A Primer On Corporate Governance: Mexico

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Mexico is a land inhabited by several indigenous civilizations and was conquered by Spain in 1521. The country is mostly a racial mix between the Spanish and native cultures. It is a traditionalist society where family, religion, and culture play a key role. The role of the marketplace is constrained by the government and local interest groups such as unions, political parties, commerce chambers, and private firms. The market for corporate control is scarce. Corporate governance codes are voluntary.
Corporate ownership is concentrated with few institutional investors. Shareholder activism is uncommon. Corporate boards are single tier in nature. CEO duality is common practice. Boards are made mostly of insiders and shareholder representatives. Independent board members hold minority stakes.
This book starts by describing the macro context in which Mexico is embedded. We then focus on its corporate governance system: laws, regulatory bodies, code of good governance, stock market and the peculiarities of local business groups. The central part of the book summarizes key characteristics of board structure and networks in the country. The book ends with interviews of two well-known directors and suggestions to move the governance field forward in Mexico.

How to Take Action for Successful Performance Management : A Pragmatic Constructivist Approach

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This book is intended for practitioners, students, and researchers who are interested in designing, using, assessing, and researching performance management systems. Managerial personnel involved in such activity will hold many beliefs about how their organization functions. This text uses the philosophy of pragmatic constructivism to show how managerial beliefs that underlie action can be made explicit and so facilitate their assessment and improvement. This involves recognizing and integrating the four dimensions (facts, possibilities, values, and communication) that represent how managers relate to the real- ity in which they operate. When managerial beliefs are based on an accurate representation of reality, they are more likely to be successful. Problems occur where reality is misrepresented in managerial beliefs. This is especially so in performance management, as the book illustrates using real-world examples.
Specific topics addressed include planning and decision making, performance management of investment center managers, strategic performance management, and operational performance management.

New Insights into Prognostic Data Analytics in Corporate Communication

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This book advances diagnosis-prognosis models that mark antecedent frames in various commercial forms of communication—annual reports, investigative fiction–Poirot series, Sci-Fi, and advertisements. The authors thereby develop a study of narrative markets by proposing the narrative of things as the next innovative mega trend in business analytics. A unique feature of the book is the special section dedicated to industry- academic practitioners, who have offered a bird’s-eye view in the Review Speak section of every chapter of this book.
With contributions by Aman Narang, Niteen Bali, Shubhra Chaudhry, AmanchaVamshikrishna, Anant Singh, Karthi Prakash and Namit Jain.

Chief Kickboxing Officer: Applying the Fight Mentality to Business Success

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Chief Kickboxing Officer is not a book about fighting your way to the top of the corporate ladder. It’s about applying the visceral, tactical lessons of martial artistry to the way we think and the way we interact with people. –Jonathan Clements, author of A Brief History of the Martial Arts and The Art of War: A New Translation
Business and fighting are two sides of the same coin.
Every businessperson engages everyday in small acts of negotiation and conflict; understanding what characterizes our conduct, and what are its strengths and weakness, will help us develop more effective relationships.
Chief Kickboxing Officer shows how the fighting and business mind sets cross over in this process of discovery and, in particular, what lessons can be learned from a highly refined and scientific type of fighting system: the martial arts. By looking at four types of behavioral and leadership styles and map ping each of them onto a martial art, this book allows the readers to learn lessons best suited to their personality.
‧ Formal and proactive types that align with the martial art of karate.
‧ Formal and responsive types that align with the martial art of judo.
‧ Informal and proactive types that align with the martial art of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA).
‧ Informal and responsive types that align with the martial art of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ).

From Vision to Decision: A Self-Coaching Guide to Starting a New Business

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Money cannot buy happiness, but a solid, profitable business can enable you to wake up each morning looking forward to the work you have to do. If you dream of owning your own small business because you want autonomy, freedom, meaning, and purpose, this book is for you.
This is a self-coaching guide and a practical workbook. At the end of each thought provoking chapter you will find tools to help you with your business analysis, techniques for greater creativity, information about your brain and how it works and powerful questions to lead you to a fuller understanding of yourself and your business.
Do you feel called to be an entrepreneur but hesitate because you do not know what to do? This book will help you find your way through the small business startup maze. The self-coaching exercises in this book are designed to move you from frustrated dreamer to becoming an action-oriented business leader.
All you need to do now to create a clear, low risk vision for building a pro table business is to read this book, do the exercises, and create your plan.

AI Concepts for Business Applications

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Congratulations Nick! For writing a book chosen as the Top 50 Recommended Books from Thinkers360!!
Check out this new interview with the author!
The business world has been hearing about artificial intelligence (AI) and block- chain. AI was the superstar topic of conversations at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland this past January 2019.
In this book, Nelson E. (Nick) Brestoff, a former California litigation attorney, provides his readers with a no math explanation of the breakthrough form of AI known as deep learning. He teaches by way of example and uses his eight U.S. patents, awarded in 2017 and 2018, as a way for his readers to see the many applications of his new technology. He echoes the view that deep learning will change everything and challenges his readers to come up with business-relevant innovations of their own.

Get On Board: Earning Your Ticket to a Board Seat

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Directors, chairpersons, executives, recruiters, and other professionals who assist corporate boards all agree that becoming a corporate director is a journey. The process may take one to five years and involves a lot of learning, networking, and strategic positioning. In other words, just like everything worth pursuing, it involves a lot of hard work! Yes, there are occasional glimpses of luck, but there are no magical moments, invisible hands, or other miracles. Get on Board: Earning Your Ticket to a Corporate Board Seat is a practical beginner’s guide for anyone considering becoming a director, from young professionals seeking corporate board service in the distant future to seasoned professionals contemplating an imminent career change. This book demystifies the process, breaks down the steps, and answers the most common questions about corporate board service. It also provides examples of successful corporate director biographies and resumes. Finally, it shares actionable strategies and worksheets to help identify your unique value proposition, elevate your profile, and refine your networking strategy. You can use all of this information to start your corporate board journey today. After reading this book, you will be convinced that corporate board service is within your reach—and will be ready to pursue it actively!

The PR Knowledge Book

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The PR Knowledge Book is for everyone, regardless of where you are in your PR journey.

This book covers everything within the world of PR from how to create a brand, how to use social media, how to be newsworthy, to how to contact the media, how to have a global mind-set, the power of networking, and more.

It is written in an easy style, packed with powerful tips, proven tools, and real-life case studies from around the world. In 12 chapters you will discover how to get your brand out there so you can attract clients and new business.

This book is featured on The International Public Relations Association’s website. IPRA is the leading global network for PR professionals and is the organizer of the public relations’ annual global competition, the Golden World Awards for Excellence.

Understanding Momentum In Investment Technical Analysis: Making Better Predictions Based On Price, Trend Strength, And Speed Of Change

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This book explains and demonstrates the concept of momentum in chart analysis, which is of great interest to technical analysts. It includes complete explanations of overbought and oversold, where momentum It’s in the broader science of technical analysis, and the importance of moving average crossover. Five major momentum oscillators are explained in depth: relative strength index, MACD, rate of change, stochastics, and Bollinger Bands. Finally, the book provides trading guidance based on momentum, involving coordination of oscillators with other indicators, reversal, and continuation signals.
Momentum powerfully identifies the strength and speed of price movement. Through the use of index calculations, momentum is effective when used as a conforming indicator for other signals found in price, volume, or moving averages. Often over- looked by traders focused solely on price reversals or continuation signals, momentum provides a context to price behavior and to the price trend, and can vastly improves the timing of both entry and exit of trades.

How New Risk Management Helps Leaders Master Uncertainty

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Check out the article by author Pojasek on IFAC to learn more about this book. Risk is the effect of uncertainty on the ability of an organization to meet its strategic objectives. The effects of uncertainty are expressed as opportunities and threats. Yet, most people associate risk with hazards and losses (i.e., pure risk). Unlike pure risk, uncertainty risk is not insurable because of its upside risk opportunities. Risk management is a key element of the open-sourced, high-level structure developed by the International Organization for Standardization. This structure for man- aging important organizational programs has been adopted by over 180 country standard-setting organizations.
This book helps the organization’s top leader gather the information needed to identify opportunities and threats and decide on the appropriate risk response in this uncertain world. The two most widely used risk management standards are presented to demonstrate that an organization can use either one or a combination of the two standards to help manage the effects of uncertainty on their organization. It’s fool-worthy to attempt to run an organization without formal uncertainty risk management. Let this book help you and your company’s way in an uncertain world.