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Mentoring for Success: Bullet Guides
by Amanda Vickers Steve BavisterWhat's in this book?Open this book and you will... - Improve communication - Foster development - Establish goals - Encourage successLearn how to be a mentor:- Understanding mentoring- The mentoring process- Successful mentoring relationships- Skills for successful mentors and mentees- Common pitfalls- The benefits of mentoring- Advice about giving advice- Bringing it to a successful closeSample page spread:What are Bullet Guides?The answers you need - now.Clear and concise guides in a portable format. Information is displayed in an easy-to-read layout with helpful images and tables. Bullet Guides include all you need to know about a subject in a nutshell. Get right to the point without wading through loads of unnecessary information.
Mentorship Unlocked: The Science and Art of Setting Yourself Up for Success
by Janice OmadekeUnlock the power of mentorship in your journey to success in this practical and inspiring guideWhat is a mentor? Why is having a mentor crucial to success? Or how do you make sure that you're a good mentor? In Mentorship Unlocked: The Science and Art of Setting Yourself Up for Success, veteran entrepreneur and innovator Janice Omadeke delivers an insightful discussion of mentorship, including what it is, how to find a qualified mentor, and how to make mentorship work for you. In the book, she explores the mentorship advice that helped her start a groundbreaking company after studying entrepreneurship and strategic management at MIT and Harvard.You’ll find practical steps you can take to build your own plan for finding the right mentor for you, or for becoming someone else’s trusted advisor. You’ll also discover: Compelling personal anecdotes and quotes from the author’s own mentors that shed light on key issues arising from that unique relationship Contemporary research and data about mentorship Strategies and techniques you can apply immediately to find a mentor or get more value from an existing mentor relationship Perfect for both established and early-career professionals, Mentorship Unlocked is also an essential read for managers, executives, and other business leaders who aim to better understand one of the most powerful types of relationships crucial to success.
Mentorship, Leadership, and Research: Their Place Within The Social Science Curriculum (International Perspectives on Social Policy, Administration, and Practice)
by Jamie P. Halsall Michael SnowdenThis insightful volume details the implementation and challenges of the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF), developed in the UK to ensure equal access to higher education for all social classes. It posits that a modern higher education institution requires a robust set of mechanisms - specifically mentorship, leadership, and research - to create high-quality teaching and learning. Noted contributors pose and answer key questions about the TEF in such areas as solution-focused teaching, mentoring for the job market, and social science curriculum development, using best practice examples in the field. These ideas and strategies carry great potential to improve the caliber of teaching and learning in universities, and with it, students’ social mobility.Among the topics covered: · Why have mentoring in universities? Reflections and justifications. · Working with students as partners: developing peer mentoring to enhance the undergraduate student experience. · The employers’ reach: mentoring undergraduate students to enhance employability. · Learn it and pass it on: strategies for educational succession. · Mentoring mentees to mentor. · Interdisciplinarity in higher education: the challenges of adaptability. Mentorship, Leadership, and Research will play a pivotal role in UK higher education since currently there is scant academic literature on practical tools to help universities to succeed at the TEF. A resource with international implications, it should interest sociologists of education and professionals in business strategy and leadership, social work, and community development. Michael Snowden is a Senior Lecturer in Mentoring Studies at the University of Huddersfield, UK. Jamie P. Halsall is a Reader in Social Sciences at the University of Huddersfield, UK. "Given the recent introduction of the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) in the United Kingdom, this timely book outlines effective practices to help earn the “Gold” standard. While considering TEF within the current climate of academic competition and critical evaluation, a diverse group of experts lay out why mentoring is one highly effective answer to the TEF standards and without compromising productivity in other service and research agendas. This book is a must read for academics and higher learning administrators alike."Leda Nath, Professor of Sociology, University of Wisconsin
Mentoría al minuto: Cómo encontrar y trabajar con un mentor
by Ken Blanchard Claire Diaz-OrtizEl coautor best seller del legendario El mánager al minuto y una exejecutiva de Twitter unen fuerzas para crear una guía esencial para crear poderosas relaciones de enseñanza.Mientras que la mayoría de personas concuerda que tener un mentor es algo bueno, no saben cómo encontrar o aprovechar uno. Y a pesar de la amplia aceptación de la idea de ser un mentor, la mayoría de la gente piensa que no tiene el tiempo o la capacidad para hacerlo. Las relaciones de enseñanza positivas pueden cambiar la forma en la cual lideramos y nos pueden ayudar a triunfar.En este libro, el legendario gurú Ken Blanchard y Claire Diaz-Ortiz, una exejecutiva de Twitter, combinan sus conocimientos para proporcionar un enfoque sistemático para el asesoramiento intergeneracional, brindando a los lectores una perspectiva sobre el poder y la influencia de la tutoría y les anima a fomentar sus propias relaciones como mentor.Con su clásico formato de parábola, Blanchard explica por qué el desarrollo de la comunicación efectiva y las relaciones entre generaciones pueden ser una gran oportunidad para empresas e individuos. Esta es la fuente ideal para aprender por qué mentoring es el ingrediente secreto para el éxito profesional y personal.
Mercadeo Afiliado: La Guía Del Prinicpiante Para Hacer Dinero En Internet
by Kevin GreenLibro de marketing de afiliados.
Mercadeo De Afiliados: Mercadeo de afiliados para personas simples
by Allan BaumannLas oportunidades de negocios en línea están llamando a tu puerta Si tomas o no ventaja de estas oportunidades para ayudarte a escapar la trampa de nueve a cinco depende totalmente de ti. El mercadeo de afiliados se ha convertido en una de las oportunidades de negocios más atractiva para personas que están buscando comenzar con un modelo de negocio en linea. Esta oportunidad se presenta a sí misma como una de las más sencillas y asequibles para iniciar. Todo lo que necesitas es acceso a internet y un dispositivo para trabajar - si bien una pequeña inversión inicial puede ayudar a darle un impulso a las cosas, puedes comenzar cno el mercadeo de afiliados sin ningún costo de antemano. Ganar dinero mientras duermes es algo que todos amarían poder hacer. La idea de que ganas por hacer nada le parece atractiva a la mayoría de nosotros, pero frecuentemente comenzar es el problema. Ahora bien, con Mercadeo de Afiliados para Principiantes, puedes comenzar tu propio negocio y ganar ese ingreso pasivo que siempre has deseado. Así que, ¿qué estás esperando?
Mercadeo Por Email Guia De Emprendedores Para Crear Un Prospero Negocio De Mercadeo Por Email
by Adidas WilsonDESCRIPCIÓN El mercado en línea cambia constantemente. Una táctica de mercadeo puede ser efectiva hoy y obsoleta mañana. El correo electrónico, sin embargo, sigue superando a todos los demás canales de comercialización. ¿Por qué los emails son tan poderosos? ¿Qué los hace mantenerse en el poder? Es fácil pasar por alto los emails como canales de comercialización. Talvez no los encuentre tan modernos y atractivos como el Facebook. Pero tienen ventajas claves comparados con otros canales. Dele un vistazo a la demografía de las plataformas de las redes sociales más comunes. Las mujeres usan Pinterest, mientras que la generación joven prefiere Snapchat. Pero, sin embargo, prácticamente todo el mundo tiene una dirección de email. La gente entrega voluntariamente sus direcciones de email y por supuesto esperan luego recibir sus emails. Naturalmente, la disponibilidad de sus suscriptores aumenta sus tasas de conversión. Mientras que si Facebook se cae, usted pierde todos sus seguidores. El mercadeo por email le permite tener sus propios suscriptores. Utilice las redes sociales para impulsar su lista de emails. La tecnología del mercadeo automatizado sigue mejorando contantemente y es por esto que los emails son tan efectivos. Poder personalizar la experiencia de un cliente y enviar así contenido dirigido a los consumidores permite a las empresas obtener más conversiones y más ventas. La personalización del correo electrónico ha contribuido en gran medida a un aumento en las tasas de apertura y de clics. La tecnificación del mercadeo ha convertido en algo muy simple la antes tediosa tarea de personalizar los emails.
Mercado Financiero para principiantes
by Evan J. Houpt John Border AlejandroAPRENDE: Inversiones en la bolsa para principiantes y las bases del mercado de valores Esta edición mejorada y actualizada está dirigida al inversionista individual que quiere entender el mercado de valores de hoy y tomar decisiones informadas de inversión con el conocimiento y la comprensión general de los mercados financieros. Está escrito en términos fácilmente comprensibles y proporciona una explicación clara de cómo las piezas encajan en el mercado. Los lectores tendrán un conocimiento práctico y detallado del mercado de valores, a un costo mínimo de tiempo y frustración. Los autores animan a los lectores a desarrollar su propia estrategia y estilo de inversión personal a través de la observación y el aprendizaje. El énfasis está en mantener el control sobre su dinero de inversión, ya sea que opte por compras de acciones individuales o un fondo mutuo, o alguna combinación de ambos. Secciones especiales para analizar nuevos e innovadores vehículos de inversión como SPDRs, con un amplio análisis de los cambios en el mercado tras la crisis financiera de 2008. CONTENIDO: Mercado de valores para principiantes Dentro de este libro descubrirá: Varias opciones de inversión Establecer y alcanzar sus metas de inversión Por qué una empresa emite acciones Todo sobre las IPO's Cómo se negocian las acciones Todo sobre las bolsas de valores y los principales índices Cómo leer una gráfica de acciones Análisis Fundamental vs. Análisis Técnico Inversión en Dividendos y DRIPS Cómo elegir un bróker Estrategias de largo plazo y de corto plazo Oportuno, detallado y fácil de leer, Mercado Financiero para Principiantes pertenece a la estantería de cualquier persona que comienza a invertir o quiere una comprensión más amplia del mercado.
Mercado de Ações Alemão para Iniciantes
by Robert Schmidt Gustavo B.Esse livro de mercado de ações para iniciantes é para o investidor alemão para provê-lo com um conhecimento útil do mercado de ações alemão e como negociar na Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Escrito de maneira clara e sem linguagem técnica, define todos os maiores termos utilizados por investidores e agrupa-os em uma estrutura facilmente compreensível. O livro é destinado para investidores apenas começando e para quem se sente perdido em meio a todo o jargão técnico jogado neles. O livro contém os seguintes tópicos em detalhes: The book is intended for investors just starting out and who feel lost in all the technical jargon thrown at them. The book contains the following topics in detail : * Como achar e selecionar um corretor * Taxas de corretagem e como administrá-las * Investimento em dividendo vs. investimento em crescimento * Qual a diferença entre fundos mútuos, fundos de índices e * Aprenda como fazer sua primeira negociação.
Mercado de Ações para Iniciantes: Guia do Reino Unido (UK)
by Robert Ward Rosana Vargas DiasMercado de ações é o local onde se pode ganhar ou perder rios de dinheiro. Certamente, você já deve ter ouvido relatos de pessoas que fizeram fortunas e, por isso deve estar pensando em apostar nesse tipo de investimento. Sou investidor com base fora de Londres. Investi e lucrei muito no mercado de ações. Não posso dizer que nunca tenha perdido algumas ações, contudo fiz uma boa grana na Bolsa de Valores de Londres. Porém, inicialmente, como não havia alguém para me ensinar, as tentativas e os erros foram meus melhores aliados. Este livro reúne os princípios do mercado de ações para que os investidores, em início de carreira, nesse tipo de investimento, possam ter o conhecimento necessário para entender seu funcionamento e suas regras. Os capítulos abordados são: (1) Poupança e Investimento; (2) Introdução ao mercado de ações para iniciantes; (3) Entendendo o mercado de ações e a bolsa de valores; (4) Índices do Mercado de Ações; (5) Como comprar ações; (6) Tipos de ações; (7) Estratégias de longo ou curto prazo; (8) ETF.
Mercado de ações para iniciantes: fundamentos explicados para investidores iniciantes
by Mauricio Chinemann Evan J. Houpt John BorderAPRENDA os fundamentos do mercado de ações e CONHEÇA o investimento em ações para iniciantes Esta edição melhorada e atualizada é destinada ao investidor individual que quer entender o mercado de ações atual e escolher investimentos inteligentes com base em conhecimento e na compreensão do panorama geral. O livro foi escrito com termos fáceis de entender e dá uma explicação clara sobre como as peças se encaixam no mercado. Os leitores sairão dessa experiência com um conhecimento detalhado e prático do mercado de ações, com um custo mínimo de tempo e frustração. O autor estimula os leitores a desenvolver as próprias estratégias e estilo de investimento por meio da observação e do aprendizado. A ênfase é manter o controle do dinheiro investido, seja em compras de ações individuais, de cotas em fundos mútuos ou até de uma combinação dos dois. As seções especiais de destaque abordam veículos de investimento novos e inovadores, como os SPDRs, e fornecem uma análise ampla das mudanças no mercado após a crise financeira de 2008. POR DENTRO do Mercado de ações para iniciantes Dentro do livro, você descobrirá: *Diversas opções de investimento; *Como definir e atingir seus objetivos de investimento; *Por que uma empresa emite ações; *Tudo sobre IPOs (ofertas públicas iniciais); *Como as ações são negociadas; *Tudo sobre Bolsas de Valores e os maiores índices; *Como ler o gráfico de uma ação; *Análise fundamentalista vs. análise técnica; *Investimento em dividendos e DRIPs; *Como escolher uma corretora; *Estratégias de longo prazo vs. curto prazo. Oportuno, detalhado e de fácil leitura, o Mercado de ações para iniciantes deve esta
Mercado financiero alemán para principiantes
by Robert Schmidt Alejandro Robles Vargas: Inversiones en la bolsa para principiantes y las bases del mercado de valores Esta edición mejorada y actualizada está dirigida al inversionista individual que quiere entender el mercado de valores de hoy y tomar decisiones informadas de inversión con el conocimiento y la comprensión general de los mercados financieros. Está escrito en términos fácilmente comprensibles y proporciona una explicación clara de cómo las piezas encajan en el mercado. Los lectores tendrán un conocimiento práctico y detallado del mercado de valores, a un costo mínimo de tiempo y frustración. Los autores animan a los lectores a desarrollar su propia estrategia y estilo de inversión personal a través de la observación y el aprendizaje. El énfasis está en mantener el control sobre su dinero de inversión, ya sea que opte por compras de acciones individuales o un fondo mutuo, o alguna combinación de ambos. Secciones especiales para analizar nuevos e innovadores vehículos de inversión como SPDRs, con un amplio análisis de los cambios en el mercado tras la crisis financiera de 2008.
Mercadona
by Zeynep Ton Simon HarrowThis case presents the predicament of a company trying to do right by its customers and its employees as the economic crisis of 2008 hits home. Fifteen years earlier, this Spanish supermarket chain had adopted its own version of total quality management, called the Total Quality Model, switching from the industry's traditional high-low pricing to "always low prices" and continuous improvement. These changes called for a well-trained, empowered, and enthusiastically engaged workforce dedicated to providing the best products and service to their customers, who were always and seriously referred to as "the Bosses." The Total Quality Model had been a success in terms of company growth and profitability, sustained by the success of Mercadona's unusually high investment in employee training and satisfaction. Nevertheless, when sales growth slowed down in 2008, CEO Juan Roig concluded that Mercadona had let its customers down by not keeping prices low enough for such hard times. Mercadona set about lowering its prices, reducing product variety, and lowering its financial targets for 2009. Of the 9,200 SKUs in an average store, the company decided to eliminate 1,000. But Roig still had to decide what to do about employee bonuses. Since Mercadona did not meet its 2008 targets, the company policy was that no one-not even top management-would get a bonus. But Roig knew that his employees worked hard and well in 2008 and could not be held totally responsible for the downturn or for management's failure to react quickly enough.
Mercadona
by Zeynep Ton Simon HarrowThis case presents the predicament of a company trying to do right by its customers and its employees as the economic crisis of 2008 hits home. Fifteen years earlier, this Spanish supermarket chain had adopted its own version of total quality management, called the Total Quality Model, switching from the industry's traditional high-low pricing to "always low prices" and continuous improvement. These changes called for a well-trained, empowered, and enthusiastically engaged workforce dedicated to providing the best products and service to their customers, who were always and seriously referred to as "the Bosses." The Total Quality Model had been a success in terms of company growth and profitability, sustained by the success of Mercadona's unusually high investment in employee training and satisfaction. Nevertheless, when sales growth slowed down in 2008, CEO Juan Roig concluded that Mercadona had let its customers down by not keeping prices low enough for such hard times. Mercadona set about lowering its prices, reducing product variety, and lowering its financial targets for 2009. Of the 9,200 SKUs in an average store, the company decided to eliminate 1,000. But Roig still had to decide what to do about employee bonuses. Since Mercadona did not meet its 2008 targets, the company policy was that no one-not even top management-would get a bonus. But Roig knew that his employees worked hard and well in 2008 and could not be held totally responsible for the downturn or for management's failure to react quickly enough.
Mercadotecnia
by Brian TracyMercadotecnia El éxito o el fracaso de tu negocio depende del suceso o del fracaso de tus esfuerzos de mercadotecnia. Si puedes identificar lo que tus clientes quieren, necesitan, y pueden costear--y se los das--entonces obtendrás resultados asombrosos. Lleno de la sabiduría característica de Brian Tracy, esta guía indispensable contiene 21 ideas poderosas que puedes usar inmediatamente para mejorar tus resultados estratégicos de mercadotecnia. Lleno de estrategias de mercadotecnia comprobadas, este libro práctico y portable muestra cómo superar a la competencia, incrementar las ventas y la rentabilidad, y dominar el mercado nicho. Descubrirás como: * Construir la base de clientes * Diferenciarte de la competencia * Responder a tres preguntas cruciales acerca de los nuevos productos o servicios * Usar estudios de mercado y grupos focales para impulsar mejores decisiones. * Llenar una necesidad emocional básica para los compradores * Determinar el mejor rango de precios * Enfocar tus esfuerzos completamente en el cliente * Aprovechar mejor tus canales de distribución * Dominar los conceptos de especialización, diferenciación, segmentación, and concentración; * Proporcionar a los clientes una razón para dejar de ser clientes de tus competidores y ser clientes tuyos * Y más.
Mercantile Bombay: A Journey of Trade, Finance and Enterprise (The Gateway House Guide to India in the 2020s)
by Sifra LentinThis volume reclaims Mumbai’s legacy as a global financial centre of the 19th to the first half of the 20th century. It shows how Mumbai, or erstwhile Bombay, once served as a central node in global networks of trade, finance, commercial institutions, and most importantly trading communities. In doing so it highlights that this city more than any other Indian city still possesses all these virtuous elements making it an appropriate location for a financial Special Economic Zone - an idea shelved temporarily. The book explores how the city flourished in its heyday as a trading, financial, commercial, and manufacturing hub in a globalised colonial world. While the city’s importance as a nodal financial hub in the global economy ebbed post India’s Independence and the Second World War, the multi-cultural city found renewed importance following the forex crisis of 1991. Institutions (the RBI, SEBI, State Bank of India headquarters), capacities, experiences, communities, and talent centred in Mumbai revived its position, while managing the transition to a more open economy. Though Mumbai is not yet an international financial centre (Financial SEZ) like London, New York, Dubai, Singapore, Hong Kong, this volume explores why it has all the essential elements to become one today, and looks at the city as a trading city, a global financial centre, and a city of enterprise. An introspective read on India’s financial capital, this volume will be essential for scholars and researcher of economics, business studies and commerce. It will be of great interest to policy makers, city-headquartered business houses, financial institutions, and its people.
Mercantilism, Account Keeping and the Periphery-Core Relationship (Perspectives in Economic and Social History)
by Cheryl Susan McWattersMercantilism and accounting remain two dynamic and debated concepts in terms of definition and scope. This volume brings together the research of international scholars from a wide variety of disciplines – accounting, anthropology, native studies, economic geography, economic history and management – to reflect on alternative approaches to the study of these concepts. This book focuses particularly on how individuals across space and time negotiated and navigated systems of exchange and trade, especially when confronted with world views and cultural systems that conflicted with and disrupted perceptions of their own. Through this, the volume offers a helpful reinforcement to the view that the analysis of mercantilism must be more highly contextualised to time and place, along with deeper focus on the local actors involved. It is these local actors who negotiated, exchanged and navigated differing world views and who enable us to tease out the longer-run global economic and social processes and the impacts of these encounters. Complementing the growing interest in mercantilism, Indigenous studies and the relationships between colonists, traders and their counterparts in colonies and trading ports, this work provides a cross disciplinary examination of the subject area. Furthermore, it encourages a renewed interest in the use of archival documents and documentary sources in novel and innovative ways.
Mercantilism, the Medici, and the Making of the Modern World (A)
by Sophus A. Reinert Robert FredonaCase
Mercantilism, the Medici, and the Making of the Modern World (B)
by Sophus A. Reinert Robert FredonaSupplement
Mercantilism: The Shaping Of An Economic Language
by Eli F. HeckscherFirst Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Mercantilism: The Shaping of an Economic Language
by Lars MagnussonEver since the Physiocrats and Adam Smith, mercantilism or 'the mercantile system' have been described as the opposite of classical political economy. This view is very much brought into question by the current book. It argues that the sharp distinction between mercantilism and 19th century laissez-faire economics has obscured the meaning, content
Mercato Azionario Inglese Per Principianti: Una guida per principianti per investire nel mercato UK
by Robert WardIl mercato azionario è dove milioni di sterline vengono fatti e persi in un anno. Sono sicuro che hai sentito storie di persone che fossero tentate di investire nel mercato azionario del Regno Unito. Questo libro è un onesto tentativo di mettere insieme le basi del mercato azionario in modo che i principianti nel mercato azionario britannico sappiano cosa stanno facendo e abbiano le conoscenze di base per capire il mercato azionario britannico. Gli argomenti che tratterò sono 1) Risparmio e investimenti 2) Comprendere il mercato azionario del Regno Unito per i principianti 3) Come funziona la borsa nel Regno Unito? Come funziona una borsa valori nel Regno Unito? 4) Quali sono gli indici di borsa nel Regno Unito? 5) Come acquistare azioni nel Regno Unito? 6) Tipi di azioni UK nel mercato azionario 7) Strategie di investimento a lungo termine contro investimenti a breve termine 8) ETF per investimenti a lungo termine
Mercedes-Benz
by Philip M. RosenzweigAfter many years as a German luxury car producer, Mercedes-Benz announced two major strategy shifts in 1992, toward a full line of automotive products and toward a globally diverse set of plans and activities. As part of this shift, Mercedes planned to build a major plant in Alabama for the manufacture of sports-utility vehicles.
Mercenaries and Missionaries: Capitalism and Catholicism in the Global South
by Brandon VaidyanathanMercenaries and Missionaries examines the relationship between rapidly diffusing forms of capitalism and Christianity in the Global South. Using more than two hundred interviews in Bangalore and Dubai, Brandon Vaidyanathan explains how and why global corporate professionals straddle conflicting moral orientations in the realms of work and religion. Seeking to place the spotlight on the role of religion in debates about the cultural consequences of capitalism, Vaidyanathan finds that an "apprehensive individualism" generated in global corporate workplaces is supported and sustained by a "therapeutic individualism" cultivated in evangelical-charismatic Catholicism.Mercenaries and Missionaries uncovers a symbiotic relationship between these individualisms and shows how this relationship unfolds in two global cities—Dubai, in non-democratic UAE, which holds what is considered the world's largest Catholic parish, and Bangalore, in democratic India, where the Catholic Church, though afflicted by ethnic and religious violence, runs many of the city's elite educational institutions. Vaidyanathan concludes that global corporations and religious communities create distinctive cultures, with normative models that powerfully orient people to those cultures—the Mercenary in cutthroat workplaces, and the Missionary in churches. As a result, global corporate professionals in rapidly developing cities negotiate starkly opposing moral commitments in the realms of work and religion, which in turn shapes their civic commitment to these cities.
Mercenaries: Soldiers of Fortune, from Ancient Greece to Today's Private Military Companies
by Michael Lee LanningSOLDIERS OF $$. Privateers, contract killers,corporate warriors. Contract soldiers go by many names, but they all have one thing in common: They fight for money and plunder rather than liberty, God, or country. Now acclaimed author and war vet Michael Lee Lanning traces the compelling history of these fighting machines--from the "Sea Peoples" who fought for the pharaohs' greater glory to today's soldiers for hire from private military companies (PMCs) in Iraq and Afghanistan. What emerges is a fascinating account of the men who fight other people's wars--the Greeks who built an empire for Alexander the Great, the Nubians who accompanied Hannibal across the Alps, the Irish who became the first to go global in their search for work. Soldiers of fortune have always had the power to change the course of war, and Lanning examines their pivotal roles in individual battles and in the rise and fall of empires. As the employment of contract soldiers spreads in Iraq and America's War on Terrorism--the U. S. paid $30 billion to PMCs in 2003 alone--Mercenaries offers a valuable inside look at a system that appears embedded in our nation's future.