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Throne of Blood (1957), Akira Kurosawa's reworking of Macbeth, is widely considered the greatest film adaptation of Shakespeare ever made. In a detailed account of the film, Robert N. Watson explores how Kurosawa draws key philosophical and psychological arguments from Shakespeare, translates them into striking visual metaphors, and inflects them through the history of post-World War II Japan. Watson places particular emphasis on the contexts that underlie the film's central tension between individual aspiration and the stability of broader social and ecological collectives - and therefore between free will and determinism. In his foreword to this new edition, Robert Watson considers the central characters' Washizu and his wife Asaji's blunder in viewing life as a ruthless competition in which only the most brutal can thrive in the context of an era of neoliberal economics, resurgent 'strongman' political leaders, and myopic views of the environmenal crisis, with nothing valued that cannot be monetized.

An absorbing history of George Washington's largely forgotten role in creating America's great capital. číst celé

This book, written by financial professionals with extensive experience, provides a realistic and critical look at the theory and practice of stock market investing in the UK. It discusses, in a balanced way, the advantages and disadvantages of the many techniques used for profitable investments.

There is little doubt that corporate governance has become one of the key issues for students of business and management in the 1990s. This book is the first to draw together the various strands of the debate from the economics, finance, and accounting perspectives, and from an international angle that includes discussion of the issues as they relate to governance in the UK, USA, Germany, Japan, and Eastern Europe.

The behavior of managers, including the rewards for poor performance, the oversight role of boards of directors, and the regulatory frameworks ensuring accountability to shareholders and stakeholders, has garnered significant media and policy attention, especially following the early 2000s financial crisis. However, corporate governance encompasses a broader range of issues that demand thorough examination as critical concerns for both business and society. Traditional governance research, particularly agency theory, has faced critiques for being "under-contextualized" and for its limited ability to accurately compare and explain diverse corporate governance arrangements across various institutional contexts. This Handbook seeks to address these theoretical and empirical gaps by exploring corporate governance at multiple levels, including individual managers, firms, institutions, industries, and nations, while presenting international evidence to showcase diverse perspectives. It evaluates the impact of corporate governance on performance through various indicators, such as accounting profit, economic profit, productivity growth, market share, and aspects of corporate social responsibility. Each chapter not only reviews existing literature but also proposes future research agendas on specific governance aspects, making this Handbook a comprehensive source of academic research that integrates studies from multiple disciplines,