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Abraham & Straus: It's Worth a Trip from Anywhere (Landmarks)
by Michael J. LisickyAlong with the Dodgers and Prospect Park, Abraham & Straus was a legendary piece of Brooklyn’s history and identity. From Abraham Abraham’s modest store of 1865, A&S developed into one of America’s largest department stores. It eventually became a charter member of the powerful Federated Department Stores Corporation in 1929. Known for unparalleled customer and employee loyalty, the stores rode a wave of demographic and economic changes. Today, the former Fulton Street Abraham & Straus operates as a Macy’s and remains one of America’s last downtown department stores. Author, historian and lecturer Michael J. Lisicky chronicles the rise and fall of Brooklyn’s iconic store.
Abrasive Personality
by Harry LevinsonAbrasive personalities frequently prevent young, high-powered, and capable executives from gaining top positions in companies. A profile of the problem personality reveals a generally intelligent, analytical, hard worker who exhibits impatience with others and reluctance to delegate assignments. These highly competent people become key to the organization yet their political insensitivity makes them unpromotable. They tend to overorganize and oversupervise and often demoralize their subordinates. Their problems must be approached in a forthright manner.
ABRY Fund V
by Leslie S. Pierson Nabil N. El-Hage Richard S. RubackIn January 2006, Andrew Banks and Royce Yudkoff were considering raising a 5th fund for their media-focused private equity firm, ABRY Partners. ABRY had a strong track record that the co-founders attributed to their group's deep knowledge of the media industry and relationships with media lenders, coupled with a client-service approach to working with Limited Partners. For the fund, Banks and Yudkoff had intended to raise $1 billion and continue their existing strategy, but potential Limited Partners had indicated that they would be willing to commit up to $4 billion. Banks and Yudkoff had to decide whether or not to quadruple the capital in their latest fund.
ABRY Partners and F+W Publications
by Nabil N. El-Hage Christopher E.J. PaytonAfter acquiring F+W Publications from a rival private equity firm, ABRY Partners became increasingly convinced that they had been deceived by the sellers about the profitability of the company. ABRY must determine whether they were deliberately misled, what courses of action are available, and which they should pursue. Considerations include a mix of legal, ethical, and business issues.
Abschlussprüfung klipp & klar (WiWi klipp & klar)
by Christopher Almeling Caroline Flick Christoph ScharrDieses Lehrbuch bietet eine verständliche Einführung in die Grundlagen der betriebswirtschaftlichen Prüfung von Jahresabschlüssen und Lageberichten. Inhaltlich orientiert es sich dabei an den Anforderungen an Studierende der Wirtschaftswissenschaften an Universitäten, Fachhochschulen, Berufsakademien und Weiterbildungseinrichtungen. Dabei baut es auf Kenntnissen im Bereich der Betriebswirtschaft auf und dient als vertiefende Ergänzung zu Studieninhalten zum Thema Abschlussprüfung. Neben dem Studium eignet es sich ebenso bestens für interessierte Praktiker, insbesondere junge Mitarbeiter von Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaften, die sich einen Überblick über die Jahresabschlussprüfung verschaffen oder ihre Kenntnisse auffrischen wollen. Der Lernstoff wird durch übersichtliche Zusammenfassungen und Merksätze ergänzt. Praktische Fallbeispiele und Übungsaufgaben mit Lösungen unterstützen das tiefere Verständnis.
Abschlussprüfung klipp & klar (WiWi klipp & klar)
by Christopher Almeling Caroline Flick Christoph ScharrDieses Lehrbuch bietet eine verständliche Einführung in die Grundlagen der betriebswirtschaftlichen Prüfung von Jahresabschlüssen und Lageberichten. Inhaltlich orientiert es sich dabei an den Anforderungen der Grundsätze ordnungsmäßiger Abschlussprüfungen und richtet sich an Studierende der Wirtschaftswissenschaften an Universitäten, Fachhochschulen, Berufsakademien und Weiterbildungseinrichtungen. Dabei baut es auf Kenntnissen im Bereich der Betriebswirtschaft auf und dient als vertiefende Ergänzung zu Studieninhalten zum Thema Abschlussprüfung. Neben dem Studium eignet es sich ebenso bestens für interessierte Praktiker, insbesondere junge Mitarbeitende von Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaften, die sich einen Überblick über die Jahresabschlussprüfung verschaffen oder ihre Kenntnisse auffrischen wollen. Der Lernstoff wird durch übersichtliche Zusammenfassungen und Merksätze ergänzt. Praktische Fallbeispiele und Übungsaufgaben mit Lösungen unterstützen das tiefere Verständnis. In der 2. Auflage werden die nunmehr verbindlich anzuwendenden internationalen Prüfungsgrundsätze, die in den sogenannten ISA [DE] umgesetzt sind, dargestellt und mit Anwendungsbeispielen erläutert. Zusätzliche Fragen per App: Laden Sie die Springer Nature Flashcards-App kostenlos herunter und nutzen Sie exklusives Zusatzmaterial, um Ihr Wissen zu prüfen.
Abschlussprüfungen: Allgemeine Bankbetriebswirtschaft, Betriebswirtschaft, Volkswirtschaft, Recht (Prüfungstraining zum Bankfachwirt)
by Torben MothesUm für Sie den größtmöglichen Lerneffekt zu erzielen, haben wir Originalprüfungen zugrunde gelegt, umgearbeitet und der aktuellen Rechtslage angepasst. Denn zum erfolgreichen Bestehen der Prüfung gehört nicht „nur“ das Lernen der Inhalte – ebenso wichtig ist die Aneignung und das Training einer erfolgreichen Prüfungstechnik im Umgang mit der vorgegebenen Zeit und den Aufgabenstellungen. Dabei unterstützt Sie diese Aufgabensammlung in idealerweise Weise. Allen enthaltenen Prüfungen sind die fachtheoretischen Anforderungen der originalen Prüfungen im aktuellen Rechtsstand zugrunde gelegt. Die beigefügten Lösungen ermöglichen es Ihnen, Ihre eigenen Ergebnisse zu überprüfen und nach Maßgabe originaler Leistungserwartungen einzuschätzen. Für diese 4. Auflage hat der Autor das Werk unter Berücksichtigung der aktuellen Rechtslage komplett überarbeitet. Dabei hat er unter anderem die Änderungen im KWG, in der Großkredit- und Millionenkreditverordnung und in der Solvabilitätsverordnung berücksichtigt sowie die neuen Regelungen der EU-Verordnung 575/2013 (CRR) eingearbeitet. Dies betrifft den Textteil sowie die Aufgaben und Fälle. Außerdem wurde eine leserfreundliche Straffung der Inhalte vorgenommen.
Absence Of Arbitrage Valuation
by Paskalis GlabadanidisAbsence of Arbitrage Valuation presents a unified asset pricing strategy through absence of arbitrage and applies this framework to such disparate fields as fixed income security pricing, foreign exchange spots, and forward rates.
An Absence of Competition: The Sustained Competitive Advantage of the Monopoly Sports Leagues (Sports Economics, Management and Policy #5)
by Neil LongleyThis book takes a multi-disciplinary approach to analyzing the nature of 'competition' and 'competitive advantage' within the U. S. pro sport industry. By many measures, the four major pro sports leagues in the U. S. - the National Football League (NFL), National Basketball Association (NBA), National Hockey League (NHL), and Major League Baseball (MLB) - are now some of the most successful business entities in the country. While these established leagues have generally been highly profitable throughout their respective existences, the past two decades have been particularly lucrative, with franchise values in all four leagues growing rapidly, and at levels well beyond market rates of return. Within this context, the book seeks to explore the nature of the competitive advantage that these leagues apparently possess. The purpose is to identify not only how these leagues have been able to get to where they are today, but also to examine the competitive threats and opportunities that these leagues face as they move forward. A key contribution of the book is that it analyzes these issues from a multi-disciplinary approach including a traditional economics perspective, public policy and public choice theory and strategic management, to provide a parallel explanation for the success of each of the four major leagues. It argues that no single conceptual approach can, in itself, adequately explain the full richness of the issue. Its stresses that these various approaches should generally be viewed as complements, rather than as being mutually exclusive, and that a full understanding of the issue requires one to adopt a multi-disciplinary perspective, making it of interest to scholars in strategic management, sport management, and economics. It can serve as an effective teaching tool in both graduate and upper-level undergraduate courses for students in these fields, and is particularly useful for faculties seeking to emphasize to their students the importance of a multi-disciplinary, integrative, approach when analyzing business and management issues. The book may also be of interest to leaders within the sport industry itself, and will help to provide insight and perspective as leagues seek to enhance their competitive advantage in the marketplace.
Absent Management in Banking: How Banks Fail and Cause Financial Crisis
by Christian DinesenOffering a historical analysis of management in banking from the Medici to present day, this book explores how banks can cause devastating financial crisis when they fail. Rather than labelling management as ‘good’ or ‘bad’, the author focuses on the concept of absent management, which can occur as a result of complexity. The complexity of banking, which intensified alongside the phenomenal growth of banks in the 20th and 21st centuries, resulted in banks that are mismanaged or, at times, even unmanaged. Drawing on business school case studies including Barings and Lehman Brothers, this book showcases how absent management in banking has caused crises, depressions and recessions, and how ultimately it will continue to do so.
Absentee Ownership: Business Enterprise in Recent Times - The Case of America (Reprints Of Economic Classics Ser.)
by Thorstein VeblenAbsentee Ownership is an inquiry into the economic situation as it has taken shape in the twentieth century, particularly as exemplified in the case of America. According to Thorstein Veblen, absentee ownership is the main and immediate controlling interest in the life of civilized men. It is the paramount issue between the civilized nations, and guides the conduct of their affairs at home and abroad. World War I, says Veblen, arose out of a conflict of absentee interests and the peace was negotiated with a view to stabilize them. Part I of the book is occupied with a summary description of that range of economic circumstances and that sequence of economic growth and change that led up through the nineteenth century and have come to a head in the twentieth century. Part II is an objective, theoretical analysis of those economic circumstances described in the first part of the book. Marion Levy writes in his introduction about the phrase "absentee ownership" and how it has a definite connotation, representing a dark figure in the economic system, a frustration of desired levels of self-sufficiency. In the early days, the giants of business enterprise had faces--Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, Ford, Edison--but they all turned into faceless bureaucracies, says Levy. The giants may not have been nice, but they had faces and human traits. Absentee ownership wiped that out for the common man. Veblen's book continues to be of vital importance to the studies of economics, political theory, and sociology.
Absolute Essentials of Advertising (Absolute Essentials of Business and Economics)
by Sarah TurnbullThis concise textbook provides a comprehensive and clear overview of advertising theory and practice. Each chapter covers the essential aspects of the subject matter, provides a supplement for teaching and acts as a valuable revision guide. Split over three core parts, the book begins with a consideration of the role and function of advertising, the customer journey, advertising theory, planning and strategy, and moves on to the creative development process, media planning and strategy. The final chapter considers the industry as a whole and the reality of practice, outlining roles within agencies to highlight employability opportunities to students. To aid learning, each chapter contains brief real-life examples and includes questions to encourage the reader to consider how practical examples can be applied. Written by a renowned textbook author, this short-form textbook is suitable for students at all levels studying advertising. For undergraduates, the book provides a valuable support for traditional or blended online teaching. For postgraduate and MBA students, as well as those studying for professional qualifications, the book also provides a valuable resource.
Absolute Essentials of Business Behavioural Ethics (Absolute Essentials of Business and Economics)
by Nina SeppalaBehavioural ethics in business is an emerging field that has challenged some of the established wisdom about ethics and added some truly new insights into our understanding about decision-making and behaviour. Why do seemingly responsible employees and managers sometimes act in bad ways? This book explains how people behave in real situations and what action can be taken to nudge behaviour in a more ethical direction. This concise textbook is ideal for use in the classroom as core or additional reading on courses in business ethics and corporate social responsibility; organisational behaviour and psychology; and any module with ethics content (for example, accounting ethics and strategic management). Each chapter is presented as a story with details about the experimental designs and related research findings. The key features include learning outcomes, suggested class activities, mock assessment questions, and an annotated list of key readings and these provide a one-stop text for tutors and students interested in this increasingly important area of study.
Absolute Essentials of Business Ethics (Absolute Essentials of Business and Economics)
by Peter Stanwick Sarah StanwickThis shortform textbook explores practical applications of how business ethics impacts working lives, allowing readers to reflect on their own moral compass through the use of ethical dilemmas. Highlighting the extensive breadth of issues related to business ethics, the authors introduce and analyze ethical and unethical behaviors of firms through numerous real -life examples including Patagonia, Costco, LVMH, Bill Gates, Muhummad Yunus, Enron, WorldCom, Samsung, Purdue Pharma, Vale Mining and the COVID-19 crisis. Regardless of career path or occupation, Absolute Essentials of Business Ethics is a valuable resource to understand why people make decisions based on their own ethical values and beliefs. Useful at both undergraduate and graduate levels, this unique textbook will serve students of business ethics around the world.
Absolute Essentials of Corporate Governance (Absolute Essentials of Business and Economics)
by Stephen BloomfieldThis shortform textbook, a concise overview of the development and current state of corporate governance, provides a critical narrative on the field.Beginning with insightful historical background, the author shows how value-adding corporate governance involves more than unthinking compliance to a recitation of statutes, regulations and principles, devoid of context. Features include basic definitions, reviews of theoretical governance problems, and a worldwide review of current governance provisions along with more detail on the UK situation. Revealing the geology of governance in the business world, the book highlights its progress set into a framework of regulation and law.This textbook provides a brief, authoritative summary of the field for two core audiences: as a reference for specialist readers, and as an concise introduction for non-specialist readers.
Absolute Essentials of Creative Thinking and Problem Solving (Absolute Essentials of Business and Economics)
by Tony ProctorThis concise textbook provides a comprehensive and clear overview of the theory and practice of creative problem solving from a management perspective. The book works step by step through the creative thinking process. Beginning with theoretical frameworks, it considers ways of thinking, defining problems and structuring responses to them, techniques for generating ideas, evaluating and defining them, and finally how technology can be used within the creative problem-solving process. Pedagogical features to aid learning include objectives at the start of each chapter, further reading suggestions and practical examples. Divided into ten short chapters to suit content delivery, this textbook is designed as either core or recommended reading for advanced undergraduate, postgraduate, MBA and Executive Education students studying Creativity and Innovation, Management and Leadership and Management Skills.
Absolute Essentials of Digital Marketing (Absolute Essentials of Business and Economics)
by Alan CharlesworthThis short form textbook provides readers with a comprehensive yet concise overview of the fundamentals of Digital Marketing. The author, a well-renowned teacher and writer on the subject, presents a concise and clear structure that works step by step through each of the core aspects of the subject, including SEO, metrics and analytics, web development, e-commerce, social media and digital marketing strategy. Presented in nine chapters to suit delivery periods at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, this book can be used either as a core text that gives tutors a sound platform on which to structure a module on digital marketing or as supporting text where digital marketing is an element of a module with a broader scope, such as strategic marketing. Pedagogical features include an essential summary paragraph at the start of each chapter, focused references and further reading. There is also online teaching and learning support for both in-class and digital delivery, including suggested case studies, chapter questions and other activities.
The Absolute Essentials of Entrepreneurship (Absolute Essentials of Business and Economics)
by Nerys Fuller-LoveEntrepreneurship is a fundamental business discipline and a phenomenon that drives economic growth globally. This shortform textbook focuses on the absolute essential elements of the field, covering theory and practice. Illuminating the development of entrepreneurship, the author also concise introduces the entrepreneurial personality and some of the additional hurdles faced by female and minority entrepreneurs. The central role of creativity, innovation and culture are also examined as well as entrepreneurial strategies for finance and marketing. This short text provides a unique expert overview for students of entrepreneurship, whilst the practical insights will also be useful in applications for budding entrepreneurs
Absolute Essentials of Environmental Economics (Absolute Essentials of Business and Economics)
by Barry C. FieldThis shortform textbook provides a concise overview of the fundamentals of environmental economics. It focuses on how economic forces affect the natural environment and how economic policies and behaviors may be altered to improve environmental quality. Spanning ten chapters, the book introduces readers to the key ideas in environmental economics. Topics include environmental externalities, technological change, cost-benefit analysis, pollution charges, emissions and offset trading, climate change, and public policy. Written by an established educator and scholar, Absolute Essentials of Environmental Economics will be valuable reading for students of environmental economics, environmental policy, environmental management and related areas. People affiliated with environmental interest groups, "think tanks," and advocacy groups will also find it beneficial.
Absolute Essentials of Ethereum (Absolute Essentials of Business and Economics)
by Paul Dylan-EnnisAbsolute Essentials of Ethereum is a concise textbook which guides the reader through the fascinating world of the emerging Ethereum ecosystem, from the basics of how its blockchain works to cutting-edge applications.Written by an experienced educator, each chapter is designed to progress potential students from class to class. Technical concepts are clearly explained for those new to the topic and readers are supported with definitions and summaries in each chapter. Real-life case studies situate the overviews in a contemporary context. Topics covered include the Ethereum Execution and Consensus layers, Ethereum governance and community, Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs), Decentralised Finance (DeFi), Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) and Layer 2.This book is the ideal text to support undergraduate and postgraduate courses on blockchain technologies, cryptocurrencies, Web3 and fintech, as well as for those who want to know how Ethereum really works.
Absolute Essentials of Green Business (Absolute Essentials of Business and Economics)
by Alan SitkinThis short textbook provides a core understanding of the intersection between business and the natural environment. The sector’s rapid expansion means that many university programmes are focusing to a greater extent nowadays on the career opportunities generated by the ecological imperative – a curriculum increasingly referred to as "green business". Climate breakdown is a devastating issue facing contemporary society. With six out of the ten largest multinationals listed in the 2018 Fortune Global 500 being active in the energy sector, it is no surprise that more and more business schools are offering modules addressing the management of natural resources. The business world has made some progress incorporating green principles into their strategies and operations, but progress needs to accelerate in line with global agreements to prevent catastrophic ecological and environmental problems. Absolute Essentials of Green Business stands out because of its singular focus on a subset of this wider curricular area. By covering both the macro (framework) and micro (business strategy) aspects of the topic, the book’s structure is in line with the way modules of this nature are taught in universities today. Students of business and environmental studies will benefit from reading this concise textbook in order to develop their understanding of a fundamental element of the social science curriculum.
Absolute Essentials of International Business (Absolute Essentials of Business and Economics)
by Alan Sitkin Karine Mangion-ThornleyAs challenges to the era of globalisation emerge, international business grows in importance and complexity as a field of study. This shortform textbook introduces learners to the frameworks within which international business occurs and to the range of actions that companies might undertake in these environments. Owing to an emphasis on cross-border interactions, international business is a politicised field, and this book provides readers with the tools to deepen their understanding not only of the actions that companies might take but also of the economic, societal, cultural and political frameworks affecting how decisions are made. With a refreshing realism in its approach, this book will be perfect brief reading for students required to understand the obstacles that global business practitioners must overcome to succeed.
Absolute Essentials of International Economics (Absolute Essentials of Business and Economics)
by Thomas R. SadlerThis shortform textbook provides a comprehensive overview of international economics and coverage of recent trends in the global economy to supplement students’ knowledge of this fast-moving subject area.Divided into two parts, the book begins by introducing the fundamental aspects of international economics (the international economic system, global networks and flows, the theory of international trade, trade policy, trade agreements, foreign exchange market, international factor movements, and developing countries) before moving on to focus on specialist topics such as the Covid-19 pandemic, the emerging economies of BRICS, and Brexit. Each chapter includes an essential summary, key terms, study questions, and references.The book is accompanied by a suite of digital resources, including a test bank of questions, PowerPoints slides, answers to chapter questions, and an instructor’s manual.As part of the Absolute Essentials of Business and Economics series, the book provides a straightforward way for students to learn about international economics, and will be invaluable reading for any student studying the global economy as part of a business, economics or international studies degree programme.
Absolute Essentials of Marketing Research (Absolute Essentials of Business and Economics)
by Bonita M. KolbThis short textbook provides students with a concise yet comprehensive overview of the fundamentals of marketing research. Mapped closely to the structure of a typical Marketing Research module, the book takes the student through the full process, from developing the hypothesis and setting the research question, to developing and conducting the research, and finally to analysing the data and making recommendations. Each chapter starts with an essential summary and ends with discussion questions that can be used as a teaching resource. Worksheets are also provided as a supplementary resource, which can be used to build a marketing research plan. Focused on the core aspects of the subject, this is a perfect complement to the larger texts available, suitable for any undergraduate or postgraduate Marketing Research module.