Inventing Money The Story of Long-Term Capital Management and the Legends Behind It

The author has addressed the captivating story of LTCM in a manner which will greatly widen the market for this book - looking not only at the sensational but also explaining in-depth how it happened, why it happened and the implications of the current system for financial trading. This book has the potential to become a classic text on financial markets globally by an author who is beginning to make a name for himself as a highly regarded financial journalist.

Nicholas Dunbar studied physics in the UK at Manchester and Cambridge and finally in the US at Harvard University, where he gained a Master's degree in earth and planetary sciences. During this period his interests ranged from quantum mechanics and black holes to evolution and the history of global climate change. His teachers included Stephen Hawking at Cambridge and Stephen Jay Gould at Harvard. <P> In 1990, Dunbar decided to leave academia. He spent the next few years working in feature films and television, in a wide range of capacities. In 1996, after launching the television production company Flicker Films, a chance encounter with some old Harvard friends set him on a new path of finance and science writing, focusing on the derivatives industry. In 1998, he joined Risk magazine as technical editor. <P> <P> John Wiley & Sons 20010622 2001 01 000 01 235.0 mm 02 153.5 mm 03 15.600 mm 08 14 oz John Wiley & Sons IP 50 01 T 19.95 0471498408 03 0471498408 BC Electronic Commerce Strategies and Models for Business-to-Business Trading 1 A01 Paul Timmers Timmers, Paul Paul Timmers eng 288 BUS000000 2.3 01 This volume analyzes strategic marketing approaches on the basis of both marketing theory and international case studies. Its systematic study of Internet commerce models should allow any company to better organize their business and understand where their sources of revenue come from. It offers an assessment of a rapidly growing area, covering current models and showing how they have fared in practice. The book also provides an analytical assessment of the marketplace for business-to-business electronic commerce strategies and Includes recommendations for the implementation of a marketing strategy for business-to-business e-commerce. 04 02 Foreword. <p> Preface. <p> About the Author. <p> Acknowledgements. <p> Introduction. <p> Key Features of Internet Electronic Commerce. <p> Business Models for Electronic Commerce. <p> Business-to-Business Electronic Commerce Cases. <p> Markets and Competition. <p> Marketing Strategies and Programmes. <p> Roadmap for Business-to-Business Electronic Commerce. <p> Bibliography. <p> Endnotes. <p> Subject Index.