Economy & Finance

From Digital Disruption to Dominance: Leveraging FinTech Applications for Sustainable Growth is a timely exploration into FinTech applications and their transformative power in the business realm, offering clear understanding of how these tools not only disrupt but also offer pathways to dominance in various market segments.

Over the last twenty-five years, the "Africa Rising" discourse has been used to signify hope and promise for the continent, marking a break from previous pessimistic portrayals. This book critically examines that discourse, analyzing recurring themes, tropes, metaphors, and imagery.

John Maynard Keynes is best known for his contributions to economics, yet he spent nearly two decades exploring the concept of probability. His extensive work culminated in the Treatise on Probability (1921), where he developed a unique notion of probability that continues to divide scholars regarding its relevance to economic theory.

Die Autoren machen Sie Schritt für Schritt und leicht verständlich mit der Buchhaltung vertraut. Von der Klärung der Begriffe, den Aufgaben und den gesetzlichen Grundlagen über die Buchungsvorbereitung und den ersten Buchungssatz bis zu Buchungen in der Praxis. Buchen Sie den Ein- und Verkauf von Waren und Leistungen, buchen Sie Löhne, Gehälter und Sozialversicherung, Anzahlungen, Kredite und Forderungen sowie Maschinen, Anlagen und nicht zu vergessen Steuern. So bleibt die Buchhaltung kein Buch mit sieben Siegeln.

A myth-busting guide to the ins and outs of inflation from two leading political economists.

The number of questions related to climate, pollution, mass extinction, threats from technology, are on a rise. How to understand our place within the environment, how to create a link between our economy and the environment, how to evaluate natural resources compared to market values?This book is seeking answers to the questions what sustainability means, what happens when our economy, our practice, our life, our political-economic establishment are unsustainable, if the reasonable and theoretically optimal use of resources does sum up to sustainability on the global scale, how technology affects sustainability, if there is anything missing from the Demand-Supply graph.My work intends to answer the less pronounced questions like how to make decisions if our way of life is sustainable or not; in case our answer is not, what we should take into consideration when we look for the way forward.

This book analyses the transformation in 16th- and 17th-century English economic life that overturned the traditional restraints of the medieval economy for the commercial ethos that governs the modern world, and the resulting imbalance which opened the way to the environmental breakdown of today.

Liquor has become a "party" in East Asia. A beverage phenomenon popular among countries throughout the region. The book examines liquor: moonshine and retail liquor in East Asia.

This book helps you make good lighting decisions and will be a very useful hands-on tool for anyone involved with engineering, maintenance, purchasing, specification, retrofits, remodels, and new construction for interior or exterior lighting applications. It gives very practical ways to maintain and update existing lighting systems and how to p

Branko Milanovic is best known as one of the world's leading experts on global inequality. But he is also an unusually wide-ranging and penetrating commentator on subjects across economics and beyond, in politics, history, and culture. This book brings together his most searching, provocative, and entertaining articles of recent years, providing an abundance of vital insights into the evolution and dynamics of the world under capitalism. The volume features important ideas about the struggle to achieve a more equal and prosperous world against not only the predictable forces of deregulation and distraction but new ideas about shrinking the economy to protect the environment. Further from Milanovic's speciality, readers will find an extraordinary array of reflections on subjects including migration, globalization, the politics and economics of Russia and China, the crisis of liberal democracy, economic and literary history, and the intellectual giants of economics. The pieces are united by Milanovic's distinctive voice - humane, wry, and realistic - and by remarkable erudition worn lightly whether the topic is the fall of Constantinople, Jane Austen, or the mores of contemporary soccer. No one can fail to learn from the book, while the sparkling prose, unexpected observations, and sheer importance of the subjects at hand make it a compelling read from start to finish.

Innovation is critical to increasing global prosperity and is also essential to surviving and overcoming the ongoing challenges of pandemics, wars, climate change and systemic financial turmoil.

In Capital Offence award-winning investor Paul Musson shows how the world is becoming increasingly divided on many fronts. One of the root causes of this is that well-intended policymakers have drunk the something-from-nothing Kool-Aid and are convinced that there is such a thing as a free lunch. There isn't. They believe that debt-fueled spending is what leads to economic prosperity. It doesn't. The direct result of these central bank-supported policies is growing wealth disparity where some people are able to extract more from our economic system than they create, while others are left to foot the bill. Most books on this subject speak in a language understood only by those steeped in financial jargon; Paul Musson uses everyday language and analogies to help readers understand why the economy is moving in the wrong direction. The next generation is now poised to be worse off than its predecessors, not because they are less productive, but because older generations are benefiting at their expense - an unsustainable and immoral reality. Paul Musson gives us steps for reform, and while the painful choices ahead are inevitable, facing them now will prevent even greater consequences later.

"*Quantitative Portfolio Optimization: Advanced Techniques and Applications* offers a comprehensive exploration of portfolio optimization, tracing its evolution from Harry Markowitz's Modern Portfolio Theory to contemporary techniques. The book combines foundational models like CAPM and Black-Litterman with advanced methods including Bayesian statistics, machine learning, and quantum computing. It bridges theory and practice through detailed explanations, real-world data applications, and case studies. Aimed at finance professionals, researchers, and students, the book provides tools and insights to address future financial challenges and contributes to the field's ongoing development"--

Offers actionable advice for anyone who wants to invest in income-producing properties. This book includes step-by-step explanations of everything you need to know to keep yourself one step ahead of the competition. It provides tips on financing and trusted guidance on mastering the art of property valuation.

Global Futures is a provocation for us to rethink some of the key words and concepts which define the current global order. This book seeks to re-energise our desire for a better future and will interest students and researchers of sociology, politics, international relations, and global development.

Covers a full range of theoretical, methodological and statistical approaches relied upon by behavioural accounting researchers, giving the reader a good grounding in both theoretical perspectives and practical applications. Eight new chapters reflect the expansion of the topics and theories, methodologies and offer developmental advice.