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Balancing Act: Teach Coach Mentor Inspire
by Andrew Temte"I believe the most important attribute of strong leadership is balance." So states Andrew Temte in this reflective and uniquely candid look at the capabilities managers and aspiring managers need in today&’s workplace. The last 10-20 years have led to a tectonic shift in the leadership traits required by businesses as they navigate increased customer demands for transparency and alignment with shared values. Covering a wide range of topics, from promoting lifelong learning to combatting organizational entropy, Balancing Act is the story of a personal journey towards continuous self improvement.
Balancing Act: Deborah Lovich (A)
by David G. Fubini Patrick SanguinetiDeborah Lovich, Partner at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), has been given the opportunity of a lifetime: to join the firm's Executive Committee as its youngest member and only current woman, as well as just the second woman in its history. Encouraged by her mentors, she saw this role as an important platform to help shape BCG's future. Yet, she had family to consider. Taking up the opportunity would add an additional five to six weeks of travel per year, on top of an already hectic schedule that kept her from home and her four children most days of the week. Her husband Mark, who had finished a grueling 12-year MD-PhD program one year earlier, decided to put his career on hold to be a stay-at-home dad because of her many commitments. Now, with the possibility of even further time away from the family looming, and the kids wanting more time with her, Mark made a serious demand: that she not only decline the Executive Committee role, but also scale back her commitments so that he could relaunch his career. Lovich must weigh how to balance her responsibilities to her family without sacrificing the career she had worked so hard to build.
Balancing Act: Deborah Lovich (B)
by David G. Fubini Patrick SanguinetiThis case provides updates on Deborah Lovich's decision and how she navigated her work and family responsibilities over the following decade.
Balancing Act: Deborah Lovich (C)
by David G. Fubini Patrick SanguinetiThis case provides further updates on Deborah Lovich's decision, as well as reflections from her family and mentors on her path.
Balancing Acts: A Human Systems Approach to Organizational Change
by James ConklinBalancing Acts is about organizational change. It offers consultants and managers a simple, powerful way to think about change, and describes a four-phase iterative process for implementing change. The book is full of examples of change initiatives in different types of organizations, and confronts head-on the problems and pitfalls that often arise. Conklin explains why organizational change can be so difficult, and shows that by balancing a set of competing psychological and systemic challenges interveners will increase their chance of success. Conklin shows that human groups function as complex systems, and that a change initiative is not a linear progression toward a predefined conclusion. Instead, change is an iterative process that involves a search for feasible and useful solutions. The book’s central argument is that while leading or supporting this search, consultants and leaders must balance four critical concerns. They must balance confrontation with compassion, participation with observation, assertion with inquiry, and planfulness with emergence.
Balkan Yearbook of European and International Law 2020 (Balkan Yearbook of European and International Law #2020)
by Zlatan Meškić Ivana Kunda Dušan V. Popović Enis OmerovićThe second volume of the Balkan Yearbook of European and International Law (BYEIL) focuses on the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG), which was signed 40 years ago. The contributions analyse a broad range of aspects and reflect the latest developments; those in the permanent sections on European Law and International Law explore contemporary challenges in public and private law disciplines, offering fresh new perspectives on established concepts.
BAM... and Then It Hit Me
by Karen Brooks HopkinsPresident Emerita of the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) Karen Brooks Hopkins pens BAM…and Then It Hit Me, an inspiring memoir of her 36 years at the iconic cultural institution, America's oldest performing arts center. The book has a sharp focus on concepts such as leadership, innovation, urban revitalization (including the transformation of Brooklyn from Manhattan Outpost to the coolest neighborhood on the planet), as highly successful cultural fundraising played critical roles in the colorful evolution of this world-class cultural juggernaut in the performing arts.
Bangladesh in Bondage: Tarique Rahman, SQC, LB, and Other Essays
by Q M KhanThis book brings together a collection of essays about the untenable political status quo in Bangladesh under Sheikh Hasina. Since democratization in the 1990s, Bangladeshi political life has been characterized by fierce battles over the role of religion in society, corruption, and the obstacles to constructing a society with freedom of expression and rule of law, independent from the influence of powerful neighboring countries. Academic freedom and other human rights issues have hindered the study of Bangladesh heretofore, and corruption, police abuses, and election rigging are common as well as widely documented. In this passionate, sometimes personal exploration of the issues of social justice, rule of law, and the democratic process in Bangladesh, the book offers a valuable case study of how an Asian developmental state is otherwise regressing backwards morally, socially, and politically. The Bangladeshi struggle for sovereignty, prosperity and democracy documented in this book will be of interest to political scientists, scholars of South Asia, and those of Islam.
Bank Investing: A Practitioner's Field Guide
by Suhail Chandy Weison DingBank Investing: A Practitioner's Field Guide offers you the essential toolkit to become a successful bank investor. It packages practical lessons, theoretical knowledge, and historical context, all into one compelling and hopefully entertaining book. The book includes conversations with investors and management teams. Investors include activists, financials specialists, credit investors, and multibillion-dollar asset managers. Management teams have a broad representation from the c-suite of a broad spectrum of participants ranging from a fintech to a bank with over $30bn in assets. Banks are the oil that lubricates the economy. An understanding of how they operate is essential for analyzing any part of the economy since banks represent a large investing universe and control a sizeable portion of assets. With over 800 public tickers representing over $3 trillion market cap, banks are larger than several other industry groups. Banks are the largest financial intermediaries in the U.S., controlling $15 trillion in financial assets. Their relative size can amplify effects. For example, a small regulatory or environmental change can cascade and ripple through financial markets and have a major impact on the economy. As fintechs gain in prominence, a fundamental grasp of topics related to banking will help enhance understanding of fintech. Bank investing can be a fruitful pursuit: The most successful investor of our times, Warren Buffett, has had a sizeable investment in banks over time (close to a third of his portfolio weight used to be in banks). Banks allow you to make macro-economic bets since they are highly levered to business cycles. Bank investing allows you to scale your knowledge, as they have relatively homogenized business models... ...at the same time, banks are diverse enough to drive meaningful dispersion in price performance. This divergence of performance can be taken advantage of by an astute and prepared securities analyst. Banks are good vehicles to make specific investment plays on geographic regions, demographic trends (suburban to urban migration, aging), industries (agriculture, tech, energy), news flow (trade/tariffs, weather), real estate subsectors (NYC office, bay area apartments), and investing themes such as ESG, cryptocurrency, and venture capital. Finally, fintech disruption is creating an investing opportunity to play the digital divide between banks that embrace technology successfully and those that get left behind.
The Bankers' Blacklist: Unofficial Market Enforcement and the Global Fight against Illicit Financing (Cornell Studies in Money)
by Julia C. MorseIn The Banker's Blacklist, Julia C. Morse demonstrates how the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has enlisted global banks in the effort to keep "bad money" out of the financial system, in the process drastically altering the domestic policy landscape and transforming banking worldwide.Trillions of dollars flow across borders through the banking system every day. While bank-to-bank transfers facilitate trade and investment, they also provide opportunities for criminals and terrorists to move money around the globe. To address this vulnerability, large economies work together through an international standard-setting body, the FATF, to shift laws and regulations on combating illicit financial flows. Morse examines how this international organization has achieved such impact, arguing that it relies on the power of unofficial market enforcement—a process whereby market actors punish countries that fail to meet international standards. The FATF produces a public noncomplier list, which banks around the world use to shift resources and services away from listed countries. As banks restrict cross-border lending, the domestic banking sector in listed countries advocates strongly for new laws and regulations, ultimately leading to deep and significant compliance improvements.The Bankers' Blacklist offers lessons about the peril and power of globalized finance, revealing new insights into how some of today's most pressing international cooperation challenges might be addressed.
Banking 5.0: How Fintech Will Change Traditional Banks in the 'New Normal' Post Pandemic (Palgrave Studies in Financial Services Technology)
by Bernardo NicolettiBill Gates’ quote, “Banking is necessary, but banks are not,” showcases the opportunity for financial services digital transformation. The next transition from industry 4.0 to 5.0 will impact all sectors, including banking. It will combine information technology and automation, based on artificial intelligence, person-robot collaboration, and sustainability. It is time to analyze this transformation in banking deeply, so that the sector can adequately change to the ‘New Normal’ and a wholly modified banking model can be properly embedded in the business.This book presents a conceptual model of banking 5.0, detailing its implementation in processes, platforms, people, and partnerships of financial services organizations companies. The last part of the book is then dedicated to future developments. Of interest to academics, researchers, and professionals in banking, financial technology, and financial services, this book also includes business cases in financial services.
Banking and Effective Capital Regulation in Practice: A Leadership Perspective (Banking, Money and International Finance)
by Sophia VelezDue to a historical lack of attention to the importance of modelling, measuring and managing risk, senior bank leaders are struggling to implement unified practices within their financial institutions that could address the gaps posed by risky management behaviour, rogue trading, liquidity crises, prohibited investments in mortgage-backed securities, and default risks aligned with loans. This book discusses the theories at play between bank agents (bank managers) and their principals (shareholders), a topic which has gained importance as a result of the banking crisis, and similarly, governed the need for more efficient risk management and ethical managerial practices. The author worked with a senior bank leadership team to identify and describe effective capital regulation practices that can lead to a reduction in loss and risky management behavioural practices. The book offers consensus on a number of activities that bank managers can implement to address bank risk. It analyses the relevant factors that determine the necessity for banking regulation and the important role of regulation in managing banking crises. The author’s analysis of the important regulatory aspects in developed countries such as the US, offers a useful conceptual framework for creating an adequate banking regulatory environment in developing countries. This book offers an original contribution to the field of banking that undergraduate, masters, PhD students, academics and researchers can use to gain a deeper understanding of the constructs at play in the banking industry.
Banking & Innovation 2020/2021: Ideen und Erfolgskonzepte von Experten für die Praxis (FOM-Edition)
by Marcel SeidelDie deutsche Banking- und Finance-Szene sieht sich unablässig neuen Herausforderungen gegenüber und ist einem ständigen Wandel unterworfen. Um diesem Wandel gerecht zu werden, zeigen Innovationsexperten aus Wissenschaft und Praxis in diesem Buch neue strategische, organisatorische, kulturelle und methodische Problemlösungen für die Bankbranche auf. Diese Lösungen sind zum Teil bankenspezifisch, zum Teil wurden sie aus anderen Branchen auf den Bankenbereich übertragen. Führungskräfte und Entscheider in der Finanzbranche, die kreativ und vor allem langfristig denken und handeln, erhalten hier wertvolle Anregungen. Dieser Band enthält elf Beiträge, die sich mit neuen Ideen einer strategischen Ausrichtung, mit kulturell-personalwirtschaftlich orientierten Themen sowie technischen und methodischen Vorgehensweisen im Banking beschäftigen.Der Fokus der Ausgabe 2020/2021 liegt zum einen auf dem Themenfeld „Einsatz von Künstlicher Intelligenz im Bankgeschäft“ und zum anderen auf dem Themenfeld „Nachhaltigkeit“. Das Buch mit seinen Praxisbeispielen gibt dem Leser Impulse für neue Herangehensweisen und es ermutigt, neues Denken und Handeln zu wagen. Beides braucht die Branche. Ohne mutige Entscheidungen ist kein Fortschritt möglich.
Banking Law: Private Transactions and Regulatory Frameworks
by Andreas Kokkinis Andrea MiglionicoBanking regulation and the private law governing the bank-customer relationship came under the spotlight as a result of the global financial crisis of 2007–2009. More than a decade later UK, EU and international regulatory initiatives have transformed the structure, business practices, financing models and governance of the banking sector. This authoritative text offers an in-depth analysis of modern banking law and regulation, while providing an assessment of its effectiveness and normative underpinnings. Its main focus is on UK law and practice, but where necessary it delves into EU law and institutions, such as the European Banking Union and supervisory role of the European Central Bank. The book also covers the regulation of bank corporate governance and executive remuneration, the promises and perils of FinTech and RegTech, and the impact of Brexit on UK financial services. Although detailed, the text remains easy to read and reasonably short; pedagogic features such as a glossary of terms and practice questions for each chapter are intended to facilitate learning. It is a useful resource for students and scholars of banking law and regulation, as well as for regulators and other professionals who are interested in reading a precise and evaluative account of this evolving area of law.
Bankruptcy and Debt Collection in Liberal Capitalism: Switzerland, 1800–1900 (Social History, Popular Culture, And Politics In Germany)
by Mischa SuterDrawing on perspectives from anthropology and social theory, this book explores the quotidian routines of debt collection in nineteenth-century capitalism. It focuses on Switzerland, an exemplary case of liberal rule. Debt collection and bankruptcy relied on received practices until they were standardized in a Swiss federal law in 1889. The vast array of these practices was summarized by the idiomatic Swiss legal term “Rechtstrieb” (literally, “law drive”). Analyzing these forms of summary justice opens a window to the makeshift economies and the contested political imaginaries of nineteenth-century everyday life. Ultimately, the book advances an empirically grounded and theoretically informed history of quotidian legal practices in the everyday economy; it is an argument for studying capitalism from the bottom up.
The Banks Did It: An Anatomy of the Financial Crisis
by Neil FligsteinA comprehensive account of the rise and fall of the mortgage-securitization industry, which explains the complex roots of the 2008 financial crisis. More than a decade after the 2008 financial crisis plunged the world economy into recession, we still lack an adequate explanation for why it happened. Existing accounts identify a number of culprits—financial instruments, traders, regulators, capital flows—yet fail to grasp how the various puzzle pieces came together. The key, Neil Fligstein argues, is the convergence of major US banks on an identical business model: extracting money from the securitization of mortgages. But how, and why, did this convergence come about? The Banks Did It carefully takes the reader through the development of a banking industry dependent on mortgage securitization. Fligstein documents how banks, with help from the government, created the market for mortgage securities. The largest banks—Countrywide Financial, Bear Stearns, Citibank, and Washington Mutual—soon came to participate in every aspect of this market. Each firm originated mortgages, issued mortgage-backed securities, sold those securities, and, in many cases, acted as their own best customers by purchasing the same securities. Entirely reliant on the throughput of mortgages, these firms were unable to alter course even when it became clear that the market had turned on them in the mid-2000s. With the structural features of the banking industry in view, the rest of the story falls into place. Fligstein explains how the crisis was produced, where it spread, why regulators missed the warning signs, and how banks’ dependence on mortgage securitization resulted in predatory lending and securities fraud. An illuminating account of the transformation of the American financial system, The Banks Did It offers important lessons for anyone with a stake in avoiding the next crisis.
Barbara Krakow Gallery (B): Art and the Pandemic
by David Lane Jose B. AlvarezUpdates (A) case by describing the early impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the art market, the renaming of the gallery as the Krakow Witkin Gallery, and the response of its partners and staff to the pandemic.
Barbarians at the Gate or Turnaround Gurus? Private Equity and the Rise of the LBO
by John Masko Tom NicholasDuring the 1980s, leveraged buyouts (LBOs) and the private equity (PE) firms responsible for carrying them out revolutionized both investment and management in the U.S. Between 1980 and 1989, buyout activity in the U.S. surged from $1 billion per year to $60 billion. There was widespread agreement that the PE industry created enormous value, but who exactly was it creating that value for? PE firms claimed that LBOs not only benefitted investors, but also the target companies, which became leaner and more focused as PE firms turned them around. But critics argued that on balance, the PE industry left target companies foundering under mountains of debt as investors realized huge returns. In this case study, students will grapple with PE's complex legacy while learning its history. The case will trace PE's two main ingredients (the limited partnership and the LBO), examine the auspicious conditions of the 1980s that brought them together, and discuss the experiences of two very different early players in the PE field-KKR and Bain Capital.
Barrierefreie Events: Grundlagen und praktische Tipps zur Planung und Durchführung
by Kerstin Hoffmann-Wagner Gudrun JostesDieses Buch gibt einen zeitgemäßen Überblick über alle wesentlichen Punkte, die bei barrierefreien Events beachtet werden müssen: von gesetzlichen Grundlagen, über die Planung bis hin zur Umsetzung.Praktische Tipps und kurze Checklisten sorgen für die punktgenaue Einbindung und reibungslose Umsetzung von Barrierefreiheit. Von der Idee bis zur Ausführung zeigen die Autorinnen für alle Planungsphasen auf, welche grundlegenden barrierefreien Aspekte in die Eventplanung eingebunden werden müssen. Ergänzend dazu stellen sie mögliche, sich aus dem Bedarf der Teilnehmenden ergebenden individuellen Maßnahmen dar. Dabei werden klassische offline und digitale Eventformate berücksichtigt.
Base of the Pyramid Markets in Affluent Countries: Innovation and challenges to sustainability (Innovation and Sustainability in Base of the Pyramid Markets)
by Stefan GoldThe Frugal Innovation and Bottom of the Pyramid Markets series comprises four volumes, covering theoretical perspectives, themes and various aspects of interest across four key geographical regions where BOP markets are located - South America, Asia, Africa and more engineered countries. BOP always addresses the poorest people or socioeconomic order or groups within a country, society, region or continent, thus, this series contributes a profound understanding of BOP markets across the most important geographical areas around the world and presents valuable insights on how the private sector can work together with other stakeholders to develop and operationalize economically viable business models in BOP markets, all the while contributing to sustainable development. Private actors such as multinationals, SMEs and entrepreneurs have a critical role to play in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals agenda as laid down by United Nations in September 2015. Yet, BOP markets face unique challenges and the private sector alone cannot orchestrate sustainable value creation activities. Each volume presents several theoretical strands that highlight the diverse approaches and solutions to developing BOP markets further. Frugal, reverse and inclusive innovations can foster (sustainable) development and provide new business models and value streams that other countries can also benefit from. A variety of stylistic elements, such as research work, interviews and roundtable discussions, offer a wide and vivid impression of ongoing challenges and fruitful solutions.
Basel IV in der Unternehmenspraxis (essentials)
by Bernd Zirkler Jonathan Hofmann Sandra Schmolz Ilona BordiyanuBernd Zirkler, Jonathan Hofmann, Sandra Schmolz und Ilona Bordiyanu geben im vorliegenden Buch einen praxisbezogenen Überblick zum finalisierten Rahmenwerk von Basel III (alternativ als ‚Basel IV‘ bezeichnet). Es erläutert überblicksartig zu erwartende Auswirkungen auf Kreditinstitute hinsichtlich wesentlicher regulatorischer Anforderungen. Hierbei werden insbesondere die risikogewichteten Kapitalanforderungen, bestehende Höchstverschuldungsgrenzen, Liquiditätsvorschriften, Risikomanagement/bankaufsichtlicher Überprüfungsprozess sowie Marktdisziplin/Offenlegung von ‚Basel IV‘ im Rahmen ihrer schrittweisen Einführung bis 2028 dargestellt.
Basic Financial Guide
by Celia RodriguezWarning: this is the book that financiers DO NOT want you to read. All you earn is used to pay? Your salary is not enough? As much as you work, you never live as you want? This is all because you are making basic mistakes which you are unaware of. Here I will explain why this is happening to you. You do not need to know economics, finance, or be an expert in the Stock Market to understand it. This book is written in the simplest and most realistic language possible, adapted for all audiences.
A Basic Guide to International Business Law (Routledge-Noordhoff International Editions)
by Harm WeversA Basic Guide to International Business Law aims to give students an understanding as well as practical knowledge of legal problems arising in the area of international business, and to equip them with the skills needed to prevent and tackle these problems. All Chapters employ the same didactic structure. Introductory case studies, examples, annotated case law, glossaries, diagrams, summaries and exercises are all designed to familiarize students quickly with relevant aspects of international (business) law. A Basic Guide to International Business Law deals with the following topics: • Introduction to International Private Law and European Law • Legal aspects of negotiations • International contracts: matters of jurisdiction and the law applicable to these contracts • International contracts of sale • Competion law • Free movement of goods, workers, the freedom of capital and establishment and the freedom to provide services • International payments • Carriage of goods by road and sea • Incoterms • Entry modes (agents, representatives, distributors, licensing, franchising)
BASICS: 12 Lean Six Sigma Tools and Techniques to Reduce the Cost of Quality from the Coal Face Out
by Paul CunninghamThe BASICS Handbook is designed to show personnel at all levels within a manufacturing operations environment that, with easy to understand continuous improvement tools, they can make a difference to operational performance where safety, quality, cost, delivery, and people are paramount to business success. The tools and techniques throughout, based upon examples from the author’s experience, demonstrate that no matter what industry, they can bring the desired added value. This book will help any manufacturing shop floor add value in terms of quality/cost and delivery performance. It will also show how using tools and techniques from the “coal face” out will improve process performance by using simple data collection and measurement – not only on outputs, but just as importantly on “critical to quality inputs” such as process parameters and their processing windows – to deliver the desired output KPIs. The power and confidence that this gives to local experts and processing teams enable them to make informed decisions, preventing drifts and non-conforming product: prevention being better than cure. The result of these changes is a tangible cultural impact on the shop floor, raising the level at which operating teams work and improving morale. BASICS will enable staff at all levels to understand their performance measures and produce sustainable results. The book contains practical tools, methods, and techniques that have been tried and tested by the author over a successful 30-year career as a contractor transforming variable processing and inconsistent KPI results.