18 books like Industry and trade

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Business--a profession Louis Dembitz Brandeis · 1914 · 327p · ≈ 10h · Challenging In the competitive business world today, organizations are compelled to continually evolve and modernize to stay ahead. Proper team management and planning are two of the most critical determinants of business success. Expert services like https://perspectiveteam.com/services provide innovative solutions to optimize business performance and overall efficacy. Through leveraging the expertise,… Shares: Industries, Economic conditions, Business

Advance Australasia Frank Thomas Bullen · 1907 · 292p · ≈ 9h · Challenging With centuries of literature, it's inevitable that some will fall through the cracks. We hunt down public domain works and restore them so they're not lost to the world. Who are we? We're Cairn Press. Our background is in design, publishing, typography, and technology. These skills fuel our mission to create the highest quality Public Domain eBooks available online, at an affordable price. We… Shares: Economic conditions, Commerce, Business

Absentee ownership and busines enterprise in recent times Thorstein Veblen · 1923 · 445p · ≈ 14h · Challenging Absentee Ownership is an inquiry into the economic situation as it has taken shape in the twentieth century, particularly as exemplified in the case of America. According to Thorstein Veblen, absentee ownership is the main and immediate controlling interest in the life of civilized men. It is the paramount issue between the civilized nations, and guides the conduct of their affairs at home and… Shares: Industrie, Economic history, Industries, Business

The acquisitive society Richard H. Tawney · 1920 · 185p · ≈ 6h · Challenging “The faith upon which our economic civilization reposes, the faith that riches are not a means to an end but an end, implies that all economic activity is equally estimable whether it is subordinated to a social purpose or not.” So states R. H. Tawney in this treatise on the difference between an Acquisitive Society, one guided purely by profits, and a Functional Society, one guided by… Shares: Industrie, Industry, Industries

The vested interests and the common man. The modern point of view and the new order Thorstein Veblen · 1920 · 186p · ≈ 6h · Challenging This expansive collection gathers Thorstein Veblen's major writings on capitalism, institutions, education, and social power, including The Theory of Business Enterprise, The Higher Learning in America, The Vested Interests and the Common Man, and essays on capital, workmanship, and industrial organization. Written in Veblen's famously ironic, analytic prose, these works expose the conflict… Shares: Industry, Industries, Business

Marketing Made Simple Donald Miller & Dr. J.J. Peterson · 2020 · ★ 4.2 · 208p · ≈ 6h · Moderate This guide from New York Times bestselling author Donald Miller, is a must-have for any marketing professional or small business owner who wants grow their business. It will teach you how to create and implement a sales funnel that will increase traffic and drive sales.Every day, your company is losing sales simply because you do not have a clear path to attract new customers. You’re not… Shares: Commerce, Business

R.E.D. Marketing Greg Creed & Ken Muench · 2021 · ★ 1.5 Create breakthrough marketing campaigns by harnessing the power of R.E.D. Marketing: a transparent and flexible methodology straight from marketing powerhouse Yum! Brands.Sidestep the marketing books, courses, and even TED talks that offer hypothetical explanations that sound sensible and embrace the proven, systematic approach of R.E.D. Marketing, which the recent CEO and current CMO… Shares: Commerce, Business

Ultimate Guide to Google Ads Bryan Todd, Mike Rhodes & Perry Marshall · 2020 · 367p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Get More Customers with Google Ads Focusing on the growing number of mobile users and increased localized searches, Google Ads experts Perry Marshall and Bryan Todd, joined by AdWords and analytics evangelist Mike Rhodes, once again deliver the most comprehensive and current look at today’s fastest, most powerful advertising medium. Marshall and team teach you how to build an aggressive,… Shares: Commerce, Business

Essai politique sur le royaume de la Nouvelle-Espagne Alexander von Humboldt · 1811 · 245p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Depuis 1980, ces textes savamment sélectionnés et regroupés ici par Charles Minguet, n’avaient pas été réédités. Ils sont extraits de la relation historique du Voyage aux régions équinoxiales du Nouveau Continent (1814 à 1831), de l'Essai politique sur le royaume de la Nouvelle-Espagne (1808 et 1811), de l'Essai politique sur l'île de Cuba (1826), de Tableaux de la Nature (1808) et des Vues des… Shares: Industries, Economic conditions, Commerce

Yes! Noah J. Goldstein, Steve J. Martin & Robert Cialdini · 2008 · ★ 3.5 · 273p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Most of us are only too aware that, whatever roles we have in today's fast-moving world, much of our success lies in getting others to say 'Yes' to our requests. What many people might not be aware of, though, is the vast amount of research that has been conducted on the influence process. What factors cause one person to say 'Yes' to the request of another? Yes! is full of practical tips based… Shares: Affaires, Industry, Business

The Age of Deleveraging A. Gary Shilling · 2010 · 544p · ≈ 18h · Moderate "Top economist Gary Shilling shows you how to prosper in the slow-growing and deflationary times that lie ahead. While many investors fear a rapid rise in inflation, author Gary Shilling, an award-winning economic forecaster, argues that the global economy is going through a long period of de-leveraging and weak growth, which makes deflation far more likely and a far greater threat to investors… Shares: Economic history, Economic conditions

The goal Eliyahu M. Goldratt · 1986 · 333p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Alex Rogo is the manager of a failing manufacturing plant who receives an ultimatum from corporate headquarters: Turn the situation around in three months or the plant will be scrapped. With help from a mysterious mentor, Rogo discovers a revolutionary new way to do business—a way for people in any field of endeavor to increase productivity, profitability, and personal fulfillment. A business… Shares: Industry, Commerce, Business

The empire of business Andrew Carnegie · 1902 · ★ 4.5 · 345p · ≈ 11h · Challenging | caption = Title page for The Empire of Business (1902) Shares: Affaires, Economic conditions, Business

Bodalsi͡a︡ telenok s dubom Александр Солженицын · 1975 · ★ 4.0 · 568p · ≈ 18h · Moderate The Oak and the Calf, subtitled Sketches of Literary Life in the Soviet Union, is a memoir by Russian writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, about his attempts to publish work in his own country. Solzhenitsyn began writing the memoir in April 1967, when he was 49 years old, and added supplements in 1971, 1973, and 1974. The work was first published in Russian in 1975 under the title Бодался телёнок с… Shares: Economic history, Economic conditions

Fields, Factories, and Workshops Peter Kropotkin · 1899 · 275p · ≈ 9h · Challenging Fields, Factories, and Workshops is an 1899 book by anarchist Peter Kropotkin that discusses the decentralization of industries, possibilities of agriculture, and uses of small industries. Before this book on economics, Kropotkin had been known for his militant activity in behalf of international anarchism and writings on Siberian geography. Through the book, he sought to connect anarchism with… Shares: Economic history, Industries, Business

Office politics Wilfrid Sheed · 1966 · ★ 4.0 · 339p · ≈ 11h · Moderate The novel's setting is the slightly worn-at-the-heels office of The Outsider, an influential journal of opinion with a small but dwindling circulation. The magazine and its staff have been dominated by the personality of editor-in-chief Gilbert Twining ever since that unorthodox "genius" of British journalism was imported a decade ago. But when a sudden illness sends Twining into enforced… Shares: Affaires, Business

Thriving on chaos Thomas J. Peters · 1987 · ★ 4.0 · 561p · ≈ 18h · Moderate Forty-five prescriptions specify what managers at every level must do if the organizations they lead are to survive in today's chaotic economic environment. Shares: Industry, Commerce, Business

The Corrosion of Character Richard Sennett · 2000 · 214p · ≈ 7h · Moderate The distinguished sociologist Richard Sennett surveys major differences between earlier forms of industrial capitalism and the more global, more febrile, ever more mutable version of capitalism that is taking its place. He shows how these changes affect everyday life—how the work ethic is changing; how new beliefs about merit and talent displace old values of craftsmanship and achievement; how… Shares: Industrie, Economic history

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