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Your Book or Your Excuse

There are two types of business leaders: the 99% who keep talking about writing a book someday, and the 1% who actually do it-then leverage it to dominate their field.If you're the former, any "how to write a book" manual will do.If you're the latter, you're in the right place.In Your Book or Your Excuse, you'll discover how elite entrepreneurs transform a book into their most powerful business asset-a 24/7 salesperson that wins clients, commands $25K+ speaking fees, attracts media, and builds unshakable authority.Inside, you'll discover:How to eliminate the excuses-"I'm too busy," "It's too expensive," "I'm not ready"-that keep 99% stuckThe hidden ROI-from speaking engagements to multi-million-dollar deals sparked by a single readCase studies from global brands who turned books into authority machinesWhy publishing is the only way to stay on top-and keep itLeaders don't wait for someday. They decide, act, and publish.Start your journey now-or stay in the 99%.

How to Think Like Steve Jobs

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A titan of technological innovation, Steve Jobs thought differently to everyone else. He had the mercurial ability to know what people wanted before they knew it themselves, and what's more, he knew how to sell that idea. An advocator of good design in both function as well as appearance, his influence in Silicone Valley changed the way the world thinks about technology. But how did he achieve such success? What were his methods? How to Think Like Steve Jobs reveals the philosophies and carefully honed skills Jobs used in his journey to the top and in the consolidation of Apple's unique place in the public consciousness. With his thoughts on innovation, how to find inspiration, presenting an idea, advertising and much more, you can learn how to view the world through the eyes of a genius. The insights this book provides into the mind of the master will have you thinking like Steve Jobs in no time at all.

Exploring the Future of Russia's Economy and Markets

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Rich in natural resources, straddling Europe and Asia, and home to markets of immense scale, Russia is an essential, critical player in an un-precedently complex global economy. Yet it has yet to fully exploit its unique position within this brave new world.Exploring the Future of Russia's Economy and Markets offers the first serious study of Russia's contemporary economic growth and economic aptitude. Based on the April 2017 conference ''New Reality' and Russian Markets' held at Harvard University and co-hosted by Harvard Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies and RUDN University, Moscow, it brings together world-renowned thinkers to offer the latest empirical research on recent financial risks, institutional policies, and financial stability, all while weaving sound economic analyses around countercyclical expansionary macro-trends within the global market, current fiscal and monetary policies, and business cycles. It provides definitive technical insights into fin-tech, industrial policies and technological parks, TNCs, the oil and natural gas industry, and the impact of international sanctions on Russia's sustainable development. Cumulatively, the chapters gathered here demand that Russia look for alternative key drivers to get its economy going. The distinguished economists gathered here offer flexible bases for economic and financial stability that would foster sustainable economic development for Russia.Exploring the Future of Russia's Economy and Markets is essential reading for economists, policy makers, and students wishing to understand how Russia might take full advantage of its pivotal position within the world economy.

Wellbeing for Sustainability in the Global Workplace

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Wellbeing in the workplace is an essential element in fostering a worker’s sense of being valued, ensuring their engagement, and ultimately leading to higher levels of productivity and organizational performance. This important book specifically adds to the discussion by taking a global perspective, and evaluates wellbeing in the workplace in different countries, identifying both universal issues and specific cultural issues. Chapter authors have been drawn from across five continents and eleven countries to provide ground-breaking research in wellbeing from different regional perspectives, looking at both developed and developing world scenarios. What is clear throughout the book is that organizations that are not people-centered undermine their capacity to attain and maintain quality standards, high performance, and competitiveness. Organizational concerns about workers' wellbeing are growing exponentially due to the global VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous) environment. In this environment, organizational success is no longer simply based on short-term revenue maximization, capital investments, or sales, but increasingly depends on people’s wellbeing, human capital, and the development of human talent to ensure sustained and sustainable growth and performance. This book presents a collection of studies that address current and forthcoming organizational challenges and offer realistic solutions to support leaders and managers seeking to balance and value the contribution of people with long-term organizational performance.

Financial Sector Development in the Pacific Rim

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The reform in Asian financial sectors—especially in banking and stock markets—has been remarkable since the currency crisis of 1997–98. East Asia is now a major player in international finance, providing serious competition to the more traditional financial centers of London and New York. Financial Sector Development in the Pacific Rim provides a rich collection of theoretical and empirical analyses of the growing capital markets in the region. Bringing together authors from various East Asian and Pacific nations, this volume examines the institutional factors influencing financial innovation, the consequences of financial development, widespread consolidation occurring through mergers and acquisitions, and the implementation of policy reform. Financial Sector Development in the Pacific Rim offers the comparative analysis necessary to answer broad questions about economic development and the future of Asia.

Networking em uma semana

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Foi escrito para ajudá-lo a entender, desenvolver e beneficiar-se de sua rede de contatos. Aprenda em uma semana o que os especialistas aprendem em uma vida! DOMINGO: entenda como as redes de relacionamento funcionam e sua importância para o seu sucesso.SEGUNDA-FEIRA: entre em contato com sua rede pessoal.TERÇA-FEIRA: aprenda a utilizar a sua rede organizacional.QUARTA-FEIRA: desenvolva uma rede profissional.QUINTA-FEIRA: mantenha e administre sua rede para ajudá-lo a alcançar seus objetivos na carreira.SEXTA-FEIRA: aumente sua visibilidade e abra novos canais de comunicação através dos sites de redes sociais.SÁBADO: construa e mantenha relacionamentos produtivos.

Financial Sector Crisis and Restructuring

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This paper reviews the policy responses of Indonesia, Korea, and Thailand to the Asian crisis that erupted in 1997 and compares the actions of these three countries with those of Malaysia and the Philippines, which were buffeted by the crisis. Although work is still under way in all the affected countries, and thus any judgements are necessarily tentative, important lessons can be learned from the various experience of the last two years.

Expatriate Manager’s Adaption and Knowledge Acquisition

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This book is among the first to theoretically and empirically examine what and how Western expatriate managers learn and develop from their international assignments in China. The book draws on literature associated with expatriate studies, experiential learning theory, and knowledge acquisition to develop an expatriate learning process model. Following on from this, the study then examines expatriate learning outcomes from four perspectives: learning style transition, adaptive flexibility, global mind-sets and managerial tacit knowledge. It enhances understanding of the cultural differences between Western countries and China as well as the kinds of learning strategies successful expatriates adopt in order to quickly adapt to intercultural business contexts. This book will appeal to international business practitioners and research fellows who are interested in international human resource management.

The Four: i padroni

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Amazon, Apple, Facebook e Google sono le quattro aziende più influenti del mondo. Quasi tutti pensano di sapere come lo sono diventate. Quasi tutti si sbagliano. Sulle Quattro è stato scritto moltissimo in questi vent’anni, ma nessuno ha indagato più a fondo di Scott Galloway le ragioni del loro potere e del loro successo. Anziché prendere per buoni i miti che le Quattro si sforzano di tramandare sul proprio conto, l’autore scava più a fondo e si pone alcune domande fondamentali. Come hanno fatto queste aziende a insinuarsi nella nostra vita in modo così capillare, rendendo praticamente impossibile evitarle (o boicottarle)? Perché il mercato azionario le ha perdonate per errori che avrebbero decretato il fallimento di qualsiasi altra impresa? E mentre aspettiamo di scoprire chi tra loro diventerà la prima azienda da mille miliardi di dollari della storia, si profila all’orizzonte qualcuno che sia in grado di competere con loro? Con lo stesso stile irriverente che ha fatto di lui uno dei docenti di business più stimati al mondo, Galloway ricostruisce le strategie impiegate dalle Quattro – in modo più veloce e più mirato di chiunque altro – per sfruttare gli istinti e le emozioni primordiali che orientano l’azione umana. E vi svela come applicare i principi del loro successo al vostro business o alla vostra carriera. Sia che vogliate competere o fare affari con loro, oppure semplicemente vivere nel mondo che dominano, dovete prima capire come funzionano le Quattro.

Le Brésil - 2e éd.

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Si le Brésil a attiré tous les regards depuis qu’il a obtenu l’organisation de la Coupe du Monde de football en 2014 et celle des Jeux olympiques en 2016, l’intérêt s’est récemment transformé en forte inquiétude : entré en récession économique en 2015, victime à répétition d’attaques de virus exotiques, son système politique vit une crise sans précédent et les Brésiliens doutent de leur avenir.Mais au-delà des hauts et bas de la conjoncture, le Brésil a pourtant tout d’un grand : géant latino (8,5 millions de km2 pour plus de 200 millions d’habitants), doté de ressources naturelles et agricoles exceptionnelles et d’une population jeune et qualifiée, il a affirmé sa montée en puissance géopolitique aussi bien à l’échelle du continent sud-américain que sur la scène internationale. Pays dit « émergent », le Brésil semble bien aujourd’hui « émergé ».Cet ouvrage vient dresser le portrait original d’un pays dont le potentiel de survie ne cesse de surprendre et de fasciner.

Open Services Innovation

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The father of "open innovation" is back with his most significant book yet. Henry Chesbrough’s acclaimed book Open Innovation described a new paradigm for management in the 21st century. Open Services Innovation offers a new approach that demonstrates how open innovation combined with a services approach to business is an effective and powerful way to grow and compete in our increasingly services-driven economy. Chesbrough shows how companies in any industry can make the critical shift from product- to service-centric thinking, from closed to open innovation where co-creating with customers enables sustainable business models that drive continuous value creation for customers. He maps out a strategic approach and proven framework that any individual, business unit, company, or industry can put to work for renewed growth and profits. The book includes guidance and compelling examples for small and large companies, services businesses, and emerging economies, as well as a path forward for the innovation industry. "Whether you are managing a product or a service, your business needs to become more open and more inclusive in order to be more innovative. Open Services Innovation will be an invaluable guide to intrepid managers who commit to making that journey." —GARY HAMEL, visiting professor, London Business School; director, Management Lab; and author, The Future of Management"I tore out page after page to share with my leaders. Chesbrough has pioneered an entire rethink of business innovation that’s rich in concept, deeply explained, with tools ready to use in every industry." —SCOTT COOK, founder and chairman of the executive committee, Intuit"Focusing on core competence often tempts managers to keep continuing what succeeded in the past. A far more important question is what capabilities are critical in the future, and Chesbrough shows how to ask and answer these issues." —CLAYTON CHRISTENSEN, Robert & Jane Cizik Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School, and author, The Innovator's Dilemma"To thrive, businesses will need to master the lessons of open service innovation. Here is their one-stop guidebook with important lessons clearly and compellingly presented." —JAMES C. SPOHRER, director, IBM University Programs World-Wide"Open Innovation pioneer Henry Chesbrough breaks new ground with Open Services Innovation, a persuasive argument for the power of co-creation in the world of services." —TOM KELLEY, general manager, IDEO, and author, The Ten Faces of Innovation, The Art of Innovation"With his trademark style of beautifully explained examples, Henry Chesbrough shows how open service innovation and new business models can help you escape this product commodity trap and bring you to the next level of competition." —ALEX OSTERWALDER, author, Business Model Generation"Open Services Innovation shows how a business can redefine itself as a service organisation and tap into faster growth through shared innovation." —SIR TERRY LEAHY, chief executive, Tesco"Chesbrough shows how innovating openly with a services mindset can make you a market leader." —CHARLENE LI, author, Open Leadership, and founder, Altimeter Group

Does Excess Liquidity Pose a Threat in Japan?

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This paper examines the effects of quantitative easing implemented by the Bank of Japan (BoJ) since early 2001, looking specifically at the impact on inflation expectations and real asset prices. It suggests a number of possible channels through which quantitative easing may have exerted influence, and reviews some of the empirical evidence linking open market operations and long-term bond purchases to real yields and other asset prices. It argues that quantitative easing has had smaller effects on nominal and real variables than desired, mainly because the BoJ has not succeeded in credibly communicating its policy intentions once the zero bound on short-term rates ceases to be binding. It argues that setting clear goals for inflation and a return to interest rate targeting are not only key elements of a successful strategy to avoid deflation, but are also essential to pin down expectations and avoid instability once deflation wanes.

Fiscal Multipliers

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This note provides background information for policymakers on fiscal multipliers, including quantitative estimates. The fiscal multiplier is defined as the ratio of a change in output to an exogenous change in the fiscal deficit. The degree of financial market development has an ambiguous effect on multipliers depending on how the degree of financial development affects liquidity constraints and the government’s ability to finance the fiscal deficit. However, any estimate of a multiplier should be on the basis of assumptions under which it is valid.

Open Business Models

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In his landmark book Open Innovation, Henry Chesbrough demonstrated that because useful knowledge is no longer concentrated in a few large organizations, business leaders must adopt a new, “open” model of innovation. Using this model, companies look outside their boundaries for ideas and intellectual property (IP) they can bring in, as well as license their unutilized home-grown IP to other organizations.In Open Business Models, Chesbrough takes readers to the next step—explaining how to make money in an open innovation landscape. He provides a diagnostic instrument enabling you to assess your company’s current business model, and explains how to overcome common barriers to creating a more open model. He also offers compelling examples of companies that have developed such models—including Procter & Gamble, IBM, and Air Products.In addition, Chesbrough introduces a new set of players—“innovation intermediaries”—who facilitate companies’ access to external technologies. He explores the impact of stronger IP protection on intermediate markets for innovation, and profiles firms (such as Intellectual Ventures and Qualcomm) that center their business model on innovation and IP.This vital resource provides a much-needed road map to connect innovation with IP management, so companies can create and capture value from ideas and technologies—wherever in the world they are found.

Modern Corporations and Strategies at Work

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Strategies are integral to growth, expansion and sustainability of modern corporations. The agile strategies are central to overcome challenges of the turbulent times accelerated by risks, pandemics, wars, political instabilities and environmental disasters. This book on ‘Modern Corporations and Strategies at Work’ focuses on different strategies followed by corporations. This book makes critical reading of corporate strategies and evaluates them. This book offers insights into the way corporations develop and implement strategies to face different challenges. This book explores wider world of corporate strategies and their limitations. The future of world economy and international business is shaped by large modern corporations and their rapidly changing business, management and marketing strategies. This book explores the way modern nation states are standing behind the corporations to ensure that their strategies are successful in a world of complex challenges. This book further examines how collaborations between the state and modern corporations are part of the corporate strategy at work today. Further how modern strategies are integral to the start, growth, expansion and sustainability of modern corporations. This book explores operational agilities and organisational abilities of modern corporations to engage with diverse challenges and overcome the crisis. The volatile business environment is creating conditions of instabilities for the market to function effectively and efficiently. Such conditions are weakening all agents and structures operating within international business and world economy. This book argues that there is an urgent need for a profound reshaping of the corporate strategies to deal with a post pandemic society. It is perhaps as far reaching as that the remaking of corporate strategies are in the crossroads today due to its intrinsic profit motives. The remaking of modern corporate strategy comes in the wake of pestilence of a global health crisis; its full impacts are yet to be felt, evaluated and understood. A comprehensive shift in corporate strategy from formulation, implementation and evaluation to remaking is at the heart of this transformations in the working of the corporations and their fundamental ideological apparatus.

Emerging Economic Models for Sustainable Businesses

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The book discusses new and emerging economic models, that respond to 'Pulling' and 'Pushing' forces. Today we are poised at an interesting juncture, with favourable conditions making it easier to be a sustainable organization acting as a ‘Pulling’ Force and the climate crisis, rise in social-economic equities thereby ‘Pushing’ for urgent action. The book analyses economic models that look at value propositions, creation and capture with ‘People, Planet and Profit’ deeply embedded in each stage of the value chain. The contributions bring out the interplay between new standards, evaluation frameworks, technology innovation and other emerging tools to show how they create a sustainable business. For this, they lean on learnings from successful sustainable businesses. Business leaders will find that this book provides deep insights on improving their existing sustainable practices, and speeding up the transition from linear to circular, narrow stakeholder driven to community driven. For prospective entrepreneurs the book provides the nudge needed to start up a sustainable enterprise. Students and researchers can benefit from real-life examples of how sustainable transformations unfold.The book thus creates an easy guide for those willing to make the transition to sustainability, start a sustainable business and most of all, to motivate those who may not yet be convinced about the long-term sense of taking care of our people and our earth.

The Traumatised Society

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Attributing the present global economic crisis to a social process of cheating, this discussion develops a synthesis of the social and natural sciences to show how the market system can be reformed to restore harmony between nature and society. It introduces the concept of organic finance, which prescribes reforms capable of delivering both sustainable growth and respect for other life forms. In addition, the book challenges the view that the West can climb out of depression by applying financial austerity measures; instead, it outlines a new strategy that would restore full employment and reverse the decline in middle-class living standards in Europe and North America.

Perspectives on Industrial Ecology

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Business-as-usual in terms of industrial and technological development – even if based on a growing fear of pollution and shortages of natural resources – will never deliver sustainable development. However, the growing interest in recent years in the new science of industrial ecology (IE), and the idea that industrial systems should mimic the quasi-cyclical functions of natural ecosystems in an 'industrial food chain', holds promise in addressing not only short-term environmental problems but also the long-term holistic evolution of industrial systems.This possibility requires a number of key conditions to be met, not least the restructuring of our manufacturing and consumer society to reduce the effects of material and energy flows at the very point in history when globalisation is rapidly increasing them. This book sets out to address the theoretical considerations that should be made implicit in future research as well as practical implementation options for industry. The systematic recovery of industrial wastes, the minimisation of losses caused by dispersion, the dematerialisation of the economy, the requirement to decrease our reliance on fuels derived from hydrocarbons and the need for management systems that help foster inter-industry collaboration and networks are among the topics covered.The book is split into four sections. First, the various definitions of IE are outlined. Here, important distinctions are made between industrial metabolism and IE. Second, a number of different industrial sectors, including glass, petroleum and electric power, are assessed with regard to the operationalisation of industrial ecology. Eco-industrial Parks and Networks are also analysed. Third, the options for overcoming obstacles that stand in the way of the closing of cycles such as the separation and screening of materials are considered and, finally, a number of implications for the future are assessed. The contributions to Perspectives on Industrial Ecology come from the leading thinkers working in this field at the crossroads between a number of different disciplines: engineering, ecology, bio-economics, geography, the social sciences and law.

Listerine Lozenges (Revised)

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A pharmaceutical house is considering introducing a throat lozenge on the market and is undecided about whether to conduct a test market and whether to order manufacturing equipment now or later. Probability assessments are given, permitting the use of a decision tree. Also possible are considerations of the value of information. (A Microsoft Excel model is available for use with this case, product 7A99E016.)

How to Start a Home-Based Tutoring Business

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Private tutoring represents a billion-dollar industry in the United States, serving millions of students a year. For educators, a home-based tutoring business may represent a part-time job to supplement their teaching income, a flexible career choice after having their own children or retiring from the classroom, or a uniquely fulfilling way to work one-on-one with children who need specialized help. But other people with expertise in various fields, including those with business skills, can also capitalize on this trend. In this comprehensive guide, a longtime teacher and tutor shows them how to do so. * Get paid to help kids succeed * Make parents your ally * Build trust with students * Set your own schedule * Market your expertise * Become the tutor everybody wants!

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