Will China eventually be able to eliminate its socialist animal spirits? Highlighting the importance of China's investment booms and busts for both the Chinese and the world economy, Animal Spirits with Chinese Characteristics describes the origins and evolution of the investment cycle during the command economy period.

This book is the first of its kind – a global overview of extant research on ethics in small and medium sized enterprises. While vast amounts of corporate money, government policy and media time are directed at the social and ethical activities of large corporations, small businesses don’t generally attract the spotlight. This is wildly inappropriate, however, since upward of 90% of private businesses are small or medium sized. This book goes some way to helping us understand the social an...

Complete coverage of all current objectives for the CAPM and PMP exams—more than 1,000 practice exam questions and in-depth explanations in total!Thoroughly revised for the current PMI Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), this up-to-date resource offers complete coverage of all the material included on the Certified Associate in Project Management and Project Management Professional exams. You’ll find learning objectives at the beginning of each chapter, exam tips, pract...

Powerful, unvarnished advice for growing through the work challenges all aspiring leaders faceThe business world is full of catchphrases: follow your passion; think positive; be authentic; suck it up; take risks; network. All well-intentioned, but let’s be honest. This inch-deep advice just isn’t very helpful. How do real people succeed in the real world of work? That’s the question bestselling author Joanna Barsh sets out to answer—not by asking motivatio...

Proven methods for diagnosing problems, improving processes, and increasing profitsIn Strategic Lean Mapping, continuous improvement expert Steven Borris reveals how to visually document your organization's processes and identify problematic issues. Find out how to blend and then apply select techniques from Lean Manufacturing, Theory of Constraints, RCM (Reliability-Centered Maintenance), TPM (Total Productive Maintenance), OEE (Overall Equipment Efficiency), and other ...

A Banana Boat journey into the dangerous unknown.A business success model related to an actual move towards moving into a world of unlimited wealth and abundance, taking into account the extreme danger of others stealing the success away. Over the 13 chapters, reviewing business methods, including Harvard approaches, a sound study of moving a corporate society forward to accept multifold revenue increases, building unprecedented wealth, without losing community, in...

Technology is taking on an increasingly central and determining role in so ciety, and can provide contradictory results: wealth on the one hand, but also unemployment, environmental imbalances and other social problems on the other. Manufacturing techniques and production organization are chosen in every country based mainly on the specific needs of the companies, while the real needs of each population are often quite different. Already, in order to prevent all forms of technology from be...

Fraud has become a challenging phenomena affecting economies worldwide. Anti-fraud measures are an integral part of today’s management practices and have found their way into business education. Yet in developing countries these topics have long been neglected and only limited research has been conducted in this area. This book fills an essential gap by analyzing the impact of fraud on developing economies, describing successful anti-fraud methods and featuring cases that exemplify the mea...

This book arises out of papers delivered at the World Congress of the International Society of Business, Economics and Ethics (ISBEE) held in Cape Town in 2008. There are two sections. First, a number of key papers provide an insight into global business, wealth creation and welfare issues with particular reference to the African continent - appropriate for a Congress that was based in South Africa and drew wide participation from African scholars. Second, it provides the output from a glo...

Cross-Function project and major task success is not only possible, but there are practical ways to do so that yield predictable and repeatable results. The Cross-Functional Workplace (formerly Solving the Cross-Work Puzzle) outlines the three dimensions critical in order to align your organization for success. The author guides you through today's complex organizations by weaving in a story which illuminates its key concepts, and illustrates how to use his models and instruments through r...

Here is a sample chapter from Six Sigma Black Belt Handbook, which offers the best and the latest information to assist you in solving some of the most complex problems imaginable. In this book written by the instructors of the world renowned Motorola University, you'll find valuable advice on how to integrate research and development, manufacturing, human resources, finance, marketing, quality, and customer service goals with their corporate vision, mission and key strategies.

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is one avenue for offering assistance to developing countries in their efforts to grow. Small countries typically have limited resources to direct toward investment attraction programs, so the ability to segment the market (of Multinational Corporations looking to invest) is a crucial skill. This book develops and employs an investment preference analysis model to give evidence that homogenous groups of investors can be identified. Once these groups are iden...