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This is an original academic textbook for network economics. Oz Shy starts the book by making some reasonable claims on his discipline at large: scientific papers in economics are too technical and use unnecessary amounts of calculus. Though the book is very analytical and covers a wide scope of issues, prerequisites are at a considerably low level. Because the book uses game theory and logical reasoning instead of calculus, it is accessible to readers with different backgrounds. This book will be in good use at least with the students of economics and engineering.

The book starts from the basic economics of networks and then analyses various networked industries from hardware to software and airlines to social interactions. Most topics stand separately on their own feet. The book ends with a compact presentation on the used game theoretical concepts as appendices.

Being a texbook in economics, however, does not excuse inaccurate and sometimes clearly misleading use of technical terms. I had serious problems understanding why "software" denotes in this book to all kind of digital content including music and movies. In my mind, the word software is restricted to computer programs and associated materials. Also, building models on some specific technology, Shy continuously leaps over the problem of defining its essential features, which should (or should not) be modeled. Taking definitions of technical terms as given (by Shy) can definitely confuse at least engineering students.

In overall, this book might be best characterized as an academic add-on to the well-known business book "Information Rules" by Carl Shapiro and Hal Varian. With some inaccurancies and perhaps some time-gap to real world applications, it makes a good textbook. Essential parts are timeless and presentation clear.

This is a very interesting book that covers the full range of network industries - and is in many ways a welcome addition to the literature.

However, I found the pitch of the book to be not quite right. In an attempt to satisfy a student market, the presentation is a little simplistic in places. Although there are IO courses everywhere, there are few solely devoted to network industries - so it is surprising that the publishers risked producing a paperback.

As a consumer, the price of Professor Shy's book is an appealing factor, but I found Hans Gottinger's far more up-to-date, rigorous and analytical book of the same title (Routledge, 2003) more stimulating.

Great for the novice
I was new to the warehouse management and looking for a book to teach me and guide me through the topics, this book did so. The most important feature of the book are the forms, plus you can grab them out of the Plastic Comb an use them right away. The author gives an overview of the warehouse operations and how to handle them for excellence. With this book I took the Inventory Record Accuracy from 20% to 95% in four months, a must for those new to the warehouse operations and standards.
The chapters are as follows:
1.Inventories: Their importance to Business today
2.Warehouse, Leasing, and Storages Cost
3.Logistics Services and Outsourcing Potentials
4.Selecting a Third Party Service Provider
5.Warehousing Operations: Delivery and Storage
6.Other Warehouse Operations
7.The Compliance Manual
8.Performance Standards and Audits
9.Pricing Warehouse Services, Quotations, and Contracts
10.Bar Coding and EDI
11.Packaging: Containers and Methods

12.Liability, Claims and Insurance
Appendixes

The book is interesting, but if you are looking for a good book about the warehousing I'd recommend another one. It is the right book if you don't know anything of warehouses and facilities.
This book spends a lot of pages in the Appendix (50%).
Futhermore the regulations are USA ones, so if you don't live in the USA you don't need to know them.
Order this item if you are a novice and order another if you are a logistics executive.

This book covers all the steps necessary to get your VPN up and running, but it was written years ago and Microsoft now has management software, such as ISA, which didn't seem to exist when this book was written, and which makes setting up VPNs even easier than by following this book.

Only! if you know nothing about Acces and want to learn the basics to make a very simple database, Buy it.

This is a very good introduction to BizTalk 2006 and its use of Visual Studio 2005. What I found to be lacking are references to others reference materials for a more detailed look in the two tools

I think that Ms. Davis-Minik's book is an excellent EDI primer! It is very succinct, brief (in the best possible way) and easy to understand. The ten steps it "sketches out" to EDI success are valid deliverables for ANY EDI Project Plan. A very good value - I bought one for each of my team members. - Brian J. Cattle, Manager Inacom IT Sales & Solutions Architecture

This book is a good concise introduction to EDI for people that don't have the time or energy to sift through a few thousand pages. An excellent read for newbies to EDI.

This is not a book, it's a pamphlet. Worse yet, the graphics are so bad some of the lettering can't be read. If I contacted a EDI consulting group and asked for information, this "book" is something I would expect to get for free!

This "book", or rather brochure, is a complete waste of money. There are better resources readily available (for free) on the web or at your local library.

Do not waste your money. Little information provided. There are much better vendor white papers on the web. You can not even read the diagrams. A copier could have done a better job of printing this pamphlet.

It is so difficult to read this book, as it is full of truisms, repetitions and low-level information. Once the content would be summarized and stripped to less than hundred pages, it might be useful.

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i am student preparing phd in accounting information system i boghut hard copy from your book " Accounting information system Transaction Processing and Control ".
it is good book, my sudant are intersted with it, but i need test bank or test soluation on line if there is any answers tests, which i am learning this book to my student in Damascuse Univesity.
especially chapters 1. 2.3.4. and 5 so i wish your help
and i advanced thank uyou
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a lot of $$ for a book that makes only very vague and general statements, does not offer any compelling examples and "explains" crucial things such as flowcharting and programming on two pages but gives elaborate examples on very simple cost accounting problems that bore even a freshman.

It seems the author is trying to be cute (the poem up front was a early warning) and the flip attempts at Microsoft bashing sprinkled about just demonstrates an immaturity in general in his view of the software marketplace, and an absence of objectivity overall. The book has lots of B2B examples that just recently died off with the dot.com crash of 2000-2001. All in all, people will read this stuff for free in the industry press and airline magazines, but will feel ripped-off if the paid cash for it.

This book gave me a complete overview of BizTalk and its role in B2B products. Being an IT Director I needed a book that explained BizTalk and all the related technologies to help me understand its strategic role. This book is very thorough.

This book might be good for high-level manager, however, a technologist is better off using the web to get more information than presented in this book.

This book might be good for high-level manager, however, a technologist is better off using the web to get more information than presented in this book.

This Book is not technical enough. It is more theoretical, so if you have to implement Biztalk, then I will recommand the Biztalk Book from Microsoft Press or Wrox.

I purchased the first edition of this book nearly two years ago (before the Deluxe Edition) to prepare for the MCDST certification. Unfortunately, I found that many of the 100+ excercises were missing procedural steps or were just flat out wrong (ex. page 360/excercise 9.4). Usually after discovering that a study guide is full of errors and vague explanations I toss the book aside along with anything else ever written by the author. But I have examined other study guide material written by Bill Ferguson and I am convinced he is a competent instructor. I guess the editors of the first edition were in a rush to meet the release date for the 1st edition and did a cursory reading of the manuscript. Hopefully,the errors of the 1st edition have been corrected in the revised Deluxe Edition.

Sybex normally has a reputation of being THE book to study to prepare for your exam of choice. Unfortunately this one falls well below of my expectations. I've been in the IT industry for a few years now, and even I found this book to be a difficult read. Many times, the elements presented dont follow a logical sequence, making it necessary to flip back and forth among chapters to gain the proper perspective. This book often calls reference to items you'll learn in future chapters, which can be confusing when the authors throw acronyms at you that you dont understand.

Also, I find the review questions in this book rely solely on your memorization of the material studied, but not on APPLYING that knowledge to a real-life scenario, which is really what you will be tested on (applied knowledge). The review CD that comes with the book is equally uneffective. It does have a feature where you can re-review all the end-of-chapter questions, along with a "flash card" program of about 300 fill in the blank, and true/false questions, but again; these are strictly memorization, and doesnt really help when presented with a problem thats not in the book.

After finishing the 70-271 section, and answering all the book questions, I downloaded another test resource and was blown away with how much I still did not know. I really cannot recommend this book, I really should start reading reviews before I blow 60 bucks. Try the Microsoft Press books, they're more expensive, but well worth it. At least you'll walk away with a feeling of actually being prepared for the test. But of course, these are just my thoughts. Good luck to all the techies in getting your certs!

The MCDST Study Guide is a good value for the money. I would like to see more questions at the end of the chapters and for them to show more print screens of the topics instead of just telling you that you will need to know this for the exam.

But to get two study guides, in one book, that tells you what you really do need to know for the exams, is worth the price and is a bargain.

Just so you know, this is the old version. The new version came out in 2006. Don't buy this book unless you need to because it costs less than the new version.

I placed an advance order for this book two months prior to release based on past experience with Sybex products. I took 70-271 using only this book (and considerable work experience). I did pass the test (830), but there were several questions on the exam that the book had not addressed at all. I am apprehensive about how well the book will prepare me for 70-272 and I'm considering purchasing additional material. Looking at the reviews on this website, the Timothy L. Warner book appears to be a much better product.

Not an easy, clear read. Diagrams are not easy to comprehend. Thin detail in needed subject matter. To much detail in unrelated subjects.

When this book first came out I thought it was pretty good. However, I threw my copy out recently because it is dated. There have been a lot of things happening in ATM since 1994 and I see no point in buying a technical book which is 7 years old (assuming most of the content reflects information from 1993).