Managing complexity in global organizations

This book delivers new IMD insights on an emerging challenge - how to deal with overwhelming complexity. Global organizations face a complex decision- making environment. On one side, diversity of cultures, customers, competitors and regulations creates complexity; on the other, competitive pressures cause expanding countries to ...

The little book that beats the market

Two years in MBA school won't teach you how to double the market's return. Two hours with "The Little Book That Beats the Market" will. Let Joel Greenblatt, Founder and Managing Partner at Gotham Capital (with average annualized returns of 40% for over ...

Work goes mobile

Nokia's lessons from the leading edge

This book tells the inside story of Nokia's efforts to use mobile capabilities for business benefits. It helps decision makers understand that mobility is a business solution -` and that only by addressing people, processes, and technology in a balanced way can they realize significant ...

The brand innovation manifesto

how to build brands, redefine markets and Defy Conventions

How leaders build value

using people, organization, and other intangibles to get bottom-line results

Maverick real estate financing

the art of raising capital and owning properties like Ross, Sanders and Carey

This book includes Real estate financing lessons, by some of the best minds in the business. The real estate market is booming, and over the last few years, people have turned to this reliable investment because of its incredible potential. However, real estate investing is ...

Getting started in fundamental analysis

Most moderate and conservative investors rely on fundamental analysis to identify potential investments. But since accounting is essential to understanding this approach, some investors tend to shy away from it. Getting Started in Fundamental Analysis offers a fresh look at the basics and provides readers ...

International corporate governance under Sarbanes-Oxley

This is a detailed examination of the effects of Sarbanes-Oxley on corporate governance globally. Corporate governance remains a topic of keen interest not only for the accounting, financial, and legal sectors, but also for the broader business and investor communities. This comprehensive guide details the ...

Confessions of a municipal bond salesman

Lebenthal, a true Wall Street icon, traces his life journey from Hollywood reporter to renowned bond salesman. Throughout the book, Lebenthal distills his experiences to help readers apply what he's learned to their own professional careers and life. Table of Contents: 1 This is ...

The Boston Consulting Group on strategy

A collection of the best strategic thinking from the Boston Consulting Group one of the most prestigious and innovative management consulting firms in the world. For the past forty-two years, The Boston Consulting Group has been shaping the way business is done the world over ...

The hostage at the table

how leaders can overcome conflict, influence others, and raise performance

George Kohlrieser - an international leadership professor, consultant, and veteran hostage negotiator - explains that it is only by openly facing conflict that we can truly progress through the most difficult business challenges. In this book, he reveals how the proven techniques and psychological insights used in ...

Crime classification manual

a standard system for investigating and classifying violent crimes

This is the second edition of the landmark book that standardized for the first time the language, terminology, and classifications used throughout the criminal justice system. The "Crime Classification Manual" has been an indispensable guide for law enforcement, criminal lawyers, criminologists, forensic psychologists, and sociologists ...

Financial engineering with finite elements

The pricing of derivative instruments has always been a highly complex and time-consuming activity. Advances in technology, however, have enabled much quicker and more accurate pricing through mathematical rather than analytical models. In this book, the author bridges the divide between finance and mathematics by ...

Understanding international bank risk

In an era of globalization, syndicated lending, and consolidation within the banking industry, virtually all industries have international dealings and their consequential risks. An understanding of international risk, from that of bank or country failure to the idiosyncrasies of different religious, cultural, and regulatory frameworks ...

Fundamentals of power system economics

The introduction of competition into the electricity supply industry has fundamentally changed the way it works. In light of these changes this book provides a clear and comprehensive explanation of the basic principles underpinning the design and operation of modern competitive electricity markets. Assuming no ...

Financial risk taking

an introduction to the psychology of trading and behavioural finance

Financial Risk Taking explores the complex relationship between human behaviour and the markets, offering the reader a context in which to assess their own strengths and weaknesses. It is essential reading for anyone wishing to invest in stocks and trade futures as part of a ...

Economics

theory and practice

Newly updated, the Seventh Edition of Economics: Theory and Practice introduces students to basic economic concepts, institutions, relationships, and terminology. Covering a range of timely subjects and featuring engaging pedagogical tools, this book prepares students to use economic thinking in their classes, careers, and everyday ...

The bond king

investment secrets from PIMCO's Bill Gross

INDICE PART ONE: GROSS THE MAN. Introduction. Chapter 1. From $200 to Half a Billion. Chapter 2. Total Return Investing. Chapter 3. The Three Wise Men. PART TWO: TOTAL RETURN INVESTING. Chapter 4. A Waterlogged World. Chapter 5. All Bonds are Divided Into Three Parts ...

European fixed income markets

money, bond, and interest rate derivatives

This book offers a clear, insightful perspective on the post-euro fixed-income markets of Europe. The introduction of the euro in 1999 cast a new focus on the financial markets of constituent euro-zone countries which have subsequently seen their domestic markets emerge as the second largest ...

Modelling prices in competitive electricity markets

Electricity markets are structurally different to other commodities, and the real-time dynamic balancing of the electricity network involves many external factors. Because of this, it is not a simple matter to transfer conventional models of financial time series analysis to wholesale electricity prices. The rationale ...