Erik: 1534 books
TechGnosis
Myth, Magic, and Mysticism in the Age of Information
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2015
How does our fascination with technology intersect with the religious imagination? In TechGnosis—a cult classic now updated and reissued with a new afterword—Erik Davis argues that while the realms of the digital and the spiritual may seem worlds apart, esoteric and religious impulses have in...
Follow Christ
Developing the Lifestyle of an Intentional Disciple
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2016
“…it is so beautiful to follow Jesus, to walk in the footsteps of Jesus, that you then find balance and move forward.” – Pope Francis
Walking in the footsteps of Jesus is a nice image, one which we aspire to as Christians. We go to mass, we pray, but we feel like there is more we could...
Finding Home
“An Autobiographical Account of a Child Migrant Growing up on the Edge of the Tasmanian Wilderness”
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2012
At four years of age Erik emigrated from Britain to the island State of Tasmania with his non-conforming family. After living in the woods the family continued to home educate, helping to pioneer the home education movement in Australia. What followed was a long personal journey to find a place in...
Out at Home
The True Story of Glenn Burke, Baseball's First Openly Gay Player
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2015
Before Jason Collins, before Michael Sam, there was Glenn Burke. By becoming the first—and only—openly gay player in Major League Baseball, Glenn would become a pioneer in his own way, nearly thirty years after another black Dodger rookie, Jackie Robinson, broke the league’s color barrier. This...
Bill Belichick vs. the NFL
The Case for the NFL's Greatest Coach
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2016
Bill Belichick started collecting Lombardi Trophies like some people collect coasters and won his fourth Super Bowl title in 2015. No other NFL team has been as successful since Belichick became the Patriots' head coach in 2000, winning titles after the 2001, 2003, 2004, and 2014 seasons, along with...
Seeing What's Next
Using the Theories of Innovation to Predict Industry Change
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2004
Every day, individuals take action based on how they believe innovation will change industries. Yet these beliefs are largely based on guesswork and incomplete data and lead to costly errors in judgment. Now, internationally renowned innovation expert Clayton M. Christensen and his research partners...
Wired for Innovation
How Information Technology Is Reshaping the Economy
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2009
Two experts on the information economy explore the true economic value of technology and innovation.
A wave of business innovation is driving the productivity resurgence in the U.S. economy. In Wired for Innovation, Erik Brynjolfsson and Adam Saunders describe how information technology directly...
by Kenneth A. Small, Erik T. Verhoef, Robin Lindsey
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2007
This timely new edition of Kenneth A. Small’s seminal textbook Urban Transportation Economics, co-authored with Erik T. Verhoef, has been fully updated, covering new areas such as parking policies, reliability of travel times, and the privatization of transportation services, as well as updated...
The Marketing of Meaning
Why purpose markets itself
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2017
The Marketing of Meaning is an answer to the constantly recurring question asked by most brands: What do consumers want these days? Erik gives a clear answer to this question by mapping out consumer behavior, pointing out the responsibility of brands in a changing world, and showing how to survive...
The Supply Chain Differentiation Guide
A Roadmap to Operational Excellence
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2012
The importance of supply chain management has increased over the last few decades. Today, entire supply chains are competing with each other instead of individual companies. As such, supply chain management has become a way for companies to set themselves apart from competing companies and their supply...
by Erik Hornell, Jan-Erik Vahlne
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2013
This book considers the question of the impact of multinationals on Sweden. Based on extensive original research the book examines the benefits and drawbacks of multinationals for Sweden. It relates the Swedish case of multinationals to theories of multinational enterprise and to theories of industrial...
New Public Management
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2002
New public management is a topical phrase to describe how management techniques from the private sector are now being applied to public services. This book provides a completely up-to-date overview of the main theoretical models of public sector management, and examines the key changes that have occurred...
No Bullshit Social Media: The All-Business, No-Hype Guide to Social Media Marketing
The All-Business, No-Hype Guide to Social Media Marketing
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2011
The In-Your-Face, Results-Focused, No-“Kumbaya” Guide to Social Media for Business!
Detailed techniques for increasing sales, profits, market share, and efficiency
Specific solutions for brand-building, customer service, R&D, and reputation management
Facts, statistics,...
by Erik Kopp
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2015
A Survival Guide To Getting The Most Work Done You Can In The Least Amount of TimeDo you find yourself with more time-consuming work to do in less time than ever?Are you constantly under time pressure to get "urgent" things out? And then answer a bunch of endless what-if questions that...