Business & economics / Commerce

Revenge of the Pequots: How a Small Native-American Tribe Created the World's Most Profitable Casino

by Kim Isaac Eisler

In the mid-1970s, the Mashantucket Pequot tribe had only one member -- an elderly woman who pleaded with her grandson to come live on the impoverished reservation and save it from falling into government hands...

e-Commerce: An e-Book Special Report

by The Staff of the Wall Street Journal

Several times a year, The Wall Street Journal publishes Special Reports about e-commerce and technology. With this segment of the economy generating billions of dollars in revenue and market capitalization,...

New Ways of Doing Business

by Ann M. Kieffaber, Mark A. Abramson & John P. Bartkowski

In their introduction, the editors of New Ways of Doing Business assert that in retrospect, it will be apparent that today's government, that of the early years of the 21st century, "was undergoing its most...

Marketplace 3.0

by Hiroshi Mikitani

The CEO behind Rakuten and Kobo reveals how his unique approach to empowerment and collaboration defies conventional wisdom, and isthe future of growth and globalization strategy.

If Web 2.0 described the shift...

One Hundred Pennies: The Importance of Small Business in a Healthy Ecomony

by Michael S. Robinson

The title of this groundbreaking book is drawn from an interesting statistic. According to the Department of Commerce, for every one hundred pennies that make up the Gross Domestic Product of the United States,...

The New Rules of Retail

by Robin Lewis & Michael Dart

The retail world is undergoing a fundamental transformation.  Rapidly evolving technology, globalization, and a saturated marketplace offer consumers instant access to thousands of equally compelling products...

Make Money in 7 Days

by Autore Giacomo Bruno

The first edition of this ebook dates back to 11 September 2006. Nowadays, making money online has become more difficult. The market’s growing and there’s a tremendous amount of competition.

Borderless Bazaars and Regional Integration in Central Asia: Emerging Patterns of Trade and Cross-Border Cooperation

by Bartlomiej Kaminski & Saumya Mitra

Trade that straddles borders in Central Asia plays a vital role in the livelihoods of border communities and buttresses prosperity in often poor regions. By strengthening commercial ties, cultural understanding...

What's Your Problem?: Cut Through Red Tape, Challenge the System, and Get Your Money Back

by Jon Yates

You’re being overcharged on your electric bill. Your health insurance denies a claim you know it should pay. The airline refuses to reimburse you for your lost luggage. Your contractor disappeared with the...

Going Wireless

by Jaclyn Easton

Going Wireless delivers the unexpected by showing how wireless is transforming every type of enterprise from micro-businesses to multi-national conglomerates.

Award-winning technology journalist Jaclyn Easton...

Sacred Commerce: Business as a Path of Awakening

by Terces Engelhart, Matthew Engelhart & Megan Marie Brown

In this timely book, authors Matthew and Terces Engelhart present the idea that love before appearances is the antidote to our spiritual, environmental, and social degradation. Exploring topics such as mission...

On the Commerce of Thinking

by Jean-Luc Nancy

Jean-Luc Nancy's On the Commerce of Thinking concerns the particular communication of thoughts that takes place by means of the business of writing, producing, and selling books. His reflection is born out of...