As technology accelerates, the human mind struggles to keep up - and our companies, workplaces and democracies get left behind... Zobraziť viac
Books, baseball cards, ceramic figurines, art, iPhones, clothing, cars, music, dolls, furniture, and even nature itself... Zobraziť viac
Petroleum has always been used by humans: as an adhesive by Neanderthals, as a waterproofing agent in Noah's Ark and as a weapon during the Crusades. Its eventual extraction from the earth in vast quantities transformed light, heat and power... Zobraziť viac
Selected as a Financial Times Best Book of 2013. Governments today in both Europe and the United States have succeeded in casting government spending as reckless wastefulness that has made the economy worse... Zobraziť viac
The world is not as mobile or as interconnected as we like to think. As Harm de Blij argues in The Power of Place, in crucial ways-from the uneven distribution of natural resources to the unequal availability of... Zobraziť viac
Adam Smith is now widely regarded as 'the father of modern economics' and the most influential economist who ever lived. But what he really thought, and what the implications of his ideas... Zobraziť viac
Blockchain is the ingeniously simple technology that powers Bitcoin. But it is much more than that, too. It is a public ledger to which everyone has access, but which no single person controls. It allows for companies and individuals ... Zobraziť viac
Throughout history, technological change - whether in the form of agricultural improvements in the Middle Ages,the Industrial Revolution, or today's artificial intelligence - has been viewed as a main driver of prosperity,working in the public interest... Zobraziť viac
Portfolio Penguin: Tough Mudder is not a race. It's a challenge.Unlike other endurance events, Tough Mudder encourages team... Zobraziť viac
12 Nobel Laureates take readers on a tour of some of the everyday issues that can be explored using basic economic principles. Topics include how economic tools can be used to rebuild nations in the aftermath of a war; ... Zobraziť viac
The past decade has seen increased attention to cost-effectiveness and benefit-cost analysis in education as administrators are being asked to accomplish more with the same or even fewer resources, philanthropists are keen to calculate their "... Zobraziť viac
Now you can master the principles of macroeconomics with the help of the most popular, widely-used economics textbook by students worldwide - Mankiw's Principles of Macroeconomics ... Zobraziť viac
This volume presents Martin Luther's contribution to the modern economic sciences, providing a detailed introduction and revised translation of his major pamphlet on economic matters, 'On Commerce and Usury' ('Von Kauffshandlung vnd Wucher', 1524)... Zobraziť viac
Produktivitätsvorteile durch Einfachautomatisierung. Spezialisierte und hochqualitative Produkte kostengünstig und wettbewerbsfähig produzieren - der Traum jedes Unternehmers... Zobraziť viac
Polar Bear Pirates are those who believe in life before death, who get things done and really make a difference. They are everyday people who deliver extraordinary results, day in, day out. The main focus of this book is about engaging and ... Zobraziť viac
Over the past decade, the blogs of Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner have entertained us and changed the way we understand the world. Now the very best of these have been carefully curated into a book... Zobraziť viac
In Edge, Ben Lyttleton gets unprecedented access to some of the world's top football clubs to discover their innovative methods for developing talent – and reveals how we can use them in our everyday lives. Elite teams now look for an edge by ... Zobraziť viac
In his most ambitious work to date, Thomas L. Friedman shows that we have entered an age of dizzying accelerationand explains how to live in it. Due to an exponential increase in computing power, climbers atop ... Zobraziť viac
Here are over two dozen ready-to-use innovative activities that help trainers and managers teach the basics of providing great customer service. Each fun, engaging training game takes just 15-30 minutes to implement... Zobraziť viac
A major bestseller in Japan, Financial Times Top Ten book of the year, Book-of-the-Month Club bestseller, and required reading at the best business schools, Thinking Strategically is a crash course in outmaneuvering any rival.... Zobraziť viac
