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Rollback: Repealing Big Government Before the Coming Fiscal Collapse
by Thomas E. Woods Jr.THOUGHT THE LAST FINANCIAL CRISIS WAS SCARY? JUST WAIT... IT'S GOING TO GET WORSE. America is on the brink of financial collapse. Decades of political overpromising and underfunding have created a wave of debt that could swamp our already feeble economy. And the politicians' favorite tricks--raising taxes, borrowing from foreign governments, and printing more money--will only make it worse. Only one thing might save us: Roll back the government. In Rollback: Repealing Big Government before the Coming Fiscal Collapse, Thomas E. Woods, Jr. explains that we may still have a chance to avert total economic disaster--but only by completely changing our understanding of government. With bracing candor, he dissects just how the political class has nearly destroyed America's economy. In Rollback, you'll learn: * Why practically everything you've been taught about government and the economy is wrong--the product of liberal pro-government propaganda * How the Federal Reserve helps create crises and slows recovery * Why big business is no ally in rolling back government and actually wants and needs big government intervention in the marketplace * How current policies, if unchecked, will lead to the collapse of the dollar * How government policies have driven the skyrocketing costs of health care * Why retirement will be a pipe dream for the next generation * How the coming collapse can be turned to your advantage--and the advantage of all who believe in liberty and limited government. Thanks to decades of politicians playing kick the can down the road, we and our children are facing economic Armageddon. But this crisis could help us see government for what it really is--an institution that has seized our wealth and taught our children to honor it as the source of all progress. The good news is it's not too late to roll back government--and the opportunity to do so is now.
Rolle des Chief Digital Officer (CDO) im Rahmen der digitalen Transformation von Unternehmen: Theoretische Fundierung und empirische Untersuchung
by Oliver SchmidDieses Buch umfasst sowohl eine theoretische als auch empirische Untersuchung der Rolle des Chief Digital Officer (CDO) im Rahmen der digitalen Transformation von Unternehmen. Oliver Schmid entwickelt hierzu einen wissenschaftlich-fundierten Bezugsrahmen, welcher die Rolle des CDO im Hinblick auf die Erwartungen an die CDO-Rolle, die interpersonalen Beziehungen, die Persönlichkeitsfaktoren und das Rollenverhalten thematisiert. Außerdem stellt er den Zusammenhang zwischen dem CDO und dem digitalen Transformationsprozess her und zeigt eine Beurteilung des CDO-Erfolgs im Unternehmen. Aus den gewonnenen theoretischen und empirischen Erkenntnissen leitet Oliver Schmid sowohl ein Modell für die zukünftige Forschung als auch spezifische Handlungsempfehlungen für die Unternehmenspraxis ab.
Rollenspiele im Assessment Center: Aufbau, Konzeption und Durchführung für Eignungsdiagnostiker (essentials)
by Jens BregasDieser Band beschäftigt sich erstmals ausschließlich mit einer zentralen Übung zeitgemäßer Assessment Center, dem Rollenspiel. Trotz aller Neuerungen und Erweiterungen des Assessment Centers scheint das Erleben eines AC-Kandidaten in der Interaktion mit einem Rollenspielpartner alternativlos zu sein. Doch was macht ein gutes Rollenspiel aus und wie erstellt man es? Hinweise aus der AC-Literatur sowie vielfältige Erfahrungen mit dieser AC-Übung werden hier systematisch zusammengetragen und liefern einen Leitfaden für die praktische Anwendung.
The Roller Coaster Economy: Financial Crisis, Great Recession, and the Public Option
by Howard J ShermanWritten by one of the foremost experts on the business cycle, this is a compelling and engaging explanation of how and why the economic downturn of 2007 became the Great Recession of 2008 and 2009. Author Howard Sherman explores the root causes of the cycle of boom and bust of the economy, focusing on the 2008 financial crisis and the Great Recession of 2008-2009. He makes a powerful argument that recessions and the resulting painful involuntary unemployment are inherent in capitalism itself. Sherman clearly illustrates the mechanisms of business cycles, and he provides a thoughtful alternative that would rein in their destructive effects.
Roller Coaster Ride: The Resignation of a Star
by Jennifer Haimson Boris Groysberg Steve BalogPresents a detailed account of power dynamics that unfold in the firm when one of its best and brightest threatens to leave. Focuses on the dynamics of attracting, retaining, compensating, negotiating, and leveraging a star performer in a professional services firm. A manager and a star performer fight to improve their relative bargaining power. Specifically traces the detailed events from the resignation threat to the research director's struggle over deciding whether to counteroffer, to promote a junior, or to hire from outside the firm. Teaching Purpose: To discuss issues ranging from managing talent to resignation dynamics, power and influence, compensation, negotiation strategies, and managing a professional services firm.
Rolling Fields
by David TruebaWINNER OF AN ENGLISH PEN AWARD'Effortlessly readable and fizzing with energy, this novel is by turns quirky, funny and thoughtful'Mail on Sunday Dani Mosca is 40 and his father has just died. Fulfilling his father's last wishes, Dani embarks on a road trip back to his childhood village, a three-hour hearse journey from Madrid. Leaving behind the busy streets of the city for the deserted, archaic heart of Spain, Dani revisits the key junctions of his life: his conflicted relationship with a pragmatic and authoritarian father; the mystery of his birth; his school years in the repressed atmosphere of Catholic Spain; the origin of his band and its early successes; the emptiness left by a tragically lost friendship; his great loves. Laugh-out-loud funny, deeply moving and featuring an unforgettable cast of characters - from Ecuadorian drivers to Spanish Bowie lookalikes - Rolling Fields is a novel full of the grace and messiness of life: brave, exciting and completely irresistible.Translated from Spanish by Rahul Bery
Rolling Fields
by David TruebaWINNER OF AN ENGLISH PEN AWARD'Effortlessly readable and fizzing with energy, this novel is by turns quirky, funny and thoughtful'Mail on SundayDani Mosca is 40 and his father has just died. Fulfilling his father's last wishes, Dani embarks on a road trip back to his childhood village, a three-hour hearse journey from Madrid. Leaving behind the busy streets of the city for the deserted, archaic heart of Spain, Dani revisits the key junctions of his life: his conflicted relationship with a pragmatic and authoritarian father; the mystery of his birth; his school years in the repressed atmosphere of Catholic Spain; the origin of his band and its early successes; the emptiness left by a tragically lost friendship; his great loves. Laugh-out-loud funny, deeply moving and featuring an unforgettable cast of characters - from Ecuadorian drivers to Spanish Bowie lookalikes - Rolling Fields is a novel full of the grace and messiness of life: brave, exciting and completely irresistible.Translated from Spanish by Rahul Bery
Roman Artisans and the Urban Economy
by Cameron HawkinsThis book offers the first comprehensive study of economic conditions and economic life in Roman cities during the late Republic and early Empire. By employing a sophisticated methodology based upon comparative evidence and contemporary economic theory, the author develops interlocking arguments about the relationship between four key attributes of urban economic life in Roman antiquity: the nature and magnitude of consumer demand; the structure of urban labour markets; the strategies devised by urban artisans in their efforts to navigate their social and economic environments; and the factors that served to limit both the overall performance of the Roman economy, and its potential for intensive growth. While the author's methodology and conclusions will be of particular interest to specialists in economic history, other readers will profit from his discussion of topics such as slavery and manumission, the economic significance of professional associations, and the impact of gender on economic behaviour.
The Roman Market Economy (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World #71)
by Peter TeminWhat modern economics can tell us about ancient RomeThe quality of life for ordinary Roman citizens at the height of the Roman Empire probably was better than that of any other large group of people living before the Industrial Revolution. The Roman Market Economy uses the tools of modern economics to show how trade, markets, and the Pax Romana were critical to ancient Rome's prosperity.Peter Temin, one of the world's foremost economic historians, argues that markets dominated the Roman economy. He traces how the Pax Romana encouraged trade around the Mediterranean, and how Roman law promoted commerce and banking. Temin shows that a reasonably vibrant market for wheat extended throughout the empire, and suggests that the Antonine Plague may have been responsible for turning the stable prices of the early empire into the persistent inflation of the late. He vividly describes how various markets operated in Roman times, from commodities and slaves to the buying and selling of land. Applying modern methods for evaluating economic growth to data culled from historical sources, Temin argues that Roman Italy in the second century was as prosperous as the Dutch Republic in its golden age of the seventeenth century.The Roman Market Economy reveals how economics can help us understand how the Roman Empire could have ruled seventy million people and endured for centuries.
The Roman Monetary System
by Constantina KatsariThe Roman monetary system was highly complex. It involved official Roman coins in both silver and bronze, which some provinces produced while others imported them from mints in Rome and elsewhere, as well as, in the East, a range of civic coinages. This is a comprehensive study of the workings of the system in the Eastern provinces from the Augustan period to the third century AD, when the Roman Empire suffered a monetary and economic crisis. The Eastern provinces exemplify the full complexity of the system, but comparisons are made with evidence from the Western provinces as well as with appropriate case studies from other historical times and places. The book will be essential for all Roman historians and numismatists and of interest to a broader range of historians of economics and finance.
Roman Phrygia
by Peter ThonemannThe bleak steppe and rolling highlands of inner Anatolia were one of the most remote and underdeveloped parts of the Roman empire. Still today, for most historians of the Roman world, ancient Phrygia largely remains terra incognita. Yet thanks to a startling abundance of Greek and Latin inscriptions on stone, the cultural history of the villages and small towns of Roman Phrygia is known to us in vivid and unexpected detail. Few parts of the Mediterranean world offer so rich a body of evidence for rural society in the Roman Imperial and late antique periods, and for the flourishing of ancient Christianity within this landscape. The eleven essays in this book offer new perspectives on the remarkable culture, lifestyles, art and institutions of the Anatolian uplands in antiquity.
The Roman Stock Exchange between the 19th and 20th Centuries: A History of the Italian Stock Market (Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance)
by Donatella StrangioThis book explores the Italian stock exchange through its construction and consolidation while examining and criticizing the birth of the capital city. Through the evolution of the stock exchange, the transformation of Rome is examined from the capital of a pre-unification state to the papal state, exploring its social, political, administrative and financial fabric. The book examines that path to becoming the capital of Italy, offering a unique volume for researchers, academics, and students of financial history and financial markets.
The Romance of Trade: A Survey Commercial and Economic (Routledge Revivals)
by A.W. KirkaldyThis revised edition of the original 1923 text first appeared in 1929, a decade after the end of WWI. The war left Great Britain burdened with debt and faced with the dire issues of unemployment and unstable domestic and foreign markets. In this title, A.W. Kirkaldy gives a brief but thoroughly detailed account and analysis of the history of economics, particularly concentrating upon the economic development of England. His work concludes with an examination of how the economic principles of England’s past can be applied and adapted in the post-war world. The Romance of Trade is a valuable resource for students interested in economics and economic history.
Romancing the Brand
by Tim HalloranA young woman tells a focus group that Diet Coke is like her boyfriend. A twenty-something tattoos the logo of Turner Classic Movies onto his skin. These consumers aren't just using these brands. They are engaging in a rich, complex, ever-changing relationship, and they'll stay loyal, resisting marketing gimmicks from competitors and influencing others to try the brand they love.How can marketers cultivate and grow the deep relationships that earn this kind of love and drive lasting success for their brands?In Romancing the Brand, branding expert Tim Halloran reveals what it takes to make consumers fall in love with your brand. Step by step,he reveals how to start, grow, maintain, and troubleshoot a flourishing relationship between brand and consumer. Along the way, Halloran shares the secrets behind establishing a mutually beneficial "romance." Drawing on exclusive, in-depth interviews with managers of some of the world's most iconic brands, Romancing the Brand arms you with an arsenal of classic and emerging marketing tools--such as benefit laddering and word-of-mouth marketing--that make best-in-class brands so successful. The book is filled with examples, strategies, and tools from powerful brands that consumers love, including Coke, Dos Equis, smartwater, the Atlanta Falcons, Domino's Pizza, Bounty, Turner Classic Movies, and many more.Ultimately, Romancing the Brand provides marketers with a set of principles for making brands strong, resilient, and beloved--and the insight and confidence to use them.
Romancing the Market (Routledge Interpretive Marketing Research)
by Stephen Brown Bill Clarke Anne Marie DohertyRomancing the Market is a radical rethinking of marketing understanding. Marketing and consumer research are dominated by the neo-classical ideals of the Enlightenment such as rigour, dispassion and the search for scientific 'truth'. In a series of provocative essays, the contributors challenge these assumptions with reference to the individuality, innovation and imagination of the Romantic movement.The book contains essays by an international selection of the most creative contemporary marketing scholars, including Elizabeth Hirschman, Russell Belk, Craig Thompson and Robin Wensley. Illuminating, controversial and cutting edge, this is an essential work for all those interested in new directions in marketing and consumer research.
Romania and The European Union: From Marginalisation to Membership? (Europe and the Nation State #Vol. 12)
by Dimitris Papadimitriou David PhinnemoreThis book explores the dynamics behind Romania’s relationship with the European Union from the collapse of the Ceaucescu regime in 1989, to its recent accession to the EU in 2007. As a completely up-to-date and detailed study, it identifies key developments in EU-Romania relations, as well as the challenges Romania faced in its efforts move from the margins of the European integration to EU membership. In so doing, the analysis contributes to wider debates about the dynamics underpinning EU enlargement. Moreover, the book reveals the consequences and limits of Europeanization. Romania and the European Union analyses: the impact of integration on the consolidation of democracy in Romania; the country’s economic development, in accordance with the EU’s Copenhagen criterion - the need for acceding states to possess a ‘functioning market economy’; the process of macroeconomic reform; the reform of its public administration; the country’s efforts in implementing the EU’s acquis in the areas of justice and home affairs –a focal point in the accession negotiations given Romania’s geographical location, and its vulnerability as a major transit point for illegal migration and trafficking into the EU – and securing its external borders; the EU’s role in promoting reform as well as the limits of EU influence the obstacles Romania has had to overcome in meeting the demanding pre-requisites of accession to the EU. This book identifies the EU’s role in promoting reform, but equally the limits of EU influence. It reveals the obstacles Romania has had to overcome in meeting the demanding pre-requisites of accession to the EU.
Romania - Culture Smart!
by Debbie StoweCulture Smart! provides essential information on attitudes, beliefs and behavior in different countries, ensuring that you arrive at your destination aware of basic manners, common courtesies, and sensitive issues. These concise guides tell you what to expect, how to behave, and how to establish a rapport with your hosts. This inside knowledge will enable you to steer clear of embarrassing gaffes and mistakes, feel confident in unfamiliar situations, and develop trust, friendships, and successful business relationships.Culture Smart! offers illuminating insights into the culture and society of a particular country. It will help you to turn your visit-whether on business or for pleasure-into a memorable and enriching experience. Contents include* customs, values, and traditions* historical, religious, and political background* life at home* leisure, social, and cultural life* eating and drinking* dos, don'ts, and taboos* business practices* communication, spoken and unspoken"Culture Smart has come to the rescue of hapless travellers." Sunday Times Travel"... the perfect introduction to the weird, wonderful and downright odd quirks and customs of various countries." Global Travel"...full of fascinating-as well as common-sense-tips to help you avoid embarrassing faux pas." Observer"...as useful as they are entertaining." Easyjet Magazine"...offer glimpses into the psyche of a faraway world." New York Times
The Romanian Economic Reform Program
by Dimitri G. Demekas Mohsin S. KhanThis paper outlines the main characteristics and the development of the centrally planned economic sysetm in Romania before the beginnings of the transition to a market eonomy it then presents the design, objectives, and implementation of the reform program.
The Romantic Ethic and the Spirit of Modern Consumerism: New Extended Edition (Cultural Sociology)
by Colin CampbellOriginally published in 1987, Colin Campbell’s classic treatise on the sociology of consumption has become one of the most widely cited texts in sociology, anthropology, cultural studies, and the history of ideas. In the thirty years since its publication, The Romantic Ethic and the Spirit of Modern Consumerism has lost none of its impact. If anything, the growing commodification of society, the increased attention to consumer studies and marketing, and the ever-proliferating range of purchasable goods and services have made Campbell’s rereading of Weber more urgent still. As Campbell uncovers how and why a consumer-oriented society emerged from a Europe that once embodied Weber’s Protestant ethic, he delivers a rich theorization of the modern logics and values structuring consumer behavior. This new edition, featuring an extended Introduction from the author and an Afterword from researcher Karin M. Ekström, makes clear how this foundational work aligns with contemporary theory in cultural sociology, while also serving as major influence on consumer studies.
Romanticism and the Gold Standard
by Alexander DickThrough a close analysis of the pamphlets, reviews, lectures, journalism, editorials, poems, and novels surrounding the introduction of the gold standard in 1816, this book examines the significance of monetary policy and economic debate to the culture and literature of Britain during the age of Romanticism.
Romeo Engine Plant (Abridged)
by Robert S. Kaplan Amy P. HuttonA newly reopened automobile engine plant has been organized along total quality and teamwork principles. Employees now solve problems and ensure quality, rather than watch parts being produced. New operating and financial systems have been installed to promote continuous improvement, waste elimination, and cost reduction activities.
Rompe la barrera del no: 9 principios para negociar como si te fuera la vida en ello
by Chris VossEl prestigioso ex negociador internacional del FBI Chris Voss, especializado en secuestros con rehenes, nos enseña un método de negociación rompedor: tácticas para negociaciones duras que son aplicables en múltiples aspectos de nuestras vidas. Rompe la barrera del no es un manual de negociación imprescindible desarrollado y perfeccionado a lo largo de la extraordinaria carrera de Chris Voss como negociador en secuestros con rehenes y como reconocido profesor en las escuelas de negocio más prestigiosas del mundo. Voss ha puesto a prueba estas técnicas en todo tipo de situaciones y ha comprobado su efectividad, tanto en los inicios de su carrera cuando patrullaba las peligrosas calles de Kansas City como en los cursos que imparte en las mejores universidades. Entre las muchas y distintas personas que han aplicado sus enseñanzas, se encuentran desde clientes que han visto aumentar significativamente los beneficios de sus empresas hasta estudiantes de programas de MBA que han conseguido empleos mejores o incluso padres que tienen que vérselas con sus hijos. Rompe la barrera del no relata los entresijos de situaciones verdaderamente dramáticas y revela las mejores y más eficaces estrategias de negociación. Voss, uno de los mejores negociadores del mundo, nos enseña a emplear estas técnicas en cualquier aspecto de nuestra vida. Reseñas:«Este libro destaca la importancia de la inteligencia emocional sin sacrificar la necesidad de conseguir acuerdos. Escrito por un negociador de rehenes, alguien que no se podía permitir una respuesta negativa, este libro resulta una lectura fascinante y muy práctica. En él encontraremos las técnicas necesarias para alcanzar el acuerdo deseado.»Daniel H. Pink, autor del bestseller Vender es humano «Pocas personas gozan de la experiencia de Chris Voss, ex negociador del FBI en situaciones de secuestros con rehenes. Sus técnicas funcionan, tanto para los negocios como para la vida.»Joe Navarro, agente especial (retirado) del FBI y autor del bestseller internacional El cuerpo habla «Los negocios, y prácticamente todo en la vida, dependen de cómo encaramos determinadas conversaciones cruciales, y estas herramientas nos proporcionan la ventaja que necesitamos... Es una lectura obligatoria para mis empleados, porque yo utilizo las lecciones de este libro cada día, y me gustaría que ellos también lo hicieran.»Jason MacCarthy, CEO de Goruck
Rómpela
by Carlos Mora“Al cerrar la última página se sentirá inspirado para emprender cualquier esfuerzo digital, y sabrá la forma en que funciona el complejo mundo de los contenidos”. Del prólogo de Daniel Samper Ospina Carlos Mora fue una de las primeras personas en Colombia en darse cuenta de que el mundo del marketing estaba cambiando, que estaba empezando una revolución digital sin precedentes y que el futuro de la publicidad estaba ahí, en los creadores de contenido para redes sociales. Es por esto que hoy en día es el mánager de grandes influenciadores, entre los que están Ami Rodríguez, Amara, Sofía Castro, Sebastián Silva, Javier Ramírez, Yolo, Mariana Ávila, Nando, Panda, Carolina Manrique y Daniel Samper Ospina. En este libro el autor reflexiona, a partir de su historia de vida, sobre lo que necesitan tener en cuenta los emprendedores para sacar sus empresas adelante, y con anécdotas, consejos y ejemplos muy entretenidos, le ayudará al lector a entender por qué las redes sociales y el influencer marketing son cada vez más determinantes para "romperla" en los negocios.
Ron Howard: From Mayberry to the Moon . . . and Beyond
by Beverly GrayRon Howard: From Mayberry to the Moon… and Beyond, the first full-length biography of Ron Howard, takes an in-depth look at the Oklahoma boy who gained national fame as a child star, then grew up to be one of Hollywood's most admired directors. Although many show biz kids founder as they approach adulthood, Ron Howard had the advantage of brains, common sense, and two down-to-earth parents who kept him from having an inflated view of his own accomplishments. He also had a longstanding goal: to trade the glare of the spotlight for a quieter but equally creative life behind the camera. This biography tracks his career from 1960, when he debuted as six-year-old Opie Taylor on The Andy Griffith Show through 2002, when he accepted his Academy Award® as Best Director for A Beautiful Mind.Author Beverly Gray, an entertainment industry veteran, has spoken to teachers, friends, and professional colleagues from all phases of Howard's career. She has also combed the archives to gain further insight into this very private man whose accomplishments have brought pleasure to so many.
Ron Johnson: A Career in Retail
by Joshua D. Margolis Ryan Raffaelli Das NarayandasIn April 2013, Ron Johnson (HBS '84) stepped down after just 18 months as CEO of J.C. Penney. In his brief tenure, Johnson, an acclaimed retailer respected for his innovation and success in shaping the retail image at Target and Apple, introduced dramatic departures from J.C. Penney's traditional retail approach and enacted changes quickly and simultaneously, with little market testing. Over Johnson's final 12 months as CEO, J.C. Penney shares dropped more than 50%. The case describes the environments at Target, Apple, and J.C. Penney during Johnson's tenure and how his experiences may have shaped the strategies that he implemented while CEO at J.C. Penney.