The history of global financial markets is rife with incidents of investors behaving greedily and ending up in trouble. This book is a collection of all the bubbles from the earliest Tulipomania, South Sea Bubble and the Mississippi Bubble to the latest ones such as the Asian Currency Crisis, the Internet bubble and the Telecom bubble.
Worldwide, business has undergone transformation and transition to reach the knowledge society we inhabit today. Today, this knowledge base has become the center of business operations. This book introduces the concept of intellectual capital management and the role it can play in the strategy crafting procedure of organizations. A must for students and teachers alike.
This book explores the role of rating agencies in capital markets. It analyses rating agencies prior to the Buttonwood agreement, the current scenario and future trends. It discusses the competence of credit rating agencies in the context of the Asian crisis and corporate scandals in the US, their NRSRO (Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization) status, the role of SEC in initiating the reforms process and the implementation of the Basel II norms.
This book discusses the place of intellectual capital in the business world. Today, it is central to any business operation as seen by managers who view investments as assets in a balance sheet rather than expenses in the income statement. This book, written by Goran Roos and Sharath Jutur, places intellectual capital at the heart of managing firms and covers issues such as measurement and management and disclosure of intangible resources. This book also contains ...