The market for corporate control had been the playfield of bust-up artists and speculators seeking short-time profits during the 1980s. This had also encouraged many innovations in the art of hostile takeover defence. Until today anti-takeover defence has reached a very sophisticated level and...

In our era of financial uncertainty and disruptive technological change, the music industry is in crisis. One career path that holds great promise, however, is independent music teaching. For a host of reasons, demand exists in every corner, providing one of the most stable, promising career...

Intro -- CONTENTS -- To the Working-classes of Great Britain -- Preface to the First German Edition -- Preface to the American Edition -- Preface to the English Edition -- From the Preface to the Second German Edition -- Introduction -- The Industrial Proletariat -- The Great Towns --...

Cover -- Preface to the Fourth Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Contents -- List of Tables and Statements -- Chapter 1 Merchant Banking: Nature and Scope -- Origin of Merchant Banking -- Money Changer and Exchanger -- Merchant Banks in the United Kingdom -- Merchant Banking in India --...

Intro -- Foreword -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Theoretical Frame of Reference and Analytical Approach -- 1.1 Policy Network Analysis as Frame of Reference -- 1.2 Sets of Variables in the National/European Context and in International Comparison -- 1.3 Procedure -- 2 Regulatory...

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Intro -- Introduction: Privatising the World? -- Part I. International Privatisation Policy -- Chapter 1. The Internationalisation of Privatisation -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The Growth of Public Ownership -- 1.3 The Challenge to Public Ownership -- 1.4 Explaining the Spread of Privatisation:...

Cover -- Half Title -- Dedication -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I: Infanticide News in the London Times: 1822–1871 -- 1 Personal Tragedies, Public Narratives: 1822–1833 -- 2 A Press Campaign and the 1834 New Poor Law --...

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As European Business ties develop, how are they reflected in the way companies promote themselves? And as our sense of group identity is broken down by global communications technologies, how do adverts continue to target mass audiences? This is the first analysis of the impact of adverstising,...