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The good society: the humane agenda
Par John Galbraith. 1996
Contending that big governments arise from the people's need for services, economist Galbraith explores the nature and elements of a…
"good society" that he finds practically achievable. He posits the essential human needs of personal liberty, basic well-being, social and ethnic equality, and individual opportunity, while offering a liberal blueprint for building a safer and better futureOn our own terms: portraits of women business leaders
Par Liane Enkelis. 1995
Interviews with fifteen women who lead large corporations and also have a personal life. The women include the principal chief…
of the Cherokee Nation, the president of two highly successful catalog companies, and the head of one of the world's leading software companiesOn your own: a guide to working happily, productively & successfully from home
Par Lionel Fisher. 1995
Fisher, a writer who works out of his home, focuses on the mental, emotional, psychological, and motivational challenges of working…
alone. Topics include getting organized, avoiding procrastination, promoting self-actualization, setting office boundaries, and befriending solitudeThe contrary farmer
Par Gene Logsdon. 1993
Writer and part-time farmer Logsdon describes the contrary cottage (small acreage) farmer. "A farmer with deep ecological sensitivity is to…
the plow jockey...what a French chef is to...hamburger handlers." Contrary farmers use technological cleverness and handiness to reduce manual labor by skill instead of expensive machines. They have a "love of home," subscribe to pastoral economics, and learn to let nature do work for themLager, who headed Ben & Jerry's for eight years, gives the company's history. Childhood friends, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield…
led relatively unsuccessful lives until 1978, when they collaborated on creating an ice cream store in a former gas station in Vermont after taking a correspondence course on the topicThe craft of investing
Par John Train. 1994
Advice for the private investor from an investment consultant and author of books and articles on finance. Drawing on personal…
experience and his study of other successful money managers, Train analyzes market cycles and investment styles and advises on topics such as taxes, trusts, financial statements, estate and retirement planning, and prenuptial agreements. Includes a glossary of investment termsThe last empire: De Beers, diamonds, and the world
Par Stefan Kanfer. 1993
Kanfer, a journalist, discusses De Beers Consolidated Mines Inc. and describes how it sometimes uses a show of power to…
maintain its hold on the world's diamond industry and much of the gold industry. He focuses on the exploitation of blacks in South Africa and on the three men who have controlled the company since its founding in 1880--Cecil Rhodes, Ernest Oppenheimer, and "King" Harry Oppenheimer. Some violenceBeating the Street
Par Peter Lynch. 1993
Former manager of Fidelity Magellan Fund asserts that the stock market is the best investment and that a small investor…
does not need a professional manager. Lynch explains how he makes investment selections and suggests how to develop a method for choosing mutual funds. BestsellerMavericks!: how to lead your staff to think like Einstein, create like da Vinci, and invent like Edison
Par Donald Blohowiak. 1992
Blohowiak presents a guide to fellow executives on becoming maverick managers. Maintaining that "if managers concentrated on helping people fulfil…
their potential, our companies would be filled...with craftsmen," he gives recommendations on improving workplace conditions and worker-boss relationships. Included is a quiz measuring maverick potentialGetting better results from the meetings you run
Par Michael Renton. 1980
Designed to help leaders do a better job of conducting meetings and group discussions, this manual offers advice on such…
topics as group involvement, clarifying problems to be solved, obtaining necessary facts, drawing on experienced individuals, and making sure everyone is in agreement and knows their assignmentsHow to make your own luck
Par Bernard Gittelson. 1981
A top consultant to industry, who is also a public relations representative and creator of a biothythm computer program business,…
focuses on using ingenuity and perseverance to get the breaks as an entrepeneur. Gittelson explains how to tap one's own creative energy and channel it into actionManaging the one-person business
Par Mary Parson. 1987
A writer, teacher, and entrepreneur has written this succinct handbook for individuals starting up a one-person business. The author discusses…
a broad range of issues including finding money, marketing products, taking a vacation, and maximizing profits. Work sheets, sample contracts, and standardized forms are also includedThe little kingdom: the private story of Apple computer
Par Michael Moritz. 1984
This is a microchip-by-microchip account of Apple Computer, Inc., from its hobbyist origin to a billion-dollar-plus corporation. Moritz traces co-founders…
Steven Jobs and Stephen Wozniak from their Silicon Valley childhoods to their present eminenceThe age of the common millionaire
Par Robert Heller. 1988
Describes the rise of twentieth-century millionaires. Heller argues that millionaires have become common not only in numbers but also in…
the sources of their affluence and in their social origins. Though he focuses on the United States, he also cites examples of Australia's Alan Bond, Canada's Reichmann family and Japanese shipbuilder TsubouchiThe author describes dozens of innovative, alternative methods of fund-raising, particularly the "show me" techniques in which donors receive something…
tangible, such as a membership, record album, or button, in return for their donationsThe Art of Insight: How Great Visualization Designers Think
Par Alberto Cairo. 2023
Learn how expert data visualization designers reason about their craft In The Art of Insight: How Great Visualization Designers Think,…
renowned visualization designer and educator Alberto Cairo, in conversation with several leaders in the field, delivers an inspiring exploration of how they make design choices. The book is a celebration of visualization, and a personal journey that dives into subjects like: How the professional background and life experiences of every designer shape their choices of what to visualize and how to visualize it. What designers from different countries and cultures, and working in different fileds, such as data art, data analytics, or data journalism, have in common, or how they differ from each other. How designers reflect on research, ethical reasoning, and also aesthetic judgments, to make decisions such as selecting the most appropriate ways to encode data, or the most appealing visual style. Perfect for data scientists and data journalists, The Art of Insight will also inspire artists, analysts, statisticians, and any other professional who uses data visualizations.Events Management (Events Management)
Par Leo Jago, Rob Harris, Ian McDonnell, William O'Toole, Johnny Allen, Glenn A. Bowdin. 2023
A must-have introductory text of unrivalled coverage and depth focusing on events planning and management, the fourth edition of Events…
Management provides a complete A to Z of the principles and practices of planning, managing and staging events. The book offers a systematic guide to organising successful events, examining areas such as event design, logistics, marketing, human resource management, financial planning, risk management, impacts, evaluation and reporting. The fourth edition has been fully updated and revised to include content covering technology, including virtual and hybrid events, concepts such as social capital, soft power and events, social inclusion, equality, accessibility and diversity, and the latest industry reports, research and legal frameworks. The book is logically structured and features new case studies, showing real-life applications and highlighting issues with planning events of all types and scales in a range of geographical locations. This book has been dubbed ‘the events management bible’ and fosters an interactive learning experience amongst scholars of events management, tourism and hospitality.Animales del emprendimiento chileno: Cebras, Unicornios y otras especies
Par Marcos Alvo, Ronny Majlis. 2023
Historias de los más exitosos emprendimientos chilenos del último tiempo, ocupando la taxonomía animal para agruparlos con mucho humor. Cebras,…
unicornios, camellos, gacelas, cigüeñas y leones. La fauna chilena del emprendimiento es tan amplia como diversa. Los unicornios, la especie de moda, se han convertido en verdaderas estrellas de rock: algunos de sus especímenes, como los fundadores de NotCo y Cornershop, cuyas empresas están avaluadas en más de mil millones de dólares, son retratados por los medios de comunicación como el mejor ejemplo del Chilean Dream. Pero este título no se encarga solo de los animales de moda, sino también de otras especies que han sacado partido de sus características; desde la resiliencia del camello a la agilidad de la gacela, demostrando que existen otros modelos de desarrollo. Los animales del emprendimiento chileno narra las historias de startups que uno ni siquiera pensaría que son chilenos como Crystal Lagoons, Japi Jane y Runway; como también de empresas emergentes con un profundo sentido social como Algramo y Karün. Crónicas llenas de detalles, que no dejan de lado las dificultades propias de emprender. Hay éxitos meteóricos y consolidaciones pausadas, crisis de estrés con pasantías por centros médicos e historias de arduo trabajo y cuestionamientos. ¿Qué motiva a los chilenos a crear una empresa emergente? ¿Qué tienen en común quienes lo hacen? ¿Qué tiene que ver un animal cornudo mitológico con una buena idea? Estas son algunas de las preguntas que se responden a través de las historias de quienes lideran hoy el ecosistema del emprendimiento local.Introduction to Stochastic Level Crossing Techniques
Par Percy H. Brill. 2023
Introduction to Stochastic Level Crossing Techniques describes stochastic models and their analysis using the System Point Level Crossing method (abbreviated…
SPLC or LC). This involves deriving probability density functions (pdfs) or cumulative probability distribution functions (cdfs) of key random variables, applying simple level-crossing limit theorems developed by the author. The pdfs and/or cdfs are used to specify operational characteristics about the stochastic model of interest. The chapters describe distinct stochastic models and associated key random variables in the models. For each model, a figure of a typical sample path (realization, i.e., tracing over time) of the key random variable is displayed. For each model, an analytic (Volterra) integral equation for the stationary pdf of the key random variable is created−by inspection of the sample path, using the simple LC limit theorems. This LC method bypasses a great deal of algebra, usually required by other methods of analysis. The integral equations will be solved directly, or computationally. This book is meant for students of mathematics, management science, engineering, natural sciences, and researchers who use applied probability. It will also be useful to technical workers in a range of professions. Key Features: A description of one representative stochastic model (e.g., a single-server M/G/1 queue; a multiple server M/M/c queue; an inventory system; etc.) Construction of a typical sample path of the key random variable of interest (e.g., the virtual waiting time or workload in queues; the net on-hand inventory in inventory systems; etc.) Statements of the simple LC theorems, which connect the sample-path upcrossing and downcrossing rates across state-space levels, to simple mathematical functions of the stationary pdf of the key random variable, at those state-space levels Creation of (usually Volterra) integral equations for the stationary pdf of the key random variable, by inspection of the sample path Direct analytic solution of the integral equations, where feasible; or, computational solutions of the integral equations Use of the derived stationary pdfs for obtaining operational characteristics of the modelClimate Change Adaptation and Green Finance: The Arctic and Non-Arctic World (Routledge Advances in Climate Change Research)
Par Gisele Arruda, Lara Johannsdottir. 2024
This book presents specific case studies of climate finance in the Arctic and examines how the green revolution could be…
a game changer in this sensitive region. Bringing together contributions from a range of experts in the field, Climate Change Adaptation and Green Finance assesses the costs of inaction versus the costs of action based on case study examples of climate finance and sustainable investment in the Arctic region. The authors draw on data from the Sixth Assessment Report published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and respond with a solutions-based framework. This is developed around the notion of a new, carbon-neutral economy in the Arctic and presents methods for unlocking carbon finance and long-term climate investment in the region, such as finance for Arctic entrepreneurs and resilient sustainable investment structures. This volume also looks at the role of finance in meeting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the ways in which innovation in investment will help shape the future of the Arctic. Climate Change Adaptation and Green Finance will be of great interest to students and scholars of climate change, sustainable finance and sustainable business