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Running a Bed & Breakfast For Dummies
By Mary White. 2009
All the tools you need to start and run a profitable B&BDo you dream of owning a B&B? This friendly,…
practical guide shows you how to make your dream a reality, with expert advice on everything from writing a business plan and finding the right location to handling situations you will encounter as an innkeeper. You'll make your guests feel at home, keep your inn in tip-top shape, and ensure your long-term success! Understand B&B basics - get an overview of the business and see if you have the skills (and the desire!) to succeed Find a place to call home - choose the location, style, and size of your ideal B&B Transition from visitor to owner - create your business plan, secure financing, make an offer, and protect your investment Get ready for your guests - organize your recordkeeping, set room rates and policies, furnish your inn, and market your services Set the breakfast scene - decide the style of breakfast to offer, accommodate guests' needs and restrictions, create signature dishes, and serve refreshments and snacks Handle day-to-day operations - take reservations, make your guests feel welcome, hire employees, and maintain your inn Take your business to the next level - assess your success, expand your market, increase profit, and prevent burnoutOpen the book and find: How to transition an existing B&B or start from scratch The biggest problems new B&Bs encounter - and how to avoid them The best ways to furnish your inn Tips for saving time cleaning and preparing breakfast What you must know to design and update your Web site Tried-and-tested sample menus and recipes Ways to guarantee a return guest How to get extra help when you need itHow to Build a Billion Dollar App
By George Berkowski. 2014
Apps have changed the way we communicate, shop, play, interact and travel and their phenomenal popularity has presented possibly the…
biggest business opportunity in history. In How to Build a Billion Dollar App, serial tech entrepreneur George Berkowski - one of the minds behind the internationally successful taxi hailing app Hailo - gives you exclusive access to the secrets behind the success of the select group of apps that have achieved billion-dollar success. Berkowski draws exclusively on the inside stories of the billion-dollar app club members, including Instagram, Whatsapp, Snapchat, Candy Crush, Square, Viber, Clash of Clans, Angry Birds, Uber and Flipboard to provide all the information you need to create your own spectacularly successful mobile business. He guides you through each step, from an idea scribbled on the back of an envelope, through to finding a cofounder, building a team, attracting (and keeping) millions of users, all the way through to juggling the pressures of being CEO of a billion-dollar company (and still staying ahead of the competition). If you've ever dreamed of quitting your nine to five job to launch your own company or you're a gifted developer, seasoned entrepreneur or just intrigued by mobile technology, How to Build a Billion Dollar App will show you what it really takes to create your own billion-dollar, mobile business.Lombard Street: A Description of the Money Market
By Walter Bagehot.
Lombard Street began as a series of articles the esteemed essayist and financial advisor, Walter Bagehot had written for The…
Economist during the 1850s. First published in book form in 1873, it is a vivid description of the money market that seamlessly brings together theoretical analyses, historical anecdotes, and incisive commentary on sociology, politics, and the Street's various personalities. Sharing his invaluable insights and unique observations, Bagehot touches on everything from the mechanics of deposit banking within a fractional reserve system to the nature of foreign deposits in Britain. Along with a clear explanation of why economic growth and rising living standards are dependent upon a well-managed financial system, he offers straightforward guidelines for the function of lender-of-last resort; a penetrating look at the consequences of uncontrolled credit and speculation; and an in-depth examination of the exchequer in the money market that includes a stimulating analysis of the interaction between the government's fiscal operations and the functioning of the Bank of England, the commercial banks, and the money market. Perhaps most importantly, Lombard Street features Bagehot's prescription for crisis management, which after nearly 150 years, remains the formula of choice for containing-and curtailing-financial crises. Filled with descriptions of Lombard Street that still ring true today, this jewel of a book has withstood the test of time to become a true investment classic-one that will appeal as much to the readers of today as it did to those of years ago.Global Healthcare Exchange
By Lynda M. Applegate, Jamie Ladge. 2003
Founded in March 2000 at the height of the dot-com bubble, Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX) was one of 90 online…
marketplaces in the health care industry. The company's founders were among the largest suppliers in the industry, including Johnson & Johnson, GE Medical, Abbot, Baxter, and Medtronic. Becton-Dickinson, Braun, Guidant, Tyco, Siemens, C.R. Bard, and other key suppliers joined shortly after the company was founded. At the time of the case (spring 2003), GHX was the largest of the three remaining online health care marketplaces and ownership had expanded to include the leading players across all parts of the value chain, including health care providers and managed care organizations. Group purchasing organizations, distributors, and company executives must address key strategic issues, including integrating its latest merger, achieving profitability, defining a fair pricing strategy, and determining the pace of global expansion.Have you ever wondered what characteristics are shared by successful business leaders? Have you ever asked yourself what it is…
that they do differently which makes them and their organisations stand out from the crowd? And what can you learn from them to ensure your own success? If so, The Book of Leadership is for you.Over the last six years, Anthony Gell has conducted interviews with some of the most successful CEOs, entrepreneurs and business thinkers in the world, including Sir Terry Leahy, former CEO of Tesco, Richard Reed, founder of innocent drinks, Olaf Swantee, CEO of EE and Daniel Goleman, author of the bestselling Emotional Intelligence.Now for the first time, he is bringing together hours of exclusive interview footage into a single resource for anybody looking to improve their leadership skills.In The Book of Leadership he combines his own experiences as a CEO with those of the leaders he has interviewed to provide insights and advice in three core areas: * Part 1 looks at leaders as individuals and reveals the personal habits and attributes that have laid the foundations for their success. * Part 2 focuses on what it takes to build and motivate a world class team * Part 3 goes beyond team leadership to identify how the habits of effective leadership are carried through on a larger scale in organisations.Setting Up Representative Offices in China
By Andy Scott, Sam Woollard, Chris Devonshire-Ellis. 2010
Do you want to do business in China? If you are already in this vast country and want to know…
more, or if you have never tried your hand at this fascinating market, then this book is for you. This Guide is a practical overview for the international businessman to understand the rules, regulations and management issues regarding establishing Representative Offices in China. We will help you to understand the implications of what can initially appear be a complicated and contradictory subject. This book tells you the basics of what you need to know, and point you at the structures you should use as well as some of the pitfalls. This book is the first in a new series of books on doing business in China, which will progressively cover such topics as setting up wholly foreign-owned enterprises, setting up joint ventures, tax, IP and many other vital issues for foreign investors in this exciting market.GMAT Number Properties (Manhattan Prep GMAT Strategy Guides)
By Manhattan Prep. 2014
The Number Properties GMAT Strategy Guide delves into all the characteristics of numbers tested on the GMAT, covering both simple…
and complicated concepts. Using the fundamental techniques and nuanced strategies developed in this guide, students will be able to tackle even the toughest GMAT problems involving prime numbers, consecutive integers, and many other topics.Unlike other guides that attempt to convey everything in a single tome, the Number Properties GMAT Strategy Guide is designed to provide deep, focused coverage of one specialized area tested on the GMAT. As a result, students benefit from thorough and comprehensive subject material, clear explanations of fundamental principles, and step-by-step instructions of important techniques. In-action practice problems and detailed answer explanations challenge the student, while topical sets of Official Guide problems provide the opportunity for further growth. Used by itself or with other Manhattan Prep Strategy Guides, the Number Properties GMAT Strategy Guide will help students develop all the knowledge, skills, and strategic thinking necessary for success on the GMAT.Purchase of this book includes six months of access to Manhattan Prepâ TMs online computer-adaptive GMAT practice exams and Number Properties Question Bank. All of Manhattan Prepâ TMs GMAT Strategy Guides are aligned with both the 2015 Edition and 13th Edition GMAC Official Guide.GMAT Geometry (Manhattan Prep GMAT Strategy Guides)
By Manhattan Prep. 2014
The Geometry GMAT Strategy Guide equips you with powerful tools to grasp and solve every geometry problem tested on the…
GMAT. It covers not only fundamental geometric principles and techniques but also nuanced strategies for tackling tricky questions involving polygons, the coordinate plane, and many other topics.Unlike other guides that attempt to convey everything in a single tome, the Geometry GMAT Strategy Guide is designed to provide deep, focused coverage of one specialized area tested on the GMAT. As a result, students benefit from thorough and comprehensive subject material, clear explanations of fundamental principles, and step-by-step instructions of important techniques. In-action practice problems and detailed answer explanations challenge the student, while topical sets of Official Guide problems provide the opportunity for further growth. Used by itself or with other Manhattan Prep Strategy Guides, the Geometry GMAT Strategy Guide will help students develop all the knowledge, skills, and strategic thinking necessary for success on the GMAT.Purchase of this book includes six months of access to Manhattan Prepâ TMs online computer-adaptive GMAT practice exams and Geometry Question Bank. All of Manhattan Prepâ TMs GMAT Strategy Guides are aligned with both the 2015 Edition and 13th Edition GMAC Official Guide.Fundamentals of Queuing Systems
By Nick T. Thomopoulos. 2012
Waiting in lines is a staple of everyday human life. Without really noticing, we are doing it when we go…
to buy a ticket at a movie theater, stop at a bank to make an account withdrawal, or proceed to checkout a purchase from one of our favorite department stores. Oftentimes, waiting lines are due to overcrowded, overfilling, or congestion; any time there is more customer demand for a service than can be provided, a waiting line forms. Queuing systems is a term used to describe the methods and techniques most ideal for measuring the probability and statistics of a wide variety of waiting line models. This book provides an introduction to basic queuing systems, such as M/M/1 and its variants, as well as newer concepts like systems with priorities, networks of queues, and general service policies. Numerical examples are presented to guide readers into thinking about practical real-world applications, and students and researchers will be able to apply the methods learned to designing queuing systems that extend beyond the classroom. Very little has been published in the area of queuing systems, and this volume will appeal to graduate-level students, researchers, and practitioners in the areas of management science, applied mathematics, engineering, computer science, and statistics.Venture Capital and the Corporate Governance of Chinese Listed Companies
By Lin Zhang. 2012
State-controlled listed companies have always dominated Chinese stock markets. As a result of the rampant scandals related to them, there…
have been voluminous academic efforts to explore their corporate governance, underpinned by agency costs. However, these studies have yet to examine the phenomenon from the perspective of venture capital and adaptive efficiency. During the last ten years, despite China's remarkable progress in the development of its venture capital market, its domestic venture capital has been marginalized by American competitors. Given the different performance between them, the author contends that the corporate governance system of Chinese state-controlled listed companies has hampered the performance of the institutional factors which are responsible for the prosperity of American venture capital in Chinese venture capital markets. With the practice of American venture capital as the mirror, he empirically demonstrates that Chinese domestic venture capital lacks the four factors related to the success of their American counterparts: large and independent funding, application of incentive mechanisms, efficient exit channels, and a high risk tolerance level. More importantly, these defects as a whole are closely linked to the corporate governance of state-controlled listed companies. Considering the potential negative consequences on economic and social development, the author identifies policy reforms underway to harmonize agency costs and adaptive efficiency.Lost and Founder: A Painfully Honest Field Guide to the Startup World
By Rand Fishkin. 2018
Rand Fishkin the founder and former CEO of Moz reveals how traditional Silicon Valley wisdom leads…
far too many startups astray with the transparency and humor that his hundreds of thousands of blog readers have come to love Everyone knows how a startup story is supposed to go A young brilliant entrepreneur has a cool idea drops out of college defies the doubters overcomes all odds makes billions and becomes the envy of the technology world This is not that story It s not that things went badly for Rand Fishkin they just weren t quite so Zuckerberg-esque His company Moz maker of marketing software is now a 45 million year business and he s one of the world s leading experts on SEO But his business and reputation took fifteen years to grow and his startup began not in a Harvard dorm room but as a mother-and-son family business that fell deeply into debt Now Fishkin pulls back the curtain on tech startup mythology exposing the ups and downs of startup life that most CEOs would rather keep secret For instance A minimally viable product can be destructive if you launch at the wrong moment Growth hacking may be the buzzword du jour but initiatives can fizzle quickly Revenue and growth won t protect you from layoffs And venture capital always comes with strings attached Fishkin s hard-won lessons are applicable to any kind of business environment Up or down the chain of command at both early stage startups and mature companies whether your trajectory is riding high or down in the dumps this book can help solve your problems and make you feel less alone for having themGoogle in Europe: Competition Policy in the Digital Era
By Laura Phillips Sawyer. 2016
Reliance on Foreign Markets: Multinationality and Performance
By Makoto Nakano, Bayanjargal Purevdorj. 2014
This study examines the relationship between multinationality and the performance of Japanese manufacturing companies during the period 1999-2008 by using…
geographic segment information. Despite the enormous interest in and importance given to multinationality from the academic and business worlds, prior findings about the multinationality-performance relationship are conflicting and inconsistent. The overall results of the present study show that multinationality has a positive impact both on accounting performance and on market-based performance. In additional tests, Japanese electric and electronic equipment companies' reliance on the Asian market was found to have a negative impact on profitability and no significant impact on firm value, whereas reliance on other foreign markets such as the Americas and the EU had a positive impact on profitability and firm value. The multinationality-performance relationship cannot be generalized and varies among geographic regions. This book contributes to both the multinationality-performance literature and the geographic segment reporting literature by offering empirical evidence about Japanese manufacturing companies and comparing them with prior findings about American companies. The “I” of the Hurricane: How to Generate Corporate Energy
By Art Mcneil. 2014
Helps business and public sector organizations implement inspirational leadership and hold people accountable. Identifies the need for an ethics platform…
to establish behavioral boundaries and reinforce the living of the organization's cultural-values and visionWii Encore?
By Andrei Hagiu. 2011
Nintendo faced huge difficulties in July 2011. Sony's PlayStation and Microsoft's Xbox had caught up with the innovative motion-sensing controllers…
of the original Wii. And the new Nintendo 3DS handheld console had experienced a very disappointing start. Moreover, videogame consoles (particularly handheld ones) were facing increasing substitution from online and mobile games played on social networks and/or mobile phones (e.g. Zynga's Farmville). First, could Nintendo come up with a novel and innovative console once again (a Wii Encore) in order to escape head-to-head competition against its two larger rivals (Sony and Microsoft)? Second, how could Nintendo fend off the new substitutes, which were competing for a large portion of its customers?New Technologies and Branding
By Philippe Sachetti, Thibaud Zuppinger. 2018
Between cases of study, theoretical panorama and practical reflections, this book gives brand leaders the means to defend their brand…
in a changing environment, where new technologies and manipulation techniques have rendered old defense schemes obsolete. Rather than suggesting a reflection from the point of view of the crisis, the authors deal with the question under another, broader theme: conflict.Playing to Win: 3. Where to Play
By A. G. Lafley, Roger L. Martin. 2013
Play to Win: How Strategy Really Works is an 8-chapter books published in 2013 by Harvard Business Review Press and…
written by former Procter & Gamble CEO A.G. Lafley and Rotman School of Management Dean Roger L. Martin. The authors present a framework for creating strategy based on a decade of work at P&G. The framework is a strategic choice cascade, made up of 5 decision points that apply to companies of all sizes and in all markets. The model guides leaders in making choices around a winning aspiration, where to play, how to win, core capabilities, and management systems and is enriched by using the context of P&G's experience. The authors provide perspectives on how to put the framework into practice, offering practical tips and personal insights. Chapter 3, Where to Play (23 pages), moves to the second step of the framework, making market decisions connected company's winning aspiration. Market choices define the company's business focus and set the stage for the challenges to come. The authors divide these choices into five dimensions: geography, product type, consumer segment, distribution channel, and vertical stage of production. They explain that while these dimensions are the same for all companies, the significance of each dimension is variable, and they illustrate with an analysis of P&G's Bounty brand. The authors also discuss the role of the competitive arena and highlight common problems that companies face in making market decisions. They look in depth at how P&G found new markets for established brands.How Government Debt Accumulates
By Jonathan Schlefer, Dante Roscini. 2011
This note discusses the economics of government-debt accumulation. Fiscal deficits are only part of the picture; other factors include the…
level of debt as a percent of nominal GDP; the interest rate; the inflation rate; the growth rate; and changes in the exchange rate if some debt is owed in a foreign currency. The note discusses how these factors interact to affect government debt levels.The Random House Response to the Kindle
By Bharat N. Anand, Peter W. Olson. 2010
In early 2010, e-readers like Amazon's Kindle, and Apple's impending iPad, threatened to disrupt the book publishing industry. The case…
provides an overview of the industry, describes the broader trends regarding e-readers, and asks: how should major publishers like Random House respond to these trends?Revitalizing Dell
By Jan W. Rivkin. 2010
Dell Inc., with its vaunted Direct Model, defined success in the personal computer industry for more than a decade. Starting…
in the mid-2000s, however, the company fell on hard times. In 2009, Michael Dell and his management team must figure out why the Direct Model has faltered and what they can do to revitalize the company.