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How Adam Scott won the US Masters and broke the curse of Augusta National
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2013
The US Masters: the most famous tournament of all. A global TV audience of 150 million, a string of legendary winners . and a curse for Australian golfers.
From Jim Ferrier blowing a huge lead in 1950 to Greg Norman's litany of disasters over decades, the Masters constantly turned its back...
The Efficient Market Hypothesists
Bachelier, Samuelson, Fama, Ross, Tobin and Shiller
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2012
Describes the lives, theories, and legacies of six great minds in finance who changed the way we look at financial markets and equilibrium. Bachelier, Samuelson, Fama, Ross, Tobin, and Shiller; proponents and critics of the market efficiency theories who redefined modern finance, creating the foundation on which all financial analysis rests.
Critical Issues in Peace and Conflict Studies
Theory, Practice, and Pedagogy
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2011
Critical Issues in Peace and Conflict Studies: Theory, Practice, and Pedagogy, edited by Thomas Maty-k, Jessica Senehi, and Sean Byrne, discusses critical issues in the emerging field of Peace and Conflict Studies, and suggests a framework for the future development of the field and the education...
Marketing to Gen Z
The Rules for Reaching This Vast--and Very Different--Generation of Influencers
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2018
You’ve only just begun to understand Millennials and know how to market most effectively to them. However, their successors are already right around the corner and promising even bigger challenges for the marketplace. But with bigger challenges come great opportunities, and Marketing to Gen Z wants...
The Corporate Financiers
Williams, Modigliani, Miller, Coase, Williamson, Alchian, Demsetz, Jensen, Meckling
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2014
The Corporate Financiers is the fifth book in a series of discussions about the great minds in the history and theory of finance. While the series addresses the contributions of scholars in our understanding of modern finance, this volume presents the ways in which a corporation creates value.
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The Rise of the Quants
Marschak, Sharpe, Black, Scholes and Merton
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2012
The third book in the Great Minds in Finance series examines the pricing of securities and the risk/reward trade off through the legends, contribution, and legacies of Jacob Marschak, William Sharpe, Fischer Black and Myron Scholes, and Robert Merton, influencing both theory and practice, answering the question 'how do we measure risk?'
The Rise and Fall of an Economic Empire
With Lessons for Aspiring Economies
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2010
We have seen many empires come and go. From the Roman Empire to the British Empire, we are now witnessing the decline of the US as a superpower. How do economic innovations foster global economic dominance, and how does the natural evolution of an economic empire eventually bring about its demise and replacement by other economic superpowers?
BP and the Macondo Spill
The Complete Story
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2011
The complete story of the devastating BP oil spill of 2010. The author puts forward an objective account of what happened, a documentation of the true costs, not the hyperbolic costs, and an explanation of the science and business of the spill and its remediation.
by Stuart Read, Saras Sarasvathy, Nick Dew
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2016
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The Econometricians
Gauss, Galton, Pearson, Fisher, Hotelling, Cowles, Frisch and Haavelmo
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2016
This is the seventh book in a series of discussions about the great minds in the history and theory of finance. While the series addresses the contributions of scholars in our understanding of financial decisions and markets, this seventh book describes how econometrics developed and how its underlying...
How to Become a Membership Secretary
How to Become a Membership Secretary
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2015
This publication will teach you the basics of how to become a Membership Secretary. With step by step guides and instructions, you will not only have a better understanding, but gain valuable knowledge of how to become a Membership Secretary
by Andrew Harrison, Eric Loe, James Read
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2005
The growing demand for high quality office and manufacturing space in South East Asia has led to an increasing awareness of 'intelligent building' concepts. This study is based on a major research project undertaken by three leading players in the construction industry - DEGW, Northcroft and Ove Arup...
by Pat Adams, American Association of Museums, Association of Science-Technology Centers
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2006
There has been, and continues to be, an explosion of interest in developing new small science centers that is changing the world of museums. This handbook is designed to be a one-stop source for future and current centers, and anyone interested in the important roles these institutions play in their...
The Public Financiers
Ricardo, George, Clark, Ramsey, Mirrlees, Vickrey, Wicksell, Musgrave, Buchanan, Tiebout, and Stiglitz
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
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