MONEY IS AN ENTITY: An incredibly detailed book on why there is poverty in some people's lives and not others, but most importantly, how to get out of poverty, stay out of poverty and live a full and blessed life, debt free, and, with money in the bank. The book takes you through why there is debt, teaches how to get out of debt and how to raise money over and above what you need to bring you and keep you in a harvest of abundance. Explore the value of giving as well as receiving, saving as well as spending and changing the way you are from the inside out. With so many misunderstandings, taking, ""money is the root of all evil"" as an example, it is worth understanding why some think this way and how to put this thought right for us to receive what it is we believe we should have. A must read for anyone serious about living a life of fulfillment today and for the rest of their lives.

An entity-relationship approach to the business, a structured, systematic and intuitive business model of entities, relationships and key data for innovation, entrepreneurship and management. The Business Entity-Relationship Model (ERM) presented in this work enables: - acquire a logical and interrelated view of the key elements of the business and its application in the processes of innovation, entrepreneurship and business management - provide a new definition of the business concept, represent all businesses generically, their specific types and any particular business - redefine innovation more broadly, generate ideas and increase innovation capacity - tackle entrepreneurship with an integrated and interdependent vision of the key elements of the new business - plan, execute and control the business strategy against competitors in a sector of economic activity - identify the origin and understand the apparently complex, heterogeneous and abstract concepts used in business management and generate new key or strategic data in an organized and homogeneous form The new model is based on the Entity-Relationship technique, which allows the representation of the real world by elements called entities and relationships that occur between them. In addition, new concepts called supra-entities, supra-relationships and supra-attributes to cover the diversity of situations and perspectives existing in reality are proposed.

A Tea Reader contains a selection of stories that cover the spectrum of life. This anthology shares the ways that tea has changed lives through personal, intimate stories. Read of deep family moments, conquered heartbreak, and peace found in the face of loss. A Tea Reader includes stories from all types of tea people: people brought up in the tea tradition, those newly discovering it, classic writings from long-ago tea lovers and those making tea a career. Together these tales create a new image of a tea drinker. They show that tea is not simply something you drink, but it also provides quiet moments for making important decisions, a catalyst for conversation, and the energy we sometimes need to operate in our lives. The stories found in A Tea Reader cover the spectrum of life, such as the development of new friendships, beginning new careers, taking dream journeys, and essentially sharing the deep moments of life with friends and families. Whether you are a tea lover or not, here you will discover stories that speak to you and inspire you. Sit down, grab a cup, and read on.

The objective of Off-Balance Sheet Activities is to gain insights into, and propose meaningful solutions to, those issues raised by the current proliferation of off-balance sheet transactions. The book has its origins in a New York University conference that focused on this topic. Jointly undertaken by the Vincent C. Ross Institute of Accounting Research and New York University's Salomon Center for the study of Financial Institutions at the Stern School of Business, the conference brought together academic researchers and practitioners in the field of accounting and finance to address the issues with the broad-mindedness requisite of a group whose approaches to solutions are as different from each other as their respectively theoretical and applied approaches to the disciplines of finance and accounting. The essays are divided into two sections. The first covers issues surrounding OBS activities and banking and begins with a brief introduction that places the essays into context. OBS activities and the underinvestment problem, whether loan sales are really OBS, and money demand and OBS liquidity are examined in detail. Section two, which also begins with a brief introduction, focuses on issues of securitized assets and financing. A report on recognition and measurement issues in accounting for securitized assets is followed by three separate discussion essays. Other subjects covered include contract theoretic analysis of OBS financing, the use of OBS financing to circumvent financial covenant restrictions, and debt contracting and financial contracting. The latter two contributions are also followed by discussion essays. This unique collection of papers will prove to be an interesting and valuable tool for accounting and finance professionals as well as for academics involved in these fields. It will also be an important addition to public, college, and university libraries.