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Operating Model Canvas By : Andrew Campbell ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : The journey from strategy to operating success depends on creating an organization that can deliver the chosen strategy. This book, explaining the Operating Model Canvas, shows you how to do this. It teaches you how to define the main work processes, choose an organization structure, develop a high-level blueprint of the IT systems, decide where to locate and how to lay out floor plans, set up relationships with suppliers and design a management system and scorecard with which to run the new organization. The Operating Model Canvas helps you to create a target operating model aligned to your strategy. The book contains more than 20 examples ranging from large multi-nationals to government departments to small charities and from an operating model for a business to an operating model for a department of five people. The book describes more than 15 tools, including new to...

Dear Chairman: Boardroom Battles and the Rise of Shareholder Activism By : Jefferson Gramm ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : A sharp and illuminating history of one of capitalism?s longest running tensions?the conflicts of interest among public company directors, managers, and shareholders?told through entertaining case studies and original letters from some of our most legendary and controversial investors and activists.Recent disputes between shareholders and major corporations, including Apple and DuPont, have made headlines. But the struggle between management and those who own stock has been going on for nearly a century. Mixing never-before-published and rare, original letters from Wall Street icons?including Benjamin Graham, Warren Buffett, Ross Perot, Carl Icahn, and Daniel Loeb?with masterful scholarship and professional insight, Dear Chairman traces the rise in shareholder activism from the 1920s to today, and provides an invaluable and...

Doing Good Better: Revised Edition By : Edgar Stoesz ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis :                   The third edition of this bestselling book gives practical and current advice to nonprofit board members who are stiffly new or wearily veteran. Author Edgar Stoesz, retired board chair of Habitat for Humanity International, writes crisply from his wise and seasoned nonprofit board experience.                  This trusted handbook for nonprofit board service is newly revised and includes new case studies and even more tips and ideas from the trenches of nonprofit board work. Doing Good Better is approachable wisdom. Edgar Stoesz has made Doing Good Better a guidebook for both board members of nonprofits, whether new to the task, or highly Book Detail : Author : Edgar Stoesz Pages : 192 pa...

HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing People (Vol. 2) By : Harvard Business Review ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Master the most daunting challenges of managing people. More of the ideas you want, from the authors you trust, with 'HBR'S 10 MUST READS ON MANAGING PEOPLE (VOL. 2).' We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you maximize your employees' performance.With insights from leading experts, this book will inspire you to: Adjust your management style to fit your people and your organization's goals Give feedback the right way Support first-time managers Manage the emotional culture of your team Push your people to collaborate and break down silos Overcome organizational obstacles to effective management Manage up and across HBR's 10 Must Reads paperback series is the definitive collection of books for new and ex...

The Enlightened Capitalists: Cautionary Tales of Business Pioneers Who Tried to Do Well by Doing Good By : James O'Toole ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : An expert on ethical leadership analyzes the complicated history of business people who tried to marry the pursuit of profits with virtuous organizational practices?from British industrialist Robert Owen to American retailer John Cash Penney and jeans maker Levi Strauss to such modern-day entrepreneurs Anita Roddick and Tom Chappell.Today?s business leaders are increasingly pressured by citizens, consumers, and government officials to address urgent social and environmental issues. Although some corporate executives remain deaf to such calls, over the last two centuries, a handful of business leaders in America and Britain have attempted to create business organizations that were both profitable and socially responsible.In The Enlightened Capitalists, James O?Toole tells the largely forgott...

A Leader's Guide to Cybersecurity: Why Boards Need to Lead - and How to Do It By : Thomas J. Parenty ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Companies are investing an unprecedented amount of money to keep their data and assets safe, yet cyberattacks are on the rise--and the problem is worsening. No amount of technology, resources, or policies will reverse this trend. Only sound governance, originating with the board, can turn the tide.Protection against cyberattacks can't be treated as a problem solely belonging to an IT or cybersecurity department. It needs to cast a wide and impenetrable net that covers everything an organization does--from its business operations, models, and strategies to its products and intellectual property. And boards are in the best position to oversee the needed changes to strategy and hold their companies accountable. Not surprisingly, many boards aren't prepared to assume this responsibility.In A Leader's G...

HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy (Including Featured Article "What Is Strategy?" by Michael E. Porter) By : Michael E. Porter ↑↑ READ BOOK NOW ↑↑   ↑↑ Download BOOK NOW ↑↑   Book Synopsis : Is your company spending too much time on strategy development--with too little to show for it?If you read nothing else on strategy, read these 10 articles (featuring "What Is Strategy?" by Michael E. Porter). We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you catalyze your organization's strategy development and execution.HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy will inspire you to:Distinguish your company from rivalsClarify what your company will and won't doCraft a vision for an uncertain futureCreate blue oceans of uncontested market spaceUse the Balanced Scorecard to measure your strategyCapture your strategy in a memorable phraseMake priorities explicitAllocate resources earlyClarify decision rights f...

Hbr's 10 Must Reads 2021: The Definitive Management Ideas of the Year from Harvard Business Review By : Harvard Business Review ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : A year's worth of management wisdom, all in one place.We've combed through the ideas, insights, and best practices from the past year of Harvard Business Review to help you get up to speed fast on the relevant concepts driving business today. Discover new ideas and sample the latest thinking of our vast array of management experts. Revisit these topics now to make sure your organization is incorporating the best, most up-to-date practices, or keep this book as a reference so you can turn to these memorable pieces when you need them the most. The collection includes articles on leadership, strategy, and innovation, as well as articles that will help you manage yourself and others.HBR's 10 Must Reads paperback series is the definitive collection of books for new and experie...

Holacracy: The New Management System for a Rapidly Changing World By : Brian J. Robertson ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Holacracy is a revolutionary management system that redefines management and turns everyone into a leader.Holacracy distributes authority and decision-making throughout an organization, and defines people not by hierarchy and titles, but by roles. Holacracy creates organizations that are fast, agile, and that succeed by pursuing their purpose, not following a dated and artificial plan.This isn't anarchy ? it's quite the opposite. When you start to follow Holacracy, you learn to create new structures and ways of making decisions that empower the people who know the most about the work you do: your frontline colleagues.Some of the many champions of Holacracy include Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com (author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Delivering Happiness), Evan Williams (co-founder of Blogger, Twitter, and Medium)...

HBR's 10 Must Reads for CEOs (with bonus article "Your Strategy Needs a Strategy" by Martin Reeves, Claire Love, and Philipp Tillmanns) By : Harvard Business Review ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : As CEO, you set the tone for your organization. You establish priorities, anticipate and address challenges, champion and lead change efforts, set people up for success, and manage risk. You look at issues and trends to see how they'll affect your company internally, but also externally--in the larger context of your industry, your country, and your company's place in the global marketplace. You maintain a long-term view while simultaneously paying attention to short-term concerns. And though you may have a great senior executive team and a top-flight board, ultimately the responsibility rests on your shoulders.If you read nothing else for CEOs, read these 10 articles by experts in the field. We've combed through hundreds of ...

Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients By : Ben Goldacre ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : "Smart, funny, clear, unflinching: Ben Goldacre is my hero." ?Mary Roach, author of Stiff, Spook, and Bonk We like to imagine that medicine is based on evidence and the results of fair testing and clinical trials. In reality, those tests and trials are often profoundly flawed. We like to imagine that doctors who write prescriptions for everything from antidepressants to cancer drugs to heart medication are familiar with the research literature about these drugs, when in reality much of the research is hidden from them by drug companies. We like to imagine that doctors are impartially educated, when in reality much of their education is funded by the pharmaceutical industry. We like to imagine that regulators have some code of ethics and let only effective drugs onto the market, when in reality they approve useless ...

Deep Medicine: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Healthcare Human Again By : Eric J. Topol ↑↑ READ BOOK NOW ↑↑   ↑↑ Download BOOK NOW ↑↑   Book Synopsis : A Science Friday pick for book of the year, 2019 One of America's top doctors reveals how AI will empower physicians and revolutionize patient care Medicine has become inhuman, to disastrous effect. The doctor-patient relationship--the heart of medicine--is broken: doctors are too distracted and overwhelmed to truly connect with their patients, and medical errors and misdiagnoses abound. In Deep Medicine, leading physician Eric Topol reveals how artificial intelligence can help. AI has the potential to transform everything doctors do, from notetaking and medical scans to diagnosis and treatment, greatly cutting down the cost of medicine and reducing human mortality. By freeing physicians from the tasks that interfere with human connection, AI will create space for the real healing that takes place between a doctor who can l...

Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom By : Katherine Eban ↑↑ READ BOOK NOW ↑↑   ↑↑ Download BOOK NOW ↑↑   Book Synopsis : From an award-winning journalist, an explosive narrative investigation of the generic drug boom that reveals fraud and life-threatening dangers on a global scale?The Jungle?for pharmaceuticalsMany have hailed the widespread use of generic drugs as one of the most important public-health developments of the twenty-first century. Today, almost 90 percent of our pharmaceutical market is comprised of generics, the majority of which are manufactured overseas. We have been reassured by our doctors, our pharmacists and our regulators that generic drugs are identical to their brand-name counterparts, just less expensive. But is this really true?Katherine Eban?s Bottle of Lies exposes the deceit behind generic-drug manufacturing?and the attendant risks for global health. Drawing on exclusive accounts from whistleblowers and regulators, as well as thousand...

Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America By : Robert Whitaker ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Now with bonus material, including a new foreword and afterword with updated researchIn this astonishing and startling book, award-winning science and history writer Robert Whitaker investigates a medical mystery: Why has the number of disabled mentally ill in the United States tripled over the past two decades? Every day, 1,100 adults and children are added to the government disability rolls because they have become newly disabled by mental illness, with this epidemic spreading most rapidly among our nation?s children. What is going on??Anatomy of an Epidemic challenges readers to think through that question themselves. First, Whitaker investigates what is known today about the biological causes of mental disorders. Do psychiatric medications fix ?chemical imbalances? in the brain...

Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom By : Katherine Eban ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : From an award-winning?Fortune?reporter, an explosive narrative investigation of the generic drug boom that reveals the life-threatening dangers posed by globalization?The Jungle?for pharmaceuticalsThe widespread use of generic drugs has been hailed as one of the most important public health developments of the twentieth century. Today, almost 90 percent of our pharmaceutical market is comprised of generics, the majority of which are manufactured overseas. We have been reassured by our pharmacists, our doctors, and our regulators that the generic and brand-name drugs are identical, generics just cheaper. But is this really true?Katherine Eban?s?Bottle of Lies exposes the widespread deceit behind generic drug manufacturing?creating terrifying risks for global health. Drawing on exclusive accounts from whistleblowers, inspectors, and regul...

The Antidote to Suffering: How Compassionate Connected Care Can Improve Safety, Quality, and Experience By : Christina Dempsey ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : An indispensable guide to reducing the suffering?of patients and caregivers alike?and to improving healthcare delivery for allIn our efforts to treat patients, cure illness, and manage institutions, healthcare professionals too often overlook the fundamental purpose everyone in the industry shares: to alleviate suffering.Press Ganey's Chief Nursing Officer, Christina Dempsey, has worked everywhere in healthcare, from the ward floor to the hospital boardroom. She has also experienced the system as a patient and as a family member of a critically ill patient. In The Antidote to Suffering, this 30-year healthcare veteran and patient-experience thought leader argues that the key to improving healthcare is to reduce the suffering--physical, psychological, and emotional--of patients and car...

The Price of Health: The Modern Pharmaceutical Enterprise and the Betrayal of a History of Care By : Michael Kinch ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : From "pharma bros" to everday household budgets, just how did the pharmaceutical industry betray its own history?and how can it return to its tradition of care?It?s an unfortunate and life-threatening fact: one in five Americans has skipped vital prescriptions simply because of the cost. These choices are being made even though we have reached a point in the conveyance of medical options where cancers can be cured and sight restored for those blinded by rare genetic disorders. How, in this time of such advancements, did we reach a point, where people cannot afford the very things that could save their lives? As the COVID-19 global pandemic has pointed out, we need the leadership of scientists, researchers, public health officials and lawmakers alike to guide us through not only in times of...

Broken, Bankrupt, and Dying: How to Solve the Great American Healthcare Rip-off By : Brad Spellberg ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : As Americans, we spend trillions of dollars more on healthcare than anyone else in the world, yet we have shorter lifespans. Patients are crushed by medical debt, sometimes forced to choose between paying for medications, rent, or food. Healthcare workers are burned out from being trapped in a broken system-one that has been the greatest rip-off of the American people this century. In Broken, Bankrupt, and Dying, Dr. Brad Spellberg tells the story of this tragic failure of American healthcare, from excess deaths to maddening inefficiencies, crushing costs to medical bankruptcies, and bizarre billing practices to absurd waste (learn what a "Johnson rod" is and how it affects your health).Dr. Spellberg presents a real-world solution for a better future that differs from the healthcare proposals discussed in...

Deadly Monopolies: The Shocking Corporate Takeover of Life Itself--And the Consequences for Your Health and Our Medical Future By : Harriet A. Washington ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : From the award-winning author of Medical Apartheid, an expos? of the rush to own and exploit the raw materials of life?including yours.?Think your body is your own to control and dispose of as you wish? Think again. The United States Patent Office has granted at least 40,000 patents on genes controlling the most basic processes of human life, and more are pending. If you undergo surgery in many hospitals you must sign away ownership rights to your excised tissues, even if they turn out to have medical and fiscal value. Life itself is rapidly becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of the medical-industrial complex.?Deadly Monopolies is a powerful, disturbing, and deeply researched book that illuminates this ?life patent? gold rush and its harmful, and even lethal, co...

God Pharm By : Garrett Roper ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Thom Burke is everything a scientist shouldn't be: brash, sophomoric, and reckless. A genius millennial born with a silver spoon; all the potential but none of the drive. But when his academic project is revoked by a big UCSF donor, Thom throws away his privilege, jeopardizing his career to produce an illegal gene-modifying drug that could change someone's belief in God . . . by making them become one. What Thom doesn't realize is that a version of this drug has already been created - weaponized - and its creators will do everything in their power to suppress its knowledge. Even murder.Now Thom and his team must search for answers in a dangerous world filled with pious hackers, vengeful geneticists and impassioned assassins. Business, Church or State - only by entering the shadow domain of global power will Thom learn the grim truth of who truly controls our civilization.A...

Uncommon Service: How to Win by Putting Customers at the Core of Your Business By : Frances Frei ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Most companies treat service as a low-priority business operation, keeping it out of the spotlight until a customer complains. Then service gets to make a brief appearance ? for as long as it takes to calm the customer down and fix whatever foul-up jeopardized the relationship.In Uncommon Service, Frances Frei and Anne Morriss show how, in a volatile economy where the old rules of strategic advantage no longer hold true, service must become a competitive weapon, not a damage-control function. That means weaving service tightly into every core decision your company makes.The authors reveal a transformed view of service, presenting an operating model built on tough choices organizations must make:? How do customers define ?excellence? in your offering? Is it convenience? Friendliness? Flexible choices? Price?? How will ...

Competing Against Luck By : Clayton M. Christensen ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : The foremost authority on innovation and growth presents a path-breaking book every company needs to transform innovation from a game of chance to one in which they develop products and services customers not only want to buy, but are willing to pay premium prices for.How do companies know how to grow? How can they create products that they are sure customers want to buy? Can innovation be more than a game of hit and miss? Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen has the answer. A generation ago, Christensen revolutionized business with his groundbreaking theory of disruptive innovation. Now, he goes further, offering powerful new insights.After years of research, Christensen has come to one critical conclusion: our long held maxim?that understanding the customer is the crux of innovation?is wrong. Customers don?t buy products or services; they ...

Milady Standard Nail Technology By : Anonymous ↑↑ READ BOOK NOW ↑↑   ↑↑ Download BOOK NOW ↑↑   Book Synopsis : Milady Standard Nail Technology, 7th Edition is packed with new and updated information on several important topics including infection control, manicuring, pedicuring, chemistry, UV gels, and the salon business. Brand new procedural photography enhances step-by-step instructions. Also included, is a new "Why Study?" section at the beginning of each chapter, outlining the importance of understanding the concepts presented. Chapter objectives have also been revised to provide measureable, outcomes-based goals that can later be assessed using the end-of-chapter review questions. This latest edition of Milady Standard Nail Technology gives the aspiring nail technician the tools they need to launch themselves into a rewarding and successful career. Book Detail : Author : Anonymous Pages : 535 pages Publisher : Milady Publishing Language : ISBN-10 : 1285080475 ISBN-13 : 9...

Start Run a Marijuana Dispensary or Pot Shop: Wherever it is Legal! By : Self-Counsel Press ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : As laws change, North Americans are gaining greater legal access to marijuana through local dispensaries. But the rise of the dispensary brings a mountain of challenges. This book treats the fledging industry as a serious prospect and identifies the best practices to start and run a dispensary. From business basics to ensure sufficient cash flow, to science basics to ensure proper sourcing and care of the products, author Jay Currie walks dispensary owners through the important and subtle steps to a successful and sustainable business. 'Start and Run a Marijuana Dispensary or Pot Shop' is a guide to create a business model and an operating plan to legally dispense marijuana and its related products. Book Detail : Author : Self-Counsel Press Pages : 136 pages Publisher : Self-Counsel Press Language : ISBN-10 : 1770...

Weinstock's:: Sacramento's Finest Department Store By : Annette Kassis ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : In 1874, David Lubin hung a provocative sign over a ten by twelve-foot space on the corner of Fourth and K Streets in Sacramento, California: D. Lubin: One Price." Thus began the dry goods store that would evolve into Weinstock, Lubin, and Co., one of Sacramento's landmark businesses and eventually a regional giant. While many Sacramentans will remember Weinstock's spectacular Christmas displays, the signature children's milk bar and the gala openings of suburban stores at Country Club Plaza and Sunrise Mall, historian Annette Kassis goes beyond the storefront to uncover the philosophy that placed Weinstock's at the forefront of business innovation. More than a retail establishment, Weinstock's one-hundred-year legacy brought high fashion, progressive politics and the leading edge of modernization to California...

Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything By : Steven D. Levitt ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner offer the long-awaited paperback edition of Freakonomics, the runaway bestseller, including six Freakonomics columns from the New York Times Magazine and a Q & A with the authors.Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool?What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common?How much do parents really matter?These may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask. But Steven D. Levitt is not a typical economist. He studies the riddles of everyday life?from cheating and crime to parenting and sports?and reaches conclusions that turn conventional wisdom on its head. Freakonomics is a groundbreaking collaboration between Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, an award-winning author and journalist. They set out to explore the inner workings of a crack gang, the truth abo...

Superfreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance By : Steven D. Levitt ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : The New York Times bestselling Freakonomics was a worldwide sensation. Now, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner return with SuperFreakonomics, and fans and newcomers alike will find that the "freakquel" is even bolder, funnier, and more surprising than the first.SuperFreakonomics challenges the way we think all over again, exploring the hidden side of everything with such questions as: How is a street prostitute like a department store Santa? Who adds more value: a pimp or a Realtor? What do hurricanes, heart attacks, and highway deaths have in common? Did TV cause a rise in crime? Can eating kangaroo meat save the planet?Whether investigating a solution to global warming or explaining why the price of oral sex has fallen so drastically, Levitt and Dubner show the world fo...

Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science By : Charles Wheelan ↑↑ READ BOOK NOW ↑↑   ↑↑ Download BOOK NOW ↑↑   Book Synopsis : At last! A new edition of the economics book that won?t put you to sleep. In fact, you won?t be able to put this bestseller down. In our challenging economic climate, this perennial favorite of students and general readers is more than a good read, it?s a necessary investment?with a blessedly sure rate of return. This revised and updated edition includes commentary on hot topics such as automation, trade, income inequality, and America?s rising debt. Ten years after the financial crisis, Naked Economics examines how policymakers managed the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.Demystifying buzzwords, laying bare the truths behind oft-quoted numbers, and answering the questions you were always too embarrassed to ask, the breezy Naked Economics gives you the tools to engage with pleasure and confidence in the deeply relevant, not so dismal scienc...

High Tide On Main Street: Rising Sea Level and the Coming Coastal Crisis By : John Englander ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Did you know that... Sea level will rise for at least 1,000 years. Shorelines will shift significantly by 2050 Property values may start to decline this decade. Rising sea level is the most profound long-term aspect of climate change. Yet, the public is almost completely unaware of the magnitude of the problem. For three million years sea level regularly moved up and down almost 400 feet with the ice age cycles. Now, after 6,000 years of minimal change, we are entering a new era of rapid sea level rise. In clear, easy-to-understand language, this book explains: * The science behind sea level rise, plus the myths and partial truths used to confuse the issue. * The surprising forces that will cause sea level to rise for 1,000 years, as well as the possibility of catastrophic rise this century. * Why the devastating economic...

Scale: The Universal Laws of Growth, Innovation, Sustainability, and the Pace of Life, in Organisms, Cities, Economies, and Companies By : Geoffrey West ↑↑ READ BOOK NOW ↑↑   ↑↑ Download BOOK NOW ↑↑   Book Synopsis : The former head of the Sante Fe Institute, visionary physicist Geoffrey West is a pioneer in the field of complexity science, the science of emergent systems and networks. The term complexity can be misleading, however, because what makes West s discoveries so beautiful is that he has found an underlying simplicity that unites the seemingly complex and diverse phenomena of living systems, including our bodies, our cities and our businesses. Fascinated by issues of aging and mortality, West applied the rigor of a physicist to the biological question of why we live as long as we do and no longer. The result was astonishing, and changed science, creating a new understanding of energy use and metabolism: West found that despite the riotous diversity in the sizes of mammals, t...

The Myths of Innovation By : Scott Berkun ↑↑ READ BOOK NOW ↑↑   ↑↑ Download BOOK NOW ↑↑   Book Synopsis : Since its initial publication, this classic bestseller has been discussed on NPR, MSNBC, CNBC, and at Yale University, MIT, Carnegie Mellon University, Microsoft, Apple, Intel, Google, Amazon.com, and other major media, corporations, and universities around the world. It has changed the way thousands of leaders and creators understand the world. The release of this paperback edition, updated and expanded with four new chapters, presents a fantastic opportunity to explore or rediscover this powerful view of the world of ideas. Book Detail : Author : Scott Berkun Pages : 248 pages Publisher : O'Reilly Media Language : ISBN-10 : 1449389627 ISBN-13 : 9781449389628   Supporting format: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, MOBI, HTML, RTF, TXT, etc. Supporting : PC, Android, Apple, Ipad, Iphone, etc. ================*================  

Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability, and Peace By : Vandana Shiva ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : World-renowned environmental activist and physicist Vandana Shiva calls for a radical shift in the values that govern democracies, condemning the role that unrestricted capitalism has played in the destruction of environments and livelihoods.?She explores the issues she helped bring to international attention?genetic food engineering, culture theft, and natural resource privatization?uncovering their links to the rising tide of fundamentalism, violence against women, and planetary death. Struggles on the streets of Seattle and Cancun and in homes and farms across the world have yielded a set of principles based on inclusion, nonviolence, reclaiming the commons, and freely sharing the earth?s resources. These ideals, which Dr. Shiva calls ?Earth Democracy,? serve as an urgent call to peace and as the basis for a just and sustainable future. Boo...

Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility: Sustainable Value Creation By : David B. Chandler ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility: Sustainable Value Creation redefines corporate social responsibility (CSR) as being central to the value-creating purpose of the firm. Based on a theory of empowered stakeholders, this bestselling text argues that the 'responsibility' of a corporation is to create value, broadly defined. In this new Fourth Edition, author David Chandler explores why some firms are better at CSR and how other firms can improve their CSR efforts. Keep your course content up-to-date! Subscribe to David Chandler's 'CSR Newsletters' by e-mailing him at david.chandler@ucdenver.edu. The newsletters are designed to be a dynamic complement to the text that can be used for in-class discussion and debate. Past newsletters are archived as a freely-available resource for instructors and s...

The Ages of Globalization: Geography, Technology, and Institutions By : Jeffrey D. Sachs ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Today's most urgent problems are fundamentally global. They require nothing less than concerted, planetwide action if we are to secure a long-term future. But humanity's story has always been on a global scale. In this book, Jeffrey D. Sachs, renowned economist and expert on sustainable development, turns to world history to shed light on how we can meet the challenges and opportunities of the twenty-first century.Sachs takes readers through a series of seven distinct waves of technological and institutional change, starting with the original settling of the planet by early modern humans through long-distance migration and ending with reflections on today's globalization. Along the way, he considers how the interplay of geography, technology, and institutions influenced the Neolithic revolution; the role of the ho...

The Survival of the Richest: An Analysis of the Relationship between the Sciences of Biology, Economics, Finance, and Survivalism By : Anthony M. Criniti IV ↑↑ READ BOOK NOW ↑↑   ↑↑ Download BOOK NOW ↑↑   Book Synopsis : The Survival of the Richest: An Analysis of the Relationship between the Sciences of Biology, Economics, Finance, and Survivalism is Dr. Anthony M. Criniti IV?s remarkable follow-up to his acclaimed book, The Necessity of Finance. Exploring in greater depth how the sciences of economics and finance are necessary for their respective entities to survive, this book integrates some of the hardest concepts of several very important fields of scientific inquiry.Deriving serious conclusions on the future of humanity, this provocative work is divided into five parts that discuss the science of survival, survivalism?s connection to economics and finance, the relationship of biology and various reformed natural selection processes to wealth, and the role of humans as the ultima...