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...
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Author:Mitchell, Lawrence E.Summary: -
Author:Summary:This book reveals how ordinary people at every level are transforming their businesses and communities. By working collaboratively across boundaries, they are exploring and putting into place unprecedented solutions that move beyond...
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Author:Scott, MarianneSummary:In the past five years the number of craft and artisan distilleries on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands has more than doubled. A change in the provincial liquor laws in 2013 made small-batch distilling a viable business and with...
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Author:Czech, BrianSummary:Politicians, economists, and Wall Street would have us believe that limitless economic expansion is the Holy Grail, and that there is no conflict between growing the economy and protecting the environment. Supply Shock debunks these...
- Author:Jean-François, Ouellet, Taillefer, AlexandreSummary:
Au volant de son taxi, le chauffeur se confie à son client: son métier n'est plus du tout ce qu'il était. Alors qu'il y a à peine dix ans, son taxi avait à son bord un passager payant le tiers du temps, les clients se...
- Author:Sauvé, Mathieu-RobertSummary:
Les journalistes forment-ils une espèce en voie de disparition ? Si c'est le cas, que risque-t-on en les perdant ? C'est la question qui sous-tend cet état des lieux du journalisme à l'ère d'Internet et des réseaux...
- Author:Mochoruk, JimSummary:
Jim Mochoruk shows how government and business worked together to transform northern Manitoba from the exclusive fur-trading reserve of the Hudson's Bay Company into an industrial hinterland. Along the way, he also details the...
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Author:Bassler, Gerhard P.Summary:Beggars cannot be choosers. We wanted just companies, we gave a damn who they were, we had no prejudice against them. We went to Germany because Europe was scared of Soviet Russia and saw a communist revolution coming. The German...
- Author:Ford, R. S.Summary:
This epic fantasy tells the tales of clashing Guilds, magic-fueled machines, intrigue, and revolution--and the one family that stands between an empire's salvation or destruction.
- Author:Hanley, PaulSummary:
The sweeping changes that make a 'full world' work-involving dual processes of destruction and reconstruction-will transform global culture, agriculture, and ultimately the human race. Eleven is a call to consciousness. Only an 'ethical...
- Author:Taylor, SylviaSummary:
A rich and diverse tapestry weaving together the many voices, narratives, skills, and talents of women up and down the coastal Pacific Northwest who devote their lives and careers to the sea. Beckoned by the Sea celebrates coastal women...
