Business & economics

Value-based Human Resource Strategy

by Laura Brown & Tony Grundy

Value-Based Human Resource Strategy demonstrates how HR strategy can be positioned and implemented to generate real shareholder value, using case studies from BT, Dyson, Marks and Spencer and others.

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Implementing Six Sigma and Lean

by Ron Basu

This is a comprehensive, user-friendly and hands-on book that is a single source of reference of tools and techniques for all quality practitioners.

Implementing Six Sigma and Lean covers the basics of how to...

Beyond the Global Crisis: Structural Adjustments and Regional Integration in Europe and Latin America

by Lionello F. F. Punzo, Carmem Aparecida Aparecida Feijo & Martin Puchet Puchet Anyul

The book aims at offering a comparative, multi-perspective analysis of the different, at times parallel, at times with varying degrees of interdependence, macroeconomic and structural adjustments in the two...

China's Climate Policy

by Gang Chen

To understand China's climate change policy is not easy, as the country itself is a paradox actor in global climate political economy: it used to take very suspicious stand on the scientific certainty of climate...

Creative Execution: What Great Leaders Do to Unleash Bold Thinking and Innovation

by Eric Beaudan

The ultimate game-changer for reinventing strategy and igniting people

Whether it was Alexander the Great or Lord Horatio Nelson, the management team at Toyota or Google, the indisputable alchemy of strategy,...

The Smart Cookies' Guide to Making More Dough and Getting Out of Debt: How Five Young Women Got Smart, Formed a Money Group, and Took Control of Their

by Jennifer Barrett & The Smart Cookies

Let The Smart Cookies show you how to eliminate debt, spend smarter, save better, and achieve financial freedom—without sacrificing your social life or your sanity!

They were five dynamic young women: smart,...

Everyone Else Must Fail: The Unvarnished Truth About Oracle and Larry Ellison

by Karen Southwick

Karen Southwick’s unauthorized account provides the full story of Larry Ellison’s brilliant, controversial career. Ellison’s drive and fierce ambition created Oracle out of the dust and built it into one...

Career Renegade: How to Make a Great Living Doing What You Love

by Jonathan Fields

There’s a revolution brewing across the nation--a movement that’s changing lives and revealing little known paths to passion and prosperity.

It’s about building a great living around what you love to do...

Basic Guide to Exporting: The Official Government Resource for Small and Medium-Siszed Small Businesses

by Internatioanl Trade Administration

For more than 70 years, A Basic Guide to Exporting has been the resource that businesses have turned to for answers to their questions about how to establish and grow overseas markets for their products and...

Perfect Phrases for Writing Grant Proposals

by Beverly Browning

The Right Phrase for Every Situation…Every Time

These days, it's not enough to work for a good cause or worthy organization. If you want to receive funding from a corporation, community, foundation, or government...

Tips & Traps for Getting Started as a Real Estate Agent

by Robert Irwin

The practical, real-world guide to succeeding as an agent

Scared of starting a new career in real estate? Wondering if you have what it takes?

Don't worry! Robert Irwin's Tips and Traps for Getting Started as...

Understanding Hedge Funds

by Scott Frush

Capitalize on the Opportunities Hedge Funds Offerfor Increased Investment Returns and Reduced Risk

Understanding Hedge Funds is a clear, direct guide to the nature and use of hedge funds. This concise resource...

The Art of Talking to Anyone: Essential People Skills for Success in Any Situation : Essential People Skills for Success in Any Situation

by Rosalie Maggio

From the author of How to Say It, the million-copies-sold bestseller

If you want to improve your conversational skills--and achieve greater levels of personal and professional success--The Art of Talking to Anyone...

Comic-Con and the Business of Pop Culture: What the World's Wildest Trade Show Can Tell Us About the Future of Entertainment

by Rob Salkowitz

Action! Excitement! Transmedia! Step inside Comic-Con to discover the cultural trends that will shape our world

"I've been in comics so long I sometimes think I invented 'em! But I just read Rob Salkowitz's terrific...

The Employee Engagement Mindset: The Six Drivers for Tapping into the Hidden Potential of Everyone in Your Company

by Tim Clark

“Clark and his team discovered some surprising truths about highly engaged people that cross cultural, demographic, and industry lines. The Employee Engagement Mindset unlocks the door to our own personal...

There's a Business in Every Woman: A 7-Step Guide to Discovering, Starting, and Building the Business of Your Dreams

by Ann Holmes

“Ann Holmes has created the perfect guide to help women turn their dreams into a reality.”

–Donna Mullen Good, CEO of the Center for Women & Enterprise

If you’ve ever dreamed of starting your own business,...

The Damn Good Resume Guide, Fifth Edition: A Crash Course in Resume Writing

by Yana Parker & Beth Brown

One of the best-selling resume books of all time and a trusted resource for job-seekers for nearly three decades, this edition of The Damn Good Resume Guide has been completely revised and updated for today’s...

Sure Thing Options: A Money-Making Guide to the New Listed Stock and Commodity Options Markets

by George Angell

In recent years, record-breaking stock volume plus major new trading vehicles such as stock index futures contracts and options on futures have made Wall Street history.  In ten year’ time, the new options...

Greentailing and Other Revolutions in Retail: Hot Ideas That Are Grabbing Customers' Attention and Raising Profits

by Neil Z. Z. Stern & Willard N. N. Ander

An introduction to greentailing and the five other biggest trends in the retail business

In their newest book on retailing, authors Stern and Ander examine the revolutions occurring in the retail marketplace,...

Modern Warfare, Intelligence and Deterrence: The Technologies That Are Transforming Them

by Benjamin Sutherland

An in-depth look at Western military technology from the experts at The Economist

Much has been made of the limitations of Western technology when pitted against today's low-tech insurgencies. Modern Warfare,...