Business & economics

Transformative HR: How Great Companies Use Evidence-Based Change for Sustainable Advantage

by John Boudreau & Ravin Jesuthasan

Proven HR strategies that can have a real impact on organizational success

This book demonstrates how some of the world's most admired and prominent organizations are redefining HR leadership by using evidence-based...

Entrepreneur You

by Holly Marie Katko

Starting your own business has never been easier. Everything you need to get your company up and running quickly, in as little as a single day, is right here in this book. In a simple, step-by-step format, Entrepreneur...

Starting Something

by Wayne McVicker

A piercingly honest and highly personal story of how a software firm that accidentally became a dotcom darling and eventually a 3 billion public company, survived its struggles in the face of daunting obstacles....

Take the Lead: Motivate, Inspire, and Bring Out the Best in Yourself and Everyone Around You

by John David Mann, Betsy Myers & David Gergen

“Why is it that some people challenge us and motivate us to rise to our best abilities, while others seem to drain our energy and spirit? What is that particular quality certain people have that causes those...

The Smartest Portfolio You'll Ever Own: A Do-It-Yourself Breakthrough Strategy

by Daniel Solin

Acclaimed and bestselling author Dan Solin shows you how to create a SuperSmart Portfolio that follows the same strategies used by the most sophisticated investment advisers in the world—but previously unavailable...

Drinking from the Fire Hose: Making Smarter Decisions Without Drowning in Information

by Christopher J Frank & Paul Magnone

You're sitting in a windowless conference room. Twenty minutes into the meeting the presenter finally makes it to slide four of a thirty two- slide deck. At least you can read this one, unlike the others, which...

The Method Method: Seven Obsessions That Helped Our Scrappy Start-up Turn an Industry Upside Down

by Eric Ryan & Adam Lowry

An inspiring case study for the next generation of start-ups by the unconventional founders of Method.

Founded ten years ago by childhood pals Eric Ryan and Adam Lowry, Method has been making headlines and...

Introduction to Business

by H. James Williams

The Collins College Outline for Introduction to Business provides students with a detailed overview of the basic business studies curriculum. This guide covers business foundations, the global economy, company...

Confidence Men

by Ron Suskind

The hidden history of Wall Street and the White House comes down to a single, powerful, quintessentially American concept: confidence. Both centers of power, tapping brazen innovations over the past three decades,...

Paris Sweets: Great Desserts From the City's Best Pastry Shops

by Dorie Greenspan

The prize-winning author of Baking with Julia (more than 350,000 copies sold), among other cookbook classics, celebrates the sweet life with recipes and lore from Paris's finest patisseries.

Like most lovers...

The Zigzag Principle: The Goal Setting Strategy that will Revolutionize Your Business and Your Life

by Rich Christiansen

"Our economy will be saved and grow again through the industry of focused entrepreneurs who will hire thousands of employees to meet the needs of customers. This thoughtful and inspired book will guide creative...

The Art of the Deal: A Practical Guide to Business Etiquette and the 36 Martial Strategies Employed by Chinese Businessme

by Laurence Brahm

China has recently exploded into the world scene, and its presence is only getting bigger.

The Chinese economy is rapidly expanding, inspiring many Western businesses to negotiate deals in and around China. The...

The Japanese Samurai Code: Classic Strategies for Success

by Boye De Mente

Japan has achieved a number of triumphs due to the cultural traits inherited from their samurai ancestors. Examples include the country's transformation from a warrior-dominated agrarian society to a modern...

Behavioral Game Theory: Experiments in Strategic Interaction

by Colin F. Camerer

Game theory, the formalized study of strategy, began in the 1940s by asking how emotionless geniuses should play games, but ignored until recently how average people with emotions and limited foresight actually...

Impact Pricing: Your Blueprint for Driving Profits

by Mark Stiving

AM I PRICING RIGHT?

Every business owner is haunted by this fundamental question. Expert pricing strategist Mark Stiving draws upon more than 15 years of experience in profitable pricing and delivers a practical...

Work Positive in a Negative World: Redefine Your Reality and Achieve Your Business Dreams

by Joey Faucette

Recession reminders, natural disasters and the like are streaming from our TVs, radios and computers. Newspaper headlines practically shout downturns and downsizing. Weighed down by a negative-oriented world...

Minding Your Business: Profits that Restore The Planet

by Horst Rechelbacher & Paul Hawken

The business world is at a crisis point- the bubble is going to burst soon. New ways of doing business have to be found. We can’t keep repeating the past or the present. Rechelbacher contends that the biggest...

Tactics of Hope: How Social Entrepreneurs Are Changing Our World

by Wilford Welch

Tactics of Hope is Welch’s call to action, driven in part by the frustration with the priorities and pace at which the current players on the world scene are addressing issues, such as extreme poverty, human...

Wage Theft in America: Why Millions of Working Americans Are Not Getting Paid-And What We Can Do About It

by Kim Bobo

In what has been described as “the crime wave no one talks about,” billions of dollars worth of wages are stolen from millions of workers in the United States every year—a grand theft that exceeds every...

How to Get Any Job, Second Edition: Career Launch and Re-Launch for Everyone Under 30 (or How to Avoid Living in Your Parents' Basement)

by Donald Asher

Philosophy majors and GPA-challenged students, rejoice! According to career guru Donald Asher, what you major in or how well you do in college are not indicators of future career success. In HOW TO GET ANY JOB...