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Business Adventures - Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street (Hardcover): John Brooks Business Adventures - Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street (Hardcover)
John Brooks
R877 R732 Discovery Miles 7 320 Save R145 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"Business Adventures remains the best business book I've ever read." --Bill Gates, The Wall Street Journal What do the $350 million Ford Motor Company disaster known as the Edsel, the fast and incredible rise of Xerox, and the unbelievable scandals at General Electric and Texas Gulf Sulphur have in common? Each is an example of how an iconic company was defined by a particular moment of fame or notoriety; these notable and fascinating accounts are as relevant today to understanding the intricacies of corporate life as they were when the events happened. Stories about Wall Street are infused with drama and adventure and reveal the machinations and volatile nature of the world of finance. Longtime New Yorker contributor John Brooks's insightful reportage is so full of personality and critical detail that whether he is looking at the astounding market crash of 1962, the collapse of a well-known brokerage firm, or the bold attempt by American bankers to save the British pound, one gets the sense that history repeats itself. Five additional stories on equally fascinating subjects round out this wonderful collection that will both entertain and inform readers . . . Business Adventures is truly financial journalism at its liveliest and best.

Hierarchically Structured Economies - Models with Bilateral Exchange Institutions (Hardcover, 1997 ed.): Willy Spanjers Hierarchically Structured Economies - Models with Bilateral Exchange Institutions (Hardcover, 1997 ed.)
Willy Spanjers
R2,894 Discovery Miles 28 940 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In six chapters this book introduces a micro-economic model where trade takes place through a stable structure of bilateral exchange institutions.The main problem in such models is that, for well-known equilibrium concepts, equilibrium may fail to exist in the corresponding game. In this work an adaptation of such models - hierarchically structured economies - is introduced. The possibilities and limitations of the use of the concept of subgame perfect equilibrium within the context of this kind of models is discussed. Furthermore, it is shown that some well-known market forms, viz. Walrasian and monopolistic markets, occur as special cases. A modification of the concept of subgame perfect equilibrium is introduced to formulate and prove a general theorem on the existence of equilibrium in hierarchically structured economies.

Is Japan Really Changing Its Ways? - Regulatory Reform and the Japanese Economy (Paperback): Lonny E. Carlile, Mark C. Tilton Is Japan Really Changing Its Ways? - Regulatory Reform and the Japanese Economy (Paperback)
Lonny E. Carlile, Mark C. Tilton
R552 Discovery Miles 5 520 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Deregulation has been at the top of Japan's economic policy agenda for many years. Now, in the midst of a financial crisis that engulfs all of Asia, pressures on the Japanese government for substantial reform--coming from both inside and outside forces--are stronger than ever.

But is Japan actually making the changes necessary to reduce market controls, encourage competition, and create new opportunities for imports? To most outside observers, regulatory reform in Japan is an incomprehensible blur of grandiose proposals and byzantine political maneuvering, which masks developments that could be of tremendous significance to the world at large.

In this book, experts from the United States and Japan cut through the fog that surrounds Japanese regulatory reform. They review the characteristics of Japanese regulation and analyze the content of regulatory reforms proposed to date as well as the political dynamics that shaped them. The book also examines the nuts-and-bolts issues of reforms in major economic sectors and the implications of deregulation for access to Japanese markets for foreign imports. By focusing on both the larger political, economic, and strategic contexts and on the way in which the micro and macro aspects of regulatory reform are interconnected, this volume makes comprehensible the tidal wave of proposals and posturing coming out of Japan.

In addition to the editors, the contributors are Miyajima Hideaki, Elizabeth Norville, Kosuke Oyama, and Yul Sohn.

Lonny E. Carlile is an assistant professor of Japanese Studies in the Center for Japanese Studies/Department of Asian Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Mark C. Tilton is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at Purdue University.

The Privatization Process in East-Central Europe - Evolutionary Process of Czech Privatization (Hardcover, 1997 ed.): Michal... The Privatization Process in East-Central Europe - Evolutionary Process of Czech Privatization (Hardcover, 1997 ed.)
Michal Mejstrik
R4,336 Discovery Miles 43 360 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

It is beyond any doubt that East-Central European countries such as Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia has dramatically changed its shape through its radical transition from centrally planned to the market economies in last 7 years. Many economists divide the process of economic transformation into areas of Stabilization, Liberalization, and Privatization/Restructuring. The traditional view is that stabilization and liberalization can be achieved rather quickly-by balancing budgets, balance of payments, tightening money supply, freeing prices and liberalizing trade-but that the area of privatization is one that could be moved to the future and will require much more time. Until 1991, none of the post-communist nations except former East Germany (which had a large decree of support from West Germany) had succeeded in privatizing large numbers of enterprises, even though more than two years had passed since the changes in government in these nations. The privatization has been, however, seen as an extremely important part of reform package together with stabilization and liberalization especially in the Czech Republic from the very beginning. The Czechs originally as a part of the Czechoslovak Federal Republic embarked on an unprecedented path that should have lead not only to stabilization and liberalization, but also to very rapid, mass privatization of its sector of large enterprises that have dominated its economy to an extreme extent.

Dollar, Euros and Debt - How we got into the Fiscal Crisis and how we get out of it (Hardcover): V. Tanzi Dollar, Euros and Debt - How we got into the Fiscal Crisis and how we get out of it (Hardcover)
V. Tanzi
R3,212 Discovery Miles 32 120 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


The current economic crisis has been assumed to reflect a cyclical problem, and some
economists have asked that it be dealt with 'fiscal stimulus packages', especially
packages associated with public spending. This action is similar to that of giving
steroids to a patient who suffers from a serious illness. It might make him or her feel
temporarily better, but it actually aggravates the illness.
Dollars, Euro's, and Debt suggests that an increase in public spending is the wrong
medicine, because it was precisely the increase in public spending that created some
of the structural problems that are now confused with, or have led to, the cyclical
slowdowns. The book argues that, over the years, and in a growing number of
countries, the high and increasing levels of public spending were, first and progressively,
being financed by higher tax levels and, subsequently, by increasing borrowing.
In the early years of the twenty-first century governments started facing strong
taxpayers' resistance to tax increases. Thus, they relied more and more on public
borrowing, pushing the public debts to high levels. More recently they started facing
stronger resistance by private lenders, that led to the progressive easing of monetary
conditions by central banks. The central banks' actions have made it difficult to
separate fiscal from monetary actions and have hidden some of the true deterioration
in the fiscal accounts. They have also increased future uncertainty and potential 'time
consistency' problems. The book evaluates the effects of 'fiscal stimulus packages',
especially when they start from precarious fiscal conditions, and presents a novel
'law of public expenditure growth', and suggests how that law may help in the design
of 'exit strategies' from the current crisis. It also discusses similarities and differences
between the monetary union that the euro and the monetary union that is the dollar.

Structural Change in an Urban Industrial Region - The Northeastern Ohio Case (Hardcover): David L. McKee, R.E. Bennett Structural Change in an Urban Industrial Region - The Northeastern Ohio Case (Hardcover)
David L. McKee, R.E. Bennett
R2,702 Discovery Miles 27 020 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This anthology concerns the economic and demographic changes that have occurred in northeastern Ohio since 1960, but specifically during the 1970s and 1980s when that region's major industries (rubber, steel, automobiles) experienced severe decline. Sixteen chapters reflect on the reasons for industrial restructuring, the implications for population growth and future employment and investment opportunities, and the role of local, state, and national governments in undertaking policies that generate economic activity. Three themes dominate: the centrality of employment in regional development; the relation between economic development and product cycles (and thus the need to introduce new economic activities to the region); and the regional, national, and international constraints on local economic-development initiatives. "Choice"

Much has been written concerning the erosion of the industrial base in this particular region and other areas of the country. Drawing heavily upon contributions from nationally recognized experts on urban and regional development as well as input from nanacademic sources, the present volume uses Northeastern Ohio as a case study of older industrial areas suffering from economic repression. Among the topics discussed are the limits of traditional development, fiscal implications of industrial restructuring, and urban adaptibility. Particular cities are also examined in order to pinpoint development problems and to offer alternative paths to local progress.

The Economic Consequences of Liability Rules - In Defense of Common Law Liability (Hardcover, New): Roger Meiners, Bruce Yandle The Economic Consequences of Liability Rules - In Defense of Common Law Liability (Hardcover, New)
Roger Meiners, Bruce Yandle
R2,771 Discovery Miles 27 710 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Written by specialists in law and economics, this book studies the role of liability rules in an effort to illustrate the possible consequences of statutory tampering with them. The contributors explain how statutory and common law liability rules evolved, how they work in current practice, and how changes in rules can alter economic outcomes in significant and unintended ways. Although price theory is the primary analytical tool employed in the study, the contributors also provide a wealth of institutional detail intended to illuminate the structure and operation of forces at work when questions of product or service liability arise.

Throughout, the contributors focus on the effects of individual decision making: how incentives faced by individuals are affected by liability rules and how the collective actions of purposeful individuals working in private markets and through the political process affect social outcomes. Among the specific topics addressed are using liability rules to deter government takings, the impact of government liability on private risk avoidance, the allocation of product liability by market share, liability and environmental quality, the effects of the flammability rule, deposit insurance and the savings and loan fiasco, and the political debate over automobile air bags. The contributors conclude that attempts to remedy alleged defects in the common law by legislative edict are not well grounded. Ideal as supplemental reading for courses in business and government, this volume will also be of significant interest to students of law and economics.

Economic Management, Income Distribution, and Poverty in Jamaica (Hardcover): Derick Boyd Economic Management, Income Distribution, and Poverty in Jamaica (Hardcover)
Derick Boyd
R2,133 Discovery Miles 21 330 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Providing an empirical look at the Jamaican economy, this careful study examines the impact of the (International Monetary Fund) approach to economic management in the 1980s and compares it to the non-IMF policies of the 1970s. Opening with an overview of the structure of Jamaica's economy, the book discusses the results of the economic policies of the 1970s and 1980s. Demonstrating that Jamaica's income is among the most unequally distributed in the world, the author explores how the policies of various governments affected income distribution, focusing on whether non-IMF policies had a different effect than IMF policies. He concludes with a discussion of how inflation and fiscal policies influence particularly vulnerable groups, which include children, the elderly, and much of the labor force.

Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Governance - The Contribution of Economic Theory and Related Disciplines... Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Governance - The Contribution of Economic Theory and Related Disciplines (Hardcover)
Lorenzo Sacconi, Margaret Blair, R. Edward Freeman; Edited by A. Vercelli
R2,862 Discovery Miles 28 620 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Corporate social responsibility is examined in this book as multi-stakeholder approach to corporate governance. This volume outlines neo-institutional and stakeholder theories of the firm, new rational choice and social contract normative models, self regulatory and soft law models, and the advances from behavioural economics.

Economic Crisis and Political Change in North Africa (Hardcover, New): Azzedine Layachi Economic Crisis and Political Change in North Africa (Hardcover, New)
Azzedine Layachi
R2,686 Discovery Miles 26 860 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A collective effort by American and North African scholars, this volume provides a comprehensive analysis of recent economic, social, and political events in North Africa. It shows how the Maghrebi states and societies are currently at a very important junction as they try to adjust to different ways of doing things in new regional and international orders. Using a political economy approach, the book focuses on a series of issues raised by the interaction between economic crisis and reform on the one hand, and political change or stagnation on the other. The author and his contributors provide a comprehensive and up-to-date survey of particular value to scholars and researchers of the Arab world in general and North Africa in particular.

Business Cycle Dynamics - Models and Tools (Hardcover, 2006 ed.): Iryna Sushko Business Cycle Dynamics - Models and Tools (Hardcover, 2006 ed.)
Iryna Sushko
R2,834 Discovery Miles 28 340 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Business cycle theory has been one of the fastest growing fields in modern nonlinear economic dynamics. The book is centered around models of multiplier-accelerator type, emerging from Samuelson's seminal work, later developed into nonlinear formats by Hicks and Goodwin. These models left open ends, as the tools then available did not permit more systematic analysis. The present situation is different, due to the emergence of new methods also focusing global analysis. The focus on classical, causal or recursive models implies a deviation from current main stream business cycle theory, based on "rational expectations," which in view of the possibility of mathematical chaos becomes untenable. This book is a rejoinder to Puu and Sushko, Oligopoly Dynamics - Models and Tools, (Springer 2002).

Technology, Innovation and Competitiveness (Hardcover): Jeremy Howells, Jonathan Michie Technology, Innovation and Competitiveness (Hardcover)
Jeremy Howells, Jonathan Michie
R3,030 Discovery Miles 30 300 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Technology and innovation are fundamental to economic success and the struggle for markets in an increasingly competitive world. This book draws together the latest research in the fields of technology, innovation and competitiveness from some of the world's leading academics.International in its approach, this book considers a wide range of topics including the globalization of research and technology and the effect of this on the product cycle, financial domination in the global economy and its consequences for structural competitiveness. It also examines the impact of the pooling of technology and science in Europe on the environment for new entrepreneurial initiatives. Special emphasis is placed on the policy implications of recent developments in technology, industry and the economy. Technology, Innovation and Competitiveness will be of interest to policy analysts as well as academics and students of economics, management and business studies.

The World Economy - Challenges of Globalization and Regionalization (Hardcover): H.W. Singer The World Economy - Challenges of Globalization and Regionalization (Hardcover)
H.W. Singer; Marjan Svetlicic
R2,788 Discovery Miles 27 880 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The process of globalization can be seen in the increase of: trade interdependence, the importance of global multinational corporations, mobility and volatility of capital flows (with dangers demonstrated by the recent Mexican crisis). This globalization creates both dangers and new opportunities, both winners and losers. The parallel growth of regional blocs is equally hazardous, particularly for countries left outside the regional blocs. The book, with contributions by eminent experts, describes the impact of both globalization and regionalization and the relationship between these two dominant trends.

The Economics of Industrial Location - A Logistics-Costs Approach (Hardcover, 1998 ed.): Philip McCann The Economics of Industrial Location - A Logistics-Costs Approach (Hardcover, 1998 ed.)
Philip McCann
R2,925 Discovery Miles 29 250 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book explores the relationship between the location of the firm, the location of its markets and suppliers, and the inventory holding behaviour of the firm. Space costs and time costs are manifested in inventory costs. The examination of these inventory costs allows new insights into the reasons for observed industrial location behaviour. In particular, we see that transport costs are only a small part of total distance costs, and that the values of the goods being shipped and the value-added by the firm, are crucial location determinants. This approach is then extended to an analysis of Just-In-Time (JIT) production.

Demand, Complexity, and Long-Run Economic Evolution (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019): Andreas Chai, Chad M. Baum Demand, Complexity, and Long-Run Economic Evolution (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
Andreas Chai, Chad M. Baum
R3,512 Discovery Miles 35 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The purpose of this contributed volume is to consider how global consumption patterns will develop in the next few decades, and what the consequences of that development will be for the economy, policymakers, and society at large. In the long run, the extent to which economic growth translates into better living conditions strongly depends on how rising affluence and new technologies shape consumer preferences. The ongoing rise in household income in developing countries raises some important questions: Will consumption patterns always continue to expand in the same manner as we have witnessed in the previous two centuries? If not, how might things evolve differently? And what implications would such changes hold for not only our understanding of consumption behavior but also our pursuit of more sustainable societies?

Cuba's Second Economy - From behind the Scenes to Center Stage (Hardcover, New): Jorge Perez-Lopez Cuba's Second Economy - From behind the Scenes to Center Stage (Hardcover, New)
Jorge Perez-Lopez
R3,887 Discovery Miles 38 870 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Without doubt, Cuba is facing its most serious economic challenge in nearly thirty-five years of revolutionary rule. There is consensus that as the official, centrally planned economy has faltered, ordinary citizens eke out a living only by engaging in under-the-table, unrecorded, and mostly illegal activities. In fact, this "second economy" is growing by leaps and bounds. This volume sketches the contours of the very complex phenomenon of the second economy of socialist Cuba, and discusses its evolution over time, as well as the role that it may play in the transition to a market economy on the island.

The economic crisis of the 1990s has propelled the second economy from behind the scenes to center stage. Not only have black markets mushroomed, but second economy activities connected to the free-market that the Castro government has traditionally discouraged or even prosecuted are now being incorporated into the government's own economic strategy. Self-employment, cultivation of individual plots, and the use of foreign currencies to buy or sell goods, are now promoted with considerable enthusiasm by the leadership.

Perez-Lopez examines different ways of thinking about unregulated economic activities that have been set forth in the literature and concludes that the concept of the second economy is the most appropriate for Cuba. He brings together available information from a multitude of sources on the manifestations of the second economy in Cuba and of its operation. Cuba's Second Economy is a timely study of an economic system in crisis. It will be of interest to economists, political scientists, policymakers, and Latin America area scholars.

Competition in the Natural Gas Pipeline Industry - An Economic Policy Analysis (Hardcover, New): Edward C. Gallick Competition in the Natural Gas Pipeline Industry - An Economic Policy Analysis (Hardcover, New)
Edward C. Gallick
R2,722 Discovery Miles 27 220 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This work considers the potential effects of competition in the natural gas pipeline industry. Contrary to published studies and government reports, this study concludes that federal regulation in the industry is no longer necessary to limit the market power of current pipeline suppliers. Rather, potential entry by nearby suppliers--a competitive factor largely ignored in most economic analyses--will promote competition in most major markets. The purpose of the work is two-fold: to quantify the competitive effect of potential market entry by natural gas suppliers; and to demonstrate that any industry analysis which fails to consider this competitive factor is likely to be in error.

This compilation and analysis of market-by-market data on current deliveries by pipeline, location of nearby deliveries, and location of nearby pipelines which make no deliveries will be of interest to scholars, policymakers, and industry analysts concerned with competitive, antitrust, and regulatory issues.

Economic Instruments of Security Policy - Influencing Choices of Leaders (Paperback, 2006 ed.): G. Shiffman Economic Instruments of Security Policy - Influencing Choices of Leaders (Paperback, 2006 ed.)
G. Shiffman
R2,776 Discovery Miles 27 760 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Can policy makers achieve national security goals through economic tools? Can state conflicts be fought out in economic battlefields? How do you stabilize and rebuild a country recently defeated in military combat? Can security aims be accomplished using economic policy tools--tools short of military action? National security questions are fundamentally economic. National governments have at their disposal many economic instruments used for national security such as economic sanctions and foreign aid, international trade, international finance and efforts to attack the sources of funding for international terrorism. This book examines the economic policies at available to a head of state and addresses how best to measure the success of these tools. Detailed case studies throughout the book allow readers to understand the decision-making process and how to craft policies designed to influence specific outcomes. The book surveys policies currently used as well as those that may not be appreciated for their national security application. The first part of the book gives an overview of basic analytical tools. It examines microeconomics applied to international "actors": autocrats and leaders in democracies. The second part looks at the "arsenal" of economic tools: sanctions, aid, finance, trade, courts, etc. Case studies are examined to provide a way forward in tackling the war on terrorism.

International Technology Transfer by Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises - Country Studies (Hardcover): Peter J Buckley, Jaime... International Technology Transfer by Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises - Country Studies (Hardcover)
Peter J Buckley, Jaime Campos, Eduardo White
R4,285 Discovery Miles 42 850 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The book is the culmination of a research effort which spanned all continents and involved a large number of research teams from both the industrialised and developing countries. The book addresses a number of key issues related to technology transfer by small and medium-sized enterprises most especially whether such companies are more effective transferors than larger transnational corporations. A key aspect of the research was the fact that firms in source and host countries were matched to assure a degree of consistency in the firm coverage and their responses.

Marching Orders - The Role of the Military in South Korea's Economic Miracle, 1961-1971 (Hardcover): Jon H. Huer Marching Orders - The Role of the Military in South Korea's Economic Miracle, 1961-1971 (Hardcover)
Jon H. Huer
R2,694 Discovery Miles 26 940 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This modern day rags-to-riches story tells how one of the poorest nations in the world evolved into one of the most technologically advanced. How did South Korea do it? The miracle' that occurred in South Korea was produced, in essence, by military men, many of whom had undergone extensive managerial training in the United States in the preceding decade, who gave marching orders' to a responsive populace. "Marching Orders," a historically factual, yet fast-paced and dramatic page turner, ' chronicles, in five parts, the history and events that led to General Park Chung Hee's 1961 coup d'etat and the transformations in Korean society that followed it during the next decade. Part One surveys Korea prior to 1961--a deprived colony during the Japanese occupation, then a war-devastated, barely industrialized nation whose existence depended heavily on U.S. economic aid. Part Two analyzes the military establishment--a crucial factor in Korea's economic prosperity even today. The military takeover of 1961 and the subsequent establishment of the Supreme Council for National Reconstruction (SCNR) were the turning points for this politically and economically bankrupt nation. These events led to the massive changes which are detailed in Parts Three and Four along with the rationalization' of the political sphere and the various aspects of economic rationalization, ' including the now-famous New Village Movement, a model of agricultural development for other emerging nations. In Part Five, the role and potential of the military in national development are explained and South Korea is presented as a success story. Indeed, Marching Orders could well serve as a How To' book for emerging countries.

Highly readable, "Marching Orders" has been written for the generalist without sacrificing scholarship. It will also prove useful to specialists in sociology, political science, economics, and Southeast Asia; to entrepreneurs engaged in trade with South Korea; and to those interested in Third World Development. An excellent addition to the reading lists of courses in development, comparative history, and military-civil cooperation.

Privatization in Eastern Europe - Is the State Withering Away? (Paperback): Roman Frydman, Andrzej Rapaczynski Privatization in Eastern Europe - Is the State Withering Away? (Paperback)
Roman Frydman, Andrzej Rapaczynski; Foreword by Edmund S. Phelps
R1,511 Discovery Miles 15 110 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In Eastern Europe privatization is now a mass phenomenon. The authors propose a model of it by means of an illustration from the example of Poland, which envisages the free provision of shares in formerly public undertakings to employees and consumers, and the provision of corporate finance from foreign intermediaries. One danger that emerges is that of bureaucratization. On the broader canvas, mass privatization implies the reform of the whole system, the creation of a suitable economic infrastructure for a market economy and the institutions of corporate governance. The authors point out the need for a delicate balance between evolution - which may be too slow - and design - which brings the risk of more government involvement than it is able to manage. A chapter originating as a European Bank working paper explores the banking implications of setting up a totally new financial sector with interlocking classes of assets. The economic effects merge into politics as the role of the state is investigated. Teachers and graduate students of public/private sector economies, East European affairs; advisers to bankers or commercial companies with Eastern European interests.

Studies on the Theory of General Dynamic Economic Equilibrium (Hardcover): Giulio La Volpe, trans Helen Ampt Studies on the Theory of General Dynamic Economic Equilibrium (Hardcover)
Giulio La Volpe, trans Helen Ampt
R2,764 Discovery Miles 27 640 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book presents a theory of the general dynamic economic equilibrium which is a development of the static theory of Walras and Pareto. The work has built up an analytical model of the effective, current movement of an economic system, founded on the logic of the individual changing programmes - a basis for finding out the laws of all types of endogenous and exogenous movements of the economy. Indeed, the model can be used in the treatment of the typical problems of dynamic economics, by means of the author's method of variational dynamic analysis.

Regulating Regional Power Systems (Hardcover): Clinton J. Andrews Regulating Regional Power Systems (Hardcover)
Clinton J. Andrews
R2,742 Discovery Miles 27 420 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The electric power sector operates under an archaic regulatory system that is ill-equipped to oversee a competitive, restructured, regionally-organized industry. This book offers the first systematic discourse on regional aspects of regulatory reform, sharing topical perspectives from leading actors and regional case studies that show how the debate plays out on the ground. It frames the policy debate, applies economic and political theoretical lenses to federalism issues, and outlines options for regulatory reform, modes of cooperation, and an analytical basis for decisions. Most important, it provides a strategic road map for the industry over the coming decade. Contributors include current and former regulators at the State and Federal levels, senior utility executives, leading advocates, government policy makers and academics, including Michael Danielson, Michehl Gent, Kenneth Gordon, Kevin Kelly, Raymond Maliszewski, Richard O'Neill, Jackie Pfannensteil, Mary Sharpe Hayes, Charles Stalon, and many others.

Stock Market - Comparative Analysis (Hardcover): B.J. Queensly Jeyanthi Stock Market - Comparative Analysis (Hardcover)
B.J. Queensly Jeyanthi
R1,212 Discovery Miles 12 120 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Corporate Governance and Financial Performance - A Study of German and UK Initial Public Offerings (Hardcover, illustrated... Corporate Governance and Financial Performance - A Study of German and UK Initial Public Offerings (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
Marc Goergen
R2,730 Discovery Miles 27 300 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This important book presents a new original study of the German and UK financial markets. It addresses the relationship between corporate governance, ownership and financial performance in German and UK firms floated during the 1980s. Marc Goergen uses detailed company micro-data to examine the ownership and performance of each firm from the time of its flotation to six years later. He finds that the evolution of ownership depends on certain corporate characteristics and that differences in financial performance cannot be explained simply by differences in the concentration of ownership. The book sheds new light on the important issue of whether corporate ownership influences or is influenced by financial performance. The main findings of the book have important implications for public policy and the current public debate on corporate governance and the globalisation of financial markets. They are important for established financial markets and the transitional economies of Eastern and Central Europe as well as for international scholars interested in issues of corporate governance and the performance of firms.

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