International Financial Markets and the Firm (Current Issues in Finance)

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This new text provides the truly international perspective frequently missing from other textbooks on international financial management. It instils a clear understanding of the basic logic of the markets and offers a thorough analytical treatment of the various issues that arise in corporate finance at an international level: including exchange rate risk, capital market segmentation, tax systems and political risk.

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Comprehensive and academic.......1999-12-15

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the international financial markets. It is easy to read and to understand thanks to numerous international examples. No necessary to have any special background because each topic is fully explained. Ideal for students.

Beyond Pillar 3 in International Banking Regulation: Disclosure And Market Discipline of Financial Firms: Proceedings of a Conference

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Beyond Pillar 3 in International Banking Regulation: Disclosure And Market Discipline of Financial Firms: Proceedings of a Conference

Manufacturer: Diane Pub Co
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Debt or Equity?: How Firms in Developing Countries Choose (Discussion Paper (International Finance Corporation))

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Debt or Equity?: How Firms in Developing Countries Choose (Discussion Paper (International Finance Corporation))
Jack D. Glen , and Brian Pinto
Manufacturer: World Bank Publications
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Accept no imitations: 'hooky street' of only fools and horses fame has become a six-lane autobahn--no laughing matter for the firms struggling to protect ... : An article from: Financial Management (UK)

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Accept no imitations: 'hooky street' of only fools and horses fame has become a six-lane autobahn--no laughing matter for the firms struggling to protect ... : An article from: Financial Management (UK)
Ruth Prickett
Manufacturer: Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
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This digital document is an article from Financial Management (UK), published by Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) on February 1, 2004. The length of the article is 2824 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Accept no imitations: 'hooky street' of only fools and horses fame has become a six-lane autobahn--no laughing matter for the firms struggling to protect their brands against the massive influx of pirated products. Ruth Prickett investigates this billion-dollar trade and asks what legitimate businesses can do to combat it.(Cover Feature Piracy)
Author: Ruth Prickett
Publication: Financial Management (UK) (Magazine/Journal)
Date: February 1, 2004
Publisher: Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
Page: 18(4)

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Competing for emerging corporate clients: a study of independent auditor concentration.: An article from: American International College Journal of Business

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Competing for emerging corporate clients: a study of independent auditor concentration.: An article from: American International College Journal of Business
Steven A. Fisher
Manufacturer: American International College
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This digital document is an article from American International College Journal of Business, published by American International College on March 22, 2000. The length of the article is 2673 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Competing for emerging corporate clients: a study of independent auditor concentration.
Author: Steven A. Fisher
Publication: American International College Journal of Business (Refereed)
Date: March 22, 2000
Publisher: American International College
Page: 42(9)

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Does ownership structure affect value? A panel data analysis for the Spanish market [An article from: International Review of Financial Analysis]

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Does ownership structure affect value? A panel data analysis for the Spanish market [An article from: International Review of Financial Analysis]
A. Minguez-Vera , and J.F. Martin-Ugedo
Manufacturer: Elsevier
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Binding: Digital

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This digital document is a journal article from International Review of Financial Analysis, published by Elsevier in 2007. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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This paper analyzes the influence of ownership structure on firm value. We find a non-significant relationship between the ownership of large blockholders and firm value. We also find a positive effect of the degree of control with regard to firm value. Endogenous treatment of these variables then reveals a positive effect for the ownership by major shareholders on firm value, although the opposite relationship is not significant; and a positive effect of the degree of control on Tobin's Q and vice versa. A positive effect is seen when the major shareholders are individuals.

The effect of ownership and control on market valuation: Evidence from initial public offerings in The Netherlands [An article from: International Review of Financial Analysis]

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The effect of ownership and control on market valuation: Evidence from initial public offerings in The Netherlands [An article from: International Review of Financial Analysis]
P. Roosenboom , and T. van der Goot
Manufacturer: Elsevier
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ASIN: B000RR4CW8

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This digital document is a journal article from International Review of Financial Analysis, published by Elsevier in 2005. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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This study examines whether ownership and control variables influence market valuation at the time of the initial public offering (IPO). Using a sample of 118 IPOs on Euronext Amsterdam during the period 1984-2001, we find support for this conjecture. Management stock ownership, the proportion of independent supervisory directors, and board monitoring by large nonmanagement hareholders are positively related to IPO firm value. These factors are successful in reducing agency costs. We also find that supermajority management stock ownership and takeover defenses lower IPO firm value. Therefore, these mechanisms increase agency costs, resulting in a lower price that investors are willing to pay for IPO shares.

Former L.A. accountant courts local firms for Arabian Emirate.(Shadi Sanbar of Dubai International Financial Market): An article from: Los Angeles Business Journal

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Former L.A. accountant courts local firms for Arabian Emirate.(Shadi Sanbar of Dubai International Financial Market): An article from: Los Angeles Business Journal
Jabulani Leffall
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This digital document is an article from Los Angeles Business Journal, published by Thomson Gale on April 23, 2007. The length of the article is 527 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Former L.A. accountant courts local firms for Arabian Emirate.(Shadi Sanbar of Dubai International Financial Market)
Author: Jabulani Leffall
Publication: Los Angeles Business Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 23, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 29 Issue: 17 Page: 60(1)

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Japan's Financial Revolution and How American Firms Are Profiting

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Japan's Financial Revolution and How American Firms Are Profiting
Stephen M. Harner
Manufacturer: M.E. Sharpe
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Mode of entry mode into a foreign market: the case of U.S. mutual funds in Canada [An article from: Journal of International Economics]

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Mode of entry mode into a foreign market: the case of U.S. mutual funds in Canada [An article from: Journal of International Economics]
K. Ruckman
Manufacturer: Elsevier
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ASIN: B000RQZ7WI

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This digital document is a journal article from Journal of International Economics, published by Elsevier in 2004. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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U.S. mutual fund companies offer funds in Canada through two channels: foreign direct investment or trade in advisement services. The total value of U.S.-controlled funds amounts to 18% of the Canadian equity fund market. This paper investigates how the fund-level and firm-level characteristics affect the channel used to enter the Canadian market. Empirical results indicate that the funds offered through FDI are not especially successful in the U.S. market but are associated with dominant companies, whereas the funds offered through trade in advisement services are highly successful in the U.S. market and are from companies with relatively few successful funds.

Finance in the Quality Revolution: Adding Value by Integrating Financial and Total Quality Management
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Finance in the Quality Revolution: Adding Value by Integrating Financial and Total Quality Management
James Arthur Finch Stoner , and Frank M. Werner
Manufacturer: Financial Executives Research Foundation
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ASIN: 091058690X

Crucibles: The Story of Chemistry from Ancient Alchemy to Nuclear Fission
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One of the finest books on the history of science

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still a great introduction to chemistry

Good information - difficult style

Crucibles: The Story of Chemistry from Ancient Alchemy to Nuclear Fission
Bernard Jaffe
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
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Classic popular account of great chemists Trevisan, Paracelsus, Avogadro, Mendeleeff, Curies, Thomson, Lawrence, up to A-bomb research and recent work with subatomic particles. The Chicago Daily Tribune declared, . "The saga is exciting and Mr. Jaffe has told it with distinction." 20 illustrations.

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One of the finest books on the history of science.......2006-11-21

This is one of the finest books on the history of science I have ever read. Each scientist appears larger than life - even their warts and flaws are the size of mountains. This is the history of chemistry told on the large screen, technicolor, and surround sound, as heroic as any military or political history. I'll be re-reading this book 20 years from now.

Not received.......2006-03-22

I have not received yet the books in question. I would like to know what happened.

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still a great introduction to chemistry.......2005-10-09

Not everyone likes to jump into a field with a basic textbook. Crucibles tells the story of modern chemistry and atomic theory in the form of a series of biographical vignettes with an emphasis on chemistry. It starts with the ancients and covers a lot of ground. I found it rather fascinating as a kid, but I still think it's pretty good as an introduction.

Good information - difficult style.......2003-07-14

I have read and reread this book several times and use it in teaching honors and AP Chemistry on the high school level, and have required my students to read it to bolster their knowledge of the history of chemistry. It is an excellent book, but the writing style is somewhat difficult for high school students, even the higher performing ones. Because of this, I have added some more recent books written in a more engaging style for my students to choose from. I would still recommend this book to those interested in the history of chemistry, but I would also recommend others as well, including PROMETHEANS IN THE LAB by McGrayne and UNCLE TUNGSTEN by Sacks.

Crucibles: The Story of Chemistry: From ancient Alchemy to Nuclear Fission

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Crucibles: The Story of Chemistry: From ancient Alchemy to Nuclear Fission
Bernard Jaffe
Manufacturer: Fawcett World Library
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Crucibles - The Story of Chemistry From Alchemy to Nuclear Fission

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Crucibles - The Story of Chemistry From Alchemy to Nuclear Fission
Bernard Jaffe
Manufacturer: Fawcett Publications
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ASIN: B000HVTZY4

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Crucibles The Story of Chemistry
Bernard Jaffe
Manufacturer: Fawcett
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Crucibles the Story of Chemistry
Bernard Jaffe
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Crucibles the Story of Chemistry from Alchemy to Nuclear Fission
Bernard Jaffe
Manufacturer: Greenwich, CT: Fawcett, 1961
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Crucibles: The Story of Chemistry
Bernard Jaffe
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Crucibles: The Story of Chemistry

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Crucibles: The Story of Chemistry (Premier Book)

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Crucibles: The Story of Chemistry (Premier Book)
Bernard Jaffe
Manufacturer: Fawcett Publications
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000GDGVL8

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Newly Abridged and Revised by the Author

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Crucibles: The Story of Chemistry - From Ancient Alchemy to Nuclear Fission
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Manufacturer: Simon and Schuster
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Fascinating, readable, paradigm-changing.......2007-07-19

Tributsch gives the reader a book that is based on both historical accounts and conventional/theoretical earth science. For me, having lived through upwards of several hundred minor and major quakes in my misspent youth, it provided tantalizing hints about the origin of earthquake precursors I repeatedly observed. Enlivened by personal accounts, by historical reports, and by the author's own thoughts on quake behavior, this is a rich and compelling read.

Thanks to Tributsch's groundbreaking work -- THE book that made it "okay" for scientists to publically express their own quake precursor observations -- studies continue to reveal the multifaceted nature of precursor events.

Excellent book for the literate lay reader, and a good paradigm-shaker for conventional earth scientists.

Helmut Tributsch---ahead of his time.......2007-07-15

Folks,
This book you must read and must possess whether you believe or disbelieve that animals can predict earthquakes. I have already worn out two copies of my own since it was first published in 1982. I am so pleased that it has been reprinted, although I do not know if it contains new information. I do know that as a geologic reviewer, I found no errors in the previous printings.

Tributsch was originally denied publication in the U.S. and Great Britain, with the mainstream critics claiming it was a collection of anectdotes. After publication in his native German it was deemed so valuable that it was translated by M.I.T. Press and published in English.

Tributsch is a true scientist and he does not claim to have all of the answers; however, in my 60 years of studying earthquakes, I have never found a more valuable study in unconventional efforts to anticipate some of the greatest examples of "unpredictable" natural phenomena.

Geologist Jim Berkland, MS, CEG 58, Fellow Geol. Soc. America

Thorough, earnest, but uncritical and based on a bad theory.......2006-07-26

Dr. Tributsch presents a dense compilation of a huge number of anecdotes of animal misbehavior before earthquakes. He then presents a discussion, nearly as comprehensive, of the ways cracking rock might produce physical changes in the ground and air to incite the animals.

The layman learns a lot about how animals behave and what bothers them. The stories come from around the world, and from prehistory up to the present.

Dr. Tributsch is clearly compassionate, and frustrated that few other scientists take his work seriously.

Unfortunately, the theory that pervasive cracking precedes most large earthquakes bit the dust in the early 1980s. Worse, many of the dramatic precursory phenomena described in ancient literature have revealed no analogs since scientific instruments have been producing vastly more accurate recording of events around the time of recent earthquakes, casting doubt on the veracity of such legends.

So this book is not promising for learning new earthquake science (also, it is now 24 years out of date), and it is too serious for a light read. Although his theories have not yet exhausted their most ardent adherents, this book is difficult to recommend to anyone outside of the history of science on the wrong track.

WHEN THE SNAKES AWAKE. ANIMALS AND EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION [F3]

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WHEN THE SNAKES AWAKE. ANIMALS AND EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION [F3]
H. Tributsch
Manufacturer: The MIT Press
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000WQB8YY

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When the Snakes Awake: Animals and Earthquake Prediction
Helmut Tributsch
Manufacturer: The MIT Press
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OQKP1E

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This book introduces physics students and teachers to the historical development of the kinetic theory of gases, by providing a collection of the most important contributions by Clausius, Maxwell and Boltzmann, with introductory surveys explaining their significance. In addition, extracts from the works of Boyle, Newton, Mayer, Joule, Helmholtz, Kelvin and others show the historical context of ideas about gases, energy and irreversibility. In addition to five thematic essays connecting the classical kinetic theory with 20th century topics such as indeterminism and interatomic forces, there is an extensive international bibliography of historical commentaries on kinetic theory, thermodynamics, etc. published in the past four decades.

The book will be useful to historians of science who need primary and secondary sources to be conveniently available for their own research and interpretation, along with the bibliography which makes it easier to learn what other historians have already done on this subject.

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