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McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Pitch Anything An Innovative Method for
Book SynopsisGold Medal Winner--Tops Sales World's Best Sales and Marketing BookâœFast, fun and immensely practical.ââJOE SULLIVAN, Founder, FlextronicsâœMove over Neil Strauss and game theory. Pitch Anything reveals the next big thing in social dynamics: game for business.ââJOSH WHITFORD, Founder, Echelon MediaâœWhat do supermodels and venture capitalists have in common?They hear hundreds of pitches a year. Pitch Anything makes sure you get the nod (or wink) you deserve.ââRALPH CRAM, InvestorâœPitch Anything offers a new method that will differentiate you from the rest of the pack.ââJASON JONES, Senior Vice President, Jones Lang LaSalleâœIf you want to pitch a product, raise money, or close a deal, read Pitch Anything and put its principles to work.ââSTEVEN WALDMAN, Principal and Founder, Spectrum CapitalâœPitch Anything opened my eyes to what I had been misTable of ContentsSection 1: The Problem; Chapter 1. Why This Book Can Help You; Chapter 2. This is Your Brain, This is Your Brain During a Pitch; Chapter 3. The Strong Method; Section II: The Solution; Chapter 4. Setting and Owning the Frame; Chapter 5. Telling the Story; Chapter 6. Revealing Intrigue and Building Novelty; Chapter 7. Offering the Prize; Chapter 8. Nailing the Hookpoint; Chapter 9. Getting a Decision; Section III: The Benefit; Chapter 10. What the Perfect Pitch Looks Like; Chapter 11. You are now one of the Best
£15.29
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Public Finance Global Edition
Book SynopsisIntroducingâ Public Finance, 10th Global Edition, by Harvey S. Rosen and Ted GayerRosen and Gayer's Public Finance provides the economic tools necessary to analyze government expenditure and tax policies and, along the way, takes students to the frontiers of current research and policy. While the information presented is cutting edge and reflects the work of economists currently active in the field, the approach makes the text accessible to undergraduates whose only prior exposure to economics is at the introductory level. The authors' years of policy experience have convinced them that modern public finance provides a practical and invaluable framework for thinking about policy issues. The goal is simple: to emphasize the links between sound economics and the analysis of real-world policy problems. Enhancements and key features for this new Global Edition include:New Policy Perspectives introduce relevant and engaging examplTable of ContentsPart I Getting Started1 Introduction 2 Tools of Positive Analysis 3 Tools of Normative Analysis Part II Public Expenditure: Public Goods and Externalities 4 Public Goods 5 Externalities 6 Political Economy 7 Education 8 Cost-Benefit Analysis Part III Public Expenditures: Social Insurance and Income Maintenance 9 The Health Care Market 10 Government and the Market for Health Care 11 Social Security 12 Income Redistribution: Conceptual Issues 13 Expenditure Programs for the Poor Part IV Framework for Tax Analysis 14 Taxation and Income Distribution 15 Taxation and Efficiency 16 Efficient and Equitable Taxation Part V The United States Revenue System 17 The Personal Income Tax 18 Personal Taxation and Behavior 19 The Corporation Tax 20 Deficit Finance 21 Fundamental Tax Reform: Taxes on Consumption and Wealth Part VI Multigovernment Public Finance 22 Public Finance in a Federal System Appendix Glossary References Author Index Subject Index
£58.89
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Principles of Economics
Book SynopsisWith an accessible approach, the third European edition of Principles of Economics provides students with the tools to analyze current economic issues. The book is underpinned by a focus on seven Core Principles, which help students to make the link between economic theory and practice. The 'economic naturalist' approach, supported by exercises, problems and examples, encourages students to employ economics principles to understand and explain the world around them.Developed from the well-regarded US textbook by Frank and Bernanke, it presents an intuitive approach to economics and is suitable for all students taking a Principles of Economics course.Table of ContentsPart 1: Introduction1. Thinking Like An Economist2. Markets, Specialisation and Economic Efficiency3. Markets, Supply, Demand and ElasticityPart 2: Competition and the 'Invisible Hand'4. Demand: The Benefit Side of the Market5. Perfectly Competitive Supply: the Cost Side of the Market6. Efficiency and Exchange7. Profits, Entry and Exit: The Basis for the 'Invisible Hand'Part 3: Market Imperfections 1: Market Power8. Imperfect Competition and the Consequences of Market Power9. Thinking Strategically 1: Interdependence, Decision Making and the Theory of Games10. Thinking Strategically 2: Competition Among the FewPart 4: Market Imperfections 2: Externalities, Information, Distribution and the Role of the Government in a Market Economy11. Externalities and Property Rights12. The Economics of Information13. Labour Markets, Income Distribution, Wealth and Poverty14. Government in the Market Economy: Public Sector Production and Regulation15. The Credit Crunch and the Great Contraction: An Application of Some Micro-economics to Help Explain a Macro-economic Crisis Part 5: Macroeconomics: Issues and Data16. Macroeconomics: the Bird's Eye View of the Economy17. Measuring Economic Activity: Gross Domestic Product18. Measuring the Price Level and Inflation19. The Labour Market: Wages and UnemploymentPart 6: The Economy in the Long Run20. Economic Growth, Productivity and Living Standards21. Capital Markets: Saving, Investment and Financial Intermediaries Part 7: The Economy in the Short Run22. Short-Term Economic Fluctuations23. Money and Interest Rates24. The IS-LM Model25. Stabilising the Economy 1: the Role of Fiscal Policy26. Stabilising the Economy 2: the Role of Monetary Policy27. Aggregate Demand, Aggregate Supply and Inflation28. The New Keynesian Phillips Curve: Expectations and Inflation Policy Part 8: The International Economy29. Exchange Rates, Capital Flows and the Balance of Payments
£61.74
HarperCollins Publishers Bad Pharma
Book SynopsisBad Science' hilariously exposed the tricks that quacks and journalists use to distort science, becoming a 400,000 copy bestseller. Now Ben Goldacre puts the $600bn global pharmaceutical industry under the microscope. What he reveals is a fascinating, terrifying mess.Doctors and patients need good scientific evidence to make informed decisions. But instead, companies run bad trials on their own drugs, which distort and exaggerate the benefits by design. When these trials produce unflattering results, the data is simply buried. All of this is perfectly legal. In fact, even government regulators withhold vitally important data from the people who need it most. Doctors and patient groups have stood by too, and failed to protect us. Instead, they take money and favours, in a world so fractured that medics and nurses are now educated by the drugs industry.The result: patients are harmed in huge numbers.Ben Goldacre is Britain's finest writer on the science behind medicine, and Bad Pharma' is the book that finally prompted Parliament to ask why all trial results aren't made publicly available this edition has been updated with the latest news from the select committee hearings. Let the witty and indefatigable Goldacre show you how medicine went wrong, and what you can do to mend it.Trade Review‘This is a book to make you enraged – properly, bone-shakingly furious – because it’s about how big business puts profits over patient welfare, allows people to die because they don’t want to disclose damning research evidence, and the tricks they play to make sure doctors do not have all the evidence when it comes to appraising whether a drug really works or not. A work of brilliance.’ Max Pemberton, Daily Telegraph ‘This is a brilliant piece of work’ Evening Standard, William Leith ‘This is an important book. Ben Goldacre is angry, and by the time you put ‘Bad Pharma’ down, you should be too.’ New Statesman ‘Nailing the compromise between too much detail and too little, Goldacre’s brilliantly enraging study unpeels how the pharmaceutical giants routinely misrepresent science in their quest for profit.’ Sunday Telegraph ‘What keeps you turning its pages is the accessibility of Goldacre's writing … his genuine, indignant passion, his careful gathering of evidence and his use of stories, some of them personal, which bring the book to life.’ Luisia Dilner, Guardian ‘This is a book that deserves to be widely read, because anyone who does read it cannot help feeling both uncomfortable and angry.’ Economist ‘’Bad Pharma’ will confirm his status as a thorn in the side of the medical Establishment – Goldacre’s detailed research would be hard for any drug-company executive to contradict’ Lois Rogers, Sunday Times
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John Wiley & Sons Inc The Manual of Ideas
Book SynopsisReveals the proprietary framework used by a community of top money managers and value investors in their never-ending quest for untapped investment ideas. This title reviews more than twenty pre-qualified investment ideas and provides an original ranking methodology to help you zero-in on the three to five most compelling investments.Trade Review"The Manual of Ideas: The Proven Framework for Finding the Best Value Investments provides an overview of nine value investing strategies, including why each one is expected to work, the uses and misuses of each, and how to identify specific investment opportunities for each strategy. It is a useful book both for those looking for a current overview of value investing and for the more experienced value investor seeking a critical analysis of value investing strategies and thoughts on methods for identification of specific investment opportunities." —CFA Institute Book ReviewTable of ContentsForeword xi Preface xiii CHAPTER 1 A Highly Personal Endeavor: What Do You Want to Own? 1 Give Your Money to Warren Buffett, or Invest It Yourself? 2 Cast Yourself in the Role of Capital Allocator 7 Owner Mentality 14 Stock Selection Framework 17 Key Takeaways 18 Notes 20 CHAPTER 2 Deep Value: Ben Graham–Style Bargains Inelegant but Profi table Strategy of Cigar Butt Investing 23 The Approach: Why It Works 24 Uses and Misuses of Ben Graham–Style Investing 34 Screening for Graham-Style Bargains 41 Beyond Screening: Working through a List of Deep Value Candidates 44 Asking the Right Questions of Graham-Style Bargains 49 Key Takeaways 53 Notes 54 CHAPTER 3 Sum-of-the-Parts Value: Investing in Companies with Excess or Hidden Assets 57 The Approach: Why It Works 58 Uses and Misuses of Investing in Companies with Overlooked Assets 60 Screening for Companies with Multiple Assets 64 Beyond Screening: Proven Ways of Finding Hidden Assets 69 Asking the Right Questions of Companies with Hidden Assets 78 Key Takeaways 81 Notes 82 CHAPTER 4 Greenblatt’s Magic Search for Good and Cheap Stocks 83 The Approach: Why It Works 84 Uses and Misuses of Investing in Good and Cheap Companies 91 Screening for Good and Cheap Companies 98 Beyond Screening: Hope for Improvement Springs Eternal 102 Asking the Right Questions of Greenblatt-Style Bargains 106 Key Takeaways 113 Notes 114 CHAPTER 5 Jockey Stocks: Making Money alongside Great Managers 117 The Approach: Why It Works 118 Uses and Misuses of Investing in Jockeys 121 Screening for Jockey Stocks 131 Beyond Screening: Building a Rolodex of Great Managers 141 Asking the Right Questions of Management 146 Key Takeaways 150 Notes 151 CHAPTER 6 Follow the Leaders: Finding Opportunity in Superinvestor Portfolios 153 Superinvestors Are Super for a Reason 154 Uses and Misuses of Superinvestor Tracking 157 Screening for Companies Owned by Superinvestors 160 The Superinvestors of Buffettsville 163 Beyond Screening: What Makes a Company Attractive to Superinvestors? 171 Key Takeaways 175 Notes 177 CHAPTER 7 Small Stocks, Big Returns? The Opportunity in Underfollowed Small- and Micro-Caps 179 The Approach: Why It Works 180 Uses and Misuses of Investing in Small Companies 185 Screening for Promising Small- and Micro-Caps 189 Beyond Screening: Other Ways of Finding Compelling Small- and Micro-Cap Ideas 197 Asking the Right Questions of Small-Cap Prospects 207 Key Takeaways 212 Notes 214 CHAPTER 8 Special Situations: Uncovering Opportunity in Event-Driven Investments 215 The Approach: Why It Works 216 Uses and Misuses of Investing in Special Situations 220 Uncovering Special Situations 227 Asking the Right Questions of Special Situations 231 Key Takeaways 236 Notes 237 CHAPTER 9 Equity Stubs: Investing (or Speculating?) in Leveraged Companies 239 The Approach: Why It Works 241 Uses and Misuses of Investing in Equity Stubs 242 Screening for Equity Stubs 251 Beyond Screening: An Ambulance-Chasing Approach 253 Asking the Right Questions of Equity Stubs 257 Key Takeaways 264 Notes 265 CHAPTER 10 International Value Investments: Searching for Value beyond Home Country Borders 267 The Approach: Why It Works 269 Uses and Misuses of Investing in International Equities 272 Screening for International Equities 280 Beyond Screening: Riding the Coattails of Regional Experts 283 Asking the Right Questions of International Equities 285 Key Takeaways 291 Notes 292 References 295 About the Author 303 Index 305
£25.60
Practical Inspiration Publishing The Change Ninja Handbook: An interactive
Book Synopsis** Business Book Awards 2023 Finalist **“An essential guide for any professional interested in understanding how to implement and influence change” Prof. Adam Boddison, - Chief Executive, Association for Project ManagementLeading change in organizations is always hard, but this original, game-based handbook will at least make it much more fun! Based on real-life case studies and reflecting the most common challenges facing any change ninja, this is a story where you get to make the decisions at each stage, and discover the impact of your choices.**This interactive approach will appeal particularly to non-linear thinkers and those who learn best through action and application. It’s pragmatic, focusing on tips for getting people on board and on identifying small, doable ‘ninja moves’ that gain traction and build momentum by stealth.After lots of training in things like project management, agile change and leadership, Dr Tammy Watchorn discovered none of this really helped as the focus was always on process rather than people. By understanding how people work instead, she soon found she could deliver successful change by stealth with ninja moves.Trade ReviewAn accessible guide to undertaking change..I read this book in one day, it was a joy, I can’t recommend it highly enough. A primer for change managers novice or experienced alike. * Amazon *This is the type of book you keep by your side and revisit regularly. I think each time you read it you’d learn more about yourself and change. * Amazon *Immersive, un-put-downable, hilarious, packed with learning and tools...Buy this book, read it, have fun, put the learning into practice, make a difference! * Amazon *Table of ContentsTable of ContentsOnce upon a timeSetting the scene – provides the backdrop for the stories within the book and where the author started the journey. Describes the complexity and fog that is the adventure aheadHow to playInstructions for playing the adventure game including rules and explanation of life lines and health scores.CharactersDescription of the fictitious characters the adventurer will meet on the journey. One of the main characters is Prof Eddie Obeng. He is not fictitious and much of his teaching is scattered throughout the book. Often referred to simply as the ProfChallenge 1: Innovation WorkshopGame over: At any point in the book you can make a decision that lands you here. It might be the wrong decision or you might have just decided you’ve had enough and want a new job. You can choose to end your journey here, restart the game or reset the last ‘bad’ decision.Sam’s Fables Part 1: The professor of changeSam’s fables is a book within a book. A handbook for the adventurer. Challenge 2: Creating spaceSam’s Fable’s Part 2 Ship ahoy me heartiesChallenge 3: I didn’t sign up for thisSam’s Fables part 3 Do your homework..Challenge 4: Well that does look differentSam’s Fables part 4 That will never workChallenge 5 Virtually VirtualSam’s Fables part 5 Don’t we have a plan for that?Challenge 6: Out with the oldSam’s Fables Part 6 The Wasp, the Volcano and the StingChallenge 7: Shall we do what we always do?Sam’s Fables Part 7 What a difference a name makesChallenge 7: ContinuedChallenge 8: Too Serious to PlaySam’s Fables Part 8 Alien InvasionChallenge 9: Beating the DrumSam’s Fables part 9 Quiz timeChallenge 9 Part 2: Beating the DrumChallenge 10: I think we should lead this collaboration,Sam’s Fables Part 10 If it makes sense it’s probably sense makingChallenge 11: Hack to the futureYou made it !!!!Sam’s Fables part 11: Tool kitA summary of the tools described in the book with a short description of how to use them and a template to use.
£14.24
McGraw-Hill Education Principles of Corporate Finance ISE
Book SynopsisThe latest edition in the Principles of Corporate Finance dynasty, the 14th edition continues in its tradition of showing how theory applies to the very practical problems and decisions faced by financial managers. Looking at what financial managers do and why, the book aims to give readers a solid understanding of theory so that they know what questions to ask when times change and new problems need to be analyzed, eventually standing as a reference and a guide to help them make financial decisions, not just study them.This new edition welcomes Alex Edmans to the author team, whose global authority and expertise in corporate governance, responsible business and behavioural finance have been invaluable in bolstering coverage of these topics. A new chapter is entirely dedicated to the subject of balancing shareholder value with promoting the interests of all stakeholders, the potential conflicts inherent in this, and how a responsible buTable of ContentsPart One: ValueChapter 1: Introduction to Corporate FinanceChapter 2: How to Calculate Present ValuesChapter 3: Valuing BondsChapter 4: Valuing StocksChapter 5: Net Present Value and Other Investment CriteriaChapter 6: Making Investment Decisions with the Net Present Value Rule Part Two: RiskChapter 7: Introduction to Risk, Diversification, and Portfolio SelectionChapter 8: The Capital Asset Pricing ModelChapter 9: Risk and the Cost of CapitalPart Three: Best Practices in Capital BudgetingChapter 10: Project AnalysisChapter 11: How to Ensure That Projects Truly Have PositiveNPVs Part Four: Financing Decisions and Market EfficiencyChapter 12: Efficient Markets and Behavioral FinanceChapter 13: An Overview of Corporate FinancingChapter 14: How Corporations Issue Securities Part Five: Payout Policy and Capital StructureChapter 15: Payout PolicyChapter 16: Does Debt Policy Matter?Chapter 17: How Much Should a Corporation Borrow?Chapter 18: Financing and Valuation Part Six: Corporate Objectives and GovernanceChapter 19: Agency Problems and Corporate GovernanceChapter 20: Stakeholder Capitalism and Responsible Business Part Seven: OptionsChapter 21: Understanding OptionsChapter 22: Valuing OptionsChapter 23: Real Options Part Eight: Debt FinancingChapter 24: Credit Risk and the Value of Corporate DebtChapter 25: The Many Different Kinds of DebtChapter 26: LeasingPart Nine: Risk ManagementChapter 27: Managing RiskChapter 28: International Financial Management Part Ten: Financial Planning and Working Capital ManagementChapter 29: Financial AnalysisChapter 30: Financial PlanningChapter 31: Working Capital ManagementPart Eleven: Mergers, Corporate Control, and GovernanceChapter 32: MergersChapter 33: Corporate Restructuring Part Twelve: ConclusionChapter 34: Conclusion: What We Do and Do Not Know about Finance
£58.80
McGraw-Hill Education Fundamentals of Corporate Finance ISE
Book SynopsisBrealey, Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, 11e, is an introduction to corporate finance focusing on how companies invest in real assets, how they raise the money to pay for the investments, and how those assets ultimately affect the firm''s value. It also provides a broad overview of the financial landscape. The book offers a framework for systematically thinking about most of the important financial problems that both firms and individuals are likely to confront: financial management is important, interesting, and challenging.Fundamentals focuses on setting out the basic principles of financial management and applying them to the main decisions faced by the financial manager. The text is also organized around the key concepts of modern finance. These concepts, properly explained, simplify the subject. They are also practical. Financial management tools are easier to grasp and use effectively when presented in a consistent conceptual framework. Table of ContentsPart 1 Introduction1 Goals and Governance of the Corporation2 Financial Markets and Institutions3 Accounting and Finance4 Measuring Corporate PerformancePart 2 Value5 The Time Value of Money6 Valuing Bonds7 Valuing Stocks8 Net Present Value and Other Investment Criteria9 Using Discounted Cash-Flow Analysis to Make Investment Decisions10 Project AnalysisPart 3 Risk11 Introduction to Risk, Return, and the Opportunity Cost of Capital12 Risk, Return, and Capital Budgeting13 The Weighted-Average Cost of Capital and Company ValuationPart 4 Financing14 Introduction to Corporate Financing15 How Corporations Raise Venture Capital and Issue SecuritiesPart 5 Debt and Payout Policy16 Debt Policy17 Payout PolicyPart 6 Financial Analysis and Planning18 Long-Term Financial Planning19 Short-Term Financial Planning20 Working Capital ManagementPart 7 Special Topics21 Mergers, Acquisitions, and Corporate Control22 International Financial Management23 Options24 Risk ManagementPart 8 Conclusion25 What We Do and Do Not Know about Finance
£54.89
Prometheus Books Slaughterhouse: The Shocking Story of Greed,
Book SynopsisSlaughterhouse is the first book of its kind to explore the impact that unprecedented changes in the meatpacking industry over the last twenty-five years - particularly industry consolidation, increased line speeds, and deregulation - have had on workers, animals, and consumers. It is also the first time ever that workers have spoken publicly about what's really taking place behind the closed doors of America's slaughterhouses. In this new paperback edition, author Gail A. Eisnitz brings the story up to date since the book's original publication. She describes the ongoing efforts by the Humane Farming Association to improve conditions in the meatpacking industry, media exposes that have prompted reforms resulting in multimillion dollar appropriations by Congress to try to enforce federal inspection laws, and a favorable decision by the Supreme Court to block construction of what was slated to be one of the largest hog factory farms in the country. Nonetheless, Eisnitz makes it clear that abuses continue and much work still needs to be doneTable of ContentsPart I: Opening the Slaughterhouse Door; Part II: The Stickers' Confessions; Part III: The "Slaughterhouse Eight"; Part IV: USDA Deregulates: Full Line Speeds Ahead; Part V: Friends in High Places; Part VI: A Debased Side of Human Nature; Glossary; Index.
£13.49
Free Press The Halo Effect
Book SynopsisWith two new chapters and a new preface, the award-winning book The Halo Effect continues to unmask the delusions found in the corporate world and provides a sharp understanding of what drives business success and failure.Too many of today’s most prominent management gurus make steel-clad guarantees based on claims of irrefutable research, promising to reveal the secrets of why one company fails and another succeeds, and how you can become the latter. Combining equal measures of solemn-faced hype and a wide range of popular business delusions, statistical and otherwise, these self-styled experts cloud our ability to think critically about the nature of success. Central among these delusions is the Halo Effect—the tendency to focus on the high financial performance of a successful company and then spread its golden glow to all its attributes—clear strategy, strong values, brilliant leadership, and outstanding execution. But should the sam
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Princeton University Press Why Not Default
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Immanuel Wallerstein Memorial Book Award, Political Economy of the World-System Section of the American Sociological Association""Roos has given us a thought-provoking book that will repay the investment of any reader with an interest in sovereign debt."---Michael Reddell, Central Banking Journal"[A] fresh and painstakingly researched approach that raises vital questions for economists, political scientists and policymakers."---Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan, LSE Review of Books"[A] timely and thoroughly researched book—destined to become an obligatory reference in the field."---Veronica Santarosa, Journal of Economic History"[I've] been reading Why Not Default? at an excruciating pace for the best reason: every page or so I get inspired some subtheme or footnote and go off chasing it down."---Quinn Slobodian"Roos makes a powerful and provocative argument." * Survival: Global Politics and Strategy *"A fantastic contribution to the growing literature on sovereign debt. . . . Why Not Default? will be a mandatory reference for scholars working on financialization, debt, and structural power."---José Tomás Labarca, Finance and Society"[Why Not Default?] does a great service . . . by synthesizing a huge amount of detailed information about these crises in one place, and by clarifying the interlocking effects of a host of social, economic and political changes over the past century."---Shaina Potts, Antipode
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HarperCollins Focus Success Is a Choice
Book SynopsisAre you tired of not reaching your full potential? Do you feel you have the talent to succeed but are unappreciated and trapped? Learn how to unlock your potential for success!Abridged from his New York Times bestselling book,?Beyond Talent, leadership expert and author Dr. John C. Maxwell states that if the above describes you, this book can help you learn the right choices that lead to success from the go-to-guru for business professionals across the globe.In Success Is a Choice, Maxwell shows you how to take the next steps that successful people chose, including: Believing in themselves Firing up their passion Initiating action Focusing their energy Cultivating good relationships Embracing practice The choices you make in addition to your talent make the greatest difference. With authentic examples and time-tested wisdom, Success Is a Choice shares fou
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Harvard Business Review Press Five Minds for the Future
Book SynopsisWe live in a time of relentless change. The only thing that?s certain is that new challenges and opportunities will emerge that are virtually unimaginable today. How can we know which skills will be required to succeed?In Five Minds for the Future, bestselling author Howard Gardner shows how we will each need to master five minds that the fast-paced future will demand:· The disciplined mind, to learn at least one profession, as well as the major thinking (science, math, history, etc.) behind it· The synthesizing mind, to organize the massive amounts of information and communicate effectively to others· The creating mind, to revel in unasked questions - and uncover new phenomena and insightful apt answers· The respectful mind, to appreciate the differences between human beings - and understand and work with all persons· The ethical mind, to fulfill one''s responsibilities as both a worker and a citizen<
£19.00
Harvard Business Review Press HBRs 10 Must Reads on Making Smart Decisions with
Book SynopsisLearn why bad decisions happen to good managersand how to make better ones.If you read nothing else on decision making, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to help you and your organization make better choices and avoid common traps.Leading experts such as Ram Charan, Michael Mankins, and Thomas Davenport provide the insights and advice you need to: Make bold decisions that challenge the status quo Support your decisions with diverse data Evaluate risks and benefits with equal rigor Check for faulty cause-and-effect reasoning Test your decisions with experiments Foster and address constructive criticism Defeat indecisiveness with clear accountability
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Harvard Business Review Press Seven Strategy Questions
Book SynopsisIncludes the seven critical questions that every executive must answer about their business strategy the ultimate checklist for successful planning and execution. This title shows executives the questions they must ask themselves and their senior managers in order to tighten and implement the strategy already in place.Trade Review"While leaders cannot always have the right answers, they must know how to ask the right questions to drive strategy. Simons captures the power of this leadership approach in a highly inspiring and engaging way. It is essential reading for experienced managers as well as for everyone new to a leadership role." Kasper Rorsted, CEO, Henkel Germany "Simons's book is a concise reminder of the critical questions that successful CEOs must constantly ask themselves in a rapidly changing world." John Rowe, Chairman and CEO, Exelon Corporation "Seven Strategy Questions recognizes that every business creates value for customers differently, and sets out a useful framework for challenging strategic assumptions and gaining focus. The book provides invaluable insight for any business leader." Ron Williams, Chairman and CEO, Aetna Inc. "I highly recommend this book as a must-read for CEOs and other senior executives. Simons has distilled the essence of competing and winning in the marketplace down to seven hard-hitting, high-impact questions that all of us should have in mind as we manage in the unpredictable and much-less-forgiving 'new normal.'" Nils Andersen, Group CEO of A.P. Moller-Maersk "Simons provides a remarkably insightful path to clarity in defining and executing strategy, guiding us away from distractions and worse. Though closing with a question about what keeps you up at night, this book will help you sleep better." Arne M. Sorenson, President and COO, Marriott International
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Harvard Business Review Press The Practice of Adaptive Leadership
Book SynopsisThe guide to approaching leadership in a rapidly changing world.When change requires you to challenge people''s familiar reality, it can be difficult, dangerous work. Whatever the context--whether in the private or the public sector--many will feel threatened as you push though major changes. But as a leader, you need to find a way to make it work.Ron Heifetz first defined this problem with his distinctive theory of adaptive leadership in Leadership Without Easy Answers. In a second book, Leadership on the Line, Heifetz and coauthor Marty Linsky highlighted the individual and organizational dangers of leading through deep change in business, politics, and community life. Now, Heifetz, Linsky, and coauthor Alexander Grashow are taking the next step: The Practice of Adaptive Leadership is a hands-on, practical guide containing stories, tools, diagrams, cases, and worksheets to help you develop your skills as an adaptive leader, able to
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John Wiley & Sons Inc BeKnowDo
Book SynopsisThe United States Army is one of the most complex, best run organizations in the world, and central to the Army's success are strong leadership and exceptional leadership development. Army leaders must be able to act decisively and effectively in challenging situations.Table of ContentsForeword xiRichard E. Cavanagh Introduction xiii 1. What a Leader Must Be, Know, and Do 1 2. The Character of Leaders 23 3. People Are at the Core 45 4. Leading from the Front 69 5. It Takes a Team 85 6. Managing Complexity, Leading Change 107 7. Building and Leading Learning Organizations 131 Conclusion 153 Notes 161 Index 167
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Harvard Business Review Press Humanocracy: Creating Organizations as Amazing as
Book SynopsisA Wall Street Journal BestsellerIn a world of unrelenting change and unprecedented challenges, we need organizations that are resilient and daring.Unfortunately, most organizations, overburdened by bureaucracy, are sluggish and timid. In the age of upheaval, top-down power structures and rule-choked management systems are a liability. They crush creativity and stifle initiative. As leaders, employees, investors, and citizens, we deserve better. We need organizations that are bold, entrepreneurial, and as nimble as change itself. Hence this book.In Humanocracy, Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini make a passionate, data-driven argument for excising bureaucracy and replacing it with something better. Drawing on more than a decade of research and packed with practical examples, Humanocracy lays out a detailed blueprint for creating organizations that are as inspired and ingenious as the human beings inside them.Critical building blocks include:Motivation: Rallying colleagues to the challenge of busting bureaucracyModels: Leveraging the experience of organizations that have profitably challenged the bureaucratic status quoMindsets: Escaping the industrial age thinking that frustrates progressMobilization: Activating a pro-change coalition to hack outmoded management systems and processesMigration: Embedding the principles of humanocracy—ownership, markets, meritocracy, community, openness, experimentation, and paradox—in your organization's DNAIf you've finally run out of patience with bureaucratic bullshit . . .If you want to build an organization that can outrun change . . .If you're committed to giving every team member the chance to learn, grow, and contribute . . .. . . then this book's for you.Whatever your role or title, Humanocracy will show you how to launch an unstoppable movement to equip and empower everyone in your organization to be their best and to do their best. The ultimate prize: an organization that's fit for the future and fit for human beings.Trade ReviewNamed one of "The 10 Best Business Books of 2021" by ForbesSilver Medal Winner for Best Business Commentary Book in the 2021 Axiom Business Book AwardsNamed one of the "Top Ten Technology Books Of 2020" — ForbesNamed one of the "Best books of 2020: Critics' Picks" by the Financial TimesNamed one of the "Best Business Books 2020: Strategy" by strategy+businessNamed one of 16 New Business Books You Need to Read in 2020 by Inc. magazine"The authors skillfully leave little doubt that industrial age bureaucratic organizations are not structurally equipped to meet the unrelenting change and challenges of today." — School Administrator (AASA, American Association of School Administrators)"Anyone trying to reinvent a "legacy" business should read Humanocracy… Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini set out a practical view on how to address the transformation challenges many companies are dealing with. Humanocracy highlights a lesson that has never been more important: businesses are all about people, and the more human we make them, the better." — Ana Botín, Executive Chairman, Santander"…Messrs Hamel and Zanini may be onto something. Too many people feel dissatisfied with their jobs. A Gallup survey of American employees in 2019 found that less than a quarter said they were expected to be innovative in their job; only one in five felt their opinions mattered at work. Unleash their creativity, and productivity will improve, job satisfaction will increase and workers in supposedly "low-skilled" jobs will be free to demonstrate their abilities. If so, the future of work needn't be gloomy after all." — The Economist"The authors present a fascinating new blueprint for organizational design that captures the few necessary benefits of bureaucracy, while avoiding the penalties. They also take readers inside exemplary businesses that have managed to upend the traditional bureaucratic model. This well-reasoned concept is fully developed around the authors' principles of humanocracy, and includes practical details on how to achieve revolutionary goals with evolutionary means." — Library JournalAdvance Praise for Humanocracy:"Rarely has the case for dismantling bureaucracy been made as effectively, passionately, and comprehensively. The time to start is now, and the book to read is Humanocracy, Hamel and Zanini's practical guide to creating work environments that give everyone the opportunity to flourish. This is essential to revitalizing our organizations and reinvigorating our economies." — Bengt Holmstrom, Paul A. Samuelson Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; 2016 Nobel laureate in Economics"Hamel and Zanini have achieved two remarkable feats. They've produced one of the most cogent critiques of bureaucracy that I've ever read—explaining the many ways that bureaucratic organizations undermine human autonomy, resilience, and creativity. And they've issued a stirring call to do better—to build organizations that liberate the everyday genius of the people inside them. Packed with keen insights and practical guidance, Humanocracy is an essential book." — Daniel H. Pink, #1 New York Times bestselling author, Drive and To Sell Is Human"Humanocracy provides the reader with a road map to helping organizations unleash creativity, energy, and resiliency through leveraging the core of every organization—humans." — Gen. Stanley McChrystal, US Army, Ret.; New York Times bestselling author, Team of Teams"Humanocracy is the most important management book I have read in a very long time. This is not just another book about the power of purpose or the joys of empowerment. Rather, it's a detailed, well-researched, data-driven, compellingly argued expose on the massive costs of bureaucracy in society. Hamel and Zanini offer an equally compelling argument for why it doesn't have to be this way, complete with a practical guide for creating organizations that really work." — Amy Edmondson, professor, Harvard Business School; author, The Fearless Organization"If an organization has ever crushed your hopes and dreams, this book just might help to rejuvenate you. It's hard to imagine a better guide to busting bureaucracies and building workplaces that live up to the potential of the people inside them." — Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author, Originals and Give and Take; host, TED WorkLife podcast"Humanocracy makes the case for replacing chain of command with chain of trust and radical transparency. It's a prescription for unlocking game-changing innovation and the value of every individual." — Marc Benioff, founder, Chairman, and Co-CEO, Salesforce; New York Times bestselling author, Trailblazer"Humanocracy is a must-read to survive and prosper in the future. The book is a tour de force." — Vijay Govindarajan, Coxe Distinguished Professor, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth; author, The Three-Box Solution"Humanocracy thoughtfully outlines why the time has come for organizations to abandon their bureaucratic ways and bring humanity back into the workplace. I found myself nodding throughout the book and thinking 'YES! This is it. This is the new management paradigm we've been needing for decades. Hamel and Zanini have done it!'" — Jim Whitehurst, President, IBM; author, The Open Organization"Humanocracy is the most insightful, instructive book for this new, purpose-driven decade and should be mandatory reading for all organizations seeking to thrive, survive, and, more importantly, make the human impact their teams long for." — Angela Ahrendts, former CEO, Burberry; former Senior Vice President, Apple
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Greenleaf Book Group Press Work the System 5th Edition
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£34.12
Association for Conflict Resolution Conflict Is an Opportunity
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£28.50
Baker Publishing Group Living Forward A Proven Plan to Stop Drifting
Book SynopsisA New York Times bestselling author and a successful life coach provide a proven, step-by-step guide to create a life plan, equipping readers to live with intention, direction, and passion in every area of life.
£12.59
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Crucial Accountability Tools for Resolving
Book SynopsisHold anyone accountable. Master performance discussions. Get RESULTS.Broken promises, missed deadlines, poor behavior--they don't just make others' lives miserable; they can sap up to 50 percent of organizational performance and account for the vast majority of divorces. Crucial Accountability offers the tools for improving relationships in the workplace and in life and for resolving all these problems--permanently.PRAISE FOR CRUCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY:"Revolutionary ideas ... opportunities for breakthrough ..." -- Stephen R. Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People"Unleash the true potential of a relationship or organization and move it to the next level." -- Ken Blanchard, coauthor of The One Minute Manager"The most recommended and most effective resource in my library." -- Stacey Allerton Firth, Vice President, Human Resources, Ford of Canada"Brilliant strategies for those diffTable of ContentsForeword Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: What Is Crucial Accountability? And Who Cares? Part One: Work on Me FirstWhat to Do Before an Accountability Confrontation Chapter 1: Choose What and If How to Know What Conversation to Hold and If You Should Hold ItChapter 2: Master My Stories How to Get Your Head Right Before Opening Your Mouth Part Two: Create SafetyWhat to Do During an Accountability Conversation Chapter 3: Describe the GapHow to Start an Accountability Conversation Chapter 4: Make It MotivatingHow to Help Others Want to Take Action Chapter 5: Make It EasyHow to Make Keeping Commitments (Almost) Painless Chapter 6: Stay Focused and FlexibleWhat to Do When Others Get Sidetracked,Scream, or Sulk Part Three: Move to ActionWhat to Do After an Accountability Conversation Chapter 7: Agree on a Plan and Follow UpHow to Gain Commitment and Move to Action Chapter 8: Put It All TogetherHow to Solve Big, Sticky, Complicated Problems Chapter 9: The 12 “Yeah-Buts”How to Deal with the Truly Tough Appendix A: Where Do You Stand?A Self-Assessment for Measuring Your Accountability Conversation Skills Appendix B: Six-Source Diagnostic QuestionsThe Six-Source Model Appendix C: When Things Go Right Appendix D: Discussion Questions for Reading Groups Notes Index
£14.44
John Wiley & Sons Investing For Dummies
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Lannoo Publishers The Uncertainty Principle
Book SynopsisCrucial organiational and leadership aspects through the lens of an era that is as challenging as it is filled with exciting opportunities
£30.00
HarperCollins Publishers Getting to Yes with Yourself And Other Worthy
Book SynopsisIn his highly anticipated follow up to the bestselling Getting to Yes: Negotiation Agreement Without Giving, Harvard University's world renowned negotiation expert William Ury provides the definitive guide to attaining success at work and at home.Drawing upon decades of experience in some of the world's most challenging conflict areas from million-dollar corporate mergers to high profile Middle Eastern struggles Ury highlights a previously unexamined issue which affects us all, personally and professionally: the biggest obstacle to achieving what we want comes from our own self-destructive actions.In his brilliant new book, Ury outlines practical strategies for dealing with the inner conflicts that hinder our successes. From tactics for dealing with an untrustworthy work colleague, to methods for handling a divorce conversation, and coming out on top, Getting to Yes with Yourself outlines universal techniques for success in seven compelling chapters.Fresh and insightful, Getting to Y
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OUP OXFORD Corporate Governance
Book SynopsisThe most authoritative, complete, and critical guide to corporate governance. Written by the ''father of corporate governance'', this book provides an authoritative analysis of the laws, reports, and regulations governing corporate organizations around the world. Key features - Expert insight: Provides an authoritative analysis by one of the world''s leading corporate governance scholars.- Global case studies: Numerous international case studies and case vignettes illustrate corporate governance in real-world organizations such as Alibaba Group (China), Volkswagen (Germany), Australian Securities Exchange (Australia), Yukos Oil Company (Russia), and AstraZeneca (United Kingdom / Sweden).- Cultural perspectives: A dedicated chapter on ''Corporate governance around the world'' provides a comparative perspective of governance practices in regions such as North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, highlighting cultural impacts.- Interactive e-book: Delivers an immersive learning experience and extra learning support through self-assessment activities and multimedia content.- Structured learning: A clear three-part framework logically introduces the theories, policies, and practical applications of the subject.New to this edition- Practitioner insights: Video interviews with practitioners embedded in the e-book provide engaging, real-world perspectives on corporate governance.- Career advice: Career advice videos offer practical tips and insights from industry practitioners to help students think ahead to their future career paths and professional aspirations.- ''Dialogue Scenarios'': Based on the author''s real-life experiences, these scenarios illustrate how directors tackle governance challenges and highlight the importance of human behaviour inside and outside the boardroom, expanding students'' grasp of the subject beyond legal practices and economic theories.- A new definition of corporate governance focuses on its essence rather than simply what is done, subsequently inviting students to undertake a deeper exploration of trust, power, and accountability.Digital formats and resourcesCorporate Governance is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats (including as part of Business Trove online), and is supported by extensive digital resources.The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access, with learning resources embedded and hyperlinked throughout to offer self-assessment activities and extra support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooksThe student resources, accessible via the e-book, include:- Practitioner videos- Career advice videos- Multiple-choice questions- Flashcard glossary- Answer guidance to self-test questions- Notes on the case studies- Additional resources- Links to corporate governance codes around the world- Introductory note from the author (students)The book''s teaching resources, accessible online for adopting lecturers, include:- PowerPoint Slides- Group exercises- Teaching notes for case studies- Teahing notes for projects and exercises- Introductory note from the author (instructors)
£47.49
John Wiley & Sons Inc Ready Fire Aim
Book SynopsisWhether you re thinking about starting a new business or growing an existing one, Ready, Fire, Aim has what you need to succeed in your entrepreneurial endeavors.Table of ContentsForeword xi Acknowledgments xiii About the Author xv PART ONE Being All That You Can Be 1 INTRODUCTION The Very Best Job in the World 3 CHAPTER 1 Getting to the Next Level 13 CHAPTER 2 Why Employee Size Matters: A Different Way of Measuring the Four Stages 23 CHAPTER 3 Becoming a Five-Star Business Genius 31 PART TWO Stage One: Infancy 41 CHAPTER 4 The Supremacy of Selling 43 CHAPTER 5 Your Optimum Selling Strategy and the Four Fundamental Secrets of Selling Your First Product 67 CHAPTER 6 Mastering the Copy Side of Selling 91 CHAPTER 7 Secondary—Yet Important—Priorities for Stage One Businesses 109 CHAPTER 8 A Quick Review of the Problems, Challenges, and Opportunities Faced by the Stage One Entrepreneur 121 PART THREE Stage Two: Childhood 129 CHAPTER 9 From $1 Million to $10 Million and Beyond: How to Break through the One-Product-Company Syndrome 131 CHAPTER 10 Innovation—the Key to Second-Stage Growth 147 CHAPTER 11 Speed: Putting Ready, Fire, Aim into Your Business 167 CHAPTER 12 Getting Ready 181 CHAPTER 13 What Are You Waiting For? Start Firing Already! 195 CHAPTER 14 Aiming the Product 205 CHAPTER 15 Aiming the Marketing, Part 1: A Quick Crash Course 219 CHAPTER 16 Aiming the Marketing, Part 2: Understanding the Buying Frenzy 239 CHAPTER 17 Ready, Fire, Aim in Action 259 CHAPTER 18 A Quick Review of the Problems, Challenges, and Opportunities Faced by the Stage Two Entrepreneur 271 PART FOUR Stage Three: Adolescence 279 CHAPTER 19 Making the Stage Three Transformation 281 CHAPTER 20 Changing into a Corporate Leader 295 CHAPTER 21 Filling Your Stage Three Business with Stars and Superstars 307 CHAPTER 22 Bottlenecks, Bureaucracy, and Politics 321 CHAPTER 23 A Quick Review of the Problems, Challenges, and Opportunities Faced by the Stage Three Entrepreneur 333 PART FIVE Stage Four: Adulthood 339 CHAPTER 24 The Last Big Change 341 CHAPTER 25 Acting as Your Company's Main Investor 349 Afterword 357 Notes 361 Index 365
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Penguin Books Ltd Smartest Guys in the Room
Book SynopsisThe fall of Enron was much more than a business scandal. Not only did the events of October 2001 have a more damaging effect on the markets than 9/11 but, like Watergate, it was an event that sent shivers throughout the whole world. This is an in-depth investigation of the fall of Enron.Trade Review...the most comprehensive picture yet of how the company went off the rails. The sheer accumulation of detail makes it possible for the first time to understand how Enron got away with its blend of hubris and incompetence for so long. . . This is more than a business story. It is also about what can happen to any institution when weak and complacent leadership allows itself to be swept along by strong vested interests and the mood of the times. * Richartd Lambert, ex editor of Financial Times and member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee *
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Mind Over Markets
Book SynopsisA timely update to the book on using the Market Profile method to trade Emerging over twenty years ago, Market Profile analysis continues to realize a strong following among active traders.Table of ContentsPreface xiii Acknowledgments xvii Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Chapter 2 Novice 7 Laying the Foundation 9 The Auction 9 Organizing the Day 10 Challenging the Rules 15 The Role of the Marketplace 16 Going with the Crowd 17 Introduction to Day Timeframe Structure 19 Normal Day 19 Dynamics 19 Structural Characteristics 21 Normal Variation of a Normal Day 21 Dynamics 21 Structural Characteristics 23 Trend Day 23 Dynamics 23 Structural Characteristics 23 Double-Distribution Trend Day 25 Dynamics 25 Structural Characteristics 25 Nontrend Day 27 Dynamics 27 Structural Characteristics 27 Neutral Day 27 Dynamics 27 Structural Characteristics 28 Day Type Summary 31 Chapter 3 Advanced Beginner 33 Building the Framework 34 The Big Picture: Market Structure, Trading Logic, and Time 34 A Synthesis: Structure, Time, and Logic 35 Ease of Learning 36 Amount of Information 36 Recognition Speed 37 Trade Location 37 Confidence Level 37 Summary 38 Evaluating Other Timeframe Control 38 Other Timeframe Control on the Extremes 40 Tails (or Extremes) 40 Range Extension 40 Other Timeframe Control in the Body of the Profile 40 TPO 41 Initiative versus Responsive Activity 45 Trending versus Bracketed Markets 49 Key Elements—A Brief Discussion 51 Trending Markets 54 Bracketed Markets 54 The Two Big Questions 56 Chapter 4 Competent 59 Doing the Trade 59 Section I 60 Day Timeframe Trading 60 Day Timeframe Directional Conviction 61 Opening Call 61 The Open 62 The Open as a Gauge of Market Conviction 63 Open-Drive 63 Open-Test-Drive 65 Open-Rejection-Reverse 68 Open-Auction 69 Open-Auction in Range 70 Open-Auction out of Range 71 Summary 73 Opening’s Relationship to Previous Day—Estimating Daily Range Potential 74 Open within Value—Acceptance 75 Rejection (Breakout) 79 Open outside of Value but within Range—Acceptance 80 Rejection (Breakout) 83 Open outside of Range—Acceptance 84 Rejection 85 Summary 85 April 13,1989 86 Crude Oil 87 S&P 500 87 Gold 90 Japanese Yen 92 Soybeans 92 Treasury Bonds 92 Summary 95 Day Timeframe Auction Rotations 96 Two-Timeframe Markets 97 One-Timeframe Markets 97 Using Auction Rotations to Evaluate Other Timeframe Control 97 Structure 99 Half-Hour Auctions 100 Extremes 100 Range Extension 101 Time 101 Identifying Timeframe Transition 102 December Swiss Franc, October 12, 1987 103 Y to E: One-Timeframe Buying 104 E: Time 104 Y to F: Auction Test 104 G: Transition Confirmation 104 E to H: One-Timeframe Selling 105 H: Auction Test 105 I: Transition Confirmation 105 H-J: One-Timeframe Buying 105 Summary 105 Auction Failures 105 Excess 110 Signs of Excess 111 The Rotation Factor 112 Monitoring the POC or Fairest Price 115 9:30 a.m. Figure 4.30 116 10:00 a.m. Figure 4.31 118 10:30 a.m. Figure 4.32 119 Noon Figure 4.33 119 2:00 p.m. Figure 4.34 119 The Close 120 Day Timeframe Visualization and Pattern Recognition 122 Short-Covering Rallies 123 Long-Liquidation Breaks 127 Summary of Short Covering and Long Liquidation 128 Ledges 129 Summary 130 High- and Low-Volume Areas 131 High-Volume Areas 131 Identifying High-Volume Levels 132 High-Volume Examples 134 Low-Volume Areas 138 Low-Volume Examples 140 Summary 144 Summary—Day Timeframe Trading 145 Section II 145 Long-Term Trading 145 Long-Term Directional Conviction 146 Attempted Direction: Which Way is the Market Trying to Go? 146 Auction Rotations 147 Range Extension 147 Long-Term Excess 150 Island Days 152 Long-Term Tails 152 Gaps 155 Summary 155 Buying/Selling Composite Days 155 Summary 157 Directional Performance: is the Market Doing a Good Job in its Attempts to Get There? 157 Volume 158 Evaluating Changes in Volume 158 Volume as a Measure of Directional Performance 158 Value-Area Placement 159 Evaluating Directional Performance through Combined Volume and Value-Area Placement 160 Value-Area Width 169 Summary: Long-Term Activity Record 171 Long-Term Auction Rotations 183 Brackets 183 Trade Location in a Bracketed Market 188 Rule 1: Monitor Market Direction and Location within the Current Bracket 189 Rule 2: Markets Generally Test the Bracket Extreme More Than Once 190 Rule 3: Markets Fluctuate within Bracketed Regions 190 Rule 4: Monitor Activity Near the Bracket Extremes for Acceptance/Rejection 192 Transition: Bracket to Trend 192 Trends 193 Trade Location in a Trending Market 193 Monitoring Trends for Continuation 196 Transition: Trend to Bracket 197 Detailed Analysis of a Developing Market 201 Bracket Reference Points 201 Region A (Figure 4.87) 203 Region B (Figure 4.88) 205 Region C (Figure 4.89) 207 Region D (Figure 4.90) 208 Long-Term Auction Failures 210 Long-Term Short Covering and Long Liquidation 214 Applications 224 Corrective Action 225 The Function of Corrective Action 226 Summary 228 Long-Term Profiles 228 Using Long-Term Profiles 229 The Long-Term Profile in Action 229 Region A (Figures 4.98 and 4.99) 231 Region B (Figures 4.100 and 4.101) 235 Summary 238 Special Situations 238 3 to I Days 239 Neutral-Extreme Days 241 The Value-Area Rule 244 Summary 246 Spikes 247 Acceptance versus Rejection 247 Openings within the Spike 247 Openings outside the Spike 249 Bullish Openings 249 Bearish Openings 252 Spike Reference Points 252 Balance-Area Breakouts 252 Gaps 260 Day Timeframe Significance of Gaps 260 Summary 265 Markets to Stay Out Of 265 Nontrend Days 266 Nonconviction Days 266 Long-Term Nontrend Markets 267 News-Influenced Markets 269 Summary 269 News 269 Summary 274 Beyond the Competent Trader 275 Chapter 5 Proficient 277 Self-Understanding: Becoming a Successful Trader 279 Self-Observation 281 The Whole-Brained Trader 282 The Left Hemisphere 283 The Right Hemisphere 283 Combining the Two Hemispheres 283 Strategy 284 A Business Strategy 285 Capital 285 Location 286 Timing 286 Information 287 Know Your Competition 287 Know Yourself 288 Consistent, Daily Execution 288 Inventory 288 Risk 289 Goals 290 Record Keeping and Performance 290 Dedication 290 Applications 291 Summary 292 Chapter 6 The Expert Trader 295 Chapter 7 Experience 297 Set Aside Your Expectations 297 Mind over Markets in Profile 298 Market-Understanding and Self-Understanding 300 Perfect Practice Makes Perfect 300 Blinded by Price 300 Be Prepared 301 Perspective 302 Overnight Inventory 305 Gaps Can Be Gold 307 Gaining an Edge 308 The Fairest Price Revealed 309 Thinking Statistically 311 The Trader’s Dilemma 311 The Most Important Omission from the First Printing in 1990 312 Emotional Markets 313 A Landscape View of the Market 314 Personal Evolution 315 Hierarchy of Information 316 Timeframe Control—Who is Dominating the Current Session? 317 Markets are Visual 318 Destination Trades 319 The Opening 319 Trends 320 Daily Perspective 322 Cognitive Dissonance 322 Imagination 325 False Certainty 326 Anomalies 326 Market Logic 328 We are All Day Traders 329 Appendix 1 Value-Area Calculation 331 Volume Value-Area Calculation 331 TPO Value-Area Calculation 332 Appendix II TPO versus Volume Profiles 335 Single Price Level Distortions 336 End of Day Total Volume versus Ongoing Volume throughout the Day 337 Anomalies 337 Too Focused on Volume 339 Conclusion 339 Suggested Readings 341 About the Authors 343 Index 345
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Oxford University Press Embracing Complexity
Book SynopsisThe book describes what it means to say the world is complex and explores what that means for managers, policy makers and individuals.The first part of the book is about the theory and ideas of complexity. This is explained in a way that is thorough but not mathematical. It compares differing approaches, and also provides a historical perspective, showing how such thinking has been around since the beginning of civilisation. It emphasises the difference between a complexity worldview and the dominant mechanical worldview that underpins much of current management practice. It defines the complexity worldview as recognising the world is interconnected, shaped by history and the particularities of context. The comparison of the differing approaches to modelling complexity is unique in its depth and accessibility. The second part of the book uses this lens of complexity to explore issues in the fields of management, strategy, economics, and international development. It also explores how to facilitate others to recognise the implications of adopting a complex rather than a mechanical worldview and suggests methods of research to explore systemic, path-dependent emergent aspects of situations. The authors of this book span both science and management, academia and practice, thus the explanations of science are authoritative and yet the examples of changing how you live and work in the world are real and accessible. The aim of the book is to bring alive what complexity is all about and to illustrate the importance of loosening the grip of a modernist worldview with its hope for prediction, certainty and control.Trade ReviewAn important contribution to our understanding of complexity science and its relevance for tackling the problems being faced in todays world. * Gareth Morgan, author of Images of Organization *Enjoyable, thought provoking, and insightful. A superb introduction to complexity science for all readers! * W. Brian Arthur, author of Complexity and the Economy and Recipient of the Lagrange Prize in Complexity Science *In the social and physical sciences, complexity is everywhere, changing how we think and act. But how? This book provides an excellent overview both of the underlying concepts and also their implications for how we think about changein economics, organizations and international development. Highly recommended. * Duncan Green, Strategic Adviser, Oxfam GB *Embracing Complexity takes a critical stance in relation to dominant ways of thinking about the social world. It presents complexity thinking as a way of understanding how the world works, and challenges the dominant expectation that leaders can control the evolution of the social and the organisational world. Those willing to take a critical approach will _ nd this an important book. * Ralph Stacey, Complexity and Management Group, Hertfordshire Business School *Table of ContentsEmbracing Complexity ; 1. Introduction ; 2. The Nature of a Complex World ; 3. Unpacking Complexity ; 4. Have We Thought Like This Before? ; 5. The Complexity of Complexity Theories ; 6. Complexity and the Social World ; 7. Complexity and Management ; 8. Complexity and Strategy ; 9. Complexity and International Development ; 10. Complexity and Economics ; 11. Final reflections: what we hope you take away from this book
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Advantage Media Group Scaling Up Revised 2025
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£20.85
Oxford University Press The White Mans Burden
Book SynopsisWe are all aware of the extreme hunger and poverty that afflict the world''s poor. We hear the facts, see the images on television, buy the T-shirt and are moved as individuals and governments to dig deep into our pockets. Yet what happens to all this aid? Why after 50 years and $2.3 trillion are there still children dying for lack of twelve cents medicine? Why are there so many people still living on less than $1 a day without clean water, food, sanitation, shelter, education or medicine?In The White Man''s Burden William Easterly, acclaimed author and former economist at the World Bank, addresses these twin tragedies head on. While recognising the energy and compassion behind the campaign to make poverty history he argues urgently and powerfully that grand plans and good intentions are a part of the problem not the solution. Giving aid is not enough, we must ensure that it reaches the people who need it most and the only way to make this happens is through accountability and by learning from past experiences. Without claiming to have all the answers, William Easterly chastises the complacent and patronising attitude of the West that attempts to impose solutions from above. In this book, which is by turns angry, moving, irreverent but always rigorous, he calls on each and everyone of us to take responsibility, whether donors, aid workers or ordinary citizens, so that more aid reaches the people it is supposed to help, the mother who cannot feed her children, the little girl who has to collect firewood rather than go to school, the father who cannot work because he has been crippled by war.Trade ReviewCompelling reading...Easterly's book is an important one, and the arguments he raises cannot and should not be ignored. * London Book Review.com *Table of ContentsWHY PLANNERS CANNOT BRING PROSPERITY; ACTING OUT THE BURDEN; THE WHITE MAN'S ARMY; THE FUTURE
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Common Sense on Mutual Funds
Book SynopsisJohn Bogle is a revolutionary pioneer of championing better funds at lower costs to investors. This Second Edition is updated to fully reflect structural and regulatory changes in the industry since he published his first edition of Common Sense on Mutual Funds.Trade Review"As founder of the giant mutual fund company, Vanguard Group, Bogle writes what he knows: how to steer one’s way through mutual funds and the numbing variety of investment alternatives available today. His is a clear and readable style, and Bogle helps make still somewhat-arcane terms such as quantitative investing understandable."(SmartMoney.com) "Common Sense on Mutual Funds," by John Bogle, inventor of the retail index fund and founder of the Vanguard Group. It’s the best book ever on fund investing, just updated for new investors. The case for indexing is rock solid, as you’ll see here. It’s the only strategy that works, long term." —Jane’s Book Club, http://janebryantquinn.com "Never before [have] I seen a book that so openly and successfully juxtaposed that which was said against that which actually happened over the period of a decade. . . As a long-time believer in low cost indexing, I didn’t think I’d learn much from this book. I was wrong! Reading this book offers investors a glimpse of the perspective and lessons learned from recent years that were anything but normal. . . This book, of course, is even more valuable to those that aren’t a believer in indexing. It may be a hard read if you’re among those who still believe that 90 percent of investors can all be above average. Consider the effort well worth it because the common sense in this book may save your retirement. Reading this book might also help you realize, as I have, that common sense really is pretty uncommon." —Allan Roth, CBS Moneywatch.com "The definitive book on index fund investing. It explains why index fund investing is the best way — no, the only way — for people to invest their savings. . . [Bogle] does something few in the investing world would dare to do. He stands by what he said 10 years ago. The original text is presented unchanged. New data is added to reveal what happened over the past 10 years." —Scott Burns, The Austin American Statesman A worthwhile addition to one’s library, particularly as a reference publication. . . This . . revision of a book written ten years ago . . . with the original text still present in the book, and an analysis of the predictions that were made ten years ago. . . makes fascinating reading. The analysis of the predictions on their own makes the book worth a read, even if all one does is look at the coloured sections which contain the updated material.” (Australian Investors Association) “More Common Sense from Jack Bogle. Jack’s back and he’s unbowed. . . The tome holds up well after a decade. Bogle hasn’t altered a word of the original text, just added color coded data and text boxes to show where he was on or off the mark. Guess what? Jack doesn’t offer many mea culpas. . . The book is still essential reading for investors. Whether you think indexing is the best way to investor not, it’s filled with simple, powerful advice that can help stack the odds of long-term financial success in your favor. Reading it then helped shape me as an investor and analyst. Here are the most important lessons (besides the obvious one: that indexing works) that I’ve drawn from the pages of both editions, as well as a couple of points where I, and many of my colleagues, dare to differ from St. Jack.” (Morningstar)Table of ContentsForeword for the 10th Anniversary Edition ix Foreword for the Original Edition xiii Preface to the 10th Anniversary Edition xv Preface to the Original Edition xix Acknowledgments for the 10th Anniversary Edition xxvii Acknowledgments for the Original Edition xxix About the Author xxxi Part I: On Investment Strategy 1 Chapter 1 On Long-Term Investing 3 Chance and the Garden Chapter 2 On the Nature of Returns 45 Occam’s Razor Chapter 3 On Asset Allocation 77 The Riddle of Performance Attribution Chapter 4 On Simplicity 109 How to Come Down to Where You Ought to Be Part II: On Investment Choices 143 Chapter 5 On Indexing 145 The Triumph of Experience over Hope Chapter 6 On Equity Styles 191 Tick-Tack-Toe Chapter 7 On Bonds 217 Treadmill to Oblivion? Chapter 8 On Global Investing 251 Acres of Diamonds Chapter 9 On Selecting Superior Funds 277 The Search for the Holy Grail Part III: On Investment Performance 303 Chapter 10 On Reversion to the Mean 305 Sir Isaac Newton’s Revenge on Wall Street Chapter 11 On Investment Relativism 329 Happiness or Misery? Chapter 12 On Asset Size 347 Nothing Fails Like Success Chapter 13 On Taxes 373 The Message of the Parallax Chapter 14 On Time 401 The Fourth Dimension—Magic or Tyranny? Part IV: On Fund Management 423 Chapter 15 On Principles 425 Important Principles Must Be Inflexible Chapter 16 On Marketing 445 The Message Is the Medium Chapter 17 On Technology 465 To What Avail? Chapter 18 On Directors 483 Serving Two Masters Chapter 19 On Structure 503 The Strategic Imperative Part V: On Spirit 533 Chapter 20 On Entrepreneurship 535 The Joy of Creating Chapter 21 On Leadership 549 A Sense of Purpose Chapter 22 On Human Beings 567 Clients and Crew Afterword 585 Appendix I Some Thoughts about the Current Stock Market as 2010 Begins 591 Appendix II Some Thoughts about the Current Stock Market as 1999 Begins 599 Notes 607 Index 613
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Business Development
Book SynopsisBusiness Development: A Market-Oriented Perspective is designed to help enable market-oriented business developer to conceive, craft, and execute a superior business plan.Table of ContentsPreface Chapter 1. Introduction and Default Positions Module 1. The Business Developer’s Mindset Chapter 2. Business Development Chapter 3. Market Orientation Chapter 4. Innovation, the Entrepreneur, and Entrepreneurial Orientation Chapter 5. Business Models and Business Plans Module 2. The Business Developer’s Toolbox Chapter 6. Strategy and Strategic Management Chapter 7. The Business Environment – value creation I Chapter 8. Resources and Organization Design – value creation II Chapter 9. Value Appropriation and Property rights Module 3. Crafting and Executing the Business Plan Chapter 10. The Marketing Plan – marketing management and market research Chapter 11. The Organization Plan – organizational development and governance Chapter 12. The Finance Plan – financial statements, arrangements, and valuation Chapter 13. Connecting the Dots – executing the business plan Index
£45.86
John Wiley & Sons Inc Supermoney
Book Synopsis"Adam Smith continues to dazzle and sparkle! With the passage of time, Supermoney has, if anything, added to its power to inspire, arouse, provoke, motivate, inform, illuminate, entertain, and guide a whole new generation of readers, while marvelously reprising the global money show for earlier fans. " - David M.Table of ContentsForeword ix Preface xxvii I. Supermoney 1 1. Metaphysical Doubts, Very Short 3 2. Liquidity: Mr. Odd-Lot Robert Is Asked How He Feels 4 3. Supermoney, Where It Is: The Supercurrency 15 II. The Day the Music Almost Died 29 1. The Banks June 1970 31 2. The Brokers September 1970 50 III. The Pros 67 1. Nostalgia Time: The Great Buying Panic 69 2. An Unsuccessful Group Therapy Session for Fifteen Hundred Investment Professionals Starring the Avenging Angel 78 3. Cautionary Tales Remember These, O Brother, in Your New Hours of Triumph 95 4. How My Swiss Bank Blew $40 Million and Went Broke 110 5. Somebody Must Have Done Something Right: The Lessons of the Master 171 IV. Is the System Blown? 199 1. The Debased Language of Supercurrency 201 2. Co-opting Some of the Supercurrency 215 3. Beta, Or Speak to Me Softly in Algebra 223 Well, Watchman, What of the Night? Arthur Burns’s angst; Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird; Prince Valiant and the Protestant Ethic; Work and Its Discontents; Will General Motors Believe in Harmony? Will General Electric Believe in Beauty and Truth? Of the Greening and Blueing, and Cotton Mather and Vince Lombardi and the Growth of Magic; and What Is to Be Done on Monday Morning. 235 Some Notes 287 I. Table I: Sector Statements of Saving and Investment: Households, Personal Trusts, and Nonprofit Organizations 291 II. Table II: Funds Raised, Nonfinancial Sectors 293 III. Table III: The Runoff in Commercial Paper; Summer 1970 294 IV. Portfolio of the University of Rochester 295
£16.15
John Wiley & Sons Inc Auditing For Dummies
Book SynopsisWant to be an auditor and need to hone your investigating skills? This friendly guide gives you an easy-to-understand explanation of auditing - from gathering financial statements and accounting information to analyzing a client's financial position. It gives you what you need to ace an auditing course and begin a career today.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Part I: Getting an Auditing Initiation 7 Chapter 1: Taking Auditing into Account 9 Chapter 2: The Role of Auditing in Public Accounting 21 Chapter 3: Understanding Professional Standards and Ethics 33 Part II: Performing the Initial Auditing Steps 45 Chapter 4: Getting Engaged: Preparing to Conduct an Audit 47 Chapter 5: Assessing Audit Risk 67 Chapter 6: Collecting and Documenting Audit Evidence 91 Chapter 7: Auditing a Client’s Internal Controls 111 Chapter 8: Sampling the Records 133 Part III: Auditing How a Client Conducts Business 153 Chapter 9: The Revenue Process: Auditing How a Business Makes Money 155 Chapter 10: The Purchasing Process: Auditing How a Business Spends Money 181 Chapter 11: The Human Resources Process: Auditing Personnel Practices 201 Chapter 12: Inventory Management: Auditing How a Business Manages Its Products 219 Part IV: Focusing on a Client’s Finances 239 Chapter 13: Auditing Fixed and Intangible Assets 241 Chapter 14: Auditing Long-Term Liabilities and Stockholder Equity 261 Chapter 15: Auditing Cash and Investments 283 Part V: Completing the Audit 297 Chapter 16: Performing Final Due Diligence 299 Chapter 17: Wrapping It Up: Issuing the Report 313 Chapter 18: The Spectrum of Engagement Services 325 Part VI: The Part of Tens 339 Chapter 19: Ten Procedures to Obtain Audit Evidence 341 Chapter 20: Ten Tips to Stay Educated in Audit Procedures 345 Index 349
£16.14
Little, Brown Book Group Play Bigger
Book SynopsisIn today''s world, it''s no longer enough to create great new products; rather companies now must create whole new categories that destroy old ones. Uber created a new personal transportation category and destroyed taxis and limos. Salesforce.com created a new category of cloud-base sales automation, dethroning the old CRM industry. Airbnb, Workday, Tesla and Netflix are all winning by creating entirely new business categories that destabilise old ones.The category is the new strategy.The conclusion: If you want to build a legendary company, you need to design and build a legendary category at the same time, and dominate it over time. Your company needs to be a Category King. And if you don''t design a Category King, you''re creating a failure. Drawing on examples from within and beyond our own practice, PLAY BIGGER shows both entrepreneurs and established enterprises how to define, develop and rule a category over time.Trade ReviewI can't overstate how much these guys are the heaviest lead foot on any gas pedal in Silicon Valley. -- Peggy Burke, branding and design guru to Silicon Valley, founder of 1185 DesignEvery entrepreneur looking to alter the landscape and every CEO looking to reimagine their business can learn from this book. Play Bigger provides inspiration and a framework for building companies that transcend gravity. -- Marc Benioff, Chairman and CEO, SalesforcePlay Bigger is the new how-to guide for entrepreneurs and executives who want to build legendary, enduring companies. -- Jim Goetz, Partner, Sequoia CapitalBusiness leaders of the future need to create movements with passionate employees and fans that change the world's point of view, not just companies with employees that sell products. Play Bigger shows how category design is the roadmap for making this happen. -- Mike Maples, Funding Partner, FloodgateEvery entrepreneur who wants to take their game to the next level needs to read this book. Category design applies to sports governing bodies, event owners, national teams and even athletes. -- John Bertrand, Americas Cup winner, Olympic medalistCategory design is a principle that every successful entrepreneur has intuitively embraced. Now it is outlined here in Play Bigger for all business executives to learn and apply. An absolute must read for every person interested in the secret sauce found in Silicon Valley. -- Ann Miura-Ko, Lecturer, Stanford University and Co-founder Floodgate FundThe news is out, it is not start-ups that count but those that are first to global scale: Category Kings. The authors write intelligently and entertainingly about the scale-up process and how it can be systematised and engineered. This is an easy book to read on a very complex and important topic. The paranoid will be sure to read it first. And only they survive. -- John Taysom, an early investor in 17 public technology companies, co-founder of Privatar and a visiting professor at the University of CambridgeSmart, fast-paced and a thoroughly inspiring read. This book takes a fascinating look at how the most successful companies of today, the past and the future are creating and dominating entirely new categories. Every business leader interested in learning how to make it REALLY big must absolutely read this book. -- Nick Holzherr, CEO of Whisk.comSmart, fast-paced and a thoroughly inspiring read. This book takes a fascinating look at how the most successful companies of today, the past and the future are creating and dominating entirely new categories. Every business leader interested in learning how to make it REALLY big must absolutely read this book. -- Nick Holzherr, CEO of Whisk.com
£15.29
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Escape Velocity
Book SynopsisAddresses the central dilemma established firms face: how to continue to harvest past success while driving the organization, its people and its processes, toward future growth and opportunities.Trade Review"A pragmatic framework to help mature enterprises escape the pull of their pasts and embrace the new reality of work." -- John Chen, CEO, Sybase
£17.09
McGraw-Hill Education Cost Management A Strategic Emphasis 2024 Release
Book SynopsisCost Management: A Strategic Emphasis, by Blocher/Juras/Smith is dedicated to answering the question: Why Cost Management? It answers this question by providing cost-management tools and techniques needed to support an organization''s competitiveness, improve its performance, and help the organization accomplish its strategy. The text is written to help students understand the broader role of cost accounting in helping an organization succeed - and not just the measurement of costs. While the text does include coverage of traditional costing topics (e.g., job-order costing, process costing, service-department cost allocations, and accounting for joint and by-products), its primary strength is the linkage of these topics, as well as more contemporary topics, to an organization''s strategy.
£55.79
Random House USA Inc Mindset The New Psychology of Success
Book SynopsisFrom the renowned psychologist who introduced the world to “growth mindset” comes this updated edition of the million-copy bestseller—featuring transformative insights into redefining success, building lifelong resilience, and supercharging self-improvement.“Through clever research studies and engaging writing, Dweck illuminates how our beliefs about our capabilities exert tremendous influence on how we learn and which paths we take in life.”—Bill Gates, GatesNotes “It’s not always the people who start out the smartest who end up the smartest.”After decades of research, world-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., discovered a simple but groundbreaking idea: the power of mindset. In this brilliant book, she shows how success in school, work, sports, the arts, and almost every area of human endeavor can be dramatically influenced by how we think about our talents
£12.34
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Coaching for Improved Work Performance Revised
Book SynopsisManaging employees in todayâs rapidly evolving workplace can sometimes feel like negotiating a minefield. Such recent new trends as flextime, telecommting, 360-degree feedback, the flattening of hierarchies, and the increased use of temps and contract workers present tough new challenges for supervisors in every field. This timely, completely revised and updated edition of Ferdinand Fourniesâs classic management coaching "bible" shows you proven ways to get workers to perform at the highest level while eliminating the self-destructive kinds of behaviors that have become increasingly prevalent in recent years.In this book, youâll be taught specific face-to-face interventions you can use to enhance performance in every kind of workplace situation--from sales to creative brainstorming. There are also interventions uniquely suited to resolving problems ranging from low productivity to absenteeism to conflicts between individuals. Youâll learn precisely what to say and do so that each pTable of ContentsWhy Managers Fail as Coaches. So What Does All This Mean? Motivation--The Theories You Can and Can't Use. An Alternative to Psychoterapy. A Theory You Can Put to Practical Use. Avoiding the Communication Problem. A Practical Approach to Managing People in Business. The Magic of Feedback. Coaching Analysis. Coaching: The Face-to-Face Discussion. But What If It Doesn't Work? Coaching Cases. The Requirements for You to Be Successful in Eliminating Employees' Unsatisfactory Performance. Answers for Critical Questions and Problems.
£14.44
MIT Press Data Is Everybodys Business
Book SynopsisA clear, engaging, evidence-based guide to monetizing data, for everyone from employee to board member.Most organizations view data monetization?converting data into money?too narrowly: as merely selling data sets. But data monetization is a core business activity for both commercial and noncommercial organizations, and, within organizations, it?s critical to have wide-ranging support for this pursuit. In Data Is Everybody?s Business, the authors offer a clear and engaging way for people across the entire organization to understand data monetization and make it happen. The authors identify three viable ways to convert data into money?improving work with data, wrapping products with data, and selling information offerings?and explain when to pursue each and how to succeed.Key features of the book:?Grounded in twenty-eight years of academic research, including nine years of research at the MIT Sloan Center for Information Systems Research (MIT CISR)?Definitions of key terms, self-reflection questions, appealing graphics, and easy-to-use frameworks?Rich with detailed case studies?Supplemented by free MIT CISR website resources (cisr.mit.edu)Ideal for organizations engaged in data literacy training, data-driven transformation, or digital transformation, Data Is Everybody?s Business is the essential guide for helping everybody in the organization?not just the data specialists?understand, get excited about, and participate in data monetization.
£20.96
John Wiley & Sons Inc The Pirate Inside
Book SynopsisAdam Morgan follows bestseller 'Eating the Big Fish' with a close up of the kind of person it takes to challenge established brands.Trade Review“… will appeal to anyone who bought Morgan’s last book, Eating the Big Fish, and is a natural follow-up…” (Publishing News, 19th March 2004) “An excellent read” (Marketer, September 2004) “…divides neatly into two sections…many examples and insights…” (Brand Strategy, November 2004) “…uses the analogy of being a pirate to demonstrate how challenger brands can be shaped by the people behind them…” (Campaign, 10th December 2004) "...fascinating book..." (Marketer, June 2006) "... individuals who know a little about marketing would do well to learn how to use Morgan’s branding insights...." (Chicago Tribune, June 2006) Table of ContentsDramatis Personae. The Relationship of This Book to Eating the Big Fish, and the Challenger Project. Introduction: Necessary Pirates. Part I: Behaviours that Stimulate Challenger Brand Cultures. 1. Outlooking: A Different Kind of Insight Seeking. 2. Pushing: A Different Kind of Approval. 3. Projecting: A Different Kind of Consistency. 4. Wrapping: A Different Kind of Communication. Part II: Personal Qualities that Foster an Internal Challenger Culture. 5. Denting: A Different Kind of Respect. 6. Binding: A Different Kind of Contract. 7. Leaning: A Different Kind of Commitment. 8. Refusing: A Different Kind of Passion. 9. Taking it Personally: A Different Kind of Professionalism. 10. Brand-centricity. Part III: How to Be a Pirate in the Navy, Without Getting Hanged. 11. Red Pill, Blue Pill: Learning from Success. 12. Why Brand-centred Subcultures Fail: Learning from Failure. 13. Biting the Other Generals: The Wider Benefits Successful Subcultures Bring. Part IV: Writing the Articles. 14. Writing the Articles in Our Own Organization. 15. That Difficult First Year: Emotional Preparation. Part V: The Future of Piracy. 16. Pirates, Privateers and the Emergence of the BSC. Postscript. Acknowledgements. Notes and Sources. Index.
£20.80
John Wiley & Sons Inc Trading Chaos
Book SynopsisHow to trade the markets by integrating Chaos Theory with market sentiment In the first edition of Trading Chaos, seasoned trader and psychologist Bill Williams detailed the potential of Chaos Theory-which seeks to make the unpredictable understandable-in trading and it revolutionized financial decision-making. The Second Edition of Trading Chaos is a cutting edge book that combines trading psychology and Chaos Theory and its particular effect on the markets. By examining both of these facets in relation to the current market, readers will have the best of all possible worlds when trading. Bill Williams, PhD, CTA (Solana Beach, CA), is President of Profitunity.com, a leader in the field of education for traders and investors. Justine Gregory-Williams (Solana Beach, CA) is President of the Profitunity Trading Group and a full-time trader.Table of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgements. Introduction. CHAPTER 1: The Market Is What You Think It Is. CHAPTER 2: Chaos Theory. CHAPTER 3: Defining Your Underlying Structure—and How That Affects Winning and Losing. CHAPTER 4: Gearing Up for Trading. CHAPTER 5: What Type of Trader Are You? CHAPTER 6: Super-Natural Trade/Vesting. CHAPTER 7: Navigating the Markets. CHAPTER 8: The Mighty Alligator. CHAPTER 9: The First Wise Man. CHAPTER 10: The Second Wise Man. CHAPTER 11: The Third Wise Man. CHAPTER 12: What Happens When the Wise Men Get Together? CHAPTER 13: How to Get Out of a Hole Once You Are In. EPILOGUE. APPENDIX 1: Checklists for Trade/Vesting in the Markets. APPENDIX 2: Frequently Asked Questions. APPENDIX 3: How to Control Your Mind While Trading. APPENDIX 4: Setting Up Investor’s Dream for Profitunity Signals. APPENDIX 5: Setting Up CQG. APPENDIX 6: Setting Up MetaStock Professional 8.0. APPENDIX 7: Setting Up TradeStation 2000i. Bibliography. Index.
£39.00
John Wiley & Sons Inc Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
Book SynopsisUnknown to most modern-day investors and traders who cherish Reminiscences of a Stock Operator as one of the most important investment books ever written, the material first appeared in the 1920s as a series of articles and illustrations in the Saturday Evening Post.Table of ContentsForeword v Introduction vii I. The Biggest Plunger Wall Street Ever Saw: June 10, 1922 1 II. The Boy Trader Beats the Bucket Shops: June 17, 1922 23 III. I Was Dead Right—I Lost Every Cent I Had: July 1, 1922 45 IV. The Quarter Million Dollar Hunch: July 15, 1922 67 V. My Day of Days: August 12, 1922 89 VI. No Man Living Can Beat the Stock Market: Sept. 2, 1922 111 VII. Playing Another Man's Game: Sept. 16, 1922 133 VIII. $1 Million in Debt; $1 Million Repaid: Oct. 7, 1922 153 IX. Black Cats and Irresistible Impulses: Oct. 21, 1922 171 X. The Coffee Corner and the Price Fixing Committee: Dec. 16, 1922 193 XI. Why the Public Always Loses: May 19, 1923 217 XII. Kings, Paupers, and the Hazards of the Game: May 26, 1923 235 Publisher’s Postscript 255
£17.85
Basic Books On Becoming a Leader
Book SynopsisA timeless classic from a pioneer in the field of leadership studies-the only book you need to read on becoming an effective leader. Warren Bennis (1925-2014) was a pioneer in leadership studies, a scholar who advised presidents and business executives alike on how to become successful leaders. On Becoming a Leader is his seminal work, exemplifying Bennis''s core belief that leaders are not born-they are made. In a world increasingly defined by turbulence and uncertainty, the call to leadership is more urgent than ever. Providing essential and timeless insights for generations of readers, On Becoming a Leader delves into the qualities that define leadership, the people who exemplify it, and the strategies that anyone can apply to achieve it. Dubbed the dean of leadership gurus by Forbes magazine, Bennis remains the final word in modern leadership. This seminal work is a must-read for anyone who aspires to leadership excellence.
£14.99
John Wiley & Sons Inc The Warren Buffett Portfolio
Book SynopsisThe Warren Buffett Way provided the first look into the strategies that the master uses to pick stocks. A New York Times bestseller, it is a valuable and practical primer on the principles behind the remarkable investment run of the famed oracle of Omaha.Table of ContentsFocus Investing. The High Priests of Modern Finance. The Superinvestors of Buffettville. A Better Way to Measure Performance. The Warren Buffett Way Tool Belt. The Mathematics of Investing. The Psychology of Investing. The Market as a Complex Adaptive System. Where Are the .400 Hitters? Appendices. Notes. Acknowledgments. Index.
£15.30
John Wiley & Sons Inc Real Estate Riches
Book SynopsisAn all--time bestseller, Dolf de Roos's classic Real Estate Riches shows you how to find great deals and make great profits in the real estate market. You'll learn why real estate is such a reliable moneymaker and how to achieve the biggest return possible on your investment.Table of ContentsForeword vii Alex Rodriguez Praise for Real Estate Riches ix Acknowledgments xiii Preface: I Don’t Have a Job. Shame! xv Part One Why Is Property So Good? 1 Chapter 1 Four Magic Questions 3 Chapter 2 Conspiracy Theory 19 Chapter 3 A Taxing Issue 27 Chapter 4 Beating the Averages Easily 33 Chapter 5 Yes, But 63 Chapter 6 Summary: Why Invest in Real Estate? 69 Part Two Okay! Show Me How to Do It! 71 Chapter 7 The 100:10:3:1 Rule 73 Chapter 8 Finding Properties 81 Chapter 9 Analyzing Deals 101 Chapter 10 Negotiations and Submitting Offers 109 Chapter 11 Getting High on Opium (aka OPM) 119 Chapter 12 Massively Increase the Value of Your Properties (Without Spending Much Money) 129 Chapter 13 Managing Your Properties 137 Part Three Liftoff! 149 Chapter 14 Residential versus Commercial Property 151 Chapter 15 Government Interference 169 Chapter 16 The Eight Golden Rules of Property 173 Chapter 17 The World Is Your Oyster 181 Appendix: Other Books by Dolf de Roos 187 About the Author 189 Index 191
£16.15
