International Finance
A Casebook
by Mihir A. Desai
(John Wiley & Sons)
These case studies, by Associate Professor Desai, consider how major financial and investment decisions must adapt to the opportunities and obstacles in a rapidly globalizing world. The book begins by developing an understanding of international capital markets. Several cases go inside multinational firms to consider how hedging strategies can be devised, how to value assets around the world, and how to pursue major financings that capitalize on distinct legal and tax rules. The final module of cases considers how distinct institutional environments alter financing decision-making around the world.
Environmental Protection and the Social Responsibility of Firms:
Perspectives from Law, Economics, and Business
edited by Bruce L. Hay, Robert N. Stavins, and Richard H.K. Vietor
(The Johns Hopkins University Press)
Beyond bare compliance with regulations, do firms have additional social responsibilities to commit resources to environmental protection? Should firms sacrifice profits in the social interest, given their fiduciary responsibilities to shareholders? Is this an efficient use of social and economic resources? In this book, Professor Vietor, his coeditors, and other leading scholars in law, economics, and business consider questions of corporate social responsibility in the environmental realm and provide a foundation for future research and policymaking.
Make Your Own Luck
12 Practical Steps to Taking Smarter Risks in Business
by Eileen C. Shapiro and Howard H. Stevenson
(Portfolio/Penguin Putnam)
Professor Stevenson and Shapiro (MBA ’81) show how to increase the odds on the business and life bets you choose to take, using a quick twelve-point checklist to help build your “predictive intelligence.” No one bats a thousand, in business or in life, but you can increase your betting success rate and your satisfaction with your successes.
Negotiation, Decision Making, and Conflict Management
edited by Max H. Bazerman
(Edward Elgar Publishing)
While negotiation has long been recognized as an activity that affects world peace, the last two decades have seen the emergence of negotiation and conflict resolution as an area of research of intense importance in law, government, and business. In this book, Professor Bazerman has compiled the most important research on the dominant view of negotiation and conflict resolution.
