This book is an economic analysis of the stock exchange industry. The authors draw on theories from micro- and industrial economics to provide a detailed analysis of the industry structure, the strategic behaviour of key participants and the performance of stock exchanges.

The five-volume set LNCS 17089-17093 constitutes the proceedings of the 35th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks and Machine Learning, ICANN 2026, held in Padua, Italy on September 14–17, 2026. The 296 papers included in these conference proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 450 submissions. The conference strongly values the synergy between theoretical progress and impactful real-world applications, and actively encourages contributions that demonstrate ...

The five-volume set LNCS 17089-17093 constitutes the proceedings of the 35th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks and Machine Learning, ICANN 2026, held in Padua, Italy on September 14–17, 2026. The 296 papers included in these conference proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 450 submissions. The conference strongly values the synergy between theoretical progress and impactful real-world applications, and actively encourages contributions that demonstrate ...

The five-volume set LNCS 17089-17093 constitutes the proceedings of the 35th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks and Machine Learning, ICANN 2026, held in Padua, Italy on September 14–17, 2026. The 296 papers included in these conference proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 450 submissions. The conference strongly values the synergy between theoretical progress and impactful real-world applications, and actively encourages contributions that demonstrate ...

While there is a vast amount of literature examining firm’s networks from an industrial organization perspective, the financial implications of networking remain underexplored. This book fills this gap, by investigating the phenomenon of business networks in the context of management and governance processes, and the related effects on interactions with the financial system in general, and credit institutions in particular. Networking is examined both from the demand (firms) and supply (ba...

The five-volume set LNCS 17089-17093 constitutes the proceedings of the 35th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks and Machine Learning, ICANN 2026, held in Padua, Italy on September 14–17, 2026. The 296 papers included in these conference proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 450 submissions. The conference strongly values the synergy between theoretical progress and impactful real-world applications, and actively encourages contributions that demonstrate ...

The five-volume set LNCS 17089-17093 constitutes the proceedings of the 35th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks and Machine Learning, ICANN 2026, held in Padua, Italy on September 14–17, 2026. The 296 papers included in these conference proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 450 submissions. The conference strongly values the synergy between theoretical progress and impactful real-world applications, and actively encourages contributions that demonstrate ...

This book will examine the profession of investor relations from the practical standpoint. The book will define what investor relations is, what investor relations professionals do, what skills and competencies are required to become a successful investor relations practitioner and, finally, how to outsource investor relations services. Investor relations is a profession on the borderline between communication, finance and law. This book will address each of these three competencies as ess...

The third edition of 'Analyzing Banking Risk' provides a comprehensive overview of topics dealing with the assessment, analysis, and management of financial risks in banking.The publication emphasizes risk-management principles and stresses that key players in the corporate governance process are accountable for managing the different dimensions of financial risk.This third edition remains faithful to the objectives of the original publication. A significant new addition is the incl...

Other books present corporate finance approaches to the VC/PE industry, but many key decisions require an understanding of the ways that law and economics work together. Venture Capital and Private Equity Contracting is better than straight corporate finance textbooks because it offers broad perspectives and principles that enable readers to deduce the economic implications of specific contract terms. This approach avoids the common pitfalls of implying that contractual terms apply equally...

Other books present corporate finance approaches to the venture capital and private equity industry, but many key decisions require an understanding of the ways that law and economics work together. This revised and updated 2e offers broad perspectives and principles not found in other course books, enabling readers to deduce the economic implications of specific contract terms. This approach avoids the common pitfalls of implying that contractual terms apply equally to firms in any indust...

Venture capital (VC) refers to investments provided to early-stage, innovative, and high growth start-up companies. A common characteristic of all venture capital investments is that investee companies do not have cash flows to pay interest on debt or dividends on equity. Rather, investments are made with a view towards capital gain on exit. The most sought after exit routes are an initial public offering (IPO), where a company lists on a stock exchange for the first time, and an acquisiti...