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The Global eBook Market: Current Conditions & Future Projections
Author Ruediger Wischenbart
The Global eBook Report documents and analyses how ebook markets emerge in the US, UK, continental Europe, Brazil, China, India, Russia, and the Arab world. It combines the best available data and references to specialized local actors, with thematic chapters, focus....
Release Date 2013/02 -
Author Philip Delves-Broughton
How did Bill Clinton get his party to take him seriously again after the sex scandal story broke?Who was the manager behind Edmund Hillary’s ascent of Mount Everest? Why could taking a nap after lunch be your route to a more productive day?This engaging and entertaining book takes a fresh, honest ap....
Release Date 2013/03 -
Author Norhayati Zakaria
Global virtual teams (GVTs) have evolved as a common work structure in multinational corporations due to their efficiency and cost-effectiveness. The cultural differences can produce great benefits in terms of perspective, creativity, and innovation, but can also exacerbate interpersonal tensio....
Release Date 2016/11 -
Author April Wells
Information technologists are increasingly being made part of global teams, and are confronting the challenges of communicating across a variety of linguistic and cultural boundaries. This book helps you know what to say, what not to say, and even where to sit in m....
Release Date 2018/02 -
Author Biao Xiang
How can America's information technology (IT) industry predict serious labor shortages while at the same time laying off tens of thousands of employees annually? The answer is the industry's flexible labor management system--a flexibility widely regarded as the mo....
Release Date 2011/05 -
Run Your Business, Don't Let It Run You
Author Clay Mathile
No More 16-Hour Days! Running your own business—the American dream—can be daunting: long days, none of the freedom you envisioned, no time for family and friends, and the unrelenting pressure to keep up the pace. Worse, all this hard work can only take you so far. T....
Release Date 2013/07 -
How to Sustain Your Organization’s Culture When Everyone Is Remote
The widespread shift to remote working can endanger corporate culture, but leaders can take action to protect and sustain it. They should recognize it in action and call it out, be open to modifications that arise from new circumstances, and take advantage of disruption to bolster core values. -
All Are Welcome: How to Build a Real Workplace Culture of Inclusion that Delivers Results
Author Cynthia Owyoung
Seize the competitive edge and increase innovation—while doing right by people—with a strong culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging Studies prove that companies with more diversity in their ranks are more innovative, expand their markets, and perform better financially. Why, then, h....
Release Date 2022/01 -
Author Jon M. Huntsman
This Element is an excerpt from Winners Never Cheat: Even in Difficult Times (ISBN: 9780137009039) by Jon M. Huntsman. Available in print and digital formats.The art of winning with grace and dignity: restoring the place of love, kindness, sensitivity, and charity i....
Release Date 2010/03 -
Culture Shock: A Handbook For 21st Century Business
Author Will McInnes
'Will McInnes has nailed it. Inspiring and comprehensive, Culture Shock is aspirational future thinking with its feet firmly on the ground'Jemima Kiss, Digital Media correspondent, The GuardianJoin the work-place revolutionThere's a revolution afoot . . . don't ....
Release Date 2012/10 -
ReCulturing: Design Your Company Culture to Connect with Strategy and Purpose for Lasting Success
Author Melissa Daimler
Leverage the power of systems thinking to clarify your purpose, build your strategy, and design your culture.It’s no secret that culture is key to attracting and engaging top talent. But the vast majority of culture efforts fail as quickly as they started. Why? Because leaders are creating and commu....
Release Date 2022/05 -
Author George Desvaux , Musta Chironga , Acha Leke
The Definitive Guide to Doing Business in AfricaFor global and Africa-based companies looking to access new growth markets, Africa offers exciting opportunities to build large, profitable businesses. Its population is young, fast-growing, and increasingly urbanized....
Release Date 2018/10 -
Author Brad Hams
It’s an insidious disease that is crippling companies, destroying our economy, and crushing potential. It’s infecting the very roots of business performance, and it’s spreading fast. It isn’t the recession, market volatility, scandal, or greed.It’s entitlement.And i....
Release Date 2011/08 -
Organizational Cultures of Remembrance
Author Daniel Mai
In a business world predominantly oriented toward the future, it has paradoxically become ever more common that companies turn towards their pasts. This book empirically explores the phenomenon of organizational remembrance from a holistic cultural perspective. Bas....
Release Date 2015/05 -
Author Jon M. Huntsman
Author royalties from this book go to the Huntsman Cancer Foundation“The way Jon conducts his business and lives his life will not only inspire you to be a better person, citizen, and entrepreneur, it also will give you hope that the good guys don't finish last.”Gl....
Release Date 2008/10 -
Great Mondays: How to Design a Company Culture Employees Love
Author Josh Levine
Build a dynamic work culture that inspires employees and promotes organizational growth Evidence shows culture drives fiscal performance. It’s no secret that a toxic work culture can drive away employees and drive down profits. Creating a dynamic work culture that ....
Release Date 2018/12 -
A Woman's Guide to Claiming Space
For too long, women have been told to confine themselves—physically, socially, and emotionally. Eliza VanCort says now is the time for women to stand tall, raise their voices, and claim their space.Women fight the pressure to make themselves small in private, professional, and public spaces. E.... -
Author Michael Landers
Thrive in the multicultural communities where you work and livePeople, money, and information are flowing faster than ever across international borders, putting us all just one step away from a culture crash—that moment when you unintentionally confuse, frustr....
Release Date 2017/01 -
Author Harsh Pathak
Business is changing at a break-neck speed, so managers must be increasingly active in reorganizing their firms to gain a competitive edge. This textbook provides a discussion of change in relation to the complexities of organizational life, offering comprehensive ....
Release Date 2012/12 -
Values Don’t Change, Even as You Chase Success
Author Jon M. Huntsman
This Element is an excerpt from Winners Never Cheat: Even in Difficult Times (ISBN: 9780137009039) by Jon M. Huntsman. Available in print and digital formats.Play tough, play hard, play fair: returning to the simple values that made American business great.Growing u....
Release Date 2010/02 -
Culture and Trust in Technology-Driven Organizations
Author Frances Alston
Culture and Trust in Technology-Driven Organizations provides insight into the important role that culture and trust can play in the success of high-technology organizations. This book reviews the literature and results of an empirical study that investigated the re....
Release Date 2013/12 -
Author Hans Greimel , William Sposato
Named one of the Best Business Books of 2021 by The Wall Street JournalIn Japan it's called the "Ghosn Shock"—the stunning arrest of Carlos Ghosn, the jet-setting CEO who saved Nissan and made it part of a global automotive empire.Even more shocking was his daring escape from Japan, packed into a b....
Release Date 2021/06 -
Global Recession: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review
Roar Out of the Covid-19 RecessionYou've weathered the shock, the lockdowns, and the slow crawl back. But with a new normal come new risks—and new opportunities. What must you and your business do now to come out of the downturn stronger and better positioned for the future?Global Recession: Insigh.... -
Author Susan E. REED
Are we better off today than we were 50 years ago? Nearly 50 years after the Civil Rights Movement, there is a new crisis of opportunity in corporate America. Based on the author’s groundbreaking study of Fortune 100 companies, The Diversity Index identifies a....
Release Date 2011/08 -
Author Olga Mizrahi
Sell Local, Think Global is a must-read in today’s business environment. Dan Tepke, President of Satori Inc. and author of Hatching Your Million Dollar Business - Have too much on your plate? Not sure how to compete? In 50 fascinating bite-sized tips, Sell Local, Th....
Release Date 2014/11 -
Rethinking Value Investing for a Global Age
Author Jeffrey Towson
This Element is an excerpt from What Would Ben Graham Do Now?: A New Value Investing Playbook for a Global Age (9780132173230) by Jeffrey Towson. Available in print and digital formats.How to adapt Ben Graham’s powerful value investing approach for the realities of ....
Release Date 2011/04