To what extent can governments supplement private venture capitalists and stimulate the economy by providing money to new entrepreneurs as well as existing enterprises? The UK’s National Enterprise Board (NEB) attempted to do just this, and whilst it gained most publicity through its efforts to bail out ailing giants such as British Leyland and Rolls Royce Aerospace, much of its attention was actually directed to smaller ventures. Originally published in 1988 Professor Kramer reports that ...

This text remains the only book to analyse corporate internal investigations on an international level, covering the applicable law in each jurisdiction and providing guidance on how an integrated international investigation should be conducted. Since the first edition of the book, the area of corporate internal investigations has grown in importance and recognition. Demands for investigations are on the rise as the internal markets and the press become ever more critical of unethical corp...

Why just be contrarian when you can bet against consensus and be right? Through a meta-analysis of what moves markets and what drives human behavior, New York Times bestselling author and founder of Verdad Advisers, Daniel Rasmussen cuts through the 60/40 portfolio, exposing where empirical evidence shows the best opportunities—and where projections, models, and experts often fail—to create an asset allocation that can withstand the tests of time. In this exploration of intellectual truths...

Investment analyst and portfolio manager Hilary Kramer—called "a one-woman financial investment powerhouse" by the Financial Times—provides a blueprint for investors to navigate the rapidly changing trends in today's economy.Kramer's investment style puts her ahead of the curve as she relentlessly researches to find the next big company to invest in long before anyone else does. In doing so, over the past three decades, she has generated more than $100 bil...

This book explores the dynamics of excessive violence, using a broad range of interdisciplinary case studies. It highlights that excessive violence depends on various contingencies and is not always the outcome of rational decision making. The contributors also analyse the discursive framing of acts of excessive violence.

Staten Island is New York City’s smallest yet fastest growing borough: a conservative, suburban community of nearly a half a million on the fringe of the nation’s most liberal, global city. Staten Island: Conservative Bastion in a Liberal City chronicles how this “forgotten borough” has grappled with its uneasy relationship with the rest of the City of New York since the 1920s. Daniel C. Kramer and Richard M. Flanagan analyze the politics behind events that have shaped the borough, such as...

Antonio Colletti returns to his cousin Tom Romani's house with a crimson mask, a polished smile, and a murderous plan. Still consumed by jealousy over Nita Tosca's choice of Tom, he hides his hatred while hoping to destroy the couple and seize the family fortune. But the strange mask—warm, beautiful, and unnervingly alive in their hands—seems to awaken something darker than envy. As Tom and Nita prepare for a masquerade, the mask's influence appears to seep into Tom's mind, twisting affect...

Health care delivery is shifting away from the clinic and into the home. Even prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of telehealth, wearable sensors, ambient surveillance, and other products was on the rise. In the coming years, patients will increasingly interact with digital products at every stage of their care, such as using wearable sensors to monitor changes in temperature or blood pressure, conducting self-directed testing before virtually meeting with a physician for a diagnosis, ...

Discover how to make beautiful home crafts with the power of Cricut!Are you looking for a fun new hobby? Or do you already own a Cricut machine, and you’re looking to make the most out of it? Want a practical, step-by-step guide for making stunning crafts? Then this is the book for you!The Cricut machine is an incredible tool in your home craft toolbox – it’s able to cut countless different kinds of materials with precision and accuracy...

After having been held in the UK for the past 10 years, the 11th edition of the annual Current Research in Egyptology (CRE) graduate conference was held at Leiden University, The Netherlands in January 2010. As always, the main aim of the conference was to provide graduate and postgraduate students of Egyptology and Egyptian archaeology with the opportunity to present their research. The proceedings of this year's conference cover a wide range of topics from the Predynastic Period to moder...

From bestselling authors William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone, the epic tale of a Rebel doctor surviving in the lawless aftermath of the Civil War continues.When the war ended, Dr. Samuel Knight went home to Texas—but the life he expected was in ruins, his wife married to a carpetbagger. Trying to defend what’s left of his previous existence, the good doctor is branded an outlaw and driven from Texas. Now he’s laying low in New Mexico, with his image on wanted posters everywhere...

This book, by Alan A. Tait, is an examination of VAT. It looks at problems and theoretical options and potential impacts, as well as detailing the practical aspects of implementing new tax structures. The author advances arguments for and against alternative policies and illustrates his study with international examples from Europe, Latin America, Asia, and the Pacific. He suggests that countries can learn from each other's experiencees with VAT.