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Unleashing the Power of European Innovation

How Government, Industry and Science Share Knowledge to Overcome Global Challenges

by Fred Bakker ...

The world is at a critical juncture where our industrial and economic principles have to be reshaped. Three major transitions are underway: towards the use of alternative energy sources, towards carbon-neutral and sustainable production, and towards digitalised manufacture and distribution. This book explores the ways in which these transitions are taking place in Europe.No single institution can ... Read more

$47.99 USD

The world is at a critical juncture where our industrial and economic principles have to be reshaped. Three major transitions are underway: towards the use of alternative energy sources, towards carbon-neutral and sustainable production, and towards digitalised manufacture and distribution. This book explores the ways in which these transitions are taking place in Europe.No single institution can
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The Smartest Places on Earth

Why Rustbelts Are the Emerging Hotspots of Global Innovation

by Antoine van Agtmael, Fred Bakker ...

The remarkable story of how rustbelt cities such as Akron and Albany in the United States and Eindhoven in Europe are becoming the unlikely hotspots of global innovation, where sharing brainpower and making things smarter -- not cheaper -- is creating a new economy that is turning globalization on its headAntoine van Agtmael and Fred Bakker counter recent conventional wisdom that the American and ... Read more

$11.99 USD

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The remarkable story of how rustbelt cities such as Akron and Albany in the United States and Eindhoven in Europe are becoming the unlikely hotspots of global innovation, where sharing brainpower and making things smarter -- not cheaper -- is creating a new economy that is turning globalization on its headAntoine van Agtmael and Fred Bakker counter recent conventional wisdom that the American and
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Smartest Places on Earth, The

Why Rustbelts Are the Emerging Hotspots of Global Innovation

by Antoine van Agtmael, Fred Bakker ...

Narrated by Christopher Lane ...

Unabridged

7 hours 8 min

Antoine van Agtmael coined the term “emerging markets” and built a career and a multibillion-dollar investing firm centered on these surging economies that would, over time, supplant the West as engines of wealth and prosperity. The trend held for decades, but a few years ago van Agtmael and Alfred Bakker, a renowned European journalist, began seeing signs that the tide might be turning. For ... Read more

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Antoine van Agtmael coined the term “emerging markets” and built a career and a multibillion-dollar investing firm centered on these surging economies that would, over time, supplant the West as engines of wealth and prosperity. The trend held for decades, but a few years ago van Agtmael and Alfred Bakker, a renowned European journalist, began seeing signs that the tide might be turning. For
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Dark Money

The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right

by Jane Mayer ...

Narrated by Kirsten Potter ...

Unabridged

16 hours 54 min

Why is America living in an age of profound economic inequality? Why, despite the desperate need to address climate change, have even modest environmental efforts been defeated again and again? Why have protections for employees been decimated? Why do hedge-fund billionaires pay a far lower tax rate than middle-class workers?The conventional answer is that a popular uprising against “big ... Read more

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Why is America living in an age of profound economic inequality? Why, despite the desperate need to address climate change, have even modest environmental efforts been defeated again and again? Why have protections for employees been decimated? Why do hedge-fund billionaires pay a far lower tax rate than middle-class workers?The conventional answer is that a popular uprising against “big
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The Confession

A Novel

by John Grisham ...

Narrated by Scott Sowers ...

Unabridged

14 hours 32 min

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this “grab-a-reader-by-the-shoulders suspense story” (The Washington Post) from “the master of the legal thriller” (USA Today), an innocent man is about to be executed—and only a guilty man can save him.WINNER OF THE HARPER LEE PRIZE FOR LEGAL FICTIONFor every innocent man sent to prison, there is a guilty one left on the outside. He doesn’t understand how the ... Read more

$22.50 USD

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this “grab-a-reader-by-the-shoulders suspense story” (The Washington Post) from “the master of the legal thriller” (USA Today), an innocent man is about to be executed—and only a guilty man can save him.WINNER OF THE HARPER LEE PRIZE FOR LEGAL FICTIONFor every innocent man sent to prison, there is a guilty one left on the outside. He doesn’t understand how the
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Why Nations Fail

The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

by Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson ...

Narrated by Dan Woren ...

Unabridged

17 hours 55 min

NEW YORK TIMES AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER • From two winners of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, “who have demonstrated the importance of societal institutions for a country’s prosperity”“A wildly ambitious work that hopscotches through history and around the world to answer the very big question of why some countries get rich and others don’t.”—The New York TimesFINALIST: ... Read more

$24.99 USD

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NEW YORK TIMES AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER • From two winners of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, “who have demonstrated the importance of societal institutions for a country’s prosperity”“A wildly ambitious work that hopscotches through history and around the world to answer the very big question of why some countries get rich and others don’t.”—The New York TimesFINALIST:
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Ctrl Alt Delete

Reboot Your Business. Reboot Your Life. Your Future Depends on It.

by Mitch Joel ...

A game-changing book that outlines the ways in which technology has transformed how brands and businesses innovate and connect with consumers: "An indispensable read for a time when so much is in transition" (Arianna Huffington).The DNA of business has changed. Forever. You can blame technology, smartphones, social media, online shopping and everything else, but nothingchanges this reality: we are ... Read more

$11.99 USD

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A game-changing book that outlines the ways in which technology has transformed how brands and businesses innovate and connect with consumers: "An indispensable read for a time when so much is in transition" (Arianna Huffington).The DNA of business has changed. Forever. You can blame technology, smartphones, social media, online shopping and everything else, but nothingchanges this reality: we are
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The Profiteers

Bechtel and the Men Who Built the World

by Sally Denton ...

From the bestselling coauthor of The Money and the Power, the “compelling corporate history” (The National Book Review) and inside story of the Bechtel family and the empire they’ve controlled since the construction of the Hoover Dam.The tale of the Bechtel family dynasty is a classic American business story. It begins with Warren A. “Dad” Bechtel, who led a consortium that constructed the Hoover ... Read more

$13.99 USD

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From the bestselling coauthor of The Money and the Power, the “compelling corporate history” (The National Book Review) and inside story of the Bechtel family and the empire they’ve controlled since the construction of the Hoover Dam.The tale of the Bechtel family dynasty is a classic American business story. It begins with Warren A. “Dad” Bechtel, who led a consortium that constructed the Hoover
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Denial

Why Business Leaders Fail to Look Facts in the Face--and What to Do About It

by Richard S. Tedlow ...

An astute diagnosis of one of the biggest problems in businessDenial is the unconscious determination that a certain reality is too terrible to contemplate, so therefore it cannot be true. We see it everywhere, from the alcoholic who swears he's just a social drinker to the president who declares "mission accomplished" when it isn't. In the business world, countless companies get stuck in denial ... Read more

$4.99 USD

An astute diagnosis of one of the biggest problems in businessDenial is the unconscious determination that a certain reality is too terrible to contemplate, so therefore it cannot be true. We see it everywhere, from the alcoholic who swears he's just a social drinker to the president who declares "mission accomplished" when it isn't. In the business world, countless companies get stuck in denial
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What Every Social Entrepreneur Needs to Know About Investors

by Romy Gingras Kochan ...

Learn how to set yourself apart and bridge the gap to success! As a social entrepreneur, you will learn how to prepare presentations to potential investors.There is a wide existing gap between social entrepreneurs and investors today. This great book dives into the reasons behind some of the misunderstandings and provides easy-to-use strategies. Techniques provides can be implemented immediately ... Read more

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Learn how to set yourself apart and bridge the gap to success! As a social entrepreneur, you will learn how to prepare presentations to potential investors.There is a wide existing gap between social entrepreneurs and investors today. This great book dives into the reasons behind some of the misunderstandings and provides easy-to-use strategies. Techniques provides can be implemented immediately
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Ignite Your Passion

Project Management Basics

by Dorcas M. T. Cox ...

Ignite Your Passion is a text book that is included as a part of a learning program. This text book and corresponding learning program is intended to teach you the discipline of project management in a simple and enjoyable way. ... Read more

$5.99 USD

Ignite Your Passion is a text book that is included as a part of a learning program. This text book and corresponding learning program is intended to teach you the discipline of project management in a simple and enjoyable way.
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Are You a Sales Person or a Business Owner?

Keys to Running a Successful Financial Advisory Services Practice

by RASHEED HANEEF ...

Building a successful Advisory practice is not very complicated, but it does take a tremendous amount of energy and effort. You need to utilize proper strategies, techniques and also become relentless with consistency to succeed. What I want to instill in the newly developing advisor is a sense of ownership. This more business type mindset can be the difference between having lasting success or ... Read more

$3.99 USD

Building a successful Advisory practice is not very complicated, but it does take a tremendous amount of energy and effort. You need to utilize proper strategies, techniques and also become relentless with consistency to succeed. What I want to instill in the newly developing advisor is a sense of ownership. This more business type mindset can be the difference between having lasting success or
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