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I don’t pay good wages because I have a lot of money; I have a lot of money because I pay good wages.

Content: Quotation | Subject: Money

Chuck Pettis of Brand Solutions, Inc. was the keynote speaker at The 2000 Conference on Brand Valuations at Columbia Business School. Here he offers the presentation he gave online. The presentation includes: proven brand strategies for increasing stock price and profitability and effective brand strategies for dot-com companies. Much of the information presented is based on robust, in-depth academic research on the subject. … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Author: Chuck Pettis | Source: Brand Solutions | Subjects: Finance, Marketing / Sales

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Technology has brought major improvements to the cross-border payment process. But the old problems, including payments never showing up or showing up very late, continue to hamper global commerce.

Content: Article | Author: Richard H. Gamble | Source: Business Finance Magazine | Subjects: Finance, International | Industry: Finance / Banking

What happens when important news hits the financial markets? Suppose a company reports earnings much higher than expected or announces a big acquisition. Traders and investors rush to digest the information and push stock prices to a level they think is consistent with what they have heard. But do they get it right? Do they react properly to the news they receive? Recent evidence suggests … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Nicholas Barberis, Robert W. Vishny | Source: Capital Ideas | Subject: Finance | Industry: Investing

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The Knowledge Guide to the Euro, created and maintained by the library and Information Service of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, celebrates the two-year anniversary of the creation of the Euro with this information-rich guide to information sources on the currency. The first section Euro Implementations details some of the controversies surrounding the Euro, as well as the timetable for the … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales | Subjects: Finance, International – Europe | Industry: Finance / Banking

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In Europe last year, telecommunications and financial companies joined at a rate of one alliance a month. The trend will go global, because financial content is where the money is.

Content: Article | Authors: Adam Seale, David Osborn, Wouter Rosingh | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Finance, Industry Specific | Industry: Telecommunications

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The story of the Morgan family and its banking empire is the story of the most powerful class of financiers ever. In the 19th century, gentleman bankers such as John Pierpont Sr. were austere aristocrats who did business with only the most powerful corporations and individuals, enjoying monopolistic control of the nation’s wealth. Though the legacy persists, these days the family will give a handshake … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Author: Ron Chernow | Subjects: Finance, Industry Specific | Industry: Finance / Banking

Content: Book | Authors: Bryan Burrough, John Helyar | Subject: Finance | Industry: Investment Banking

Content: Book | Author: William Greider | Subjects: Economics, Finance | Industry: Finance / Banking

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Greed and excess always end in tears for some–usually the inexperienced and last to join the party.

Content: Quotation | Subjects: Finance, Personality / Behavior

Given the ease and availability of online trading over the past several years, just how has the behavior of average investors changed? Are these individuals trading online more, and more frequently, or does their natural conservatism distance them from the lure of trading on the web? Finance professor Andrew Metrick and two colleagues from Harvard University find some answers in a recent research paper … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Source: Knowledge@Wharton | Subject: Finance | Industry: Investing

Article discusses problems associated with accounting for and valuing intangible assets (see related articles by Baruch Lev). Offers some refresher info for those who have forgotten (or yet to take) their accounting course(s).

Content: Article | Author: Phil Weiss | Source: Motley Fool | Subjects: Accounting, Finance | Industry: Investing

The term “project finance” is generally used to refer to a nonrecourse or limited recourse financing structure in which debt, equity, and credit enhancement are combined for the construction and operation, or the refinancing, of a particular facility in a capital-intensive industry, in which lenders base credit appraisals on the projected revenues from the operation of the facility, rather than the general assets or the … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: Institute of International Project Finance | Subjects: Finance, Project Management

The Baker Library at the Harvard Business School (HBS) has created this all-encompassing portal intended to serve as a reference guide for project finance students, faculty, and researchers. The resources on the site are divided into two main sections. The Research and Publications list is directed at the academic community and includes bibliographies of articles, books and book chapters, and trade magazines, as well as … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Author: Benjamin C. Esty | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) | Subjects: Finance, Project Management