Scenario planning

managing for the future

Despite the accelerating pace of change, there are methods for coping with unpredictability. The techniques described in this book will help you to think about uncertainty in a structured way, while new and updated case studies of scenario planning at work show that when theory ...

Synthetic and structured assets

a practical guide to investment and risk

Organized along product lines, the book will analyze many of the original classes of structured assets, including mortgage- and asset- backed securities and strips, as well as the newest structured and synthetic instruments, including exchange-traded funds, credit derivative-based collateralized debt obligations, total return swaps, contingent ...

Contemporary art

a very short introduction

Contemporary art has never been so popular - but what is 'contemporary' about contemporary art? What is its role today, and who is controlling its future? Bloody toy soldiers, gilded shopping carts, and embroidered tents. Contemporary art is supposed to be a realm of freedom where ...

From World War to Cold War

Churchill, Roosevelt, and international history of the 1940s

The 1940s was probably the most dramatic and decisive decade of the 20th century. This volume explores the Second World War and the origins of the Cold War from the vantage point of two of the great powers of that era, Britain and the USA ...

Nathan Mayer Rothschild and the creation of a dinasty

the critical years 1806-1816

This groundbreaking history explains how Nathan Mayer Rothschild rose from comparatively humble circumstances to become the founder of an extraordinary banking and financial empire - an empire that remained preeminent in Europe for more than a century. The book focuses on the critical years of Great ...

Economic origins of dictatorship and democracy

This book develops a framework for analyzing the creation and consolidation of democracy. Different social groups prefer different political institutions because of the way they allocate political power and resources. Thus democracy is preferred by the majority of citizens, but opposed by elites. Dictatorship nevertheless ...

The black death 1346-1353

the complete history

Unique, sensational and shocking, this revelatory book provides, for the first time, a complete Europe-wide history of the Black Death. The author's painstakingly comprehensive research throws fresh light on the nature of the disease, its origin, its spread, on an almost day-to-day basis, across ...

Modernizing nature

forestry and imperial eco-development 1800-1950

"Modernizing Nature" contributes to the debate regarding the origins, institutionalization, and politics of the sciences and systems of knowledge underlying colonial frameworks of environmental management. It departs from the widely prevalent scholarly perspective that colonial science can be understood predominantly as a handmaiden of imperialism ...

EC public procurement

case Law and regulation

Public procurement represents a specialist yet important area of practice in the European and international business and commercial legal environment. This book offers an inclusive, coherent and practical analysis of the relevant law and jurisprudence, with the principal focus on the case law of the ...

The creation of States in international Law

As much as was ever the case in 1979 when the first edition of "The Creation of States in International Law" published, in the 21st century problems of territorial status and statehood are likely to continue to be a focal point of international disputes. As ...

Legal risk in the financial markets

This timely new book explains what legal risk means in the context of the financial markets and why concerns about legal risk have grown in recent years. It also considers how legal risk is intended to be addressed as part of operational risk under the ...

A practical approach to commercial conveyancing and property

The "A Practical Approach" series is the perfect partner for practice work. Each title focuses on one field of the law and provides a comprehensive overview of the subject, together with clear, practical advice and tips on issues likely to arise in practice. The books ...

Agency and autonomy in Kant's moral theory

Andrews Reath presents a selection of his best essays on various features of Kant's moral psychology and moral theory, with particular emphasis on his conception of rational agency and his conception of autonomy. The opening essays explore different elements of Kant's views about ...

Buenos días, pereza

estrategias para sobrevivir en el trabajo

La desmotivación en el trabajo es propia de todos los trabajadores delmundo. ¡Trabajadores del mundo, desmotivaos! Ya nadie confía en la empresa para la que trabaja. O al menos así lo cree Corinne Maier que se ha convertido en una revolucionaria, tal vez sin pretenderlo ...

La patria potestad y la libertad de conciencia del menor

el interés del menor a la libre formación de su conciencia

La actual consideración del menor como sujeto pleno de derechos fundamentales ha supuesto predicar su autonomía en la esfera personal y, en concreto, en el ejercicio de esta clase de derechos. Para ello, en aras del libre desarrollo de su personalidad, se tiene por suficiente ...

Stock valuation

an essential guide to Wall Street's most popular valuation models

A critical, practical look at the five stock valuation models most widely used by Wall Street. Based on insights from the author's unique access to top investors, including legendary mutual fund manager Bill Miller of Legg Mason, this book describes problems and limitations behind ...

Blink

the power of thinking without thinking

An art expert sees a ten-million-dollar sculpture and instantly spots it's a fake. A marriage analyst knows within minutes whether a couple will stay together. A fire-fighter suddenly senses he has to get out of a blazing building. A speed dater clicks with the ...

Jurisdicción y arbitraje en Derecho romano

En el plano jurisdiccional, la comunidad política romana, es muy pronto consciente de la necesidad de asumir el monopolio de la administración de la justicia, en aras del mantenimiento del orden público y de la tutela de la paz social Durante los ocho primeros siglos ...

Història d'un desig insatisfet

l'ensenyament del valencià fins a 1939

Aquest llibre estudia la situació de la nostra llengua al sistema educatiu en el període que va des del Decret de Nova Planta (1707) fins a l'arribada del general Franco al poder. Temps difícils per al valencià i en els quals cal destacar l ...

La responsabilidad penal de las empresas en los EE.UU

La estructura de la presente monografía sirve de introducción a la regulación de la responsabilidad penal empresarial o corporativa en los EE.UU. Comienza con una cuestión que allí ha despertado considerable interés: la perspectiva que ofrece la ética empresarial con respecto a la posibilidad ...