by Wendy McKenzie (1994)
Reading and using company accounts is an essential skill for any manager. Yet most managers find analysing accounts a daunting prospect. The Financial Times Guide to Using and Interpreting Company Accounts solves the problem but not only guiding you through the accounts but also by providing the tools to help you interpret them and make informed decisions. The book begins by illustrating the information to be found in the accounts and looks at the key elements of financial statements. It looks at each statement in the accounts, identifies what they tell you and explains how to read the relevant notes in both UK and overseas accounts. The author then moves on to illustrate what these say about a company's financial performance and shows how to calculate the relevant ratios from a set of published accounts and how to use them to best affect. The final section of the book shows you how to apply this knowledge on a daily basis, in negotiations with your suppliers and customers, in assessing the financial performance of competitors and identifying the acquisition potential of a company.
Vic Murray
Based on an in-depth study of corporate giving practices in the United States and Canada and on a review of previous research ; shows how businesses can develop rational giving strategies and how fund raisers can better secure corporate contributions.
Peter Steiner
Der Sturz aufs Dach der Welt erzählt die Geschichte des Botanikers Lorenzo Unterberger, der Ende der 1970er Jahre in Boliviens Goldminengebiet Guanay auf Forschungsreise geht. Es ist gleichzeitig die Geschichte seiner obsessiven Leidenschaft für Marlis, der Freundin seiner Tochter, die mit seinem Assistenten Paul verheiratet ist. Nachdem er einen Hubschrauberabsturz im Regenwald überlebt, gesteht Unterberger ihr seine Liebe. Zwischen den beiden entwickelt sich eine dramatische Beziehung, die jedoch nach kurzer Dauer abrupt endet. 23 Jahre später durchlebt Unterberger in der Rückschau - gleich einer Spurensuche - die Geschehnisse von damals noch einmal und sieht sie in einem neuen Licht: Ein Brief von Marlis, die mittlerweile in der Bretagne lebt, lässt die damalige Leidenschaft in ungeahnter Heftigkeit neu auflodern. Eine Reise zu ihr soll endgültig Klarheit schaffen ... Der neue Roman von Peter Steiner erzählt in atmosphärischer Dichte vom abenteuerlichen Leben eines Naturwissenschaftlers und zugleich von dessen fragiler innerer Befindlichkeit. Er schilder eine existenzielle Krise, die den Protagonisten an der Schwelle zum Alter zurückblicken und ein Resümee des bisher Erlebten ziehen lässt. Kunstvoll verknüpft der Autor inneres und äußeres Geschehen und ermöglicht dadurch ein außergewöhnliches Leseerlebnis.
Gerald Marwell and Pamela Oliver
"People who have a common interest in a collective good do not necessarily find it easy to act collectively in pursuit of that interest. There is usually some mismatch between individual and group interests. There may be an efficacy problem, when no individual is able to provide enough common benefit to make acting worthwhile, or a free-rider problem, when most or all individuals hope that someone else will provide the good. Any attempt to overcome these problems through coordination and collaboration entails costs and problems of its own." "This book is a formal mathematical analysis of some of the processes whereby groups solve the problems of collective action. The authors break new ground in showing that the problem of collective action requires a model of group process and group heterogeneity, and cannot be deduced from simple models of individual behavior. They emphasize the role of small subgroups of especially motivated and resourceful individuals who form the "critical mass" that sets collective action in motion." "The book will be read with special interest by sociologists, social psychologists, economists, and political scientists. It will also be of concern to those in industrial relations, communications research, and other fields who are working on issues in collective action and rational choice."--BOOK JACKET.
retold by Rosalind Kerven
A retelling of the adventures of Aladdin who, with the aid of a genie from a magic lamp, fights an evil sorcerer and wins the hand of a beautiful princess.