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The forces of economic growth

a time series perspective

How to do your dissertation in geography and related disciplines

Thinking geographically

space, theory and contemporary human geography

Statistical tools for finance and insurance

The economics of foreign exchange and global finance

The book presents all major subjects in international monetary theory, foreign exchange markets, international financial management and investment analysis. The book is relevant to real world problems in the sense that it provides guidance on how to solve policy issues as well as practical management ...

New trends in macroeconomics

"This volume does exactly what its title says: it acquaints with 'New Trends in Macroeconomics'. More specifically, it contains eleven chapters covering different aspects of modern macroeconomics: short-run fluctuations, long-run growth, monetary economics, international finance, macroeconometrics and complex dynamics. All chapters break new grounds in ...

Undue influence

how the wall street elite puts the financial system at risk

A critical look at over 80 years of conflict, collusion, and corruption between financiers and politicians Undue Influence paints a vivid portrait of the dealings between "the few", in this case members of Congress, the banking community, and the Fed, and sheds light on how ...

Globalization and finance

The globalization of finance is widely recognised as one of the most significant features of the contemporary world. In this timely new book, Tony Porter guides students through current debates about global finance and discusses the extent to which the development of a global marketplace ...

Business ethics and the natural environment

Business Ethics and the Natural Environment examines the present status of relations between corporate enterprise and the natural environment in the world today. #Discusses such questions as: What obligations does a corporation have toward the environment? To respect entities unprotected by law? To care about ...

The three faces of leadership

manager, artist, priest

The Three Faces of Leadership takes readers inside the minds of CEOs who have been celebrated by the Harvard Business Review over the last decade of the twentieth century. Drawing on interviews with these famous CEOs, Mary Jo Hatch, Monika Kostera and Andrzej K. Kozminski ...

Managers of innovation

insights into making innovation happen

ÍNDICE: Preface Part I: Introduction:. Innovation: Problems and Possibilities. The Current State of Knowledge about Innovation Part II: Managers' Accounts of Innovation:. From Tight Control to the Edge of Anarchy: Managing Innovation in Telecommunications. Managing Creative Workers in an Innovative Way. Contrasting Approaches to Innovation ...

Bonds and bond derivatives

This book provides an introduction to bond markets and bond derivatives for students as well as for executives in commercial businesses and financial institutions. It also: *Presents the essential elements of debt instruments in an intuitive manner; *Covers updated institutional material, new sections on callable ...

Concept research in food product design and development

Diet and health in past animal populations

current research and future directions

The cultural landscape of preshhistoric mines

Environmental health

Environmental Health has established itself as the most succinct and comprehensive textbook on the subject. This extensively revised and rewritten third edition continues this tradition by incorporating new developments and by adding timely coverage of topics such as environmental economics and terrorism. As in previous ...

Energy risk modeling

applied modeling methods for risk managers

Energy Risk Modeling is a primer on statistical methods for managers, students and anybody interested in the field. Illustrated through elementary and more advanced statistical Methods, it is primarily aimed at those individuals who need a gentle introduction in how to go about using statistical ...

Images of competitive space

a study of managerial and organizational strategic cognition

Based on a study of residential estate agents, comprising one of the most sophisticated datasets ever gathered in the field of managerial and organizational cognition to date, this book provides strong supporting evidence for a number of key theoretical concepts. It powerfully demonstrates why we ...

In praise of empires

globalization and order

The monetary theory of production

tradition and perspectives