Accounting

The 40th annual edition of the leading guide to taxation in Britain.

This text comprises a selection of papers that provide state of the art insights into bank performance, risk and firm financing post crisis that were presented at the European Association of University Teachers of Banking and Finance Conference (otherwise known as the Wolpertinger Conference) held at Bangor University, Wales, 2010.

This text comprises a selection of papers that provide state-of-the-art insights into research focusing on dimensions of bank strategy, governance and the role of credit rating agencies that were presented at the European Association of University Teachers of Banking and Finance Conference, September 2010.

Having the right investment beliefs and putting them into practice is key to delivering the right results.

Recent years have shown an increase in development and acceptance of quantitative methods for asset and liability management strategies.

Restructuring the balance sheets of Western governments, banks and households is an important issue in the recovery after the recent crisis.

This book sheds light on the emotional side of risk taking behaviour using an innovative cross-disciplinary approach, mixing financial competences with psychology and affective neuroscience.

The relationship between risk, return and the cost of capital is contextualized by relating it to the needs of investors and borrowers, the historical evidence, and theories of choice and behavior.

How did Sweden go from a financially backward country to one with a well functioning financial system?

This book proposes new tools and models to price options, assess market volatility, and investigate the market efficiency hypothesis.

Math and jargon make essential financial concepts seem intimidating, but that is simply because most books do not have the goal of being accessible to interested readers - this book does.

The rise of the Arab world and China are part of the same story, once trading partners via the Silk Road.

The 39th annual edition of the leading guide to taxation in Britain.

Every year, financial services organizations make billions of dollars worth of decisions using automated systems.

Pay is a key element of the employment relationship and it has been advocated by some recently as a tool for enhancing organizational performance and sustained competitiveness.

For many entrepreneurs there is a mystique about finance -starting, growing and selling new ventures is tough enough.

Pricing is about deciding your market position whereas revenue management is the strategic and tactical decisions firms take in order to optimize revenues and profits.

Can the needs of capital ever be reconciled with the needs of people?

This is the 31st annual edition of the leading guide to taxation in Britain.

This study investigates mergers and acquisitions in emerging economies.

This book explores three key areas of central banking and governance - autonomy, accountability and transparency.

This book explores new forms of private, mutual municipal, public-private and 'reverse' state funding of public investments, co-payments and shared contributions, vouchers, and pooled public risk-financing.

Revised and updated guide to some of the most important issues in the capital markets today, with an emphasis on fixed-income instruments.

Dark Pools is a practical text dealing with the increasingly important topic of dark pools, or non-displayed, off-exchange trading and liquidity.

The current banking crisis has tested every dimension of banking and created maximum uncertainty for its future - yet banks must plan for this future.

A fascinating discussion of the role played by fear in financial market panics.

This book provides a clear and concise explanation of withholding tax and how to leverage best practice to generate improved investment performance.

It is imperative to equip practitioners with a workable framework to manage component-based development in distributed environments, and to offer a theoretical construct to academics wishing to advance the study of global teams.

This is the first book to collect academic studies examining issues related to the potential internationalization of the Renminbi.

Provides a detailed analytical assessment of the merger and acquisition phenomenon in banking.

The 38th annual edition of the leading guide to taxation in Britain.

Durable business performance is crucially dependent on a stakeholders' strategy and accessible entrepreneurial finance available within macro-economic and regulatory environments.

This text explores the vexing problem of housing exclusion and the related financial fallout, which has come into sharp relief since the onset of the housing-led global credit crisis.

The risk process commonly used in the corporate world to deal with risks may be suitable for non-catastrophic events, but not for extreme events.

This book provides a definitive account of the recent history of the International Monetary Fund, and the successes it has enjoyed since it was founded.

The credit and banking crisis which hit the western world in 2007/2008 has and will continue to have far-reaching after-effects.

A comprehensive book on shipping derivatives and risk management which covers the theoretical and practical aspects of financial risk in shipping.

What has prompted the shift toward sustainability in numerous financial areas?

This book provides a thorough introduction to pricing and risk management of modern financial instruments formulated in precise mathematical language, covering all relevant topics with such a depth of detail that readers are enabled to literally develop their own pricing and risk tools.

This book concentrates on exchange rates and their macroeconomic consequences, analytical and empirical issues relating to currency crises and policy responses and monetary and financial cooperation in Asia.

The author investigates the strategies of eight publicly listed banks in Britain and Germany in the context of European financial integration.

Despite the huge expansion in consumer credit in the last 25 years there are very few texts describing the operation of consumer credit markets.

This book provides institutional information and uses analytical tools to explains why governments should intervene in economies affected by globalization.

Provides a detailed analysis of the achievements and disappointments of the modern Indian economy, and an exploration of the issues which are shaping India's economic future.

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of national fiscal policies in the European Union and in the European Monetary Union.

Key Concepts in Accounting and Finance is one of a range of comprehensive glossaries with entries arranged alphabetically for easy reference.

This book opens up the world on private equity investment in one of the hottest industries - Biotechnology.

Explores the idea that Europe's growth problems may be caused by weaknesses in capital markets and in the access to risk capital.

Drawing on behavioral finance theory and contemporary experience, this book explores how bubbles form and subsequently burst.