Each year since 1983, Fortune magazine has published a survey featuring “America's most admired” corporations. Although the most admired corporations are certainly worthy of some praise and the least admired deserving of criticism, whether these admired companies are worthy of investors'...

Purpose – Jim Collins' Good to Great is but one of many popular press books on management. In his book, Collins discusses the keys to success for today's corporations. Many managers flocked to bookstores to discover what they might be missing in making their organization great. This paper aims...

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- About the Editors -- About the Chapter Authors -- CHAPTER 1 Equity Markets, Valuation, and Analysis: An Overview -- Introduction -- About This Book -- Purpose of the Book -- Distinguishing Features -- Intended Audience --...

A comprehensive guide to alternative investments that reveals today's latest research and strategies Historically low interest rates and bear markets in world stock markets have generated intense interest in alternative investments. With returns in traditional investment vehicles relatively low,...

Although the basic function of a market-bringing buyers and sellers together-has changed very little over time, how trading occurs within markets has undergone remarkable transformations over the past few decades. This is where market microstructure, which is concerned with how exchange occurs...