This book reflects on the choices women make as they negotiate through the many issues that come up in today's workplace. What emerges is shadow negotiation where hidden agendas and masked assumptions play a dominant role. It helps women master the hidden agendas that determine bargaining success. more »

The next bull market is here. It's not in stocks. It's not in bonds. It's in commodities -and some smart investors will be riding that bull to record returns in the next decade. Before Jim Rogers hit the road to write his bestselling books Investment Biker and Adventure Capitalist, he was one of the ... more »

Everything an individual investor needs to know about bonds. The average income investor doesn't want--or need--to get bogged down in technical discussions of interest rates and time. So All About Bonds and Bond Mutual Funds gives them what they want--a simple yet comprehensive treatment of bonds and ... more »

Success abroad--in doing business, socializing, or even just getting to appointments--depends on much more than memorizing a few survival expressions in the language. Just ask anyone who's stowed a Chinese colleague's business card in his or her back pocket or brought an even number of flowers to a German ... more »

In just one generation's time, mutual funds have become an inescapable factor in America's financial picture. From fewer than 10 million mutual fund accounts in 1977, fund companies now report more than 135 million accounts--with more than 75 times the net assets! In that same time, the number of available ... more »

Being a great communicator is not simply about being articulate or being a good talker. What really counts is making an authentic connection with other people that comes not merely from the intellect but from the heart. Become comfortable with your core message, and communicate that message -- without ... more »

We are living in an era of excess. The past two decades have witnessed a spectacular and uninterrupted rise in luxury consumption. As the super-rich have set the pace, everyone else has spent in a furiously competitive echo of wastefulness. The good news is this: we can do something about it. We can ... more »

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 »

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 »