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Capital Ideas: The Improbable Origins of Modern Wall Street Author: Peter L. Bernstein RRP: USD$14.95 When the 1974 recession hit Wall Street, investment professionals desperately turned to academia to help regain the value of their clients' holdings. Bernstein shows how Wall Street finally embraced the advences wrought in academic seminars and technical journals tht ultimately transformed the art o... ISBN: 0029030129  Perspecta 39 "Re_Urbanism: Transforming Capitals": The Yale Architectural Journal (No. 39) Author: RRP: USD$20.00 This edition of Perspecta, the oldest and most distinguished student-edited architectural journal in America, investigates the transformation of capital cities in the era of globalization. This redevelopment, renewal, and recycling of the urban landscape—termed by the editors as "Re_Urbanism"—takes ... ISBN: 0262511991  Capital Moves: RCA's 70-Year Quest for Cheap Labor Author: Jefferson R. Cowie, Jefferson Cowie RRP: USD$16.95 The highly acclaimed account of one renowned company's labor struggles in its rise to global power. Globalization is the lead story of the new century, but its roots reach back nearly one hundred years, to major corporations' quest for stable, inexpensive, and pliant sources of labor. Before the lar... ISBN: 1565846591  Villa Victoria: The Transformation of Social Capital in a Boston Barrio Author: Mario Luis Small RRP: USD$20.00 For decades now, scholars and politicians alike have argued that the concentration of poverty in city housing projects would produce distrust, alienation, apathy, and social isolation—the disappearance of what sociologists call social capital. But relatively few have examined precisely how such pove... ISBN: 0226762920  Racine:: Drum and Bugle Corps Capital of the World (Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)) Author: George D. Fennell RRP: USD$21.99 Many activities become short-lived fads. Not so for the drum and bugle corps in Racine. Here, after 150 years, drum and bugle corps activity still flourishes as a proud tradition. Racine is the self-proclaimed drum corps capital of the world. Racine had six competing drum and bugle corps during the ... ISBN: 0738561339  When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long Term Capital Management Author: Roger Lowenstein RRP: USD$16.50 ... ISBN: 1841155047  Private Capital Markets: Valuation, Capitalization, and Transfer of Private Business Interests Author: Robert T. Slee RRP: USD$110.00 A theoretical and practical guide that enables readers to make sound investment and financing decisions This book is a technical finance book that surveys the private capital markets—the major uncharted financial market. Representing nearly half of the U.S. gross national product, these mar... ISBN: 0471656224  Capital Campaigns: A Guide for Board Members and Others Who Aren’t Professional Fundraisers but Who Will Be the Heroes Who Create a Better Community Author: Stuart R Grover PhD RRP: USD$17.95 Are you a board member whose organization is contemplating a capital campaign? Do you wonder what’s expected of you and whether you’ll be able to reach your fundraising goal? At last, here’s an authoritative but accessible guide for board members, offering a readable and thorough blueprint ...  The New Human Capital Strategy: Improving the Value of Your Most Important Investment--Year After Year Author: Bradley W. Hall RRP: USD$27.95 It is often said that the only true source of sustained competitive advantage is people. But what does that mean and how can this be measured and managed? How many organizations know whether their human capital outperforms their competitors’, or even whether it improves year-over-year? And what is t... ISBN: 081440927X  The Startup Company Bible For Entrepreneurs: The Complete Guide For Building Successful Companies And Raising Venture Capital Author: RRP: USD$66.95 ... ISBN: 0975577611  Search the web for capital capital pictures |