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Hardback. The blame game, with its finger-pointing and mutual buck-passing, is a familiar feature of politics and organizational life, and blame avoidance pervades government and public organizations at every level. This title takes a different approach by showing how blame avoidance shapes the workings of government and public services. Num Pages: 224 pages, 6 line illus. 9 tables. BIC Classification: JPH; JPP; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 247 x 179 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691129952
- ISBN
- 9780691129952
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.24€ 50.79
€ 65.24
€ 50.79
Hardback. How much credit can be given to entrepreneurship for the unprecedented innovation and growth of free-enterprise economies? This book brings together some of the world's leading economists to tackle this question, and their responses shed light on how free-market economies work - and what policies most encourage their growth. Editor(s): Sheshinski, Eytan; Strom, Robert J.; Baumol, William J. Num Pages: 400 pages, 35 line illus. 19 tables. BIC Classification: KCS; KJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 167 x 243 x 32. Weight in Grams: 706.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691129457
- ISBN
- 9780691129457
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.28€ 98.01
€ 129.28
€ 98.01
Hardback. Introduces a more realistic and holistic framework called KuU - the Known, the unknown, and the Unknowable - that enables one to conceptualize the different kinds of financial risks and design effective strategies for managing them. Editor(s): Diebold, Francis X.; Doherty, Neil A.; Herring, Richard J. Num Pages: 392 pages, 4 halftones. 31 line illus. 23 tables. BIC Classification: GPQD; KJMV1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 30. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691128832
- ISBN
- 9780691128832
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.82€ 77.13
€ 100.82
€ 77.13
Hardback. Rocked by a flurry of high-profile sex discrimination lawsuits in the 1990s, Wall Street was supposed to have cleaned up its act. It hasn't. This work serves as an indictment of how America's financial capital has swept enduring discriminatory practices under the rug. Num Pages: 272 pages, 4 line illus. 8 tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ; KJMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691126432
- ISBN
- 9780691126432
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.30
€ 30.99
€ 22.30
Paperback. Shows that there was nothing inevitable about the surge in corporate size and power by century's end. This book concludes that the driving force of our history is not technology, politics, or culture, but large, bureaucratic organizations. It features various vignettes and offers insights presaging a different historical genre. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691123158
- ISBN
- 9780691123158
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.37€ 42.14
€ 53.37
€ 42.14
Paperback. Takes us into the often secretive world of the CEO selection process. This book explains the basic mechanics of the selection process and how hiring priorities have changed with the rise of shareholder activism. It argues that the market for CEOs is culturally determined and too frequently inefficient. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 halftones. 7 line illus. BIC Classification: KJ; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691120393
- ISBN
- 9780691120393
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.72
€ 46.99
€ 33.72
Hardback. Introduces an important method for estimating correlations for large systems of assets: Dynamic Conditional Correlation (DCC). This title demonstrates the role of correlations in financial decision making, and addresses the economic underpinnings and theoretical properties of correlations and their relation to other measures of dependence. Series: The Econometric and Tinbergen Institutes Lectures. Num Pages: 176 pages, 30 line illus. BIC Classification: GPQD; KJMV1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691116419
- ISBN
- 9780691116419
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.17€ 55.38
€ 71.17
€ 55.38
Paperback. Explains the varying ways in which contemporary businesses are transforming themselves to respond to globalization, new technologies, workforce transformation, and legal change. This book offers a portrait of the challenges that managers face at the dawn of the twenty-first century. Editor(s): Dimaggio, Paul. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JM; KCC; KJ; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691116310
- ISBN
- 9780691116310
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 38.09
€ 52.99
€ 38.09
Hardback. Offers professionals, investors, and MBA students the tools they need to evaluate the range of actual and potential e-commerce businesses at the microeconomic level. This title demonstrates how these tools can be used to assess a variety of applications. It is suitable for those seeking e-commerce solutions or planning to work in the field. Num Pages: 240 pages, 9 line illus. BIC Classification: KC; KJE; KNP; UDB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691089065
- ISBN
- 9780691089065
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.38€ 79.73
€ 104.38
€ 79.73
Hardback. Corporate finance is the area of finance that studies the determinants of firms' values, including capital structure, financing, and investment decisions. This book focuses on the theoretical foundations of the subject at the PhD level. Each chapter includes exercises that vary in difficulty, with suggested solutions provided in an appendix. Num Pages: 320 pages, 9 figures. BIC Classification: KFFH; KJMV1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 147 x 26. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691087948
- ISBN
- 9780691087948
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.61€ 90.47
€ 118.61
€ 90.47
Hardcover. Num Pages: 434 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: KJ; WZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 165 x 187. Weight in Grams: 3677.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1965
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 434
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674522503
- ISBN
- 9780674522503
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 379.49€ 343.08
€ 379.49
€ 343.08
Hardcover. Using statistical data and 11 case studies, the author found American company responses to foreign high-technology competition from 1970-90 highly diverse. He discovered explanations in such variables as multinational enterprises, domestic market structure and links to academic science bases. Num Pages: 206 pages, 15 line drawings,15 tables, author index, subject index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; KJF; KJK; KJV; KNDH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470. 206 pages, 15 line drawings,15 tables, author index, subject index. Using statistical data and 11 case studies, the author found American company responses to foreign high-technology competition from 1970-90 highly diverse. He discovered explanations in such variables as multinational enterprises, domestic market structure and links to academic science bases. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; KJF; KJK; KJV; KNDH. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 21. Weight: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674458451
- ISBN
- 9780674458451
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.13€ 48.15
€ 52.13
€ 48.15
Paperback. "Gentlemen Bankers" focuses on the social and economic circles of one of America s most renowned and influential financiers, J. P. Morgan, to tell a closely focused story of how economic and political interests intersected with personal rivalries and friendships among the Wall Street aristocracy during the first half of the twentieth century." Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; KFFK; KJZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674416901
- ISBN
- 9780674416901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.70
€ 27.99
€ 24.70
Hardcover. Series: Economic Studies. Num Pages: 461 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 31. Weight in Grams: 817.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1975
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 461
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674233409
- ISBN
- 9780674233409
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.30
€ 54.99
€ 46.30
Hardback. Series: Economic Studies. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFT; KJSM. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674166356
- ISBN
- 9780674166356
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.87€ 52.48
€ 56.87
€ 52.48
Paperback. Exposes the social dynamics that navigate some people toward opportunity and steer others away. Series: Harvard Studies in Business History. Num Pages: 464 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 33. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674025530
- ISBN
- 9780674025530
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.85
€ 34.99
€ 29.85
Hardback. In the growing and dynamic economy of 19th century America, businesses sold vast quantities of goods to one another, mostly on credit. This book explains how business people solved the problem of whom to trust - how they determined who was deserving of credit, and for how much. Series: Harvard Studies in Business History. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCZ; KJMV7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674023406
- ISBN
- 9780674023406
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.43€ 55.74
€ 60.43
€ 55.74
Hardcover. Fedor Chizhov built the first railroad owned entirely by Russian stockholders, created Moscow's first bank and mutual credit society, and launched the first profitable steamship line based in Archangel. In this valuable book, Thomas Owen vividly illuminates the life and world of this seminal figure in early Russian capitalism. Series: Harvard Studies in Business History. Num Pages: 292 pages, 9 halftones, 1 map, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; BGH; KJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674015494
- ISBN
- 9780674015494
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.15€ 76.12
€ 84.15
€ 76.12
Hardcover. Series: Harvard Studies in Business History. Num Pages: 976 pages, 16 halftones, 3 line illustrations, 14 charts, 24 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 172 x 246 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 976
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674014923
- ISBN
- 9780674014923
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.39€ 132.69
€ 149.39
€ 132.69
Hardcover. An analysis showing the effects of market size on competition policy, ranging from rules of thumb to more general policy prescriptions, such as goals and remedial tools. It extends beyond domestic competition policy to the evaluation of the trend toward the worldwide harmonization of policies. Num Pages: 338 pages, 5 tables. BIC Classification: KCL; KJF; LBBM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 338
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674010499
- ISBN
- 9780674010499
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.15€ 76.38
€ 84.15
€ 76.38