Macmillan imprint: 15028 books
Cantona
The Rebel Who Would Be King
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2009
'An artist, in my eyes, is someone who can lighten up a dark room. I have never and will never find difference between the pass from Pele to Carlos Alberto in the final of the World Cup in 1970, and the poetry of the young Rimbaud' - Eric Cantona
Football, and art. Eric Cantona – legend,...
by Sid Watkins
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
In the years since Sid Watkins' first bestselling book of Formula One memoirs, Life at the Limit, was published the sport has seen enormous changes. The FIA's President, Max Mosley, has launched a zero option policy with the goal of zero mortality and much research and development has gone into technical...
Artificial Intelligence in Financial Markets
Cutting Edge Applications for Risk Management, Portfolio Optimization and Economics
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2016
As technology advancement has increased, so to have computational applications for forecasting, modelling and trading financial markets and information, and practitioners are finding ever more complex solutions to financial challenges. Neural networking is a highly effective, trainable algorithmic...
Basic Income Guarantee
Your Right to Economic Security
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2012
A Basic Income Guarantee (BIG) is the unconditional government-ensured guarantee that all citizens will have enough income to meet their basic needs without a work requirement. Significant questions include: Why should we adopt a BIG? Can the U.S. afford it? Why don't the current welfare programs...
Can Pay Be Strategic?
A Critical Exploration of Strategic Pay in Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2010
Pay is a key element of the employment relationship and it has been advocated by some recently as a tool for enhancing organizational performance and sustained competitiveness. This book explores the realities of contemporary pay management in seven leading companies operating globally in the fast moving consumer goods sector.
Fixed and Variable Costs
Theory and Practice in Electricity
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2014
Fixed and Marginal Costs in Electricity Markets lays out clear cost methodologies for understanding marginal price structures, further cementing electricity's role as an asset class with fixed and variable costs.
Marketing Shares, Sharing Markets
Experts in Investment Banking
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2011
This book introduces the reader to the 'world of finance', more exactly to one core activity: investment banking. Analysing the practices of traders, analysts, brokers and bankers it reveals how their contrasting perspectives on shares are put to use and the consequences this has for investment banks, corporations, investors and the stock markets.
Italian Banking and Financial Law: Regulating Activities
Regulating Activities
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2016
Italian banks and financial intermediaries are subject to extensive regulation which has evolved throughout the country's history. There has also been much change to the country's financial regulation in recent years in response to the globalization of markets and intermediaries. The Italian administrative...
by W. Sinclair, E. Lipkin
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2011
The 40th annual edition of the leading guide to taxation in Britain. This practical and user-friendly guide is a bestseller with students, professionals, accountants and private individuals; explaining in simple terms how the UK tax system works and how best to minimise tax liabilities.
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Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2011
Management accounting has undergone significant evolution moving away from rigid budgeting programs and static output measures to comprehensive approaches of value identification and measurement. The book provides case studies, commentary and analysis from international experts in management accounting across the contemporary focus areas.
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Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2010
This book sheds light on the emotional side of risk taking behaviour using an innovative cross-disciplinary approach, mixing financial competences with psychology and affective neuroscience. In doing so, it shows the implications for market participants and regulators in terms of transparency and communication between intermediaries and customers.
Volatile Capital Flows in Korea
Current Policies and Future Responses
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2014
Volatility in Korean Capital Markets summarizes the Korean experience of volatile capital flows, analyzes the economic consequences, evaluates the policy measures adopted, and suggests new measures for the future.
Promoting Microfinance
Challenges and Innovations in Developing Countries and Countries in Transition
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
Promoting Microfinance brings together essays and empirical work by leading researchers and practitioners in the field of microfinance. It covers key issues currently facing the microfinance industry and provides an overview of the microfinance industry in selected countries/regions, pointing to the direction in which it is heading.
Investment Beliefs
A Positive Approach to Institutional Investing
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2010
Having the right investment beliefs and putting them into practice is key to delivering the right results. Decision makers in the investment industry should worry less about the stocks and products they pick for their clients and more about getting the big picture right; developing investment beliefs are instrumental in making the right choices.