Popular conceptions hold that capitalism is driven almost entirely by the pursuit of profit and self-interest. Challenging that assumption, this major new study of American business associations shows how market and non-market relations are actually profoundly entwined at the heart of...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I History and Scope of the Nonprofit Sector -- Part II Nonprofits and the Marketplace -- Part III Nonprofits and the Polity -- Part IV Key Activities in the Nonprofit Sector -- Part V Who Participates...

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Part One: The M&A Dispute Framework -- Chapter 1: Introduction to M&A Disputes -- The Transaction Lifecycle -- Categories of Purchase Price Adjustment Provisions -- Accounting Arbitrations versus...

Reframing Organizations -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part One: Making Sense of Organizations -- Chapter 1: Introduction: The Power of Reframing -- Virtues and Drawbacks of Organized Activity -- Management's Track Record -- Strategies for Improving Organizations -- Framing --...

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Additional Thanks -- Chapter 1: An Overview of the Bankruption -- Community Banking Has No Future -- Community Banking Relies Too Heavily on Physical Proximity -- Today, Data Proximity Yields Intimacy -- Data Proximity...

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Dedication -- Foreword -- Preface -- Our Firm: Worldview Wealth Advisors -- Worldview's Founder, Andrew Fisher: A Personal Pledge -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Part I: The Financial Challenges of a Cross-Border Life -- Chapter...

Intro -- Fundraising Principles and Practice -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- The Authors -- 1 Introduction to the Nonprofit Sector -- Objectives -- Introduction -- A "Third" Sector -- A Tax-Based Definition -- A Structural-Operational Definition -- Size and...

This economic and political science work is a rigorous analysis that demonstrates that although it is a privilege and a benefit for the US to have its currency, the dollar, as the leading world reserve currency, the privilege also proves to be a very significant economic and security burden...

Intro -- TITLE PAGE -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES AND EXHIBITS -- Figures -- Exhibits -- PREFACE -- SCOPE -- AUDIENCE -- OVERVIEW OF THE CONTENTS -- COMPANION STRATEGIC PLANNING WORKBOOKS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS FOR THE FIFTH EDITION -- THE AUTHOR -- PART ONE: UNDERSTANDING THE DYNAMICS OF...