National Cultures and International Competition: the Experience of Schering AG 1851-1950.(Book Review): An article from: Canadian Journal of History

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National Cultures and International Competition: the Experience of Schering AG 1851-1950.(Book Review): An article from: Canadian Journal of History
Jeffrey Lewis
Manufacturer: University of Saskatchewan
ProductGroup: Book
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ASIN: B0009756EE
Release Date: 2006-07-14

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This digital document is an article from Canadian Journal of History, published by University of Saskatchewan on December 1, 2004. The length of the article is 833 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: National Cultures and International Competition: the Experience of Schering AG 1851-1950.(Book Review)
Author: Jeffrey Lewis
Publication: Canadian Journal of History (Refereed)
Date: December 1, 2004
Publisher: University of Saskatchewan
Volume: 39 Issue: 3 Page: 594(2)

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A comprehensive guide to managing global financial risk

From the balance of payment exposure to foreign exchange and interest rate risk, to credit derivatives and other exotic options, futures, and swaps for mitigating and transferring risk, this book provides a simple yet comprehensive analysis of complex derivatives pricing and their application in risk management. The risk posed by foreign exchange transactions stems from the volatility of the exchange rate, the volatility of the interest rates, and factors unique to individual companies which are interrelated. To protect and hedge against adverse currency and interest rate changes, multinational corporations need to take concrete steps for mitigating these risks.

Managing Global Financial and Foreign Exchange Rate Risk offers a thorough treatment of price, foreign currency, and interest rate risk management practices of multinational corporations in a dynamic global economy. It lays out the pros and cons of various hedging instruments, as well as the economic cost benefit analysis of alternative hedging vehicles. Written in a detailed yet user–friendly manner, this resource provides treasurers and other financial managers with the tools they need to manage their various exposures to credit, price, and foreign exchange risk.

Managing Global Financial and Foreign Exchange Rate Risk covers various swaps in this geometrically growing field with notional principal in excess of $120 trillion. From caplet and corridors to call and put swaptions this book covers the micro structure of the swaps, options, futures, and foreign exchange markets. From credit default swap and transfer and convertibility options to asset swap switch and weather derivatives this book illustrates their simple pricing and application. To show real-world examples, each chapter includes a case study highlighting a specific problem, as well as a set of steps to solve it. Numerous charts accompanied with actual Wall Street figures provide the reader with the opportunity to comprehend and appreciate the role and function of derivatives, which are often misunderstood in the financial market.

This detailed resource will guide the individual, government and multinational corporations safely through the maze of various exposures. A must-read for treasures, controllers, money mangers, portfolio managers, security analyst and academics, Managing Global Financial and Foreign Exchange Rate Risk represents an important collection of up-to-date risk management solutions.

Ghassem A. Homaifar is a professor of financial economics at Middle Tennessee State University. He has Master of Science in Industrial Management from State University of New York at Stony Brook and PhD in Finance from University of Alabama in 1982. He is the author of numerous articles that have appeared in the Journal of Risk and Insurance, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, Weltwirtschsftliches Archiv Review of World Economics, Advances in Futures and Options Research,Applied Financial Economics, Applied Economics, International Economics, and Global Finance Journal.

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A comprehensive guide to managing global financial risk

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Excellent book.......2004-06-17

Homaifar made complicated material more easy to understand. The examples provided help explain the subject matter thoroughly. Definitely a must-read!

I Wish I Had This Book In Grad School.......2004-04-14

Dr. Homaifar has done an outstanding job of presenting some very complex material in a clear, concise manner with excellent examples. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested or involved in finance and investing.

Managing Foreign Exchange Risk: Advanced Strategies for Global Investors, Corporations, and Financial Institutions

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Fair Overview
Useful introduction.
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Managing Foreign Exchange Risk: Advanced Strategies for Global Investors, Corporations, and Financial Institutions
David F. DeRosa
Manufacturer: Irwin Professional Pub
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Infused with actual foreign exchange market conventions and real-world numerical examples, Managing Foreign Exchange Risk contains a clear explanation of currency derivatives theory and has been updated to include sections and chapters on: Exotic currency options, specifically barriers, average rate, basket and quantos options. Currency option applications. Currency overlay management.

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Fair Overview.......2000-02-04

The book is a fair overview of foreing exchange risk with lots of formulas. I couldn't find much on "advanced strategies for global corporations." For example, less than two pages are used to discuss zero-premium collar programs. It might be OK for new global investors but it's got very little for corporate treasurers.

Useful introduction........1999-06-19

This book is a good intro to FX risk. Plenty of real world examples serve to drive key points home. Good deal for those looking to learn the basics very quickly but also provides insight into more sophisticated theory.

Updated Second Edition.......1999-05-24

This second edition has been greatly expanded with materials on the mechanics of the foreign exchange and options markets. The sections on the international monetary system have been updated, especially with respect to the European monetary system. New sections have been added on exotic currency options, specifically on barriers, average rate, basket and quantos options. There are two new chapters, one on currency option applications and another on currency overlay management.

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Are rent controls and zoning regulations unconstitutional? Should the Supreme Court strike down the Endangered Species Act when its administration interferes with the use of private property? These questions are currently debated under the doctrine of regulatory takings, and William Fischel's book offers a new perspective on the issue.

Regulatory Takings argues that the issue is not so much about the details of property law as it is about the fairness of politics. The book employs jurisprudential theories, economic analysis, historical investigation, and political science to show why local land use regulations, such as zoning and rent control, deserve a higher degree of judicial scrutiny than national regulations. Unlike other books on this topic, Regulatory Takings goes beyond case law to buttress its arguments. Its reality checks range from reviews of statistical evidence to local inquiries about famous takings cases such as Pennsylvania Coal v. Mahon and Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Commission. The gap between legal theory and on-the-ground practice is one reason that Fischel investigates alternative means of protecting property rights.

Local governments are often deterred from unfairly regulating portable assets by their owners' threat of "exit" from the jurisdiction. State and federal government regulations are disciplined by property-owner coalitions whose "voice" is clearly audible in the statehouses and in Congress.

Constitutional courts need to preserve their resources for use in areas in which politics is loaded against the property owner. Regulatory Takings advances an economic standard to decide when a local regulation crosses the border from legitimate police power to a taking that requires just compensation for owners who are adversely affected.

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Excellent, and more readable than Book List suggests........1997-03-03

Fischel is an economist, and a member of his local zoning board. He also writes smoothly, unlike an economist, and knows a lot of stories. He has done original research into some of the celebrated cases of property and takings, and provides information and analysis that cannot be found anywhere else in the genre.

His scope is limited to land use issues. He does not take up wetlands, endangered species, or the fights over the public lands of the West. On the land use issues, though, his analysis is supurb.

I regard this book as indispensable for anyone seriously interested in the current controversies over property rights.

-- James V. DeLong is the author of PROPERTY MATTERS: HOW PROPERTY RIGHTS ARE UNDER ASSAULT - AND WHY YOU SHOULD CARE, published by the Free Press in March 1997.

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Regulatory Takings: Law, Economics and Politics. (book reviews): An article from: Southern Economic Journal
Gordon Tullock
Manufacturer: Southern Economic Association
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B00096LZ4A
Release Date: 2005-07-28

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This digital document is an article from Southern Economic Journal, published by Southern Economic Association on July 1, 1996. The length of the article is 581 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Regulatory Takings: Law, Economics and Politics. (book reviews)
Author: Gordon Tullock
Publication: Southern Economic Journal (Refereed)
Date: July 1, 1996
Publisher: Southern Economic Association
Volume: v63 Issue: n1 Page: p286(1)

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Regulatory Takings: Law, Economics, and Politics. (book reviews): An article from: Issues in Science and Technology

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Regulatory Takings: Law, Economics, and Politics. (book reviews): An article from: Issues in Science and Technology
Rutherford H. Platt
Manufacturer: National Academy of Sciences
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from Issues in Science and Technology, published by National Academy of Sciences on December 22, 1995. The length of the article is 2186 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Regulatory Takings: Law, Economics, and Politics. (book reviews)
Author: Rutherford H. Platt
Publication: Issues in Science and Technology (Refereed)
Date: December 22, 1995
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
Volume: v12 Issue: n2 Page: p85(5)

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Regulatory Takings: Law, Economics, and Politics. (book reviews): An article from: Michigan Law Review

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Regulatory Takings: Law, Economics, and Politics. (book reviews): An article from: Michigan Law Review
Richard A. Epstein
Manufacturer: Michigan Law Review Association
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from Michigan Law Review, published by Michigan Law Review Association on May 1, 1996. The length of the article is 8258 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Regulatory Takings: Law, Economics, and Politics. (book reviews)
Author: Richard A. Epstein
Publication: Michigan Law Review (Refereed)
Date: May 1, 1996
Publisher: Michigan Law Review Association
Volume: 94 Issue: n6 Page: 1758-1775

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The Ernst Schering Workshop on Chemokine Roles in Immunoregulation and Disease, with contributions by leading experts in the field, succinctly summarizes cutting-edge research in immunology, protein chemistry, and disease. This book gives an up-to-date overview of important developments in immunology with a concise, state-of-the-art review of chemokines. It is a time-saving reference for both researchers and students, providing fast and easy access to the latest information in this important area of research.

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Daily Warm-Ups Earth Science
Walch Publishing
Manufacturer: Walch Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Spiral-bound
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Daily Warm-ups For Earth Science (Daily Warm-Ups Science Series Ser)

The Earth Science Book: Activities for Kids

ASIN: 082514454X

Book Description

Unearth the wonders of geology, minerals, meteorology, oceanography, and more—instantly!

Grade Level: 9-12

Turns downtime into learning time

Includes 180 quick activities that need little or no prep time

Provides a great way to introduce new ideas, review key facts and concepts, or brush up on skills

Offers a rock-solid foundation in the principles of earth science

Spiral-bound for easy copying

Formerly titled Mini-Activities for Earth Science

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Very Useful.......2007-09-09

Although some of the exercises are a little too easy for my high schoolers, the majority of the tasks have become very useful.

Daily Warm-ups For Earth Science (Daily Warm-Ups Science Series Ser)

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Daily Warm-ups For Earth Science (Daily Warm-Ups Science Series Ser)
Robert G. Hoehn
Manufacturer: J.W. Walch Publisher
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0825143624

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Quantum coherence is a phenomenon that plays a crucial role in various forms of matter. The thriving field of quantum information as well as unconventional approaches to use mesoscopic systems in future optoelectronic devices provide the exciting background for this set of lectures. The lectures originate from the well-known Schladming Winter Schools and are carefully edited so as to address a broad readership ranging from the beginning graduate student up to the senior scientist wanting to keep up with or to enter newly emerging fields of research.

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The complete extant correspondence between a key fin-de-siècle intellectual and one of the most revered poets of the twentieth century.

He would become one of the most important poets of the twentieth century; she was the über-muse of Europe's turn-of-the-century thinkers and artists. In this never-before-translated collection of letters spanning almost thirty years, the poet Rainer Maria Rilke and Lou Andreas-Salomé, a writer and intellectual fourteen years his senior, pen a relationship that moves from that of lovers to that of mentor and protégé, to that of deepest personal and literary allies. From the time of their first meeting and consequent affair to Rilke's death in 1926, Rilke and Salomé reeled through extremes of love, pain, annoyance, desire, and need—yet guided each other in one of the most fruitful artistic exchanges in twentieth-century literature. Despite illness, distance, and emotional and psychological pain, they managed to cultivate, through strikingly honest prose, an enduring and indispensable friendship, a decades-long heartfelt dialogue that encompassed love, art, and the imagination. 16 pages of illustrations.

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Strange and intimate.......2007-06-27

Wow!! It lets you inside so much intimacy and thoughts. A great read and an interesting learning experience.

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