Stuart: 2807 books

Strategy requires an ability to conceive the future, see and create possibilities, and focus to choose a direction. Successful strategy is a mental discipline consisting of broad ranging, flexible, and creative thinking. Choosing the Future will help you achieve this success by studying fundamentals...

A one-stop guide on how to take your career to the next level Successful Career Management written by Stuart McAdam, argues that the economic upheavals of the decade of the 21st century have necessitated new perspectives on corporate strategy and career choices – this book will be of interest...

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Leadership is a term frequently used in business books, management theory and the media but how many of us have stopped to think what we mean when we use the word? Do we all understand it in the same way – is it possible to create a definition we all agree on? In What we mean when we talk about...

This book is designed to help anyone from the age of 8 to 80 years old to find out the best way in which they can learn more quickly and effectively and remember what they learn. No long-winded descriptions and unnecessary reading - this book gets straight to the point and teaches the methods...

The World's Leading Business Minds on Today's Most Critical Challenges Featuring Jim Collins, Daniel Goleman, Marshall Goldsmith, Stew Friedman, and others "Thinkers50 is . . . the Oscars for ideas." -- Professor Costas Markides, London Business School Stuart Crainer and Des...

First published in 1986, this book examines poverty and changing attitudes towards the poor and charity across England, France and Italy. It discusses the causes of poverty and the distinctions between the poor and the class-conscious proletariat. Taking early nineteenth-century Italy as a special...

This is the eBook version of the printed book. This Element is an excerpt from Capitalism at the Crossroads: Next Generation Business Strategies for a Post-Crisis World, 3rd Edition (0137042329) by Stuart L. Hart. Available in print and digital formats.   How business can offer a compelling, persuasive...

Today's global politics demands a new look at the concept of territory. From so-called deterritorialized terrorist organizations such as al-Qaeda to U.S.-led overthrows of existing regimes in the Middle East, the relationship between territory and sovereignty is under siege. Unfolding an updated understanding...

In 1942, Stuart Chase, in his book "The Road We Are Traveling" spelled out the system of planning the Fabian Socialists had in mind. 1. Strong, centralized government. 2. Powerful Executive at the expense of Congress and the Judicial. 3. Government controlled banking, credit and securities...

The process of nation-building in Latin America transformed the relations between the state, the economy, and nature. Between 1760 and 1940, the economies of most countries in the Spanish Caribbean came to depend heavily on the export of plant products, such as coffee, tobacco, and sugar. After the...

From a variety of historically grounded perspectives, After the Imperial Turn assesses the fate of the nation as a subject of disciplinary inquiry. In light of the turn toward scholarship focused on imperialism and postcolonialism, this provocative collection investigates whether the nation remains...

This book examines the multitude of challenges which the European Commission faces: once the centre of political gravity in Europe’s integration process, the growth of Euroscepticism and the emergence of new institutional rivals threaten to undermine its status as an institution. Tracing the roots...

In 2007, the United States imported 58 percent of the oil it consumed. This book critically evaluates commonly suggested links between these imports and U.S. national security and assesses the economic, political, and military costs and benefits of potential policies to alleviate imported oil?related challenges to U.S. national security.