Core Concepts of Government and Not-for-Profit Accounting

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Not enough examples!.......2005-09-21

There is a lot of good information in the book, there are just not enough examples. I like to learn by actually seeing the sample journal entries. In my opinion, there weren't nearly enough of them. I would not have purchased this book except that it was required for my accounting class.

Website to Accompany Core Concepts of Government a Nd Not-for-Profit Accounting, 1e

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Website to Accompany Core Concepts of Government a Nd Not-for-Profit Accounting, 1e
GRANOF
Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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A vast theoretical and empirical literature in corporate finance considers the interrelationships of corporate governance, takeovers, management turnover, corporate performance, corporate capital structure, and corporate ownership structure. Most of the studies look at two variables at a time. In this book, Sanjai Bhagat and Richard Jefferis argue that from an econometric viewpoint, the proper way to study the relationship between any two of these variables is to set up a system of simultaneous equations that specifies the relationships among the six variables. The specification and estimation of such a system of simultaneous equations, however, is nontrivial.

The authors illustrate their argument with a discussion of the impact of corporate anti-takeover measures on takeovers and managerial job-tenure. During the past two decades, an overwhelming majority of publicly held US corporations have adopted anti-takeover measures. The authors show that, contrary to expectation, defense measures are ineffective in preventing takeovers and the frequency of CEO departures is unrelated to takeover defenses. At firms with poison pill defenses, however, there is a statistically significant relationship between management turnover and company performance.

Equity Ownership and Performance: An Empirical Study of German Traded Companies (Contributions to Economics)

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Equity Ownership and Performance: An Empirical Study of German Traded Companies (Contributions to Economics)
Kerstin Groß
Manufacturer: Physica-Verlag Heidelberg
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 3790819336

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The basis of all corporate governance considerations is the effect of ownership structure on company performance. While the effects of ownership structure were hypothesized and studied multiple times, previous analyses neglected the endogeneity issue between ownership and performance as well as between different ownership dimensions themselves. Consequently, they failed to yield consistent results.

The empirical studies presented in this book model the endogeneity by applying the simultaneous equations methodology on the relation of ownership and financial performance as well as on different ownership dimensions themselves. Its final model comprises a four equations system containing performance, general ownership concentration, managerial and institutional ownership.

This approach allows more precise findings and is capable of tracing the different observed ownership effects back to their real origin, which will give much impetus to corporate governance researchers and practitioners.

Class struggle inside the firm: A study of German codetermination (Research Division working papers)

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Class struggle inside the firm: A study of German codetermination (Research Division working papers)
Gary Gorton
Manufacturer: Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0006RI10S

The Econometrics of Corporate Governance Studies

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The Econometrics of Corporate Governance Studies
Richard H. Jefferis, Jr. S. Bhagat
Manufacturer: The MIT Press
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OR1UBC

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The Econometrics of Corporate Governance Studies
Sanjai Bhagat
Manufacturer: The MIT Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OQV31U

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The Little Book of Slugs arose out of the Centre for Alternative Technology's Bug-the-Slug campaign. It collects over 70 different organic solutions to the slug problem, distilled from over 300 professional and leisure gardeners. As well as organic methods to combat the slug, it includes details of slug lifestyles, habits and eating preferences, and information on reported problems associated with chemical controls.

Little Greenish-Brown Book of Slugs (Little Red Books)

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Little Greenish-Brown Book of Slugs (Little Red Books)
Arsenal Pulp Press , and Corbel
Manufacturer: Arsenal Pulp Press
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Binding: Paperback

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The Little Book of Slugs
Allan and Galant, Suzanne Shepherd
Manufacturer: New Society Pub
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: B000J37VPK

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This book presents the proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns, CAIP '95, held in Prague, Czech Republic in September 1995.The volume presents 61 full papers and 75 posters selected from a total of 262 submissions and thus gives a comprehensive view on the state-of-the-art in computer analysis of images and patterns, research, design, and advanced applications. The papers are organized in sections on invariants, segmentation and grouping, optical flow, model recovery and parameter estimation, low level vision, motion detection, structure and matching, active vision and shading, human face recognition, calibration, contour, and sessions on applications in diverse areas.

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The book presents the method of difference potentials first proposed by the author in 1969 and contains illustrative examples and new algorithms for solving applied problems of gas dynamics, diffraction, scattering theory, and active noise screening. The fundamentals of the method are described in Parts I-III and its applications in Parts IV-VIII. To get acquainted with the basic ideas of the method, it suffices to study the Introduction. After this, each of the Parts VI-VIII can be read independently. The book is intended for specialists in the field of computational mathematics and the theory of differential and integral equations, as well as for graduate students of related specialities.

Method of Difference Potentials and Its Applications.

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Method of Difference Potentials and Its Applications.

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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000IBF6RI

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Method of Difference Potentials and Its Applications.
Viktor S. Ryaben'kii
Manufacturer: Ryaben'kii, Viktor S. Method of Difference Potentials and Its Applications. (Springer Series in Computational Mathematics 30.) NY: Springer, 2002. Hardcover. 538pp. Fine condition with bookplate.
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000TAGXCK

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Another dachshund tale about one rescued dachshund bent upon mischief as he travels, his "rescued" friends and their stories, and his new brother, also a rescued dachshund.

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The Essential Guide to All the World's Tanks and Combat Vehicles

A fully illustrated encyclopaedia of all modern military vehicles in service today. Includes tanks, personnel carriers, reconnaissance vehicles; self-propelled guns and self-propelleled anti-aircraft systems.

- Technical data for over 200 vehicles
- Recognition features
- Line drawings
-Over 1000 photographs

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Who is the audience?.......2005-05-20

I'll confess being an early purchaser of most books Christopher Foss admits to authoring. In the fast changing world of military hardware - very few books can compete with the Jane's information series - and working as a computer modeler in combat simulations - these quick references are a must when my client (US Army) wants to see a "what if"...

As a retired Army Intel Officer who provided Order of Battle information from various sources and means for a good many years - I find the book lacking - as said by others - complete classes of weapons systems - errors - and critical data for those of us who want to know as much as can be learned.

For those who cannot have or afford access to more complete or classified data - this book fills a big information hole for the perpetually curious. It's best value is that of a starter book for those who formulate their opinions based on awareness of how lethal the world remains. Many people have an absolute interest - or need to recognize how nations defend themselves - and with what and from whom!

For the military professional - the guide's short-comings on poor editing, weapons potential - maintenance problems, rate of fire - et al... may disappoint my technical intelligence friends - and still leave average readers bored silly with uninteresting detail. One might find this book in competition with military database sites on the Web.

The Web offers many sites with staggering amounts of data. I find many websites hard to use - other than (for) quick look-ups - some sites having poor internal search engines - some are not up to date - others expouse political agendas I'd rather not support - or have as many if not more incorrect data than does this book! (Welcome to the world of intelligence!).

Viewed as an entry level guide to a very complex subject - one can come away from this book with a great appreciation of the staggering size of the international arms industry, the great proliferation of arms, and the technical innovations that drives fierce competition between countries and manufacturers - not only for technical superiority - but for international sales (= survival of arms manufacturers). Jane's has had great commercial success with this series - and for good reason. It delivers broad appeal to a wide audience.

Good marks for:
1. Color photographs in later published versions
2. List of countries who have systems in service
3. Good readability
4. Provides a fairly accurate history of where older weapons "go to die" or get new leases on life with modernization efforts.
5. Attractive packaging for a broad commercial audience.
6. A very affordable price - compared to what else is available.

What were they thinking - when:

1. They left out complete battlefield operating systems - such as track mounted AD weaponry, etc
2. Some embarassing editing errors mentioned in great detail by other reviewers.
3. They mixed paramilitary and police equipment (riot control and police vehicles) with military vehicle categories. Put 'em in their own chapters.

Buy the book and be as critical or satisfied as you want. Jane's markets this to a very wide audience - with a large diversity of wants, needs and desires. Not as cheap as going to the web for data - but a good pocket reference for the military reader.

OK, but lacking.......2004-11-24

Good stuff, but some Combat Vehicles are missing: no Anti Aircraft vehicles, no tracked self-propelled artillery, like the USA MLRS system. Pity.

Excellent Resource, However not as advertised!.......2004-07-23

Just recently picked up the 2002 edition of this book (current edition as above). Great reference book for anyone interested in modern AFV's.

However, there is a major omission, as the book states it contains Self Propelled Anti-Aircraft systems, but they are not included in the book. An obvious error that should be corrected either by including them in a future edition, or removing mention of them being included on the back cover (2000 edition also has this same error).

Only reason for the 3 star rating. Otherwise the book is well worth the price, and has a mountain of detailed info, statistics, color photos & diagrams on most all of the AFV's being used around the world today.

It's got the stuff!.......2003-08-30

If you are looking for up-to-date information on the tanks of the world, then this book is for you. You will even find information on the minor tanks of the world, not just the major countries equipment. Spend the money and get the scoop.

Great book.......2002-04-07

This book is the best book I ever read aboud tanks the book contain some of the newest tanks in the world such as the M1A2,
Leopard 2,Mercava Mk 3, T-90 and more.
The book contain a picture of the tank and its technical data. The book contain 447 pure pages about tanks weapons carriers self propelled guns and much more.

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The increasing exploitation of the planet has become the subject of ever more frequent debates on the limits of growth and development. However until now studies have dealt primarily with the technological aspects. Is it truly possible to deal with the excesses of our civilization without lending attention to the psychological dimension? Luigi Zoja argues that the crux of the problem is not, surely, to be found in encounters with external limits; we must also and primarily be aware of a principle of self-limitation that we have to exercise if unchecked growth is not to turn cancerous.

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This collection showcases some of naturalist M. Krishnan's finest essays: on large mammals, little creatures, nature in temple art and folklore, nature's desecration and conservation. The writings are speculative, scientific, and acid in their wit. Krishnan was also a scholar of Tamil literature and an authority on representations of nature in art and poetry.

Nature's Spokesman: M. Krishnan and Indian Wildlife

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Nature's Spokesman: M. Krishnan and Indian Wildlife
M. Krishnan
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OKRYPU

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