This practical title features insightful chapters... more

This practical title features insightful chapters by leading practitioners in Islamic financing (including from Norton Rose, Citigroup Asia and Dubai Islamic Bank), and analyses market trends, key developments and structures for sukuk, syndications, funds, takaful, project financing and Islamic liquidity management... less

This practical title provides a comprehensive ove... more

This practical title provides a comprehensive overview of the Islamic capital markets, tracking their development from the first sukuks to the current outlook after the global economic crisis and the recent Shariah rulings of the Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI) in relation to sukuk... less

Secured Finance Transactions: Key Assets and Emer... more

Secured Finance Transactions: Key Assets and Emerging Markets provides an indispensable guide to important legal developments in the field of secured finance, the taking of security interests over key business assets, the legal framework for security interests in emerging markets and innovations in credit risk management.... less

Comprehensive and thorough, Globalization of Busi... more

Comprehensive and thorough, Globalization of Business will assist you in understanding globalization and its significance, challenges, and implications for todays companies. Using proven research and actual strategies of top corporations, this reference covers pertinent information about the global context of business. This book: explores the worlds current economic, cultural, technological, and environmental affairs examines competitiveness at national and firm levels and outlines steps that competitive organizations undertake to sustain their advantage discusses and analyzes strategies for effective business performance identifies the roles of CEOs and their qualities and functions, and gives a framework for identifying global managers evaluates the prospects for sustaining global leadership and contrasts global leadership and hegemonyoutlines the necessary steps for creating an integrated global economyCovering general and specific issues, this guide explains assumptions and theories of globalization in order to help you approach global issues with flexibility, attentiveness and confidence. Globalization of Business will enable readers to avoid common pitfalls and build a successful global firm that will benefit the entire business community.... less

Separated by age, custom, tradition, faith and be... more

Separated by age, custom, tradition, faith and beliefs, India’s ‘father of the nation’ and first prime minister shared arguably the most important political partnership that modern India has or perhaps will ever witness. Together They Fought presents about 500 letters, telegrams, messages and notes exchanged between Gandhi and Nehru in the nearly three decades from 1921 to 1948. In these, they share views on a wide range of events, people and issues: from the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and Salt Satyagraha, to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Mohammad Ali Jinnah and Subhas Chandra Bose, to the social empowerment of ‘untouchables’ and the inclusion of women in the Congress Working Committee. Accompanied by visuals that capture the depth, richness and vibrancy of the unique bond shared by Gandhi and Nehru, This carefully selected, judiciously annotated and chronologically arranged volume takes readers on a journey through the political arena of a nation in the pangs of birth and into the inner workings of two brilliant minds of the twentieth century.... less