Development Growth category: 1653 books

Eleventh in a series of annual reports comparing business regulation in 189 economies, Doing Business 2014 measures regulations affecting 11 areas of everyday business activity: • Starting a business • Dealing with construction permits • Getting electricity • Registering property • Getting...

Why do millions of people end up wearing the same style of clothing? What makes people change their tastes in food, music, and cars? It's because of trends - the powerful process of change that affects every industry across the globe. Drawing on his groundbreaking research, trend sociologist...

With must-have updates, a new edition of the bestselling method that shows how anyone can turn their one simple idea into millions – without lifting a finger! Stephen Key is an award-winning inventor who has licensed more than 20 product ideas. In 2011, he shared the secrets to his success...

The Edge of Leadership is a superb manual that aims at contributing to the development of human and institutional capacity through holistic or sustainable leadership; Leadership which is for the benefit of the leader, followers and society. It's a guidebook that could set the world with regards to...

Jeff Atwood began the Coding Horror blog in 2004, and is convinced that it changed his life. He needed a way to keep track of software development over time - whatever he was thinking about or working on. He researched subjects he found interesting, then documented his research with a public blog...

This book gathers Polish and foreign scholars to consider diverse aspects of Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). It examines key general areas such as the improvement of the position of the negotiating parties in the world economy, in politics and in international organisations....

The remarkable story of how rustbelt cities such as Akron and Albany in the United States and Eindhoven in Europe are becoming the unlikely hotspots of global innovation, where sharing brainpower and making things smarter—not cheaper—is creating a new economy that is turning globalization on its...

The collection of lectures and publications from the Schumacher Center for a New Economics represents some of the foremost voices on a new economics. Michael Shuman's lecture to the Community Land Trust in the Southern Berkshires points to the shift that is occurring from a global economy...

Remittances sent by African migrants have become an important source of external finance for countries in the Sub-Saharan African region. In many African countries these flows are larger than foreign direct investment and portfolio debt and equity flows. In some cases they are similar in size to official...

An independent evaluation of the World Bank??s extensive support to developing countries on trade issues between 1987 and 2004. The study assesses the development effectiveness of World Bank trade-related advocacy, capacity-building, lending and research. It examines the extent to which the Bank??s policies...

The Innovation of Globalization – proven strategies to succeed and out-compete emerging competition Does your company know how to compete effectively in the evolving global business arena? What tactics must your company use to overcome price discounting wars that cut into your margins? What...

The Lean Office This book will enable you to transform your culture and enhance your bottom line by implementing Lean Management concepts. It’s applicable to all types of offices, large and small. From Fortune 500 companies, thru to Government agencies and to small businesses, by implementing...

Finally, there’s a book that shows Africa for what it really is—Your Best Bet Gold-Mine Global Market For The Next 50 Years! Mark Byron is a successful British/Nigerian investment banker who takes us on a journey through this phenomenal Economic Giant—from the financial corridors of...

How do we know if a hot new technology will succeed or fail? Most of us, even experts, get it wrong all the time. We depend more than we realize on wishful thinking and romanticized ideas of history. In the new paperback edition of this fascinating book, a book that has appeared on MSNBC, CNBC, Slashdot.org,...