Business Plans Handbook, Volume 19

Business Plans Handbook, Volume 19 (BPH-19) is a collection of business plans compiled by entrepreneurs seeking funding for small businesses throughout North America. For those looking for examples of how to approach, structure, and compose their own business plans, BPH-19 presents 20 sample plans.

Information Technology and the Networked Economy

In this text you will explore how information systems are used in business, and, more importantly, how the role of information systems has grown as a result of the telecommunications revolution. McKeon has published more than 30 textbooks and close to 50 articles in the areas of management science and information systems.

Assessing the Benefits and Costs of ITS: Making the Business Case for ITS Investments

The 17 chapters in this book, which evolved from a conference on measuring the contributions of ITS sponsored by the California Department of Transportation in February 2002, examine the costs and benefits of ITS in an economic and business policy context.
Section 1 examines the broad theme of how and what ITS contributes to the economy and how one makes a business case for ITS. Section 2 includes three chapters on ITS applications in mass transit. Section 3 explores ITS applications in the automobile/highway system. Section 4 considers integrative issues including how ITS is perceived and how it can be positioned to improve surface transportation. 

The Portfolio Chef: Satisfy Your Investment Appetite

In this guide to understanding and creating a diversified financial investment portfolio, food analogies are used to explain confusing financial jargon and suggest that a healthy stock portfolio, like a nutritious meal, must be balanced. Equating bonds with potatoes, blue chip stocks with meat, and speculative stocks with desserts, this primer details the various types of investments available and explains how to choose suitable ventures. Both the novice and the experienced investor will benefit from the resources offered for using the Internet and other information sources to make informed financial choices. 

Your Clients for Life: The Definitive Guide to Becoming a Successful Financial Planner

The financial services industry is on the brink of transformation, as financial professionals face a growing demand to take a more client-centered approach. Consumers are looking for more comprehensive guidance on how financial issues fit into a whole life plan. Seeking full lives, not merely financial accumulation, investors are proactively soliciting professional help in funding a lifestyle with satisfaction at its core.
In Your Clients for Life, popular speakers and writers Mitch Anthony, Barry LaValley, and Carol Anderson