This outstanding work reveals how boards governing 21st-century organizations can change their practices and align their principles to successfully govern the organization of the new economy. The authors propose that judging a board's effectiveness should be done not in a "shareholder" context but in a "stakeholder" context instead. They couch ...
For courses in C/C++ Programming and C++ Programming for Technology. This text presents a balanced discussion of C++ language skills, top-down and object oriented design-along with experience in design and development that directly relates to real-world job skills. Practical applications in this book will explain, first-hand, how to design a ...
A balanced, easy-to-understand introduction to Visual C#'s powerful features. -- Visual C# has been launched to inherently work with tools in the .NET Framework and this guide explains C# clearly and concisely within that very context. -- To date there are few guides like The Complete Idiot's Guide "RM" to Visual C# which teach C# along with an in ...
Statistics can be tricky, but the 3rd edition of Howitt and Cramer's popular statistics text makes it much easier. Users of statistics at all levels find this comprehensive and modern approach indispensable. This new edition has been redesigned for maximum clarity with difficult concepts explained in simple steps using a wide variety of examples. ...
Anybody who wants to start developing games can do with this guide--no programming (or computer) experience required! * Computer-based games have surpassed Hollywood movies in revenues, amounting to $40 billion annually worldwide! * Fun projects, a wealth of diagrams and illustrations, and an accessible, friendly writing style, David Conger puts ...
For thousands of years, parents around the world have been telling their children stories; at bedtime, over the dinner table and around the fire. Each country has its own set of fascinating tales, which are especially enjoyable for children to discover. "Asian Children's Favorite Stories" is a marvelous collection of 13 beautifully told folktales ...
For C/C++ Programming courses. This comprehensive yet readable text teaches students C language skills and how to build complete working programs (entire software systems) in C. By the end of the book, students will have written a working text editor, will have learned program design skills, and will have been introduced to software testing and ...
"DON'T TOUCH! The toaster is HOT. Blow! Blow! Blow! Now the waffles are NOT. " This inventive book, with textures to touch and sensational scents to scratch-and-sniff, offers a fun approach for kids to learn about what is hot in the kitchen and how to cool down their favorite hot foods before touching them or taking a bite!
Physics modeling is taking the game development industry by storm. It is a powerful tool for producing great-looking, realistic games. A simple model can create effects beyond the wildest expectations of programmers. Advances in processing speed and 3D rendering technology have revolutionized games. Games are closer to photographic realism than ...
Intended for introductory-level undergraduate courses in the business and technical disciplines that involve hardware or software development.Using a step-by-step, hands-on approach, this foundational text familiarizes students with basic technical concepts common to all computers--helping them acquire the technical skills necessary to survive and ...
Remote objects, or Remoting, is the next step along the evolutionary path of RPC, COM, and COM+. Remoting is Microsoft's new method of creating and accessing distributed objects across a local network or across the Internet, running on Windows or any other operating system. This book presents a look at the fundamentals of how Remoting and Web ...
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