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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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 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 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 -
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 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 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 -
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 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 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 -
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 -
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 Don Tapscott
“Twenty years of hindsight prove how deeply Tapscott understood the impact the Internet would have on the way we live, work, play and learn. This important book, now updated, is just as relevant today as it was then.”John Chambers, Chairman and CEO, CiscoWith a new ....
Release Date 2014/10 -
The Conscience Economy: How a Mass Movement for Good Is Great for Business
Author Steven Overman
A generation of people around the world, from Boston to Bangkok, from New York to New Delhi, are making everyday choices in ways that defy traditional logic. They are judging where and how their clothes were made, not just how they fit. They are thinking global but ....
Release Date 2014/10 -
The Attention Economy: Understanding the New Currency of Business
Author John C. Beck , Thomas H. Davenport
In today's information-flooded world, the scarcest resource is not ideas or even talent: it's attention. In this groundbreaking book, Thomas Davenport and John Beck argue that unless companies learn to effectively capture, manage, and keep it--both internally and ....
Release Date 2001/04 -
Seven Steps to a Rewarding Transitional Career: Getting Work in a Tough Economy
Author Richard J. Pinsker
This tough job market has evolved from the current global financial sector melt down and the resulting economic restructuring, and is likely to continue for a number of years. To thrive in it, one must first recognize that on-going career transitions will be more pr....
Release Date 2009/01 -
Serving Workers in the Gig Economy
Author Elizabeth Woyke , Nick Grossman
It’s difficult to ignore the effects of the "great unbundling" today. The digital revolution has already changed the nature of media, personal health, finance, and other economic and industrial sectors in recent years. As this O’Reilly report reveals, the modern wo....
Release Date 2015/10 -
Retirementology: Rethinking the American Dream in a New Economy
Author Ph.D. Gregory Salsbury
“A superb introduction to the necessary financial planning no American over 40 can afford to ignore.”Publishers Weekly“It’s time for many individual investors to make some hard choices. Baby Boomers are learning to deal with the fact that they really can’t have it a....
Release Date 2010/04 -
Red Yellow Green: What Color is Your Money? The survival manual for gig workers and consultants
Author Noah Gift
This is the book your boss does NOT want you to read!Learn to escape corporate America. We live in a new era of disruption. It is possible to start a business with a laptop and an internet connection. As a long time consultant and entrepreneur, I have come up with a frame....
Release Date 2020/07 -
Plugged In: The Generation Y Guide to Thriving at Work
Author Tamara Erickson
They make up nearly one-third of all Americans living today. Born after 1980, they're now pouring into the work world with values, aspirations, and approaches that differ markedly from their parents--and coworkers. They're Generation Y.In Plugged In, Tamara Ericks....
Release Date 2008/11 -
Micro-Entrepreneurship For Dummies
Author Paul Mladjenovic
Tired of the 9-to-5 grind and want a way to earn or to supplement your income? Easy.The media has named the growing trend toward micro-entrepreneurship "the Rise of the Creative Class," "the Gig Life," or "the freelance economy." All of those refer to the nearly 4 m....
Release Date 2013/04 -
Market Economy and Urban Change
Author Roger Zetter , Mohamed Hamza
Across the developing world the preceding decade or so has witnessed a profound reconfiguration of the political economy of urban policy. This new policy environment is driven by globalization, the neo-liberal macro-economic package of 'market enablement' and stru....
Release Date 2013/06 -
Manufacturers Can Also Win in the Sharing Economy
Author Frieda Klotz
The sharing economy isn’t all bad news for manufacturers of big-ticket items such as cars. Research suggests that in some circumstances, manufacturers can charge higher prices to customers who are planning to rent out those goods. Show and hide more ....
Release Date 2018/01 -
Managing the Matrix: The Secret to Surviving and Thriving in Your Organization
Author Dawn Metcalfe
A comprehensive guide to excelling in a complex matrix organizationDebra was not in a good mood as she entered Johann's office for their third meeting. One of her colleagues had just been promoted and, although the guy who got it was good, she didn't think he was ....
Release Date 2014/05 -
Author Jayanta Sarkar
Since Independence, India has been pursuing economic policies and programmes which unwittingly or knowingly are turning out to be copies or adaptations of what is being followed elsewhere, sometimes without any effort to customise them to local conditions, ethos ....
Release Date 2006/10 -
How the Information Revolution Remade Business and the Economy
Author Apek Mulay
Tremendous technological progress in the last half century has exponentially grown productivity as well as increased automation to reduce the costs of operation for businesses. On one hand, ever-growing productivity has reduced requirements for manual labor through....
Release Date 2016/12