Introduction to Investments covers risks, returns, and the investment process; alternative investment instruments; the investment environments; an introduction to analysis and valuation technique; …
"When everybody thinks alike, everyone is likely to be wrong." The ten words quoted above are, according to Humphrey B. Neill, a potent factor behind the economic booms and busts that blight our c…
An in-depth study of ethics and professional responsibility as they relate to accountants -- i.e., the auditor, the management consultant, the tax practitioner, and the internal professional.
This work challenges the popular view that globalization threatens the role of the nation-state in determining national policy. It examines the fundamental issue of competitiveness and market power…
Comprises 27 essays on changes in world economic and trade structures from 1961 to 1991, with particular emphasis on 1989 and 1990.
A revolution is taking place in the field of export finance, where the proliferation of financial tech- niques in support of exporters parallels developments elsewhere in the financial world. Wh…
Orthodox theory has in the past reduced economic organization to a choice between either hierarchical relations within firms or market relations between firms. However, firms are increasingly engag…
Offers an economist's view of everyday human behavior, and examines surprising situations from everyday life, such as why is movie theater popcorn so expensive, and why do seatbelts cause more acci…
Offering a comprehensive exploration of the revolutionary developments occuring in the world's financial markets and institutions, this edition looks at innovation, globalization and deregulation -…
During my time at the Institute for Operations Research of the University of St. Gallen (lfU-HSG) I had the opportunity to participate in the project "RiskLab" which provides a very profitable link…