Development in Financial Reporting by Multinationals (New Library of International Accounting)

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This volume is concerned with financial reporting issues resulting from the growth and spread of multinational corporations.

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The failure of current mechanisms to either predict the collapse of various companies or curb corrupt practises has kept the subject of external reporting to the fore. Is Fair Value Fair? Financial Reporting in an International Perspective contains contributions from many highly-respected individuals involved in external reporting, regulation and standard setting. Their contributions discuss the future of

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Current trends are discussed, as are ways in which the current regulatory environment could be improved.

With the new IFRS regulations coming into force in 2005, financial reporting is set toface radical changes. Is Fair Value Fair? fully prepares readers for these changes and is an invaluable tool for corporate financiers and institutional investors with an interest in the regulatory environment.

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"The failure of current mechanisms to either predict the collapse of various companies or curb corrupt practises has kept the subject of external reporting to the fore. Is Fair Value Fair? Financial Reporting in an International Perspective contains contributions from many highly-respected individuals involved in external reporting, regulation and standard setting. Their contributions discuss the future of: -regulation -application of standards -supervision -audit Current trends are discussed, as are ways in which the current regulatory environment could be improved. The new IFRS regulations coming into force in 2005 are set to radically change the various methods of financial reporting. Is Fair Value Fair? fully prepares readers for these changes and is an invaluable tool for corporate financiers and institutional investors with an interest in the regulatory environment. "

Financial Reporting and Taxation.(Conferences): An article from: NBER Reporter

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Financial Reporting and Taxation.(Conferences): An article from: NBER Reporter
Gale Reference Team
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Measuring and explaining the quality of Internet investor relations activities: a multinational empirical analysis [An article from: International Journal of Accounting Information Systems]

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Measuring and explaining the quality of Internet investor relations activities: a multinational empirical analysis [An article from: International Journal of Accounting Information Systems]
L. Bollen , H. Hassink , and G. Bozic
Manufacturer: Elsevier
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This digital document is a journal article from International Journal of Accounting Information Systems, published by Elsevier in 2006. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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This study extends prior research on the use of the Internet for investor relations (IR) activities by investigating the quality determinants of IR websites. Detailed data on IR website characteristics were collected for 270 companies located in six countries (Australia, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, South Africa and the UK). The results of the descriptive part of this study show that the IR section of its website is an established element in a company's Internet presence as, on average, over half of the 29 IR characteristics were found on the corporate websites. Based on the univariate and multivariate analysis, the variables proxying for company size, level of internationalization (foreign listing and foreign revenue), proportion of shares available to individual investors and disclosure environment are significantly related to the extent of IR activities on the Internet. Also, evidence is found of a significant effect for the level of technology (industry) and the growth rate (ratio of market value to book value) of a company, an effect which for both variables is negative. The results of the study indicate that studies on the use of the Internet for IR activities may benefit from the use of a detailed measure of website quality.

An introduction to financial control and reporting in multinational enterprises (Studies in international business)

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An introduction to financial control and reporting in multinational enterprises (Studies in international business)
Kathleen Luft
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The Manager's Pocket Guide to Motivating Employees Shawn Doyle

Hundreds of reports and statistics prove that a motivating workplace is essential to the success of an organization. This practical guide concisely outlines the steps to creating and maintaining a fun, energized, and highly motivating work environment where employees want to work—and stay.

The author believes a smart manager can get 60% of workers to work harder. If a staggering increase in your productivity sounds good, The Manager's Pocket Guide to Motivating Employees is for you.

The book inspires managers to accept their responsibility to foster motivation in the workplace. And it makes what they need to do to fulfill their important role simple and understandable.

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A Arte de Motivar [The Management Guide to Motivating]
Kate Keenan
Manufacturer: audible.com
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A series which makes management seem simple. Small books which show how best to manage yourself your time and your business. these guides show how best to get more done in the time available develop skills and attitudes to meet challenges increase happiness and productivity create highly motivated people get to grips with planning and select the right people for the right job.

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MOOving.......2001-03-06

David Lill's picture book reveals not only the personalities of cows but of the Brown Swiss breed itself. They are attention-loving almost to the point of being pests. His pictures capture the connection that farmers of this breed cannot help but make with their herd. The animals transform you. They work on your soul every minute that you are with them and whether you want to or not, you come to love them. Each animal has its own personality and each one reminds you of people you know or situations you've been in. Brown Swiss are living "Farsides." I bought one for each of my 11 brothers and sisters. We grew up on a Brown Swiss dairy farm in Wisconsin. I didn't need to write a personal note to each brother or sister because David Lill's pictures speak for themselves.

MOOving.......2001-03-06

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Trust is an elusive concept, meaning different things to different people, and so needs to be clearly defined. By focusing on relations within and between firms, Bart Nooteboom undertakes to produce a clearer definition of trust and its role in the economy.

Trust, now available in paperback, deals with a range of questions such as: what are the roles of trust? What can we trust in? Can trust serve as an instrument for the governance of relations? Is trust a substitute, a precondition or an outcome of contracts? The author then goes on to analyze what trust is based on, what its limits are, how it grows and how it can also break down. The role of intermediaries is also discussed.

Bart Nooteboom argues that trust goes beyond calculative self-interest and that blind, unconditional trust is unwise. He then examines the paradox of how trust can be non-calculative and yet not blind. The book also reveals ways to measure and model trust, its antecedents and its consequences.

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In Flying through the Years: A Trilogy of Short Tours and a Collection of Short Stories, Bob Lanzotti provides his memoirs as an Army helicopter pilot during three overseas tours, all conducted during the turbulent decade of the sixties. Each tour, one to Korea and two to Vietnam, contains at least a score of short stories. Lanzotti begins with his often humorous reflections as a fledgling new aviator in Korea. As the book progresses, so too does Lanzotti's aviator experience level and job responsibilities, culminating with his command of the Crimson Tide, a Chinook unit within the 1st Cavalry Airmobile Division. His stories recurrently pay well earned homage to the achievements of the men he served and flew with during what he recalls as his greatest adventure.

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Flying High.......2005-04-05

This book is a piece of the puzzle in trying to understand Vietnam. It's important that you read what the veterans have to say about their experiences, because you cannot rely on press accounts from the era nor on press flashbacks to Vietnam, which always highlight the negative. That is not to say that Lanzotti wrote a political treatise. No, it's an intensely personal story that captures the essence of the hard work and dedication of serving in uniform during a time of war.

The bonus is the collection of delightful stories that will give you chills in some places, laughs in others. I particularly liked the tale of losing the engine on an OH-13 helicopter (think M*A*S*H) on the Puget Sound coastline near Seattle and landing to a happy, funny ending on the beach.

But that one was for laughs. More important is the theme that carries every story, the idea that a band of brothers will fly hard, work hard, fight hard, laugh hard, and even sometimes die hard for a noble cause.

John Harriman, author of Delta Force

Aviation, Army style........2004-02-10

I found this book an enjoyable, light and easy read. FLYING THROUGH THE YEARS by LTC Bob LANZOTTI, 228th ASH Bn, is a chronological collection of short stories from three tours, one to Korea and two to Vietnam. The 'Crimson Tide' vet writes with a dash of humor blended well with recall and camaraderie that makes this book a quick read. FLYING THROUGH THE YEARS definitely gets a thumbs-up from me.

Hank Llewellyn, Correspondent/SABER,1st Cavalry Div. Assoc.

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The first of Aletta Jacobs's major works available in English, Memories introduces American readers to a remarkable woman-a key Dutch feminist who herself broke new ground, and who worked alongside world-renowned leaders in the progressive movements of the early twentieth century.

Aletta Jacobs learned to lvoe the medical profession from her physician father, who took her on his rounds. Despite a sex-segregated education system, she became the nations's first woman to earn a medical degree. Jacobs's experiences as a doctor led her to pioneering health care reforms for prostitutes and saleswomen, as well as campaigns for the acceptance and availability of reliable birth control.

Aletta Jacob's career included equally remarkable achievements in the international woman's suffrage and peace movements, where she worked closely with U.S. activists Jane Addams and Carrie Chapman Catt. Jacobs and Catt made frequent lecture tours together, culminating in a tour of Africa and Asia that combined avid sightseeing with speaking engagements in every country they visited.

In Memories, Jacobs recounts all of these experiences, and spiritedly imparts her opinions-such as her disdain for the customs that restricted women to theater balcony seats and chastised them for walking alone at night. By turns witty, impassioned, and poignant, Memories brings to life a time of enormous changes for women-and one of the women who helped bring about the changes.

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This is a look at the real Newt Gingrich as seen by a former colleague, close friend, and member of his staff. It is an inside view of Gingrich during his climb to power from his early training to his years as Speaker and leader of the Republican Party.

Steely reveals Gingrichs personal and political problems as well as his triumphs. His divorce and ethics problems are discussed, as well as his early campaign losses and the close call in 1990. Also, the necessary revolution leading to his rise in the party and the House, the development of New Inc. as well as his role in national elections and the reforms he brought to House GOP organization, the Conservative Opportunity Society, the whips office, to the Speakers office, and the House itself, and finally resignation.

Steely reveals a different Gingrich than the one presented by the media. We see a brilliant self-assured leader who is able to compartmentalize, redefine crisis, and see defeat as opportunity.

The book concludes with an exclusive interview with Gingrich outlining both his personal future and his vision for America in the twenty-first century.

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Much left out of Newt's Bio........2003-08-25

Let us face the facts. Mr. Gingrich is a hypocrite. While talking about how awful President Clinton was, Mr. Gingrich was fooling around behind his wife's back. None of this is included in this book so I am left to wonder what else is missing. A white wash of a book. I give it 2 stars for effort.

Not the Definitive Work.......2000-08-23

Followers of the career of Newt Gingrich will be disappointed by this biography. The book is at its best in describing the ins and outs of the local elections Newt fought and won in Georgia, with a lot of background information on each election. But the sections on Newt's Washington career are culled mostly from newspaper articles and interviews with some of the players in the Gingrich era that--surprisingly--add few insights into the nature and character of Gingrich. Steely's prose is often wooden and the numerous changes of tense are jarring. The text in fact at times reads more like a first draft manuscript than a polished biography. Gingrich is clearly the most influential Republican figure of the 1990's and political history demands a sweeping documentation of his career. We'll just have to wait for one.

Not the Definitive Work.......2000-08-23

A Remarkable Book about a Remarkable Statesman.......2000-04-17

Newt Gingrich is one of the more remarkable and misunderstood statemen in the history of the American Republic. He embodies in one man a genius for ideas and a genius for action.

The latter is not entirely belied by his fall from the pinnicle of power. In his short years as Speaker he accomplished much. He ended welfare as an entitlement. He turned chronic deficits into lasting surpluses. The man who was nominally in charge of the United States, Bill Clinton, is a cipher by comparison. History will show that the most influential politician of the 1990s was Speaker Gingrich.

He was hated by his enemies, whose power he had taken away. He was distrusted by his friends, to whom he gave power. That latter fact is the irony of Gingrich's triumph. Those who owed Gingrich everything in the end drove him from elected politics.

Nevertheless it may be comforting that the story of Newt Gingrich is not over yet. He continues in the private sector to do what he does so well, to drive ideas and foster change. If George W. Bush rises to the Presidency, he could do far worse than to offer the former Speaker a cabinet post. That certainly would make for an excellent second volume.

--Mark R. Whittington http://curmudgeons.blogspot.com/

Mel Steely his a homerun with this in depth study.......2000-03-24

In the Gentlemen from Georgia: The Biography of Newt Gingrich, University of West Georgia History professor Mel Steely profiles one of the most remarkable individuals to ever to serve the American public from Capital Hill.

I have known Mel Steely for over two decades as a friend, professor, Congressional intern, Campaign Aid & mentor. This book is something that many, including myself, have long wanted to see released.

Mel Steely, as Newt's most loyal and trusted aid, as well as an accomplished historian in his own right, is uniquely qualified to profile Newt Gingrich. Steely comments on the public Newt, the one that millions of Americans know from the portrayals of Dan Rather C-SPAN & CNN as well as the Newt that was rarely seen in public.

This story is compelling at so many levels. Newt was the only GOP candidate in the terrible GOP election year of Watergate to nearly knock off a 32 year incumbent Democratic. Later as a backbencher Newt earned a name for himself on C-SPAN as the intellectual hard charger to a bloated & corrupt Democratic Party with institutionalized power. Several times Newt nearly escaped political disaster with razor thin re-election margins both in the GOP Primary and the General election and at other times he was the most popular politician in Georgia. He quarterbacked the Contract with America and took back the House after 40 years of liberal Democratic control.

Uncluttered with the inside the beltway mentality that so often is the source for boiler plate political bios, this story is compelling because it was written by someone who really knows the man. Steely brings an academic objectivity combined with a personal experience that no other author could ever hope to match.

From the Social(ist) Science building on the University of West Georgia campus where Mel Steely has lectured students for the last quarter century, he became a lightning rod for the radical campus left. They could never accept that a young brash college professor of humble beginnings could become the leader of the Conservative movement in the United States and third in line to the U.S. President. In this hostile environment Mel served his students as well as his country and found for himself a most unique vantage point for the chronicle he was so uniquely suited to write.

Perhaps, one day, they may even rename that Social(ist) Science Building to Gingrich Hall in honor of the University's most famous professor, who later became a professor to all American people.

It would be a fitting commentary to the Psychology Department hippie commune and the Political Science true believers of Karl Marx to have to conduct their classes in such an environment.

This is a great book about a great man. I highly recommend it to anyone interested interested in government and the renewal of the Republican Party. I would even go so far to say it ought to be required reading for Political Science Students @ the University of West Georgia.

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This digital document is an article from Journal of Southern History, published by Southern Historical Association on November 1, 2001. The length of the article is 554 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: The Gentleman from Georgia: The Biography of Newt Gingrich. (Book Reviews).(Review)
Author: Bradley R. Rice
Publication: Journal of Southern History (Refereed)
Date: November 1, 2001
Publisher: Southern Historical Association
Volume: 67 Issue: 4 Page: 908(2)

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A readable and entertaining account of four medical pioneers and their once-naive town, full of outlandish characters and just plain folks, during the halcyon years of Las Vegas.

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Readable.......2000-08-20

"It's a very readable book. These are comfortable histories."

--Dr. Otto Ravenholt, Former Chief Health Officer, Clark County Health District, Las Vegas, Nevada

Just what the doctor ordered!.......2000-07-06

"Just what the Doctor ordered. Well written and very informative. But wait - doctors saw the same patients more than once? I guess in the days before HMO's, treatment was less of a gamble"

Excerpts from Published Reviews.......2000-07-01

"Annie Blachley's elegantly written Good Medicine offers a compelling look at how the medical profession has changed over the years, but more than that, it presents a fascinating picture of early-day Nevada and of the country and world during the war years and afterwards. Blachley's eye for detail is outstanding. This is one of the best books ever about how Nevada and Las Vegas came to be." --Larry Henry, former political editor of the Las Vegas Sun.

The Las Vegas Review-Journal's 6/7/00 article by Ben Rogers captures what this book is all about; excerpts from his article follow. "It was an era predating Medicare, Medicaid, HMOs and malpractice insurance, a time when doctors practiced the art of healing--a cheaper, simpler and more personal version of modern medicine....The 'Golden Age' of medicine ran from about 1940 to 1990 and was characterized by a more personal approach to patients. 'If you ask people today about their biggest problems with HMOs, they say that they never get enough time with their doctor,' said Blachley, a Nevada medical history enthusiast and author of Good Medicine. 'The majority of doctors practicing today are overburdened by paperwork and restricted reimbursement amounts, all brought about by the powerful medical insurance industry. Doctors used to have time to sit down and become friends with their patients.' Blachley decided against a traditional oral history approach to the book--which she said can sometimes turn aimless--and tried instead to tell a focused tale. "I...made it more of a story, a narrative of their lives,' she said.

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The Coachella Valley Preserve: The Struggle for a Desert Wetlands (Great Issues of the Day, No. 5)
Yvonne P. Tevis
Manufacturer: Borgo Pr
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