Authors:Robert Greene, Joost Ellfers, Joost Elffers,
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
Keywords: production, elffers, joost, power, laws
Number of Pages: 463
Published: 2000-11-20
List price: $31.00
ISBN-10: 1861972784
ISBN-13: 9781861972781

Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this piercing work distills three thousand years of the history of power in to forty-eight well explicated laws. As attention--grabbing in its design as it is in its content, this bold volume outlines the laws of power in their unvarnished essence, synthesizing the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun-tzu, Carl von Clausewitz, and other great thinkers. Some laws teach the need for prudence ("Law 1: Never Outshine the Master"), the virtue of stealth ("Law 3: Conceal Your Intentions"), and many demand the total absence of mercy ("Law 15: Crush Your Enemy T

Author: The Economist
Publisher: Profile Books(GB)
Keywords: guide, style, economist
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 2005-11-01
List price: $26.95
ISBN-10: 1861979169
ISBN-13: 9781861979162

The Economist Style Guide is as essential to have and use as a dictionary, but is much more interesting. This new edition of the bestselling guide to style (over 1/2 million copies sold worldwide) is based on The Economist’s own house style manual, and is an invaluable companion for everyone who wants to communicate with the clarity, style and precision for which The Economist is famous. This guide gives general advice on writing, points out common errors and cliches, offers guidance on the proper use of punctuation, abbreviations and capital letters, and contains an exhaustive ran

Author: Naomi Stanford
Publisher: Profile Books(GB)
Keywords: enterprises, economist, hardcover, adaptable, performing, organisation, design, creating, guide
Number of Pages: 343
Published: 2007-07-01
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 1861978022
ISBN-13: 9781861978028

There are many designs and theories for how to best structure companies, but not all prove successful. In America alone between 1990 and 2000, there were over 6.3 million business start-ups and 5.7 million business shutdowns. This new guide in The Economist series, written by a leading consultant with deep experience on both sides of the Atlantic, explores five basic principles that will render organizational design effective, encouraging both high performance and adaptability to changing circumstances. This is an invaluable guide for any manager wanting to build a better, smarter company fast

Author: Tim Hindle
Publisher: Profile Books
Keywords: economist, hardcover, gurus, ideas, management, guide
Number of Pages: 322
Published: 2008-09-01
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 1846681081
ISBN-13: 9781846681080

Good management is a precious commodity in the corporate world, and good ideas are even more rare. Guide to Management Ideas and Gurus gathers the most influential ideas and thinkers that have defined modern management into one compact guide. This new book builds on Guide to Management Ideas (2003) and adds entries on the most influential business thought leaders of the past and present. Topics covered range from Active Inertia and Disruptive Technology to Triple Bottom Line and the Long Tail, while the management gurus covered include Jim Collins, Peter Drucker, Philip Kotler, Michael Porter,

Author: Philip Coggan
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
Keywords: advantages, risks, funds, hedge, guide
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2008-01-31
List price: $25.20
ISBN-10: 1846680557
ISBN-13: 9781846680557

In 1990 hedge funds managed some $39 billion of assets. By late 2006 that figure had grown to $1.3 trillion. That is a staggering increase. Equally staggering is the amount of money successful hedge fund managers earn. In 2006 the top 25 hedge fund managers were paid $14 billion between them, with the top three earning over $1 billion each.Most people have heard the term ’hedge fund’ but few are clear about what exactly a hedge fund is or what it does. This guide aims to put them in the picture with the clarity and lively prose that "The Economist" is famous for. It provides a succ

Author: Philip Ryland
Publisher: Profile Books(GB)
Keywords: investment, essential
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2003-06
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 1861975503
ISBN-13: 9781861975508

Everything you need to know about the world of investment—most accessibly presented and attractively packaged. Following an introduction on the roller coaster ride the stock market has taken over the past decade and the implications it has for businesses, private investors and people’s pensions, the bulk of the book is a much expanded A-Z with several hundred entries that explain with the essentials of the investment world—as well as some of its more arcane aspects. Entries include: Advance-decline line, Arbitrage, Bear squeeze, Black-Scholes option pricing model, Capital as

Author: John Tennent
Publisher: Profile Books(GB)
Keywords: hardcover, economist, management, financial, guide
Number of Pages: 327
Published: 2008-06-01
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 186197809X
ISBN-13: 9781861978097

With organizations driven to deliver on performance targets, managers are expected to make decisions fully understanding their financial consequences. Few nonfinancial specialists are prepared for these financial challenges.