Autore	Huang Allen
Edizione	[1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	River Edge, N.J., : World Scientific, c2001
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (138 p.)
Disciplina	657.0951 657/.0951/09045 657/095109045
Collana	Accounting and business in Asia
Soggetto topico	Accounting - China - History - 20th century Finance - China - History - 20th century
ISBN	1-281-94834-9 9786611948344 981-279-955-9
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	CONTENTS; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Brief History of Accounting in China up to 1949; 2.1 Indigenous Accounting Systems; 2.2 Adoption of Western Double-Entry Bookkeeping; PART A: ACCOUNTING IN MAO'S CHINA; Chapter 3 Establishment Phase: 1949 - 1957 3.1 Political Economic and Social Developments in the Establishment Phase 3.2 Business Enterprises under a Centrally-Planned Economy; 3.3 Development of New Accounting Systems and Practices Chapter 4 Great Leap Forward: 1958 - 1962 4.1 Political Motivation for and the Economic Outcome of the GLF 4.2 Accounting under the GLF; Chapter 5 Recovery Phase: 1963 - 1965; 5.1 Accounting in the Recovery Phase; Chapter 6 Cultural Revolution: 1966 - 1978; 6.1 Accounting under the CR; PART B: ACCOUNTING IN DENG'S CHINA Chapter 7 Political Scene in Deng's China 7.1 Marriage of Static Political System to Dynamic Economic Reform; 7.2 Cycles of Economic Reform in the 1980's; 7.3 Political Accommodation to Economic Reform ; 7.4 Communist Ideological Issues Revisited Chapter 8 Initial Economic Reform: 1978 - 1984 8.1 Economic Reform 1978-1984; 8.2 Accounting Development 1978-1984; Chapter 9 Planned Commodity Economy: 1984 - 1991; 9.1 Economic Reform 1984 - 1991 ; 9.2 Accounting Reform 1984 - 1991; Chapter 10 Socialist Market Economy Since 1992 10.1 Economic Reform since 1992
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Autore	Bierman Harold
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2008
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (215 p.)
Disciplina	364.1680973
Soggetto topico	Corporations - Corrupt practices - United States
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-281-93830-0 9786611938307 981-279-031-4
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Contents; Introduction; Acknowledgments; 1 The Enron Success and Failure; Rich Kinder; John Wing; The Year 2001; Five Business Segments; The Three Components; The Enron Hedge Fund; A Distraction; Rush to Judgment; The Activities of Kenneth L. Lay; The Path of the Enron Stock Price; The Indictment; Conclusions; Reference; 2 Enron as of 31 December 2000; Azurix; The Trial; Cash Flows; Operating Segments; Other Income; Lines of Credit; Return on Sales; Return on Equity; Capitalization; Financial Risk Management; The Audit; The Balance Sheet; Mark-to-Market; Securitizations; Guarantees Merchant ActivitiesIncome Taxes; Unconsolidated Equity Af.liates; Azurix (p. 43); Derivatives (p. 44); Pension and Other Bene.ts (pp. 45-46); Related Party Transactions (pp. 48-49); Conclusions; References; Chapter 2 - Case Enron (2000) Annual Report; 3 First Six Months of 2001: Before the Storm; Dabhol Power Company; Business Segment Information; The Trial: Broadband; Derivatives; Related Party Transactions; Real Volumes; Financial Condition; Return on Revenue; Return on Equity; Conclusions; Chapter 3 - Case; 4 Sherron Watkins' Letter to Kenneth L. Lay; The Two Gains; Actions by Lay The TrialLay's e-Mail and Stock Transactions; The First Doubters; The Trial; Conclusions; Chapter 4 - Case; 5 The Clouds Burst; The 1.2 Billion Reduction to Stock Equity; The Relevance; Adjustments to Net Income; The Special Committee; Related Party Transactions; Further Adjustments; 14 November 2001; The Triggers; The Loyal Investors; The Trial; Conclusions; Chapter 5 - Case; 6 The 100-Year Flood; Liquidity Actions; The Dynergy Merger; The Restatement; The Triggers; Conclusions; Chapter 6 - Case; 7 JEDI and Chewco: Not the Movie; SPEs; Status; The Use of Special Purpose Entities (SPEs) The Equity of ChewcoJEDI; Gains and Losses from Stock Investment; JEDI's Management Fee; The Gains of Kopper; Accusations of Evil-Doing; The Importance of Chewco; Conclusions; 8 LJM1 and Rhythms; The Board Approval; Rhythms and Enron; A Valid Hypothetical Hedge; The Enron "Hedge"; A Price Decline; Forward Contacts; Buying of Forward Contracts; Consolidation; Unwinding: Rhythms; Con.icts with Banks; The Controls; An Illustrative Example; Conclusions; 9 LJM2 and Raptors I and III; The Raptors; Raptor I and Enron Puts; Raptor I and the Hedging of Merchant Investments; The AVICI Swap The New Power Company (TNPC)Raptor III; The IPO; The Adjusted Incomes; Accounting Implications; Raptor Restructuring; The "Costless Collar"; The End of the Raptors; The New Power Holdings; Conclusions; 10 LJM2 and Raptors II and IV; The Contingent Contracts; Asset Sales to LJM2; The Board and LJM1 and LJM2; Naming the SPE; Conclusions; 11 Other Transactions; Prepaid Swaps; Swaps of Capacity; Enron Energy Services; The Trial; The White Affair; The Southampton Place Partnership; The Bonuses; Other Transactions; Conclusions; 12 The Collapse; Factors That Did Not Cause the Collapse Factors Contributing Indirectly
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Autore	Wheeler, J. Craig
Pubbl/distr/stampa	River Edge, NJ - Singapore : World Scientific, c1993
Descrizione fisica	viii, 421 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Collana	Advanced series in astrophysics and cosmology ; 9
Soggetto topico	Accretion (Astrophysics)-Clusters
ISBN	9810212739
Classificazione	52.9.5 52.9.51 52.9.55 52.9.532 523.8 QB466.A25
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	en
Record Nr.	UNISALENTO-991000798619707536

Pubbl/distr/stampa	Singapore, : World Scientific, c2004
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (254 p.)
Disciplina	338.9
Altri autori (Persone)	ChristyRalph D
Soggetto topico	Agriculture - Economic aspects Sustainable development Agricultural development projects
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-281-87708-5 9786611877088 981-256-567-1
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Contents; Preface; Reflections; Part One / The New Role of the Private Sector in Economic Development; Part Two / Can Markets Matter for the Poor?; Part Three / Achieving Sustainable Communities
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Autore	Christy I.-Juliana
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, 2013
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (366 p.)
Disciplina	530.092 B
Soggetto topico	Astrophysics - United States - History - 20th century Nuclear physics - United States - History - 20th century Physicists - United States
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	981-4460-25-7
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. His Childhood; The Origin of Robert's Names; The Sinking of the Titanic; Marriage of Moise and Hattie (Robert's Parents); Death of Robert's Father; Robert's Early Years; No More Gambling; Death of Robert's Mother; Early Interests; Academic Successes; Chapter 2. The Formative UBC Years; Robert's Social Life at UBC; Summer Jobs While at UBC; Moving On from UBC; Chapter 3. Exciting Graduate Years with Oppenheimer; Becoming Part of the Birth of Particle Physics; Robert's Years at Berkeley in His Own Words; Chapter 4. The First Marriage, to Dagmar von Lieven Robert's Parenting of His Sons Ted and PeterRobert's Memories of His Sons; Ted and Peter in College and as Adults; An Unusually Amicable Divorce; Chapter 5. The Very First Nuclear Reactor; An Unfulfilling Job Teaching at Illinois Tech in 1941; Background: The Discovery of Nuclear Fission in Germany; Origin of the German Nuclear Project; Origin of the U.S. Nuclear Project; The Early British Nuclear Project; The Manhattan Project Begins; Robert Joins the Project; The Creation of the First Nuclear Reactor, Chicago Pile-1; Founding of the Hanford Reactors; Founding of the Argonne Reactors Robert's Friendship with FermiThe Fizzling of the Nazi Nuclear Project; The 1962 White House Reception Commemorating Chicago Pile-1; Chapter 6. Designing the First Atomic Bomb; Robert's Arrival at Los Alamos in Early 1943; Robert's Bosses at Los Alamos: Peierls, Bethe, Oppenheimer, and Groves; The Spy Klaus Fuchs; Robert's "Instant Fame" from His "Water Boiler" Reactor Calculations; The One-Dollar Patents at Los Alamos; Understanding Large Explosions such as the Volcano Krakatoa; Robert's Work on the Implosion Bomb: the "Christy Gadget"; Why the "Christy Gadget" and Not the "Christy Bomb"? The Trinity Test for the Implosion DesignFirst Attempts to Prevent the Actual Use of Atomic Bombs; Firebombing vs. Atomic Bombs; Groves' Motivation for Dropping the Bombs; The Use of the Two Atomic Bombs; After the War Had Ended; Robert's Memories of His Colleagues at Los Alamos; Robert's Memories of Visitors von Neumann and Bohr; Recreational Activities at Los Alamos; The Patent for the "Water Boiler" Reactor; A 1991 Package of Declassified Information on the "Water Boiler" Reactor; A Retrospective Article in the Pasadena Star-News; Chapter 7. Opposing Nuclear Weapons Proliferation Robert's View of the "Christy gadget"The Association of Los Alamos Scientists; The Oppenheimer Trial; The Teller Handshake Incident; Security Interview of Robert in 1955, Regarding Communism; The 1963 Enrico Fermi Award for Oppenheimer; Working Towards an Atmospheric Test Ban; The Los Angeles Times Gamble; Robert Discovers the Cause of Mysterious Communication Failures; Robert's Work Towards Initiating the SALT Talks; Robert's Opposition to Higher-Tech Weapons in the Vietnam War; Chapter 8. Becoming Oppenheimer's Successor at Caltech; Working with Fermi in Chicago, and Co-Habiting with Teller Leaving for Caltech
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