Business Intelligence Techniques: A Perspective from Accounting and Finance

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Modern businesses generate huge volumes of accounting data on a daily basis. The recent advancements in information technology have given organizations the ability to capture and store these data in an efficient and effective manner. However, there is a widening gap between this data storage and usage of the data. Business intelligence techniques can help an organization obtain and process relevant accounting data quickly and cost efficiently. Such techniques include, query and reporting tools, online analytical processing (OLAP), statistical analysis, text mining, data mining, and visualization. Business Intelligence Techniques is a compilation of chapters written by experts in the various areas. While these chapters stand of their own, taken together they provide a comprehensive overview of how to exploit accounting data in the business environment.

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A bit thin..........2006-03-08

This is a collection of academic articles describing various aspects of business intelligence. Allthough the articles are interesting in themselves, the title of the book hints at a more hands-on approach than actually found in the text. Also the Accounting and Finance perspective is marginally represented, with no more than parts of two chapters devoted to the subject. I would say that about 60% of the book is an introduction to the world of business intelligence giving a birds eye view of subjects like ETL, OLAP and datawarehousing. 30% of the book is about more or less related subjects like the business reporting xml schema. Finally about 10% of the book actually handles accounting and finance. I was a bit disappointed.

Great Book!.......2004-03-20

I have scoured the internet in search of a concise discussion of accounting data warehouses. This book finally provides some clear guidance. Chapters 3 and 4, in particular, provide the best explanation yet of how accounting data warehouse requirements are different from sales data warehouses. Bravo to this book.

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This book provides the practical information and proven-under-fire processes needed to plan, organize, prepare, and defend effective government proposals. It guides the reader through every stage of the proposal response lifecycle, highlighting the major components of proposal documents, examining standards and regulations, analyzing the proposal manager's pivotal role, and illustrating the close relationship between the federal acquisition and contractor response process.

The book is packed with up-to-date, valuable information that can be put to use immediately, including: proposal writing techniques; proposal production and information management scenarios; marketing and proposal cost control and recovery strategies; client and competitor information sources; and winning approaches to long-term marketing. It also comes with reproducible, ready-to-use templates, schedules, and forms, including a bullet draft worksheet, proposal reviewer's comment sheet, and a client target tracking table.

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Thorough, full of sound advice and strategy.......2001-04-10

To set expectations this book is heavily slanted towards winning Government business. It is also applicable to large businesses as well as small ones. That said, the information in this unique book can be effectively used by consultants and companies intent on competing for commercial contracts. I am fortunate because I have experience in Government contracting (on both sides of the fence - writing RFPs and evaluating responses when I was a member of DoD, and responding to RFPs when I was in the DoD contracting industry), and in the commercial world where I have been working as a consultant since 1988. From my vantage point I see the value of this book as advice and guidelines for developing effective proposal strategies regardless of whether you are competing for Government or commercial business.

I have used this book as a ready reference since the first edition was published in 1997. This second edition reflects a major update to the original book in that the proposal management tools in the first edition were woefully out of date and the focus was not on some of the Government opportunities for small business, such as Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR)that require a tailored proposal strategy. The second edition also addresses new Government initiatives for e-business and a plethora of other topics that were not present in the first edition.

If you are competing for Government business this is the most complete, accurate book I know of that covers the RFP-Proposal-Negotiation-Award process. Short of memorizing the FAR (Federal Acquisition Regulations), amassing years of proposal writing experience, and gaining the wisdom of knowing what works and what doesn't you will not find a more concise guide to the process. Also, you will benefit greatly from the wealth of tips and pointers that the author provides from his own extensive experience. If you are in the DoD contracting business, regardless of business size, I cannot overemphasize this book's value when it comes to cutting through the maze and providing a clear roadmap. If you are a proposal or capture manager I strongly recommend that you get a copy for every member of your team.

For the book's readers who are in the commercial sector the approach outlined in this book will add process and structure to your proposal writing efforts. The rigorous requirements imposed by the Government are too often lacking in the commercial process, which results in sloppy proposals that meander around issues and miss important client requirements. Also, because the proposal development process can be as large a task in the commercial sector, managing it can be a nightmare without a well thought out strategy for ensuring that all of the "t"s are crossed and "i"s dotted. The approach in this book practically hands you a ready-made process that you can apply to proposal development. This process will not only improve your ability to respond quickly and accurately to RFPs, but do so in an efficient manner. The result will be a significant competitive advantage.

For both sets of readers I think some of the advice, such as using the proposal as a marketing tool as well as a due-diligence instrument for responding to RFPs is excellent. For example, the author emphasizes backing up responses with examples to demonstrate claims. This is a powerful technique that I have used repeatedly to good advantage. It goes a long way towards assuaging client concerns about capabilities versus empty claims, and will turn a proposal that is merely responsive into one that is compelling.

Other things that make this book extremely valuable include the CD ROM of checklists and templates, and the numerous examples from the author's past proposals.

In my opinion this is the best book available for proposal development, and the only one that fully addresses every aspect of managing the proposal process for Government business. It should be on the shelf of anyone who responds to RFPs, and in the library of every company that does Government or commercial contracting.

Thorough and Professional.......2001-03-01

Don't let the trade price of this book deter you. Mr. Frey analyzes every aspect of the RFP-proposal process, and he includes a storehouse of resources to place you at a competitive advantage. No other book even comes close.

Fueling Your Enterprise.......2000-02-08

Winning proposals and new work are the lifeblood of any business. Bob Frey has provided the business development and project management communities with a winning, working reference. Technical project managers and task leaders will benefit from a fuller understanding of the close relationship between outstanding contract performance and proposal awards. From philosophy to tools, this well-balanced book (and accompanying CD for quick-search) provides the organizational structure, choreographed processes, and in-the-trenches tips for successfully building and fueling a quality enterprise.

A MUST-READ..........1999-01-30

Successful Proposal Strategies for Small Businesses is a MUST-READ for anyone involved in the government contracting procurement cycle. Everyone from the technical level manager in business and government to the owners of businesses and top level government managers should have a working knowledge of the information presented in this book. Specific key people who should use this book as a technical reference are:
1. all business development staff in private industry
2. technical managers in both industry and government
3. all technical publications staff
4. all government buyers, and procurement staff: including technical officers, source selection officers and source selection board and committee members.

The business development principles illuminated in this book apply equally when businesses sell to and buy from other businesses.

Moreover, I would like to see a companion periodical publication, a CD-ROM or a newsletter, that updates the rapidly changing technological and regulatory aspects of the book. Subscribers to such a service would include all full-time business development and government procurement staff.

The book's style is that of a successful proposal. The book, as the successful proposals discussed by Mr. Frey, is an effective sales document as well as en extremely informative technical reference. The key strengths of this work are its completeness and depth. Mr. Frey provides us with a broad overview of the procurement process presented from the perspective of the business developer. The book clearly shows how the various members of a small business organization should interact to produce a successful business development effort.

At each stage of the business development process the book describes all of the necessary steps to a winning proposal. Detailed schedules, document templates, document samples and examples clearly illustrate every critical step required for planning and executing a successful proposal effort. The book presents all aspects of proposal writing including the development and use of themes, illustrations, style, and even the physical production and delivery of the proposal have in a "user friendly" manner. Mr. Frey's system of handling acronyms and his implementation of the glossary are extremely valuable to the reader. The completeness of the acronym list alone is, in my view, worth more than the price of the book.

Two key concepts developed throughout the book are: the concept of proposals as sales documents, and the critical requirement for solid and continuous upper management's support of the business and proposal development process.

Private companies, both small and large, will find this book invaluable as the blueprint for establishing, and implementing their business development infrastructures.

Great tool for winning competitive Government contracts.......1998-11-18

Mr. Frey's book covers the full lifecycle for capturing new business. He provides a clear strategy for identification and qualification of "winnable" opportunities,and a section-by-section cookbook for how to plan for and create a winning proposal. In our case, we have successfully applied the processes and guidelines found in this book to position us for capture of over $30,000,000 of new small business competitive Government contracts. This is good stuff!

Ten Strategies for Successful Contract Negotiations

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Ten Strategies for Successful Contract Negotiations
James E. Lukaszewski
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ASIN: 1883291232

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Business organizations rarely become extinct due to labor negotiations, but high-profile labor problems can generate serious temporary harm and enormous, unnecessary, largely self-inflicted distraction.

The critical question to ask everyone constantly -- the CEO to the negotiators -- is, "Does what we are doing, saying, or planning, or what we are planning to do and say, get us quickly, directly, and honorably to a contract?" If the answer is anything other than an unqualified "yes!" -- stop doing, stop talking, stop planning, and get the goal back in focus and the process back on track. In this monograph Jim Lukaszewski offers 10 strategies to help you focus on the goal of getting a contract by using principled, honorable communication.

Successful negotiations boil down to clearly identifying your true goals. Goals that involve punishment, hitting back, and testosterosis are weak, defensive, and costly. Leave these behaviors to the zealots and those who don't have a serious interest in peace or your future. Wage peace and healing from the start.

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Mislead by a title.......2002-12-03

Don't be fooled by the title of this piece. [It is called a book] in actuality it's a 4 1/2-page report on general negotiating strategies any management 101 student would know. I made the mistake of not investigating this piece more thoroughly before I purchased it. Don't fall into the same trap.

How to Negotiate a Successful Contract (Shows you how to protect yourself when you make a contract of any kind)

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How to Negotiate a Successful Contract (Shows you how to protect yourself when you make a contract of any kind)
Louis M. Brown
Manufacturer: Prentice-Hall
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Successful Contract Negotiation
Tim Boyce
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The book opens with a description of the legal basis for contract negotiations, then examines the mechanics of company organization, delegated authority and fall-back positions. It is a highly readable book, designed to boost contract negotiating skills and confidence. The result will be improved profits, reduced risk and better business relationships.

Successful Negotiation in the New Contracts

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Successful Negotiation in the New Contracts
Andrew Dearden
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The new contract has much more in the way of discussion and negotiation between GP practices and LMCs and the PCOs, between practices and Acute Trusts, and between different practices than the old Red Book. Many GPs feel unskilled and ill prepared to take on this role of negotiating and are worried that they will not get the best deal, or will be taken advantage of. SUCCESSFUL NEGOTIATING IN THE NEW CONTRACT outlines the basic elements of a successful negotiation. It tries to demystify the process, giving easy steps to follow, to help LMCs, GPs and their practice managers feel more capable of undertaking successful negotiations in the future

New additions to the NZNO library.(Client education: a partnership approach for health practitioners.)(Trust and betrayal in the workplace: building effective ... article from: Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand

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New additions to the NZNO library.(Client education: a partnership approach for health practitioners.)(Trust and betrayal in the workplace: building effective ... article from: Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand
Linda Stopforth
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This digital document is an article from Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand, published by Thomson Gale on December 1, 2006. The length of the article is 1984 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Author: Linda Stopforth
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Successful Contract Negotiation
Tim Boyce
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Successful negotiation of commercial contracts: A businessman's guide

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Successful negotiation of commercial contracts: A businessman's guide
Patrick Hearn
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This new book provides a clear and accessible analysis of the various ways in which human reproduction is regulated in areas such as: birth control, abortion, surrogacy and assisted conception. This book offers a readable and engaging account of the complex relationships between law, technology and reproduction. It will be useful for lecturers and students taking medical law or ethics courses. It should also be of interest to anyone with a more general interest in women's bodies and the law, or with the profound regulatory consequences of new technologies.

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Once patronized primarily by the counterculture and the health food establishment, the organic food industry today is a multi-billion-dollar business driven by ever-growing consumer demand for safe food and greater public awareness of ecological issues. Assumed by many to be a recent phenomenon, that industry owes much to agricultural innovations that go back to the Dust Bowl era. This book explores the roots and branches of alternative agricultural ideas in twentieth-century America, showing how ecological thought has challenged and changed agricultural theory, practice, and policy from the 1930s to the present. It introduces us to the people and institutions who forged alternatives to industrialized agriculture through a deep concern for the enduring fertility of the soil, a passionate commitment to human health, and a strong advocacy of economic justice for farmers. Randal Beeman and James Pritchard show that agricultural issues were central to the rise of the environmental movement in the United States. As family farms failed during the Depression, a new kind of agriculture was championed based on the holistic approach taught by the emerging science of ecology. Ecology influenced the "permanent agriculture" movement that advocated such radical concepts as long-term land use planning, comprehensive soil conservation, and organic farming. Then in the 1970s, "sustainable agriculture" combined many of these ideas with new concerns about misguided technology and an over-consumptive culture to preach a more sensible approach to farming. In chronicling the overlooked history of alternative agriculture, A Green and Permanent Land records the significant contributions of individuals like Rex Tugwell, Hugh Bennett, Louis Bromfield, Edward Faulkner, Russell and Kate Lord, Scott and Helen Nearing, Robert Rodale, Wes Jackson, and groups like Friends of the Land and the Practical Farmers of Iowa. And by demonstrating how agriculture also remains central to the public interest-especially in the face of climatic crises, genetically altered crops, and questionable uses of pesticides-this book puts these issues in historical perspective and offers readers considerable food for thought.

Agricultural Fluctuations in Europe from the Thirteenth to the Twentieth Centuries

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Agricultural Fluctuations in Europe from the Thirteenth to the Twentieth Centuries
Wilhelm Abel
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ASIN: 0312014651

Agricultural Technology in the Twentieth Century

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Agricultural Technology in the Twentieth Century
Douglas R. Hurst
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American Agriculture in the Twentieth Century: How It Flourished and What It Cost

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American Agriculture in the Twentieth Century: How It Flourished and What It Cost
Bruce L. Gardner
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ASIN: 0674007484

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American agriculture in the twentieth century has given the world one of its great success stories, a paradigm of productivity and plenty. Yet the story has its dark side, from the plight of the Okies in the 1930s to the farm crisis of the 1980s to today's concerns about low crop prices and the impact of biotechnology. Looking at U.S. farming over the past century, Bruce Gardner searches out explanations for both the remarkable progress and the persistent social problems that have marked the history of American agriculture.

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This book is a critical account of tropical agricultural science and agricultural development in the twentieth century, in particular in Africa. It describes successes as well as fads and failures, from the perspective of a practitioner of more than 40 years. The emphasis is on the second half of the century, but the story frequently reaches deep into the first half of the century as well.

The book’s premise is that the story of tropical agricultural science and agricultural development can be told in a single volume at a more than trivial level, understandable for people of normal intelligence. It tries to uncover what real value there has been in the major areas of study (Farming Systems Research, Natural Resource Management, crop modelling, etc.) after peeling off the multiple protective layers applied by the profession. It also takes a critical look at agricultural and general development which has become inflated with hot air to the point of blowing itself apart in the early twenty-first century.

A wide range of topics is covered, including interesting early science from the beginning of the last century (sugarcane breeding and shifting cultivation in Indonesia, anthropological studies in German West Africa), fascinating indigenous farming practices in Africa, the history of Farming Systems Research and its offshoots, sense and nonsense of computer modelling of crop growth, and the role of development projects and consultants. The treatment is closely linked with the author's professional career, but the emphasis is on the subject matter.

Twentieth Century Farming (Twentieth Century)

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Twentieth Century Farming (Twentieth Century)
Graham Rickard
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