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  • Competitor Analysis in Financial Services

    • 1st Edition
    • Ian Youngman
    • English
    This is the first comprehensive professional guide to the strategies and techniques of competitor analysis for the financial services industry. It explains how to set up systems and models to identify and analyse competitors and their products.The book begins with an overview of the need for competitor analysis in financial services. It continues with the identification of competitors, the setting up of competitor analysis systems, and a consideration of key sources of information. The core of the book examines the process of analysis, modelling, dissemination and monitoring of information and its application for competitive advantage.Key concepts in Competitor analysis in financial services:Don't just copy others' systemsUnderstand the need for competitor intelligenceFind out what competitors doUnderstand the methodologySet up the systems to fit your companyThis book is thoroughly practical in its approach and international in its coverage and is essential reading for all financial services professionals seeking competitive advantage.
  • Gums and Stabilisers for the Food Industry 9

    • 1st Edition
    • Peter A. Williams + 1 more
    • English
    This work contains the proceedings of a conference on gums and stabilisers for the food industry. Contributions are concerned with the structure-function relationships of various polysaccharides and protein systems, as well as progress on mixed biopolymer systems.
  • Foreign Exchange Options

    An International Guide to Currency Options, Trading and Practice
    • 2nd Edition
    • Alan Hicks
    • English
    Since the first edition of Foreign Exchange Options in 1993, trading in foreign exchange options has undergone rapid expansion and now accounts for a daily turnover of some $100 billion world-wide. This revised and expanded second edition takes into account recent changes in both market practice and regulatory requirements and contains many new explanatory diagrams and practical examples.As with the first edition, the emphasis is on practicality, taking the reader through the basics, clarifying jargon when and where appropriate. This book will be invaluable for accountants, auditors, experienced practitioners and those entering the world of currency options for the first time.
  • Practical Dehydration

    • 2nd Edition
    • M Greensmith
    • English
    Practical dehydration has long been recognised as a standard text for the industry. In the second edition the author provides a reassessed perspective on this international industry. In addition to the original chapters on packaging, storing and quality control, this latest edition includes modern analysis of expanding sectors and new technologies. This book provides an invaluable guide to the practicalities and logistics of a changing industry.
  • The Maillard Reaction in Foods and Medicine

    • 1st Edition
    • J O'Brien + 3 more
    • English
    This collection of papers are devoted to a single chemical reaction, The Maillard reaction. They look at various different topics, such as its use in the food industry, and its relation to ageing and age-related diseases.
  • Thermoset Resins for Composites

    Directory and Databook
    • 2nd Edition
    • Trevor Starr + 2 more
    • English
    The continuing expansion world-wide of the composites industry ensures a warm welcome for the second edition of this popular and successful directory and databook, first published in 1993. This edition has been completely revised and updated to include many new companies and new and improved thermoset resin systems, as well as major and important changes in the whole manufacturer/supplie... picture.As in the first edition, the initial directory section of the book includes a comprehensive contact listing of all relevant companies, together with some basic explanations of thermoset chemistry. The databook section has been completely redesigned to allow more resin description and property tabulation as well as a more reader-friendly, useful layout.In its new edition, the book will continue to be an essential reference throughout the composites industry as well as to academics and students of materials science.
  • The International Paper Trade

    • 1st Edition
    • Tom Bolton
    • English
    The international paper trade discusses the whole spectrum of the pulp and paper industry and is designed for busy readers in the industry and its allied trades who need a thorough understanding of the trade.The international paper trade provides a comprehensiveguide to the:Fundamentals of the paper businessDrivers of change and their effectsChanging nature of the businessThe book begins with a brief outline of the history and technology of the industry and goes on to show the production, consumption, import and export levels in the major regions for the last 15-20 years. Tom Bolton then examines the factors that are driving the industry today, including forestry issues, the principal raw materials used in pulp and paper manufacture, and environmental issues. Finally, the book looks to the future and what the next decade holds for the industry.
  • Biscuit, Cookie and Cracker Manufacturing Manuals

    Manual 6: Biscuit Packaging and Storage
    • 1st Edition
    • Duncan Manley
    • English
    The final manual describes the range of packaging options available together with storage and handling, highlighting the key issues in retaining product quality.
  • Biscuit, Cookie and Cracker Manufacturing Manuals

    Manual 4: Baking and Cooling of Biscuits
    • 1st Edition
    • Duncan Manley
    • English
    This manual explains the principles and machinery involved in baking and post-baking processes, and the key issues in maintaining both quality and throughput.
  • Biscuit, Cookie and Cracker Manufacturing Manuals

    Manual 3: Biscuit Dough Piece Forming
    • 1st Edition
    • Duncan Manley
    • English
    This stage in biscuit production is often a source of problems. The author identifies what these problems are at each stage, explains their causes and how they can be resolved.