Economics & Finance

Economics & Finance

 
Investing From the Heart Brill, Jack A. | Reder, Alan Crown Publishing , 1992 Business Biographies, Economics & Finance, Social Responsibility

Brill and Reder offer a logical, user-friendly guide that does an excellent job of educating the novice investor in a language anyone can understand. They pack an incredible amount of information into one volume (...

 
 
Investing In a Post-Enron World Jorion, Paul McGraw-Hill , 2003 Economics & Finance

The high-profile implosions of America's top corporations like Enron, and the questionable accounting methods of Arthur Andersen, forces investors to become wary of a company's ethical standards, and creates a need for...

 
 
Investing In People Cascio, Wayne | Boudreau, John FT Press , 2008 Business Strategy, Economics & Finance, Human Resources, Leadership, Productivity

Decisions about talent, human capital, and organizational effectiveness are increasingly central to the strategic success of virtually all organizations. Unfortunately, these decisions are often addressed with limited...

 
 
Invisible Capital Rabb, Chris Berrett-Koehler Publishers , 2010 Economics & Finance, Entrepreneurship

Few concepts in the United States are as deeply rooted as the American Dream. Hard work, determination, a willingness to take risks – these are the qualities needed to succeed, at least in the common narrative....

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Irrational Exuberance Shiller, Robert J. Princeton University Press , 2005 Economics & Finance, Marketing

This book is concerned with the behavior of speculative markets, human vulnerability to error, and the instability of the capitalist system. It tries...

 
 
Korean Dynasty Kirk, Donald M. E. Sharpe , 1994 Economics & Finance, Global Business

During the 1980s, America’s three leading business magazines began spreading the word of Korea’s rise. Donald Kirk uses Chung Ju Yung as a mirror to reflect and illuminate the unique Korean psyche and the idiosyncratic...

 
 
Leadership in the Era of Economic Uncertainty Charan, Ram McGraw-Hill , 2009 Business Strategy, Change Management, Economics & Finance, Leadership

Leadership in the Era of Economic Uncertainty by Ram Charan is a common-sense guide outlining the management practices necessary to weather the current economic storm. Throughout the book Charan...

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Leverage Denninger, Karl John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2012 Economics & Finance

Leverage is nothing more than the use of debt as a replacement for capital in a transaction. It may sound innocent, but it has been used over the years as a means of amassing ill-gotten wealth. In Leverage...

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Make Your Own Rules Rogers, Wayne | Young, Josh AMACOM , 2011 Economics & Finance, Entrepreneurship

In Make Your Own Rules, Wayne Rogers, former star of the TV series M*A*S*H, says that the fundamental structure of the economy has been radically altered. Government regulations favor big business and...

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Megatrends Asia Naisbitt, John Simon & Schuster , 1996 Economics & Finance, Global Business

With the goal of creating the financial institutions and instruments to handle the investments Asia needs for its infrastructure, institutional investors, companies, and individuals are plunging headlong into the...

 
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