Innovations in governmental accounting

The purpose of this book is to present an updated overview of what, in the contributors' opinions, are the most useful and innovative international experiences in governmental accounting, reporting and control. The text presents a perspective on the contemporary state and foreseeable evolution of international ...

Asset pricing

discrete time approach

The theory of asset pricing has grown markedly more sophisticated since the early 1980s, with the application of powerful mathematical tools such as probability theory, stochastic processes and numerical analysis. The main goal of this text is to provide a systematic exposition, with practical applications ...

Quantitative models for performance evaluation and benchmarking

data development analysis with spreadsheets and DEA Excel solver

It is difficult to evaluate an organization's performance when there are multiple inputs and multiple outputs to the system. The difficulties are further enhanced when the relationships between the inputs and the outputs are complex and involve unknown tradeoffs. This work introduces DEA as ...

Technology, growth and the labor market

In the late-20th and early-21st centuries, economic prognosticators have pondered whether the US economy has entered a new era. This "new economy" is generally characterized as having technological innovations that have raised productivity and, accordingly, removed pricing power from the world's producers on a ...

General equilibrium foundations of finance

structure of incomplete markets models

The purpose of this text is to give a sound economic foundation of finance based on the general equilibrium model with incomplete markets which embodies the famous CAPM as an important special case. This goal is achieved by giving reasonable restrictions on the agents' characteristics ...

La columna de la muerte

el avance del ejército franquista de Sevilla a Badajoz

Espinosa reconstruye lo ocurrido durante el verano del 36 siguiendo la ruta de las fuerzas de Franco por tierras extremeñas.Con documentación inédita, sus resultados ponen fin a numerosos tópicos heredados del franquismo

Contributions to modern econometrics

from data analysis to economic policy

The field of econometrics has gone through remarkable changes during the last decades of the 20th century - the earlier focus on testing macroeconomic theories has been widened considerably. It has turned into a discipline concerned with the development and application of statistical methods for any ...

Entrepreneurial wage dynamics in the knowledge economy

This title challenges the conclusions that link entrepreneurship to lower employee compensation. This challenge is based on theories of entrepreneurship, which view the role of small firms as existing in a dynamic context rather than a static framework. The evolutionary theory of entrepreneurship views the ...

Por amor a la verdad

El testamento vital y literario del autor de los cipreses creen en Dios

Model law decisions

cases applying the UNCITRAL model law on international commercial arbitration (1985-2001)

Legal opinions in international transactions

The theory of search games and rendezvous

Search Theory is one of the classic methodological disciplines in operations research and applied mathematics. It deals with the problem faced by a searcher who wishes to minimize the time required to find a hidden object. Traditionally, the target of the search is assigned to ...

Crisis management in the tourism industry

Understanding effects of crises on the tourism industry and how businesses can prepare and succeed in these times Written by one of the world#s leading experts from the World Tourism Organisation Global coverage and perspective with cases and examples from the UK, Australia and ...

Value-based human resource strategy

developing your HR consultancy role

Many HR managers are trying to become more of a consultant than an HR administrator. This book Using case studies including Marks and Spencer, Dyson and BT, it demonstrates how HR strategey can be positioned and implemented to generate real shareholder value. Featuring extensive summaries ...

Total performance scorecard

redefining management to achieve performance with integrity

In the post-Enron climate corporate executives are increasingly pressured to increase productivity and create an ethical, trustworthy organizational climate. This book introduces a concept of organizational improvement and change management that combines the balanced scorecard model with the learning organization theory. The book offers a ...

Marketing logistics

This text builds on the focus established in the first edition of "Marketing Logistics", with the crucial interface between the ways in which value is created through the marketing process and the way in which it is delivered through the supply chain. This interface is ...

Retail strategy

a view from the bridge

INDICE Part one: Introduction to retail strategy; Part two: Strategic issues in retailing - Retail marketing and the changing consumer; Retail supply chain collaboration; Planning for retail and the assessment of public policies towards retailing; Internationalisation; Retail financial perspectives; Human resource; Prospects for electronic commerce; Analysis ...

The complete independent movie marketing handbook

promote, distribute and sell your film or video

Looking at every stage of the movie marketing process, this is a complete guide for independent filmmakers on how to find distribution and audiences for movies and videos. It gives practical, real-world examples on how to promote, distribute and sell film and video productions. From ...

Derecho Mercantil Internacional

el derecho uniforme

2003 Miller Governmental GAAP Guide

For State and local governments

Description Financial professionals who work with state and local governments must stay current with emerging governmental standards or face some unfortunate consequences. This one-of-a-kind tool discusses all the promulgated accounting principles applicable to financial reporting by state and local governments. Readers will get a thorough ...