Market Microstructure or Career Focus

Market Microstructure: Intermediaries and the Theory of the Firm

Author: Daniel F Spulber

This book presents a theory of the firm based on its economic role as an intermediary between customers and suppliers. Professor Spulber demonstrates how the intermediation theory of the firm explains firm formation by showing how they arise in a market equilibrium. In addition, the theory helps explain how markets work by showing how firms select market-clearing prices. Models of intermediation and market microstructure from microeconomics and finance shed considerable light on the formation and market making activities of firms. The intermediation theory of the firm is compared to existing economic theories of the firm including the neoclassical, industrial organization, transaction cost, and principal-agent models.

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Career Focus: A Personal Job Search Guide

Author: Helene Martucci Lamarr

Designed for the busy reader of today, this book has one objective - to help students find a satisfying career.  Career Focus begins with chapters on personal assessment and self-marketing, followed by three full chapters on the interview process.  It concludes with a section on how to achieve success in the workplace.  This edition considers the ever-changing marketplace and examines the increased use of technology in the job search process.

Features in this revision include:

• New, comprehensive chapter on portfolios(Chapter 7)
• Discussion of employee-desired traits
• Inviting design and layout

 

Table of Contents:

	Preface
1	Introduction: The First Steps	1
2	Knowing Yourself: The Assessment Game	5
3	The Resume: Your Ticket to Interviews	23
4	References: Kind Words from Friends	49
5	Letters: Cornerstone of Job Search Communication	55
6	Job Applications: Techniques and Tips	67
7	Company Research: The Why's and How's	73
8	Networking, Telemarketing, Career Fairs: Fast Tracks to Employment	81
9	The Interview: The Ultimate Business Meeting	99
10	Testing: A Job Search Reality	125
11	Job Searching on the Internet: The Electronic Edge	129
12	Job Search Strategies	135
13	Evaluating a Job Offer: Company A or Company B?	143
14	Designing Job Success	147
15	Post Assessment Survey	151
	You Can Do It	154