Philip: 4665 books
Developing High Performance Leaders
A Behavioral Science Guide for the Knowledge of Work Culture
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
Every leader has human resource management and development responsibilities. Using a behavioural science perspective, Developing High Performance Leaders will enable leaders throughout the various business sectors to increase the yield on their organization's human capital and help their team members...
The Knowledge We Have Lost in Information
The History of Information in Modern Economics
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
Information is a central concept in economics, and The Knowledge We Have Lost in Information explores its treatment in modern economics. The study of information, far from offering enlightenment, resulted in all matter of confusion for economists and the public. Philip Mirowski and Edward Nik-Khah...
by Philip Mirowski
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2004
A leading scholar of the history and philosophy of economic thought, Philip Mirowski argues that there has been a top-to-bottom transformation in how scientific research is organized and funded in Western countries over the past two decades and that these changes necessitate a reexamination of the...
Development and Social Change
A Global Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2016
In this new Sixth Edition of Development and Social Change: A Global Perspective, author Philip McMichael describes a world undergoing profound social, political, and economic transformations, from the post-World War II era through the present. He tells a story of development in four parts—colonialism,...
To the Edge
Legality, Legitimacy, and the Responses to the 2008 Financial Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2015
Were the radical steps taken by the Treasury Department and Federal Reserve to avert the financial crisis legal? When and why did political elites and the general public question the legitimacy of the government's responses to the crisis?
In To The Edge: Legality, Legitimacy, and the Responses...
by Philip Sinclair
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2012
This book is for anyone, anywhere, in any position in business. It will help you think things through creatively, quickly get the right solution and get you the recognition you deserve for your role as an innovative leader.You'll learn really useful techniques for generating ideas, a simple but...
Sweden and the 'Third Way'
A Macroeconomic Evaluation
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
This title was first published in 2003. The creation of a 'Third Way' between unfettered capitalism and old-style Keynesian-corporatist forms of social democracy has become the driving force behind the policy programmes of many left-of-centre political parties in the industrialised nations of the...
Keynes's Vision
Why the Great Depression did not Return
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2007
John Maynard Keynes was the most influential economist of the 20th Century, whose doctrines had a huge impact on American prosperity in the years following the Second World War. This new book by John Philip Jones describes the main features of Keynes's work, including the fiscal and monetary policies he recommended, together with a detailed trackin
Walking the Talk
The Business Case for Sustainable Development
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
Ten years on from the Rio Earth Summit, world leaders will gather again in Johannesburg for the World Summit on Sustainable Development in September. As planetary anxieties about globalization, poverty and climate change grow, where does the international business community stand? Are they a barrier...
Audience Evolution
New Technologies and the Transformation of Media Audiences
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2010
Today's consumers have unprecedented choice in terms of the technologies and platforms that access, produce, and distribute media content. The development and overlap of television, the internet, and other media technologies is fragmenting and empowering media audiences more than ever. Building on...
24 Hours in Ancient Rome
A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2017
Walk a day in a Roman’s sandals. What was it like to live in one of the ancient world’s most powerful and bustling cities – one that was eight times more densely populated than modern day New York? In this entertaining and enlightening guide, bestselling historian Philip Matyszak introduces...
by Philip Tether
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2016
POLITICAL IDEOLOGY AND THE LIBERAL CENTRE. This book is the fifth in a series of texts on government and politics designed for students and the general reader (see the author's other publications for a full list of titles). The books are linked but are designed to stand alone. Politics and political...
Get the Truth
Former CIA Officers Teach You How to Persuade Anyone to Tell All
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2015
Getting someone to tell the truth is an essential skill that very few people possess. In the boardroom, classroom, or our own homes, every day we interact with others and try to get the truth from them.
People are often untruthful out of fear of negative consequences associated with divulging...
It's the Income, Stupid
The 7 Secrets of a Stress-Free Retirement
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2017
Congratulations. You are in a rare minority. You have saved and invested for your retirement. But after decades of accumulation, have you thought about how to organize your portfolio once you begin de-cumulating? Can you have a virtual paycheck to replace your former real one? ...