American Express could have become PayPal, but they watched the opportunity go by. FedEx uses technology to make shipping easier for the customer; UPS uses technology to make shipping easier for UPS. Who's winning? Google has broken the...
Business and economics
- Author:Godin, SethSummary:
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This is a modular open textbook designed for entrepreneurial journalism, media innovation, and related courses. It covers the following topics: Developing the Entrepreneurial Mindset, Ideation, Customer Discovery, Business Models for...
- Author:Martinez, AnneSummary:
Flexibility is one of the most enticing aspects of a career in medical transcription. Perfect for in the office, at home or on vacation, medical transcriptionists can often create lifestyle-appropriate schedules. The transcription field...
- Author:Oluo, IjeomaSummary:
Ijeoma Oluo investigates the real costs and the subversive history of white male American identity in order to find a way it can be reimagined, one free from racism, sexism, and oppression.
- Author:Friedmann, SusanSummary:
Expert advice on how to stage the perfect event every time "A terrific resource of information for anyone in the event-planning business." -James Spellos, CMP, President, Meeting U. Meeting and Event Planning For Dummies is a practical...
- Author:Johnson, Craig E.Summary:
Using the metaphor of light or shadow, Craig E. Johnson shows how leaders have the power to do significant good or harm. Taking an interdisciplinary approach to leadership ethics, and balancing theory and research with opportunities for...
- Author:Curtis, DouglasSummary:
This book provides concise yet complete coverage of introductory microeconomic theory, application and policy. The text begins with an explanation and development of the standard tools of analysis in the discipline and carries on to...
- Author:Irvine, Ian, Curtis, DouglasSummary:
Microeconomics: Markets, Methods, and Models by D. Curtis and I. Irvine provides concise yet complete coverage of introductory microeconomic theory, application and policy. The text begins with an explanation and development of the...
- Author:Scott, JoelSummary:
Customer relationship management, or CRM, is certainly a hot topic in business today. If you have a small or medium-sized business, chances are you’re already aware of all it can do for you. But with so many options and so much to think...
- Author:Bone, Joyce, Thomas, ChilliSummary:
An Entrepreneur is Born! Do you need flexibility to raise your children and income for the family budget? Tired of saying "No" to your family because of finances? Do you desire more out of your life? Thirty five millionaire moms share...
- Author:Hallam, AndrewSummary:
Most people wouldnt expect a school teacher to amass a million dollar investment account. But Andrew Hallam did it, long before the typical retirement age. And he wants to show you how. With lively humor and the simple clarity youd...
- Author:North, VandaSummary:
8 minutes a day is all it takes to open up a world of superior mental performance. Just as Tai Chi has been used for centuries to balance body and mind, Mind Chi will help you increase your mental energy and be more effective in...
- Author:Bathla, SomSummary:
Discover How to Hack the Limitless Potential of Your Mind, Avoid Thinking Errors, Boost Brain Power and Upgrade the Quality of your Life
• Do you often find your thinking unresourceful and fail to generate effective solutions? ... - Author:Hammond, ClaudiaSummary:
On a summer evening in 1994, the two members of the band KLF burned £1 million in £50 notes in a barn on the Isle of Jura. They filmed themselves tossing the bills into the fire, and made the story public. The reaction amazed them: this...
- Author:McKenzie, StephenSummary:
Mindfulness isn't anything that we think; it's what we don't think. Mindfulness isn't something that other people do; it's something that we all do. Mindfulness is an ancient, life-enhancing, healing technique that can help us remember...
- Author:Head, SimonSummary:
Simon Head argues that these systems have come to trump human expertise, dictating the goals and strategies of a wide array of businesses, and de-skilling the jobs of middle class workers in the process.
- Author:Waltman, JeroldSummary:
In a thorough and well-documented study of the American and British experience with minimum wage legislation, Prof. Jerold Waltman describes and analyzes the operation of current minimum wage policies and politics in both countries....
- Author:University of Calgary PressSummary:
For indigenous communities throughout the globe, mining has been a historical forerunner of colonialism, introducing new, and often disruptive, settlement patterns and economic arrangements. Although indigenous communities may benefit...
- Author:Souvaliotis, AndreasSummary:
Updated and expanded: A new edition of the inspiring memoir by one of Canada's most unusual, successful and socially conscious businesspeople. "I am different. I have always been different. I grew up scared of being found out...
- Author:Souvaliotis, AndreasSummary:
An inspiring memoir by one of Canada's most unusual, successful and socially conscious businesspeople. Was he gifted or a hopeless misfit? That was the defining dilemma of Andreas Souvaliotis's childhood, adolescence and young life....