George Anders: 11 books
The Rare Find
How Great Talent Stands Out
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2011
One of the nation's biggest music labels briefly signed Taylor Swift to a contract but let her go because she didn't seem worth more than $15,000 a year. At least four book publishers passed on the first Harry Potter novel rather than pay J. K. Rowling a $5,000 advance. And the same pattern happens...
You Can Do Anything
The Surprising Power of a "Useless" Liberal Arts Education
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2017
In a tech-dominated world, the most needed degrees are the most surprising: the liberal arts
Did you take the right classes in college? Will your major help you get the right job offers? For more than a decade, the national spotlight has focused on science and engineering as the only reliable...
by George Anders
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2013
A vivid account of the deals, tactics and personalities associated with Kohlberg Kravis Roberts since the private equity firm was founded in 1976. This book shows KKR's financial alchemy in action, as the firm combines borrowed money and borrowed management to create many billions of dollars...
by George Anders
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2013
A vivid account of the deals, tactics and personalities associated with Kohlberg Kravis Roberts since the private equity firm was founded in 1976. This book shows KKR's financial alchemy in action, as the firm combines borrowed money and borrowed management to create many billions of dollars...
Becoming a Rare Find
How Jagged Resumes Lead to Great Jobs--a Companion Guide to The Rare Find (A Pen guin Special from Portfolio)
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2012
Why don’t employers take a more optimistic view of people’s potential? Why is there such a fixation on a few bullet-point highlights of candidates’ résumés, to the point that most applicants are quickly cast aside as “not good enough”? Why is there such unwillingness to get to know what...
by George Anders
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 1998
The HMO system is supposed to stop greedy doctors and hospitals from viewing patients as sources of profit. But Health Against Wealth reveals that when you are confronting a medical emergency, the HMO system's cost-saving rules can jeopardize your life. This book, said the Cleveland Plain Dealer, is a "chilling portrait of the many ways in which HMOs can be hazardous to your health."
Credit Derivatives
A Primer on Credit Risk, Modeling, and Instruments
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2006
The credit risk market is the fastest growing financial market in the world, attracting everyone from hedge funds to banks and insurance companies. Increasingly, professionals in corporate finance need to understand the workings of the credit risk market in order to successfully manage risk in their...
by Mark Zandi, Satyajit Das, John Authers
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
How the financial crisis really happened, and what it really meant: 3 books packed with lessons for investors and policymakers! These three books offer unsurpassed insight into the causes and implications of the global financial crisis: information every investor and policy-maker needs to prepare for...
The Global Economic System
How Liquidity Shocks Affect Financial Institutions and Lead to Economic Crises, Portable Documents
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2011
Written for financial professionals, the authors thoroughly explain the modern global credit system; the roles of banks, hedge funds, insurers, central banks, mortgage markets, and other participants; and the credit-related instruments they rely on. In particular, the authors illuminate the crucial...
Credit Derivatives, Revised Edition
A Primer on Credit Risk, Modeling, and Instruments
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2015
Every company faces credit risk. Credit derivatives are among the most powerful tools available for managing it. Once restricted to the financial industry, they are now widely used by businesses of all kinds—and all financial professionals need to understand them. Credit Derivatives, Revised Edition,...
Detection of Drug Misuse
Biomarkers, Analytical Advances and Interpretation
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
Drug misuse and dependence is an ever evolving field of study, which has exploded over recent years owing to the advent of the internet. Due to the ever-growing number of young people using drugs recreationally and the privatisation of drug screening and detection services, there is the need to disseminate...