Aborda temas como la estadística inferencial, la regresión lineal simple y múltiple, y el diseño de experimentos que brindan un soporte significativo en la toma de decisiones. Incluye más de 300 ejercicios planteados y desarrollados, que facilitan el enlace entre los conceptos teóricos y la práctica, los cuales guiarán al lector para una mejor comprensión de los contenidos y sus aplicaciones.

El texto ha sido estructurado en seis capítulos para orientar de manera detallada, secuencial y bajo diferentes opciones metodológicas; la obtención de resultados en términos de la utilización de tasas de interés en sus modalidades simple y compuesta, nominal vencida y anticipada y su respectiva tasa efectiva anual. De manera secuencial se presenta la aplicación de las diversas modalidades de las equivalencias del dinero en el tiempo, en términos...

A large financing need challenges climate-adjusted infrastructure in developing Asia, estimated at $26 trillion till 2030. This necessitates crowding-in private sources to meet financing, efficiency, and technology gaps. However, a lack of bankable projects is a major hurdle. This publication suggests one possible innovative financing approach. The Green Finance Catalyzing Facility (GFCF) proposes a blended finance framework for governments and development...

Ask anyone, and they will tell you the truth that being financially responsible is a very important part of a person's life. Too often a person will not take financial discipline seriously and will just move on in their life, not realizing they have made eggshells to be their life's financial foundation using this passive approach in a world where anything can happen at any time. How can you acquire a safety net to land in when the bottom falls...

Are you looking to automate your trading strategy? Are you looking for a more efficient way of completing your financial analysis?Python is the answer.While looking to gain summarize our knowledge on the subject, we realized that there was a lot of information available in books and the internet. However, there seemed to be too much information. There were 500-page textbooks on the subject that had very little practical use. They were pretty useless...

Do you have thoughts of investing in the stock market, but you are scared to do so? Are you passionate about the stock market, but you develop cold feet because you have little or no knowledge about the industry's intricacies? Well, you are not alone, and it's natural for people with limited knowledge of stock investment to develop cold feet or become terrified after listening to different stories of an average investor losing half of their portfolio...

Quantum computing is one of the major buzz words of the last 10 years – so now is the ideal opportunity to step back and review where we are on the journey to a quantum future. Up to this point, quantum theory has gone from the unknown to the norm. Prototype computers utilising the quantum phenomena exist, and the globe's leading companies have already moved beyond investigation and experimentation to confirmation of concept. Business models are...

A brother and sister's search for a new life and new home . . . 5,000 years ago in ancient Mesopotamia during a terrible drought, Jomar and Zefa's father must send his children away to the city of Ur because he can no longer feed them. At fourteen, Jomar is old enough to apprentice with Sidah, a master goldsmith for the temple of the moongod, but there is no place for Zefa in Sidah's household. Zefa, a talented but untrained musician, is forced to...

ADB became a Task Force for Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) supporter in November 2021 and this report represents ADB's first climate-related financial disclosures under the TCFD framework. This publication provides an overview of ADB's progress in implementing recommendations in the four thematic areas identified by the TCFD framework: governance, strategy, risk management, and metrics and targets. It also presents proposed future actions...

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are widely regarded as the backbone of economies and make a unique contribution to gross domestic product, exports, and employment. Yet, SMEs face multiple challenges in gaining access to finance that can fuel their growth. This publication scrutinizes the multiple factors affecting SMEs' access to finance and the impact of credit guarantee schemes (CGSs), examines country case studies from across the globe,...