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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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 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 -
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 -
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 -
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 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 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 -
A Political Economy of Contemporary Capitalism and its Crisis
Author Spyros Lapatsioras , John Milios , Dimitris P Sotiropoulos
The recent financial meltdown and the resulting global recession have rekindled debates regarding the nature of contemporary capitalism. This book analyses the ongoing financialization of the economy as a development within capitalism, and explores the ways in which....
Release Date 2013/06 -
Author Stian Westlake , Jonathan Haskel
The first comprehensive account of the growing dominance of the intangible economyEarly in the twenty-first century, a quiet revolution occurred. For the first time, the major developed economies began to invest more in intangible assets, like design, branding, R&a....
Release Date 2017/11 -
External Dimension of an Emerging Economy, India
Author Byasdeb Dasgupta
This book offers an analysis of external dimensions of an emerging economy, India, in the backdrop of neoliberal globalisation. External dimensions of Indian economy signify her inter-relation with the rest of the world in terms of trade and financial flows and how ....
Release Date 2013/06 -
Career Skills for the New Economy
Author Bruce Tulgan
This pocket guide provides all employees a gameplan for succeeding in the modern, fast changing economy. Teaches how to learn and accumulate marketable skills that will transfer to different jobs and different companies. The underlying assumption of Career Skills fo....
Release Date 2000/01 -
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 -
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 -
Author Brajesh Kumar , Arshad Noor Siddiquee , Zahid A. Khan
Engineering Economy is meant as an introductory course for undergraduate students, and it explains and demonstrates the principles and techniques of engineering economic analysis as applied in different fields of engineering.
Release Date 2012/03