Corporate Strategies to Internationalise the Cost Fo Capital (Copenhagen Studies in Economics & Management)

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The focus of this book is to illustrate successful strategies employed by Nordic firms to internationalize their cost of capital. Some of the case studies capture solutions for companies resident in highly regulated, segmented, and illiquid capital markets. Other case studies illustrate solutions for companies resident in the deregulated, nearly unsegmented capital markets of today. Managers of companies resident in emerging markets should find the first category of cases to be instructive models, whereas managers of companies resident in the OECD countries should find the latter category of companies more relevant for their current decisions. In addition to the case studies, the book analyses the transition of the Nordic markets from being highly regulated and segmented to becoming a well integrated part of the global equity market. This includes the interplay among managers, regulators, and investors. The book also shows how investors world-wide can benefit from portfolio investment in foreign stocks. It also illustrates the stock market's reaction to an announcement of an equity issue to be placed abroad. Finally, the book presents the conceptual foundation for a firm to internationalize its cost of capital. The book is of great interest to actors on financial markets but also useful in courses on finance and industrial organization. Furthermore, the content of the book is a research contribution. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Nordic Equity Markets in Transition The Role of Foreign and Domestic Investors Nordic Strategies to Internationalize the Cost of Capital While Maintaining Control Strategies of Danish corporations Strategies of Finnish corporations Strategies of Norwegian corporations Strategies of Swedish corporations Index

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Title: Energy at the Crossroads: Global Perspectives and Uncertainties.(Why Carbon Fuels Will Dominate the 21st Century's Global Energy Economy; Scarcity and Growth Considering Oil and Energy: An Alternative NeoClassical View; Energy: The Master Resource: An Introduction to the History, Technology, Economics, and Public Policy of Energy; The Oil Supply Dilemma: The Financial Positions and Investment Needs of Major Oil Exporters Special Report)(Book Review)
Author: Richard L. Gordon
Publication: The Energy Journal (Refereed)
Date: June 1, 2005
Publisher: International Association for Energy Economics
Volume: 26 Issue: 3 Page: 122(13)

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Photopolarimetric remote sensing is vital in fields as diverse as medical diagnostics, astrophysics, atmospheric science, environmental monitoring and military intelligence. The areas considered here include: radiative transfer; dynamic systems; backscatter polarization; biological systems; astrophysical phenomena; comets; and instrumentation. Subtopics include observational information including determining morphology and chemistry, light-scattering models, and characterization methodologies. While this introductory text highlights the latest advances in this multi-disciplinary topic, is also a reference guide for the advanced researcher.

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This book presents an overview of the basic concepts, methods and applications of nonlinear low-dimensional solid-state physics based on the Frenkel--Kontorova model and its generalizations. It allows a nonspecialist to acquire foundations in the interdisciplinary concepts and methods of both solid-state physics and nonlinear science. It covers many important topics such as the nonlinear dynamics of discrete systems, the dynamics of solitons and their interaction, commensurate and incommensurate systems, statistical mechanics of nonlinear systems, ratchets, and nonequilibrium dynamics of interacting many-body systems. Also treated are the principal nonlinear equations along with the properties of their localized solutions and methods for their analysis.

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Excellent overview !.......2004-04-20

In sciences, "simple" low-dimensional models are often called into play to understand and clarify fundamental processes involved in complicated physical phenomena. Universal models which can be applied to illustrate a variety of effects of different physical origin are rare and, therefore, they are of CRUCIAL importance.
Recently, with respect to this, Frenkel-Kontorova type models have attracted so much attention for their ability to describe a broad spectrum of phenomena of distinct physical origin as, for example, fundamental aspects in tribology and mass transport, Josephson transmission lines, DNA dynamics, charge-density waves, commensurable-incommensurable phase transitions and so on. It is possible to count almost 200 publications, in the last 5 years only, in the most relevant scientific journals related to Frenkel-Kontorova models.
Braun and Kivshar are undoubtedly internationally famous specialists in Solid State Physics and Nonlinear Physics of discrete dynamical systems, and their book represents certainly a comprehensive and exhaustive treatment (from fundamentals to recent and advanced developments) of the subject. Describing fundamental concepts and theoretical procedures of nonlinear dynamics, related numerical techniques and methods, down to possible experimental and technological applications based on this intriguing model and its generalizations, this book suits both the needs of students and beginners as well as the requests of most experienced researchers wishing to be acquainted with new and complementary aspects in this field. The table of contents, together with an up to date list of references, shows at first glance the comprehensiveness of the treatment.
Personally, as an active researcher in this field, I would highly recommend the book to both graduate students and any much more experienced scientist who is working or just interested in nonlinear dynamics and condensed matter modeling.

The definitive reference on the subject.......2004-04-13

As an active researcher on this field, I find this book will become THE reference. The authors, with over 20 years of experience themselves, take you from the basics to the current hot topics. Their coverage is certainly exhaustive, with an up to date list of 876 references. All aspects of the Frenkel-Kontorova/sine-Gordon model are discussed, from statistical mechanics to the effect of forces through the thermal version. The mathematical details are provided but also commented upon in extent for the reader to grasp their implications. One point I particularly liked is that the connection between Frenkel-Kontorova and sine-Gordon is always kept in mind along the book, a point that had been an obscure one for me when touching upon different aspects of the problem. The chapter on applications helps make the link between the different disguises of the model. Finally, I do believe the book will be useful for a more general audience interested in nonlinear problems beyond those discussed, as most of the techniques and viewpoints apply in general. All in all, a must for researchers in nonlinear science and condensed matter models, and an excellent way to introduce oneself to this subject for anybody beginning to work on it, as no background is assumed.

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A Great Romp through Cons and Cult TV Fans

Four and a half stars, actually -- very funny in parts

Fun reading

Meg, Queen of the Jungle

Not a Conventional Murder

We'll Always Have Parrots (A Meg Langslow Mystery)
Donna Andrews
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Release Date: 2006-02-07

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Meg Langslow knew the fan convention for her actor-boyfriend's hit television series was going to be the ultimate in weird. But she came along because she figured Michael could use an occasional dose of sanity-and because it was an inspired place to sell her hand-crafted weapons. And so far, she was dealing pretty well with the costumed fans camped outside, the batch of escaped parrots and monkeys frolicking throughout the hotel...and the minefield of egos lurking behind the show's success.

But soon after Meg goes head-to-head with egomaniacal series star Tamerlaine Wynncliffe-Jones, the "Queen B" turns up brutally murdered. Now, with Michael in the running as prime suspect, Meg will go up against an all-star cast of not-even-innocent parties, hidden identities, and buried motives. And she'll cross swords with a deviously obsessed murderer determined to write her out of this picture for good.

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A Great Romp through Cons and Cult TV Fans.......2007-07-01

When I read the previous book to this one, "Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon", I loved everything about the book and worried that it was just because heroine Meg was in a world I adored (computer game development) and her boyfriend was far away. This latest installment sets my fears to rest. Michael is fully back in the picture here, and the story couldn't be better. In fact he's front and center, as his acting career in the cult TV series "Porfiria, Queen of the Jungle" has brought the dynamic duo to an east coast convention for the weekend. Now, I happen to love sci-fi conventions just as much as I love computer games, so it could be the setting again being a fantastic one, but if author Donna Andrews keeps turning out books like this, I'll be happy for years to come.

Just as with pretty much any TV cast set, the actors and actresses have their quirks. There are romantic entanglements in their past, bitter feuds, issues with money, love, family, you name it. None of this comes across as bizarre - it's all quite natural, given the egos involved in many Hollywood situations. The main character, Porfiria, ends up dead only a short while through the con, and of course pretty much everybody is a suspect. I found Meg's reasons for interfering to be a little less compelling than in previous books, though. She wants to clear Michael as a suspect? Heck, he's no more suspected than anybody else. I would believe it more if the book mentioned the many previous mysteries she'd solved and at least gave her some interest in the process. Instead, she vaguely hints at her father's mystery books. It's almost as if they want us to believe, with each subsequent book in the series that it's the very first murder Meg has ever seen. Where, in reality, she seems to attract death like honey attracts bears.

That aside, though, the book is great. Meg's sword-making skills fall right in line with sci-fi convention wares, and the characters are interesting and fun. The book easily pegs the behavior of many avid sci-fi fans. In fact, Donna was a little low key and lenient in some areas :) At a real con, putting out a fresh spread of food and beverage would cause a trampling :)

I do want to comment that in the previous book Meg was eyeing with interest one of the hunky co-workers at her office - and in this book she's eyeing with interest other guys. It's fine and good to say that Meg is allowed to have open eyes and appreciate human beauty, but it is starting to seem that any time a well built guy shows up, she is pondering in her mind "If only I didn't have Michael, I could have enjoyed him ..."

On the other hand, Meg and Michael have both matured SO much since the first books that I'm hard put to really complain about this minor quirk. Yes, it irks me a bit - but in general Meg has a great combination of tolerance, headstrong interest, intelligence and an ability to take care of herself that I really enjoy her.

I really do recommend reading the previous books to understand the whole background on Spike, Michael and the other characters - it makes the tiny moments really rich in layers of meaning.

Highly recommended!

Four and a half stars, actually -- very funny in parts.......2005-05-10

Donna Andrews is a favorite of mine because of her humor -- her books are full of burst out laughing lines and situations. This book is no exception. The setting is a "con" -- a convention of fans of a Xena-type television show. Her detective Meg (also a blacksmith who makes decorative items, swords, etc. -- not a shoer of horses blacksmith) has a boyfriend with a role in the show so she's there with a vendor's booth and her boyfriend. The convention is zany, with most of the attendees dressed as characters in the show, and the conveners have decorated the hotel to look like a jungle, complete with parrots and monkeys. Unfortunately, the parrots and monkeys get out of their cages, and to judge from this book, there are a lot of parrots and monkeys loose in the hotel, causing chaos with their stealing (the monkeys) and imitating sounds (the parrots). The Xena-type character, Porfiria, is disliked thoroughly by everyone on the show -- she's a Queen B, and I don't mean bee. Someone gets murdered, and Meg is the first one to find the body. She begins her own little investigation in this crazy little world (the Porfiria con goes on).

I don't think this is Andrews' best, but it's still well worth a read. It made me want to go to one of these cons to see if they're really as zany as the one she describes. I think anyone who has attended one of these will find this book particularly funny.

Fun reading.......2005-04-21

Although this is a part of a series, each book in this series can stand alone. Meg is a superb character. She is funny and sensible and has a hilarious family. Michael her boyfriend is just as funny with a very dry wit.

In this book Meg has decided to try to sell some of her swords while Michael caters to his fans of a show he's on. When the Queen Bee is found dead and Michael is suspect; Meg has to solve the mystery.

This is a funny book that made me laugh. It is a quick moving read. Well worth the money.

Enjoy.

Meg, Queen of the Jungle.......2005-03-22

Hoping to sell some of her swords and daggers to an sf/f crowd, Meg has accompanied her actor/drama teacher boyfriend, Michael, to a fan convention for the cheesy sf TV series he stars on, "Porphyria: Queen of the Jungle". Michael, who plays Mephisto, the mercenary wizard on the series, has a slightly more difficult agenda then playing the genial star for adoring fans--he is hoping to get the tyrannical star of the series, Tammerlaine Wyncliffe-Jones, to modify his contract so he won't lose his teaching job. However, when the "Queen Bee" is found murdered, Michael (and Meg) have a different problem: keeping Michael out of jail.
Another triumph for Donna Andrews featuring her best-drawn villain to date. Although this isn't the first murder mystery set at an sf/f convention, this is the first one I've read where the author genuinely likes the phenomena and views both the fans and the conventions with humor and sympathy. SF/F fans like me will certainly see themselves and recognize the situations Meg encounters and the people she meets. Although Meg's eccentric family are not much in evidence, the colorful character quota is more than filled by the fans and Michael's co-stars on the TV show.
Readers who have been following the series will enjoy this new addition. Readers who are new to the series should buy this book and immediately acquire the rest of Andrews' Meg Langslow series at once.

Not a Conventional Murder.......2004-07-09

Meg isn't thrilled to be spending the weekend at the convention for Porfiria, the TV show that boyfriend Michael stars in. This year's festivities have been enhanced by the addition of monkeys and parrots, which have escaped from their cages and are wandering the hotel at random. Meg is hoping to make some money off her swords in the dealer room to keep the weekend from being a complete loss.

All that's before the star of the show is murdered. Nicknamed the QB (which doesn't stand for Queen Bee), there isn't a person who works on the show who didn't have some beef with her. Despite protests that she's not going to get involved, Meg begins collecting clues. But can she follow them back to the real killer before the convention ends?

If you are at all familiar with the books in the Meg Langslow series, you know to expect plenty of antics along with your mystery. This book is no exception. Donna Andrews pokes gentle fun at fandom with some of the over the top antics. I grinned and laughed my way through the entire book. At the same time, there's a great mystery. While it takes a while to get going, it is a cleverly plotted story with several nice twists before the ending.

Donna Andrews continues to set the bar high for herself. How she manages to juggle everything she puts in these stories is beyond me. But they are a fun ride none-the-less. If you love humorous mysteries, be sure to check this series out.

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