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World Eaters

How Venture Capital is Cannibalizing the Economy

by Catherine Bracy ...

**Longlisted for the Porchlight Business Book Award for Current Events & Public AffairsLonglisted for the Non-Obvious Book Award 2025A Next Big Idea Book Club March 2025 Must-ReadAn urgent and illuminating perspective that offers a window into how the most pernicious aspects of the venture capital ethos is reaching all areas of our lives, into everything from healthcare to food to entertainment to ... Read more

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**Longlisted for the Porchlight Business Book Award for Current Events & Public AffairsLonglisted for the Non-Obvious Book Award 2025A Next Big Idea Book Club March 2025 Must-ReadAn urgent and illuminating perspective that offers a window into how the most pernicious aspects of the venture capital ethos is reaching all areas of our lives, into everything from healthcare to food to entertainment to
... Read more

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World Eaters

How Venture Capital is Cannibalizing the Economy

by Catherine Bracy ...

Narrated by Catherine Bracy ...

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6 hours 45 min

**Longlisted for the Porchlight Business Book Award for Current Events & Public AffairsLonglisted for the Non-Obvious Book Award 2025A Next Big Idea Book Club March 2025 Must-ReadAn urgent and illuminating perspective that offers a window into how the most pernicious aspects of the venture capital ethos is reaching all areas of our lives, into everything from healthcare to food to entertainment to ... Read more

$20.99 USD

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**Longlisted for the Porchlight Business Book Award for Current Events & Public AffairsLonglisted for the Non-Obvious Book Award 2025A Next Big Idea Book Club March 2025 Must-ReadAn urgent and illuminating perspective that offers a window into how the most pernicious aspects of the venture capital ethos is reaching all areas of our lives, into everything from healthcare to food to entertainment to
... Read more

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Invisible Rulers

The People Who Turn Lies into Reality

by Renée DiResta ...

Narrated by Anna Caputo ...

Unabridged

15 hours

**An eye-opening look at the small communities of propagandists revolutionizing politics, culture, and society.“Essential and riveting reading.” —Jonathan Haidt, author of The Anxious Generation**Invisible Rulers is about a profound transformation in power and influence that is altering our politics, our government, and even our relationships with friends and neighbors. Today, online propagandists ... Read more

$31.99 USD

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**An eye-opening look at the small communities of propagandists revolutionizing politics, culture, and society.“Essential and riveting reading.” —Jonathan Haidt, author of The Anxious Generation**Invisible Rulers is about a profound transformation in power and influence that is altering our politics, our government, and even our relationships with friends and neighbors. Today, online propagandists
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The Ten-Day MBA 4th Ed.

A Step-By-Step Guide To Mastering The Skills Taught In America's Top Business Schools

by Steven A. Silbiger ...

Revised and updated to answer the challenges of a rapidly changing business world, the 4th edition of The Ten-Day MBA includes the latest topics and core business concepts taught at America’s top business schools, from corporate ethics and compliance to financial planning and real estate to leadership and negotiation. With more than 400,000 copies sold around the world, this internationally ... Read more

$9.99 USD

Revised and updated to answer the challenges of a rapidly changing business world, the 4th edition of The Ten-Day MBA includes the latest topics and core business concepts taught at America’s top business schools, from corporate ethics and compliance to financial planning and real estate to leadership and negotiation. With more than 400,000 copies sold around the world, this internationally
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Capitalism without Capital

The Rise of the Intangible Economy

by Jonathan Haskel, Stian Westlake ...

The first comprehensive account of the growing dominance of the intangible economyEarly in the twenty-first century, a quiet revolution occurred. For the first time, the major developed economies began to invest more in intangible assets, like design, branding, R&D, and software, than in tangible assets, like machinery, buildings, and computers. For all sorts of businesses, from tech firms and ... Read more

$13.69 USD

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The first comprehensive account of the growing dominance of the intangible economyEarly in the twenty-first century, a quiet revolution occurred. For the first time, the major developed economies began to invest more in intangible assets, like design, branding, R&D, and software, than in tangible assets, like machinery, buildings, and computers. For all sorts of businesses, from tech firms and
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Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus

How Growth Became the Enemy of Prosperity

by Douglas Rushkoff ...

**Why doesn’t the explosive growth of companies like Facebook and Uber deliver more prosperity for everyone?What is the systemic problem that sets the rich against the poor and the technologists against everybody else?**When protesters shattered the windows of a bus carrying Google employees to work, their anger may have been justifiable, but it was misdirected. The true conflict of our age isn’t ... Read more

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**Why doesn’t the explosive growth of companies like Facebook and Uber deliver more prosperity for everyone?What is the systemic problem that sets the rich against the poor and the technologists against everybody else?**When protesters shattered the windows of a bus carrying Google employees to work, their anger may have been justifiable, but it was misdirected. The true conflict of our age isn’t
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Management Control Systems

Performance Measurement, Evaluation And Incentives

by Kenneth Merchant, Wim Van der Stede ...

Kenneth A. Merchant is the Deloitte & Touche LLP Chair of Accountancy at the University of Southern California. He is well-known internationally in the field of management accounting.Wim A. Van der Stede is the CIMA Professor of Accounting and Financial Management at the London School of Economics and Political Science. An author and teacher, he brings a European perspective and a wealth of ... Read more

$51.99 USD

Kenneth A. Merchant is the Deloitte & Touche LLP Chair of Accountancy at the University of Southern California. He is well-known internationally in the field of management accounting.Wim A. Van der Stede is the CIMA Professor of Accounting and Financial Management at the London School of Economics and Political Science. An author and teacher, he brings a European perspective and a wealth of
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Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance

It Can't Happen to Us--Avoiding Corporate Disaster While Driving Success

by Richard M. Steinberg ...

Series Book 570 - Wiley Corporate F&A
An expert's insider secrets to how successful CEOs and directors shape, lead, and oversee their organizations to achieve corporate goalsGovernance, Risk Management, and Compliance shows senior executives and board members how to ensure that their companies incorporate the necessary processes, organization, and technology to accomplish strategic goals. Examining how and why some major companies ... Read more

$31.00 USD

An expert's insider secrets to how successful CEOs and directors shape, lead, and oversee their organizations to achieve corporate goalsGovernance, Risk Management, and Compliance shows senior executives and board members how to ensure that their companies incorporate the necessary processes, organization, and technology to accomplish strategic goals. Examining how and why some major companies
... Read more
Big Business

A Love Letter to an American Anti-Hero

by Tyler Cowen ...

The New York Times–bestselling economist "mounts a compelling defense of big business, finance, and the tech industry" in this timely book (Walter Frick, Harvard Business Review).We love to hate the 800-pound gorilla. Walmart and Amazon destroy communities and small businesses. Facebook turns us into addicts while putting our personal data at risk. Across the board, it seems that belief in big ... Read more

$12.99 USD

The New York Times–bestselling economist "mounts a compelling defense of big business, finance, and the tech industry" in this timely book (Walter Frick, Harvard Business Review).We love to hate the 800-pound gorilla. Walmart and Amazon destroy communities and small businesses. Facebook turns us into addicts while putting our personal data at risk. Across the board, it seems that belief in big
... Read more
How Boards Work

And How They Can Work Better in a Chaotic World

by Dambisa Moyo ...

A New York Times bestselling author and veteran board member offers an insider's view of corporate boards, their struggles, and why they must adapt to survive.Corporate boards are under great pressure. Scandals and malpractice at companies like Theranos, WeWork, Uber, and Wells Fargo have raised justified questions among regulators, shareholders, and the public about the quality of corporate ... Read more

$17.99 USD

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A New York Times bestselling author and veteran board member offers an insider's view of corporate boards, their struggles, and why they must adapt to survive.Corporate boards are under great pressure. Scandals and malpractice at companies like Theranos, WeWork, Uber, and Wells Fargo have raised justified questions among regulators, shareholders, and the public about the quality of corporate
... Read more

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Essentials of Venture Capital

by Alexander Haislip ...

Series Book 52 - Essentials Series
The first comprehensive guide for mastering venture capitalEssentials of Venture Capital is your guide to understanding how venture capital and technology finance works from the inside out. Author Alexander Haislip easily explains the most complex concepts in venture capital and how the business is evolving to meet modern market needs. He illuminates the opaque industry that drives innovation in ... Read more

$24.00 USD

The first comprehensive guide for mastering venture capitalEssentials of Venture Capital is your guide to understanding how venture capital and technology finance works from the inside out. Author Alexander Haislip easily explains the most complex concepts in venture capital and how the business is evolving to meet modern market needs. He illuminates the opaque industry that drives innovation in
... Read more
Direct

The Rise of the Middleman Economy and the Power of Going to the Source

by Kathryn Judge ...

Axiom Award Gold Medalist for Business TheoryFinance expert, law professor, and fellow overwhelmed consumer Kathryn Judge investigates the surprising ways that middlemen have taken control of the economy at the expense of the rest of us, and provides practical guidance about how to regain control, find more meaning, and contribute to a more sustainable economy.Over the past thirty years, middlemen ... Read more

$17.99 USD

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Axiom Award Gold Medalist for Business TheoryFinance expert, law professor, and fellow overwhelmed consumer Kathryn Judge investigates the surprising ways that middlemen have taken control of the economy at the expense of the rest of us, and provides practical guidance about how to regain control, find more meaning, and contribute to a more sustainable economy.Over the past thirty years, middlemen
... Read more

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