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By Dawn Graham. 2018
Are you stuck in an unsatisfying job? In the wrong profession? An industry that just isn't a fit? This book…
provides proven strategies that will get you where you want to go. 2018.Yoon takes us into the minds of superconsumers of all kinds of brands. He reveals what makes these fanatics tick…
and why they spend so much more than other consumers. And, most important, he teaches readers how to use readily available data to identify their own superconsumers and then use this newfound knowledge to transform ordinary consumers into more profitable superconsumers. 2017.By David Stasavage, Kenneth F Scheve. 2016
Draws on unparalleled evidence from twenty countries over the last two centuries to provide the broadest and most in-depth history…
of progressive taxation available. Explores the intellectual and political debates surrounding the taxation of the wealthy while also providing the most detailed examination to date of when taxes have been levied against the rich and when they haven't. Fairness in debates about taxing the rich has depended on different views of what it means to treat people as equals and whether taxing the rich advances or undermines this norm. Shows how the future of tax reform will depend on whether political and economic conditions allow for new compensatory arguments to be made. 2016.By David Novak. 2012
By Ron Buist. 2003
The original Tim Horton's founders - Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Tim Horton, doughnut entrepreneur Jim Charade, and Nova Scotia born…
franchise wizard Ron Joyce - are all profiled in this examination of the marketing strategies behind Canada's most popular coffee-and-doughnuts chain. Look behind the invention of the apple fritter and the raisin dutchie, how timbits are made, or the origins of "Roll Up the Rim to Win". 2003.By Jane Jacobs. 1994
In the form of a Platonic dialogue, Jacobs identifies two distinct moral syndromes - one governing commerce, the other, politics…
- and explores what happens when these two syndromes collide. She investigates such examples as business fraud, government subsidies to agriculture and criminal enterprise. She provides a new way of seeing our public transactions and encourages us towards the best use of our natural inclinations. 1994.In its search for oil and gas riches, Alberta is plunging ahead with uncontrolled development of its fossil fuels, levelling…
its northern Boreal forest to get at the oil sands, and filling its southern half with tens of thousands of gas wells. In so doing, it is running out of water, destroying its range land, wiping out its forests and wildlife and spewing huge amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. 2007.By David W Shannon. 2007
The right to dignity for all is explicitly recognized in Canadian law; in practice a variety of individuals and groups…
have been excluded from the concern and respect that their nature as persons demands. Prominent among these excluded groups are members of the disabled community, who are marginalized by a society that regularly neglects to recognize their needs, capacities, and merits as individuals. Shannon identifies the social and attitudinal barriers still present in Canadian society today, and cites the factors needed to reverse the process of exclusion. 2007.The fall of Bear Stearns in March 2008 set off a wave of global financial turmoil that continues to ripple.…
How could one of the oldest, most resilient firms on Wall Street go so far astray that it had to be sold at a fire sale price? How could the street fighters who ran Bear so aggressively miscalculate so completely? The Wall Street Journal's Kelly describes Bear's three final days, and shows how top executives descended into civil war as the mortgage crisis began to brew. Strong language. 2009.By Alissa Quart. 2018
Alissa Quart weaves together intimate reporting with sharp and lively critique to show how the high cost of parenthood and…
our increasingly unstable job market have imploded the middle-class American Dream for many families, and offers surprising solutions for how we might change things. 2018.By Susan Fowler, Laurence Hawkins, Kenneth H Blanchard. 2017
Gardner shows that firms earn higher margins, inspire greater client loyalty, attract and retain the best talent, and gain a…
competitive edge when specialists collaborate across functional boundaries. Gardner, a former McKinsey consultant and Harvard Business School professor now lecturing at Harvard Law School, has spent over a decade conducting in-depth studies of numerous global professional service firms. Her research with clients and the empirical results of her studies demonstrate clearly and convincingly that collaboration pays, for both professionals and their firms. 2017.By Reed Tucker. 2017
The most bruising battle in the superhero world isn't between spandex-clad characters; it's between the publishers themselves. For over fifty…
years, Marvel and DC have been locked in an epic war, tirelessly trading punches and trying to do to each other what Batman regularly does to the Joker's face. This book presents the story of the greatest corporate rivalry never told. It is also an alternate history of the superhero, told through the lens of these two publishers. 2017.Success is a matter of decision, commitment, planning, preparation, execution, and recommitment. Success doesn't come to you; you must go…
to it. Now, award-winning business advisor, Nido Qubein, shares his complete program for personal and professional achievement. Since 1974, Qubein has given more than 5,000 presentations and received every award in professional speaking. He has put together this program to teach strategies and tactics listeners need to develop a positive mindset and the skills to achieve their dreams. 2007.By Gary Hirshberg. 2008
Hirshberg describes how he built a successful $300-million-per-year business by incorporating environmental principles and practices, and how other companies can…
accomplish this as well. He maintains that making a business green actually saves companies money in the long run, while boosting consumer loyalty and thus reducing advertising costs. Hirshberg illustrates his points with practical information and advice, as well as anecdotes from the early days of his yogurt company. Included are many examples of other businesses that have saved money by reducing their environmental footprints. 2008.By Richard K Lieberman. 1995
Lieberman traces the history of one of the world's most famous instrument makers. Founded in 1853, the Steinway company quickly…
rose to prominence and maintained its reputation with improvements in piano technology and creative marketing. Lieberman describes the company's passage through two world wars, bitter labour disputes, growing competition, and five generations of family ownership, which ended in 1972 when the family sold the company to CBS. 1995.By Stephen Denning. 2004
Business leaders today face many challenges. They must create cooperation, share knowledge, and transmit a vision of the future. By…
using an appropriate story to illustrate a problem, leaders can draw their staff toward a fuller understanding and commitment. 2004.