Plenty of books offer useful advice on how to get better at making quick-thinking, intuitive choices. But what about more consequential decisions, the ones that affect our lives for years, or centuries, to come? Our most powerful ... Zobraziť viac
Shortlisted for the FT & McKinsey Business Book of the Year 2018. Where does prosperity come from, and how does it spread through a society? What role does innovation play in creating prosperity and why do some eras see the fruits of... Zobraziť viac
Million Dollar Maths is an invaluable guide to the straightforward and outlandish mathematical strategies that can make you rich. How can you turn $1000 into $1 million? What is the best way to beat the lottery odds? When is the best time to... Zobraziť viac
Do you eat too much sugar? What proportion of your country are immigrants? What does it cost to raise a child? How much tax do the rich pay? Are we more ignorant than we used to be?Take a minute to answer these questions... Zobraziť viac
Winning Not Fighting draws on the philosophy of Wing Tsun, an ancient Chinese martial art, to offer a profound and practical guide to achieving success at work, life and business. By explaining what these teachings reveal about decision-making... Zobraziť viac
The dominant view in economics is that money and government should play only a minor role in economic life. Money, it is claimed, is nothing more than a medium of exchange; and economic outcomes are best left to the 'invisible hand' of the market... Zobraziť viac
Markets have long been acknowledged to be a superior mechanism for managing resources but until the advent of big data, they largely functioned better in theory than in practice. Now, as ideal markets are within reach because of vastly greater ... Zobraziť viac
The effectiveness of a good strategy well implemented determines a business' future success or failure. Yet history is full of strategic decisions, big and small, that were ill-conceived, poorly organised and consequently disastrous... Zobraziť viac
The book that cracks the code on executive presence: what it is, why it matters, and how you can achieve it. You know it when you see it. That rare combination of qualities that makes a truly great leader... Zobraziť viac
Perhaps, as customers, or as service providers, we don’t understand services as much as we think we do. Services are such integral parts of the daily of individuals and organizations that a day without paying for or providing them is inconceivable. They Zobraziť viac
The 2004 and 2007 enlargements pushed the EU's external border further east as well as closer to unstable areas in the western Balkans. With future enlargements unlikely in the short-term, the EU faces new challenges in securing... Zobraziť viac
Conspiracy theories are legion. Conspiracies are rare. And of the few that do exist, fewer are ever discovered, let alone explained. This story is the exception... Zobraziť viac
A million readers bought The Undercover Economist to get the lowdown on how economics works on a small scale, in our everyday lives. Since then, economics has become big news. Crises, austerity, riots, bonuses ... Zobraziť viac
Don’t Buy This Book is the sequel to the highly successful Don’t Read This Book – Time Management for Creative People. Like its predecessor, it uses the To Don’tList method to help you make the right choices – choices that help you achieve ... Zobraziť viac
For readers of The Innovator's Dilemma comes an incisive new approach to one of the key questions of our time—how to thrive rather than be destroyed by digital transformation—from Harvard Business School Professor of Strategy Bharat Anand... Zobraziť viac
Ben Horowitz, a leading venture capitalist, modern management expert, and New York Times bestselling author, combines lessons both from history and from modern organizational practice with practical and often surprising advice to help executives build cul Zobraziť viac
Have you ever dreamt of doing something new - setting up a business, getting in shape, or writing a novel - but haven't gotten round to actually doing it? Does 'now' never feel like a good time to start? The time has come... Zobraziť viac
Product management plays a pivotal role in organizations. In fact, it's now considered the fourth most important title in corporate America yet only a tiny fraction of product managers have been trained for this vital position. If you're one of the... Zobraziť viac
Revolutionary account of the transformative potential of the knowledge economy A revolutionary practice of production—the knowledge economy—has emerged in our time. It appears in every sector, not just in high-tech industry, but so far only as... Zobraziť viac
Shortlisted for the Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award. Since Aristotle, we have fought to understand the causes behind everything. But this ideology is fading. In the age of big data, we can crunch ... Zobraziť viac
