All Summaries

All Summaries

 
Consulting Basics Gendelman, Joel ASTD Press , 2010 Entrepreneurship

While businesses are struggling with economic problems in today’s market, jobs are changing, and employment is unstable. Professionals are grappling with thoughts concerning whether they should strike out on their own...

 
 
Full of Bull McClellan, Stephen T. FT Press , 2010 Economics & Finance, Entrepreneurship

In Full of Bull, McClellan uses his thirty-two years of experience as a securities analyst on Wall Street to help individual investors decode the Street’s confusing advice and make better investment...

 
 
Perfectly Able Hasse, Jim Lighthouse International , 2011 Diversity, Human Resources

In Perfectly Able, Jim Hasse explores the many benefits of hiring people with disabilities. Advanced problem-solving skills and creativity engendered by the need to overcome the obstacles of disability...

 
 
The Compromise Trap Doty, Elizabeth Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. , 2009 Personal Growth

In today’s corporate environment, many individuals feel pressured to compromise their values, principles, or beliefs. They compromise what they know is right because they believe that is what it takes to get ahead. But...

 
 
Globalization Greenwald, Bruce C. | Kahn, Judd John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2009 Global Business

Globalization has been occurring for 200 years, and has been feared for nearly that long. In fact, the balance between local and global has remained nearly unchanged. Globalization discusses the fears, realized and not...

 
 
Flipped Winsor, John B2 Books , 2010 Customer Focus, Marketing

In Flipped, John Winsor describes how companies can use bottom-up marketing strategies to co-create new products and services with their customers. With the advent of Facebook, Twitter, and other...

 
 
Get-It-Done Guy's 9 Steps to Work Less and Do More Robbins, Stever St. Martin's Griffin , 2010 Productivity

Most people today are overwhelmed with work both at work and at home. Working more efficiently is one solution, but few know where to begin. In Get-It-Done Guy’s 9 Steps to Work Less and Do More,...

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About Face Hill, Dan Kogan-Page , 2010 Marketing

In About Face, Dan Hill demonstrates how advertising agencies and marketing strategists can employ new advances in neuroscience, behavioral economics, and cognitive psychology to create emotionally...

 
 
Obstacles Welcome de la Vega, Ralph Thomas Nelson , 2009 Business Biographies, Leadership, Major Works

In Obstacles Welcome, Ralph de la Vega describes in rich and fascinating biographical detail how adversity and obstacles present opportunities to enrich and transform our business and personal lives....

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The Politics of Life Itself Rose, Nikolas Princeton University Press , 2007 Health Care, Social Responsibility

As biotechnology has continued to advance, some eagerly anticipate the creation of new intellectual property and a new bioeconomy. On the other hand, some fear that the desire for profit is leading to the unethical...

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