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by Greg Holden (Get the Book)
Mind your business with this updated edition of the bestselling online business how-to guide Have a computer, an Internet connection, and a dream? Then, you′re already on your way to starting your very own online business. This fun and friendly guide can help you turn your big idea into big bucks whether you′re expanding your real-world storefront online or creating your own virtual startup. Starting an Online Business For Dummies, 7th Edition will show you how to identify a market need, choose a web hosting service, implement security and privacy measures, open up shop, and start promoting to the world. (Summary)
This 2013 compilation of best business articles explores topics such as medical malpractice, unemployment, data mining, airlines, Walmart, foreclosures, corporate malfeasance, oil and gas, insurance scams, TED culture, and the fashion industry. A wide variety of publications are represented, from Mother Jones and the Wall Street Journal to Wired, the New York Times, and the National Review. Included is the well-publicized article by Greg Smith, Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs, describing his exit because of trading practices and ethics issues; Ken Auletta takes us inside India's newspaper industry, which still thrives while others worldwide decline; and Charles Duhigg and David Barboza document the troubling conditions in the Chinese factory producing Apple's products. This excellent collection is a valuable resource for library patrons seeking this year's best in business journalism. --Booklist (Get the Book)
by Gary A. Klein (Get the Book)
Experimental cognitive psychologist Klein (Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions) takes his experience in academia, the military, and private industry and offers seminars on improving employee performance, defining improvement as a combination of fewer mistakes and more insightful decisions. Here he examines stories of unusual discoveries and develops a model of "discovery triggers"-the actions innovators took as a result of their insight and the changes in understanding that they produced. He likewise investigates personal insight failures through "insight twin" stories, in which another person was presented with similar information but failed to reach the same conclusion. Decision support systems and organizational failures also come under fire for stifling creative thought and putting too much emphasis on reducing mistakes. Final chapters recommend changes to personal and organizational behavior to benefit all readers. VERDICT A valuable resource for business professionals to return to over again. --Library Journal
by Joe Studwell (Get the Book)
Why have some East Asian countries been more successful in their economic development than others? Studwell (Asian Godfathers, 2008) argues that the answer comes down to three key sets of policy choices: land-tenure policies that support smallholder farmers, manufacturing policies that subsidize domestic industries yet demand internationally competitive results, and financial policies that support the above by resisting deregulation until it can be done safely. Countries that have done these things (Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan), he notes, have developed more robustly and consistently than those that have not (Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia). And then there's China, the big work in progress at the center of it all. Drawing upon broad yet consistently engaging historical analysis, as well as some deep dives into World Bank and International Monetary Fund reports, Studwell ultimately wants to dispel some pervasive illusions about the region that geography is destiny, for example and to suggest that developing countries would do well to ignore much of the economic-development advice they currently receive from the West. --Booklist
by Catherine Fox (Get the Book)
Award-winning journalist Fox (deputy editor, AFR BOSS; Better Than Sex: How a Whole Generation Got Hooked on Work) systematically dispels seven myths about women and work: these state that workplaces are meritocracies, the gender gap is exaggerated, women don't want the top jobs, women with children don't want a career, quotas and targets are dangerous and unnecessary, women should act more like men (and are their own worst enemies), and time will heal all. Focusing on the stereotypes of women in the Australian workplace, Fox presents evidence from companies such as the not-for-profit U.S. firm Catalyst to prove that the notion that "women don't ask" for promotions is false. The author suggests different approaches to "myth busting" and maintains that "normalising women's participation as leaders, decision-makers, and workers in all walks of life has driven me to attack the myths." The chapters are complete with case studies and extensive bibliographical references for further reading. VERDICT A groundbreaking look at women in the workplace. The author's expertise and research will reach business professionals, students, and those researching women's studies or workplace-related issues. Informative, thought provoking, and highly recommended. --Library Journal
