Common stocks and uncommon profits and other writings

Regarded as one of the pioneers of modern investment theory, Philip Fisher's principles are studied and used by numerous contemporary finance professionals, including Warren Buffett. "Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits and Other Writings" is useful reading and has been since it was first published ...

Wall Street on trial

a corrupted state?

The politics of business have become the business of politics. Across the world the lesson is clear: just as too much governmental interference leads to dysfunctional economies, left to its own devices the market is incapable of adequate self-regulation. The corporate malfeasance crisis in the ...

Angel investing

matching start-up funds with start-up companies: the guide for entrepeneurs, individual investors and venture capitalists

Angel investing is becoming a popular way for entrepreneurs to bring companies from the "idea stage" to full blown funding of venture capital. This comprehensive guide to angel investing offers insights into the angel investment market, and provides a resource section designed to link investors ...

Guts

8 laws of business from one of the most innovative business leaders of our time

Guts is about business, leadership, and life, and reaches well beyond the boundaries of the auto industry. Lutz#s laws of business, updated for today#s leaders, are key ingredients to a twenty-first-century road map for success. And it#s also a great read, delivered ...

Investing under fire

winning strategies from the masters for bulls, bears, and bewildered

In Investing Under Fire, thirty of America#s top money managers, market strategists, and political, academic, and business experts provide lessons on how to interpret and navigate through these tumultuous times. Assembled by veteran market commentator Alan Ackerman, these expert views are arranged in five ...

Value leadership

the 7 principles that drive corporate value in any economy

Management expert Peter Cohan provides a new and powerful concept of sustainable corporate value. This book provides executives with seven management principles that have been tested in periods of economic expansion and contraction. These principles are: value human relationships; foster teamwork; experiment frugally; fulfill your ...

Accounting standards, 2003

current text

The FASB Current Text is a topical integration of currently effective accounting and reporting standards. Material is drawn from FASB Statements of Financial Accounting Standards and FASB Interpretations, AICPA Accounting Research Bulletins, and APB Opinions. Volume I contains those standards that are generally applicable to ...

Original pronouncements

accounting standars : as of june 1, 2003

Shading and sidebars alert readers when standards have been amended or superseded.

Trajectory management

leading a business over time

Trajectory Management: * moves away from the #one true way# approach put forward by many business gurus * argues that the search for best practice, best change management, etc. obscures real situations in business * develops principles of right practice for the situation: business is continually evolving and ...

Systems thinking

creative holism for managers

Too often, today#s managers are sold simple solutions to complex problems. But as many soon discover, simplicity is rarely effective in the face of complexity, change and diversity. Despite apparent promise, quick-fix panaceas fail because they are not holistic or creative enough. They focus ...

Wiley Practitioner's Guide to GAAS 2004

covering all SASs, SSAEs, SSARSs and interpretations

This latest resource to understanding GAAS addresses the toughest part of an accountant#s job#identifying, interpreting, and applying the many audit, attest, review, and compilation standards relevant to a particular engagement. Wiley Practitioner#s Guide to GAAS 2004, the only reference written by the ...

Advanced accounting

This title deals with financial accounting and reporting in the following topical areas: business combinations, consolidated financial statements, international accounting, foreign currency transactions, accounting for derivative instruments, translation of financial statements of foreign affiliates, segment reporting and interim reporting, partnerships, fund accounting and accounting for ...

Fundraising in times of crisis

Fundraising in Times of Crisis helps executive directors and development professionals of nonprofit organizations plan for both the short and long term and explains how to evaluate the success of their efforts. Checklists, tips, action steps and a wealth of examples walk you through the ...

Hedge funds

definitive strategies and techniques

Hedge funds have experienced a significant resurgence since the downturn of the stock market. With this explosion in popularity, financial professionals have started to look for definitive strategies and techniques related to hedge funds. This survey gives readers the specific guidance they need to fully ...

The candlestick course

Steve Nison revolutionized the world of technical analysis when his two bestselling books introduced Japanese candlestick charting techniques to the western world. "Candles," he discovered, can signal shifts in trends and price patterns with amazing accuracy, and these "storyteller" charts also contain powerful applications for ...

Financial fineprint

uncovering a company´s true value

To make money in today#s tough market, investors have to make deliberate, well-researched choices. To do this requires not only having the right information, but also knowing how to decode it. With their obscuring tactics, companies won#t help you any. So be advised ...

The solution path

a step-by-step guide to turning your workplace problems into opportunities

In The Solution Path, Tasos Sioukas combines practical techniques and tools with spirituality, life skills, and an emphasis on relationships and teams. He presents proven methods that enable readers to take action and create solutions. Unlike other books on the subject that leave readers thirsty ...

Investment mathematics

Investment Mathematics is divided into three parts. Part I looks at the fundamental analysis of investments from a mathematical viewpoint, relying heavily on compound interest techniques which are developed in the first chapter. The material is presented in such a way that those without formal ...

Financial engineering principles

a unified theory for financial product analysis and valuation

This book provides a sophisticated understanding of finance, using commonsense explanations that do not depend on obscure jargon or advanced-level mathematics

Towards the semantic Web

ontology-driven knowledge management

With the current changes driven by the expansion of the World Wide Web, this book uses a different approach from other books on the market: it applies ontologies to electronically available information to improve the quality of knowledge management in large and distributed organizations. Ontologies ...

The Semantic Web

guide to the future of XML, Web services, and knowledge management

* 'The Semantic Web is an extension of the current Web in which information is given * well-defined meaning, better enabling computers and people to work in cooperation.'-Tim Berners-Lee, Scientific American, May 2001 * This authoritative guide shows how the Semantic Web works technically and how businesses ...

The sales bible

Sales guru Jeffrey Gitomer's bestselling classic is now available in paperback Jeffrey Gitomer's Sales Bible was listed as one of "The Ten Books Every Salesperson Should Own and Read" by the Dale Carnegie Sales Advantage Program. Now completely revised, this book is available ...