Economics of Business Life

Klappentext Originally published in 1933, this book presents a guide to the interrelationship between business and economics. Zusammenfassung Originally published in 1933! this book presents a guide to the interrelationship between business and economics. It was written with a twofold purpose in mind: 'to present a kind of economic background for a picture of business life! and to fill in the details of the picture by describing something of the machinery by which that business life is carried on'. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. The Economic Side of Life: Preface; 1. The ordinary business of life; 2. The economic machine; 3. The development of economic life; 4. The function of capital; Part II. Business Life and Institutions: 5. The joint stock company; 6. The keeping of accounts; 7. Presenting the accounts; 8. Reading the balance sheet; 9. The development of the banking system; 10. The banks at work; 11. The Bank of England; 12. The financial crisis of 1931 and the Gold Standard; 13. Some aspects of international trade; 14. Some business institutions; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Henry Penson, Penson Henry
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2015
• EAN: 9781107586604
• ISBN: 978-1-107-58660-4
• No. of pages: 246
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industrial Management, Economics of industrial organisation, Economics of industrial organization