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Author
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
2nd ed.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xiv, 241 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
Global diversity in the practice of public sector accounting continues to impede the reduction of bureaucracy and the creation of comparable standards in terms of accountability and transparency. The International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (IPSASB) continues to engage in the ongoing process of harmonizing public sector accounting with their International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSASs). IPSAS Explained: A Summary of International...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Corporate Finance: Theory and Practice continues to hold sway as one of the most popular financial textbooks, thanks to its four unique features: A balanced blend of theory and practice: authors hold academic positions at top ranking universities and business schools and are also investment bankers, private investors or sit on the boards of listed and unlisted companies A presentation of concepts that explain situations, followed by a discussion...
Author
Series
Publisher
O'Reilly Media
Pub. Date
©2005
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xiv, 592 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
Every company large and small wants to boost its sales, control its spending, and keep the auditors at the Internal Revenue Service happy. But, no company wants to waste time on more paperwork. These days, a growing number of companies are turning to QuickBooks accounting software not only to speed up their bookkeeping efforts, but manage their businesses more effectively.Organizations come in all shapes, sizes, and business models, so it's no surprise...
Publisher
Academic Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xxii, 523 pages)
Language
English
Description
Political and social forces exert pressure on our globalized economy in many forms, from formal and informal policies to financial theories and technical models. Our efforts to shape and direct these forces to preserve financial stability reveal much about the ways we perceive the financial economy. The Handbook of Safeguarding Global Financial Stability examines our political economy, particularly the ways in which these forces inhabit our institutions,...
Series
Publisher
Butterworth-Heinemann
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xxiv, 437 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
After the cooling off of IPOs since the dot com bubble, Google has rekindled the fire for IPOs. This IPO reader contains new articles exclusive to this reader by leading academics from around the world dealing with quantitative and qualitative analyses of this increasingly popular and important area of finance. Articles address new methods of IPO performance, international IPOs, IPO evaluation, IPO underwriting, evaluation and bookbuilding. Although...
Author
Publisher
American Management Association
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Second edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
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. Extensively updated, this second edition examines the latest technologies such as Riskonnect and High Tech Electronic Platform (HTEP), and helps readers recognize both internal and external exposures, understand crucial concepts such...
Author
Publisher
Woodhead Pub
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
Third edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xiii, 647 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
'An overview of the history of cocoa, the factors affecting its production and consumption as well as how the trade is conducted, various risks mitigated, and by whom. .The International Cocoa Trade is a work designed to inform all on the subject of cocoa and an essential guide for those involved in its trade.' Dr J. Vingerhoets, Executive Director, ICCO Cocoa is a valuable commodity, and the cocoa trade involves many different parties from growers...
Author
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
"Financial Stability describes the economic, political and legal antecedents of financial crises in the western market economies. By describing how these events developed in the past and how the markets can be used to gauge the threat of future contagion, the book provides a roadmap for how we can avoid financial disruptions and thereby maximize financial stability and economic prosperity. The book will explain: Measuring moral hazard in the future...
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
©2012
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xxviii, 821 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
"Handbook of Exchange Rates is an impressive compilation of research from more than thirty-five leading researchers and experts on the topic. The book is clearly organized into five succinct sections that explore the foreign exchange (FX) market, from its background and economic foundation to current practices, obstacles, and policies in the modern foreign exchange market. Part I presents an overview of the history of the FX market and exchange rate...
Publisher
Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Fourteenth edition.
Physical Desc
5 volumes : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents easy-to-understand information on more than 200 countries and dependencies from around the world in 5 volumes. The 4 country volumes are arranged by global region--Africa, Americas, Asia & Oceania, and Europe--while a United Nations volume focuses on that organization's purposes, principles, and agencies, including the Security Council and Human Rights Commission. Each country entry breaks the country's information into 49 numbered headings...
Author
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
"This is an important topic to write about at this particular time because America's "startup revolution" continues to gather steam. There are only increasing numbers of venture capital investors, seed funds, and accelerators supporting increasing numbers of entrepreneurial ventures. While there are a number of books in the marketplace about CEOs and leadership, and some about individual functional disciplines (lots of books about the topic of Sales,...
Author
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
"A practical guide for robust shari'ah governance of the Islamic banking industryDebate in the market on the extent of shari'ah compliance of Islamic banks, their products, and activities has piqued stakeholders' interest. In Foundations of Shari'ah Governance of Islamic Banks, Karim Ginena and Azhar Hamid explore the depths of shari'ah governance to unravel its mysterious dimensions, and equip academics and practitioners with a solid understanding...
17) Operational risk toward Basel III: best practices and issues in modeling, management and regulation
Series
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Pub. Date
©2009
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xxvi, 487 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
"Divided into four comprehensive sections - Operational Risk Measurement: Qualitative Approaches; Operational Risk Measurement: Quantitative Approaches; Operational Risk Management and Mitigation; and Issues in Operational Risk Regulation and the Fund Industry - this detailed guide not only contains contributed chapters that provide an abundant amount of information regarding operational risk, but it also walks you through a wide array of case studies...
Author
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
[Second edition].
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
"The comprehensive M & A guide, updated to reflect the latest changes in the M & A environmentM & A provides a practical primer on mergers and acquisitions for corporate executives and anyone involved in the deal. Its comprehensive approach covers each step in the process, from finding an opportunity, to analyzing the potential, to closing the deal, with new coverage of private equity funds and international transactions. This updated second edition...
Publisher
CRC Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
1st.
Physical Desc
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).
Language
English
Description
This three-volume set addresses a new knowledge of function materials, their processing, and their characterizations. "Functional and Smart Materials", covered the synthesis and fabrication route of functional and smart materials for universal applications such as material science, mechanical engineering, manufacturing, metrology, nanotechnology, physics, chemical, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, and food science. "Advanced Manufacturing and...
Author
Publisher
New Press
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
xii, 257 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
A book of spiritual ruminations with a progressive political edge, from the Pulitzer Prize-winner who has devoted her life to befriending the earth. Walker has long been a force for sanity in a chaotic world. Here she draws on her deep spiritual grounding, her political conviction and experience, and her literary gifts to offer a series of meditations filled with wisdom, hope, encouragement, and, at times, serenity to a world in need of all these...
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