Corporate Finance category: 1651 books
The Last of the Imperious Rich
Lehman Brothers, 1844-2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2010
The inspiration for the hit play The Lehman Trilogy
On September 11, 1844, Henry Lehman arrived in New York City on a boat from Germany. Soon after, he moved to Montgomery, Alabama, where he and his brother Emanuel established a modest cotton brokering firm that would come to be called Lehman...
Bloodsport
When Ruthless Dealmakers, Shrewd Ideologues, and Brawling Lawyers Toppled the Corporate Establishment
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
The epic battle of the fascinating, flawed figures behind America's deal culture and their fight over who controls and who benefits from the immense wealth of American corporations.
Bloodsport is the story of how the mania for corporate deals and mergers all began. The riveting tale of how...
Say It and Live It
The 50 Corporate Mission Statements that Hit the Mark
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2011
Say It And Live It is the first collection of provocative, passionate, and intelligent corporate mission statements--the most powerful and popular managerial tool in business today. A corporate mission statement is the most dramatic presentation of a company's vision and its goal. No other document--annual...
Corporate Governance and Sustainability
Challenges for Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
In recent years, as corporations and governments have increasingly been confronted with managing the expectations of a society newly alerted to the social and environmental risks of economic development, recognition is dawning that achieving a sustainable world is dependent upon the democratic management...
Understanding the Company
Corporate Governance and Theory
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2017
What is the purpose of the company and its role in society? From their origin in medieval times to their modern incarnation as powerful transnational bodies, companies remain an important part of business and society at large. Drawing from a variety of perspectives, this book adopts a normative approach...
by Christian A. Witting
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2018
What happens when a corporate subsidiary or network company is unable to pay personal injury victims in full? This book sets out to tackle the 'insolvent entity problem', especially as it arises in cases of mass wrongdoing such as those involving asbestos exposure and defective pharmaceuticals. After...
Faith and Fortune
The Quiet Revolution to Reform American Business
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2004
Lately the headlines have delivered dispiriting news about wrongdoing and scandal in business. But behind the headlines lies a surprising, untold story: Corporate America is changing for the better. Faith and Fortune tells the stories of the extraordinary people who are leading the way and the admirable...
by Ituah Imhanze Lim, Aclarb, O.Y. Abdul-hamid Ph.D
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2017
The bi-annual Journal of Corporate Governance contains well-researched articles on the control factor in the separation of ownership and management of companies operating within groups, Board practices in the Nigerian banking industry, Board processes and effectiveness, shareholder associations, corporate...
The Deconstruction of Equity
Activist Shareholders, Decoupled Risk, and Corporate Governance
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2016
New investment techniques and new types of shareholder activists are shaking up the traditional ways of equity investment that informs much of our present-day corporate law and governance. Savvy investors such as hedge funds are using financial derivatives, securities lending transactions, and related...
by Peter Peverelli
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2006
This book represents the first study of economic restructuring in reform era China to apply the concepts of identity and corporate space; notions that have become increasingly relevant as foreign invested and Chinese ventures face complex operational and societal issues in the wake of globalization.
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by Jerry Feingold
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
They were untouchable. They were blue chip corporations, legends in world business and everyone believed they were indestructible: Those icons of industry would last forever. Or so we thought. Kodak, King of Hollywood and Everyman’s photo world. Who would have predicted their demise? Same with Blockbuster,...
by John P. Kotter
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2008
Going far beyond previous empirical work, John Kotter and James Heskett provide the first comprehensive critical analysis of how the "culture" of a corporation powerfully influences its economic performance, for better or for worse. Through painstaking research at such firms as Hewlett-Packard,...
The Tanning of America
How Hip-Hop Created a Culture That Rewrote the Rules of the New Economy
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2011
The business marketing genius at the forefront of today's entertainment marketing revolution helps corporate America get hip to today's new consumer-the tan generation - by learning from hip-hop and youth culture.
"He is the conduit between corporate America and rap and the streets-he...
Gangs of America
The Rise of Corporate Power and the Disabling of Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2005
The corporation has become the core institution of the modern world. Designed to seek profit and power, it has pursued both with endless tenacity, steadily bending the framework of law and even challenging the sovereign status of the state. Where did the corporation come from? How did it get so much...