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Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. Strategic Brand Communication 2. Advertising 3. Public Relations 4. Action and Interaction: Direct Response and Promotions 5. How Brand Communication Works 6. Strategic Research 7. Segmenting and Targeting the Audience 8. Strategic Planning 9. Creative Side 10. Promotional Writing 11. Direct Response 12. Media Basics 13. Paid Media 14. Owned, Interactive, and Earned Media 15. Media Planning and Negotiation 16. IMC Management 17. Evaluating IMC Effectiveness 18. Social Impact, Responsibility, and Ethics: Is it Right?

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"I know of no other handbook that focuses on this particular genre of academic writing in such a thorough and, therefore, useful manner. I am confident that anybody who actively works through this book--it is, indeed, a workbook--will eventually taste the academic publishing success in the book's subtitle."--Praise for the previous edition "Steven E. Gump, Journal of Scholarly Publishing " "Even seasoned academic writers can find something useful in Belcher's book. . . . Offers sound advice, encouragement, and confidence-building strategies that help novice writers create/recreate a written text that could be publishable."--Praise for the previous edition "Chronicle of Higher Education "

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Book SynopsisTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERTransform your life using the Bullet Journal Method, the revolutionary organisational system and worldwide phenomenon.The Bullet Journal Method will undoubtedly transform your life, in more ways than you can imagine' Hal Elrod, author of The Miracle MorningIn his long-awaited first book, Ryder Carroll, the creator of the enormously popular Bullet Journal organisational system, explains how to use his method to:TRACK YOUR PAST: using nothing more than a pen and paper, create a clear, comprehensive, and organised record of your thoughts and goals.ORDER YOUR PRESENT: find daily calm by prioritising and minimising your workload and tackling your to-do list in a more mindful and productive way.PLAN YOUR FUTURE: establish and appraise your short-term and long-term goals, plan more complex projects simply and effectively, and live your life with meaning and purpose.Like many of us, Ryder Carroll tried everything to get organised countless apps, systems, planners,Trade Review‘The Bullet Journal Method completely changed the way I work and my productivity levels immediately shot up. It’s a system I feel like I’ll use forever as it adapts with me and lends itself to my busy lifestyle’ Lily Pebbles ‘Bullet journaling is one of the most elegant and effective productivity systems I've ever encountered. It will not only help you get more organised but will also help you become a better person. I highly recommend this book (and the method it details) for anyone looking to get more out of life’ Cal Newport, author of Deep Work ‘Whether you are an avid journaler or have always wanted to explore the benefits of journaling, The Bullet Journal Method simplifies the power of putting pen to paper and will undoubtedly transform your life, in more ways than you can imagine’ Hal Elrod, author of The Miracle Morning ‘A month in, and I am surprised by how well this system has kept me on task. I have retired my other organising apps. The physicality of my notebook stops me from getting distracted when I am planning my day. It is nice to have a single log of where and how I spend my time. And, crucially, I am much more productive. My email inbox no longer dictates my priorities for the day’ Lilah Raptopoulos, Financial Times ‘As well as the journal’s ability to organise and prioritise tasks, the popularity of pages dedicated to tracking aspects such as mood and gratitude has led experts to believe that bullet journals could be effective in combatting anxiety – as they make tasks easier to approach and deal with’ Independent ‘I've been using my bullet journal daily since the beginning of January, and I'm low-key obsessed!’ Buzzfeed

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Book SynopsisSCOTT KUPOR is managing partner at Andreessen Horowitz. He has overseen the firm?s rapid growth to one hundred fifty employees and more than $7 billion in assets under management. He is also a cofounder and codirector of the Stanford Venture CapitalTrade ReviewWorth far more than its cover price ... I wish I’d had it available to me when I was first looking for startup funding * ERIC RIES, bestselling author of tHE LEAN STARTUP and THE STARTUP WAY, from the foreword *As someone who helped a small company become a huge, valuable company, I know firsthand the power of the startup ecosystem and entrepreneurship. This is the definitive book on navigating VC as part of that * ERIC SCHMIDT, former executive chairman and CEO, Google; technical advisor, Alphabet Inc *I’ve observed thousands of founders and thought a lot about what it takes to create something important and to achieve outlier success. Kupor’s book takes founders who want to do both through everything from how VCs raise money and evaluate deals, to how to think about term sheets and set up boards. It’s a valuable resource for any founder who wants to work with VCs * SAM ALTMAN, partner and president, Y Combinator; cofounder, OpenAI *Secrets of Sand Hill Road is the definitive guide to how to engage the VC community, including governance and other best practices, in a startup’s journey to a successful public company * ADENA FRIEDMAN, president and CEO, Nasdaq; former managing director and CFO, The Carlyle Group *From acquiring startups, to leading a company, to working to select the next leader of an iconic company, I’ve seen it all. It’s become clear to me that startups drive the kind of innovation that big companies can’t easily do. Secrets of Sand Hill Road provides a useful overview for the next generation of leaders seeking to start such companies * JOHN W. THOMPSON, chairman, Microsoft; former CEO, Symantec *

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction ix The Fable 1 The Lesson 127 Introduction 129 Exploring the Two Leadership Motives 135 The Five Omissions of Reward-Centered Leaders 141 Imperfection and Vigilance 165 The Surprising Danger of Fun 167 The End of Servant Leadership 169 Acknowledgments 171 About the Author 173

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Book SynopsisFully revised and updated with brand new material and cases on issues surrounding sustainability and AI in the context of customer services, plus a brand new chapter on 'Customer service and sustainability'. Explains not only the theory behind the importance of customer service but how to put this theory into practice.

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Book SynopsisFinancial market behavior and key trading strategies are illuminated by interviews with top hedge fund experts in a work that demystifies the secret world of active investing.Trade Review"Encyclopedic in its cataloging of active management strategies and authoritative in its analysis of the practical issues of their implementation."—Martin S. Fridson, Financial Analysts Journal"This valuable and intriguing book provides a contemporary survey of investments across a wide spectrum of asset classes and strategies. Combining a wonderful narrative with a rigorous analytical structure, Efficiently Inefficient serves the needs of students, serious investors, and professionals."—Gary P. Brinson, CFA, GP Brinson Investments"For a book on investments, Efficiently Inefficient sets a completely different and higher standard."—Darrell Duffie, Stanford University"Efficiently Inefficient is a truly modern and masterful introduction to how finance will be studied and practiced in the twenty-first century."—Andrei Shleifer, Harvard University"A tour-de-force combination of original research and provocative interviews with hedge fund managers."—Laurence B. Siegel, CFA Institute Research Foundation

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Book SynopsisRory Sutherland is the Vice Chairman of Ogilvy UK and the founder of the behavioural science practice. He writes the Spectator's Wiki Man' column, presents series for BBC Radio 4, serves on the advisory board of The Evolution Institute, and is former President of the IPA (Institute of Practitioners in Advertising). The IDM (Institute of Direct and Digital Marketing) awarded Sutherland an Honorary Life Fellowship. His TED talks have over 6.5 million views. He authored a collection of blog posts, interviews, tweets and reference materials, The Wiki-Man, in 2011, and his first book Alchemy was published in 2019.Trade ReviewThis is a breakthrough book: Mother Reality makes sense in her own way. She yields her secrets to practitioners, almost never to academics - something psychologists, economists and non-skin in the game people, no matter what they say, are functionally unable to grasp. And the book is funny as hell: I smiled and laughed at every paragraph. Furthermore, this is the first such treatise written by someone who had true contact with reality via something called a P/L.And this is wonderfully applicable to about everything in life, from how to announce airplane delays to how to handle unsold opera tickets.Buy two copies of this book in case one is stolen. * Nassim Nicholas Taleb, scholar and former trader; author of the Incerto. *Revelatory and entertaining * The Sunday Times *Reading Alchemy was, as its title promised, the process of turning paper and print into gold. Veins of wisdom regarding human functioning emerge regularly and brilliantly from the pages. Don't miss this book. * Robert Cialdini, bestselling author of Influence, Yes!, The Small BIG and Pre-suasion *Deeply original * Robert Trivers, evolutionary biologist and author of Deceit and Self-Deception *Sutherland’s book touches on many facets of life, but all come down to the importance of “psycho-logic”, or non-rational factors, in how we make decisions and how problems can be solved * CAMPAIGN magazine *

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Book SynopsisDrawing on years of unprecedented access to the best and most influential culinary R&D teams in the world, Vaughn Tan reveals how they exemplify what he calls the uncertainty mindset. A revelatory look at the R&D kitchen, The Uncertainty Mindset upends conventional wisdom about how to organize for innovation and offers practical insights.Trade ReviewChefs are responsible for some of today's most novel innovations. Vaughn Tan goes behind the scenes to show how R&D is organized inside the world's most famous kitchens, uncovering surprising lessons that have wide application. This is a provocative contribution to studies of culture and R&D. -- Woody Powell, Stanford University This is one of the best books to appear in the last several decades about how to design organizations for continual innovation in high-pressure environments. It offers explanations for why some companies work and others don't, and made me embrace a new, more subtle way of thinking about hiring, managing, and trusting innovators in leading-edge technology companies. -- Jerry Neumann, founder of Neu Venture Capital The Uncertainty Mindset takes a close look at the secret inner workings of some of the most innovative food R&D teams worldwide. It shows organizations in other industries how to redesign themselves to become more resilient, innovative, and adaptable-by simply changing how they think about the future. -- Amy C. Edmondson, author of The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth Vaughn Tan spent long periods observing some of the world's most famous chefs at work in their prize-winning restaurants and tells his readers what they do and how they do it. A real contribution to our understanding of how experts combine artistic creation and business success. -- Howard S. Becker, author of Art Worlds Whether you're new to the culinary world or have dined in some of the world's top restaurants, you'd be hard pressed not to find The Uncertainty Mindset fascinating. Vaughn Tan has written an intriguing, well-researched account of how some of the world's top chefs and their teams approach culinary innovation-this book is full of valuable insights for forward-thinking, innovation-minded organizations and teams in any sector. -- Nathan Myhrvold, coauthor of Modernist Bread, Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking and Modernist Cuisine at Home, author of The Photography of Modernist CuisineTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Part I. A Partial History of New Ideas in Food 1. From the Margins to the Center 2. The Undercurrents of the New Part II. What Is Innovation in Food? 3. Well-Known, Barely Understood 4. Four Types of New Ideas in Food Part III. Innovation Is Uncertainty 5. A Nondelusional Worldview 6. The Uncertainty Mindset Part IV. Building the Ever-Changing Team 7. Innovation Implies Change 8. Building Innovation Dream Teams Part V. Creating the New Familiar 9. The Power of Familiar Novelty 10. Learning House Style Part VI. Staying in the Discomfort Zone 11. The Motivation Paradox 12. Desperation by Design Part VII. Insights from the Frontiers of Food 13. All Change 14. A Mindset for an Uncertain World Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisEmpower your students to solve today's important business problems with the basic tools of economics and without overwhelming calculus. Ideal for MBA courses, Brickley focus on data-driven decision-making and managerial applications within the structure of an organization. Using multidisciplinary examples, students leverage the underlying economic framework to analyze a variety of problems managers face today. It also provides an in-depth analysis of the firm and corporate governance topics.Brickley paired with Connect Economics provides assignable,auto-gradable versions of test bank content. Assignable content is fully integrated with the eBook. Students are also able to search, highlight, and take notes within the ReadAnywhere eBook and complete adaptive reading assignments offline. Connect provides instructors with powerful reporting tools allowing them to plan, track, and analyze student performance across learning outcomes.Table of ContentsPart 1: Basic ConceptsChapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Economists’ View of Behavior Chapter 3 Exchange and Markets Part 2: Managerial EconomicsChapter 4 Demand Chapter 5 Production and CostChapter 6 Market StructureChapter 7 Pricing with Market PowerChapter 8 Economics of Strategy: Creating and Capturing ValueChapter 9 Economics of Strategy: Game Theory Chapter 10 Incentive Conflicts and Contracts Part 3: Designing Organizational ArchitectureChapter 11 Organizational Architecture Chapter 12 Decision Rights: The Level of EmpowermentChapter 13 Decision Rights: Bundling Tasks into Jobs and Sub-units Chapter 14 Attracting and Retaining Qualified EmployeesChapter 15 Incentive Compensation Chapter 16 Individual Performance EvaluationChapter 17 Divisional Performance EvaluationCapstone Case Study on Organizational Architecture: Arthur Andersen LLP Part 4: Applications of Organizational ArchitectureChapter 18 Corporate Governance Chapter 19 Vertical Integration and Outsourcing Chapter 20* Leadership: Motivating Change within Organizations Chapter 21 Understanding the Business Environment: The Economics of Regulation Chapter 22 Ethics and Organizational Architecture Chapter 23* Organizational Architecture and the Process of Management Innovation

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Book SynopsisRetirement, as a major life transition, can be both thrilling and challenging in unexpected ways. Written by acclaimed authors in the fields of business leadership, careers, and work, this book goes beyond the typical financial and health-related advice on retirement, providing insights to guide you in broader areas of your life identity issues, relationship challenges, and questions about creating a new retirement life structure that works for you. With lively, engaging writing, the book tells the detailed retirement transition stories of 14 people and draws on over 200 interviews with 120 people to explore how retiring involves a reconstruction of both the person and their life structure. You'll gain wisdom on the common themes and the wildly different approaches people take to the four big tasks of retiring: making the retirement decision, detaching from work both tangibly and psychologically, building a new life structure for retirement, and settling into a relatively

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Book SynopsisA new collection of simple yet powerful words and wisdom from Warren Buffett about today’s economy and how investing has changed in the past two decades – from crypto to climate change – compiled and commented upon by bestselling authors Mary Buffett and David Clark. Warren Buffett’s investment achievements are unparalleled. He owes his success to hard work, integrity, and the most elusive commodity of all, common sense. In The New Tao of Warren Buffett, Mary Buffett – coauthor of the bestselling Buffettology series – joins David Clark to bring readers more of Warren Buffett’s smartest, funniest, and most memorable sayings that reveal the life philosophy and the investment strategies that have made Warren Buffett, and the shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway, so enormously wealthy. Collected from a variety of fresh sources, including personal conversations, corporate reports, pr

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Book SynopsisIn this inspiring manifesto, an internationally renowned oceanographer makes the provocative case for why protecting nature makes economic sense. Enric Sala wants to change the world--and in this groundbreaking book, he shows us how. Once we appreciate how nature works, he asserts, we will understand why its preservation is economically practical and essential to our survival. In this highly readable narrative, Sala, director of National Geographic's Pristine Seas project, tells the story of his scientific awakening, the colorful mentors whose work inspired him, and his transition from academic to activism--because, as he put it, he was tired of writing the obituary of the ocean. His revelations are surprising, and sometimes counterintuitive: Lots of sharks are actually the best indicator of a healthy ocean ecosystem, and crop diversity, rather than intensive monoculture farming, is the key to planetary abundance. For decades, Sala has speTrade Review"Natural ecosystems are the most complex, interdependent and carefully balanced machines onEarth and very easy to upend through human intervention, inattention and blindness. Enric Sala’sThe Nature of Nature shows how utterly intertwined we are with nature, and how dependent.He tells a fascinating story and presents a cautionary tale. A must-read." –James Cameron –Filmmaker, engineer, environmentalist, and National Geographic Explorer at Large“Enric Sala’s The Nature of Nature makes a case for protecting our planet that appeals just as strongly to our sense of reason as to our sense of humanity. Building on a lifetime of work exploring harmful human impacts on our ecosystems, he artfully weaves together his experiences as an explorer and scholar to explain how the natural world works. Sala makes the case for environmentalism, as he puts it, to both the brain and the heart. The Nature of Nature highlights the wonders of the wild and makes a beautifully argued and heartfelt case for why we must do all we can to protect them.” —Leonardo DiCaprio, actor & environmentalist “Incisive, impassioned, pragmatic, and compelling, Enric Sala’s beautiful book The Nature of Nature is both a gift of wonders and a call to arms. His observations of how nature works and, crucially, how it sustains human life, provide the clearest argument of all for the world to change its ways.” —Isabella Tree, author of Wilding: The Return of Nature to Our Farm “In The Nature of Nature, Enric Sala surveys records of experiments and academic works on nature to advance an urgent argument for the economic value and moral necessity of preserving our planet’s wild places on land and in the ocean. He is also inspired by the wonder and the miracle that he discovers our planet to be and argues that we are able to recover and safeguard this gift of God—namely, the planet's uniquely distinctive endowment with life—only through our joyful contemplation of the mystery of our planet's being and functioning, as Pope Francis has also observed.” —Cardinal Peter Turkson, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, Vatican “The Nature of Nature makes a compelling case for why giving more space to nature is essential to human and economic prosperity. Every leader should read it and apply its insights." —Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum “Enric Sala has a unique ability to explain complicated issues in a simple way. He helps us to understand the world, but also how to act in order to protect it better. Faced with the urgent need to protect our Planet, he provides us with enlightening insights and solutions for action. This book will be of invaluable help to those who refuse to give up." —HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco“Enric Sala writes in clear and highly readable prose about a complex subject, drawing on personal experiences and stories gathered from others. I highly recommend The Nature of Nature for anyone wishing to learn more about the interconnectedness of all living beings, the destructive impact of unsustainable human actions, and how we need to act together to heal the harms we have inflicted. It’s a clear account of the variety and interconnectedness of life forms on Planet Earth—our only home.” —Jane Goodall, PhD, DBE, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute & UN Messenger of Peace “This is an accessible—indeed a charming—account of how natural systems work; as we are now wrecking those intricate systems at a frightening pace, this could serve as an antidote, reminding us to be far more careful, and far more appreciative.” –Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature and Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?

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Book SynopsisAn accessible guide to the essential issues of corporate finance While you can find numerous books focused on the topic of corporate finance, few offer the type of information managers need to help them make important decisions day in and day out.Trade Reviewmarches the reader through the very practical issues that affect value. (Financial Times, November 2010).Table of ContentsAbout the Authors ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xv Part One The Four Cornerstones 1 Why Value Value? 3Many companies make decisions that compromise value in the name of creating value. But with courage and independence, executives can apply the four cornerstones of finance to make sound decisions that lead to lasting value creation. 2 The Core of Value 15Return on capital and growth are the twin drivers of value creation, but they rarely matter equally. Sometimes raising returns matters more, whereas other times accelerating growth matters more. 3 The Conservation of Value 29You can create the illusion of value or you can create real value. Sometimes acquisitions and financial engineering schemes create value, and sometimes they don’t. No matter how you slice the financial pie, only improving cash flow creates value. 4 The Expectations Treadmill 41No company can perpetually outperform the stock market’s expectations. When a company outperforms, expectations rise, forcing it to do better just to keep up. The treadmill explains why the share prices of high performing companies sometimes falter, and vice versa. 5 The Best Owner 51No company has an objective, inherent value. A target business is worth one amount to one owner and other amounts to other potential owners—depending on their relative abilities to generate cash flow from the business. Part Two The Stock Market 6 Who Is the Stock Market? 63Conventional wisdom segments investors into pigeonholes like growth and value, but these distinctions are erroneous. There’s a more insightful way to classify investors, and doing so culls out those who matter most to the value-minded executive. 7 The Stock Market and the Real Economy 73The performance of stock markets and real economies are typically aligned, hardly ever perfectly aligned, and rarely very misaligned. Executives and investors who understand this are better able to make value-creating decisions. 8 Stock Market Bubbles 89Stock market bubbles are rare and usually confined to specific industry sectors and companies. Knowing why and when bubbles occur can keep management focused on making sound strategic decisions based on a company’s intrinsic value. 9 Earnings Management 103Trying to smooth earnings is a fool’s game that can backfire and, in some cases, destroy value. Creating value in the longer run sometimes necessitates decisions that reduce earnings in the shorter run. Part Three Managing Value Creation 10 Return on Capital 119A company can’t sustain a high return on capital in the absence of an attractive industry structure and a clear competitive advantage. Yet it’s surprising how few executives can pinpoint the competitive advantages that drive their companies’ returns. 11 Growth 139It’s difficult to create value without growing, but growth alone doesn’t necessarily create value. It all depends on what type of growth a company achieves and what the returns on that growth are. 12 The Business Portfolio 153A company’s destiny is largely synonymous with the businesses it owns, and actively managed portfolios outperform passively managed portfolios. Sometimes companies can create value by selling even high-performing businesses. 13 Mergers and Acquisitions 169Most acquisitions create value, but typically the acquirer’s shareholders only get a small portion of that value, while the lion’s share goes to the target’s shareholders. But there are archetypal ways that acquirers can create value. 14 Risk 183Nothing in business is more clear yet complex than the imperative to manage risk. Clear because risk matters greatly to the company, its board, its investors, and its decision makers. Complex because each of these groups has a different perspective. 15 Capital Structure 197Getting capital structure right is important but doesn’t necessarily create value—while getting capital structure wrong can destroy tremendous value. When it comes to financial structures, companies are best to keep them as simple as possible. 16 Investor Communications 209Good investor communications can ensure that a company’s share price doesn’t become misaligned with its intrinsic value. And communication isn’t just one way: executives should listen selectively to the right investors as much as they tell investors about the company. 17 Managing for Value 223It’s not easy to strike the right balance between shorter-term financial results and longer-term value creation—especially in large, complex corporations. The trick is to cut through the clutter by making your management processes more granular and transparent. Appendix A The Math of Value 237 Appendix B The Use of Earnings Multiples 241 Index 245

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Book Synopsis* Option Trading, is the first comprehensive guide to trading options covering historical background, to contract types and market structure, to volatility measurement and forecasting, options strategies, and hedging techniques.Table of ContentsPreface xi Professional Trading xii The Role of Mathematics xiv The Structure of this Book xvi Acknowledgments xix CHAPTER 1 History 1 Summary 6 CHAPTER 2 Introduction to Options 7 Options 9 Specifications for an Option Contract 9 Uses of Options 11 Market Structure 14 Summary 20 CHAPTER 3 Arbitrage Bounds for Option Prices 21 American Options Compared to European Options 25 Absolute Maximum and Minimum Values 25 Summary 39 CHAPTER 4 Pricing Models 41 General Modeling Principles 42 Choice of Dependent Variables 45 The Binomial Model 48 The Black-Scholes-Merton (BSM) Model 55 Summary 61 CHAPTER 5 The Solution of theBlack-Scholes-Merton (BSM) Equation 63 Delta 67 Gamma 72 Theta 76 Vega 80 Summary 88 CHAPTER 6 Option Strategies 89 Forecasting and Strategy Selection 89 The Strategies 93 Summary 116 CHAPTER 7 Volatility Estimation 117 Defining and Measuring Volatility 119 Forecasting Volatility 129 Volatility in Context 132 Summary 136 CHAPTER 8 Implied Volatility 137 The Implied Volatility Curve 138 Parameterizing and Measuring the Implied Volatility Curve 142 The Implied Volatility Curve as a Function of Expiration 145 Implied Volatility Dynamics 146 Summary 151 CHAPTER 9 General Principles of Trading and Hedging 153 Edge 154 Hedging 156 Trade Sizing and Leverage 158 Scalability and Breadth 163 Summary 164 CHAPTER 10 Market Making Techniques 165 Market Structure 166 Market Making 169 Trading Based on Order-Book Information 181 Summary 189 CHAPTER 11 Volatility Trading 191 Hedging 192 Hedging in Practice 193 The P/L Distribution of Hedged Option Positions 203 Summary 213 CHAPTER 12 Expiration Trading 215 Pinning 215 Pin Risk 219 Forward Risk 221 Exercising the Wrong Options 221 Irrelevance of the Greeks 223 Expiring at a Short Strike 224 Summary 225 CHAPTER 13 Risk Management 227 Example of Position Repair 228 Inventory 232 Delta 234 Gamma 234 Vega 238 Correlation 240 Rho 242 Stock Risk: Dividends and Buy-in Risk 242 The Early Exercise of Options 243 Summary 248 Conclusion 249 APPENDIX A Distributions 253 Example 253 Moments and the “Shape” of Distributions 254 APPENDIX B Correlation 263 Glossary 271 Index 285

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Book SynopsisThe Logical Trader presents a simple trading methodology that any trader, anywhere can implement to trade anything. The "ACD Method" offers price points at which to buy and sell determined by the opening range of virtually any stock or commodity.Table of ContentsForword by Paul Tudor Jones. Introduction. Know Your ACDs. The Pivot Concept. Putting It Together: ACD and Pivot Ranges. Macro ACD. LOGICAL TRADER: MIDTERM. Pivot Moving Averages. The Advanced Trader. The ACD Version of "Ripley's Believe It or Not!" Trader Interviews. Appendix. Glossary. Index.

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Book SynopsisPete Hamill is a consultant, facilitator and coach with an international background in leadership and organizational development. He is the only executive coach in Europe to have completed an intensive training internship with Dr. Richard Strozzi-Heckler at the Strozzi Institute for Embodied Leadership. He has been certified as a Somatic Leadership Coach and has completed a Certificate in Humanistic Counselling with the Gestalt Centre in London.Trade Review"A thought provoking, practical, accessible guide on how to use your body to develop authority, presence and impact as a leader." * John Leary-Joyce, CEO of the Academy of Executive Coaching *"This book offers refreshingly practical ideas for everyone wanting to develop their leadership skills. It takes deliberate practice, but building on the principles of embodied leadership it opens our eyes to how much choice we actually have when we don't let our past determine our behavior, and hence our potential at work" * Eeva Sipila, Chief Financial Officer, Cargotec Corporation *"A thoroughly insightful and fresh perspective on leadership which makes a compelling case for a different approach." * Melanie Richards Partner, KPMG *Table of Contents Chapter - 00: Introduction; Section - ONE: Setting the foundations; Chapter - 01: What do we mean by leadership anyway?; Chapter - 02: How do I get better at it?; Chapter - 03: If I am to develop myself, what exactly is my ‘self’?; Chapter - 04: What does neuroscience have to say about the self?; Chapter - 05: Embodying our selves; Section - TWO: Exploring the ideas in practice; Chapter - 06: Developing choice and clarity as a leader; Chapter - 07: Conflict, stress and our conditioned tendencies; Chapter - 08: Giving feedback and being mindful rather than mindless; Section - THREE: The wider implications for leadership; Chapter - 09: Ethical leadership; Chapter - 10: Leadership for the 21st century; Chapter - 11: Conclusions

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Book SynopsisDescribes the history of economic thought, focusing on the development of economic theory from Adam Smith's "Wealth of Nations" to the late twentieth century. This text examines how important economists have reflected on the sometimes conflicting goals of efficient resource use and socially acceptable income distribution.Trade Review"Economics Evolving (excellent title) is an enjoyable and detailed presentation of the history of our profession. The focus is on the thoughts of individuals and, while schools of thought are broached, they are not central to the presentation. Historical background is presented and considered, but it is the development of economic thoughts that are at the heart of this analysis."--John J. Bethune, EH.Net "In non-technical language, he analyses how these great thinkers developed their theories, making for an essential guide to the great economic thinkers of the past 200-odd years."--Economist "Get a copy of Agnar Sandmo's book Economics Evolving."--Joseph E. Stiglitz @joestiglitz, Twitter "Taken as whole, this is one of those relatively rare books on economics that is both readable and thoughtful. It also fills a gap in the literature between primers written for non-economists and detailed (and sometimes arduous) histories of economic thought or its various subfields."--Cameron Gordon, Economic RecordTable of ContentsPreface vii Chapter 1: A Science and Its History 1 Chapter 2: Before Adam Smith 15 Chapter 3: Adam Smith 32 Chapter 4: The Classical School: Thomas Robert Malthusand David Ricardo 60 Chapter 5: Consolidation and Innovation: John Stuart Mill 89 Chapter 6: Karl Marx as an Economic Theorist 115 Chapter 7: The Forerunners of Marginalism 138 Chapter 8: The Marginalist Revolution I:William Stanley Jevons and Carl Menger 166 Chapter 9: The Marginalist Revolution II: Leon Walras 190 Chapter 10: Alfred Marshall and Partial Equilibrium Theory 213 Chapter 11: Equilibrium and Welfare: Edgeworth,Pareto, and Pigou 238 Chapter 12: Interest and Prices: Knut Wicksell and Irving Fisher 267 Chapter 13: New Perspectives on Markets and Competition 294 Chapter 14: The Great Systems Debate 318 Chapter 15: John Maynard Keynes and the Keynesian Revolution 339 Chapter 16: Frisch, Haavelmo, and the Birth of Econometrics 367 Chapter 17: The Modernization of EconomicTheory in the Postwar Period 391 Chapter 18: Further Developments in the Postwar Period 416 Chapter 19: Long-term Trends and New Perspectives 440 References 467 Index 485

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Book SynopsisJonathan Ferrar is a globally recognised consultant, speaker and business advisor in HR strategy and analytics. He is chief executive officer of global people analytics firm Insight222, and board advisor to the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development.David Green is an influencer, advisor and prolific speaker in the field of people analytics, human resources technology and the future of work. He is managing partner at Insight222 and host of the Digital HR Leaders podcast. In 2023 he was named as one of the Most Influential HR Thinkers by HR Magazine.Trade Review"In this book, cutting-edge practitioners share insights that you can start putting into action right away."" * Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of THINK AGAIN and host of the TED podcast, WorkLife *"Exceptional and the standard for people analytics" * Dave Ulrich, Rensis Likert Professor, School of Business, University of Michigan Partner, The RBL Group *"A superb book with practical case studies applicable to every HR professional and business leader in the use of data analytics towards better decision making."" * Low Peck Kem, Chief Human Resources Officer, Public Service Division, Prime Minister’s Office, Singapore *"Filled with topical case studies that can support any people analytics and HR team in their pursuit of creating enterprise value." * Loren I. Shuster, Chief People Officer & Head of Corporate Affairs, The LEGO Group *"HR is closer to the business than ever, and this book shows how people analytics is a business activity that drives substantial value." * Katarina Berg, Chief Human Resources Officer, Spotify *"There is a need for companies to become more human in our increasingly digital age. I have found, as a CHRO, that analytics provides equal benefit to both employees and the business, and Excellence in People Analytics dovetails these two very well. Using analytics is clearly one of the most valuable tools for becoming more human, enabling personalization and consumerisation of the employee experience." * Leena Nair Chief Human Resources Officer, Unilever *"People analytics provides business executives with another lever to improve their strategy and operations. Jonathan and David have a deep understanding of this topic and its impact on people and performance. Their work with companies across the globe is now captured in this book, providing insight with a collection of terrific case studies and practical advice. It is an outstanding guide for executives wishing to create value using people analytics." * John Boudreau, Professor Emeritus, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California *"Excellence in People Analytics is a delightful journey of discovery through the field of people analytics with 30 vivid case studies and practical models. Businesses have recognized that workforce data can unleash the potential of talent and create value for the company. Yet people analytics is one of the biggest capability gaps for organizations. This book inspires me and is a great guide to implement people analytics beyond the 'buzz' term." * Rosa Lee, Executive Vice President of Bosch China & Corporate HR, Head of Asia-Pacific *"Excellence in People Analytics will equip HR leaders and practitioners with the structures and use cases they need to keep up with technology and learn new skills. I have little doubt that this book will define HR's contribution to the workplace of the future." * Bernard Marr, Bestselling author of Data Strategy and Data-Driven HR, futurist and strategic advisor *"Brilliantly insightful, yet practically impactful. This is a foundational book in the field of people analytics that emphasizes a business-first approach for elevating human performance. The nine dimensions for success are complemented with powerful cases that will empower any practitioner to apply these concepts." * Michael J. Arena, VP Talent & Development, AWS and author of Adaptive Space *Table of Contents Section - PART ONE: The case for people analytics; Chapter - 00: Introduction; Chapter - 000: The business value of people analytics; Section - PART TWO: Nine Dimensions for Excellence in People Analytics; Chapter - 01: Governance; Chapter - 02: Methodology; Chapter - 03: Stakeholder Management; Chapter - 04: Skills; Chapter - 05: Technology; Chapter - 06: Data; Chapter - 07: Workforce Experiences; Chapter - 08: Business Outcomes; Chapter - 09: Culture; Section - PART THREE: The next steps for people analytics; Chapter - 10: Transforming people analytics; Chapter - 11: Epilogue - the future of people analytics; Chapter - 12: Concluding remarks; Chapter - 13: Glossary; Chapter - 14: Index

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Book SynopsisThe Wall Street Journal Top Ten BestsellerGrowth IQ shows you the 10 strategies to sustainable growth, based on a purpose-led culture for all businesses.'A worthy successor to Michael Porter, Bova's book is that rare gift: it opens doors for new ideas and new actions. No glib answers here, simply hard-won wisdom that will provoke big changes for organizations large and small.' – Seth Godin, author of LinchpinTiffani Bova, the Growth and Innovation Evangelist at Salesforce, draws on her expertise as a consultant and practitioner to devise a new framework for business leaders looking to pursue growth. We're witnessing an age of endless customization, and growth strategy is no exception. There's no one size fits all strategy; a winning strategy for one business may spell doom for another.In Growth IQ, Bova determines that there are ten simple – but easily misunderstood – growth paths, and explains how companies can get a handle on their particular business context, and use it to determine the right combination and sequence of growth paths to take them into the future. Bova breaks down the strategies deployed by a wide range of companies to show you how:* GE and John Deere have lasted over a century and continue to thrive by combining their strategy of innovative product development with a renewed focus on R&D and customer experience.* Marvel transformed from a struggling comic book publisher to a global entertainment behemoth by realigning their market penetration strategy to focus on comic book characters, instead of just comic books.* Gateway's attempt at market expansion into brick-and-mortar retail led to its failure, while the same move by Apple has accelerated its growth.Whether your company is on a growth spurt, in a worrying stall, or showing signs of decline, Growth IQ is your map to charting the course of your company's future.Table of ContentsUnit - Path 1: Customer Experience Chapter - 1.1: Sephora: A Beautiful Experience Chapter - 1.2: Shake Shack: Radical Hospitality Chapter - 1.3: Starbucks: Losing the Soul of the Past Unit - Path 2: Customer Base Penetration Chapter - 2.1: Red Bull: A Thai Pharmacist and an Austrian Entrepreneur Walk into a Bar Chapter - 2.2: McDonald’s: Ready, Set, Breakfast Chapter - 2.3: Sears: Uprooting Retail Unit - Path 3: Market Acceleration Chapter - 3.1: Under Armour: Sweaty T-Shirts Chapter - 3.2: The Honest Company: Better Living Through Chemistry Chapter - 3.3: Mattel: Toys Will Be Toys Unit - Path 4: Product Expansion Chapter - 4.1: Kylie Cosmetics: Keeping Up with Kylie Jenner (#KUWKJ) Chapter - 4.2: John Deere: And the “Beet” Goes On Chapter - 4.3: Blockbuster: “Be Kind, Please Don’t Unwind Our Business” Unit - Path 5: Customer and Product Diversification Chapter - 5.1: Marvel: Superhero Saves the Day Chapter - 5.2: PayPal: Banking on the Future Chapter - 5.3: LEGO: Coming Apart, Brick by Brick Unit - Path 6: Optimize Sales Chapter - 6.1: Salesforce: Four Men and Two Dogs Chapter - 6.2: Walmart: The Ultimate Retail Matchup Chapter - 6.3: Wells Fargo: A Rhyme Is Not a Reason Unit - Path 7: Churn Chapter - 7.1: Spotify: Winning Playlist Chapter - 7.2: Netflix: Twenty Years Old (and Counting) Chapter - 7.3: Blue Apron: Too Much on the Plate Unit - Path 8: Partnerships Chapter - 8.1: GoPro: Adrenaline Junkies Chapter - 8.2: Airlines: The Friendly Skies Chapter - 8.3: Apple: Killing Me Swiftly Unit - Path 9: Co-opetition Chapter - 9.1: Fiat Chrysler, BMW, and Intel: Joining Forces Chapter - 9.2: Wintel: Attack of the Clones Chapter - 9.3: Cisco-VMware-EMC: Better Together? Unit - Path 10: Unconventional Strategies Chapter - 10.1: TOMS Shoes: Heart and Sole Chapter - 10.2: Lemonade Insurance: When Life Gives You Lemons Chapter - 10.3: Grameen Bank in Bangladesh: On Purpose Chapter - 11: Knowing When to Jump Chapter - 12: Amazon Case Study: Staying in Day One

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Book SynopsisTable of Contents PART I: STRATEGIC BRAND MANAGEMENT: AN INTRODUCTION 1. Brands and Brand Management PART II: DEVELOPING A BRAND STRATEGY 2. Customer-Based Brand Equity and Brand Positioning 3. Brand Resonance and Brand Value Chain PART III: DESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTING BRAND MARKETING PROGRAMS 4. Choosing Brand Elements to Build Brand Equity 5. Designing Marketing Programs to Build Brand Equity 6. Integrating Marketing Communications to Build Brand Equity 7. Branding in the Digital Era 8. Leveraging Secondary Brand Associations to Build Brand Equity PART IV: MEASURING AND INTERPRETING BRAND PERFORMANCE 9. Developing a Brand Equity Measurement and Management System 10. Measuring Sources of Brand Equity: Capturing Customer Mind-Set 11. Measuring Outcomes of Brand Equity: Capturing Market Performance PART V: GROWING AND SUSTAINING BRAND EQUITY 12. Designing and Implementing Brand Architecture Strategies 13. Introducing and Naming New Products and Brand Extensions 14. Managing Brands Over Time 15. Managing Brands Over Geographic Boundaries and Market Segments PART VI: CLOSING PERSPECTIVES 16. Closing Observations

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Book SynopsisThis updated and expanded third edition explains the economic realities of the airline industry and the challenges that the sector now faces to decarbonise aviation.

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Book SynopsisCompanies acquire and merge to generate accelerated value growth. But merger integrations pose an enormous challenge to organisations: they are fraught with over-inflated expectations of making rapid synergy gains, laden with pitfalls inherent to complex organisational change, charged with emotion and are often influenced by socio-psychological dynamics. This complicated situation poses risks, and it is no surprise that many merger integrations turn out to be botched jobs. This book pools the current know-how, and closes important knowledge gaps, to offer hands-on advice and practical answers to the many 'how to' questions relating to merger implementation. It also explains the broader M&A context in which integration projects are rooted, providing a crucially important understanding of how to assess the chances of realising synergy potential and evaluate integration risks. The book demonstrates how integration can succeed and provides a candid overview of everything that needs to be done to navigate one of the most challenging areas of entrepreneurial activity. Business integration managers should view this as a vital instruction manual containing the essentials for the successful organisation of merger integration projects. The book guides PMI-managers through all the relevant fields of action to ensure a successful merger which forms a functioning and profitable business.Trade ReviewOffering business integration managers ideas on restructuring two merged organizations to form a functioning, profitable business, Meynerts-Stiller and Rohloff cover the world in merger and acquisition mode, from the transaction to integration, superordinate integration strategy, managing the uncontrollable, cultural mergers, and functional integration strategies. Specific topics include handing over the baton from the transaction team to the integration team, visible signs of integration readiness, managing the risks of integration, cultural integration, and human resources in the integration process. Distributed in North America by Turpin Distribution. -- Annotation ©2019 * (protoview.com) *Table of ContentsPart I: Introduction Chapter 1. Mergers are back in business Part II: The world in M&A mode Chapter 2. "M&A" as a global market phenomenon Chapter 3. Attempts at explaining the M&A adventure Chapter 4. Merger integration competence Chapter 5. Profile of an integration manager Part III: From the transaction to integration Chapter 6. What goes on prior to implementation Chapter 7. Handing over the baton from the transaction team to the integration team Chapter 8. From signing to closing Chapter 9. Share deal vs. asset deal Part IV: Day 1 Chapter 10. Visible signs of integration readiness Part V: Superordinate integration strategy Chapter 11. Fields of action in strategic integration planning Part VI: Management of the uncontrollable Chapter 12. Integration as a project Chapter 13. How to organize an integration project in an intelligent way Chapter 14. The logic of planning and control Chapter 15. Controlling overall success Chapter 16. Managing the risks of integration Part VII: Cultural mergers Chapter 17. Change management in merger integration Chapter 18. Cultural integration Chapter 19. Leadership development Chapter 20. Strategy, team & divisional development Chapter 21. Feedback loops Chapter 22. Communication Part VIII: Functional integration strategies Chapter 23. HR in the integration process Chapter 24. IT integration Chapter 25. Sales & procurement

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Book SynopsisBeyond a generic innovation toolkit, this book dissects the hidden biases and behavioral traps that too often doom innovation within companies to failure. It takes the reader on a journey to learn how to banish these innovation killers for good and turn their company into an innovation champion. In The Innovation Puzzle, Professor Victor Gilsing reveals that in most cases, these outcomes cannot be blamed on a lack of funding or a failure to follow innovation gurusâ playbooks. Often, the real problem is that companies unwittingly build hidden barriers to innovation within themselves. From the systems they use to structure and monitor their business units to their hiring and promotion policies, not to mention their executivesâ leadership styles. Many of these processes and practices underpinning their core business activities end up depriving innovation of the time, space, vision, talents, and perseverance it needs to succeed. Building on this insight, The Innovation Puzzle hel

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Book SynopsisA taboo-busting critique of the transfer of wealth from the global South to the global North.Trade Review'The most significant book published on the political economy of imperialism in the 21st century, written by the foremost scholar of global imperialism today.' -- Immanuel Ness, author of 'Southern Insurgency: The Coming of the Global Working Class''Global inequality isn't natural; it's created. Zak Cope explains how the rules of the international economy have been designed to benefit a few powerful nations in the Global North at the expense of most of the rest of the world. A brilliant intervention from one of the best scholars in the field.' -- Jason Hickel, Goldsmiths, University of London'Highly important and timely. Required reading for anyone interested in understanding the nature of current global capitalism, rather than remaining hoodwinked by the mythology of equality and liberty' -- Amiya Bagchi, Monash University'Powerfully challenges the imperialism-denial dominating Marxist theory and practice in Europe and North America and influential elsewhere. Whether or not you agree with all its arguments and conclusions, you'll find this to be a stimulating and thought-provoking book' -- John Smith, author of 'Imperialism in the Twenty-First Century'Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables Acknowledgements Introduction Part I - The Mechanics of Imperialism 1. Value Transfer 2. Colonial Tribute 3. Monopoly Rent 4. Unequal Exchange Part II - The Econometrics of Imperialism 5. Imperialism and Its Denial 6. Measuring Imperialist Value Transfer 7. Measuring Colonial Value Transfer 8. Comparing Value Transfer to Profits, Wages and Capital Part III - Foundations of the Labour Aristocracy 9. Anti-Imperialist Marxism and the Wages of Imperialism 10. The Metropolitan Labour Aristocracy 11. The Native Labour Aristocracy Part IV - Social Imperialism Past and Present 12. Social Imperialism before the First World War 13. Social Imperialism after the First World War 14. Social-Imperialist Marxism 15. Conclusion: Imperialism and Anti-Imperialism Today Appendix: Physical Quality of Life in Capitalist and Socialist Countries Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisWhy just be contrarian when you can bet against consensus and be right? Through a meta-analysis of what moves markets and what drives human behavior, New York Times bestselling author and founder of Verdad Advisers, Daniel Rasmussen cuts through the 60/40 portfolio, exposing where empirical evidence shows the best opportunities—and where projections, models, and experts often fail—to create an asset allocation that can withstand the tests of time. In this exploration of intellectual truths in investing, Dan’s research shows that the investor’s edge lies in fundamentals over forecasts, humility over hubris, and demonstrated rules over dogma.

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Book SynopsisOver a decade ago, Tim Houlne wrote The New World of Work, suggesting that many businesses would shift from the cube to the cloud. Work wouldn't just be conducted in the office, and employees could work remotely. While this declaration was met with much resistance, two years of the COVID-19 pandemic changed everything, and many more companies embraced the concept of remote work.Today, Houlne believes we're at another pivotal moment in history where work is about to change again. As Houlne shares in The Intelligent Workforce, we live in a world where everything is digital, and the lines between humans and machines continue to blur at an unfathomable rate. The new world of work has fundamentally shifted how businesses operateproviding employees with a real-time, constant stream of emails, messages, and digital communications.Unfortunately, many executives are far behind the times. They think owning a smartphone or moving away from physical files to digital means they are current with technological trends. But entrepreneurs who plan to be in business for the long term must understand that the level of human and artificial intelligence interactions will increase at an even more rapid rate than digital transitions of the past. For managers, it is critical they adapt to this digital transformation and jobs reset. Work is changing, careers are shifting, and those long sought-after titles and levels of seniority once thought invaluable seemingly devalue by the day.While many fear the future and see machines as a replacement for humanity, Houlne is more optimistic and sees an opportunity for humans and machines to co-create the future. As he details in The Intelligent Workforce, machines are precise while humans have intuition. Combined, these make a powerful combination. There will always be jobs that humans do better than machines and jobs that machines do better than humans.Houlne believes that businesses that continue to invest in AI will accelerate and widen the gap between those that do not. He argues that for most organizations to survive in the coming decade, they must recognize the emerging patterns of the digital workforce, understand the impact these changes will have on their teams and customers, and then take proactive steps to work with rather than against these changes.

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Book SynopsisInternational expert and business guru David Maister offers a brilliant and accessible guide to every management issue at play in professional service firms.

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Book SynopsisIn Jeff Bezos's own words, the core principles and philosophy that have guided him in creating, building, and leading Amazon and Blue Origin. In this collection of Jeff Bezos's writings—his unique and strikingly original annual shareholder letters, plus numerous speeches and interviews that provide insight into his background, his work, and the evolution of his ideas—you'll gain an insider's view of the why and how of his success. Spanning a range of topics across business and public policy, from innovation and customer obsession to climate change and outer space, this book provides a rare glimpse into how Bezos thinks about the world and where the future might take us. Written in a direct, down-to-earth style, Invent and Wander offers readers a master class in business values, strategy, and execution: The importance of a Day 1 mindset Why "it's all about the long term" What it really means to be customer obsessed How to start new businesses and create significant organic growth in an already successful company Why culture is an imperative How a willingness to fail is closely connected to innovation What the Covid-19 pandemic has taught us Each insight offers new ways of thinking through today's challenges—and more importantly, tomorrow's—and the never-ending urgency of striving ahead, never resting on one's laurels. Everyone from CEOs of the Fortune 100 to entrepreneurs just setting up shop to the millions who use Amazon's products and services in their homes or businesses will come to understand the principles that have driven the success of one of the most important innovators of our time. Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos is co-published by PublicAffairs, an imprint of Perseus Books, and Harvard Business Review Press.Trade ReviewA Wall Street Journal Bestseller

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Book Synopsis______________________________NEARLY THIRTY YEARS AGO, Stanford University faculty members Jim Collins and Bill Lazier showed you how to turn an entrepreneurial business into an enduring great company.Beyond Entrepreneurship became a leadership staple, particularly among small and early-stage companies. And while Collins would go on to write a series of famous bestsellers that have sold more than ten million copies worldwide, this lesser-known early work remains the favourite of many of his loyal readers.Now, with Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0, Collins re-shares the timeless insights in Beyond Entrepreneurship alongside new perspectives gleaned after decades of additional research into what makes great companies tick. In Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0, you'll learn how to turn your company into the 2.0 version of itself. You'll be challenged to grow your own leadership as your company grows, from 1x to 2x to 5x to 10x. You'll learn Collins's newest reflections on people decisions, insights that extend beyond his seminal "first who" principle about getting the right people on the bus. You'll learn why luck favours the persistent, and what it means to look for "who luck." You'll learn about the origins of the "BHAG" (Big Hairy Audacious Goal), and why even a small business needs a galvanising BHAG to have a complete and inspiring vision. You'll also unlock what Collins calls "The Map." The Map is a road map that pulls together the key concepts developed from thirty years of research and writing into one integrated framework for building a company that delivers superior results, makes a distinctive impact, and achieves lasting endurance.Finally, you'll learn the lessons that Jim Collins himself learned from the most influential mentor in his life, Bill Lazier. Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0 is the ambitious upgrade to a classic. In Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0, you'll discover that the goal to turn your business into an enduring great company is as relevant - and as within your reach - as ever.

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Book SynopsisFINALIST: Goody Business Book Awards: Leadership: Team Building Organizations are most effective when the teams responsible for their success work together collectively and in a dynamic relationship with the rest of the company. For those involved in developing leadership teams, understanding coaching practices and techniques is essential for enabling the best performance. Leadership Team Coaching provides a comprehensive roadmap for team coaching, explaining all the key elements alongside practical tools and techniques for developing international and virtual teams, executive and non-executive boards and project and account teams in all types of organizations. Featuring case studies and insights from organizations including Deloitte and General Electric (GE), it also contains guidance on choosing the best team coach, creating a team-based culture and common pitfalls to avoid. This fully updated fourth edition of Leadership Team Coaching contains new material on agile teaming, using digital team coaching apps and AI, and training team leaders to coach their own team. It remains an indispensable resource for coaches and senior leaders as well as for those studying coaching as part of a degree or coaching qualification.Trade Review"This book is deservedly a business canon of the twenty first century. A seminal text used worldwide whenever team coaching is considered. In this fourth edition, Prof. Peter Hawkins includes new material that keeps this classic text current and introduces new ideas to push the industry forward. A must have!" * Dr Marc Kahn, Global Head of People & Organisation, Investec Plc and Visiting Professor at Middlesex University, London *"In the decade since the first edition of Leadership Team Coaching was written much has changed and in this new edition, Hawkins expands our vision of team coaching adding new approaches and tools to support each step in the process. He reminds us anew that no transformation can be led by a great individual or heroic leaders in these historically challenging times; instead, we need high value creating teams able to provide collective leadership. His final chapter highlights the historically challenges times we are living in and creates a thought-provoking agenda for moving forward. A must read for all coaches!" * Pam McLean, Ph.D., MCC CEO, Hudson Institute of Coaching California USA *"This wonderful masterpiece is the absolute almanac for anyone who appreciates the power and potential of teams- powerful and prolifically practical it will support leaders, coaches, consultants and anyone who acknowledges the importance of collective wisdom in enacting systemic transformation. A must have." * Paula Wilson, CEO Wilson Sloan Consulting, Master Executive Coach, Team Coach, Coach Supervisor, Northern Ireland, UK *"In a world that has changed so rapidly and is increasingly accelerating, Peter has once again invited us to step into his greater garden of systemic wisdom, updating perspectives around diversity in teams, agile team working, psychological safety and the wider ecology within the field of team coaching. This work is a forward looking brave next step to be taken (most certainly!) by coaches and team coaches, but even more so by all those who sit in team meetings wondering if there is another way." * Ricardo Martins, General Director, CEGOC, Portugal *"The area of team coaching is one in which we all still have so much to learn. Peter continues to be our guide and this latest edition will be another well-thumbed, annotated, and highly regarded book on the shelves here at Belbin HQ." * Jo Keeler, Partner, Belbin, Cambridge, UK *"Peter's approach is a great blend of philosophy, psychology and real application for results. I feel fortunate to have been trained by him. This is the most practical coaching program available today, that is grounded in business results." * Sanjay Mitra, Leadership Coach, Team Coach & OD Practitioner. Member ODLC [OD, Leadership and Change] Hub Committee At NTL Institute For Applied Behavioral Science, US *"As complexity increases and uncertainty is one of the few certainties, team coaches, organizational consultants and team leaders must match the pace of change, becoming active participants in the co-creation of the future world, and the co-delivery of systemic value across multiple connections and partnerships. The 4th edition of Leadership Team Coaching is an important reference guide to new concepts and contexts within this rapidly developing field. Essential reading for anyone who works with teams." * Barbara Walsh, Master Systemic Team Coach and Co-Director of www.teamsandbeyond.com. London, United Kingdom *"With thought-provoking insights and practical tips in every chapter, this book is a resource you'll return to again and again." * Jessica McNicholas, Executive Coach for Senior Leaders and Teams, Refraction Consulting, California, US *"Inspiring to see this benchmark guide to team coaching brought right up-to-date. It illustrates how team coaching can work virtually, and wisely addresses diversity, the new world post pandemic and the global climate crisis." * Dr. Catherine Carr, Author, Systemic Team Coach and Trainer, Vancouver, Canada *"Whether you're a seasoned team coach or leader or have just started working with teams, the fourth edition of this seminal publication is an important resource. Hawkins' enhanced content is impactful and inspires us to be revolutionary." * Tammy Turner, CEO, Turner International, Australia *Table of Contents Section - ONE: High-performing teams; Chapter - 01: Why the world needs more high-performing leadership teams; Chapter - 02: The high-performing team and the transformational leadership team; Chapter - 03: The five disciplines of successful team practice; Section - TWO: Team coaching; Chapter - 04: What is team coaching?; Chapter - 05: The team coaching process and journey; Chapter - 06: Coaching the five disciplines – Systemic team coaching; Section - THREE: Coaching different types of teams; Chapter - 07: Many types of teams; Chapter - 08: Coaching the board; Section - FOUR: The next frontier for systemic team coaching – Beyond the high-performing team; Chapter - 09: Disrupting and renewing team coaching; Chapter - 10: New dimensions for eco-systemic team coaching; Section - FIVE: Creating shared leadership, selecting, developing and coaching your own team – Advice to chief executives and other team leaders; Chapter - 11: Selecting the players for a high-performing team; Chapter - 12: Key steps for CEOs in creating a high-performing team with shared leadership; Chapter - 13: How to find, select and work with a good team coach; Chapter - 14: Developing as a team coach; Chapter - 15: Supervising team coaching; Chapter - 16: Team coaching methods, tools and techniques; Chapter - 17: Conclusion

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Book SynopsisCeleste Headlee explores our unhealthy devotion to efficiency and productivity and shows how we can reclaim our time and our humanity with a little more leisure.Trade ReviewThis book is so important and could truly save lives. Despite working harder than ever, people have never been more depressed, anxious and unhappy. Without a doubt, our modern way of life is not working. In fact, it's killing us. But what is to be done? With intelligence and compassion, Headlee presents realistic solutions for how we can reclaim our health and our humanity from a technological revolution that seems hell-bent on destroying both. I'm so grateful to have read this book. It delivers on its promise of a better lifeDo Nothing is a welcome antidote to our toxic hustle culture of burnout. Through deep research and evocative storytelling, Celeste Headlee shows us how to break free from constant pressure and live the life we truly want -- Arianna Huffington, founder and CEO of Thrive GlobalCeleste Headlee makes a powerful case that productivity is not an inherent virtue - if you're not careful, it can become a vice. If you've ever felt compelled to work harder, this book is a clarion call to work smarter instead. Sometimes you accomplish more by doing lessAt a time when so many people are feeling overworked, overwhelmed and addicted to busyness, work and ever-present technology, Celeste Headlee offers a pathway out. Drawing on extensive research and her own experience, Do Nothing is a powerful reminder that taking the time to stop, connect with others and forge real bonds is vital for building community, fostering empathy and ultimately leads to joyI needed this book. And chances are you need it too. Celeste Headlee does something amazing in Do Nothing. She battles this hectic, stressful time and highlights the things that makes our lives better. Connection. Experience. Self-care. And, above all, she reminds us to get busy livingIn this thought-provoking, well-researched book, Celeste invites readers to push back against the I'm-too-busy narrative and discover what it means to be truly successfulThis book is honest, heartbreaking and hopeful. It's that kind of gem that you read and know you need to hear, know you need to embrace, even if it's challenging. Incredibly well-researched and yet never preachy or dull, this book will help us all reclaim a bit of our humanness if we allow it

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Book SynopsisFrom one of todayâs leading experts in content marketing, Content Inc. is the go-to guide to building a solid small business by establishing a loyal audience before you sell products or services.In these pages, Joe Pulizzi provides a lower-risk, more effective way to create a path to success by re-engineering the process that so often leads to failure: Youâll learn how to develop valuable content, build an audience around that contentâand then create a product for that audience. Content Inc. walks you through the entire process, showing how to: Choose a marketable content topic Figure out where little or no competition exists Choose your top channel for disseminating content Build long-term customer loyalty Monetize your product or service Expand your content into multiple channels Sell your content asset or scale it into a large enterprise This updated edition includes new and e

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Book SynopsisBusiness Research Methods, 14e, contains stand-alone chapters that reflect research industry practices using real examples from all areas of business.  In collaborations with over two dozen industry researchers, Schindler writes a real-world research methods book that distinguishes between big data analytics and small data with an emphasis on decision making.  She eloquently covers ethical issues and their solutions, and has added more coverage of process models, sampling how-to, and data preparation. Conscious of the different learning styles of students, Schindler provides appropriate cues for both visual and verbal learners through the use of in-text exhibits, bolded key terms, conceptual photos throughout and research though-leader quotes in PowerPoints for each chapter. She also used various interim GreenBook Research Industry Trends (GRIT) reports to guide the research for this revision. The latest GRIT Report is based on the largest study of research suppliers aTable of ContentsPart I: Building the Foundation for ResearchChapter 1: Research Foundations and FundamentalsChapter 2: The Research Process: An OverviewChapter 3: Stage 1: Clarify the Research QuestionPart II: The Design of Business ResearchChapter 4: Stage 2: Research Design, An OverviewChapter 5: Stage 2: Sampling DesignAppendix: Calculate the Sample SizeChapter 6: Stage 2: Data Collection Design: Qualitative ResearchChapter 7: Stage 2: Data Collection Design: Observation ResearchChapter 8: Stage 2: Data Collection Design: ExperimentsChapter 9: Stage 2: Data Collection Design: Survey ResearchPart III: MeasurementChapter 10: Stage 3: Measurement FoundationsChapter 11: Stage 3: Measurement QuestionsAppendix: Sources of Measurement QuestionsChapter 12: Stage 3: Measurement InstrumentsPart IV: Collect, Prepare, and Examine the DataChapter 13: Stage 3: Collect, Prepare, and Examine DataAppendix: Better TablesAppendix: Review: Describing Data StatisticallyPart V: Analyze and Interpret DataChapter 14: Stage 4: Hypothesis TestingChapter 15: Stage 4: Measures of AssociationPart VI: Stage 5: Report the ResearchChapter 16: Stage 5: Research Reports: Support Insights and RecommendationsAppendix: Better ReportsPart VII: Research Project OverviewChapter 17: An Integrated Example Case IndexAppendicesA Business Research Proposals and RFPs (with Sample RFP)B Focus Group Discussion GuideC Nonparametric Significance Tests D Selected Statistical TablesReferencesGlossaryIndexes

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