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The 2008 financial crisis-like the Great Depression-was a world-historical event. What caused it will be debated for years, if not generations. The conventional narrative is that the financial crisis was caused by Wall Street greed and insufficient regulation of the financial system. That narrative produced...

Higher education expert William F. Massy’s decades as a professor, senior university officer, and consultant have left him with a passionate belief in the need for reform in America’s traditional universities. In Reengineering the University, he addresses widespread concerns that higher education’s...

Proposals are vital tools of modern business. Many companies would falter without the ability to write proposals that gain funding, venture capital, or grants. Anyone can write a proposal, but writing a winning proposal takes planning, technique, and acquired skill. This book reveals the secrets of...

Anyone who regularly deals with work-related writing deadlines knows the kind of paralysis that can take over when there's too much to accomplish and not enough time to compose a clear sentence. This indispensable guide reveals the easy, efficient, and confidence-building four-part process for keeping...

Knowledge of business research is necessary for any business student, as all postgraduate business programmes and business-related disciplines require it. Business Research is a groundbreaking book for student researchers who need to conceive, conduct and complete a new research project for the first...

Optimal development of contemporary businesses is dependent on a number of factors. By creating novel frameworks for organizational behavior, effective competitive advantage can be achieved. The Handbook of Research on Organizational Culture and Diversity in the Modern Workforce is a comprehensive reference...

Use past performance to win contracts and deliver results at the lowest risk and cost! The federal government has focused on past performance to rank bidders for almost two decades, yet both the collection and use of past performance information remain disjointed, siloed, and not fully understood...

A survey of modern publishing from A to Z, with exclusive career planning prompts. The Rational Writer: A to Z is equally suited to up-and-coming independent authors who self-publish their own books and traditional authors with hopes of landing a publishing contract with a large or small press....

So many people want to write a book. So many need to write one. But, just how does the non-professional go about organizing and following through on their dream without getting frustrated and giving up? The One Hour Author presents a logical, sequential and practical approach to creating the non-fiction...

                    Do you have a cookbook in you? If you’re like me and you love to cook and people are always telling you how good your food is, you may just have what it takes to write your own cookbook. I...

** Special Price for a limited-time only: 3 books for the price of 2! ** Three essential books to help inspire and jumpstart your writing career. Together in one especially-priced box set collection. If you have ever wondered how successful writers got there and how you can do the same....

In Cosmopolitan Business Ethics: Towards a Global Ethos of Management, Jacob Dahl Rendtorff maps the concept of global business ethics, related to sustainability and corporate governance, via an examination of the major theories of business ethics and the philosophy of management. The book...

Virtual Worlds are being increasingly used in business and education. With each day more people are venturing into computer generated online persistent worlds such as Second Life for increasingly diverse reasons such as commerce, education, research, and entertainment. This book explores the emerging...

Effective arguing is an important skill to develop. Verbal conflict is not about being contrary or negative, and it’s not about getting your own way. Arguing is an inherent part of life that humans use to resolve issues and create new ideas and solutions. Arguing often breeds innovation....