Covering all areas of modern business practice, this edition now includes increased coverage of terms and concepts. It also looks at issues such as Internet business, private equity, structured finance, and much more.
This guide covers every aspect of the financial world, from international to personal finance, including banking, insurance, stocks & shares, takeovers & mergers, commodities, international trade, and government finance.
This is an accessible source of definitions of words, terms, and phrases that are encountered in the fields of human resource management, personnel, and industrial relations.
This is the third revised and expanded edition of this clear, comprehensive guide to the essential terms of modern business for students, professionals and business managers. Covers all the main areas of business theory and practice: marketing, production, finance, personnel, business policy and international business.
Covers emergent topics and terms, and provides a thorough review of the latest human resources concepts. Provides new content on workplace bullying, emotional intelligence, virtual organization, the 'balanced scorecard', and generation X.
Contains updated entries in operations management and features new entries of areas such as, service, strategy, technology, and innovation. Expands on core entries such as the news vendor model.
A comprehensive reference source on the major contributors to America's economic development, business ventures, academia, consulting, and the thinking of others whose ideas have influenced the theory and practice of management. Each entry provides a new insight into the subject's life, family, education, career, and some measure of his or her importance and place in history.
This new edition of the worldwide bestseller is a one-stop guide to the world's leading business thinkers. It is a unique summary of those books which have had the most significant impact on management thinking, drawing out the lessons any business can learn. Navigating the cross-currents of management thinking including Tom Peters, Peter Drucker, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, and Charles Handy.
An essential guide to the words spoken on "the Street". This updated edition has more than 700 entries newly added to reflect key developments in national and world markets - and covers everything from investment fundamentals to the sophisticated terminology of contemporary finance. More than 100 case studies illustrating real-world investment examples plus 50 insightful tips from industry professionals make this new edition the most comprehensive and useful reference for today's investor.
Database of encyclopedias, almanacs and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
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