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Corporate governance adrift : a critique of shareholder value
Aglietta, Michel - 2005
Recent corporate governance scandals have brought to the fore the inherent contradictions of a capitalism dominated by financial markets. This challenging book by Michel Aglietta and Antoine Rebérioux argues that capitalism's basic premise--that companies must be managed in the sole interest of...
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Does company ownership matter?
Touffut, Jean-Philippe (contributor) - 2009
Do modes of management depend on company ownership? Does macroeconomic performance rely on shareholder value? The contributions collected in this book explore these questions from economic, historical and legal perspectives. They examine company ownership through the study of national...
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Corporate strategy and firm growth : creating value for shareholders
Dringoli, Angelo - 2011
This book explores the conditions for growth that can create value for shareholders, focusing on the main strategies adopted by firms including horizontal expansion, vertical integration and product diversification. To evaluate whether or not a particular growth strategy is successful, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851546
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Merger and acquisition strategies : how to create value
Dringoli, Angelo - 2016
Part I how to make M&As perform successfully: rationales and models -- 1. Basic terminology, concepts and types of M&As -- 2. Data and empirical evidence on M&A performance -- 3. Making M&As create value: an analytical model for evaluating M&As -- 4. Identifying the opportunities for successful...
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Money, financial instability and stabilization policy
Wray, L. Randall (contributor);  … - 2006
, Kaleckians and other heterodox economists from the developed and developing world. Post Keynesian literature has long been …
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Growth and economic development : essays in honour of A.P. Thirlwall
Thirlwall, A. P.; McCombie, J. S. L.; Arestis, Philip; … - 2006
This valuable and engaging new book bears eloquent testimony to A.P. Thirlwall's substantial contribution to economics over the last 40 years. The volume does not attempt to provide a comprehensive review of such a prolific figure, but rather demonstrates the considerable influence that his work...
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The foundations of Islamic banking : theory, practice and education
Mohamed Ariff (ed.); Iqbal, Munawar (ed.) - 2011
After barely half a century of experience, Islamic banking has become established as a niche industry across the world …
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The world's wine markets : globalization at work
Anderson, Kym (contributor) - 2004
centuries wine was very much a European product. While that is still the case today--three-quarters of world wine production …, consumption and trade involve Europe and most of the rest involves just a handful of New World countries settled by Europeans …pt. 1. Overview -- pt. 2. The old world -- pt. 3. The new world -- pt. 4. Other emerging markets …
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Local government finance : the challenges of the 21st century : second global report on decentralization and local democracy : GOLD II 2010
World Organization of United Cities and Local Governments - 2011
This book, compiled from the 2nd Global Report of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) on Decentralization and Local Democracy, analyzes the architecture of fiscal decentralization in one hundred and ten countries as well as in major metropolitan areas. In the majority of these countries,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850578
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Reform of the international institutions : the IMF, World Bank and the WTO
Coffey, Peter - 2006
The seemingly endless problems encountered by the IMF, WTO and World Bank provide major reasons for seeking reform …. However, an additional impetus is the changing balance of economic power in the world. The volume begins with an overview of … institutions from American and European points of view. The authors emphasise the need for making the IMF and World Bank more …
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