Douglas: 4895 books
Trophy Son
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2017
"Trophy Son brings Conroy's The Great Santini and Malamud's The Natural into the present day...A terrific book." -Harlan Coben
Private lessons. Professional coaches. Specialized camps for sports, math, music, and other fields. Today’s children are pushed to achieve excellence—or...
by Jon R. Katzenbach, Douglas K. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
Teams are fast becoming a flexible and efficient way to enhance organizational performance. This Harvard Business Review collection brings together the ideas and research from Jon Katzenbach and Douglas Smith, who argue that we cannot meet the challenges ahead, from total quality to customer service...
Infonomics
How to Monetize, Manage, and Measure Information as an Asset for Competitive Advantage
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
Many senior executives talk about information as one of their most important assets, but few behave as if it is. They report to the board on the health of their workforce, their financials, their customers, and their partnerships, but rarely the health of their information assets. Corporations typically...
The Everything Executor and Trustee Book
A Step-by-Step Guide to Estate and Trust Administration
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2013
Essential information for executors or trustees for wills and trusts!
Being appointed the task of carrying out the terms of a will or trust is daunting, especially if it's your first time. The good news is you won't have to figure it out alone. Certified Trust and Financial Advisor Douglas...
Custer, Cody, and Grand Duke Alexis
Historical Archaeology of the Royal Buffalo Hunt
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2015
On a chilly January morning in 1872, a special visitor arrived by train in North Platte, Nebraska. Grand Duke Alexis of Russia had already seen the cities and sights of the East—New York, Washington, and Niagara Falls—and now the young nobleman was about to enjoy a western adventure: a grand buffalo...
The Black Book of Outsourcing
How to Manage the Changes, Challenges, and Opportunities
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2012
Revised for 2009 and beyond, The Black Book of Outsourcing is a comprehensive guide and directory for the evolving field of outsourcing, including expert advice on how to operate an outsourcing program. Valuable governance checklists, offshoring insights, best practices and one-of-kind resources are...
Get Back in the Box
How Being Great at What You Do Is Great for Business
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2010
Douglas Rushkoff was one of the first social commentators to identify the new culture around the internet. He has spent nearly a decade advising companies on the ways they can re-orient their businesses to the transformations the internet has caused. Through his speaking and consulting, Rushkoff has...
The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Direct Stock Investing
Take Charge of Your Portfolio
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2010
A profitable purchase for investment enthusiasts. 'The Pocket Idiot's Guide™ to Direct Stock Investing' reveals an innovative style of investment that has been steadily growing under the huge shadow of Wall-Street home investors opening a Direct Stock Purchase (DSP) or a Dividend Reinvestment Plan...
Words That Heal
Affirmations and Meditations for Daily Living
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 1988
This is the e-book version of the classic work on affirmations that was originally published by Bantam Books and has sold close to 100,000 books and has been translated into eight languages. The heart of Words That Heal consists of a series of 52 passages or "teachings," each of which contains...
Leveraged Finance
Concepts, Methods, and Trading of High-Yield Bonds, Loans, and Derivatives
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2009
A timely guide to today’s high-yield corporate debt markets Leveraged Finance is a comprehensive guide to the instruments and markets that finance much of corporate America. Presented in five sections, this experienced author team covers topics ranging from the basics of bonds and loans to more...
by Douglas G. Baird
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Douglas Baird takes stock of the current state of contract doctrine and in the process reinvigorates the classic framework of Anglo-American contract law, showing that Oliver Wendell Holmes’s set of principles, properly understood, continue to provide the best guide to contracts for a new generation of students, practitioners, and judges.
America in the Economic World
Jobs, Necessities, and Economic Optimization
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
America in the Economic World recognizes that necessities and jobs are the natural starting point for the study of economics. That leads to a review of how nations survive in the global economy, followed by a primer of basic concepts in economics and finance, and a study of American economic history....
by Douglas A. Perednia
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2011
This is the eBook version of the printed book. This Element is an excerpt from Overhauling America's Healthcare Machine: Stop the Bleeding and Save Trillions (9780132173254) by Douglas A. Perednia. Available in print and digital formats. Starting with the end in mind: a set of common sense, achievable...
Trade Policy Disaster
Lessons from the 1930s
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2011
The extreme protectionism that contributed to a collapse of world trade in the 1930s is examined in light of the recent economic crisis.
The recent economic crisis—with the plunge in the stock market, numerous bank failures and widespread financial distress, declining output and rising unemployment—has...