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General principles of Luxembourg taxation

This book has been designed to give a comprehensive overview of the key features of Luxembourg taxation. Luxembourg is well known for its favourable tax regimes and the aim of the author is to describe the most attractive of those regimes, like the participation exemption ...

Margins of conflict

the ECHR and transitions to and from armed conflict

Ed. Antoine Buyse. The European Convention on Human Rights was drafted in the wake of World War II. The dark shadows of war have never fully receded from Europe however. Armed conflict has resurged time and again, from Northern Ireland to Cyprus and Turkey, and ...

International criminal procedure

a clash of legal cultures

The procedures used by international criminal courts blend elements of civil law and common law procedures. This mixture causes disputes between civil and common law lawyers which are hard to resolve while the disputants remain philosophically bound by the premises of their native legal systems ...

Reforming the international financial system for development

Ed. Jomo Kwame Sundaram. The 1944 Bretton Woods conference created new institutions for international economic governance. Though flawed, the system led to a golden age in postwar reconstruction, sustained economic growth, job creation, and postcolonial development. Yet financial liberalization since the 1970s has involved deregulation ...

Mastering derivatives markets

a step-by-step guide to the products, applications and risk

"The first port of call for anyone looking to truly understand derivatives markets, appreciate the role they play within the global financial system and develop the technical knowledge to trade." Matthew Thompson, Chief Strategy & Business Development Officer, Dubai Mercantile Exchange "An essential read for anyone ...

Essential advantage

how to win with a capabilities-driven strategy

Conventional wisdom on strategy is no longer a reliable guide. In "Essential Advantage", Booz & Company's Cesare Mainardi and Paul Leinwand maintain that success in any market accrues to firms with coherence: a tight match between their strategic direction and the capabilities that make them unique. Achieving this clarity takes a sharpness of focus that only exceptional companies have mastered. This book helps you identify your firm's blend of strategic direction and distinctive capabilities that give it the 'right to win' in its chosen markets. Based on extensive research and filled with company examples including Amazon.com, Johnson & Johnson, Tata Sons, and Procter & Gamble. "Essential Advantage" helps you construct a coherent company in which the pieces reinforce each other instead of working at cross- purposes. The authors reveal: why you should focus on a system of a few aligned capabilities; how to identify the 'way to play' in your market; how to design a strategy for well-modulated growth; how to align a portfolio of businesses behind your capability system; and ...

The CIO Edge

seven leadership skills you need to drive results

Great CIOs consistently exceed key stakeholders' expectations and maximize the business value delivered through their company's technology. What's their secret? Sure, IT professionals need technological smarts, plus an understanding of their company's goals and the competitive landscape. But the best of them ...

Buy-in

saving your good idea from getting shot down

You've got a good idea. You know it could make a crucial difference for you, your organization, your community. You present it to the group, but get confounding questions, inane comments, and verbal bullets in return. Before you know what's happened, your idea ...

Management? It's not what you think!

Alot of things have been said about management over the years: that it's an art, not a science; that it's a science, filled with "best practices" and systematic steps anyone can use to get great results; that it's the fuel that powers ...

The four pillars of investing

lessons for building a winning portfolio

This is a classic guide to constructing a solid portfolio - with out a financial advisor! 'With relatively little effort, you can design and assemble an investment portfolio that, because of its wide diversification and minimal expenses, will prove superior to the most professionally managed accounts ...

Security valuation and risk analysis

assessing value in investment decision making

This title is a superior new replacement to traditional discounted cash flow valuation models. Executives and corporate finance practitioners now have a more reliable discount rate to value companies and make important business and investment decisions. In today's market, it's free cash flow ...

European merger control

European merger control is among the most important and complex aspects of competition law. The rapid pace of development in this area presents a further challenge: legislation and guidance documents are frequently issued and updated, and the formidable body of Court and Commission case-law continues ...

The Constitutional integrity of the European Union

Eds. Fabian Amtenbrink, Peter A.J. van den Berg. Each of the Member States of the European Union has its own constitution, which not only contains the organizational structure of the state but also includes elements that provide a sense of order and identity to ...

National Reports on the transfer of movables in Europe

.Vol.4: France, Belgium, Bulgaria, Poland, Portugal

Eds. Wolfgang Faber, Brigitta Lurger. This excellent series presents comparative study, analysis and evaluation of 28 European legal systems in the field of transfer of movables. Major topics are - the notion of ownership, - the derivative acquisition of ownership (e.g. by a sales contract), - the ...

National Reports on the transfer of movables in Europe

.Vol.5: Sweden, Norway and Denmark, Finland, Spain

Eds. Wolfgang Faber, Brigitta Lurger. This excellent series presents comparative study, analysis and evaluation of 28 European legal systems in the field of transfer of movables. Major topics are - the notion of ownership, - the derivative acquisition of ownership (e.g. by a sales contract), - the ...

National Reports on the transfer of movables in Europe

.Vol.6: The Netherlands, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Malta, Latvia

Eds. Wolfgang Faber, Brigitta Lurger. This excellent series presents comparative study, analysis and evaluation of 28 European legal systems in the field of transfer of movables. Major topics are - the notion of ownership, - the derivative acquisition of ownership (e.g. by a sales contract), - the ...

National Reports on the transfer of movables in Europe

.Vol.3: Germany, Greece, Lithuania, Hungary

Eds. Wolfgang Faber, Brigitta Lurger. This excellent series presents comparative study, analysis and evaluation of 28 European legal systems in the field of transfer of movables. Major topics are - the notion of ownership, - the derivative acquisition of ownership (e.g. by a sales contract), - the ...

Marxismo tardío

Adorno y la persistencia de la dialéctica

En nombre de un ataque a las nociones de "totalidad" e "identidad", un gran número de teóricos contemporáneos se ocuparon de echar los proyectos utópicos y dialécticos del marxismo por el desagüe del posmodernismo y la "pospolítica". Un caso paradigmático es el de la interpretación ...

Coaching integral ICI en los negocios

En este libro encontrará una guía paso a paso sobre cómo debe enfrentar un proyecto de Coaching Integral ICI en los negocios, siempre orientándolo al logro de los resultados para que el éxito sea el foco principal. También encontrará muchos ejemplos y modelos que podrá ...

I primi tempi dello Stato Pontificio

Il volume, edito dalla Fondazione CISAM, è una ristampa anastatica dell#edizione del 1967. Il Duchesne, nell#edizione del 1904, parlava di un #libretto# come summa di « una serie di lezioni tenute a Parigi una dozzina di anni fa ». La volontà dell#autore era quella ...