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That executives give neither sufficient time nor sufficient thought
to the future is a universal complaint. Every executive voices it
when he talks about his own working day and when he talks or
writes to his associates. It is a recurrent theme in…

After a quick warm-up for dynamic general equilibrium models in the first part
of the course we will discuss the two workhorses of modern macroeconomics, the
neoclassical growth model with infinitely lived consumers and the…

as we left the twentieth century and welcomed the beginning
of the twenty - fi rst, the world economy appeared to be in
greater shape than ever before. Things were probably going
well for you, too. You had an enjoyable job, working for a fi rst…

Globalisation is the remarkable result of innocuous choices. Companies
in one nation choose to employ workers in another, and consumers in a
third country choose to buy the stuff they make. To put it this way is not
to diminish the technological…

IBM is a leader in information technology, providing the hardware and software to
enable businesses to gain a competitive advantage. With research and years of
experience, IBM has always provided robust frameworks and architectures for
business…

The youngish-looking man who so vigorously swung off the train at Restview, wore a pair of intensely dark
blue eyes which immediately photographed everything within their range of vision--flat green country, shaded
farm-houses, encircling wooded…

Social media is having a profound, but not yet fully understood impact on public
relations. In the 24/7 world of perpetually connected publics, will public
relations
function as a dark art that spins (or tweets) self-interested variations
of
the…

The business man is the national hero of America, as native to the soil and as typical of the country as baseball
or Broadway or big advertising. He is an interesting figure, picturesque and not unlovable, not so dashing
perhaps as a knight in…

From a situation nearly 30 years ago when it was virtually unknown, Islamic banking has
expanded to become a distinctive and fast growing segment of the international banking
and capital markets. There are well over 200 Islamic banks operating in…

To build a stockmarket worth over $200bn in the space of some 12
years is a remarkable achievement. It has been a privilege during the
course of my research to meet some of the people involved. Their experience
and expertise has shaped my…