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Explore the best business and economics books, including top entrepreneur reads, finance essentials, and foundational texts. Browse our online bookstore for bestsellers and highly recommended books in business and economics.
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Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education, 3rd EditionHuman Capital is Becker's classic study of how investment in an individual's education and training is similar to business investments in equipment. Recipient of the 1992 Nobel Prize in Economic Science, Gary S. Becker is a pioneer of applying economic analysis to human behavior...
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The Art of the Pitch: Persuasion and Presentation Skills That Win BusinessThrough an engaging and humorous narrative, Peter Coughter presents the tools he designed to help advertising and marketing professionals develop persuasive presentations that deliver business. Readers will learn how to develop skills to create the perfect presentation.Author: Peter CoughterPublisher: Palgrave MacMillanPublished: 01/12/2012Pages: 240Binding Type:...
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Misunderstanding Financial Crises CBefore 2007, economists thought that financial crises would never happen again in the United States, that such upheavals were a thing of the past. Gary B. Gorton, a prominent expert on financial crises, argues that economists fundamentally misunderstand what they are, why they occur,...
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The Science of Leadership: Lessons from Research for Organizational LeadersIn The Science of Leadership, Julian Barling takes an evidenced-based approach, relying primarily on the knowledge generated from research on organizational leadership conducted around the world and personal reflections based on two decades of involvement in leadership research and leadership development with executives. While...
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Work: A Very Short IntroductionThe image of a job captures our imagination from an early age, usually prompted by the question 'What do you want to be when you grow up?'. Work -- paid, unpaid, voluntary, or obligatory -- is woven into the fabric of all human societies....
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Keynes: A Very Short IntroductionJohn Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) is a central thinker of the twentieth century, not just an economic theorist and statesman, but also an important figure in economics, philosophy, politics, and culture. In this Very Short Introduction Lord Skidelsky, a renowned biographer of Keynes, explores his...
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Fixing Failed States: A Framework for Rebuilding a Fractured WorldToday between forty and sixty nations, home to more than one billion people, have either collapsed or are teetering on the brink of failure. The world's worst problems--terrorism, drugs and human trafficking, absolute poverty, ethnic conflict, disease, genocide--originate in such states, and the international...
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The State of the Native Nations: Conditions Under U.S. Policies of Self-DeterminationMedia filters and personal preconceptions can make it hard to get a clear view of present-day Indian America. The reality is that the 500+ Native nations in the United States confront many of the same day-to-day challenges that are faced by other nations and...
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Taxes in America: What Everyone Needs to KnowrArguments about taxation are among the most heated- no other topic is as influential to the role of government and the distribution of costs and benefits in America. But while understanding of our tax system is of vital importance, the complexity can create confusion....
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Real Econometrics: The Right Tools to Answer Important QuestionsAn engaging and practical introduction to econometrics, Real Econometrics: The Right Tools to Answer Important Questions, offers thorough coverage of the most frequently used methods of analysis. Grounded in contemporary understandings of causal inference, the text invites students to extract meaningful information about important...
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Private Empire: Exxonmobil and American Power"ExxonMobil has met its match in Coll, an elegant writer and dogged reporter . . . extraordinary . . . monumental." --The Washington Post "Fascinating . . . Private Empire is a book meticulously prepared as if for trial . . . a compelling...
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Working with Difficult People: Handling the Ten Types of Problem People Without Losing Your MindA revised edition of the classic guide on how to best resolve conflict in today's technologically advanced workplace. Your work day is filled with them--people who frustrate, impede, maneuver, undermine, plot, connive, and whine. This indispensable guide details specific techniques for handling all of...
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Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations"A fascinating survey of the digital age . . . An eye-opening paean to possibility." --The Boston Globe "Mr. Shirky writes cleanly and convincingly about the intersection of technological innovation and social change." --New York Observer An extraordinary exploration of how technology can empower...
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I Know How She Does It: How Successful Women Make the Most of Their TimeEveryone has an opinion, anecdote, or horror story about women and work. Now the acclaimed author of What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast shows how real working women with families are actually making the most of their time. "Having it all" has...
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The Smarter Screen: Surprising Ways to Influence and Improve Online BehaviorA leading behavioral economist reveals the tools that will improve our decision making on screensOffice workers spend the majority of their waking hours staring at screens. Unfortunately, few of us are aware of the visual biases and behavioral patterns that influence our thinking when...
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Fiasco: The Inside Story of a Wall Street TraderFIASCO is the shocking story of one man's education in the jungles of Wall Street. As a young derivatives salesman at Morgan Stanley, Frank Partnoy learned to buy and sell billions of dollars worth of securities that were so complex many traders themselves didn't...
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Wired to Care: How Companies Prosper When They Create Widespread EmpathyIn this essential and illuminating book, top business strategist Dev Patnaik tells the story of how organizations of all kinds prosper when they tap into a power each of us already has: empathy, the ability to reach outside of ourselves and connect with other...
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Human Resource ManagementFor courses in Management. Modern Human Resources: Technology, Social Media, and Management Human Resource Management provides readers with the daily tools and skills they need to function as successful managers--in both human resources and business in general. With a practical approach, the text explores...
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Economics at the Wheel: The Costs of Cars and Drivers"Economics at the Wheel" is about cars and driving, and all the problems that cars and drivers create for America. It explains actual government policy intended to reduce the damage cars and drivers do to us, and it explains why these government policies are...
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Hundred Percenters: Challenge Your Employees to Give It Their All, and They'll Give You Even MoreTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! The groundbreaking guide to inspiring 100% performance from employees--updated with expanded research findings In this new edition of his guide to unleashing employees' full potential, Mark Murphy explains why true employee motivation is not achieved by focusing on making...
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