Financial Geography: A Banker's View (Routledge International Studies in Money and Banking)
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    Financial Geography: A Banker's View (Routledge International Studies in Money and Banking)
    Ris Laulajainen
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    Previously, there a been a distinct lack of literature on the economic geography of the world's financial centers. This book is set to remedy that gap.

    Financial Geography is the only geographical reader explaining the intricacies of high finance from a global perspective in the 1990s. It is a comprehensive presentation of institutional backgrounds, markets, products, actors and locations, a non-technical primer for future bankers and financial analysts, and a keystone in the basic education of future executives.

    This truly internationally focused book is as enjoyable as is it informative. All students and academics involved with economic geography as well as professionals in the banking and finance industries will find this text to be an indispensible book for their bookshelves.

    International Financial Integration: A Study of Interest Differentials between the Major Industrial Countries (Japan-US Center UFJ Bank Monographs on International Financial Markets)
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      International Financial Integration: A Study of Interest Differentials between the Major Industrial Countries (Japan-US Center UFJ Bank Monographs on International Financial Markets)
      Richard C. Marston
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      This study examines the progress made in integrating the financial markets of the major industrial countries: Britain, France, Germany, Japan, and the United States. Professor Marston shows that deregulation and liberalization have succeeded to such an extent that interest rates in any single currency are nearly the same regardless of whether they are offered in national or Eurocurrency markets. The analysis examines returns in the money and bond markets of these countries, investigating whether there are systematic variations in relative returns across markets.
      Financial Markets and European Monetary Cooperation: The Lessons of the 199293 Exchange Rate Mechanism Crisis (Japan-US Center UFJ Bank Monographs on International Financial Markets)
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        Financial Markets and European Monetary Cooperation: The Lessons of the 199293 Exchange Rate Mechanism Crisis (Japan-US Center UFJ Bank Monographs on International Financial Markets)
        Willem H. Buiter , Giancarlo Corsetti , and Paolo A. Pesenti
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        Why was the European Monetary System in 1992-93 swept by waves of disruptive speculative attacks? And what lessons emerged from that episode as regards the future of the European Monetary Union? This book provides a comprehensive assessment of the causes and implications of the 1992-93 crisis of the exchange rate mechanism. Cogent factual presentation, original theoretical analysis, and an interpretation rooted in theory, make this treatment by three leading economists essential reading to understand the process toward economic and political integration in Europe.
        The Changing Environment of International Financial Markets: Issues and Analysis
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          The Changing Environment of International Financial Markets: Issues and Analysis
          Dilip K. Ghosh
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          Exchange Rate Volatility, Trade, and Capital Flows under Alternative Exchange Rate Regimes (Japan-US Center UFJ Bank Monographs on International Financial Markets)
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            Piet Sercu , and Raman Uppal
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            Recent years have seen a substantial increase in the volatility of exchange rates. This trend has prompted economists and finance analysts to question if the observed behavior of exchange rates is consistent with a rational model. Does that volatility, further, hinder trade? Professors Sercu and Uppal examine these issues in the context of dynamic general equilibrium models, explicitly considering the role of financial markets while allowing for commodity markets to be segmented across countries. They show that the implications of the theoretical model for exchange rates in this context are quite different from those put forth by monetary theorists and proponents of purchasing power parity arguments.
            Exchange Rates and International Financial Markets: An Asset-Theoretic Perspective with Schumpeterian Innovation (The Graz Schumpeter Lectures)
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              Exchange Rates and International Financial Markets: An Asset-Theoretic Perspective with Schumpeterian Innovation (The Graz Schumpeter Lectures)
              Eric Streissler
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              This book poses the important question of whether exchange rates are ultimately tied down by economic fundamentals. In a unique approach the subject is analysed from an asset holder's perspective and Streissler takes the reader through an authoritative and wide-ranging study including:
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              Interest Rate & Currency Swaps: The Markets, Products and Applications
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                Ravi E. Dattatreya , Raj E. S. Venkatesh , and Vijaya E. Venkatesh
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                This book provides a simple and direct treatment of swaps for both investors and finance professionals. Topics include: Swap pricing; Interest rate risk characteristics in swaps; Off-market swaps, zero coupon swaps, basis swaps, forward swaps; Swap spreads, currency swaps, swap derivatives.
                International Capital Markets (The International Library of Critical Writings in Financial Economics, 12)
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                  The editors have selected the most important papers on the subject of international capital markets for this authoritative collection. Volume I considers theories of international portfolio choice and asset pricing, and also looks at empirical evidence on international asset pricing models. Volume II covers international portfolio diversification, as well as interest and exchange rates. Volume III includes articles on: theories of barriers to international investments; empirical evidence on impact barriers to international investments; international capital flows; and anomalies in international capital markets.

                  These comprehensive volumes will be an invaluable source of reference for researchers and students alike.
                  Japan and the United States Today: Exchange Rates, Macroeconomic Policies and Financial Market Innovations
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                    The Power of Financial Innovation: Successful Corporate Solutions to Managing Interest Rate, Foreign Exchange Rate, and Commodity Exposures on a Wor
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                      John Geanuracos , and Bill Millar
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                      Douglas McGregor, Revisited: Managing the Human Side of the Enterprise
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                      Douglas McGregor, Revisited: Managing the Human Side of the Enterprise
                      Gary Heil , Warren Bennis , and Deborah C. Stephens
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                      Now that we've been downsized and outsourced and reengineered and networked, management gurus are finally focusing on the one universal resource that has been staring them in the face all along: their so-called "human capital." The funny thing is, some of the best thinking on the subject was published more than four decades ago, when few senior business people were ready to listen. In essays like "New Concepts of Management" and books like The Human Side of Enterprise, the late MIT educator Douglas McGregor argued articulately that corporations are not merely machines, nor are workers simply cogs to run them. Now, in Douglas McGregor, Revisited, Gary Heil, Warren G. Bennis, and Deborah C. Stephens resurrect many of these prescient observations and place them in a context appropriate for our times. The three prominent leadership specialists open with "Why McGregor Matters," an extensive section in which his opinions are discussed as they relate to performance, cooperation, motivation, commitment, and other topics like teams. The authors conclude with selections from McGregor's work that address issues (including the changing composition of the industrial work force, job satisfaction, and paternalism) that remain as relevant today as the day they were written. --Howard Rothman

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                      The words of Douglas McGregor, one of the fore-fathers of management theory and one of the top business thinkers of all time, cannot and should not be ignored. McGregor's vision of a more humanistic workplace may not have been widely accepted over three decades ago, but technological advancements that McGregor himself anticipated have paradoxically helped companies become more human. Viewing employees not as cogs in the machine but as living beings with individual goals-what McGregor called "the human side of the enterprise"-has proven to provide a remarkable competitive advantage.
                      Now, with the rise of the networked economy, the growing power of frontline workers, and the shift in power from mass producer to individual consumer, authors Gary Heil, Warren Bennis, and Deborah Stephens assert that McGregor's ideas are more important and relevant than ever before.
                      Douglas McGregor, Revisited emphasizes McGregor's lasting influence and updates his thinking with new concepts, fresh strategies, and modern implementation. This timely work traces McGregor's original thinking, which has emerged in current approaches that stress distributed leadership, open-minded appraisal techniques, and employee/customer commitment.
                      Highlighted throughout with gems of wisdom in McGregor's own words, the book describes the value of his theories for today's managers. The authors carefully outline how to put McGregor's thinking into practice in your own business so you can:
                      * Devise a better performance management system
                      * Form and supervise effective management teams
                      * Build cooperation instead of internal competition
                      * Cultivate an intrinsically motivating, values-driven workplace
                      * Create a cause worthy of employee commitment
                      Also featured are examples from a host of companies and leaders who have flourished under McGregor's approach. Authoritative and highly instructive, Douglas McGregor, Revisited offers new generations of managers important lessons from history and from the field.
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                      "This book revisits in a contemporary manner the most important question facing management today: given what we know about human nature, how should work be managed so as to unleash the vast creative potential of human beings? The evidence is overwhelming that many people either come to an organization or can be appropriately led to exhibit the behavior McGregor characterized as 'Theory Y.' This book provides a 'how-to' approach for developing people at work and for establishing high performance organizations."-Joseph A. Maciariello, Horton Professor of Management
                      Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Management, Claremont Graduate University and Claremont McKenna College. Author of Lasting Value: Lessons from a Century of Agility at Lincoln Electric
                      Douglas McGregor's seminal works, The Human Side of the Enterprise and The Professional Manager, debunked Taylorism and described a revolutionary way to manage people. He was the first to apply the findings in behavioral science to the world of business. Based on what had been learned about human behavior, McGregor explored the implications of managing people in a different manner than tradition dictated.
                      The nature of work today makes McGregor's ideas more relevant than ever before. This important book applies his thinking to today's business world, proving again that the human aspect of work is crucial to organizational effectiveness. It also suggests how you can change your thinking and implement his ideas in your own business and workplace.

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                      5 out of 5 stars Enterprise - The Human Aspect.......2005-04-18

                      i want to write Report on ` Enterprise - The Human Aspects `

                      5 out of 5 stars McGregor's Work is Classic!.......2003-07-01

                      McGregor's work is classic. This is required reading for executives.

                      Dr. Michael Beitler
                      Author of "Strategic Organizational Change"

                      5 out of 5 stars What a wonderful book!.......2001-03-24

                      This book is a real gem. The 140 pages or so of outline on McGregor's ideas is invaluable. I've read Human Side Of Enterprise, but the way the authors explain theory Y brought a lot of light to my understanding of McGregor's ideas. McGregor's ideas reach much farther than I realized, and the authors are virtuosos at explaining the real profundity in the Human Side of Enterprise. I recommend this book highly, even to those well versed in this stuff. I also learned a lot by the modern examples (like Lincoln Electric and Herman Miller) of companies which follow theory Y. Douglas McGregor does not have all the answers. But even if McGregor is not the last word on management, all future thinkers will have to grapple with the ideas and the questions (so many!) that he put forth.

                      4 out of 5 stars How to unleash the vast creative potential of employees.......2000-07-31

                      Douglas McGregor's seminal works, The Human Side of Enterprise and The Professional Manager, debunked Taylorism and described a revolutionary way to manage people. He was the first to apply the findings in behavioural science to the world of business. Based on what had been learned about human behaviour, McGregor explored the implications of managing people in a different manner than tradition dictated.

                      Authors Gary Heil, Deborah Stephens and Warren Bennis assert that the nature of work today makes McGregor's ideas more important and relevant than ever before. This book revisits in a contemporary manner the most important question facing management today: given what we know about human nature, how should work be managed so as to unleash the vast creative potential of human beings? It applies McGregor's thinking to today's business world, proving again that the human aspect of work is crucial to organisational effectiveness. It also suggests how you can change your thinking and implement his ideas in your own business and workplace.

                      The authors carefully outline how to put McGregor's thinking into practice in your own business so you can devise a better performance management system, form and supervise effective management teams, build cooperation instead of internal competition, cultivate an intrinsically motivating, values-driven workplace and create a cause worthy of employee commitment.

                      5 out of 5 stars Irresistible Retrospective on Managers Lacking Introspection.......2000-05-30

                      When I was in business school (back in the Dark Ages), McGregor was considered the finest thinker about organizational behavior. He grasped that behavioral science offered great promise for making organizations more effective and more desirable places to be.

                      Everyone was excited about the potential of his assumptions about people in the workplace: Employees want to do a good job; they will make extra effort to learn and accomplish more; they have the potential to much more; and it makes great sense to get everyone involved as much as possible. At the time, it seemed like the first breath of fresh air in the stale world of corporate bureaucracies. Although I haven't thought much about McGregor in over 20 years, I realize that I was profoundly influenced by his thinking.

                      Reading this fine book gave me a valuable new perspective on McGregor -- that a central weakness of many companies and managers is that the comapny's leadership is not consciously aware of what it assumes about its employees. While almost every company espouses humanistic and empowerment ideas and ideals, many continue to operate in the same old command and control way. Most of the focus is on creating carrots and sticks to manipulate behavior.

                      Why don't people get it? McGregor had figured out that managers don't think much about their assumptions about employees. McGregor made the important point that everyone needs to determine what those assumptions are (Can people be trusted? If yes, use Theory Y. If no, use Theory X). What happens now is that many people hold Theory X beliefs that employees cannot be trusted and but try to use Theory Y methods (that they can), and the mixed messages keep everyone confused. 'I want you to take full charge of this project, but check with me before doing anything.' Sound familiar?

                      In particular, managers don't really understand Maslow's hierarchy of needs. As simple needs are fulfilled, psychic needs become more important such as working on something that will make a difference. Chapters 6 and 7 are especially good on how intrinsic personal motivation is created.

                      This book is excellent in that it contains a retrospective perspective on McGregor as well as some of McGregor's own key essays. I especially enjoyed Warren Bennis's essay on the weaknesses in McGregor's argument: How do managers get their needs served if they are always servant leaders (see Joe Jaworski's excellent book, Synchronicity to get an answer to that) and what is the role of the environment on the needs of the worker in the workplace? Clearly, the Internet is one example of a new force that irresitibly is creating Theory Y contexts for accomplishment, independent of what managers do.

                      The main weakness of this book is that it does not point out that the limit to Theory Y was that McGregory did not give enough detail to make it possible to know exactly what to do. See Bill Jenson's book, Simplicity, for the significance of this mistake by McGregor.

                      Whether you believe that employees cannot be trusted or that they are your first line of offense and defense empowered on their own, you will benefit from reading and thinking about the questions and topics in this book. It can be an important step forward toward helping you build an irresistible growth enterprise.
                      Douglas McGregor, Revisited: Managing the Human Side of Enterprise.: An article from: Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations
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                        Douglas McGregor, Revisited: Managing the Human Side of Enterprise.: An article from: Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations
                        George Strauss
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                        The Enterprise of Law: Questions in Legal Experience and Philosophy
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                          Malcolm Clark
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                            Physics is usually thought of as the "hardest" science--but that really means it's the easiest. Physics is about broad generalities, not billions of specific cases. And astrophysics is about the true universals, those principles ("laws") that operate here and to the edge of the universe, now and since the beginning of time.

                            James Lidsey, an astrophysicist at the University of London, shows that it's possible to write a clear summary of the current thinking in his field in fewer than 150 pages. The Bigger Bang is a cosmology textbook for the intelligent layperson. Lidsey guides his readers through all the most interesting basics: relativity, where the chemical elements come from, superstring theory, the big bang, inflation, black holes. He writes in a lucid, rather British style that doesn't talk down to his readers, avoiding both excessive math and excessive metaphors. While Brian Greene's The Elegant Universe gives a good feeling for the personalities and vagaries of science, for the excitement and uncertainty at the leading edge, The Bigger Bang is a very clear, straightforward guide to the universe as we think we know it now. --Mary Ellen Curtin

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                            James Lidsey deftly steers us along a journey back in time to the very origin of the universe. We are introduced to the fascinating ideas scientists are currently developing to explain what happened in the first billion, billion, billion, billionth of a second--the 'inflationary' epoch. Along the way Lidsey reviews the latest ideas on superstrings, parallel universes, and the ultimate fate of our universe. Lucid analogies, clear and concise prose, and straight-forward language make this book a delight to read. James E. Lidsey holds a Royal Society University Fellowship at Queen Mary and Westfield College. He has been awarded the Valerie Myerscough Prize in Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy as a doctoral student. He was later honored by the Gravity Research the Fifth Prize and named one of the 100 people most likely to play an influential role over the next decade by the Sunday Times.

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                            In the last few years, scientists have begun to answer some of the most fundamental questions about the origin and early evolution of the universe. In a fresh, engaging, and highly readable introduction to these ideas, James Lidsey deftly steers us along a journey back in time to the very origin of the universe. We are introduced to the fascinating ideas scientists are currently developing to explain what happened in the first billion, billion, billion, billionth of a second - the 'inflationary' epoch. Along the way we stop off to review the latest ideas on superstrings, parallel universes and the ultimate fate of our universe. Lucid analogies, clear and concise prose and straightforward language make this book a delight to read. It makes accessible to the general reader some of the most profound and complex ideas about the origin of our universe currently challenging the world's best scientists.

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                            5 out of 5 stars Highly recommended.......2003-11-21

                            In this short book (160 pages), Professor James E. Lindsey of the University of London attempts to explain the latest (published in 2000) thinking in cosmology and quantum physics. Using everyday English and simple to understand analogies, he makes all of the most complex theories and concepts relatively easy to understand. I found this book to be well within my ability to understand, and yet highly informative. If you are interested in modern physics and cosmology, then I highly recommend this book to you.

                            5 out of 5 stars Science made simple.......2001-06-08

                            I have read my share of books on quamtum mechanics, theoretical physics and cosmology. I must say that book puts together a well organized, detailed, and simplified scientific explanation of the world around us. This books does a good job of explaining and describing the universe on both the macro and micro scopic scale. Lidsey does a good job of explaining highly complicated models and theories in a way that is easy to understand. Even though it might take a while for Lidey to get his point across on a particular subject, he is thourogh and does explain things in detail.

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                            The Bigger Bang: Growth of a Financial Revolution
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                                Release Date: 2005-07-28

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                                This digital document is an article from Arkansas Business, published by Journal Publishing, Inc. on January 6, 1992. The length of the article is 1364 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: A bigger bang for your buck. (Small Business Institute Directors Association offers free consulting services)
                                Author: Kim Harper
                                Publication: Arkansas Business (Magazine/Journal)
                                Date: January 6, 1992
                                Publisher: Journal Publishing, Inc.
                                Volume: v9 Issue: n1 Page: p14(2)

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                                Carousel corner.(THE MUSIC)(All Star Smash Hits)(Baby Won't You Please Come Home)(A Bigger Bang)(Twin Cinema)(Out-of-State Plates)(Spirit and Samba)(Gling-Glo)(All ... Review) : An article from: Sensible Sound
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                                  Kevin East
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                                  Release Date: 2006-05-11

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                                  This digital document is an article from Sensible Sound, published by Thomson Gale on December 1, 2005. The length of the article is 2680 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: Carousel corner.(THE MUSIC)(All Star Smash Hits)(Baby Won't You Please Come Home)(A Bigger Bang)(Twin Cinema)(Out-of-State Plates)(Spirit and Samba)(Gling-Glo)(All of Our Names)(Gypsy Boogaloo)(Promise of Love)(I Oughtta Give You a Shot in the Head for Making Me Live in This Dump)(Demon Days)(Chavez Ravine)(Sound Recording Review)
                                  Author: Kevin East
                                  Publication: Sensible Sound (Magazine/Journal)
                                  Date: December 1, 2005
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                                  Issue: 106 Page: 59(5)

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                                  A day to remember.(September 6 will have two much anticipated launches ): An article from: The Weekly Standard
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                                    Release Date: 2005-09-28

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                                    This digital document is an article from The Weekly Standard, published by Thomson Gale on September 5, 2005. The length of the article is 521 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: A day to remember.(September 6 will have two much anticipated launches )
                                    Publication: The Weekly Standard (Magazine/Journal)
                                    Date: September 5, 2005
                                    Publisher: Thomson Gale
                                    Volume: 10 Issue: 47 Page: 2(1)

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