Business & Economics

Many people take for granted their annual two weeks in the sun or weekend away in a buzzing city, but how did it all happen? How did we fall in love with package holidays and are we still in love with them now? The story of how we got into the package...

A dramatic account of the rate of language extinction, and how it endangers the future of biodiversity Few people know that nearly 100 native languages once spoken in what is now California are near extinction, or that most of Australia's 250...

An acclaimed author and celebrated journalist breaks down the history of electricity and the impact of global energy use on the world and the environment.Global demand for power is doubling every two decades, but electricity remains one of the most...

"Read this book. It explains so much about the moment...Beautiful, heartbreaking work." -Ta-Nehisi Coates"A deep accounting of how America got to a point where a median white family has 13 times more wealth than the median black family."-The...

Transformational leadership occurs when one or more persons engage with others in such a way that leaders and followers raise one another to higher levels of motivation and morality. "Leadership" is Pulitzer Prize-winner James M. Burns' pioneering study...

This book provides a comprehensive treatment of behavioural finance. With the use of the latest psychological research, Shefrin helps us to understand the human behaviour that guides stock selection, financial services, and corporate financial strategy...

Tapping into the latent creativity and productivity in an organizations employees are two of the most important things any successful business should be concerned with. In a world where competition has become global, successful companies are learning to...

How should we deal with societal ills such as crime, poverty, pollution, terrorism, and corruption? The Character of Harms argues that control or mitigation of 'bad' things involves distinctive patterns of thought and action which turn out to be broadly...

The past twenty years have seen an extraordinary growth in the use of quantitative methods in financial markets. Finance professionals now routinely use sophisticated statistical techniques in portfolio management, proprietary trading, risk management,...

The easy way to grasp customer analytics Ensuring your customers are having positive experiences with your company at all levels, including initial brand awareness and loyalty, is crucial to the success of your business. Customer Analytics For Dummies...

Employment Law in Context provides students with a complete guide to employment law. David Cabrelli combines extracts from leading cases and articles with insightful and sophisticated author commentary to provide the reader with a full, critical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916517004Author Mason GaffneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 278Imprint Shepheard-Walwyn (Publishers) LtdPublisher Shepheard-Walwyn (Publishers) Ltd

A passionate and informed critique of mainstream economics from one of the leading economic thinkers of our time This insightful book looks at how mainstream economics' quest for scientific certainty has led to a narrowing of vision and a convergence on...

Increase customer attraction, acquisition and retention by using technology to create seamless, effective and joined-up marketing. It can be hard to know where to begin with the sheer number of platforms and solutions available to marketers today, as...

A controversial look at the end of globalization and what it means for prosperity, peace, and the global economic order Globalization, long considered the best route to economic prosperity, is not inevitable. An approach built on the principles of free...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904711278Author Guy FoxFormat PaperbackPage Count 76Imprint Guy Fox PublishingPublisher Guy Fox PublishingWeight(grams) 118gDimensions(mm) 125mm * 125mm...

Fossil fuels may be keeping the world running, but they're also destroying the planet. What viable alternatives do we have, and what technological breakthroughs are on the horizon? In this brilliantly wide-ranging, one-stop guide WIRED journalist Nicole...

"What kinds of investors actually choose to make their living by seeking out troubled companies and becoming mired in the complexities and contentiousness of a bankruptcy or out-of-court workout?" - Hilary Rosenberg (from The Vulture Investors) Welcome...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780991608942Author Jeremy DowningFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint Distinct PressPublisher Distinct PressWeight(grams) 281gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781619025998Author Wendell BerryFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint CounterpointPublisher Counterpoint

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781736652503Author Laurel NewmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Action Design PressPublisher Action Design PressWeight(grams) 145gDimensions(mm) 203mm...

At the age of five, Margaret Sherlock decided to give herself a haircut with a cutthroat razor. It was the start of a lifelong obsession with hairstyling. In 1945, as a fifteen-year-old, she cycled daily to her hairdressing apprenticeship in Northern...

J.R.R. Tolkien's writings on the Second Age of Middle-earth, collected for the first time in one deluxe slipcased edition. J.R.R. Tolkien famously described the Second Age of Middle-earth as a 'dark age, and not very much of its history is (or...

Media attention is often focused on the very richest, the 1%, and their capacity to influence politics and shape society. But they are not the only ones who drive politics, the public conversation and much of the private sector. The focus of this book is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646040247Author Lisa Orbe-AustinFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Ulysses PressPublisher Ulysses Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781642011388Author Rick GrossmannFormat PaperbackPage Count 420Imprint Entrepreneur PressPublisher Entrepreneur Press

The essential guide to effective IG strategy and practice Information Governance is a highly practical and deeply informative handbook for the implementation of effective Information Governance (IG) procedures and strategies. A critical facet of any...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743226752Author Jim LoehrFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 209gDimensions(mm) 220mm * 141mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781523090051Author Karim HarbottFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Berrett-Koehler PublishersPublisher Berrett-Koehler Publishers

You've been asked to manage a key project--or perhaps you've volunteered for an assignment that could advance your career. So how do you make sure the project succeeds? Managing Projects walks you quickly through the basics, including: Drawing up a...

A landmark history of the world economic order, exploring how developing countries have fought to escape impoverishment Over the past two decades, experiments in neoliberal economics have opened up a chasm of inequality between the Global South and the...

A challenge to prevailing ideas about innovation and a guide to identifying the best growth strategy for your community. Across the world, cities and regions have wasted trillions of dollars on blindly copying the Silicon Valley model of growth...

This book provides an engaging introduction to economics through a literary lens. Drawing on writers such as James Joyce, George Eliot, Edith Wharton, Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, and Elizabeth Gaskell, each chapter is framed around a quote from a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780976315261Author Pascal DennisFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Lean Enterprise Institute,USPublisher Lean Enterprise Institute,USWeight(grams)...

Are you ready to transform your life from Burnout to Brilliance? Overwhelmed by the fast-paced and technologically demanding world in which we live, we routinely run on reserves and force ourselves to accept that constantly feeling tired is all part and...

The well-ordered, fully aligned view of organization and management practice, with its unfailingly positive results, bears little relationship to the world that managers and others experience every day. This straight-line, 'do this and you'll get that'...

Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) is a crucial measure in TPM that reports on how well equipment is running. It factors three elements ---the time the machine is actually running, the quantity of products the machine is turning out, and the quantity...

In the attention economy, online influencers are an emerging class of power brokers. How can you harness their potential? Break the Internet takes a deep dive into the influencer industry, tracing its evolution from blogging and legacy social media such...

The Deal Paradox explores what successful dealmaking looks like in the age of digital transformation, drawing on interviews with top dealmakers and M&A experts sharing their stories, triumphs, and challenges. Taking a dynamic storytelling approach,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781644380680Author Christopher O ClugstonFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint Booklocker.comPublisher Booklocker.comWeight(grams) 676gDimensions(mm) 254mm...