Kategoria BISAC: Law >> Commercial - General

Far from regarding the law as supreme, corporations approach law as an element of executive thought and action aimed at optimizing competitiveness.

The objective of this book is to identify, explore and define corporate legal strategies that seek advantage in the opportunities revealed when the Law is perceived as a resource to be mobilized and aligned with the firm s business and economic agendas.

Media relations are a vital tool for helping property companies build shareholder value through stronger brands, develop reputations that drive a flow of new work, and help sell and let properties faster and at a fraction of the cost of other marketing techniques, but such relationships need to be managed properly. This practical and comprehensive book peppered with real case studies and observations from numerous people within the property industry aims to demystify the black art of PR . Some of the topics covered include:

• the strategic aims and benefits of good media...

To get ahead, surveyors require business and managerial acumen as well as technical skills. Business Skills for Surveyors explains how the property market works, how investors and developers make their money, and how business objectives interrelate with property strategies. Economic, financial market and accounting issues are explained, and guidance is provided on negotiation skills, presentation technique and other ways to accelerate personal development.

The book is suitable for younger surveyors seeking to develop business skills, and for any surveyors looking...

The New York Arbitration Convention of 1958 is the cornerstone of international commercial arbitration. Although judicial interpretation of the Convention has proceeded since the publication of Albert Jan van den Bergand#8217;s classic commentary, his extraordinarily thorough analysis remains the preeminent work on the application and enforcement aspects of the Convention.

Setting out to repair what van den Berg calls and#8220;an undesirable degree of uncertaintyand#8221; in judicial interpretation of the Convention, his analysis takes a comparative approach to relevant court...