Development Growth category: 1653 books
by Rhonda Abrams
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2017
If you want to grow your business, you need help. Hire Your First Employee: The entrepreneur’s guide to finding, choosing and leading great people guides you step by step through everything you need to make the decision to hire, find the right people and lead & manage your team.
It’s...
by Dawit Guta
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2015
This study explores issues of biomass energy use in relation to household welfare and it assesses Ethiopia’s future energy security with a focus on long-term model of the energy sector, and institutional arrangements required for decentralized energy initiatives. Data from Ethiopian rural households...
by World Bank
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2007
Regulations affecting 10 areas of everyday business are measured: starting a business, dealing with licenses, employing workers, registering property, getting credit, protecting investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts, and closing a business. Doing Business 2008 updates all...
by World Bank
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2008
Comparing business regulation in 181 economies. Doing Business 2009 is the sixth in a series of annual reports comparing business regulations in 181 economies. Doing Business 2009 measures regulations affecting 10 areas of everyday business: Starting a businesssteps, time, cost, and minimum capital...
Innovation X
Why a Company's Toughest Problems Are Its Greatest Advantage
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2010
A fresh approach to succeeding with innovation, grounded in insights about rapidly changing customers, competitors and technologies
Written by a director at the award-winning global innovation firm frog design, this vital book shows business leaders and managers how to accomplish truly effective...
Yes, You Can Innovate
Discover your innovation strengths and develop your creative potential
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2018
Yes, You Can Innovate! is a practical how-to guide to help you discover your innovation strengths. Use the free online assessment to improve your ability to create value out of new ideas.
Covering the six stages of innovation, find out which of the 6’I’s® is your personal strength:
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by Khee Giap Tan, Trieu Duong Luu Nguyen, Divya Chandran;Kong Yam Tan
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2017
As cities continue to play an increasingly significant role in driving economic growth in many countries, competition among cities have shifted from the national level to the global arena. In this context, international benchmarks for cities are vital for businesses and individuals to make informed...
SMASH
Using Market Shaping to Design New Strategies for Innovation, Value Creation, and Growth
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2018
Stunningly, strategy has never adequately defined one of its central institutions, the market. Old playbooks got away with a hodgepodge of assertions, assumptions and approximations.
But the undeniable complexity of modern markets confronts us with the truth. Markets are elaborate, evolving...
The Law and Economics of Intellectual Property in the Digital Age
The Limits of Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2012
This book explores the economic analysis of intellectual property law, with a special emphasis on the Law and Economics of informational goods in light of the past decade’s technological revolution. In recent years there has been massive growth in the Law and Economics literature focusing on intellectual...
Money Magnet
How to Attract Investors to Your Business
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2010
The number-one issue for every entrepreneur is Money—getting money, raising money, convincing investors to give you money. Whether you are a start up, a small to mid-sized enterprise, or a $100-million company, your biggest problem is always money. There is currently a mad rush towards private equity—the...
Eat Their Lunch
Winning Customers Away from Your Competition
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2018
The first ever playbook for B2B salespeople on how to win clients and customers who are already being serviced by your competition, from the author of The Only Sales Guide You'll Ever Need and The Lost Art of Closing.
Like it or not, sales is often a zero-sum game: Your win is someone else's...
by Hubert Henry
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2015
Innovation is the harnessing of ideas for the commercial benefit of a business, to drive future growth and profitability. A formal innovation management system brings a discipline to the process of creating ideas, picking the best of these and proceeding to develop the chosen ideas into marketable...
The W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne Blue Ocean Strategy Reader
The iconic articles by bestselling authors W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2017
The best of W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne’s articles on blue ocean strategy, all in one place.
The seminal book Blue Ocean Strategy has sold over 3.6 million copies globally and is in print in 46 languages. But much of W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne’s work on creating new market spaces...
by Lisa Tschauner
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2012
Rule Of Thumb: A Guide to Customer Service and Business Relationships is an introductory guide for first-time entrepreneurs and small business owners seeking to gain a basic understanding of what it takes to create unrivaled customer service and long-lasting business relationships. In today's business...