In ARE YOU READY TO SUCCEED, the premise is simple: discover what makes you happiest at work so that you can realize your greatest professional potential. But how do you do this? Through a series of readings, exercises, and lessons drawn from spiritual and commercial traditions, Dr. Rao engages readers ... more »

Merger mania is at an all-time peak. Firms miss huge financial opportunities when they stay passive while their competitors struggle in merger chaos. Here's a fast-paced primer for action when your corporate rivals merge -- must reading for operating managers, investment bankers, and mergers and acquisition ... more »

Numerous stock market experts feel that, now more than ever, the best investment bargains are in small-cap stocks. This dynamic how-to book gives readers a complete overview of small-cap stocks. The author compares small-cap to other types of stocks, offers historical performance records, highlights ... more »

This important and timely book concerns the immediate future of business, society and the economy. We are, says Drucker, entering a new economic era with new trends, new markets, new currencies, new principles, new technologies and new institutions. How will managers and management deal with these new ... more »

The time has never been better for investing in real estate, and this book arms the millions of investors who are returning to real estate as an established instrument of wealth creation with surefire strategies for making a killing in the real estate market. Due to the pent-up demand for housing caused ... more »

It's not good enough to want it. You've got to know how to get it. Real estate titan, bestselling author, and TV star Donald J. Trump is the man to teach you the billionaire mind-set-how to think about money, career skills, and life. Here is crucial advice on investing in real estate from the expert ... more »

How can individual investors sort through the technical talk of Wall Street analysts, avoid self-serving nonsense, and find the gems that will guide them to the right stocks at the right time? Based on years of experience and extensive statistical analysis, Mitch Zacks' proven formulas allow the average ... more »

Toyota is becoming a double threat: the world's finest manufacturer and a truly great innovator . . . that formula, a combination of production prowess and technical innovation, is an unbeatable recipe for success. -- Fortune, February 2006 For the first time, an insider reveals the formula behind Toyota ... more »

Each year, e-commerce generates billions of dollars in revenue and market capitalization. It's no wonder that this is one of the most popular features of both the print and interactive versions of The Wall Street Journal. Here are tales of those who have taken the e-commerce plunge, interviews with e ... more »

Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? Why do drug dealers still live with their moms? How much do parents really matter? How did the legalization of abortion affect the rate of violent crime? These may not sound like typical questions ... more »

Whether it's to make a sale, rally a team, or ask for a raise, the ability to frame a clear, compelling message, deliver it with conviction, and hold an audience's attention to the end, is the essence of effective communication. And nobody knew that better than the Bard, William Shakespeare. This book ... more »

The vastly increased level of competitive intensity faced by corporations and the increased costs of selling have radically changed the nature of the traditional selling process. Key or strategic accounts have now become a company's most important asset, in some cases supplying in excess of 80 percent ... more »