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In preparing for the uncertainties of the short-term as well as for the long-term growth opportunities, each investment management institution must focus on its cost effectiveness while being as productive as possible. A renewed focus must be set on fundamental disciplines such as risk and cost management.  The authors discuss processes, costs, productivity and operational risk issues and examine their interrelationships. Industry experts and specialists provide valuable insights in dealing with pertinent general managerial, technological and cost models. Representatives from academia and the industry present and analyse data collected that leads to interesting new conclusions and recommendations on how to address the challenges faced.  The book has been written with management of the global asset management industry in mind. The contents of the volume will also be highly relevant for everyone else with an interest in industry, be it researchers or students. With the insights obtained from this volume, several interesting directions for future research and development become apparent which could stimulate new studies either of a theoretical nature or of a more applied and empirical nature.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49598998315281,"sku":"GOR007985318","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/8799315114.jpg?v=1751254076"},{"product_id":"scheduling-book-michael-pinedo-9780130281388","title":"Scheduling","description":"Efficient scheduling of resources is critical to the proper functioning of businesses in today's competitive environment. Scheduling focuses on theoretical as well as applied aspects of the scheduling of resources. It is unique in the range of problems and issues that it covers. The book consists of three parts. The first part focuses on deterministic scheduling and deals with the combinational problems that arise in deterministic scheduling. The second part covers probabilistic scheduling models. In this part it is assumed that processing times and other problem data are not known in advance with certainty. The third part deals with scheduling in practice. It covers heuristics that are popular with practitioners and also delves into system design and developmental issues.  INCLUDES: *Discussion of the basic properties of scheduling models. *Computational as well as theoretical exercises at the end of each chapter. *Thorough examination of numerous applications. *Investigation of the latest developments in the field. *Discussion of future research developments.  A software package especially designed for the readers of this text is available free of charge on the web.Known as LEKIN, this system covers most of the machine environments discussed in this book and enables the user to test many of the algorithms and heuristics described. This book is of interest to theoreticians and practitioners alike. Graduate students in operations research, industrial engineering, and computer science will find the book to be an accessible and invaluable resource. 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