Palgrave imprint: 15119 books
by
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
This book examines the role of mercantile networks in linking Asian economies to the global economy. It contains fourteen contributions on East, Southeast and South Asia covering the period from 1750 to the present.
by Frances Cowell
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
A practitioner's account of how investment risk affects the decisions of professional investment managers. Jargon-free, with a broad coverage of investment types and asset classes, the non-investment professional will find this book readable and accessible.
Corruption
The New Corporate Challenge
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2011
The dangers of involvement in corruption need to be embedded in corporate strategy. Companies' response to these dangers must also be reflected in their practices, particularly if operating outside its own borders. This book guides managers through the complexity of bribery issues with advice on how to implement anti-corruption strategies.
Export Credit Insurance and Guarantees
A Practitioner's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2014
The first practitioner handbook on export credit insurance and guarantees, providing manufacturers, exporters, bankers, and lawyers with a much needed resource. The book contains descriptions and analyses of almost every type of export credit insurance and guarantee used in international trade with explanations about the risks inherent in each.
by
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
The Handbook is a virtual encyclopedia of public financial management, written by topmost experts, many with a background in the IMF and World Bank. It provides the first comprehensive guide to the subject that has been published in more than ten years. The book is aimed at a broad audience of academics/students,...
The Essential Financial Toolkit
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Finance But Were Afraid to Ask
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2010
Math and jargon make essential financial concepts seem intimidating, but that is simply because most books do not have the goal of being accessible to interested readers – this book does. In ten easy-to-read chapters, it explains all the essential financial tools and concepts, fully illustrated with real-world examples and Excel implementations.
by D. Munro
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2013
A Guide to SME Finance is a brief guide to designing and implementing an SME finance program within a commercial bank or other financial institution, such as an NGO. This work covers the rationale behind SME finance why it makes sense for a bank to enter this market sector, followed by a step-by-step...
Integrated Bank Analysis and Valuation
A Practical Guide to the ROIC Methodology
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013
Leading analyst Sandy Chen provides a thorough guide to the analysis and valuation of banks. Unlike other businesses and institutions, banks have a number of unique characteristics that need to be taken into account when performing a valuation and as such traditional valuation methodologies are unsuitable and more specialized techniques required.
Intelligent Investing
A Guide to the Practical and Behavioural Aspects of Investment Strategy
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2013
Intelligent Investing is first ever practical guide for investors on how to initiate and conduct a strategic planning exercise. Guy Fraser-Sampson explains the concepts and behavioural factors likely to be encountered, and shows how a clear understanding of an investor's strategic positioning flows naturally into good asset allocation practice.
Football and the Women's World Cup
Organisation, Media and Fandom
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2015
Women's football is the fastest growing participation sport in both the UK and across the world, and the 2015 Women's World Cup was the biggest tournament the sport had ever seen. This book explores the experience of fans of women's football who followed their teams in Canada, examining their practices...
International Accounting Harmonization
Adopting Universal Information Methods for a Global Financial System
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2013
International Accounting Harmonization analyzes the differences between national accounting rules and international accounting methods, showing that when firms adopt international accounting standards they achieve significantly higher positive coefficients compared with firms that only take on local accounting strategies.
Global Perspectives on Insurance Today
A Look at National Interest versus Globalization
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2010
Many risks face the global insurance industry today, including the aging populations of developed countries, competition from other financial institutions, and both disparate and quickly changing regulatory demands, to name a few. The book s contributors offer their unique perspectives on challenges confronting the insurance industry and how attendant risks can be most effectively managed.
Driven to the Brink
Why Corporate Governance, Board Leadership and Culture Matter
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
Driven to the Brink is a collection of short stories about corporate disasters and how inadequate governance and flawed culture caused a massive destruction of shareholder value.
Look at any major corporate meltdown and two factors emerge: a failure of corporate governance and a culture where...
The Cold War and the 1984 Olympic Games
A Soviet-American Surrogate War
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2013
The Soviet boycott of the 1984 Olympic Games is explained as the result of a complex series of events and policies that culminated in a strategic decision to not participate in Los Angeles. Using IR framework, D'Agati developes and argues for the concept of surrogate wars as an alternative means for conflict between states.