Author : Bernard Hardman
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 31,57 MB
Release : 2017-11-25
Category :
ISBN : 9781389298868
All Starbucks Cards released till December 2017 in the United States of America. Features more than 800 cards divided by categories and years. Second Edition December 2017.
Author : Eric Bever
Publisher :
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 27,31 MB
Release : 2016-10-07
Category :
ISBN : 9781682738795
A collector's reference guide and checklist covering Starbucks Reserve® Tasting Cards, which have been, and continue to be designed, published, and distributed by Starbucks Coffee Company with their Reserve® coffees. Period covered: December 2014 through September 2016. All U.S. releases from the period are shown in full color. Eighty (80) color photographs showcase the series' beautiful artwork and high-quality printing.Organized alphabetically, and including a Chronology page. The First Edition is limited to two hundred and four (204) hand-numbered copies.
Author : Ed Sobey
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 24,84 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Science
ISBN : 1556528124
Written for mechanical novices who may not know their catalytic converters from their universal joints, this practical guide helps teach a basic understanding of how automobiles function. Devices are grouped according to their habitats - under the hood, inside the car, and more - to help identify the technology in question. Solving automotive puzzles such as where exactly does a dipstick dip and what is rack and pinion steering, this handy reference illuminates what's going on under the hood without all that grime and grease.
Author : Stephen Laroche
Publisher : ECW Press
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 11,40 MB
Release : 2011-04-01
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1554909716
For over a hundred years, kids of all ages have enjoyed the thrill of collecting sports cards. Whether it was souvenirs from their parents’ cigarette packs, pieces that came in bubble gum packages, or the modern dazzlers, the simple formula of pictures and text on cardboard have been a part of North American society for over a century. Now, take a look back at one of the most popular hobbies in history with Got ’Em, Got ’Em, Need ’Em. Covering baseball, basketball, football, hockey, boxing, and golf, this unique book offers a look at the greatest sports cards ever produced, including the players and personalities involved. Relive the days gone by with some of the industry’s most well-known experts as we count down the best from the business. Plus, as a special bonus, take a look at the best innovations, the worst blunders, and a special tribute to the hobby’s boom era in the 1990s.
Author : Keith B. Carter
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 36,20 MB
Release : 2014-09-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1118915232
Building an analysis ecosystem for a smarter approach to intelligence Keith Carter's Actionable Intelligence: A Guide to Delivering Business Results with Big Data Fast! is the comprehensive guide to achieving the dream that business intelligence practitioners have been chasing since the concept itself came into being. Written by an IT visionary with extensive global supply chain experience and insight, this book describes what happens when team members have accurate, reliable, usable, and timely information at their fingertips. With a focus on leveraging big data, the book provides expert guidance on developing an analytical ecosystem to effectively manage, use the internal and external information to deliver business results. This book is written by an author who's been in the trenches for people who are in the trenches. It's for practitioners in the real world, who know delivering results is easier said than done – fraught with failure, and difficult politics. A landscape where reason and passion are needed to make a real difference. This book lays out the appropriate way to establish a culture of fact-based decision making, innovation, forward looking measurements, and appropriate high-speed governance. Readers will enable their organization to: Answer strategic questions faster Reduce data acquisition time and increase analysis time to improve outcomes Shift the focus to positive results rather than past failures Expand opportunities by more effectively and thoughtfully leveraging information Big data makes big promises, but it cannot deliver without the right recipe of people, processes and technology in place. It's about choosing the right people, giving them the right tools, and taking a thoughtful—rather than formulaic--approach. Actionable Intelligence provides expert guidance toward envisioning, budgeting, implementing, and delivering real benefits.
Author : Robert Reed
Publisher :
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 13,30 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780891455424
Discusses the types of collector cards available and offers a value guide for cards dating from the turn of the century to the present
Author : Thomas H. Davenport
Publisher : FT Press
Page : 1710 pages
File Size : 29,43 MB
Release : 2012-10-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0133091252
A brand new collection of business analytics insights and actionable techniques… 3 authoritative books, now in a convenient e-format, at a great price! 3 authoritative eBooks deliver comprehensive analytics knowledge and tools for optimizing every critical business decision! Use business analytics to drive maximum value from all your business data! This unique 3 eBook package will help you harness your information, discover hidden patterns, and successfully act on what you learn. In Enterprise Analytics, analytics pioneer Tom Davenport and the world-renowned experts at the International Institute for Analytics (IIA) bring together the latest techniques, best practices, and research on large-scale analytics strategy, technology, implementation, and management. Using real-world examples, they cover everything from building better analytics organizations to gathering data; implementing predictive analytics to linking analysis with organizational performance. You'll find specific insights for optimizing supply chains, online services, marketing, fraud detection, and many other business functions; plus chapter-length case studies from healthcare, retail, and financial services. Next, in the up-to-the-minute Analysis Without Paralysis, Second Edition, Babette E. Bensoussan and Craig S. Fleisher help you succeed with analysis without getting mired in advanced math or arcane theory. They walk you through the entire business analysis process, and guide you through using 12 core tools for making better decisions about strategy and operations -- including three powerful tools covered for the first time in this new Second Edition. Then, in Business and Competitive Analysis, Fleisher and Bensoussan help you apply 24 leading business analysis models to gain deep clarity about your business environment, answer tough questions, and make tough choices. They first walk you through defining problems, avoiding pitfalls, choosing tools, and communicating results. Next, they systematically address both “classic” techniques and the most promising new approaches from economics, finance, sociology, anthropology, and the intelligence and futurist communities. For the first time, one book covers Nine Forces, Competitive Positioning, Business Model, Supply Chain Analyses, Benchmarking, McKinsey 7S, Shadowing, Product Line, Win/Loss, Strategic Relationships, Corporate Reputation, Critical Success Factors, Driving Forces, Country Risk, Technology Forecasting, War Gaming, Event/Timeline, Indications, Warning Analyses, Competitor Cash Flow, ACH, Linchpin Analyses, and more. Whether you're an executive, strategist, analyst, marketer, or operations professional, this eBook collection will help you make more effective, data-driven, profitable decisions! From world-renowned analytics and competitive/business intelligence experts Thomas H. Davenport, Babette E. Bensoussan, and Craig S. Fleisher
Author : Mark Pickvet
Publisher : Schiffer Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 30,40 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780764344824
For novices and longtime card collectors alike, here are two books in one: a thorough price guide featuring common to extremely rare items, and a well-researched history of playing cards and games. A wealth of mythology, literature, and history is found on playing cards. In addition to classic decks normally seen in the United States, find artistically designed European suits with, for example, Shakespearean characters on face cards. Read about the origins of some of the most popular card games, board games, and the card decks themselves. Learn how to date decks or individual cards using methods applied by dealers. This handy volume also includes tips on spotting reproductions, as well as valuable knowledge worth gaining in order to become a smarter collector.
Author : Sports Collectors Digest
Publisher : Krause Publications
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 42,67 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780873412636
The SCD staff shows you what to save, how to buy, where to purchase, how to store, when to sell and what to avoid. Give someone this book along with a couple of wax packs and you'll likely start a love affair with sport and entertainment card collecting.
Author : Casey Childress
Publisher : Harbinger House
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 40,33 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780943173931
Explains to kids how to start, build, and care for a baseball card collection.
