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Ronnie Fox, Corinne Staves, Caroline Field, Ivor Adair, Andrew Baker, Nicky Owen, Micheline Hogan, Veronica Mann, Roderick Chamberlain

Most professionals, especially those who own all or part of their firm, find it difficult to think about retirement. Many of those who practise their chosen profession into their sixties and seventies are reluctant to contemplate life without the mental stimulation, companionship, excitement and sense of fulfilment that their work provides. To a great extent, we are what we do; winding down raises questions about self-esteem and our value to society. Professional life increasingly conditio...

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Sandra J Boyer, Susan Saltonstall Duncan, Jaap Bosman, August J Aquila, Pam Loch, Veronica Mann, Shelley Dunstone, Ronnie Fox

It has never been more important for law firms to plan for the future. A highly competitive market, an aging profession, the changing ambitions of younger generations, many of whom place greater importance on work-life balance than reaching top leadership levels, and a long-held reluctance to discuss retirement and succession, all combine to create what some are calling a succession crisis. It is time to face the issue head-on and start putting systems in place to ensure the long-term succ...

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Cypress Man, Veronica Ramsey

The question has been asked. Your finger is adorned with the ring. The difficult phase is about to begin. Even if you're not Donald Trump's child, you still want to have your fairytale wedding. Give me the rundown.Weddings typically cost about $20,000, according to statistics. The fairytale wedding is the stuff of dreams for most little girls—a long white dress, eight attendants, a sit-down reception, and a band that everyone dances to.For many women, the day of t...

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Steele Rudd

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Veronica Manning

In the sun-drenched Australian outback, Dave Regan, a rough-hewn farmer, embarks on a life-changing journey. Driven by loneliness and a yearning for companionship, he sets out to find a wife. Armed with a horse and a wagon, Dave ventures into the unknown, encountering a cast of eccentric characters along the way. From the gossiping townsfolk to the sly matchmaker, each encounter shapes his quest for love. As Dave's search intensifies, he stumbles upon a young woman named Mary. With her gen...

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John C. Bogle

Recommended Reading by Warren Buffet in his March 2013 Letter to ShareholdersHow speculation has come to dominate investment—a hard-hitting look from the creator of the first index fund.Over the course of his sixty-year career in the mutual fund industry, Vanguard Group founder John C. Bogle has witnessed a massive shift in the culture of the financial sector. The prudent, value-adding culture of long-term investment has been crowded out by...

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Jodi Kahn

Enhance your world, one elegant touch at a time! The Little Pink Book of Elegance: The Modern Girl's Guide to Living with Style includes fabulous tips on clothing, colors, accessories, jewelry, fragrance, your home, closets, entertaining, correspondence, and more. Learn how to manage all the aspects of your life with poise and self-confidence, and discover how to develop and refine that ''true-to-yourself'' style!

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Keeran Jacobson

Budgets can be used by assessing the employees. There are different types of budgets, Start up budget, Sales budget, and Summary budget. Working capital, also known as net working capital or NWC, is a financial metric which represents operating liquidity available to a business. Along with fixed assets such as plant and equipment, working capital is considered a part of operating capital.Get now your Financial Accounting book to master your skills!

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Cyril Demaria

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The Wiley Finance Series

Introduction to Private Equity is a critical yet grounded guide to the private equity industry. Far more than just another introductory guide, the book blends academic rigour with practical experience to provide a critical perspective of the industry from a professional who has worked at many levels within the industry, including insurance, funds of funds, funds and portfolio companies.The book looks at private equity from the point of view of the individual or the busines...

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Barbara Cameron

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Everything® Series

Plan the wedding of your dreams—without going bankrupt!If your stomach is in knots over tying the knot, rest easy! The Everything Weddings on a Budget Book, 2nd Edition shows you surefire ways to save money without compromising your dream.This essential guide gives you creative tips on how to:—Set a budget and stick to it—Find gowns and tuxes that suit both you and your wallet—Snap up a great photographer without overpaying—Make...

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Orit Gadiesh, Hugh Macarthur

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Memo to the CEO

Private equity firms are snapping up brand-name companies and assembling portfolios that make them immense global conglomerates. They're often able to maximize investor value far more successfully than traditional public companies.How do PE firms become such powerhouses? Learn how, in Lessons from Private Equity Any Company Can Use. Bain chairman Orit Gadiesh and partner Hugh MacArthur use the concise, actionable format of a memo to lay out the five disciplines that PE fir...

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Ciby Joseph

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The Wiley Finance Series

Credit is essential in the modern world and creates wealth, provided it is used wisely. The Global Credit Crisis during 2008/2009 has shown that sound understanding of underlying credit risk is crucial. If credit freezes, almost every activity in the economy is affected. The best way to utilize credit and get results is to understand credit risk.Advanced Credit Risk Analysis and Management helps the reader to understand the various nuances of credit risk. It discusses vari...

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Jeremy Hope, Peter Bunce, Franz Röösli

Drawing on their work on performance management within the ‘beyond budgeting’ movement over the past ten years, including many interviews and case studies, Jeremy Hope, Peter Bunce and Franz Röösli set out in this book an executive guide to building a new management model based on eight key change management issues:1. Governance: From rules and budgets to purpose and values2. Success: From fixed targets to relative improvement...