From the bare basics to tips for the self-made sophisticate, Lisa Holton captures both the art and science of contrarian investing in her book HOW TO BE A VALUE INVESTOR, arming investors with the necessary tools and information they need to make informed investment decisions. Holton not only emphasizes ... more »

A groundbreaking business book for the twenty-first century, The New Law of Demand and Supply overturns the traditional supply-side approach to how business is done, showing why a demand-based approach is essential to success in today's economy. For more than two hundred years, companies have based their ... more »

The effective business, Peter Drucker observes, focuses on opportunities rather than problems. How this focus is achieved in order to make the organization prosper and grow is the subject of this companion to his classic, The Practice of Management . The earlier book was chiefly concerned with how management ... more »

"Competition is the bane of the free enterprise system." --Anonymous business mogul What people on the front lines--making, marketing, and selling products and services--really want is to be alone in the marketplace, to have a space that they own for a long enough period of time so they can ... more »

In this volume leading post Keynesian economists challenge New Keynesianism both on the grounds that it is not Keynesian, and does not provide an adequate account of our current economic problems. more » more »

INVESTING SECRETS OF THE MASTERS will make you wealthy. Maybe not today, or even this year. But if you implement the strategies contained in this commonsense book and give them the time to mature, you will be rewarded with a sizable investment portfolio--one that stands an excellent chance of topping ... more »

... beat out the competition. Delving deeply into leading companies, Tichy examines an array of teaching and learning methodologies. These include: * General Electric's deployment of 15,000 Black Belt leaders who teach and lead Six Sigma quality-improvement projects. * Trilogy Software's use of the new ... more »

It was the best of ideas, it was the worst of ideas. Perhaps the most revolutionary technological concept to emerge in the super-heated days of the internet investment bubble (with apologies to one-click ordering), the peer-to-peer .mp3 file transfer system developed by barely reformed computer hacker ... more »

Every few years a book changes the way people think about a field. In psychology there is Daniel Goleman's Emotional Intelligence . In science, James Gleick's Chaos . In economics and finance, Burton Malkiel's A Random Walk Down Wall Street . And in business there is now Surfing the Edge of Chaos by ... more »

As stocks continue their roller-coaster ride, more Americans than ever turn to bonds for reliable income and safety of principal - often with little information on which fixed income vehicles will best suit their needs. In this environment, it is important to understand every detail of the fixed income ... more »

This eye-opening, fact-filled book profiles the rise of the Net Generation, which is using digital technology to change the way individuals and society interact. Essential reading for parents, teachers, policy makers, marketers, business leaders, social activists, and others, Growing Up Digital makes ... more »

Do you want to get ahead in life? Climb the ladder to personal success? The secret, master networker Keith Ferrazzi claims, is in reaching out to other people. As Ferrazzi discovered early in life, what distinguishes highly successful people from everyone else is the way they use the power of relationships ... more »