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How an Economy Grows and Why it Crashes
Author Andrew J. Schiff , Peter D. Schiff
How an Economy Grows and Why it Crashes uses illustration, humor, and accessible storytelling to explain complex topics of economic growth and monetary systems. In it, economic expert and bestselling author of Crash Proof, Peter Schiff teams up with his brother Andr....
Release Date 2010/05 -
Author Ben Kuipers , Chantal Savelsbergh , Peter Storm
In Learning For Success, authors Peter Storm, Chantal Savelsbergh and Ben Kuipers contend that most projects have two different but complementary aims: to perform and to learn. Learning helps the performance of the current project and of future projects. It works i....
Release Date 2010/04 -
Practical Code Generation in .NET: Covering Visual Studio 2005, 2008, and 2010
Author Peter Vogel
“Once this skill is within your everyday comfort zone, it will give your productivity a boost and increase your value to your team. I encourage you to add the techniques outlined in this book to your toolset and to use them to develop your own workbench of generativ....
Release Date 2010/04 -
The India Way: How India's Top Business Leaders Are Revolutionizing Management
Author Michael Useem , Jitendra Singh , Harbir Singh , Peter Cappelli
Exploding growth. Soaring investment. Incoming talent waves. India's top companies are scoring remarkable successes on these fronts - and more. How? Instead of adopting management practices that dominate Western businesses, they're applying fresh practices of thei....
Release Date 2010/03 -
The New Heart of Darkness: The Yoke of Chinese Imperialism in the 3rd World
Author Peter Navarro
This Element is an excerpt from The Coming China Wars: Where They Will Be Fought and How They Can Be Won (ISBN: 9780132359825) by Peter Navarro. Available in print and digital formats.Meet the twenty-first century’s most aggressive imperialist state: the People’s Re....
Release Date 2010/02 -
China and Weapons of Mass Production: The “China Price” Is the “Cheating Price”
Author Peter Navarro
This Element is an excerpt from The Coming China Wars: Where They Will Be Fought and How They Can Be Won (ISBN: 9780132359825) by Peter Navarro. Available in print and digital formats.The horrific truth behind the “China Price”: dangerous, oppressive working conditi....
Release Date 2010/02 -
“Made in China”: The Ultimate Warning Label
Author Peter Navarro
This Element is an excerpt from The Coming China Wars: Where They Will Be Fought and How They Can Be Won (ISBN: 9780132359825) by Peter Navarro. Available in print and digital formats.A matter of life or death: why you can’t trust the safety of any product that’s be....
Release Date 2010/02 -
Chinese Counterfeiting and Piracy: Real Dangers to Your Health and Our Economy
Author Peter Navarro
This Element is an excerpt from The Coming China Wars: Where They Will Be Fought and How They Can Be Won (ISBN: 9780132359825) by Peter Navarro. Available in print and digital formats.China’s massive commercial piracy and counterfeiting industries: how they work and....
Release Date 2010/02 -
The Coming China Trade and Economic Wars: How to Fight and Win Them
Author Peter Navarro
This Element is an excerpt from The Coming China Wars: Where They Will Be Fought and How They Can Be Won (ISBN: 9780132359825) by Peter Navarro. Available in print and digital formats.How to win the inevitable, fast-arriving economic war with China: What consumers, ....
Release Date 2010/02 -
The Evaluation of Research By Scientometric Indicators
Author Peter Vinkler
Aimed at academics, academic managers and administrators, professionals in scientometrics, information scientists and science policy makers at all levels. This book reviews the principles, methods and indicators of scientometric evaluation of information processes i....
Release Date 2010/01 -
Guide to Investment Strategy: How to Understand Markets, Risk, Rewards and Behaviour
Author Peter Stanyer
The first edition of The Economist Guide to Investment Strategy explained the fundamentals of investment risk, how to put together "keep-it-simple" investment strategies, and the need to guard against our own behavior leading to dreadful investment mistakes. The glo....
Release Date 2010/01 -
Author Peter Morville , Jeffery Callender
What people are saying about Search Patterns"Search Patterns is a delight to read -- very thoughtful and thought provoking. It's the most comprehensive survey of designing effective search experiences I've seen." --Irene Au, Director of User Experience, Google"I l....
Release Date 2010/01 -
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Buying a Home
Author Peter Richmond
In real estate, it's a buyer's market - and here is the buyer's bible...Buying a home is the single most important financial move in most people's lives. This book covers a variety of topics including inspecting, evaluating, negotiating, financing, contracts, a....
Release Date 2010/01 -
Author Peter Armstrong
Flex 4 is an open-source tool that allows developers to easily add life to web applications with dynamic user features, colorful transitions, and eye-catching animations. Flex also provides powerful data handling for industrial-strength applications. We think it sh....
Release Date 2009/12 -
Business Plans For Dummies®, 2nd Edition
Author Colin Barrow , Steven D. Peterson , Paul Tiffany
A full updated and extended second edition of an established UK bestseller Business Plans For Dummies 2nd Edition features new and updated information on formulating a solid business plan to build a secure business – even in an economic downturn. Complete with a bra....
Release Date 2009/12 -
World Class IT: Why Businesses Succeed When IT Triumphs
Author Peter A. High
World Class ITWhy Businesses Succeed When IT TriumphsPeter A. HighForeword by John Boushy, former CIO of Harrah's Entertainment and former CEO of Ameristar CasinosPraise for World Class IT"Technology and business leaders alike must understand how to use IT to their....
Release Date 2009/12 -
Raise Your Game: How to succeed at work
Author Peter J. A. Shaw
The pressure's on…You've just won a big promotion and your new boss has high expectations.You have an important meeting and want to make a constructive impact.You're thinking of restructuring the team and need to show clear leadership.You know you're capable of ....
Release Date 2009/11 -
Managing in a Time of Great Change
Author Peter Ferdinand Drucker
For more than half a century, Peter F. Drucker's landmark essays have inspired and educated managers—and influenced the nature of business. Now, the learning continues with the Harvard Business Press release of the new Drucker Library Series. In Managing in a Time ....
Release Date 2009/11 -
CISA® Certified Information Systems Auditor All-in-One Exam Guide
Author Peter H. Gregory
"All-in-One is All You Need."CISA Certified Information Systems Auditor All in One Exam GuideGet complete coverage of all the material included on the Certified Information Systems Auditor exam inside this comprehensive resource. Written by an IT security and audit ....
Release Date 2009/10 -
Author Peter F. Drucker
Revered management thinker Peter F. Drucker is our trusted guide in this thoughtful, day-by-day companion that offers his penetrating and practical wisdom. Amid the multiple pressures of our daily work lives, The Daily Drucker provides the inspiration and advice to ....
Release Date 2009/10 -
Author Hans Peter Brondmo
In the age of the Internet, how do you keep your customers coming back--again and again--when your competitors are always just one click away? How do you turn casual, anonymous surfers into profitable, "engaged" customers?The answers to these questions can be found ....
Release Date 2009/10 -
Author Peter Block
We need our neighbors and community to stay healthy, produce jobs, raise our children, and care for those on the margin. Institutions and professional services have reached their limit of their ability to help us. The consumer society tells us that we are insu....
Release Date 2009/09 -
Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming
Author Peter Seibel
Patterned after the best selling Founders at Work, Coders at Work represents two years of interviews with some of the top programmers of our times. Readers will find out what their work habits are, coding preferences, language preferences, style choices and idiosync....
Release Date 2009/09 -
Innovation Passport: The IBM First-of-a-Kind (FOAK) Journey from Research to Reality
Author Peter Andrews , Mary Jo Frederich
“Finally! A book that lays out a thorough yet workable path to collaborative innovation! With a highly readable style and using great examples, Frederich and Andrews describe the process by which IBM makes collaborative innovation work from a process, company, and c....
Release Date 2009/09 -
Own the Room: Business Presentations that Persuade, Engage, and Get Results
Author Peter Desberg , Deborah Shames , David Booth
Don't Just Present. Persuade, Inspire, and Perform! Powerhouse presentations that engage and move your audienceImagine if every presentation received rapt attention and buy-in from the audience.Start getting these results with Own the Room, featuring the renowned E....
Release Date 2009/09 -
An Executive's Guide for Moving from US GAAP to IFRS
Author Peter Walton
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) are becoming the benchmark accounting standards for companies listed on international stock exchanges. The SEC treats them as equivalent of US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and is even contemplatin....
Release Date 2009/08 -
In for a Penny: A Business Adventure
Author Peter Hargreaves
Plain speaking has never held Peter Hargreaves back. In this candid and outspoken book, the multi-millionaire founder of investment company Hargreaves Lansdown tells the story behind its extraordinary success and gives his forthright views on what it takes to b....
Release Date 2009/07 -
Fundamentals of Computer Graphics, 3rd Edition
Author Steve Marschner , Michael Ashikhmin , Peter Shirley
With contributions by Michael Ashikhmin, Michael Gleicher, Naty Hoffman, Garrett Johnson, Tamara Munzner, Erik Reinhard, Kelvin Sung, William B. Thompson, Peter Willemsen, Brian Wyvill. The third edition of this widely adopted text gives students a comprehensive, fu....
Release Date 2009/07