The past twenty years have seen great theoretical & empirical advances in the field of corporate finance. Whereas once the subject addressed mainly the financing of corporations
- equity debt & valuation
- today it also embraces crucial issues of governance liquidity risk management relationships between banks & corporations & the macroeconomic impact of corporations. However this progress has left in its wake a jumbled array of concepts & models that students are often hard put to make sense of. Here one of the worlds leading economists offers a lucid unified & comprehensive introduction to modern corporate finance theory. Jean Tirole builds his landmark book around a single model using an incentive or contract theory approach. Filling a major gap in the field The Theory of Corporate Finance" is an indispensable resource for graduate & advanced undergraduate students as well as researchers of corporate finance industrial organization political economy development & macroeconomics. Tirole conveys the organizing principles that structure the analysis of todays key management & public policy issues such as the reform of corporate governance & auditing; the role of private equity financial markets & takeovers; the efficient determination of leverage dividends liquidity & risk management; & the design of managerial incentive packages. He weaves empirical studies into the books theoretical analysis. & he places the corporation in its broader environment both microeconomic & macroeconomic & examines the two-way interaction between the corporate environment & institutions. Setting a new milestone in the field " The Theory of Corporate Finance" will be the authoritative text for years to come."

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A Theory of Fun for Game Design is not your typical how-to book. It features a novel way of teaching interactive designers how to create & improve their designs to incorporate the highest degree of fun. As the book shows designing for fun is all about making interactive products like games highly entertaining engaging & addictive. The books unique approach of providing a highly visual storyboard approach combined with a narrative on the art & practice of designing for fun is sure to be a hit with game & interactive designers At first glance A Theory of Fun for Game Design is a book that will truly inspire & challenge game designers to think in new was; however its universal message will influence designers from all walks of life. This book captures the real essence of what drives us to seek out products & experiences that are truly fun & entertaining. The author masterfully presents his engaging theory by showing readers how many designs are lacking because they are predictable & not engaging enough. He then explains how great designers use different types of elements in new ways to make designs more fun & compelling. Anyone who is interested in design will enjoy how the book works on two levels--as a quick inspiration guide to game design or as an informative discussion that details the insightful thinking from a great mind in the game industry. ...

Economics has much to do with incentives
- not least incentives to work hard to produce quality products to study to invest & to
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Andrew Porters stories offer a stunningly astute vision of contemporary American suburbia full of tension heartbreak & emotional complexity
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Best known for his revolutionary free-market economics treatise The Wealth of Nations" Adam Smith was first & foremost a moral philosopher. In his first book " The Theory of Moral Sentiments" he investigated the flip side of economic self-interest: the interest of the greater good. Smiths classic work advances ideas about conscience moral judgement & virtue that have taken on renewed importance in business & politics." ...

A helpful & practical resource for students & teachers preparing for Theory exams coinciding with the release of Theory of Music papers 2010. Provides a list of correct answers where appropriate a selection of likely options where the answer can be expressed in a variety of ways & a single exemplar where a composition-style answer is required. ...

A helpful & practical resource for students & teachers preparing for Theory exams coinciding with the release of Theory of Music papers 2011 Grades 1-8. Provides a: list of correct answers where appropriate selection of likely options where the answer can be expressed in a variety of ways single exemplar where a composition-style answer is required ...

Helpful & practical resource for students & teachers preparing for Theory exams to coincide with the release of Theory of Music papers 2009. Provides a list of correct answers where appropriate a selection of likely options where the answer can be expressed in a variety of ways & a single exemplar where a composition-style answer is required. ...

Drawing on primary source material & interviews with statisticians & other scientists The Theory That Would Not Die" is the riveting account of how a seemingly simple theorem ignited one of the greatest scientific controversies of all time. Bayes rule appears to be a straightforward one-line theorem: by updating our initial beliefs with objective new information we get a new & enhanced belief. To its adherents it is an elegant statement about learning from experience. To its opponents it is subjectivity run amok. In the first-ever account of Bayes rule for general readers Sharon Bertsch Mc Grayne explores this controversial theorem & the human obsessions surrounding it. She traces its discovery by an amateur mathematician in the 1740s through its development into roughly its modern form by French scientist Pierre Simon Laplace. She reveals why respected statisticians rendered it professionally taboo for 150 years
- at the same time that practitioners relied on it to solve crises involving great uncertainty & scanty information even breaking Germanys Enigma code during World War II & explains how the advent of off-the-shelf computer technology in the 1980s proved to be a game-changer. Today Bayes rule is used everywhere from DNA decoding to Homeland Security. " The Theory That Would Not Die" is a vivid account of the generations-long dispute over one of the greatest breakthroughs in the history of applied mathematics & statistics."
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This is a new & enlarged edition of Mark Fortiers very successful & widely used essential text for students. Theory/ Theatre provides a unique & engaging introduction to literary theory as it relates to theatre & performance. Fortier lucidly examines current theoretical approaches from semiotics poststructuralism through cultural materialism postcolonial studies & feminist theory. This new edition
Includes:: * More detailed explanation of key ideas * New Putting it into practice sections at the end of each chapter so you can approach performances from specific theoretical perspectives * Annotated further reading section & glossary. Theory/ Theatre is still the only study of its kind & is invaluable reading for beginning students & scholars of performance studies.
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