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Since the 1980s, the characteristics model in economics has been applied to the field of finance, and offers a fresh perspective for understanding financial behaviour. This book brings together some of the latest research by leading exponents of the characteristics model and its application to finance ... more »

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In a fast-paced, engaging style, Motivating Employees reveals how Southwest, Disney, and other legendary companies have turned themselves into motivating organizations, workplaces that inspire employees to do excellent work because they want to! Entertaining case histories and examples show how you can ... more »

... Necker, Turgot, Say, Sismondi, Dupuit, Walras, and Bicquilley - a recently discovered, historically important economist. The themes explored include:* Law's System* the application of mathematics and probability theory to economics* the debates on the transition to a market economy* the 'science des ... more »

... and he reveals what he has learned in The Agenda . This breakthrough book spells out an action plan for the twenty-first century. Here's a sampling: * Make life easy for your customers. Your customers' biggest gripe is not that your products are bad, but that it is too tough to order, receive, and pay ... more »

John Meriwether, a famously successful Wall Street trader, spent the 1980s as a partner at Salomon Brothers, establishing the best--and the brainiest--bond arbitrage group in the world. A mysterious and shy midwesterner, he knitted together a group of Ph.D.-certified arbitrageurs who rewarded him with ... more »

We are on the cusp of a new economic era that will make the changes and challenges of the Information Era seem like child's play. From the bestselling authors of Blur--a defining book of the Information Age--comes a startling glimpse into the near future and the emerging economy that awaits us. It's ... more »

From the acclaimed Vanity Fair and GQ journalist-an unprecedented, in-depth portrait of the man whose return to Apple precipitated one of the biggest turnarounds in business history. With a new epilogue on Apple's future survival in today's roller-coaster economy, here is the revealing biography that ... more »

When You Wish Upon a Star, Whistle While You Work, The Happiest Place on Earth -- these are lyrics indelibly linked to Disney, one of the most admired and best-known companies in the world. So when Roy Disney, chairman of Walt Disney Animation and nephew of founder Walt Disney, abruptly resigned in November ... more »

They're still trying to hide the weenie, thought Sherron Watkins as she read a newspaper clipping about Enron two weeks before Christmas, 2001... It quoted [CFO] Jeff McMahon addressing the company's creditors and cautioning them against a rash judgment. Don't assume that there is a smoking gun. Sherron ... more »