This is Professor Cunningham's Introduction to his renowned edited collection of Warren Buffett's famous letters to shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. The collection was originally prepared for a symposium held in New York City in 1997 and has been regularly updated through five editions,...

"As in previous editions of The Essays of Warren Buffett, this one retains the architecture and philosophy of the original edition but adds selections from Warren Buffett's most recent annual shareholder letters. All the letters are woven together into a fabric that reads as a complete and...

Intro -- Vorwort -- Einführung -- Unternehmensführung -- Finanzierung und Investitionen -- Alternative Investments -- Stammaktien -- Fusionen und Übernahmen -- Bewertung und Rechnungslegung -- Betrügereien bei der Rechnungslegung -- Besteuerung -- Prolog: Eigentümerbezogene Prinzipien der...

Berkshire Hathaway, the 300 billion conglomerate that Warren Buffett built, is among the world's largest and most famous corporations. Yet, for all its power and celebrity, few people understand Berkshire, and many assume it cannot survive without Buffett. This book proves that assumption wrong....

Kathryn Judge of Columbia University documents how financial intermediaries persistently impose high fees compared to the value rendered, attributes this to political influence, and suggests countervailing policy strategies, including stoking competition and enhancing disclosure to reduce...