American companies once focused exclusively on providing the best products and services. But today, most corporations are obsessed with maximizing their stock prices, resulting in short-term thinking and the kind of cook-the-books...
Business and economics
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Author:Mitchell, Lawrence E.Summary: - Author:Jones, Anna NewellSummary:
Popular blogger Anna Newell Jones of AndThenWeSaved.com delivers this self-help manifesto that reveals how a "spending fast" will help you get on the road to living debt-free. In 2009, young photographer Anna Newell Jones was rapidly...
- Author:Enrich, DavidSummary:
In 2006, an oddball group of bankers and traders from some of the world's largest financial institutions made a startling realization: LIBOR--the London interbank offered rate, which determines the interest rates on trillions of dollars...
- Author:Malouf, MattSummary:
Learn what not to do to grow your business The Stop Doing List gets you off the treadmill of unproductive, frenetic activity, and sets you on the path toward growth. Running a business has never been easy, but today's nonstop 24-7-365...
- Author:Silber, William L.Summary:
This is the story of silver's transformation from soft money during the nineteenth century to hard asset today, and how manipulations of the white metal by President Franklin Roosevelt in the 1930s and by the richest man in the...
- Author:Corey, AlanSummary:
Are you tired of missing out on that raise, bonus, or promotion? Do you want to turn your dead-end job into a high-paying career? Would a six-figure salary solve all your problems? Money-making guru Alan Corey faced all these questions...
- Author:Mauboussin, Michael J.Summary:
Mauboussin offers invaluable guidance on recognizing how these two forces influence our achievements and how to interpret these circumstances for optimal future results.
- Author:Schurman, BradleySummary:
A demographic futurist explains the coming Super Age--when there will be more people older than sixty-five than those under the age of eighteen--and explores what it could mean for our collective future.
- Author:Coll, SteveSummary:
A larger-than-life account of family, greed, and a courtroom showdown between Big Oil rivals from the New York Times-bestselling author of Private Empire. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Steve Coll is renowned for "his ability to take...
- Author:Coyle, DanielSummary:
What is the secret of talent? How do we unlock it? This groundbreaking work provides readers with tools they can use to maximize potential in themselves and others. Whether you’re coaching soccer or teaching a child to play the piano,...
- Author:Cravens, MarkSummary:
Are you a busy professional, business opportunity seeker, or retiring baby boomer? If so, con artists are targeting YOU! According to the FTC, over 30 million Americans fell victim to fraud in 2005 alone! The Ten Commandments of...
- Author:Cardone, GrantSummary:
Unveiling the principle of "Massive Action," Cardone shows individuals how to push past the standard three levels of action and push on to the fourth--the level of action that guarantees the realization of goals and dreams. Exploding...
- Author:Zaffron, SteveSummary:
Authors Steve Zaffron and Dave Logan offer listeners this engaging treatise on achieving business success. Using compelling real-world examples--such as a New Zealand steelmaking company turning their fortunes around in one year, and a...
- Author:Esping-Andersen, GøstaSummary:
Few discussions in modern social science have occupied as much attention as the changing nature of welfare states in Western societies. Gøsta Esping-Andersen, one of the foremost contributors to current debates on this issue, here...
- Author:Govindarajan, VijaySummary:
How to Innovate and Execute Leaders already know that innovation calls for a different set of activities, skills, methods, metrics, mind-sets, and leadership approaches. And it is well understood that creating a new business and...
- Author:Russell, Nan S.Summary:
How people work, communicate, collaborate, and manage responsibilities has changed. Knowing how to build influence and lead others without title or authority, no matter what your role, is now a workplace necessity. No one needs to...
- Author:Hewitt, BenSummary:
This is the captivating story of a small town coming back to life. Hardwick, Vermont, has jump-started its economy through a local, self-sustaining food system, surviving with its network of community support.
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No organizational leaders can succeed in today’s fast evolving and highly connected world on their own. To succeed, today’s leaders must not only optimize all their own faculties—mental sharpness, emotional depth, imagination and...
- Author:Rivoli, PietraSummary:
Pietra Rivoli is an economics professor at Georgetown University, where the question "Who made your T-shirt?" set her on a quest. On her journey she found that globalization is just as much about history and politics as it is about...
- Author:Reichheld, Frederick F.Summary:
In this revised and updated edition of his best-seller, Reichheld and his colleague Rob Markey detail how business leaders have taken their principles and shifted the market paradigm for years to come. Listeners will learn how to become...
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