Business & economics / Industries

Australia - The Immigrant's Guide to Retail - Volume I

by Hymie Zawatzky

Retail is a real challenge in Australia. With migration to Australia, the opening of retail businesses by these new arrivals has been one of the driving factors in the growth of Australian retail sector This...

Uplifting Service: The Proven Path to Delighting Your Customers, Colleagues, and Everyone Else You Meet

by Ron Kaufman

A breakthrough book that will surprise, delight, and uplift you,your organization, and your team. Ron Kaufman takes you on a journey into the new world of service. Through dynamic case studies and best-practice...

The Art of Always Being Right: The 38 Subtle Ways of Persuation

by A.C. Grayling & Arthur Schopenhauer

Beware who you give this book to.' Financial Times 'I recommend that you keep this delightful essay at your side.' Observer 'Dryly witty essay' Alain de Botton, Sunday Telegraph We all sit through meetings with...

Internal Combustion: How Corporations and Governments Addicted the World to Oil and Derailed the Alternatives

by Edwin Black

Edwin Black has produced an explosive, eye-opening expose of the corporate forces that have for more than a century sabotaged the creation of alternative energies and vehicles in order to keep us dependent on...

Cheating the Dealer

by Steven E Shaw

Cheating the Dealer is Steven Shaw's way of informing consumers of the real dealership world.  Customers will finally be armed with the knowledge and tools to ensure a winning experience at the dealership. ...

Healthcare Investing : Profiting from the New World of Pharma, Biotech, and Health Care Services: The Investment Case for Health Care

by Les Funtleyder

Here is a chapter from Health Care Investing, which couples strategies for making money on the future growth of the health-care industry with insightful coverage of the people and events that have shaped it....

Healthcare Investing : Profiting from the New World of Pharma, Biotech, and Health Care Services: Investing in Pharmaceuticals

by Les Funtleyder

Here is a chapter from Health Care Investing, which couples strategies for making money on the future growth of the health-care industry with insightful coverage of the people and events that have shaped it....

Healthcare Investing : Profiting from the New World of Pharma, Biotech, and Health Care Services: Other Investment Considerations and Techniques

by Les Funtleyder

Here is a chapter from Health Care Investing, which couples strategies for making money on the future growth of the health-care industry with insightful coverage of the people and events that have shaped it....

Healthcare Investing : Profiting from the New World of Pharma, Biotech, and Health Care Services: Conclusion

by Les Funtleyder

Here is a chapter from Health Care Investing, which couples strategies for making money on the future growth of the health-care industry with insightful coverage of the people and events that have shaped it....

Healthcare Investing : Profiting from the New World of Pharma, Biotech, and Health Care Services: Reform Proposals and Their Significance to Investors

by Les Funtleyder

Here is a chapter from Health Care Investing, which couples strategies for making money on the future growth of the health-care industry with insightful coverage of the people and events that have shaped it....

The Race For A New Game Machine:

by David Shippy

"A fast-paced tell-all. . .one of the great business stories of our young century."--Steve Cherry, IEEE Spectrum Magazine

The Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 game systems have changed the face of home entertainment....

What Will Be: How the World of Information Will Change

by Michael L. Dertouzos

Michael Dertouzos has been an insightful commentator and an active participant in the creation of the Information Age.Now, in What Will Be, he offers a thought-provoking and entertaining vision of the world...

Show Me

by Janet Dailey

Showstopper is the dramatic, inside story of the creation of Windows NT, told by Wall Street Journal reporter G. Pascal Zachary. Driven by the legendary Bruce Cutler, a picked band of software engineers sacrifices...

Thomas Cook: The Holiday Maker

by Jill Hamilton

Rich people from the times of the Greeks and Romans had always travelled for pleasure, indeed there was nothing new in the aristocratic Grand Tours taking in Paris and Rome, but it was Thomas Cook - aided by...

Lessons for Competing in the Tough World of Retail

by Barry Berman

This Element is an excerpt from Competing in Tough Times: Business Lessons from L.L. Bean, Trader Joe's, Costco, and Other World-Class Retailers (9780132459198) by Barry Berman. Available in print and digital...

Finding the Future of Digital Book Publishing: "Interviews With 19 Innovative Ebook Business Leaders"

by Jeremy Greenfield & James L. McQuivey

Finding the Future of Digital Book Publishing - Interviews With 19 Innovative Ebook Business Leaders is Digital Book World's first ebook. In interviews with 19 innovative ebook business leaders, Digital Book...

How Walmart Is Destroying America (And the World): And What You Can Do about It

by Bill Quinn

After carving up the once lovingly cared-for downtowns of Small Town America, Wal-Mart launched a frontal assault on mom-and-pop businesses all over the globe. With 1.5 million employees operating more than...

The Mathematics of Bookselling: A Monograph

by Leonard Shatzkin

The Mathematics of Bookselling is a definitive resource for book retailers looking to maximize margins and profits through the proven pricing and inventory management practices developed by Leonard Shatzkin,...

In Cold Type: Overcoming the Book Crisis

by Leonard Shatzkin & Mike Shatzkin

During the nineteen seventies and early eighties, the trade book publishing industry faced financial and philosophical problems of a magnitude unparalleled in its existence. It appeared that without undertaking...

Business with a Higher Purpose: 40 Years of Serving & Leading

by Paul H. Weaver

This book is about the 40 yr. journey & Leadership principals that have taken Weaver Leather from a small 3 person, Mom & pop operation to 300 employees & Number one status in the industry.The secrets to our...