Market-value

For individuals actually interested in quantitative measurements of intellectual property value, this book is largely a waste of time. The text is full of a lot of business school "value creation" idealism and has little practical value in my opinion. Indeed, for those really interested in valuing intellectual property and intangible assets, see the associated book by Gordon V. Smith and Russell L. Parr. This text has everything you are looking for and this book is unnecessary.

In this book, Dr. Sullivan provides valuable insight to not only identify intangible assets, but to levegage them for cash or strategic position. I have found that many theorists whose books pertaining to IP and IC offer little more than vague principles written with an exclusionary tone. This book begins with the basics, then quickly moves through detailed strategies for valuation, portfolio management and commercialization. Of particular interest to me was the chapter on human capital, focusing on employees whose ideas directly generate income for a company. This book is a must-read, and I will recommend it to my professional associates, as well as users of the Ventius on-line community for IP professionals.

I found this book to be extremely valuable in thinking about intangible assets in a new light. The use of charts and diagrams was especially helpful for me to grasp the value extraction concepts. This book will be valuable for anyone trying to realize value from the intellectual capital within their organization.

Overall the book does a good job of detailing the strategy process for a market driven economy. All relevant aspects are covered in adequate depth. However, I kept thinking that the book was dated especially with regard its examples of corporate behavior. I tried to push these thoughts to the back of my mind by reassuring myself of the 1999 copyright. In reality, the 1999 copyright comes from the addition of a new introduction to the 1990 text. I was very disappointed when I realized this. Although it is presents a good framework, it is dated. This is ironic given the fact that the author presents examples of dated thinkings of strategy and shows how to improve. He needs to take the time to improve his own thinkings. In a market driven economy, strategy changes QUICKLY over 10 years. You don't need this book to know that.

It's funny how little things really change. George S. Day's book originally appeared a decade ago, but it reappears now with a theme that has since become a management mantra - let the market drive your business. While many newer books enumerate the basics of business strategy, the examples that Day culled from the likes of Otis Elevator, GE, Ikea, Acuson and 3M still illustrate the fundamental themes as well as any. The book's one shortcoming is its academic tone, which might be expected from an author who is also a professor, but nevertheless might try the patience of some business professionals. Despite this one flaw, we [...] recommend this book as a straightforward exposition on business strategy that has truly stood the test of time.

Without a doubt, this in an landmark book in business strategy and provides a good balance between a practical handbook and a certain level of theory. The book is well researched and well referenced and has clearly stood the test of time based on it still current wide acceptance. I found the product positioning and channel evaluation related strategy thinking of the book to be it's strongest points.

As another reviewer noted, it would have been great is the newest edition of this book was more throughly updated. Clearly it was not, and was probably renewed more to extend it's viable lifecycle in sales. The dated aspects of the book mostly come through in the case study examples. For example, positive references to Eastman Kodak, oops! Not exactly steller examples by today's standard. In any case, this does not dimish the value of the book, only makes you wonder how much better it would have been to be fully updated.

In any case, I would certainly rate this book in the top 5 of most important business strategy books...perhaps only bested by the likes of "Competing for the Future" by Gary Hamel & CK Prahalad.

"And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth." --Luke 12:15

This is a must for collectors! Each page presents 10 figurines (ornaments, tender tails, etc)in color with a full description of Issue Dates, retired dates, original retail price, figurine number, and how much it is worth according to the symbol. Also on the bottom of each page is a slot to pencil in how much your PM is worth and the price you paid for it. At the end of the book, there is a portion dedicated to calculate the total worth of your collection. The first portion of the book has a history of PM and a listing of the most valuable figurines. It also states how to take care of them, etc. The best feature is the indexes. You can search by the title or the stock number (which is on the bottom of the figurine). This book can be helpful if you purchase PM over an on-line auction. You can find out how much the figurine is worth before placing a bid. It has saved me money!

Beautiful book with a lot of helpful information. Authors obviously spent long time researching Precious Moments. Many pictures and good descriptions will help novice and advance collectors.

The stock market barometer is a completely unecessary defense of what the stock market is. It provides an incredible amount of uninteresting and completely trivious information. It is definitely NOT a must read.

William Hamilton was the successor (both at the Wall Street Journal and in expounding the Dow Theory) to Charles Dow, and the one who clarified the Dow Theory as most people understand it today. To students of the Dow Theory, and of Wall Street and Investment history in general, this is a must-have volume. Also see works by Robert Rhea.

This is a great book. There is just one update in the introduction. The rest of the book still maintains its 100 year old roots.

As a financial author I am always inclined to look to the past for answers. This book orignially written by Mr.Dow, of Dow Jones Industrial Average fame, still is very relevant today.

Once again, we enter the world where only boys, kissing, makeup, being pretty, etc are the top priotities in life! *Sarcasm* While I didn't really like the first two, they are MUCH better in comparison to this book. Nesta is full of herself, and in a way, a poser. She thinks she MUST appear to be rich, and perfect before a boy will like her past her beautiful exterior. And the drinking situation wasn't handled very well. There should have at least been some consequences--come on, what is that showing us these days? I wouldn't recommend any of the books in this series.

This is not the best book to read, but if you're bored and nothing else to do, then it's enough to keep you entertained. It's light and pretty much a chick flick.

Mates, dates, and Designer Divas
By: Cathy Hopkins
Reviewed by: S. Baek
Period: P5

This book is about three best friend girls. Their names are Nesta, Lucy, and Izzie. Nesta is on a three-hour train ride. However it takes longer than Nesta had planned. She was dreading the ride because there was nothing for her to do. Until she spots a guy that she takes interest in. She goes into the lady¡¯s room and when she comes out her seat is taken by an old grandfather. Nesta feels sorry to ask the grandfather to leave, therefore, she stands for the two-hour drive to the next city. When the train reaches the city, people start to leave. She notices that there is an empty seat across of the boy she had taken interest in. She goes over to the seat and she accidently trips and lands in his arms. She apologizes and she sits down. The boy's name is Simon Peddington Lee. They start talking and they start to like each other. Afterwards, when she finally reaches home, she told Lucy and Izzie all the details. Simon asks Nesta to go horseback riding with him. Nesta quickly replies, ¡°great.¡± When she gets to the stable, she sees Simon. However, he wasn't alone. He came with his sister and his friend. His sister's name was Tanya and the friend was Cressida. Cressida looked like some kind of stink was under her nose. From there on Cressida has been ruining the good feeling that Nesta had felt when she was with Simon. Nesta also overheard Cressida saying that Simon was only in a relationship with Nesta because Simon wanted to be different. He felt different because he was with a Jamaican and half Italian. Nesta really felt sad. She also has been competing with Cressida because Simon and Cressida are from a high-class rich family. It was hard for Nesta to catch up because of her budget in her wallet and the financial problems at home. Later she finds out that a relationship is based on trust and love not money and the things she buys or has.

I liked this book because it showed you the regular teenage problems and how you are able to solve it. For example, how Nesta asks her mother for money and her mother turns her down. Nesta's solution is to go and get a job. Which of course she was unsuccessful. Also these girls have the same problem that most of the girls right now have. Something like, what am I going to wear when I see him or how does my hair look when none of that is important. Sometimes girls have hope that boys will look at them for their accessories, but they find out that they don't.

The quotes that I took interest the most is," Trust me to go and fail for someone who lives on the other side of the planet." This was on the back side of the book. Another quote that I took interest in was," I felt full of hope. Possibilities." This was on page 127.

My favorite part of the story was when Izzie, Lucy, and Nesta are friends again after a quarrel. Then they realize friendship is too hard to lose over a guy or anything else that seems unimportant. My least favorite part was when Cressida said those mean things about Nesta in the ladies room. Also I did not like how Nesta danced in front of everyone and how she made herself the center-of-attention when that day was Izzie's moment. I thought that it was pretty selfish. I understand that she was drunk but she should have taken responsibilities for her actions. Other than that I thought that this was a great book to read for one's pleasure.

At first the book thoroughly describes the grueling life of living on a farm. Every day in the winter Eldon's Uncle David tells a story. Once he told a story about a woodcutter that could have two axes above his head one in each hand and swing the axes so they hit head on. Eldon's father informed everyone that the woodcutter in the story was Davic himself. Wayne had been listening to the stories every winter since he can remember and thought all the stories to be true, but not this one and he let Uncle Davud know it. The the next night he and Eldon were playing in the hay loft and saw their uncle spit a piece of wood in the fashion the woodcutter did in the story and then they knew it was true and didn't tell thier uncle what they saw.

Growing up in the 30's was a tough time for many people. It's never easy dealing with acres of crops, milking cows every day, or slipping and sliding in manure, but growing up on a farm had its good points, such as hearing an old family member tell a memorable story every night. Such is the case of the narrator, a boy who recalls what it was like every season of the year, especially that of the winter, when the whole family would gather in the 'winter room' to sit and knit, eat dinner, tell stories, or listen to stories while staring at the glowing fire burning in the distance.

As with all of his books, Gary Paulsen writes in a way as to paint pictures in your mind so that you can actually 'see' what is being said as you read it. At the same time, the story remains interesting from start to finish, without having a single part that's boring in any way, shape or form, but the best parts of the book in my opinion are the short stories that Uncle David tells.

Included is a sort of foreword by Gary Paulsen before the actual book begins. Then he tells what the boy thinks about and what is typically done in each season of the year on the 1930's farm, and finally, Uncle David tells a few fascinating stories, with one certain TRUE story being told each and every night.

The Winter Room is a fairly short book (103 pages), but like I said, it's interesting and sort of compelling from start to finish. It's a great book, but it is not one of Gary Paulsen's ABSOLUTE best books, in my opinion. After reading many of his other books such as The Island, Hatchet, The River, and Dogsong, I wasn't disappointed with The Winter Room, but it doesn't stand out as being one of his very best, even though it is a Newbery Honor Book.

If you're like me and you're a big Gary Paulsen fan, I definitely recommend adding The Winter Room to your collection. I also recommend it to anybody who wants to read a short and well-written book, but just keep in mind that the author has many other books that are even better than The Winter Room.

Have you ever thought that your life was great and it couldn't get any better? But then something horrible happened, and your life couldn't get any worse? Then something amazing happened, and your life was better than before? Well, if it hasn't, you should read the book The Winter Room by Gary Paulsen. It's about a boy named Eldon, (the protagonist) and his brother Wayne who live on a farm. Their Uncle David, who was very old, always told stories every night, and one story changed everybody's life.
One of my favorite events from the book was when Wayne and Eldon fought because they didn't know whether there was a place between days when it wasn't the day before and it wasn't tomorrow yet. Eldon's like, yes there are times in places so you could tell one day from the next, but Wayne thought he knew there wasn't. When they were done fighting, Wayne had a swollen ear from where Eldon hit him with a board, and Eldon had a bloody nose, and they still didn't know. Do you know the right answer?
Another one of my favorite events is when Uncle David tells the story of Crazy Alan. Crazy Alan was a man that played jokes on other men in the camp. The jokes he played didn't hurt anybody and weren't bad. The other men liked the jokes so much they wanted Crazy Alan to do more. When he did one joke he was on the verge of getting fired. The foreman was in the outhouse and Crazy Alan cut a huge Norway pine down. He dropped it right in front of the door to and from the outhouse. Crazy Alan maneuvered this trick so well, that he actually did get fired.
This book is like an adventure, mystery kind of story, and it's great for all kids and people of all ages. You must read The Winter Room by Gary Paulsen to figure out what happens in the end.

This book was boring!! There was only a couple funny parts! One good part in the whole story is when they're are trying to steal the test, you keep reading to see what happens. One funny part is when Roy sees the crow and he's scared of it, then when they steal the test Roy's friends (not sayin anymore names) told him to go outside he's like "I'm not stayin out there wit dat big ass crow!" I thought that was pretty funny, but you have to read it to see. If you read this book and don't like my review never take opinions from a twelve year old, but out of all the books I read this one was really boring!!

Every year the Education Testing Service sends millions of high school seniors into severe shock, with the knowledge of knowing that if they don't do well on this one test, their hopes of getting into ivy league schools are shot. After all, the S.A.T.'s aren't about what you've learned in the past twelve years, but rather how well you take the test. This year, six seniors (Kyle, Matty, Anna, Desmond, Fransesca, and Roy) are going where no high school seniors have gone before. Into the ETS building, to steal the S.A.T.'s, and secure their futures. And, you know, to also please their parents.

Levithan has done a fantastic job of turning the movie THE PERFECT SCORE, into a very enjoyable novelization. The characters are witty, and smart-mouthed, and the dialogue is exactly the same as what is shown on the previews for the movie. Unlike most teen movies/books, THE PERFECT SCORE's main story is not overshadowed by romance between characters, which is an enjoyable change. Teens preparing to take the S.A.T.'s will relate greatly to the characters, and see exactly where they are coming from. Fans of the movie will be impressed by the novelizations likeness to the film, and relish in every page they turn. A must-have.

Erika Sorocco

This book had me both seriously annoyed and seriously confused within just a few pages. In the finest Orwellian tradition, the author redefines "democracy" to include some sort of socialist or quasi-socialist concept of economics that is taken for granted but never clearly defined. Thus, when he argues for "democratic" education, what he really argues for is an education system that follows his view of what a "democratic" society ought to look like - a view that he labels "democratic" without regard to whether it's what the majority wants.

The author correctly emphasizes the importance of cooperation toward shared goals to a democratic society. But he completely misses the fact that cooperating voluntarily in smaller groups is often better than fighting each other in the political arena over who gets to force their will onto everyone. As a result, he does a gross injustice to those of us who view the application of market forces in education not merely as an exercise in self-interest but as a way to achieve the fundamentally democratic goal of helping as many families as possible get as much of what they want as possible in their children's schools.

I do think the author has some worthwhile points regarding the dangers of some particular "reform" ideas that attempt to partially incorporate market principles without incorporating the most important market principle of all: choice. But even those would come across a lot better if the author didn't display an almost blind hatred toward markets.

I originally picked up this book because of its Civic Education chapter. After I read that (excellent) chapter, I started reading other parts of the book as well.

If you care about the future of our schools, our children, and our country, you should read this book. Engel will open your eyes to the real and disturbing trend of corporate influence in public education.

In his conclusion, he urges you to get involved with your local school board, which never receives much input from the community. Go to the board meetings, find a candidate you support and help him/her win, run for the board yourself...just do SOMETHING before it's too late and we've lost control of our schools.

The book was about a teenage boy who that any teenager can relate to. I can relate to this story because I live in rural Minnesota and know what Hassler is writing about and any one else I would think could just jump right in and feel comfortable because he did so well and making and describing the scenes. I also feel the author did a good job in telling this story with out making the story sound like a lesson I just picked it up along the reading. I also liked that this was an easy to read story it made it so I wanted more to read, so I went to other books by Hassler. Pesonally, I enjoy reading books that go by quickly and are not 700 pages long. I enjoy reading Jon Hassler and intend to read more of his books.

this is a very good book it was a little bit easy to read and it could have been longer but it was an awesome book i really liked it! a real page turner!

Minnesota author John Hassler uses Four Miles to Pinecone as an allegory to itself. He opens by stating summer is over then proceeds to tell a tale of growing up and making decisions of one particular summer. In the end, the book becomes its own forty-seven page assignment (and then some) as described in the early chapters. Hassler weaves an intricate tale using metaphors along the way. Particularly poignant is the main characters inability to use a manual transmission on a car. Hassler writes how he often gets stuck in one gear due to unfamiliarity with a clutch. This is a metaphor for his character's inablity to change gears in his life. He insists on working in a grocery store, and plans to do so forever (so it seems), or how he cannot turn in his friend whose become a burglar.

The is a very well-thought and developed story line. It is an older work by an accomplished author, but is worth reading nonetheless. It is a middle school level book, and should be part of many schools' required reading lists.

I stopped reading this book after the first 7 chapters. It's easy going conceptually, but manages to be very irritating for the following reasons: The "definitions" are often confusing and unilluminating, although the examples that follow generally manage to get the idea across. There are also a large number of mathematical errors, which I was able to clear up only because I'm already familiar with the essentials of VaR. As a first introduction, the book is therefore useless. Perhaps the remaining 10 chapters of the book are of sterling quality -- to hedge against this eventuality I award two stars, rather than just one -- but I will be seeking another source.

[And shame, shame, shame on Wiley Finance's editors. Apart from the above errors, here are just two howlers that prove that the book was published before anybody read it: "Neper's number" for e (Napier?), "phenomene" as plural of phenomena (which would have made a kind of grammatical sense weren't it for the fact that phenomena is alread the plural of phenomenon.) No doubt Wiley Finance believes that sales are unaffected by reputation.]

This book is a detailed and meticulous presentation of the calculations involved in Value at Risk (VaR) measurement. According to authors Pietro Penza and Vipul K. Bansal, Value at Risk is one of the most popular approaches to measuring the risk of harm to financial portfolios. It is a valuable institutional tool. Be aware, though, the book's message and how-to assistance will seem generally irrelevant to individual investors, except for a handful of extremely high net worth individuals at the top of the Forbes 400. Its calculations are beyond the ken of most non-mathematicians, but they will intrigue the right audience. We find this book to be a useful addition to the libraries of professional investors, bankers or risk managers, particularly those with highly developed analytical skills and a certain degree of comfort with financial engineering. Some other financial managers and lay readers will find useful information here, though they may need to walk on tiptoes through those sections of the content that are over their heads.

Penza and Bansal has done a good work on making a whole picture of Market Risk Measurement. With the clear explanation, it helps the beginners to quickly grasp the concept on Market Risk Measurement. It is well organized in 16 chapters, beginning with a few chapters on financial risk management in banking, including a review on the traditional Asset/ Liability Management. The review on Mathematical and statistical techniques is very well described. The authors also explained the analysis of pricing financial assets, including Fixed-income, equity, and derivative. Finally, they show the common methodologies to calculate VaR-Parametric, Historical Simulation and Monte Carlo Simulation.

I considered this book as a good literature review on Value at Risk, but not the step-by-step one. It provides complete set of formulas but too few examples. I recommend for beginning- and intermediate-level readers who want to know the overall concept of Value at Risk.