Index funds are the most widely influential investment vehicles available. They have revolutionised investing by saving millions of people billions of dollars in fees that would otherwise have gone to fund managers. It is no exaggeration to say that the rise of passive investing is probably one of the most consequential financial inventions of the past half-century, by rewiring markets and...

The book provides an overview of the different concepts and scenarios of events resulting from the globalized world, technological revolutions, changes in management paradigms and ways of managing companies and organizations. Chapters of current book are connected with mentioned problems from the theoretical and practical point of view, and especially describe the following...

Zagadnienie polskiego procesu ziemskiego było już przedmiotem badania jurydycznego przez polską naukę prawa, ale dotyczyło to procesu epoki nowożytnej.

Conditionality of conditions and functioning of companies Approaches for conduct of economic activity

“We present a book entitled Project Management in Public Administration. The Case of Metropolis GZM. The monograph concerns an important task which is project management as an element of organization management system and a factor that will ensure an efficiency increase of an organization as a whole. Efficiency is a criterion that is increasingly more frequently used for the evaluation of a...

Business-Analyse besteht aus einer Reihe von Aufgaben und Techniken, die dazu dienen, Strategien, Strukturen, Ziele, Aufgaben und Prozesse einer Organisation zu verstehen. Das Zusammenspiel aller beteiligten internen und externen Stakeholder ist darauf auszurichten, dass die Unternehmen den Anforderungen des Marktes gerecht werden und dabei ihre betrieblichen Ziele erreichen. Dazu müssen die...

A modern classic, The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America is the book Buffett autographs most and likes best. Its popularity and longevity over three decades attest to the widespread appetite for this definitive statement of Mr. Buffett’s thoughts that’s uniquely comprehensive, non-repetitive, and digestible. New and experienced readers alike will gain an invaluable...

Can a good company become a great one and, if so, how? After a five-year research project, Collins concludes that good to great can and does happen. In this book, he uncovers the underlying variables that enable any type of organization to make the leap from good to great while other organizations remain only good. Rigorously supported by evidence, his findings are surprising - at times even...

Niniejsza publikacja to praktyczny przewodnik po metodologii sporządzania rachunku przepływów pieniężnych. Książka powstała na gruncie doświadczeń autora jako biegłego rewidenta i obserwacji trudności, z jakimi borykają się osoby odpowiedzialne za sporządzenie tego sprawozdania. Dlatego głównym zamiarem autora było wyjaśnienie idei rachunku przepływów i pokazanie Czytelnikom praktycznych...

Most startups fail. But many of those failures are preventable. The Lean Startup is a new approach being adopted across the globe, changing the way companies are built and new products are launched.Eric Ries defines a startup as an organization dedicated to creating something new under conditions of extreme uncertainty. This is just as true for one person in a garage or a group of seasoned...

"In the midst of the chaos of the Middle East, there's a remarkable story of innovation. START-UP NATION is... a timely book and a much-needed celebration of the entrepreneurial spirit."―Meg Whitman, former CEO of eBay Start-Up Nation addresses the trillion dollar question: How is it that Israel -- a country of 7.1 million, only 60 years old, surrounded by enemies, in a constant state of war...

The New York Times Bestseller, acclaimed by author such as Freakonomics co- author Steven D. Levitt, Black Swan author Nassim Nicholas Taleb and Nudge co- author Richard Thaler, Thinking Fast and Slow offers a whole new look at the way our minds work, and how we make decisions. Why is there more chance we'll believe something if it's in a bold type face? Why are judges more likely to deny...

Most history is hierarchical: it's about popes, presidents, and prime ministers. But what if that's simply because they create the historical archives? What if we are missing equally powerful but less visible networks - leaving them to the conspiracy theorists, with their dreams of all-powerful Illuminati? The twenty-first century has been hailed as the Networked Age. But in The Square and...

TW TYM TYGODNIU publikujemy nasz coroczny przewodnik prognostyczny na nadchodzący rok, The World Ahead 2024. Nasi korespondenci i zaproszeni eksperci zastanawiają się nad stanem demokracji , ponieważ kraje, w których mieszka połowa światowej populacji, przeprowadzają wybory krajowe; narastającym konfliktem i niepokojem w coraz bardziej wielobiegunowym świecie; a także nad wyzwaniami i...

Everyone wants to succeed in life. But what causes some of us to be more successful than others? This book aims to change the way you think about business and the world. It also seeks to shatter the illusions of people around the world by teaching them how.

Wprowadzenie do administracji publicznej i prawa administracyjnego. Podręcznik w języku angielskim.

In recent years, and more specifically, since the outbreak of the Eurozone crisis in 2010, the model of integration has changed. The rising political power of the strongest Member States and the political segmentation of the European Union into separate circles of integration have become the new reality. These processes have been accompanied by a range of related changes, such as the...