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There is an emerging consensus that all is not well with today's market-centric economic model. Although it has delivered wealth over the last half century and pulled millions out of poverty, it is recession-prone, leaves too many unemployed, creates ecological scarcities and environmental risks, and widens the gap between the rich and the poor. Around $1 trillion a year in perverse subsidies and barriers to entry for alternative products maintain "business-as-usual" while obscuring their associated environmental and societal costs.

The Agile City engages the fundamental question: what to do about it? Journalist and urban analyst James S. Russell argues that we'll more quickly slow global warming - and blunt its effects - by retrofitting cities, suburbs, and towns. The Agile City shows that change undertaken at the building and community level can reach carbon-reduction goals rapidly. Adapting buildings (39 percent of greenhouse-gas emission) and communities (slashing the 33 percent of transportation related emissions) offers numerous other benefits that tax gimmicks and massive alternative-energy investments can't match.

China’s meteoric rise to economic powerhouse might be charted with dams. Every river in the country has been tapped to power exploding cities and factories - every river but one. Running through one of the richest natural areas in the world, the Nujiang’s raging waters were on the verge of being dammed when a 2004 government moratorium halted construction. Might the Chinese dragon bow to the "Angry River"? Would Beijing put local people and their land ahead of power and profit? Could this remote region actually become a model for sustainable growth? Ed Grumbine traveled to the far corners of China’s Yunnan province to find out.

Customization is coming in every industry, for every product. Embrace it or get left behind. Smart brands such as Chipotle, Zazzle, Nike, and Pandora are ditching the outdated 20th century model of a one-size-fits-all approach to providing products and services. From a Netflix movie night to a marriage courtesy of eHarmony, customization is changing every corner of American life and business.

While factories across the Midwest shutter their doors, Cleveland-based manufacturer Lincoln Electric has thrived for more than a century. In addition to being profitable and technologically innovative, through good times and bad, the company has fulfilled its unique promise of "guaranteed continuous employment." Workers are viewed as assets—not liabilities.

Lucid, forward-looking, and guided by a level-headed optimism that clearly distinguishes between genuine progress and exaggerated claims, Emerald Cities points the way toward a sustainable future for the American city.

Alberto Forchielli è un economista sui generis, anticonformista e schietto. Uno che gestisce un importante fondo di private equity, profondo conoscitore del mercato cinese, uno che viene ascoltato al Congresso degli Stati Uniti come alla Silicon Valley. Uomo globalizzato dal 1980, vive girando il mondo ma è rimasto legato alla sua Italia, della quale impietosamente denuncia i difetti e il provincialismo.

Uma história sobre o misterioso comportamento dos consumidores: quem são, por que os perdemos e como trazê-los de volta. Uma nova abordagem para compreender o que o cliente realmente quer, hoje e no futuro. Os clientes podem ser um verdadeiro mistério–e para desvendar seu comportamento é preciso pensar como um detetive. Neste audiolivro, David S. Duncan conta a história da rede fictícia de cafés Tazza, que está perdendo sua clientela mais fiel às vésperas de abrir o capital na bolsa.

元ＮＥＣの伝説的な技術者であり開発・製造の第一人者がまとめた、半導体産業の入門書。複雑な産業構造と関連企業を半導体の製造工程にそって網羅的に解説。

Die Energiepreise explodieren. Gleichzeitig erwarten Kund:innen, dass Unternehmen nachhaltig agieren. Das stellt diese vor die große Herausforderung, auf die Kosten zu schauen, ohne dabei die Erwartungen ihrer Geschäftspartner zu vernachlässigen. Die Schlussfolgerung des Autors: Nur der grüne Kundenservice hat Zukunft. Die Schlussfolgerung des Autors: Nur der grüne Kundenservice hat Zukunft. Peter Weidling holt die Unternehmen bei ihrer doppelten Herausforderung ab.

★私たちが“群れ”で働く意味は、どこにあるんだろう──？【各氏大絶賛!!】◎入山章栄氏（早稲田大学大学院教授）「すばらしい！日本中の経営者が読むべきだ。

670万部の「学習」「科学」を失った学研は、いかにして危機を克服したのか。M&Aを活かした事業創造の最高の教科書。

・年間３万人以上が来店・自費出版が９千部完売・健やかに、年商３億円。都会でうまく生きられずに、長野の地へ。１人の主婦が移動販売から始めた店は、なぜこんなにも支持されるのか？

かつての日本企業が抱いていた「お金より人が大事」という考え方は決して理想主義ではなく、実利に適ったものであり、それこそがビジネスを繫栄に導く強みであった。

Comment faire de la culture d’entreprise un avantage concurrentiel... Pour développer Zappos entreprise américaine de vente en ligne de chaussures devenue légendaire dans le monde entrepreneurial Tony Hsieh n’a pas misé sur les profits et les rendements. Il a mis au cœur de ses préoccupations le bonheur de ses employés et de ses clients. Cette culture d’entreprise passionnée et différente a fait de Zappos un modèle de succès : son chiffre d’affaires a atteint 1 milliard de dollars en moins de dix ans.

Deux entreprises de deux pays différents fusionnent. Une filiale française importe un outil de gestion développé aux États-Unis. Des chercheurs travaillent ensemble au sein d’un consortium européen. Avec la mondialisation, les confrontations des cultures dans le milieu professionnel se multiplient, rendant nécessaire une approche interculturelle du management. Cet ouvrage montre comment le management a progressivement pris en compte la diversité des cultures et dresse un panorama des manières concrètes d’organiser leur rencontre dans le monde de l’entreprise qui évolue désormais dans un environnement multiculturel.

En los últimos años, la sensación de crisis permanente ha potenciado la atención en la salud mental dentro de las organizaciones. Fenómenos como renunciar a los puestos de trabajo (la gran dimisión), trabajar solo lo necesario (quiet quitting), desaparecer en el trabajo (ghosting laboral) o el absentismo sabático solo se pueden explicar por factores psico-lógicos. Por tanto, es esencial que los empresarios y directivos tomen conciencia de esta situación.