Christopher: 7927 books
Self-Leadership
The Definitive Guide to Personal Excellence
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2019
Written by the scholars who first developed the theory of self-leadership, Self-Leadership: The Definitive Guide to Personal Excellence by Christopher P. Neck, Charles C. Manz, and Jeffery D. Houghton offers powerful yet practical advice for leading oneself to personal excellence. Grounded in the...
Where Credit is Due
Bringing Equity to Credit and Housing After the Market Meltdown
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013
While much recent attention has been focused on the subprime lending and foreclosure crisis, little has been said about its radically-disparate impact. Drawing upon history as well as insight into the current crisis, this book shows that this crisis is not an anomaly, especially for people of color;...
Welfare for the Wealthy
Parties, Social Spending, and Inequality in the United States
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2015
How does political party control determine changes to social policy, and by extension, influence inequality in America? Conventional theories show that Democratic control of the federal government produces more social expenditures and less inequality. Welfare for the Wealthy re-examines this relationship...
Mountain Rescue Doctor
Wilderness Medicine in the Extremes of Nature
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2007
"A fast-paced account of Mt. Hood. For readers who are unfamiliar with the rugged and beautiful Hood River area, [Van Tilburg] balances its undeniable perils with the joys of its scenic wonders . . ."
--Publisher's Weekly
"Van Tilburg's dogged spadework in translating...
Golden Boys
Baseball Portraits 1946-1960
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2012
Renowned artist Andy Jurinko believed the golden age of baseball was 1946-1960, an era that, not coincidentally, coincided with his childhood. It was a time that welcomed such legendary stars as Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle, Jackie Robinson, Ted Williams, and Henry Aaron into the national consciousness,...
by Christopher Nobes
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2014
If you read the 'business pages' of a newspaper or if you listen to the financial news on the television or radio, you will often hear terms such as 'liability', 'balance sheet' or 'earnings'. These terms turn up in non-financial contexts as well: 'he was more of a liability than an asset'. If you...
by Christopher Morace, Sara Gaviser Leslie
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2013
Transform . . . or Be Left Behind
Create unprecedented business value with social technologies
Chief Strategy Officer at Jive Software, Christopher Morace was one of the first people to arrive at the intersection of social technology and business strategy. He has overseen more than 800 deployments...
by Christopher D. Sogge
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2014
Based on lectures given at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China, and Johns Hopkins University, this book introduces eigenfunctions on Riemannian manifolds. Christopher Sogge gives a proof of the sharp Weyl formula for the distribution of eigenvalues of Laplace-Beltrami operators, as well as an improved...
by Christopher Mabey, Rosemary Thomson
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
Developing Human Resources is aimed at managers wishing to understand their role in human resource strategy. In a clear, succinct way the authors cover the skills and techniques required to design and implement an effective HRD policy. In addition, they tackle the important tasks of team building,...
Game the Plan
Every Sales Rep's Dream; Every CFO's Nightmare
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2014
Create an incentive compensation plan knowing it will be gamed
Tired of the reality that within five minutes of announcing an incentive plan someone on your sales team starts to find ways to game the plan? THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT! By gaming, sales reps are trying to achieve the goals...
by Christopher H. Browne
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2010
There are many ways to make money in today’s market, but the one strategy that has truly proven itself over the years is value investing. Now, with The Little Book of Value Investing, Christopher Browne shows you how to use this wealth-building strategy to successfully buy bargain stocks around the world.
The Intelligent Portfolio
Practical Wisdom on Personal Investing from Financial Engines
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2010
The Intelligent Portfolio draws upon the extensive insights of Financial Engines—a leading provider of investment advisory and management services founded by Nobel Prize-winning economist William F. Sharpe—to reveal the time-tested institutional investing techniques that you can use to help improve...
International Classification of Financial Reporting
Third Edition
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2014
Financial reporting practices differ widely between countries and this has far-reaching implications for multinational businesses. Over more than a century, there have been attempts to classify countries into groups by similarities of practices. With the recent spread of International Financial Reporting...
Sustainability Demystified!
A Practical Guide for Business Leaders and Managers
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2013
Sustainability Demystified! is a practical guide that details the steps necessary to create business success. Christopher removes the speculation and mysteries surrounding applied sustainability best practices, leaves home the politics and instead features actual case studies from within a single geographic...