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Ratings, Rating Agencies and the Global Financial System
Levich, Richard M.; Majnoni, Giovanni; Reinha...
Hardback. Focuses on the historical origins of the credit rating business and its industrial organization structure. This title presents several empirical studies crafted largely around individual firm-level or bank-level data. It emphasizes policy issues that face regulators and credit rating agencies. Series: New York University Salomon Centre Series on Financial Markets & Institutions. Num Pages: 390 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 790.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 390
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402070167
- ISBN
- 9781402070167
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Condition: New
€ 130.02
€ 130.02
Hardback. New product development is a major occupation of the technical sector of the global economy and is viewed in many ways as a means of economic stability for a business, an industry, and a country. This book examines both general Research & Development commercialization and targeted new product innovation. Editor(s): Thore, Sten. Num Pages: 409 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KC; TB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1710.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 409
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402070174
- ISBN
- 9781402070174
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Condition: New
€ 257.75
€ 257.75
Hardback. Addresses several problems in contemporary corporate finance: optimal capital structure, both in the US and in the G7 economies; the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) and the Arbitrage Pricing Model and the implications for the cost of capital; dividend policy; sales forecasting and pro forma statement analysis; and, leverage and bankruptcy. Num Pages: 542 pages, 50 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KFFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 956.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 542
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402070198
- ISBN
- 9781402070198
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Condition: New
€ 205.00
€ 205.00
Hardback. Contains selected articles from PRO-VE'02, the third working conference on Infrastructures for Virtual Enterprises, which was sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) and held in Sesimbra, Portugal in May 2002. Editor(s): Camarinha-Matos, Luis M. Series: IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. Num Pages: 648 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJE; UDB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1083.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 648
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402070204
- ISBN
- 9781402070204
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Condition: New
€ 197.71
€ 197.71
Effects of Climate Change and Variability on Agricultural Production S...
. Ed(S): Doering, Otto C.; Randolph, J C.; So...
Hardback. Offers an assessment of global climate change's impact on agriculture at the farm level, in the context of farm level adaptation decisions. This book discusses guidelines and analytical options for input suppliers, and agricultural producers to enable risk averting strategies and adaptations as global climate change plays out. Editor(s): Doering, Otto C.; Randolph, J C.; Southworth, Jane; Pfeifer, Rebecca A. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLSA; 1MBF; KNAC; RBP; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402070280
- ISBN
- 9781402070280
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Condition: New
€ 129.20
€ 129.20
Recent Developments in Nonlinear Cointegration with Applications to Ma...
Dufrenot, Gilles; Mignon, Valerie
Hardback. Provides insights on nonlinear cointegration and error correction models. This book seeks to bring together developments on the subject that are scattered throughout the literature. It demonstrates the importance of NECM models for studying partial adjustment problems in macroeconomics and the efficient market hypothesis in finance. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1420.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402070297
- ISBN
- 9781402070297
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Condition: New
€ 134.18
€ 134.18
Hardback. Providing information and analysis on the state of the postal and delivery sector, this volume offers insight into strategy, regulation, as well as the economics of this sector. Issues addressed include international postal policy, the universal service obligation, regulation, competition, entry, the role of scale and scope economies, and more. Editor(s): Crew, Michael A.; Kleindorfer, Paul R. Series: Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy. Num Pages: 374 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJU; KNTT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 735.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402070358
- ISBN
- 9781402070358
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Condition: New
€ 135.51
€ 135.51
Hardback. In a context of limited resources, small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) have a key role to play in creating jobs and building a dynamic entrepreneurial economy. This title presents important findings from empirical research on key factors, which hinder sustainable SME growth in South-East Europe. Editor(s): Bartlett, Will; Bateman, Milford; Vehovec, Maja. Num Pages: 324 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVW; 3JJPR; 3JM; KCM; KJVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 664.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402070402
- ISBN
- 9781402070402
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Condition: New
€ 134.52
€ 134.52
Hardback. Offers a unified scheme for classifying the numerous project scheduling problems occurring in practice and studied in the literature. This book focuses on the time analysis of project networks. It deals with robust scheduling and stochastic scheduling issues. Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science. Num Pages: 710 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMP; KJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1166.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 710
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402070518
- ISBN
- 9781402070518
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 375.32
€ 375.32
Hardback. As voice communications are substituted by data communications, software - rather than terminals or networks - has become the driver of the wireless industry. This book looks at the specialization of services, benefits of the mobile Internet, controversial license auctions in several lead markets, dated or mistaken regulatory policies, and more. Editor(s): Steinbock, Dan; Noam, Eli M. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KNTX; TJKR; UDB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402070563
- ISBN
- 9781402070563
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Condition: New
€ 132.09
€ 132.09
Hardback. Written on the occasion of the 65th birthday of Stef Tijs, who can be regarded as the godfather of game theory in the Netherlands. This book covers topics such as: cooperative stochastic games; noncooperative stochastic games; sequencing games; game theory and the market; and transfer procedures for nontransferable utility games. Editor(s): Borm, Peter; Peters, Hans J.M. Series: Theory and Decision Library C. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KC; PBUD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 653.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402070631
- ISBN
- 9781402070631
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Condition: New
€ 200.66
€ 200.66
Hardback. Investigates developments in Canada, using advances in the field of applied econometrics. This book analyzes the theoretical foundations of public sector activities and evaluates the several theories of government growth. It analyzes monetary policy issues and examines the role of monetary aggregates and the effectiveness of monetary policy. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBC; KCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1090.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402070693
- ISBN
- 9781402070693
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Condition: New
€ 131.93
€ 131.93
Hardback. Describes and illustrates the key models of traffic flow and associated traffic phenomena such as conflicts in traffic, traffic generation and assignment, and traffic control. This book outlines opportunities for development of additional models needed for continued improvement of ITS. It is useful for researchers in Transportation Science. Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJT; KNGR; RPT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402070952
- ISBN
- 9781402070952
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Condition: New
€ 199.54
€ 199.54
Hardback. Presents a theoretical-based comprehensive analysis of economic consequences of government deficits and fiscal reform in Japan. This book evaluates the movement of Japanese fiscal reform and government deficit. It points out that the long-run structural fiscal reform is more important than the short-run Keynesian fiscal policy in Japan. Editor(s): Ihori, Toshihiro; Sato, Masakazu. Series: Research Monographs in Japan-U.S.Business and Economics. Num Pages: 171 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; KCB; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 980.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 171
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402070969
- ISBN
- 9781402070969
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Condition: New
€ 131.27
€ 131.27
Hardback. Aims to contribute to the knowledge base of management within the Chinese context. This title presents a mapping of research on management in PRC, and offers theoretical insights for cross-context, institutional, and behavioral studies. Editor(s): Tsui, Anne S.; Lau, Chung-Ming. Num Pages: 510 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCL; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 906.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 510
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402070990
- ISBN
- 9781402070990
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Condition: New
€ 259.67
€ 259.67
Hardback. Reviews a variety of quality monitoring approaches and identifies critical issues pertaining to assessment, measurement, implementation, and evaluation of quality initiatives. This book suggests scientific approaches to put in place a core set of performance measures that identify the value-added clinical and managerial behaviors in health care. Num Pages: 309 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KJT; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1020.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 309
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402071003
- ISBN
- 9781402071003
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.90
€ 197.90
Hardback. Includes chapters on particular types of problems: Theory of Vector Optimization, Nonlinear Multiobjective Programming, Fuzzy Multiobjective Programming, Multiobjective Combinatorial Optimization, Multicriteria Scheduling Problems. Editor(s): Ehrgott, Matthias; Gandibleux, Xavier. Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science. Num Pages: 496 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 168 x 34. Weight in Grams: 958.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402071287
- ISBN
- 9781402071287
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Condition: New
€ 204.38
€ 204.38
Hardback. Addresses some of the business and technical challenges of pervasive computing that encompass current and emerging technology standards, infrastructures and architectures, and innovative and high impact applications of mobile technologies in virtual enterprises. Editor(s): Upadhyaya, Shambhu; Chaudhury, Abhijit; Kwiat, Kevin; Weiser, Mark. Series: Operations Research/Computer Science Interfaces Series. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJ; UT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 509.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402071379
- ISBN
- 9781402071379
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Condition: New
€ 132.21
€ 132.21
Hardback. Presents a holistic view of the product innovation process. This title deals with managing the products (goods and services) through their life cycle, integrating marketing knowledge and technological expertise, with the aim of getting satisfied customers. Num Pages: 410 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMV6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 774.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 410
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402071386
- ISBN
- 9781402071386
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Condition: New
€ 202.45
€ 202.45
Hardback. Contains a collection of invited, peer-reviewed papers that each highlights a particular system, language, model or paradigm from one of the computational disciplines, aimed at researchers and practitioners from the other fields. Editor(s): Nielsen, Soren. Series: Advances in Computational Economics. Num Pages: 460 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KC; PBUD; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 840.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 460
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402071393
- ISBN
- 9781402071393
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Condition: New
€ 203.39
€ 203.39
Hardback. The driving importance of foreign aid shows no sign of abating. This volume provides a treatment of various elements of aid that have yet to be explored in the current literature. It serves as both a reference work as well as a research monograph and is of use for students, as well as for researchers and policy makers. Series: Recent Economic Thought. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JM; KCL; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402071454
- ISBN
- 9781402071454
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Condition: New
€ 129.56
€ 129.56
Hardback. Discusses various aspects of currency crises in emerging-market economies: the definitions and theoretical models of currency crises, the causes, management and propagation (contagion effect) of crises, their economic, social and policy consequences, the role of international financial institutions, and crisis prevention. Editor(s): Dabrowski, Marek. Num Pages: 298 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCBM; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402071508
- ISBN
- 9781402071508
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.33
€ 200.33
Hardback. Optimal control and differential games attracts strong interest from researchers involved in dynamical problems and models in management science. Covering a range of problems in management science, this volume explores the application of these methodologies to contemporary and classical decision problems in management sciences and economics. Editor(s): Zaccour, Georges. Series: Advances in Computational Management Science. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402071539
- ISBN
- 9781402071539
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.74
€ 132.74
Hardback. The essays in this book treat the relationships among politics, taxation, and the rule of law. A central tenet of democratic ideology is that taxation is something that we choose to do to ourselves, rather than being something that is imposed on us by some ruler. Editor(s): Racheter, Donald P.; Wagner, Richard E. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; KFFD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402071546
- ISBN
- 9781402071546
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.25
€ 133.25