Libros de

España 2009: un balance

(Revista Economistas, Nº123, año 2009)

Bailouts

public money, private profit

Today's financial crisis is the result of dismal failures on the part of regulators, market analysts, and corporate executives. Yet the response of the American government has been to bail out the very institutions and individuals that have wrought such havoc upon the nation ...

Debates on the measurement of global poverty

Eds. Sudhir Anand, Paul Segal, Joseph E. Stiglitz. The international community's commitment to halve global poverty by 2015 has been enshrined in the first Millennium Development Goal. How global poverty is measured is a critical element in assessing progress towards this goal, and different ...

Private equity

fund types, risks and returns, and regulation

Ed. Doiglas Cumming. With private equity differing from other asset classes, it requires a whole new approach for those trained in more traditional investments such as stocks and bonds. But with the right guidance, you can gain a firm understanding of everything private equity has ...

Innovation X

why a company's toughest problems are its greatest advantage

This title offers a fresh approach to succeeding with innovation, grounded in insights about rapidly changing customers, competitors and technologies. Written by a director at the award-winning global innovation firm frog design, this vital book shows business leaders and managers how to accomplish truly effective ...

Corporate valuation modeling

a step-by-step guide

With CD-ROM. This is a critical guide to corporate valuation modeling. Valuation is at the heart of everything that Wall Street does. Every day, millions of transactions to purchase or sell companies take place based on prices created by the activities of all market participants ...

Fundamentals of private pensions

Aut. Dan McGill...[et al]. For more than five decades, Fundamentals of Private Pensions has been the most authoritative text and reference book on retirement plans in the United States. The ninth edition is completely updated and reflects recent developments in retirement plans including the ...

Corporate governance, competition, and political parties

explaining corporate governance change in Europe

The corporate governance systems of continental Europe have traditionally been quite different to those of the liberal market economies (e.g. the US and the UK). Company ownership has been dominated by incumbent blockholders, with a relatively minor role for minority shareholders and institutional investors ...

The Oxford handbook of business and government

Eds. David Cohen, Wyn Grant, Graham Wilson. Business is one of the major power centres in modern society. The state seeks to check and channel that power so as to serve broader public policy objectives. However, if the way in which business is governed is ...

Re-Forming capitalism

institutional change in the german political economy

Wolfgang Streeck has written extensively on comparative political economy and institutional theory. In this book he addresses some of the key issues in this field: the role of history in institutional analysis, the dynamics of slow institutional change, the limitations of rational design and economic-functionalist ...

The Doha Blues

institutional crisis and reform in the WTO

The collapse of the Doha Round hangs heavily over an already troubled world economy. Some have concluded that this failure is simply the result of a lack of political will and a pre-occupation with issues such as terrorism. But as Kent Jones reveals in The ...

Greening aid?

understanding the environmental impact of development assitance

Aut. Robert L. Hicks...[et al]. Every year, billions of dollars of environmental aid flow from the rich governments of the North to the poor governments of the South. Why do donors provide this aid? What do they seek to achieve? How effective is the ...

The theory of multi-level governance

conceptual, empirical, and normative challenges

This book explores the theoretical issues, empirical evidence, and normative debates elicited by the concept of multi-level governance (MLG). The concept is a useful descriptor of decision-making processes that involve the simultaneous mobilization of public authorities at different jurisdictional levels as well as that of ...

An emergent european executive order

This book poses two pertinent questions: First, if a European executive order is emerging, how can we empirically see it? Second, if a European executive order is emerging, how can we explain everyday decision-making processes within it? The goal of this book is two-fold: First ...

The economic repercussions of terrorism

Ed. Mikel Buesa, Thomas Baumert. The Economic Repercussions of Terrorism offers a theoretical overview of the economics of terrorism and provides a detailed evaluation of the costs of terrorist attacks, focusing in particular on the Madrid bombings of 2004, but also including comparisons with 9 ...

Beauty imagined

a history of the global beauty industry

The global beauty business permeates our lives, influencing how we perceive ourselves and what it is to be beautiful. The brands and firms which have shaped this industry, such as Avon, Coty, Estee Lauder, L'Oreal, and Shiseido, have imagined beauty for us. This book ...

When the planet rages

natural disasters, global warming, and the future of the earth

In New England, 1816 was called the Year Without a Summer. Crops failed throughout America and, in Western Europe, it was even worse, with food riots and armed groups raiding bakeries and grain markets. All this turmoil followed a catastrophic volcanic eruption--a year earlier on ...

Dictionary of accounting

This best-selling dictionary includes more than 3,700 entries covering all aspects of accounting, including financial accounting, financial reporting, management accounting, direct taxation, indirect taxation, auditing, corporate finance, and accounting bodies and institutions. It boasts feature entries on key areas (e.g. Bankruptcy Law and ...

El Dios que no nació

religión, política, y el Occidente moderno

Trad. Daniel Gascón. Vivimos tiempos en los que la religión intenta con ahínco volver a gobernar territorios hace tiempo conquistados por la política. No es un afán novedoso, pero resulta preocupante cómo algunas democracias aceptan ver mermada la laicidad por la que lucharon. La mayoría ...

Applied statistics for business and economics

Designed for a one-semester course, Applied Statistics for Business and Economics offers students in business and the social sciences an effective introduction to some of the most basic and powerful techniques available for understanding their world. Numerous interesting and important examples reflect real-life situations, stimulating ...