The rise of the working-class shareholder : labor's last best weapon / by Webber, David

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Labor in the Age of Finance : Pensions, Politics, and Corporations from Deindustrialization to Dodd-Frank. by Jacoby, Sanford M.

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After the great recession : the struggle for economic recovery and growth /

Table of Contents: “…How bonus-driven 'rainmaker' financial firms enrich top employees, destroy shareholder value, and create systemic financial instability /…”
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After the great recession : the struggle for economic recovery and growth /

Table of Contents: “…How bonus-driven 'rainmaker' financial firms enrich top employees, destroy shareholder value, and create systemic financial instability /…”
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The big short inside the doomsday machine / by Lewis, Michael

Corporate ownership and control : corporate governance and economic development in Sri Lanka / by Perera, Shalini

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Corporate governance and economic development : the nexus -- Corporate ownership, control, and corporate governance -- The separation of ownership and control in Sri Lanka -- Determinants of ownership and control structures in Sri Lanka -- Controlling shareholder systems and corporate governance.…”
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Choose and focus : Japanese business strategies for the 21st century / by Schaede, Ulrike, 1962-

Table of Contents: “…Japan's strategic inflection point, 1998-2006 -- Postwar corporate strategy -- Diversification versus focus -- Corporate relations : keiretsu, cross-shareholdings, and the main bank -- Ownership : institutional investors, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance -- Subcontracting : globalization and supplier relations -- Price competition : the business-to-business and retail price revolutions -- Lifetime employment : changing human resource management -- Venture capital : opening access to finance -- New competitors : Softbank, Kakaku.com, Astellas, and SBI E*Trade -- Conclusion : the new Japan.…”

Choose and focus : Japanese business strategies for the 21st century / by Schaede, Ulrike, 1962-

Table of Contents: “…Japan's strategic inflection point, 1998-2006 -- Postwar corporate strategy -- Diversification versus focus -- Corporate relations : keiretsu, cross-shareholdings, and the main bank -- Ownership : institutional investors, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance -- Subcontracting : globalization and supplier relations -- Price competition : the business-to-business and retail price revolutions -- Lifetime employment : changing human resource management -- Venture capital : opening access to finance -- New competitors : Softbank, Kakaku.com, Astellas, and SBI E*Trade -- Conclusion : the new Japan.…”
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Makers and takers : the rise of finance and the fall of American business / by Foroohar, Rana

Table of Contents: “…The rise of finance -- The fall of business: bean counters versus car guys--Frederick Winslow Taylor, Robert McNamara, and the financialization of industry -- What an MBA won't teach you: how business education is failing American businesses -- Barbarians at the gate: Apple, Carl Icahn, and the rise of shareholder activism -- We're all bankers now: GE and the story of how American business came to emulate finance -- Financial weapons of mass destruction: commodities, derivatives, and how Wall Street created a food crisis -- When Wall Street owns Main Street: private equity, shadow banking, and how finance reaped the benefits of the housing recovery -- The end of retirement: how Wall Street ate our nest eggs -- The artful dodgers: how our tax code rewards the takers instead f the makers -- The revolving door: how Washington favors Wall Street over Main Street -- How to put finance back in service to business and society.…”

Uncertainty and challenges in contemporary economic behaviour

Table of Contents: “…Prelims -- Chapter 1: Challenges and Perspectives of International Migration in Europe within the Brexit Framework -- Chapter 2: The Impact of US Economic Policy Uncertainty on Developing Countries Under Different Economic Cycles: A Nonlinear Approach -- Chapter 3: The Investigation of Zombie Firms' Existence in Borsa İstanbul Manufacturing Industry -- Chapter 4: Forensic Accounting Theory -- Chapter 5: Econometric Analysis for the Period Between 2003 and 2018 as Regards the Functioning of Interest Channel of Monetary Transmission Mechanism in Turkey -- Chapter 6: A Conceptual Framework for Behavioral Accounting -- Chapter 7: Theories of Financial Inclusion -- Chapter 8: Shareholder Activism: What Does It Refer to? -- Chapter 9: Relationship Between Interest Rates, Exchange Rate and Investor Sentiment in Turkey -- Chapter 10: Effect of Climate Change on Financial Institutions and the Financial System -- Chapter 11: Testing for Asymmetric Causality Between Developed and Emerging Markets -- Chapter 12: An Assessment for Financial Performance of Banks Listed in Borsa Istanbul By Multiple Criteria Decision Making -- Chapter 13: 100 Quotes from the Global Financial Crisis: Lessons for the Future -- Chapter 14: Labouring Behind Closed Doors: The Working and Living Conditions of Filipino Live-in Care Workers in Malta -- Chapter 15: Too Small to Hedge? …”
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An introduction to investment banks, hedge funds, and private equity : the new paradigm / by Stowell, David

Table of Contents: “…Section One: Investment Banking -- 1 -- Overview of Investment Banking -- 2 -- Regulation of the Securities Industry -- 3 -- Financings -- 4 -- Mergers & Acquisitions -- 5 -- Trading -- 6 -- Asset Management, Wealth Management and Research -- 7 -- Credit Rating Agencies, Exchanges and Clearing and Settlement -- 8 -- International Banking -- 9 -- Convertible Securities and Wall Street Innovation -- 10 -- Investment Banking Career Opportunities and Trends -- Section Two: Hedge Funds and Private Equity -- 11 -- Overview of Hedge Funds -- 12 -- Hedge Fund Investment Strategies -- 13 -- Shareholder Activism and Impact on Corporations -- 14 -- Risk, Regulation and Organizational Structure -- 15 -- Hedge Fund Issues and Performance -- 16 -- Overview of Private Equity -- 17 -- LBO Financial Model -- 18 -- Private Equity Impact on Corporations -- 19 -- Organization, Compensation, Regulation and Limited Partners -- 20 -- Issues and Opportunities -- Section Three: Case Studies -- Investment Banking in 2008 (A): Rise and Fall of the Bear -- Investment Banking in 2008 (B): A Brave New World -- Freeport-McMoRan: Financing an Acquisition -- The Best Deal Gillette Could Get? …”
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A political science manifesto for the age of populism : challenging growth, markets, inequality, and resentment / by Ricci, David M.

Table of Contents: “…; Homo Politicus ; Homo Economicus ; Economic Consequences ; The Market-Based Society ; Natural Markets ; Entrepreneurs ; Free Trade ; Shareholders and Stakeholders ; Scarcity ; Economic Growth ; Ideology ; Political Consequences ; Public Goods ; Democracy ; The Middle Class ; Populism ; The Death of Truth ; John Stuart Mill ; 6. …”
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Asia's turning point : an introduction to Asia's dynamic economies at the dawn of the new century / by Tselichtchev, Ivan

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Asia's turning point : an introduction to Asia's dynamic economies at the dawn of the new century / by Tselichtchev, Ivan

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The market logics of contemporary fiction / by Crosthwaite, Paul, 1980-

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Three lectures on post-industrial society / by Cohen, Daniel, 1953-

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