Corporate governance and risk

a systems approach

INDICE CHAPTER 1: Order from Chaos. A discussion of market behavior#how it is affected by human emotions and by economic supply and demand. The Action/Reaction theory of a natural cycle that circulates throughout the market. CHAPTER 2: What Is a Reaction Swing? The ...

International accounting and finance handbook

INDICE PART I: GLOBALIZATION OF FINANCIAL MARKETS. PART II: FINANCIAL ANALYSIS PART III: WORLD SCENE OF ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING PRACTICES PART IV: INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING HARMONIZATION PART V: REPORTING ISSUES PART VI: INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER PRICING AND TAXATION PART VII: INTERNATIONAL AUDITING

Applying Elliot Wave theory profitably

In Applying Elliott Wave Theory Profitably, author and Elliott Wave expert Steven Poser takes a fresh approach to this proven trading strategy, giving you the most well-rounded and straightforward lesson on how to make money using Elliott Wave theory. Drawing from his many years of ...

Managing collective investment funds

Managing Collective Investment Funds is designed as a practical introduction to collective investment funds and their management, drawing on the experience of the authors in both developed and emerging markets. It identifies best practice internationally, and also highlights the challenges of regulating and operating collective ...

Hidden financial risk

understanding off-balance sheet accounting

It is now painfully clear that "earnings management" has managed little, other than some short-term gain for a handful of managers and a long-term catastrophic erosion of the public faith in financial reporting. But it is not too late for the accounting industry to turn ...

The new forensics

investigating corporate fraud and the theft of intellectual property

The New Forensics" introduces readers to the world of business forensics, using vignettes, interviews and actual crime reports. It examines cases in which the use of computer forensics led to evidence linking executives to fraud and covers issues such as the theft of trade secrets ...

Accounting dictionary = Diccionario de contabilidad

english-spanish, spanish-english, spanish-spanish = inglés-español, español-inglés, español-español

A dictionary for English-Spanish translation of accounting terms that also covers the differences in accounting terminology for the largest Spanish-speaking countries namely Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Spain and Venezuela.

How and why audits must change

practical guidance to improve your audits

This volume provides specific and practical guidance on conducting higher quality audits, covering risk-based auditing, analytical procedures, and CAATs (Computer Assisted Accounting Techniques) such as data extraction software and internal controls. The credibility of independent audits has plummeted. Despite legislation designed to improve audit quality ...

Enterprise risk management

from incentives to controls

INDICE SECTION I. RISK MANAGEMENT IN CONTEXT. Chapter 1. Introduction. Chapter 2. Lessons Learned. Chapter 3. Concepts and Processes. SECTION II. THE ENTERPRISE RISK MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK. Chapter 4. What is ERM? Chapter 5. Corporate Governance. Chapter 6. Line Management. Chapter 7. Portfolio Management. Chapter 8 ...

Measuring and controlling interest rate risk

Measuring and Controlling Interest Rate and Credit Risk, Second Edition offers a systematic evaluation of how to measure and control the interest rate risk and credit risk of a bond portfolio or trading position under various financial conditions. Financial experts Frank Fabozzi, Steven Mann, and ...

The seven myths of customer management

how to be customer-driven without being customer-led

The Seven Myths of Customer Management is required reading for everyone who's job interacts with or impacts customers. Written in a lively, readable and anecdotal style, this book challenges much conventional wisdom and provides a powerful antidote to many potentially dangerous and expensive misconceptions ...

Managing business relationships

No company can be an island in today's business world. Each one is locked into a complex network of relationships with suppliers, customers and other business partners. To be effective, managers within companies must constantly assess these relationships and the intentions, actions and reactions ...

Fixed income strategy

a practitioner's guide to riding the curve

Fixed Income Investment aims to straddle the different worlds of theoretical models and practical market experience, while offering an interdisciplinary framework for fixed income investing and trading. * A focussed but very practical approach to fixed-income investment, aimed at practitioner market * Contains investment checklists and interviews ...

Urcentainty and expectation

strategies for the trading of risk

1. Losers Anonymous.2. Past Masters. 3. Basic Building Blocks. 4. Mental Curves. 5. Assorted Killers. 6. Chartists, Economists and Gurus. 7. Quantum(ish) Finance. 8. This is the First Time since the Last Time. 9. The Divine Right of Failure. 10. Signposts. Bibliography. A ...

Bayesian econometrics

Researchers in many fields are increasingly finding the Bayesian approach to statistics to be an attractive one. This book introduces the reader to the use of Bayesian methods in the field of econometrics at the advanced undergraduate or graduate level. The book is self-contained and ...

Trust and mistrust

radical risk strategies in business relationships

If we trust someone we put ourselves at risk, but we do so voluntarily. In business there may be no way of clinching that deal without engaging in that personal risk, but to deny or externalise that risk is to enter the world of blame ...

Setting global standards

guidelines for creating codes of conduct in multinational corporations

PART ONE: THE ROLE OF MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF INCREASING GLOBALIZATION AND FREE TRADE. Chapter 1. The Blessings and Perils of Globalization: A Tale of Two Peoples. Chapter 2. Sweatshops and Human Rights Abuses: Evidence from the Field. PART TWO: MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS' RESPONSES ...

Life-cycle costing

using activity-based costing and Monte Carlo methods to manage future costs and risks

1. Introduction. What Does It Cost? .The Role of Life-Cycle Costing. Why Activity-Based Life-Cycle Costing? Notes. 2. Basics of Life-Cycle Costing. What Is a Life Cycle? What Is a Cost? Four Ways of LCC. Notes. 3. Uncertainty Analysis and Risk Management.What are Risk and ...

The handbook of water economics

principles and practice

Water is vital to social and economic development whilst both arable land and water are scarce. Managing water is highly capital intensive, and capital is also scarce. Simultaneously, there are environmental consequences to any intervention in the water cycle whilst the economy depends on the ...

The essential guide to managing small business growth

A cliche it may be but we are living in ever more turbulent times. Business decision-making has become more challenging and unpredictable than ever: we see unforeseen and often cataclysmic changes in consumer demand, both at home and in export markets; customers continue to demand ...