Many books covering the introduction of computers into the business environment are written by computer experts who have ignored the managerial issues involved in the changes that computers can bring. This book starts from the managerial viewpoint and shows what behavioral problems may arise and how to avoid them.

Manage IT!: Exploiting information systems for effective management

Business & Money

Wright, Mike

Management & Leadership

Praeger

Many strategies fail not because they are improperly formulated but because they are poorly implemented. The Oxford Handbook of Strategy Implementation examines the crucial role of implementation in how business and managerial strategies produce returns. In this wide-ranging collection of essays, leading scholars address governance, resources, human capital, and accounting-based control systems, advancing our understanding of strategy implementation and identifying opportunities for future research on this important process.

The Oxford Handbook of Strategy Implementation (Oxford Handbooks)

Hitt, Michael A.

Jackson, Susan E.

Bierman, Leonard

Carmona, Salvador

Shalley, Christina E.

Oxford University Press

Private Equity Demystified: An Explanatory Guide

This book deals with risk capital provided for established firms outside the stock market, private equity, which has grown rapidly over the last three decades, yet is largely poorly understood. Although it has often been criticized in the public mind as being short termist and having adverse consequences for employment, in reality this is far from the case. Here, John Gilligan and Mike Wright dispel some of the biggest myths and misconceptions about private equity. The book provides a unique and authoritative source from a leading practitioner and academic for practitioners, policymakers, and researchers that explains in detail what private equity involves and reviews systematic evidence of what the impact of private equity has been. Written in a highly accessible style, the book takes the reader through what private equity means, the different actors involved, and issues concerning sourcing, checking out, valuing, and structuring deals. The various themes from the systematic academic evidence are highlighted in numerous summary vignettes placed alongside the text that discuss the practical aspects. The main part of the work concludes with an up-to-date discussion by the authors, informed commentators on the key issues in the lively debate about private equity. The book further contains summary tables of the academic research carried out over the past three decades across the private equity landscape including: the returns to investors, economic performance, impact on R&D and employees, and the longevity and life-cycle of private equity backed deals.

Gilligan, John

Finance

Product Description 
This book deals with risk capital provided for established firms outside the stock market, private equity, which has grown rapidly over the last three decades, yet is largely poorly understood. Although it has often been criticized in the public mind as being short termist and having adverse 
consequences for employment, in reality this is far from the case. Here, John Gilligan and Mike Wright dispel some of the biggest myths and misconceptions about private equity. The book provides a unique and authoritative source from a leading practitioner and academic for practitioners, 
policymakers, and researchers that explains in detail what private equity involves and reviews systematic evidence of what the impact of private equity has been. Written in a highly accessible style, the book takes the reader through what private equity means, the different actors involved, and 
issues concerning sourcing, checking out, valuing, and structuring deals. The various themes from the systematic academic evidence are highlighted in numerous summary vignettes placed alongside the text that discuss the practical aspects. The main part of the work concludes with an up-to-date 
discussion by the authors, informed commentators on the key issues in the lively debate about private equity. The book further contains summary tables of the academic research carried out over the past three decades across the private equity landscape including: the returns to investors, economic 
performance, impact on R&D and employees, and the longevity and life-cycle of private equity backed deals.\nReview 
"Mike Wright was one of the towering figures in the field of private equity. He pioneered rigorous data analysis of buyouts and private equity a long time before it became fashionable to do so and stimulated a vast body of research on the subject as a consequence. This book exemplifies the major 
contribution that Mike made to the field." -- Colin Mayer CBE FBA, Peter Moores Professor of Management Studies at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford\n"If you are looking for a book that provides you with a full picture of the structure and economics of private equity there is no finer source. The text covers the history of the field, its economic role, a balanced view of its merits and results, and a great deal of vital information on how deals 
are done and investments made to prosper. Its bang up to date with lots of new content especially on the recent explosion of the use of fund leverage. Simply excellent." -- Jon Moulton, Chair of finnCap and of The International Stock Exchange, member of the board of the ICAEW Corporate Finance 
Faculty\n"As private equity's influence continues to swell all of our lives are now inextricably linked to the asset class. It has never been more important to remove the barriers and complexities private equity often seeks to hide behind. 
Private Equity Demystified is therefore essential reading for each 
and every one of us to ensure this asset class is kept in check." -- Alice Murray, Editor, 
The Drawdown\n"Demystifying the private equity industry - specifically leveraged buyouts - is no small feat, requiring exceptional expertise, powerful insight and great depths of knowledge. Gilligan and Wright display it all, as they take the reader through what is a thorough explanatory guide that Invest Europe 
recommends most highly." -- Eric de Montgolfier, Chief Executive Officer, Invest Europe\n"Much is written about private equity and a lot of it, even the articles in certain major newspapers, can be extremely superficial or ill informed. This publication is the antithesis of such coverage of the subject.ÂThe bookÂis thorough, considered and balanced. John Gilligan's experience as a 
practitioner and the huge body of data compiled by CMBORÂunder the leadership of the late Mike Wright are blended togetherÂto make it very readable despite tackling quite complex concepts. This book should be a must-read for pe

The Oxford Handbook of Corporate Governance (Oxford Handbooks)

The behavior of managers-such as the rewards they obtain for poor performance, the role of boards of directors in monitoring managers, and the regulatory framework covering the corporate governance mechanisms that are put in place to ensure managers' accountability to shareholder and other stakeholders-has been the subject of extensive media and policy scrutiny in light of the financial crisis of the early 2000s. However, corporate governance covers a much broader set of issues, which requires detailed assessment as a central issue of concern to business and society. Critiques of traditional governance research based on agency theory have noted its "under-contextualized" nature and its inability to compare accurately and explain the diversity of corporate governance arrangements across different institutional contexts. The Oxford Handbook of Corporate Governance aims at closing these theoretical and empirical gaps. It considers corporate governance issues at multiple levels of analysis-the individual manager, firms, institutions, industries, and nations-and presents international evidence to reflect the wide variety of perspectives. In analyzing the effects of corporate governance on performance, a variety of indicators are considered, such as accounting profit, economic profit, productivity growth, market share, proxies for environmental and social performance, such as diversity and other aspects of corporate social responsibility, and of course, share price effects. In addition to providing a high level review and analysis of the existing literature, each chapter develops an agenda for further research on a specific aspect of corporate governance. This Handbook constitutes the definitive source of academic research on corporate governance, synthesizing studies from economics, strategy, international business, organizational behavior, entrepreneurship, business ethics, accounting, finance, and law.

Keasey, Kevin

Siegel, Donald S.

Filatotchev, Igor

Business Culture

There has been an explosion of interest in entrepreneurs in the popular media, as well as in business, policy, and education. But what do entrepreneurs do and why is what they do important? Paul Westhead and Mike Wright weave a pathway through the debates about entrepreneurship, providing a guide to the entrepreneurial process. They look at how the actions of entrepreneurs are shaped by the external environment and availability of resources, consider the types of organizations in which they can be found, and look at the diversity in their backgrounds, experience, and how they think and learn. Lastly, they consider the impact that entrepreneurs have on modern market economies and look at the future of entrepreneurship in our increasingly globalized world. About the Series: Oxford's Very Short Introductions series offers concise and original introductions to a wide range of subjects--from Islam to Sociology, Politics to Classics, Literary Theory to History, and Archaeology to the Bible. Not simply a textbook of definitions, each volume in this series provides trenchant and provocative--yet always balanced and complete--discussions of the central issues in a given discipline or field. Every Very Short Introduction gives a readable evolution of the subject in question, demonstrating how the subject has developed and how it has influenced society. Eventually, the series will encompass every major academic discipline, offering all students an accessible and abundant reference library. Whatever the area of study that one deems important or appealing, whatever the topic that fascinates the general reader, the Very Short Introductions series has a handy and affordable guide that will likely prove indispensable.

Entrepreneurship: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

Westhead, Paul

WORDS TO WIN BYThe right words, at the right time can be a powerful motivator. The Coaches' Chalkboard provides coaches, athletes, and parents that power, in an easy-to-read quick reference guide. Insightful quotations from some of the greatest minds in civilization including, Philosophers, Poets, Businessman, Military Leaders, and Sports Legends, all pertaining to athletic endeavors. The best society has to offer on: · Commitment · Effort · Goals ·Success · Teamwork · Failure · Preparation · Commitment · Adversity · Challenges ..and much more.The Coaches' Chalkboard is a must for anyone who competes and understands the importance of feeding the mind and heart with motivational fuel.

The Coaches' Chalkboard: Inspiring Quotations for Athletes, Coaches, and Parents

Reference

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

iUniverse

Management Buy-Outs

Croom Helm, Ltd.

This work presents the theory, development and characteristics of management buy-ins (MBIs), an important feature of corporate restructuring since the late 1980s. The authors draw from the Centre for Management Buy-out Research's database (to date, the only comprehensive database in this area in Europe) to trace the development of MBIs and to compare and contrast the two main buy-out forms. The results of an extensive questionnaire survey of buy-ins are analyzed and case study results compared. The book also draws on surveys of the appraisal processes and return criteria of venture capital firms and their attitudes to second-time entrepreneurs as well as the interviews with second-time and serial entrepreneurs.

Management Buy-Ins: Entrepreneurship, Active Investors and Corporate Restructuring (Studies in Finance)

Robbie, Ken

Manchester Univ Pr

The author of the acclaimed What They Didn't Teach You seriestackles World War II, a defining moment in the history of the world. Author Mike Wright recounts life on the Home Front, from women taking on jobs, to kids making do without dads, and families-thanks to rationing-making do without damn near everything. Other highlights include amazing tales of the heroes, the villains, and the people acclaimed as heroes-who really weren't; there are accounts of spies and counter-spies and of the tales they tried to tell! What They Didn't Teach You About World War II also succeeds in revealing amazing little-known facts about some of the most famous and widely-known battles of the war.

What They Didn't Teach You About World War II

History

Military

UNKNO

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