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Rischiare grosso

Cigni neri si sono moltiplicati e hanno oscurato il cielo. L’uccello simbolo dell’ «evento imprevedibile di grande impatto» teorizzato da Nassim Nicholas Taleb negli anni è stato usato per legittimare i buchi di bilancio lasciati da banchieri premiati con buonuscite milionarie, giustificare i mercati di schiavi nati dalle ceneri degli interventi militari occidentali o autoassolversi di fronte a votazioni dagli esiti clamorosi come il referendum sulla Brexit. Ma davvero tutto questo era – è – inevitabile? E se invece si trattasse solo di una diffusa mancata assunzione di responsabilità? Se l’antidoto al Cigno nero fosse correre sul serio dei rischi?«Non conta ciò che si possiede ma ciò che si rischia di perdere.» Che si tratti di decidere se cambiare lavoro, lasciare il vecchio fidanzato o concorrere per diventare il prossimo presidente degli Stati Uniti, spiega Taleb, avvicinarsi alla fiamma (e rischiare di scottarsi) è sempre più fruttuoso che rimanere immobili (e congelare). E anche più etico. Ogni rischio è infatti una scelta di fronte a un burrone: l’unico modo per andare avanti è saltare, ma se si fallisce non ci sarà nessun altro a pagarne le conseguenze.Con Rischiare grosso Taleb torna a interrogarsi sulle dinamiche della società contemporanea e offre nuove soluzioni radicali ai problemi della vita di tutti i giorni così come alle storture di politica, economia e informazione. Con il suo consueto stile provocatorio, che unisce l’ironia ad argomentazioni sempre pragmatiche e dirette, e attraversando la storia con riletture iconoclaste e innovative – dal codice di Hammurabi a Immanuel Kant, da Annibale a Donald Trump, da Gesù Cristo fino agli estremisti religiosi di oggi –, Taleb riflette sull’asimmetria nascosta tra la decisione di correre un rischio e la reale capacità di affrontarne le conseguenze, risponde agli interrogativi emersi dopo la crisi economica e anticipa gli scenari di domani.Rischiare grosso è un’opera spaventosa e illuminante che, come una nuova rivoluzione copernicana, ribalta ogni paradigma nella nostra gestione della quotidianità e degli affari. Che l’obiettivo sia migliorare la nostra vita o evitare la prossima crisi globale, rischiare grosso non è solo un’opzione percorribile: è l’unica strada.

Fearless Public Speaking

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Does public speaking paralyze you and tie your stomach into knots? Want to get a standing ovation every time?What goes into a dazzling opening and closing? Does the prospect of facing embarrassing judgment make your palms sweat? Or do you want to learn how to absolutely own the stage and become a magnetic speaker?Public speaking and presenting is one of the most common phobias -- and it’s completely understandable. When else in our lives are we so open and vulnerable? But it’s a necessary evil in all aspects of our lives, whether professionally and personally. From making a presentation in the boardroom to being more confident with the opposite sex, your speaking skills will take you to the next level and get what exactly what you want in your life.Fearless Public Speaking is the rare book that will (1) help you destroy your anxiety so you can confidently take any stage, and (2) once you’re up there, be unforgettable and captivating as a speaker. The tenets in this book come from studying the experiences of the best presenters in the world, from CEOs, standup comics, to actors, and more. Jason Bax, noted actor, speaker, and entrepreneur, lends his thoughts in a guest chapter.And me? I'm a social skills and charisma coach, speaker, and semi-professional musician who thrives in front of the crowd... but I wasn't always like this - I know your struggles and I can help you from point A to point B!How will you learn to captivate audiences?•Why knowing where your audience gets their news is key to your memorability.•How to construct a bulletproof opening and closing.•How to make sure you reach any audience emotionally.•Overcoming stage fright and jitters with mental rehearsal techniques.As well as…•What rehearsed spontaneity is and how it makes your audience connect.•Stage presence techniques of the masters of performance like Freddie Mercury.•How standup comics own the stage and win over hostile crowds.•What a memory palace is and how it will help you memorize your speech.Put the audience in the palm of your hand, starting now!•Feel confident and empowered in taking the stage anywhere, anytime.•Speak your way to better jobs and relationships with each mini-presentation.•Build a reputation as an effective and engaging speaker.•Learn to overcome judgment and build self-confidence.•Own the room, audience, and applause.

Genre et économie solidaire, des croisements nécessaires

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Cantines populaires, crèches communautaires, jardins de quartier, monnaies locales, groupes de production artisanale, de consommation directe, d'entraide, réseaux d'échange de savoirs, les initiatives fondées sur les solidarités fourmillent dans le monde. Les travailleurs précaires, les populations de classe populaire, noires, indigènes, et parmi elles en particulier les femmes, y sont surreprésentés. Expression des rapports sociaux de sexe et de production, ces collectifs sont aussi des espaces où, sous certaines conditions, le pouvoir peut être renégocié et où des alternatives, parfois ambivalentes, s'amorcent. Comment saisir le potentiel de ces initiatives sans perdre de vue les rapports sociaux dans lesquels elles se situent ? Quels sont les apports mutuels des études féministes et de l'économie solidaire ? A quelles conditions, finalement, l'économie solidaire peut-elle être transformatrice et féministe ?

The End of Money

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Murder for hire. Drug trafficking. Embezzlement. Money laundering... These might sound like plot lines of a thriller, but they are true stories from the short history of cryptocurrencies - digital currencies conceived by computer hackers and cryptographers that represent a completely new sort of financial transaction that could soon become mainstream. The most famous - or infamous - cryptocurrency is bitcoin. But look beyond its tarnished reputation and something much shinier emerges. The technology that underlies bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies - the blockchain - is hailed as the greatest advancement since the invention of the internet. It is now moving away from being the backbone for a digital currency and making inroads into other core concepts of society: identity, ownership and even the rule of law.The End of Money is your essential introduction to this transformative new technology that has governments, entrepreneurs and forward-thinking people from all walks of life sitting up and taking notice.ABOUT THE SERIESNew Scientist Instant Expert books are definitive and accessible entry points to the most important subjects in science; subjects that challenge, attract debate, invite controversy and engage the most enquiring minds. Designed for curious readers who want to know how things work and why, the Instant Expert series explores the topics that really matter and their impact on individuals, society, and the planet, translating the scientific complexities around us into language that's open to everyone, and putting new ideas and discoveries into perspective and context.

Strategic Intelligence Management

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Strategic Intelligence Management introduces both academic researchers and law enforcement professionals to contemporary issues of national security and information management and analysis. This contributed volume draws on state-of-the-art expertise from academics and law enforcement practitioners across the globe. The chapter authors provide background, analysis, and insight on specific topics and case studies. Strategic Intelligent Management explores the technological and social aspects of managing information for contemporary national security imperatives. Academic researchers and graduate students in computer science, information studies, social science, law, terrorism studies, and politics, as well as professionals in the police, law enforcement, security agencies, and government policy organizations will welcome this authoritative and wide-ranging discussion of emerging threats. - Hot topics like cyber terrorism, Big Data, and Somali pirates, addressed in terms the layperson can understand, with solid research grounding - Fills a gap in existing literature on intelligence, technology, and national security

CATS: The Nine Lives of Innovation

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It's time to let the CATS out of the bag . . . Curiosity might have killed the proverbial cat, but without it very real achievements would never occur. With this book as your guide, you’ll learn how to spark your innate curiosity, pounce on problems in ways you never imagined, and enjoy greater success and satisfaction at work—and in your personal life.Playful, profound, and positively upbeat, CATS provides what you need to tap into your power of innovation—and then unleash it in every member of your organization. While most business thinkers view this challenge from the top down, Stephen Lundin sees the subject from a CAT's-eye view, explaining how to get every employee--no matter what level--to think and act in innovative ways. Inside, he examines the four challenges to innovation and offers practical measures aimed at conquering them. You'll learn how to:Be brave ('fraidy cats never innovate) Stop being “normal” (make your own rules!) Embrace failure (it's the only way to learn) Foster creativity (don't be a control freak) Lundin then describes the Nine Lives of Innovation, each of which is a step toward realizing your inner CAT and becoming a fully contributing member of an innovative organization.Prowling inside every employee is a questioner, a creator, an innovator--claws out and ready to pounce. Become a CAT and you may fi nd yourself springing on ideas in a way that surprises you—and everyone around you.

Digital Transformation in Industry

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This book offers a selection of the best papers presented at the annual international scientific conference “Digital Transformation in Industry: Trends, Management, Strategies (DTI2021),” held by the Institute of Economics, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, in Ekaterinburg (Russia) on October 29, 2021. The book focuses on the idea of introduction mechanisms for digitization processes and on highlighting successful digital transformation strategies in all sectors of industry. Key topics include the development of a cyber-physical production system for Industry 4.0; digital design technologies for enhancing the competitiveness of products and companies; digital twin-driven product manufacturing and services; and the effects of the industrial digital transformation on society and the environment. With regard to implementing IT and other technological innovations, lessons learned in developed and developing economies, as well as small and large enterprises, are included. Given its scope, the book offers a valuable asset for researchers and managers of industrial organizations alike.

EU Cohesion Policy

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The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.tandfebooks.com/doi/view/10.4324/9781315401867, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license.This book brings together academics, members of European institutions, and regional and national level policymakers in order to assess the performance and direction of EU Cohesion policy against the background of the most significant reforms to the policy in a generation. Responding to past criticisms of the effectiveness of the policy, the policy changes introduced in 2013 have aligned European Structural and Investment Funds with the Europe 2020 strategy and introduced measures to improve strategic coherence, performance and integrated development. EU Cohesion Policy: Reassessing performance and direction argues that policy can only be successfully developed and implemented if there is input from both academics and practitioners. The chapters in the book address four important issues: the effectiveness and impact of Cohesion policy at European, national and regional levels; the contribution of Cohesion policy to the Europe 2020 strategy of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth; the importance of quality of government and administrative capacity for the effective management of the Funds; and the inter-relationships between institutions, territory and place-based policies.The volume will be an invaluable resource to students, academics and policymakers across economics, regional studies, European studies and international relations.

Competizione e conoscenza

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Questo volume riunisce i più importanti saggi che Friedrich A. von Hayek ha dedicato al legame che unisce la competizione e la conoscenza. La raccolta si apre con Economics and Knowledge, che è un punto di riferimento obbligato dell’itinerario hayekiano, l’«evento decisivo» (come lo stesso Hayek ha dichiarato) della sua carriera intellettuale. Il saggio è la più conseguente critica dell’impostazione economica tradizionale. Questa, basata sulla statica concezione dell’equilibrio economico generale, assegna agli attori una condizione di onniscienza o comunque attribuisce loro un’impossibile conoscenza dei dati rilevanti. Ma le cose non stanno così. I singoli attori sanno poco. C’è all’interno della società una divisione della conoscenza. Ed è questo il tema che Hayek approfondisce in The Use of Knowledge in Society, che è tuttora uno dei saggi più citati nelle riviste internazionali. Qui l’autore mostra in quale modo la cooperazione resa possibile dal mercato costituisca uno strumento di mobilitazione della conoscenza che nessun individuo possiede nella sua totalità, perché è dispersa all’interno del sistema sociale e non può essere centralizzata da alcuna autorità. Ne discende, come Hayek spiega in The Meaning of Competition e in Competition as a Discovery Procedure, che la concorrenza non è altro che un procedimento di esplorazione dell’ignoto e di correzione degli errori. Se gli attori sapessero ciò che spesso la teoria attribuisce loro, il processo concorrenziale sarebbe inutile e dannoso. Altri due saggi completano la raccolta. Hayek ha esteso al territorio socio-politico l’applicazione di quanto acquisito in campo economico. E ha acutamente messo a nudo il nesso che lega la presunzione di conoscere alla creazione di un potere totale e perciò distruttore di ogni libertà individuale di scelta.

Tavazo Co.

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In June 2010, Naser Tavazo, one of the three owner/manager brothers of both Tavazo Iran Co. and Tavazo Canada Co., was considering the company's future expansion opportunities, including further international market entry. Candidate cities of interest were Los Angeles, Dubai and other cities with a high Iranian diaspora. Another question facing the owners was where to focus on the value chain. Should the family business use its limited resources to expand its retailer business into more international markets, or to expand their current retailer/wholesale activities within Canada and Iran? The objectives of this case are: (A) to discuss the typical problems that small companies confront when growing internationally and the implication of being a family business in this transition; (B) to provide a vehicle for developing criteria for market selection; (C) to highlight the importance of focus in the value chain regarding horizontal vs. vertical integration. This case can be used in international business, strategic management or family business (entrepreneurship) courses. In international business, it may be used as an internationalization case and positioned early in the course. In a strategic management course, it might be positioned in sections dealing with managerial preferences, or diversification.

Le bonheur d'être leader

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Le bonheur d'être leader révèle les comportements, les habitudes et les styles cognitifs à l'oeuvre chez les plus grands esprits et décideurs de notre temps - les « Leaders puissance 10 ». Il présente le modèle SHARP (Sentiment de force, Hygiène de vie, Absorption, Relations saines, Projet et engagement) pour devenir un leader puissance 10 et enseigne les techniques de la psychologie positive.Si vous vous sentez comme la plupart des acteurs de ce monde du travail hyper-connecté et toujours plus exigeant, cela fait belle lurette que vous n'éprouvez plus de plaisir à ce que vous faites. Si votre vie professionnelle en souffre, votre vie personnelle aussi paie un lourd tribut.La bonne nouvelle, c'est qu'il ne doit pas forcément en aller ainsi ! Vous pouvez faire renaître votre passion pour la vie et votre travail, afin de vous épanouir et de réussir comme vous le méritez. Ce livre vous montre comment y arriver.Dérivé du programme de développement du leadership que proposent ses auteurs, il révèle les comportements, habitudes et fonctionnements cognitifs des plus grands esprits et décideurs de notre temps - les « leaders puissance 10 », présente le modèle SHARP (Sentiment de maîtrise, Hygiène de vie, Absorption, Relations saines, Priorité) et enseigne les techniques de la psychologie positive pour :• ne plus être distrait par ses faiblesses et ses doutes, mais optimiser ses points forts ;• ne plus être dévoré par le stress, mais retrouver santé physique et bien-être émotionnel ;• ne plus attendre le coup de génie, mais s'impliquer avec constance et présence ;• ne plus tenter d'exercer autorité et contrôle, mais entretenir des relations saines avec les autres ;• ne plus travailler comme une machine, mais trouver un sens et s'engager dans tout ce qu'on fait ;• ne plus se sentir étranger, mais trouver l'inspiration et inspirer ses collaborateurs.Il n'y a pas de raison que la vie soit une lutte sans fin. Découvrez comment être plus productif, sincère, plein d'énergie, engagé et... plus satisfait de votre travail, de votre vie et de vous-même.

Tourism, Hospitality and Digital Transformation

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Innovation and technological advancements can be disruptive forces, especially for conventional business in the hospitality and tourism industries. This book is timely with its critical examination of such forces and how the two industries should strategize and respond to changes effectively. It examines a wide scope of topics, from environmental scanning, formulation, implementation and evaluation to the way managers make strategy choices for better organizational performance.The book illustrates how companies can re-orient their strategies and appraise the effectiveness of the business; its key competitors; and how they should set business goals through various cases, i.e. different types of hospitality and tourism business from traditional hotels to Airbnb and endeavors to provide strategic conceptual theories with real world application through such case studies.

Global Trends 2020

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What isGlobal Trends?Every four years since 1997, the National Intelligence Council has published an unclassified strategic assessment of how key trends and uncertainties might shape the world over the next 20 years to help senior US leaders think and plan for the longer term. The report is timed to be especially relevant for the administration of a newly elected US President, but Global Trends increasingly has served to foster discussions about the future with people around the world. We believe these global consultations, both in preparing the paper and sharing the results, help the NIC and broader US Government learn from perspectives beyond the United States and are useful in sparkling discussions about key assumptions, priorities, and choices.

Gonchar Investment Bank

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A recent MBA graduate is working as vice-president equity sales for an investment bank in the Ukraine. The firm's managing director has requested a recommendation regarding whether they should start investing in Ukrainian equities on their own account, or retain their practice of acting purely as an agent - buying and selling shares for clients without taking any ownership position.

Global Trends 2020

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美 대통령과 보좌관들이 참고하는미래보고서 『글로벌 트렌드 2020』『글로벌 트렌드Global Trends』국가정보위원회the National Intelligence Council가 1997년부터 4년마다 발간해온 것으로, 미국 대통령을 비롯하여 수석 보좌관과 지도층이 장기적인 계획을 수립하는 데 도움을 주기 위해 주요 세계 동향과 불확실한 미래가 향후 20년간 지구촌에 어떤 영향을 줄지 분석한 보고서이다. 『글로벌 트렌드』는 발간 시기로 따지면 새로 선출된 대통령 및 행정부와 관계가 깊겠지만 이를 보며 미래를 토론하는 사람도 점차 늘고 있다.『글로벌 트렌드』는 어떻게 완성되는가?국가정보위원회가 발간하는 『글로벌 트렌드』 프로젝트는 미국 정부 관계자와 전 세계 전문가의 방대한 연구와 자문으로 완성된다. 방대한 글로벌 역학관계를 밝혀내기 위해 선별한 지역을 조사하는 등, 주요 가설과 동향을 검토하며 짧게는 5년에서 길게는 20년까지 다양한 트렌드와 흐름이 중단된 이슈의 결과를 추적키도 한다.

3M Health Care

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A summer intern student at 3M Health Care must analyse the health care division's logistics systems and report her findings to the vice-president of 3M Health Care Markets. The vice-president is most interested in the recommendations for the proposed changes to the existing method of distributing products to Canadian hospitals. This case provides sufficient information for students to assess the quantitative and qualitative issues relating to direct distribution versus maintaining its current supply chain structure of using valu-added resellers

Digital Government

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New information technologies are being applied swiftly to all levels of government service: local, county, regional and even national and international. Information technology (IT) is being used to improve data management and data sharing, planning and decision support, service delivery, and more. Application areas affected by government mandates to improve e-government service include healthcare and safety; law enforcement, security, and justice; education; land use; and many others. Information technology is being used to increase public access to information, to provide more convenient and timely transaction services, and to increase citizen participation in the establishment of government regulations and other processes. DIGITAL GOVERNMENT: E-Government Research, Case Studies, and Implementation provides the field with a definitive, interdisciplinary, and understandable review of recent IT and related research of particular importance to digital government. The book also includes explorations of current and future policy implications, and case studies of successful applications in a variety of government settings. The book has been organized into three parts: Unit 1 covers the international foundations of digital government and related social, public, and legal issues (such as privacy, confidentiality, trust and security) that are evolving from governments’ new ways of doing business. Unit 2 examines current IT research that is impacting the advancement of digital government purposes and initiatives. In this section, a wide range of technologies are discussed with the objective of outlining a framework of state-of-the-art technologies showing the most promise for e-government initiatives. Unit 3 highlights case studies and applications of successful e-government initiatives from around the world which have wider lessons and implications. High impact projects are explored in detail, with a "lessons learned" discussion included with each case study. Each chapter is accompanied by references, suggested additional readings, online resources, and questions for discussion.

Security Analysis, Sixth Edition, Part IV - Theory of Common-Stock Investment. The Dividend Factor

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This chapter is from Security Analysis, which has withstood the test of time as well or better than any investment book ever published. Now the Sixth Edition updates the masters' ideas and adapts them for the 21st century's markets. This second edition, which was published in 1940 and still considered the definitive edition, has been updated by a dream team of some of today's leading value investors. Featuring a foreword by Warren E. Buffett (in which he reveals that he has read the 1940 masterwork "at least four times"), this new edition of Security Analysis will reacquaint you with the foundations of value investing--more relevant than ever in the tumultuous 21st century markets.

Strategic Risk Leadership

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Modern risk management as practiced today faces significant obstacles—we argue—primarily due to the fundamental premise of the concept itself. It asserts that we are mainly dealing with measurable, quantifiable risks and that we can manage the uncontrollable by relying on formal control-based systems, which has produced a general view that (enterprise) risk management is a technical-scientific discipline. Strategic Risk Leadership offers a critique of the status quo, and encourages leaders, executives, and chief risk officers to find fresh approaches that can help them deal more proactively with what the future may hold. The book provides an overview of the history of risk management and current risk governance approaches as prescribed by leading risk management standards, such as COSO and ISO31000. This enables practitioners to challenge the frameworks and improve their adoption in practice introducing sustainable resilience as a (more) meaningful response to uncertain and unknowable conditions. The book shows how traditional thinking downplays the significance of human behavior and judgmental biases as key elements of major organizational exposures illustrated and explained through numerous case examples and studies. This book is essential reading for strategic risk managers to understand the requirements for effective risk governance practices in the contemporary and rapidly changing global risk landscape. Indeed, it is a valuable resource for all risk executives, leaders, and chief risk officers, as well as advanced students of risk management.

Leadership in the Asia Pacific

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This book examines the vital nature of the subject of leadership in Asia and looks, in particular, at the processes and practices within the Asia Pacific region. It describes how leadership processes differ across various regions and teaches managers how to better employ these processes in order to improve the success of their organisations. The work moves beyond looking only at Western ideas and explores further leadership perspectives based on differing cultural foundations. It considers the influences of Confucianism, Daoism, Mohism and Legalism and also reflects the character of different leadership styles, such as paternalistic, benevolent transactional and transformational styles, as well as authentic and entrepreneurial approaches. Throughout the text, a wide range of international contributors adopt an array of leadership and other theories, cases, sectors and methods to discuss leadership in Asia. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Asia Pacific Business Review.

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