Statistics for Business and Economics enables students to conduct serious analysis of applied problems rather than running simple ""canned"" applications. This text is also at a mathematically higher level than most business statistics texts and provides students with the knowledge they need to become stronger analysts for future managerial positions.
This edition combines clear statistical methods with a proven approach that presents a problem, then a scenario. Updated applications reflect the latest developments in business and statistics today. You work with more than 350 new and updated business examples, approximately 50 new and updated cases and hands-on exercises that highlight statistics in action.
The OECD Digital Economy Outlook 2024, Volume 1: Embracing the Technology Frontier provides new insights on key technologies that underpin the digital technology ecosystem and their impacts. Using big data and machine-learning techniques, Volume 1 provides new estimates of the growth rate of the ecosystem's core - the information and communications technology (ICT) sector.
In this book, the eminent urban planner Alain Bertaud argues that applying the theories of urban economics to the practice of urban planning would greatly improve both the productivity of cities and the welfare of urban citizens. Bertaud explains that markets provide the indispensable mechanism for cities’ development. He cites the experience of cities without markets for land or labor in …
Though the challenges confronting the construction industry in developing countries have grown, current research rarely presents effective solutions. This book focuses on the generic subjects relating to the construction industry in developing countries, and provides an up-to-date insight into important new concepts and issues
With a balance of essential theory and practical application, the text has been thoroughly revised to reflect the latest developments in social media marketing research and practice. 11 new case studies have been added to the 'Case Zone', including TikTok, LEGO, Nespresso and Puma
In News for the Rich, White, and Blue, Nikki Usher recasts the challenges facing journalism in terms of place, power, and inequality. Drawing on more than a decade of field research, she illuminates how journalists decide what becomes news and how news organizations strategize about the future. Usher shows how newsrooms remain places of power, largely white institutions growing more elite as jo…
Statistical Techniques in Business and Economics is a best-selling textbook designed for students in management, marketing, finance, accounting, economics, and other business fields. It offers a clear, step-by-step approach to descriptive and inferential statistics, making it accessible for all learners. Included Appendix, Glossary, and Index
Transform your learning experience with this comprehensive Money, Banking and Financial Markets textbook, 2024 Release. This educational resource features an innovative digital companion that includes key chapter summaries and a personalized achievement tracker to monitor your progress across different focus areas. Included Glossary and Index
In this book, the authors offer a sharp, witty, and wide-ranging takedown of AI hype across its many forms. The authors show how to spot AI hype, how to deconstruct it, and how to expose the power grabs it aims to hide. Included Notes and Index