This book is a compilation of inspirational anecdotes, powerful insights, and practical strategies for people who are entrusted with the task of helping others find their way into employment. It has become widely-known as the "job...
Business and economics
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Author:Bissonnette, DeniseSummary: - Author:Davenport, Thomas H.Summary:
Go ahead, be skeptical about big data. The author was-at first. When the term "big data" first came on the scene, bestselling author Tom Davenport (Competing on Analytics, Analytics at Work) thought it was just another example of...
- Big kibble : the hidden dangers of the commercial pet food industry and how to do better by our dogsAuthor:Chavez, Oscar, Buckley, Shawn RichardSummary:
What's really going into commercial dog food? The answer is horrifying.
Big Kibble is big business: $75 billion globally. A handful of multi-national corporations dominate the industry and together own as many as 80% of all...
- Author:Black, KateSummary:
A phenomenology of the mall: If the mall makes us feel bad, why do we keep going back? In a world poisoned by capitalism, is shopping what makes life worth living? In less than a century, the shopping mall has morphed from a blueprint...
- Author:Schmitt, BerndSummary:
The author shows listeners how to think of the "Big Picture" when considering important business decisions. To succeed in the modern world, you have to have bold ideas, but you also have to have the courage to implement them. Professor...
- Author:Chmielewski, Dawn, Hayes, DadeSummary:
The first comprehensive account of the biggest wake-up call in the history of the entertainment business: the pivot to streaming. Go inside a disparate group of media and tech companies--Disney, Apple, AT&T/WarnerMedia, Comcast/...
- Author:Mezrich, BenSummary:
From Ben Mezrich, the New York Times bestselling author of The Accidental Billionaires and Bringing Down the House, comes Bitcoin Billionaires-the fascinating story of brothers Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss's big bet on crypto-currency...
- Author:Gladwell, MalcolmSummary:
Malcolm Gladwell reveals that great decision makers aren't those who process the most information or spend the most time deliberating, but those who have perfected the art of "thin-slicing"--filtering the very few factors that matter...
- Author:Scheck, Justin, Hope, BradleySummary:
Hope and Scheck show how Mohammed bin Salman's sudden rise to power coincided with the fraying of the simple bargain that had been at the head of U.S.-Saudi relations for more than eighty years: oil in exchange for military protection...
- Author:Gordon, Todd, Webber, Jeffery R.Summary:
Rooted in thousands of pages of Access to Information documents and dozens of interviews carried out throughout Latin America, Blood of Extraction examines the increasing presence of Canadian mining companies in Latin America and the...
- Author:Schreier, JasonSummary:
Journalist Jason Schreier takes readers behind the scenes of video game development, where the creator may be a team of six hundred overworked underdogs or a solitary geek genius. This book explores the artistic challenges, technical...
- Author:Kim, W. Chan, Mauborgne, RenéeSummary:
In a book that challenges the typical entrepreneurial strategy, W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne assert that tomorrow's leading companies will succeed, not by battling their rivals for market share in the bloody "red ocean" of a...
- Author:Dillon, DaveSummary:
"Blueprint for Success in College: Career Decision Making is a students' guide for the process of identifying a major and career. This text focuses on career exploration. This book is a remix of two previously existing OER (Open...
- Author:Wild, RussellSummary:
Bonds and bond funds are among the safest and most reliable investments you can make to ensure an ample and dependable retirement income—if you do it right! Bond Investing For Dummies helps you do just that, with clear explanations of...
- Author:Port, MichaelSummary:
According to the Small Business Administration, 90% of service businesses fail within the first five years. They fail not because they don't offer great services and products, but because owners are uncomfortable with traditional...
- Author:Epstein, LitaSummary:
Accurate and complete bookkeeping is crucial to any business owner, but it's also important to those who work with the business, such as investors, financial institutions and employees. Bookkeeping For Dummies provides the easy and...
- Author:Mawhiney, Anne-Marie, Pitblado, JaneSummary:
Boom Town Blues: Collapse and Revival in a Single-Industry Community tells of the Northern Ontario city of Elliot Lake, once the uranium capital of the world, which was devastated by the closing of the uranium mines operated by Denison...
- Author:Lewis, MichaelSummary:
Lewis offers a scathing assessment of fiscal blunders in foreign lands--and details how economic repercussions are sure to be felt on American soil. Financial bubbles grew--and burst--not only in the U.S. but in countries as diverse as...
- Author:Eban, KatherineSummary:
From an award-winning Fortune reporter, an explosive narrative investigation of the generic drug boom that reveals the life-threatening dangers posed by globalization-The Jungle for pharmaceuticalsThe widespread use of generic drugs has...
- Author:Vincent, LaurenceSummary:
Vincent delivers proven, repeatable practices to help any business establish a genuine brand identity. Using case studies from established brand leaders such as American Express, Apple, Virgin, and others, Vincent shows how delivering...
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