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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsForeword xiii Acknowledgments xvii Chapter One – Introduction to the Second Edition 1 We All Practice Conflict Resolution Daily 3 Diagnosis: Finding the Root Causes of Conflict 4 Theories vs. Models in a Practice Profession 6 A Wide Range of Conflict Analysis Models 9 Becoming a Reflective Practitioner 11 Summary 13 How to Use This Book 14 Chapter Two – Overview of the Models 17 Why These Nine Models? 17 Model #1—The Stairway (Interests/Rights/Power) Model 18 Model #2—The Triangle of Satisfaction 18 Model #3—The Circle of Conflict 19 Model #4—The Dynamics of Trust 19 Model #5—The Law of Reciprocity 20 Model #6—The Loss Aversion Bias 20 Model #7—The Boundary Model 21 Model #8—The Social Styles Model 22 Model #9—Moving Beyond Conflict 22 Chapter Three – The Conflict Story: A Case Study 23 A Case Study 23 Chapter Four – Model #1: The Stairway (Interests/Rights/Power) 27 Background of the Stairway Model 27 Diagnosis with the Stairway Model 27 Case Study: The Stairway Diagnosis 32 Strategic Direction from the Stairway Model 33 Case Study: Stairway Strategic Direction 35 Assessing and Applying the Stairway Model 36 Practitioner’s Worksheet for the Stairway Model 37 Additional Case Study—Stairway Model 38 Chapter Five – Model #2: The Triangle of Satisfaction 43 Background of the Triangle Model 43 Diagnosis with the Triangle of Satisfaction 43 Case Study: Triangle of Satisfaction Diagnosis 45 Strategic Direction from the Triangle of Satisfaction 49 Case Study: Triangle of Satisfaction Strategic Direction 52 Assessing and Applying the Triangle of Satisfaction Model 55 Practitioner’s Worksheet for the Triangle of Satisfaction Model 57 Additional Case Study: Triangle of Satisfaction 59 Chapter Six – Model #3: The Circle of Conflict 67 Background of the Circle of Conflict Model 67 Diagnosis with the Circle of Conflict 67 Case Study: Circle of Conflict Diagnosis 72 Strategic Direction from the Circle of Conflict 75 Case Study: Circle of Conflict Strategic Direction 76 Assessing and Applying the Circle of Conflict Model 79 Practitioner’s Worksheet for the Circle of Conflict Model 81 Additional Case Study—Circle of Conflict 85 Chapter Seven – Model #4: The Dynamics of Trust 95 Background of the Trust Model 95 Diagnosis with the Trust Model 99 Case Study: Trust Model Diagnosis 104 Strategic Direction from the Trust Model 107 Case Study: Trust Model Strategic Direction 115 Assessing and Applying the Trust Model 118 Practitioner’s Worksheet for the Trust Model 119 Additional Case Study: Trust Model 120 Chapter Eight – Model #5: The Law of Reciprocity 129with Cal Furlong Background of the Natural Laws 129 The Law of Reciprocity 130 Diagnosis with the Law of Reciprocity 134 Case Study: Reciprocity Diagnosis 136 Strategic Direction from the Law of Reciprocity 137 Case Study: Reciprocity Strategic Direction 139 Assessing and Applying the Law of Reciprocity 140 Additional Case Study—Law of Reciprocity 141 Chapter Nine – Model #6: The Loss Aversion Bias 143with Cal Furlong Background of the Loss Aversion Bias 143 Diagnosis with the Loss Aversion Bias 146 Case Study: Loss Aversion Diagnosis 148 Strategic Direction from the Loss Aversion Bias 150 Case Study: Loss Aversion Strategic Direction 156 Assessing and Applying the Loss Aversion Bias 157 Additional Case Study—Loss Aversion 157 Chapter Ten – Model #7: The Boundary Model 161 Background of the Boundary Model 161 Diagnosis with the Boundary Model 161 Case Study: Boundary Model Diagnosis 165 Strategic Direction from the Boundary Model 167 Case Study: Boundary Model Strategic Direction 168 Assessing and Applying the Boundary Model 170 Practitioner’s Worksheet for the Boundary Model 170 Additional Case Study: Boundary Model 172 Chapter Eleven – Model #8: The Social Style Model 179 Background of the Social Style Model 179 Diagnosis with the Social Style Model 181 Case Study: Social Style Diagnosis 185 Strategic Direction from the Social Style Model 187 Case Study: Social Style Strategic Direction 193 Assessing and Applying the Social Style Model 194 Practitioner’s Worksheet for the Social Style Model 195 Additional Case Study: Social Style Model 197 Chapter Twelve – Model #9: Moving Beyond the Conflict 203 Background of the Moving Beyond Model 203 Diagnosis with the Moving Beyond Model 205 Case Study: Moving Beyond Diagnosis 209 Strategic Direction from the Moving Beyond Model 213 Case Study: Strategic Direction with the Moving Beyond Model 218 Assessing and Applying the Moving Beyond Model 225 Practitioner’s Worksheet for the Moving Beyond Model 225 Additional Case Study—Moving Beyond Model 226 Chapter Thirteen – Conclusion 231 Index 233

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Book SynopsisTheo Smith is a VP of a HR tech start-up Zinc.Work, and previously, the Recruitment Manager at NICE (The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence). Based in the UK, he was selected to be part of the Resourcing Leaders 100 (RL100), Europe's leading network of resourcing leaders. Prior to this he was the Resourcing Manager at TMP Worldwide UK, now part of PeopleScout. He is also the host of several podcasts including 'Neurodiversity - Eliminating Kryptonite & Enabling Superheroes'.Professor Amanda Kirby is the Founder and CEO of Do-IT Solutions, a tech for good company specialising in neurodiversity screening tools. She has more than 25 years' experience working in the field of neurodiversity, publishing more than 100 research papers, and is internationally recognized for her work with 1000s of families and neurodivergent adults. She is also a medical doctor. Based in the UK, she advises Department of Work and Pensions on Neurodiversity as well as being an emeritusTrade Review"A book that will enable you to think differently about people who.... think differently. An incredibly insightful read that perfectly brings together why organizations should value neurodiverse talent and how they can best provide an environment for that talent to shine. It takes you on an incredible journey from understanding why neurodiversity is important, all the way to the successes that organizations can hope for - stopping off on the way to deliver impactful, practical and real-life advice for anyone whose role it is to hire, develop or retain talent." * Alan Walker, Co-founder of Udder & ChatTalent. #HRTech Consulting and Advisory - the Udder way *"The book is packed with great case studies, examples and important messaging to take away, plus incredible insights and explanations of the spiky profiles we all have (some more than others). In the authors' words: "True change requires commitment - sustained and anticipatory" - this book will help any reader on that journey - it's one of the most detailed texts I have encountered on the subject." * Jean Hewitt, Senior Inclusive Design Consultant, BuroHappold Engineering *"Neurodiversity at Work is a compelling look into how we can leverage neurodiversity strengths into our workplace. It is truly an inspiring must-read for all as it provides practical ways for inclusivity of neurodiversity to drive innovation and growth!" * Christine Ramsay, CDP (Certified Diversity Professional), Founder and CEO of Ignite Inclusion, LLC *"Neurodiversity is an important area of DE & I, that has only really come into our conscience over the last few years. We know this impacts a wide range of people either in the workforce or finding insurmountable challenges to get in it. I applaud both authors for their honesty in sharing their own lived experience of work, and for collecting so many stories to share. This is a real almanac for making difference. Reading over, let the hard work start." * Bill Boorman, Strategic Advisor, #Tru Founder, Rebel Rouser *"Neurodiversity is one of the most important and untapped opportunities in business today. This book clearly explains the issue and honours the necessity to pay close attention to every employee's individual needs and leverage people's extra special capabilities in unique and powerful ways." * Josh Bersin, Principal and Founder, Deloitte Consulting LLP *"I want to give huge credit to Amanda Kirby and Theo Smith who have brought their whole selves, personal and professional, to create an up-to-date guide on neurodiversity in the workplace. They provide a comprehensive review the current perspectives of the neurodiversity paradigm, good practice in the workplace and real-world examples of innovative programmes and strategies. There is no such thing as a 'Degree in Neurodiversity' for HR / D&I Professionals, but for anyone looking to expand their knowledge in this field, this book is as close as you are going to get to it!" * Aidan Healy, Chief Executive Officer, Lexxic *Table of Contents Chapter - 00: Introduction; Chapter - 01: Why neurodiversity is important; Chapter - 02: Labels - What do they mean?; Chapter - 03: Categories and spiky profiles; Chapter - 04: Eliminating kryptonite and enabling superheroes; Chapter - 05: Pre-employment - The lost demographics; Chapter - 06: Policies and procedures - What's the legal stuff all about?; Chapter - 07: How can employers attract neurodiverse talent in recruitment?; Chapter - 08: Apprenticeships, internships, work placements and hiring schemes; Chapter - 09: Interviews and assessments; Chapter - 10: Making workplace adjustments; Chapter - 11: Induction and onboarding; Chapter - 12: Line management means having good conversations; Chapter - 13: Everyday meetings, conferences and seminars - Planning to be neuro-inclusive; Chapter - 14: Champions, staff networks and communities - How to succeed in being an inclusive workplace; Chapter - 15: Future workspaces and workplaces; Chapter - 16: Next Steps! Inclusion, equity and diversity = belonging - No one fits into one neat box; Chapter - 17: Appendix; Chapter - 18: Glossary

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Book SynopsisThe road to licensing a profitable, innovative product or technology is riddled with curves, holes, and rocky cliffs. The President of the United Inventors Association shows inventors, innovators, and makers a better path towards monetizing your creations and how to avoid the get-rich-quick scammers.Every year, hundreds of thousands of eager inventors around the globe spend millions of dollars seeking assistance from inventor service companies and individuals claiming to be experts in the innovation and licensing fields, though their actual success rates are poor in relation to the dollar amounts they charge.The reality is, according to Inventors’ Digest™, while 78% of new inventors believe they will make over a million dollars with their inventions, less than 1% actually do. Marketers prey on this scenario for their own financial gain.In Inventor Confidential, inventor advocate Warren Tuttle tips the odds back in t

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Book SynopsisToday, the European Union is facing a crisis as serious as anything it has experienced since its origins more than half a century ago. What makes this so serious is that it is not a single crisis but rather multiple crises – the euro crisis, the migration/refugee crisis, Brexit, etc. – that overlap and reinforce one another, creating a cumulative array of challenges that threatens the very survival of the EU. For the first time in its history, there is a real risk that the EU could break up. This volume brings together sociologists, economists and political scientists from around Europe to shed light on how the EU got into this predicament. It argues that the multiple crises that have plagued the European Union in the last decade stem to a large extent from flaws in its construction and that these flaws are consequences of the political processes that led to the formation of the EU – in other words, the decisions that made possible the development of the EU created the conditions for the multiple crises it experiences today. This timely and wide-ranging book on one of the most important issues of our time will be of great interest to students and scholars in the social sciences, to politicians and policy-makers and to anyone concerned with Europe and its future.Trade Review"Castells and his colleagues convincingly show that the multiple crises facing Europe today - from Greece to Brexit - are not problems imposed on it from without but are to a large extent crises of its own creation. Their wide-ranging and insightful account should be read by everyone concerned with Europe and its future - and above all by those politicians and policy-makers who could change the direction of the EU before it's too late." Paul Mason, author of Postcapitalism: A Guide to Our Future"To understand what we Europeans must do to secure a brighter future together, firstly we must understand the multifaceted nature of the challenges that our common project is facing. This insightful book reminds us that constructive self-criticism is an indispensable exercise in today's Europe." Javier Solana, President at ESADE Geo-Center for Global Economy and Geopolitics and Distinguished Fellow at the Brookings Institution"Europe's Crises takes the reader on a journey of relationships and interdependencies, from Maastricht to Brexit [,..] [and] unlike the mainstream media's insistence on hiding the wider context, the reader is constantly reminded of the history, geography and wider geopolitics impacting on the daily lives of Europeans."Morning Star Table of Contents List of Contributors List of Figures Introduction Part I: Economic Crises Chapter 1: The End of European Integration as We Knew It: A Political Economy Analysis Olivier Bouin Chapter 2: Making Sense of the Greek Crisis, 2010-2016 Manos Matsaganis Chapter 3: The Consequences of Crisis on the European Banking System Emilio Ontiveros Chapter 4: The Financial Crisis and the Restructuring of the Italian Banking System Sviatlana Hlebik Chapter 5: European Science and Technology in a Time of Crisis: ERC, EIT and Beyond João Caraça et al. Part II: Social Crises Chapter 6: Austerity and Health: The Impact of the Crisis in the UK and Rest of Europe David Stuckler et al. Chapter 7: Suffering: The Human and Social Costs of Economic Crisis John B. Thompson et al. Chapter 8: Achilles’ Heel: Europe’s Ambivalent Identity Manuel Castells Chapter 9: Europe Facing Evil: Xenophobia, Racism, anti-Semitism and Terrorism Michel Wieviorka Chapter 10: Europe and Refugees: Tragedy Bordering on Farce Paul Collier Part III: Political Crises Chapter 11: The Crisis of Legitimacy of European Institutions Sara B. Hobolt Chapter 12: Narratives of Responsibility: German Politics in the Greek Debt Crisis Claus Offe Chapter 13: The Double Crisis of European Social Democracy Colin Crouch Chapter 14: The Rise of the Radical Right Michel Wieviorka Chapter 15: From Crisis to Social Movement to Political Change: Podemos in Spain Manuel Castells Chapter 16: Italy: Autumn of the Second Republic by Pierfranco Pelizzetti Chapter 17: Brexit: The Causes and Consequences of the UK’s Decision to Leave the EU Geoffrey Evans et al. Chapter 18: Social Movements, Participation and Crisis in Europe Gustavo Cardoso et al. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisStephen Bayley (Author) In the 1970s, Terence Conran plucked Stephen from the obscurity of provincial academe to do his good works. One result was The Boilerhouse Project, promoting design in London's V&A, which became the most successful gallery of the eighties. Another result was the influential Design Museum. Stephen has since become one of the world's best-known commentators on design and popular culture.Roger Mavity (Author) Roger had been hired by Terence many times, and fired nearly as often. First at the French Gold Abbott ad agency where Roger won the Habitat advertising account; then at two more agencies including Mavity Gilmore, his own business. In 2006 he became Chief Executive of Conran Holdings, Terence's business empire, where he stayed for seven years. Roger also ran his own ad agency for ten years and was Chief Executive of Granada Group's technology and leisure divisions for another ten years. He quit business to work as a writer anTrade ReviewIf only I had read this book at the beginning of my career, where would I be now? -- Sir Terence ConranThis book isn't just about business. It's also about life. That's why you should read it. -- Sir John HegartyOne of the most honest books I’ve read in a long, long time. Maybe forever. -- Erik Hansen * tompeters.com *Crammed with ideas and rich in the kind of quotations that have a way of giving you a jolt up the spine and lodging themselves in your brain. * Time Out *

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Book SynopsisA practitioner''s guide to finding alpha in fixed income trading in emerging markets Emerging fixed income markets are both large and fast growing. China, currently the second largest economy in the world, is predicted to overtake the United States by 2030. Chinese fixed income markets are worth more than $11 trillion USD and are being added to global fixed income indices starting in 2019. Access for foreigners to the Indian fixed income market, valued at almost 1trn USD, is also becoming easier a trend repeated in emerging markets around the world. The move to include large Emerging Market (EM) fixed income markets into non-EM benchmarks requires non-EM specialists to understand EM fixed income. Trading Fixed Income in Emerging Markets examines the principle drivers for EM fixed income investing. This timely guide suggests a more systematic approach to EM fixed income trading with a focus on practical trading rules on how to generate alpha, assisting EM practTable of ContentsList of Figures xi List of Tables xvi Introduction xvii Acknowledgements xxi Acronyms xxiii Chapter 1 EMFX and Fixed Income: Where the Opportunities Lie 1 1.1 EM Debt – Growing Too Fast to Ignore 1 1.2 Returns Too Attractive to Ignore 4 1.3 EM as an Alpha Opportunity 7 1.4 Scope for Even More Alpha 9 1.5 Summary 12 Chapter 2 Global Macro Rules 13 2.1 What You Need to Get Right: 65% Global, 35% Local 13 2.2 When the US Sneezes, the World (Still) Catches a Cold 18 2.3 EM Central Banks Stimulate as Fast as Markets Allow 20 2.4 When Bullish on US Rates, EM Rates Outperform EM Credit 22 2.5 When Bullish on EUR, Overweight CEEMEA Over Asia 26 2.6 When Bullish on Commodities, Overweight Latam Over Asia 30 2.7 Risk Aversion Barely Hurts EM Rates 34 2.8 Rising US HY Spreads Worse than Rising VIX 37 2.9 Summary 38 Chapter 3 China: The Only Emerging Market that Counts 40 3.1 Global Business Cycle Made in China 40 3.2 The Commodity Link 42 3.3 On Leverage 44 3.4 Current Account Surpluses No More 45 3.5 Enter the Capital Account 46 3.6 Reading the CNY Tea Leaves 48 3.7 CGBs: The JGBs for Millennials 54 3.8 The Grand Decoupling? 56 3.9 Summary 57 Chapter 4 How to Trade EMFX 58 4.1 Only the JPY is Special 58 4.2 No Helping Hand from EM Rates 60 4.3 Carry Works – if You are Japanese 62 4.4 Current Accounts: Measuring Risk the Old-fashioned Way 68 4.5 Going for Growth 72 4.6 Modest Value in Valuation 74 4.7 Terms of Trade 76 4.8 Technicals to the Rescue 77 4.9 Flows Follow; Don’t Follow the Flows 81 4.10 Positioning with Positions 85 4.11 Going with the Seasons 86 4.12 Volatility: Foe, Not Friend 87 4.13 Summary 88 Chapter 5 How to Trade EMFX: Event Guide 90 5.1 Chaining the FX Vigilantes 90 5.2 Intervention at Work 91 5.3 Emergency Rate Hikes – Only for Emergencies 95 5.4 Capital Controls, IMF, or . . . China 98 5.5 IMF Packages Stabilize FX – Eventually 103 5.6 EM Elections: Of Market Foes and White Knights 104 5.7 Trading Data 108 5.8 Summary 111 Chapter 6 How to Trade Emerging Market Rates: The Cycle 112 6.1 Emerging Markets: A Definition for Rates Traders 112 6.2 The Structural EM Trade is Dead; Long Live the Cycle 114 6.3 US Lessons for EM Rates: Turning Points 116 6.4 US lessons for EM Rates: After the Turn 120 6.5 The Power of Patience: Receive Around the Last Hike Until the Last Cut is Close 121 6.6 More on Patience: Pay into the First Hike Until the Last Hike is Close 122 6.7 Steepeners: Receivers for Chickens 123 6.8 Flatteners: Payers for Chickens 125 6.9 How to Trade QE 127 6.10 It is Tough to be an EM Central Banker 129 6.11 EMFX as an Unpleasant Constraint on EM Central Bankers 130 6.12 Commodity Prices as an Unpleasant Constraint on EM Central Bankers 132 6.13 The Fed as an Unpleasant Constraint on EM Central Bankers 136 6.14 Inflation Forecasting in EM 136 6.15 Peaks in Inflation as the Holy Grail 139 6.16 EM Rates: Trading the Cycle in the Front 140 6.17 EM Rates: The Impact of US Treasuries 145 6.18 EM – Steeped in Risk 147 6.19 Does Valuation Work? 150 6.20 Term Premia: Use Sparingly 152 6.21 Sliding Down the Slope 154 6.22 Fiscal: Falling Flat 155 6.23 Summary 156 Chapter 7 Real Rates: Simply Superior 157 7.1 Buy Linkers and Sleep Well 157 7.2 How to Sleep Even Better 159 7.3 What is Fair? 162 7.4 Or is it Structural? 166 7.5 Summary 167 Chapter 8 How to Trade EM Rates: Event Guide 168 8.1 Trading Data 168 8.2 Learn to Love Negative Carry 172 8.3 Being Inclusive Pays Off Nicely 173 8.4 Trading Domestic Disasters 175 8.5 Summary 176 Chapter 9 How to Trade EM Credit 178 9.1 The Structural Trade is Dead: Long Live the Cycle 178 9.2 Carried Away by Momentum 182 9.3 Finding Your Sweet Spot 185 9.4 The Warren Buffett Trade in EM Credit 186 9.5 Improving on Buffett 187 9.6 Credit Selection According to Ray Dalio 189 9.7 Pegs Make it Worse 193 9.8 IMF: What is it Good For? 194 9.9 Embrace Defaults 196 9.10 Of Credit Curves 199 9.11 Evaluating Value 200 9.12 Rating Agencies: Late, but Market Moving 203 9.13 External versus Local 206 9.14 Summary 208 Chapter 10 Portfolio Construction 210 10.1 Smarter with Benchmarks 210 10.2 Frontier Markets at the Frontier 213 10.3 Portfolio Allocation without Markowitz 214 10.4 Derivatives: Weapons of Mass Alpha 216 10.5 ESG and EM: Not Fair! 217 10.6 Summary 222 Chapter 11 The (Near) Future: Big Data, Machine Learning, and What if There are No Emerging Markets Left 223 11.1 Big Data is Coming to Fixed Income 223 11.2 Machine Learning: Supervision is Needed for Supervised Learning 227 11.3 No Disappearing Act for Emerging Markets 228 11.4 Summary 231 Appendix A Basic Concepts 233 Bibliography 235

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Book SynopsisCraig Strong is an experienced Chief Technology & Product Officer, specializing in high growth and innovation, who has grown companies to successful exits and acquisitions. With over 18 years experience and a hands on background in software engineering, he has helped developed products from the ground up from idea to scale within enterprises, SME's and startups and understands the different needs of venture capital private equity and publicly listed companies. Craig is heavily involved with global product development, transformation and innovation utilising Agile and Lean principles through an adaptive management approach. He has worked and consulted for a range of companies across a number of domains companies which include Sky, NowTV.com, Hargreaves Lansdown, Pearson, Financial Times, InsightSoftware.com, Settled, Tracesmart and others. He is a member of the Forbes Technology council and strategic advisor in the tech space. Table of Contents The faces of the Lean Product Lifecyle 1 Introduction 2 Idea 3 Explore 4 Validate 5 Grow 6 Sustain 7 Retire 8 Start Tomorrow Index To the future and beyond

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Book SynopsisAn accessible, practical resource for pasture-based rabbit production-complete with rabbit husbandry basics, enterprise budgets, and guidelines for growing, processing and selling rabbits commercially. In recent years, there has been talk in the food world that rabbits make more sense than chicken. In a country with a $41 billion broiler chicken industry, this might seem like a pretty bold statement, but it’s hardly unsubstantiated. And yet while media has been abuzz about the supposed super protein, very few farmers are stepping up to meet the rapidly increasing interest in sustainably raised rabbit meat. This is partly due to the lack of available resources in the field of rabbit husbandry. Raising Pastured Rabbits for Meat is the first book to address the growing trend of ecological rabbit husbandry for the beginning to market-scale farmer. Inspired by Daniel Salatin, who has long been considered the pioneer in integrated rabbit farming, Nichki Carangelo proves that a viable pasture-based rabbitry is not only possible and user-friendly, it’s also profitable. In Carangelo’s approach, happy, healthy rabbits are seasonally raised outside on pasture, using a pasture and wire hybrid system that promotes natural behaviors and a diverse diet, while effectively managing the associated risks. Raising Pastured Rabbits for Meat offers valuable information on how farmers can build their own rabbit enterprise from scratch and includes tips on breed selection, breeding techniques, nutrition guidelines, record keeping tools, slaughtering and butchering instructions, marketing advice, and enterprise guides to help farmers plan for profitability. This is an essential guide for anyone interested in integrating rabbits onto a diversified farm or homestead.Trade Review“Nichki Carangelo’s Raising Pastured Rabbits for Meat is like a long chat with a warm and generous friend who’s sharing advice based on her own experience, hard won from both her successes and her mistakes (which you won’t have to repeat). Her approach is pragmatic and flexible, never doctrinaire. Perhaps her best advice is to avoid rabbit ‘monoculturing,’ which is only likely to succeed at an unattainably large scale, and instead to make your rabbit marketing venture an integral part of a diverse and adaptable small farm.”—Harvey Ussery, author of The Small-Scale Poultry Flock“Raising Pastured Rabbits for Meat covers some of the ups and downs of a rabbit-raising start-up, as well as the emotions and real-life mistakes tied to starting a farm. Overall it’s a well thought out introduction to pasture-based rabbit production for beginners.”—Daniel Salatin, Polyface Farm“They’re cute, fluffy, and one of the world’s most sustainable sources of meat. Yes, rabbits can make an excellent food source and income stream for a diversified family farm or homestead. Farmer and author Nichki Carangelo clearly lays out the essentials you need to start, manage, and grow a meat rabbit business in a way that not only generates income but also treats the animals humanely. There isn’t another book out there like this on the subject.”—Rebecca Thistlethwaite, author of The New Livestock Farmer“As a rabbit farmer and chef who prizes rabbit as a heritage ingredient, I’ve been encouraged to see more farmers, cooks, and consumers rediscovering the benefits of pastured rabbit in recent years. With this book Carangelo provides a growing community of small-scale producers with an essential road map for the journey of launching a small rabbitry into a successful business and long-lasting, nourishing resource.”—Mike Costello, chef and farmer, Lost Creek Farm

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Book SynopsisAn innovative Marxist analysis of the new managerial class.Trade Review'Every serious student of political economy will want to read Gerard Dumenil and Dominique Levy's masterful synthesis of Marxist method, contemporary Econo-physics, and their own theoretical and empirical work on the emergence of neoliberal managerial forms of capitalism on a global scale' -- Duncan K. Foley, Leo Model Professor of Economics, New School for Social ResearchTable of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables Introduction 1. An overview PART I: MODES OF PRODUCTION AND CLASSES 2. Patterns of income distribution 3. Marx’s theory of history 4. Managers in Marx’s analysis 5. Sociality and class societies 6. Managerialism and managerial capitalism 7. A wealth of alternative interpretations 8. Hybridization as analytical challenge PART II: TWELVE DECADES OF MANAGERIAL CAPITALISM 9. Varying trends of inequality 10. The sequence of social orders 11. Class and imperial power structures 12. The politics of social change 13. Tendencies, crises, and struggles PART III: PAST ATTEMPTS AT THE INFLECTION OF HISTORICAL DYNAMICS 14. Utopian capitalism in bourgeois revolutions 15. Utopian socialism and anarchism 16. Self-proclaimed scientific socialism PART IV: PROSPECTS FOR HUMAN EMANCIPATION WITHIN AND BEYOND MANAGERIALISMS 17. The economics and politics of managerialisms 18. The potential of popular struggle Notes Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Catão and Obstfeld's book offers valuable insights into what globalization can and cannot deliver. The rich diversity of perspectives among a distinguished cast of contributors makes these collective readings unique, stimulating, and informative to policymakers, academics, and the general public at large."—Carmen M. Reinhart, coauthor of This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly"Bringing together leading experts who lay out the key issues we face today, Meeting Globalization's Challenges offers a nuanced, insightful, and balanced exploration that will serve as an invaluable reference."—Pinelopi Goldberg, Chief Economist, World Bank Group, and Elihu Professor of Economics, Yale University"This is an extremely topical book that brings together an impressive group of top economists to discuss pressing issues related to globalization. A superb overview of a controversial subject."—Douglas A. Irwin, author of Clashing over Commerce: A History of US Trade Policy"Economists tend to believe that globalization has been good for humanity. The public often thinks it brings inequality, unemployment, and social instability. This important book explains how to reconcile these different perspectives with fresh thinking about how the benefits of globalization can be preserved while the risks can be better managed."—Minouche Shafik, director of the London School of Economics, former deputy governor of the Bank of England

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Book SynopsisA timely and provocative account of why the euro has failed and why, as a result, the Union will unravel Examining key economic indicators and assessing the situation across Europe, two British journalists assess why the euro has failedand what will happen when the European Union completely unravels. This book is a must-read for anyone who cares about the future of Europeand progressive politics. Larry Elliott and Dan Atkinson correctly predictedthe euro would prove a calamity. They are right today that the euro crisisis far from over. Their demand for a radical change of approach must betaken seriouslyby policy makers and politicians alike.Ed Balls, UK Shadow Chancellor from 2011 to 2015 [The book] offers useful insight into why so many people thought the euro was a good idea in the first place.Harvard Business ReviewTrade Review“Europe Isn’t Working is… entertaining, informative [and] iconoclastic … This is a valuable resource for anyone wishing to ground their arguments against the EU in hard facts, told in an easy to read and engaging fashion.”—Richard Allday, Counterfire -- Richard Allday * Counterfire *

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Book SynopsisAny organization, no matter how stolid, may be unsettled by the news that a new boss is about to take over. Talk in the hallways increases, staff worry about their jobs, uncertainty grows. Even when the change has happened, problems emerge when the boss who was hired to manage “from above” has to learn about the organization “from below.” In this book, Niklas Luhmann scrutinizes the relationship and shows how it is stretched to its limit by communication difficulties, demands for self-presentation, and disagreements concerning fundamental values. Many of the tensions crystallize around the question “who has the power?” It isn’t necessarily the boss, provided the employees are well versed in the art of directing their superiors. “Subtervision” is Luhmann’s term for this state of affairs, and tact is the most important means to this end. Yet caution is advised: whoever achieves mastery in subtervision may well become the new boss. This slim and thought-provoking book from one of the most influential sociologists of the twentieth century will be of great interest to anyone seeking to understand the dynamics and machinations of the workplace.Trade Review"While many know Niklas Luhmann in his capacity as a systems theoretician, few are aware that he has also written a number of important essays in organization theory. The New Boss represents an excellent introduction to this part of Luhmann's work: it is bristling with interesting ideas about leadership, formal organizations, groups and much more."—Richard Swedberg, Cornell UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction: "The Same Boss as the Old Was?" Andreas Hess The New Boss The Spontaneous Creation of Order Subtervision or The Art of Directing Superiors AfterwordJürgen Kaube Sources of the Texts Notes

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Book SynopsisTable of Contents 1 Introduction: What Is International Business? 2 Globalization of Markets and the Internationalization of the Firm 3 The Cultural Environment of International Business 4 Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability, and Governance in International Business 5 Theories of International Trade and Investment 6 Political and Legal Systems in National Environments 7 Government Intervention and Regional Economic Integration 8 Understanding Emerging Markets 9 The International Monetary and Financial Environment 10 Financial Management and Accounting in the Global Firm 11 Strategy and Organization in the International Firm 12 Global Market Opportunity Assessment 13 Exporting and Global Sourcing 14 Foreign Direct Investment and Collaborative Ventures 15 Licensing, Franchising, and Other Contractual Strategies 16 Marketing in the Global Firm 17 Human Resource Management in the Global Firm

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Book Synopsis'ITIL(R) 4 is on its way! We are pleased that we can deliver you courseware which could help you to give excellent classes and deepen your own understanding of ITIL(R) 4.The new version of ITIL launches on February the 28th, 2019 and we are going to be ready soon to deliver accredited courseware and exams. Our material is currently pending accreditation and will be available for training once the release date for training is made available. Translations to Dutch, German and Spanish will follow very soon !If you are interested in this please do let us know also via the link aboveAre you interested in this material ? Please mail to: Sales@vanharen.net What will be included in the official accredited courseware*High-quality courseware supplemented with additional reference materials*Presentations in PPT (always free for partners)*Sample questions*Sample exam and rationale *Syllabus and Glossary*Pre-course reading material *Free branding functionalities

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Book SynopsisArtificial intelligence touches nearly every part of your day. While you may initially assume that technology such as smart speakers and digital assistants are the extent of it, AI has in fact rapidly become a general-purpose technology, reverberating across industries including transportation, healthcare, financial services, and many more. In our modern era, an understanding of AI and its possibilities for your organization is essential for growth and success.Artificial Intelligence Basics has arrived to equip you with a fundamental, timely grasp of AI and its impact. Author Tom Taulli provides an engaging, non-technical introduction to important concepts such as machine learning, deep learning, natural language processing (NLP), robotics, and more. In addition to guiding you through real-world case studies and practical implementation steps, Taulli uses his expertise to expand on the bigger questions that surround AI. These include societal trends, ethics, andTable of Contents

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Book SynopsisBuilding a successful product usually involves teams of people, and many choose the Scrum approach to aid in creating products that deliver the highest possible value. Implementing Scrum gives teams a collection of powerful ideas they can assemble to fit their needs and meet their goals. The ninety-four patterns contained within are elaborated nuggets of insight into Scruma (TM)s building blocks, how they work, and how to use them. They offer novices a roadmap for starting from scratch, yet they help intermediate practitioners fine-tune or fortify their Scrum implementations. Experienced practitioners can use the patterns and supporting explanations to get a better understanding of how the parts of Scrum complement each other to solve common problems in product development. The patterns are written in the well-known Alexandrian form, whose roots in architecture and design have enjoyed broad application in the software world. The form organizes each pattern so you can navigate directly to organizational design tradeoffs or jump to the solution or rationale that makes the solution work. The patterns flow together naturally through the context sections at their beginning and end. Learn everything you need to know to master and implement Scrum one step at a time'the agile way.

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Book SynopsisThis is an authoritative and practical guide to analysing business data, to enable managers and companies to develop successful business strategies. Data has become a dominant factor in today's business environment. This book, written by a leading practitioner, provides a series of tools and methods for analysing data and contributing to the success of the company. The main aim of data analysis is turning data into actionable intelligence that will drive and determine a company's competitive advantage. However, this does not happen by magic, rather it is through the rigorous application of appropriate tools. This book sets out 19 key tools for data analysis that have been tried and tested. Applying such tools will result in solid analyses of the business environment, that will contribute to better designed strategies and the company's strength in the marketplace.

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Book SynopsisThis is the practical approach I wish I had come across much earlier in my career. Cynthia Pexton-ShawWhether you are just starting out, considering or already working as a consultant this book is essential reading, enabling you to understand the needs of your client and to get the result they want.There are more factors to consider in order to be a successful management consultant than simply subject matter knowledge. Problem solving and solution delivery have to be accomplished in usually tight project timescales while keeping clients happy. This book, based on the experience of training thousands of consultants, provides insights into the key processes of selling and delivering consulting services, together with the essential underpinning tools and techniques, and the commercial imperatives for running a successful consulting practice.This book contains the tools, tactics, secrets and attributes to develop and become a successful management consultant. The contents include chapters on the key processes such as: The business of consultancy Marketing and selling consultancy projects Overview of the delivery process Entry, Contracting, Diagnosis, Intervention and Closure And the essential underpinning skills such as: Analytical tools and techniques Reporting and Influencing clients Designing, delivering training sessions and workshops The practice environment ''This is the practical approach I wish I had come across much earlier in my career. Calvert provides a strong guiding framework for delivering consultancy projects from beginning to end. His writing makes consulting easily accessible for anyone who wishes to deliver their particular expertise into a client organisation.'' Cynthia Pexton-Shaw, Elevation Learning''A book that gets to multiple editions is clearly a classic of its sector. Calvert's is in its seventh and will probably go on to many more. It achieves a threefold feat: of being useful to the expert and to the recently qualified and to the student. Even those of us who have spent decades in this profession need a consultancy bible to refer to. Calvert shows how to be rigorous and systematic, but the book is packed with practical advice from one who is both an academic expert and a senior practising consultant. This is both The Art and The Science of Consultancy.'' Ian Watson Immediate Past Chair ICMCI''This book explains in plain English the role and daily challenges of life as a management consultant, and has been an excellent source of reference in building our business. Calvert presents a practitioners view covering the requisite soft skills as well as the mechanics of solving the client's business problems.'' Martyn Evans, Consulting Director, Altus

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"If you think hot trends just whirl up like dust storms, think again: This fascinating book pulls the curtain back on an entire industry devoted to shaping our perceptions of what matters—and with it, the future itself."—Fred Turner, author of The Democratic Surround: Multimedia and American Liberalism from World War II to the Psychedelic Sixties "On Trend is wide-ranging, yet it holds together through a fusion of scholarly reconstruction and engaged critique. Such a combination is often intended but seldom so well executed." --Scott McLemee, Inside Higher Ed

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Book SynopsisTransform your relationship with yourself, those around you, and the world in 2020_________In this powerful and inspiring book, family therapist and executive coach Rosamund Stone Zander shows us that life is a story we tell ourselves, and so we have the power to change that story.As children, we develop stories about how the world works, most of which are amended over time. But some stay with us, and these stories can be the source of behavioural and emotional patterns that hold us back. When we learn to identify and rewrite these stories, limitless growth becomes possible.By breaking old patterns and telling a new story we can transform not just our own lives, but also our relationships with others whether in a marriage, a classroom, or a business. With this new understanding of ourselves and our place within an interconnected world, we can take powerful action in the collective interest, and gain a sense of deep connection to the universe.Trade Review**A brand new vision for achieving human fulfilment from the NATIONAL BESTSELLING author of The Art of Possibility, Rosamund Stone Zander**Pathways to Possibility shows us that life is a story we tell ourselves, and that we have the power to change that story. * from the publisher's description *Zander introduces readers to an opportunity for transformation via rewriting our old stories, essentially changing the worldview we've gripped onto since childhood. -- Spirituality & HealthFresh, compelling, and uplifting. A well-written and accessible model for self-examination for even the most well-adjusted adult. -- BooklistFilled with fascinating stories illuminating the many challenges to our inner and global well-being, Rosamund Stone Zander has created a narrative to liberate our lives in ways we may have never imagined possible. Pathways to Possibility is a treasure trove of human journeys that reveals the deep nature of who we are and how we can create a more meaningful life and healthier world. -- Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., author of Brainstorm and The Whole Brain ChildRosamund Zander is the best companion to walk you through your next passage. Her words radiate possibility as she leads readers out of the darkness of an old story, showing us how to change it, open up, and move into the lightness of love and gratitude. -- Gail Sheehy, author of Passages and Daring: My PassagesIn this eloquent and elegant book, Rosamund Stone Zander offers us a visionary and practical guide to living fuller, more compassionate lives for ourselves and others. -- Sir Ken Robinson, author of The Element and Creative SchoolsRosamund Zander is a miracle. Her generous voice will resonate with you, change you and help you create work that matters. She is helping each of us grow up to become better versions of ourselves. -- Seth Godin, author of The Icarus DeceptionYou must read Pathways to Possibility for it is an extraordinary, unique book. Rosamund Zander helps us to see the connection between our inner selves and the nature of the natural world and the universe. In her gentle and compassionate but powerful voice she shares stories revealing the consciousness and inter connectedness of all living things, from butterflies to dogs, water crystals to ourselves. By the end we have a new understanding of who we are and our individual human responsibilities. -- Jane Goodall, award-winning primatologist and authorPathways to Possibility is a great stepping stone from Rosamund Zander's previous book, The Art of Possibility. I saw myself in this book: my relationship to my childhood, to the past, and to Nature, and the struggle and delight of helping a new self emerge. Zander has a shrewd understanding of human nature and a dispassionate compassion for all the troubled things we do as we get through our lives. She's teaching us all how to be architects of the spirit. -- Richard Preston, author of The Hot Zone

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Book SynopsisPersonal finance journalist, Michelle McGagh, takes on a challenge to not spend money for a whole year in an engaging narrative that combines personal experience with accessible advice on money.

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Book SynopsisHow do some people bounce back with strength from daily setbacks, professional crises, or even intense personal trauma? This book reveals the key traits of those who emerge stronger from challenges, helps you train your brain to withstand the stresses of daily life, and presents an approach to an effective career reboot. This volume includes the work of; Daniel Goleman. Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld. Shawn Achor. How to be human at work. HBR's Emotional Intelligence Series features smart, essential reading on the human side of professional life from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Each book in the series offers proven research showing how our emotions impact our work lives, practical advice for managing difficult people and situations, and inspiring essays on what it means to tend to our emotional well-being at work. Uplifting and practical, these books describe the social skills that are critical for ambitious professionals to master.Trade ReviewHarvard Business Review is the leading destination for smart management thinking. Through its flagship magazine, 13 international licensed editions, books from Harvard Business Review Press, and digital content and tools published on HBR.org, Harvard Business Review provides professionals around the world with rigorous insights and best practices to lead themselves and their organisations more effectively and to make a positive impact.

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Book SynopsisEmpathy is credited as a factor in both improved relationships and even better product development. But while it's easy to say "just put yourself in someone else's shoes," the reality is that understanding the motivations and emotions of others is an elusive capability. This book helps you understand what empathy is, why it's important, how to surmount the hurdles that make you less empathetic--and when too much empathy is just too much. This volume includes the work of; Daniel Goleman. Annie McKee. Adam Waytz. How to be human at work. HBR's Emotional Intelligence Series features smart, essential reading on the human side of professional life from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Each book in the series offers proven research showing how our emotions impact our work lives, practical advice for managing difficult people and situations, and inspiring essays on what it means to tend to our emotional well-being at work. Uplifting and practical, these books describe the social skills that are critical for ambitious professionals to master.Trade ReviewHarvard Business Review is the leading destination for smart management thinking. Through its flagship magazine, 13 international licensed editions, books from Harvard Business Review Press, and digital content and tools published on HBR.org, Harvard Business Review provides professionals around the world with rigorous insights and best practices to lead themselves and their organisations more effectively and to make a positive impact.

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Book SynopsisProductivity starts with you. Every day begins with the same challenge: too many tasks on your to-do list and not enough time to accomplish them. Perhaps you tell yourself to just buckle down and get it all done—skip lunch, work a longer day. Maybe you throw your hands up, recognize you can't do it all, and just begin fighting the biggest fire or greasing the squeakiest wheel. And yet you know how good it feels on those days when you're working at peak productivity, taking care of difficult and meaty projects while also knocking off the smaller tasks that have been hanging over your head forever. Those are the times when your day didn't run you—you ran your day. To have more of those days more often, you need to discover what works for you given your strengths, your preferences, and the things you must accomplish. Whether you're an assistant or the CEO, whether you've been in the workforce for 40 years or are just starting out, this guide will help you be more productive. You'll discover different ways to: Motivate yourself to work when you really don't want to Take on less, but get more done Preserve time for your most important work Improve your focus Make the most of small pockets of time between meetings Set boundaries with colleagues—without alienating them Take time off without tearing your hair out Arm yourself with the advice you need to succeed on the job, with the most trusted brand in business. Packed with how-to essentials from leading experts, the HBR Guides provide smart answers to your most pressing work challenges.

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Book SynopsisThe publication of What They Don't Teach You at Harvard Business School in 1984 introduced the world to the Mark H. McCormack street smart, nuggets of wisdom offering accessible insights into how to get ahead in the real world of business. McCormack died in 2003, but his legacy and business philosophy live on. Beyond Harvard celebrates his genius with a collection of new street smarts based on interviews with the people who knew, worked with and were influenced by him - colleagues, clients and competitors alike. From advice on managing people and building relationships, through to the best negotiating tips and how to grow a business, a stellar line-up of contributors from the business, media and sporting worlds show us how a brush with McCormack could change forever the way you do business - and live your life. Learn from the outside-the-box thinking that encouraged a nervous Wimbledon committee to sign up to IMG-style merchandising; why it pays to hold your nerve when you reach a negotiating impasse; how the rituals and routines of the sporting world can work in business too, and even how re-using incoming paperclips or keeping 3x5 notecards to hand can contribute to success. Beyond Harvard is both an affectionate testament to the man who invented the sports marketing industry and a worthy successor to the original Harvard book, offering a new generation of street smarts to anyone looking to improve their business understanding and practice.Trade ReviewPraise for Mark H. McCormack: 'The undisputed king of sports marketing * BBC Sport *The most powerful man in sport * Sports Illustrated *He was a genius when it comes to sports marketing -- Tiger WoodsHis legacy is international sport as we know it -- European PGA Tour chief Ken Schofield

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Book SynopsisBestselling author and marketing strategist Ryan Holiday reveals to creatives of all stripes-authors, entrepreneurs, musicians, filmmakers, fine artists-how a classic work is made and marketed. Classic. Evergreen. Cult. Backlist. We can all identify with products that seem to last forever and just keep selling. But how can we create things that can and should last, especially in an environment where short-term gain and flash-in-the-pan success are so often the benchmark, where Hollywood movies are written off after a weekend or Silicon Valley start-ups are considered to have failed if they don't go viral? Enter Ryan Holiday and his concept of the Perennial Seller, products that exist in every creative industry, timeless, dependable resources and unsung money-makers, increasing in value over time and outlasting and outstretching the competition. Holiday shows us that creating a classic doesn't have to be a fluke or just a matter of luck. In Perennial Seller he takes us back to the first principles of the models and thinking that underpin the creation of something built to last. Featuring interviews with some of the world's greatest entrepreneurs and creatives and grounded in a deep study of the classics from every genre, the book shares a mindset and approach we can all adopt to make and market a classic work. Whether you have a book or a business, a song or the next great screenplay, Holiday reveals the recipe for perennial success.Trade ReviewRyan Holiday is part Machiavelli, part Ogilvy, and all results. From American Apparel to the quiet campaigns he's run but not taken credit for, this whiz kid is the secret weapon you've never heard of. -- Tim Ferriss, author of * The 4-Hour Work Week *When playing for high stakes, Ryan Holiday is my secret weapon. His unique stealth manner makes him essential for winning. -- Aaron Ray, partner of the management company The CollectiveA guide to creativity in the real world. -- James Altucher, author of Choose YourselfThe best designers and creators aspire to make and sell things that will last more than just a single season. Holiday's new book is the ultimate road map to making your work and your message stick. -- Aya Kanai, chief fashion director for Cosmopolitan, Seventeen, Redbook, and Woman’s DayEvery artist who wants to create a thriving career that outlasts fads, trends, and technologies needs to read this book. It's a formula for becoming a classic and legendary. -- Michael Rapino, CEO and president, Live NationThis book is a roadmap to success and an insight into life -- Robert Kurson, New York Times bestselling author of Shadow DiversReading a book by Ryan is like getting a really thoughtful email from a friend/mentor/colleague/that-guy-you-want-to-work-with-that-you-can't-delete-and-almost-make-a-new-folder-for-called-Best-Advice-Ever. This pretends to be a book about making books successful, but really it's a guide to creating stone-cold classics in format. -- Sam Conniff Allende, author of * Be More Pirate *

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Book SynopsisMillion Dollar Maths is an invaluable guide to the straightforward and outlandish mathematical strategies that can make you rich. ____________How can you turn $1000 into $1 million? What is the best way to beat the lottery odds? When is the best time to take out a loan?How did one group of gamblers bet on hole-in-ones to win £500,000? How can maths help you set up a successful tech start-up? What about proving the Goldbach Conjecture for $1 million?Learn the techniques for growing your everyday finances, as well as the common mistakes to avoid. Discover the skills, both fair and foul, that offer an additional edge when investing and gambling. And discover why we often misunderstand probability and statistics - with troubling financial costs. From making the most of special offers to utilising the power of exponential growth in your investments; from the art of card counting, to inventing the next Google, Million Dollar Maths is the quintessential primer to the myriad ways maths and finance intersect.Trade ReviewGreat fun. A clear, original and highly readable account of the curious relationship between mathematics and money. * Professor Ian Stewart – author of Significant Figures *A lively crash course in the mathematics of gambling, investing, and managing. Hugh Barker makes deep ideas fun and profitable. * William Poundstone – author of How to Predict the Unpredictable *Table of Contents1: The Power of Exponential Growth 2: Beating the Casino 3: Gambling Systems and Strategies 4: The Successful Investor 5: Hacking, Cracking and Gaming the System 6: Designing the Next Google 7: Use Maths to Improve Your Performance 8: Proving the Impossible

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Book SynopsisChosen as one of the Daily Mail's Memoirs of the YearTim Waterstone is one of Britain's most successful businessmen, having built the Waterstone's empire that started with one small bookshop in 1982. In this charming and evocative memoir, he recalls the childhood experiences that led him to become an entrepreneur and outlines the business philosophy that allowed Waterstone's to dominate the bookselling business throughout the country.Tim explores his formative years in a small town in rural England at the end of the Second World War, and the troubled relationship he had with his father, before moving on to the epiphany he had while studying at Cambridge, which set him on the road to Waterstone's and gave birth to the creative strategy that made him a high street name.Trade Review[A] moving, funny take on business, family and mortality -- Jim Armitage * Evening Standard *The rollicking, page-turning memoir of Britain's biggest book tycoon * Daily Mail *[Waterstone] writes movingly... Small, poignant images stand out... From such raw clay are great entrepreneurs moulded * The Tablet *The Face Pressed Against a Window confirms one's sense that this extraordinarily energetic and well-meaning man has been, and still is, a force for good. * Literary Review *Table of Contents1: Prologue 1: Part One 2: Where the Children of My Childhood Played 2: Part Two 3: I do, ladies. I do. I 'ave a go. 3: Epilogue 4: Miranda Beeching 5: The Carriage Clock

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Book SynopsisOrganization structures do not fail, says Jay Galbraith, but management fails at implementing them correctly. This is why, he explains, the idea that the matrix does not work still exists today, even among people who should know better. But the matrix has become a necessary form of organization in today''s business environment. Companies now know that if they have multiple product lines, do business in multiple countries, and serve many customer segments through a variety of channels, there is no way they can avoid some kind of a matrix structure and the question most are asking is How do we learn how to operate the matrix effectively? In Designing Matrix Organizations That Actually Work, Galbraith answers this and other questions as he shows how to make a matrix work effectively.Table of ContentsPreface viii Introduction: Matrix Organizations: What Are They? Where Did They Come From? 1 What Is a Matrix? 3 What Are the Origins of the Matrix? 7 What Happened? 10 The Star Model 12 Implications of the Star Model 17 Part One: Simple Matrix Organizations 21 1. Simple Matrix Structures 25 Two-Dimensional Structures 25 Pharmaceutical R&D Lab Example 35 Summary 40 2. The Two-Hat Model 41 What Is the Two-Hat Model? 41 Examples of Two-Hat Structures 44 Summary 50 3. The Baton Pass Model 51 The Consumer Goods Model 51 The Pharmaceutical Model 54 Summary 63 4. The Matrix Within a Matrix 65 Design Challenges of the Matrix Within a Matrix 65 Matrix Within a Matrix at the Corporate Level 69 Mars Pet Food Example 70 Summary 73 5. Balancing Power and Defining Roles 75 Designing Power Bases 75 Roles and Responsibilities 82 Summary 85 Part Two: Complex Matrix Structures 87 6. The Three-Dimensional Matrix 91 International Strategy 91 The Geography-Dominant Matrix 98 The Balanced Matrix 102 The Business-Dominant Matrix 106 Differentiated Structures 107 Other Three-Dimensional Models 109 Summary 112 7. More Complex Matrix Structures 115 Global Account Teams 115 The Front-Back Hybrid Model 116 Summary 126 8. The IBM Structure 129 The IBM Front-Back Hybrid 129 More Complexity? 136 Summary 137 Part Three: Completing the Star Model 139 9. Communication in the Matrix 143 Informal Communication 144 Formal Communication 145 Summary 150 10. Planning and Coordination Processes 153 Goal Alignment, Dispute Resolution, and Coordination Mechanisms 153 Summary 160 11. Planning Processes in the Complex Matrix 161 What About Complex Matrix Designs? 161 Get the System in a Room 172 Online Processes 175 Summary 178 12. Human Resources Policies 179 Human Capital 180 Social Capital 196 Summary 199 13. Leadership in a Matrix Organization 201 Seeing That Conflicts Are Resolved 202 Managing the Top Team 208 Balancing Power 210 Summary 213 14. Implementing a Matrix 215 Using the Star Model 215 Building Capabilities 218 Summary 229 15. A Synopsis of Matrix Capabilities 231 Epilogue: Personal Stories: The Uses and Abuses of the Matrix 235 Early Phase: “What Is a Matrix, Anyway?” 235 Matrix Takes Off and Becomes Trendy 239 The Phase of Decline 243 The Stealth Matrix Phase 245 Today: Matrix Out of the Closet 247 References 249 About the Author 251 Index 253

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Book SynopsisPraise for How I Became a Quant "Led by two top-notch quants, Richard R. Lindsey and Barry Schachter, How I Became a Quant details the quirky world of quantitative analysis through stories told by some of today's most successful quants.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments. Introduction. Chapter 1. David Leinweber: President, Leinweber & Co. A Series of Accidents. Grey Silver Shadow. Destroy before Reading. A Little Artificial Intelligence Goes a Long Way. How Do You Keep the Rats from Eating the Wires. Stocks Are Stories, Bonds Are Mathematics. HAL’s Broker. Chapter 2. Ronald N. Kahn: Global Head of Advanced Equity Strategies, Barclays Global Investors. Physics to Finance. BARRA’s First Rocket Scientist. Active Portfolio Management. Barclays Global Investors. The Future. Chapter 3. Gregg E. Berman: Strategic Business Development, RiskMetrics Group. A Quantitative Beginning. Putting It to the Test. A Martian Summer. Physics on Trial. A Twist of Fate. A Point of Inflection. A Circuitous Route to Wall Street. The Last Mile. Chapter 4. Evan Schulman: Chairman, Upstream Technologies, LLC. Measurement. Market Cycles. Process. Risk. And Return. Trading Costs. Informationless Trades. Applying it All. Electronic Trading. Lattice Trading. Net Exchange. Upstream. Articles. Chapter 5. Leslie Rahl: President, Capital Market Risk Advisors. Growing Up in Manhattan. College and Graduate School. Nineteen Years at Citibank. Fifteen Years (So Far!) Running Capital Market. Risk Advisors. Going Plural. The Personal Side. So How Did I Become a Quant? Chapter 6. Thomas C. Wilson: Chief Insurance Risk Officer, ING Group. Quantitative Finance: The Means to and End? The Questions. The Early 1990s: The Market Risk Era. The Late 1990s: The Credit Risk Era. The Great Strategy Debate: From the 1990s to Today. Lessons Learned. Chapter 7. Neil Chriss: Former Managing Director of Quantitative Strategies, SAC Capital Management, LLC. The Glass Bead Game. Of Explorers and Mountain Climbers. Computers. College Years. The University of Chicago PhD Program. Academia. The Harvard Mathematics Department. Moving to Wall Street. Quant Research. Quant Research and the Mathematics of Portfolio Trading. Quantitative Portfolio Management. Mathematical Finance Education. Final Thoughts. Chapter 8. Peter Carr: Head of Quantitative Financial Research, Bloomberg. My First Eureka Moment. Accounting for the Future Instead of the Past. Postdoctoral Studies. And in the End… Chapter 9. Mark Anson: CEO, Hermes Pensions Management Ltd. CEO, British Telecommunications Pension Scheme. PhD, Why Not? Legal Arbitrage. Managing the Outcome. Certain Uncertainty. Chapter 10. Bjorn Flesaker: Senior Quant, Bloomberg L.P. Growing Up. Choosing Academics. Heeding the Call of the Street. Becoming a Real Quant Again. Chapter 11. Peter Jäckel. The English Connection. London Calling. Cutting One’s Teeth. All the Models in the World. For Future Reference. To the Front. Chapter 12. Andrew Davidson: President, Andrew Davidson & Co., Inc. Conjecture 1: If It Quacks Like a Quant… Lemma 1: If You Don’t Know Where You Are Going, Any Road Will Get You There. Lemma 2: Pay No Attention to the Man behind the Curtain. Theorem 1: If It May Be True in Theory but It Won’t Work in Practice, Get a Better Theory. Theorem 2: To Thine Own Self Be True. Chapter 13. Andrew B. Weisman: Managing Director, Merrill Lynch. Econometric Voodoo. Trading for Fun and Profit. Tools of the Trade. Lessons Learned. Chapter 14. Clifford S. Asness: Managing and Founding Principal, AQR Capital Management, LLC. Chicago. A Big Decision. On Our Own. Moonlighting. Geeks of the World Unite. Chapter 15. Stephen Kealhofer: Managing Partner, Diversified Credit Investments. A Startup. Practical Defaults. The Entrepreneur. Inventing a Business. Portfolio Management of Credit Risk. A Room with a View. Chapter 16. Julian Shaw: Head Risk Management & Quantitative Research, Permal Group. Gordon Capital. CIBC. Barclays Capital. Fat Tails and Thin Peaks. Adventures in CDO Land. The Strange Evolution of Value at Risk. A Paradox. Permal. What Makes a Good Quant? The Art of Leaving Things Out. The Art of Choosing the Right Tools. Do Quants Lack Business Sense? Tips. Chapter 17. Steve Allen: Deputy Director. Masters Program in Mathematics in Finance, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University. In Which the Author Is Seriously Misled. In Which a Fortuitous Opportunity Appears. In Which Reason Prevails and all Rejoice. Chapter 18. Mark Kritzman: President and CEO, Windham Capital Management, LLC. A Brief Chronology. How I Developed My Quant Skills. How I Applied My Quantitative Training. The Future for Quants. Chapter 19. Bruce I. Jacobs and Kenneth N. Levy: Principals, Jacobs Levy Equity Management. Portraits of Two Investors. New Concepts, Foggy Ideas. The Jacobs Levy Investment Approach. Benefits of Disentangling. Integrating the Investment Process. Relaxing Portfolio Constraints. Integrated Long-Short Optimization. Books and an Ethical Debate. Portfolio Optimization and Market Simulation with Shorting. Chapter 20. Tanya Styblo Beder: Chairman, SBCC. Yale. First Boston. Graduate School. Swaps. Giving Back. Chapter 21. Allan Malz: Head of Risk Management, Clinton Group. How Not to Get a PhD. How Not to Get a PhD, Continued. RiskMetrics’ Salad Days. No More Mr. Nice Guy. Chapter 22. Peter Muller: Senior Advisor, Morgan Stanley. What’s that Smell? Life at BARRA. You Gotta Know When to Fold ’ em. The Call that Change Everything. Chapter 23. Andrew J. Sterge: President, AJ Sterge (a division of Magnetar Financial, LLC). On to the Real World. Cooper Neff. Early Days at Cooper Neff. Active Portfolio Strategies. How I Became a Quant. Chapter 24. John F. (JacK) Marshall: Senior Principal of Marshall, Tucker & Associates, LLC and Vice Chairman of the International Securities Exchange. From Premed to Derivatives. Frustration with Academia and the Birth of a Profession. The IAFE and the Road to MSFE Degrees. Notes. Bibliography. About the Contributors. About the Authors. Index.

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Book SynopsisToday’s electric power companies compete to provide cleaner electricity. That’s a good thing, but progress has come with costs, especially for communities reliant on the coal industry. Thomas McGarity examines the changes of recent decades and offers ideas for building a more sustainable grid while easing the economic downsides of coal’s demise.Trade ReviewIn revealing many encouraging emission reductions by the electric power industry, Thomas O. McGarity shows what citizen action, regulation, and competition can contribute to expanding energy efficiencies and renewables like solar and wind. This book is a well-documented, eye-opening antidote to the ‘doom and gloom’ enveloping so many concerned people. -- Ralph Nader, author of Breaking through Power: It’s Easier than We ThinkPollution, Politics, and Power is a tour de force, analyzing environmental regulation of the power industry over the last half-century. With unmatched mastery, McGarity illuminates the current policy debates by placing them in their historical context, with a bull’s-eye on coal. -- Richard Lazarus, author of The Making of Environmental LawHistorians of all stripes will find much to value in Tom McGarity’s impressive new book…a masterful history of the industry’s recent past…Scholars will benefit greatly from McGarity’s exceedingly useful and easy-to-understand treatment of the byzantine regulations governing the power sector…Will likely stand as the definitive recent history of the electricity industry and rapidly declining fortunes of coal, setting the standard for anyone writing on these topics. -- William Boyd * Technology and Culture *

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Book SynopsisGlobalization is taking a step backward. What, then, is the best way to organize a global enterprise? The key, Steven Weber explains, is to prepare for a world increasingly made up of competing regions with distinct rules and standards. This new condition could be more prosperous, but there will also be more friction and therefore more risk.Trade ReviewA spectacular book that engages with the biggest questions in international political economy and economic geography. It’s brimming with new and provocative ideas, conveyed in an easy and open style. -- Janice Stein, University of TorontoAs globalization enters uncharted waters, Bloc by Bloc takes on a fundamental question—how should firms organize? Drawing on insights from economic geography, Weber urges us to leave behind the past and reach for new models and thinking to build the future. Integrating business, politics, and International affairs, Bloc by Bloc is a must-read for all those interested in successfully navigating the global economy over the next decades. -- Abraham Newman, Georgetown University

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewCo-Winner of the 2016 Schumpeter Prize Competition, International Joseph A. Schumpeter Society "Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the broader context in which the explosion of Internet-related innovation occurred."--Marc Levinson, Wall Street Journal "A welcome, well-conceived contribution to the history of technology."--Kirkus "Exciting reading."--Borsen "Definitely recommended."--Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution "This is the best book yet about the rise of the Internet."--David Warsh, Economic Principals "[A] detailed history of the Internet."--Foreign Affairs "Immensely informative."--Philadelphia Inquirer "Greenstein is not simply telling a colorful and important story. His analysis systematically explores why innovation and commercialization of the Internet emerged and evolved as it did and why innovation from the edges thrived and was so important."--Jonathan David Aronson, Journal of CommunicationTable of ContentsINTRODUCTION 1 1 Ubiquitous Clicks and How It All Started 3 THE TRANSITION 31 2 The White House Did Not Call 33 3 Honest Policy Wonks 65 4 A Taste of Champaign 97 5 Unleashing Commercial Iconoclasts 130 THE BLOSSOMING 157 6 How Not to Start a Gold Rush 159 7 Platforms at the Core and Periphery 187 8 Overcoming Two Conundrums 215 9 Virulent Word of Mouse 243 10 Capital Deepening and Complements 272 EXPLORATION AND RENEWAL 301 11 Bill Votes with a Veto 303 12 Internet Exceptionalism Runs Rampant 335 13 The Paradox of the Prevailing View 365 14 The High Cost of a Cheap Lesson in Wireless Access 392 EPILOGUE 417 15 Enabling Innovation from the Edges 419 Acknowledgments 443 References 447 Index 465

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Book SynopsisIncorporate economic moat analysis for profitable investing Why Moats Matter is a comprehensive guide to finding great companies with economic moats, or competitive advantages. This book explains the investment approach used by Morningstar, Inc., and includes a free trial to Morningstar''s Research. Economic moatsor sustainable competitive advantagesprotect companies from competitors. Legendary investor Warren Buffett devised the economic moat concept. Morningstar has made it the foundation of a successful stock-investing philosophy. Morningstar views investing in the most fundamental sense: For Morningstar, investing is about holding shares in great businesses for long periods of time. How can investors tell a great business from a poor one? A great business can fend off competition and earn high returns on capital for many years to come. The key to finding these great companies is identifying economic moats that stem from at least one of five sources oTable of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xi Chapter 1 Guiding Principles of Morningstar’s Equity Research 1 Question 1: How Can We Identify Which Businesses Are Great? 2 Question 2: When Is the Best Time to Invest in Great Businesses? 6 Chapter 2 What Makes a Moat? 11 Moat Sources 13 Notes 33 Chapter 3 Why Moat Trends Matter 35Contributed by Stephen Ellis, a member of Morningstar’s Economic Moat Committee and head of Financial Services equity research at Morningstar Moat Trends and Fundamental Performance 37 Five Key Considerations for Moat Trends 38 Intangibles 41 Cost Advantage 44 Switching Costs 47 Network Effect 51 Efficient Scale 54 Best Practices for Moat Trend Analysis 57 Chapter 4 How Stewardship Affects Economic Moats 61Contributed by Todd Wenning, who oversees Morningstar’s equity stewardship methodology Meet Our Stewardship Methodology 62 Drilling Down 63 Chapter 5 Applying Moats to Dividend Investing 81Contributed by Josh Peters, director of equity-income strategy for Morningstar and editor of the Morningstar® DividendInvestorSM newsletter Why Dividends Matter 83 Which Dividends? 87 Chapter 6 The Importance of Valuation 93Contributed by Joel Bloomer, Matt Coffina, and Gareth James, members of Morningstar’s Moat Committee and contributors to Morningstar’s valuation methodology Valuation Concepts 95 Cost of Capital and Returns on Capital 96 Morningstar’s Valuation Approach 97 Example: Calculating ROIC 99 Forecasting Future Free Cash Flows 102 The Morningstar RatingTM for Stocks 106 Fair Value Uncertainty and Cost of Equity 107 Notes 111 Chapter 7 Do Moat Ratings Predict Stock Returns? 113Contributed by Warren Miller, head of quantitative research at Morningstar Chapter 8 Putting Moat and Valuation to Work: Portfolio Strategies 121 Wide Moat Focus Index 121 The Tortoise and Hare Portfolios 124 Chapter 9 Basic Materials 129 Commodity Manufacturers 130 Commodity Processors 133 Metals and Mining 135 Chapter 10 Consumer 139 Beverages 140 Consumer Products 141 Tobacco 143 Restaurants 144 Retail Defensive 146 Specialty Retail 148 Lodging 149 Notes 151 Chapter 11 Energy 153 Oil and Gas Drilling 154 Oil and Gas Exploration and Production 156 Oil and Gas Midstream 158 Refining 159 Oil and Gas Integrateds 161 Engineering Services 163 Chapter 12 Financial Services 167 Banks 168 Capital Markets 170 Credit Services 172 Financial Exchanges 173 Insurance 174 Chapter 13 Healthcare 177 Pharmaceuticals 178 Biotechnology 180 Medical Devices 182 Medical Instruments and Supplies 184 Diagnostics and Research 185 Chapter 14 Industrials 187 Railroads 188 Airport Operators 190 Aerospace and Defense 191 Trucking and Marine Shipping 192 Waste Management 193 Heavy Equipment 195 Diversified Industrials 197 Chapter 15 Technology 199 Consumer Technology 200 Enterprise Hardware Systems 202 IT Services 203 Semiconductors 205 Software 207 Telecom Services 209 Chapter 16 Utilities 211 Regulated and Diversified Utilities 212 Independent Power Producers 214 About the Authors 217 Index 221

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