Service and Service Systems, livre ebook

This text is designed for use in a course in an applied international corporate finance for managers and executives. Instead of the encyclopedic approach, the text focuses on the two main issues of interest to managers who deal with overseas operations. The first main issue is how uncertain foreign exchange (FX) rate changes affect a firm's ongoing cash flows and equity value, and what can be done about that risk. The second main issue is the estimation of the cost of capital for international operations and the evaluation of overseas investment proposals. Numerous examples of real world companies are used.
Chapter 1
Living in Unsettled Times ......1
Chapter 2
Schools of Thought ......11
Chapter 3
Consumption Adequacy ......21
Chapter 4
A Service Science Perspective: Urban Service Systems ...... 35
Chapter 5
Urban Service Systems in Unsettled Times ...... 53
Chapter 6
Impact, Likelihood, and Resilience: Analyzing Service System Responses to Unsettled Times ...... 79
Chapter 7
Unsettled Times: The Case of the UK
“Big Freeze” of 2010 ...... 93
Chapter 8
Bringing it Altogether: Purposeful Proposals,
Challenges, and Directions ...... 117
Notes ...... 137
References ...... 143
Index ...... 149