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Harriman House Publishing Quality Investing
Book SynopsisQuality. We all make judgments about it every day. Yet articulating a clear definition of quality in an investing context is challenging. This book addresses the challenge, and distills years of practical investing experience into a definitive account of this under-explored investment philosophy.Finance theory has it that abnormal outcomes do not persist, that exceptional performance will soon enough become average performance. Quality investing involves seeking companies with the right attributes to overcome these forces of mean reversion and, crucially, owning these outstanding companies for the long term. This book pinpoints and explains the characteristics that increase the probability of a company prospering over time - as well as those that hinder such chances. Throughout, a series of fascinating real-life case studies illustrate the traits that signify quality, as well as some that flatter to deceive.The authors'' firm, AKO Capital, has a strong track record of finding and investing in quality companies - helping it deliver a compound annual growth rate more than double that of the market since inception. Quality Investing sheds light on the investment philosophy, processes and tough lessons that have contributed to this consistent outperformance.
£28.00
Columbia University Press The Most Important Thing Illuminated
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewWhen I see memos from Howard Marks in my mail, they're the first thing I open and read. I always learn something, and that goes double for his book. -- Praise for The Most Important Thing, Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO, Berkshire Hathaway If you take an exceptional talent and have them obsess about value investing for several decades-including deep thinking about its very essence with written analysis along the way- you may come up with a book as useful to value investors as this one. But don't count on it. -- Praise for The Most Important Thing, Jeremy Grantham, Cofounder and Chief Investment Strategist, Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo A clear and expert resource for all investors. -- Praise for The Most Important Thing Kirkus Reviews Veteran value-investing manager Howard Marks draws on pithy memos he wrote to clients over the years to dispense insightful advice on everything from risk taking to the role of luck. -- Praise for The Most Important Thing Money Magazine The original is great, but if you're willing to spend a bit more money (eBook is $9.99), this new version does have a little more meat to it. My Money Blog I recommend this book to all who aspire after value investing. Aleph Blog / Money Science This new edition does the nearly impossible; it takes an already classic text and makes it an even more indispensable tool for investors! FocusInvestor.com Ultimately The Most Important Thing Illuminated: Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor is an outstanding read. I'll be referring back to it often. I'd say it's a must-have for every value investor. Seeking Alpha Enlightening and well detailed. Midwest Book Review This is a book I recommend you keep on your desk -- Charles Sizemore Forbes.com Moneybuilder Marks' The Most Important Thing distilled the investing insight of his celebrated client memos into a single volume and, for the first time, made his time-tested philosophy available to general readers. In this edition, Marks's wisdome is joined by the comments, insights, and counterpoints of four renowned investors. Value Walk BlogTable of ContentsIntroduction The Most Important Thing Is... 1. Second-Level Thinking 2. Understanding Market Efficiency (and Its Limitations) 3. Value 4. The Relationship Between Price and Value 5. Understanding Risk 6. Recognizing Risk 7. Controlling Risk 8. Being Attentive to Cycles 9. Awareness of the Pendulum 10. Combating Negative Influences 11. Contrarianism 12. Finding Bargains 13. Patient Opportunism 14. Knowing What You Don't Know 15. Having a Sense for Where We Stand 16. Appreciating the Role of Luck 17. Investing Defensively 18. Avoiding Pitfalls 19. Adding Value 20. Pulling It All Together
£21.25
Pearson Education Brilliant Coaching
Book SynopsisJulie Starr is a highly respected coach and management consultant who works with both organisations and individuals. She has over 20 years' experience within business and change management focusing on the opportunity presented by people. She combines many years of coaching experience with a constant study related to human success and fulfilment, to develop coaching practices and principles that really work.Trade Review'Extremely effective tips on coaching principles backed up by true-to-life examples and exercises throughout. A “brilliant” tool for success.' Stephen R. Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective PeopleTable of ContentsTable of Contents Part One: Awareness What is coaching and how does it work? Coaching as an effective aid to engagement. NEW What is the mindset of a coaching manager? How does our ego limit our ability to coach? UPDATED Part Two: Ability Building rapport or relationship Focussed listening Asking effective questions A flexible style of influence UPDATED Giving constructive feedback Part Three: Application Off-line – Coachee has topic or agenda Off-line – Manager has topic or agenda Off-line – Both coachee and Manager have topic or agenda On-line – Response Coaching Part Four: Action Taking your learning forward Online resources Coaching toolbox aids and templates. NEW
£14.24
Taylor & Francis Ltd Visual Workplace Visual Thinking
Book SynopsisVisual Workplace/Visual Thinking (VWVT) was written by the acknowledged leading expert in workplace visuality. While other books touch upon visual workplace tools and practices, no other author has addressed the topic with the clarity and depth presented here. This is a seminal book, considered by many the definition of the field itself. First published by a small, independent press in 2005, the book won the prestigious Shingo Research Prize in the same year. It was then and remains the only book of its kind that describes the conceptual and practical foundation for workplace visuality, derived from dozens of hands-on implementations in some of the worldâs best or most challenging companies. Written not by an academic, but by a hands-on practitioner who has worked for three decades with companies in various phases of visual transformation, the work carries the reader from the usual starting point of 5S through to the full power of the visual-lean alliance. The bookâs 11 chapters are in four sections. The first defines the visual workplace in relation to operational excellence, along with the eight building blocks of visual thinking. The next section, which targets the cultural conversion, is unexpectedly thrilling as it describes the genuine transformation of both company and employee which is at the heart of every visual conversion. Section 3 maps the logic and sequence of Dr. Galsworthâs 10-Doorway template as you learn about the visual side of 5S, visual standards, visual scheduling, visual material control, visual metrics, visual problem-solving, visual leadership as well as the visual machine and visual-lean office. The final section of VTVW places visual management within the visual continuum, shows you how to use the ten doorways to assess your own company, and concludes with a discussion of the visual-lean alliance, illustrated through a conversion case study.With over 25 full-color albums of visual solutions, 50+ graphs and charts, a detailed table of contents and in-depth Index, this 277-page book positions the technologies of the visual workplace as a premier improvement strategy on every companyâs journey to operational excellence. Trade Review"Galsworth is the world’s foremost authority on visual management. Her book raises the stature of visuality, hardens soft notions about it, and embeds it in structure and theory that—until now—have been missing." Richard J. Schonberger, Ph.D. Author, World Class Manufacturing"Dr. Galsworth continues to produce work in perfect harmony with The Shingo Prize model, with visual concepts, tools, and methods that are essential as companies pursue operational excellence." Robert Miller, Former Executive Director, The Shingo Prize "I’ve been a student of management for 30 years, read countless management books and gone to innumerable conferences. I have never found a better, more powerful system of transformation than Galsworth’s. This comes through on every page of her books. She does that better than anybody." Brent Allen, VP/Operations, Lifetime Products Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah Table of ContentsSection One 1. The Visual Workplace and the Excellent Enterprise 2. The Building Blocks of Visual Thinking Section Two 3. Leadership and the Power Inversion4. The I-Driven CultureSection Three5. Visual Order: Visuality's Foundation6. Visual Standards and Visual Scheduling/Visual Displays 7. Visual Leadership: Metrics, Problem-Solving & Hoshin 8. VisualControls, Pull Systems, and Guarantees 9. Visual Machine®, Office & Macro Environment Section Four 10. Visual Management vs. Visual Workplace 11. Visual Thinking~Visual Transformation RESOURCES
£41.79
Cambridge University Press World Builders
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£18.39
Pearson Education Limited Econometric Analysis Global Edition
Book SynopsisTable of Contents PART I. The Linear Regression Model 1.Econometrics 2. The Linear Regression Model 3. Least Squares 4. Estimating the Regression Model by Least Squares 5. Hypothesis Tests and Model Selection 6. Functional Form, Difference in Differences and Structural Change 7. Nonlinear, Semiparametric and Nonparametric Regression Models 8. Endogeneity and Instrumental Variable Estimation PART II. Generalized Regression Model and Systems of Equations 9. The Generalized Regression Model and Heteroscedasticity 10. Systems of Regression Equations 11. Models for Panel Data PART III. Estimation Methodology 12. Estimation Frameworks in Econometrics 13. Minimum Distance Estimation and the Generalized Method of Moments 14. Maximum Likelihood Estimation 15. Simulation-Based Estimation and Inference and Random Parameter Models 16. Bayesian Estimation and Inference PART IV. Cross Sections, Panel Data and Microeconometrics 17. Binary Outcomes and Discrete Choices 18. Multinomial Choices and Event Counts 19. Limited Dependent Variables, Truncation, Censoring and Sample Selection PART V. Time Series and Macroeconometrics 20. Serial Correlation 21. Nonstationary Data PART VI. Appendices Appendix A: Matrix Algebra Appendix B: Probability and Distribution Theory Appendix C: Estimation and Inference Appendix D: Large Sample Distribution Theory Appendix E: Computation and Optimization Appendix F: Data Sets Used In Applications
£66.49
St. Martin's Publishing Group Grinding It Out
Book SynopsisFew entrepreneurs can claim to have actually changed the way we live, but Ray Kroc is one of them. His revolutions in food service automation, franchising, shared national training and advertising have earned him a place beside the men who founded not merely businesses but entire new industries. This book tells his story.
£8.99
INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US The Discipline of Market Leaders Choose Your
Book SynopsisWhy is it that Casio can sell a calculator more cheaply than Kellogg''s can sell a box of corn flakes? Why can FedEx absolutely, positively deliver your package overnight but airlines have trouble keeping track of your bags? What does your company do better than anyone else? What unique value do you provide to your customers? How will you increase that value next year? As customers'' demands for the highest quality products, best services, and lowest prices increase daily, the rules for market leadership are changing. Once powerful companies that haven''t gotten the message are faltering, while others, new and old, are thriving. In disarmingly simple and provocative terms, Treacy and Wiersema show what it takes to become a leader in your market, and stay there, in an ever more sophisticated and demanding world.Table of Contents* Introduction * How to Fail in Business Without Even Trying * The New Rules of Competition * The Winners Choice * The Discipline of Operational Excellence * One Companys ExperienceAT&Ts Universal Card * The Discipline of Product Leaders * One Companys ExperienceIntel Corporation * The Discipline of Customer Intimacy * One Companys ExperienceAirborne Express * Setting Your Value Discipline Agenda * Creating the Cult of the Customer * Sustaining the Lead * Epilogue
£14.99
Little, Brown & Company Identity Leadership: To Lead Others You Must
Book SynopsisIDENTITY LEADERSHIP helps readers become passionate, purposeful, and meaningful leaders through identifying who they are, their desires, and their abilities.IDENTITY LEADERSHIP by STEDMAN GRAHAM is a very personal and prescriptive guide that is based on the philosophy that you can't lead others until you can first lead yourself--the more you work on yourself, the more you can give to those around you. To know our purpose in life, we begin with our passions, skills, and talents, and with this book we learn how to channel the best of who we are to achieve success for ourselves and those we lead.In IDENTITY LEADERSHIP, Graham takes the reader through a nine-step process designed to show them how to create and reshape their futures as Identity Leaders. The nine steps include:1. Check Your ID2. Create Your Vision3. Develop Your Travel Plan4. Master the Rules of the Road5. Step into the Outer Limits6. Pilot the Seasons of Change7. Build Your Dream Team8. Win by a Decision9. Commit to Your VisionSelf-leaders can create a roadmap that leads to personal growth, development, and improvement of performance in every area of life. IDENTITY LEADERSHIP provides the tools needed to continually plan and execute learning and development of our talents and skills, enabling readers to commit to a personal vision and lead with purpose.
£20.90
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Moments of Truth
Book SynopsisThe president and CEO of Scandinavia Airlines details how to restructure an organization so that customer needs take priority, how to best utilize employees who deal directly with customers, and how to increase employee motivation.
£11.63
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Trade Like a Stock Market Wizard How to Achieve
Book Synopsis"Minervini has run circles around most PhDs tryingto design systems to beat the market." -- JACK SCHWAGER, bestselling author of Stock Market Wizards"Mark's book has to be on every investor's bookshelf. It is about the most comprehensive work I have ever read on investing in growth stocks." -- DAVID RYAN, three-time U.S. Investing Champion"[Minervini is] one of the most highly respected independent traders of our generation. His experience and past history of savvy market calls is legendary." -- CHARLES KIRK, The Kirk Report"One of Wall Street's most remarkable success stories." -- BEN POWER, Your Trading EdgeTHE INVESTOR'S GUIDE TO SUPERPERFORMANCE!Dramatically increase your stock market returns with the legendary SEPA system!For the first time ever, U.S. Investing Champion MarkMinervini reveals the proven, time-tested trading system he used to achieve triple-digit returns for five consecutive years, Table of ContentsTrade Like A Stock Market WizardHow to Achieve Superperformance in Stocks in Any MarketTABLE OF CONTENTS1.Introduction 2.What you need to know first 3.The SEPA strategy 4.Value comes at a price 5.Trading with the trend 6.Categories, industry groups and catalysts 7.Fundamentals to focus on 8.Assessing earnings quality 9.Follow the leaders 10.A picture is worth a million dollars 11.Don’t just buy what you know 12.Risk Management part 1 13.Risk management part 2
£19.54
John Wiley & Sons Inc Amp It Up
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPart I – Amping Up 1 Chapter 1 Introduction: The Power of Amping Up 3 Chapter 2 My Journey from Teenage Toilet Cleaner to Serial CEO 13 Part II – Raise Your Standards 33 Chapter 3 Make Your Organization Mission Driven 35 Chapter 4 Declare War on Your Competitors and on Incrementalism 45 Chapter 5 Put Execution Ahead of Strategy 55 Part III – Align Your People and Culture 63 Chapter 6 Hire Drivers, Not Passengers, and Get the Wrong People off the Bus 65 Chapter 7 Build a Strong Culture 73 Chapter 8 Teach Everyone to Go Direct and Build Mutual Trust 83 Part IV – Sharpen Your Focus 91 Chapter 9 Put Analysis Before Solutions 93 Chapter 10 Align Incentives for Customer Success 99 Part V – Pick Up the Pace 103 Chapter 11 Ramp Up Sales 105 Chapter 12 Grow Fast or Die Slow 113 Chapter 13 Stay Scrappy as You Scale Up 123 Part VI – Transform Your Strategy 131 Chapter 14 Materialize Your Opportunities—the Data Domain Growth Story 133 Chapter 15 Open the Aperture—the ServiceNow Expansion Story 143 Chapter 16 Swing for the Fences—the Snowflake Growth Story 151 Part VII – The Amped-Up Leader 157 Chapter 17 Amp Up Your Career 159 Chapter 18 Just for CEOs—Dealing with Founders and Boards 171 Chapter 19 Conclusion—Great Leaders Have Great Outcomes 181 Acknowledgments 183 Index 185
£19.20
Lean Enterprise Institute,US Managing to Learn: Using Th A3 Management Process
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£56.36
Macmillan Learning Microeconomics
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£69.29
Scribe Publications The Rare Metals War: the dark side of clean
Book SynopsisA celebrated international bestseller that exposes the ticking time-bomb underneath our new technological order. The resources race is on. Powering our digital lives and green technologies are some of the Earth’s most precious metals — but they are running out. And what will happen when they do? The green-tech revolution will reduce our reliance on nuclear power, coal, and oil, but by breaking free of fossil fuels, we are setting ourselves up for a new dependence — on rare metals like cobalt, gold, and palladium. These are essential to electric vehicles, wind turbines, and solar panels, as well as our smartphones, computers, tablets, and other technologies. But we know very little about how rare metals are mined and traded, or their environmental, economic, and geopolitical costs — until now.Trade Review‘Recognising that the latest technologies might not be as green as we like to think is a good place to start planning for a better world.’ -- John Arlidge * The Sunday Times *‘[T]he journalist and filmmaker warns against the optimistic belief that technology is the solution … At a time when many claim to be “citizens of the world” or retreat into naive or hypocritical protectionism, Pitron’s book is an attempt to open people’s eyes to the consequences of their societal choices and lifestyles.’ * Green European Journal *‘Both novel and eye opening … The Rare Metals War is worth the read.’ -- Art Flynn * Irish Examiner *‘French Writer and analyst Guillaume Pitron warns about growing reliance on rare-earth metal — which are necessary to build high-tech products … He shines a light on “the untold story” of the energy and digital transitions.’ * European Scientist *‘An expert account of a poorly understood but critical element in our economy.’ * Kirkus Reviews *‘[E]xposes the dirty underpinnings of clean technologies in a debut that raises valid questions about energy extraction.’ * Publishers Weekly *‘The Rare Metals War is Guillaume Pitron’s urgent exposé of the race for resources and an examination of its environmental and human impacts.’ -- Dan Shaw * Happy Magazine *
£9.99
John Wiley & Sons Valuation Measuring and Managing the Value of
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£67.50
Harriman House Publishing The Crypto Trader
Book SynopsisThe real-life trades and strategies of a successful cryptocurrency trader.
£18.04
Harriman House Publishing The Illusion of Choice
Book SynopsisThe Illusion of Choice identifies the 161/2 most important psychological biases that everyone in business needs to be aware of today - and shows how any business can take advantage of these to win customers, retain customers and sell more.
£13.49
Industrial Press Machinerys Handbook Toolbox
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£128.25
John Murray Press The 80/20 Principle: Achieve More with Less: THE
Book Synopsis"READ THIS BOOK AND USE IT." TIM FERRISSMillions of highly effective people have become more successful by understanding the simple fact that 80% of your results come from 20% of your efforts. All you have to do is identify the 20 percent that leads to 80 percent. The 80/20 Principle shows you how.Richard Koch's million-copy-selling global bestseller is now completely revised and updated, and more powerful and essential than ever. He reveals how the principle works and shows how to use it in a systematic and practical way to vastly increase your effectiveness, and improve your career.The unspoken corollary to the 80/20 principle is that little of what you spend your time on actually counts. But by concentrating on those things that do, you can unlock the enormous potential of the magic 20 percent. Discover how to identify the few methods that will lead to great results, and use them alone. Avoid hard work. Don't push water uphill. Be very selective in what you do. Have a great life. 80/20 is the essential tool for anyone who wants to succeed. Be more effective with less effort by learning how to leverage the 80/20 principle.Trade Review'The 80/20 principle is the cornerstone of results-based living. Read this book and use it.' -- Tim Ferriss, author of The 4-Hour Workweek'Time management is not about organising your daily tasks, it is about organising your essential daily tasks, and dumping the rest. Koch has made millions from this - a bestseller based on just one idea - proving that it works.' -- GQ's 25 Best Business Books'Congratulations! The 80/20 Principle is terrific.' -- Al Ries, bestselling author of Focus and Positioning
£12.74
Pearson Education (US) Financial Accounting Theory
Book SynopsisWilliam Scott received his B. Comm. from Carleton University, and his MBA and Ph.D. from the School of Business, University of Chicago. He is a Fellow of Chartered Professional Accountants Canada. His research has been published in the Journal of Accounting Research, Contemporary Accounting Research, Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, and several other academic journals. He has served on the editorial boards of Journal of Accounting Research, Contemporary Accounting Research, and The Accounting Review; and served a term as Editor of Contemporary Accounting Research. He has taught at Carleton University, University of Chicago, Queen's University at Kingston, University of British Columbia and University of Waterloo, and is now distinguished Emeritus Professor at University of Waterloo. Professor Patricia C. O'Brien is the EY Professor at the School of Accounting & Finance, University of Waterloo. Her research, on topics concerning finanTable of Contents Introduction Accounting Under Ideal Conditions The Decision Usefulness Approach to Financial Reporting Efficient Securities Markets The Value Relevance of Accounting Information The Valuation Approach to Decision Usefulness Valuation Applications The Efficient Contracting Approach to Decision Usefulness An Analysis of Conflict Executive Compensation Earnings Management Standard Setting Economic Issues Standard Setting Political Issues
£178.18
The Pragmatic Programmers Fire in the Valley
Book SynopsisIn the 1970s, while their contemporaries were protesting the computer as a tool of dehumanization and oppression, a motley collection of college dropouts, hippies, and electronics fanatics were engaged in something much more subversive. Obsessed with the idea of getting computer power into their own hands, they launched from their garages a hobbyist movement that grew into an industry, and ultimately a social and technological revolution. What they did was invent the personal computer: not just a new device, but a watershed in the relationship between man and machine. This is their story. Fire in the Valley is the definitive history of the personal computer, drawn from interviews with the people who made it happen, written by two veteran computer writers who were there from the start. Working at InfoWorld in the early 1980s, Swaine and Freiberger daily rubbed elbows with people like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates when they were creating the personal computer revolution. A rich story of colorful individuals, Fire in the Valley profiles these unlikely revolutionaries and entrepreneurs, such as Ed Roberts of MITS, Lee Felsenstein at Processor Technology, and Jack Tramiel of Commodore, as well as Jobs and Gates in all the innocence of their formative years. This completely revised and expanded third edition brings the story to its completion, chronicling the end of the personal computer revolution and the beginning of the post-PC era. It covers the departure from the stage of major players with the deaths of Steve Jobs and Douglas Engelbart and the retirements of Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer; the shift away from the PC to the cloud and portable devices; and what the end of the PC era means for issues such as personal freedom and power, and open source vs. proprietary software.
£25.64
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Ultralearning
Book SynopsisNow a Wall Street Journal bestseller.Learn a new talent, stay relevant, reinvent yourself, and adapt to whatever the workplace throws your way. Ultralearning offers nine principles to master hard skills quickly. This is the essential guide to future-proof your career and maximize your competitive advantage through self-education.In these tumultuous times of economic and technological change, staying ahead depends on continual self-education—a lifelong mastery of fresh ideas, subjects, and skills. If you want to accomplish more and stand apart from everyone else, you need to become an ultralearner. The challenge of learning new skills is that you think you already know how best to learn, as you did as a student, so you rerun old routines and old ways of solving problems. To counter that, Ultralearning offers powerful strategies to break you out of those mental ruts and introduces new training methods to he
£22.49
Manjul Publishing House Pvt Ltd Questions are the Answers
Book SynopsisAllan Pease reveals groundbreaking techniques in Network Marketing to help you achieve unprecedented success. Learn simple skills and strategies to elevate your networking business and income. This book transforms your approach to negotiation and persuasion, offering valuable insights for all readers.
£8.25
Wordsworth Editions Ltd Wealth of Nations
Book SynopsisAdam Smith (1723-1790) was one of the brightest stars of the eighteenth-century Scottish Enlightenment. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations was his most important book. First published in London in March 1776, it had been eagerly anticipated by Smith’s contemporaries and became an immediate bestseller. That edition sold out quickly and others followed. Today, Smith’s Wealth of Nations rightfully claims a place in the Western intellectual canon. It is the first book of modern political economy, and still provides the foundation for the study of that discipline. But it is much more than that. Along with important discussions of economics and political theory, Smith mixed plain common sense with large measures of history, philosophy, psychology, sociology, and much else. Few texts remind us so clearly that the Enlightenment was very much a lived experience, a concern with improving the human condition in practical ways for real people. A masterpiece by any measure, Wealth of Nations remains a classic of world literature to be usefully enjoyed by readers today.
£5.90
Crown Currency Why Nations Fail
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Hay House Inc The Motivation Manifesto
Book SynopsisThe Motivation Manifesto is a poetic and powerful call to reclaim your life and find your own personal freedom from Brendon Burchard the world's #1 high performance coach and #1 New York Times bestselling author of High Performance Habits. It's a triumphant work that transcends the title, lifting the reader from mere motivation into a soaringly purposeful and meaningful life. I love this book. Paulo CoelhoThe Motivation Manifesto is a call to claim our personal power. World-renowned high performance trainer Brendon Burchard reveals that the main motive of humankind is the pursuit of greater Personal Freedom. We desire the grand liberties of choice time freedom, emotional freedom, social freedom, financial freedom, spiritual freedom. Only two enemies stand in our way: an external enemy, defined as the social oppression of who we are by the mediocre masses, and an internal enemy, a sort of seTrade ReviewThe Motivation Manifesto is a poetic and powerful call to reclaim our lives and find our own personal freedom. It's a triumphant work that transcends the title, lifting the reader from mere motivation into a soaringly purposeful and meaningful life. I love this book. -- Paulo Coelho
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Pearson Education Limited Integrated Advertising Promotion and Marketing
Book SynopsisKenneth E. Clow held the rank of Emeritus Professor at the University of Louisiana at Monroe. He previously served at that institution as the Biedenharn Endowed Chair of Business and Dean of the College of Business. Before that time he had been the Dean of the College of Business at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke and the MBA Director at Pittsburg State University. Clow received his PhD from the University of Arkansas. During his career he published 12 additional textbooks, including several with Don Baack, and more than 200 academic journal and conference proceedings articles. Prior to that time he owned and operated a commercial cleaning service in Joplin, Missouri and Fayetteville, Arkansas, which had become one of the largest cleaning services in Southwest Arkansas. Clow passed away in late 2018. Donald Baack is a University Professor at Pittsburg (Kansas) State University and has been on the faculty since 1988. He Table of ContentsPART 1: THE IMC FOUNDATION Integrated Marketing Communications Brand Management Buyer Behaviors The IMC Planning Process PART 2: IMC ADVERTISING TOOLS Advertising Campaign Management Advertising Design Traditional Media Channels PART 3: DIGITAL AND ALTERNATIVE MARKETING Digital and Mobile Marketing Social Media Alternative Marketing PART 4: IMC PROMOTIONAL TOOLS Database and Direct Response Marketing and Personal Selling Sales Promotions Public Relations and Sponsorship Programs PART 5: IMC ETHICS, REGULATION, AND EVALUATION Relations and Ethical Concerns Evaluating an Integrated Marketing Program
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Profile Books Ltd The 22 Immutable Laws Of Marketing
Book SynopsisAl Ries and Jack Trout, two of the world's most successful marketing strategists, call upon over 40 years of marketing experise to identify the definitive rules that govern the world of marketing. Combining a wide-ranging historical overview with a keen eye for the future, the authors bring to light 22 superlative tools and innovative techniques for the international marketplace. The authors examine marketing campaigns that have succeeded and others that have failed, why good ideas didn't live up to expectations, and offer their own ideas on what would have worked better. The real-life examples, commonsense suggestions and killer instincts contained are nothing less than rules by which companies will flourish or fail.
£9.49
John Wiley & Sons Inc The New Wellness Revolution
Book SynopsisRead the Preface, Introduction, and Chapter 1 at thewellnessrevolution. paulzanepilzer. com. Five years ago, Paul Zane Pilzer outlined the future of an industry he called "wellness" and showed readers how they could get in on the profitable bottom floor.Table of ContentsPreface: The Revolution Continues. Introduction: Why Wellness is the Next Big Thing. Chapter One. Why We Need a Revolution. Chapter Two. The Baby Boom Generation: Understanding and Controlling the Demand for Wellness. Chapter Three. What You Need to Know About Food and Diet. Chapter Four. Making Your Fortune in Food. Chapter Five. Making Your Fortune in Medicine. Chapter Six. What You Must Know about Health Insurance. Chapter Seven. The New Health Insurance Solution: Helping Your Customers Finance Their Wellness. Chapter Eight. Making Your Fortune Distributing Wellness. Chapter Nine. Direct Selling – How to Get Started. Chapter Ten. Staking Your Claim: The Next Millionaires. Epilogue: Unlimited Wellness. Appendix A. Fat: What Is It, How Do We Get It, and How Do We Define It? Appendix B. Shifting from Sickness to Wellness Medical Care. Notes. Selected Bibliography. Acknowledgments. About the Author. Index.
£24.00
Simon & Schuster Australia Adapt
Book SynopsisTransform your life and your career with the four steps to adapt effectively to change: Engage, Accept, Activate, Release. ‘A powerful playbook to lead and master change.’ Dominic Price, Atlassian After the global pause in 2020, we returned to a world that feels faster, looser, and less structured – our professional boundaries have been erased, social and cultural norms are shifting rapidly, and at the same time, we're facing profound developments in artificial intelligence. We're facing more change more often, and we're applying a mindset that is simply outdated and no longer fit-for-purpose.Adapt offers a fresh perspective. Andrea Clarke, the award-winning author of Future Fit, argues that rather than retreat from change or resist it, we must engage with it continuously – learning not just how change unfolds, but how we can shape it. With four simple yet powerful principles, she shows how to explore new possibilities using the 80/20 rule, test out small-scale strategies for long-term benefits, and analyse possible futures by flipping the facts and running ‘what if’ scenarios. Whether you’re navigating a business or seeking more stability in your personal life, Adapt will equip you with a new way to master change in an unpredictable world. Our ability to reconcile the past few years – and make sense of what lies ahead – depends entirely on our capacity to adapt. This book reframes change as a powerful tool for growth, opportunity, and lasting transformation.
£11.69
Princeton University Press Mastering Metrics
Book SynopsisApplied econometrics, known to aficionados as 'metrics, is the original data science. 'Metrics encompasses the statistical methods economists use to untangle cause and effect in human affairs. Through accessible discussion and with a dose of kung fu-themed humor, Mastering 'Metrics presents the essential tools of econometric research and demonstratTrade Review"I would be hard pressed to name another econometrics book that can be read for enjoyment yet provides useful quantitative insights."--M.S.R., Financial Analysts JournalTable of ContentsList of Figures vii List of Tables ix Introduction xi 1 Randomized Trials 1 1.1 In Sickness and in Health (Insurance) 1 1.2 The Oregon Trail 24 Masters of 'Metrics: From Daniel to R. A. Fisher 30 Appendix: Mastering Inference 33 2 Regression 47 2.1 A Tale of Two Colleges 47 2.2 Make Me a Match, Run Me a Regression 55 2.3 Ceteris Paribus? 68 Masters of 'Metrics: Galton and Yule 79 Appendix: Regression Theory 82 3 Instrumental Variables 98 3.1 The Charter Conundrum 99 3.2 Abuse Busters 115 3.3 The Population Bomb 123 Masters of 'Metrics: The Remarkable Wrights 139 Appendix: IV Theory 142 4 Regression Discontinuity Designs 147 4.1 Birthdays and Funerals 148 4.2 The Elite Illusion 164 Masters of 'Metrics: Donald Campbell 175 5 Differences-in-Differences 178 5.1 A Mississippi Experiment 178 5.2 Drink, Drank, ... 191 Masters of 'Metrics: John Snow 204 Appendix: Standard Errors for Regression DD 205 6 The Wages of Schooling 209 6.1 Schooling, Experience, and Earnings 209 6.2 Twins Double the Fun 217 6.3 Econometricians Are Known by Their ... Instruments 223 6.4 Rustling Sheepskin in the Lone Star State 235 Appendix: Bias from Measurement Error 240 Abbreviations and Acronyms 245 Empirical Notes 249 Acknowledgments 269 Index 271
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Harvard Business Review Press Lords of Strategy: The Secret Intellectual
Book SynopsisImagine, if you can, the world of business - without corporate strategy. Remarkably, fifty years ago that's the way it was. Businesses made plans, certainly, but without understanding the underlying dynamics of competition, costs, and customers. It was like trying to design a large-scale engineering project without knowing the laws of physics. But in the 1960s, four mavericks and their posses instigated a profound shift in thinking that turbocharged business as never before, with implications far beyond what even they imagined. In The Lords of Strategy, renowned business journalist and editor Walter Kiechel tells, for the first time, the story of the four men who invented corporate strategy as we know it and set in motion the modern, multibillion-dollar consulting industry: Bruce Henderson, founder of Boston Consulting Group Bill Bain, creator of Bain & Company Fred Gluck, longtime Managing Director of McKinsey & Company Michael Porter, Harvard Business School professor Providing a window into how to think about strategy today, Kiechel tells their story with novelistic flair. At times inspiring, at times nearly terrifying, this book is a revealing account of how these iconoclasts and the organizations they led revolutionized the way we think about business, changed the very soul of the corporation, and transformed the way we work.Trade Review"[Kiechel's] 'The Lords of Strategy' is a clear, deft and cogent portrait of what the author calls the most powerful business idea of the past half-century..." -- The Wall Street Journal "This enjoyable book deserves consideration for your physical or virtual bookshelf." -- The Journal of Product Innovation Management "I must say that you've written a great book that reads almost like a juicy tell all." -- Consulting Magazine "Even though we are only 4 months into 2010, it is pretty likely this is going to be the best business book of the year for me. If you are considering, currently in, or recently graduated from, an MBA program, you really must read this book. If this book had been written 10 years ago, it would have saved me a good deal of trouble making my own career decisions." -- RibbonFarm.com Named one of "5 Smart Books" on the origins of the strategies -- SmartMoney.com "...Kiechel has done a real service...in bringing his subject to life. The book serves as a primer as well as a history, and as such almost any executive or B-school student would do well to pick it up." --The Conference Board Review "engaging book" - Strategy + BusinessTable of ContentsTable of Contents Preface: Three Common Suppositions to Be Discarded 1. Strategy as a Case to Be Cracked 2. Bruce Henderson Defines the Subject 3. The Experience Curve Delivers a Shock 4. Loading the Matrix 5. What Bill Bain Wanted 6. Waking Up McKinsey 7. Michael Porter Encounters the Surreal 8. The Human Stain 9. The Paradigm That Failed? 10. Struggling to Make Something Actually Happen 11. Breaking the World Into Finer Pieces 12. The Wizards of Finance Reveal Strategy's True Purpose 13. How Competencies Came to Be Core 14. The Revolution Conquers the World 15. Three Versions of Strategy as People Coda: The Future of Corporate Strategy
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SB Publishing Global Business Management
Book SynopsisFocuses on the major challenges of running marketing and R&D functions in an international business. Insights, into how businesses manage organisation structure and architecture; sourcing and the supply chain; information systems and emerging technologies; and human resources, in different parts of the world-globally, regionally and domestically.Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1. International Business: Shifting Contexts, Changing Priorities 1.1. Introduction 1.2. The Pre-Crisis Shift: From Globalisation to ‘Slowbalisation’ 1.3. The Global Economy: Pre-Crisis Prospects 1.4. The 2020 Crisis: Worse than The Great Depression? 1.5. Global Business Management for Uncertain Times 1.6. Management Learning from the 2020–2021 Crisis 1.7. Conclusion Chapter 2. Structuring and Integrating the International Business 2.1. Introduction 2.2. Centralised or Decentralised Structure? 2.3. Fitting with International Business Strategy 2.4. The International Division Structure 2.5. Geographic Area Structure 2.6. Global Product Division Structure 2.7. Global Matrix Structure 2.8. Evolution and the Need for a Contingency Approach 2.9. Integrating Mechanisms and the Role of Knowledge Management 2.10. Organisational Architecture 2.11. Conclusion Chapter 3. International Marketing and R&D Strategy 3.1. Introduction 3.2. Marketing Strategy and the Marketing Mix 3.3. Customer Lifecycle Marketing 3.4. Product 3.5. Pricing 3.6. Promotion 3.7. Place—Distribution 3.8. Research and Development (R&D) 3.9. Conclusion Chapter 4. Global Sourcing of Production and Services 4.1. Introduction 4.2. Locating Production 4.3. Make-or-Buy Decisions 4.4. Offshoring Global Production and Services 4.5. Deciding on Location Attractiveness 4.6. Nearshoring and Beyond—The Services Scene 4.7. Global Business and IT Services: Sourcing Decisions and Risks 4.8. ITO and BPO: Managing the Outsourcing Lifecycle 4.9 Conclusion Chapter 5. Global Information Systems Management 5.1. Introduction 5.2. Business and IT Alignment—from Strategy to Operations 5.3. Managing Global Enterprise IT Architecture 5.4. Enterprise IT Architecture for the ‘Multinational’ (Localisation) Approach 5.5. Enterprise IT Architecture for the ‘International’ Approach 5.6. IT Enterprise Architecture for the ‘Transnational’ Approach 5.7. Enterprise IT Architecture for the ‘Global’ Approach 5.8. Enterprise IT Architecture and Globalisation: Key Success Factors 5.9. Conclusion Chapter 6. Managing International Finance: Exchange Rates and the IMS 6.1. Introduction 6.2. Markets for Currencies 6.3. Implications for Managers 6.4. Institutions of the International Monetary System 6.5. Managing Exchange Risks 6.6. Cryptocurrencies: Will Their Time Come? 6.7. Conclusion Chapter 7. International Dimensions of Human Resources Management 7.1. Introduction 7.2. Types of Staffing Policy 7.3. Expatriates: Recruitment and Selection 7.4. Expatriate Training and Development 7.5. Performance Appraisal 7.6. Compensation 7.7. Labour Relations 7.8. Does Automation Threaten IHRM? 7.9. International HRM COVID-19 and After 7.10. Conclusion Chapter 8. International Project and Change Management 8.1. Introduction 8.2. International Project Management: Overview 8.3. What Makes for Successful Projects? 8.4. Are International Projects Different? 8.5. Managing Risk in International Projects 8.6. Major International Projects: Effective Change Management 8.7. Conclusion Chapter 9. Moving to Global Digital Business 9.1. Introduction 9.2. SMAC/BRAIDA Technologies 9.3. Developing a Digital Business Model 9.4. Designing for Digital 9.5 Digital Transformation 9.6 A Case In Point: Digital Transformation At DBS 9.7. After the Crisis: Digital Business and Competitiveness 9.8. Conclusion About the Author
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John Wiley & Sons Inc The Big Secret for the Small Investor A New Route
Book SynopsisA simple distillation of modern value investing principles. It is suitable for serious investors from the fourth grade on up.Table of ContentsIntroduction. Chapter One. Chapter Two. Chapter Three. Chapter Four. Chapter Five. Chapter Six. Chapter Seven. Chapter Eight. Chapter Nine. Appendix. Ac knowledgments.
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Little, Brown Book Group The Big Five For Life A story of one man and
Book SynopsisThomas Derale, a mild-mannered businessman from Chicago, embodies leadership''s greatest secret: his companies make fortunes, his people love him, and his customers are willing to wait weeks just to do business with him. At age 55, though, Derale is dying, and through a series of final encounters with key people in his life - primarily his wife, Maggie, and Joe, who regards Thomas as his mentor - we learn about his life, his unique business insights, and the true impact the man and his work has had on the people around him.A business parable with a difference, THE BIG FIVE FOR LIFE is a story of great leadership, savvy decision-making and is a powerful reminder that successful leaders are not just in the business of business - they are in the business of life.
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Abrams Economix
Book SynopsisStimulus: plans: good or bad? Jobs: can we afford them? Money: who's got it? Everybody's talking about the economy, but how can you evaluate what they're saying? How can we, the people, understand what the banks or government knows (or says they know)? Author Michael Goodwin asked himself the same questions and came up with a good answer: explore the development of economic thought, examine the reality of economic practice, add a wry sense of humour and tell all through the graphic medium. In a word, Economix. Goodwin's wit and clarity of writing along with artist Dan Burr's quirky, iconic art transform the dismal science of economics into a fun, fact-filled story about human nature and our attempts to make the most of what we've got . . . and sometimes what our neighbors have got. Economix explains it all from the beginning of Western economic thought to markets, free or otherwise, to economic failures, successes and anomalies, to how our modern economy is grappling with war, climate change and resource limitations. The book's graphic format means complex ideas can be comprehensive and accessible.
£14.44
Rheologica Publishing This is Lean: Resolving the Efficiency Paradox
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IT Revolution Press Project to Product: How to Survive and Thrive in
Book SynopsisIn the Age of Software, will your business dominate and maintain relevance—or will it become a digital relic?As tech giants and startups disrupt every market, those who master large-scale software delivery will define the economic landscape of the 21st century, just as the masters of mass production defined the landscape in the 20th. Unfortunately, business and technology leaders are woefully ill-equipped to solve the problems posed by digital transformation. At the current rate of disruption, half of S&P 500 companies will be replaced in the next ten years. A new approach is needed. In Project to Product, Value Stream Network pioneer and technology business leader Dr. Mik Kersten introduces the Flow Framework—a new way of seeing, measuring, and managing software delivery. The Flow Framework will enable your company's evolution from project-oriented dinosaur to product-centric innovator that thrives in the Age of Software. If you're driving your organization's transformation at any level, this is the book for you. Trade Review"If you want to get rid of obsolete practices and succeed with the new digital, read this book." -- Carlota Perez, author of Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital: The Dynamics of Bubbles and Golden Ages"Project to Product is going to be one of the most influential reads of 2019 and beyond. One that connects work outcomes to business results. One that provides models to make better business decisions. One that gives technology leaders a framework to enable the change necessary for companies to remain relevant.." -- Dominica DeGrandis"Every now and then, a body of work comes along with such timely precision that you think hallelujah! Mik's book Project to Product is the perfect antidote for those businesses struggling with digital transformation, broken Agile implementations, and the onslaught of enterprise disruption. In fact, it's a really important component in the world of flow which is at the forefront of business agility. Not only will this framework help your teams ignite their software delivery cadence but to do it at scale, with high quality, reduced costs, and increased value. And more importantly, with happy teams—with the metrics to prove it." -- Fin Goulding, International CIO at Aviva and co-author of Flow: A Handbook for Change-Makers, Mavericks, Innovation Activists, Leaders: Digital Transformation Simplified and 12 Steps to Flow: The New Framework for Business Agility"I had the pleasure of having an advance copy of Project to Product at my company over the summer—and what an eye opener it is. This book is spot on the journey Volvo Car Group is starting up right now. The insight Mik has in our industry and the way his book describes the Age of Software makes this our new “go to” book for our product journey in our digital landscape!" -- Niclas Ericsson, Senior IT Manager, Volvo Car Corp"With the introduction of the Flow Framework, Mik has provided a missing element to any large-scale Agile transformation. I recommend that anyone involved in complex product delivery read this book and think about how they can apply this thinking to their value stream." -- Dave West, CEO Scrum.org and author of Nexus Framework for Scaling Scrum: Continuously Delivering an Integrated Product with Multiple Scrum Teams"Many large organizations are still applying a management model from the early 1900s optimized for manual labor to everything they do, including complex, unique product development. With this book, Mik provides a great articulation of the importance of focussing on the work not the workers, on the value stream network, and on lessons learned on what to avoid. Mik, who has many years experience working with hundreds of companies on this topic, shares his wisdom and insights via a Flow Framework, which is immensely valuable for organizations who recognize the need to move to better ways of working." -- Jonathan Smart"Project to Product is a very insightful book, and the overall model Mik lays out for the Flow Framework is especially intriguing. Not only does Mik address the complexities of Agile transformation and moving to a product-based development, he also discusses how to get your architecture, process, and metrics integrated in a way to effectively measure value delivery. I got pretty excited about the Flow Framework and look forward to applying it to my own technology transformation activities." -- Ross Clanton, Chief Architect and Managing Director, American Airlines“During our transformation to a '100% Agile' BMW Group IT organization, we discovered early on that the former project portfolio approach did not sufficiently support our journey. Therefore, we started with a transition from 'project to product.' The exchanges with Mik on the topic of product orientation and the Flow Framework was very helpful and a real inspiration for me. The fact that Mik is now sharing his vast knowledge in this book makes me particularly happy. It provides the motivation and the toolset necessary to help create a product portfolio based on a value driven approach. For me it is a must read—and indeed it is also a fun read.” -- Ralf Waltram, Head of IT Systems Research & Development, BMW Group“Organizing software development as a group of loosely connected projects will never lead to good products. Kersten explains how to tie work products to value streams corresponding to features, defects, security, and (technical) debt....A major contribution to the theory of management in the age of software.” -- Carliss Y. Baldwin, William L. White Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, Emerita, and co-author of Design Rules, Volume 1: The Power of Modularity.Table of ContentsTable of Contents List of Illustrations Foreword by Gene Kim Introduction: The Turning Point PART I: THE FLOW FRAMEWORK Chapter 1 The Age of Software Chapter 2 From Project to Product Chapter 3 Introducing the Flow Framework PART II: VALUE STREAM METRICS Chapter 4 Capturing the Flow Metrics Chapter 5 Connecting to Business Results Chapter 6 Tracking Disruptions PART III: VALUE STREAM NETWORKS Chapter 7 The Ground Truth of Enterprise Toolchains Chapter 8 Specialized Tools and the Value Stream Chapter 9 Value Stream Management Conclusion: Beyond the Turning Point RESOURCES Glossary Notes Index Acknowledgments About the Author
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Pearson Education (US) The Option Traders Hedge Fund
Book SynopsisDennis A. Chen is a hedge fund manager, investor, management advisor, and entrepreneur. He is the founder and Chief Investment Officer of Smart Income Partners, Ltd., a hedge fund specializing in generating income using index and equity options. Dennis has been investing and trading equities and options for many years. He has previously served as a management consultant at Bain & Company where he focused on financial services (banking and insurance). He was a principal at Diamond Technology Partners, Inc. As an entrepreneur, Dennis has purchased, improved, and sold several small businesses. He has experience in multiple industries, including banking, insurance, real estate, computer technology, Internet, publishing, advertising, construction, commodities, quick-service restaurants, and automotive. His broad business experience enables him to make better investment decisions at his hedge fund. Dennis earned his MBA from The Wharton School of Business. He also holds a Master's in Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Part I: The Framework Chapter 1: The Insurance Business 5 Chapter 2: Trade Selection 19 Chapter 3: Risk Management 31 Chapter 4: Trade Execution 43 Chapter 5: The Trading Plan 55 Chapter 6: Trading Infrastructure 63 Chapter 7: Learning Processes 73 Part II: Implementing the Business Chapter 8: Understanding Volatility 81 Chapter 9: Most Used Strategies 89 Chapter 10: Operating the Business: Putting Together TOMIC 1.0 from A to Z 121 Part III: Lessons from the Trading Floor Chapter 11: Lessons from the Trading Floor on Volatility 131 Chapter 12: Lessons from the Trading Floor on Risk Management 145 Chapter 13: Lessons from the Trading Floor on Trading and Execution 155 Chapter 14: Lessons from the Trading Floor on the Other Greeks 173 Chapter 15: The Beginning 191 Appendix A: Recommended Reading 195 Appendix B: Strategy Learning Sequence 199 Appendix C: OptionPit.com 201 Appendix D: Kite Spread 203 Index 205
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BenBella Books Project Management for the Unofficial Project
Book SynopsisIn today's workplace, employees are routinely expected to coordinate and manage projects. Yet, chances are, you aren't formally trained in managing projects - you're an unofficial project manager. FranklinCovey experts Kory Kogon, Suzette Blakemore, and James Wood understand the importance of leadership in project completion and explain that people are crucial in the formula for success. This updated and revised edition of Project Management for the Unofficial Project Manager offers practical, real-world insights for effective project management and guides you through the essentials of the people and project management process: Initiate, Plan, Execute, Monitor/Control, Close Unofficial project managers in any arena will benefit from the accessible, engaging real-life anecdotes, memorable “Project Management Proverbs,' and quick reviews at the end of each chapter. If you're struggling to keep your projects organised, this book is for you. If you manage projects without the benefit of a team, this book is also for you. Change the way you think about project management - 'project manager' may not be your official title or necessarily your dream job, but with the right strategies, you can excel.
£14.39
Simon & Schuster These Are the Plunderers
Book SynopsisA Wall Street Journal Bestseller Pulitzer Prize-winning and New York Times bestselling financial journalist Gretchen Morgenson and financial policy analyst Joshua Rosner investigate the insidious world of private equity in this “masterpiece of investigative journalism” (Christopher Leonard, bestselling author of Kochland)—revealing how it puts our entire economy and us at risk.Much has been written about the widening gulf between rich and poor and how our style of capitalism has failed to provide a living wage for so many Americans. But nothing has fully detailed the outsized role a small cohort of elite financiers has played in this inequality. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author Gretchen Morgenson, with coauthor Joshua Rosner, unmask the small group of celebrated Wall Street financiers, and their government enablers, who use excessive debt and dubious practices to undermi
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McGraw-Hill Education Lessons from the Titans What Companies in the New
Book SynopsisThree top Wall Street analysts reveal enduring lessons in sustainable success from the great industrial titansâthe high-tech companies of their dayâto the disruptors that now dominate the economy.Before Silicon Valley disrupted the world with new technologies and business models, Americaâs industrial giants paved the way. Companies like General Electric, United Technologies, and Caterpillar were the Google and Amazon of their day, setting gold standards in innovation, growth, and profitability. Todayâs leaders can learn a great deal from their successes, as well as their missteps. In this essential guide, three veteran Wall Street analysts reveal timeless lessons from the titans of industryâand offer battle-tested survival tactics for an ever-changing world. Youâll learn: how GE became the largest company on earthâonly for a culture of arrogance to set in motion the largest collapse in history how Boeing reassessed risks, raised profitsâand Table of ContentsACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION C H A P T E R1 GENERAL ELECTRIC PART I The Jack Welch Years and the Cash Flow MachineThat Created the Largest Company on EarthC H A P T E R2 GENERAL ELECTRIC PART II How a Culture of Arrogance Led to theLargest Collapse in American HistoryC H A P T E R3 BOEING A Struggle to Find Balance in Risk ManagementC H A P T E R4 DANAHER Process-Driven ReinventionC H A P T E R5 HONEYWELL How Cultural Transformation Led One ofthe Greatest Turnarounds in HistoryC H A P T E R6 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES The Dangers of Fixed IncentivesC H A P T E R7 CATERPILLAR Avoiding the Forecasting TrapC H A P T E R8 ROPER The Amazing Untold Story of Brian Jellison andHis Timeless Lessons on CompoundingC H A P T E R9 TRANSDIGM How to Turn a Million into a BillionC H A P T E R10 STANLEY BLACK & DECKER Adding a Digital LayerC H A P T E R11 UNITED RENTALS Asset Sharing Done RightC H A P T E R12 THE IMPORTANCE OF BUSINESS SYSTEMSAND OTHER KEY LESSONS FROM INDUSTRIALS INDEX
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HarperCollins Publishers Liftoff
Book SynopsisJust read it.' Elon MuskThe dramatic inside story of SpaceX ? the world''s leading edge rocket company, whose charismatic and controversial founder now advises the White HouseSpaceX has enjoyed a miraculous decade. Less than 20 years after its founding, it boasts the largest constellation of commercial satellites in orbit, has pioneered reusable rockets, and in 2020 became the first private company to launch human beings into orbit. Half a century after the space race SpaceX is pushing forward into the cosmos, laying the foundation for our exploration of other worlds.But before it became one of the most powerful players in the aerospace industry, SpaceX was a fledgling startup, scrambling to develop a single workable rocket before the money ran dry. The engineering challenge was immense; numerous other private companies had failed similar attempts. And even if SpaceX succeeded, they would then have to compete for government contracts with titans such as Lockheed Martin and Boeing, who had tens of thousands of employees and tens of billions of dollars in annual revenue. SpaceX had fewer than 200 employees and the relative pittance of $100 million in the bank.In Liftoff, Eric Berger takes readers inside the wild early days that made SpaceX. Focusing on the company's first four launches of the Falcon 1 rocket, he charts the bumpy journey from scrappy underdog to aerospace pioneer. drawing upon exclusive interviews with dozens of former and current engineers, designers, mechanics, and executives, including Elon Musk. The enigmatic Musk, who founded the company with the dream of one day settling Mars, is the fuel that propels the book with a daring vision for the future of space this same bravado has now landed him a role in the second Trump administration.Trade Review‘Berger vividly weaves a tale of technology development at its most heroic …The result is a rousing—and hopeful—saga of hard-won innovation succeeding on an epic scale.’PUBLISHERS WEEKLY STARRED REVIEW ‘Berger writes with the kind of hard-won insider authority that only comes through covering the nuts and bolts of the commercial space industry for the past twenty years’ FORBES ‘Eric Berger does a fine job of telling the white-knuckle story of how SpaceX was created in 2002 and came close to collapse several times. Although Liftoff recounts the experiences of many of SpaceX’s brilliant engineers, the near-maniacal Musk is almost at the heart of the story.’ FINANCIAL TIMES ‘Eric Berger's book uses unparalleled access to Musk and all of SpaceX's early staff to place the reader right among them. It is written with verve and polish to keep you turning the pages.’ SPECTATOR ‘The compelling story of how Elon Musk’s relentless quest to get humans to Marks helped SpaceX succeed against the odds makes great reading’ NEW SCIENTIST “This is a book that will hold your rapt attention from start to finish.” — CHARLES BOLDEN, Former NASA Administrator and Four-Time Astronaut ‘The elegant brilliance of the engineering that allows today’s space rockets to land themselves back on earth – or at sea – right way up, and on target to the inch, is all the doing of the teams assembled by Elon Musk – and the story of how he did it, and how for sure he will get us to Mars whether we like it or not, is told in appropriately stellar fashion by Eric Berger in a book that held me captive, in earth orbit, from prologue to epilogue, countdown to splashdown.’—SIMON WINCHESTER
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Harvard Business Review Press HBRs 10 Must Reads 2026
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Facet Publishing The Chief Data Officer's Playbook
Book SynopsisThis fully revised and updated edition of the bestselling Chief Data Officer’s Playbook offers new insights into the role of the CDO and the data environment. Written by two of the world’s leading experts in data driven transformation, it addresses the changes that have taken place in ‘data’, in the role of the ‘CDO’, and the expectations and ambitions of organisations. Most importantly, it will place the role of the CDO into the context of a c-suite player for organisations that wish to recover quickly and with long-term stability from the current global economic downturn.New coverage includes: the evolution of the CDO role, what those changes mean for organisations and individuals, and what the future might hold a focus on ethics, the data revolution and all the areas that help readers take their first steps on the data journey new conversations and experiences from an alumni of data leaders compiled over the past three years new chapters and reflections on being a third generation CDO and on working across a broad spectrum of organisations who are all on different parts of their data journey. Written in a highly accessible and practical manner, The Chief Data Officer’s Playbook, Second Edition brings the most up-to-date guidance to CDO’s who wish to understand their position better; to those aspiring to become CDO’s; to those who might be recruiting a CDO and to recruiters to understand an organisation seeking a CDO and the CDO landscape. Table of ContentsThe Chief Data Officer's Playbook
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Cambridge University Press Replacing GDP by 2030
Book SynopsisHow did Gross domestic product (GDP) become the world''s most influential indicator? Why does it still remain the primary measure of societal progress despite being widely criticised for not considering well-being or sustainability? Why have the many beyond-GDP alternatives not managed to effectively challenge GDP''s dominance? The success of GDP and the failure of beyond-GDP lies in their underlying communities. The macro-economic community emerged in the aftermath of the Great Depression and WWII. This community formalised their ''language'' in the System of National Accounts (SNA) which provided the global terminology with which to communicate. On the other hand, beyond-GDP is a heterogeneous community which speaks in many dialects, accents and languages. Unless this changes, the ''beyond-GDP cottage industry'' will never beat the ''GDP-multinational''. This book proposes a new roadmap to 2030, detailing how to create a multidisciplinary Wellbeing and Sustainability Science (WSS) with a common language, the System of Global and National Accounts (SGNA).Trade Review'This book shows why a 'beyond-GDP world' is needed and how it can be built. A must-read contribution to the move towards a sustainable future.' Enrico Giovannini, Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata and former Minister of Labour and Social Policies in the Italian government'In crisp prose, Rutger Hoekstra conveys an important message. We won't convince policy makers to look beyond GDP simply by multiplying the production of well-being indicators. Something more is clearly needed.' Marco Mira d'Ercole, Head of Household Statistics, OECD'This book by environmental economist Hoekstra does not only offer a good read and an excellent introduction to the big debate about GDP and beyond GDP. It also provides a clear strategy to make beyond-GDP much more effective and to learn from the success of GDP as an indicator and language.' Frits Bos, CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economics Policy Analysis and author of The National Accounts as a Tool for Analysis and Policy: in View of History, Economic Theory and Data Compilation Issues'There are many publications criticising, for the right or for the wrong reasons, GDP and national accounts. But hardly anyone comes up with a valid way-out. Rutger Hoekstra not only puts forward a well thought-out alternative, but also provides a strategy for replacing the hegemony of GDP. Will it work?' Peter van de Ven, Head of National Accounts, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development'This is a powerful and timely contribution to the debate about how to move beyond GDP - and what to use instead - in seeking to understand the economy and bring about improvements in people's lives. There is no question that the conventional economic statistics have outlived their use; they obscure rather than enlighten. The importance of this book is in its thoughtful and detailed proposals for change.' Diane Coyle, Bennett Professor of Public Policy, University of Cambridge and author of GDP: A Brief but Affectionate History'The beyond-GDP discussion has been raging on for decades, and progress has been slow. Drawing upon years of experience as a high-level international statistician, Rutger Hoekstra offers an original and highly informed view from the trenches on the why and how. His innovative and ambitious proposal for a way out deserves to be widely read and discussed.' Marcel Timmer, Director of the Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC), Rijksuniversiteit Groningen'I therefore cannot recommend highly enough environmental economist Rutger Hoekstra's book Replacing GDP by 2030. In my view it is the most interesting and thoroughly evidence based approach to taking the debate on replacing GDP forward. It should be required reading for every economic minister and spokesperson as well as every research body in Scotland.' Roger Mullin, The NationalTable of ContentsPart I. Why A New Strategy Is Needed; 1. Replacing the most influential indicator in the world; 2. Why is GDP successful?; 3. What does GDP measure (and what does it not)?; 4. Why is beyond-GDP not successful?; Part II. The New Strategy: A Community for Well-being and Sustainability: 5. Outline of the strategy; 6. Global environmental accounts (GENA); 7. Global societal accounts (GSA); 8. Global economic accounts (GECA); 9. Global distribution accounts (GDA); 10. Global quality accounts (GQA) and quality indicators; 11. Implementation of the strategy.
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St Martin's Press Radical Candor Fully Revised Updated Edition
Book Synopsis* New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller multiple years running* Translated into 20 languages, with more than half a million copies sold worldwide* A Hudson and Indigo Best Book of the Year* Recommended by Shona Brown, Rachel Hollis, Jeff Kinney, Daniel Pink, Sheryl Sandberg, and Gretchen RubinRadical Candor has been embraced around the world by leaders of every stripe at companies of all sizes. Now a cultural touchstone, the concept has come to be applied to a wide range of human relationships.The idea is simple: You don''t have to choose between being a pushover and a jerk. Using Radical Candoravoiding the perils of Obnoxious Aggression, Manipulative Insincerity, and Ruinous Empathyyou can be kind and clear at the same time.Kim Scott was a highly successful leader at Google before decamping to Apple, where she developed and taught a management class. Since the original pub
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