Month: January 2015

Author: Marco Magnani Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan – 295 pages Book Review by: Paiso Jamakar Economic news reports coming from the European Union cite statistics of low growth, no growth or negative growth of the gross domestic products of some members of this group. Other reports mention high rates of unemployment in some European countries. Other stories in the media cite very high debt levels and even possible defaults by some countries. This is attributed to the constant rise in government employees’ wages on the one hand, and declining revenues on the other hand, due to the economic slowdown. But...

Authors: Elias Karakitsos and Lambros Varnavides Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan – 372 pages Book Review by: Sonu Chandiram The shipping business has become very competitive in recent decades. Having evolved from a basic transport industry into a multifaceted business influenced by business cycles and speculation in many sectors of the economy especially banking and the stock markets, it has become a business with outcomes highly difficult to predict. This book helps those already involved in, as well those intending to enter it, understand the shipping business better. In this book, its two authors, who have extensive experience on the financial...

Authors: Louise Swift and Sally Piff Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan – 704 pages Book Review by: Venkat Subramaniam This book is a very user-friendly tool for analyzing three basic but very important functions of a company Information about its marketplace Company performance – how well or poorly it is doing How its customers and potential customers are behaving: who, what, and where they are, as well as how, when and why they buy its products and / or its services and those of its competitors. While this book has been written for use primarily as a text by freshman college...