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Narconomics

How To Run a Drug Cartel

by Tom Wainwright ...

Everything drug cartels do to survive and prosper they’ve learnt from big business – brand value and franchising from McDonald’s, supply chain management from Walmart, diversification from Coca-Cola. Whether it’s human resourcing, R&D, corporate social responsibility, off-shoring, problems with e-commerce or troublesome changes in legislation, the drug lords face the same strategic concerns ... Read more

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Everything drug cartels do to survive and prosper they’ve learnt from big business – brand value and franchising from McDonald’s, supply chain management from Walmart, diversification from Coca-Cola. Whether it’s human resourcing, R&D, corporate social responsibility, off-shoring, problems with e-commerce or troublesome changes in legislation, the drug lords face the same strategic concerns
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Values

An Economist’s Guide to Everything That Matters

by Mark Carney ...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER‘A radical book that speaks out accessibly’ BONO‘Indispensable … This is the essential handbook’ CHRISTINE LAGARDE‘A remarkably good read’ GILLIAN TETT, Financial Times‘A landmark achievement’ WILL HUTTON, ObserverThis is a pivotal moment in our economy. With the markets in free-fall, financial challenges are growing for us all. A ... ... Read more

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER‘A radical book that speaks out accessibly’ BONO‘Indispensable … This is the essential handbook’ CHRISTINE LAGARDE‘A remarkably good read’ GILLIAN TETT, Financial Times‘A landmark achievement’ WILL HUTTON, ObserverThis is a pivotal moment in our economy. With the markets in free-fall, financial challenges are growing for us all. A ...
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Beyond The E-Myth: The Evolution of an Enterprise: From a Company of One to a Company of 1,000!

by Michael E. Gerber ...

Beyond The E-Myth embraces the fundamental premise of that first book — that a small business only succeeds to the degree its owner goes to work ON the business rather than just IN it, creating the systemic Operating System that makes that business unique in the marketplace.Beyond The E-Myth expands that conversation with the entrepreneurial small business owner, in a clear, precise, and ... Read more

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Beyond The E-Myth embraces the fundamental premise of that first book — that a small business only succeeds to the degree its owner goes to work ON the business rather than just IN it, creating the systemic Operating System that makes that business unique in the marketplace.Beyond The E-Myth expands that conversation with the entrepreneurial small business owner, in a clear, precise, and
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The Referral Engine

Teaching Your Business to Market Itself

by John Jantsch ...

The small business guru behind Duct Tape Marketing shares his most valuable lesson: how to get your customers to do your best marketing for you.The power of glitzy advertising and elaborate marketing campaigns is on the wane; word- of-mouth referrals are what drive business today. People trust the recommendation of a friend, family member, colleague, or even stranger with similar tastes over ... Read more

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The small business guru behind Duct Tape Marketing shares his most valuable lesson: how to get your customers to do your best marketing for you.The power of glitzy advertising and elaborate marketing campaigns is on the wane; word- of-mouth referrals are what drive business today. People trust the recommendation of a friend, family member, colleague, or even stranger with similar tastes over
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The Grid

The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future

by Gretchen Bakke ...

One of Bill Gates's Favorite Books of 2016A revelatory look at our national power grid--how it developed, its current flaws, and how it must be completely reimagined for our fast-approaching energy future.America's electrical grid, an engineering triumph of the twentieth century, is turning out to be a poor fit for the present. It's not just that the grid has grown old and is now in dire need of ... Read more

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One of Bill Gates's Favorite Books of 2016A revelatory look at our national power grid--how it developed, its current flaws, and how it must be completely reimagined for our fast-approaching energy future.America's electrical grid, an engineering triumph of the twentieth century, is turning out to be a poor fit for the present. It's not just that the grid has grown old and is now in dire need of
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The Connected Company

by Dave Gray, Thomas Vander Wal ...

With a foreword by Alex Osterwalder.The future of work is already here.Customers are adopting disruptive technologies faster than your company can adapt. When your customers are delighted, they can amplify your message in ways that were never before possible. But when your company’s performance runs short of what you’ve promised, customers can seize control of your brand message, spreading their ... Read more

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With a foreword by Alex Osterwalder.The future of work is already here.Customers are adopting disruptive technologies faster than your company can adapt. When your customers are delighted, they can amplify your message in ways that were never before possible. But when your company’s performance runs short of what you’ve promised, customers can seize control of your brand message, spreading their
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Lights Out

Pride, Delusion, and the Fall of General Electric

by Thomas Gryta, Ted Mann ...

A WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER"If you’re in any kind of leadership role—whether at a company, a non-profit, or somewhere else—there’s a lot you can learn here."—Bill Gates, Gates NotesHow could General Electric—perhaps America’s most iconic corporation—suffer such a swift and sudden fall from grace?This is the definitive corporate history of General Electric’s epic decline, as told by the two ... Read more

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A WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER"If you’re in any kind of leadership role—whether at a company, a non-profit, or somewhere else—there’s a lot you can learn here."—Bill Gates, Gates NotesHow could General Electric—perhaps America’s most iconic corporation—suffer such a swift and sudden fall from grace?This is the definitive corporate history of General Electric’s epic decline, as told by the two
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Supply Chain Risk Management

Vulnerability and Resilience in Logistics

by Donald Waters ...

Vulnerability to sudden supply chain disruption is one of the major threats facing companies today. The challenge for businesses today is to mitigate this risk through creating resilient supply chains.Addressing this need, ***Supply Chain Risk Management***guides you through the whole risk management process from start to finish. Using jargon-free language, this accessible book covers the ... Read more

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Vulnerability to sudden supply chain disruption is one of the major threats facing companies today. The challenge for businesses today is to mitigate this risk through creating resilient supply chains.Addressing this need, ***Supply Chain Risk Management***guides you through the whole risk management process from start to finish. Using jargon-free language, this accessible book covers the
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The Joy of Tax

by Richard Murphy ...

'A brief but crucially important book'Marcus ChownIn The Joy of Tax, tax campaigner Richard Murphy challenges almost every idea you have about tax. For him, tax is fundamentally about the ideas that shape the sort of society we want to live in, not technicalities. His intention is to demonstrate that there is indeed a joy in tax, and by embracing it we can create a fairer society and change the ... Read more

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'A brief but crucially important book'Marcus ChownIn The Joy of Tax, tax campaigner Richard Murphy challenges almost every idea you have about tax. For him, tax is fundamentally about the ideas that shape the sort of society we want to live in, not technicalities. His intention is to demonstrate that there is indeed a joy in tax, and by embracing it we can create a fairer society and change the
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Rocket Fuel

The One Essential Combination That Will Get You More of What You Want from Your Business

by Gino Wickman, Mark C. Winters ...

Discover the vital relationship that will take your company from "What's next?" to "We have liftoff!"Visionaries have groundbreaking ideas. Integrators make those ideas a reality. This explosive combination is the key to getting everything you want out of your business. It worked for Disney. It worked for McDonald's. It worked for Ford. It can work for you.From the author of the bestselling ... Read more

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Discover the vital relationship that will take your company from "What's next?" to "We have liftoff!"Visionaries have groundbreaking ideas. Integrators make those ideas a reality. This explosive combination is the key to getting everything you want out of your business. It worked for Disney. It worked for McDonald's. It worked for Ford. It can work for you.From the author of the bestselling
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Managing Meetings

by Tim Hindle ...

Series series DK Essential Managers
Learn all you need to know about meetings from planning and preparingan agenda to establishing formal procedures and dealing withpotentially volatile situations. Managing Meetings shows how to chairand participate fully in a meeting plus it also provides practicaltechniques for you to use to make meetings work for you. Power tipshelp you handle real-life situations and develop first-class ... Read more

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Learn all you need to know about meetings from planning and preparingan agenda to establishing formal procedures and dealing withpotentially volatile situations. Managing Meetings shows how to chairand participate fully in a meeting plus it also provides practicaltechniques for you to use to make meetings work for you. Power tipshelp you handle real-life situations and develop first-class
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The Seventh Sense

Power, Fortune, and Survival in the Age of Networks

by Joshua Cooper Ramo ...

Endless terror. Refugee waves. An unfixable global economy. Surprising election results. New billion-dollar fortunes. Miracle medical advances. What if they were all connected? What if you could understand why?The Seventh Sense is the story of what all of today's successful figures see and feel: the forces that are invisible to most of us but explain everything from explosive technological change ... Read more

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Endless terror. Refugee waves. An unfixable global economy. Surprising election results. New billion-dollar fortunes. Miracle medical advances. What if they were all connected? What if you could understand why?The Seventh Sense is the story of what all of today's successful figures see and feel: the forces that are invisible to most of us but explain everything from explosive technological change
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The National Dream

The Great Railway, 1871-1881

by Pierre Berton ...

In 1871, a tiny nation, just four years old—it's population well below the 4 million mark—determined that it would build the world's longest railroad across empty country, much of it unexplored. This decision—bold to the point of recklessness—was to change the lives of every man, woman and child in Canada and alter the shape of the nation.Using primary sources—diaries, letters, unpublished ... Read more

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In 1871, a tiny nation, just four years old—it's population well below the 4 million mark—determined that it would build the world's longest railroad across empty country, much of it unexplored. This decision—bold to the point of recklessness—was to change the lives of every man, woman and child in Canada and alter the shape of the nation.Using primary sources—diaries, letters, unpublished
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Order without Design

How Markets Shape Cities

by Alain Bertaud ...

An argument that operational urban planning can be improved by the application of the tools of urban economics to the design of regulations and infrastructure.Urban planning is a craft learned through practice. Planners make rapid decisions that have an immediate impact on the ground—the width of streets, the minimum size of land parcels, the heights of buildings. The language they use to describe ... Read more

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An argument that operational urban planning can be improved by the application of the tools of urban economics to the design of regulations and infrastructure.Urban planning is a craft learned through practice. Planners make rapid decisions that have an immediate impact on the ground—the width of streets, the minimum size of land parcels, the heights of buildings. The language they use to describe
... Read more
Ten Survival Skills for a World in Flux

by Tom Fletcher ...

‘Original and thought provoking’ Gordon Brown ‘Challenging and hopeful: a groundbreaking guide to the future’ Valerie AmosTo thrive in the twenty-first century, we all need to understand the challenges coming our way. And start adapting, now.We all know there are major, overlapping, global crises ahead of humanity: climate change, mass migration, new warfare, big tech, further pandemics, ... Read more

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‘Original and thought provoking’ Gordon Brown ‘Challenging and hopeful: a groundbreaking guide to the future’ Valerie AmosTo thrive in the twenty-first century, we all need to understand the challenges coming our way. And start adapting, now.We all know there are major, overlapping, global crises ahead of humanity: climate change, mass migration, new warfare, big tech, further pandemics,
... Read more
Value Stream Mapping

Reduce waste and maximise efficiency

by 50minutes ...

Series series Management & Marketing
Understand value stream mapping in no time! Find out everything you need to know about this powerful tool with this practical and accessible guide.In an increasingly competitive business world, identifying the areas where your company is losing time and money can give you a vital edge. Value stream mapping is one of the most popular tools of lean management and is easy to apply to virtually any ... Read more

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Understand value stream mapping in no time! Find out everything you need to know about this powerful tool with this practical and accessible guide.In an increasingly competitive business world, identifying the areas where your company is losing time and money can give you a vital edge. Value stream mapping is one of the most popular tools of lean management and is easy to apply to virtually any
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Murky water

Challenging an unsustainable system

by Luca Calafati, Julie Froud, Colin Haslam, Sukhdev Johal, Karel Williams ...

Series series Manchester Capitalism
Essential reading for anyone concerned with the future of our most vital resource.Our water system is a mess. Rising bills and rivers full of sewage grab the headlines, but the greater threat is climate crisis, bringing increased drought and flooding.This book exposes the many problems with our unsustainable water system. Unfair charges limit spending on infrastructure, while financial extraction ... Read more

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Essential reading for anyone concerned with the future of our most vital resource.Our water system is a mess. Rising bills and rivers full of sewage grab the headlines, but the greater threat is climate crisis, bringing increased drought and flooding.This book exposes the many problems with our unsustainable water system. Unfair charges limit spending on infrastructure, while financial extraction
... Read more
Business at the Speed of Thought

Succeeding in the Digital Economy

by Bill Gates, Collins Hemingway ...

Most companies have a sizeable investment in technology but are realising only 20% of its potential benefit. BUSINESS @ THE SPEED OF THOUGHT introduces the concept of the digital nervous system which unites all systems and processes under one common infrastructure, allowing companies to make quantum leaps in efficiency, growth and profit. Using detailed tours of Microsoft and other major ... Read more

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Most companies have a sizeable investment in technology but are realising only 20% of its potential benefit. BUSINESS @ THE SPEED OF THOUGHT introduces the concept of the digital nervous system which unites all systems and processes under one common infrastructure, allowing companies to make quantum leaps in efficiency, growth and profit. Using detailed tours of Microsoft and other major
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The Story of Asset Management

Infrastructure. We can afford to buy it. Can we afford to keep it?

by Penny Burns ...

'The Story of Asset Management', authored by Dr. Penny Burns, offers a detailed account of the gradual emergence of asset management practices, spanning a decade of development.While discussions about government reforms often take center stage, the behind-the-scenes processes of problem-solving and innovation remain less documented.In this book, readers are provided a unique opportunity to witness ... Read more

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'The Story of Asset Management', authored by Dr. Penny Burns, offers a detailed account of the gradual emergence of asset management practices, spanning a decade of development.While discussions about government reforms often take center stage, the behind-the-scenes processes of problem-solving and innovation remain less documented.In this book, readers are provided a unique opportunity to witness
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Doing A Dam Better: The Lao People's Democratic Republic And The Story Of Nam Theun 2

by Porter Ian C.; Shivakumar Jayasankar ...

In the wake of an acrimonious debate on big dams the World Bank brokered a global agreement on financing as well as on the sharing of the rewards and risks of the controversial Nam Theun 2 hydroelectric project in Lao PDR. Through this process it prepared the project for the country and the country for the project. This book describes how careful management effective communications and technical ... Read more

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In the wake of an acrimonious debate on big dams the World Bank brokered a global agreement on financing as well as on the sharing of the rewards and risks of the controversial Nam Theun 2 hydroelectric project in Lao PDR. Through this process it prepared the project for the country and the country for the project. This book describes how careful management effective communications and technical
... Read more
Rethinking Readiness

A Brief Guide to Twenty-First-Century Megadisasters

by Professor Jeff Schlegelmilch ...

As human society continues to develop, we have increased the risk of large-scale disasters. From health care to infrastructure to national security, systems designed to keep us safe have also heightened the potential for catastrophe. The constant pressure of climate change, geopolitical conflict, and our tendency to ignore what is hard to grasp exacerbates potential dangers. How can we prepare for ... Read more

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As human society continues to develop, we have increased the risk of large-scale disasters. From health care to infrastructure to national security, systems designed to keep us safe have also heightened the potential for catastrophe. The constant pressure of climate change, geopolitical conflict, and our tendency to ignore what is hard to grasp exacerbates potential dangers. How can we prepare for
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Spare Parts Inventory Management

A Complete Guide to Sparesology

by Phillip Slater ...

OverviewNo previous works have focused on the topic of inventory reduction and optimization to the extent that this one does. Spare Parts Inventory Management: A Complete Guide to Sparesology™ by Philip Slater covers the whole part’s life cycle, from initial purchase to final disposal, and addresses issues throughout, including maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO). The author, Phillip Slater, ... Read more

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OverviewNo previous works have focused on the topic of inventory reduction and optimization to the extent that this one does. Spare Parts Inventory Management: A Complete Guide to Sparesology™ by Philip Slater covers the whole part’s life cycle, from initial purchase to final disposal, and addresses issues throughout, including maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO). The author, Phillip Slater,
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How to Invest in Real Estate (For Beginners)

Make Your First $100,000 Using This Powerful Real Estate Business Model

by Maxwell Rotheray ...

Venturing into the business of real estate may be a daunting task, but it doesn't have to be. If you have decided to invest in real estate and work diligently, choosing the right investment vehicles that suit your purpose, you are likely to reap all the wealth of benefits that accrue to smart investors.When you decide to start a career in real estate investing, the first thing you should consider ... Read more

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Venturing into the business of real estate may be a daunting task, but it doesn't have to be. If you have decided to invest in real estate and work diligently, choosing the right investment vehicles that suit your purpose, you are likely to reap all the wealth of benefits that accrue to smart investors.When you decide to start a career in real estate investing, the first thing you should consider
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Global Developments in Public Infrastructure Procurement

Evaluating Public–Private Partnerships and Other Procurement Options

by Darrin Grimsey, Mervyn K. Lewis ...

This book provides an up-to-date study of public infrastructure in terms of the selection, procurement and delivery of projects. There is widespread acceptance that infrastructure is vital and needs increasing, yet less agreement about how it should be funded and procured. This book assesses in detail the features of various procurement options while also providing a framework for comparing their ... Read more

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This book provides an up-to-date study of public infrastructure in terms of the selection, procurement and delivery of projects. There is widespread acceptance that infrastructure is vital and needs increasing, yet less agreement about how it should be funded and procured. This book assesses in detail the features of various procurement options while also providing a framework for comparing their
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