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Author Kimberly Palmer
The biggest trend in business is the microbusiness! Handcrafted jewelry, artisanal eats, life coaching, app development, you name it—entrepreneurial side ventures are everywhere. Weary of pink-slip anxiety and the endless money squeeze, millions of people....
Release Date 2014/01 -
Author Diane Mulcahy
From Uber to the presidential debates, the gig economy has been dominating the headlines…and for good reason. Today, more than a third of Americans are working in the gig economy—mixing together short-term jobs, contract work, and freelance assignments. For those w....
Release Date 2016/11 -
The Handbook of Political Economy of Communications
Author Janet Wasko , Graham Murdock , Helena Sousa
Over the last decade, political economy has grown rapidly as a specialist area of research and teaching within communications and media studies and is now established as a core element in university programmes around the world. The Handbook of Political Economy of C....
Release Date 2014/03 -
The Indian Economy Since 1991, 2nd Edition
Author B. A. Prakash
The Indian Economy Since 1991: Economic Reforms and Performance is the outcome of a collaborative effort by 28 experts who have made significant contributions in research toward the Indian economy. Using a data-based, analytical approach to key economic issues and p....
Release Date 2011/08 -
The Intention Economy: When Customers Take Charge
Author Doc Searls
Caveat venditor—let the seller bewareWhile marketers look for more ways to get personal with customers, including new tricks with “big data,” customers are about to get personal in their own ways, with their own tools. Soon consumers will be able to:• Control the fl....
Release Date 2012/05 -
The Macroeconomics of the Global Technology Economy
Author Howard A. Rubin
In 2010, global technology spending exceeded $4.2 trillion, equivalent to the world’s fourth largest economy—and its growth rate is substantially outstripping GDP growth in advanced economies. Virtually overnight, a massive “global technology economy” has emerged—an....
Release Date 2012/01 -
Author Robbie Kellman Baxter
In today’s business world, it takes more than a website to stay competitive. The smartest, most successful companies are using radically new membership models, subscription-based formats, and freemium pricing structures to grow their customer base—a....
Release Date 2015/03 -
The Next Revolution in our Credit-Driven Economy
Author Paul Schulte
Go inside the research to see the global consequences of unethical bankingThe Next Revolution in our Credit-Driven Economy: The Advent of Financial Technology integrates market theory and practice to help investors identify growth opportunities, and to help regulat....
Release Date 2015/09 -
Author Storm Cunningham
The Restoration Economy reveals the previously undocumented trillion-dollar global industries that are restoring our natural and manmade environments. Restorative development is rapidly overtaking new development because we are running out of things to develop. Most....
Release Date 2002/11 -
Author Hermann Scheer
The global economy and our way of life are based on the exploitation of fossil fuels, which not only threaten massive environmental and social disruption through global warming but, at present rates of consumption, will run out within decades, causing huge industria....
Release Date 2013/06 -
Author Lawrence E. Mitchell
American companies once focused exclusively on providing the best products and services. But today, most corporations are obsessed with maximizing their stock prices, resulting in short-term thinking and the kind of cook-the-books corruption seen in the Enron a....
Release Date 2008/11 -
Author Marion McGovern
In the last five years, the world of work has changed dramatically. Thanks to technology companies like Uber, Airbnb, TaskRabbit, and Instacart, the new "gig economy; seems to constantly be in the news. But most of the media focus is on the low end of the skill spe....
Release Date 2017/07 -
Thriving in the Gig Economy: Freelancing Online for Tech Professionals and Entrepreneurs
Author Adam Sinicki
Take an in-depth look into the gig economy to see how tech professionals and entrepreneurs can earn a living as freelancers and contractors. Build your own business. The pros and cons of the lifestyle and what to expect from it are discussed.In this book, author Ad....
Release Date 2018/11 -
Where the Jobs Are: Entrepreneurship and the Soul of the American Economy
Author Courtney Geduldig , John Dearie
A guide to ending America's jobs emergency by accelerating the true engine of job creation—start-upsFour years after the end of the Great Recession, 23 million Americans remain unemployed, underemployed, or have left the workforce discouraged. Even worse, Washingto....
Release Date 2013/09 -
Your Job Survival Guide: A Manual for Thriving in Change
Author Robert Gunther , Ph.D. Gregory Shea
Selected by IBM Competitive Edge Book Club Selection. "The beauty of this book on top of its life-saving timeliness is its capacity to give the reader concrete steps to live the good life and enjoy it. The book made me understand that work can be more fun than fun.....
Release Date 2008/08