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Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2010
This book examines new issues in financial markets and institutions raised by the global economic crisis that began in 2007. The four main themes are: management, innovation and technology in banking; efficiency and productivity; consolidation; and corporate governance issues.
Japanese Global Management
Theory and Practice at Overseas Subsidiaries
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2011
The Japanese management style is unique compared with those in the U.S. and Europe as is the overseas operation for Japanese companies. This book demonstrates the three essences for successful overseas operations that global enterprises as well as Japanese companies possess.
EU Payments Integration
The Tale of SEPA, PSD and Other Milestones Along the Road
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
An inside view of the forces which shaped SEPA and the PSD written from the unique perspective of someone closely involved throughout the process. It uncovers the strategic, legal and practical implications of the full harmonization agenda and provides an assessment of where these initiatives stand today, including key lessons learned.
European Banking
Enlargement, Structural Changes and Recent Developments
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2011
Despite considerable progress on political and economic convergence over the last decade, financial structures of individual countries within the EU remain diverse. This book considers the future prospects of the banking industry in the context of enlargement, application of the IFRS and a potential new member country, Turkey.
Sustaining Industrial Competitiveness after the Crisis
Lessons from the Automotive Industry
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2012
Adopting a multi-disciplinary approach and using the case of the automotive industry as a starting point this volume discusses how industrial companies can remain competitive in spite of the current economic downturn.
by D. Chorafas
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2011
The banking industry extensively lobbied against Basel III and governments have been keen to delay its full implementation. Chorafas' latest book takes a well-rounded approach on Basel III's strengths and weaknesses and explains how, without deep restructuring of the global banking industry, (like Basel II) Basel III will fail.
The Gold Cartel
Government Intervention on Gold, the Mega Bubble in Paper, and What This Means for Your Future
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2013
The Gold Cartel is an insightful and thought-provoking analysis of the world market for gold, how it works, and what influences gold price. But it also lends insight into something more disturbing – the organized intervention in the gold markets by Central Banks.
Fitness Culture
Gyms and the Commercialisation of Discipline and Fun
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2010
This book provides a sociological perspective on fitness culture as developed in commercial gyms, investigating the cultural relevance of gyms in terms of the history of the commercialization of body discipline, the negotiation of gender identities and distinction dynamics within contemporary cultures of consumption.
Bubbles and Contagion in Financial Markets, Volume 2
Models and Mathematics
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017
This book focuses on extending the models and theories (from a mathematical/statistical point of view) which were introduced in the first volume to a more technical level. Where volume I provided an introduction to the mathematics of bubbles and contagion, volume II digs far more deeply and widely into the modeling aspects.
Language Put to Work
The Making of the Global Call Centre Workforce
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2017
WINNER of The Gertrude J. Robinson Book Prize, awarded by the Canadian Communication Association, and the Canadian Association of Work and Labour Studies, Book of the Year Award.
This book examines the striking rise of call centres over the past quarter century through the lens of the resistance...
Capital Requirements, Disclosure, and Supervision in the European Insurance Industry
New Challenges towards Solvency II
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2014
Capital Requirements, Disclosure, and Supervision in the European Insurance Industry provides an in-depth analysis of Solvency II's issues by combining both a theoretical approach and evidence of the empirical implications and effects on the European insurance industry.
Understanding and Profiting from Intellectual Property
Strategies across Borders
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2012
A new look at the strategic and managerial issues surrounding intellectual property (IP) and international commercialization in the international market. An updated version which provides practitioners and analysts with guidelines and an action framework on how to benefit from IP.
Central Banks and Coded Language
Risks and Benefits
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2011
This book explores implications of the modern view of central banks rising from the proposition that words have no meaning beyond their use in a particular context and setting. It studies coded language to explain why a central bank's decisions and communicative interactions can't be devoted to a coded language which is an artificial language.
A History of Japan
From Stone Age to Superpower
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2012
In a rare combination of comprehensive coverage and sustained critical focus, this book examines Japan's progress through its entire history to its current status as an economic, technological, and cultural superpower. A key factor is a pragmatic determination to succeed. Little-known facts are also brought to light, and the latest findings used.