Authors
- James C. Collins
- Jerry I. Porras
Publication date: 2005-09-01
RRP: £21.99
Price: £12.83
Review Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies / Random House Business Books:
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Publication date: 2006-07-06
Dewey code: 330
RRP: £10.99
Price: £4.75
Review The "Economist" Economics (Economist Books) / Economist Books:Brilliant insights, well-chosen statistics and thoughtful writing combine in this book to stand common-place thinking on its head. Economics weaves together seven authors' myriad articles into a coherent summary of the current situation in markets and technology. The main premise of the book is that, even though tremendous technological advances have taken place, economic progress has not been as dramatic as daily headlines would suggest. Two key ratios drive this point home. First, the ratio of trade to world output today is less than it was a century ago. That is, while output has expanded astronomically, the amount of trade between countries is less. Second, the amount of human migration-those economic agents out seeking a better life-is again less today than it was 100 years ago. The book explains these seemingly paradoxical factors. The culprit is government intervention in the form of, for example, trade barriers and migration restrictions. Another fascinating concept is that despite all the huge investment in computers, productivity gains have not yet occurred. [+]The apparent answer is just to wait. The advent of electricity took 40 years to take hold. The main themes of the first section include globalisation, popular myths and economic facts, technology, the pull between governments and markets and the role of the government in the future and the outcome of the East Asian economies. The second section of the book is devoted to the misuse of economic thinking. Any ageing economist will remember the topics from his or her university days; for those who did not read economics, the book provides an easy-to-read summary of mainstream economic thought. Economics is richly filled, but not overburdened, with well-chosen statistics. Each article stands alone and the entire book will cause readers to consider today's key economic events in a new light. -Bruce McWilliams.
Creator: Laurence F. Hawkins
Publication date: 2006-07-03
RRP: £6.99
Price: £0.75
Review Self Leadership and the One Minute Manager: Discover the Magic of No Excuses! / HarperCollins Publishers Ltd:
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2007-11-19
Dewey code: 650.1
RRP: £16.99
Price: £5.28
Review Think Big and Kick Ass! in Business and Life / Collins:
Edition: New edition
Publication date: 1997-06-05
Dewey code: 920
RRP: £7.99
Price: £2.36
Review Rogue Trader / Time Warner Paperbacks:When Nick Leeson was arrested in 1995 for bringing Barings Bank to its proverbial knees, it initially seemed as if he had single handedly crushed this most well-established and well-respected financial institution, and indeed it was he alone who found himself in a Singapore jail serving time for deceiving the auditors of Barings in a way "likely to cause harm to their reputation" and to cheating SIMEX (Singapore International Money Exchange). In Rogue Trader Leeson tells his own story with more than a hint of the bitterness-and, at times, suspended belief-of an ordinary Joe from Watford made scapegoat by a cast of characters who may not have been guilty by design, but certainly appear to be guilty of simply not adhering to the basic procedures which would have picked up any discrepancies long before any real damage was done. Hard to feel sorry for such wheeler- dealers, perhaps, and certainly hard to feel sorry for Leeson, but he manages to successfully tell an incredible story which moves at breakneck speed from his appointment as General Manager for Barings in Singapore to his fast and furious downfall, which began as a simple cover-up of a mistake by an inexperienced member of staff and ended in multi-million pound fraud, with earth-shattering repercussions across the financial markets of the world. Anyone who ever wondered how one man could do so much damage will find the explanation between the pages of Rogue Trader, but more than that they will also find a hugely compelling, tense and decidedly hair- raising story that defies imagination to the point where, if it had been written as fiction no one would ever believe it. -Susan Harrison.
Edition: 4
Publication date: 2006-11-06
RRP: £36.72
Price: £27.99
Review Essentials of Economics / Financial Times/ Prentice Hall:
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Publication date: 2008-07-14
RRP: £9.99
Price: £5.52
Review AS Level Business Studies AQA Revision Guide / Coordination Group Publications Ltd:
Creator: Richard Dew
Edition: 4Rev Ed
Publication date: 2005-10-03
RRP: £15.75
Price: £7.44
Review Last Will and Testament Kit / Lawpack Publishing Ltd:
Authors
- Thomas J. Stanley
- William D. Danko
Publication date: 1998-10-26
Dewey code: 305.5234
RRP: £9.99
Price: £4.32
Review The Millionaire Next Door / Pocket Books:
Publication date: 2008-08-15
RRP: £10.99
Price: £5.35
Review Keeping Bees: A Complete Practical Guide / Gaia Books Ltd:
Publication date: 2000-10-01
RRP: £7.99
Price: £6.29
Review Philip Allan Updates: A2 Economics Edexcel: Industrial Economics: Unit 4 (Student Unit Guide): Unit 4 / Philip Allan:
Edition: 2
Publication date: 2006-04-10
Dewey code: 658.83
RRP: £38.99
Price: £29.83
Review Marketing Research: An Integrated Approach / Financial Times/ Prentice Hall:
Publication date: 2008-10-28
Dewey code: 005
RRP: £21.99
Price: £14.49
Review Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware (Pragmatic Programmers) / Pragmatic Bookshelf:
Publication date: 2008-09-30
Dewey code: 616
RRP: £18.99
Price: £14.76
Review Confidentiality and Record Keeping in Counselling and Psychotherapy: (Legal Resources Counsellors & Psychotherapists): Recording Confidences (Legal Resources Counsellors & Psychotherapists) / SAGE Ltd.:
Edition: 2
Publication date: 2006-12-01
Dewey code: 332.024
RRP: £18.99
Price: £10.88
Review Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom / McGraw-Hill Professional:
Edition: 7th International student edition
Publication date: 2006-02-03
RRP: £38.99
Price: £33.00
Review Intermediate Microeconomics: A Modern Approach / W. W. Norton & Co.:
Edition: Revised edition
Publication date: 2008-10-16
Dewey code: 349
RRP: £15.99
Price: £12.28
Review Blackstone's Police Sergeants' and Inspectors' Mock Examination Paper 2009 (Blackstone's Police Q & A) / OUP Oxford:
Publication date: 2007-08-31
Dewey code: 646.726
RRP: £19.99
Price: £11.38
Review Make-up: The Complete Guide to Professional Make-up (New Holland Professional) / New Holland Publishers Ltd:
Edition: 12th Edition
Publication date: 2008-08-22
Dewey code: 917
RRP: £9.99
Price: £4.36
Review Suzy Gershman's Born to Shop New York: The Ultimate Guide for People Who Love to Shop (Born To Shop) / John Wiley & Sons:
Edition: Pap/Cdr
Publication date: 2007-02-08
Dewey code: 005.54
RRP: £29.99
Price: £14.99
Review Excel 2007 Formulas (Mr. Spreadsheets Bookshelf) / John Wiley & Sons:
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