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Author Harrison H. Owen
Open Space Technology (OST) is an effective, economical, fast, and easily repeatable strategy for organizing meetings of between 5 and 1,000 participants. First developed in 1984, it has now been used around the world with all types of organizations including c....
Release Date 1997/09 -
Author Curt Weeden
Corporate philanthropy is on its way out. A new concept called "corporate social investing"-which requires that every commitment of money and/or product/equipment/land which a company makes must have a significant business reason-is taking its place. The transi....
Release Date 1998/09 -
Taking Back Our Lives in the Age of Corporate Dominance
Author Suzanne Stoddard , Ellen Augustine
Corporate structures, products, and processes permeate our society -but what do they really mean to us in our daily lives? The bottom-line mentality that drives corporate America, say Ellen Augustine (formerly Schwartz) and Suzanne Stoddard, is creating a world....
Release Date 1999/12 -
The Manager's Pocket Guide to Corporate Culture Change
Author Richard Bellingham
In order to achieve desired transformation in corporate culture, leaders must take a logical and systematic approach to change. The most successful change programs begin with a statement of shared values. Beginning with values ensures that the entire organization pu....
Release Date 2001/01 -
A Blueprint for Corporate Governance
Author Fred Kaen
Transparency has become a key objective of corporations and a pressing demand of shareholders, many of whom have seen their fortunes slip away because of financial irregularities and hyperinflated stock prices. And the be....
Release Date 2003/02 -
Author Edward Winslow
The risk of investing in the stock market has increased remarkably over the last decade. In this period we've seen tremendous volatility in stock prices, a market bubble and its subsequent pop, a parade of corporate scandals, the demise of a leading accounting....
Release Date 2003/05 -
Getting Bigger by Growing Smaller: A New Growth Model for Corporate America
Author Thomas T. Stallkamp , Joel M. Shulman
Large, mature companies always become trapped at some point in the declining stages of what has become known as the corporate life cycle. Historically this barrier to continued growth has been, and is still, as unavoidable as death and taxes.In Getting Bigger by Gro....
Release Date 2003/10 -
Minding the Corporate Checkbook: A Manager's Guide to Executing Successful Business Investments
Author Steven R. Kursh
Minding the Corporate Checkbook: A Manager's Guide for ExecutingSuccessful Business InvestmentsSteven R. Kursh, Ph.D."I agree strongly with the author that Return on Investment (ROI) is notby itself a sufficient justification for most of today's businessinvestment....
Release Date 2004/03 -
Author Ian Marshall , Danah Zohar
Our capitalist culture and the business practices that operate within it are in crisis. Capitalism as we know it today—an amoral culture of short-term self-interest, profit maximization, emphasis on shareholder value, isolationist thinking, and profligate disre....
Release Date 2004/04 -
Author Aswath Damodaran
"Aswath Damodaran is simply the best valuation teacher around. If you are interested in the theory or practice of valuation, you should have Damodaran on Valuation on your bookshelf. You can bet that I do."-- Michael J. Mauboussin, Chief Investment Strategist, Legg ....
Release Date 2006/08 -
Strategic Corporate Finance: Applications in Valuation and Capital Structure
Author Justin Pettit
Essential guidance for the corporate finance professional — advisor, Board Director, CFO, Treasurer, business development executive, or M&A expert—to ask the right questions and make the critical decisions. Strategic Corporate Finance is a practical guide to the....
Release Date 2007/01 -
Commodities for Every Portfolio: How You Can Profit from the Long-Term Commodity Boom
Author Emanuel Balarie
Step-by-step guidelines for making commodities a valuable component in any portfolioAs stock market investing becomes increasingly hard to squeeze profits from, savvy investors are finding commodities to be the perfect vehicle for maintaining portfolio performance. ....
Release Date 2007/09 -
Full of Bull: Do What Wall Street Does, Not What It Says, To Make Money in the Market
Author Stephen T. McClellan
“I am going to initiate coverage on this book: BUY! The title perfectly encompasses the theme of the book. Stephen McClellan, a Wall Street analyst for 32 years, highlights common practices of research analysts and what they mean for individual investors. This is a ....
Release Date 2007/10 -
Your Next Great Stock: How to Screen the Market for Tomorrow's Top Performers
Author Jack Hough
A comprehensive look at how to profit from the power of stock screeningWith thousands of stocks to choose from, how can you find the best ones to invest in? Simple: start with a handful of clues that tend to predict outstanding returns, and then search the entire ma....
Release Date 2007/10 -
Take No Prisoners: A No-Holds-Barred Approach to Corporate Excellence
Author Marvin A. Davis - CTP
Now more than ever, American companies are experiencing a nagging feeling that they could be doing much better. Globalization, digitization, and the development of cellular technology have increased competition by leaps and bounds. As a consequence, skating by on ma....
Release Date 2007/12 -
Simple, Effective Online Training
Author Wendy Gates Corbett , Cindy Huggett
The trainer's role in a virtual classroom requires additional knowledge and skills. The online trainer uses different tools, such as web collaboration software, to interact with participants. The participants are virtual—separated in different locations—which also ....
Release Date 2008/01 -
Equity Valuation, Risk, and Investment: A Practitioner's Roadmap
Author Peter C. Stimes
Author Peter Stimes's analysis of the investment process has long been inspired by some of the best minds in the world of finance, yet some of the ways in which he approaches this discipline are truly unique. In Equity Valuation, Risk, and Investment, Stimes shares....
Release Date 2008/02 -
Gene Marcial’s 7 Commandments of Stock Investing
Author Gene G. Marcial
“Gene Marcial provides iconoclastic insights into the art of successful investing while exploding the mythology of the conventional wisdom. His 7 Commandments of Stock Investing is scintillating reading for both individual and institutional investors who seek an adv....
Release Date 2008/03 -
Equity Valuation: Models from Leading Investment Banks
Author Armin Varmaz , Thorsten Poddig , Jan Viebig
Equity Valuation: Models from the Leading Investment Banks is a clear and reader-friendly guide to how today's leading investment banks analyze firms. Editors Jan Viebig and Thorsten Poddig bring together expertise from UBS, Morgan Stanley, DWS Investment GmbH and....
Release Date 2008/06 -
10: The Essential Rules for Beating the Market
Author Louis Navellier , Michael Turner
10 takes you step by step through the process of creating a market-beating stock portfolio, and shows you how to trade stocks using a combination of both fundamental and technical analysis. With this book as your guide, you'll quickly learn how to get into a stock ....
Release Date 2008/11 -
Beat the Market: Win with Proven Stock Selection and Market Timing Tools
Author Gerald Appel
“In this compelling book, Gerald Appel distills a lifetime of learning about what works on Wall Street into key principles of investment success. Whether you are new to the world of finance or you’re a veteran portfolio manager, you will gain from Gerald’s innovativ....
Release Date 2008/12 -
Handbook of Financial Markets: Dynamics and Evolution
Author Klaus Reiner Schenk-Hoppe , Thorsten Hens
The models of portfolio selection and asset price dynamics in this volume seek to explain the market dynamics of asset prices. Presenting a range of analytical, empirical, and numerical techniques as well as several different modeling approaches, the authors depict....
Release Date 2009/06 -
Author Stephen T. McClellan
“Only Stephen McClellan could have written this book. As a senior statesman of industry analysts, Steve has worked in the inner circles of Wall Street for over thirty years. When Steve talks, everyone in the industry listens. This book is like a college extension co....
Release Date 2009/06 -
The Dark Side of Valuation: Valuing Young, Distressed, and Complex Businesses, Second Edition
Author Aswath Damodaran
Renowned valuation expert Aswath Damodaran reviews the core tools of valuation, examines today’s most difficult estimation questions and issues, and then systematically addresses the valuation challenges that arise throughout a firm’s lifecycle in The Dark Side of V....
Release Date 2009/07 -
Author Yale Hirsch , Jeffrey A. Hirsch
For over 40 years, thousands of market players have turned to the historical patterns found only in the Stock Trader’s Almanac. This is an indispensable, trusted annual resource for traders and investors.The Stock Trader’s Almanac 2010 is packed with timely insights....
Release Date 2009/09 -
Fire Your Stock Analyst!: Analyzing Stocks On Your Own, Second Edition
Author Harry Domash
The #1 Guide to Do-It-Yourself Stock Analysis–Now Fully Updated with Powerful New Shortcuts!“Harry’s book is among my most recommended readings because it provides a step-by-step process that enables any investor to analyze potential investment opportunities and ult....
Release Date 2009/11 -
The Valuation Handbook: Valuation Techniques from Today's Top Practitioners
Author Rawley Thomas , Benton E. Gup
The definitive guide to valuation written by a who's who of today's top practitionersThe Valuation Handbook differs significantly from other related books on this topic because the contributors are practitioners, academics, and investment firms that explain how th....
Release Date 2009/11 -
Decoding the New Mortgage Market
Author David REED
The housing market is in turmoil, but if there’s a silver lining, it’s the fact that purchase prices are at historic lows. Sure, there are still plenty of predatory lenders waiting to exploit the naïve potential buyer, but those who do their homewor....
Release Date 2009/12 -
Fundamental Criteria for Stock Selection
Author Michael C. Thomsett
This Element is an excerpt from The Options Trading Body of Knowledge (ISBN: 9780137142934) by Michael C. Thomsett. Available in print and digital formats.Five key “fundamentals” categories of stock analysis and how to use them to pick your own stocks.There are nume....
Release Date 2010/02