Young, brash, sporting a shiny new MBA, and obscenely overpaid, Brian Cruver epitomized the Enron employee when he first entered the company's Houston office; and from day one he found himself a cog in the wheel of a venal greed machine. For the next nine months, he would witness firsthand the now-infamous corporate tragedy that he relates in these ruthlessly honest, often hilarious, and frequently disturbing pages. Here are the accounting tricks, insider stock trades, grossly lucrative fraudulent partnerships, and death dance to bankruptcy. Equally revealing, though, are Cruver's descriptions of everyday life at Enron: the cocky wheeling and dealing, intraoffice relationships, casual conversations at the shredder, and the insidious group-think that committed Enronians to the propaganda of flawed executives like Ken Lay, Jeffrey Skilling, and Andy Fastow. Out of their wreckage, Cruver has fashioned an arresting and cautionary morality tale for our time. Anatomy of Greed was the basis for the CBS-TV movie The Crooked E: a behind-the-scenes chronicle of the last days in the strange life of one of the world's richest, riskiest, and most corrupt corporations. Eight pages of telling photographs are included.

What Makes a BLOCKBUSTER?

More than half of all new products fail in the marketplace. But companies can dramatically improve their odds of success by implementing five key practices -- all within their control. Drs.Gary Lynn and Richard Reilly share the results of a ten-year research study illustrated by the inside stories of nearly fifty of the most successful products ever created.

Lynn and Reilly explain the five keys for companies wishing to develop the next blockbuster. Without these crucial elements a blockbuster new product is virtually impossible:

Compelling Product Vision • Product Improvisation • Information Exchange • Senior Management Commitment • Teamwork

Bevat navorsingsgebaseerde inhoud wat dubbel en dwars deur Suid-Afrikaanse en internasionale toepassings gesteun word. Assesserings konsolideer leer doeltreffend. Maak onderrig en leer maklik met belangrike konsepte en terminologie wat gelys word. Het vrae wat geformuleer is in die styl wat deur die eksamenriglyne vereis word. Bied ’n maatstaf vir Rekeningkundekursusse wat deur Suid-Afrikaanse Rekeningkunde-onderwysers gebruik word.

In this unique parenting guide, a veteran businessman and father of two reveals how work and parenting don't have to be separate, competing efforts but instead can enrich each other. Tom Hirschfeld shows how the skills required to succeed in today's global economy--such as motivation, team building, empathy, and negotiation--can also be applied to parenting. Filled with lessons from business history, tips from successful executives, and practical wisdom from real-life experience, Business Dad is an essential manual for the most important job a businessman can undertake: fathering.

Did you know that the average American teenager spends nearly $3,000 a year? Sounds like a lot, doesn't it? But with money gifts from birthday and Christmas, allowances, and part-time jobs, teenagers have gained purchasing power in this country.But when you turn 20, will you know where that $21,000 went? We like to have money, save money, and especially spend money, but few people put learning about money at the top of their priority list. As a teen, maybe you don't feel that you have enough money to worry about it, but even though you don't have much, you have enough to matter - especially to the people that sell products for teens! Don't get caught in the web of marketing gurus. Take control of your money, so no one else will.In the Money Matters Workbook for Teens, Larry Burkett and Todd Temple will show teens how to: Pay fair price for quality items.Avoid being ripped off by misleading ads and salespeople.Stay out of debt.Save for a car, college, your own business.Give money away that will make a difference in the world.Save money to do fun things with your friends.Learn skills that will help you right now, and prepare for a successful financial future.

Advanced industrial nations face many difficult political and economic problems due to the accelerating pace and evolving character of technological change. In this volume, economists and political scientists discuss analytic and policy issues relating to the current state of technological capability in the United States, Japan, and Western Germany from a historical perspective and as a basis for future technological development. They also examine the problems and the issues involved in competition and cooperation among high technology firms and in evolving a more harmonious trade regime. The essays presented here explore from an international perspective the theoretical underpinnings of policy issues that are shaped by increasing internations competition and by the changing form and character of the international trade regime. Issues are discussed against the background of declining American technological dominance and intensifying competition as well as increasing international cooperation among high technology firms. Specific topics include the internationalization of basic research; the closing gap between basic and applied research; the effect of nation specific interfirm relations and various characteristics of labor markets on technological progress; and the effectiveness of various forms of government research and development assistance (or, more broadly, industrial policy). Three essays present overviews of the technological capability of and major policy issues faced by the United States, Japan, and Western Germany. Others raise major theoretical and policy issues from the perspectives of political science and economics, and address specific policy issues or groups of related issues.

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the principles and practice of book-keeping and accounting. Throughout the text, real-life case studies are used to illustrate principles. There are many practical exercises (with answers) and activities included. A section of GCSE questions is given at the end of the book.

Have you ever wondered what jobs we will do in the future, or why some brands of shoes cost more than others? Explore these and many other questions as you begin your study of economics. Working in groups and on your own, you'll learn to make judgements and see how economics connects with your life. You can use this book alongside the coursebook for extra support or as perfect preparation before Cambridge IGCSE or O Level Economics. Answers are at the back of the book, giving teachers the option to set it as summer work before students start studying economics.

Nurses shows readers how nurses help their communities, using familiar examples such as vaccines and regular check-ups. Vivid photographs and easy-to-read text aid comprehension for early readers. Features include a table of contents, an infographic, fun facts, Making Connections questions, a glossary, and an index. QR Codes in the book give readers access to book-specific resources to further their learning.

Collection of essays examining the role of the World Trade Organization and its relationship with the United States.

What makes the Focus tourism grade 12 course unique? Very accessible language and structure, very easy for learners and teachers to use; many photos, maps, diagrams, cartoons, and drawings to engage learners and support learning; 48 pages in full colour. Focus on exam success! Fully CAPS compliant; opportunities for exam practice and assessment; complete programme of assessment provided; used and tested in schools throughout South Africa; supports and engages learners for success.

Cambridge Checkpoints VCE Accounting Unit 4 2006

Cambridge Preliminary Business Studies comprehensively covers the NSW Stage 6 Business Studies syllabus to provide the best exam preparation available.

This volume combines language learning and background to doing business in France, and is suitable for European business courses. The book assumes a basic standard of French, and consists of short independent units which can be worked through on a self-study basis or within a larger class group.;Each unit looks at various aspects of French business, such as trade fairs and exhibitions, sales negotiation, consumer attitudes, business lunches and travel, and introduces dialogues and comprehension exercises, along with much information on business practices, institutions and communications. It is also suitable for sales and marketing executives and students studying business languages at all levels.

Curriculum connections represent the strongest package of information for high school students available. Featuring Curriculum Connection sidebars on every page, students are lead to know what is important and why. Numerous other sidebars allow students to "self test" and investigate further.

The evaluation of investments offering non-normal return profiles like option portfolios or alternative investments is a challenging task since traditional measures like the mean-variance ones often produce inconsistent results or can be subject to manipulation. This thesis investigates the role of skewness and kurtosis in evaluating conventional and alternative investments. From the background that investors trade not only mean and variance but also higher moments, the author proposes a higher moment-based distributional risk measure, termed as the variance-equivalent risk measure, and develops a series of moment-based performance measures. Comparing these measures with conventional measures like the Sharpe Ratio, empirical testing shows that for investments with high non-normality of returns, the higher moment-based performance measures offer a significant enhancement in the performance evaluation.

Chapter Reviews and Working Papers with Peachtree Guides