Corporate category: 1876 books
Still Turning
A History of Aermotor Windmills
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2015
The Aermotor Windmill Company, which commenced operations in Chicago in 1888, is the nation’s sole remaining full-time manufacturer of water-pumping machines. The company’s imprint on rural America, particularly across the West, is still visible today in the tens of thousands of its windmills...
Employment Relations in Financial Services
An Exploration of the Employee Experience After the Financial Crash
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2017
This book describes and analyses the impact of the 2007-2008 financial crisis upon the working conditions of employees in the financial services sector in Britain*.* It tells the story of workers being made to pay the price for a crisis that was not of their own making, but nevertheless caused a deleterious...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
This report summarizes the proceedings of the Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) in Urbanization workshop held in Beijing on 22-23 August 2013. Some 200 participants from the central government, 35 local governments, financiers, private service providers, academic and research institutions, and development...
by Peter D. Fenton
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2015
The "Greatest Show on Earth" is a brief three part history of the China Import & Export Fair (the Canton Fair) and the 'barometer of the Chinese economy.'China’s oldest fair, known as the Canton Fair, has the largest exhibition space, the widest variety and the highest quality of...
Rethinking Social Capital and Entrepreneurship in Greater China
Is Guanxi Still Important?
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2016
Family networks and wider personal social relationships - guanxi - have long been held to be a significant factor making for the success of many Chinese family businesses, and guanxi is often seen as a special characteristic which shapes the nature of all business in China. This book re-examines this...
Regulation A+ and Other Alternatives to a Traditional IPO
Financing Your Growth Business Following the JOBS Act
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018
Understand Regulation A+ and other alternative funding methods
Regulation A+ and Other Alternatives to a Traditional IPO delves into the details of the new SEC rules under the JOBS Act of 2012 to examine the benefits and pitfalls for entrepreneurs and investors. Written by the 'Godfather of...
The Business of Venture Capital
Insights from Leading Practitioners on the Art of Raising a Fund, Deal Structuring, Value Creation, and Exit Strategies
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2014
The definitive guide to demystifying the venture capital business
The Business of Venture Capital, Second Edition covers the entire spectrum of this field, from raising funds and structuring investments to assessing exit pathways. Written by a practitioner for practitioners, the book provides...
Continuing Reforms to Stimulate Private Sector Investment
A Private Sector Assessment for Solomon Islands
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
A business environment that supports private sector-led growth is the key to long-term sustainable poverty reduction. This has been recognized by successive Solomon Islands’ governments who have implemented fundamental reforms that have modernized the environment for doing business in the country...
by Paul McNamara
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2014
Qatar: Modern Business Hub is intended to provide an insight into the environment for doing business in the emirate. The book paints a picture of a number of the core sectors and looks at how Qatar is positioning itself to grow in the next five years. The nation is sitting on top of some of the most...
Lobbying Hitler
Industrial Associations between Democracy and Dictatorship
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2016
From 1933 onward, Nazi Germany undertook massive and unprecedented industrial integration, submitting an entire economic sector to direct state oversight. This innovative study explores how German professionals navigated this complex landscape through the divergent careers of business managers in...
by Marios Koutsias, Janet Dine
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2014
Company Law is a complete and accessible guide to the legal framework in which companies operate. Logically structured and with a readable style, the text includes helpful summaries for each chapter, along with case notes. This new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated and is presented with new livery and new two-colour text.
Who Stole Our Market Economy?
The Desperate Need For Socioeconomic Progress
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
This book discusses the current landscape of our market economy, which is in the hands of financiers and billionaires who decrease competition as well as consumer power. In order for society to fully thrive and provide its members higher living standards and quality of life, it must distribute and...
The Challenge of the Digital Economy
Markets, Taxation and Appropriate Economic Models
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2017
This volume presents contributions that analyse the extraordinary impact of digital technology on business, services, and the production of value in many sectors of the economy. At the heart of this book is the fact that the entire digital economy is now worth almost 6% of global GDP, and it continues...
Return to Glory
The Story of Ford’s Revival and Victory at the Toughest Race in the World
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017
“This page-turning combination of business book and adventure saga tells the tale of the Ford Motor Company’s” 2016 triumph at Le Mans (The New York Times, “10 New Books We Recommend This Week”).
At the 2015 Detroit Auto Show, Ford unveiled a new car—and the automotive world lost its...