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Global Marketing - Thryft
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Warren J. Keegan Mark Green | January 1, 1791

Global Marketing

RM77.00 MYR

Goodreads rating: 4.5

RM77.00 MYR

Warren Buffett's Management Secrets: Proven Tools for Personal and Business Success - Thryft
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David Clark, Mary Buffett  | Scribner

Warren Buffett's Management Secrets: Proven Tools for Personal and Business Success

RM29.00 MYR

Goodreads rating: 3.72

RM29.00 MYR

Buffett insiders and bestselling authors Mary Buffett and David Clark provide a new angle to help readers understand and emulate Warren Buffett’s success—his philosophy for managing career, money, business, and life.Even in today's economic climate, when so many investors and major companies are failing, Warren Buffett continues to succeed in all aspects of his life. Mary Buffett and David Clark have written the first book ever to take an in-depth look at Warren Buffett's philosophies for personal and professional management—what they are, how they work, and how you can use them.Through close examination of Warren Buffett's life and career from his earliest days to now, Buffett and Clark shed light on his decision-making processes and reveal his strategies for keeping on track and maintaining focus. They examine Buffett's inimitable leadership qualities and explain how Warren integrated what he learned over time into a winning management formula and became not only the manager whom other managers want to emulate but also the second richest man in the world.A true companion volume to Buffett and Clark's successful Buffettology series, Warren Buffett's Management Secrets is filled with anecdotes and quotes that show how Buffett's life philosophies are reflected in his business decisions and in the way he manages people and businesses. This insider's view into Warren Buffett's management techniques offers simple solutions for success to newcomers and seasoned Buffettologists alike and illustrates how and why success in business and life usually go hand in hand.
Business And Society - Stakeholders, Ethics, Public Policy - Thryft
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Lawrence Anne | Mcgraw Hill

Business And Society - Stakeholders, Ethics, Public Policy

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Goodreads rating: 0.0

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This is the lighter-weight, softcover global edition. Includes same chapter text as standard edition. May contain different practice/study problems than hardcover edition, or other small differences. You will receive one of several cover images.
Financial Statement Analysis : Theory, Application and Interpretation - Thryft
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Leopold A. Bernstein | Irwin Inc.

Financial Statement Analysis : Theory, Application and Interpretation

RM84.00 MYR

Goodreads rating: 3.67

RM84.00 MYR

Finance, Accounting, Financial Statement Analysis
Corporate Finance Fundamentals - Thryft
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Stephen A. Ross | Irwin Professional Publishing

Corporate Finance Fundamentals

RM15.00 MYR

Goodreads rating: 3.93

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The best-selling "Fundamentals of Corporate Finance (FCF)" is written with one strongly held principle - that corporate finance should be developed and taught in terms of a few integrated, powerful ideas. As such, there are three basic themes that are the central focus of the an emphasis on intuition which discusses the underlying ideas in general terms and then by way of examples that illustrate in more concrete terms how a financial manager might proceed in a given situation; a unified valuation approach which treats net present value (NPV) as the basic concept underlying corporate finance wherein every subject covered is firmly rooted in valuation, and care is taken to explain how particular decisions have valuation effects; and, a managerial focus in which the authors emphasize the role of the financial manager as decision maker, and they stress the need for managerial input and judgment. The seventh edition continues the tradition of excellence that has earned "Fundamentals of Corporate Finance" its status as market leader. Every chapter has been updated to provide the most current examples that reflect corporate finance in today's world.
The Necessary Revolution - How Individuals And Organizations Are Working Together To Create A Sustainable World - Thryft
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Peter M. Senge | Nicholas Brealey Publishing Lt

The Necessary Revolution - How Individuals And Organizations Are Working Together To Create A Sustainable World

RM42.00 MYR

Goodreads rating: 3.84

RM42.00 MYR

Reveals how corporations and organizations are, in the face of looming environmental crises and pressure from social issues, finding solutions that ensure both long- term survival and real-time business success.
Anywhere : How Global Connectivity Is Revolutionizing the Way We Do Business [Hardcover] - Thryft
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Emily Nagle Green | Mcgraw Hill

Anywhere : How Global Connectivity Is Revolutionizing the Way We Do Business [Hardcover]

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Goodreads rating: 4.13

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Is your business prepared for the world of ANYWHERE? “Companies are beginning to conceive, design, develop, and distribute products and services in profoundly new ways…But how to exploit this new connectivity? Read on.”―From the Foreword by Don Tapscott, bestselling author of Grown Up Digital and Wikinomics “ Anywhere paints a compelling picture of what the next transformation of wireless will look like and who it will impact. Those who want to capitalize on the new wireless world should read this book.”― Dan Hesse, CEO, Sprint “Connectivity is fast creating a level playing field among developed and emerging markets. Those who understand how to leverage the connected world will be best positioned to impact it. Anywhere is a must-read for anyone who wants to be a relevant leader in a global economy.”― Rajeev Suri, CEO, Nokia Siemens Networks “Emily Nagle Green takes it up a notch with a breezy style that makes the arcane accessible and the possible plausible. It’s the kind of sensible outlook that can only come from deep knowledge and analytic rigor―both hallmarks of Yankee Group.”― Tom Sebok, President & CEO, Young & Rubicam North America “Required reading for anyone interested in understanding how and why communications advances are fundamentally altering business. Green explains how the connectivity revolution offers unbounded opportunity to thrive in the nascent Anywhere future.”― Reed Hundt, former chairman, U.S. FCC “This book highlights the unstoppability of the advance of connectivity, creating the imperative for business leaders to respond.”― Ben Verwaayen, CEO, Alcatel-Lucent About the Book: A pill bottle helps health care professionals monitor patients taking medication. A vending machine reports its own inventory over a wireless network. A telephone speeds checkout by serving as a debit card in retail stores around the world. The future of the world―and business― is ubiquitous connectivity, the total interconnection of people, ideas, and products through a global digital network. As the network grows and the world of data expands, every citizen will have instant access to virtually anything he or she wants. Where is this network? Anywhere. And you must learn to use it to the fullest if your business is to thrive in the coming years. In this groundbreaking book, Emily Nagle Green, president of Yankee Group, a leading global connectivity research fi rm, charts a course for the future by explaining:
The Economic Naturalist - In Search Of Explanations For Everyday Enigmas - Thryft
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Robert H. Frank | Basic Books

The Economic Naturalist - In Search Of Explanations For Everyday Enigmas

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Goodreads rating: 3.46

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Why do the keypads on drive-up cash machines have Braille dots? Why are round-trip fares from Orlando to Kansas City higher than those from Kansas City to Orlando? For decades, Robert Frank has been asking his economics students to pose and answer questions like these as a way of learning how economic principles operate in the real world--which they do everywhere, all the time.Once you learn to think like an economist, all kinds of puzzling observations start to make sense. Drive-up ATM keypads have Braille dots because it's cheaper to make the same machine for both drive-up and walk-up locations. Travelers from Kansas City to Orlando pay less because they are usually price-sensitive tourists with many choices of destination, whereas travelers originating from Orlando typically choose Kansas City for specific family or business reasons. The Economic Naturalist employs basic economic principles to answer scores of intriguing questions from everyday life, and, along the way, introduces key ideas such as the cost benefit principle, the "no cash left on the table" principle, and the law of one price. There is no more delightful and painless way of learning these fundamental principles.
Discover Your Inner Economist - Use Incentives To Fall In Love, Survive Your Next Meeting, And Motivate Your Dentist - Thryft
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Tyler Cowen | Dutton

Discover Your Inner Economist - Use Incentives To Fall In Love, Survive Your Next Meeting, And Motivate Your Dentist

RM23.00 MYR

Goodreads rating: 3.41

RM23.00 MYR

In Discover Your Inner Economist one of America’s most respected economists presents a quirky, incisive romp through everyday life that reveals how you can turn economic reasoning to your advantage—often when you least expect it to be relevant. Like no other economist, Tyler Cowen shows how economic notions--such as incentives, signals, and markets--apply far more widely than merely to the decisions of social planners, governments, and big business. What does economic theory say about ordering from a menu? Or attracting the right mate? Or controlling people who talk too much in meetings? Or dealing with your dentist? With a wryly amusing voice, in chapters such as “How to Control the World, The Basics” and “How to Control the World, Knowing When to Stop” Cowen reveals the hidden economic patterns behind everyday situations so you can get more of what you really want. Readers will also gain less selfish insights into how to be a good partner, neighbor and even citizen of the world. For instance, what is the best way to give to charity? The chapter title “How to Save the World—More Christmas Presents Won’t Help” makes a point that is every bit as personal as it is global. Incentives are at the core of an economic approach to the world, but they don’t just come in cash. In fact, money can be a disincentive. Cowen shows why, for example, it doesn’t work to pay your kids to do the dishes. Other kinds of incentives--like making sure family members know they will be admired if they respect you--can work. Another non- monetary incentive? Try having everyone stand up in your next meeting if you don’t want anyone to drone on. Deeply felt incentives like pride in one’s work or a passing smile from a loved one, can be the most powerful of all, even while they operate alongside more mundane rewards such as money and free food. Discover Your Inner Economist is an introduction to the science of economics that shows it to be built on notions that are already within all of us. While the implications of those ideas lead to Cowen’s often counterintuitive advice, their wisdom is presented in ordinary examples taken from home life, work life, and even vacation life… How do you get a good guide in a Moroccan bazaar?
Revolutionary Wealth - Thryft
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Alvin Toffler, Heidi Toffler  | Knopf

Revolutionary Wealth

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Goodreads rating: 3.88

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Starting with the publication of their seminal bestseller, Future Shock , Alvin and Heidi Toffler have given millions of readers new ways to think about personal life in today’s high-speed world with its constantly changing, seemingly random impacts on our businesses, governments, families and daily lives. Now, writing with the same rare grasp and clarity that made their earlier books classics, the Tofflers turn their attention to the revolution in wealth now sweeping the planet. And once again, they provide a penetrating, coherent way to make sense of the seemingly senseless.Revolutionary Wealth is about how tomorrow’s wealth will be created, and who will get it and how. But twenty-first-century wealth, according to the Tofflers, is not just about money, and cannot be understood in terms of industrial-age economics. Thus they write here about everything from education and child rearing to Hollywood and China, from everyday truth and misconceptions to what they call our “third job”—the unnoticed work we do without pay for some of the biggest corporations in our country.They show the hidden connections between extreme sports, chocolate chip cookies, Linux software and the “surplus complexity” in our lives as society wobbles back and forth between depressing decadence and a hopeful post-decadence.In their earlier work, the Tofflers coined the word “prosumer” for people who consume what they themselves produce. In Revolutionary Wealth they expand the concept to reveal how many of our activities—whether parenting or volunteering, blogging, painting our house, improving our diet, organizing a neighborhood council or even “mashing” music—pump “free lunch” from the “hidden” non-money economy into the money economy that economists track. Prosuming, they forecast, is about to explode and compel radical changes in the way we measure, make and manipulate wealth.Blazing with fresh ideas, Revolutionary Wealth provides readers with powerful new tools for thinking about—and preparing for—their future.
Competing on Analytics - The New Science of Winning - Thryft
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Thomas H. Davenport | Harvard

Competing on Analytics - The New Science of Winning

RM43.00 MYR

Goodreads rating: 3.69

RM43.00 MYR

You have more information at hand about your business environment than ever before. But are you using it to “out-think” your rivals? If not, you may be missing out on a potent competitive tool.In Competing on Analytics: The New Science of Winning, Thomas H. Davenport and Jeanne G. Harris argue that the frontier for using data to make decisions has shifted dramatically. Certain high-performing enterprises are now building their competitive strategies around data-driven insights that in turn generate impressive business results. Their secret weapon? Analytics: sophisticated quantitative and statistical analysis and predictive modeling.Exemplars of analytics are using new tools to identify their most profitable customers and offer them the right price, to accelerate product innovation, to optimize supply chains, and to identify the true drivers of financial performance. A wealth of examples—from organizations as diverse as Amazon, Barclay’s, Capital One, Harrah’s, Procter & Gamble, Wachovia, and the Boston Red Sox—illuminate how to leverage the power of analytics.
Seeing What's Next - Using The Theories Of Innovation To Predict Industry Change - Thryft
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Erik A. Roth, Clayton M. Christensen, Scott D. Anthony  | Harvard Business Review Press

Seeing What's Next - Using The Theories Of Innovation To Predict Industry Change

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Goodreads rating: 3.94

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Every day, individuals take action based on how they believe innovation will change industries. Yet these beliefs are largely based on guesswork and incomplete data and lead to costly errors in judgment. Now, internationally renowned innovation expert Clayton M. Christensen and his research partners Scott D. Anthony and Erik A. Roth present a groundbreaking framework for predicting outcomes in the evolution of any industry. Based on proven theories outlined in Christensen's landmark books The Innovator's Dilemma and The Innovator's Solution, Seeing What's Next offers a practical, three-part model that helps decision-makers spot the signals of industry change, determine the outcome of competitive battles, and assess whether a firm's actions will ensure or threaten future success. Through in-depth case studies of industries from aviation to health care, the authors illustrate the predictive power of innovation theory in action.
Innovation Explosion - Using Intellect And Software To Revolutionize Growth Strategies - Thryft
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James Brian Quinn, Karen A. Zien, Jordan J. Baruch  | Free Press

Innovation Explosion - Using Intellect And Software To Revolutionize Growth Strategies

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Goodreads rating: 3.2

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Discusses management strategies designed to maximize innovation and growth
The Rule Of Three - Surviving And Thriving In Competitive Markets - Thryft
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Jagdish N. Sheth, Raj Sisodia  | Free Press

The Rule Of Three - Surviving And Thriving In Competitive Markets

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Goodreads rating: 3.39

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Name any industry and more likely than not you will find that the three strongest, most efficient companies control 70 to 90 percent of the market. Here are just a few
Lean And Mean - The Changing Landscape Of Corporate Power In The Age Of Flexibility - Thryft
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Bennett Harrison | Basic Books

Lean And Mean - The Changing Landscape Of Corporate Power In The Age Of Flexibility

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Recommendation: "Lean And Mean" is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the evolution of big business in response to international competition. With insights on how powerful multinational corporations are focusing on their core businesses and contracting out other activities, readers will gain valuable knowledge on today's world of business organization. Bennett Harrison has written a comprehensive analysis that will help readers understand and live with the brave new world of business.
Information Rules - A Strategic Guide To The Network Economy - Thryft
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Carl Shapiro, Hal R. Varian  | Harvard Business Review Press

Information Rules - A Strategic Guide To The Network Economy

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Goodreads rating: 4.06

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Information Rules is an essential guide for managers aiming to thrive in the information economy. With its focus on the application of classic economics concepts to information technology, this book helps readers to understand the consequences of pricing, protecting and planning information products and services. Shapiro and Varian offer practical business strategies that will assist business leaders in making effective decisions and navigating the challenges of the information age with confidence. Highly recommended for anyone interested in the economics of information and networks.
Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change The Way The World Learns - Thryft
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Clayton M. Christensen, Michael B. Horn, Curtis W. Johnson  | Mcgraw-hill

Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change The Way The World Learns

RM24.00 MYR

Goodreads rating: 3.86

RM24.00 MYR

Selected as one of the "Best Books on Innovation, 2008" by BusinessWeek magazine Named the "Best Human-Capital Book of 2008" by Strategy + Business magazine A crash course in the business of learning-from the bestselling author of The Innovator's Dilemma and The Innovator's Solution … "Provocatively titled, Disrupting Class is just what America's K-12 education system needs--a well thought-through proposal for using technology to better serve students and bring our schools into the 21st Century. Unlike so many education 'reforms,' this is not small-bore stuff. For that reason alone, it's likely to be resisted by defenders of the status quo, even though it's necessary and right for our kids.We owe it to them to make sure this book isn't merely a terrific read; it must become a blueprint for educational transformation."--Joel Klein, Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education “A brilliant teacher, Christensen brings clarity to a muddled and chaotic world of education.”--Jim Collins, bestselling author of Good to Great According to recent studies in neuroscience, the way we learn doesn't always match up with the way we are taught. If we hope to stay competitive-academically, economically, and technologically-we need to rethink our understanding of intelligence, reevaluate our educational system, and reinvigorate our commitment to learning. In other words, we need “disruptive innovation.” Now, in his long-awaited new book, Clayton M. Christensen and coauthors Michael B. Horn and Curtis W. Johnson take one of the most important issues of our time-education-and apply Christensen's now-famous theories of “disruptive” change using a wide range of real-life examples. Whether you're a school administrator, government official, business leader, parent, teacher, or entrepreneur, you'll discover surprising new ideas, outside-the-box strategies, and straight-A success stories. You'll learn how
Strategic Supremacy - How Industry Leaders Create Growth, Wealth, And Power Through Spheres Of Influence - Thryft
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Richard A. D'Aveni | Free Press

Strategic Supremacy - How Industry Leaders Create Growth, Wealth, And Power Through Spheres Of Influence

RM19.00 MYR RM11.00 MYR 42% off

Goodreads rating: 3.82

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An operations manual for managers of large and mid-size companies explains how to cope with aggressive competition in the global business environment.
The Essentials Of Risk Management - The Definitive Guide For The Non-Risk Professional - Thryft
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Michel Crouhy, Dan Galai, Robert Mark  | Mcgraw-hill

The Essentials Of Risk Management - The Definitive Guide For The Non-Risk Professional

RM49.00 MYR

Goodreads rating: 3.66

RM49.00 MYR

Risk management is no longer confined solely to risk management specialists. Stakeholders ranging from employees to investors must understand how to quantify the tradeoffs of risk against the potential return. The failure to understand the essential nature of risk can have devastating consequences. Globally renowned risk and corporate governance experts Michel Crouhy, Dan Galai, and Robert Mark have updated and streamlined their bestselling professional reference Risk Management to introduce you to the world of risk management without requiring you to know the intricate formulas and mathematical details. The Essentials of Risk Management is the first book to make even the most sophisticated risk management approaches simultaneously accessible to both risk and non risk professionals. It will help you
The Connected Corporation - How Leading Companies Win Through Customer-Supplier Alliances - Thryft
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Jordan D. Lewis | Free Press

The Connected Corporation - How Leading Companies Win Through Customer-Supplier Alliances

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The Connected Corporation explains how customer-supplier alliances can enhance a company's competitiveness, quality, market share, and financial strength through the sharing of data, design work, and research and development. With interviews from various employees, the book offers a step-by-step process for readers to learn from top-performing companies. This book is highly recommended for business owners, salespeople, and purchasing personnel looking to boost their company's performance and gain a competitive edge.
Managing Emerging Technologies And Organizational Transformation In Asia - A Casebook - Thryft
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Ivan Francis Wilde | World Scientific Pub Co Inc

Managing Emerging Technologies And Organizational Transformation In Asia - A Casebook

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Goodreads rating: 4.0

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This book is perfect for individuals in Asia Pacific who are interested in understanding the impact of emerging technologies on organizational transformation. With insightful case studies on RFID, enterprise systems, KM, e-business, and e-government initiatives, it offers practical lessons that can be applied to real-world settings. Readers will appreciate the detailed analysis of organizational and managerial views on tech adoption, and how it brings about change. Overall, this is an ideal read for those looking to unlock the potential of technology in organizational transformation.
Competitive Advantage Through People - Unleashing The Power Of The Work Force - Thryft
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Jeffrey Pfeffer | Harvard Business Review Press

Competitive Advantage Through People - Unleashing The Power Of The Work Force

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Goodreads rating: 3.73

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Discusses the advantages of having a work force commited to the organization, and discusses common personnel practices that lead to the opposite result
The Innovator's Dilemma - The Revolutionary National Bestseller That Changed The Way We Do Business - Thryft
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Clayton M. Christensen | Harperbusiness

The Innovator's Dilemma - The Revolutionary National Bestseller That Changed The Way We Do Business

RM26.00 MYR

Goodreads rating: 4.04

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Examines how companies can create a balance between marketing cutting-edge technology and anticipating customer demand.
The New Strategists - Creating Leaders At All Levels - Thryft
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Shannon Rye Wall, Stephen J. Wall  | Free Press

The New Strategists - Creating Leaders At All Levels

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This book is recommended for those interested in understanding how modern businesses operate and want to empower employees at all levels. The New Strategists highlights the importance of involving every employee in strategy-making and provides case studies of successful companies that have adopted this approach. With insights from over 4,000 line managers and HR professionals, this book is a valuable resource for anyone looking to improve their leadership skills and make their organization more competitive in today's market.
The Second Curve - Managing The Velocity Of Change - Thryft
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ian-morrison | Nicholas Brealey

The Second Curve - Managing The Velocity Of Change

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Change is the buzzword for today's business leaders. But unless prepared, massive changes in the marketplace can erode a company. This volume introduces a way to ride the first curve - a company's traditional business carried out in a familiar corporate climate - to the all-important second curve of the new consumers, new markets and new technologies, combined to bring about sweeping, irrevocable alterations in the way every industry functions. But the art is to know whether or not what one thinks is a second curve really is one - or whether it's a phantom, just something going bump in the corporate night. Sorting out the new technologies that will take off from those that will fail - even if they fail in interesting ways - is very difficult and critical. And sorting out real growth potential from hype is difficult even in non-technology areas. Is the second-curve candidate a Southwest Airlines or People's Express Is it a Toys 'R' Us with its 22 per cent market share or Child World, a chain that once had 130 stores with $180 million, but went bankrupt a few years ago The following little-known but useful piece of wisdom may be helpful in sorting out real second curves from there is a tendency to overestimate the impact of phenomena in the short run, and to underestimate in the long run. For most large companies, choosing one or the other curves to work on is a luxury they can't afford. The driving forces of change described will continue to generate two curves, and to make it to the 21st century, these companies must learn to manage on both. Large corporations will have to go beyond re-engineering, time-based competition and core competencies as the sole means of growth. They must build second-curve organizations to perpetuate themselves as market leaders, while at the same time getting the most they can from their first-curve business. Those that don't will wither and die
Cyber-Investing - Cracking Wall Street With Your Personal Computer - Thryft
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David L. Brown, Kassandra Bentley  | Wiley

Cyber-Investing - Cracking Wall Street With Your Personal Computer

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Use your PC to pick stocks like the pros—and yield significant returns in any market! Stock market guru David Brown knows plenty about computerized investing. His immensely popular on-line financial information firm, Telescan, provides tens of thousands of individual investors with stock quotes and up-to-the-minute data on every exchange in the world. Now, in Cyber-Investing, he shows both beginning and seasoned investors how to unleash the awesome potential of their PCs to pinpoint and follow up on stock opportunities the moment they happen. Armed with the powerful investment software featured on the disks along with David's proven strategies for using them, you can use your PC Written in a lively, accessible style, packed with easy-to-read charts and tables, and featuring a gold mine of sophisticated investment software, Cyber-Investing makes it easier than ever for novices and seasoned investors alike to pick stocks like the pros!
Sea Change - Pacific Asia As The New World Industrial Center - Thryft
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James C. Abegglen | Free Press

Sea Change - Pacific Asia As The New World Industrial Center

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Sea Change offers a detailed analysis of the shift in global industry from North Atlantic to Pacific Asia. It explains the causes and consequences of this transition, including the commitment of East Asian governments to economic growth, the rise of overseas Chinese entrepreneurs, and Japan's move to world industrial and financial leadership. Abegglen recommends that Western companies looking to invest in this region must be willing to take strategic risks, and he provides numerous case studies and examples of successful approaches. This book is an essential resource for anyone interested in understanding the dynamics of global industry and the potential for growth and competition in the twenty-first century.
Redefining Health Care - Creating Value-Based Competition On Results - Thryft
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Michael E. Porter, Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg  | Harvard Business Review Press

Redefining Health Care - Creating Value-Based Competition On Results

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The U.S. health care system is in crisis. At stake are the quality of care for millions of Americans and the financial well-being of individuals and employers squeezed by skyrocketing premiums—not to mention the stability of state and federal government budgets.In Redefining Health Care, internationally renowned strategy expert Michael Porter and innovation expert Elizabeth Teisberg reveal the underlying—and largely overlooked—causes of the problem, and provide a powerful prescription for change.The authors argue that competition currently takes place at the wrong level—among health plans, networks, and hospitals—rather than where it matters most, in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of specific health conditions. Participants in the system accumulate bargaining power and shift costs in a zero-sum competition, rather than creating value for patients. Based on an exhaustive study of the U.S. health care system, Redefining Health Care lays out a breakthrough framework for redefining the way competition in health care delivery takes place—and unleashing stunning improvements in quality and efficiency.With specific recommendations for hospitals, doctors, health plans, employers, and policy makers, this book shows how to move health care toward positive-sum competition that delivers lasting benefits for all.
Telecosm: How Infinite Bandwidth Will Revolutionize Our World - Thryft
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George Gilder | Free Press

Telecosm: How Infinite Bandwidth Will Revolutionize Our World

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Goodreads rating: 3.66

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The computer age is over. After a cataclysmic global run of thirty years, it has given birth to the age of the telecosm - the world enabled and defined by new communications technology. Chips and software will continue to make great contributions to our lives, but the action is elsewhere. To seek the key to great wealth and to understand the bewildering ways that high tech is restructuring our lives, look not to chip speed but to communication power, or bandwidth. Bandwidth is exploding, and its abundance is the most important social and economic fact of our time.George Gilder is one of the great technological visionaries, and the man who put the 's' in 'telecosm' (Telephony magazine). He is equally famous for understanding and predicting the nuts and bolts of complex technologies, and for putting it all together in a soaring view of why things change, and what it means for our daily lives. His track record of futurist predictions is one of the best, often proving to be right even when initially opposed by mighty corporations and governments. He foresaw the power of fiber and wireless optics, the decline of the telephone regime, and the explosion of handheld computers, among many trends. His list of favored companies outpaced even the soaring Nasdaq in 1999 by more than double. His long-awaited Telecosm is a bible of the new age of communications. Equal parts science story, business history, social analysis, and prediction, it is the one book you need to make sense of the titanic changes underway in our lives. Whether you surf the net constantly or not at all, whether you live on your cell phone or hate it for its invasion of private life, you need this book.It has been less than two decades since the introduction of the IBM personal computer, and yet the enormous changes wrought in our lives by the computer will pale beside the changes of the telecosm. Gilder explains why computers will empty out, with their components migrating to the net; why hundreds of low-flying satellites will enable hand-held computers and communicators to become ubiquitous; why television will die; why newspapers and magazines will revive; why advertising will become less obnoxious; and why companies will never be able to waste your time again.Along the way you will meet the movers and shakers who have made the telecosm possible. From Charles Townes and Gordon Gould, who invented the laser, to the story of JDS Uniphase, the Intel of the Telecosm, to the birthing of fiberless optics pioneer TeraBeam, here are the inventors and entrepreneurs who will be hailed as the next Edison or Gates. From hardware to software to chips to storage, here are the technologies that will soon be as basic as the air we breathe.
Fit, Failure, And The Hall Of Fame - How Companies Succeed Or Fail - Thryft
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Raymond E. Miles, Charles C. Snow  | Free Press

Fit, Failure, And The Hall Of Fame - How Companies Succeed Or Fail

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This book is ideal for managers and entrepreneurs looking to improve their chances of success by understanding the importance of creating and maintaining a fit between a company's strategy, structure, and processes. The authors draw on historical examples of successful and failed organizations to provide insights into how managers can ensure that their companies remain "fit," stay competitive, and thrive in today's marketplace. The book also offers practical advice on how to achieve dynamic fit, a key ingredient of long-term corporate health. If you want to stay ahead of the competition and build a company that can weather the storms of any corporate climate, this book is a must-read.
A Gift To My Children - A Father's Lessons For Life And Investing - Thryft
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Jim Rogers | Random House

A Gift To My Children - A Father's Lessons For Life And Investing

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He’s the swashbuckling world traveler and legendary investor who made his fortune before he was forty. Now the bestselling author of A Bull in China, Hot Commodities , and Adventure Capitalist shares a heartfelt, indispensable guide for his daughters (and all young investors) to find success and happiness. In A Gift to My Children , Jim Rogers offers advice with his trademark candor and confidence, but this time he adds paternal compassion, protectiveness, and love. Rogers reveals how to learn from his triumphs and mistakes in order to achieve a prosperous, well-lived life. For • Trust your own Rogers sensed China’s true potential way back in the 1980s, at a time when most analysts were highly skeptical of its prospects for growth.• Focus on what you Rogers was five when he started collecting empty bottles at baseball games instead of playing.• Be Coming to Yale from rural Alabama, and in over his head, Rogers never stopped studying and wound up with a scholarship to Oxford.• See the In 1990, Rogers traveled through six continents by motorcycle, gaining a global perspective and learning how to evaluate prospects in rapidly developing countries such as Brazil, Russia, India, and China.• Nothing is really anything deemed “innovative” or “unprecedented” is usually just overhyped, as in the case of the Internet or TV, airplanes, and railroads before it• And not a bit off the subject, and very Boys will need you more than you’ll need them!Wise and warm, accessible and inspiring, A Gift to My Children is a great gift for all those just starting to invest in their futures.
The Gridlock Economy - How Too Much Ownership Wrecks Markets, Stops Innovation, And Costs Lives - Thryft
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Michael A. Heller | Basic Books

The Gridlock Economy - How Too Much Ownership Wrecks Markets, Stops Innovation, And Costs Lives

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25 new runways would eliminate most air travel delays in America. Why can’t we build them? 50 patent owners are blocking a major drug maker from creating a cancer cure. Why won’t they get out of the way? 90% of our broadcast spectrum sits idle while American cell phone service lags far behind Japan’s and Korea’s. Why are we wasting our airwaves? 98% of African American–owned farms have been sold off over the last century. Why can’t we stop the loss? All these problems are really the same problem—one whose solution would jump-start innovation, release trillions in productivity, and help revive our slumping economy.Every so often an idea comes along that transforms our understanding of how the world works. Michael Heller has discovered a market dynamic that no one knew existed. Usually, private ownership creates wealth, but too much ownership has the opposite effect—it creates gridlock. When too many people own pieces of one thing, whether a physical or intellectual resource, cooperation breaks down, wealth disappears, and everybody loses. Heller’s paradox is at the center of The Gridlock Economy. Today’s leading edge of innovation—in high tech, biomedicine, music, film, real estate—requires the assembly of separately owned resources. But gridlock is blocking economic growth all along the wealth creation frontier.A thousand scholars have applied and verified Heller’s paradox. Now he takes readers on a lively tour of gridlock battlegrounds. Heller zips from medieval robber barons to modern-day broadcast spectrum squatters; from Mississippi courts selling African-American family farms to troubling New York City land confiscations; and from Chesapeake Bay oyster pirates to today’s gene patent and music mash-up outlaws. Each tale offers insights into how to spot gridlock in operation and how we can overcome it.The Gridlock Economy is a startling, accessible biography of an idea. Nothing is inevitable about gridlock. It results from choices we make about how to control the resources we value most. We can unlock the grid; this book shows us where to start.
The CEO-CIO Partnership - Harnessing The Value Of Information Technology In Healthcare - Thryft
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Herb Smaltz, John Glaser, Terence Cunningham  | Health Administration Press

The CEO-CIO Partnership - Harnessing The Value Of Information Technology In Healthcare

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This book is a must-read for healthcare CEOs and CIOs who are looking to enhance their collaborative approach towards IT governance, strategic alignment, ROI, performance assessment, and knowledge enablement in their organizations. It features roundtable discussions and insights from industry experts, offering practical recommendations and case-based examples on maximizing IT value in healthcare.
E-Innovation - Innovation 01.03 - Thryft
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Bob Cotton | Capstone

E-Innovation - Innovation 01.03

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Fast track route to successful innovation in a digital world Covers the key areas of e-innovation, from planning for continuous change and trend forecasting to e-innovation processes and distributed innovation Examples and lessons from some of the world's most innovative businesses, including Napster, Cybiko, RedHat, Handspring and Sony, and ideas from the smartest thinkers, including Eric S. Raymond, James F. Moore, Leonard Fuld, Robert G. Cooper, Peter Small, Bruce Kogut and Anca Meitu Includes a glossary of key concepts and a comprehensive resources guide
Pop Internationalism (The MIT Press) - Thryft
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Paul Krugman | The Mit Press

Pop Internationalism (The MIT Press)

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"Everything Mr. Krugman has to say is smart, important and even fun to read. Paul Krugman is no household name, but probably should be . . . he is one of a handful of very bright, relatively young economists who do everything well." -- Peter Passell, "New York Times Book Review" "Pop internationalists" -- people who speak impressively about international trade while ignoring basic economics and misusing economic figures are the target of this collection of Paul Krugman's most recent essays. In the clear, readable, entertaining style that brought acclaim for his best-selling "Age of Diminished Expectations," Krugman explains what real economic analysis is. He discusses economic terms and measurements, like "value-added" and GDP, in simple language so that readers can understand how pop internationalists distort, and sometimes contradict, the most basic truths about world trade.
Super Crunchers - Thryft
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Ian Ayres | John Murray Publishers

Super Crunchers

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When would a casino stop a gambler from playing his next hand?How could a company use statistical analysis to blackball you from the job you want?Why should you worry when customer services pay attention to your needs?Beginning with examples of the mathematician who out-predicted wine buffs in determining the best vintages, and the sports scouts who now use statistics rather than intuition to pick winners, Super Crunchers exposes the hidden patterns all around us. No businessperson, academic, student, or consumer (statistically that's everyone) should make another move without getting to grips with thinking-by-numbers - the new way to be smart, savvy and statistically superior.
Beyond Certainty - The Changing Worlds Of Organizations - Thryft
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Charles B. Handy | Harvard Business Review Press

Beyond Certainty - The Changing Worlds Of Organizations

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"Beyond Certainty" is a must-read for anyone seeking guidance on how to thrive in a world of constant change. Handy offers timeless wisdom on adapting to uncertainty and transforming organizations for the better. The book's unique insight into our rapidly evolving world makes it a valuable read for anyone in business, management, or leadership roles.
Futurecast - How Superpowers, Populations, And Globalization Will Change The Way You Live And Work - Thryft
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Robert J. Shapiro | St. Martin's Press

Futurecast - How Superpowers, Populations, And Globalization Will Change The Way You Live And Work

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What will life be like in America, Europe, Japan or China in the year 2020? As everyone’s lives across the world are become increasingly interconnected by globalization and new technologies quicken the pace of everything, the answer to that question depends on the fate and paths of the world’s major nations. In Futurecast , Robert Shapiro, former U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce and Chairman/Co-founder of Sonecon, looks into the future to tell us what our world will over the next dozen years. Though that time span seems brief, Shapiro foresees monumental changes caused by three historic new forces—globalization, the aging of societies, and the rise of America as a sole superpower with no near peer— will determine the paths of nations and the lives of countless millions. What jobs will there be for you and your children? What will happen to your health care? How safe will you be at home or abroad? Answers to these questions will depend, even more than today, on where you live in the • Even as China expands its military and its economy, America will be the world’s sole superpower for at least the next generation, and continue to lead efforts to preserve global security and stability. • The U.S. and China will be the world’s two indispensable economies, dominating the course of globalization. • Globalization will continue to shift most heavy manufacturing and millions of high-end service jobs from advanced countries like the US, to China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Romania, Turkey and other developing nations. • Europe’s major nations and Japan will face the prospect of genuine economic decline and critical problems in their retirement pension systems, moving further towards the periphery of global economic and geopolitical power. • Every major country—the U.S., Europe, Japan, China—will face critical problems with their health care systems, and the entire world will face a crisis over energy and climate change. If one adds the wildcard of possible, catastrophic terrorist attacks to this mix, the period between now and 2020 will be as challenging as any in modern times. Taking these deep global developments into account when planning for the future isa necessity. Robert Shapiro’s clear-eyed Futurecast is the knowledge portfolio you need to prepare for the years to come.
Japan: The Toothless Tiger - Thryft
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Declan Hayes | Tuttle Publishing

Japan: The Toothless Tiger

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Japan: The Toothless Tiger is a thoughtful analysis of the current situation Japan is facing with growing Chinese military power on the one hand, and a weakening American presence in the Asia-Pacific on the other. How will Japan cope?Hemmed in by mounting tensions with China over the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands and facing nuclear threats from North Korea, what should Japan do? Should she rearm? Should she get the bomb? What are the consequences of rearming, or not rearming?These and other strategic questions are critically reviewed by Professor Hayes, who places them into the Japanese political context. He shows how and why Japan must develop a more sophisticated approach to China, Russia and the two Koreas to address growing threats to her security and national interests. Professor Hayes shows how this can be done, and all East Asia will benefit as a result.
The Military Balance 2020 - Thryft
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International Institute for Strategic Studies | Routledge

The Military Balance 2020

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The Military Balance is an authoritative assessment of the military capabilities and defence economics of 171 countries. Detailed A-Z entries list each country's military organisation, personnel numbers, equipment inventories, and relevant economic and demographic data. Regional and select country analyses cover the major developments affecting defence policy and procurement, and defence economics. The opening graphics section displays notable defence statistics, while additional data sets detail selected arms orders and military exercises, as well as comparative defence expenditure and personnel numbers. The Military Balance is an indispensable handbook for anyone conducting serious analysis of security policy and military affairs. The International Institute for Strategic Studies, founded in 1958, is an independent centre for research, analysis and debate on the problems of conflict, however caused, that have, or potentially have, an important military dimension.'Amid continuing conflict and broadening insecurity, The Military Balance provides essential facts and analysis for decision-makers and for better informed public debate.' - Dr Robert M. Gates, former U.S. Secretary of Defense'Because military affairs are inevitably clouded in fog, the IISS Military Balance is an essential companionfor those who seek to understand.' - Lord Robertson of Port Ellen, former Secretary-General of NATO'The Military Balance is widely recognised as the best unclassified source of defense information on personnel, equipment and budgets for every country.' - Leon Panetta, former U.S. Secretary of Defense
The Strategic Survey 2019 - The Annual Assessment Of Geopolitics - Thryft
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International Institute for Strategic Studies | Routledge

The Strategic Survey 2019 - The Annual Assessment Of Geopolitics

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Strategic Survey analyses the events that shaped relations between major powers, region by region, in the last year, and identifies key themes for policymakers and analysts looking ahead to 2020. The 2019 edition features essays · 5G mobile network technology and geopolitics · The fate of the New START agreement · Afghanistan and regional politics after a US withdrawal · The Gulf States’ competition in the Horn of Africa · Putin’s consolidation and manoeuvre · Iran after Khamenei · Germany, 30 years after the fall of the Wall · Venezuela’s crisis and the challenge of reconstruction
Governing Global-City Singapore - Plausible Futures After Lee Kuan Yew - Thryft
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Kenneth Paul Tan | Routledge

Governing Global-City Singapore - Plausible Futures After Lee Kuan Yew

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This book provides a detailed analysis of how governance in Singapore has evolved since independence to become what it is today, and what its prospects might be in a post-Lee Kuan Yew future. Firstly, it discusses the question of political leadership, electoral dominance and legislative monopoly in Singapore’s one-party dominant system and the system’s durability. Secondly, it tracks developments in Singapore’s public administration, critically analysing the formation and transformation of meritocracy and pragmatism, two key components of the state ideology. Thirdly, it discusses developments within civil society, focusing in particular on issues related to patriarchy and feminism, hetero-normativity and gay activism, immigration and migrant worker exploitation, and the contest over history and national narratives in academia, the media and the arts. Fourthly, it discusses the PAP government’s efforts to connect with the public, including its national public engagement exercises that can be interpreted as a subtler approach to social and political control. In increasingly complex conditions, the state struggles to maintain its hegemony while securing a pre-eminent position in the global economic order. Tan demonstrates how trends in these four areas converge in ways that signal plausible futures for a post-LKY Singapore.
Dream Hoarders - How The American Upper Middle Class Is Leaving Everyone Else In The Dust, Why That Is A Problem, And What To Do About It - Thryft
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Richard Reeves author of President Kennedy: Profile of Power | Brookings Institution Press

Dream Hoarders - How The American Upper Middle Class Is Leaving Everyone Else In The Dust, Why That Is A Problem, And What To Do About It

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America is becoming a class-based society .It is now conventional wisdom to focus on the wealth of the top 1 percent—especially the top 0.01 percent—and how the ultra-rich are concentrating income and prosperity while incomes for most other Americans are stagnant. But the most important, consequential, and widening gap in American society is between the upper middle class and everyone else.Reeves defines the upper middle class as those whose incomes are in the top 20 percent of American society. Income is not the only way to measure a society, but in a market economy it is crucial because access to money generally determines who gets the best quality education, housing, health care, and other necessary goods and services.As Reeves shows, the growing separation between the upper middle class and everyone else can be seen in family structure, neighborhoods, attitudes, and lifestyle. Those at the top of the income ladder are becoming more effective at passing on their status to their children, reducing overall social mobility. The result is not just an economic divide but a fracturing of American society along class lines. Upper-middle-class children become upper-middle-class adults.These trends matter because the separation and perpetuation of the upper middle class corrode prospects for more progressive approaches to policy. Various forms of “opportunity hoarding” among the upper middle class make it harder for others to rise up to the top rung. Examples include zoning laws and schooling, occupational licensing, college application procedures, and the allocation of internships. Upper-middle-class opportunity hoarding, Reeves argues, results in a less competitive economy as well as a less open society.Inequality is inevitable and can even be good, within limits. But Reeves argues that society can take effective action to reduce opportunity hoarding and thus promote broader opportunity. This fascinating book shows how American society has become the very class-defined society that earlier Americans rebelled against—and what can be done to restore a more equitable society.
The Fix - How Nations Survive And Thrive In A World In Decline - Thryft
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Jonathan Tepperman | Tim Duggan Books

The Fix - How Nations Survive And Thrive In A World In Decline

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We all know the bad news. Our economies are stagnant. Wages are flat and income inequality keeps rising. The Middle East is burning and extremism is spreading. Frightened voters are embracing populist outsiders and angry nationalists. And no we are living in an age of unprecedented, irreversible decline—or so we’re constantly being told.        Jonathan Tepperman’s  The Fix  presents a very different picture. It identifies ten pervasive and seemingly impossible challenges—including immigration reform, economic stagnation, political gridlock, corruption, and Islamist extremism—and shows that, contrary to the general consensus, each has a solution, and not merely a hypothetical one. By taking a close look at overlooked success stories—from countries as diverse as Canada, Botswana, and Indonesia—Tepperman discovers practical advice for problem-solvers of all stripes, making a data-driven case for optimism in a time of crushing pessimism.
Economics for the IB Diploma with CD-ROM - Thryft
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Ellie Tragakes | Cambridge University Press

Economics for the IB Diploma with CD-ROM

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A comprehensive new edition of Economics for the IB Diploma. This lively textbook, available in both print and e-book formats, offers comprehensive coverage of the Economics syllabus for the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma at both Standard and Higher Levels. This new edition is written by a highly experienced author and former IB Economics Chief Examiner and has been extensively revised to meet the requirements of the new syllabus (effective 2011). The print book includes a CD-ROM of supplementary materials including a chapter on quantitative techniques and extensive exam practice. These supplementary materials are also included in the e-book version for an all-in-one solution.
The World In 2020 - Power, Culture And Prosperity - Thryft
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Hamish McRae | Harvard Business Review Press

The World In 2020 - Power, Culture And Prosperity

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In The World in 2020 , acclaimed commentator and best-selling author Hamish McRae paints a vivid competitive landscape in which culture and values will be the new sources of advantage for the industrialized nations. In the year 2020, all having embraced market capitalism, the North American, European and East Asian countries will be engaged in fierce economic competition. With each nation increasingly able to imitate the others, innovations will cross borders within more days and weeks, removing technological prowess as a source of sustained advantage. McRae sees the "old motors for growth"—land, capital and natural resources—being replaced by more qualitative assets—quality, organization, motivation and self-discipline of the people. Everywhere, governments will take a less active role in the social and economic life of the nation. In such a world, the best predictor of success will be how a nation strikes a proper balance between creativity and intellect on the one hand, and social responsibility on the other. Thus the leading world economic powers of the next generation are just as likely to include China and Australia as the United States and Japan.
Agenda For A New Economy - From Phantom Wealth To Real Wealth - Thryft
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David C. Korten | Berrett-koehler Publishers

Agenda For A New Economy - From Phantom Wealth To Real Wealth

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Enough - Why The World's Poorest Starve In An Age Of Plenty - Thryft
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Roger Thurow, Scott Kilman  | Publicaffairs

Enough - Why The World's Poorest Starve In An Age Of Plenty

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For more than thirty years, humankind has known how to grow enough food to end chronic hunger worldwide. Yet in Africa, more than 9 million people every year die of hunger, malnutrition, and related diseases every year -- most of them children. In this powerful investigative narrative, Wall Street Journal reporters Kilman & Thurow show exactly how, in the past few decades, Western policies conspired to keep Africa hungry and unable to feed itself. Enough is essential reading on a humanitarian issue of utmost urgency.
Sam Walton, Made In America - My Story - Thryft
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John Huey Sam Walton, John Huey  | Bantam Books

Sam Walton, Made In America - My Story

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As Sam Walton himself said, this is "...a story about entrepreneurship, and risk, and hard work, and knowing where you want to go and being willing to do what it takes to get there. And it's a story about believing in your idea even when maybe some other folks don't, and about sticking to your guns." It's the story of how Walton parlayed a single dime store in a hardscrabble cotton town into Wal-Mart, the largest retailer in the world. The undisputed merchant king of the late twentieth century, he never lost the common touch. Here Walton tells his extraordinary story in his own inimitable words. Genuinely modest, but always sure of his ambitions and achievements, Walton shares his thinking in a candid, straight-from-the-shoulder style."Here is an extraordinary success story about a man whose empire was built not with smoke and mirrors, but with good old-fashioned elbow grease."
Having And Being Had - Thryft
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Eula Biss | Faber & Faber

Having And Being Had

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An incisive collection from award-winning author Eula Biss, Having and Being Had is a personal reckoning with the intricacies of money, class and capitalism.'My adult life can be divided into two distinct parts,' Eula Biss writes, 'the time before I owned a washing machine and the time after.' Having just purchased her first home, she now embarks on a roguish and risky self-audit of the value system she has bought into. The result is a radical interrogation of work, leisure and capitalism. Described by the New York Times as a writer who 'advances from all sides, like a chess player', Biss brings her approach to the lived experience of capitalism. Playfully ranging from IKEA to Beyoncé to Pokémon, across bars and laundromats and universities, she asks, of both herself and her class, 'In what have we invested?''Having and Being Had offers us a probing tour of capitalism and class that sidesteps posturing and jargon in favor of clarity, humility, and incitement.' Maggie Nelson'In this witty, genre-bending book, Eula Biss smashes the taboo against talking about money with exhilarating results . . . [and] disarming honesty and grace.' Jenny Offill'Eula Biss's prescient new book gave me new language for things I didn't know I felt . . . A brilliant, lacerating re-examination of our relationship to what we own and why, and who in turn might own us.' Alexander Chee'No contemporary writer I know explores and confronts her own societal responsibilities better than Eula Biss.' Aleksandar HemonA meditation on race, consumerism and the American caste system. And a wry, vivd assessment of our spiritual moment. It is no accident that Having and Being Had reads like the poems money would write if money wrote poems.' Jeet Thayil

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