Christlike Leadership: Leadership that Starts with an Attitude (Christlike Leadership Theory and Practice Series Book 1) by William C. Oakes (101 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

This is Book 1 in the Christlike Leadership and Practice Series. Learn how your ethics impact your life, business, and career. Christ-based ethical principles and attitudes work. They make a difference at home, at work, at the club, at church. They are the means to becoming a better, more holistic, leader, manager, teacher, parent, and coach. And this book, written by a pastor and award-winning project manager, explains how.

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Alternative Investments: A Primer for Investment Professionals by Donald R. Chambers (CFA Institute Research Foundation) (27 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

Alternative Investments: A Primer for Investment Professionals provides an overview of alternative investments for institutional asset allocators and other overseers of portfolios containing both traditional and alternative assets. It is designed for those with substantial experience regarding traditional investments in stocks and bonds but limited familiarity regarding alternative assets, alternative strategies, and alternative portfolio management. The primer categorizes alternative assets into four groups: hedge funds, real assets, private equity, and structured products/derivatives. Real assets include vacant land, farmland, timber, infrastructure, intellectual property, commodities, and private real estate. For each group, the primer provides essential information about the characteristics, challenges, and purposes of these institutional-quality alternative assets in the context of a well-diversified institutional portfolio. Other topics addressed by this primer include tail risk, due diligence of the investment process and operations, measurement and management of risks and returns, setting return expectations, and portfolio construction. The primer concludes with a chapter on the case for investing in alternatives.

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Content Marketing with ChatGPT: The Definitive Content Creation Blueprint: Three Story Method for Content Creators and Creative Professionals by J. Thorn (Thorn Publishing LLC) (1 Review)    Price verified 7 hours ago

In a world brimming with digital content, how do you ensure your voice not only reaches but also resonates with your audience? Ever wondered how AI could transform your content creation process, infusing efficiency without sacrificing your unique style and expertise? Introducing the revolutionary book by J. Thorn, a vanguard in the field of AI-assisted content creation. This book isn't just a guide; it's a paradigm shift in how you approach content marketing, whether it's blogs, newsletters, or social media posts. Thorn guides you through the innovative process of merging your personal expertise with AI's analytical prowess to create content that truly stands out. In this groundbreaking book, you'll explore: • The art of crafting both original short and long-form content with ChatGPT, tailored to captivate your specific audience. • Strategies for creating curated content efficiently, leveraging AI for content that is both rich in variety and depth. • The power of the "Ideal Reader Archetype Generator," an AI tool designed to uncover detailed insights into your audience, transforming days of research into minutes. • Insights into the future of SEO and content marketing in an AI-driven world, preparing you for the shifts in digital landscapes. • And many additional resources, including all of the prompts! This book is more than just a manual -- it's an expedition into the realm of AI-enhanced content creation. "The Definitive Content Creation Blueprint" is designed for authors, marketers, and content creators eager to harness the power of AI while keeping their content personal, engaging, and true to their voice. Whether you're starting your content creation journey or looking to inject new life into your existing strategies, this book is your comprehensive guide. Embrace the synergy of AI's efficiency with your creative insight. Elevate your content from ordinary to outstanding. Transform how you connect with your audience through every word ...

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Mobile Hollywood: Labor and the Geography of Production by Kevin Sanson (University of California Press) Price verified 7 hours ago

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Contemporary film and television production is extraordinarily mobile. Filming large-scale studio productions in Atlanta, Budapest, London, Prague, or Australia's Gold Coast makes Hollywood jobs available to people and places far removed from Southern California -- but it also requires individuals to uproot their lives as they travel around the world in pursuit of work. Drawing on interviews with a global contingent of film and television workers, Kevin Sanson weaves an analysis of the sheer scale and complexity of mobile production into a compelling account of the impact that mobility has had on job functions, working conditions, and personal lives. Mobile Hollywood captures how an expanded geography of production not only intensifies the often invisible pressures that production workers now face but also stretches the parameters of screen-media labor far beyond craftwork and creativity.

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Colorado Marijuana Real Estate: Work from Home by Jay Hidoshi (25 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

"Colorado Marijuana Real Estate" is a how to guide for the entrepreneur and the blue-collar guy. This book provides a blueprint for starting a medical marijuana business plan. Colorado real estate is a great investment. Anyone that lived through the .com/tech boom/real estate boom, should try to borrow some money to buy Colorado real estate. This book explains the evolution of legal marijuana in Colorado from 2001 to 2014. It's for all who are interested in how it became Colorado Law. This book gives insight on Colorado marijuana real estate, both commercial and residential. The author of this book was the owner of a medical marijuana dispensary in Denver, Colorado of seven years. It sold seven years later for almost 300% more than purchase price. This book will reveal things other marijuana books will not. The author is a 24 year resident of Colorado. This book provides current counties in Colorado that are most marijuana friendly based on experience. Equally important, this book provides inside growing secrets of the dispensary. Download the FREE chapters for this book on the website for this book.

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Leaders of the Pack: Women and the Future of Veterinary Medicine (New Directions in the Human-Animal Bond) by Julie Kumble (Purdue University Press) (7 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

Veterinary medicine has undergone sweeping changes in the last few decades. Women now account for 55 percent of the active veterinarians in the field, and nearly 80 percent of veterinary students are women. However, average salaries have dropped as this shift has occurred, and even with women in the vast majority, only 25 percent of leadership roles are held by women. These trends point to gender-based inequality that veterinary medicine, a profession that tilts so heavily toward women, is struggling to address. How will the profession respond? What will this mean for our students and schools? What will it mean for our pets entrusted to veterinarian care? Who has succeeded in these situations? Who is taking action to lead change? What can we learn from them to lead the pack in our lives? Leaders of the Pack, by Julie Kumble and Dr. Donald Smith, explores key themes in leadership and highlights women in veterinary medicine whose stories embody those themes. In it, Kumble and Smith cull over three years of interviews to profile a wide variety of women as they share triumphs and challenges, lucky as well as tough breaks, and the sound advice and words that inspired them to take their careers in unanticipated directions. By sharing unique stories that illuminate different paths to leadership and reflecting on best practices through commentary and research, Leaders of the Pack will allow more female leaders to create wider pathways to the top of their profession.

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Macroeconomic Modelling of R&D and Innovation Policies (International Economic Association Series) by Ufuk Akcigit Price verified 14 hours ago

This open access book encompasses a collection of in-depth analyses showcasing the challenges and ways forward for macroeconomic modelling of R&D and innovation policies. Based upon the proceedings of the EC-DG JRC-IEA workshop held in Brussels in 2017, it presents cutting-edge contributions from a number of leading economists in the field. It provides a comprehensive overview of the current academic and policy challenges surrounding R&D as well as of the state-of-the-art modelling techniques. The book brings to the forefront outstanding issues related to the assessment of the macroeconomic impact of R&D policies and its modelling. It speaks to the rising importance of R&D and innovation policy, and the proliferation of macroeconomic models featuring endogenous technological change. The contents of this book will be of interest to both academic and policy audiences working in the fields of R&D and innovation.

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Money and Happiness (The Scientific Way): Scientifically Proven Ways To Be Happy And Highly Effective Life Hacks For Financial Independence by Dr L V George (13 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

#1 BEST SELLER IN FREE KINDLE BOOKS** What is the fastest and most effective scientifically proven way to become a happier person? There is a growing body of scientific research answering those exact questions and it turns out that money has a small but significant role to play. This is not only a fascinating book full of surprises, but vital too: you will be left with practical, evidenced based techniques that will help you live a happier and more fulfilled life. In this practical and scientific based guide towards happiness and financial freedom you will learn: ?Why failure is awesome. ?Why complaining is good for you. ?What researchers have to say about the 'more money = more happiness' question. ?What academics say about 'faking' your way to success. ?And many more surprising scientifically based insights... **Best seller in categories of "Happiness", "Personal Money Management", "Self-Help" and "Budgeting".

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Fundamentals of Futures and Options by Roger G. Clarke (Research Foundation of CFA Institute) (19 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

Derivative securities and markets have experienced tremendous worldwide growth since 1970. But even so, they are not always well understood. To remedy this situation, the authors explain the link between options and futures and the underlying security or index from which they ultimately derive their value. Pricing and hedging relationships of futures contracts, option characteristics and strategies, and option pricing and hedging relationships are also addressed. To further assist the reader, the authors include exercises to reinforce the concepts as well as a glossary. The result is an updated look at options and futures that can benefit many of us.

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Q. E. D., or New Light on the Doctrine of Creation by George McCready Price (5 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

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Shipping and Globalization in the Post-War Era: Contexts, Companies, Connections (Palgrave Studies in Maritime Economics) by Niels P. Petersson (Palgrave Macmillan) (9 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

This open access book belongs to the Maritime Business and Economic History strand of the Palgrave Studies in Maritime Economics book series. This volume highlights the contribution of the shipping industry to the transformations in business and society of the postwar era. Shipping was both an example and an engine of globalization and structural change. In turn, the industry experienced and pioneered, mirrored and enabled key developments that led to the present-day globalized economy. Contributions address issues such as the macro-level shift of shipping's centre of gravity from Europe to Asia, the political and legal frameworks within which it developed, the strategies and performance of both successful and unsuccessful firms, and the links between the shipping industry and the wider economy and society. Without shipping and its ability to forge connections and networks of a global reach, the modern world would look very different. By bringing together scholars from various disciplinary and national backgrounds, this book advances our understanding of the linkages that bind economies and societies together.

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The Ultimate 7 Day Financial Fitness Challenge: A Step-by-Step Workbook to Mastering Your Money in Just One Week (Dorian Hale 5) by Dorian Hale (1 Review)    Price verified 13 hours ago

Are you tired of living paycheck to paycheck, drowning in debt, and feeling the burden of financial stress? It's time to take control of your financial future with The Ultimate 7-Day Financial Fitness Challenge! Break Free from Financial Stress: • ? Overcome anxiety and stress caused by debt and financial uncertainty. • ? Gain essential financial knowledge to make informed decisions. • ? Turn your financial goals into actionable plans. Transform Your Financial Life: • ? Learn budgeting, saving, investing, and debt management. • ? Create a customized financial plan tailored to your goals. • ? Develop healthy financial habits for lasting success. • ? Overcome financial challenges and build a secure future. Your Journey to Financial Freedom Starts Now: • ? This step-by-step workbook empowers you to take control of your finances in just seven days. • ? Practical exercises, tips, and strategies for immediate change. • ? Secure your financial future and live a life of abundance. Don't let financial stress hold you back. Start your journey towards financial freedom today with The Ultimate 7-Day Financial Fitness Challenge! Your brighter financial future is just one week away. ???

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Manual of Ship Subsidies An Historical Summary of the Systems of All Nations by Edwin M. (Edwin Monroe) Bacon (1 Review)    Price verified 11 hours ago

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

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T-Shirts and Suits: A Guide to the Business of Creativity by David Parrish (35 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

Successful creative enterprises integrate creativity and business.T-Shirts and Suits offers an approach which brings together both creative passion and business best practice. Written in an engaging and jargon-free style, the book offers inspiration and appropriate advice for all those involved in running or setting up a creative business. Marketing, intellectual property, finance, competition, leadership- and more - are included in this guide. Examples of best practice are illustrated in eleven 'Ideas in Action' sections featuring a range of creative businesses and organisations.

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The Little Bond eBooklet: Must-Knows About Your Bond Portfolio by Marilyn Cohen (Writers Resource Group, Inc.) (18 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

Must-knows about your fixed income portfolio packed into a 30+ page booklet. Twenty-year Forbes magazine columnist and fixed income investment expert, Marilyn Cohen and best selling author, Chris Malburg join forces in producing the shortest, most valuable book on fixed income investing. This 30+ page booklet is packed with the do's and don'ts, risks and solutions every person who invests in municipal and corporate bonds must know before another trading day goes by.

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Universities, Stakeholders and Social Mission: Building Cooperation Through Action Research (Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and ... by Ewa Bogacz-Wojtanowska (Routledge) (1 Review)    Price verified 3 hours ago

Today's universities are confronted with questions about the increasing scale of corporatisation and commercialisation, as well as their decreasing activity in the field of the social mission, i.e., engagement in the real problems of ordinary people, local communities and society at large. As a remedy for this problem, this book proposes using action research as a means of shaping collaboration between universities and their stakeholders, taking into account related benefits, opportunities and challenges. In this context, we understand action research somewhat more broadly, as universities' conducting useful research that becomes a domain of their social mission. The core message of this volume is the development of a cooperation process in which the university leaves its "ivory tower," builds relationships with its stakeholders and, as a result, engages more effectively in social life. In this book, readers will find an original perspective on action research, the application of which enables mutual benefits for universities and their stakeholders. It presents the authors' original model of cooperation based on the AR approach and concrete examples of successful cooperation between universities and their stakeholders. Step by step, it illustrates how to initiate cooperation, conduct useful scientific research and together with stakeholders bring about changes in social life. This book will be of value to university managers, academics, students of social, management and economic sciences, as well as managers and specialists employed in organisations from various sectors that may be interested in cooperation with universities. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

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The Settlement of Wage Disputes by Herbert Feis (1 Review)    Price verified 8 hours ago

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

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Towards a Sustainable Future - Life Cycle Management: Challenges and Prospects by Zbigniew Stanislaw Klos (Springer) (1 Review)    Price verified 2 hours ago

This open access book includes a selection of contributions from the Life Cycle Management 2019 Conference (LCM) held in Pozna?, Poland, and presents different examples of scientific and practical contributions, showing an incorporation of life cycle approach into the decision processes on strategic and operational level. Special attention is drawn to applications of LCM to target, organize, analyze and manage product-related information and activities towards continuous improvement, along the different products life cycle. The selection of case studies presents LCM as a business management approach that can be used by all types of businesses and organizations in order to improve their sustainability performance. This book provides a cross-sectoral, current picture of LCM issues. The structure of the book is based on five-theme lines. The themes represent different objects that are focused on sustainability and LCM practices mainly related to: products, technologies, organizations, markets and policy issues as well as methodological solutions. The book brings together presentations from the world of science and the world of enterprises as well as institutions supporting economic development.

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Stock Fundamental Analysis Mastery: Unlocking Company Stock Financials for Profitable Trading: Stock Fundamental Analysis Mastery: Unlocking Company ... by Angel Talamantes Price verified 11 hours ago

Discover the power of fundamental analysis with "Stock Fundamental Analysis Mastery: Unlocking Company Stock Financials for Profitable Trading." This comprehensive guide equips you with the knowledge and tools to dissect financial statements, uncover hidden investment gems, and navigate the stock market with confidence. Whether you're a seasoned trader or a novice investor, this book is your key to success. Inside, you will: • Demystify Financial Statements: Learn to decode balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements, making complex financial data accessible and understandable. • Master Key Ratios: Gain expertise in analyzing crucial financial ratios like P/E, P/B, and ROE to assess a company's financial health and growth potential. • Identify Value Stocks: Discover the secrets to finding undervalued stocks that have the potential to deliver exceptional returns. • Uncover Growth Opportunities: Learn how to spot companies with promising growth prospects and capitalize on future market trends. • Risk Assessment: Develop a systematic approach to assessing and managing risk in your investment portfolio. • Diversify Your Portfolio: Explore strategies to build a diversified portfolio that minimizes risk and maximizes returns. • Market Timing: Gain insights into market cycles and timing your investments to optimize profits. • Case Studies: Dive into real-world case studies and examples that illustrate the principles of fundamental analysis in action. • Investment Strategies: Explore various investment strategies, from long-term value investing to short-term trading, and choose the one that suits your goals. "Stock Fundamental Analysis Mastery" is your comprehensive roadmap to becoming a savvy investor. Whether you're looking to build wealth over the long term or seize short-term trading opportunities, this book provides the knowledge and tools you need to make informed and profitable decisions in the stock ...

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Co-Creation for Sustainability: The UN SDGs and the Power of Local Partnerships by Christopher Ansell (Emerald Publishing Limited) (1 Review)    Price verified 4 hours ago

The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online. The UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set an ambitious agenda for global problem-solving and create a framework to achieve it through the power of partnerships. Goal 17 points to the central importance of partnerships, networks, and multi-stakeholder collaborations for bringing together a broad range of actors to accomplish the first 16 goals. Only through such partnerships can the distributed knowledge, resources and capacity of government agencies, private enterprises, political activists, local communities, and international NGOs be effectively combined to produce the major breakthroughs in sustainability that the SDGs envision. Co-Creation for Sustainability sets out a strategy of partnership, with an emphasis on how global goals can be translated into local action. Co-creation brings multiple parties together -- including citizens -- to collaboratively engage in innovative problem-solving. The book explains this strategy and describes how to foster the conditions necessary for its success. It details how leaders can spur co-creation and manage and overcome its practical challenges. Written to inspire public and private changemakers to find fundamental solutions to the pressing challenges that confront our social and natural environment, Co-creation for Sustainability: The UN SDGs and the Power of Partnerships provides intellectual resources and practical advice relevant for those who aspire to harness the talents, energy and perspectives of different sectors to build the momentum we need to realize a sustainable future.

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Gender, Food and COVID-19: Global Stories of Harm and Hope (Routledge Focus on Environment and Sustainability) by Paige Castellanos (Routledge) (2 Reviews)    Price verified 14 hours ago

This book documents how COVID-19 impacts gender, agriculture, and food systems across the globe with on-the-ground accounts and personal reflections from scholars, practitioners, and community members. During the coronavirus pandemic with many people under lockdown, continual agricultural production and access to food remain essential. Women provide much of the formal and informal work in agriculture and food production, distribution, and preparation often under precarious conditions. A cadre of scholars and practitioners from across the globe provide their timely observations on these issues as well as more personal reflections on its impact on their lives and work. Four major themes emerge from these accounts and are interwoven throughout: the pervasiveness of food insecurity, the ubiquity of women's care work, food justice, and policies and research that can that can result in a resilience that reimagines the future for greater gender and intersectional equality. We identify what lessons we can learn from this global pandemic about research and practices related to gender, food, and agricultural systems to strive for more equitable arrangements. This book will be of great interest to students, scholars and practitioners working on gender and food and agriculture during this global pandemic and beyond. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

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Masterpieces of Swiss Entrepreneurship: Swiss SMEs Competing in Global Markets by Jean-Pierre Jeannet (Springer) (3 Reviews)    Price verified 9 hours ago

This open access book focuses on Switzerland-based medium-sized companies with a longstanding export tradition and a proven dominance in global niche markets. Based upon in-depth documentation and analysis of 36 Swiss companies over their entire history, an expert team of authors presents several parallels in the pathways and success factors which allowed these firms to become dominant and operate from a high-cost location such as Switzerland. The book enhances these insights by providing detailed company profiles documenting the company history, development, and how their relevant global niche positions were reached. Readers will benefit from these profiles as they compile a diverse selection of industries, mainly active within the B2B sector, with mostly mature companies (60 years to older than 100 years since founding) and different types of ownership structures including family firms. 'Masterpieces of Swiss Entrepreneurship' brings unique learning opportunities to owners and leaders of SMEs in Switzerland and elsewhere. Findings are based on detailed bottom-up research of 36 companies -- without any preconceived notions. The book is both conceptual and practical. It fosters understanding for different choices in development pathways and management practices. Matti Alahuhta, Chairman DevCo Partners, ex-CEO Kone, Board member of several global listed companies, Helsinki, Finland Start-up entrepreneurs need proven models from industry which demonstrate the various paths to success. "Masterpieces of Swiss Entrepreneurship" provides deep insights highlighting these models and the important trade-offs entrepreneurial teams must consider when choosing the path of high growth or of maximum control, as they are often mutually exclusive. Gina Domanig, Managing Partner, Emerald Technology Ventures, Zurich

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General Average and Risk Management in Medieval and Early Modern Maritime Business by Maria Fusaro (1 Review)    Price verified 2 hours ago

This open access book explores the history of risk management in medieval and early modern European maritime business, focusing particularly on 'General Average' - a mechanism by which extraordinary expenses regarding ship or cargo, incurred during a voyage to save the venture, are shared between all participants to protect equity. This volume traces the history of this risk management tool from its origins in the pre-Roman Mediterranean through to its use in the shipping sector today. Contributions range from the Islamic Mediterranean to the Low Countries, and taken together, provide a wide-ranging analysis of social, cultural, and political aspects of pre-modern maritime commerce in Europe.

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Inspirational Investing (2023 edition): What matters in the world of investing – by women, for women by Amanda Taylor (5 Reviews)    Price verified 11 hours ago

When it comes to investing, the most important message for women is to start. Inspirational Investing is an empowering read that enables you to reflect on your own finances and plan ahead for those moments that matter. Many women doubt their own investing ability, but this book shows you why it is critical to plan for a better future, with inspiration from leading industry experts. Learn from some of the most successful women in finance as they share practical advice, combined with real-life journeys from people who have achieved investment success. Packed with insight and inspiration, this book features the true stories of women who have invested their way to financial freedom. In this edition, learn why and how to plan for a better future using pensions, investment trusts, cryptocurrency, ESG investing, alternative investments and much more. Amanda Taylor interviews leading women from the world of investment and asks: What is the impact of rising living costs? When is the best time for women to start investing? How can your health affect your money? How can you make sure your money is being invested in alignment with your values? What psychological biases affect how well you invest? Featuring: Alexandra Bause, Co-Founder, Apollo Health Ventures Annabel Brodie-Smith, Communications Director, The Association of Investment Companies Becky O'Connor, Co-Founder, Good with Money Blair DuQuesnay, Lead Advisor - Preserve, Ritholtz Wealth Management Charelle Griffith, Marketing and Business Strategist, CharelleGriffith.com Claire Dwyer, Head of Investment Companies, Fidelity Dame Mariot Leslie, SAINTS Danni Hewson, Finance Analyst and Broadcaster, AJ Bell Dr Nikki Ramskill, The Female Money Doctor Emilie Bellet, Founder and CEO, VestPod Jillian Godsil, Co-Founder and Editor-in-chief, blockleaders.io Julie Flynn, Independent financial planner and certified financial coach Kalpana Fitzpatrick, Editor, The Money Edit Lazetta Rainey Braxton, Co-Founder and Co-CEO, 2050 ...

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ESG and Responsible Institutional Investing Around the World: A Critical Review by Pedro Matos (48 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

This survey examines the vibrant academic literature on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing. While there is no consensus on the exact list of ESG issues, responsible investors increasingly assess stocks in their portfolios based on nonfinancial data on environmental impact (e.g., carbon emissions), social impact (e.g., employee satisfaction), and governance attributes (e.g., board structure). The objective is to reduce exposure to investments that pose greater ESG risks or to influence companies to become more sustainable. One active area of research at present involves assessing portfolio risk exposure to climate change. This literature review focuses on institutional investors, which have grown in importance such that they have now become the largest holders of shares in public companies globally. Historically, institutional investors tended to concentrate their ESG efforts mostly on corporate governance (the "G" in ESG). These efforts included seeking to eliminate provisions that restrict shareholder rights and enhance managerial power, such as staggered boards, supermajority rules, golden parachutes, and poison pills. Highlights from this section: · There is no consensus on the exact list of ESG issues and their materiality. · The ESG issue that gets the most attention from institutional investors is climate change, in particular their portfolio companies' exposure to carbon risk and "stranded assets." · Investors should be positioning themselves for increased regulation, with the regulatory agenda being more ambitious in the European Union than in the United States.Readers might come away from this survey skeptical about the potential for ESG investing to affect positive change. I prefer to characterize the current state of the literature as having a "healthy dose of skepticism," with much more remaining to be explored. Here, I hope the reader comes away with a call to action. For the industry practitioner, I believe that the investment ...

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A Guide to Sustainable Corporate Responsibility: From Theory to Action by Caroline D. Ditlev-Simonsen (1 Review)    Price verified 9 hours ago

This open access book discusses the challenges and opportunities faced by companies in an age that increasingly values sustainability and demands corporate responsibility. Beginning with the historical development of corporate responsibility, this book moves from academic theory to practical application. It points to ways in which companies can successfully manage their transition to a more responsible, sustainable way of doing business, common mistakes to avoid and how the UN Sustainable Development Goals are integral to any sustainability transformation. Practical cases illustrate key points. Drawing on thirty years of sustainability research and extensive corporate experience, the author provides tools such as a Step-by-Step strategic guide on integrating sustainability in collaboration with stakeholders including employees, customers, suppliers and investors. The book is particularly relevant for SMEs and companies operating in emerging markets. From a broader perspective, the value of externalities, full cost pricing, alternative economic theories and circular economy are also addressed.

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Bremen Cotton Exchange 1872/1922 by Andreas Wilhelm Cramer (2 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

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Industrial Policy for Growth and Diversification: A Conceptual Framework (Departmental Papers) by Mr. Gonzalo Salinas (INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND) (1 Review)    Price verified 4 hours ago

As countries strive for a strong recovery and to recoup the losses incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic, they need to map out a new path for development and high and sustained growth. Promoting diversification, developing new industrial capabilities, and designing the policies needed to achieve this goal should be a priority. A successful diversification strategy should tackle both broad policy failures, such as an unfavorable business environment and investment climate and sector-specific market failures. This departmental paper presents a conceptual framework to analyze industrial policy, defined as targeted sectoral interventions. The authors first discuss the key principles that should guide policymakers, that is, a focus on the market failures that could justify targeted sectoral interventions, as well as the potential government failures that can undermine these interventions. The authors then discuss some commonly employed policy tools, their rationale, and the associated pitfalls. Finally, the authors outline a stylized decision-making framework.

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The Future of Financial Systems in the Digital Age: Perspectives from Europe and Japan (Perspectives in Law, Business and Innovation) by Markus Heckel (Springer) (1 Review)    Price verified 4 hours ago

This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access. The increasing capacity of digital networks and computing power, together with the resulting connectivity and availability of "big data", are impacting financial systems worldwide with rapidly advancing deep-learning algorithms and distributed ledger technologies. They transform the structure and performance of financial markets, the service proposition of financial products, the organization of payment systems, the business models of banks, insurance companies and other financial service providers, as well as the design of money supply regimes and central banking. This book, The Future of Financial Systems in the Digital Age: Perspectives from Europe and Japan,brings together leading scholars, policymakers, and regulators from Japan and Europe, all with a profound and long professional background in the field of finance, to analyze the digital transformation of the financial system. The authors analyze the impact of digitalization on the financial system from different perspectives such as transaction costs and with regard to specific topics like the potential of digital and blockchain-based currency systems, the role of algorithmic trading, obstacles in the use of cashless payments, the challenges of regulatory oversight, and the transformation of banking business models. The collection of chapters offers insights from Japanese and European discourses, approaches, and experiences on a topic otherwise dominated by studies about developments in the USA and China.

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Just Invest and Become Insanely Wealthy! : Intuitive Investing Across Asset Classes by Jayaram Rajaram (105 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

Just Invest and become Insanely Wealthy! is a book for action takers. The content inside is gold standard for those who seek to learn investing in various asset classes through intuitive, common-sensical ways. This book is as much for people who hate numbers and complexity as it is for the finance geeks, as it gives a fresh perspective on visual, systematic and intuitive investing across asset classes. Whether you like equity, real estate, gold, debt, angel investing or crowd financing, this book will teach you how you can win across asset classes. No matter how many investment books you have read, this is a must read.

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The Future of Investment Management by Ronald Kahn (15 Reviews)    Price verified 9 hours ago

Investment management is in flux, arguably more than it has been in a long time. Active management is under pressure, with investors switching from active to index funds. New "smart beta" products offer low-cost exposures to many active ideas. Exchange-traded funds are proliferating. Markets and regulations have changed significantly over the past 10-20 years, and data and technology -- which are increasingly important for investment management -- are evolving even more rapidly. In the midst of this change, what can we say about the future of investment management? What ideas will influence its evolution? What types of products will flourish over the next 5-10 years? I use a long perspective to address these questions and analyze the modern intellectual history of investment management -- the set of ideas that have influenced investment management up to now. One central theme that emerges is that investment management is becoming increasingly systematic. Our understanding of risk has evolved from a general aversion to losing money to a precisely defined statistic we can measure and forecast. Our understanding of expected returns has evolved as the necessary data have become more available, as our understanding of fundamental value has developed, and as we have come to understand the connection between return and risk and the relevance of human behavior to both. Data and technology have advanced in parallel to facilitate implementing better approaches. With an understanding of the ideas underlying investment management today, including several insights into active management, I discuss the many trends currently roiling the field. These trends, applied to the current state of investment management, suggest that investment management will evolve into three distinct branches -- indexing, smart beta/factor investing, and pure alpha investing. Each branch will offer two styles of products: those that focus exclusively on returns and those that include goals beyond ...

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Investments: The Easy Guide to Building Wealth with Agricultural Business for Beginners by Alex Nkenchor Uwajeh (80 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

***Investments: The Easy Guide to Building Wealth with Agricultural Business for Beginners*** No matter what your plan is for your agribusiness, the key to your success lies in creating a strong foundation that will support your business into the future. Creating a profitable agricultural business not only builds wealth for you and your family. It also has the potential to build wealth for the surrounding community. If you're ready to leave the corporate rat-race and take the leap into being your own boss, agribusiness is an excellent option. Of course, there is some work and risk involved in getting started, but the rewards can certainly outweigh the risks. Other Available Books: *The Power of Positive Affirmations: Each Day a New Beginning *Christian Living: 2 Books with Bonus Content. *Bitcoin and Digital Currency for Beginners: The Basic Little Guide. *Investing in Gold and Silver Bullion - The Ultimate Safe Haven Investments. *Nigerian Stock Market Investment: 2 Books with Bonus Content. *The Dividend Millionaire: Investing for Income and Winning in the Stock Market. *Economic Crisis: Surviving Global Currency Collapse - Safeguard Your Financial Future with Silver and Gold. *Passionate about Stock Investing: The Quick Guide to Investing in the Stock Market. *Guide to Investing in the Nigerian Stock Market. *Building Wealth with Dividend Stocks in the Nigerian Stock Market (Dividends - Stocks Secret Weapon). *Beginners Basic Guide to Investing in Gold and Silver Boxed Set. *Beginners Basic Guide to Stock Market Investment Boxed Set. *Precious Metals Investing For Beginners: The Quick Guide to Platinum and Palladium. *Child Millionaire: Stock Market Investing for Beginners - How to Build Wealth the Smart Way for Your Child - The Basic Little Guide. *Taming the Tongue: The Power of Spoken Words. *The Real Estate Millionaire: Beginners Quick Start Guide to Investing In Properties and Learn How to Achieve Financial Freedom. *Business: How to ...

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How to Start a Lip Gloss Business : Get Your Lip Gloss Company to Grow to The International Level and Excel in The Long-Term by Maxwell Rotheray (4 Reviews)    Price verified 9 hours ago

Helena Rubinstein became rich selling beauty, you too can, but this lies in understanding your purpose of creating new lip gloss. The world will not applaud you for creating a money stream for yourself; it will for your passion for making humanity better. How does your lip gloss better society? Your sure step to success is developing a product that solves a problem; it is what will set you apart from the other numerous lip gloss brands in the world. This means having a unique selling proposition. Besides knowing this unique selling proposition, you should also know how to communicate it to the world. I can walk off the healthiest and delicious meal if the chef does not know how to express his thoughts to me. It is the same with beauty products and women. In this book, I will have the pleasure of taking you through the step-by-step process of creating a world-class lip gloss brand and make yourself a ton of money. There is severe competition in the lip gloss market, and you need to know how to stand out. Do not forget that there are brands that have already made a niche for themselves and have part of the market. Choose your place wisely and know where to fill it. Included in this guide are the strategies all successful lip gloss businesses have used to reach their present milestone. What are you waiting for? Take a chance today by accessing the most informative lip gloss business guide.

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Globalisation and its Economic Consequences: Looking at APEC Economies (Routledge-ERIA Studies in Development Economics) by Shujiro Urata (1 Review)    Price verified 9 hours ago

Given the rising criticisms of and growing doubts about globalisation, this timely edited volume looks at globalisation and its economic impact on eight countries in Asia and the Pacific region, namely Australia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, the United States (US), and Vietnam. The eight selected countries are members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum and yet the economies of these member countries have benefited differently from globalisation. This book summarises findings from existing academic literature in a coherent framework and reviews them critically to provide a balanced analysis. It also identifies the mechanisms through which globalisation impacts economies and explains how understanding of such mechanisms can be useful for formulating policies, which would benefit from globalisation while achieving inclusive economic growth in the context of rising nationalism and protectionism. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/10.4324/9781003138501, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

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Governing Social Protection in the Long Term: Social Policy and Employment Relations in Australia and New Zealand (Global Dynamics of Social Policy) by Gaby Ramia (Palgrave Macmillan) (1 Review)    Price verified 12 hours ago

This open access book examines the comparative evolution of social protection in Australia and New Zealand from 1890 to the present day, focusing on the relationship between employment relations and social policy. Utilising longstanding and more recent developments in historical institutionalist methodology, Ramia investigates the relationship between these two policy domains in the context of social protection theory. He argues that treating employment relations as dynamic, and as inextricably intertwined with changes in the welfare state over time, allows for more accurate portrayal of similarity and difference in social protection. The book will be of most interest to researchers, advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students in social policy, employment relations, public policy, social and political history, and comparative politics.

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From Zero to Interview : The proven three-step guide to getting the interviews you want, now. (The Work Connection Book 1) by M.K. Woodward (6 Reviews)    Price verified 10 minutes ago

Spending hours applying online for jobs you know you can do and not hearing back, is a highly frustrating and depressing process. In From Zero Interview, M.K.Woodward a recruiter with 20 years experience provides a simple, proven recruitment insider's guide on how to get better interviews with the employers you want, without applying online There is no reason to wait, especially in such unpredictable economic times. Whether your dream is to escape your current job, being paid what you're worth or just living more and enjoying your career - From Zero to Interview is your first step on the road to connecting with the employers you want. This proven insider's guide to getting better interviews includes: 1. We explode the myth that employers do not want to be contacted directly - How job hunters and career changers are using this guide to get interviews four times more efficiently than applying online to job advertisements 2. Proven real world templates you can copy. Resume, Email and LinkedIn messages templates that have worked for real people in their job search or career change process. 3. How upgrading your Linkedin profile and resume will improve your ability to get interviews and your ability to be paid what you are worth 4. Step by step real world case studies: How Michael from South Africa went from no responses from his job search to multiple job offers in Austin, Texas within 3 months. How Rachel from Scotland closed her dream job in Canada by unlocking the experience in her resume and communicating directly with her target employers Here is what some of our readers say. "I was struggling to get interviews during the pandemic. The depression from the job search was very real. From Zero to Interview is a clear guide how to get better job interviews. Thoroughly recommend for anyone looking for better job interviews and more control of the search" Jasmine Sinkler "I needed a new way to approach my job search and From Zero to Interview is the best ...

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200 Important Quotes From Napoleon Hill by Noel N (82 Reviews)    Price verified 9 hours ago

Learn from the best selling author who studied success and failure for over 20 years! Many of the worlds' most successful men have attributed Napoleon Hill's books to their success, most notably John C. Maxwell who lists it on his MUST READ list. Reading Napoleon Hill books made Noel realize the power of the human mind. These quotes from the various books by Napoleon Hill are some of what he considers to be the most important and powerful things he's ever said. Read them again and again whenever you feel the need and perhaps use them as a reference. Remember: "You have it within you to become as successful as you really want to be. Decide now what you want out of life and then go after it." -Succeed and Grow Rich Through Persuasion

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The Crypto Handbook: The ultimate guide to understanding and investing in digital assets, Web3, the metaverse and more. by Sam Volkering (Harriman House) (1 Review)    Price verified 11 hours ago

Turbulence in crypto markets has left investors and potential investors terrified about the future of digital assets and decentralised finance. Valuations have collapsed, exchanges bankrupted, and billions of dollars washed away. But is it really a crisis? Or is the immense promise and potential of this dynamic new asset class stronger than it's ever been? This isn't the first crypto boom and bust (likely not the last), and with every cycle exciting, emerging innovative opportunities rise to the surface and provide untapped potential for the informed investor. Investment and crypto expert Sam Volkering delves into the turmoil and unlocks the realities and potential of the still-emerging crypto opportunity. The Crypto Handbook is a must-have guide to the fundamentals of crypto and digital assets, covering topics such as exchanges, blockchain, NFTs, Web3, the metaverse and much more. Learn how to construct a robust crypto portfolio, how to secure and protect your crypto assets, how to put your crypto to work using decentralised finance, and how to spot and avoid threats and scams. This indispensable book reveals the latest thinking on the present and future of crypto, from some of the sector's leaders and innovators. Featuring interviews with: Luc Froehlich and Ben Brophy, Fidelity James Putra, TradeStation Dr. Jemma Green, Powerledger Hector McNeil, HANetf Lawrence Wintermeyer, GBBC Digital Finance By demystifying the complexities and confusion rife in the mainstream, The Crypto Handbook is a must-read for crypto newcomers and experienced investors alike. Readers will deepen their understanding to questions such as: What separates Bitcoin from the other 'altcoins' on the market? Can and should we trust crypto exchanges? What role do stablecoins play in the future of global finance? Is there any substance to the metaverse? What is blockchain, and how does it work? Are NFTs dead, or is another NFT boom around the corner? Is Web3 the future of the ...

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Courting Failure: How Competition for Big Cases Is Corrupting the Bankruptcy Courts by Lynn LoPucki (University of Michigan Press) (5 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

LoPucki's provocative critique of Chapter 11 is required reading for everyone who cares about bankruptcy reform. This empirical account of large Chapter 11 cases will trigger intense debate both inside the academy and on the floor of Congress. Confronting LoPucki's controversial thesis-that competition between bankruptcy judges is corrupting them-is the most pressing challenge now facing any defender of the status quo." -Douglas Baird, University of Chicago Law School "This book is smart, shocking and funny. This story has everything-professional greed, wrecked companies, and embarrassed judges. Insiders are already buzzing." -Elizabeth Warren, Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law, Harvard Law School "LoPucki provides a scathing attack on reorganization practice. Courting Failure recounts how lawyers, managers and judges have transformed Chapter 11. It uses empirical data to explore how the interests of the various participants have combined to create a system markedly different from the one envisioned by Congress. LoPucki not only questions the wisdom of these changes but also the free market ideology that supports much of the general regulation of the corporate sector." -Robert Rasmussen, University of Chicago Law School A sobering chronicle of our broken bankruptcy-court system, Courting Failure exposes yet another American institution corrupted by greed, avarice, and the thirst for power. Lynn LoPucki's eye-opening account of the widespread and systematic decay of America's bankruptcy courts is a blockbuster story that has yet to be reported in the media. LoPucki reveals the profound corruption in the U.S. bankruptcy system and how this breakdown has directly led to the major corporate failures of the last decade, including Enron, MCI, WorldCom, and Global Crossing. LoPucki, one of the nation's leading experts on bankruptcy law, offers a clear and compelling picture of the destructive power of "forum shopping," in which corporations ...

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Innovation Capacity and the City: The Enabling Role of Design (SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology) by Grazia Concilio (Springer) (1 Review)    Price verified 7 hours ago

This open access book represents one of the key milestones of DESIGNSCAPES, an H2020 CSA (Coordination and Support Action) research project funded by the European Commission under the Call "User-driven innovation: value creation through design-enabled innovation". The book demonstrates that adopting design allows us to embed innovation within the city so as to arrive at feasible answers to complex global challenges. In this way, innovation can become disruptive, while also sparking a dynamic of gradual change in the "urbanscape" it acts within. To explore this potential, the book puts forward the concept of "design enabled innovation in urban environments" and examines the part that the city can play in promoting and facilitating the adoption of design among public and private sector innovators. This leads to a potential evaluation framework in which a given urbanscape is assessed both in terms of its capacity for generating innovation, and of the nature (more or less design-dependent or design-prone) of the innovative initiatives it hosts. This thread of reasoning holds many promising implications, including a possible "third way" between those who dream of an alternative economic model where revenues and growth are sacrificed on the altar of social and environmental respect, and the supporters of the traditional market-based view, who feel it is enough to add a touch of responsibility and concern to a system that should continue rewarding the profitability of innovations.

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Powering a Learning Society During an Age of Disruption (Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects Book 58) by Sungsup Ra (Springer) (1 Review)    Price verified 8 hours ago

This open access book presents contemporary perspectives on the role of a learning society from the lens of leading practitioners, experts from universities, governments, and industry leaders. The think pieces argue for a learning society as a major driver of change with far-reaching influence on learning to serve the needs of economies and societies. The book is a testimonial to the importance of 'learning communities.' It highlights the pivotal role that can be played by non-traditional actors such as city and urban planners, citizens, transport professionals, and technology companies. This collection seeks to contribute to the discourse on strengthening the fabric of a learning society crucial for future economic and social development, particularly in the aftermath of the coronavirus disease.

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Urban Recycling Cooperatives: Building resilient communities (Routledge Advances in Regional Economics, Science and Policy) by Jutta Gutberlet (Routledge) (8 Reviews)    Price verified 9 hours ago

Solid waste is a major urban challenge worldwide and decisions over which technologies or methods to apply can have beneficial or detrimental long-term consequences. Inappropriate management of solid waste can lead to damaging environmental impacts, particularly in the megacities of the Global South. Urban Recycling Cooperatives explores the multiple narratives and interdisciplinary nature of waste studies, drawing attention to the pressing social, economic and environmental challenges related to waste management. The book asks questions such as: how do we define waste and our relation to it; who is involved in dealing with waste; and what power interactions become manifest over issues of accessing and managing waste? In recent years informal cooperatives have emerged, devoted to recycling household and business waste before reclassifying it and redirecting it to the authorities. Hence, these workers are able to reclaim significant amounts of natural resources and thus contribute to the saving of resources and lessened waste management expenditures. With particular reference to the Brazilian megalopolis of São Paulo, this book describes this paradigm shift in the general understanding of waste as unwanted discard towards the recognition of waste as a resource that must be recovered for reuse or recycling. It would be of interest to students and policy makers working in international development and waste management.

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Data Collection in Fragile States: Innovations from Africa and Beyond by Johannes Hoogeveen (1 Review)    Price verified 12 hours ago

'This open access book addresses an urgent issue on which little organized information exists. It reflects experience in Africa but is highly relevant to other fragile states as well.' -- Constantine Michalopoulos, John Hopkins University, USA and former Director of Economic Policy and Co-ordination at the World Bank Fragile countries face a triple data challenge. Up-to-date information is needed to deal with rapidly changing circumstances and to design adequate responses. Yet, fragile countries are among the most data deprived, while collecting new information in such circumstances is very challenging. This open access book presents innovations in data collection developed with decision makers in fragile countries in mind. Looking at innovations in Africa from mobile phone surveys monitoring the Ebola crisis, to tracking displaced people in Mali, this collection highlights the challenges in data collection researchers face and how they can be overcome.

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Building a Resilient and Sustainable Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa by Abebe Shimeles (Palgrave Macmillan) (3 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

What are the challenges and action points for agricultural sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa? This open access collection of papers offers technical analyses, policy recommendations and an overview of success stories to date. Each carefully selected paper provides valuable insights for improved policy making and defines relevant strategic priorities on Africa's sustainable transformation process, which is in line with the international development agenda. Although agriculture remains the main source of income for Africa's population, the sector is rain-fed subjecting it to the vagaries of weather and climate change. This volume demonstrates the rationale of developing a competitive, inclusive and sustainable agribusiness sector for Africa's food security and structural transformation. From the impact of Bioenergy crop adoption and Drought Index Insurance to Agro-Industrialization, this volume is important reading for individual researchers, academic associations and professional bodies interested in African agricultural development.

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The Crisis for Young People: Generational Inequalities in Education, Work, Housing and Welfare by Andy Green (Palgrave Macmillan) (14 Reviews)    Price verified 9 hours ago

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book provides an original and challenging analysis of one of the most pressing social issues of our times: intergenerational inequality. Based on recent mixed-method research, it explores the extent and scope of generational divides through an up-to-date analysis of the changing opportunities for young people in Britain across different life domains. A central question addressed is whether current changes are best understood as growing inequalities within and across age groups, or whether we face a genuine intergenerational decline over the life course of this and future generations of youth. Andy Green's controversial manifesto for intergenerational equity includes replacing higher education fees with a tax on graduates of all ages; the introduction of capital gains tax on sales of first homes; voting at 16, and a new charter of rights for private tenants.

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Big Data and Artificial Intelligence in Digital Finance: Increasing Personalization and Trust in Digital Finance using Big Data and AI by John Soldatos (Springer) (9 Reviews)    Price verified 14 hours ago

This open access book presents how cutting-edge digital technologies like Big Data, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Blockchain are set to disrupt the financial sector. The book illustrates how recent advances in these technologies facilitate banks, FinTech, and financial institutions to collect, process, analyze, and fully leverage the very large amounts of data that are nowadays produced and exchanged in the sector. To this end, the book also describes some more the most popular Big Data, AI and Blockchain applications in the sector, including novel applications in the areas of Know Your Customer (KYC), Personalized Wealth Management and Asset Management, Portfolio Risk Assessment, as well as variety of novel Usage-based Insurance applications based on Internet-of-Things data. Most of the presented applications have been developed, deployed and validated in real-life digital finance settings in the context of the European Commission funded INFINITECH project, which is a flagship innovation initiative for Big Data and AI in digital finance. This book is ideal for researchers and practitioners in Big Data, AI, banking and digital finance.

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Investing For Beginners: Quickstart Guide On Stock Market, Forex Trading, Futures, Etfs And Cryptocurrency (Transform Your Life And Get Rich With ... by Magnus Brewer (3 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

Are you planning to enter the world of investment? Are you interested in Options Trading? Do you want to improve your investment strategies? Don't worry. This book has got you covered. Wealth, they say it doesn't grow on trees, but the concept is just similar to how a tree grows i.e. it takes time. We all want to be wealthy but the problem is that we don't want to go through the process as a tree grows. We are looking for quick fixes and rugs to reaches stories that we read about every day don't make things any easier for us. Think about it; we all want to hear the stories of success but we don't want to hear about the stories of the number of times that those successful guys failed. Here's a Preview of What You Will Learn... • What Is Investing? • Why Try Investing? • How To Start Investing • Basics Of Stocks Investing • Basics Of Mutual Fund Investing • Basics Of Forex Investing • Basics Of Property Investing • The Portfolio • And more... No matter if you grew up in a family of wealthy investors or are just interested in learning the basics of what it takes, this book is for you! Everyone has to start somewhere, so why should you cause pain to yourself by attempting to read complicated jargon that makes absolutely no sense? No one has that much time to waste, and you certainly don't either! Get this book today!!

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Risk Management Maturity: A Multidimensional Model (Routledge Focus on Business and Management) by Sylwia Bąk (Routledge) (1 Review)    Price verified 8 hours ago

Crises like the COVID-19 pandemic are wake-up calls for enterprises to review their current risk management models. This book suggests a more robust risk management maturity model and illustrates the application in crisis situations. The book surveys existing risk management maturity models and proposes a new model appropriate for assessing the risk management processes in enterprises during times of crisis. Its key advantages include the correlation of its attributes with crisis situations and an innovative methodological approach to model development. The authors use the model to examine 107 enterprises from the financial services, construction and IT sector, showing how it allows the user to identify risk management maturity changes in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. The book will interest entrepreneurs, managers and risk management professionals, who can use the model in their management processes, as well as enterprise stakeholders and academics. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution- Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

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100 Stocks That A Young Warren Buffett Might Buy: Proven Methods for Buying Stocks and Building Wealth Like Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger by James Pattersenn Jr (Trilogy Publishing Group) (65 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

"Success in [stock] investing doesn't correlate with IQ... what you need is the temperament to control the urges that get other people into trouble in investing." - Warren Buffett In 100 Stocks that a Young Warren Buffett Might Buy, author James Pattersenn reveals how Warren Buffett and his partner Charlie Munger earned a mind-blowing 1156% return on investment with stocks and led Buffett to be one of the richest men in the world with a net worth of more than $109 billion. You will learn the most important stock buying guidelines that Buffett and Munger use to pick stocks that will outperform the stock market by large margins and build wealth incrementally over time. Perhaps most valuable to today's stock investors is the application of the Buffett - Munger model to build a profitable stock portfolio that performs better than the stock market in both bull markets and in times of market depression. In this powerful stock investing guide, you will learn: • The specific criteria for picking Buffett-and-Munger type stocks via value investing • 4 key principles that Buffett and Munger use for stock valuation and stock selection • The importance of concentrating your stock portfolio • How to use free online stock screeners to locate and identify Buffett-and-Munger type stocks • The importance of the margin of safety • How to find undervalued stocks and buy growth stocks near the bottom of downtrends • The power of dividend stocks to maximize portfolio growth • How to use free powerful online tools to help you to become a better investor • How to incorporate memorable Warren Buffett quotes to your stock trading information base • 100 wonderful companies that a young Buffett or Munger might buy in this technology-driven age if they invested as they do today Join the author as he applies Buffett's 60 years of incredible stock market expertise in a fascinating (and potentially extremely profitable) experiment, where 100 of today's best ...

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Migration and Social Protection in Europe and Beyond (Volume 2): Comparing Consular Services and Diaspora Policies (IMISCOE Research Series) by Jean-Michel Lafleur (Springer) (1 Review)    Price verified 6 hours ago

This second open access book in a series of three volumes examines the repertoire of policies and programmes led by EU Member States to engage with their nationals residing abroad. Focusing on sending states' engagement in the area of social protection, this book shows how a series of emigration-related policies that go beyond the realm of social security address the needs of nationals abroad in the area of health care, unemployment, family benefits, pensions and economic hardship. In addition, this volume highlights the variety of sending states' institutions that are involved in these policies (consulates, diaspora institutions, ministries, agencies... ) and their engagement with citizens abroad in other policy areas such as electoral rights, citizenship, language, culture, education, business or religion. As such this book is a valuable read to researchers, policy makers, government employees and NGO's.

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Taxing Multinationals in Europe (Departmental Papers) by Mr. Alexander D Klemm (INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND) (1 Review)    Price verified 9 hours ago

This paper aims to contribute to the European policy debate on corporate income tax reform in three ways. First, it takes a step back to review the performance of the CIT in Europe over the past several decades and the important role played by MNEs in European economies. Second, it analyses corporate tax spillovers in Europe with a focus on the channels and magnitudes of both profit shifting and CIT competition. Third, the paper examines the progress made in European CIT coordination and discusses reforms to strengthen the harmonization of corporate tax policies, in order to effectively reduce both tax competition and profit shifting.

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The Entrepreneurial Society: A Reform Strategy for the European Union (International Studies in Entrepreneurship Book 43) by Niklas Elert (Springer) (2 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

This open access book builds on the European Union's (EU) Horizon 2020 project 'Financial and Institutional Reforms for an Entrepreneurial Society' (FIRES). The authors outline how Europe can move towards more inclusive, innovative and sustainable growth through reforms that will rekindle its entrepreneurial spirit. Based on decades of research and countless discussions with stakeholders, the book also features the FIRES project's full list of policy interventions and institutional reforms that can help policymakers make that agenda a reality.

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Times of Insight: Conscience, Corporations, and the Common Good (Issues in Business Ethics Book 54) by Kenneth E. Goodpaster (1 Review)    Price verified 7 hours ago

This open access book traces the research and teaching contributions of Kenneth Goodpaster over more than 45 years of his career. The book shows the content and the progression of these themes over the years identifying four insights in applied ethics: the moral insight, the institutional insight, the anthropological insight, and the Socratic insight. It highlights such concepts as conscience, corporate responsibility, corporations as agents and as recipients, stockholders, stakeholders, comprehensive moral thinking, and ethics education. In addition, Goodpaster explains phrases such as teleopathy, moral projection, human dignity, and the common good. Finally, the book examines with concern the implications of the foregoing for the polarizing and partisan trends in contemporary business behavior. Kenneth Goodpaster's new book, Times of Insight: Conscience, Corporations, and the Common Good reflects the culmination of 50 years of incredible philosophical insights forming the basis of business ethics. His concept of 'corporate conscience' as a moral projection from individual conscience to organizational behavior is both an original as well as a most worthwhile approach to organizational responsibility. Coupling that with a clear notion of the common good, Goodpaster provides substantive grounds for a creative analysis of ethical issues in business. This is one of the most exciting new books in the field. - Patricia H. Werhane, Professor Emerita, University of Virginia and Professor Emerita, DePaul University. "Beginners beware. "Wickedly interdisciplinary" describes corporate ethics. More than "interdisciplinary," the field asks questions that range across disciplines, nations and centuries. Who better to cut this Gordian Knot than Ken Goodpaster, a true giant in the field, who mixes a prodigious knowledge of contemporary corporations with a deep understanding of intellectual history to produce a new and stunning amalgam. A must-read." - Thomas Donaldson, ...

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The Ultimate Stress-Relief Tool Kit: Simple Strategies For a Happier, Healthier Life (Vita Meadows Book 5) by Vita Meadows (1 Review)    Price verified 40 minutes ago

Pain, anxiety and stress have become part of everyday life in today's hectic society. From work demands to relationship strains and more personal matters, many of us feel trapped by stress and anxiety. There is hope--an escape from this cycle! The Ultimate Stress-Relief Tool Kit: Simple Strategies For A Happier, Healthier Life provides just that solution. The Ultimate Stress-Relief Tool Kit is an essential guide that aims to provide peace in an often overwhelming world. Filled with proven techniques for relieving tension and anxiety in daily life, this book equips readers with tools for taking back control of their health and well-being. No matter the source of your stress, The Ultimate Stress-Relief Tool Kit offers something to help. Within its pages lies an arsenal of effective tools ranging from mindfulness exercises and guided meditations designed to alleviate even the most persistent sources of tension. But The Ultimate Stress-Relief Tool Kit's benefits extend far beyond mere stress relief. By incorporating its strategies into your daily life, you will notice many positive transformations which will improve overall well-being and allow you to thrive. Let's take a look at the benefits you can anticipate by adopting The Ultimate Stress-Relief Tool Kit: Improve Health and Well-Being: Combat stress-related symptoms like headaches, muscle tension and fatigue with strategies outlined in this book and enjoy greater physical and mental well-being - creating a fuller life experience! Enhance Relationships: Minimize the negative impacts of stress on your mood and behavior to create healthier and more meaningful interactions with friends and family. Effective management of your stress levels can create healthier, deeper bonds among relationships. Enhancing Your Productivity and Creativity: By clearing away clutter and distractions from your mind, increasing productivity, and unlocking creative potential, using strategies from this book you will find yourself more ...

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Organization Management – Dynamic Creative Team Coordination (Edition Digital Science) by Stavros Georgiades (1 Review)    Price verified 40 minutes ago

This open access book, through an in-depth process study of the interactions of two creative groups (film production crew) in temporary organizations during two media projects, explores how a team developmental process unfolds and proposes a model illustrating how the groups repeatedly change formation so that individuals can manage job interdependencies and new issues arising while developing, building up, and synthesizing new ideas into a final creative solution. This theory on creative group dynamic coordination builds theory on how and why creative groups coordinate, challenges assumptions about the role of formal structures and informal practices by demonstrating how the two dynamically interact and complement each other to facilitate coordination via the emergence of what one would expect to be "un-coordinated methods", and provides an alternative perspective to the stages the groups have to go through by emphasizing a cyclical and not a linear team developmental process.

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Process Mining Handbook (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing 448) by Wil M. P. van der Aalst (Springer) (1 Review)    Price verified 9 hours ago

This is an open access book. This book comprises all the single courses given as part of the First Summer School on Process Mining, PMSS 2022, which was held in Aachen, Germany, during July 4-8, 2022. This volume contains 17 chapters organized into the following topical sections: Introduction; process discovery; conformance checking; data preprocessing; process enhancement and monitoring; assorted process mining topics; industrial perspective and applications; and closing.

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The Pilgrim’s Guide to the Workplace (SpringerBriefs in Business) by Agustin Chevez (1 Review)    Price verified 9 hours ago

This is an Open Access book. Hoping to incubate a unique idea about workplace design, Dr. Agustin Chevez walked in isolation for 42 days from Melbourne to Sydney. His pilgrimage delivered 34 Signposts, a collection of insights which hold the promise to guide us to a better place to work. While firmly positioned within the shifting context of work, the Signposts point away from reactive solutions with a short shelf life. Instead, these markers are infused with a diversity of thought instilled by Agustin's pilgrimage and reclaim the forgotten qualities of solitude, boredom, adversity, and absurdity as mechanisms to deliver innovation and create improved working environments. On his way to Sydney Agustin relied on maps and people with local knowledge of the lands he traversed. Similarly, in this book, he consults people with local knowledge in various design disciplines, management, and technology as he navigates the many regions of the workplace and work practices covered by the Signposts. When he reaches the end of the known trails, he starts laying paths that take us closer to where the Signposts converge. Agustin writes from the perspective of a pilgrim, architect, workplace consultant, and researcher and invites you to join him as a fellow pilgrim. You will be rewarded with a journey that revisits our assumptions about the way we use space to host the ever-evolving notion of work - an expedition leading not only to better versions of the workplace, but a better version of ourselves. "This book takes about three hours to read, and it could take a lifetime to fully extract all the benefits that it contains. This does not suggest that there are not immediate benefits available from reflecting on and applying the Signposts that are core to the book's intellectual contribution." - Peer Review extract

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The Downfall of the American Order? by Peter J. Katzenstein (Cornell University Press) Price verified 14 hours ago

The Downfall of the American Order? offers penetrating insight into the emerging global political economy at this moment of an increasingly chaotic world. For seventy-five years, the basic patterns of world politics and the contours of international economic activity took place in the shadow of American leadership and the institutions it designed -- an order designed to avoid the horrors of previous eras, including, most poignantly, two world wars and the Great Depression. But all things must pass. The global financial crisis of 2008, the legacy of two long, losing wars, and the polarizing and tumultuous presidency of Donald Trump all suggest that global affairs have reached a turning point. The implications of this are profound. The contributors to this book cast their eyes back on the order that once was, and look ahead to what might follow. In dialogue with each other's appraisals and expectations, they differ in their assessments of the probable, ranging from a hollowed-out American primacy muddling through by default, to partial modifications of old institutions and practices at home and abroad, and to wholesale contestations and the search for new orders. Contributors: Rawi Abdelal, Sheri Berman, Mark Blyth, Francis J. Gavin, Peter A. Gourevitch, Ilene Grabel, Peter J. Katzenstein, Jonathan Kirshner, and John Gerard Ruggie

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Are You Free?: Beginners Guide to Liberty (Christian Liberty) by Tim Bankes II (13 Reviews)    Price verified 14 hours ago

Growing up in America made me think that I was as free as anyone could be. I ran into libertarianism and that changed everything. Do you want to find out the truth about freedom? The truth about why being free is the most important thing in the world. This book will offer an angle for all sides of the political spectrum. It will open your eyes to a new way, a completely separate way of thinking about how we can solve our problems. Most people who really open themselves up to these ideas find themselves having a conversion-like experience.

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Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Business, Accounting, Finance and Economics (BAFE 2022) (Advances in Economics, Business and ... by Fanyu Chen (Atlantis Press) Price verified 10 hours ago

This is an open access book. The Faculty of Business and Finance, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) is pleased to organize the 10th International Conference on Business, Accounting, Finance, and Economics (BAFE 2022) on 11th October 2022 in virtual mode via Microsoft Teams or Zoom platform. This conference aims to bring together researchers to present up-to-date works that contribute to new theoretical, methodological and empirical knowledge

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Implementing Industry 4.0 in SMEs: Concepts, Examples and Applications by Dominik T. Matt (1 Review)    Price verified 7 hours ago

This open access book addresses the practical challenges that Industry 4.0 presents for SMEs. While large companies are already responding to the changes resulting from the fourth industrial revolution , small businesses are in danger of falling behind due to the lack of examples, best practices and established methods and tools. Following on from the publication of the previous book 'Industry 4.0 for SMEs: Challenges, Opportunities and Requirements', the authors offer in this new book innovative results from research on smart manufacturing, smart logistics and managerial models for SMEs. Based on a large scale EU-funded research project involving seven academic institutions from three continents and a network of over fifty small and medium sized enterprises, the book reveals the methods and tools required to support the successful implementation of Industry 4.0 along with practical examples.

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Women Workers And Technological Change In Europe In The Nineteenth And twentieth century by Gertjan De Groot (Routledge) (18 Reviews)    Price verified 9 hours ago

From the traditional stereotyped viewpoint, femininity and technology clash. This negative association between women and technology is one of the features of the sex-typing of jobs. Men are seen as technically competent and creative; women are seen as incompetent, suited only to work with machines that have been made and maintained by men. Men identify themselves with technology, and technology is identified with masculinity. The relationship between technology, technological change and women's work is, however, very complex.; Through studies examining technological change and the sexual division of labour, this book traces the origins of the segregation between women's work and men's work and sheds light on the complicated relationship between work and technology. Drawing on research from a number of European countries England, Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands, international contributors present detailed studies on women's work spanning two centuries. The chapters deal with a variety of work environments - office work, textiles and pottery, food production, civil service and cotton and wool industries.; This work rejects the idea that women were mainly employed as unskilled labour in the industrial revolutions, asserting that skill was required from the women, but that both the historical record about women's work and the social construction of the concept of "skill" have denied this.

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Designing Digital Work: Concepts and Methods for Human-centered Digitization by Stefan Oppl (Palgrave Macmillan) (12 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

Combining theory, methodology and tools, this open access book illustrates how to guide innovation in today's digitized business environment. Highlighting the importance of human knowledge and experience in implementing business processes, the authors take a conceptual perspective to explore the challenges and issues currently facing organizations. Subsequent chapters put these concepts into practice, discussing instruments that can be used to support the articulation and alignment of knowledge within work processes. A timely and comprehensive set of tools and case studies, this book is essential reading for those researching innovation and digitization, organization and business strategy.

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History of Innovative Entrepreneurs in Japan by Takeo Kikkawa (1 Review)    Price verified 11 hours ago

This is the first Open Access book introducing more than 20 of Japan's leading innovative entrepreneurs from the 17th century to the present. The author outlines the innovative business models created by entrepreneurs including SoftBank's Masayoshi Son, Fast Retailing (Uniqlo)'s Yanai Tadashi, Honda's Soichiro Honda, Sony's Akio Morita, Panasonic's Konosuke Matsushita, and Toyota's Kiichiro Toyoda, as well as their predecessors including Takatoshi Mitsui of Mitsui Zaibatsu, Shibusawa Eiichi of Daiichi Bank. While introducing the innovators, the author also raises three broader questions: 1. Why did Japan industrialize earlier than any other country outside Europe and the United States? 2. Why was Japan able to realize unsurpassed economic growth between the 1910s and the 1980s? 3. Why has Japan's economy stagnated for more than 30 years since the 1990s? Drawing upon analytical concepts including Schumpeter's breakthrough innovation, Kirzner's incremental innovation, and Christensen's disruptive innovation, the author contends that Japan's successes were based on unique and systematic breakthrough innovation and an accumulation of incremental innovation, while it later fell victim to a combination of breakthrough innovation from advanced countries and disruptive innovation by developing nations.

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World Economic Outlook, October 2021 by International Monetary Fund. Research Dept. Price verified 5 hours ago

The global recovery continues but the momentum has weakened, hobbled by the pandemic. Fueled by the highly transmissible Delta variant, the recorded global COVID-19 death toll has risen close to 5 million and health risks abound, holding back a full return to normalcy. Pandemic outbreaks in critical links of global supply chains have resulted in longer-than-expected supply disruptions, further feeding inflation in many countries. Overall, risks to economic prospects have increased, and policy trade-offs have become more complex.

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How to Trade Binary Options Successfully: A Complete Guide to Binary Options Trading by Meir Liraz (Liraz Publishing) (213 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

The purpose of this book is to show you how to make money trading Binary Options. Binary Options are a popular investment instrument for trading stocks, commodities and currencies. Trading Binaries is very simple and straightforward, all you need to do is decide which of the two directions the asset will move, up or down. And binaries has quite a high profit potential. Binary options allow even beginners the opportunity to succeed with financial trading. Actually people that have minimum financial track record can easily make money by learning how to trade options online. This book features the in and outs of binary options as well as strategies needed to achieve success in trading binaries. Here are some of the topics you'll discover while reading the book: ? The single most critical factor to binary options success - ignore it at your own perils. ? How to prevent falling prey to a dishonest broker. ? Simple, easy to copy ideas that will enhance your chances of winning trades. ? How to spot a Binary Options scam. ? What you need to succeed in Binary Options. ? Advantages and disadvantages of trading binary options. ? Effective risk management strategies to help you minimize your risk and conserve your capital. ? Key factors to successful financial Binary Options trading. ? How to develop binary options investment strategies and entry points signals that work. ? A list of easy-to-follow tips to help you improve your trading successes. ? How much money you need to start trading. ? All this and much much more.

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Passive Income: How to Make Money Online by Blogging, Ecommerce, Dropshipping and Affiliate Marketing (Wealth Using Real Estate And Online Business) by Stephen J Jackson (33 Reviews)    Price verified 11 hours ago

This book will make you realize how special and easy generate passive income can be! You will learn about great passive income ideas and streams to profit from for years and years to come. Do you want to know how to make money while you sleep? Want to someday quit your job but can't? Do you want to break free from the shackles of living paycheck to paycheck? Do you believe in the possibility of retiring before you are 30? Then you need the secrets in this book! Highlights of The Smart Passive Income Guide: ? Common Misconceptions about Passive Incomes ? A Successful Mindset for Making Passive Income ? The Pros and Cons of each Type of Passive Income Stream ? How to Build a Passive Income Business ? Obstacles to Building Passive Income ? Which Type of Passive Income Suits You Best ? 5 of The Best Passive Income Options Passive income can be the game changer for you.It's time for you to explore the various passive income streams so that you can take an early retirement and say goodbye to that boring 9-5 job. I am sure you are intrigued about learning the art of growing your wealth through the various passive income streams. This guide has everything you need to know about passive income and its various channels. I know you've been looking for an opportunity to earn some extra income. This step-by-step guide will help you explore just that.

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Victory At All Costs: An Exhortation On What Success Demands by A.P. Hovsepian (11 Reviews)    Price verified 14 hours ago

Why are there so many books about success? And if you want to succeed, which one do you read? So many authors and individuals feel as though their unique experience is publishworthy. It is not. Most success stories are riddled with luck, timing, and survivorship bias. They don't really know what it takes to win, and are only doing damage to hopefuls who pick up their material. Victory At All Costs is a sobering checklist of what is required to win in this world. It does not instruct you on what to do, rather, what you should be prepared to deal with. It is a framework to prequalify the winners, and give the losers an excuse to not even begin to try.

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The Success Roadmap (The Hero's Journey Series Book 1) by C. A. Touré (26 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

Take charge of the direction of your life. Are you fed up, thrashing in the dark with no clear way to attain your coveted goals? Are you aching to start building a life you can be proud of? Then the reader this book was written for is you. One who's truly trying to attain higher levels but keeps coming up short. You don't know where to start, yet you don't wish to quit and still have enough fight left in you for another round. On the other hand, if you're lucky enough to have avoided all the pain of seeking answers and this was your first stop, then you've landed on the right book too. The Success Roadmap was written with you specifically in mind. It offers clear, simple and proven techniques. Written in such a manner that while reading it, you can begin working on changing your life, through systems and techniques within the book. By the time you put it down, you'll be ready to start living your life with a map that will lead you right where you want to be. In it, you will get: systems to ensure your start is much smoother A self-administered program (with optional assistance and guidance) Free self-hypnosis tapes available through the book to help you take charge of your subconscious Access to C. A. Touré's Accountability Associate program (more on this in the book) Acquire the tools to overcome a lack of motivation, confidence and willpower Tons of advice to help overwrite your negative programming and A clear actionable map to achieve your goals Tools to develop a positivity habit, self-discipline and radical self-transformation Help to rise out of any current stagnancy either due to failure, laziness or demotivation... etc. And much, much more. In addition, you'll get an opportunity to join C. A. Touré's Accountability Community's Discord channel to help you follow through on the tools and techniques you'll learn in the book. Now, let us ask you once more. Are you ready to start mapping out your journey to success? © Ikiké Press, 2020

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Transition and Opportunity: Strategies from Business Leaders on Making the Most of China's Future (China and Globalization) by Huiyao Wang (Springer) (1 Review)    Price verified 7 hours ago

This book is open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. Multinational corporations (MNCs) have long played a crucial role in the Chinese economy. This role is one that is set to continue in the post-pandemic era as China works to transit to a high-quality growth model that is more sustainable and innovation-driven. With global experience and front-line involvement in some of the most pressing economic, technological, and environmental issues of our day, leading figures in MNCs and chambers of commerce are well placed to share insights that could potentially contribute to policymaking and development strategies so that everyone can "make the most" of China's future. This collection of essay aims to share these invaluable insights with a wider audience, offering balanced and diverse perspectives from companies and advocacy groups working on a range of issues related to China's domestic development, international economic cooperation, and China-US competition. These insights are useful not only for the wider business community, but also for academics, policymakers, students, and anyone trying to deepen their understanding of this exciting period of "transition and opportunity," and make the most of China's bright future.

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The Dynamics of Marginalized Youth: Not in Education, Employment, or Training Around the World (Routledge Studies in Labour Economics) by Mark Levels (1 Review)    Price verified 11 hours ago

This book studies young people who are Not in Education, Employment, or Training (NEET); a prime concern among policymakers. Moving past common interpretations of NEETs as a homogeneous group, it asks why some youth become NEET, whereas other do not. The authors analyse diverse school-to-work patterns of young NEETs in five typical countries and investigate the role of individual characteristics, countries' institutions and policies, and their complex interplay. Readers will come to understand youth marginalization as a process that may occur during the transition from school, vocational college, or university to work. By studying longitudinal analyses of processes and transitions, readers will gain the crucial insight that NEETs are not equally vulnerable, and that most NEETs will find their way back to the labour market. However, they will also see that in all countries, a group of long-term NEETs exists. These exceptionally vulnerable young people are sidelined from society and the labour market. The country cases and cross-national studies illustrate that policies intended to help long-term NEETs to find their way in society are very limited. The book provides useful theoretical and empirical insights for scholars interested in the school-to-work transition and marginalized youth. It also provides helpful insights in vulnerability to policymakers who aim to combat youth marginalization. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

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The Front-end of Large Public Projects: Paradoxes and Ways Ahead (Routledge Frontiers in Project Management) by Terry M. Williams (1 Review)    Price verified 7 hours ago

Large public projects represent major complex investment and whilst there has been much written about how to develop, manage and deliver such projects, practice still does not match up with expectations. In this book, researchers from the Norwegian Concept Research Programme explore the paradoxes between theory and practice in collaboration with experts in the field of project governance. This book delves into the reality of large public projects, to show how they can be managed effectively and efficiently, recognising the realities of their context. It offers a range of practical conclusions as to the paradoxes of the governance and management of public projects. The international spectrum of authors draw their examples from the UK, Norway, Canada, France, Australia and the Netherlands. Bridging the gap between research, theory and practice, this book will benefit academics and researchers in the field of project management and corporate governance as well as those in the practice of public project governance, civil servants and industry practitioners.

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Contextual Process Digitalization: Changing Perspectives – Design Thinking – Value-Led Design by Albert Fleischmann (Springer) (2 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

This open access book presents an overview and step-by-step explanation of process management. It starts with the individual participants' perspectives on their work in a process and its structuring and harmonization, and then moves on to its specification in a model and how it is embedded in the organizational and IT environment of the company. Lastly, the book examines the joint processing of instances in the resulting socio-technical systems. A corresponding illustration, which expands with the overview, enables readers to gain a comprehensive understanding of business process management. The book presents various facets of business process management from the perspective of the participants, and introduces a selection of models that have proved useful in practice. The design of such models supports the transition from a more-or-less unstructured or unsatisfactory way of working to a structured process that corresponds to the ideas of the company and its customers. The book is intended for professionals in industry as well as students in the field of business information systems who are looking for guidelines on how to discover, create and implement real-world processes.

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The Dynamics of Opportunity in America: Evidence and Perspectives by Irwin Kirsch (Springer) (1 Review)    Price verified 9 hours ago

Across the country, our children are beginning life from very different starting points. Some have aspirations and believe they can be achieved. For too many others, aspirations are tempered, if not dashed, by the sobering realities of everyday life. These different starting points place children on distinctly different trajectories of growth and development, ultimately leading to vastly different adult outcomes. How did we get to a place where circumstances of birth have become so determinative? And what must we do, within communities and across our country, to better equalize opportunity for more Americans - both young and old? The editors of this volume contend that if, as a nation, we do nothing, then we will continue to drift apart, placing an unsustainable strain on the nation's social fabric and the character of its democracy. Consequently, understanding the dynamics governing the distribution and transmission of opportunity - and transforming this understanding into policies and programs - is critical for not only the life outcomes of individual Americans and their children, but also the country as a whole. The goal of Educational Testing Service's Opportunity in America initiative is to explore these powerful dynamics and to describe and convey them in a way that advances the national conversation about why we must take action - and how best to do so. This volume contains 14 chapters, including an epilogue, written by leaders from a range of fields including education, economics, demography, and political science. Collectively, they not only illuminate key aspects of the problem but also offer suggestions of what policies, programs, and changes in practices could begin to reverse the trends we are seeing. Written in an engaging style, this volume constitutes an essential foundation for informed discussion and strategic analysis.

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The Art of Communicating: Addressing Current Trends (Communication Mastery Series Book 3) by Marcus Smith (8 Reviews)    Price verified 6 hours ago

Learn How The Digital Age Is Harming Our Communication Capabilities And Why It Prevents Us From Building Meaningful Relationships! Do you spend a lot of time online connecting with others? Do you feel isolated? Is your mental health suffering? Do you struggle to create genuine bonds with other people? Do you feel anxious when you need to talk to other people? Are your personal and professional relationships suffering due to all this? If yes, then this book, The Art of Communicating is PERFECT FOR YOU! Technology allows us to share our thoughts with millions of people online. For most of us, we can connect with hundreds of people with a single post on our favorite social media application. Although this is great capability to have, it also comes with some alarming consequences. Today, most of us find that we no longer have meaningful relationships with the people around or near us. Instead, we like to focus our attention to our online identity. Amassing a large following of people in which there is no real or genuine connection. This focus of creating relationships online prevents us from practicing our communication skills in real-life, and without having these communication skills we cannot gain genuine relationships with the people around us. Not being able to generate meaningful relationships can have a dire impact to your mental health. In the end, the consequence can cripple both your personal and professional life. Well, you needn't fret because this issue can be fixed. With a little commitment, consistency, open mindset, and patience you can tackle this problem. This book will arm you with the tools needed to overcome the problem. In this book on The Art of Communicating you will discover: ? How humans communicate with each other ? How communication has evolved through the digital age ? How to reduce your online presence ? Understand the importance of meaningful relationships Are you eager to learn more about all this? If yes, take the first ...

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The Politics of Green Transformations (Pathways to Sustainability) by Ian Scoones (Routledge) (3 Reviews)    Price verified 9 hours ago

Multiple 'green transformations' are required if humanity is to live sustainably on planet Earth. Recalling past transformations, this book examines what makes the current challenge different, and especially urgent. It examines how green transformations must take place in the context of the particular moments of capitalist development, and in relation to particular alliances. The role of the state is emphasised, both in terms of the type of incentives required to make green transformations politically feasible and the way states must take a developmental role in financing innovation and technology for green transformations. The book also highlights the role of citizens, as innovators, entrepreneurs, green consumers and members of social movements. Green transformations must be both 'top-down', involving elite alliances between states and business, but also 'bottom up', pushed by grassroots innovators and entrepreneurs, and part of wider mobilisations among civil society. The chapters in the book draw on international examples to emphasise how contexts matter in shaping pathways to sustainability Written by experts in the field, this book will be of great interest to researchers and students in environmental studies, international relations, political science, development studies, geography and anthropology, as well as policymakers and practitioners concerned with sustainability. ? ?

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Neighbourhoods in Transition: Brownfield Regeneration in European Metropolitan Areas (The Urban Book Series) by Emmanuel Rey (Springer) (1 Review)    Price verified 12 hours ago

This open access book is focused on the intersection between urban brownfields and the sustainability transitions of metreopolitan areas, cities and neighbourhoods. It provides both a theoretical and practical approach to the topic, offering a thorough introduction to urban brownfields and regeneration projects as well as an operational monitoring tool. Neighbourhoods in Transition begins with an overview of historic urban development and strategic areas in the hearts of towns to be developed. It then defines several key issues related to the topic, including urban brownfields, regeneration projects, and sustainability issues related to neighbourhood development. The second part of this book is focused on support tools, explaining the challenges faced, the steps involved in a regeneration process, and offering an operational monitoring tool. It applies the unique tool to case studies in three selected neighbourhoods and the outcomes of one case study are also presented and discussed, highlighting its benefits. The audience for this book will be both professional and academic. It will support researchers as an up-to-date reference book on urban brownfield regeneration projects, and also the work of architects, urban designers, urban planners and engineers involved in sustainability transitions of the built environment.

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China's Global Political Economy: Managerial Perspectives (Routledge Studies on Comparative Asian Politics) by Robert Taylor (Routledge) Price verified 8 hours ago

Much has been written about China's economy, as well as its business management system. China's Global Political Economy, however, is designed to bring together these two perspectives, serving to enhance our understanding of China's growing global role. Examining changes in the management strategies of foreign companies investing in China and Chinese enterprises doing business overseas, this book analyses China's political economy in the context of the Communist Party's changing policies. The introductory section begins by studying the aspects of Chinese economic growth as it impacts on domestic social issues and the projection of Chinese power abroad. Within this overall framework, it then goes on to critically assess the effects of foreign investment, business management strategies, human resource management, corporate social responsibility and the financial services sector. Arguing that the encouragement of consumption is a significant objective of the Chinese leadership, the last section is concerned with the importance of the food industry. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of Chinese business, management and international political economy, as well as policymakers and business practitioners.

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Bestseller Amazon: Come Pubblicare un Libro e Scalare le Classifiche per Essere Numero1 Bestseller su Amazon con il Protocollo di Lancio, di Prezzo e ... by Giacomo Bruno (280 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

"Giacomo Bruno: da ingegnere elettronico a papà degli ebook" Il Corriere "L'Editore che Sforna Bestseller e Autori Milionari" La Repubblica "I libri di Bruno danno un vantaggio competitivo ai lettori" Forbes "Giacomo Bruno è l'uomo giusto. Ho visto poche persone fare quello che fa Giacomo quando si tratta di scrivere e pubblicare un libro. E tu hai la fortuna di averlo in Italia. Pronto a seguirti e insegnarti tutto quello che ti serve per diventare Autore Bestseller ed essere il Numero 1 del tuo settore." Robert Allen Vuoi Diventare il Numero1 del Tuo Settore? Trasforma la Tua Storia in un Libro Formativo? per Trovare Nuovi Clienti per il Tuo Business. Cosa è un Libro Formativo?? • ??È il più potente strumento di marketing per trovare nuovi potenziali clienti, per avere più visibilità e autorevolezza. • ?È un libro professionale che offre tecniche e strategie pratiche per aiutare il lettore a migliorarsi e acquisire nuove competenze. • È un manuale pratico che forma e insegna ai lettori come raggiungere un risultato specifico. • È un libro che racconta la tua storia, le tue esperienze e le tue sfide per trasmettere insegnamenti agli altri. • ????È il tuo nuovo biglietto da visita professionale per farti conoscere e ricordare dai tuoi clienti. • ?È un libro che ti posiziona come l'esperto del tuo settore e ti conferisce immediata autorevolezza. BESTSELLER AMAZON. Come Pubblicare un Libro e Scalare le Classifiche per Essere Numero1 Bestseller su Amazon con il Protocollo di Lancio, di Prezzo e di Posizionamento SEO. (Prefazione di Robert G. Allen) PERCHÉ SCRIVERE UN LIBRO BESTSELLER • Il vero motivo per cui è fondamentale, per qualsiasi imprenditore o libero professionista, diventare autore Bestseller su Amazon. • Qual è il settore con il più alto tasso di crescita in ambito editoriale. IL PROTOCOLLO BESTSELLER PER SCALARE AMAZON • In che modo puoi raggiungere 600.000.000 di potenziali clienti attraverso Amazon. • ...

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The Fabric of Civilization A Short Survey of the Cotton Industry in the United States by Guaranty Trust Company of New York (1 Review)    Price verified 8 hours ago

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

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