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The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Finance for Small Business Owners
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Finance for Small Business OwnersAuthor: Ken LittlePublisher: ALPHA (Penguin)ISBN: 1-59257-479-3This finance for small business owners installment of the Idiot’s series is 318 pages in length. The 25 chapters are organized into 5 parts in this softbound book, followed by an appendix (glossary, resources, different legal structures and index).Having taught introductory courses in corporate finance at the university level, a half-dozen times, I was looking...
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2-19-2007
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421 Business Strategy Mistakes And How You Can Avoid Them
Author: Stephen RoulacISBN: 1931578095
The following review was contrbuted by: Roger E. Herman & click to view Roger E. Herman's Reviews Comprehensive, Eye-Opening, Thought-Provoking Every executive, manager, and supervisor makes mistakes. It’s one of t
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11-30-2004
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A Busy Manager’s Guide to Employee Relations Excellence
Title: A Busy Manager’s Guide to Employee Relations ExcellenceAuthor: John W. “Wes” Spence:ISBN 1-4107-7041-9 The following review was contributed by: Roger E. Herman The author of this book is a Certified Management Consultant and a Senior Professional in Human Resources. He certainly has the credentials to write a thorough, broadly instructive book on effective employee relations. From that perspective, this book was disappointing. There is a lot o
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10-31-2004
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Bookstore Tourism
Title: Bookstore TourismAuthor: Larry Portzlin ISBN 0975893408Genre: General Non-Fiction/Literary The following review was contributed by: Paul Lappen -CLICK TO VIEW>>>>Paul Lappen's Reviews Bookstore Tourism is a new way to help independent bookstores by marketing them as tourist destinations and encouraging booklovers to plan bus trips to towns with unique bookstores. Instead of, for instance, taking a bus trip to the Statue of Liberty, why not take a trip to the...
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10-23-2004
Views: 1998
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Business Research Methods (10th Edition)
Click Here To Purchase Business Research Methods Authors: Donald R. Cooper and Pamela S. SchindlerISBN: 0073401757Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin
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10-5-2008
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Navigating for Success
Click Here To Purchase Navigating For SuccessAuthor: Moss A. Jackson Ph.D.ASIN: B000ZHYCBG Live life as a navigator, not a survivor or victim! Life is a journey. Moss A. Jackson gives us many useful tips to live a meaningful and successful life in Navigating for Success: Passion, Goal & Action. “…For whatever dream you choose to pursue, this book will show you how to be a more confident and effective Navigator for success.” Moss wrote, “Who are Navigators? They are individuals who...
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5-13-2008
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The Attitude of Leadership:Taking The Lead And Keeping It
Title: The Attitude of Leadership: Taking The Lead And Keeping ItAuthor: Keith HarrellISBN 0-471-42024-7 The following review was contributed by: Roger E. Herman-CLICK TO VIEW>>Roger E. Herman's Reviews Inspiring & Instructive Easy Read How would you like the opportunity to sit down, one-on-one, with 21 of the exemplary top leaders of our time? What would you ask them? Would you enjoy getting to know them and yearn to begin applying what you learn to make a difference in your own...
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10-29-2004
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The Perfect Board
Click Here To Purchase The Perfect Board Author: Calvin K ClemonsISBN: 0975592270This is a very short book and without the conceit of wrapping up a set of precepts for serving on the board of directors of an organization in a supposed narrative context, it would be shorter still. Despite beginning the text by saying that books are not the best way to provide the material required, the author uses just that medium to do so, which seems a curious idea. For a person who has no business or...
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6-30-2008
Views: 4482
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1000 BEST eBay success secrets
Author: Greg HoldenPublisher: Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks, Inc.ISBN-13: 978-1-4022-0805-8ISBN-10: 1-4022-0805-71000 BEST eBay success secrets is a softbound book with 4 parts or sections comprised of twenty-two chapters, 2 appendices, an index and a very brief author biography. The parts/sections are titled: (1) before the sale, (2) during the sale, (3) after the sale, and (4) opening e-commerce stores. Appendix A contains a variety of resources likely to be of considerable value to the...
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1-18-2007
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80 Proven Ways to Become a Millionaire (All You Need is Two or Three!)
Click Here To Purchase 80 Proven Ways to Become a Millionaire (All You Need is Two or Three!) Author: Paul. S DamazoISBN: 978-0-9793139-8-1Publisher: SG&A Productions Inc Paul Damazo is an accomplished businessman, a generous philanthropist and a proven inspirer. For 20 years he has helped people across t
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4-7-2008
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A Concise Guide to Macro Economics: What Managers, Executives, and Students Need to Know
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon A Concise Guide to Macro Economics: What Managers, Executives, and Students Need to Know Author: David A. MossPublisher: Harvard Business School Press (Boston, MA)ISBN: 13: 978-1-4221-0179-7 A Concise Guide to Macro Economics is a 189 page, hardbound book, retailing for $24.95 (US). Seven chapters, organized into 2 parts or sections, this book includes acknowledgments, introduction, glossary, notes, index and author biography sections. I found it...
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1-28-2008
Views: 3122
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Absolute Honesty by Larry Johnson and Bob Philips
The following review was contributed by: S.V.SWAMY Absolute Honesty by Larry Johnson and Bob Phillips deals with the critical role of honesty, ethics and morals in business. In 10 Chapters and 290 pages, the authors bring out the negative consequences of dishonesty, shying away from speaking up, lack of a clear policy on ethics etc. They point out the benefits of actively following Absolute Honesty. While the book focuses on the corporate scene in USA, especially in the wake of many...
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10-10-2004
Views: 3260
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According to Kotler
Author: Philip KotlerPublisher: AMACOMISBN 0-8144-7295-8 The following review was contributed by: Roger E. Herman & click to view Roger E. Herman's Reviews
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4-26-2005
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Active Alpha: A Portfolio Approach to Selecting and Managing Alternative Investments.
Click Here To Purchase Active Alpha: A Portfolio Approach to Selecting and Managing Alternative Investments Author: Alan H. DorseyISBN: 978-0-471-79132-4Publisher: WileyThere has been a major boom in alternative investments over the last 20 years. Many institutional investors have included alternative asset classes like hedge funds, private equity, and commodities as a bigger proportion in their portfolios compared to traditional allocations in stocks, bonds, and cash as they seek new sources...
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4-1-2008
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All The Moving Parts
Author: Billie Blair, Ph.D.ISBN: 0979588103This book is about organizational change and the five essential parts of any organization. First we look at obvious ways things change – chaotic, planned, and undetected. Chaotic change occurs within organizations when, for example, there are security leaks or insider trading. Planned change happens in accordance with annual goals and when the Board of Directors are privy to the changes being planned. Undetected changes come about as a result “when...
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6-28-2007
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Becoming a SERVICE ICON in 90 Minutes a Month
Author: Jeff MowattPublisher: JC Mowatt Seminars Inc.ISBN: 0-9734704-0-2The following review was contributed by: S.V. SWAMY & CLICK TO VIEW S.V. Swamy's Reviews"Becoming a SERVICE ICON in 90 Minutes a Month" is awell-written, highly readable book that gives a clearroad map to those individuals and organisations (orrather the individuals who feel responsible for theorganisation) who are interested in taking theirservice standards to ever increasing heights andhaving reached a...
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9-6-2005
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Book Marketing from A-Z
Author: Francine SilvermanPublisher: Infinity PublishingISBN: 0-7414-2431-2The following review was contributed by:John Walsh & CLICK TO VIEW John Walsh's Reviews
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4-18-2005
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Building Personal Leadership – Inspirational Tools for Work & Life
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Author: Joe FarchtPublisher: Genesis Publishing, an Imprint of Morgan James PublsihingISBN: 9781600371653About the Book (From the Back Cover) – “Building Personal Leadership is a book containing a treasury of tools and techniques to help the individual seeking greater success in their work and lives to realize their wants and dreams. The wisdom contained in this book will revolutionize your life if you are willing to absorb and apply its...
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7-30-2007
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Cocktail Economics: Discovering Investment Truths from Everyday Conversations
Author: Victor A. CantoPublisher: Financial Times (FT) Press/Pearson Education, Inc. (Upper Saddle, NJ)ISBN: 0-13-243273-0ISBN-13: 978-0-13-243273-3Cocktail Economics is a 300 page, 17 chapter, hardbound book, with a suggested retail price of $24.99 (US). It is preceded by a Foreword (by John Rutledge of Rutledge Capital), Preface, and Introduction and followed by an Index.Victor Canto speaks of his early teaching experiences and the book, as the title suggests, represents a very...
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9-24-2007
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Corporate Finance (8th Edition)
Click Here To Purchase Corporate Finance 8th Edition Authors: Stephen A. Ross, Randolph W. Westerfield and Jeffrey JaffeISBN: 978-0-07-310590-1Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin Corporate Finance is a 926 page textbook designed for an introductory course at the undergraduate level.
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7-14-2008
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Crafting & Executing Strategy (16th Edition)
Click Here To Purchase Crafting & Executing Strategy Authors: Arthur A. Thompson, Jr., Dr. A.J. (Lonnie) Strickland III, and John E. GambleISBN: 978-0-07-338124-4Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin
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9-27-2008
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Creating the Intrapreneur
Click Here To Purchase Creating the Intrapreneur: The Search for Leadership Excellence Author: Victoria C. DePaulPublisher: Synergy Books (Galileo)ISBN: 978-1-934454-18-3 I’ve read many self-help books, some which claim to give you a better life and others, like this one, which claim to give your business a boost.
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10-23-2008
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Credit Derivatives: A Primer on Credit Risk, Modeling, and Instruments
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Credit Derivatives: A Primer on Credit Risk, Modeling, and Instruments Title: Credit Derivatives: A Primer on Credit Risk, Modeling, and InstrumentsAuthors: George Chacko, Anders Sjöman, Hideto Motohashi, and Vincent DessainPublisher: Pearson Education, Inc. (Upper Saddle River, NJ)ISBN: 0-13-146744-1
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5-2-2007
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Defeating the 8 Demons of Distraction (Proven Strategies to Increase Productivity and Decrease Stress )
Click Here To Purchase The 8 Demons of Distraction Author: Geraldine Markel, Ph.D. Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 978-0-595-47540-7 All of us get distracted at times. However, when the distractions become one too many and thus disrupt our work, our homes, our live style etc., stress is the result. Our jobs and our family life get affected adversely. All of us would have wished at some time or other that we had a good mentor and coach to guide us how to deal with the battle agains
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4-25-2008
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Design for Six Sigma for Green Belts and Champions: Applications for Service Operations – Foundations, Tools, DMADV, Cases, and Certification
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Design for Six Sigma for Green Belts and Champions: Applications for Service Operations – Foundations, Tools, DMADV, Cases, and Certification Authors: HOWARD S. GITLOW, DAVID M. LEVINE and EDWARD A. POPOVICH ISBN: 0-13-185524-7.Design for Six Sigma for Green Belts and Champions is a hardbound book, comprised of eighteen chapters and 3 supplemental appendices. It is six-hundred and eighty-eight pages in length and includes a limited u
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12-10-2006
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Engagement Is Not Enough
Author: Keith E. AyersISBN: 1599320118Successful companies benefit not just from interested or engaged employees but from employees who are passionate about their work, who have had a ‘fire lit inside them’ and who will do anything to improve their performance and that of their employers. This book, by a prominent Australian management consultant and drawing upon the material used in his business, aims to provide managers with the knowledge and techniques necessary to light that fire and get...
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12-19-2006
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F.I.A.S.C.O.—Blood In The Water On Wall Street
Author: Frank PartnoyPublisher: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.ISBN 0-393-04622-2 The following review was contributed by: SHELDON (SHELLY) WAXMAN & click to view Shelly's reviews.The title is a play on words or in this case, a play on letters. F.I.A.S.C.O. really are initials that represent: “Fixed Income Annual Sporting Clays Outing.” It is a poor theme on which to base the book. It’s an affair held by Morgan Stanley Investment Company (“MS”). The title is a little too cute. It would...
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7-6-2005
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Family Wars: Classic Conflicts in Family Business and How to Deal with Them
Click Here To Purchase Family Wars: Classic Conflicts in Family Business and How to Deal with Them Authors: Grant Gordon & Nigel NicholsonISBN-10: 0749446307 ISBN-13: 978-0749446307 Gallo, Ford, Guinness, IBM, Gucchi, Mondavi, Reliance and Addidas… Global brands? Before they were these brands they were family owned companies (or family run in the case of IBM). Authors Grant Gordon and N
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8-15-2008
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Fired Up or Burned Out
You Can Purchase This Book From Amazon Authors: Michael Lee Stallard, Carolyn Dewing-Hommes, Jason PankauPublisher: Thomas Nelson ISBN: 0-7852-2358-4Michael Lee Stallard is the man who founded E. Pluribus Partners. He’s been a managing director for a US Trust Company and a principal at a universal private wealth management business. An established leader of business in marketing and engaging people in their work, Michael has given talks with various organizations, including some conferences for
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7-18-2007
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Fired Up or Burned Out
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Fired Up or Burned Out Authors: Michael Lee Stannard: Carolyn Dewing-Hommes:Jason PankauISBN: 0785223584As manufacturing technology matures and spreads around the world, following the availability of low-cost but productive labour, then the excess of supply over demand in most consumer goods markets becomes ever more apparent. While it is certainly true that millions continue to struggle to survive on one or two dollars a day, consumer societies of the...
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9-7-2007
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First Impressions: What You Don't Know About How Others See You
Authors: Ann Demarais, Ph.D., and Valerie White, Ph.D.Publisher: Bantam; 2005; paperbackISBN-10:0553382012: ISBN-13: 978-0553382013You Can Purchase This Book From Amazon The impressions we leave on others – especially first impressions – are more powerful than we realize, according to Ann Demarais, Ph.D., and Valerie White, Ph.D., psychologists and authors of First Impressions: What You Don’t Know About How Others See You. As founders of First Impressions, Inc., a New York-based consulting...
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7-20-2007
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FRAMED!
Author: Hari SinghPublisher: HRD PressISBN: 0-87425-873-1 The following review was contributed by: Evelyn Sears: Click here to read more of Evelyn's Review:
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6-9-2006
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Get ‘Em While They’re Hot
Author: Tony ZeissISBN 0-7852-0865-8 The following review was contributed by: Roger E. Herman & click to view Roger E. Herman's Reviews
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4-22-2005
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Getting Them to Give a Damn
Author: Eric ChesterPublisher: Dearborn Trade PublishingISBN 1-4195-0458-4 The following review was contributed by: Roger E. Herman & click to view Roger E. Herman's Reviews Much-Needed Book, Right on Target
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5-3-2005
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Glitter and Greed: The Secret World of the Diamond Cartel
Author: Janine RobertsISBN: 0971394296The following review was contributed by: Paul Lappen & CLICK TO VIEW Paul Lappen's ReviewsThis book takes a much-needed look inside the diamondbusiness. The myth is that diamonds are so expensiveat the local jewelry store because they are very rare.Nothing could be farther from the truth.South Africa is one of the world's major diamondproducers. Conditions for the black miners inside themines can best be described as barbaric. The minersare locked in...
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7-8-2005
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Gringos in Real Estate: A Housing Crash Survivor Tells All
Click Here To Purchase Gringos in Real Estate Author: Robert G. BaglioISBN: 1432719270It is a pretty safe bet that if there really is a simple way to make money, then people will not be writing books about it. They will instead be out making that money and keeping it quiet to prevent increased competition queering the whole pitch. Making money at real estate speculation (or investment if you prefer) is clearly not going to be an option, irrespective of the number of books written about the...
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6-30-2008
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Guerilla Marketing in 30 Days
Authors: Jay Conrad Levinson and Al LautenslagerISBN: 193253129-7The following review was contributed by: Kathryn Atwood “The marketing mindset . . . should be focused daily on the following question: How am I building awareness with my prospects and clients through our marketing?” The source of this quote, Guerrilla
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4-14-2005
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Guerrilla Marketing in 30 Days
Guerrilla Marketing in 30 DaysAuthors: Jay Conrad Levinson and Al LautenslagerPublisher: Entrepreneur PressISBN: 193253129-7The following review was contributed by: John Walsh & CLICK TO VIEW John Walsh's Reviews
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4-18-2005
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Hermanisms – Axioms for Business & Life
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Author: John L. Herman Jr.Publisher: HSB PressISBN: 978-097902041-4Hermanisms is the result of a number of years of experience of the author John L. Herman, who considers himself a failure expert – that is, not some one who fails at business (though he did fail at quite a few businesses and learnt his share of lessons), but someone who understands why a business fails. Having learnt the lessons from his own failures and successes as well as...
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7-30-2007
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High-Tech Careers for Low Tech People by William A. Schaffer
The following review was contributed by
PAUL LAPPEN
You would like to get a job in the high-tech field,
but there is a problem. You're convinced that you are
unqualified because your college degree (if you even
have a degree) is in something like Early French
Literature, or you don't know the difference between a
gigabyte and a trilobyte. Fear not, help has arrived.
The average high-tech company consists of more than
just engineers and computer programmers. It also
consists of...
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10-10-2004
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How to Love the Job You Hate: Job Satisfaction for the 21st Century
Author: Jane Boucher ISBN: 0967959101 The following review was contributed by: Paul Lappen: CLICK TO VIEW Paul Lappen's Reviews For a variety of reasons, everyone seems to hate their job these days. This bookshows how to discover just what the problem may be, and how to fall back in lovewith your job.What sort of personality do you have? Are you a detail-person, interested inanalysis and interpretation of information, who finds yourself in apeople-person job? Are you a support-person, best...
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1-9-2006
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How to Think about Information
Author: Dan SchillerPublisher: Urbana, IL: University of Illinois PressISBN-10: 0-252-03132-6ISBN-13: 978-0-252-03132-8 How to Think about Information is a softbound book with 9 chapters distributed within 3 sections. This is a quasi-academic work, as the university press publisher and extensive endnotes suggest. The academic or researcher, therefore, is likely to find this book of interest as a primer and/or vehicle for thought-provoking digestion. The non-academic or layperson is also...
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2-7-2007
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Impending Crisis: Too Many Jobs, Too Few People by Roger Herman, Tom Olivo and Joyce Gioia
The Following review was contributed by: John WalshLiving in Thailand, we are apparently about to benefit from the Demographic Dividend: the once-in-living-memory event that sees for a few years the minimum number of dependents (people not in the labour market because of their age) for the maximum number of people in the labour market. This dividend represents an opportunity for investment in the future that will not be available to later generations because of the presence of more...
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10-11-2004
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Improving Healthcare Quality and Cost with Six Sigma
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Improving Healthcare Quality and Cost with Six Sigma Author: Dr. Bret E. Trusko, Carolyn Pexton, Dr. H. James Harrington and Praveen GuptaPublisher: Financial Times Press (Upper Saddle River, NJ)ISBN: 0-13-174171-3Improving Healthcare Quality and Cost with Six Sigma is, as the title suggests, an applications-based, hardbound book with a retail price of $59.99 (US). Thirteen chapters follow the foreword and introduction, and are organized into four parts. The...
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10-31-2007
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Kaizen and the art of creative thinking
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Kaizen and the art of creative thinkingAuthor:Shigeo ShingoISBN: 1897363591Publisher: PCS Inc. and Enna Products CorporationShigeo Shingo was a leading contributor to the field of Industrial Engineering and was credited with some of the major developments in the field including The Toyota Production System and the Single Minute Die Exchange. In his book Kaizen and the Art of Creative Thinking (KACT), Mr. Shingo explores improvement in both production and...
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3-15-2008
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Killer Customer Care by George Colombo
The following review was contribute by: ROGER E. HERMAN Who is George Colombo? As a book reviewer, I can’t tell you. There is nothing in his book that offers an author profile, biography, or credentials. I’m often inspired to read books because of the qualifications that give the author authenticity and standing to present ideas for my consideration. Without this knowledge, I was handicapped, but was attracted to the volume partly by the title, and partly by the subtitle. The word “killer”...
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11-6-2004
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Kmart’s 10 Deadly Sins: How Incompetence Tainted an American Icon by Marcia Layton Turner
The following review was contributed by: ROGER E.HERMAN Well researched, well written. Well Worth Reading. When I picked up this book, I expected to find some interesting insights into why KMart, once so widely known and popular, ran into all its problems. A company whose stores were once part of the American landscape and whose blue light specials were exciting mini-events, spun into bankruptcy on January 22, 2002. What happened? I looked at the author’s credentials and, frankly, was a bit...
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11-6-2004
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Lead Like a Pirate! Leadership Secrets of the Pirates of St. Croix
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Lead Like a Pirate! Leadership Secrets of the Pirates of St. CroixAuthor: Christopher NovakISBN: 0979800919Arr and indeed Arrggh. Shiver me timbers and pieces of eight etc and so forth. Who can fail to love pirates now that they have been effectively decoupled from the generally vicious monstrosities of the past? Now, they have been rehabilitated as effective teams, rebels and lovable rogues with a perfectly acceptable desire for an alternative lifestyle,...
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2-23-2008
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Leading Six Sigma: A Step-by-Step Guide Based on Experience with GE and Other Six Sigma Companies
Authors: RONALD D. SNEE and ROGER W. HOERL ISBN: 0-13-008457-3 Leading Six Sigma is a hardbound book, comprised of 8 chapters, a question and answer section addressing planning deployment issues, and a supplemental appendix, providing a deployment plan example. It is two-hundred and seventy-nine pages in length. As the title suggests, this book is designed to initiate the reader, likely to be corporate executives, to the Six Sigma planning process, plan refinement, likely...
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12-6-2006
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Lean Strategies for Product Development:Achieving Breakthrough Performance in Bringing Products to Market
Author: Clifford FiorePublisher: ASQ Quality Press ISBN: 0-87389-604-1The following review was contributed by: S.V. SWAMY: CLICK TO VIEW S.V. Swamy's Reviews"Lean Strategies for Product Development" is a small,beautifully printed soft-cover paperback that youcould pick up and read while waiting for your flightin the airport and may be finish by the time you reachyour destination after about an hour. However, you mayneedto reread it a couple of times to really appreciateand fully...
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11-4-2005
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Listening Leaders:The Ten Golden Rules To Listen, Lead & Succeed
Title: Listening Leaders: The Ten Golden Rules To Listen, Lead & SucceedAuthors: Lyman K. Steil & Richard K. Bommelje ISBN 1-59298-073-2Genre: Business The following review was contributed by: Roger E. Herman The belief that listening is a key ingredient to success as a leadership sits on the same pedestal as Motherhood, Apple Pie, and The Flag. However, just because we respect the importance of listening doesn't
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10-25-2004
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Management Skills for New Managers
Title: Management Skills for New ManagersAuthor: Carol W. EllisISBN 0-8144-0830-3 The following review was contributed by Roger E.Herman This little book is designed to help new managers better understand the role their new role. A written version of an American Management Association seminar, this publication is essentially a combination of some instructional text and a workbook. The pages are filled with fill-in blanks, check-off boxes, and similar exercises found in a seminar workbook....
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10-28-2004
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Marketing Magic!
Publisher: Insight Publishing CompanyISBN: 1-932863-27-3The following review was contributed by: Tami Brady & CLICK TO VIEW Tami Brady's ReviewsMarketing Magic! is a collection of interviews with eighteen successful leading marketing and public relations professionals. This group of individuals ranges from Rosemary Walter (a marketing consulting who has worked for Alberto-Culver, Illinois Tool Works, and MacDonald's and was responsible for introducing cchick nuggets to the world) through...
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4-30-2005
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Mastering Derivatives Markets (3rd Edition): A Step-By-Step Guide to the Products, Applications and Risks
Click Here To Puchase From Amazon Mastering Derivatives Markets (3rd Edition): A Step-By-Step Guide to the Products, Applications and Risks Author: Francesca TaylorPublisher: Financial Times/Prentice Hall/Pearson Education (Harlow, England)ISBN-0-273-70978-XMastering Derivatives Markets is a nineteen chapter, softbound 426 page book. Content is preceded by author and publisher acknowledgements, a foreword and contributor’s acknowledgements, and followed by a glossary and index.As a Certified...
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10-23-2007
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Mastering Financial Modelling in Microsoft® Excel (2nd Edition): A Practitioner’s Guide to Applied Corporate Finance
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Mastering-Financial-Modelling-Microsoft-Excel Author: Alastair L. DayPublisher: Financial Times/Prentice Hall/Pearson Education (Harlow, England)ISBN-13: 978-0-273-70806-3Mastering Financial Modelling in Microsoft® Excel is a 497 page, softbound book. Part A (Developing financial models) contains the first 5 chapters and Part B (Applications) contains the remaining 20 chapters, for a total of 25 chapters. These chapters are preceded by an introduction,...
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10-24-2007
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Modeling Derivative Applications in Matlab & C++ , And Excel
Click Here To Purchase Modeling Derivative Applications in Matlab & C++ , And Excel Author: Justin LondonISBN: 0-13-196259-0Publisher: Pearson EdGlobal financial markets have seen an explosive growth in derivative products in the last two decades. There are numerous books that focus on the theory of derivatives or the mathematical foundations for valuing derivatives. However, this book by Justin London presents a practical implementation approach to building derivative valuation models,...
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6-26-2008
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Modeling Derivatives Applications: In Matlab, C++, and Excel
Author: Justin LondonPublisher: Pearson Education, Inc. (Upper Saddle River, NJ)ISBN: 0-13-196259-0Modeling Derivatives Applications is a 565 page, hardbound book, with a suggested retail price of less than $170 (US). The book consists of 9 chapters, two appendices (e.g., interest rate tree modeling in Matlab), a references section and an index. Supplemental, proprietary code files, used in the book, may be downloaded from the internet. As the author suggests in the preface, “(t)he best...
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5-5-2007
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Passion v. Arrogance
Author: Margaret E.J. Broderick, 2005,ISBN: 0976259761The following review was contributed by: Paul Lappen & CLICK TO VIEW Paul Lappen's ReviewsThis is the true story of two women, Margaret (theauthor) and Angee, who decide to start a woman-ownedwinery in the American Midwest.In general, things go exceptionally well. There arethe usual ups and downs as with any startup, but forMargaret and Angee, it's mostly up. They experiencedouble-digit growth each year, their winery becomesknown...
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8-17-2005
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People Smart Leaders
Authors: Larry Cole, PhD and Michael Cole, PhDPublisher: Oakhill PressHardcover, 198 pagesISBN 1-86939-61-6 The following review was contributed by: Roger E. Herman & click to view Roger E. Herman's Rev
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12-12-2004
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Preventing Strategic Gridlock
Author: Pamela S. HarperISBN: 0971573948The following review was contributed by: John Walsh: CLICK TO VIEW John Walsh's ReviewsIt is a failing of business education, from which I can scarcely excuse myself, to try to put across the message that problems in a company, once identified, can then be solved. Emphasis is placed on measuring those things which can be measured and managing those things which can be managed in the expectation of subsequent performance improvement. When that...
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10-14-2005
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PricewaterhouseCoopers 2008 Guide to tax and financial planning
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon PricewaterhouseCoopers 2008 Guide to tax and financial planning Author(s): PricewaterhouseCoopers' Private Company Services practicePublisher: WileyISBN: 0470139706Financial planning should be an ongoing process of any individual. However, many give less importance than required. The tax filing season is a good time to take steps towards financial planning and implementing ideas for progress. The PricewaterhouseCoopers 2008 guide to tax and financial...
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12-10-2007
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Productive Performance Appraisals (2nd Edition)
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Productive Performance Appraisals (2nd Edition) Authors: Paul Falcone with Randi SachsISBN-10: 0-8144-7422-5 (Paperback)ISBN-13: 978-0-8144-7422-8 (Paperback)Publisher: American Management Association (New York, NY)
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3-22-2008
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Riches in Niches (How to Make it BIG in a Small Market)
Click Here To Purchase Riches in Niches (How to Make it BIG in a Small Market) Author: Susan FriedmannISBN 13: 978-1-56414-930-5ISBN 10: 1-56414-930-7Publisher: Career Press Susan Friedmann is a CSP (Certified Speaking Professional). She is an internationally recognized
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4-28-2008
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Risk Management & Insurance (2nd Edition)
Click Here To Purchase Risk Management and Insurance Author(s): Scott E. Harrington and Gregory R. NiehausISBN-10: 978-0-07-233970-3Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin Risk Management & Insurance is designed for a two-semester course in an undergraduate business degree program. It consists of 29 chapters, organized into an introductory section (chapters 1 through 3), the general theory of insurance markets (chapters 4 through 10), a chapter
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7-10-2008
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Six Sigma Beyond the Factory Floor: Deployment Strategies for Financial Services, Health Care, and the Rest of the Real Economy
Authors: RONALD D. SNEE and ROGER W. HOERL Publishers: Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc: ISBN: 0-13-143988-X. Six Sigma Beyond the Factory Floor is a hardbound book, comprised of 8 chapters and 326 pages in length. No management or quality control technique need be restricted to manufacturing and this is the theme of this book, as the title would suggest. Financial services and health are very large sectors of the economy, so it makes sense that the authors would...
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12-8-2006
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Six Sigma for Green Belts and Champions: Foundations, DMAIC, Tools, Cases, and Certification
Author: HOWARD S. GITLOW and DAVID M. LEVINE: ISBN: 0-13-117262-X. Six Sigma for Green Belts and Champions is structured into 5 sections that contain a total of nineteen chapters. Four appendices contain reviews for arithmetic and algebra, summation notation, statistical tables and data file documentation in this 705 page, hardbound book. As the title suggests, this book is designed for those already committed to Six Sigma. For those already at the Green Belt or Champion level,...
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12-9-2006
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Statistics for Six Sigma Green Belts
Author: DAVID M. LEVINE: Publisher: Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc ISBN: 0-13-229195-9 Statistics for Six Sigma Green Belts is a hardbound book, comprised of eleven chapters and 4 supplemental appendices. It is three-hundred and sixty-eight pages in length.The “learning objectives” are clearly stated at the beginning of each chapter. This feature is comparable to that employed in many textbooks designed for college classroom use. However, at a suggested retail price of...
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12-3-2006
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Strategic Risk Taking: A Framework for Risk Management
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Strategic-Risk-Taking-Framework-Management Author: Aswath DamodaranPublisher: Wharton School Publishing/Pearson Education, Inc. (Upper Saddle, NJ)ISBN-10: 0-13-199048-9ISBN-13: 978-0-13-199048-7 Strategic Risk Taking has a suggested retail price of $49.99 (U.S.). This 388 page, hardbound book includes an Introduction, twelve chapters (organized into three sections), and an Index. Some chapters are followed by Appendix supplements.The first section is...
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9-27-2007
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Street Smart Franchising
Authors: Joe Mathews, Don DeBolt, Deb PercivalISBN: 1599180219 The following review was contributed by: Manuela Pop, To read Manuela's reviews CLICK HERETo read Manuela's Interview With Co-Author Joe Matthews CLICK HEREAn excellent guide to franchising Joe Mathews and Don DeBolt have in-dept knowledge and many years of experience in franchising. With the help of Deb Percival, who has extensive knowledge in business writing, they wrote “Street Smart Franchising,” a must read before...
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8-1-2006
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Sun Tzu’s The Art of War Plus Its Amazing Secrets by Gray Gagliardi
The following review was contributed by: ROGER E. HERMAN Sun Tzu is recognized as a brilliant military strategist from the ancient Chinese cultures when the world was much different than it is today. Yet, his principles still apply today, particularly in the conduct of business. There are many lessons to be learned. Gary Gagliardi is acknowledged as America’s leading authority on Sun Tzu, so he has a deep understanding of the teachings of the philosopher and his perspectives on war. The...
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11-6-2004
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Supply Chain Management: From Vision to Implementation
Click Here To Purchase Supply Chain Management: From Vision to Implementation Authors: Stanley E. Fawcett, Lisa M. Ellram and Jeffrey A. OgdenISBN: 0-13-101504-4Publisher: Pearson/Prentice Hall Supply Chain Management is a 530 page textbook designed for an introductory course at the undergraduat
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9-6-2008
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Talent Management Systems by Allan Schweyer
The following review was contributed by: ROGER E. HERMAN Outstanding! Awesome! My title for this book review may seem a bit out of the ordinary, but so is this book. If you’re thinking about buying it, you’re probably hesitant because of the unusually high price. Forget the high price issue. If you are an executive, a company owner, or a human resource professional, this book has more value-per-page than practically any other book you’ll read this year. The whole concept of talent management...
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11-6-2004
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Technical Analysis: Plain and Simple (2nd Edition)
Author: Michael N. KahnPublisher: Pearson Education (Upper Saddle River, NJ)ISBN: 0-13-134597-4Technical Analysis: Plain and Simple is the second edition of this 309 page, hardbound book. It contains 37 chapters, organized into 6 parts or sections. It includes an acknowledgments section, a brief author biography, preface, and 2 sections about the book and how to benefit from it. The author has extensive financial expertise and background on the topic of Technical Analysis (TA). ...
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2-8-2007
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Technical Analysis: Power Tools for Active Investors
Technical Analysis: Power Tools for Active InvestorsAuthor: Gerald AppelPublisher: Pearson Education (Upper Saddle River, NJ)ISBN: 0-13-147902-4Technical Analysis: Power Tools for Active Investors is a 241 page, hardbound book, comprised of 10 chapters. It includes a foreword (by another financial expert/author, Alexander Elder) and acknowledgements sections, as well as an introduction and, at the end, an index. Gerald Appel, the author, is famous, among technicians and followers of...
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2-8-2007
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Technical Analysis: The Complete Resource for Financial Market Technicians
Technical Analysis: The Complete Resource for Financial Market TechniciansAuthors: Charles D. Kirkpatrick and Julie R. DahlquistPublisher: Pearson Education (Upper Saddle River, NJ)ISBN: 0-13-153113-1Technical Analysis: The Complete Resource for Financial Market Technicians is a 672 page, hardbound book. It contains an acknowledgments section, a brief biography of the authors, a bibliography and an index. This 23 chapter book is organized into 8 parts or sections, and Part IX includes...
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2-12-2007
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Tell Me How I’m Doing:A Fable About The Importance Of Giving Feedback
Author: Richard L. Williams: ISBN: 0-8144-0832-X The following review was contributed by: Roger E. Herman & click to view Roger E. Herman's Reviews Ideal book for every manager and leader There is no question that delivering good feedback is a substantial part of effective leadership. Workers who receive continual, constructive feedback perform better, feel closer to their boss, and
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11-30-2004
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The Best Secrets of Great Small Businesses
Author: Ray SilversteinISBN 1-4022-0766-2The Best Secrets of Great Small Businesses is a sampling of ideas from peer groups -- "made up of small business leaders, such as company presidents, owners, CEOs, COOs, and partners." The peer groups are advisory boards of people from small non-competing businesses who have come together to exchange ideas and help each other. They come together to discuss business issues, challenges, and the pressures of daily business. The Power of Peer...
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1-28-2007
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The Best Secrets of Great Small Businesses: Creative, Innovative and Cost-Saving Ideas from Great Business Minds
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Best Secrets of Great Small BusinessesAuthor: Ray SilversteinPublisher: Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks, Inc.ISBN-13: 978-1-4022-1766-2ISBN-10: 1-4022-0766-2 The Best Secrets of Great Small Businesses is a softbound, 242 page book. Comprised of ten chapters, an epilogue, index, and a brief biography of the author, this book is the product of discussions among member of PRO (President’s Resource Organization), founded by the author, Ray Silverstein, in 1993.
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12-14-2006
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The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Accounting (2nd Edition)
Authors: Lita Epstein, MBA & Shellie Moore, CPAPublisher: ALPHA (Penguin); ISBN: 1-59257-530-7This accounting installment of the Idiot’s series is 331 pages in length. The 26 chapters are organized into 6 parts in this softbound book, followed by an appendix (glossary, key business forms and small business tax and form calendar index). The first question, when reading the title and cover of the book, is what is meant by the title. Does “accounting” mean financial...
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2-19-2007
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The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Economics
Author: Tom GormanPublisher: ALPHA (Penguin)ISBN: 0-02-864492-1This economics installment of the Idiot’s series is 338 pages in length. The 21 chapters are organized into 6 parts in this softbound book, followed by an appendix (resources for the economically inclined and index). Having taught micro and macro economics (introductory) courses at the university level, more than a dozen times, I was looking forward to seeing just how the Idiot’s series dealt with the variety of topics dealt...
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2-19-2007
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The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Statistics
Author: Robert A. Donnelly Jr., Ph.D.Publisher: ALPHA (Penguin);ISBN: 1-59257-199-9This statistics installment of the Idiot’s series is 377 pages in length. The 20 chapters are organized into 4 parts in this softbound book, followed by an appendix (solutions to “your turn,” statistical tables, glossary, and index).Having taught introductory courses in business statistics at the university level, more than a half-dozen times, I was looking forward to seeing just how the Idiot’s series dealt...
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2-19-2007
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The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid
Author: C.K. PrahaladISBN: 0131877291There are billions of people in the world, indeed the great majority, who live on incomes of less than US$2 per day. Since their incomes are so low, they are ignored by the world of business and are isolated, as a consequence, from many of the economic advantages available to other people. But, being poor, they surely have no chance to participate in a market economy, or so most people would conclude.
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12-18-2006
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The Go-Giver: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea
Click Here To Purchase The Go-Giver: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea Authors: Bob Burg and John David MannISBN: 978-1-59184-200-2Publisher: Portfolio Bob Burg is a highly sought-after speaker who teaches audiences worldwide the values you will find insi
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4-2-2008
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The Inside Advantage
Click Here To Purchase The Inside Advantage From Amazon Author(s): Robert Bloom with David ContiPublisher: McGraw-Hill ISBN: 978-0-071-49569-1 In this age of globalization, Robert Bloom asserts that remaining a niche player is not an option for businesses worldwide. Businesses, both small and large, have to adopt growth strategies in order to remain profitable and remain relevant in an ever changing world. In The Inside Advantage, Mr. Bloom sets out with the premise that the road to...
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12-3-2007
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The Labor Pool by Bob Gunner, Editor and Publisher
The following review was contributed by: JOHN WALSH To read John's interview with the author click HERE Anyone who has been obliged to slog through a minimum wage, repetitive drudge job will know the soul-destroying misery that it can entail. While it is theoretically possible to spend the time while the body works with the brain thinking fine and transcendent thoughts, it is much more common for the brain to fester on minor irritations and suspicions that then become overblown into major...
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10-19-2004
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The Leadership Talk: The Greatest Leadership Tool by Brent Filson
The Following review was contributed by: Molly Martin The Leadership Talk: The Greatest Leadership Tool is meant to be used as a self teaching tool for those in leadership positions. The author offers methodology for improving communication to and with co-workers. The Book is divided into two key components: Section I Concepts: Einstein, the Universe and Leadership in-depth presentation motivation. Author Filson offers The Eight Needs Questions: Lessons, Practice, Belief, Motivational...
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10-11-2004
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The Marketing Toolkit for Growing Businesses:Tips, Techniques and Tools to Improve Your Marketing by Jay B. Lipe
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S.V.SWAMY
The Marketing Toolkit for Growing Businesses by Jay B. Lipe is a highly practical, Do-It-Yourself book targeted at small to small-medium organisations (with
an employee strength of say 5 to 50). He brings those
marketing strategies from large organisations that are
also useful to smaller, emerging businesses. Even if
the organisation is going to use the services of an
external consultant for developing and implementing
marketing...
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1-1-1970
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The New Capitalists: How Citizen Investors are Reshaping the Corporate Agenda
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The New Capitalists: How Citizen Investors are Reshaping the Corporate AgendaAuthor: Stephen Davis, Jon Lukomnik and David Pitt-WatsonPublisher: Harvard Business School Press (Boston, MA)ISBN: 1-4221-0101-0ISBN: 13: 978-1-4221-0101-8 The New Capitalists is a 288 page, hardbound book, retailing for $29.95 (US). Organized into 9 chapters (4 parts), preceded by acknowledgments and a preface, and concluded with notes, bibliography, index and author biographies,...
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1-28-2008
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The R Book
Click Here To Purchase The R Book Author: Michael CrawleyPublisher: WileyISBN: 0470510242R is an open source statistical package, supported by a wide range of add on packages written by the user community for an array of statistical analysis.The R Book by Michael Crawley is a very useful book in making accessible the wide functionality available to users, highlighting the most important functions in the R language and packages. The book is not just a guidebook to R, but touches upon many...
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7-11-2008
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The Richest Man in Babylon for Today by Fred Siegel
The following review was contributed by ROGER E. HERMAN Age-Old Wisdom, Easily Digested Untold numbers of books have been written about how to build wealth. They range from the get rich quick schemes to solid advice on investments. Some are so thick or so filled with formulas and charts that it takes an economist to understand them. Some are inspirational volumes that are filled with platitudes and little else. In this short book, Siegel spins a story that, at times, almost seems like a fable...
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11-6-2004
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The Road Warrior’s Guide to Sales Management
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon The Road Warrior’s Guide to Sales Management Author: Tom SchaberISBN: 1592981992Academics prefer to think of business these days as involving such ideas as sustainable competitive advantage, advanced human resource development in the information age and making the strategic fit between demand and production. In reality, almost no business would get done without the salesperson. This individual is often satirized and has a generally low reputation. Good...
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3-18-2008
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The Secret of Transitions (How to move effortlessly to higher levels of success)
Click Here To Purchase The Secret of Transitions (How to move effortlessly to higher levels of success) Author: Jim MantonISBN: 978-1-931741-91-0This book is about finding your true passion or love (as the author prefers to call) in your work and career. It is the author's own journey from the president of a large organization to a coach. It is about finding what really motivates you and gives you a sense of fulfillment and purpose. Coaching, mentoring etc. may help you and the author shares...
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4-24-2008
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The Soul of Success: A Women's Guide to Authentic Power
Author: Jennifer Read HawthornePublisher: Health Communications, IncISBN: 0-7573-0236-XThe following review was contributed by Tami Brady & CLICK TO VIEW Tami Brady's ReviewsOften, we define success by how much money we have in the bank and the quantity of material possessions we have. We endlessly drive ourselves towards these objectives thinking that all our problems, insecurities, and life issues will be solved once our financial goals are met. We don't even think about what we lose...
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4-13-2005
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The Wal-Mart Way
Author: Dan SoderquistISBN: 0785261192/102The following review was contributed by: John Walsh: CLICK TO VIEW John Walsh's ReviewsThere are two distinct types of stories about Wal-Mart, which is an American company and one of the largest retail chains in the world. The first tells a tale of a hugely successful company with a renowned management style and created by a man, Sam Walton, who has a legendary reputation in business literature. The second tells of the ruthless suppression of...
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11-17-2005
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The Winner’s Way
Title: The Winner’s WayAuthor: Pam BrillISBN 0-07-142363-X The following review was contributed by: Roger E. Herman & CLICK TO VIEW Roger E. Herman's ReviewsIntense Coaching for High Achievement Ready to move to the next level in your life? Would you like to work with a coach who will give you a simple plan, convincing back-up research, and a sense of being challenged to perform? Warning: Simple as it sounds, this is not easy work. However, Dr. Pam Brill—psychologist, coach, seminar...
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10-31-2004
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The Wished-For Country by Wayne Karlin
Reviewed by Paul Lappen This novel takes place in the mid-1600s, during the founding of the Maryland colony, in what is now Maryland and southern New Jersey. It was a time of seemingly constant conflict between the various nearby Indian tribes, whether for land or beaver pelts to sell to the white man, conflict which got brutal and bloody. The story revolves around three men: James Hallam, an indentured servant and carpenter, Ezekiel, an African slave who came to Maryland by way of Barbados,...
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10-10-2004
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The Woman’s Workplace Survival Guide
Author: Sarah KaipPublisher: Advantage Source, Inc., 2005ISBN: 0974383082The following review was contributed by: John Walsh & CLICK TO VIEW John Walsh's ReviewsIt will be clear to all of us that the world of work is changing. Telecommuting, portfolio working, networking and freelancing have all affected the ways in which many of us expect to earn our salaries and how we relate to work, which con
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1-10-2005
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Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing: A Simpler and More Powerful Path to Higher Profits
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing: A Simpler and More Powerful Path to Higher Profits Author: Robert S. Kaplan and Steven R. AndersonPublisher: Harvard Business School Press (Boston, MA)(2007)ISBN-13: 978-1-4221-0171-1Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing is a 266 page, hardbound book, retailing for $45 (US). Part one, “fundamentals of time-driven activity-based costing,” includes the first 7 chapters. Part two, “time-driven activity-based costing in action,”...
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12-5-2007
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Traders, Guns & Money: Knowns and Unknowns in the Dazzling World of Derivatives
Author: Satyajit DasPublisher: Pearson Education Limited (Prentice Hall/Financial Times)ISBN-10: 0-273-70474-5ISBN-13: 978-0-273-70474-4Traders, Guns & Money is 334 pages in length. The softbound book version was reviewed. This 9 chapter book includes a Preface, Prologue, a List of Figures and Tables, Notes (i.e., footnotes), and an Epilogue.This book is written for the fairly sophisticated investor/reader. The slant and writing style reminds me of a Tom Clancy novel. Phrases like...
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5-2-2007
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Traders, Guns and Money
Author: Satyajit DasISBN: 0273704745“Shareholders want higher profits; directors and chief executives want the bank’s stock to go up; if it is from trading profits, so be it. Traders are given every incentive to take risk and generate short-term profits. Finely calibrated bonus schemes encourage the ‘upfronting’ and overstatement of earnings. The absurdities of the compensation scheme lie at the heart of this perverse system. When things go wrong, there is always the ‘rogue’ trader. The...
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2-12-2007
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Unleash the Power of Personal Advantage: 7 Keys to Unlock Your Potential for Success
Click Here To Purchase From Amazon Unleash the Power of Personal Advantage: 7 Keys to Unlock Your Potential for Success Ellen Denise JuniousISBN: 978-0-595-44390-1Ellen Junious's compact self-help book, "Unleash the Power of Personal Advantage," packs a powerful punch to help readers get down to the basics of how to improve their lives. She provides simple tools to help conquer barriers in reaching for success. The author breaks the book into two parts: The first part addresses the...
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10-14-2007
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Wealth Odyssey
Author: Larry R. Frank Sr., MBA, CFPPublisher: iUniverse, IncISBN: 0-595-33720-1The following review was contributed by: Tami Brady: CLICK TO VIEW Tami Brady's ReviewsLike most people, you probably already know that you should be concerned about your financial future. You likely realize that your company pension isn't going to allow you to live a comfortable life. Possibly, you've tucked away a little money in RRSPs, mutuals, or bonds. Maybe, most of your current paycheck is being spent long...
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12-2-2005
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Weekend Entrepreneur: 101 Great Ways to Earn Extra Cash
Authors:Michelle Anton and Jennifer Basye Sander ISBN: 1932531580 The following review was contributed by: John Walsh: CLICK TO VIEW John Walsh's ReviewsEntrepreneurialism is a vital social skill which is evident in so many peoplearound the world, adults and children alike, who seek to keep body and soultogether by selling goods and services on the slimmest of margins. Often, theability to identify an object which can be sold and one which cannot canrepresent, quite literally, the shield...
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8-1-2006
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What to Do When You Become the Boss: How New Managers Become Successful Managers
Click Here To Purchase What to Do When You Become the Boss: How New Managers Become Successful Managers Author: Bob SeldenISBN: 10: 1432714287: 13:978-1432714284 Management is rather a difficult subject to try to instruct other people in because of the enormous and growing diversity of situations in which managers are obliged to work. It is possible, as Bob Selden has done in his eminently sensible new book, to divide management tasks into component areas (i.e., leadership,...
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4-3-2008
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Win Win Win
Author: Brain D. MolitorISBN: 978-1-934068-05-02Publisher: Authentic PublishingClick Here To Purchase Win Win Win
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6-4-2008
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Win, Win, Win
Click Here To Purchase Win Win Win Author: Brian D. MolitorISBN: 978-1-934068-05-2 Publisher: Authentic Books Win, Win, Win is very much a book that challenges this subject. Just how have successful companies managed to ensure a positive outcome? Author Brian D. Molitor a
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7-9-2008
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