When Prime Brokers Fail: The Unheeded Risk to Hedge Funds, Banks, and the Financial IndustryAn informative primer on the new landscape of leading prime brokers.Before the recent financial crisis, both regulators and market participants disregarded the complex and dangerous nature of the relationship between prime brokers (the banks) and their clients (the funds). In When Prime Brokers Fail, J. S. Aikman examines the convoluted structure of this relationship, the main participants, and the impact of the near collapse of prime brokerages on the financial world.

The Executive and the Elephant: A Leader's Guide for Building Inner ExcellenceLessons for leaders on resolving the ongoing struggle between instinct and the creative mind

The Remedy: Bringing Lean Thinking Out of the Factory to Transform the Entire OrganizationA powerful business fable that shows you how to spread Lean business practices to every function of your business.Pascal Dennis is a Lean business learner and practitioner who has written four books on the subject of Lean business practices. In The Remedy, he shows how Lean business practices can be expanded from manufacturing to all the other areas of your business-including design, engineering, sales, and marketing and all processes in between-and how doing so builds a more efficient organization at every level.

The Concise Dictionary of Scottish Words and PhrasesThe Concise Dictionary of Scottish Words and Phrases is a rpresentation of the rich variations of the scottish english. Few people who are either native speakers of English or who have learnt English as a foreign or second language visit Scotland with any expectations of experiencing language difficulties. For the most part, their confidence is justified, provided at least they stick to the traditional tourist places and pursuits. The most difficulty they are likely to experience is with regional variations in accent and pronunciation