Tabla de Contenidos: “…Machine generated contents note: Preface Part One: The Big Picture Chapter 1: The Global M&A Market Chapter 2: Comparing M&A Trends in the U.S. and Other Nations Chapter 3: The Buyer's Viewpoint Chapter 4: Three Financial Tactics Part Two: Finding a Deal Chapter 5: Finding a Deal: The Importance of a Plan Chapter 6: Finding a Deal: Defining the Search Parameters Chapter 7: Finding a Deal: Starting the Search Chapter 8: Finding a Deal: Likely Results of a Search Chapter 9: Key Risks Part Three: Target Financial Analysis Chapter 10: Historical Financial Analysis Chapter 11: Company Classifications Chapter 12: Financial Projections, Stand-Alone Part Four: Acquisition Valuation Chapter 13: Valuation Methodologies Chapter 14: Discounted Cash Flow in M&A Valuation Chapter 15: Comparable Public Companies and Valuation Chapter 16: Comparable M&A Deals, Leveraged Buyouts and Valuation Chapter 17: Special Cases in Valuation Part Five: Combination, the Sale Process, Structures and Special Situations Chapter 18: Buyer and Seller Financial Combination Chapter 19: When to Sell a Company or Division Chapter 20: Going through a Sale Process Chapter 21: Legal and Tax Structures Chapter 22: Special Situations Chapter 23: Final Thoughts About the Author Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Contents; Dedication; A Note from the Authors About this Expanded Edition; Foreword; Part I: A Peacock in the Land of Penguins; The Story; Part II: Tips and Tools for Feathered Friends; Are You a Peacock (or Other Type of Exotic Bird)?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Dedication; Preface; Acknowledgments; PART ONE: Introduction to Performance Measurement; CHAPTER ONE: Introduction to Performance Measurement and Management; Public Management, Performance Management, and Accountability; Performance Measurement and Performance Management Defined; Public Management and Performance Management; Performance Management and Accountability; Performance Management Institutionalization; Benefits of Performance Management; Challenges of Performance Management; Distinguishing Performance Management from Its Cousins…”

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“…From David Mitchell, the Booker Prize nominee, award-winning writer and one of the featured authors in Granta̕s Best of Young British Novelists 2003 issue, comes his highly anticipated third novel, a work of mind-bending imagination and scope.A reluctant voyager crossing the Pacific in 1850; a disinherited composer blagging a precarious livelihood in between-the-wars Belgium; a high-minded journalist in Governor Reagan̕s California; a vanity publisher fleeing his gangland creditors; a genetically modified dinery server on death-row; and Zachry, a young Pacific Islander witnessing the nightfall of science and civilisation -- the narrators of Cloud Atlas hear each other̕s echoes down the corridor of history, and their destinies are changed in ways great and small.In his captivating third novel, David Mitchell erases the boundaries of language, genre and time to offer a meditation on humanity̕s dangerous will to power, and where it may lead us…”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Finding Producer Reps and Sales AgentsSales Agencies to Consider; Filmmaker Case Study: Percy Angress, in His Own Words; Navigating International Film Markets; A Film-Market Prep Guide; Some Dos and Don'ts When Attending a Film Market; Should I Have a Distributor Screening for My Film?; Suggested Exercises for Part Five; 6 Getting a Distribution Deal; The U.S. …”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…5.7.2 Principal Non-safety Services, 91 -- 5.8 Transformation of the INMARSAT Organization, 94 -- 5.9 ICO Global Communications, 99 -- 6 INMARSAT plc 102 -- 6.1 Introduction to INMARSAT plc, 102 -- 6.2 INMARSAT's Satellites, 106 -- 6.2.1 Existing Satellites, 106 -- 6.2.2 Planned Satellites, 108 -- 6.3 INMARSAT's Services, 109 -- 6.3.1 Leased Services, 113 -- 6.3.2 IsatPhone Pro, 114 -- 6.3.3 Maritime Services, 115 -- 6.3.4 Land Services, 116 -- 6.3.5 Aeronautical Services, 118 -- 7 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Mobile Satellite Communications Systems 119 -- 7.1 Methodology, 119 -- 7.2 Iridium, 121 -- 7.2.1 Background to Iridium, 121 -- 7.2.2 Iridium System Description, 125 -- 7.2.3 Iridium Bankruptcy, 126 -- 7.2.4 Iridium's Reentry, 128 -- 7.3 Globalstar, 130 -- 7.3.1 Globalstar Bankruptcy, 134 -- 7.3.2 Globalstar's Reentry, 136 -- 7.3.3 Globalstar's System and Services, 141 -- 7.4 ORBCOMM, 143 -- 7.4.1 History of “Little Leo” Technology, 143 -- 7.4.2 Orbital Sciences' Efforts to Commercialize Little Leos, 145 -- 7.4.3 Frequency Issues, 147 -- 7.4.4 The Initial ORBCOMM Business, 149 -- 7.4.5 The New ORBCOMM Business, 151 -- 7.4.6 The ORBCOMM Communications System, 152 -- 8 Non-Inmarsat Geostationary Mobile Satellite Communications Systems 157 -- 8.1 OmniTRACS, 157 -- 8.2 Thuraya, 160 -- 8.3 Mobile Satellite Communications Services from Intelsat, 164 -- 9 Other Important Mobile Satellite Communications Systems 170 -- 9.1 O3b, 170 -- 9.2 SES, 173 -- 9.3 LightSquared, 175 -- 9.4 TerreStar, 179 -- 9.5 Asia Cellular Satellite (ACeS), 181 -- 9.6 Mexsat, 182 -- 9.7 Google, 183 -- 10 Military Mobile Satellite Communications Systems 184 -- 10.1 1980s / 1990s History, 185 -- 10.2 US Military Mobile Satellite Communications Post 9/11, 186 -- Appendix I US Communications Satellite Timeline 1940s Through 1990s 190 -- Appendix II Background Statements by the International Telecommunications Union on Mobile Satellite Communications Frequency Assignments 1996, 1997, and 2000 197 -- Appendix III Public Services Agreement Between the International Mobile Satellite Organization and INMARSAT 215.…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; WHAT MAKES US UNIQUE; WE ARE ALL PREJUDICED!; UNDERSTANDING PERCEPTION; CULTURE AND VALUES THAT IMPACT THE WORKPLACE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION IS CULTURALLY BOUND; GLOBAL COMMUNITY; DIVERSITY AND THE WORKPLACE; THE "OTHER" IN THE WORKPLACE; JILL'S DAY; INCLUSION IN THE WORKPLACE; BECOMING A CROSS-CULTURAL BRIDGE THROUGH CULTURAL COMPETENCY; EPILOGUE; Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Front Cover; An Introduction to Investment Banks, Hedge Funds, and Private Equity; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Target Audience; Distinguishing Features; Cases; The World Has Changed; Structure of the Book; Section One: Investment Banking; Section Two: Hedge Funds and Private Equity; Section Three: Cases; Acknowledgments; Section I: Investment Banking; Chapter 1: Overview of Investment Banking; Post-Crisis Global Investment Banking Firms; Other Investment Banking Firms; Investment Banking Businesses; Investment Banking Division; Trading Division…”