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Princeton University Press Boko Haram
Book SynopsisTrade Review"One of Foreign Affairs' Picks for Best of Books 2018"
£15.29
Lynne Rienner Publishers Tech Cold War
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£92.70
Hatherleigh Press,U.S. The Influencer Code: How to Unlock the Power of
Book SynopsisAn essential reference for anyone who wants to be an effective online promoter and marketer.
£21.59
Penguin Young Readers Primal Intelligence
£21.19
Profile Books Ltd Windows of Opportunity: How Nations Create Wealth
Book SynopsisIs neoclassical economics dead? Why have the biggest industrial economies stagnated since the financial crisis? Is the competitive threat from China a tired metaphor or a genuine danger to our standard of living? Lord David Sainsbury draws on his experience in business and government to assemble the evidence and comes to some startling conclusions. In Windows of Opportunity, he argues that economic growth comes not as a steady process, but as a series of jumps, based on investment in high value-added firms. Because these firms are engaged in winner-takes-all competition, rapid growth in one country can indeed come at the expense of growth in another, contrary to the standard models. He suggests a new theory of growth and development, with a role for government in 'picking winners' at the level of technologies and industries rather than individual firms. With the role of industrial policy at the centre of the Brexit debate, but a significant intellectual gap in setting out what that policy should be, this book could not be more timely.Trade ReviewOne way or another, [this government] is going to have big decisions to make about industrial policy in this new and very different world. This book should go on its reading list. -- Richard Lambert * Financial Times *
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Laurence King Publishing The Trend Forecaster's Handbook: Second Edition
Book SynopsisThe Trend Forecaster''s Handbook is a sharp, highly visual textbook and teaching aid for students and tutors keen to know more about the world of trends, trend forecasting and consumer-insight techniques.This ''how to'' book provides the skills to understand and track trends and use them to inform their research, design and product development. Highly visual, the book introduces the world of trend forecasting and consumer insight in a step-by-step way, with quotes from, interviews with and case studies of key players. Each chapter provides practical exercises and examples that allow students to experience the techniques or methodologies explored.Trends are a fundamental part of our emotional, physical and psychological landscape, and by forecasting trends we can begin to understand what drives and motivates consumers. This in turn can help to make the difference between a design that sells and one that languishes on the shelf.Reviews:"Highly visual and a genuinely eye-opening insight into the way designers can spot and dictate visual and cultural trends, keeping their work constantly at the cutting edge." - Computers Arts Project"The book is clear and concise, offers a journey through the unexpected, and engages the reader with clear guidelines. It offers insider knowledge and soundbites from those working in the industry." - Just4Textiles"The Trend Forecaster''s Handbook is a well published and intelligently written book for starting ''forecasters'' looking for theoretical background and interesting experiences." - The Pop-Up City"The Trend Forecaster''s Handbook is a highly readable and beautifully designed book that provides a practical framework for understanding and reacting to cultural trends. This review is a sneak preview of the second edition. The original edition, which was published in 2010, is considered the definitive source for learning about trends, strategy, and innovation thinking. Martin Raymond is a journalist" QRCA VIEWS
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PublicAffairs Theres Got to Be a Better Way
Book Synopsis“The most useful book on creating enduring organizational change I have ever read” (Robert Sutton, author of The No Asshole Rule) The chaos of everyday business forces people into an exhausting, ineffective, seemingly never-ending cycle of work-arounds, firefighting, and Whac-a-Mole. The irritatingly urgent crowds out the lastingly important. There has to be a better way. And there is: the game-changing discipline of dynamic work design improves productivity, reduces costs, and increases efficiency, ensuring that all parts of a company can work in concert. It has been used in organizations around the world to close the gap between results promised and results delivered. The five principles of dynamic work design—solve the right problem, structure for discovery, connect the human chain, regulate for flow, visualize the work—have yielded breakthrough results in settings ranging from biotech labs and hospitals to oil refineries, homeless shelters, and casinos. Large-scale change initiatives, reorganizations, and productivity programs are costly, rarely improve productivity, and always add a lot of busywork. There’s Got to Be a Better Way is an antidote, transforming how you understand your own tasks and your organization’s workflow, allowing you to redesign your work to boost productivity, profit and genuine engagement.
£24.00
Forefront Books Congrats Youve Been Promoted
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£19.94
Harvard Business Review Press HBRs 10 Must Reads on Managing People Updated and
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£17.09
Edward Elgar Publishing Elgar Companion to Herbert Simon
Book SynopsisHonoring the life and work of Herbert Simon, this illuminating Companion provides an in-depth survey of one of the most prolific social scientists of our age. Mirroring the breadth of Simonâs studies, chapters analyze his contributions to artificial intelligence, economics, entrepreneurship, management, psychology and other fields.
£41.75
Harvard Business Review Press Leadership Unblocked
Book SynopsisYour mindset may be the only thing standing between you and your potential. Break free from the beliefs that hold you back.As a leader, do you find yourself frustrated, wondering why employees don''t meet expectations, peers are slow to act, or pressure from your boss falls unfairly on your shoulders? It''s easy to point a finger at others and double down on getting results. But have you ever considered that the problem might not be them—that it might be you?Through countless hours coaching executives over the past twenty years, C-suite adviser Muriel M. Wilkins has pinpointed the biggest reason behind these common leadership challenges: hidden blockers. These unconscious beliefs can actively stall progress if leaders aren''t aware of their existence, preventing them from seeing a situation clearly, solving problems effectively, and advancing their careers.In Leadership Unblocked, Wilkins reveals seven key beliefs that hold leaders back, from "I know I''m right" to "I need to be involved" to "I don''t belong here." Combining illustrative and powerful coaching conversations and research from the fields of neuroscience, leadership, and adult development theory, Wilkins offers a self-coaching guide for identifying, unpacking, and breaking through these barriers.By using the practical advice in this book, leaders and aspiring leaders alike can cultivate the mindset to achieve their goals and finally become the leaders they want to be.
£24.67
Simon & Schuster The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: 30th
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CABI Publishing Modern Day Slavery and Orphanage Tourism
Book SynopsisOrphanage tourism is where tourist interactions with 'orphaned' children are central to traveller itineraries and experience making in less-developed contexts. While appealing to the desire of tourists and volunteers to 'do good' while travelling, underlining orphanage tourism is the fact that the vast majority of children (over 80%) in orphanages and allied care institutions are not orphans. Instead, children are often placed in institutions due to poverty and hardship, and as victims of human trafficking. In some cases, orphanages can be for-profit enterprises, where the commodification of good intentions begins and becomes embedded in the tourism supply chain. Children are becoming tourist attractions and the focus of tourist consumption, leading to orphanages as sites of tourism production and consumption. The first of its kind, this book highlights exploratory research that examines the links between modern slavery practices and orphanage tourism. Contributors include academics and practitioners with a long engagement in advocacy for the rights and protection of children and research into sustainable and responsible tourism. Written in an accessible manner that appeals to a broad audience. This book will appeal to researchers interested in the areas of tourism, human geography, development studies, childhood studies, law and social justice, as well as those interested in responsible and sustainable travel. Practitioners, policy makers and civil society groups working at the vanguard of tourism expansion and communities in less-developed contexts - particularly where labour rights transgressions, human exploitation and trafficking are prevalent - will also find the book insightful. Royalties from the sales of this book will be donated to Save the Children Australia and the Forget Me Not Foundation.Table of ContentsPart I: Orphanage Tourism, Modern Slavery and Convention on the Rights of the Child Chapter 1: Orphanage Tourism and the Convention on the Rights of the Child Chapter 2: Orphanages as sites of Modern Slavery Chapter 3: Historical and socio-political drivers of Australian participation in orphanage tourism in Bali Part II: Institutionalisation Chapter 4: People, money and resources: The drivers of institutionalisation Chapter 5: Promising Practices: Strengthening families and systems to prevent and reduce the institutional care of children Part III: Voluntourism Chapter 6: What drives voluntourism? Internal Impulses and External Encouragement Chapter 7: How filmmaking can support advocacy: The voluntourist and orphanage tourism Chapter 8: Consuming poverty: Volunteer tourism in an orphanage in Nepal Part IV: A counter narrative Chapter 9: A “nice, knock-down argument” about orphanage tourism, modern slavery, and the power and peril of naming
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Taylor & Francis The Rise and Fall of Explorys and IBM Watson Health
Book SynopsisIn 2015, Explorys was a healthcare intelligence cloud company that had built one of the largest clinical data sets in the world, representing more than 50 million lives. It provided secure cloud-based solutions for clinical integration, at-risk population management, cost of care measurement, and pay-for-performance. The acquisition of Explorys complemented and strengthened the IBM Watson Health Cloud platform and empowered IBMâs vast ecosystem of clients, partners, and medical researchers to surface new connections among diverse and previously siloed healthcare data sets. The combination of both Explorys and IBM Watson Health was expected to spur the creation of a new generation of data-driven application and solutions designed to advance health and wellness. So, what when wrong? IBM Watson Health is a massive case study in healthcare innovation gone awry. IBM was one of the oldest and largest technology companies in the world and was riding a tailwind with IBM Watsonâs Artificial Intelligence success on Jeopardy in 2011. The Watson Health division was seeded with multiple healthcare acquisitions, one of them being Explorys. Explorys had a portfolio of hosted population analytic solutions and the largest clinical dataset in the United States at the time at approximately 50 million de-duplicated patients. The newly created division was loaded with potential and seemed destined for success. Yet Watson Health went from being founded in April 2015 to imploding in May 2018 in a little over 3 years and took Explorys down with it. IBM Watson Healthâs ascent and descent were covered by both healthcare and mainstream media. Watson Health was self-described as IBMâs âœMoonshotâ in healthcare. This venture failed, and it cost IBM billions of dollars. These were expensive lessons on managing innovation in healthcare, but also on managing innovation in general. This book chronicles the story of Explorys and IBM Watson Health and what led to its downfall in just 3 short years. Written by one of Explorysâ founding engineers, the book relates the rise and fall of both Explorys and IBM Watson and provides a message for future tech entrepreneurs and IT managers alike.
£34.19
Penguin Books Ltd The Freelance Bible
Book Synopsis''No freelance stone is left unturned with this book. I wish this book had existed when I started freelancing 20 years ago'' - Paul Jarvis, author of Company of One Award-winning entrepreneur and freelancer, Alison Grade, guides you through absolutely everything that you need to know to start your successful self-employed life.Starting from day one, she will help you develop your personal brand, pick up the financial essentials, grow your client base, manage your work-life balance, negotiate deals and value your time as you become more established. This is your complete guide to turning your talent into a fulfilling and sustainable career.''If you have talent and passion this is a very practical guide to turning that into a career, from someone who''s not just done it but taught many others how to do it too'' - Mike Southon, co-author of The Beermat Entrepreneur and Entrepreneur in Residence, Cass Business SchoolTrade ReviewNo freelance stone is left unturned with this book. I wish this book had existed when I started freelancing 20 years ago * Paul Jarvis, author of Company of One *If you have talent and passion this is a very practical guide to turning that into a career, from someone who's not just done it but taught many others how to do it too * Mike Southon, co-author of The Beermat Entrepreneur and Entrepreneur in Residence, Cass Business School *Finally! The book that millions of people have been crying out for. An empowering guide of how to use your work to achieve independence, inspiration and - crucially - balance. A compelling guide whether you're freelance, or just dreaming of it * Bruce Daisley, author of The Joy of Work and VP, Twitter *Alison strikes an excellent and inspirational balance; sharing tips and advice that help you work out how to be secure in insecurity and ace the journey to becoming a freelancer * Alex Mahon CEO, Channel 4 *I would have found The Freelance Bible incredibly valuable when starting my freelance career. It's equally helpful for successful freelancers looking to drive their careers to the next level of success * Marc Silk, voice Actor *Invaluable advice for navigating the complex freelance world * Caroline Norbury, CEO, Creative England *Alison's experiences as both a freelancer and an advisor shine throughout this book - an indispensable, easy to read guide to freelancing * Carl Reader, small business expert and author of The Startup Coach *Alison Grade demystifies what it means to be a freelancer and helps the reader decide if a freelance career is for them. A very useful guide for anyone contemplating a career in the creative industries * Barbara Broccoli *
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Fast Company Press Peak Property Performance
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Harriman House Publishing The Deals of Warren Buffett Volume 2
Book SynopsisIn this second volume of The Deals of Warren Buffett, the story continues as we trace Warren Buffett''s journey to his first $1bn. When we left Buffett at the end of Volume 1, he had reached a fortune of $100m. In this enthralling next instalment, we follow Buffett''s investment deals over two more decades as he became a billionaire.This is the most exhilarating period of Buffett''s career, where he found gem after gem in both the stock market and among tightly-run family firms with excellent economic franchises. In this period, Berkshire Hathaway shares jumped 29-fold from $89 to $2,600, while Buffett made investments in the following companies:GEICO, Buffalo Evening News, Nebraska Furniture Mart, Capital Cities, ABC, Disney, Fechheimer Brothers, Scott Fetzer, Solomon Brothers, Coca-Cola, Borsheims, Gillette, Procter & Gamble, and Duracell.For each of these deals, investing expert and Buffett historian Glen Arnold delves into unprecedented detail to analyse the investment process and the stories of the individuals involved. Arnold''s engaging, lucid style transports the reader to the time and place of the deals, to truly appreciate how Buffett was operating.With stories and analysis drawn from decades of investing experience, join Glen Arnold and delve deeper into The Deals of Warren Buffett!
£21.25
Bookvault Publishing AAT Level 4 Drafting and Interpreting Financial Statements Study Book
£29.90
John Wiley & Sons Inc The Business of Venture Capital
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsForeword xiii Preface xv Acknowledgments xxvii Part One The Making of a VC 1 The Business of Cash and Carry 3 2 Why Choose a Career in VC 11 3 Attributes of Successful VCs 15 4 Welcome to the Land of Ad-Venture 21 5 Developing Your Investment Career 41 6 A Business Where Enemies Accumulate 57 7 Generational Transfer and Succession 63 Part Two Raising Your Venture Fund 8 LP Universe 73 9 LPs of Choice: Fund of Funds 89 10 How LPs Conduct Fund Due Diligence 95 11 Defining Your Fund’s Investment Strategy 99 12 Investment Team Diligence 119 13 Fund Size and Portfolio Construction 129 14 Performance Analysis 137 15 Terms of Fund Investment 155 16 The Venture Firm’s Ethos, Culture, and Values 173 17 Raising Your First Fund 193 18 The Fundraising Roadshow 205 19 Why LPs Seek First-Time Funds 221 20 Sourcing Investment Opportunities 229 Part Three Building Your Portfolio 21 Due Diligence Cheat Sheet 255 22 Diligence 259 23 Management Team Diligence: Assessing the Intangible 269 24 Market, Product, and Business Model Analysis 293 25 Terms and Conditions Apply 303 26 Structure of the Term Sheet 309 27 Buy Low, Sell High 317 28 The Closing Process 353 Part Four The Art of Value Creation 29 Serving on Boards 357 30 Board Culture and Orientation 367 31 Let Me Know How I Can Be Helpful: Value Creation 377 32 Challenges in the Boardroom 391 Part Five Exits: Liquidity Events and Champagne 33 Exit Strategies 407 34 Acquisitions 417 35 Initial Public Offering 435 36 Secondary Sales 449 Notes 451 Index 485
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Rethink Press The Organic Advantage: Master SEO and natural
Book SynopsisHas your website traffic seen a dip or flatlined? Do you feel like you're behind the competition? Do you feel like you don't understand what SEO is? Do you wonder if organic traffic is still worth your time and effort? Are you worried about wasting time and money? If you answered Yes' to just one of these questions, this book is for you. The Organic Advantage has been written for ecommerce business owners, ecommerce directors, marketing managers and marketing professionals to enable you to ensure SEO gets results for your business. Read this book and follow Martin's ANCHOR model in order to: Develop a strategy to grow your website traffic, organically, for long-term success Understand the issues and what needs doing without being drowned in technical jargon Identify, brief, and direct the people responsible for implementing your SEO activity Get your ecommerce business performing to its full potential
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Cambridge University Press From Decision Theory to Game Theory
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Scribner Book Company A CEO for All Seasons
£22.80
John Wiley & Sons Inc The PAYTECH Book
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface viii About the Editors xi Acknowledgements xiii 1. Payments Explained Payments are Getting Political Again 6 Money: A History of Gods and Codes 11 Payments Explained 14 From Barter to App – How Payments Have Changed 17 Do We Still Need to Pay? 21 How ACH and Real-Time Payments Clearing and Settlement Works 23 Payments as a Service 26 The New Emerging Banks and Their Role in Payments 28 The Payments Race 31 PayTech Regulation Trends 34 An Innovative Local Payments Method in an Ancient Land 37 2. Payment System Infrastructures and Money Transfer Technologies The Convergence of Card Payments and Bank Payments 46 Instant Payments: A New Deal for the Payments Market? 49 PIN on Mobile – A Pivotal Moment for Payments 51 PayTech in the Cloud 54 The Rise of a Super-Correspondent Banking Network 56 Why Distinctions within Mobile Wallets and Tokenization Matter 59 The Future is Already Here; It is Just Not Evenly Distributed 61 PSD2 Open Banking: The Challenges of Third-Party Provider Identity and Regulatory Checking 64 Taking PayTech to the Villages of India 68 3. Payments Regulation and Compliance How Payments Regulation and Compliance Can Create a Better Future 74 Refining the Collective Responsibility for Compliance 78 Can Operational Agility Grow Payments in the New Online Platform Marketplaces? 81 The Hidden Value of Greater Standardization for the EU-Wide FinTech Market 84 Is Europe a Good Example of Open Banking? 86 Taking Back the Power: Regulations in the EU are Changing the Face of Banking 88 Achieving Control Effectiveness and Sustainable Compliance Using Nine Factors 91 Money Laundering Laws, Technology and Keeping Up with Criminals 94 Dynamic Regulation Readiness – Implementing the 5th Anti-Money Laundering Directive 97 eKYC: The Next Mountain for e-Businesses to Climb 100 AML Systems After Madoff: Ponzi-Identification Using “Complexity” 102 4. Blockchain Regulation Around the World Understanding Cryptocurrencies, Blockchain Technology and Regulations 110 Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies and How They Fit Within Current Payments Regulation 114 Blockchain and Beyond 117 Will Central Banks Adopt the New World Economy of Cryptocurrencies? 119 The Case for a National Cryptocurrency 122 Regulation and the Future of Blockchain: Which Approach Will Succeed? 124 Web 3.0 – The Internet of Value 127 Blockchain – An Elixir for Anti-Money Laundering? 129 Facilitating Online Crypto-Payments Now and in the Future 132 A New Law for Derivatives Markets and the Use of Smart Contracts 134 PayTech and Blockchain: Adjusting for Security and Risk 137 Cryptocommodities: An Essential Element of Decentralized Payments 140 5. Payments in Practice The Perspective of a Passionate Payments CEO 148 Plugging the Data Black Hole: How Mobile Self-Checkout Can Help Revive the High Street 152 How UnionPay Quick Pass is Beating Alipay and WeChat Pay in China 155 How Payment Agility and Cash-for-Carbon Can Solve a Global Problem for Mankind 158 Revolutionizing the Retail Industry Through Integrated Payments Systems 162 Asset Management and Payments in India – So Near and Yet So Far 164 Exploiting the Value of Data Embedded in Payments Systems 167 Reinventing the Customer Experience by Focusing on the After-Payment Emotional Experience 170 How Open Banking and Payment Touchpoints Will Save Banks 172 Why Personal Financial Management Will Be Embedded Into the Next Generation of Payments 175 How Helping Microbusinesses Accept Digital Payments Could Transform Kenya’s Economy and Enhance Inclusion 178 How Decentralization Can Create a Customer-Centric Ecosystem 182 6. Blueprint for Change A Blueprint for Change 188 Accelerating the Adoption of PayTech Innovations 192 How to Build a Successful PayTech Product 195 The Future of Digital Payments Market Infrastructures 198 It’s Money, Jim, But Not as We Know It 201 Payments as Open Business Banking Enabler for the Gig Economy 206 The Financial Arms Race: The Game with No Rules 209 How Network Paradigms Can Lead to New Payments Innovations 212 It’s the Ecosystem, Stupid! Keeping Ahead in a Payments Ecosystem 215 Mobile Money: Creating a Cash-Light Africa to Solve the Financial Inclusion Problem 217 Back to the Future: A Miraculous Time-Trip Through the Future, Present and Past of Payments 222 Fifteen Ways in Which Our Digital Future Will be Shaped by PayTech 225 List of Contributors 229 Index 236
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd International Investment Law: Text, Cases and
Book SynopsisThis up-to-date and revised third edition offers a clear and comprehensive overview of the main principles, institutions and procedures related to foreign direct investment and the resolution of disputes. Suitable for both upper-level undergraduate and postgraduate courses on international investment protection, the book is firmly grounded within the wider public international law context. Key Features of the third edition: Incorporates extracts from and analysis of key recent decisions, including David Aven et al v. Costa Rica, Greentech Energy Systems et al v. Italy and Venezuela v. OI European Group Coverage is brought up to date with new discussion of revised investment treaty texts and new court system proposals Balanced and neutral engagement with both normative standards and critiques of the system encourages students to draw their own conclusions Provides concise descriptions of the legal principles followed by extracts from both classic and contemporary cases to enhance understanding of core concepts Contains detailed discussion notes and all new 'Questions to an Expert' to enable further classroom discussion and facilitate critical reflection on complex topics. The concise nature of the book and accessible writing style make this an ideal text for non-specialists and for single semester courses on international investment protection.Trade Review'In this new edition, Dr. Schefer has pulled off the seemingly impossible: an up-to-date, accessible yet scholarly introduction to international investment law that students and practitioners alike will find useful and informative. My students particularly appreciate the way she organizes the sometimes chaotic world of arbitral decisions into coherent, if competing, lines of doctrine and policy. As a researcher, this volume is my starting point when investigating a new aspect of investment law. She asks all the right questions and lays a solid foundation for future work. A tour de force.' --Frank J. Garcia, Boston College Law School, US'This new edition of Krista Nadakavukaren Schefer's International Investment Law provides a wealth of information for the newcomer to the field. It is refreshingly illustrated not only by case excerpts and other materials, but also by short interviews with new voices in international investment law. Overall, it provides a balanced view on one of the most controversial subfields of international economic law.' --August Reinisch, University of Vienna, AustriaTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction to the study of international investment law 2. Sources of international investment law 3. Definitions 4. Expropriation 5. Standards of host state behaviour 6. Dispute settlement 7. Investment guarantees: political risk insurance Index
£49.35
De Gruyter Inventory Optimization: Models and Simulations
Book SynopsisIn this book . . . Nicolas Vandeput hacks his way through the maze of quantitative supply chain optimizations. This book illustrates how the quantitative optimization of 21st century supply chains should be crafted and executed. . . . Vandeput is at the forefront of a new and better way of doing supply chains, and thanks to a richly illustrated book, where every single situation gets its own illustrating code snippet, so could you. --Joannes Vermorel, CEO, Lokad Inventory Optimization argues that mathematical inventory models can only take us so far with supply chain management. In order to optimize inventory policies, we have to use probabilistic simulations. The book explains how to implement these models and simulations step-by-step, starting from simple deterministic ones to complex multi-echelon optimization. The first two parts of the book discuss classical mathematical models, their limitations and assumptions, and a quick but effective introduction to Python is provided. Part 3 contains more advanced models that will allow you to optimize your profits, estimate your lost sales and use advanced demand distributions. It also provides an explanation of how you can optimize a multi-echelon supply chain based on a simple—yet powerful—framework. Part 4 discusses inventory optimization thanks to simulations under custom discrete demand probability functions. Inventory managers, demand planners and academics interested in gaining cost-effective solutions will benefit from the "do-it-yourself" examples and Python programs included in each chapter. Events around the book Link to a De Gruyter Online Event in which the author Nicolas Vandeput together with Stefan de Kok, supply chain innovator and CEO of Wahupa; Koen Cobbaert, Director in the S&O Industry practice of PwC Belgium; Bram Desmet, professor of operations & supply chain at the Vlerick Business School in Ghent; and Karl-Eric Devaux, Planning Consultant, Hatmill, discuss about models for inventory optimization.The event will be moderated by Eric Wilson, Director of Thought Leadership for Institute of Business Forecasting (IBF):https://youtu.be/565fDQMJEEg Table of Contents Deterministic supply chains Inventory policies How much should I order? When should I order? Stochastic supply chains Safety stocks Inventory policies Stochastics lead times Advanced stochastic models Fill rate Cost and service level optimization Beyond normality Forecast Multi echelon inventory optimization Discrete inventory optimization Newsvendor Simple simulations Multi echelon inventory optimization simulations
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Kogan Page Ltd The Technology Procurement Handbook: A Practical
Book SynopsisWith the rise of cloud services and the digitization of all business units, procurement managers need to understand how to buy technology services in order to generate revenue, drive innovation and retain customers. The Technology Procurement Handbook provides a structured and logical view of the digital buying process. It includes invaluable advice on how to manage digital demand, prepare sourcing strategies, analyze the cost and benefits of proposed solutions and negotiate and implement comprehensive agreements. The Technology Procurement Handbook examines the multiple streams of data that feed into the technology procurement process, such as ITIL service lifecycle data, PMI project management and cloud and software contract provisions. The book includes case studies and extensive practical advice based on the authors experience from recent procurement projects. There is also a chapter on modular contracting for the US market, explaining the use of agile contracts for IT projects.Trade Review"The Technology Procurement Handbook is a useful and practical guide in the field of technology procurement. Sergii has experience guiding inexperienced team members and upskilling mature professionals in IT procurement, which is why I would recommend this book." * Adil Al Mulla, Vice President, Etihad Aviation Group Procurement & Supply Management *"As we become firmly embedded in the Industry 4.0 era, it is good to see a book that addresses the changing needs of stakeholders as well as the refined tools required by procurement professionals to procure and engage with technology. The Technology Procurement Handbook provides practical tools for procuring IT and related services and also bridges the gap between traditional methods and the additional considerations and requirements specific to IT." * Sam Achampong, Head of CIPS MENA *"The Technology Procurement Handbook should be a part of the library not only of a procurement expert, but any executive of the business where procurement affects the enterprise efficiency. The systematic presentation supported by the extensive practical experience of the author ensures that the book becomes a valuable tool for procurement specialists." * Vladimir Kolomoets, Client Partner / Country Manager Ukraine, Pedersen & Partners *"The impact of Technology 4.0 on the procurement profession should not be underestimated. Procurement professionals face a rapidly changing global business environment and are expected to make sound and justified decisions as they procure technology and develop relationships with technological developers and suppliers, all whilst adding value and ensuring business success. The Technology Procurement Handbook captures these key challenges and offers essential practical advice on how procurement professionals can address the impact of Technology 4.0, providing an essential handbook for current and future members of the profession." * Dr. Gary Ramsden, Associate Professor, University of Lincoln *"What a read! Regardless which corporate function you call home, this is a must read if you are dealing with technology or procurement alike. It covers the past, present and future of the craft. It gives a masterful and in depth structure to everything you really need to understand in technology procurement. And it provides you with real life examples. Required reading for beginners and executives alike." * Andreas Raubach, Former VP Corporate Procurement of Air Berlin, Germany *Table of Contents Chapter - 01: Setting the scene for the next-generation technology procurement; Chapter - 02: Four pillars of technology procurement; Chapter - 03: Technology basics for procurement professionals; Chapter - 04: Relationship management in procurement; Chapter - 05: Deep dive into the procurement process; Chapter - 06: Practical advice and case studies on technology procurement; Chapter - 07: US legislation and regulation on agile deployment and contracting and performance-based management; Chapter - 08: Procurement 3.1 – Agile, lean, and value delivery today; Chapter - 09: Conclusion;
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Cambridge University Press Economic Theory and the Roman Monetary Economy
Book SynopsisModern economics tantalizes historians, promising them a set of simple verbal and mathematical formulas to explain and even retrospectively predict historical actions and choices. Colin P. Elliott challenges economic historians to rethink the way they use economic theory. Building upon the approaches of Max Weber, R. G. Collingwood, Ludwig von Mises and others, Elliott reconceptualizes economic theories such as the quantity theory of money and Gresham''s law as heuristic constructs - constructs which help historians identify and understand the unique modes of thought and embedding contexts which characterized economic action in the Roman Empire. The book offers novel analyses of key events in Roman monetary history, from Augustus'' triumph over Mark Antony and Cleopatra, to third-century AD coinage debasements. Roman history has long been a battleground for polarizing methodological debates, but this book''s accessible style and conciliatory tone invites historians, economists, socioloTable of Contents1. On writing Roman economic history; 2. Embedding contexts of Roman money; 3. Evidence and theory; 4. Rationality, purposefulness and action; 5. The meanings of money quantity and quality; 6. Understanding money use and value.
£79.79
Simon & Schuster The Predators' Ball: The Inside Story of Drexel
Book Synopsis“Connie Bruck traces the rise of this empire with vivid metaphors and with a smooth command of high finance’s terminology.” —The New York Times “The Predators’ Ball is dirty dancing downtown.” —New York Newsday From bestselling author Connie Bruck, The Predators’ Ball dramatically captures American business history in the making, uncovering the philosophy of greed that dominated Wall Street in the 1980s.During the 1980s, Michael Milken at Drexel Burnham Lambert was the Billionaire Junk Bond King. He invented such things as “the highly confident letter” (“I’m highly confident that I can raise the money you need to buy company X”) and the “blind pool” (“Here’s a billion dollars: let us help you buy a company”), and he financed the biggest corporate raiders—men like Carl Icahn and Ronald Perelman. And then, on September 7, 1988, things changed... The Securities and Exchange Commission charged Milken and Drexel Burnham Lambert with insider trading and stock fraud. Waiting in the wings was the US District Attorney, who wanted to file criminal and racketeering charges. What motivated Milken in his drive for power and money? Did Drexel Burnham Lambert condone the breaking of laws?
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Penguin Books Ltd The First 20 Hours
Book Synopsis''Lots of books promise to change your life. This one actually will'' Seth Godin, bestselling author of Purple CowHave you always wanted to learn a new language? Play an instrument? Launch a business? What''s holding you back from getting started? Are you worried about the time it takes to acquire new skills - time you can''t spare?------------------------------------------------Pick up this book and set aside twenty hours to go from knowing nothing to performing like a pro. That''s it.Josh Kaufman, author of international bestseller The Personal MBA, has developed a unique approach to mastering anything. Fast.''After reading this book, you''ll be ready to take on any number of skills and make progress on that big project you''ve been putting off for years'' Chris Guillebeau, bestselling author of Un-F*ck Yourself ''All that''s standing between you and playing the ukulele is your TV time for the next two weeks'' Laura Vanderkam, author of What the Most Successful People Do Before BreakfastTrade ReviewA blockbuster in the making. After reading this book, you'll be ready to take on any number of skills and make progress on that big project you've been putting off for years -- Chris Guillebeau, author of The $100 StartupGreat opportunities are worthless without skills. No more excuses! Kaufman proves that we all have the capacity to become experts -- Scott Belsky, founder, Behance, and author of Making Ideas HappenIf you're like me, you'll get so inspired that you'll stop reading to apply this approach to your own procrastinated project. After reading the first five chapters I tried his technique to learn a new programming language, and I'm blown away with how fast I became fluent -- Derek Sivers, founder, CD Baby, sivers.orgIn this inspiring little book, Josh Kaufman argues that you can get good enough at anything to enjoy yourself in just 20 hours. All that's standing between you and playing the ukulele is your TV time for the next two weeks -- Laura Vanderkam, author of 168 Hours and What the Most Successful People Do Before BreakfastWith the amount of information and change in the world today, the person who can adapt and learn the most quickly will be the most successful. Kaufman breaks down the science of learning in useful, entertaining, and fascinating ways. If you care about keeping your job, your business, or your edge, this book is for you -- Pamela Slim, author of Escape from Cubicle Nation
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Princeton University Press Free Trade under Fire
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John Murray Press Think Outside The Building: How Advanced Leaders
Book SynopsisOver a decade ago, renowned innovation expert Rosabeth Moss Kanter co-founded and then directed Harvard's Advanced Leadership Initiative. Her breakthrough work with hundreds of successful professionals and executives, as well as aspiring young entrepreneurs, identifies the leadership paradigm of the future: the ability to "think outside the building" to overcome establishment paralysis and produce significant innovation for a better world.Kanter provides extraordinary accounts of the successes and near-stumbles of purpose-driven men and women from diverse backgrounds united in their conviction that positive change is possible.A former Trader Joe's executive, for example, navigated across business, government, and community sectors to deal with poor nutrition in inner cities while reducing food waste. A concerned European banker used the power of persuasion, not position, to find novel financing for improving the health of the oceans. A Washington couple enticed global partners to join an Uber-like platform to match skilled refugees with talent-hungry companies. A visionary journalist-turned-entrepreneur closed social divides by giving fifty million social media users access to free local education and culture.When traditional approaches are inadequate or resisted, advanced leadership skills are essential. In this book, Kanter shows how people everywhere can unleash their creativity and entrepreneurial adroitness to mobilize partners across challenging cultural, social, and political situations and innovate for a brighter future.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Sugar
Book Synopsis* A new book in Polity's successful Resources series which tells the fascinating story of sugar in the global economy * Ambitious and intriguing, this book advances our understanding of the hugely profitable sugar industry and the economic exploitation and health issues associated with it.Trade Review�This is a fascinating interdisciplinary book and it covers much ground very well. It is well referenced and has a useful �further reading� section. I would recommend it for anyone interested in the good, the bad and the ugly of our globalized food system.�International Affairs "This is a fascinating interdisciplinary book and it covers much ground very well. It is well referenced and has a useful �further reading� section. I would recommend it for anyone interested in the good, the bad and the ugly of our globalized food system." Tim Benton, UK�s Global Food Security Programme and University of Leeds, UK "Ben Richardson�s Sugar is an intriguing survey of all things sugar, including consumption and foodways, the means of production, and how governments deal with their sugar industries and conduct their sugar-related international trade relations. True to his mission of providing a Marxist perspective, Richardson concludes by advocating for �reform from below.� Sugar draws on the scholarship of many sugar experts and will be a valuable resource for journalists and others researching sugar issues." Elizabeth Abbott, Author, Sugar: A Bittersweet History "Sugar has shaped our history and our politics; it affects our health, and influences the livelihoods of millions. Sugar is a lens on a fast-changing, globalised world, where the politics of agrarian change, international commerce, workers� rights and human health must be examined together. This is a fascinating book that both informs and challenges. Anyone interested in global politics, agriculture, business and social change and justice should read it." Ian Scoones, University of SussexTable of ContentsAcknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Growing Markets, Growing Waistlines 3. Terminal Trade Dependency 4. Exploiting and Expelling Labour 5. Expanding and Exhausting Land 6. A Sweeter Deal for All? Selected Readings Notes
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Princeton University Press The Son Also Rises
Book SynopsisHow much of our fate is tied to the status of our parents and grandparents? How much does it influence our children? More than we wish to believe. While it has been argued that rigid class structures have eroded in favor of greater social equality, The Son Also Rises proves that movement on the social ladder has changed little over eight centuries.Trade ReviewWinner of 2015 Gyorgy Ranki Prize, Economic History Association Honorable Mention for the 2015 PROSE Award in Economics, Association of American Publishers One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2014 One of Vox's "Best Books We Read in 2014" "The Son Also Rises ... suggests that dramatic social mobility has always been the exception rather than the rule. Clark examines a host of societies over the past seven hundred years and finds that the makeup of a given country's economic elite has remained surprisingly stable."--James Surowiecki, New Yorker "An epic feat of data crunching and collaborative grind... Mr. Clark has just disrupted our complacent idea of a socially mobile, democratically fluid society."--Trevor Butterworth, Wall Street Journal "Audacious."--Barbara Kiser, Nature "[A]n important book, and anybody at all interested in inequality and the kind of society we have should read it."--Diane Coyle, Enlightened Economist "The Son Also Rises... That is the new Greg Clark book and yes it is an event and yes you should buy it."--Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution "Startling... Clark proposes a new way to measure mobility across nations and over time. He tracks the persistence of rare surnames at different points on the socio-economic scale. The information he gathers is absorbing in its own right, quite aside from its implications."--Clive Crook, Bloomberg View "Clark casts his net wider. He looks at mobility not across one or two generations, but across many. And he shows by focusing on surnames--last names--how families overrepresented in elite institutions remain that way, though to diminishing degrees, not just for a few generations but over centuries."--Michael Barone, Washington Examiner "Deeply challenging."--Margaret Wente, Globe & Mail "Who should you marry if you want to win at the game of life? Gregory Clark ... offers some answers in his fascinating new book, The Son Also Rises."--Eric Kaufmann, Literary Review "This intriguing book measures social mobility in a novel way, by tracing unusual surnames over several generations in nine different countries, focusing on intergenerational changes in education, wealth, and social status as indicated by occupation."--Foreign Affairs "No doubt this book will be as controversial as its thesis is thought-provoking."--Library Journal "Gregory Clark's analysis of intergenerational mobility signals a marked shift in the way economists think about social mobility."--Andrew Leigh, Sydney Morning Herald "The thesis of The Son Also Rises is, fundamentally, that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Ingeniously, Clark and his team of researchers look at the persistence of socioeconomic status through the lens of surnames in more than 20 societies."--Tim Sullivan, Harvard Business Review "Clark has a predilection for investigating interesting questions, as well as for literary puns... [J]ust as Thomas Piketty's Capital in the 21st Century, calls into question the role of capitalism in wealth creation, Clark calls into question the role of capitalism in social mobility."--Theodore Kinni, Strategy+Business.com "Clark's book is not merely intellectually clever, it's profoundly challenging. Especially for Americans, it calls into question of ourselves as individuals, as well as our long-standing image of our society. Let's hope he's wrong."--Benjamin M. Friedman, The Atlantic "Adopting an innovative approach to using surnames to measure social mobility, The Son Also Rises engages the reader by presenting data that comes to life as it is anchored by names we see in our daily life... A book with valuable insights derived from a well-designed research, it is strongly recommended to all serious readers interested in building strong democracies, for high social mobility is at the heart of a vibrant democracy. Policy makers will gain the benefits of counter-intuitive conclusions that this book throws up with its multi-generational study. Academicians interested in social justice and social activists engaged in promoting social mobility too will have a lot to chew on."--BusinessWorld "Clark continues the project begun in his A Farewell to Alms. Here, he offers a controversial challenge to standard ideas that social mobility wipes out class advantages over a few generations... An important, challenging book."--Choice "[T]his is a well written and thought-provoking book... I look forward to his next book--and his next Hemingway pun!"--Edward Dutton, Quarterly Review "Clark's book begins a fascinating and important conversation about social mobility... Clark's findings are important to engage with, and they will factor into discussions about social mobility for years to come."--Laura Salisbury, EH.Net "[I]t's one of those rare, invigorating arguments which, if correct, totally upends your understanding of the way the world works. Right or wrong, I've thought about it more than anything else I read in 2014."--Dylan Matthews, a Vox "Best Books We Read in 2014" selection "[A] provocative book."--Richard Lampard, European Journal of Cultural and Political Sociology "The Son Also Rises makes for stimulating reading, and I recommend it."--Chris Minns, Investigaciones de Historia EconomicaTable of ContentsPreface ix 1 Introduction: Of Ruling Classes and Underclasses: The Laws of Social Mobility 1 PART I Social Mobility by Time and Place 2 Sweden: Mobility Achieved? 19 3 The United States: Land of Opportunity 45 4 Medieval England: Mobility in the Feudal Age 70 5 Modern England: The Deep Roots of the Present 88 6 A Law of Social Mobility 107 7 Nature versus Nurture 126 PART II Testing the Laws of Mobility 8 India: Caste, Endogamy, and Mobility 143 9 China and Taiwan: Mobility after Mao 167 10 Japan and Korea: Social Homogeneity and Mobility 182 11 Chile: Mobility among the Oligarchs 199 12 The Law of Social Mobility and Family Dynamics 212 13 Protestants, Jews, Gypsies, Muslims, and Copts: Exceptions to the Law of Mobility? 228 14 Mobility Anomalies 253 PART III The Good Society 15 Is Mobility Too Low? Mobility versus Inequality 261 16 Escaping Downward Social Mobility 279 Appendix 1: Measuring Social Mobility 287 Appendix 2: Deriving Mobility Rates from Surname Frequencies 296 Appendix 3: Discovering the Status of Your Surname Lineage 301 Data Sources for Figures and Tables 319 References 333 Index 349
£17.09
Princeton University Press Unified Growth Theory
Book SynopsisPresents a unified theory of economic growth since the dawn of civilization. This title provides a comprehensive overview of the three phases of the development process. It analyzes the Malthusian theory and its empirical support. It examines theories of demographic transition and their empirical significance.Trade ReviewOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2011 "Galor is the founder of unified growth theory. The theory seeks to uncover the principal forces behind the world's transition from the subsistence livelihoods experienced by early antecessors to the exponential increases in living standards that came with the Industrial Revolution... This book is a must for anyone interested in economic growth."--Choice "Galor provides a mass of data and theory that may help to frame the role of education in creating economic sustainability."--Josephine Gatti, International Social Science Review "[T]he contribution to economic science provided by Oded Galor poses an intellectual challenge for more general macroeconomic models ... which still need to provide comprehensive and endogenous explanations regarding the radical changes that affected the world economy in the aftermath of the economic and financial crisis."--Gianfranco Di Vaio, Journal of European and Economic History "This volume must be highly recommended to anyone interested in economic growth and comparative development."--Christopher Bliss, European LegacyTable of ContentsPreface xv CHAPTER 1: Introduction 1 1.1 Toward a Unified Theory of Economic Growth 3 1.2 Origins of Global Disparity in Living Standards 6 1.2.1 Catalysts for the Engine of Transition from Stagnation to Growth 6 1.2.2 Persistence of Prehistorical Biogeographical Conditions 7 1.2.3 Convergence Clubs 8 CHAPTER 2: From Stagnation to Growth 9 2.1 The Malthusian Epoch 10 2.1.1 Stagnation of Income per Capita in the Long Run 11 2.1.2 Population Dynamism 12 2.1.3 Fertility and Mortality 14 2.1.4 Fluctuations in Income and Population 15 2.1.5 Technological Progress 16 2.1.6 Main Characteristics of the Epoch 17 2.2 The Post-Malthusian Regime 17 2.2.1 Take-off in Income per Capita 18 2.2.2 Spike in Population Growth 18 2.2.3 Fertility and Mortality 23 2.2.4 Industrialization and Urbanization 25 2.2.5 Globalization and the Pace of Industrialization 27 2.2.6 Central Features of the Regime 29 2.3 Industrialization and Human Capital Formation 30 2.3.1 Industrial Demand for Education 31 2.3.2 Land Concentration and Human Capital Formation 37 2.3.3 Land Reforms and Education Reforms 39 2.3.4 Political and Education Reforms 42 2.3.5 Human Capital Formation in Less Developed Economies 45 2.3.6 Main Insights 45 2.4 The Demographic Transition 46 2.4.1 Decline in Population Growth 46 2.4.2 Fertility Decline 49 2.4.3 Mortality Decline 51 2.4.4 Life Expectancy 52 2.4.5 Central Characteristics 54 2.5 The Modern Growth Regime 55 2.5.1 Rapid Industrialization and Human Capital Formation 55 2.5.2 Sustained Growth of Income per Capita 57 2.5.3 Divergence in Income and Population across the Globe 57 2.5.4 Insights for Comparative Development 64 2.6 Concluding Remarks 65 CHAPTER 3: The Malthusian Theory 67 3.1 The Basic Structure of the Model 68 3.1.1 Production 69 3.1.2 Preferences and Budget Constraints 69 3.1.3 Optimization 70 3.2 The Evolution of the Economy 70 3.2.1 Population Dynamics 70 3.2.2 The Time Path of Income per Worker 72 3.3 Testable Predictions 74 3.4 Empirical Framework 74 3.4.1 Empirical Strategy 74 3.4.2 The Data 77 3.4.3 The Neolithic Revolution and Technological Advancement 78 3.4.4 Basic Regression Model 79 3.5 Cross-Country Evidence 80 3.5.1 Population Density in 1500 CE 81 3.5.2 Population Density in Earlier Historical Periods 86 3.5.3 Income per Capita versus Population Density 92 3.5.4 Effect of Technological Sophistication 96 3.5.5 Robustness to Technology Diffusion and Geographical Features 103 3.5.6 Rejection of Alternative Theories 105 3.6 Concluding Remarks 108 3.7 Appendix 110 3.7.1 First-Stage Regressions 110 3.7.2 Variable Definitions and Sources 110 CHAPTER 4: Theories of the Demographic Transition 115 4.1 The Rise in Income per Capita 116 4.1.1 The Theory and Its Testable Predictions 116 4.1.2 The Evidence 118 4.2 The Decline in Infant and Child Mortality 120 4.2.1 The Central Hypothesis 120 4.2.2 Evidence 121 4.3 The Rise in Demand for Human Capital 123 4.3.1 The Theory 125 4.3.2 Evidence: Education and the Demographic Transition 127 4.3.3 Quantity-Quality Trade-off in the Modern Era 129 4.4 The Rise in Demand for Human Capital: Reinforcing Mechanisms 130 4.4.1 The Decline in Child Labor 131 4.4.2 The Rise in Life Expectancy 131 4.4.3 Evolution of Preferences for Offspring Quality 132 4.5 The Decline in the Gender Gap 132 4.5.1 The Theory and Its Testable Predictions 133 4.5.2 The Evidence 135 4.6 The Old-Age Security Hypothesis 136 4.7 Concluding Remarks 136 4.8 Appendix 138 4.8.1 Optimal Investment in Child Quality 138 4.8.2 Optimal Investment in Child Quantity 139 CHAPTER 5: Unified Growth Theory 140 5.1 The Fundamental Challenge 142 5.2 Incompatibility of Non-Unified Growth Theories 143 5.2.1 The Malthusian Theory 143 5.2.2 Theories of Modern Economic Growth 145 5.3 Central Building Blocks 146 5.3.1 The Malthusian Elements 147 5.3.2 Engines of Technological Progress 147 5.3.3 The Origin of Human Capital Formation 148 5.3.4 The Trigger of the Demographic Transition 148 5.4 The Basic Structure of the Model 149 5.4.1 Production of Final Output 149 5.4.2 Preferences and Budget Constraints 150 5.4.3 Production of Human Capital 151 5.4.4 Optimization 152 5.5 Evolution of Technology, Population, and Effective Resources 155 5.5.1 Technological Progress 155 5.5.2 Population 155 5.5.3 Effective Resources 156 5.6 The Dynamical System 156 5.6.1 The Dynamics of Technology and Education 157 5.6.2 Global Dynamics 161 5.7 From Malthusian Stagnation to Sustained Growth 164 5.8 Main Hypotheses 166 5.9 Complementary Mechanisms 170 5.9.1 Sources of Human Capital Formation 170 5.9.2 Triggers of the Demographic Transition 171 5.9.3 Engines of Technological Progress 172 5.9.4 The Transition from an Agricultural to an Industrial Economy 172 5.10 Calibrations of Unified Growth Theory 174 5.11 Concluding Remarks 177 5.12 Appendix: Optimal Investment in Child Quality 178 CHAPTER 6: Unified Growth Theory and Comparative Development 179 6.1 Country-Specific Characteristics and the Growth Process 182 6.1.1 Factors Contributing to Technological Progress 183 6.1.2 Reinforcing Elements in Human Capital Formation 185 6.1.3 The Dynamics of Technology and Education 187 6.2 Variation in Technological Progress and Comparative Development 189 6.3 Variation in Human Capital and Comparative Development 191 6.3.1 The Emergence of Human Capital--Promoting Institutions 193 6.3.2 Globalization and Divergence 198 6.4 Persistence of Deeply Rooted Biogeographical Factors 208 6.4.1 The Neolithic Revolution and Comparative Development 208 6.4.2 The Out-of-Africa Hypothesis and Comparative Development 217 6.5 Multiple Growth Regimes and Convergence Clubs 226 6.6 Concluding Remarks 229 CHAPTER 7: Human Evolution and the Process of Development 232 7.1 Natural Selection and the Origins of Economic Growth 233 7.2 Primary Ingredients 235 7.2.1 The Darwinian Elements 235 7.2.2 The Malthusian Components 237 7.2.3 Determinants of Technological Progress and Human Capital Formation 237 7.2.4 The Trigger of the Demographic Transition 238 7.3 The Basic Structure of the Model 238 7.3.1 Production of Final Output 239 7.3.2 Preferences and Budget Constraints 240 7.3.3 Production of Human Capital 241 7.3.4 Optimization 242 7.3.5 Distribution of Types and Human Capital Formation 246 7.3.6 Time Path of the Macroeconomic Variables 249 7.4 The Dynamical System 254 7.4.1 Conditional Dynamics of Technology and Education 254 7.4.2 Conditional Dynamics of Technology and Effective Resources 259 7.4.3 Conditional Steady-State Equilibria 260 7.4.4 Human Evolution and the Transition from Stagnation to Growth 261 7.5 Failed Take-off Attempts 265 7.6 Main Hypotheses and Their Empirical Assessment 266 7.7 Complementary Mechanisms 269 7.7.1 Evolution of Entrepreneurial Spirit and Economic Growth 270 7.7.2 Evolution of Life Expectancy and Economic Growth 273 7.8 Concluding Remarks 278 7.9 Appendix 279 7.9.1 Conditional Dynamics of Technology and Education 279 7.9.2 Conditional Dynamics of Technology and Effective Resources 280 CHAPTER 8: Concluding Remarks 285 References 289 Name Index 311 Subject Index 317
£70.20
Little, Brown Book Group Swim With The Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive
Book SynopsisA collection of personal success maxims and selling tactics, learned over thirty years of Harvey Mackay''s own hugely successful business career. Packed with marketing and motivational nuggets that you can put into practice today, and some of the most dynamic techniques for soliciting and closing a sale ever devised, here is a book of clear principles and easily applicable practice. In short, pithy chapters Mackay tells you things like how to get appointments with customers who are sure they don''t want to see you - and make them glad they said yes; how to smile and say no to negotiating pressure until your tongue bleeds; how to understand the customer first, last and always, using the Mackay 66 questions. Humorous, human and always to the point.Trade ReviewSuper-salesman's secrets...Mackay's book is interesting, entertaining - and useful * WALL STREET JOURNAL *Everything business schools are too polite to teach * GLORIA STEINEM *His own story shows that his tips on salesmanship can work... * NEWSWEEK *
£10.44
Time Warner Trade Publishing Wisdom on Leadership: 102 Quotes to Unlock Your
Book Synopsis"Leadership loves daily, not in a day."Use 102 of John Maxwell's best quotes on leadership to inspire your own inner leader. Whether you want to increase your influence, prepare yourself for that big promotion, or get a handle on leadership for the first time, you can trust John Maxwell to help you in the journey.Maxwell gives you clear leadership philosophies, prompts you to examine yourself, and encourages you to become the leader you've always wanted to be.
£8.99
BenBella Books Blindsight: The (Mostly) Hidden Ways Marketing
Book SynopsisEver notice that all watch ads show 10:10 as the time? Or that all fast-food restaurants use red or yellow in their logos? Or that certain stores are always having a sale? You may not be aware of these details, yet they've been influencing you all along. Every time you purchase, swipe, or click, marketers are able to more accurately predict your behavior. These days, brands know more about you than you know about yourself. Blindsight is here to change that. With eye-opening science, engaging stories, and fascinating real-world examples, neuroscientist Matt Johnson and marketer Prince Ghuman dive deep into the surprising relationship between brains and brands. In Blindsight, they showcase how marketing taps every aspect of our mental lives, covering the neuroscience of pain and pleasure, emotion and logic, fear and safety, attention and addiction, and much more. We like to think of ourselves as independent actors in control of our decisions, but the truth is far more complicated. Blindsight will give you the ability to see the unseeable when it comes to marketing, so that you can consume on your own terms. On the surface, you will learn how the brain works and how brands design for it. But peel back a layer, and you'll find a sharper image of your psychology, reflected in your consumer behavior. This book will change the way you view not just branding, but yourself, too.Trade Review"This is one of the best reads for marketing professionals." —The Neuromarketing Science & Business Association "The two authors have ... delightfully described how our supposedly hardwired brain can so skillfully be manipulated by the media, merchants, and other mercenaries." —Manhattan Book Review "Blindsight is a rigorous examination of how top brands sneak into our brains and grab the best real estate. Deftly mixing neuroscience, psychology, and fun stories, the book is a delight to read; it will grip you from the start, and leave you feeling smarter." —Rich Karlgaard, publisher at Forbes "Blindsight teaches us how to be smarter consumers who make wise decisions that will ultimately leave us happier, wealthier, and healthier." —Adam Alter, New York Times bestselling author of Drunk Tank Pink and Irresistible "Somewhere hidden between the bright colors, catchy jingles, and strategic placement of advertisements is the psychology behind their influence. This book uncovers this hidden layer of the consumer world and how it affects our thoughts, emotions, and spending habits. A must-read for consumers and marketers alike." —Kendis Gibson, Emmy award-winning journalist and reporter for MSNBC "With an entertaining blend of storytelling and science, Blindsight is a truly eye-opening look into the complex dynamics underlying how brands drive consumer behavior. A must-read book that will have you re-examining both information around you and your own purchase decisions at every turn." —Abigail Sussman, associate professor of marketing at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business "Prince Ghuman and Matt Johnson bring to life the science behind how Facebook holds your attention, how Star Wars captured the hearts of generations of moviegoers, and selling billions in bottled water to consumers with taps in their homes. This is the perfect book for readers looking to understand what happens when the magic behind modern branding meets the machinery of the mind." —Drew Jacoby-Senghor, assistant professor of management at Berkeley Haas School of Business "If you want to understand the driving forces behind your decisions, if you want to be smarter about your purchases, if you want to know how to improve your spending habits, read this book!" —Jiaying Zhao, associate professor of psychology at the University of British Columbia "Johnson and Ghuman artfully combine science, business, and storytelling to help us understand the invisible forces which shape our decisions and experiences. Along the way, they reveal to us all how deeply interwoven consumerism is into the perception of reality itself." —Blake Sherwin, assistant professor of applied mathematics and theoretical physics at Cambridge University "Fast-paced, clever, and utterly fascinating, Blindsight sheds new light on the deeply rooted beliefs and mental gymnastics that brands tap with precision to create preference. Johnson and Ghuman weave meticulously chronicled science into great stories with thoroughly modern examples that will leave consumers, marketers, brands, or just neuro-curious readers with something to chew on and lots to discuss at your next dinner party." —Carol Caruba, principal at Highwire PR "Equal parts science and storytelling, Blindsight changes the way we see ourselves as consumers. . . . This book is an engaging journey into the science of marketing's influence, and how it impacts how we see the world around us." —Judy Fan, assistant professor of psychology at University of California at San Diego "Blindsight is a refreshing, timely book that will make you examine the secret ways marketing influences you. You won't be able to think about your own consumer life the same way." —Sheryle Bolton, serial entrepreneur "Drawing creative and insightful connections between scientific studies and the effectiveness of today's marketing strategies, this book achieves a perfect balance of humor and rigor. Blindsight will make you understand yourself better—as a consumer, and as a person." —Natalia Córdova, psychology lecturer at Yale University "Blindsight is an ideal way to gain insight into the incredibly complex interactions between psychology and neuroscience that are underlying the seemingly simple concept of human intuition." —James Newell, managing director at Voyager CapitalTable of ContentsContents The Power of Blindsight Chapter 1 Eating the Menu Chapter 2 Dropping Anchors Chapter 3 Making the Moment Chapter 4 Memory Remixed Chapter 5 Of Two Minds Chapter 6 Pleasure – Pain = Purchase Chapter 7 Addiction 2.0 Chapter 8 Why We Like What We Like Chapter 9 Empathy and the Human Connection Chapter 10 The Essence of Everything Chapter 11 Midliminal Chapter 12 The Future of Marketing AcknowledgmentsEndnotesAbout the Authors
£17.09
Princeton University Press Economics in Two Lessons
Book SynopsisTrade Review"There is little doubt that Quiggin’s Economics in Two Lessons will be an instant classic and feature on university reading lists around the world. It should also be compulsory reading for policymakers and public commentators, who all too often lack a framework for thinking clearly about the costs and benefits of markets. The good news is that Quiggin has one—and he’s happy to share."---Richard Holden, Inside Story"This is a highly readable introduction to the intellectual framework of modern policy economics, with plenty of lively examples."---Diane Coyle, Enlightened Economist"His book would be a useful supplement to a principles of economics course, with the advantage of avoiding resort to any graphs or equations . . . . [It] provides an essential completion of the basic story . . . . It is essential reading for anyone interested in the practical side of economic policymaking."---Max B. Sawicky, Jacobin"The themes are complex, but the writing is clear, and the journey is rewarding." * BizEd *"Quiggin writes well and [this] book is full of useful erudite information."---Warwick Lightfoot, Financial World"Many economists consider ‘opp cost’ to be the single most important and fundamental concept in economics, and the discipline’s most useful contribution to the betterment of mankind. Indeed, that’s the view Professor John Quiggin, of the University of Queensland, takes in his book Economics in Two Lessons, which I recommend as the best book to introduce you to economics."---Ross Gittins, Sydney Morning Herald"Quiggin reckons with the incoherence of markets-only thinking in his masterful 2019 book Economics in Two Lessons, which explores the power, limitations and dangers of using markets to solve our problems in a thoughtful and clear way."---Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing
£22.50
Sidney Evans Run Your Own Race 12 Steps to Building Your
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Transworld Publishers Ltd Extreme Economies: Survival, Failure, Future –
Book Synopsis*Winner of the Enlightened Economist Prize 2019**Winner of Debut Writer of the Year at the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2020**Longlisted for the Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award 2019*'Extreme Economies is a revelation - and a must-read.' Andy Haldane, Chief Economist at the Bank of EnglandTo understand how humans react and adapt to economic change we need to study people who live in harsh environments. From death-row prisoners trading in institutions where money is banned to flourishing entrepreneurs in the world's largest refugee camp, from the unrealised potential of cities like Kinshasa to the hyper-modern economy of Estonia, every life in this book has been hit by a seismic shock, violently broken or changed in some way.In his quest for a purer view of how economies succeed and fail, Richard Davies takes the reader off the beaten path to places where part of the economy has been repressed, removed, destroyed or turbocharged. He tells the personal stories of humans living in these extreme situations, and of the financial infrastructure they create. Far from the familiar stock reports, housing crises, or banking scandals of the financial pages, Extreme Economies reveals the importance of human and social capital, and in so doing tells small stories that shed light on today's biggest economic questions.'A highly original approach to understanding what really makes economies tick.' Mervyn King, former Governor of the Bank of EnglandTrade ReviewA highly original approach to understanding what really makes economies tick. Both insightful and accessible to non-economists. * Mervyn King, former Governor of the Bank of England *Davies visits economies pushed to the limit and examines what their response teaches us about resilience in the face of climate change, demographic shifts and state failure. * Financial Times *An exploration of the lessons to be drawn from disaster-stricken economies and imperilled (but innovative) people, which ranges from the jungles of Panama to post-tsunami Indonesia to the prison system of Louisiana and Syrian refugee camps. * The Economist - Books of the Year 2019 *Financial Times Best Books of 2019: Extreme Economies is a reflection on human resilience. The author takes you from a prison to a refugee camp to Kinshasa and Santiago to explain how economies work in extreme circumstances and why markets succeed or fail. Weaving economic theory and individual life stories, this is an important and enjoyable read.We learn most about ourselves at times of extreme stress and challenge. Using nine compelling country case studies, Richard Davies brilliantly demonstrates that the same is true of our economic systems. In its approach and insights, Extreme Economies is a revelation - and a must-read. * Andy Haldane, Chief Economist at the Bank of England *
£11.39
Harvard Business Review Press HBR Guides to Building Your Strategic Skills
Book SynopsisIf you aren''t working with a strategy, you''re wasting your time.Strategy isn''t just a set of plans handed down from the C-suite. To grow as a leader, you need to understand your company''s strategy and align your thinking, projects, and team with organizational goals and vision. Master these abilities with the HBR Guides to Building Your Strategic Skills Collection. This three-book set, which includes the HBR Guide to Thinking Strategically, the HBR Guide to Managing Strategic Initiatives, and the HBR Guide to Setting Your Strategy, will help you change the way you think about your work, manage your most important priorities, and craft a strategy for long-term growth.You''ll learn how to: Understand what strategy is--and what it isn''t Define a clear strategy, whether you''re in a start-up or in an established business Manage a portfolio of strategic projects Embed strategic thinking into your daily tasks and decisi
£35.06
Harvard University Press Dynamism
Book SynopsisNobel Laureate Edmund Phelps argues that the high level of innovation in the West was not a result of scientific discoveries plus entrepreneurship. Rather, modern values—particularly the individualism and self-expression prevailing among the people—fueled the dynamism needed for widespread innovation.Trade ReviewThis book should be read by anyone interested in innovation. Ned Phelps, who is renowned for his original thinking and rigor, together with his colleagues, provide profound analytic insights which reveal the sources of dynamism across countries and time. -- Ian Goldin, Professor of Globalisation and Development, University of Oxford, and coauthor of Age of DiscoveryIn this important book, Edmund Phelps, along with Raicho Bojilov, Hian Teck Hoon, and Gylfi Zoega, push economics back to its roots of understanding human satisfaction and flourishing. Linking satisfaction to innovation, they highlight entrepreneurship as commercializing the technological frontier. The ultimate payoff of this activity is dynamism, the flywheel of continuous innovation and the engine of mass flourishing. From this magisterial framing the authors tackle case studies of innovation globally, going from careful modeling if growth to reassurances about the effects of robots on our lives. This is a must-read book for any serious student of the economy’s—and our own human—potential. -- Glenn Hubbard, Dean Emeritus and Russell L. Carson Professor of Economics and Finance (Graduate School of Business) and Professor of Economics (Arts and Sciences), Columbia UniversityEdmund Phelps and his colleagues have further developed his previous work on the sources of a nation’s economic dynamism by delving deeply into the idea of human flourishing. Their findings on the central role of daily work, the knowledge we acquire from doing it, and the innovations we inevitably bring to it are utterly convincing. The authors’ tracing of economic dynamism to the worth people place on their own craftsmanship (there is no better expression for it) is social science at its most sublime. -- Partha Dasgupta, Frank Ramsey Professor Emeritus of Economics, University of Cambridge, and author of Time and the Generations: Population Ethics for a Diminishing PlanetOver the years, Edmund Phelps has developed a deep and important theory explaining why productivity growth in the U.S. increased dramatically in the nineteenth century and has declined in recent decades. This book puts the theory to the empirical test. It is essential reading for those who care about the past and future of capitalism. -- Eric Maskin, Harvard University, Nobel Laureate in EconomicsA fresh breath of air to stale debates about how to restore long-term growth in advanced economies…Phelps’s perspective is a necessary complement to the standard intellectual frameworks that tend to guide policy thinking around innovation and productivity growth…His iconoclasm shows by example how economics can benefit from an open-mindedness to broader social thinking. -- Martin Sandbu * Financial Times *
£28.76
Penguin Putnam Inc Obsessed
Book SynopsisThe chief branding officer of Red Antler explains how new brands like Casper and Allbirds build devoted fan followings right out of the gate.
£21.24
John Wiley & Sons Inc The Secret Language of Leadership
Book SynopsisThe book introduces the concept of narrative intelligence- an ability to understand and act and react agilely in the quicksilver world of interacting narratives. It shows why this is key to the central task of leadership, what its dimensions are, and how you can measure it.Trade ReviewNamed one of the "Best Business Books of the Year" (2007) by Financial Times: "Leaders don’t just execute strategy, they must inspire others to follow...This book explains how." (Financial Times, December 8, 2007) "Denning cohesively links the importance of narrative intelligence and telling stories to leadership success." (Library Journal, December 2007) "...if there's one person who knows more than anyone else about the power of business narrative it's...Steve Denning." (MyCustomer.com, Friday 7th December 2007) "This book's lucid explanations, vivid examples and practical tips are essential reading..." (PublicNet.co.uk, Tuesday 4th December 2007) "...an array of glowing testimonials from truly famous people. Definitely one for those interested in transformational change." (Strategic Communication Management, December 2007) "…an educational and informative book that can be effortlessly read from cover to cover." (Inside Knowledge, September 2007)Table of ContentsPreface: My Leadership Journey vii Part One: What Is Transformational Leadership? 1 Introduction: Ten Mistakes Transformational Leaders Make 3 1 The Secret Language of Leadership 21 Part Two: The Language of Leadership: Key Enablers 51 2 Articulating a Clear, Inspiring Goal 53 3 The Leader’s Own Story: Committing to the Goal 65 4 Mastering the Audience’s Story 80 5 Cultivating Narrative Intelligence 92 6 Telling Truthful Stories 116 7 Leadership Presence: The Body Language of Leadership 132 Part Three: The Language of Leadership: Key Steps 147 8 Getting People’s Attention 149 9 Stimulating Desire 166 10 Reinforcing with Reasons 187 11 Continuing the Conversation 199 12 Epilogue 211 Appendix 1: Presentation to the Change Management Committee of the World Bank: April 1996 221 Appendix 2: Templates and Exercises 229 Appendix 3: What’s Your Narrative Intelligence? 235 Notes 245 Acknowledgments 265 About the Author 267 Index 269
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Practical Intelligence
Book SynopsisKarl Albrecht's bestselling book Social Intelligence showed us how dealing with people and social situations can determine success both at work and in life.Now, in this groundbreaking book Practical Intelligence, Albrecht takes the next step and explains how practical intelligence (PI) qualifies as one of the key life skills and offers a conceptual structure for defining and describing common sense. Throughout Practical Intelligence, Albrecht explains that people with practical intelligence can employ language skills, make better decisions, think in terms of options and possibilities, embrace ambiguity and complexity, articulate problems clearly and work through to solutions, have original ideas, and influence the ideas of others. Albrecht shows that everyone's PI skills can be improved with proper education and training and challenges all of usfrom parents and teachers to executives and managersto upgrade our own skills and help others develop their own PI abiTrade Review"Albrecht’s practical intelligence builds on the ideas of multiple intelligence, outlining a series of guidelines and exercises to promote better approaches to problem solving" (Financial Times, Thursday 19th July 2007)Table of ContentsPreface. 1. A Problem and an Opportunity. Accidental Intelligence: The Terminal Assumption. The Widening "Smart Gap". The Dumbing of America and the Culture of Amusement. Knows and Know-Nots: The New Social Divide. Who Cares? Who Needs to Care? 2. Multiple Intelligences: The Possible Human. IQ Doesn't Tell the Whole Story. There Are at Least Six Kinds of "Smart". Building Out: Applying Theory to Everyday Life. Build-Out 1: Emotional Intelligence. Build-Out 2: Social Intelligence. The Next Build-Out: Practical Intelligence. 3. What Is Practical Intelligence? Thinking Is a Bodily Function. Meet Your Biocomputer. Brain Cycles, Brainwaves, Brain States, and the Daily Trance. Mind-Modules: You Have Many "Minds". Mind-Models: Your Portable Reality. Four Habits That Unlock Your Mental Capacity. Four Dimensions of PI: Your Mega-Skills. Getting Started: Upgrading Your Mental "Software". 4. Mental Software Upgrade 1: Developing Mental Flexibility. Are You a Finished Product? Dynamic Thinking and Archaic Thinking. You Might Be a Mental Redneck . . . The Creative Paradox. The "Beginner's Mind&": Innocence and Humility. The "Plexity" Scale. There Is No Truth--Only Your Truth, His Truth, Her Truth, Their Truth . . . How I Learned to Stop Arguing with People. A New Way to Think About Opinions. Three Phrases That Can Keep Your Mind Open. 5. Mental Software Upgrade 2: Adopting Affirmative Thinking. Cleaning Out the Attic: Mental Decontamination. "Sensorship": Choosing What You Will Allow into Your Mind. Resistance to Enculturation, a.k.a. "Crap Detecting". Cleanse Your Mind with a "Media Fast". Re-Engineering Your Attitudes. The Attitude of Gratitude. The Attitude of Abundance. Practical Altruism. Meditation, Mindmovies, and Affirmations. 6. Mental Software Upgrade 3: Adopting Sane Language Habits. Language as Mental Software: What You Say Is What You Think. The "Cookie Cutter" Effect of Language. Jumping to Confusions: Inferential Thinking. "Clean" and "Dirty" Language: Strategies for Semantic Sanity. Expressions You Can Remove from Your Vocabulary. The Self-Conversation: Cleaning Up Your Internal Dialog. Snappy Comebacks: The Language of Funny. 7. Mental Software Upgrade 4: Valuing Ideas. Do You Have Lots of Good Ideas? (Almost Everyone Does). "It Slipped My Mind . . ." (Almost Everything Does). The Greatest Thinking Tool Ever Invented. Thinking in Pictures. Are You a Yes-Person or a No-Person? The P.I.N. Formula: Protecting Ideas. Using Your Magical Incubator. "Metaboxical" Thinking: Breaking the Boundaries. 8. Mega-Skill 1: "Bivergent" Thinking. The Divergent-Convergent Polarity: The D-C Axis. Process Consciousness: Managing the "Pivot Point". Groupthink: The Collusion to Fail. Brainstorming: More Often Talked About Than Done. Systematic Creativity: The Balancing Act. 9. Mega-Skill 2: "Helicopter" Thinking. The Abstract-Concrete Polarity: The A-C Axis. Visionaries and Actionaries: We Need Both. Connecting the Dots: You Have to See Them to Connect Them. Painting the Big Picture: Mindmapping. Explaining the Big Picture: Using the Language of Ideas. 10. Mega-Skill 3: "Intulogical" Thinking. The Logical-Intuitive Polarity: The L-I Axis. Thinking Styles: Yours and Others? Sequential Thinking: Re-Owning Your Logical Abilities. Trusting Your Hunches: Re-Owning Your Intuitive Abilities. The "Zen Mind": Flow and Mindfulness. 11. Mega-Skill 4: "Viscerational" Thinking. The Rational-Emotive Polarity: The R-E Axis. First We Decide--Then We Justify: Irrational Thinking Explained. We'e All Neurotic, and That's OK. The Five Primal Fears We Live By: The Psychology of Risk. Signal Reactions: Disconnecting Your Hot Buttons. Emotions and Health: If It's on Your Mind, It's on Your Body. Can You Motivate Yourself? The "Popeye Point". 12. How to Become an Expert Problem Solver. Forget Those "Five Steps" They Taught You. Using Heuristic (a.k.a. Natural) Problem Solving. Your Five Key Mindzones. The High-Speed Problem-Solving Process. 13. Success Programming: Causing the Outcomes You Want. Using What We've Learned. Mindmovies: Who's Producing Your Life's Story? Alpha Programming: Making the Movies You Want. Your Life Wheel: Taking Stock, Setting Priorities, and Making Changes. Appendices. A. Answers to Thinking Exercises. B. Fifty Tips for Better Thinking. C. A Vocabulary for Practical Intelligence. D. A Code of Intelligent Discourse. E. Learn to Meditate in "One" Lesson: The Harvard Mantra. Index. About the Author.
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Wiley International Economics
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Hedgehogging
Book SynopsisBarton Biggs is one of the most well-respected figures in the investment management community. He has prospered during both bull and bear markets, and has adapted to an investment landscape that has been transformed by technology and globalization. His legendary money management skills helped set the benchmark for investment management excellence.Trade Review"Highly Amusing" (Financial Times, Saturday 25th August 2007)Table of ContentsIntroduction. Chapter One. The Triangle Investment Club Dinner: Hacking Through the Hedgehog Jungle. Chapter Two. The New Hedgehogs May Have Been Golden Boys, but They Still Bleed Red. Chapter Three. Short Selling Oil: The Crude Joke Was on Us. Chapter Four. Short Selling is Not for Sissies. Chapter Five. The Odyssey of Starting a Hedge Fund: A Desperate, Frantic Adventure. Chapter Six. The Roadshow Grind: Blood, Swat, Toil, and Tears. Chapter Seven. The Run-Up and Haunted by Remembrances and Doubt. Chapter Eight. Hedgehogs Come in All Sizes and Shapes. Chapter Nine. The Violence of Secular Market Cycles. Chapter Ten. The Battle for Investment Survival: Only Egotists or Fools Try to Pick Tops and Bottoms. Chapter Eleven. From One Generation to Another: Bismarck and the Yale Endowment. Chapter Twelve. Nature's Mysticism and Groupthink Stinks. Chapter Thirteen. The Internet Bubble: I'd Still Rather Have Air-Conditioning. Chapter Fourteen. Great Investment Managers Are Intense, Disciplined Maniacs. Chapter Fifteen. You're Only as beloved as Your Most Recent Performance. Chapter Sixteen. Once You Have a Fortune, How can You Hang on to It? Chapter Seventeen. Three Investment Religions: Growth, Value, and Agnostic. Chapter Eighteen. The Trouble with Being Big. Chapter Nineteen. Bubbles and True Believer. Chapter Twenty. Divine Intervention or Inside Information? A Tale That Will Make Your Blood Run Cold. Chapter Twenty-One. John Maynard Keynes: Economist, Hedge-Fund manager, and Fascinating Character. Conclusion. Recommended Reading.
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