An examination of millionaires, that asks questions such as; "How do they respond to criticism"? and "What were their schooldays like"? ...

Millions of Americans work full-time, year-round, for poverty level wages. Journalist Barbara Ehrenreich decided to join them in order to find out how anyone survives on six dollars an hour. So began a gruelling, hair-raising and darkly funny odyssey though the underworld of working America.
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Investoren (und die, die es noch werden wollen) waren von jeher fasziniert von jenen Händlern, Money Managern und Fonds, die die größten Gewinne eingefahren haben. "The New Investment Superstars" nimmt 15 der aktuell erfolgreichsten Investoren in ihrem jeweiligen Spezialgebiet genau unter die Lupe. Dabei vergleicht die Autorin die Meister der "alten Generation" mit denen der New Economy. ...

Praise for Michael J. Clowes and the money flood ' What a fine book! As an active participant in the revolution in pension investing, I could almost feel the times and tides of the past half-century shifting beneath me. Mike Clowess splendid and articulate tour through the era is destined to become a landmark on the bookshelves of everyone interested in this illuminating history of the past, as well as its portents of the future.' -John C. ...

Shows how "price-driven volatility" explains many of the mysteries associated with stock price behavior. Covers the excess volatility problem of Shiller; the equity premium puzzle of Mehra and Prescot; the private information hypothesis of French and Roll; and shows why professionals have a difficult time beating the market. Portfolio Managers, Brokers, and Investment Bankers. ...

An engaging profile of a powerful industry and an insider's handbook for how to transform entrepreneurial visions into profitable realities, this important book will help hopeful venture capitalists and entrepreneurs alike as they put together their own <I>Done Deals</I>. ...

The New Economy in Europe and the US poses many unexplored issues. The authors present innovative theoretical and empirical analysis on Internet dynamics, productivity growth and organizational changes in selected OECD countries. New empirical findings related to telecommunications, Internet and growth also are presented. Based on the theoretical and empirical analyses various policy options are developed. Policy measures, both at the regional ...

This book presents methods for analyzing trends in income inequality over time. The different innovative techniques which the authors have developed for the examination of changes in the size distribution of income, are for the first time described in a consistent and coherent fashion. The methods are based on the maximum entropy principle which is intuitively explained in the book. New ways to analyze Lorenz curves are introduced as well as new ...

Models derived from the Real Business Cycle perspective have recently taken a major place in business cycle research. The papers in this present volume bring three contributions to this research programme: A critical evaluation of the canonical RBC models, new elements of empirical relevance, based on comparative calibration and testing, and new specifications, at the frontier of business cycle research, coping with non walrasian features, ...

aus der Reihe Intellectual Property Series'> Dieser Band erläutert, welchen Einfluss Patente auf die taktischen und strategischen Bestrebungen von Technologieunternehmen haben. "Patent Strategy" führt den Leser Schritt für Schritt durch das Patentverfahren, erklärt Gesetze und grundlegende Strategien unter Berücksichtigung von Unternehmenszielen. Dieses Buch macht deutlich, welche enorme Bedeutung Patente für das Unternehmen haben und hilft Managern, geeignete ...