Companies rarely track their performance against long-term plans, and results often fail to meet projections. When companies do track performance, it seldom matches the prior years projection. This new title in The Economist series shows businesses can overcome such failings and implement strategy effectively, using facts and anecdotal evidence from the real experiences of firms such as Reuters, Lipper, LVMH, and Barclays. Michel Syrett, author of numerous books and a contributor to the Financial Times and other papers, shows managers how to close the strategy-to-performance gap by improving communications, better managing resources and information, and instilling accountability.
Visual Effects Cinematography by Zoran Perisic, ISBN 0240803515
Visual effects are an important aspect of film creation, with new technologies and techniques being developed every day. Nevertheless, many of the effects we see on screen are not computer generated; they are done inside the camera or with projection, techniques that have been around for many years. Visual Effects Cinematography examines both traditional and modern visual effects techniques, illustrating how the new techniques have built upon the old in a way that is especially valuable to students. This book examines in detail the various types of equipment used and how they work, and then goes on to discuss the process of planning the shoot.
The most important aspect of visual effects cinematography is the creative problem-solving that happens early in the production, to select the technique that will provide a particular effect and plan the shooting to accommodate the needs of specific scenes. Written by an effects director associated with such blockbuster films as Superman and...
Reflective Liquid Crystal Displays by Shin-Tson Wu, ISBN 0471496111
The evolution of portable communications applications has been facilitated largely by the development of reflective LCD technology. Offering a unique insight into state-of-the art display technologies, "Reflective Liquid Crystal Displays "covers the basic operations principles, exemplary device structures and fundamental material properties of device components.
Display engineers, scientists and technicians active in the field will welcome this unique resource, as will developers of a wide range of systems and applicaations. Graduate students and researchers will appreciated the introduction and technical insight into this exciting technology.
Featuring: Direct-view, projection and micro (virtual projection) reflective displays in the context of multi-media projectors, mobile internet and personal entertainment displays. Optimisation of critical display attributes: fast response time, low voltage operation and wide angle viewing. Description of the basic properties of liquid crystal...
Reflective Liquid Crystal Displays by Shin-Tson Wu, ISBN 0471496111
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