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Rynek finansowy jest trzonem gospodarki i wywiera ogromny wpływ na jej poszczególne branże, pozwalając jej dzięki temu właściwie funkcjonować. Odbywa się to dzięki różnorodnym instrumentom finansowym, które tworzone są specjalnie pod potrzeby jego uczestników. Instrumenty te mają coraz z roku na rok coraz bardziej złożony charakter, a w związku z tym są coraz lepiej dopasowane do potrzeb tych podmiotów,...

In twenty-one bite-sized lessons, Yuval Noah Harari explores what it means to be human in an age of bewilderment. How can we protect ourselves from nuclear war, ecological cataclysms and technological disruptions? What can we do about the epidemic of fake news or the threat of terrorism? What should we teach our children? Yuval Noah Harari takes us on a thrilling journey through today’s most urgent...

This book explores an important but often neglected aspect of a firm's finances: trade credit management (TCM). When firms offering credit to each other so purchases can be made on open account it is a vital source of business-to-business credit flows. Trade credit is the life-blood of competitive economies. Trade credit involves taking calculated credit risks. In return, selling firms boost sales...

The challenges lying ahead of the contemporary urban areas, specifically cities are formidable. These include growing population, air pollution, congestion, energy efficiency and growing demand for high quality of living. Although they are varied and can appear as seemingly unrelated, more often they appear on international agendas of the United Nations, European Union and various non-governmental...

During its entire history, the world has never changed as quickly as it is today. Customers' expectations, as well as widely understood conditions of doing business, are changing continuously. In consequence, the problems which the organizations must face, as well as resources, methods, and tools, which can help solve them, are undergoing constant changes. Solving these problems requires appropriate...