Concept of Corporate Governance: Corporate governance has caught the interest and imagination of all segments of the corporate world. Governance has assumed greater significance in the light of series of corporate failings, both in public and private sectors. The society at large, have begun to loose faith in the infallibility of governance systems. What could be the minimum ethical sta....     View More Details

Many optimization questions arise in economics and finance; an important example of this is the society`s choice of the optimum state of the economy (the social choice problem). Optimization in Economics and Finance extends and improves the usual optimization techniques, in a form that may be adopted for modeling social choice problems. Problems discussed include eg., when is an optimum....     View More Details

``Statisticians have made considerable progress in developing methodologies for dealing with missing data. However, these methods are not well known to social science researchers or to many graduate students in the behavioral sciences. This book systematically explores methods for classification for diagonosis, and prevention of missing data problems. It provides step-by-step instructions anal....     View More Details

Markov chains are a particularly powerful and widely used tool for analyzing a variety of stochastic (probabilistic) systems over time. This monograph will present a series of Markov models, starting from the basic models and then building up to higher-order models. Included in the higher-order discussions are multivariate models, higher-order multivariate models, and higher-order hidden model....     View More Details

Time Series Analysis and Its Applications, Second Edition, presents a balanced and comprehensive treatment of both time and frequency domain methods with accompanying theory. Numerous examples using non-trivial data illustrate solutions to problems such as evaluating pain perception experiments using magnetic resonance imaging, monitoring a nuclear test ban treaty, evaluating the volatility of....     View More Details

This book explores the topics included in the syllabus of Anna University extensively. A reference table on the factors for quality control Charts, numerical examples for each control chart, the questions for short answers, and a few website addresses have been included to obtain and sustain the interest of the student community and the teaching fraternity.

In this second edition, a cha....     View More Details

Entrepreneurship is usually associated with individuals and small companies. Yes it is the successful entrepreneurs who develop businesses into large corporations - their spirit, leadership and determination lead to great things.

In this book John Forbat, serials entrepreneuer, covers:

• Characteristics you will need to succeed.
• Issues that start-ups face.
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Financial management is a core subject which provides unavoidable part of the overall business management. This book adopts a fresh and innovative approach to the study of financial management for the students of B.Com., B.B.A., M.Com., M.B.A. and other professional courses like C.A., ICWA, C.S. The text is presented in the simplest language with easy concepts. Each paragraph has been arranged....     View More Details

Of late, academicians of technical education have felt the importance of ``Management`` and ``Entrepreneurship``. Engineers need to manage their departments/sections/subordinates, and Entrepreneurship helps the large pool of technical manpower in developing small-scale industries in high tech areas thereby contributing to the economy of the country. This book covers both `Management` and `Entr....     View More Details

BUSINESS ETHICS: The Ethical Revolution of Minority Shareholders is a pioneer and original work in the domain of ethics in the relations between companies and minority shareholders. The book puts into context the motives of the controlling shareholders, who operate in collaboration with the management of their companies, in order to maximize their profits, very often at the expense of t....     View More Details

Globalisation and opening up of our economy has made it essential to understand the functioning of international financial markets which are private and unregulated.

This book presents an overview of the international financial markets including foreign exchange market, international money, banking, equity (stock exchanges) and bond markets. The ongoing international financial cr....     View More Details

The traditional approach to M&A was to restrict the emergence of monopolies. The modern approach embodied in the takeover regulations is meant to ensure efficient use of corporate resources and protect the interests of minority shareholders. The two streams of corporate restructuring are governed by different legislations. Company law governs mergers and SEBI regulations govern takeovers. ....     View More Details

This book is structured to cover entirely the syllabus of B.Com., B.B.M., M.B.A., M.Com., M.A., L.L.B., etc. and also serves as a basic guide for various competitive examinations such as I.A.S., I.E.S., C.A., N.E.T. and I.I.B.

The present volume contains 19 chapters devoted mainly to the study of Commercial Banks, Central Bank, Reserve Bank of India, State Bank of India, Money and Capit....     View More Details

MBA has been attracting students of different streams in large numbers, a recent change in trend, unlike a decade, earlier. This book is aimed at the students of non-commerce background, who always experience difficulty to understand the concepts and application of finance, in a simple manner and easy way to learn. In this book, all the topics have been dealt with in a systematic manner, in th....     View More Details

The revised second edition thoroughly explains the basic methods and techniques involved in mathematical analysis of economic phenomena. Statistical methods have been emphasized. Numerous new concepts, solved examples and illustrative practice problems have been included throughout the book. In addition, few new chapters have been added to enrich the quality of text as well.
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The book presents the concepts and practices of the working of stock exchanges in India. A comparison of US as well stock exchanges abroad, both developed and emerging, have been presented. The evolution from forward trading, badla, to rolling settlement has been traced.

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This book is conceived for students preparing for M.Com., I.C.W.A., C.A., C.F.A., B.B.A., M.B.A., C.A.I.I.B. and other professional and P.G. diploma courses. It provides an exhaustive treatment of various concepts, methods, techniques and principles of cost accounting. Due emphasis has been laid on conceptual clarity, formulae, detailed illustrations and work practice. Incorporating latest tre....     View More Details

Textbooks on Environmental Economics are plentifully available. But most of them seldom satisfy the requirements of academic community due to insufficient explanation on the economic content of environmental damages. Another reason is that some of  these books are not simple and lucid. This book tries to overcome the above two limitations by incorporating sufficient economic contents and ....     View More Details

The basic function of a commercial bank is risk management. Banks have to adopt a risk management approach to maximise shareholder value/net value and to conform to the RBI guidelines (1999). Further the adoption of ALM and diversification of activities to earn fee income has resulted in the assumption of risks which had to be hedged by derivatives. Since major banks are foreign exchange deale....     View More Details