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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 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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Broken Markets: A User's Guide to the Post-Finance Economy
Author Kevin Mellyn
"I would sleep better if I knew that Bernanke, Geithner, Bachus, Sen. Tim Johnson, Obama and Romney all kept dog-eared copies of Kevin Mellyn's Broken Markets on their nightstands. . . . Mellyn's work is a fascinating, important, and eminently good read and should....
Release Date 2012/06 -
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 -
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 -
Africa: The Tenth Largest Economy in the World
Author Vijay Mahajan
This Element is an excerpt from Africa Rising: How 900 Million African Consumers Offer More Than You Think (ISBN: 9780132339421) by Vijay Mahajan. Available in print and digital formats.The surprising numbers: why Africa is a larger market than you ever realized.If ....
Release Date 2010/02 -
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 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 -
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 -
Business Intelligence Success Factors: Tools for Aligning Your Business in the Global Economy
Author Olivia Parr Rud
Praise for Business Intelligence Success Factors: Tools for Aligning your business in the Global Economy"Olivia Parr Rud does a remarkable job of weaving together many topics in a strategic way. As 'quants,' we're fascinated with data and fact-based decision-maki....
Release Date 2009/06 -
Agenda for a New Economy, 2nd Edition
Author David C. Korten
Nearly two years after the economic meltdown, joblessness and foreclosures are still endemic, Wall Street executives are once again getting massive bonuses, and our leaders in Washington lack the will to make desperately needed fundamental changes to the econom....
Release Date 2010/08