Corporate category: 1876 books
Critical Financial Issues: Financial Times Briefing
The low down on the top job
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
A concise and pithy reference guide that gives senior managers and executives powerful, practical and accessible guidance on everything they need to know about running a profitable, cash generating business unit offering real shareholder value.
For non-financial executives in a key functional...
Fundamentals of Enterprise Risk Management
How Top Companies Assess Risk, Manage Exposure, and Seize Opportunity
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2014
One thing that will never change about the business world is the presence of risk. But risk management has changed dramatically since the 2008 financial crisis. . .and new developments in technology and communications demand up-to-the-minute approaches for defending against threats-and seizing opportunities....
House of Plenty
The Rise, Fall, and Revival of Luby's Cafeterias
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Scarred by the deaths of his mother and sisters and the failure of his father's business, a young man dreamed of making enough money to retire early and retreat into the secure world that his childhood tragedies had torn from him. But Harry Luby refused to be a robber baron. Turning totally against the...
by D. Chorafas
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2013
The Changing Role of Central Banks derives lessons from current economic and financial challenges as well as failures in confronting them. Through this approach, it brings under perspective political and social reactions to major economic problems of the last ten years, particularly those pertaining to money and initiatives taken by central banks.
Public Relations and Nation Building
Influencing Israel
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2013
All public relations emerges from particular environments, but the specific conditions of Israel offer an exceptional study of the accelerators and inhibitors of professional development in the history of a nation.
Documenting and analyzing the contribution of one profession to building one...
Houston Legends
History and Heritage of Dynamic Global Capitol
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
Two hundred years of Houston history through the prism of business, entrepreneurship, and innovation in this essential and epic overview.
The first Houston history book to be written from a business perspective, where the stories behind the city’s many legendary successes are told. Moore presents...
The Consuming Temple
Jews, Department Stores, and the Consumer Revolution in Germany, 1880–1940
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
Department stores in Germany, like their predecessors in France, Britain, and the United States, generated great excitement when they appeared at the end of the nineteenth century. Their sumptuous displays, abundant products, architectural innovations, and prodigious scale inspired widespread fascination...
POWER
How J.D. Power III Became the Auto Industry's Adviser, Confessor, and Eyewitness to History
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2013
No other individual has had as broad an impact on the auto industry during the past fifty years as Dave Power.
Dave’s persistence in getting auto executives to listen to customer concerns was key to the across-the-board rise in car quality, and the influence of his J.D. Power and Associates...
TripAdvisor : « Plan and book your perfect trip »
Quand la révolution du secteur du voyage passe par l’e-tourisme
Language: French
Release Date: July 31, 2015
Un guide pratique et accessible pour découvrir la Success Story de TripAdvisorQuelle histoire se cache derrière le succès international du hibou aux yeux bicolores de TripAdvisor ? Comment cette plateforme, aujourd’hui considérée comme la plus grande communauté de voyageurs au monde, s’est-elle...
A Secret History of Brands
The Dark and Twisted Beginnings of the Brand Names We Know and Love
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2017
The true—and often shocking—stories behind some of the biggest names in business.
We live our lives immersed in name brand products. What most of us don’t know is that the origins of many of the most well-known and beloved brands in the world are shrouded in controversy, drug use, and...
The Baker Chocolate Company
A Sweet History
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2009
Discover the true story behind America’s first chocolate company, formed in pre-Revolutionary New England.
In 1765, the story goes, Dr. James Baker of Dorchester, Massachusetts, stumbled upon a penniless Irish immigrant named John Hannon, who was crying on the banks of the mighty Neponset...
Estimating SMEs Cost of Equity Using a Value at Risk Approach
The Capital at Risk Model
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2014
As well as reviewing traditional models, this book proposes an alternative model for estimating the cost of risk capital. This model, known as CaRM (Capital at Risk Model), bases the cost estimate of risk capital on VaR (Value at Risk) for the very first time. This book is an ideal resource for developing valuation research in SMEs.
by Arnold Goldstein
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2014
Learn how to protect your assets from the lawsuit explosion. Learn strategies to protect yourself from lawsuits, divorce, creditors, and other deadly threats to your wealth.
Modern Bribery Law
Comparative Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2013
The Bribery Act 2010 is the most significant reform of UK bribery law in a century. This critical analysis offers an explanation of the Act, makes comparisons with similar legislation in other jurisdictions and provides a critical commentary, from both a UK and a US perspective, on the collapse of...