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The US National Debt, 1787-1900 Vol 1

This volume assembles a broad selection of rare primary resource materials in the form of essays, reports, books and compendia informing on US public finances in the late eighteenth century. It investigates the debates put forward, from which comparisons with today's debt can be drawn.

Ethics 101

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Bestselling author John C. Maxwell shows you how the Golden Rule works everywhere, and how, especially in business, it brings amazing dividends.

Threescore and More

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Ageism is too often an accepted form of bias, even though the facts support the value of aging. Airline pilots forced to retire at the arbitrary age of 65 are usually at the top of their game. Forced retirement in most organizations remove highly skilled performers as well as role models and trainers for newer generations. Instead of revelling in who we are, we begin to try to look younger as soon as possible, with 16-year-old women receiving nose and breast surgery as birthday presents. People have become inured to "losing" abilities as they age instead of appreciating new abilities that only age can bestow. Everyone extols the need for gender equality, lest we lose the talents of half of our population. Yet, people over 65 are currently 15 percent of the US population (46.2 million) and is projected to rise to 34 percent. Due to the IRA legislation of the Reagan era — and the lack of need to purchase homes, college educations, cars, or health care—the discretionary assets are also substantial. It's time these people took control of their lives and influence on everything from business to politics.

Teamwork 101

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Talent wins games, but teamwork wins championships. Let John C. Maxwell teach you how teamwork is the heart of great achievement in the game of business.Teamwork is a vital part of success in sports, pop culture, and every other industry--including business. In this essential guidebook, New York Times bestselling author and leadership expert John C. Maxwell explains why teamwork is so critical and shows you how to prioritize teamwork and collaboration to achieve winning results.In Teamwork 101, you’ll learn how to:build a team that lasts;create positive energy on the team;harness a team's creativity;identify weak players who negatively impact your team;and judge if your team can accomplish the dream.You’ll also discover how a winning team is self-fulfilling fuel: because everyone wants to be part of the winning team, you’ll continue to attract only the best talent--and stay on top. A great team is the key to great results--for individual employees, leaders, and the company as a whole.Teamwork 101 demonstrates how to build and maintain one for yourself so you can leverage the benefits--and fun--of exceptional teamwork.

Four Star Motorsports

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Four Star Motorsports is a family owned and operated garage specializing in rally cars and the sale of rally tires. In the winter, the business would have sales on tires if there was excess inventory, however, the owner was recently made aware of new pricing concepts through associates. The owner must investigate various pricing options during the upcoming selling season to increase revenue and to develop a plan that will allow adjustments for customers who are unhappy with the new pricing policy or an excess of tire inventory.

Write and Grow Rich

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Now a USA Today and Wall Street Journal best-seller!Want to use the written word to supercharge your career? Discover the behind-the-scenes process for 26 authors who've used books to build lucrative, inspiring businesses.Have you tried all the entrepreneurial tricks only to end up back where you started? Are you passionate about an idea that you want to share with the world? Do you wish you could turn a single book into something more? Bestselling author Alinka Rutkowska started with one book and transformed it into a successful six-figure business. But she isn't the only one. Join her and 25 other powerful author entrepreneurs as they share "how they did it" in this once-in-a-lifetime collection of true stories.In Write and Grow Rich, you'll discover how this incredible group of authors, marketers, teachers, and trainers turned the corner with the power of writing behind them. By sharing their best practices, authors Adam Houge, Daniel Hall, Caitlyn Pyle, Marc Guberti, Bryan Cohen, Kristen Joy, and many more provide a roadmap to the steps you need to take to join their ranks. Inside, you'll learn which so-called expert advice to avoid and little-known tools for faster, more resilient success.In Write and Grow Rich, you'll discover:What these authors would've done differently if they were starting their businesses todayHow they cope with overwhelm and how you can use this overload as an advantageKey factors for book-based success in a variety of industriesHow quickly you can expect to start profiting off your writingThe skills you should start cultivating to take your business to the next level, and much, much more!Write and Grow Rich is a jam-packed handbook for making your words worth more than you ever dreamed possible. If you like expert guidance, multiple points of view, and down-to-earth education from entrepreneurs who've made it, then you'll love Alinka Rutkowska's authorpreneurial anthology.

Technologie appropriée ou technologie sous-développée

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Ce livre va choquer. Dans un style très polémique, il critique les partisans de la technologie appropriée, faite sur mesure pour les besoins des pays en voie de développement. Pour Arghiri Emmanuel, il s'agit non pas d'une technologie spécialement conçue pour ces pays, mais d'une technologie appauvrie. Elle ne fait qu'accroître leur retard et leur dépendance par rapport aux pays développés. L'important, pour l'auteur, c'est, en première analyse, le montant des biens produits, qui détermine le bien-être social et l'indépendance économique et politique, et non pas le nombre des emplois créés pour produire ces biens. Sa démonstration repose sur l'argument que les technologies les plus modernes, intensives en capital, sont plus productives que les technologies anciennes ou appropriées, intensives en travail. Une version de la première partie de ce livre a servi d'introduction au Colloque sur le transfert de technologie aux pays en voie de développement organisé à Paris par l'I.E.D.E.S. (Université de Paris I), le 10 octobre 1980. Parmi les critiques, dont certaines étaient aussi acerbes et polémiques que le texte d'Arghiri Emmanuel, l'IRM en a sélectionné deux. Leurs auteurs ont bien voulu qu'elles soient reproduites dans la deuxième partie du livre. Le Professeur Emmanuel leur apporte également une réponse. Le Professeur Celso Furtado critique la méthodologie polémique d'Arghiri Emmanuel, et son manque d'intérêt pour les structures sociales, qui sont primordiales pour comprendre les questions économiques. Le Professeur Elsenhans montre que tout développement ne peut se faire qu'à la suite de la création d'un marché de masse ; c'est l'action des gouvernements et non des sociétés multinationales, qui est seule susceptible d'être assez puissante pour aboutir à ce résultat.

Angel Investors

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Learn about the role of Angel Investors with iMinds insightful knowledge series.All good business ideas need some form of money in order to grow. Whether a business is brand new or still emerging, it is critical it has money to move forward. When a business starts out, money is generally invested by entrepreneurs themselves. Also, an entrepreneur’s family and friends often invest in the business. But what happens when more than the available money is needed to take a business to the next level? Who can the entrepreneur look to, to realise their dreams? iMinds brings targeted knowledge to your eReading device with short information segments to whet your mental appetite and broaden your mind.

Mentoría al minuto

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El coautor best seller del legendario El mánager al minuto y una exejecutiva de Twitter unen fuerzas para crear una guía esencial para crear poderosas relaciones de enseñanza. Mientras que la mayoría de personas concuerda que tener un mentor es algo bueno, no saben cómo encontrar o aprovechar uno. Y a pesar de la amplia aceptación de la idea de ser un mentor, la mayoría de la gente piensa que no tiene el tiempo o la capacidad para hacerlo. Las relaciones de enseñanza positivas pueden cambiar la forma en la cual lideramos y nos pueden ayudar a triunfar.En este libro, el legendario gurú Ken Blanchard y Claire Diaz-Ortiz, una exejecutiva de Twitter, combinan sus conocimientos para proporcionar un enfoque sistemático para el asesoramiento intergeneracional, brindando a los lectores una perspectiva sobre el poder y la influencia de la tutoría y les anima a fomentar sus propias relaciones como mentor.Con su clásico formato de parábola, Blanchard explica por qué el desarrollo de la comunicación efectiva y las relaciones entre generaciones pueden ser una gran oportunidad para empresas e individuos. Esta es la fuente ideal para aprender por qué mentoring es el ingrediente secreto para el éxito profesional y personal.The bestselling co-author of the legendary The One Minute Manager® and a former Twitter executive join forces to create the ultimate guide to creating powerful mentoring relationships.While most people agree that having a mentor is a good thing, they don’t know how to find one or use one. And despite widespread approval for the idea of being a mentor, most people don’t think they have the time or skills to do so.Positive mentoring relationships can change the way we lead and help us succeed. In One Minute Mentoring, legendary management guru Ken Blanchard and Claire Diaz-Ortiz, a former Twitter executive and early employee, combine their knowledge to provide a systematic approach to intergenerational mentoring, giving readers great insight into the power and influence of mentoring and encouraging them to pursue their own mentoring relationships.Using his classic parable format, Blanchard explains why developing effective communication and relationships across generations can be a tremendous opportunity for companies and individuals alike. One Minute Mentoring is the go-to source for learning why mentoring is the secret ingredient to professional and personal success.

How Will You Measure Your Life?

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From the world’s leading thinker on innovation and New York Times bestselling author of The Innovator’s Dilemma, Clayton M. Christensen, comes an unconventional book of inspiration and wisdom for achieving a fulfilling life. Christensen’s The Innovator’s Dilemma, notably the only business book that Apple’s Steve Jobs said “deeply influenced” him, is widely recognized as one of the most significant business books ever published. Now, in the tradition of Randy Pausch’s The Last Lecture and Anna Quindlen’s A Short Guide to a Happy Life, Christensen’s How Will You Measure Your Life is with a book of lucid observations and penetrating insights designed to help any reader—student or teacher, mid-career professional or retiree, parent or child—forge their own paths to fulfillment.

Political Economy, Public Policy and Monetary Economics

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Austrian economist, Ludwig von Mises, was one of the most original and controversial economists of the 20th century, both as a defender of free-market liberalism and a leading opponent of socialism and the interventionist-welfare state. He was both the grant designer of a political economy of freedom and a trenchant, detailed critic of government regulatory and monetary policies in the first half of the 20th century. This fascinating book explores the cultural currents of anti-Semitism in Austria before and after the First World War that Mises confronted as an Austrian Jew; his analysis of Austria-Hungary’s establishment of a gold standard; Mises’ multi-sided activities in the years after the World War I in stemming a hyperinflation, opposing government fiscal mismanagement, and resisting misguided policies during the Great Depression; and his analysis of how Europe plunged into World War II and the policies to restore freedom and prosperity in the post-war period. It also discusses the confrontation between the Austrian Economists and the Keynesians over the causes and cures for the Great Depression, as well as how Mises’ "Austrian" approach to money and the business cycle contrasted with both the ideas of Joseph A. Schumpeter and the Swedish Economists of the interwar period. This volume breaks new ground in placing Ludwig von Mises’ many original views on political economy, public policy and monetary economics in the historical context of his time, especially during the interwar period when he was a senior economic analyst for the Vienna Chamber of Commerce and after his arrival in America during World War II. The book will therefore be of interest to students and researchers in monetary economics, political economy, expectations theory and the market process, and the history of economic thought.

O Gerente de Projeto Preguiçoso

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Nesta tradução em Português do "Gerente de Projeto Preguiçoso", Peter Taylor ilustra como podemos realizar mais, sem gastar mais tempo e energia. Bem-vindo ao lar da "preguiça produtiva" e de uma abordagem mais centrada à gestão de projetos. Aqui, somos capazes de exercer os nossos esforços onde eles realmente importam em vez de correr em círculos envolvendo-nos em questões sem importância, em atividades não criticas que outros podem fazer melhor, ou mesmo em atividade que não necessitam abordagem! É acima de tudo como trabalhar de forma mais inteligente e Peter Taylor oferece seus segredos de forma animada e divertida. Este livro não é um manual de treinamento. Você não vai se transformar em um gerente de projeto através da leitura deste livro. Mas Peter, agindo como um "instrutor virtual", poderá ajudá-lo a identificar e focar nas atividades cruciais em seus projetos, e executá-las eficazmente e apreciar o mundo da "preguiça produtiva".

Pressefrühling und Profit

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Mandy Tröger deckt auf, wie nach dem Mauerfall westdeutsche Wirtschaftsinteressen und das Eigeninteresse der Bundesregierung eine basisdemokratische Wende in der Presselandschaft der ehemaligen DDR verhinderten. Basierend auf umfangreicher Archivarbeit und Zeitzeugen-Interviews dokumentiert sie, wie westdeutsche Großverlage bereits Ende 1989 aktiv Lobbyarbeit betrieben. Über die Reform des DDR-Postzeitungsvertriebs und die Übernahme der ehemaligen SED-Bezirkszeitungen strebten sie nach Monopolstellungen in Ostdeutschland. Die DDR-Regierung konnte dem Druck aus der Wirtschaft nichts entgegensetzen und die Bundesregierung wollte dies nicht. Durch diese kapital- und parteienorientierte Wendepolitik hatten geplante basisdemokratischer Reformen in Ostdeutschland keine Chance.

Business Process Reengineering

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This book deals with different concepts, approaches and applications for business process re-engineering. It illustrates how to take giant strides to attain market dominance in a dynamic business world. The book shows how automation of re-engineered processes can increase competitive advantage for a firm. Based on author’s experience in handling several re-engineering projects at international levels, it depicts a practical guide for step by step approach for redesigning processes and automating them to increase sustainability, predictability and transparency in process management. Using several case studies, the book also shows how different companies have streamlined their processes, reduced their cost of operations, have created cross functional process excellence to increase value proposition to all stakeholders. About the authorDr. Sanjay Mohapatra recieved his B.E. from NIT Rourkela, MBA from XIMB, M.Tech from IIT Madras, India and PhD from Utkal University. Dr. Mohapatra has more than 26 years of combined industry and academic experience. He has worked in various capacities in organizations like Hindusthan Aeronautics Limited, Larsen & Toubro, PricewaterHouse Coopers, Infosys, Polaris & J&B Software. He has consulted many organizations in different domains such as Utilities, Banking, Insurance and healthcare sectors. His teaching interests are in IT Strategy and Management Information Systems and research interests are in the area of IT enabled processes. He has authored/co-authored eleven books, more than twenty nine papers in national and international referred journals besides publications in different conferences. His contact details and list of publications can be found at http://ximb.academia.edu/sanjaymohapatra.

#breakthroughthursdays by eccos²²®

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Nachdem wir uns schon viele Jahre dem umfangreichen Themenfeld der Nachhaltigkeit widmen und die VUCA-World ständig neue Impulse und Herausforderungen liefert, haben wir uns zu diesem ersten E-Book ent-schlossen. Denn alle Zeichen stehen jetzt auf Nachhal-tigkeit, von den SDGs über den EU Green Deal bis hin zum neuen Regierungs-programm in Österreich, das Nachhaltigkeit und Klima-schutz auch in die Bedingun-gen für Förderungen und Unterstützungsleistungen von Unternehmen einbaut. Die spezielle Situation während des Corona-Lockdown verhinderte leider persönliche Gespräche, daher starte-ten wir im April 2020 eine neue wöchentliche Kurz-Information, um KundInnen und InteressentInnnen bei den anstehenden Herausforderungen zu unterstützen. Wir liefern damit Informationen zu den laufenden Än-derungen im Außen (Politik, Umwelt, Anforderungen) und auch im Innen (Umsetzungsthemen zu diversen Be-reichen). Den Abschluss bildet dann ein Kapitel mit dem Fokus auf der Frage "Was haben Unternehmen davon?" Wir danken allen, die bei der Erarbeitung dieses E-Books mitgeholfen haben und wünschen unseren Lese-rInnen viel Spaß bei der Lektüre! Brunhilde Schram & Ursula Oberhollenzer

Travail à distance et e-management

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En quelques années, le travail nomade, mobile, à distance est devenu une réalité incontournable pour de nombreuses entreprises françaises. Nomadisme, mouvements, réseaux, flux, migrations sont les manifestations concrètes de ce phénomène qui affecte à la fois les personnes, les capitaux, les biens, les services, les idées, les images, l’information… Les notions de travail et de management, le fonctionnement des organisations sont directement touchées par le développement de cette culture de la mobilité et des technologies mobiles. Cet ouvrage analyse les enjeux que génèrent les nouveaux modes de management et de contrôle qu’impliquent les nouveaux modes de travail et les technologies mobiles sur lesquelles ils reposent. Les développements sont illustrés par 4 études de cas très détaillées et la synthèse des conclusions qui en découlent.

21st Century Workforces and Workplaces

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What does the future of work look like? Every day, workplace decisions are made that directly impact and change the workforce of tomorrow. From the way we are managed to the rewards we receive, all aspects of our work life are determined by the changing dynamics of the workplace. Recent concerns about globalisation, productivity and the introduction of new technologies have raised questions about the future of the workforce and job security. But are these concerns really justified? 21st Century Workforces and Workplaces charts, explains and analyses the past five years, which has seen the rewriting of much of what we thought we knew about employment and how workplaces respond to pressure. The book also outlines what hasn't changed and, in doing so, distinguishes myth from reality. Stephen Bevan, Ian Brinkley, Zofia Bajorek and Cary L. Cooper combine their considerable expertise to discuss the critical questions for any member of any workplace, including: · Are permanent, long-term jobs a thing of the past? · Does work have to be a 'place'? · How will future managers be selected, educated and developed? · What is the future for trade unions? · Beyond pay, how will rewards evolve to incentivise workers alongside responsible capitalism? · Are we seeing the end of retirement? This book takes what we know and projects how the future labour market will develop. 21st Century Workforces and Workplaces asks what sort of work environments we want to see in 2025 and what we can do today to help bring about the necessary changes.

E-Commerce Strategy

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This book illustrates approaches for designing and implementing e-commerce strategy with social perspectives. While it gives details of different technological concepts related to designing and hosting web portals, it also provides real-life examples from different corporations to show how better results can be achieved through effective channel design with social commerce oriented strategy. The book also illustrates ‘people focused’ approaches that can be used for marketing products and services through internet. E-Commerce Strategy: Text and Cases has power point presentations available for instructors which can be obtained from Springer.com.

Coinbase How to Guide: Learning the Essentials

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Coinbase is a digital service that acts as a digital asset broker that is in San Francisco, California. The company will broker any of the current cryptocurrencies which include Litecoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin and other fiat currencies. The system was founded in June 2012 and in October 2012, it officially launched the services to buy and sell bitcoin using bank transfers. Over the years the company received investments from investors which propelled it to move from a small company to having over one million users. The company went through many developments with the latest being in October 2017 where the company released that users could purchase litecoin, bitcoin and ethereum instantly using a U.S. bank account without waiting days to receive it. This book will consider the Coinbase system to educate the reader on the features of the platform.

L'Argent expliqué à ma mère... et à son banquier

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Au fil d’un dialogue complice avec sa mère, l’économiste Jézabel Couppey-Soubeyran aborde des questions essentielles sur l’argent. Qui crée la monnaie ? Depuis quand existe-t-elle ? Pourquoi les banques ont pris une telle importance dans le monde actuel ? Pourquoi autant de dette ? Du mythe du troc d’Adam Smith à la dette de vie des anthropologues, de la baignoire du crédit aux cordons de la Bourse, des fins de mois difficiles aux mécanismes de la cryptomonnaie, de l’argent gratuit du Monopoly à la monnaie hélicoptère et volontaire, ce livre nous fait parcourir tout aussi bien les dimensions individuelles que collectives du rapport à l’argent.Il nous rappelle surtout à quel point le sujet est éminemment politique, car la monnaie façonne la société dans laquelle nous vivons et peut même la changer. Comprendre son histoire et son fonctionnement devient alors un puissant levier d’émancipation pour faire émerger un autre monde, préservant la dignité de chacun et le respect de la nature. La tâche est immense. ça tombe bien : l’argent a un incroyable pouvoir.Maîtresse de conférences à Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, conseillère scientifique à l’Institut Veblen, Jézabel Couppey-Soubeyran est spécialiste du système monétaire et de la régulation financière. Elle tient une chronique régulière dans Le Monde et a notamment publié L’Économie en BD (Casterman, 2020) et Le Pouvoir de la monnaie (Les Liens qui libèrent, 2024, avec Pierre Delandre et Augustin Sersiron).

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