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Financial Sustainability of Public Sector Entities: The Relevance of Accounting Frameworks (Public Sector Financial Management)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2019

This book analyses the role of public sector accounting, and the relevance of accounting frameworks, in assisting financially sustainable policy making. Focussing on the European context, the book examines financial reporting, management accounting, budgeting and other reporting requirements, for example, Government Finance Statistics. It also...

Optimization and Applications: 9th International Conference, OPTIMA 2018, Petrovac, Montenegro, October 1–5, 2018, Revised Selected Papers (Communications in Computer and Information Science)

Springer, 2019

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Optimization and Applications, OPTIMA 2018, held in Petrovac, Montenegro, in October 2018. The 35 revised full papers and the one short paper presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 103 submissions. The papers are organized in...

Fundamentals of Probability: With Stochastic Processes

CRC Press, 2018

"The 4th edition of Ghahramani's book is replete with intriguing historical notes, insightful comments, and well-selected examples/exercises that, together, capture much of the essence of probability. Along with its Companion Website, the book is suitable as a primary resource for a first course in probability. Moreover, it...

The Making of a Democratic Economy: How to Build Prosperity for the Many, Not the Few

Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2019

Our economy is designed by the 1 percent, for the 1 percent. This book offers a compelling vision of an equitable, ecologically sustainable alternative that meets the essential needs of all people.

We live in a world where twenty-six billionaires own as much wealth as half the planet's population. The extractive...

The Oxford Handbook of Ethics and Economics

Oxford University Press, 2019

Economics and ethics are both valuable tools for analyzing the behavior and actions of human beings and institutions. Adam Smith, the father of modern economics, considered them two sides of the same coin, but since economics was formalized and mathematicised in the late 1800s and early 1900s, the fields have largely followed separate...

Decision Science in Action: Theory and Applications of Modern Decision Analytic Optimisation (Asset Analytics)

Springer, 2018

This book provides essential insights into a range of newly developed numerical optimization techniques with a view to solving real-world problems. Many of these problems can be modeled as nonlinear optimization problems, but due to their complex nature, it is not always possible to solve them using conventional optimization theory....

Japanese Outbound Acquisitions: Explaining What Works

Palgrave Macmillan, 2018

This book reviews the past 116 Japanese outbound acquisitions in three decades and determines success and failure, with the goal of explaining what works. Dr. Matsumoto emphasizes that such acquisitions are part of a long-term strategy and should not be judged based short-term gains and losses, especially short-term changes in...

Portfolio Management: Theory and Practice

John Wiley & Sons, 2019

A career’s worth of portfolio management knowledge in one thorough, efficient guide

Portfolio Management is an authoritative guide for those who wish to manage money professionally. This invaluable resource presents effective portfolio management practices supported by their underlying theory,...

Applications in Engineering, Life and Social Sciences (De Gruyter Reference)

De Gruyter, 2019

Fractional Calculus (FC) has originated in 1695, nearly at the same time as conventional calculus. However, FC attracted limited attention and remained a pure mathematical exercise in spite of the original contributions of important mathematicians, physicists and engineers. FC had a rapid development during the last few decades, both in...

Basic Theory (De Gruyter Reference)

De Gruyter, 2019

Fractional calculus (FC) originated in 1695, nearly at the same time as conventional calculus. However, FC attracted limited attention and remained a pure mathematical exercise, in spite of the contributions of important mathematicians, physicists and engineers. FC had a rapid development during the last few decades, both in...

Chinese Business Law (The Palgrave Series on Chinese Law)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2018

This book offers the first definitive English-language resource on Chinese business law. Written by an authoritative source, the book accurately describes what the business law is and explains legislative intentions underlying the myriad of law, rules, and regulations. Moreover, it provides the most up-to-date information on law, rules, and...

Chicago: From Vision to Metropolis (Cityscopes)

Reaktion Books, 2019

Chicago has been called the “most American of cities” and the “great American city.” Not the biggest or the most powerful, nor the richest, prettiest, or best, but the most American. How did it become that? And what does it even mean? At its heart, Chicago is America’s great hub. And in this book,...

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