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  • Thinking Strategically: The Competitive Edge in Business, Politics, and Everyday Life

    The Competitive Edge in Business, Politics, and Everyday Life

    by Avinash K. Dixit, Barry J. Nalebuff ...
    The international bestseller—don't compete without it!A major bestseller in Japan, Financial Times Top Ten book of the year, Book-of-the-Month Club bestseller, and required reading at the best business schools, Thinking Strategically is a crash course in outmaneauvering any rival. This entertaining guide builds on scores of case studies taken from business, sports, the movies, politics, and ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist's Guide to Success in Business and Life

    A Game Theorist's Guide to Success in Business and Life

    by Avinash K. Dixit, Barry J. Nalebuff ...
    “I am hard pressed to think of another book that can match the combination of practical insights and reading enjoyment.”—Steven LevittGame theory means rigorous strategic thinking. It’s the art of anticipating your opponent’s next moves, knowing full well that your rival is trying to do the same thing to you. Though parts of game theory involve simple common sense, much is counterintuitive, and it ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Economics and Literature

    A Novel Approach

    Edited by François Bourguignon, Avinash K Dixit, Luc Leruth, Jean-Philippe Platteau ...
    Economics and fiction often pursue parallel objectives. Economists analyze human decisions and interactions in markets and other institutions. Fiction writers also provide keen insights into individual minds and motives, examining how their characters respond to conflict and tensions in varied situations. This book explores the insights to be gained from developing this parallel.In each chapter, ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Lawlessness and Economics

    Alternative Modes of Governance

    by Avinash K. Dixit ...
    Series series The Gorman Lectures in Economics
    How can property rights be protected and contracts be enforced in countries where the rule of law is ineffective or absent? How can firms from advanced market economies do business in such circumstances? In Lawlessness and Economics, Avinash Dixit examines the theory of private institutions that transcend or supplement weak economic governance from the state.In much of the world and through much ... Read more

    $38.19 USD

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    Be the Leader Your Business Needs

    by Cynthia Montgomery ...
    Based on an acclaimed professor's legendary strategy course at Harvard Business School, The Strategist offers a radically new perspective on a leader's most vital role."Are you a strategist?" That's the first question Cynthia Montgomery asks the business owners and senior executives from all over the world who participate in her highly regarded executive education course. It's not a question they ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

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  • The Art of Always Being Right

    The 38 Subtle Ways of Persuation

    by A. C. Grayling ...
    'Beware who you give this book to.' Financial Times 'I recommend that you keep this delightful essay at your side.' Observer 'Dryly witty essay' Alain de Botton, Sunday Telegraph We all sit through meetings with that one person who seems to be able to persuade everyone. What is their secret? Are they more gifted than we are? Or is it just that they are very skilled in the art of persuation? That ... Read more

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  • What the Most Successful People Do on the Weekend

    A Short Guide to Making the Most of Your Days Off (A Penguin Special from Portfolio)

    by Laura Vanderkam ...
    Many of us breathe a grateful TGIF when Friday rolls around, envisioning a weekend full of both productivity and refreshment. Yet too often our precious weekends seem to disappear, eaten up by unproductive work or leisure that fails to energize us. Monday morning comes too fast, finding us still unrested, with too much still undone.Time management expert Laura Vanderkam, continuing her series on ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • HBR's 10 Must Reads on Making Smart Decisions (with featured article "Before You Make That Big Decision..." by Daniel Kahneman, Dan Lovallo, and Olivier Sibony)

    by Harvard Business Review, Daniel Kahneman, Ram Charan ...
    Series series HBR's 10 Must Reads
    Learn why bad decisions happen to good managers—and how to make better ones.If you read nothing else on decision making, read these 10 articles. We’ve combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to help you and your organization make better choices and avoid common traps.Leading experts such as Ram Charan, Michael Mankins, and ... Read more

    $17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • HBR's 10 Must Reads on Communication (with featured article "The Necessary Art of Persuasion," by Jay A. Conger)

    by Harvard Business Review, Robert B. Cialdini, Nick Morgan, Deborah Tannen ...
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    The best leaders know how to communicate clearly and persuasively. How do you stack up?If you read nothing else on communicating effectively, read these 10 articles. We’ve combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to help you express your ideas with clarity and impact—no matter what the situation.Leading experts such as Deborah ... Read more

    $17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • This Will Make You Smarter

    150 New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking

    by John Brockman ...
    Series Book 11 - Edge Question Series
    Featuring a foreword by David Brooks, This Will Make You Smarter presents brilliant—but accessible—scientific concepts to expand every mind.What scientific concept would improve everybody’s cognitive toolkit? This is the question John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org, posed to the world’s most influential thinkers. Their visionary answers flow from the frontiers of psychology, philosophy, economics ... Read more

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  • What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast

    A Short Guide to Making Over Your Mornings--and Life (A Penguin Special from Portfolio)

    by Laura Vanderkam ...
    Mornings are a madcap time for many of us. We wake up in a haze—often after hitting snooze a few times. Then we rush around to get ready and out the door so we can officially start the day. Before we know it, hours have slipped by without us accomplishing anything beyond downing a cup of coffee, dashing off a few emails, and dishing with our coworkers around the water cooler. By the time the ... Read more

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  • It's All Politics

    WINNING IN A WORLD WHERE HARD WORK AND TALENT AREN'T ENOUGH

    by Kathleen Kelley Reardon Ph.D. ...
    From It’s All PoliticsLike business in general, politics is not a spectator sport. You cannot afford to be apolitical at work if you have any aspirations for advancement. The only way to avoid politics is to avoid people—by finding an out-of-the-way corner where you can do your job. Of course, it’s the same job you’ll likely be doing for the rest of your career.In any job, when you reach a certain ... Read more

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