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...itten permission from: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": ... ... LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. Introduction II. The Value of Stocks of a Company III. The Process of Due Diligen... ...e Fabric of Economic Trust XVI. The Distributive Justice of the Market XVII. Notes on the Economics of Game Theory XVIII. The Spectrum of Auctions ... ...term (for instance, by doling out bonuses even as the firm is dying; by speculating on leverage; and by cooking the books). The second open secret ... ...t - and so were privatizers in developing countries. What price should state-owned companies have fetched? This question is not as simple and strai... ...sales. New information, macro-economic and micro-economic, determines the value of companies. Greenspan testifies in the Senate, economic figures a... ...which the securities of the firm are traded or are about to be traded or otherwise listed. 5. To prepare and present for the approval of the Board... ...underous disintegration of the Bank for Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) in London in 1991 revealed that, for the better part of a decade, ... ...ished by United Press International (UPI) Claud Cockburn, writing for the "Times of London" from New-York, described the irrational exuberance that ...

The securities industry, its markets, instruments (equity, debt, derivatives), trading strategies, underlying economic models, and future.

...Fixing Global Finance A Developing Country Perspective on Global Financial Reforms Kavaljit Singh 1 Fixing Global Finance 2 Fixi... ...xing Global Finance Fixing Global Finance A Developing Country Perspective on Global Financial Reforms Kavaljit Singh 3 Fixing Global Finance Fixing ... ...Research on Multinational Corporations Sarphatistraat 30 1018 GL Amsterdam The Netherlands Phone: 31-20-6391291 Fax: 31-20-6391321 Email: info@somo.nl... ...esearch and educational purposes, you are welcome to reproduce it provided the source is acknowledged. We will appreciate if a copy of reproduced mate... ...ng and Shanghai Banking Corporation IFSL International Financial Services, London ILO International Labour Organization IMF International Monetary Fun... ...rise NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement NBFCs Non-Banking Financial Companies NGOs Non-Governmental Organizations NIM Net Interest Margin NPAs ... ...stors across the world, including investment banks, hedge funds, insurance companies and pension funds, who buy them so as to receive in return a regu... ...s a broad term denoting any investment in assets or companies that are not listed on public stock exchanges. Private equity funds are pools of capital... ...significant job losses, particularly in the initial years. Unlike publicly listed companies, private equity firms are not legally bound to disclose in...

...The financial crisis which erupted in mid-2007 has been widely viewed as the most serious financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. The crisis which originated in developed countries quickly spread to developi...

...1. The Unfolding of Global Financial Crisis 2. The Global Financial Crisis and Developing Countries 3. Recent Trends in International Finance and Developmental Implications 4. The Rise of New Global Pl...

...riginally Published in 1981 by Praeger Publishers. 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS THE MARKETING OF IDEAS AND SOCIAL ISSUES 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 F... ...SSUES 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 FOREWORD 6 PREFACE 7 GLOSSARY 9 INTRODUCTION 10 1 THE NATURE OF IDEAS AND SOCIAL ISSUES 12 ORIGINATION, MATURATION ... ...ing, antismoking, or better environment. Fine is the first person to write a book on the general principles of social marketing and he is to be con... ... promotion) in this endeavor. While it is hard to evaluate the first book written on any new subject, I am sure that Fine's work will gain recogniti... ...istics and these are taken up in this section. But first some popular concepts are listed in Table 1.1. The ideas, causes and issues dealt with in t... ...75). In turn, each of these four Ps subsume specific functions, some of which are listed below: Product Design Information Branding ... ...heir mission is nonprofit. The obvious examples are foreign airlines and shipping companies"). A Tangible-Abstract Product Dimension The second... ...) lists profit-making services such as those offered by travel agencies, insurance companies, purveyors of the performing arts and any items from cel... ...-500. Rogers, Everett M. and F. F. Shoemaker. 1971. Communication of Innova.tions. London: Collier- Macmillan. Rokeach, M. 1973. The Nature of Human...

...An idea is taken for granted in the scheme of things. Someone exclaims, "I've got an idea!" What is it that he has? From where did he get it? How was it transmitted? How might it spread to others? What will be the effect of the acceptance of the idea? These...

...dija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk or to vaknin@link.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": ... ... OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. Economics - Psychology's Neglected Branch II. The Misconception of Scarcity III. The Roller Coaster Market – ... ...glected Branch II. The Misconception of Scarcity III. The Roller Coaster Market – On Volatility IV. The Friendly Trend V. The Merits of Inflatio... ...e Fabric of Economic Trust XIX. Scavenger Economies, Predator Economies XX. Notes on the Economics of Game Theory XXI. Knowledge and Power XXII.... ...able television was dominated by a patchwork of thousands of tiny, family-operated companies. Today, a pending deal would leave three companies in ... ...of risk are booming industries. Governments, capital markets, banks, and insurance companies have all entered the fray with ever- evolving financial... ... timely, full and accurate information to all. This is a legal must for public and listed firms the world over (though standards vary). Transparent... ...rovision for Social Goods, in: Margolis, J./Guitton, H. (eds.), Public Economics - London, McMillan, 1969, pp. 124-44. Musgrave, R. A. - The Theory... ... "The Economist" reports that the American SEC has brought only three cases against listed companies until 1997. The US Department of Justice brough...

Critical analysis of the foundations and tenets of capitalism and of the dismal science - economics.

...vska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk or to samvaknin@gmail.com Visit the TrendSiters Web Site: http://samvak.tripod.com/busiweb.html Inter... ...ELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA Additional articles about Digital Content on the Web: http://samvak.tripod.com/busiweb.html Essays dedicated ... ...VSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA Additional articles about Digital Content on the Web: http://samvak.tripod.com/busiweb.html Essays dedicated to ... ...pod.com/busiweb.html Essays dedicated to the new media, doing business on the web, digital content, its creation and distribution, e-publishing, ... ...... ...tes to every information product, no matter how superior. Web based media companies (such as Salon and Britannica.com) have been experimenting with p... ... Sam Vaknin Are content brokers - publishers, distributors, and record companies - a thing of the past? In one word: disintermediation The... ...rnesandnoble.com Web site. It then proceeded to take private its publicly listed online arm. To the consternation of many authors, Amazon, its chie... ... to roam this worldwide labyrinth. But the path from one neighbourhood of London to another may traverse Japan. The really ingenious thing about th...

...Essays dedicated to the new media, doing business on the web, digital content, its creation and distribution, e-publishing, e-books, digital reference, DRM technology, and other related issues....

...n@gmail.com Philosophical Essays and Musings: http://philosophos.tripod.com The Silver Lining – Ethical Dilemmas in Modern Films http://samv... ... M XIII. N XIV. O XV. P-Q XVI. R XVII. S XVIII. T XIX. U-V-W XX. X-Y-Z XXI. The Author A Abortion I. The Right to Life It is a fundament... ...d has against his parents: food, shelter, emotional nourishment, education, and so on. It is debatable whether such rights of the fetus and, later,... ...e the mother's womb, if possible. But it is not clear whether it has a right to go on using the mother's body, or resources, or to burden her in an... ... from human psychology and, thus, from reality. Managers will always rob blind the companies they run. They will always manipulate boards to collud... ...rees of the sacred and oecumenical Council of Trent, Ed. and trans. J. Waterworth (London: Dolman, 1848), 75-91.) Still, most systems of morality a... ...called this period "scientific humanism" (in "Flesh and Stone" by Richard Sennett, London, Faber and Faber, 1994). We mentioned John of Salisbury's... ...empirically fixed at 10% of the market in any one good or service. In other words: companies should be encouraged to capture up to 10% of their mar... ... timely, full and accurate information to all. This is a legal must for public and listed firms the world over (though standards vary). Transparent...

Cyclopedia of issues in economics analyzed through the prism of the economies of countries in transition, emerging markets, and developing countries.

...re of the Internet— And How to Stop It This page intentionally left blank The Future of the Internet And How to Stop It Jonathan Zittrain Yale Uni... ...ernet And How to Stop It Jonathan Zittrain Yale University Press New Haven & London A Caravan book. For more information, visit www.caravanbooks.org.... ... & London A Caravan book. For more information, visit www.caravanbooks.org. The cover was designed by Ivo van der Ent, based on his winning entry of ... ...visit www.caravanbooks.org. The cover was designed by Ivo van der Ent, based on his winning entry of an open competition at www.worth1000.com. Copyrig... ...his book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Res... ...the Generative Net 14 The business world took up PCs slowly—who could blame companies for ignoring something called “personal computer”? In the early... ...In such a world, people would use smart typewriters for word processing from companies like Brother: all-in-one units with integrated screens and prin... ...07). While the sites’ rankings tend to fluctu- ate, Wikipedia is consistently listed within the top 10. 14.For examples of attempts to create this libr... ...on of excellent contributions” that are within one of seven major categories listed on the Main Page. Wikimedia Commons, Barnstar, http://commons.wiki...

...This extraordinary book explains the engine that has catapulted the Internet from backwater to ubiquity?and reveals that it is sputtering precisely because of its runaway success. With the unwitting help of its users, the generative Internet is on a path to ...

...dija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk or to vaknin@link.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": ... ...IA C O N T E N T S I. Terrorists and Freedom Fighters II. Macedonia to the Macedonians III. The Black Hand IV. The Insurgents and the ... ... a cause (in most cases, the freedom of a group of people). They base their claims on history - real or hastily concocted, on a common heritage, on... ...on heritage, on a language shared by the members of the group and, most important, on hate and contempt directed at an "enemy". The latter is, almo... ... they are unprintable..." A.G. Hales reporting about the Illinden Uprising in the London "Daily News" of October 21, 1903 "The Internal Macedo... ...he thin pretext of an Albanian uprising. The brotherhood strained in the Treaty of London (May 1913) promptly deteriorated into internecine warfare... ...s. It was granted favourable export conditions by Hitler's Germany and many of its companies participated in cartels established by German corporat... ...ined by God. The church was the extension of the colonial power's army and trading companies. It is no wonder that Hitler's lebensraum colonial mo... ...beral West and Israel as the only approved channel of discharging anger The points listed above create a background of a quiet determination, burni...

...The history of four terrorist organizations in the Balkans and a general introduction to terrorism and freedom fighting. Also includes essays about religious co-existence in the Balkans and about pathological narcissism as a ...

...ht January 29th 2001 Canadian Copyright: 1072425 Nov 12 th 2009 Due to the ideas presented in this book, I have had to use various terms and ... ...e various terms and words that are not found in dictionaries: beginning with the title. The word: ‘Splitness’ is used to describe two complimentar... ...ally comparing things to each other, continually gaining a better perspective on the larger context, continually understanding things better. It is... ...ings of Civilization Pgs 704-1469 B: The Effect of Civilization on Humans Pgs 1470-1868 Chapter 7: Entities an... ... and Outer awareness. Science practices this double standard. So do lumber companies and mining companies, and chemical companies. Their adverti... ... natural resources cheaply to other countries? Do they allow other country’s companies to come in and take over their own hydroelectric power plants... ...ines and facts. Nowhere in the lexicon of human morals or ethics is there listed the lust for useless information and knowledge. Yet that is ex... ...ot on the American continent. You will not find the true details of Jamestown listed in any text book in America, yet it was established 13 years be... ...yet poisoned by an overpopulated civilization, sent there by investors of the London company of Virginia to get rich quick. . After dying in dr...

...The Path of Splitness is a major non fiction work of 1,868 pages: This is the latest revised version. The book analyzes and explains: 1: The origins of our Universe: where it came from and how it was created. 2: Basic ...

...Chapter 1: The Universe. Pgs 1-112 How the Universe came into being. Chapter 2: Life Pgs 113-131 Structural dynamics of the Universe and Life Chapter 3: Hominids Pgs 132-187 A: How we evolved into Humans ...

... Florentin Smarandache editor Proceedings of the First International Conference on Neutrosophy, Neutrosophic Logi... ...tin Smarandache editor Proceedings of the First International Conference on Neutrosophy, Neutrosophic Logic, Neutrosophic Set, Neutrosophic P... ...second printed edition) FLORENTIN SMARANDACHE editor PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NEUTROSOPHY, NEUTROSOPHIC LOG... ...TIN SMARANDACHE editor PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NEUTROSOPHY, NEUTROSOPHIC LOGIC, NEUTROSOPHIC SET, NEUTROSOPHIC... ...h Are Founded the Mathematical Theories of Logic and Probabilities”, MacMillan, London, 1854 (reprinted by Dover in 1958). [7] Cheng Y., Kashyap R.L.,... ...3 204, 1963. [38] Milner E.C., “A Combinatorial Theorem on Systems of Sets”, J. London Math. Soc., 43, pp. 204 206, 1968. [39] Neapolitan R.E.,“Probab... ... this application to new economies. As we all are aware of the hundreds of new companies entering the market - Bt - birth at the same instance there... ... be of great use in financial engineering and risk optimizations and analyzing stock price behavior. Ref Ref Ref References: erences: erences: er... ...om neutrosophics in the Set Theory, Probability, and Logic. Some of them are listed in the Dictionary of Computing [2]. Further development of t...

...As an alternative to the existing logics we propose the Neutrosophic Logic to represent a mathematical model of uncertainty, vagueness, ambiguity, imprecision, undefined, unknown, incompleteness, inconsistency, redundancy, contradiction. It is a ...