Nepal's investment climate : leveraging the private sector for job creation and growth / Gabi G. Afram and Angelica Salvi Del Pero. by Afram, Gabi G. (Gabi George)

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U.S. Social Welfare Reform Policy Transitions from 1981 to the Present / by Richard K. Caputo. by Caputo, Richard K.

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High-Profit IPO Strategies : Finding Breakout IPOs for Investors and Traders. by Taulli, Tom

Table of Contents: “…BusinessManagement; Executive Compensation; Certain Relationships and Related-Person Transactions; Principal and Selling Stockholders; Description of Capital Stock; Shares Eligible for Future Sale; Index to Consolidated Financial Statements; Miscellaneous Sections; Conclusion; Chapter 6: Balance Sheet; Some Fundamentals; Historical Costs; Accrual Accounting; Balance Sheet Overview; The Assets; Cash and Cash Equivalents; Marketable Securities; Accounts Receivable; Allowance for Doubtful Accounts; Inventory; Taxes; Prepaid Expenses; Property and Equipment; Restricted Cash; Goodwill.…”
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Corporate Risk Management : Theory and Applications. by Dionne, Georges

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Home ownership : getting in, getting from, getting out, part II / John Doling, Marja Elsinga (eds.).

Table of Contents: “…Risks to lenders and borrowers. -- 11.1 Introduction and background -- 11.2 The recent and current pattern of risks to home owners -- 11.3 Potential future risks -- 11.4 Mitigating future risk -- 11.5 A sustainable home ownership partnership (SHOP) -- 11.6 Housing tax credits.…”
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Food Industry Wastes : Assessment and Recuperation of Commodities. by Kosseva, Maria

Table of Contents: “…2.1 Selecting Best Available Technique Candidates for the Food and Drink Sector3 Effectiveness of Waste Management Policies in the European Union; 3.1 Adoption of a "Recycling Society" in the EU; 3.2 Main Stipulations of the Landfill Directive 1999/31/EC; 3.2.1 The European Environment Agency Report No 7/2009; 3.2.1.1 Aims; 3.2.1.2 Indicator-Based Analysis; 3.2.1.3 Interviews with Key Stakeholders; 3.2.1.4 Policy Instruments; German Case Study; Hungarian Case Study; 3.2.1.5 Landfill Taxes and Gate Fees; 3.2.1.6 Public Acceptance; 3.3 European Waste Framework Directive (WFD).…”
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Operations Research Proceedings 2014 Selected Papers of the Annual International Conference of the German Operations Research Society (GOR), RWTH Aachen University, Germany, Septem...

Table of Contents: “…Experimental Validation of an Enhanced System Synthesis Approach -- Stochastic Dynamic Programming Solution of a Risk-Adjusted Disaster Preparedness and Relief Distribution Problem -- Solution Approaches for the Double-Row Equidistant Facility Layout Problem -- Simulation of the System-Wide Impact of Power-to-Gas Energy Storages by Multi-Stage Optimization -- An Approximation Result for Matchings in Partitioned Hypergraphs -- On Class Imbalancy Correction for Classification Algorithms in Credit Scoring -- The Exact Solution of Multi-Period Portfolio Choice Problem with Exponential Utility -- On the Discriminative Power of Tournament Solutions -- An actor-oriented approach to evaluate climate policies with regard to resource intensive industries -- Upper Bounds for Heuristic Approaches to the Strip Packing Problem -- An Approximative Lexicographic Min-Max Approach to the Discrete Facility Location Problem -- Effects of Profit Taxes in Matrix Games -- Extension and application of a general pickup and delivery model for evaluating the impact of bundling goods in an urban environment -- Optimizing time slot allocation in single operator home delivery problems -- Robust Scheduling with Logic-Based Benders Decomposition -- Optimal Adaptation Process of Emergency Medical Services Systems in a Changing Environment -- Strategic network planning of recycling of photovoltaic modules -- Designing a Feedback Control System via Mixed-Integer Programming -- Fair Cyclic Roster Planning - A Case Study for a Large European Airport -- Why Does a Railway Infrastructure Company Need an Optimized Train Path Assignment for Industrialized Timetabling? …”
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Applied Economics 60 countries and 50 years of experience. by Short, John

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Preface -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Research Years -- 3 Fiscal Tables and Revenue Estimation -- 4 Public Expenditure Reviews and Medium Term Budget Frameworks -- 5 The Costing of Programmes -- 6 Fiduciary Risk Assessments and PEFAs -- 7 Tax Policy and Tax Administration, Private Sector Development -- 8 Tax Expenditures -- 9 Training and Other Presentations -- 10 Commonality over time: 50 years of Progress? …”
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A glass half full : the promise of regional trade in South Asia / Sanjay Kathuria, editor.

Table of Contents: “…IntroductionEstablishing the Context for Intraregional Trade in South Asia; The Untapped Trade Potential; Barriers to Intraregional Trade and Investment; The Benefits of Current Trade Patterns; Conclusions; Annex 1A: Tables; Notes; References; 2 Border Tax Distortions in South Asia: The Impact on Regional Integration; Introduction; Trade Protection in South Asia; Tariff-Related Constraints on SAFTA's Effectiveness; Conclusions and Directions for Reform; Notes; References; 3 A Granular Approach to Addressing Nontariff Barriers: India's Trade with Bangladesh and Nepal; Introduction…”
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Sustainable power technologies and infrastructure : energy sustainability and prosperity in a time of climate change / Galen J. Suppes, Truman S. Storvick. by Suppes, Galen J., Storvick, Truman S., 1928-2016

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Managing Your Business Prices, Finances, and Staffing / Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm).

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How to start a business in New Jersey / F. Clifford Gibbons, Rebecca A. DeSimone. by Gibbons, F. Clifford

Table of Contents: “…Business entities -- Partners and partnerships -- Corporate directors, officers, and committees -- Starting your New Jersey business -- Employment concerns -- Business records -- Tax requirements -- Financing -- Advertising -- Training and counseling tools -- Special problems confronting businesses -- Economically distressed corporations -- Hiring an attorney.…”
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Energy pricing policies for inclusive growth in Latin America and the Caribbean / Guillermo Beylis and Barbara Cunha. by Beylis, Guillermo, Cunha, Barbara

Table of Contents: “…Notes; Reference; Chapter 3 Fiscal Cost of Energy Pricing Policies; Introduction; Measuring Fiscal Costs: The "Price-Gap" Approach; Price-Gap Results; Notes; References; Chapter 4 Economic Impacts of Energy Pricing and Subsidy Reforms; Introduction; Analysis; Main Findings; Final Considerations; Notes; References; Chapter 5 Distributional Impacts of Energy Pricing; Introduction; Methodology and Implementation; Distributional Impacts of a Price Increase in Gasoline and Diesel; Distributional Impacts of a Price Increase in Liquefied Petroleum Gas.…”
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Abraham Lincoln : great American historians on our sixteenth president / Brian Lamb and Susan Swain, editors.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- A note to readers on style -- The life of Abraham Lincoln -- Maps: Where Lincoln lived -- Sites of the Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858 -- Route of Lincoln's train to Washington in 1861 -- Route of Lincoln's funeral train to Springfield -- Pt. 1. …”

Corporate Valuation : measuring the Value of Companies in Turbulent Times / Mario Massari, Gianfranco Ginafrate, and Laura Zanetti. by Massari, Mario, Gianfrate, Gianfranco, Zanetti, Laura

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Corporate Valuation : measuring the Value of Companies in Turbulent Times / Mario Massari, Gianfranco Ginafrate, and Laura Zanetti. by Massari, Mario, Gianfrate, Gianfranco, Zanetti, Laura

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Corporate Valuation : measuring the Value of Companies in Turbulent Times / Mario Massari, Gianfranco Ginafrate, and Laura Zanetti. by Massari, Mario, Gianfrate, Gianfranco, Zanetti, Laura

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Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Activities : a Primer on Avoidance Management for Money Managers. by Milan Frankl; Ayse Ebru Kurcer

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Pensions in the Middle East and North Africa : Time for Change. by Robalino, David A.

Table of Contents: “…-- Improving the Institutional Configuration, Administration, and Regulation of Pension Systems -- Management of the Public Pension Funds -- Lessons from International Experience in Pension Fund Management -- Pension Fund Management in the Middle East and North Africa Region -- Improving the Management of Public Pension Funds: Constraints and Opportunities -- Progress to Date and Prospects -- Countries in the Early Stages of Reform -- Countries in Motion -- Countries Leading Pension Reform -- Demographic Indicators -- Methodology for Demographic and Employment Projections -- Life Expectancy, Total Fertility Rate, and Population Projections -- Labor Force Projections -- Unemployment Projections -- Economic Effects of the Demographic Transition -- Coverage Rate Projections -- Main Parameters of Pension Schemes in the Middle East and North Africa -- Tax Treatment of Pension Systems -- Basic Formulas and Mathematical Results Used in the Analysis -- Equivalence of the Standard Defined-Benefit Pension Formula and the Formula Used in a Points System -- Rates of Return in Earning-Related Schemes -- Demographic and Financial Data on Pension Funds -- Provisions of the Draft Law on the Public Pension Scheme in the West Bank and Gaza -- Average Population Growth Rate, by Region, 1960-2002 -- Old-Age Dependency Ratio, by Region, 1960-2003 -- Average Population Growth Rate in Middle East and North African Countries, 1960-2002 -- Young- and Old-Age Dependency Ratios in Middle East and North African Countries, 2000 -- Life Expectancy and Total Fertility Rate in Middle East and North African Countries, 1985 and 2002 -- Estimated Difference in the Average Growth Rate of the Working-Age and Dependent Populations in Middle East and North African Countries, 2000-20 -- Projected Growth Rate of the Labor Force in Middle East and North African Countries, 2002-30 -- Key Macroeconomic Indicators in Select Middle East and North African Countries, 1993-2003 -- Banking and Credit as a Percentage of GDP in Select Middle East and North African Countries, 2002 -- Domestic and External Debt as a Percentage of GDP in Select Middle East and North African Countries, 2002 -- Market Capitalization and Credit to the Private Sector as a Percentage of GDP in Select Middle East and North African Countries, Various Years, 2000-2 -- Turnover as a Percentage of GDP in Select Middle East and North African Countries, Various Years, 2000-2 -- Coverage of the Mandatory Pension System in Select Middle East and North African Countries -- Projected Coverage Rate in Middle East and North African Countries, 2003-30 -- Gross Replacement Rate as a Percentage of Average Earnings in Select Middle East and North African Countries -- Net Replacement Rate as a Percentage of Average Earnings in Select Middle East and North African Countries.…”
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Sustainable power technologies and infrastructure : energy sustainability and prosperity in a time of climate change / Galen J. Suppes, Truman S. Storvick. by Suppes, Galen J., Storvick, Truman S., 1928-2016

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