Author: Vicky WardPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
THIS is the story of one of America’s oldest partnerships which fell in September 2008 and which triggered today’s weak global economic climate.
Although the history of Lehman Brothers goes back many more years, author Vicky Ward examines the history of Lehman from the mid-1980s when it was taken over by American Express and Shearson.
Under the four men, the investment bank grew and became independent again in 1994.
Along the way, something went wrong. Infighting among the four grew and as the years go by, the cracks widened until it fell in 2008.
Rediscovering Japanese Business Leadership
Author: Yozo Hasegawa
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
THIS translated version captures how Japanese companies established their reputation in the latter half of the 20th century.
Their production methods and business strategies were emulated around the world. Things change when the Japanese economic bubble burst in the late 1980s.
This book is a collection of profiles of the country’s most innovative CEOs who hail from diverse industries. From automobiles to eletrical machinery, textiles to pharmaceuticals, the author explores the experiences and philosophies of the men who steered their companies to new growth in the 21st century.
The Blank Swan: The end of probability
Author: Elie AyachePublisher: John Wiley & Sons
THE premise of this book is set against the crash of the global stock market in October 1987. Soon after the crash of stock markets around the world, experts tried to find a model for that event and ways to simulate it in order to avoid a recurrence.
This book is his treatise on the financial markets. He presents a revolutionary thinking of derivative pricing and technology and redefines the components of the technology needed to price and trade derivatives.
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