1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910709581603321

Autore

Middleton Helen K

Titolo

Hydraulic research in the United States / / Helen K. Middleton, Sonya W. Matchett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gaithersburg, MD : , : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology, , 1951

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

National Bureau of Standards miscellaneous publication ; ; 201

Altri autori (Persone)

MatchettSonya W

MiddletonHelen K

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

1951.

Contributed record: Metadata reviewed, not verified. Some fields updated by batch processes.

Title from PDF title page.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778179203321

Autore

Wuthnow Robert

Titolo

Communities of discourse : ideology and social structure in the Reformation, the Enlightenment, and European socialism / / Robert Wuthnow

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass. : , : Harvard University Press, , 1989

ISBN

0-674-04540-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 739 pages)

Disciplina

303.3/72

Soggetti

Social history

Ideology

Reformation

Enlightenment

Capitalism - Europe - History

Socialism - Europe - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [585]-732) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction The Problem of Articulation -- Part I The Protestant Reformation -- 1 Contexts and Perspectives -- 2 State Autonomy and the Reformation -- 3 The Failure of Reformation -- 4 Social Conditions and Reformation Discourse -- Part II The Enlightenment -- 5 Mercantilism and the House of Learning -- 6 Cultural Production in France and England -- 7 Enlightenment Developments in Prussia and Scotland -- 8 The Enlightenment in Decentralized Societies -- 9 Autocracy and the Limits of Enlightenment -- 10 Text and Context -- Part III European Socialism -- 11 Institutional and Intellectual Antecedents -- 12 Bismarck's Contribution to German Socialism -- 13 Liberalism in France and Great Britain -- 14 Socialism in the Broader European Context -- 15 Theory and Practice -- Part IV Sociology and Cultural Change -- 16 The Legacy of Classical Theory -- 17 Social Structure and Ideology -- 18 Capitalism and the Shaping of Culture -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Sociologist Robert Wuthnow notes remarkable similarities in the social conditions surrounding three of the greatest challenges to the status



quo in the development of modern society—the Protestant Reformation, the Enlightenment, and the rise of Marxist socialism.

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910784355903321

Titolo

Initial public offerings [[electronic resource] ] : an international perspective / / edited by Greg N. Gregoriou

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; Burlington, MA, : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2006

ISBN

1-280-63933-4

9786610639335

0-08-046167-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (463 p.)

Collana

Quantitative finance series

Altri autori (Persone)

GregoriouGreg N. <1956->

Disciplina

658.15/224

Soggetti

Going public (Securities)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Initial Public Offerings; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; About the editor; List of contributors; Part One Performance of IPOs; Nasdaq IPOs around the market peak in 2000; Returns to style investments in initial public offerings; The effect of IPO characteristics on long-run performance of Taiwan's IPOs: evidence from efficiently learning markets; Short- and long-run performance of IPOs traded on the Istanbul Stock Exchange; Indexing the IPO sector with IPOXTM Indices; The size effect of firms going public on the Spanish capital market

Earnings management and the long-run performance of Spanish initial public offerings IPO initial returns on European 'new markets'; Efficiency of US IPOs: a DEA approach; Part Two IPO Underpricing: International Evidence; Generalizing the winner's curse hypothesis: the case of the Belgian IPO market; Flipping activity in fixed offer price mechanism allocated IPOs; Getting IPO pricing right: vive la France?; Underpricing and the aftermarket performance of initial public offerings: the case of Austria; The hot-issue period in Germany: what factors drove IPO underpricing?



Reassessing Canadian IPO underpricing: evidence from common share, Capital Pool Company, and unit offerings IPO underpricing and ownership structure: evidence from the Istanbul Stock Exchange; Part Three Corporate Structure and IPO Evaluation; IPOs and earnings management in Germany; Signaling and the valuation of IPOs: regression tests; The role of venture capitalists in IPO performance: empirical evidence from German IPO data; Ownership structure and initial public offerings in Portugal; Part Four Bookbuilding, Listing, and Underwriting; Bookbuilding and share pre-allocation in IPOs

Costs and benefits in the choice of the audit and underwriting quality in the IPO market: an empirical analysis of competing theories Siamese twins and virtual mergers: dual-listed companies in Australia; Equity issuance trends in Australia's listed investment fund markets; Do underwriters create value for issuers by subjectively determining offer prices?; Index

Sommario/riassunto

After the cooling off of IPOs since the dot com bubble, Google has rekindled the fire for IPOs. This IPO reader contains new articles exclusive to this reader by leading academics from around the world dealing with quantitative and qualitative analyses of this increasingly popular and important area of finance. Articles address new methods of IPO performance, international IPOs, IPO evaluation, IPO underwriting, evaluation and bookbuilding. Although numerous articles are technical in nature, with econometric and statistical models, particular attention has been directed towards the understanding