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A Trading Desk View of Market Quality (Zicklin School of Business Financial Markets Series)
Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1402075103 |
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This book is based on the proceedings of a one-day conference on Market Quality, held at the Zicklin School of Business on April 30, 2002. Some of the questions addressed in this book are: How should market quality be defined, measured, monitored and improved? What is the evidence about the current state of our markets? How effective have recent innovations been? How can we better meet our investor needs?
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Economics of Monetary Union, 4th Edition
Paul De Grauwe Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0198776322 |
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With the launch of the Euro, Europe's monetary landscape has changed fundamentally. Now in its fourth edition, this well-established textbook on monetary integration has been significantly rewritten to take account of these changes. New issues include: Monetary policies in Euroland in the presence of asymmetric shocks The mechanics of open market operations in Euroland Is the Eurosystem too decentralized? The Target Payments system Problems of bank supervision and control in Euroland The future of the euro in the international financial system Will the euro be a strong currency? Financial and banking integration in Euroland. This latest edition has been produced in a larger format, with clear figures and tables packed with relevant international data. Chapter conclusions provide a clear summary of each topic under discussion. Paul De Grauwe's lucid and balanced analysis continues to provide a clear account of all the crucial issues surrounding monetary union for undergraduate students of monetary economics and European studies.Customer Reviews:
Useful.......2002-04-10
If there's one thing to say about De Grauwe's book is that it seemed very useful, down to earth, in contrast to other economics books I've read. The concepts covered in the book were explained very clearly, and for someone interested in the area, the theories seemed ready for use for application in understanding the important issues of monetary integration.
Whether there are flaws in the theory are--honestly--beyond my grasp; I'd have to read more. The book seems written and revised fairly enough and hasn't received negative comments from the faculty at my university. If someone else has a contrary opinion, I'm sure it'd help for people to hear.
Check the sample pages if you want to see if this book would be good for you.
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European Monetary Union and Exchange Rate Dynamics: New Approaches and Application to the Euro
Paul J.J. Welfens Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 3540679146 |
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The creation of the European Central Bank and the Euro have brought new challenges to EU integration and economic policy. This book looks into issues of monetary and factor market policies. The analysis also presents new theoretical and empirical research on the - transitory - decline of the Euro. Issues of exchange rate policy and international economic relations also are addressed.
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The Stability and Growth Pact: Experiences and Future Aspects (Schriftenreihe der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Europaforschung (ECSA Austria) / European ... Association of Austria Publication Series)
Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 3211279644 |
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When the Euro was introduced in the EU, the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) was one of the cornerstones of the architecture of fiscal policy in the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). But the discussion about the necessity and functioning of the specific SGP fiscal rule never stopped since then. The call for a reform of the pact got momentum since many Member States of the euro area broke the regulations of the pact at least once. The reform of the SGP succeeded in 2005.
In this book, renowned lawyers and economists from all over Europe present their views about the legal and economic foundations of the SGP and its performance so far. The major part of the book deals with the economic problems with the pact, its theoretical basis, possible improvements and the implications of the reformed SGP. The book has the advantage not only to report and analyze the experiences with the old SGP but it offers also a first ex ante assessment of the future aspects of the reformed SGP.
These and other highly relevant issues make this book indispensable for everybody who is concerned with European integration and the functioning of EMU in particular.
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European Responses to Globalization and Financial Market Integration: Perceptions of Economic and Monetary Union in Britain, France and Germany
Amy Verdun Manufacturer: Palgrave Macmillan ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1403900590 |
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Contributing to the literature on European integration, this book investigates the perceptions of political actors towards the creation of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) in Europe. The research is largely based on personal interviews conducted with key informants in central banks, finance ministries, employers' organizations, and trade unions in Britain, France, and Germany. It examines why actors perceived EMU to serve or frustrate their interests, concluding that actors favored the EMU for a variety of reasons.Customer Reviews:
Fascinating account of EU economics.......2001-05-17
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Fiscal Federalism and European Economic Integration (Routledge Studies in Theeuropean Economy)
Mark Baimbridge Manufacturer: Routledge ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0415247667 |
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The pace of economic integration amongst European Union (EU) member states has accelerated considerably during the past decade, highlighted by the process of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). Many aspects of the EU's apparatus, however, have failed to evolve in order to meets these new challenges.
This book explores the issues of fiscal federalism within the context of EU integration from theoretical, historical, policy and global perspectives. It contrasts the pace of integration amongst EU member states with failure of financial and administrative apparatus to evolve to encompass fiscal federalism, i.e. the development of a centralized budgetary system.
This impressive collection, with contributions from a range of internationally respected authors, shall interest students and researchers involved with European economics and economic integration. Its accessible style will also make it extremely useful to policy-makers and professionals for whom European economic integration is a daily topic of conversation.
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The Euro: A Concise Introduction to European Monetary Integration
Madeleine O. Hosli Manufacturer: L. Rienner Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1588263525 |
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A short history of the European monetary system and how it's being integrated today.......2006-01-09
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European Integration
George Agiomirgianakis , George Argiros , and Athina Zervoyianni Manufacturer: Palgrave Macmillan ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0333772180 Release Date: 2006-01-05 |
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This text provides a rigorous micro and macroeconomic analysis of the integration of Europe. It covers the core of the relevant trade and currency issues and would be suitable as a core text on advance courses on economic integration of Europe.
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Emu and Economic Policy in Europe: The Challenge of the Early Years (In Association With the European Community)
Manufacturer: Edward Elgar Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1843761521 |
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`All the economists who have contributed to this volume are both distinguished scholars and active participants in the policy debate. Over the years, they have greatly helped policymakers, at the national and Union levels, to identify and understand the difficult policy choices involved in the running of EMU. I am grateful for their contribution to the success of the euro.'- From the foreword by Pedro Solbes
European Monetary Union (EMU) is a completely new policy regime which has significant economic implications and which, it is hoped, will ultimately enhance the role of Europe on the world stage. EMU and Economic Policy in Europe takes stock of the initial experiences of EMU and assesses the challenges which will have to be addressed in the early years of its existence to ensure its long-term objectives are successfully achieved.
Bringing together leading scholars and policymakers, the book considers some of the most pertinent and significant issues surrounding the euro from a variety of different perspectives. These include the behavior of monetary and fiscal authorities, the implications for policy co-ordination, the impact of the euro on financial markets and the consequences of EU enlargement.
The distinguished array of authors have produced a comprehensive and balanced assessment of the initial economic and policy challenges facing EMU. European policymakers, financial economists and anyone with an interest in the process of European integration will benefit from reading this accomplished book.
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European Monetary Integration (CESifo Seminar Series)
Manufacturer: The MIT Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0262194996 |
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The success of European monetary integration -- called by the editors of this CESifo volume "one of the most far-reaching, real world experiments in monetary policy to date" -- is not assured. Policy makers have been forced to deal with challenges posed by formulating a uniform monetary policy for countries with asymmetric business cycles and economies in different stages of development as well as with the fiscal and financial implications of a unified currency.
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Industrial Relations and European Integration: Trans- And Supranational Developments and Prospects
Manufacturer: Ashgate Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0754633365 |
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The Consultants' Survival Guide
Marsha D. Lewin Manufacturer: Wiley ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0471160792 |
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Practical advice from Marsha D. LewinOn success as a consultant
"Over these decades of consulting, the most successful consultants I've known were self-starters whose enthusiasm, individualism, and drive did not blend with big business norms. They saw a problem, identified what needed to be done, and went on to solve it. They didn't wait for committees to pass on the idea and to run it up the corporate ladder for serial approval."
On surviving in a cyclical economy
"Plan ahead for the inevitable downturn in the economy. That's clearly the way to be in the best position to be able to endure the hard times. . . . The down cycle may not be accommodating enough, however, to hit us after we've put away all the money we had planned on and will need for the future. That's why advance planning strategies must be supplemented by strategies to cope with an existing economic peril. And, once you've made it through the dangerous times, you'll want to evaluate your situation to ensure that you adjust your strategies from survival mode to those that enable you to plan ahead until the next threat."
On strategy
"Strategies are fundamental mental and emotional underclothes visible only to you and yours. . . . Our strategic plan is the mooring, the underpinning that we use as our target for the tactics with which we deal in our daily lives."
On controlling expenses
"I emphasize reviewing your expenses periodically because situations change, and pricing of various options changes as well. If you make decisions on a never-again basis, you might find you are paying way too much for the basic services and you are merely causing yourself to work harder to stay in the same place." — from The Consultant's Survival Guide
When businesses, government agencies, and other organizations are faced with problems they can't solve on their own, they turn to you, the management consultant, for expertise, perspective, and rational solutions. But what happens when your business is threatened by forces you can't control? Who helps you put your problems in perspective, analyze your situation, and find a remedy? Is there a consultant's consultant? There is now!
In her thirty years as a management consultant, Marsha D. Lewin has seen it all—the booms, the busts, the endless uncertainties. She knows that some consultants ride out the tough times with relative ease, while others, equally talented, are quickly overwhelmed. In The Consultant's Survival Guide she reveals 14 strategies that will keep your consulting practice going through good times and bad, and she offers specific tactics you can use to make sure your strategies succeed. You'll learn how to:
Many of the strategies and tactics you'll discover in this book will help boost your profits in any business climate. Others are rules to live by that should influence every action of your professional life. All are practical steps that you can implement easily to make your practice stronger, more profitable, and more fit for survival—starting today!
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Must reading for consultants.......2000-12-01
The author provides pragmatic advice that is obviously based on actual experience in the business. Even though I have many years (16) experience operating my own consulting business I still found new and meaningful suggestions in this book.
I strongly recommend it both for people starting out and for experienced consultants. You're never too old or too experienced to learn new tricks.
Not even basics.......2000-03-21
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The Independent Consultant's Survival Guide
Mike Johnson Manufacturer: Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1843981165 |
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Soldier of Fortune 500: A Management Survival Guide for the Consulting Wars
Steve Romaine Manufacturer: Prometheus Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1573929956 |
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What's going on with corporate America? More and more, the success of today's leading companies is based upon favorable quarterly earnings reports. This mantra of consistently high earnings and the stock market effects it generates has driven America's business executives to seek every advantage and to implement every economy possible. Why didn't business advisors and industry analysts see Enron, WorldCom, and countless other business scandals coming? What really happened at IBM in the 1990s as its revenues declined and its market position eroded? Where have many of America's leading businesses looked for workable management solutions to prevent more corporate debacles from happening in the future?Steve Romaine answers these questions in one word -- consultants. Consultants are the common denominator, and they are enmeshed in all aspects of business today. Exposing the real story about corporate America's increased reliance on consultants, SOLDIER OF FORTUNE 500 offers a view of the inner workings of the corporate machine never before shared with management or stockholders, a hired gun's journey beginning at the outside looking in, and ending at the pinnacle of a corporation's power.
Based on his experience working for IBM, his later role as a self-employed consultant, and finally his responsibilities as senior vice president for NationsBank, Romaine provides many insights into the complex manager-consultant relationship and makes it clear that the issues leading to the collapse of Enron were not isolated events. He explores corporate cronyism between executives and their consultants, and builds a convincing case of how, without the proper safeguards, such cozy relationships can lead to pervasive problems, placing stockholders, employees, and the future viability of the American corporation at risk.
In addition to bringing to light the agendas of omnipresent consultants, Romaine offers advice to help manager avoid future quagmires: "Manage them, or they will manage you." To ensure a successful alliance between managers and consultants, Romaine furnishes corporate managers with a summary of observations at the end of each chapter, containing sage advice he has garnered during his twenty years in the business world, so they can better understand their changing roles and responsibilities, recognize the tactics and strategies of the four main types of consultants, learn the rules of engagement and how to execute them, maintain the loyalty of employees, and provide incentives for better collaboration between employees and consultants.
SOLDIER OF FORTUNE 500 is a road map from current corporate ills to new solutions for the challenges ahead. It is a must read for corporate managers, employees, anyone involved with the consulting business, and anyone interested in what is going on in the high-stakes game of cat and mouse being played out every day at all levels of corporate management.
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Good story, but Romaine misses the core problem.......2007-07-16
Slashing critique of a consulting firm and client.......2007-03-12
Provides an interesting view of NationsBank, now Bank of America.......2006-04-11
Interesting view into corporate IT.......2004-10-13
Definitely a worthwhile read!.......2004-01-17
oh and it is interesting too! :)
Jim Mahar
http://www.financeprofessor.com
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Win Them Over: A Survival Guide for Corporate Analyst Relations/Consultant Relations Programs
Efrem, G Mallach Manufacturer: Folrose ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 090637801X |
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Dr. Mallach's book was the first guide to corporate programs for influencing consultants and analysts, in 1987, and the twentieth-anniversay edition of this landmark book is a unique step-by-step guide to what really works in analyst relations. Reading this book is an excellent development opportunity for managers that have AR experience but who would benefit from developing a solid methodology for optimising the effectiveness of their analyst relations. Win Them Over will show you how to make your company easy for industry analysts and consultants to work with - so they'll recommend you, not a competitor! This 300 page book covers these topics: * 1] The impact of analysts. Who analysts and consultants are. It shows exactly how advisors influence sales. You'll learn how industry analysts and consultants impact your sales. * 2] What analysts and consultants want. This book shows the relationship between the goals and means of an analyst/consultant relations program and the information content that consultants and analysts require. You'll learn what their "hot buttons" are as well as their emotional "red flags" - so you don't accidentally hit one when you do something that might perfect for a different public - but might antagonize advisors. * 3] Information channels for reaching analysts. This book discusses attitude factors with analysts, the inbound value of analysts to your firm and the growing importance of the "consultant difference." * 4] Planning and alignment. Internally focused analyst relations activities are the foundation for putting your analyst/consultant relations program in place. This book shows how analyst/consultant relations in your organization relies on showing how valuable your analyst/consultant relations program is -- and shows you how to prove it. * 5] Executing AR outreach. Professor Mallach goes through everything involved in working with analysts and consultants: planning a program, publicizing it, running it, auditing its effectiveness. This book helps you to assess your program resource requirements and gives you the tools you need to firm up your program timetable. This session also involves a review of real analyst/consultant relations programs.
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Las Vegas Survival Guide
Armedia Consultants Manufacturer: Armedia Consultants ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0960762604 |
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Win them over: A survival guide for corporate consultant relations programs
Efrem G Mallach Manufacturer: E.G. Mallach ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B000721JXS |
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Simplified Limited Liability Company Kit (National Legal Kit)
Daniel Sitarz Manufacturer: Nova Publishing Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1892949326 |
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A simplified and economical guide to setting up a Limited Liability Company in any state. Includes all necessary forms and instructions and a CD-Rom with fillable PDF forms.
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Small Business Legal Forms Simplified
Daniel Sitarz Manufacturer: Nova Publishing Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0935755985 |
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In one comprehensive volume, all of the legal forms that a small business owner will need to deal with day-to-day legal situations are provided. Concise, instructions tell the reader when the forms are necessary, how to prepare them, and what the legal effect of each from will be.Customer Reviews:
A "must-have" resource for any small business owner.......2005-01-03
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