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Saving Behavior and the Asset Price "Bubble" in Japan: Analytical Studies

This volume brings together various analytical studies the IMF staff has undertaken on the Japanese economy, focusing on two areas of particular interest for both longer-term economic performance and recent cyclical developments. The first is Japan's saving behavior, the second is the remarkable swing in asset prices that occurred in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Enduring Success

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Enduring Success addresses a key question in business today: How can companies succeed over time? To learn the source of enduring greatness, author Christian Stadler directed a team of eight researchers in a six-year study of some of Europe's oldest and most stellar companies, targeting nine that have survived for more than 100 years and have significantly outperformed the market over the past fifty years. Readers may wonder, "Why European companies?" Yet, Europe is the ideal place to seek the key to long-term success; half of the Fortune Global 500 companies that are 100 years old or older can be found in Europe, as can 72 of the 100 oldest family businesses in the world.Fifteen years after Collins and Porras' Built to Last, this new book incorporates fresh insights from management science and provides the first non-US perspective on long-range success. Through Stadler's study, a counterintuitive story emerges: the greatest companies adapt to a constantly changing environment by being intelligently conservative. Enduring Success provides a coherent framework, grounded in five principles and practical concepts, for business leaders who are prepared to learn from the history of some of the world's greatest institutions. Please visit the author's YouTube channel www.youtube.com/user/StadlerChristian for more discussion of the book.

Parole magiche

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Padroneggiare alcune parole può cambiarci la vita. Quasi tutto ciò che facciamo è infatti legato alle parole: le usiamo per convincere gli altri, per comunicare idee e per entrare in contatto con le persone care. È così che i leader guidano, i venditori vendono e i genitori fanno i genitori; è così che gli insegnanti insegnano, i politici governano e i medici spiegano. Anche i nostri pensieri più intimi si basano sul linguaggio. Ma alcune parole hanno un impatto maggiore di altre: sono più efficaci nel cambiare le menti, nel coinvolgere gli ascoltatori e nell’indurre all’azione. Quali sono queste parole magiche e come possiamo sfruttarne il potere? Berger ci introduce alla scienza del linguaggio e al modo in cui possiamo utilizzarlo per motivare, coinvolgere e persuadere. I progressi tecnologici nel machine learning, nella linguistica computazionale e nell’elaborazione del linguaggio naturale, sommati alla digitalizzazione di qualsiasi cosa, dalle lettere di presentazione alle conversazioni, hanno prodotto intuizioni senza precedenti. Imparerete come fanno i venditori a convincere i clienti e gli avvocati le giurie, in che modo i cantastorie catturano l’attenzione degli ascoltatori e gli insegnanti convincono i bambini a dare una mano; com’è possibile per chi eroga servizi aumentare la soddisfazione dei clienti; come fanno i fondatori delle startup a ottenere finanziamenti, i musicisti a comporre brani di successo e gli psicologi a scovare un manoscritto shakespeariano senza aver mai neanche letto l’opera. Questo libro è pensato per chiunque desideri avere un maggiore impatto. Offre un potente kit di strumenti e tecniche in grado di portare a risultati straordinari. Se state cercando di convincere un cliente, motivare un gruppo di lavoro, persuadere un’intera organizzazione a vedere le cose in modo diverso, questo libro vi mostrerà come sfruttare il potere delle parole magiche.

The Flexible Enterprise

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The need for enterprise flexibility in an era of rapidly advancing technology, increasing competition, and globalization, is apparent. Flexibility can be thought of as an ability of the enterprise to quickly and efficiently respond to market changes and to bring new products and services quickly to the market place. Beyond this definition, a truly flexible enterprise should proactively change the market through its ability to create new and innovative products and services. The proposed book is intended to provide a conceptual framework of ‘Flexible Enterprise’ supported by researches/case applications in different types of flexibilities exhibited by a flexible enterprise. The selected papers covering a variety of issues concerning the planning and operation of a flexible enterprise are organized into following four parts:I Enterprise and Strategic FlexibilityII Organizational FlexibilityIII Business Process and Information Systems FlexibilityIV Operations Flexibility

Sell or Be Sold

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Whether it’s selling your company’s product in the boardroom or selling yourself on eating healthy, everything in life can—and should—be treated as a sale. And as sales expert Grant Cardone explains, knowing the principles of selling is a prerequisite for success of any kind. In Sell or Be Sold, Cardone breaks down the techniques and approaches necessary to master the art of selling in any avenue. You will learn how to handle rejection, turn around negative situations, shorten sales cycles, and guarantee yourself greatness. Cardone will also teach you the success essentials of • Selling in a bad economy • Overcoming call reluctance • Filling your pipeline with new business • Staying positive, despite rejection With the experience of a seasoned sales vet at the helm, Sell or Be Sold will change the way you perceive the sale—and life.

Building a Human-Centred Infrastructure for Sustainable Industry 5.0 in Asia

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This edited volume addresses the opportunities and compelling challenges of human-centered infrastructure for sustainable Industry 5.0 in Asia since it is a region well-positioned to lead the way in the development and adoption of Industry 5.0 owing to its strong industrial base and growing investment initiatives in research and development. While elaborating on the opportunities and challenges, the edited volume aims to provide solution-oriented recommendations regarding the ways to achieve the goal of human-centered infrastructure for sustainable Industry 5.0 in Asia. The book is an essential resource for anyone interested in the future of Asia's economy and society.Dr. Priyanka Agarwal has over 20 years of experience in research, industry, and academia. Dr. Agarwal has published 40+ papers in reputed journals/conferences. With four edited books, her research focuses on multi-generational workplaces, diversity and inclusion, sustainability, and HR analytics and actively contributes as guest editors to reputed journals.Dr. Nitendra Kumar, PhD in Mathematics, is an Assistant Professor at Amity Business School with over 10 years of experience. He has published more than 65 articles in reputed journals/conferences. He is Series Editor of two international book series on mathematics and sustainability by Scrivener-Wiley and Peter Lang.Dr. Sanjeev Bansal, with 36+ years in academia, is a leading expert in Decision Sciences. He has over 250 publications, including 60 indexed by Scopus/ABDC/ WOS, and has authored 58 books. He has guided 41 PhD scholars and serves on advisory panels of several academic and professional bodies, contributing significantly to teaching, research, and consultancy.Dr. Yeliz Karaca, Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics and a Senior Researcher Professor UMass, USA, received her Ph.D. degree in Mathematics in 2012. She is the founder of the Systems Sciences, Complex Systems and Nonlinear Intelligence Dynamics Institute Academy at UMass and Editor-in-Chief of book series Systems Science & Nonlinear Intelligence Dynamics by WS. Her research interests span across applied mathematics, AI, complex systems, complexity, chaos, quantum, mathematical neuroscience and medicine along with other related theoretical, computational and applied domains.

Stop Acting Like a Seller and Start Thinking Like a Buyer

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Praise for stop acting like a seller and Start Thinking Like a Buyer "Stop Acting Like a Seller and Start Thinking Like a Buyer is a book that teaches you emphatically that 'words matter.' If you want to set yourself apart from others, whether you're selling a product or a concept, this is a book to read. Not only will you learn how to prepare for sales success, you will learn how to be far more effective by thinking like a buyer." —Theresa Martinez, Brand Director, Roche Laboratories"This book shares a great commonsense approach to developing a new sales attitude and mindset that will work no matter what you're selling. Jerry has successfully articulated a powerful and unique formula for sales greatness." —Duggar Baucom, head basketball coach, Virginia Military Institute"This is a book for people who truly want to have incredible success in sales. Thinking like a buyer is the most powerful way to help customers and prospects think differently about you and your product. This book shows you exactly how to make that happen in a step-by-step way. If you want to learn how to guarantee your success in selling or influencing, this is a book you must read." —Dan C. Weilbaker, PhD, McKesson Professor of Sales, Northern Illinois University"A mind shift takes place when you read Acuff's book and realize 'it's all about them.' The book helps you understand human psychology and behavior and gives you the practical tips, encouragement, and examples to help you stand out and be valued by your customers regardless of what you're selling." —Charlene Prounis, Managing Partner, Flashpoint Medica

Le dialogue euro-arabe

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Le dialogue euro-arabe ouvert l’automne 1973 vise l’établissement d’une coopération institutionnalisée entre les deux ensembles régionaux dans les domaines politiques, économique culturels, sociaux. Après des siècles de domination, des dizaines d’années d’affrontement ; engager les relations euro-arabes dans la voie d’une large coopération est un événement considérable dont il est difficile de mesurer la portée. Un véritable dialogue à ce niveau, constitue une novation profonde, il ne signifie pas discussion à deux (qui serait un duologue) mais plutôt cheminement de la pensée à travers les obstacles. Il s’inscrit dans l’ordre de la reconnaissance de l’autre comme partenaire exige la composition des parties, ce qui ne signifie ni le compromis, ni l’unité factice : on ne vise pas la disparition de l’autre mais la transformation progressive des deux interlocuteurs. Le dialogue diffère de la polémique parce qu’il cherche une issue qui le transcende. Il s’oppose à l’intégration qui exclut la transformation mutuelle dans l’échange. Visant à l’affirmation des pluralismes nécessaires le dialogue est difficile à pratiquer et la tentation reste grande d’en revenir à des relations plus brutales. Tributaire de la géopolitique mondiale, grevé au départ de nombreuses hypothèques et malentendus qui n’ont pu être toujours dissipés malgré une longue période de gestation, le dialogue euro-arabe apparaît, pour nombre d’observateurs, au niveau de ses résultats actuels, comme un dialogue stérile voire fictif, à tout le mieux mineur. Mais, par-delà les communications partielles désintégrant les ensembles culturels, ne peut-on envisager une transformation mutuelle par l’échange des biens des services des significations. Le dialogue euro-arabe s’inscrit dans cette perspective. Les pays arabes disposent de ressources et d’un pouvoir de négociation suffisant pour établir avec la Communauté européenne, des relations spécifiques répondant à leurs besoins de développement. Ces relations sont également vitales pour le développement de la CEE. Un accord intercommunautaire de développement peut donc être envisagé sur la base d’une réelle interdépendance économique des deux ensembles. Une réciprocité des flux au sein du grand espace régional qui sera construit établir des liens plus étroits que ceux de la coopération traditionnelle entre pays de développement inégal. Le modèle intercommunautaire de développement euro-arabe suppose des politiques économiques cohérente et dynamique dans chaque ensemble régional. Les insuffisances et les blocages constatés actuellement au niveau de l’intégration économique aussi bien dans l’Europe des Neuf qu’entre États Arabes retardent et compromettent les chances d’application du modèle.

Exchange Rate Policy in Developing Countries: Some Analytical Issues

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This paper addresses analytical aspects of exchange rate policy and emphasizes the relationship among exchange rate flexibility, financial discipline, and international competitiveness.

L'économie face à l'écologie

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Écologie-économie : tout oppose, en apparence, ces deux disciplines aux racines étymologiques étrangement identiques. L’écologie n’est-elle pas devenue un puissant mouvement de pensée et une force politique en se posant en critique de la rationalité économique ? L’économie ne traite-t-elle pas l’environnement comme un facteur “externe”, tout comme elle traitait secondairement, jadis, la question sociale avant la révolution keynésienne ? Mais les enjeux sont trop importants pour que perdure ce dialogue de sourds. D’où l’intérêt de cet ouvrage original, qui propose pour la première fois un examen dépassionné des points d’accord et des divergences entre les deux approches. Il est la synthèse des travaux menés en 1992 dans le cadre du XIe Plan sur le thème “environnement, économie, croissance”, et qui a réuni une grande diversité d’experts : représentants d’organisations syndicales et patronales, hauts fonctionnaires, universitaires, militants écologiques, etc. La confrontation a d’abord porté sur les problèmes théoriques : pertinence de la notion de “développement durable”, impacts économiques des actions de protection de l’environnement, etc. Mais elle a surtout concerné les politiques publiques à mettre en œuvre pour faire face aux nouveaux défis : effet de serre, maîtrise de l’énergie, transports, etc. Sur tous ces points, on trouvera dans ce livre des exposés clairs et synthétiques : avantages et inconvénients des projets d’“écotaxes”, rôle et limites de la réglementation et des subventions, etc. Les écologistes et les économistes enfin se parlent. Pour mieux comprendre ce qui divise leurs manières de voir, mais aussi ce qui peut les rassembler. Dans l’espoir peut-être de tracer les voies d’une nouvelle synthèse.

Advances in Manufacturing, Production Management and Process Control

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This book provides readers with a timely snapshot of human factors research and methods fostering a better integration of technologies and humans during the whole manufacturing cycle, giving a special emphasis to the quality and safety of the industrial environment for workers, the efficiency of the manufacturing processes itself, the quality of the final product, and its distribution to and use by the customers. It discusses timely issues relating to the automation of the manufacturing processes, and the challenges imposed by the implementation of industry 4.0, additive manufacturing and 3D printing technologies. Contributions cover a range of industrial sectors, such as the automotive, health and constructions ones, highlighting both organizational and engineering solutions fostering sustainability, globalization, customization, workers’ well-being and consumers’ satisfaction, among other issues. Based on the AHFE 2021 Conferences on Human Aspects of Advanced Manufacturing, Advanced Production Management and Process Control, and Additive Manufacturing, Modeling Systems and 3D Prototyping, held virtually on 25–29 July, 2021, from USA, this book, which merges ergonomic research and technical know-how in the field of manufacturing and product design, addresses a wide range of engineers, designers and professionals, dealing with the integration of technologies and humans in the factories of the future.

Work without Stress: Building a Resilient Mindset for Lasting Success

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FORGET EVERYTHING YOU KNOW ABOUT STRESS.If you’re like most people, you probably think that stress is an inevitable part of life. The truth is: it’s not. In a groundbreaking 30-year study, Dr. Derek Roger has discovered that everything we think we know about stress—and how we should “manage” it—is just plain wrong.STRESS IS A CHOICE. It is not a natural response to the pressures of work. It’s a choice that you make, consciously or not, to worry and fret and agonize over the work you need to do—instead of just doing it.WORK DOESN’T HAVE TO BE STRESSFUL FOR YOU TO BE SUCCESSFUL. This book offers a radically different approach to stress. It’s about being resilient. Flexible. Mentally awake and in the moment. It’s about changing your mindset to keep things in perspective instead of adding fuel to the fire with negative thoughts. The techniques you’ll find in this book are powerful, practical, and proven to work—without stress.

The Laws of Luck

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Make Your Own Luck!Some say success is based on luck. But high achievers don't leave their success to chance. They guarantee their future by applying the proven laws of success. When you apply these laws, you will unlock the most potent forces in the universe. You control vour luck.What's the key? If you want to succeed, do what successful people do. It's that simple.In this book, Brian Tracy shows how to put the laws of luck to work for you. You'll race forward faster than you ever imagined getting more done, earning more rewards, having more opportuni-ties, and ultimately reaching the goal that everyone wants: happiness.This is the success method that never fails!Let Brian teach you the skills you need to achieve success satisfaction in all areas of your life. Learn how to:Use the eternal principles of cause and effect to get what you want.Bring your life into focus by setting clear written goals.Maximize the knowledge you need for prosperity.Use the power of habit to set your life on its best course.Increase your personal magnetism using the unstoppable power of empathy.Make friends with the people who can help you move toward your goals.Achieve financial independence and wealth.Sharpen the miraculous power of your mind.Acquire virtues such as courage and persistence, which are essential to any great life.Success and happiness are not accidents. By mastering the method that Brian Tracy presents in this book, you can learn how to reach your most cherished goals quickly and with certainty. You'll be successful-and people will call you lucky.

Metrics and Methods for Security Risk Management

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Security problems have evolved in the corporate world because of technological changes, such as using the Internet as a means of communication. With this, the creation, transmission, and storage of information may represent security problem. Metrics and Methods for Security Risk Management is of interest, especially since the 9/11 terror attacks, because it addresses the ways to manage risk security in the corporate world. The book aims to provide information about the fundamentals of security risks and the corresponding components, an analytical approach to risk assessments and mitigation, and quantitative methods to assess the risk components. In addition, it also discusses the physical models, principles, and quantitative methods needed to assess the risk components. The by-products of the methodology used include security standards, audits, risk metrics, and program frameworks. Security professionals, as well as scientists and engineers who are working on technical issues related to security problems will find this book relevant and useful. - Offers an integrated approach to assessing security risk - Addresses homeland security as well as IT and physical security issues - Describes vital safeguards for ensuring true business continuity

Money and Payments in Theory and Practice

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International in scope and written by a leading young Post-Keynesian economist, this book focuses on the working of money and payments in a multi-bank settlement system within which banks and non-bank financial institutions have been expanding their operations outside their countries of incorporation.Departing from conventionally held beliefs, Serg

Lessons from the Global Financial Crisis

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Adam Smith was an advocate of the free market; however his first and widely-acclaimed work, The Theory of Moral Sentiments, was on ethics. While commentators tend to review this work in isolation from his writing on political economy, Richard Morgan argues that although The Wealth of Nations is concerned with political economy, Smith's pointed attacks on exploitation and greed reflect the ethics outlined in his first work and illuminate the constructive role he proposed for government.

Davis, Ellis & Thurn LLP

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A senior manager at the Toronto office of accounting firm Davis, Ellis & Thurn (DE&T) reflected on last year’s Upper Canada Bank (UCB) audit and wondered how he should plan for the upcoming 2012 audit. The senior manager was responsible for overseeing the audit of UCB’s retail segment (UCBR). Specifically, he was concerned about the test-of-controls portion of the UCBR audit, since the team had faced some challenges the previous summer. For years, UCB had been a client of DE&T, but it was only in 2011 that the firm had bid on and was granted the test-of-controls portion, which had formerly been completed on behalf of DE&T by UCB’s internal auditors. Now, reflecting on the previous year’s engagement, the senior manager wondered what changes he would make with respect to budgeting, staffing, and training, and to the client relationship in order to ensure that the client was satisfied and the UCBR audit remained profitable.

Langue, économie et entreprise : le travail des mots

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Il y a des discours sur l’économie. Il y a également des discours constitutifs de l’activité économique elle-même. Spécialistes et non-spécialistes ne parlent pas des mêmes faits dans les mêmes termes et il en est de même des spécialistes de disciplines distinctes. Les représentants de cultures différentes ne mettent pas non plus les mêmes mots sur les mêmes réalités. Ce volume à visée interdisciplinaire et contrastive met en contact des chercheurs de plusieurs disciplines (linguistique, économie, gestion), venant de plusieurs pays (Allemagne, Autriche, Espagne, France, Italie, Slovaquie). Les auteurs ont cherché à mettre au jour les différentes relations entre la « mise en mots » et la façon dont circulent les savoirs (savoirs factuels et savoirs linguistiques). Ainsi des réflexions générales sur la place et les fonctions du langage dans le monde de l’économie interrogent les modèles de communication traditionnels. Mais des productions langagières - création terminologique, textes de presse, discours du management et communication interne ou externe des entreprises - sont également analysées dans leurs contextes d’origine ou bien étudiées dans des situations de contact ou de transfert. Une place particulière est enfin faite aux analyses de situations de travail en contexte monolingue.

Global Crisis, Recession and Uneven Recovery

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The worst of the economic crisis has passed, and the global financial system is picking through the wreckage of its reckless ambition. Recovery has started at different paces in different places, but it promises everywhere to be prolonged and uneven. What has the world learnt from the most severe financial setback it has suffered in three generations? What must it unlearn to ensure that it does not rush into an encore? And what must India do to work towards ending the systemic distortions in global finance and crippling economic inequities at home? As Governor of the Reserve Bank of India between 2003 and 2008, Dr Y.V. Reddy stayed the course of financial pragmatism in times of relentless deregulation. Through visionary leadership, finely calibrated financial management and a prescient reading of global economic indicators, he ensured India largely escaped the fate that befell the worst affected of the world's economies. In 2009, Dr Reddy told the story of, an account of his five years at the helm of the RBI at a time of multiple challenges for the Indian economy. This new book is a sequel to last year's bestselling work. It provides a thinker and experienced policymaker's understanding of the genesis, anatomy and impact of the financial crisis, and of the lessons it offered. It contains perspective and analysis that Dr Reddy has not published before, presented in lucid style and non-technical language. This is a looking-ahead book for India and the world—from an oracle who has already demonstrated how clearly he sees the future.

Recrutamento em uma semana

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Nos dias atuais, o conhecimento e o capital humano estão se tornando peças fundamentais nas empresas, e a habilidade de encontrar, atrair e reter talentos se tornou essencial, algo que toda empresa deve desenvolver. Recrutamento em uma semana é um guia para garantir que você tenha todo sucesso possível em qualquer seleção.

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