by Raymond H. Peterson (1994)
In a time of crumbling infrastructure, rising replacement costs, and a dwindling supply of capital, it is necessary to maximize the benefits of investment in long-term tangible assets. To achieve this, company managers and financial officers must change the way they think about property, plant and equipment. No longer can fixed assets simply be put in place and forgotten until they can be depreciated at tax time. A company's profitability can be greatly enhanced by the careful management, control, and measurement of fixed assets. For management accountants and controllers, financial managers and public accountants, Accounting for Fixed Assets offers very clear and practical advice - complete with numerous examples and illustrations - on how to get the most out of fixed assets and improve your company's balance sheet.
Ararat L. Osipian
Despite its strategic location, squeezed between the West and Russia, the Ukraine has remained an unknown land since gaining its independence in 1991. This book presents theoretical and empirical investigation of the impact of human capital on economic growth in Ukraine during the period of 1989-2009. It defines place and role of human capital in the process of transition from the exogenous to the endogenous forms of growth.
Andrea Gabor
Charismatic inventor of the Fourteen Point philosophy for quality, W. Edwards Deming took his techniques to Japan, where they were readily adopted and credited for that country's economic triumph. Here Gabor explores the development of "quality" as a management science, from the United States to Japan and back again.
Laura Hemphill
Bright, ambitious Sophie Landgraf has landed a job as a Wall Street analyst. The small-town girl finally has her ticket to the American elite, but she doesn't realize the toll it will take--on her boyfriend, on her family, and on her. It isn't long before Sophie is floundering in this male-dominated world, and things are about to get worse. With the financial crisis looming, Sophie becomes embroiled in a multibillion-dollar merger that could make or break her career. The problem? Three men at the top of their game, each with very different reasons for advancing the merger. Now Sophie doesn't know whom to trust--or how far she'll go to get ahead.
John Train
Second edition featuring a brand new foreword.If you had put $10,000 in Buffett's original investing partnership at its inception in 1956, you would have collected about $293,738 by the time he dissolved it at the end of 1969. He had never suffered a down year, even in the severe bear markets of 1957, 1962, 1966, and 1969. When the partnership was wound up, you could have elected to stay with Buffett as a shareholder of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., which was spun off from the partnership and became Buffett's investing vehicle. In that event, your $10,000 would by the end of 1986 have turned into well over $5 million.So, John Train introduces the remarkable story of Warren Buffett in his classic text, 'The Midas Touch'. First published in 1987, 'The Midas Touch' was one of the first books to recognise Warren Buffett's spectacular record, and to attempt to explain how he achieved his success. It is short, lucid and written with style and wit. A worthy testimony to its remarkable subject.From the back cover of the book:This is the book that tells readers how to invest like the man known as 'the Wizard of Omaha' (Forbes) and the investor with 'the Midas Touch' .Warren Buffett is the most successful investor alive - the only member of the Forbes 400 to have earned his fortune entirely through investing. Bestselling author John Train analyzes the strategies, based on the value approach, that have guided Buffett in his remarkable career, strategies that work even though Buffett operates a thousand miles from Wall Street.