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99 Ways to Increase Your Income (99 Ways)
by Frank MartinAt a time when a stressed economy is causing job loss and other financial pains, many people are looking for ways to rebuild or supplement income. 99 Ways to Increase Your Income lays out simple steps to both generate more cash, as well as do a more effective job of hanging on to existing income. Frank Martin is a successful entrepreneur and the author of more than sixteen books. Visit his web site at www. FrankMMartin. com . From the Trade Paperback edition.
99 Ways to Stretch Your Home Budget: Save Up to $2000 a Month--Or More! (99 Ways)
by Cheri GillardWith words like “recession” and “record unemployment” filling the air, the typical family–regardless of how the economy is treating them–will be paying attention to the budget. That’s why99 Ways to Stretch Your Home Budgetwill receive a warm reception as it delivers scores of practical ideas to save cash around the house. Cheri Gillard, formerly an obstetrical and NICU nurse, is a freelance writer and editor, plus the mother of quadruplets.
99 to 1: How Wealth Inequality Is Wrecking the World and What We Can Do about It
by Chuck CollinsOver the past thirty years, we’ve seen a radical redistribution of wealth upward to a tiny fraction of the population. Here, activist Chuck Collins explains how it happened and marshals wide-ranging data to show exactly what the 99/1 percent divide means in the real world and the damage it causes to individuals, businesses, and the earth. Most important, he answers the burning question, what can be done about it? He offers a common-sense guide to bringing about a society that works for everyone: the 100 percent. This is a struggle that can be won. After all, the odds are 99 to 1 in our favor.
99% Perspiration: A New Working History of the American Way of Life
by Adam ChandlerAn enlightening and entertaining interrogation of the myth of American self-reliance and the idea of hard work as destiny&“Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.&” This phrase, arguably Thomas Edison&’s most famous quote, has been drilled into the minds of generations of Americans. A fairly straightforward iteration of the idea that innovation, discovery, and ingenuity are the result of drive and grit above all, it has also come to represent much darker myths: that hard work always leads to success and that achievement is the product of individuals and not communities. In this model, those who come out on top are there because they earned it, and everyone else needs to buckle down, glove up, and, maybe one day, they&’ll get there too.As the wealth gap widens, communities crumble, and Americans work more for less, Adam Chandler raises the question: What happens when perspiration isn&’t enough? To answer it, he crisscrosses the country interviewing mayors, teachers, generals, pastors, construction workers, and entrepreneurs, to reveal just how untenable relying on &“perspiration&” as a strategy has truly become. He also delves into America&’s past to reveal how our government, education system, and culture at large have woven the idea of meritocracy deep into the fabric of American society and how some of history&’s most famous so-called bootstrappers really built their wealth. From George Washington to Seattle,Washington, Jay Gatsby to Bill Gates, 99% Perspiration unpacks the misguided obsession with hard work that has come to define both the American dream and nightmare, offering insight into how we got here and hope for where we may go.
9th EAI International Conference on Management of Manufacturing Systems: MMS 2024 (EAI/Springer Innovations in Communication and Computing)
by Dragan Perakovic Lucia KnapcikovaThe book presents the proceedings of the 9th EAI International Conference on Management of Manufacturing Systems (MMS 2024), which took place October 9-11, 2024, in Dubrovnik, Croatia. The conference covers the management of manufacturing systems with support for Industry 4.0, logistics and intelligent manufacturing systems and applications, cooperation management, and its effective applications. Topics include RFID applications, economic impacts in logistics, ICT support for Industry 4.0, industrial and smart logistics, intelligent manufacturing systems and applications, and much more. The topic is of interest to researchers, practitioners, students, and academics in manufacturing and communications engineering.
@ The Entry Level: On Survival, Success, & Your Calling As A Young Professional
by Michael BallCash, Coercion, Cons, Whatever it takes to get unsuspecting grads to sign that offer letter, Corporate America is game. Because once it's finally plain that the entry level, in fact, is a hellish and demeaning place of grunt-work, brown-nosing, and mental drool, the ink's already dry and the newbies in bed. Way in, what with the pressure to keep post-college resumes stocked with "respectable" Fortune 500 firms. Instead, most early-stage workers end burying their dreams underneath their paycheck, suffering quietly through the frustration, depression, and thoughts of beating their manager with a stick. No more. @ The Entry Level is designed to lead you through the psychologies, philosophies, and strategies for succeeding in business' basement, but with the single-minded purpose of finding the work you were made to do. It's the first book ever to dispel the myths, whisper the tricks, and supply the tools to help you as a young professional: *Manage the transition from college to work *Negotiate the Entry Level Rite of Passage Navigate office politics and build your personal brand *Earn the promotion or transfer with the right fit *Locate a sturdy work - life balance *Uncover your values to make intelligent, healthy career decisions *Gain the courage to follow your passion and find your calling Further taking a hard look at the seduction of money, the silliness of company loyalty, and the side-effects of waiting until midlife to figure out what your job should mean, this is the indispensable guide for career freshmen seeking a deeper, richer working life. And for those who just need to keep breathing. Michael Ball is the founder and CEO of Career Freshman Company, an organization dedicated to helping young professionals discover success, passion, and fulfillment in their work. A disillusioned Big Five (now Four) consulting veteran and Silicon Valley startup survivor, he's found his own calling as an author, speaker, and career coach to college students and corporate grunts. He lives in Los Angeles.
@Hoc: Leveraging Israeli Technology in the United States
by William J. Coughlin Walter KuemmerleDescribes @Hoc, an idea for an Internet software company, developed by two HBS MBA 1999 graduates, Guy Miasnik and Ly Tran. @Hoc's software, loaded into a browser, enables instant, context-sensitive information retrieval and shopping. @Hoc's R&D team is located in Israel while the rest of the company is located in Boston. By July 1999, the entrepreneurs have developed a high-level prototype, written a business plan, and are seeking to raise approximately $1 billion to $1.5 billion. The entrepreneurs are trying to determine at what valuation they can raise capital and whether they should raise more capital than originally planned. A unique feature of this short case is that it contains an adapted version of the original business plan.
A "Rich-vs.-King" Approach to Term Sheet Negotiations
by Noam Wasserman Furqan Nazeeri Kyle AndersonThis note offers a new approach to Venture Capital term-sheet negotiations, with actionable steps based on insights from Prof. Wasserman's "Rich-vs.-King" approach to founder decisions. A core thesis of this note is that trying to negotiate all terms in a term sheet will be less effective than focusing on the terms that are most important to the specific entrepreneur in question, taking into account the entrepreneur's goals and motivations in founding the venture. In particular, terms that are higher-priority to a control-motivated "King" founder are often lower-priority to a wealth-motivated "Rich" founder, and vice versa. Thus, this note identifies the most common terms that differ in their importance to different types of founders, and provides a framework for weighing the relative importance of each potential term sheet outcome for their specific type.
A 'Macro-regional' Europe in the Making: Theoretical Approaches and Empirical Evidence (Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics)
by Stefan Gänzle Kristine KernMacro-regional strategies seek to improve the interplay of the EU with existing regimes and institutions, and foster coherence of transnational policies. Drawing on macro-regional governance and Europeanization, this edited volume provides an overview of processes of macro-regionalization in Europe displaying evidence of their significant impact.
A 1.778 km de distancia. Cómo cuidar las relaciones en un mundo online
by Ferran Ramón-CortesDel autor de La isla de los 5 faros, con más de 100.000 ejemplares vendidos. Ferran Ramon-Cortés nos ofrece las claves para mejorar la comunicación virtual, fortalecer las relaciones y reconectar a las personas en un mundo online. Tras más de ocho horas enlazando videoconferencias, Ferran acaba una nueva jornada exhausto y frustrado. Recibe entonces un misterioso mensaje: «Apreciado Ferran: (...) desde hace más de un año estoy sumergido en la nueva comunicación virtual; vivo permanentemente conectado a mi familia, a mis amigos y a todo mi entorno, pero cada día me siento más alejado de todos y del mundo. (...) no sé si darle las gracias a esa nueva comunicación virtual o culparla de todo lo que me pasa. (...) Lo que es seguro es que busco respuestas. ¿Las tienes tú?». Acompañado de su fiel perra Nim, Ferran se embarcará en un nuevo viaje con la intención de encontrar respuesta a cinco preguntas clave: - ¿Funciona la comunicación online?- ¿Cómo afecta la comunicación virtual a nuestras relaciones?- ¿Trabajar online es una opción?- ¿Cómo podemos comunicarnos mejor online?- ¿Cómo podemos relacionarnos mejor (punto)? Una reflexión calmada, basada en investigaciones pioneras, en torno a los retos y las oportunidades de la comunicación virtual para las relaciones de hoy.
A 21st Century Employability Skills Improvement Framework for the Construction Industry (Routledge Research Collections for Construction in Developing Countries)
by Clinton Aigbavboa Wellington Thwala John AliuThis book will provide readers with an understanding of the employability concept and develop an employability skills improvement model to enhance the employability of built environment graduates to foster economic development. The developed model determines the influence of generic skills, discipline specific skills, work-integrated learning, emotional intelligence, university-industry collaboration outcomes and 4IR knowledge in predicting the outcomes of improved graduate employability. The model is developed with a theoretical lens on existing frameworks of employability and skills development. Whilst drawing comparisons with countries such as the UK, USA, Australia and Canada, the authors present the results of a two-stage Delphi survey in South Africa as a case study on the current state of skills development and on the skills of the future. The case study is presented in line with the South Africa’s long-term National Development Plan (NDP) aimed at developing the key capabilities and skills of its citizens by ensuring quality education on a broader scale by 2030. As automation continues to rapidly advance, the pressures on universities to revamp and restructure their curricula have become increasingly necessary. This book recommends that higher education institutions urgently need to intensify their efforts by introducing significant modifications to the science and technology curriculum to enable students to develop and acquire competencies in the rapidly emerging areas of artificial intelligence, data science, robotics, advanced simulation, data communication, system automation, real-time inventory operations, cloud computing, and information technologies. This implies that universities’ curriculum should be infused with 4IR thinking within the conventional primary sciences of biology, chemistry, and physics, with greater emphasis on digital literacy to boost 4IR understanding amongst the graduates. The book is therefore of interest to researchers and policy makers in the built environment that are placed in academia, the construction industry or at consultancy levels, it provides significant recommendations for universities as they intensify their efforts to develop graduates for the future.
A Arte da Riqueza - Barreiras à Prosperidade
by Makoto Yamamoto Baron Alexander DeschauerSer próspero e acumular riqueza são coisas bastante simples na teoria. Na prática, há obstáculos que a maioria de nós nem enxerga. São essas barreiras à prosperidade que fazem muita gente na nossa sociedade pensar que as oportunidades são iguais para todos – mas, na realidade, são distantes à maioria de nós. O primeiro passo para superar essas barreiras é aprender a enxergá-las. Só então você será capaz de superá-las. Este livro apresenta, em contos e narrativas curtas, os segredos para desenvolver uma mentalidade próspera. Ele mostra fatos testados e comprovados sobre a acumulação de riqueza e de prosperidade.
A Arte de Manter Boas Relações
by Dale CarnegieManter boas relações com quem nos rodeia é uma arte que pode ser aprendida. Só precisa de ter um bom professor. Ser uma pessoa gregária e carismática é muitas vezes encarado como algo que ou se é ou não se é. Como se se tratasse de algo natural, intrínseco a cada um, genético. No entanto, se observarmos com atenção, é possível distinguir qualidades comuns a quem partilha essa forma de ser e de estar na vida, como a generosidade, a empatia, o otimismo, a cordialidade, a disponibilidade. Desenvolver uma personalidade mais sedutora e influenciar as pessoas e o ambiente ao nosso redor está, portanto, ao alcance de qualquer um, independentemente das nossas origens. Neste livro, ficarão claras quais as fundações de qualquer relação sólida, seja ela profissional ou pessoal: construir relações baseadas na confiança mútua; criar um ambiente de trabalho agradável onde a cooperação e a camaradagem sejam palavram de ordem; avaliar as diferentes personalidades para melhor nos relacionarmos com os outros; agir e reagir quando confrontados com pessoas difíceis; discordar sem ser desagradável; compreender e dominar as nossas emoções e as dos outros. Dale Carnegie diz-nos quais as regras de ouro de qualquer relação e como aplicá-las pode mudar radicalmente a sua vida.
A Arte de Pagar as Suas Dívidas e de Satisfazer os Seus Credores Sem Gastar Um Cêntimo
by Honoré De Balzac José Viale MoutinhoSão arte antiga as técnicas de fuga aos credores por parte dos devedores que hoje bem podem ser um qualquer cidadão anónimo, empresa, governo central, regional, autarquia. A realidade não mudou muito quando comparada com o século XIX, altura em que esta obra foi publicada pela primeira vez. Este é um manual com a caraterização dos vários tipos de dívida e com exemplos práticos de como, por exemplo, contornar as visitas desagradáveis dos seus credores. Um espelho da sociedade de outros tempos que bem poderia ser o nosso. «O credor número três (o proprietário da casa, por exemplo) vem fazer-lhe uma visita, e aproveita esta ocasião para apresentar-lhe a fatura do aluguer. Olhe-o com um ar indeciso, acompanhado por um: É impossível! Ele afirma-lhe o contrário. Um homem sem aprumo discutiria com ele em relação ao valor do aluguer ou por uns dias de compreensão. Um homem que tem aprumo responde decidido: Oh, não! Resumindo, graças ao aprumo, você domina a confiança, dá a imagem de um homem decidido e prudente.»
A Balance Sheet Approach to Financial Crisis
by Nouriel Roubini Brad Setser Christian Keller Mark Allen Christoph RosenbergThis publication examines the application of the balance sheet approach (BSA) in financial vulnerability analysis of emerging market economies, including its conceptual framework, trends over the past decade including case studies, and related policy issues. This concept is being increasingly used in the IMF's analysis of debt-related vulnerabilities, as evidenced by a growing number of Article IV consultation reports providing applications to individual countries, as well as a large body of academic literature on financial crises and their origins.
A Banker's Journey: How Edmond J. Safra Built a Global Financial Empire
by Daniel GrossWho was Edmond J. Safra? “The greatest banker of his generation,” in the estimation of a former World Bank President. The founder of four massive financial institutions on three continents, and a proud child of Beirut’s Jewish quarter. An innovative avatar of financial globalization, and a faithful heir to a tradition of old-world banking. The leading champion and protector of the Sephardic diaspora. In A Banker’s Journey, financial journalist and historian Daniel Gross, who, like Safra, traces his heritage to Aleppo, Syria, reconstructs the public life of an intensely private man. With exclusive access to Safra’s personal archives, Gross tracks the banker’s remarkable journey from Beirut to Milan, São Paulo, Geneva, and New York—to the pinnacle of global finance. Edmond Safra was fifteen in 1947, when his father sent him to establish a presence in Milan, Italy. Fluent in six languages, and with an eye for value, managing risk, and personal potential, Safra was in perpetual motion until his tragic death in 1999. The modern, global financial empire he built was based on timeless principles: a banker must protect his depositors and avoid excessive leverage and risk. In an age of busts and bailouts, Safra posted remarkable returns while rarely suffering a credit loss. From a young age, Safra assumed the mantle of leadership in the Syrian-Lebanese Jewish community, providing personal aid, supporting the communities that formed in exile, and championing Sephardic religious and educational efforts in Israel and around the world. Edmond J. Safra’s life of achievement in the twentieth century offers enduring lessons for those seeking to make their way in the twenty-first century. He inspired generations to make the world a better place.
A Basic Guide To Exporting: The Official Government Resource For Small And Medium-sized Businesses
by Doug Barry International Trade Administration (U.S.) Staff Government Publishing OfficeA Basic Guide to Exporting addresses virtually every issue a company looking to export might face. Numerous sections, charts, lists and definitions throughout the book’s 19 chapters provide in-depth information and solid advice about the key activities and issues relevant to any prospective exporter, including: • Getting things rolling • Delivering your product • Financial issues • Overseas activities • Legal issues This new, 11th edition, has been completely rewritten, revised and updated to provide essential information needed for small-to mid-size businesses, plus undergraduate and graduate students pursuing coursework for International Business degrees.
A Basic Guide to Exporting: The Official Government Resource For Small - And Medium-sized Businesses
by Jason KatzmanHere is practical advice for anyone who wants to build their business by selling overseas. The International Trade Administration covers key topics such as marketing, legal issues, customs, and more. With real-life examples and a full index, A Basic Guide to Exporting provides expert advice and practical solutions to meet all of your exporting needs.
A Basic Guide to International Business Law
by Keizer Jan Weavers HarmA Basic Guide to International Business Law is an introduction to those parts of European and international law that are relevant to business. Having read this book, students will come away with a broad understanding of the international rules of law within the EEC, institutional rules of the European Union, international contract law, rules of competition and the four freedoms within the EEC. The edition includes student friendly features, such as summaries of statements and references to relevant case law, making the book an ideal introduction for those on law and/or business programmes.
A Basic Guide to International Business Law (Routledge-Noordhoff International Editions)
by Harm WeversA Basic Guide to International Business Law aims to give students an understanding as well as practical knowledge of legal problems arising in the area of international business, and to equip them with the skills needed to prevent and tackle these problems. All Chapters employ the same didactic structure. Introductory case studies, examples, annotated case law, glossaries, diagrams, summaries and exercises are all designed to familiarize students quickly with relevant aspects of international (business) law. A Basic Guide to International Business Law deals with the following topics: • Introduction to International Private Law and European Law • Legal aspects of negotiations • International contracts: matters of jurisdiction and the law applicable to these contracts • International contracts of sale • Competion law • Free movement of goods, workers, the freedom of capital and establishment and the freedom to provide services • International payments • Carriage of goods by road and sea • Incoterms • Entry modes (agents, representatives, distributors, licensing, franchising)
A Basket Currency for Asia (Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia #Vol. 65)
by Takatoshi ItoThe failure of the dollar peg to prevent the Asian currency crisis of 1997 to 1998 has highlighted the importance of the exchange rate regime in Asia and provoked much discussion as to what the alternatives are in terms of exchange rate systems. Bringing together extensive research on Asian basket currencies in one volume, this new text discusses whether a currency basket system is the answer, striking a balance between the theoretical and empirical. With strong policy implications for East Asia, the impressive team of contributors argue that for countries that have close economic relationships with several currency areas, it is well worth considering a currency basket system. The book also pursues the important idea of coordination failure, whereby if each individual country tries to adopt an optimal exchange rate given other neighbouring countries' policies, they may collectively fail to reach a region's optimal exchange rate regime. A Basket Currency for Asia is a topical and significant text that will appeal to students and scholars of international finance and Asian economics.
A Beautiful Constraint: How To Transform Your Limitations Into Advantages, and Why It's Everyone's Business
by Adam Morgan Mark BardenAn inspiring yet practical guide for transforming limitations into opportunitiesA Beautiful Constraint: How to Transform Your Limitations Into Advantages And Why It's Everyone's Business Now is a book about everyday, practical inventiveness, designed for the constrained times in which we live. It describes how to take the kinds of issues that all of us face today--lack of time, money, resources, attention, know-how--and see in them the opportunity for transformation of oneself and one's organization's fortunes. The ideas in the book are based on the authors' extensive work as business consultants, and are brought to life in 35 personal interviews from such varied sources as Nike, IKEA, Unilever, the U.S. Navy, Formula One racecar engineers, public school teachers in California, and barley farmers in South Africa. Underpinned by scientific research into the psychology of breakthrough, the book is a practical handbook full of tools and tips for how to make more from less. Beautifully designed and accessible, A Beautiful Constraint will appeal beyond its core business audience to anyone who needs to find the opportunity in constraint.The book takes the reader on a journey through the mindset, method and motivation required to move from the initial "victim" stage into the transformation stage. It challenges us to:Examine how we've become path dependent--stuck with routines that blind us from seeing opportunity along new pathsAsk Propelling Questions to help us break free of those paths and put the most pressing and valuable constraints at the heart of our processAdopt a Can If mentality to answer these questions--focused on "how," not "if"Access the abundance to be found all around us to help transform constraintsActivate the high-octane mix of emotions necessary to fuel the tenacity required for successWe live in a world of seemingly ever-increasing constraints, driven as much by an overabundance of choices and connections as by a scarcity of time and resources. How we respond to these constraints is one of the most important issues of our time and will be a large determinant of our progress as people, businesses and planet, in the future. A Beautiful Constraint calls for a more widespread capability for constraint-driven problem solving and provides the framework to achieve that.
A Beautiful Way to Coach: Positive Psychology Coaching in Nature
by Fiona ParasharLeaders need to renew and recharge regularly to lead more effectively. Forget the squeezed hour of coaching on Zoom or in a busy office – this book invites coaches and leaders alike to re-energise their style of executive coaching by stepping beyond traditional techniques and out of the office for an executive day retreat. Based on the award-winning framework of the Positive Vision Day programme, this accessible book introduces a new approach to coaching, combining time-out in a natural and beautiful setting with positive psychology. The book is designed to inspire coaches and leaders to take a day away from the desk, step into nature and renew their energy and purpose. As a coach, you are needed more than ever to help leaders align their strengths and values to their personal vision. This book does just that, and provides: Detailed exercises linking psychological underpinnings to the goals of each exercise, including how to avoid classic coaching pitfalls. Journaling prompts for self-reflection and self-coaching. Easy-to-understand models, templates, scripts and action steps for every stage of the process. The approach used in the book will be of particular interest to not only leadership and executive coaches, and internal executive coaches, but also career, entrepreneurship, business, wellbeing and life coaches, as well as leaders themselves who are mid-career or at a career or psychological crossroads.
A Beginner's Guide to High-Risk, High-Reward Investing: From Cryptocurrencies and Short Selling to SPACs and NFTs, an Essential Guide to the Next Big Investment
by Robert RossMake the best choices for your money and earn big with this guide to high-risk, high-reward investment strategies including options trading, investing in meme stocks, and the business of cryptocurrency.Your favorite sites are filled with the latest investment trends and stories of other people making bank by making smart moves in the market. But how can you get your own share of the wealth? A Beginner&’s Guide to High-Risk, High-Reward Investing can help you make sense of trends, from short selling to cryptocurrency and &“meme stock,&” breaking down the buzzwords to give you hard facts about the opportunities and risks of fringe investment strategies. With advice from expert Robert Ross, this easy-to-follow investing guide gives you everything you need to determine which high-risk, high-reward investment strategies are the best fit for your portfolio.
A Beginner's Guide to Paradise: A True Story for Dreamers, Drifters, and Other Fugitives from the Ordinary
by Alex SheshunoffSo You Too Can: - Move to a South Pacific Island - Wear a Loincloth - Read a Hundred Books - Diaper a Baby Monkey - Build a Bungalow And Maybe, Just Maybe, Fall in Love! * * Individual results may vary.The true story of how a quarter-life crisis led to adventure, freedom, and love on a tiny island in the Pacific. From the author of a lot of emails and several Facebook posts comes A Beginner’s Guide to Paradise, a laugh-out-loud, true story that will answer your most pressing escape-from-it-all questions, including: 1. How much, per pound, should you expect to pay a priest to fly you to the outer islands of Yap? 2. Classic slumber party stumper: If you could have just one movie on a remote Pacific island, what would it definitely not be? 3. How do you blend fruity drinks without a blender? 4. Is a free, one-hour class from Home Depot on “Flowerbox Construction” sufficient training to build a house? From Robinson Crusoe to Survivor, Gilligan’s Island to The Beach, people have fantasized about living on a remote tropical island. But when facing a quarter-life crisis, plucky desk slave Alex Sheshunoff actually did it. While out in Paradise, he learned a lot. About how to make big choices and big changes. About the less-than-idyllic parts of paradise. About tying a loincloth without exposing the tender bits. Now, Alex shares his incredible story and pretty-hard-won wisdom in a book that will surprise you, make you laugh, take you to such unforgettable islands as Yap and Pig, and perhaps inspire your own move to an island with only two letters in its name. Answers: 1) $1.14 2) Gas Attack Training Made Simple 3) Crimp a fork in half and insert middle into power drill 4) No.From the Hardcover edition.