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UNINA9910789829503321 |
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Autore |
Amernic Joel H (Joel Henry), <1946-> |
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CEO-speak [[electronic resource] ] : the language of corporate leadership / / Joel Amernic, Russell Craig |
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Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2006 |
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0-7735-7868-4 |
1-282-86606-0 |
9786612866067 |
0-7735-7559-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (256 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Chief executive officers - Language |
Discourse analysis - Social aspects |
Corporate culture |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-236) and index. |
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Why the words of business leaders matter -- Hyperbole and delusion at Enron -- Framing Anderson -- The gates to Microsoft : exploiting web sites -- AOLTimeWarner : claiming the internet kingdom -- IBM and the privileges of an internet soapbox -- Constructing Jack Welch, GE's corporate chieftain incarnate -- Disney's narrative as personality prism -- Nortel's "Remarkable" letter -- Three tenors in perfect harmony -- Creating "North America's Railroad" -- Towards greater accountability for CEO-speak -- Appendices: Skilling and Lay's last letter to shareholders of Enron -- Remarks of Joseph F. Berardino, managing partner/CEO of Anderson, to the US House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services, 12 December 2001 -- AOLTimeWarner's internet policy statement -- General Electric's 1991 CEO letter to shareholders -- Letter to stockholders, 1940 Walt Disney productions' annual report -- Letter to stockholders, 1941 Walt Disney productions' annual report. |
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CEO-Speak explores the metaphors and persuasive strategies used by leaders at Enron, Microsoft, AOL-TimeWarner, General Electric, IBM, |
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Nortel, Canadian National Railways, Andersen, Disney, and Alcan-Pechiney-Alusuisse. Amernic and Craig show that CEOs are frequently presented as heroes engaged in "the war of business" who can effect astonishing miracles of financial performance and reinvention. Contesting the notion that accounting is objective, CEO-Speak serves as an introduction to the controversies and ambiguities in corporate accountability and provides rich examples of the excesses of corporate communication. |
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UNINA9910972474603321 |
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Autore |
Timmermann Allan |
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An Evaluation of the World Economic Outlook Forecasts / / Allan Timmermann |
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Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2006 |
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9786613827319 |
9781462394210 |
1462394213 |
9781452718873 |
1452718873 |
9781283514866 |
1283514869 |
9781451908558 |
1451908555 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (108 p.) |
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Collana |
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Economic development |
Economic forecasting - Evaluation |
International economic relations |
Balance of payments |
Current Account Adjustment |
Current account balance |
Current account |
Deflation |
Economic Forecasting |
Economic forecasting |
Exports and Imports |
Forecasting and Other Model Applications |
Forecasting and Simulation: Models and Applications |
Forecasting |
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Gdp forecasting |
Inflation |
International economics |
Macroeconomics |
National income |
Price Level |
Prices |
Short-term Capital Movements |
United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY""; ""II. DESCRIPTION OF WEO DATASET""; ""III. PROPERTIES OF OPTIMAL FORECASTS""; ""IV. EMPIRICAL RESULTS""; ""V. ANALYSIS OF STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE""; ""VI. CAN THE WEO FORECAST ERRORS BE PREDICTED?""; ""VII. DIRECTIONAL ACCURACY""; ""VIII. REVISIONS FROM BOARD TO PUBLISHED FORECASTS""; ""IX. RECENT PERFORMANCE OF WEO FORECASTS""; ""X. LONG-RUN FORECASTING PERFORMANCE FOR G-7 ECONOMIES""; ""XI. COMPARISON OF WEO AND CONSENSUS FORECASTS""; ""XII. FORECAST COMBINATIONS""; ""XIII. RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""XIV. CONCLUSION""; ""References"" |
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The World Economic Outlook (WEO) is a key source of forecasts of global economic conditions. It is therefore important to review the performance of these forecasts against both actual outcomes and alternative forecasts. This paper conducts a series of statistical tests to evaluate the quality of the WEO forecasts for a very large cross section of countries, with particular emphasis on the recent recession and recovery. It assesses whether forecasts were unbiased and informationally efficient, and characterizes the process whereby WEO forecasts get revised as the time to the point of the forecast draws closer. Finally, the paper assess whether forecasts can be improved by combining WEO forecasts with the Consensus forecasts. The results suggest that the performance of the WEO forecasts is similar to that of the Consensus forecasts. While WEO forecasts for many variables in many countries meet basic quality standards in some, if not all, dimensions, the paper raises a number of concerns with current forecasting performance. |
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