Palgrave imprint: 15119 books
by Jonathan Sutherland, Diane Canwell
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2004
Key Concepts in Human Resource Management is one of a range of comprehensive glossaries with entries arranged alphabetically for easy reference. All major concepts, terms, theories and theorists are incorporated and cross-referenced. Additional reading and Internet research opportunities are identified....
by Jonathan Sutherland, Diane Canwell
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2004
Key Concepts in Operations Management is one of a range of comprehensive glossaries with entries arranged alphabetically for easy reference. All major concepts, terms, theories and theorists are incorporated and cross-referenced. Additional reading and Internet research opportunities are identified....
by Jonathan Sutherland, Diane Canwell
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2004
Key Concepts in Marketing is one of a range of comprehensive glossaries with entries arranged alphabetically for easy reference. All major concepts, terms, theories and theorists are incorporated and cross-referenced. Additional reading and Internet research opportunities are identified. More complex...
Measuring Global Poverty
Toward a Pro-Poor Approach
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
The author examines the moral, methodological, and practical problems that arise from poverty measurement. He establishes a methodological framework for analyzing poverty conceptions and measures, and concludes with concrete recommendations regarding both the procedures for and substance of future global poverty measurement.
Private Ratings, Public Regulations
Credit Rating Agencies and Global Financial Governance
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2011
Credit rating agencies play a powerful and contentious role in the governance of global financial markets. Introducing an original framework for delegating political authority to private actors, this book explains common trends in the regulatory use of private ratings for public purposes and analyzes regulatory changes after the Financial Crisis.
by L. Talani
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2011
This book gives a detailed account of the primacy of the City of London, both as a domestic actor and as a global financial centre. It focuses on whether the hegemonic position of the City of London can be threatened by the globalization process and how this relates to its role as an international money laundering centre.
Private Company Valuation
How Credit Risk Reshaped Equity Markets and Corporate Finance Valuation Tools
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2012
The recent crisis in financial markets has seen a gradual erosion of risk-free asset classes. In equity markets the credit risk has reached a critical level in valuation. Here a new cost of equity method for private companies is presented based on the pricing of junior subordinated notes. Global business cases are illustrated to support this.
The Assets Perspective
The Rise of Asset Building and its Impact on Social Policy
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2014
The economy's struggles to overcome the lingering effects of the Great Recession presented unique but essential questions.The book considers a full range of data which considers how this recent experience has impacted households, providing a thorough and contemporary treatment of how the assets perspective has prompted changes within social policy.
Getting Between the Balance Sheets
The Four Things Every Entrepreneur Should Know About Finance
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2010
For many entrepreneurs there is a mystique about finance -starting, growing and selling new ventures is tough enough. Yet with some focused financial knowledge you can run your company with less cash, grow it more quickly and make more money when it is sold. This book makes the dry world of finance easy to understand and relevant to entrepreneurs.
Business Essentials for Strategic Communicators
Creating Shared Value for the Organization and its Stakeholders
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2014
The rise of digital media and the public's demand for transparency has elevated the importance of communication for every business. To have a voice or seat at the table and maximize their full value, a strategic communicator must be able to speak the language and understand business goals, issues,...
Saudi Government Revenues and Expenditures
A Financial Crisis in the Making
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013
Will history repeat itself, leaving Saudi Arabia to face another financial crisis due to drastic overspending and/or a dramatic drop in oil revenue? If the situation remains on its current trajectory, by 2030 government debt due to rising expenditures over revenues will be too overwhelming for the government to cope with.
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Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2010
World economy globalization is driven by multiple interactive forces. Theygive rise to a number of paradoxes that impact the functional and developmental characteristics of firms. This book offers for the first time an in-depth study of the logical contradictions that stream from economic integration on the supranational level.
Agent-based Models of the Economy
From Theories to Applications
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2015
Agent-based models are tools that provide researchers in economic fields with unprecedented analytical capabilities. This book describes the power of agent-based models along their methodology, and it provides several examples of applications spanning from public policy evaluation to financial markets.
Global Perspectives on US Foreign Policy
From the Outside In
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2013
This book explores aspects of US foreign policy, including the development process as well as the policy itself in respect to various countries and regions and some significant issues around the globe today. Providing insight into non-US perspectives of American foreign policy, the book contextualizes the effects of policy on external nations.