Robert E. <1950->

Titolo

Trillion dollar economists : how economists and their ideas have transformed business / / Robert E. Litan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley : , : Bloomberg Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-118-78183-X

1-118-78181-3

1-118-78185-6

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (402 p.)

Collana

Bloomberg

Classificazione

BUS069000

Disciplina

338.5

Soggetti

Decision making

Economists

Economics

Commerce

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.



Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note:  Preface Chapter 1 Introduction: Economists as Innovators Organization of the Book My Personal Interest (and Bias) Chapter 2 An Easy Introduction to Economics Rationality Markets Market Failures The "Macro"/"Micro" Distinction Economic Growth in the Short and Long Runs The Equity-Efficiency Tradeoff Innovation and Growth: The Role of Economists The Bottom Line Part I The Power of Economic Ideas: Direct Use in Business Chapter 3 The Price is Right The "Bloomberg Way" of Pricing Auctions Airline Seats Google and On-Line Ads Other Uses of Auction-Based Pricing Conditional Offer of Purchase (Name Your Price): Priceline Different Prices for Different Folks The Bottom Line Chapter 4 Minimizing Costs Optimization Learning by Doing The Bottom Line Chapter 5 Beyond Moneyball A Brief Guide to Regression Analysis The Business of Forecasting The Business of Economic Consulting Data Analytics and "Big Data" Econometrics and Sports: Money Ball Regulatory Money Ball The Bottom Line Chapter 6 Experiments in Economics and Business Economics in the Lab: Vernon Smith and "Experimental Economics" "Lab" Experiments in Business: Focus Groups Economic Experiments in the Field: Randomized Controlled Trials Business Experimentation in the Field Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Experimentation as the Foundation of Growth The Bottom Line Chapter 7 Matchmaker, Matchmaker A Gentle Introduction to Market Design and Matching Theory Matchmaking in the Labor Market Matchmaking and Online Dating The Bottom Line Chapter 8 Economists and Mostly Good Financial Engineering Not Putting Your Eggs in One Basket: The Rise of Index Investing Efficient Markets and Their Implications Behavioral Finance Valuing Options: Upsides and Downsides The Bottom Line Part II Economist-Inspired Policy Platforms for Private Business Chapter 9 Planes, Trains and... Trucks Origins of Transportation Regulation Airline Deregulation Trucking Deregulation Railroad Deregulation Deregulation's Impact: The Transportation Industry Deregulation as a Business Platform The Bottom Line Chapter 10 Economists and the Oil and Gas Revolution The Origins and Decline of Price Regulation of Fossil Fuels The Oil and Gas Supply Revolution The Energy Revolution as a Platform Technology The Bottom Line Chapter 11 Economists and the Telecommunications Revolution Economists in a Quick History of Communications When Natural Monopolies End: The Run-up to the AT&T Antitrust Case Competition in Telecommunications: The Benefits of AT&T's Breakup Economists and Price Cap Regulation Economists and Spectrum Allocation The Bottom Line Chapter 12 Economists, Financial Policy, and "Mostly Good" Finance Economists and Competition in Brokerage Commissions Economists as Detectives: Accelerating Automated Trading Economists and the Financial Crisis How Did The Crisis Happen? A Quick and Easy Guide Subprime Lending Excessive Leverage: An Introduction The Pre-Crisis Demise of PCA The Glass-Steagall Debate and the Financial Supermarket That Failed (So Far) The Bottom Line Part III Looking Ahead Chapter 13 Economic Ideas in Waiting: Business Applications Prediction Markets Potentially Good Financial Innovations Congestion Pricing The Bottom Line Chapter 14 Economic Ideas and Challenges on the Policy Shelf: Business Implications Federal Budget Deficits as Drivers of Policy Change Premium Support for Medicare/Medicaid Taxing Consumption Taxing Carbon The Bottom Line Chapter 15 The Future of Economics: What It Means for Business and Economists Themselves The Revolution in Economics How Economics Will Continue to Affect Business Implications for Economists Concluding Thoughts About the Author Index .



Sommario/riassunto

A detailed look at how economists shaped the world, and how the legacy continues Trillion Dollar Economists explores the prize-winning ideas that have shaped business decisions, business models, and government policies, expanding the popular idea of the economist''s role from one of forecaster to one of innovator. Written by the former Director of Economic Research at Bloomberg Government, the Kauffman Foundation and the Brookings Institution, this book describes the ways in which economists have helped shape the world - in some cases, dramatically enough to be recognized with a Nobel Prize or

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910970614503321

Autore

Carnevale Nancy C. <1962->

Titolo

A new language, a new world : Italian immigrants in the United States, 1890-1945 / / Nancy C. Carnevale

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2009

ISBN

9786613043979

9781283043977

1283043971

9780252090776

0252090772

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (261 p.)

Collana

Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Centennial series

Disciplina

305.89451/073

Soggetti

Italian Americans - Social conditions - 19th century

Italian Americans - Social conditions - 20th century

Italian Americans - Languages

Italian Americans - Ethnic identity

Immigrants - United States - Social conditions - 19th century

Immigrants - United States - Social conditions - 20th century

Immigrants - United States - Language

Sociolinguistics - United States - History

United States Ethnic relations History 19th century

United States Ethnic relations History 20th century

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 (p. [185]-235) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Italian languages in Italy and America -- Linguistic boundaries in American history -- "He could not explain things the way I tell it" : the immigrant in translation -- The world turned upside down in Farfariello's theater of language -- The identity politics of language : Italian language maintenance in New York City, 1920-40 -- Language, Italian American identity, and the limits of cultural pluralism in the World War II years.

Sommario/riassunto

An examination of Italian immigrants and their children in the early twentieth century, A New Language, A New World is the first full-length historical case study of one immigrant group's experience with language in America. Incorporating the interdisciplinary literature on language within a historical framework, Nancy C. Carnevale illustrates the complexity of the topic of language in American immigrant life. By looking at language from the perspectives of both immigrants and the dominant culture as well as their interaction, this book reveals the role of language in the formation of ethnic identity and the often coercive context within which immigrants must negotiate this process.