oxford university press uk jul 1994 (7 resultados)

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - This book brings together a collection of papers by leading academics, bankers, and consultants, in a masterful survey of leading issues in corporate governance. The papers concentrate upon the financing of corporations, and the role of the banks and stock markets in the United Kingdom, Germany, and Japan. A central theme of the book is a constant awareness of the links between the accountability of senior managers, the system of corporate governance, and the performance of a company. This book examines the role of shareholders, company boards, and managers under a market-based system as in the UK and USA, in comparison with the 'insider' system found in Japan and, to a lesser extent, Germany. The contributors discuss the view that this UK system leads to a preoccupation with short-term corporate performance and a greater likelihood of hostile takeovers. The contribution of the banks to corporate finance and control is examined in several papers, including a discussion of the special problems of small firms. Part II of the book begins with a chapter comparing and contrasting the British experience with other systems, and then authoritatively analyses the Japanese and the German financial and corporate systems. Capital Markets and Corporate Governance provides an essential insight into issues of corporate financing, accountability of managers, and efficiency. The contributors deal with this complex and topical subject in a comprehensive and lucid manner.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - This is a highly original reappraisal of the role of Piers Gaveston in English history and of his personal relationship with Edward II. It challenges the accepted view that Gaveston had a homosexual affair with Edward, and reassesses the main events of Gaveston's career, including his exiles from England and the scandal over the alleged theft of royal jewels. Pierre Chaplais draws his evidence from documentary and narrative sources including unpublished record evidence. The conclusions are fascinating and often surprising. The unusual features of the famous royal charter of 6 August 1307, which granted the earldom of Cornwall to Gaveston are discussed at length for the first time. Special attention is also paid to the king's personal intervention in the drafting and sealing of documents relating to Gaveston, and to the history of the great seal of absence used while Edward was in France in 1308. This unique criticism of the documentary evidence by a leading diplomatist and historian of the period reveals the reality behind the myths surrounding Piers Gaveston, and makes fascinating reading.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - With an abundance of helpful examples, this text expertly presents the essentials of measurement, regression, and calibration. The book develops the fundamentals and underlying theories of key techniques in a clear, step-by-step progression, starting with standard least squares prediction of a single variable and moving on to shrinkage techniques for multiple variables. Self-contained chapters discuss methods that have been specifically developed for spectroscopy, likelihood and Bayesian inference (which may be applied to a wide range of multivariate regression problems), and Bayesian approaches to pattern recognition, among other topics. Ideal for instruction as well as for reference, Measurement, Regression, and Calibration will be a valuable addition to the bookshelves of professionals and advanced students in statistics and other pertinent fields.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - This latest volume in the acclaimed Oxford History of Modern Europe series looks at the collapse of Communist power which has once again focused attention on the processes of nation-building in central and eastern Europe. In this comprehensive study, Keith Hitchins focuses on how Rumania's political and intellectual elites attempted to establish an independent state before the advent of Communist rule in 1947. It traces the efforts of the country's leaders to create the institutions of a modern state, to 'Europeanize' without losing national identity, and to find ways of preserving independence in the international political and economic order dominated by the great powers. In his study, Hitchins emphasizes how Rumania's past history is essential to a clear understanding of its complex present and future.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Generations of students have known G. B. Caird as a penetrating and lucid guide to the many questions and problems posed by modern biblical study. His brilliant commentaries on St Luke, the Book of Revelation, and St Paul's Prison Epistles, as well as his other studies on theology and the Bible, have won for him a place among the twentieth century's foremost biblical scholars. This new and masterly presentation of New Testament theology, completed and edited since the author's death by Professor L. D. Hurst, takes the unique step of setting up an imaginary debate amongst the various authors of the New Testament themselves. As central concepts (predestination, sin, atonement, the Church, sacrament, ethics, eschatology, and christology) are 'discussed' between such figures as Luke, Paul, John, and the author of Hebrews, the work moves to its climax with a presentation of the theology of Jesus himself. The result is a particularly fresh and illuminating picture of the ideas at the heart of Christianity, deserving a place on the shelf of every serious pastor, theologian, and student of the Bible.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - This widely acclaimed treatise examines the law as it is applied by international administrative tribunals in the field of employment relations between international organizations and their staffs. In this second edition, the text has been substantially revised to incorporate new laws and practices. Volume I covers general principles, while Volume II addresses specific subjects such as appointment systems, disciplinary measures, contracts, and salary scales. Each volume is effective on its own, but the two volumes combined form what is undoubtably the most lucid and comprehensive study of international civil service law.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - This is the second edition of a treatise which examines the law as it is applied by international administrative tribunals in the fields of employment relations between international organizations and their staff. This edition has been substantially revised to take into account new law and practices in the field.