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Book SynopsisThis book provides a unique introduction for business leaders to the philosophical lexicon of classical and contemporary ideas—for and against—that are relevant to business and those destined to lead it. Rather than presenting the reader with a ‘philosophy of leadership’ the author uses his experiences in academia and as a leader in business to illustrate the practical application of philosophical ideas and methodologies covering the art and science of being a business leader: motivating stakeholders to deliver the initial phase of a business plan for a new product or service; processing information (and risky ‘hidden-information’) that brings the company vision into reality; and ethically managing relationships to enhance the quality of decision-making and its outcomes. Creative aspiration, knowledge and ethical character are the three pillars of leadership. Within that construct, this book challenges leaders to seek their own path to self-development inspired by ideas that shape the ecology of capitalism and the opportunities it provides stakeholders to endow meaning and dignity to their lives through their participation in business. Table of Contentsintroduction.- Part 1: Some philosophical foundations.- Part 2: Managing creativity…birthing the dream.- Part 3: Interpreting information to deliver the dream.- Part 4: Ethics and business…uniting the dream makers. Conclusion.- References.

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Book SynopsisThis award-winning book comprises multiple finance and ethics case studies. The purpose of the book is twofold. First, the case studies teach readers how to evaluate and determine resolutions to ethical issues in finance. Second, the reader will enjoy a journey with the author, a woman, over her years working in finance, through the use of case studies.Prefaced by the additional of video introductions, these studies focus on ethical issues in finance which the author encountered over nearly a 30-year career in the industry. There are 10 case studies extracted from different sectors of finance. This broad range is a consequence of the author’s experience from almost all sides of the business: the buy side, the sell side, equity research in Asia, equity sales, mutual funds, hedge funds, the finance academy, and consulting.Each case study has an engaging narrative describing the background, transactions, players, and ethical issues. The ethical issue is analyzed and resolved using the appropriate theories of moral philosophy. Descriptions and analyses are rigorous yet comprehensible, approachable, and entertaining.Apart from ethics determinations, the material in the book covers and explains a variety of specific, and even complex, financial transactions. In every transaction there is an explanation of the roles of various players involved. In this way, readers will learn about the work of people in different positions in finance from investment bankers and equity traders to portfolio managers and equity analysts. Through these case studies, readers also will get an understanding of major financial transactions and activities such as IPOs, secondary offerings, equity trading, and equity valuations. The book will appeal to practitioners, college and high school students, and lecturers who can use it to supplement courses in finance or business ethics. Table of ContentsIntroductionChapter 1 Plantation Adventure Case Study1.1 Chapter 1 The Story: A Reverie of Somerset Maugham1.2 Chapter 1 Ethics Issue: Honesty in Equity Research1.3 Chapter 1 Ethics Analysis: Honesty and Integrity are Virtues1.4 Chapter 1 Right Action: Write it as You See itChapter 2 Bangkok Misadventure Case Study 2.1 Chapter 2 The Story: A Sordid Request – to Do or Not to Do? 2.2 Chapter 2 Ethics Issue: Friedman and Free Markets 2.3 Chapter 2 Ethics Analysis: Free Markets, Market Failures and Values 2.4 Chapter 2 Right Action: Values in Finance Chapter 3 Hong Kong Hike Case Study 3.1 Chapter 3 The Story: The Pressure to Perform 3.2 Chapter 3 Ethics Issue: Cheating Our Way Up 3.3 Chapter 3 Ethics Analysis: What Would Kant Say? 3.4 Chapter 3 Right Action: Keep Calm and Carry on Ethically Chapter 4 Mutual Fund Fun Case Study 4.1 Chapter 4 The Story: Quick Money at Others’ Expense 4.2 Chapter 4 Ethics Issues: Duty and Fairness 4.3 Chapter 4 Ethics Analysis: What Would Socrates Do? 4.4 Chapter 4 Right Action: Engage in Transparency and Fairness Chapter 5 High Finance Gender Inequity Case Study 5.1 Chapter 5 The Story: An Inner Sanctum for Men Only 5.2 Chapter 5 Ethics Issue: Gender Exclusion, Gender Discrimination 5.3 Chapter 5 Ethics Analysis: All Theories Say Gender Discrimination is Wrong 5.4 Chapter 5 Right Action: Stand Up for Women’s Rights Chapter 6 Hedge Fund Edge Case Study 6.1 Chapter 6 The Story: Pushing the Edge to Get an Edge 6.2 Chapter 6 Ethics Issue: Insider Information 6.3 Chapter 6 Ethics Analysis: Why Insider Trading is Unethical 6.4 Chapter 6 Right Action: Don’t Be Seduced by the Money Chapter 7 Hedge Fund Harassment Case Study 7.1 Chapter 7 The Story: Hedge Fund Boss Behaving Badly 7.2 Chapter 7 Ethics Issue: Maltreatment of Employees 7.3 Chapter 7 Ethics Analysis: It’s About Human Dignity 7.4 Chapter 7 Right Action: Your Money or Your Life Chapter 8 Whistleblowing Consultant Case Study 8.1 Chapter 8 The Story: Whistleblowing or No Good Deed Goes Unpunished 8.2 Chapter 8 Ethics Issue: Whistleblowing 8.3 Chapter 8 Ethics Analysis: To Whistleblow or Not, that is the Question 8.4 Chapter 8 Right Action: Consider Options Rationally, Then if you Can or Must, Whistleblow Chapter 9 Finance Academy Gender Inequity Case Study 9.1 Chapter 9 The Story: Gender Discrimination in the Finance Academy 9.2 Chapter 9 Ethics Issue: Systemic Gender Discrimination, Implicit Bias 9.3 Chapter 9 Ethics Analysis: Fair Treatment and Rights 9.4 Chapter 9 Right Action: Speak Up and Garner Support Chapter 10 Finance Academy Ideological Bias Case Study 10.1 Chapter 10 The Story: Fear of Allowing Different Perspectives 10.2 Chapter 10 Ethics Issue: Exclusion Based on Ideology 10.3 Chapter 10 Ethics Analysis: Making Finance Theories Better 10.4 Chapter 10 Right Action: Allow Other Ideas, Improve Finance Theory

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Book SynopsisThis book examines how entrepreneurship can be used as a tool to escape poverty. With relevance for both SDG 1: ‘No Poverty,’ and SDG 8: ‘Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all,’ it pays special attention to women and minority ethnic groups. Offering a fresh perspective on entrepreneurship as a means of upward social mobility and rooted in research, the book explores the issue in three ways. Firstly, it pays special attention to the nexus between the entrepreneur, resources, institutions, opportunities, necessities, and the environment for drawing a comprehensive picture of how individuals could use entrepreneurship for successful upward social mobility in a changing world. Secondly, it emphasizes the peculiar challenges that female entrepreneurs face, how those challenges can be overcome, and how female entrepreneurship may be a route to women’s socio-economic advancement. Thirdly, it highlights the challenges faced by ethnic minority business owners and how such ethnic minority businesses could thrive amid institutional voids as well as direct and indirect forms of discrimination. Based on the latest research from developed and developing countries, the book offers compelling insights for sustaining entrepreneurial ventures in an evolving world.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Why Entrepreneurship? Entrepreneurship is the greatest tool in the hands of mankind to reduce poverty and increase global prosperity. Entrepreneurship has the ability to improve standards of living and create wealth, not only for the entrepreneurs but also for related businesses, and the society at large. The capitalist school of thought identifies entrepreneurship as the factor of production that organises other factors of production into productive activities. Entrepreneurship has justified this dominant position especially in the twenty first century by lifting millions of people out of poverty and improving living standards in many emerging countries. Entrepreneurship has also proven to be more effective at plummeting poverty rates than well thought out government policies meant to lift people out of poverty, and even better than programmes promulgated by international organisations like the International Labour Organisation, World Bank, World Trade Organisation, and International Monetary Fund. The chapter will also highlight how social entrepreneurship can drive social innovation and transformation in various fields including education, health, environment and enterprise development, while alleviating poverty. Chapter 2 The Returns to Occupations: Entrepreneurship vs Paid Work This chapter examines the pecuniary and non-pecuniary returns to occupational choice. It will draw on the latest research that have used quantile regressions to reveal the existence of a welfare hierarchy in occupations. The empirical analysis suggests that across the welfare distribution, entrepreneurs who employ others have the highest returns in terms of income and consumption, while those entrepreneurs who work for themselves, that is, self-employed individuals, have slightly lower returns than the salaried employees. However, entrepreneurship in any form entails higher returns than casual labour and unemployment, and an escape from poverty. Given these insights, it is pertinent to that individuals know of this income scale as they make their decisions. This chapter will be dedicated to helping individuals realise how to maximise their returns from entrepreneurship given their human and social capital. The chapter will also shed light on the non-monetary rewards to entrepreneurship and how to appreciate and secure them. Chapter 3 Pathways to Successful Entrepreneurship in Developed Countries When it comes to entrepreneurship, there are many pathways. The entrepreneurial spirit is an attitude and perspective inclined to seek out opportunities for economic or lifestyle reasons, and in many cases for both. Developed countries have more formal and informal institutions that support entrepreneurs compared to developing countries and this is one reason why start-ups in developed countries have higher success rates, and why enterprises from such countries tend to have more of a global impact. While individuals in many developed countries often report very high intentions to start-up businesses, many do not follow through and despite the various support for start-ups in those countries, there are significant regional disparities in start-up rates and some barriers to growth. In addition, High Value Entrepreneurship in terms of employment and growth is inconsistent. This chapter will introduce pathways through which entrepreneurship allows individuals in developed countries to escape poverty while creating higher value businesses. It will be a guide for would-be and practicing entrepreneurs and policy makers in developed countries in helping them to navigate the institutional environments in their countries. Chapter 4 Pathways to Successful Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries Entrepreneurship in developing countries is made more difficult because of the institutional voids in such countries. “Institutional voids” result in the higher transaction costs commonly found in emerging markets representing the geographical regions of Africa, East, South and Western Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean. These voids relate to political and economic systems, trade policies, and product, labour, and capital markets and denote the absence of specialised intermediaries, regulatory systems, and contract enforcement mechanisms. Institutional voids make the transaction costs of doing business higher for both market exchange and for new firm entry. The first types of institutional voids are those that hinder market functioning, typically due to the lack of intermediaries and weakly developed capital, labour, and product markets. However, such voids in turn offer opportunities for (highly skilled) entrepreneurs to create businesses, bridging these voids. The second type of institutional voids hampers not just the functioning of markets but also their development in the first place. When constitutional-level provisions are not enforced, the rules of exchange are uncertain, and market development stalls. Entrepreneurs in emerging economies deal with these two types of institutional voids by relying on informal institutions, especially social networks. The third type of institutional void refers to those that impede market participation. Because institutional arrangements are either absent or weak, they prevent individuals and firms from participating in market exchange in the first place. Examples include the lack of physical infrastructure that prevents individuals from being able to travel to marketplaces, and the presence of informal institutions that exclude women from partaking in economic activity. Such voids are widespread in the least developed countries, but they also exist for rural entrepreneurs and for entire segments of society in thriving emerging market economies such as India. The fourth type of institutional void occurs where there is a demand for social entrepreneurs, and this type encourages individuals to take steps to create social enterprises, but hampers the creation of operating social enterprises in the absence of supportive informal institutions. This chapter will introduce pathways through which entrepreneurship allows individuals in developing countries to escape poverty while creating superior value businesses. It will be a guide for would-be and practicing entrepreneurs and policy makers in developing countries in helping them to navigate the institutional voids in their countries. Chapter 5 Female Entrepreneurship On average, women are less likely to start businesses than men for a complex variety of reasons. Standard explanations for the lower likelihood of female entrepreneurship include personal characteristics, human capital, and barriers related to prejudice concerning access to resources. For example, in terms of personal characteristics, women tend to exhibit lower entrepreneurial self-efficacy and higher fear of failure than men, both closely associated with business creation. Women, especially in developing countries, often have lower levels of human capital in terms of education; and there are often more constraints for them in accessing financial capital. These differences not only hamper the development of entrepreneurial skills and confidence, they are also perpetuated by the fact that there are fewer entrepreneurial role models for women. Across economies, women are burdened by an inequitable share of global poverty and one strategy to address these gaps is to aim for the economic empowerment of women through entrepreneurship. Female entrepreneurship is particularly important for creating jobs that are intrinsically suited for women, given the socio-economic conditions that they face. Such jobs could better align with the human and social capital that women have, provide novel solutions to female issues, and help women achieve a better work-life balance. Many female entrepreneurs also report higher incomes compared to their paid worker counterparts and in addition, they have the ability to use their unused talents while fully expressing themselves. This chapter will explore how more women can escape the barriers to venture creation to establish sustainable business ventures and secure the economic and noneconomic benefits of entrepreneurship. Chapter 6 Ethnic Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship is an important route out of poverty for ethnic minority individuals, particularly for foreign-born migrants and recent arrivals in developed countries. Early-stage entrepreneurial activity among ethnic minority individuals is twice that of the local population in many countries. Ethnic minority entrepreneurs (EMEs) in countries have been responsible for innovative businesses; but they usually face significant challenges, including the lack of financial and social capital, an unfamiliarity with regulations and the host country’s labour market, poor management and communication skills, and the liability of outsidership. Thus, while ethnic minority individuals are already a socio-economically disadvantaged group, ethnic entrepreneurs are in an even more precarious situation. EMEs are traditionally associated with low skilled, lower growth and hence low return sectors such as retailing, restaurants, fast-food provision, and personal services. This chapter will examine the challenges faced by ethnic minority individuals who want to go into entrepreneurship and how those challenges can be overcome. Chapter 7 Contemporary Issues in Entrepreneurship This chapter will highlight how contemporary issues including the internet of things, COVID-19, climate change and globalisation have changed the entrepreneurial landscape. It will address the threats to entrepreneurship in developed countries highlighted by the death of many high street giants and will also show how these issues create opportunities for individuals wishing to create business enterprises focused on these social issues. Chapter 7 Conclusion This final chapter will conclude the pivot by discussing and summarising all the insights gained from the textbook. It will also point readers towards new directions. The author has contributed to the United Nations Encyclopaedia of Sustainable development goals and the contents and experience will help with this project. · Olarewaju, T. Olarewaju, T. (2020). Ethnic Poverty: Causes, Implications, and Solutions; Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals: No Poverty, Springer. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69625-6_124-1 · Olarewaju, T. Fernando, J. (2020). Gender Inequality and Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries; Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Springer. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71058-7_92-1 · Olarewaju, T. Olushola, F. (2020). Migrant Entrepreneurship Under Institutional Voids; Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Springer. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71058-7_93-1

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Book SynopsisIt is no secret that women are increasingly controlling wealth. Estimates suggest that women control more than 50% of all wealth and growing. Importantly, 95% of women will be their family’s primary financial decision maker at some point in their lives. Yet recent studies show that Millennial women are deferring financial and investing decisions at a greater pace than Baby Boomer women. Targeted to all women “with a clear recognition that though the objectives and needs of this vast segment may not necessarily be homogeneous, women share common challenges when it comes to investing, this book provides clear instruction and a series of Intelligent Investing Rules for women to live by, especially in these times with sticky and persistent inflation and rising interest rates. The Women’s Guide to Successful Investing demonstrates how women can develop the knowledge and skills required to accumulate wealth and build an investment portfolio for the long term. Providing proven wealth accumulation strategies, tailored advice, and a comprehensive market analysis, this second edition is a must-read for female investors who want to master volatile markets with long-term success. Written by a female CEO, CIO, and investment manager whose career has spanned 38 years, the book offers a much-needed blueprint for investments for women. Table of Contents1 Wealth Accumulation Is an Attitude Investing for your future requires a few goals and much less capital than you think 2 Saving to Invest is the Best Strategy 3 COVID Hit Women’s Finances Much Harder than Men’s Women left the worforce en masse – at what cost? 4 It’s True! Women Make Better Investors than Men (sorry guys) Women inherently display the traits required for successful investing 5 Developing an Intelligent Investing Strategy All Your Own Like any discipline, sound investing can become muscle memory for the diligent student and practitioner 6 Developing an Investment Discipline That Will Achieve our Goals—Continued: The Stock Market is a Tug of War between Fear and Greed; Arm Yourself with the Tools to Succeed 7 Construct Your Portfolio Like a Dinner Party Invitation List: Holdings Should Be Balanced and Behave Well If Things Get Out of Hand 8 Apple, Inc.—A Case Study in How to Select a Core Holding: A Role Model Investment You Will Want to Emulate 9 Mutual Funds Are So 1990, How to use Exchange-Traded Funds To Round Out Your Portfolio Holdings. To Crypto or not to Crypto and what the heck are meme stocks? 10 A Case Study of a Fallen Consumer Discretionary, Tech, E-commerce Company: Amazon. And Stocks to Own for a Lifetime 11 Five Critical Lessons and Warnings: Don’t Touch a Hot Stove, Don’t Talk to Strangers and Other Lessons for the Ages 12 Twelve Intelligent Investing Rules – And One More for Good Measure: Rules for Women to Invest By

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Book SynopsisAre you a current or aspiring Ph.D. student determined to overcome the challenges that lie ahead? Do not let statistics discourage you, because this comprehensive guide is here to help you defy the odds and reach the pinnacle of academic achievement. With failure rates hovering between 40% and 50%, it is crucial to equip yourself with the right skills to ensure your success. In this book, you will embark on a transformative journey toward becoming a confident and accomplished scholar. This book takes a meticulous approach, addressing the six essential skills every Ph.D. student must possess: research, writing, presentation, time management, persistence, and collaboration. Each chapter delves into the significance of these skills within the Ph.D. process, explores the necessary competences, and provides practical strategies for their acquisition. Armed with numerous tips, tricks, and actionable advice, this invaluable resource empowers you to optimize your performance throughout your Ph.D. journey. Within these pages, you will discover how to assess your current skill set, identify areas for improvement, and develop a personalized academic development plan. With the aid of many informative figures and tables, you will find quick and easy access to expert guidance. Do not let uncertainty and self-doubt hinder your progress. “Unlocking PhD Success” is your roadmap to triumph, supporting you every step of the way as you conquer the challenges of doctoral studies. Embrace this book as your trusted companion, and unlock your full potential as an exceptional Ph.D. candidate.Table of ContentsAcademic Talent Development.- Research Skills.- Collaboration Skills.- Writing Skills.- Presentation Skills.- Time Management Skills.- Persistence Skills.- Making It Work.

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Book SynopsisManagers and leaders spend a great deal of time on communication; it binds together all the communications in the organisational system. In other words, communication is the glue that impacts on the effectiveness of communication in the entire organization, therefore the style of leadership communication has a profound impact on how the organization works. If too much ‘glue’ is used, the consequence is information overload, which hampers effective communication. If there is too little glue, individuals and entire organizations may find themselves in a pathological state of disorder, with people filling the information vacuum with rumours and gossip. Leadership communication can be involving and participatory, motivating colleagues to be creative and put in as much extra effort as is necessary. Leadership communication can also be power-based and patronizing. Such a style of communication will cause tensions and conflicts within an organization. In this textbook, the author shows how information and communication are parts of a special type of interaction, namely situations in which you want to gain trust or influence people. With a plethora of case examples and practical exercises to get stuck into, this engaging book helps students gain a deeper understanding of the concepts and contexts described in each chapter, such as communication strategies, influencing techniques, communication and values, and communication and trust. The second half of the book offers six personal communication tools, and six personal coaching tools, with assignment to each of the coaching tools. In addition, the book provides 66 exercises to the six personal communication tools. Ideal reading for those taking leadership and communication courses, this textbook takes a practical approach to the key issues in organizational communication that will prepare students for their careers in business.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Communication and Leadership.- Chapter 2: Communication and Metaphors.- Chapter 3: Requisite Variety.- Chapter 4: Where We Draw the Boundaries of a Problem Affects our Perception of the Problem.- Chapter 5: The Context Sends Messages.- Chapter 6: Part and Whole in a Communicative Process.- Chapter 7: 'Aspect Seeing'.- Chapter 8: Information Processes as Part of Communication.- Chapter 9: Information Processes.- Chapter 10: Communication Strategies.- Chapter 11: Influencing Techniques.- Chapter 12 Alternative communication strategies.

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Book SynopsisThis textbook addresses key issues and challenges in contemporary multicultural and multilingual workplaces through the lens of leadership, communication and trust. It draws together contributions from fields including cultural studies, psychology, sociolinguistics, translation and interpreting studies, and business management, making a valuable contribution to the area of language and culture in the workplace. The volume is divided into 5 thematic sections: Intercultural Communication; Cross-cultural Leadership; Economy; Language; and Diversity. It offers a critical analysis on themes that tend to be overlooked in intercultural business and management scholarship, such as multilingualism in the workplace, translation and interpreting in cross-cultural work practices, dignity in the workplace, performing gender in the workplace, and D/deaf people in the workplace. It also revisits themes such as cross-cultural leadership, interculturality and the embedded economy, and managing uncertainty in the context of the contemporary globalized workplace. It then brings everything together in a Cross-Cultural Scenarios chapter at the end, with recommendations for every scenario. Overall, the textbook constitutes an essential resource for honours undergraduate and postgraduate students in these and related fields, as well as academics and practitioners with an interest in globalised workplaces. Table of ContentsSetting the scene: The Intercultural Dimension of the Contemporary Workplace.- Section I: Intercultural Communication.- Key Concepts for Cultural Communication in the Workplace.- Multicultural Communication and Trust in the Contemporary Workplace.- Intercultural Perspectives of Work, Leisure, and Time.- Section II: Cross-cultural Leadership.- Leadership across Cultures.- Intercultural Coaching.- Uncertainty and Trust in International Business Communication.- Section III: Economy.- Economy as Intercultural Challenge.- Intercultural Issues in Finance.- Currency, Identity and Trust: Cryptocurrencies, Central Bank Digital Currencies, and the case for the Bahamian Sand Dollar.- Section IV: Language.- Global Englishes: Dialogue and Communication in the Workplace.- Multilingualism in the Workplace.- Translation and Interpretation in Cross-Cultural Business Workplace Practices.- Section V: Diversity.- Dignity and Diversity in the Workplace.- Performing Gender in the Workplace.- Deaf People in the Workplace.- Section VI: Cross-cultural scenarios.- Cross-cultural scenarios.

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Book SynopsisThis book gives an overview of the most common techniques used by analysts and experts to assess and value banks in all phases of a Bank’s life, from licensing to resolution. These include licensing procedures, going concern market valuation techniques, liquidation, and resolution methodologies. The author sheds light on financial institutions’ reporting and financial statements and explains how to interpret the data. Special attention is given to the different valuation approaches for financial institutions ranging from the basic PE and PBV methodologies to the more sophisticated ones such Discount cash flow (DCF), Dividend discount model (DDM), excess return models (EVA), and their variant, the warranted equity value (WEV) method. The authors also illustrate how to build a sum-of-the-parts model (SOTP) and how to treat capital in the process as well as developing a bottom-up approach for the cost of equity. The book provides numerous real-world examples which will hopefully help practitioners build their own MS Excel models. Furthermore, this publication investigates some of the critical aspects of banking M&A and its valuation implications. This book also takes a deep dive into valuation for Banks in gone concern status, describing the basis for three different types of valuation of Banks in resolution: to inform a decision on whether to put a bank into resolution; to inform the choice of resolution tools and the extent of any bail-in of liabilities; and to determine whether any creditors would have been better off had the bank gone into insolvency. Special attention is given to the valuation of non-performing loans (NPLs) and financial assets focusing on some operational aspects of winding-down a bank’s loan and trading book portfolio.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Main Features of the Banking Business Model.- Chapter 3. Valuing a Bank in Going Concern.- Chapter 4. Banks M&a: Strategy and Valuation.- Chapter 5. Valuation in Resolution.- Chapter 6. Valuation in Liquidation.- Chapter 7. Loan Valuation.- Chapter 8. Financial Assets Valuation.- Chapter 9. Solvent Wind Down.

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Book SynopsisPart I: Fundamentals of ChatGPT, Web3, and Their Impact on Business.- Overview of ChatGPT, Web3, and New Business Landscape.- ChatGPT: Inside and Impact on Business Automation.- Part II: Applications of ChatGPT in Diverse Fields and Integration with Web3.- ChatGPT and Web3 Applications.- ChatGPT in Product Management.- ChatGPT and Gig Economy.- ChaptGPT in Nutrition Science.- ChatGPT in Finance and Banking.- ChatGPT in Real Estate.- ChatGPT in Gaming Industry.- ChatGPT in Government.- Part III: Ethical, Legal, and Security Considerations in ChatGPT.- Security and Privacy Concerns in ChatGPT.- Legal and Ethics Responsibility of ChatGPT.

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Book SynopsisCompeting through advanced services involves offering products-as-a-service, delivering outcomes for customers, and regularly earning revenue when customers get the results they value. This strategic move towards delivering outcomes can present many challenges for a firm. Part of the Palgrave Executive Essentials series, this book introduces outcome-based business models as Advanced Services Business Models and provides a practical guide on how a firm can innovate these services through a process known as servitization.Servitization offers businesses a pathway to both improve economic productivity and sustainability. It can create greater value for customers, while also improving resource efficiency and dematerialisation of the supply chain. It has the potential to reshape the industrial landscape for businesses, markets, and consumers around the world. This book is for executives, professionals, and anyone else who is looking for a practical guide to implementing service-based business models or seeking to innovate their business models to focus on services. It functions as a companion for students in executive education courses on servitization, business model innovation, strategy, and operations and should be on the radar of all instructors in those fields.Table of ContentsSUMMARY 2PREFACE 3Chapter 1: Introduction 9This book 11Purpose 11Target 11Scope 11Research 12Structure 13PART I: WHAT IS SERVITIZATION AND WHAT ARE ADVANCED SERVICES 14Chapter 2: Servitization, advanced services and outcomes 14Business model thinking: a powerful lens to understand servitization 14Services staircase: Understanding value propositions for servitzation 17Advanced services and outcome thinking 20Advanced services as outcome-based value propositions 22Advanced services around products 24Advanced services based around processes 25Advanced services based around platforms 26Risks 27Chapter Summary 28Chapter 3: Capturing value for advanced services 30Foundations of value capture 30Alignment of incentives across the value network: 31Competency to manage risk: 31Innovation pathway openness: 32Economic value 32Ownership 33Subscription 34Pay-per-use 35Pay-per-outcome 36Penalties 36Blended revenue model 37Strategic value 38Knowledge value 39Relational value 40Key cost drivers and pricing 40Chapter Summary 40Chapter 4: Organising to deliver advanced services 42Fundamentals of delivering advanced services 42Systems thinking 42Services language 43Customer first 43Innovation and Responsiveness 44Brought together 45Objectives 46Design 47Facilities 48Supply 49Partnerships 51Digital 51People 52Processes 53Chapter Summary 54PART II: WHY SERVITIZATION AND ADVANCED SERVICES ARE IMPORTANT 55Chapter 5: Broad drivers 55Fundamentals when evaluating impact 55Improving economic performance 56Servitization, revenue and profit 57Strengthening competitiveness of the firm 61Defence 61Growth 62Icon of practice 64Building business resilience 65Servitization as an aid resilience 66Icon of practice 69Helping to achieve carbon NetZero and sustainability 70Net Zero and servitization 71Icon of practice 76Pathway to improved productivity 78Servitization and productivity 78Icon of practice 81Building exports, international trade, and emerging markets 82Servitization exports, international trade and emerging markets 82Icon of practice 84Enabling new technology innovations to enter markets 85Servitization and barriers to market entry 85Icon of practice 88Chapter Summary 89PART III: HOW TO BRING ABOUT SERVITIZATION THROUGH THE INNOVATION OF ADVANCED SERVICES 91Chapter 6: Exploring the processes of servitizaiton 91Learning from experience 91Explaining transformation 95Stages 96Exploration 97Engagement 97Expansion 98Exploitation 98Forces 98Market centric forces 99Technology centric forces 99Value network centric forces 99Organisation centric forces 100Dynamics, tipping and exits 101Pathways 103Chapter summary 106Chapter 7: Managing the innovation of advanced services 108Framing the servitization process 108Process stages 109Objectives of each stage. 109Principle activities for each objective 110Context and accelerators of the servitization process 111Senior management empathy for services 111Customer intimacy 113Services function 114Customer demand 114Digital exploitation 115Reliable product 115Applying the servitization process 116Stepping off 117Exploration of servitization and advanced services 117Engagement in the innovation of an advanced service. 119Expansion to deliver services at scale 120Exploitation to optimise value creation 121Chapter summary 122Chapter 8: Close 123Recap 123The future 124Resources 128Glossary 128Acknowledgments 128

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Book SynopsisPART I: Introducing the need for a Green and Circular Economy.- Chapter 1. The Anthropocene Age and a Sustainable Living.- Chapter 2. Climate Change and Energy Consumption.- Chapter 3. Land use and the spread of humans.- Chapter 4. Resource scarcity.- Chapter 5. The green transition and a new market situation.- Chapter 6. EU Legislation to a Green Economy.- PART II: Climate Nexus the nexus between climate neutrality and sustainability.- Chapter 7. Introduction to Climate Nexus.- Chapter 8. Energy transition.- Chapter 9. The transition to a Circular Economy.- Chapter 10. Transition to sustainable public and individual transport.- Chapter 11. Transition to sustainable land use, Agriculture and Wild Nature.- Chapter 12. Driving the Climate Nexus people and money.- PART III: Methods and Tools for the Transition to a Circular and green Economy - Tools and Methods for companies.- Chapter 13. Introduction to part III.- Chapter 14. Materiality Assessment.- Chapter 15. Changing company climate impacts in scope 1+2.- Chapter 16. Method to transform to a circular business model (scope 3).- Chapter 17. Developing a Sustainability Roadmap.- Chapter 18. Summary.

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Book SynopsisPART I: LOOKING BEHIND THE MIRROR.- 1. The Blind Gambler.- 2. The Code.- PART II: SEEING THINGS FOR WHAT THEY REALLY ARE.- 3. Interlude.- 4. What We See. And What We Don't.- 5. Balancing the Attention Seesaw.- PART III: MAINTAINING YOUR COMPOSURE.- 6. Interlude.- 7. Deep Currents Moving.- 8. Your Emotional Targeting System.- 9. How you Feel About Yourself.- 10. Interlude.- 11. The Regulator Within.- PART IV: DEALING WITH PEOPLE.- 12. Interlude.- 13. The Relationships We Have.- 14. Transferred Intuition. Scripted Routines.- 15. Approaches to Authority.- 16. The Tensions We Create.- 17. The Solutions You Can Use.- PART V: THE CHARACTER OF YOUR CODE.- 18. Shaping Your Impact.

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Book SynopsisThe financial system is currently confronted with tremendous challenges from the global economy, trade, politics, demographics, and most recently from enormous technological advancements.

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Book SynopsisThis book presents a comprehensive overview of the development of various schools of economic thought. Written for students of economics and anyone interested in the history of economics, it introduces the economic thinking of major economists, including Adam Smith, David Ricardo, Karl Marx, and John Maynard Keynes, and explains how classical economics and modern schools of economic thought evolved also in relation to the social conditions and real economic problems they were trying to address. It covers topics such as the evolution of classical economics, the marginal revolution, the theory of capital and the Cambridge controversies, Keynes's General Theory, the neoclassical synthesis, and the history of macroeconomics. The author also reflects on the contemporary influence of various schools of economic thought and what answers they offer to present-day problems. The second edition is completely updated and offers two new chapters, one on the methodology of economics and another on

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Book SynopsisThis book provides operational guidance on how to bring process mining to the next level, with process intelligence enabling companies to improve process efficiency and realize value.

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Book SynopsisProminent economists including Nassau Senior, Eugene von B?hm-Bawerk, Gustav Cassel, Irving Fisher, Walter Eucken, and Robert Dorfman have recognized or toyed with the idea of waiting as a factor of production, but this concept has not yet been explored in its entirety until now.

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Book SynopsisGreat line managers are decisive, clear, inclusive, compassionate and fair, but there are too few of them around just when we need them most. They can make or break an organisation and energise or destroy the relationship it has with its employees. At the same time, companies invest too little effort in ensuring that line managers have the skills, personality, emotional intelligence, compassion and know-how to excel. This book will help make sure that you'll shine at the most important and influential management jobs you will ever have. It offers practical but evidence-based guidance on becoming an excellent line manager in a world of work that is more diverse, more hybrid and remote, more precarious, more stressful, more digitised and more demanding. Drawing on the author's own research and practical experience, together with best-practice case studies from contemporary organisations and interviews with innovators in the field, this book sets out a vision and a pathway for those who want to raise the standard of line management in modern organisations.

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Book SynopsisIn the boardroom, executive and non-executive directors must frequently make decisions balancing competing interests and conflicting moral norms, with their actions impacting employees, customers, shareholders, and society at large.

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Book SynopsisPart of the Palgrave Executive Essentials series, this engaging text is the only dedicated resource for executive learners, professionals and students of human resources and labour relations, providing a strategic management guide to employee relations in the unionised workplace.

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Book SynopsisChapter 1. Introduction. Scarcity, opportunity cost, and comparative advantage.- Chapter 2. Supply, demand, and equilibrium.- Chapter 3. Consumer surplus and producer surplus.- Chapter 4. Elasticity.- Chapter 5. Government intervention: price ceilings, price floors, and taxes.- Chapter 6. Externalities and types of goods.- Chapter 7. Consumer choice.- Chapter 8. Production and costs.- Chapter 9. Perfect competition.- Chapter 10. Monopoly.- Chapter 11. Monopolistic competition.- Chapter 12. Oligopoly and game theory

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Book SynopsisThe Art of Behavioral Economics.- A short history of utility.- Utility in behavioral economics.- The methods of behavioral economics part 1: Experiments, field studies, and international comparisons.- The methods of behavioral economics part 2: Neuroeconomics, genoeconomics, and new statistics.- Reference-dependence, loss aversion, and endowment effect.- Probability judgment.- Bayesian updating.- Decision under risk.- Ambiguity.- Time preference.- Behavioral economics and policy.

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Book SynopsisCompetitive advantage is the core of a winning strategy. This book helps a business create a competitive advantage. It replaces product- and production-oriented thinking with a market-oriented way of thinking. Competitive advantages are created only by thinking in new way. By thinking what has not been thought.

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Book SynopsisDuring the final stages of Prohibition, the US government allowed the consumption and sale of non-intoxicating beer, which was at or below 3.2% alcohol-by-weight. Beer's returnpermitted with an eye toward job creation during the Great Depressionwas one of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's earliest New Deal policies. In this book, economic historianJason E. Taylor takes readers through the rapid resurgence of American breweries and shows how beer helped spark a sharp recovery in the spring of 1933. Taylor begins with stories of how the nation's 1,400 breweries were decimated by the onset of Prohibition in 1920. He then turns to the frothy debates that led Congress to declare 3.2 beer non-intoxicating, and hence allowable under Prohibition. While April 7th is now celebrated as National Beer Day, the original April 7thwhen legal beer returned after more than 13 years awaybrought raucous scenes that make today's Mardi Gras festivities seem tame by comparison. The Brew Deal shares stories of breweries, people, politics, perseverance, and the various roles that 3.2 beer has played in the evolving American beer scene.

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Book SynopsisPart i welcome to the neoworld.- The neoworld is different, unique and surreal.- What It Means To Be NEO.- Part ii neo innovation.- Making Sense of Innovation.- Neo Innovation Best Practices and Strategies.- You Can Learn From Innovation Gurus.- Part iii neo management.- Whats New About Neo Management.- New Forms of Organizations.- PART IV NEO TRENDS.- Living in the Future.- Neo Trends That Are Reshaping the Future.

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Book Synopsis1. Introduction to Holistic Innovation.- Part I: Innovation Culture.- 2. Introduction to Innovation Culture.- 3. Innovation Hurdle Race.- 4. Embracing Digital Innovation in the Hotel Industry.- 5. How to empower employees for Innovation?.- Part II: Strategic Development.- 6. Introduction to Strategic Development.- 7. The relevance of customer insights for a shift to a circular business model.- 8. A Critical Assessment of OKR in Entrepreneurial Environments.- 9. DB Schenker STARTup terminal: A case study.- Part III: Sustainable Change.- 10. Introduction to Sustainable Change.- 11. Uniting economic success and sustainable impact with innovation.- 12. Workers' buyout for company succession.- 13. New Work as a driver for innovation?.- 14. Summary Proposition of a Holistic Transformation Model.

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Book SynopsisChapter One: The Rise of Responsible Investing.- Chapter Two: The Pandemic Years: The definitive polycrisis.- Chapter Three: Blowback: Critics assail responsible investing from all sides are they right?.- Chapter Four: Why Responsible Investing Matters: A Tour Through Asset Classes.- Chapter Five: Challenging ExxonMobil: Engaged investing at work.- Chapter Six: The Cornerstone: Why governance is the foundation of responsible investing.- Chapter Seven: The Data Dilemma: How Investors Measure ESG.- Chapter Eight: The Players: What do stakeholders want from ESG?.- Chapter Nine: What Comes Next: Responsible investing gets normal.

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Book SynopsisI. Introduction.- II. Objectives, Rationale, Opportunities versus Main Risks of a CBDC: Principles for a Coherent European Financial Regulation.- III. Central Bank Digital Currency and the Treaty Mandate of the European Central Bank.- IV. The Digital Euro and the EU Framework for Payments.- V. The Demand for CBDC in the Perspective of Existing (Retail) Payment Systems.- VI. Digital Euro and Financial Inclusion Considerations on Trust, the Digital Divide and Financial Literacy.- VII. Governance Issues Concerning the Issuer of CBDC, who Supervises and Controls the CBDC Scheme?.- VIII. Exploring the Impact of the Digital Euro on Euro Area Banks.- IX. Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Implications of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC).

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