This book offers a vivid character sketch of the Chinese entrepreneur. The oral history approach adopted allows the authors to take a series of sociological-biographical snapshots of an entrepreneu…
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Although nanotechnology deals with the very small—a nanometer is 1/80,000th the diameter of a human hair—it is going to be huge. From the food we eat, the clothes we wear, and the products we m…
The 1990s saw an unprecedented eruption of currency crises wreaking varying degrees of instability and chaos throughout the world's foreign exchange markets. From the withdrawal of sterling from th…
Cutting-edge information on the valuation and application of real options Most investors and risk managers are familiar with financial options. But the real option structure is embedded in billion…
Widely regarded as the most innovative, successful biotech firm ever, Amgen led its industry in revenue and sales growth in 2007. Top magazines including Fortune and Industry Week have repeatedly n…
The Making of Harcourt General describes the transformation of a small movie-theater proprietorship, formed in the early days of the industry, into a major diversified firm with businesses in publi…
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This mainstream text for undergraduate or MBA level courses deals with government regulation of economic activity in the US. While addressing all of the standard topic areas in this field, the book…
Combining the best of both worlds, Anatomy of a Merger successfully incorporates an academic approach with an applied business consulting orientation-offering readers a valuable, behind-the-scene l…