This volume provides the definitive treatment of fortune's formula or the Kelly capital growth criterion as it is often called. The strategy is to maximize long run wealth of the investor by maximizing the period by period expected utility of wealth with a logarithmic utility function. Mathematical theorems show that only the log utility function maximizes asymptotic long run w...(展开全部)

A Comprehensive Look at Corporate Investment and Asset Valuation from Two of Today's Most Popular and Influential Finance Writers A number of questions come into play when a corporation attempts to add value through its capital investment decisions. How do you precisely value an asset, either incoming or outgoing? Which strategy will provide the greatest value increase, and how...(展开全部)

Negotiators are always driven by the clock, and the art of negotiation is one of this book's main themes. The examples included, such as the Iran nuclear talks, are mostly contemporary, but historical background to the diplomatic methods themselves is always provided. This helps to show that a rejuvenation of key features of traditional diplomacy has occurred in recent years th...(展开全部)

With a clear presentation, Ethics: Theory and Practice educates readers about ethical theory and has them apply what they learn to specific classic and contemporary moral problems (lying, cheating, establishing ethical business practices, honoring ethical obligations in medicine, etc.). Jacques P. Thiroux first wrote this text 1977 in order to educate readers about ethical theo...(展开全部)

著者简介 雅克•蒂洛（Jacques Paul Thiroux，1928～2006），美国著名伦理学家，曾任加州大学贝克斯菲尔德分校哲学系主任、伦理学教授。他是人道主义伦理学体系的创立者，享有盛誉的伦理学教育家。蒂洛还是一位热忱的社会活动家，他与妻子共同创建了贝克斯菲尔德Spotlight Theatre School of Arts，也是当地第一家失亲者联合会的创建人之一。 基思•克拉斯曼（Keith W. Krasemann），美国伊利诺伊州杜佩奇学院哲学与宗教学教授，曾获富布赖特(Fulbright)奖学金访问中国。 译者者简介 程立显，英国威尔士大学哲学博士。现任北京大学教授、博士生导师，北京市伦理学会副会长。 刘建，中国社会科学院亚太研究所研究员、文化研究室主任。 审阅者简介 周辅成（1911～ ），中国现当代伦理学家，北京大学教授，中国...(展开全部)

Readable, concise and authoritative, this classic guide to deconstruction focuses on the seminal works of Jacques Derrida, as well as the work of North American critics Paul de Man, Geoffrey Hartman, J. Hillis Miller and Harold Bloom. This third, revised edition includes an entirely new Postscript, reflecting on recent critical debate. A new list of recommended reading compleme...(展开全部)

Readable, concise and authoritative, this classic guide to deconstruction focuses on the seminal works of Jacques Derrida, as well as the work of North American critics Paul de Man, Geoffrey Hartman, J. Hillis Miller and Harold Bloom. This third, revised edition includes an entirely new Postscript, reflecting on recent critical debate. A new list of recommended reading compleme...(展开全部)

This book was first printed in 1938, having been written as a Ph.D. thesis at Harvard in 1937. Our good friend, Peter Bernstein mentioned this book several times in his excellent Capital Ideas which was published in 1992. Why the book is interesting today is that it still is important and the most authoritative work on how to value financial assets. As Peter says: "Williams com...(展开全部)

This book was first printed in 1938, having been written as a Ph.D. thesis at Harvard in 1937. Our good friend, Peter Bernstein mentioned this book several times in his excellent Capital Ideas which was published in 1992. Why the book is interesting today is that it still is important and the most authoritative work on how to value financial assets. As Peter says: "Williams com...(展开全部)