Commerce & Économie / Matières premières

Futures Markets: Their Establishment and Performance

de Barry Goss

First published in 1986, this book discusses many important aspects of the theory and practice of Futures Markets. It describes how they, at the time, grew to be an increasingly important feature of the world's...

The Theory of Futures Trading

de Barry Goss

First published in 1972, this book provides an important critical review on the theory of futures trading. B. A. Goss looks at the work and ideas of Keynes and Hicks on futures, and considers how these have...

Guide to Commodities: Producers, Players and Prices, Markets, Consumers and Trends

de Caroline Bain

A gold mine of information, insights and powerful tools to help you win big in today's commodities markets

The recent fortunes made by investors in rare earth metals and gold are just two shining examples of...

The Silver Bull Market: Investing in the Other Gold

de Shayne McGuire

From one of the world’s most respected authorities on precious metals investment—a thoroughly researched volume on the investment prospects for silver, the other gold.

Gold, outperforming stocks for over...

Commodity Risk Management: Theory and Application

de Geoffrey Poitras

Commodity Risk Management goes beyond just an introductory treatment of derivative securities, dealing with more advanced topics and approaching the subject matter from a unique perspective. At its core lies...

The New Cultures of Food: Marketing Opportunities from Ethnic, Religious and Cultural Diversity

de Adam Lindgreen & Martin K. Hingley

This book provides a comprehensive collection of cutting-edge research on creating opportunities from diversity, especially in terms of consequences for agribusiness and food businesses and appropriate marketing...

Globalization's Limits: Conflicting National Interests in Trade and Finance

de Dimitris N. Chorafas

Globalization, the internationalization of trade, and financial integration are having enormous implications for businesses as well as for the whole economies of countries or blocks of countries. Dr Chorafas...

Enforcing Intellectual Property Rights: A Concise Guide for Businesses, Innovative and Creative Individuals

de Jane Lambert

The development of a global 'knowledge economy' has encouraged organizations of all types to focus on the opportunities for, and the threats to, the intellectual property that they hold. The variety of intellectual...

The Everything Guide to Commodity Trading: All the tools, training, and techniques you need to succeed in commodity trading

de David Borman

Insider tips from investment pros!

Over the past two decades, no investment has returned more profits than commodities, but these assets can also be perilous for the uninitiated. The Everything Guide to Commodity...

Handbook of Carbon Offset Programs: "Trading Systems, Funds, Protocols and Standards"

de Carrie Lee, Michael Lazarus & Anja Kollmuss

Greenhouse gas (GHG) offsets have long been promoted as an important element of a comprehensive climate policy approach. Offset programs can reduce the overall cost of achieving a given emission goal by enabling...

Trade Competitiveness Diagnostic Toolkit

de Jose Guilherme Reis & Thomas Farole

This toolkit provides a framework, guidelines, and practical tools for conducting an analysis of a country's trade competitiveness in terms of growth and share performance, diversification, and quality. It aims...

Foundations for Indigenous Peoples in the Global Mining Boom

de Marcia Langton & Judy Longbottom

How are indigenous and local people faring in their dealings with mining and related industries in the first part of the 21^st century? The unifying experience in all the resource-rich states covered in the book...

Carbon Markets: An International Business Guide

de Arnaud Brohé, Nick Eyre & Nicholas Howarth

Winner of the Choice Outstanding Academic Titles of 2010 award. This book is a comprehensive and accessible guide to understanding the opportunities offered by regulated and voluntary carbon markets for tackling...

The Prudent Investor's Guide to Owning Gold

de Austin Pryor

This primer will give you everything you need to know rather than everything there is to know about gold and inflation. From the birth of money to current gold investment vehicles, The Prudent Investor's Guide...

Gold Bubble: Profiting From Gold's Impending Collapse

de Yoni Jacobs

How do TV shows, vending machines, Chinese taxi companies, and a former UK prime minister point to a gold bubble that is about to burst?

Many investors consider gold a "safe haven" that will shelter them from...

Financial Exchanges

de Francis A Lees

The recent global economic crisis has drawn a spotlight on the world of finance. Financial exchanges are changing, and this insightful, new book examines the manner and reasons for these changes.

Financial Exchanges:...

Secrets to Tell, Secrets to Keep

de ED. D., Terry Hunt

The pioneering therapists who wrote "Emotional Healing" present that book's long-awaited sequel. A challenge to today's popular "tell-all" psychotherapy programs, this important guide teaches readers how to...

Build Your Own Garage: Blueprints and Tools to Unleash Your Company's Hidden Creativity

de Bernd H. Schmitt & Laura Brown

Is your company all bizz -- filled with professional managers, accountants, and financial planners who produce "smooth operations" but offer no customer savvy or soul? Or is it all buzz -- filled with talk,...