PolyThinkers Pad » Management & Finance http://www.poly.edu/library/blog fueling polythinking with library news, tips and more Tue, 13 May 2008 21:02:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 en New Collection of Springer e-books available on trial through May 31st http://www.poly.edu/library/blog/2008/05/13/check-it-out-new-collection-of-online-journals-and-e-books/ http://www.poly.edu/library/blog/2008/05/13/check-it-out-new-collection-of-online-journals-and-e-books/#comments Tue, 13 May 2008 21:00:59 +0000 Ingrid databasesresearch http://www.poly.edu/library/blog/2008/05/13/check-it-out-new-collection-of-online-journals-and-e-books/ A wide selection of e-books at SpringerLink is now available for the Poly community to use on a trial basis through May 31st. SpringerLink offers journals and books in a variety of disciplines such as biomedicine, chemistry, physics, engineering, mathematics, computer science, humanities, and economics. Free access to tables of contents, detailed abstracts and editorial background are available for every publication, and full text is offered for many.

Take a moment to run a couple searches in SpringerLink and see how easy it is to narrow your results to fit your criteria. You can also sign up for alerts on the latest titles in your field. Give it a shot and let us know if you find it useful by leaving a comment below. Your feedback will help us decide whether or not to purchase this resource for the library.

]]> http://www.poly.edu/library/blog/2008/05/13/check-it-out-new-collection-of-online-journals-and-e-books/feed/ Britannica world data resources http://www.poly.edu/library/blog/2008/03/24/britannica-world-data-resources/ http://www.poly.edu/library/blog/2008/03/24/britannica-world-data-resources/#comments Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:46:08 +0000 Gavin online resourcesreferenceresearch http://www.poly.edu/library/blog/2008/03/24/britannica-world-data-resources/ Do you ever need to find quick and comprehensive statistical data on a country?  Ever interested in comparing lesser known quantitative data from two or more countries?  Have a look at the Britannica Online World Data Analyst.  “Country Snapshots” provide the basic  data on a country.  “Ranked Statistics”  lets you view the countries with the highest or lowest rank in a particular category.   “Chronological Comparisons” allows you to select one or more countries, choose a data category, and display how they compare historically in either table format or chart format.  “Current Comparisons” enable you to display the most current available data in table or chart format.    Data fields include such recognizable and high demand ones as “GNP,” “Life expectancy,” and lesser known fields like “Percent of economically active engaged in services,” and even “Roots and tubers production.”  So whether you need to do some serious research, or are just looking to indulge your curiousity, this resource is well worth your time.

]]> http://www.poly.edu/library/blog/2008/03/24/britannica-world-data-resources/feed/ Featured Resource: Business Source Elite http://www.poly.edu/library/blog/2008/01/24/featured-resource-business-source-elite/ http://www.poly.edu/library/blog/2008/01/24/featured-resource-business-source-elite/#comments Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:52:24 +0000 Ingrid databasesresearch http://www.poly.edu/library/blog/2008/01/24/featured-resource-business-source-elite/ Next time you need the latest information from the world’s top management and marketing journals, check out Business Source Elite (log-in required). It provides full text coverage for over 1,000 business and economics journals, including nearly 500 peer-reviewed publications. In addition to full text dating back as far as 1985, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 1,750 journals. Titles covered include: Forbes, Harvard Business Review, MIT Sloan Management Review, Research Technology Management, and many others. You can also look up detailed company profiles for the world’s 10,000 largest companies (click on “company profiles” under the advanced search tab).

Business Source Elite is one of the many databases that provides the Poly community with online access to scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, and reference books - most of which are available in full text. Log in with your Poly ID number and a world of valuable information awaits you. Visit the library website for a complete list of available databases.

]]> http://www.poly.edu/library/blog/2008/01/24/featured-resource-business-source-elite/feed/ The 100 Most-Cited Scientists http://www.poly.edu/library/blog/2008/01/17/the-100-most-cited-scientists/ http://www.poly.edu/library/blog/2008/01/17/the-100-most-cited-scientists/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:10:54 +0000 Ingrid biologychemistryphysicsresearch http://www.poly.edu/library/blog/2008/01/17/the-100-most-cited-scientists/ In-cites compiled the 100 most-cited scientists for 2007 in the following fields:

]]> http://www.poly.edu/library/blog/2008/01/17/the-100-most-cited-scientists/feed/ New @ the Library: Books that make cent$ http://www.poly.edu/library/blog/2007/12/10/new-the-library-books-that-make-cent/ http://www.poly.edu/library/blog/2007/12/10/new-the-library-books-that-make-cent/#comments Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:34:38 +0000 Ana http://www.poly.edu/library/blog/2007/12/10/new-the-library-books-that-make-cent/ coversforfre_small.jpg

Money making strategies at your fingertips. Visit our “New Book” shelf for recent arrivals on Finance and Risk Engineering.

Links below will redirect you to publishers’ webpages where you will find more information.

Analysis of Financial Time Series by Ruey S. Tsay

Credit Derivative Strategies: New Thinking on Managing Risk and Return edited by Rohan Douglas

Focu$ on Financial Management by Ivan K. Cohen

Introduction to the Mathematics of Finance: from Risk Management to Options Pricing by Steven Roman

The Knowledge Ahead Approach to Risk: Theory and Experimental Evidence by Robin Pope, Johannes Leitner, and Ulrike Leopold-Wildburger

Market Models: A Guide to Financial Data Analysis by Carol Alexander

Mathematical Techniques in Financial Market Trading by Don K. Mak

Sovereign Default Risk Valuation: Implications of Debt Crises and Bond Restructurings by Jochen Andritzky

Statistical Arbitrage: Algorithmic Trading Insights and Techniques by Andrew Pole

]]> http://www.poly.edu/library/blog/2007/12/10/new-the-library-books-that-make-cent/feed/ World authority in the finance of rare events to speak at Poly http://www.poly.edu/library/blog/2007/11/20/world-authority-in-the-finance-of-rare-events-to-speak-at-poly/ http://www.poly.edu/library/blog/2007/11/20/world-authority-in-the-finance-of-rare-events-to-speak-at-poly/#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:17:52 +0000 Ingrid http://www.poly.edu/library/blog/2007/11/20/world-authority-in-the-finance-of-rare-events-to-speak-at-poly/ Bestselling author and practitioner of mathematical finance, Nassim Taleb, will be speaking at Poly’s Pfizer Auditorium on Wednesday, November 28 at 6 pm as part of the Topfer Chair Lecture Series in Financial Engineering & Technology Management.

Nassim Taleb’s latest book, The Black Swan: The impact of the highly improbable, takes its title from his theory of unpredictable events with great impact - we expect swans to be white and are shocked when a black swan swims by. The book explores strategies to deal with the unknown and provides advice on how to live one’s life in the presence of deep unpredictability. Read the first chapter online.

You can find The Black Swan and Taleb’s other books, Fooled by Randomness: The hidden role of chance in life and in the markets and Dynamic Hedging: Managing vanilla and exotic options on the “Recommended by Faculty” display shelf in the reference section of Dibner Library.

For more information, download the lecture flyer.

]]> http://www.poly.edu/library/blog/2007/11/20/world-authority-in-the-finance-of-rare-events-to-speak-at-poly/feed/ Recent Faculty Publications @ Dibner Library http://www.poly.edu/library/blog/2007/11/12/recent-faculty-publications-dibner-library/ http://www.poly.edu/library/blog/2007/11/12/recent-faculty-publications-dibner-library/#comments Mon, 12 Nov 2007 21:15:26 +0000 Ana http://www.poly.edu/library/blog/2007/11/12/recent-faculty-publications-dibner-library/ bookcovers

Rohan Douglas, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Management in the Financial Engineering Program has edited Credit Derivative Strategies: New Thinking on Managing Risk and Return. It is a comprehensive analysis of investment strategies, risk management strategies and pricing and valuation using real life applications.

Roy S. Freedman is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Management in the Financial Engineering Program at Polytechnic University. He is also founder and President of Inductive Solutions, Inc., a firm that provides advisory services and tools for risk management and mathematical modeling. He is the author of Introduction to Financial Technology , in which he presents both the technology and the finance side as he examines the brave new world of high speed trading made possible by technology.

Magued Iskander, Associate Professor in the Civil Engineering Department, has edited Innovations in E-learning, Instruction Technology, Assessment and Engineering Education. This compilation of outstanding articles explores new developments in E-learning, instruction technology, science and engineering research assessment methods, engineering and technical education, pedagogy, and issues in K-12 education.

Charles S. Tapiero, Distinguished Professor of Financial Engineering and Management of Technology has co-authored Supply Chain Games: Operations Management and Risk Valuation. A fast and reliable supply chain is essential to modern manufacturing, but there are myriad complexities to field as one seeks to ensure supply chain. It is essential for supply chain managers to analyze these complexities and educate corporate managers about them. This book provides a thorough study of all the variables to consider in this complex area.

]]> http://www.poly.edu/library/blog/2007/11/12/recent-faculty-publications-dibner-library/feed/ Email and productivity (or lack thereof) http://www.poly.edu/library/blog/2007/10/24/email-and-productivity-or-lack-thereof/ http://www.poly.edu/library/blog/2007/10/24/email-and-productivity-or-lack-thereof/#comments Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:27:00 +0000 Gavin http://www.poly.edu/library/blog/2007/10/24/email-and-productivity-or-lack-thereof/ Think Email is a big productivity booster? An affirmative answer falls in the prevalent camp; however, there is more than one opinion on this. Management consultant, Ken Siegel, believes that sometimes email is actually a way to avoid being productive, while appearing to be so. It has also become an “interpersonal coward’s device of choice.” An example would be an issue discussed in a correspondence that might involve multiple emails over a course of days that might be resolved in a ten minute fact to face meeting. Moreover, the direct method would result in a better personal relationship between the parties. Read more in this article in the Christian Science Monitor.

]]> http://www.poly.edu/library/blog/2007/10/24/email-and-productivity-or-lack-thereof/feed/ Featured Resource: Directory of open access journals http://www.poly.edu/library/blog/2007/10/17/featured-resource-directory-of-open-access-journals/ http://www.poly.edu/library/blog/2007/10/17/featured-resource-directory-of-open-access-journals/#comments Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:47:45 +0000 Ingrid biological engbiologychemical engchemistryhistorymechanical engmedicineonline resourcesopen accessphysicsresearchtechnology http://www.poly.edu/library/blog/2007/10/17/featured-resource-directory-of-open-access-journals/ Open Access publishing continues to rise at an astronomical rate as researchers hope to maximize their impact by providing free access to their scholarly articles online. But all this newly available material does little good if you don’t know where to find it. Fortunately the good folks at Lund University in Sweden have created the Directory of Open Access Journals.

The Directory of Open Access Journals is a carefully vetted list of fully open access, peer-reviewed scholarly journals covering all subjects and languages. It currently lists a total of 2,870 journals, with a net growth rate of 1.2 titles per calendar day over the past year. The directory aims to be a “one stop shop for users to Open Access Journals.”

Subjects covered in the Directory include: (more…)

]]> http://www.poly.edu/library/blog/2007/10/17/featured-resource-directory-of-open-access-journals/feed/ Nobel Prize in Economics 2007 http://www.poly.edu/library/blog/2007/10/16/nobel-prize-in-economics-2007/ http://www.poly.edu/library/blog/2007/10/16/nobel-prize-in-economics-2007/#comments Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:42:24 +0000 Gavin http://www.poly.edu/library/blog/2007/10/16/nobel-prize-in-economics-2007/ The New York Times wrote today that the Nobel Prize for economics was awarded to three Americans, for “creating and developing a sophisticated explanation of the interaction among individuals, markets and institutions.” The work of Leonid Hurwicz, Roger B. Myerson and Eric S. Maskin enabled mathematical economic models to be used effectively as a tool for social welfare. Among other uses, these models aid in the creation of government policy that would encourage markets to factor in the public good. An example would be a structure of taxation, regulatory controls and/or other incentives meant to result in the maintenance of clean air and water. To read more, see Three Share Nobel in Economics for Work on Social Mechanisms.

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