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Getting Partnering Right: How Market Leaders Are Creating Long-Term Competitive Advantage - Thryft
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Lawrence Friedman, Neil Rackham, Richard Ruff  | Mcgraw-hill

Getting Partnering Right: How Market Leaders Are Creating Long-Term Competitive Advantage

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As business landscapes evolve, mastering partnerships becomes crucial for staying competitive. "Getting Partnering Right" offers valuable insight into cultivating durable business relationships that foster growth. It's a solid read if you're looking to understand how strong collaborations can be a powerhouse for market leadership and long-term success.
Management Accounting for Decision Makers - Thryft
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Peter Atrill, Eddie McLaney  | Pearson Education

Management Accounting for Decision Makers

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Goodreads rating: 3.76

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If you're looking to sharpen your management skills, "Management Accounting for Decision Makers" is your go-to guide. It breaks down complex accounting principles into real-world applications, enhancing your ability to make informed decisions in a business setting. With an array of exercises and fresh case studies, this book promises not just to inform but to engage you actively in the learning process.
The Customer is Key: Gaining an Unbeatable Advantage Through Customer Satisfaction - Thryft
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Jagdish N. Sheth, Milind M. Lele  | Wiley

The Customer is Key: Gaining an Unbeatable Advantage Through Customer Satisfaction

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Goodreads rating: 5.0

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Pondering how to stay ahead in the competitive market? "The Customer is Key" could be your game-changer. The book guides you through real-world examples of successful companies that prioritize customer satisfaction to build loyalty and command a premium for their products. It's not just about the theoretical aspect; it delves into actionable strategies that can help you retain customers and maximize profits in an ever-shifting marketplace. Consider this book your ticket to unlocking customer loyalty and gaining an edge over your competition.
Trump: The Best Real Estate Advice I Ever Received: 100 Top Experts Share Their Strategies
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Donald J. Trump | Rutledge Hill Pr

Trump: The Best Real Estate Advice I Ever Received: 100 Top Experts Share Their Strategies

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Considering the fluctuations in today's real estate market, this book could be a golden nugget for you. It’s not just Trump’s perspective; it’s a collection of wisdom from a century of experts. You'll get a chance to peek into the strategies that successful real estate moguls have used, which could be invaluable whether you're an up-and-comer or a seasoned investor.
HBR's 10 Must Reads 2017: The Definitive Management Ideas of the Year from Harvard Business Review
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Adam M. Grant, Harvard Business Review, Clayton M. Christensen  | Harvard Business Review Press

HBR's 10 Must Reads 2017: The Definitive Management Ideas of the Year from Harvard Business Review

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Recommendation: This book is a must-read for business leaders who are determined to stay ahead in today's rapidly changing business landscape. With a collection of expertly curated articles from Harvard Business Review, it offers fresh insights and practical strategies to rethink how you work, leverage automation, and create innovative products. The bonus article on disruptive innovation puts a new spin on a popular concept. Get ready to be inspired and transform your business with the wisdom from the best business minds.
Beyond Performance Management - Why, When, And How To Use 40 Tools And Best Practices For Superior Business Performance - Thryft
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Steve Player, Jeremy Hope  | Harvard Business Review Press

Beyond Performance Management - Why, When, And How To Use 40 Tools And Best Practices For Superior Business Performance

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Recommendation: This book is a must-read for anyone looking to improve their company's performance. It provides a comprehensive review of forty management tools and practices, guiding you in selecting the ones that will benefit your organization the most. With its practical advice and resources, Beyond Performance Management will help you cut through the noise and focus on what really works. Get ready to take your business to the next level.
Implementing Design for Six SIGMA : A Leader's Guide: Getting the Most from Your Product Development Process - Thryft
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Georgette Belair and John O'Neill, John O'Neill  | A Sq Quality Press

Implementing Design for Six SIGMA : A Leader's Guide: Getting the Most from Your Product Development Process

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This book could be a good read for those in leadership positions in product development who are looking to implement efficient processes. The unique feature of this book is its focus on combining design and Six Sigma methodologies to achieve optimal results. Users could potentially review the book as practical and informative for improving product development processes.
Plant Design and Economics for Chemical Engineers - Thryft
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Klaus D. Timmerhaus, Max Stone Peters  | Mcgraw-hill Education (ise Editions)

Plant Design and Economics for Chemical Engineers

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This book could be a good read for chemical engineering students who are interested in learning how to apply design and economic theories to real-world processes. The book provides practical examples and up-to-date cost data, making it useful for students who want to learn about cost estimating and how to use computer technology. It also emphasizes the importance of safety and environmental considerations, making it relevant to students who want to learn about sustainable practices in the chemical engineering field.
The Adaptation Advantage : Let Go, Learn Fast, and Thrive in the Future of Work - Thryft
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Heather McGowan, Chris Shipley  | Wiley

The Adaptation Advantage : Let Go, Learn Fast, and Thrive in the Future of Work

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The Adaptation Advantage provides a practical guide to navigating the complex and rapidly changing future of work. Through insightful interviews with executives and thought leaders, the authors explore how work and leadership are evolving, and offer actionable advice for how individuals and organizations can adapt to thrive in this new era. The book's most unique and distinctive feature is its emphasis on embracing change as a means to unlock human potential, rather than fearing or resisting it. Readers will come away with a new perspective on work and a toolkit for pursuing purpose-driven careers.
Innovation - Thryft
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Rosabeth Moss Kanter, John J. Kao, Fred Wiersema  | Harper Business

Innovation

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This book is an excellent read for entrepreneurs and business owners who want to take their businesses to the next level. The book provides insights from the CEOs and chief officers of innovation at successful companies like Pfizer, DuPont, Rubbermaid, 3M, General Electric, and others. It provides a step-by-step guide to creating and sustaining innovation and creativity within a company. The book is full of fascinating and entertaining anecdotes, such as DuPont's invention of the covered golf ball and 3M's invention of the Wet-or-Dry sandpaper. It is also introduced by Tom Peters, an undisputed leader on the subject of innovation.
Loose - The Future Of Business Is Letting Go - Thryft
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Martin Thomas | Headline

Loose - The Future Of Business Is Letting Go

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Goodreads rating: 3.47

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Loose could be the right book for users who want to explore and learn about new management styles that are being adopted by global corporations and governments. The book makes a compelling case for 'letting go' as the future of business. It provides examples and case studies to show how companies can be managed in a more open and flexible way. Users who are interested in how to build brands, engage with customers, market products and services, and transform their businesses in light of changing times will benefit from reading this book.
Supergrowth Companies : Entrepreneurs in Action - Thryft
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John Harrison | Butterworth-heinemann

Supergrowth Companies : Entrepreneurs in Action

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Supergrowth Companies is a great read for entrepreneurs and managers who are looking for analytical insights to drive their businesses forward. The book provides a comprehensive examination of over 200 businesses, including The Body Shop and Amstrad, giving the reader access to the growth strategies, leadership styles, and organizational expansion tactics used by successful companies. With its combination of interviews and case studies, Supergrowth Companies offers practical advice for anyone committed to growing their business.
Juran on Quality by Design : The New Steps for Planning Quality into Goods and Services - Thryft
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Joseph M. Juran | Free Press

Juran on Quality by Design : The New Steps for Planning Quality into Goods and Services

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Goodreads rating: 4.03

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Juran on Quality by Design offers a comprehensive approach to planning quality that is applicable to the three major sectors of the economy. This book provides a practical plan for companies to achieve their strategic, market-driven goals by following a structural approach to planning quality. J.M. Juran emphasizes the importance of setting quality goals, planning in "multifunctional" processes, establishing data bases for quality planning, motivating managers and the work force, and introducing quality planning into organizations. It is an essential read for any business seeking to improve their quality planning and achieve success.
Fast Cycle Time : How to Align Purpose, Strategy and Structure for Speed - Thryft
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Christopher Meyer | Free Press

Fast Cycle Time : How to Align Purpose, Strategy and Structure for Speed

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This book is perfect for business leaders who want to increase their company's productivity and efficiency. Meyer provides a step-by-step process to help businesses reduce non-value-added activities and empower their workforce to learn faster. The book's unique approach to productivity sets it apart from other business books and makes it a must-read for any company looking to stay competitive in the rapidly changing market.
Management Redeemed : Debunking the Fads That Undermine Our Corporate Performance - Thryft
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Frederick G. Hilmer | Free Press

Management Redeemed : Debunking the Fads That Undermine Our Corporate Performance

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"Management Redeemed" would be a great read for individuals seeking to learn about prevalent but misconceived management practices. The author, Lex Donaldson, takes a comprehensive look at several global companies and debunks the myths they have adopted. The book focuses on the notion that a strong management system can improve an organization's performance contrary to popular beliefs that the opposite is true. Donaldson's expertise in organizational design comes through in his writing style, making the book an enjoyable and informative read for anyone interested in debunking corporate myths.
Building a Chain of Customers : Linking Business Functions to Create the World Class Company - Thryft
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Richard J. Schonberger | Free Press

Building a Chain of Customers : Linking Business Functions to Create the World Class Company

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"Building a Chain of Customers" is an insightful read for business professionals who want to elevate their organization to the next level. Richard Schonberger introduces a unique concept of creating a "chain of customers" that links the four main business functions to form a continuous flow of action. Through numerous real-life examples, the author shows how this concept improves response rates, product quality, cost-effectiveness, and flexibility to change volume and product mix. This book's most distinctive feature is its ability to provide a comprehensive perspective on business operations, making it invaluable for anyone seeking to create a world-class company.
Measure What Matters: OKRs - The Simple Idea that Drives 10x Growth
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John Doerr, Larry Page  | Portfolio Penguin

Measure What Matters: OKRs - The Simple Idea that Drives 10x Growth

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This book is recommended for managers who want to improve their decision-making abilities. It provides proven strategies for measuring progress and staying focused on priorities to help organizations achieve their goals. Through real-life examples, the author highlights the importance of having defined objectives and key results in driving business growth.
The Goal : A Process of Ongoing Improvement - Thryft
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Jeff Cox, Eliyahu M. Goldratt  | Routledge

The Goal : A Process of Ongoing Improvement

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Goodreads rating: 4.08

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The Goal provides an insightful look into the Theory of Constraints and how it can be applied to improve efficiency and productivity in any industry. The fast-paced, thriller style of writing keeps readers engaged while the detailed case studies provide real-world examples of the methodology in action. This book is perfect for managers and business owners who are looking to improve their operations and achieve their goals.
Thinking, Fast and Slow - Thryft
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Daniel Kahneman | Farrar, Straus And Giroux

Thinking, Fast and Slow

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Goodreads rating: 4.18

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A highly recommended book for those who are interested in understanding how the human mind works and its impact on making decisions. The book provides a clear insight into the two systems that drive the way we think and helps to understand cognitive biases that may create obstacles in decision-making processes. Kahneman offers useful techniques and practical insights that can help in making more deliberate and logical choices.
The Toyota Way - Thryft
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Jeffrey K. Liker | Tata Mcgraw-hill

The Toyota Way

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Goodreads rating: 4.07

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The Toyota Way is a must-read for anyone looking to improve their organization's efficiency and quality control. It provides practical insights into Toyota's unique management philosophy and principles, which have consistently delivered superior results. With this book, you will learn how to create a culture of continuous improvement and transform your business into a lean, learning enterprise. Readers will appreciate the detailed examples of how these principles create a culture of continuous improvement and learning.
The $100 Startup - Reinvent The Way You Make A Living, Do What You Love, And Create A New Future - Thryft
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Chris Guillebeau | Gardners Vi Books Ams006

The $100 Startup - Reinvent The Way You Make A Living, Do What You Love, And Create A New Future

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Goodreads rating: 3.88

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The $100 Startup is a must-read for anyone looking to embark on their entrepreneurial journey. Filled with practical tips, real-life case studies, and actionable advice, it is a guidebook that demystifies the process of starting a business. Its most distinctive feature is its emphasis on the lean startup methodology, which helps readers avoid common mistakes and get their ideas off the ground quickly and cheaply. Readers would find this book useful regardless of their current financial situation, as it is targeted at those who want to create their own future and do what they love.
Profit At The Bottom Of The Ladder - Creating Value By Investing In Your Workforce - Thryft
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Jody Heymann | Harvard Business Review Press

Profit At The Bottom Of The Ladder - Creating Value By Investing In Your Workforce

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Goodreads rating: 3.6

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In this book, Heymann and Barrera present a compelling case for companies to prioritize investing in their employees, even those at the lowest rungs of the corporate ladder. They highlight the success stories and benefits of doing so, such as higher job satisfaction and employee loyalty, leading to increased productivity and profit. For users looking to improve their company's bottom line while also creating a positive work environment, this book is a must-read.
Predictive Analytics For Human Resources - Thryft
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Jac Fitz-Enz, John Mattox  | Wiley

Predictive Analytics For Human Resources

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Goodreads rating: 3.94

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Predictive Analytics For Human Resources is a comprehensive guide that equips HR professionals to create and run analytic projects with confidence. The book offers a logical framework of questions to follow, while also providing statistical applications for case simulations. What sets this book apart is its focus on predictability fundamentals, coaching, mentoring, and sponsoring. It also includes valuable information on building an analytics function, and adding value through systems analysis. Overall, this book is a must-read for anyone seeking to launch an analytics project or program for HR.
The 3 Simple Rules Of Investing - Why Everything You've Heard About Investing Is Wrong--And What To Do Instead - Thryft
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Carol Fabbri, Kwok L. Tsui, Michael Edesess  | Berrett-koehler Publishers

The 3 Simple Rules Of Investing - Why Everything You've Heard About Investing Is Wrong--And What To Do Instead

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Goodreads rating: 3.2

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This book provides practical solutions and exposes investing's Seven Deadly Temptations. It proposes adopting commonly overlooked and less expensive investment options for a stronger self and economical position. It also encourages readers to resist complicated, overpriced and risky options preferred by Wall Street wolves.
Futures Game : Who Wins? Who Loses? Why? - Thryft
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Richard J. Teweles, Frank Jones  | Mcgraw-hill Companies

Futures Game : Who Wins? Who Loses? Why?

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Since it first exploded onto the markets in 1974, THE FUTURES GAME has helped thousands of traders gain an intelligent understanding of futures markets. Over the years, Richard Teweles and Frank Jones have kept their fingers on the pulse of the dynamic futures trading industry, first updating their classic text in 1987. Now, this third edition of THE FUTURES GAME has been completely updated and revised to keep all participants--whether speculators or hedgers, new or veteran--one step ahead of this fast moving, high-stakes game. Combining two decades of strength and wisdom with todayÕs most innovative research and strategic recommendations, this guide to the futures markets continues its reign as the number one tool for futures trading mastery. THE FUTURES GAME, 3rd Edition, walks you through the universe of futures trading possibilities and opportunities, starting with an in-depth discussion of market basics that includes the nature of the contract, the organized markets for those contracts, and the relationship between cash and futures prices. The elements of successful trading are isolated, described, and analyzed to make you familiar with profitable decision-making processes. After that, detailed chapters devoted to particular markets explain price determinants and speculative possibilities within currencies, commodities, and stock index futures. "Notes from a Trader" sections go beyond theory and speculation to provide valuable tips and pointers -- expert guidance you can use to squeeze the maximum benefit from each trade. The comprehensive facts and insights packed into this traderÕs bible will help you predict what might happen--and why it might happen--in virtually every kind of market. New information in this important third edition includes: Latest research on important topics including efficient market hypothesis, technical and fundamental analysis, and much more É A comprehensive listing of valuable Internet website names and addresses. Stronger emphasis on financial instruments É Innovative strategies for maneuvering through the increasingly important international market É Completely revised sections devoted to Basics of the Game, Playing the Game, How to Win or Lose, Succeeding as a Broker, and Choosing the Correct Markets. Filled with knowledgeable trading strategies and insights, revealing charts on todayÕs most interesting futures markets, and numerous respected trading approaches that will allow you to craft a style based on your own strengths and requirements, THE FUTURES GAME is likely to become the one resource you refer to most often.
Are We There Yet?: Insights on How to Lead by Design : Insights on How to Lead by Design - Thryft
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Sam Bucolo | Laurence King Publishing

Are We There Yet?: Insights on How to Lead by Design : Insights on How to Lead by Design

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The fundamental question that the book addresses Are our innovation efforts aligned to the challenges of our times? We face high costs, global competition, low productivity, and technology disruptions. Our education system is geared towards solving known problems through an inductive thinking mindset. We have relied on massive technology investments as our source of competitive advantage, but our growth is declining. If we want to maintain our standard of living, we need firms to grow.Firms therefore need a new approach to innovation, one that focuses on customer engagement in its business model. The concept of design thinking is often described as the mindset for fi ms to make this transition. But with so much being written on design thinking, why do so many firms struggle to adopt this mindset and make this transition?
The Super Analysis : Conversations with the Worlds Leading Stock Market Investors and Analysis - Thryft
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Andrew Leeming | Wiley

The Super Analysis : Conversations with the Worlds Leading Stock Market Investors and Analysis

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This book provides unique insights into the strategies and methods used by the world's top investment analysts and professionals. Through interviews with high-profile investors and analysts across major global markets, readers can gain a truly international perspective on investment research and decision-making. This book is ideal for professional and individual investors looking to improve their investment strategies and decision-making processes. The book's most distinctive feature is its access to insider knowledge and expertise from the world's top investors and analysts.
Business Modeling with Spreadsheets (CD) - Thryft
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Thin-Yin Leong, Michelle L.F. Cheong  | Mcgraw-hill Education (asia)

Business Modeling with Spreadsheets (CD)

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The true potential of spreadsheet software lies in their application in problem discovery and situation analysis, which enables business and financial analysts to work rapidly on unstructured problems. Business Modeling with Spreadsheets offers a rich set of business contexts and notes that make learning spreadsheets interesting and acquiring of skills more effective and enduring. Arises from the authors extensive experience in teaching spreadsheet modeling in undergraduate s and master s courses in SMU, this book is wholly dedicated to the art of exploratory spreadsheet modeling. Unlike other books, it is designed to be modeling-centric, i.e. using the spreadsheet mainly as a computing tool. Real problems that readers encounter on a day-to-day basis are presented, with the aim of helping them derive applicable principles and link principles to practice. Undergraduates, graduate students and professionals whose work involves managing business development, finance, accounting and operations will find this book a refreshing learning guide and handy reference resource. The book now offers 101 spreadsheet exercises and tools, and includes a new chapter featuring an additional 101 business challenges that the readers can do as modeling projects. The coverage now spans Excel 2007, Excel 2003, as well as OpenOffice.org Calc in dedicated sections, making it easier for any person, whether a novice, beginner, or expert user, to learn business modeling using basic and advanced spreadsheet features, as well as programming in Visual Basic for Application and OpenOffice.org Basic. Completed spreadsheet workbooks in all three spreadsheet versions are also provided.
Turning Numbers into Knowledge : Mastering the Art of Problem Solving - Thryft
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Jonathan G. Koomey | Analytics Press

Turning Numbers into Knowledge : Mastering the Art of Problem Solving

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Full of tools, tricks, and tips for solving problems in the real world, this book serves as an ideal training manual for those who are new to or intimidated by quantitative analysis and acts as an excellent refresher for those who have more experience but want to improve the quality of their data, the clarity of their graphics, and the cogency of their arguments. In addition to containing numerous updates to the contents—references, URLs, and reading lists—this second edition includes a new foreword, revised chapters, and an epilogue. Mastering the art of problem solving takes more than proficiency with basic calculations; it requires understanding how people use information, recognizing the importance of ideology, learning the art of storytelling, and acknowledging the important distinction between facts and values. Intended for executives, professors, and students, this guide addresses these and other essential skills.
HBR'S 10 Must Reads: The Essentials : The Essentials - Thryft
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Harvard Business Review, Thomas H. Davenport, Michael Overdorf  | Harvard Business Review Press

HBR'S 10 Must Reads: The Essentials : The Essentials

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This book is a must-read for those in the business world who want to stay on top of their game. The collection of articles from top experts covers perennial concerns such as creating competitive advantage, leading change, maximizing performance, managing your career, and avoiding common mistakes. Readers will gain essential wisdom that will help them accelerate their success and that of their companies. The unique and distinctive feature of this book is that it compiles the most influential management articles in one single book.
The Lean Marketplace : a Practical Guide to Building a Successful Online Marketplace Business - Thryft
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Cristóbal Gracia, Juho Makkonen, Janne Koivistoinen  | Sharetribe

The Lean Marketplace : a Practical Guide to Building a Successful Online Marketplace Business

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Goodreads rating: 4.33

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Inspired by the success of platforms such as Airbnb, Etsy or Fiverr? Want to know how to build an online marketplace business?You've come to the right place. In this step by step guide, we will go through everything you need to know about developing your idea into a sustainable business, offering lots of practical advice and actionable ideas along the way.This book is the result of two experts putting almost two decades of experience together, in order to create a repeatable method for creating a successful online marketplace. The applicable tactics and techniques can be studied in advance, helping you avoid the most common pitfalls.This is what this book is about. It's a handbook for anyone building an online marketplace. The same methods will apply whether your organization is a startup, a cooperative, a non-profit, or a big brand. Not every marketplace will be as big as Airbnb and Uber, but we believe there are thousands of marketplace ideas out there that can make for great, sustainable businesses. With the help of this book, you're one step closer to building the next one.
Bounce : Mozart, Federer, Picasso, Beckham, and the Science of Success - Thryft
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Matthew Syed | Harper Perennial

Bounce : Mozart, Federer, Picasso, Beckham, and the Science of Success

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“A cutting edge dissection—and ultimate destruction—of the myth of innate talent in the pursuit of excellence. Syed synthesizes his evidence with the precision of an academic, writes with the fluidity of a journalist, and persuades with the drive of a sportsman. Read this book now—before its too late. There are no excuses!” — Mark Thomas, Professor of Evolutionary Genetics, University College London In the vein of the international bestselling Freakonomics , award-winning journalist Matthew Syed reveals the hidden clues to success—in sports, business, school, and just about anything else that you’d want to be great at. Fans of Predictably Irrational and Malcolm Gladwell’s The Tipping Point will find many interesting and helpful insights in Bounce .
The Goal : A Process of Ongoing Improvement - Thryft
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Jeff Cox, Eliyahu M. Goldratt  | North River Press

The Goal : A Process of Ongoing Improvement

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Goodreads rating: 4.08

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Written in a fast-paced thriller style, The Goal is the gripping novel which is transforming management thinking throughout the Western world.Alex Rogo is a harried plant manager working ever more desperately to try and improve performance. His factory is rapidly heading for disaster. So is his marriage. He has ninety days to save his plant—or it will be closed by corporate HQ, with hundreds of job losses. It takes a chance meeting with a colleague from student days—Jonah—to help him break out of conventional ways of thinking to see what needs to be done.The story of Alex's fight to save his plant is more than compulsive reading. It contains a serious message for all managers in industry and explains the ideas which underline the Theory of Constraints (TOC) developed by Eli Goldratt.
FightBack NOW : Leveraging your assets to shape the new normal - Thryft
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Felix Staeritz, Sven Jungmann  | Lid Publishing

FightBack NOW : Leveraging your assets to shape the new normal

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This second book in the FightBack collection responds to the what could the new normal look like?Drawing on their own experience and the expertise of more than 100 business and government leaders, academics, investors, and entrepreneurs, Felix Staeritz and Sven Jungmann show you how you can use the assets within your organisation to create new digital businesses, seize new growth, and create a more resilient society.The aim of the book is to empower leaders from all sectors and industries to take a more active role in shaping the future of our societies. As entrepreneurs, Staeritz and Jungmann, believe that business leaders and organizations have an obligation to act beyond ‘innovation theatre’ and act with a sense of urgency not just to cope with this situation, but to recreate the world so we come out of this stronger and more inventive.FightBack NOW takes a critical look at the current challenges humanity faces and illustrates how we can meet them with our current and upcoming technologies. The book combines insights from entrepreneurial and corporate viewpoints to demonstrate a proven framework for efficient early-stage venture building using corporate assets.Throughout the book, you will find inspirational case studies from renowned firms who reinvent(ed) themselves through Corporate Venture Building as well as insightful views from government leaders and entrepreneurs. With battle-tested lessons learned from successes and failures in the field, you'll learn what works—and what you should avoid.FightBack NOW is a timely and necessary book, challenging leaders and organizations to consider the new realities and the urgent problems which ultimately impact the future of every person and business. However, it is not just a to help leaders act on the mission of shape a healthier planet and a more resilient society, the exclusive eponymous community ( ) has been created.
Corporate-level Strategy : Creating Value in the Multibusiness Company - Thryft
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Michael Goold, Andrew Campbell, Marcus Alexander  | Wiley

Corporate-level Strategy : Creating Value in the Multibusiness Company

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Goodreads rating: 4.22

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This book is a must-read for students and practitioners. It challenges the traditional belief that corporate parenting can't create value, introducing the concept of parenting advantage. It provides a compelling framework for determining the corporate parent's impact on the business and offers practical advice for adding value to multibusiness companies. It is insightful, valuable, and an excellent guide for anyone looking to understand how to create and maintain corporate-level strategy.
Strategic Management : A Competitive Advantage Approach, Concepts - Thryft
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Fred R. David, Forest R David  | Pearson

Strategic Management : A Competitive Advantage Approach, Concepts

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For undergraduate and graduate courses in strategy. In today’s economy, gaining and sustaining a competitive advantage is harder than ever. Strategic Management captures the complexity of the current business environment and delivers the latest skills and concepts with unrivaled clarity, helping students develop their own cutting-edge strategy through skill-developing exercises. The Fifteenth Edition has been thoroughly updated and revised with current research and concepts. This edition includes 29 new cases and end-of- chapter material, including added exercises and review questions. MyManagementLab for Strategic Management is a total learning package. MyManagementLab is an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program that truly engages students in learning. It helps students better prepare for class, quizzes, and exams–resulting in better performance in the course–and provides educators a dynamic set of tools for gauging individual and class progress. This program will provide a better teaching and learning experience—for you and your students. Here’s You are purchasing a standalone product; MyLab does not come packaged with this content. If you would like to purchase both the physical text and MyLab search for 013382389X/ 9780133823899. That package includes 0133444899/ 9780133444896 and 0133451836/ 9780133451832. MyLab is not a self-paced technology and should only be purchased when required by an instructor.
Discover Your Inner Economist - Use Incentives To Fall In Love, Survive Your Next Meeting, And Motivate Your Dentist - Thryft
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Tyler Cowen | Dutton

Discover Your Inner Economist - Use Incentives To Fall In Love, Survive Your Next Meeting, And Motivate Your Dentist

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In Discover Your Inner Economist one of America’s most respected economists presents a quirky, incisive romp through everyday life that reveals how you can turn economic reasoning to your advantage—often when you least expect it to be relevant. Like no other economist, Tyler Cowen shows how economic notions--such as incentives, signals, and markets--apply far more widely than merely to the decisions of social planners, governments, and big business. What does economic theory say about ordering from a menu? Or attracting the right mate? Or controlling people who talk too much in meetings? Or dealing with your dentist? With a wryly amusing voice, in chapters such as “How to Control the World, The Basics” and “How to Control the World, Knowing When to Stop” Cowen reveals the hidden economic patterns behind everyday situations so you can get more of what you really want. Readers will also gain less selfish insights into how to be a good partner, neighbor and even citizen of the world. For instance, what is the best way to give to charity? The chapter title “How to Save the World—More Christmas Presents Won’t Help” makes a point that is every bit as personal as it is global. Incentives are at the core of an economic approach to the world, but they don’t just come in cash. In fact, money can be a disincentive. Cowen shows why, for example, it doesn’t work to pay your kids to do the dishes. Other kinds of incentives--like making sure family members know they will be admired if they respect you--can work. Another non- monetary incentive? Try having everyone stand up in your next meeting if you don’t want anyone to drone on. Deeply felt incentives like pride in one’s work or a passing smile from a loved one, can be the most powerful of all, even while they operate alongside more mundane rewards such as money and free food. Discover Your Inner Economist is an introduction to the science of economics that shows it to be built on notions that are already within all of us. While the implications of those ideas lead to Cowen’s often counterintuitive advice, their wisdom is presented in ordinary examples taken from home life, work life, and even vacation life… How do you get a good guide in a Moroccan bazaar?
Competitive Advantage Through People - Unleashing The Power Of The Work Force - Thryft
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Jeffrey Pfeffer | Harvard Business Review Press

Competitive Advantage Through People - Unleashing The Power Of The Work Force

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Discusses the advantages of having a work force commited to the organization, and discusses common personnel practices that lead to the opposite result
The Second Curve - Managing The Velocity Of Change - Thryft
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ian-morrison | Nicholas Brealey

The Second Curve - Managing The Velocity Of Change

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Change is the buzzword for today's business leaders. But unless prepared, massive changes in the marketplace can erode a company. This volume introduces a way to ride the first curve - a company's traditional business carried out in a familiar corporate climate - to the all-important second curve of the new consumers, new markets and new technologies, combined to bring about sweeping, irrevocable alterations in the way every industry functions. But the art is to know whether or not what one thinks is a second curve really is one - or whether it's a phantom, just something going bump in the corporate night. Sorting out the new technologies that will take off from those that will fail - even if they fail in interesting ways - is very difficult and critical. And sorting out real growth potential from hype is difficult even in non-technology areas. Is the second-curve candidate a Southwest Airlines or People's Express Is it a Toys 'R' Us with its 22 per cent market share or Child World, a chain that once had 130 stores with $180 million, but went bankrupt a few years ago The following little-known but useful piece of wisdom may be helpful in sorting out real second curves from there is a tendency to overestimate the impact of phenomena in the short run, and to underestimate in the long run. For most large companies, choosing one or the other curves to work on is a luxury they can't afford. The driving forces of change described will continue to generate two curves, and to make it to the 21st century, these companies must learn to manage on both. Large corporations will have to go beyond re-engineering, time-based competition and core competencies as the sole means of growth. They must build second-curve organizations to perpetuate themselves as market leaders, while at the same time getting the most they can from their first-curve business. Those that don't will wither and die
Flicking Your Creative Switch - Developing Brighter Ideas For Business - Thryft
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Wayne Lotherington | Wiley

Flicking Your Creative Switch - Developing Brighter Ideas For Business

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Today we need to have a more new, fresh, competitive, superior, big, standard-setting, world-class, or as Wayne writes “brighter ideas for business” than ever, in order to keep our industry (advertising) relevant and alive. Wayne’s world of thoughts for finding those high caliber ideas are inspiring. We’ve put some of them into practice, with great success. Wayne’s book cures the fear of the blank page; I wish it came in pocket size. – Michael Conrad , Vice Chairman, Chief Creative Officer, Leo Burnett Worldwide Inc. (1997-2002) This is a book for everybody who wants to be more creative but doesn’t know where to start. It’s also for creative people who like the rest of us mortals need to jump-start their engines once in a while. Wayne Lotherington has a special gift for helping people generate big ideas and realize their creative potential. In Flicking Your Creative Switch , he shares some of his proven methods, based on 20 years in leading creative organizations, in simple language, with easy-to-use tools. — Peter Wilken , Partner, The Brand Company, Hong Kong At last, a powerful look at the ‘how to’ ; of creativity in a way that’s inspiring, witty, and most importantly, actionable. Wayne Lotherington is the new Edward de Bono —Dr. Michael Llewellyn-Williams , Founder & President, BrandMechanics Inc., San Francisco Nowadays successful businesses must be able to come up with new, breakthrough business ideas on-demand, and must be able to implement them at the speed of ‘e’. Wayne Lotherington offers them the best handbook on creative thinking that I’ve read. It is simple, clear, concise, actionable and inspirational. It will help any business generate better ideas than ever. If you need your business to be more creative, you need to ‘flick your creative switch’ right now. — Chris Jaques , CEO, The Bigthinking Group, UK A surprising number of people, even in so-called creative industries such as advertising, suffer from the belief that they themselves are not creative. Wayne Lotherington will quickly prove you wrong. This book lays out Wayne’s theory of creative thinking in a simple, easy-to-grasp way. There are numerous exercises to try, and useful tools that you can apply immediately to your daily life. Having attended Wayne’s courses, I can assure any reader that your mind will be bussing with possibilities, and eager to take on new creative challenges. Anyone can be creative. Wayne’s book will give you the courage to try. —Kate Bristow , Director of Strategic Planning, M & C Saatchi, Singapore
The Momentum Effect - How To Ignite Exceptional Growth - Thryft
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J.C. Larreche | Ft Press

The Momentum Effect - How To Ignite Exceptional Growth

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A few rare companies have discovered the secret to sustained high momentum. They’ve learned how to create the conditions that lead to exceptional organic growth―which feeds on itself, continually accelerating the business forward. In The Momentum Effect , J.C. Larreche introduces a complete framework for gaining momentum, keeping it, and harnessing its power. Drawing on new research and powerful case studies, Larreche demonstrates the stunning role of momentum in value creation. He sets out the process for developing the “power offers” that lie at the heart of this powerful force. This book offers a systematic process for creating momentum that will work in any business, in any industry, and under any market conditions. You’ll learn how to create new value through a momentum strategy and build the leadership competencies to deliver highly profitable growth over the next six months…five years…even decades. •Pioneer or drive momentum and harness its stunning powerHow momentum-powered firms create 80% more shareholder value •Understand the drivers of momentum strategyCraft power offers, mobilize for growth, and more •Master the Momentum design and executionEight specific steps to implement a long-term winning momentum strategy •Climb the five-step Momentum Leadership LadderHow leaders can systematically generate and direct momentum "This book shows you how to build momentum for growth and leave your competitors trailing far in your wake!" –Sir Richard Branson "J.C. Larreche’s book, The Momentum Effect , is a must-read. It highlights why more marketing spend and further value extraction are not the key determinants for future growth. To create powerful momentum for exceptional growth, it is essential to offer innovative value to the marketplace. The Momentum Effect outlines just how to achieve this. The results are illuminating. ―W. Chan Kim & Renée Mauborgne, Authors of Blue Ocean Strategy "How can companies achieve exceptional and sustained growth? The Momentum Effect explores this challenge and reveals successful strategies for originating new sources of growth and value from customers with the power to unlock great potential.” ―Dr. Daniel Vasella, Chairman & CEO, Novartis AG, Basel/Switzerland
The Lean Startup : How Constant Innovation Creates Radically Successful Businesses - Thryft
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Eric Ries | Vikin

The Lean Startup : How Constant Innovation Creates Radically Successful Businesses

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THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING SENSATION' The Lean Startup changes everything.' - Harvard Business Review----------Most new businesses fail. But most of those failures are preventable.The Lean Startup is a new approach to business that's being adopted around the world. It is changing the way companies are built and new products are launched.Essential reading for any ambitious entrepreneur, The Lean Startup will teach you to identify what your customers really want. You'll learn how to test your vision continuously, adapting and adjusting before it's too late.With over a million copies sold across the globe, now is your time to think Lean.
Guppy Trading : Essential Methods for Modern Trading - Thryft
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Daryl Guppy | Wiley

Guppy Trading : Essential Methods for Modern Trading

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A compilation of the very best of Daryl Guppy Daryl Guppy has been one of Australia's foremost experts on share trading and charting for almost 20 years. His first book, Share Trading , is still a must-read for people wanting to learn about the market and is widely accepted as the best-selling trading book ever in Australia. Guppy Trading contains detailed analysis of many topics, Guppy Trading contains 23 of the most enduring and important chapters from Guppy's earlier books, completely revised, and combines them with 10 entirely new chapters. These new chapters detail new trading methods and instruments that have been developed to create additional opportunities and ensure survival in interconnected modern markets. This comprehensive compendium is critical reading for traders looking to maximise their returns.
Strategic Management : Text and Cases - Thryft
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Dess | Mcgraw Hill Higher Education

Strategic Management : Text and Cases

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"Strategic Management: Text and Cases, 4th Edition", by the prestigious authors Dess/Lumpkin/Eisner provide solid treatment of traditional topics in strategic management as well as thorough coverage of contemporary topics such as digital and internet strategies, innovation and corporate entrepreneurship, knowledge management, and intellectual assets. The text is rounded off by rich, relevant, and teachable cases. This text's accessible writing style and wealth of new and updated illustrations, which clarify the most difficult topics, make this text the best resource for your students. The new case selections emphasize variety, currency, and familiar company names. The cases are up-to-date in terms of both financial data and strategic issues. This group of cases gives both instructors and students unparalleled quality and variety. Based on consistent reviewer feedback, these selections combine comprehensive and shorter length cases about well known companies.
Project Management : A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling - Thryft
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Harold R. Kerzner | Wiley

Project Management : A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling

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"The "bible" of project management, updated to address emerging issues Project Management is the bestselling text for students and professionals, presenting a streamlined approach to project management functions in full alignment with PMI(R)'s latest Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK(R)). This new 12th edition has been updated to reflect the latest changes found in the PMBOK(R) Guide--Sixth Edition, and features new coverage of emerging topics including global stakeholder management, causes of failure, agile project management, project governance failure, customer approval milestones, classifying project metrics, and more. Supplementary materials are available for students, working professionals, and instructors. Widely considered the "bible" of project management, this book provides complete, practical guidance on all aspects of project management. This book provides detailed explanation of the tools and methods used during all stages of a project, reflecting the concepts and standards outlined in the PMBOK(R) Guide. Understand organizational structures and project management functions Learn how to control costs, manage risk, and analyze trade-offs Examine different methods used for planning, scheduling, QA, and more Work effectively with customers and stakeholders from around the globe As projects increase in scope and complexity, managing scheduling, cost, and specifications across time zones, language barriers, technological differences, and other obstacles requires a systematic approach that accounts for every detail. Project Management is the comprehensive reference to keep within arm's reach throughout all stages of the project. (PMI and PMBOK are registered mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc.)"--
The Upside of the Downturn : Ten Management Strategies to Prevail in the Recession and Thrive in the Aftermath - Thryft
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Geoff Colvin | Portfolio Hardcover

The Upside of the Downturn : Ten Management Strategies to Prevail in the Recession and Thrive in the Aftermath

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Never waste a crisis.Some businesses—and some people—will emerge from today’s economic tumult stronger and more dominant than when it started. Others will weaken and fade. It all depends on critical choices they make right now.Geoff Colvin, one of America’s most respected business jour-nalists, says even the scariest turbulence has an upside. The best managers know that conventional thinking won’t help them in tough times. They’re taking smart, practical steps—frequently unconventional and even counterintuitive—that will not only keep them strong, but will also distance them from the pack for years to come.The dozens of top-performing leaders Colvin interviewed reject the common view that slashing costs and firing employ­ees are the only effective tactics. They see volatility as a rich opportunity to reinvent their organizations and lay the ground-work for future growth.Colvin shows us how these strategies really work, using exam-ples of major companies that have successfully applied them.
Stock Market Math : Essential formulas for selecting and managing stock and risk - Thryft
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Michael Thomsett | De|g Press

Stock Market Math : Essential formulas for selecting and managing stock and risk

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Stock Market Math shows you how to calculate return, leverage, risk, fundamental and technical analysis problems, price, volume, momentum and moving averages, including over 125 formulas and Excel programs for each, enabling readers to simply plug formulas into a spread sheet. This book is the definitive reference for all investors and traders. It introduces the many formulas and legends every investor needs, and explains their application through examples and narrative discussions providing the Excel spreadsheet programs for each. Readers can find instant answers to every calculation required to pick the best trades for your portfolio, quantify risk, evaluate leverage, and utilize the best technical indicators. Michael C. Thomsett is a market expert, author, speaker and coach. His many books include Mathematics of Options, Real Estate Investor's Pocket Calculator, and A Technical Approach to Trend Analysis. In Stock Market Math, the author advances the science of risk management and stock evaluation with more than 50 endnotes, 50 figures and tables, and a practical but thoughtful exploration of how investors and traders may best quantify their portfolio decisions.
The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement - 30th Anniversary Edition
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Jeff Cox, Eliyahu M. Goldratt  | North River Press

The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement - 30th Anniversary Edition

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This book, "The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement," is a captivating novel that will challenge your conventional ways of thinking about management. Through the story of Alex Rogo, a harried plant manager on the brink of disaster, you will be taken on a thrilling journey of saving a failing factory and discovering the underlying rules of operations. Recommended for anyone looking to transform their approach to management and achieve ongoing improvement.
The $100 Startup - Reinvent The Way You Make A Living, Do What You Love, And Create A New Future - Thryft
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Chris Guillebeau | Gardners Vi Books Ams006

The $100 Startup - Reinvent The Way You Make A Living, Do What You Love, And Create A New Future

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In Chris Guillebeau's travel to over 175 countries, he has met two kinds of people: those like himself who have the time and income to follow their whims and who've created an entertaining and fulfilling life--and those who feel trapped. This second group wants what the first group has, but the big stumbling block is making money. Because Chris realized that the first group has knowledge to impart, he identified 1500 people worth emulating, and refining that further, he offers here the 50 most valuable and interesting examples of micro-business success. In nearly all cases, people with no special skills discovered a way to monetize their personal passions. It's about finding the intersection between what you like to do and what other people will pay for. You don't need an MBA, a business plan, or even employees. All you need is a product or service that flows from what you love to do anyway, people willing to pay, and a way to get paid.
The Startup Way : How Entrepreneurial Management Transforms Culture and Drives Growth - Thryft
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Eric Ries | Portfolio Penguin

The Startup Way : How Entrepreneurial Management Transforms Culture and Drives Growth

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Bestselling author, entrepreneur, and Lean startup founder Eric Ries, author of The Lean Startup, reveals how established corporations and major enterprises can use Lean Startup techniques, energy and saavy to reinvigorate their company and operations, spark innovation, and drive growth. In The Lean Startup, Eric Ries, entrepreneur in residence at Harvard, serial entrepreneur and founder of the lean startup meetups, showed how ideas from the startup world such as constant iteration, minimal viable products (or MVPS), and constantly testing business hypotheses with customers to determine when to perservere, and when to pivot, now turns his attention to established, mature companies and organizations. For the past four years, Ries has been working closely with companies like GE and Toyota and Pitney Bowes to help them become more nimble, and more open to change and innovation, in order to spur growth and produce products and services that customers want. In The Startup Way, Ries shares his insights, lessons, stories, challenges and best practices from his intense collaborations with some of the world's most innovative and successful companies, as they attempt to change their culture and processes to be faster and smarter at what they do. At GE, Ries's ideas are codified under the name FastWorks; each company adapts his basic framework and ideas in their own way, to fit their particular organization and industry, as Ries discusses in the book. For every company that recognizes it needs to embrace agility, change and do so quickly if it is to survive and thrive, The Startup Way is an absolutely critical guide and toolkit.

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