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The Economist Guide to Commodities
Caroline Bain
From aluminium and platinum to zinc and gold, oil and gas to cocoa and wheat, a comprehensive ...
The price volatility of so many commodities over the past decade has underlined their economic importance and how dependent we are on them. The price of gold has soared to new peaks as currencies have endured a crisis of confidence; demand from China...
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The Economist Guide to Commodities
Caroline Bain
From aluminium and platinum to zinc and gold, oil and gas to cocoa and wheat, a comprehensive ...
The price volatility of so many commodities over the past decade has underlined their economic importance and how dependent we are on them. The price of gold has soared to new peaks as currencies have endured a crisis of confidence; demand from China...
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The Economist Guide to Project Management (2nd Edition)
Paul Roberts
How to make sure that projects run to budget and schedule - and deliver the intended results.
From the Hubble space telescope that was launched with a malfunctioning device that resulted in all the pictures it took being blurred to the extremely late completion of England's new national soccer stadium at Wembley, history is full of example of projects that damaged organisations because they were ...
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The Economist Guide to Project Management (2nd Edition)
Paul Roberts
How to make sure that projects run to budget and schedule - and deliver the intended results.
From the Hubble space telescope that was launched with a malfunctioning device that resulted in all the pictures it took being blurred, to the extremely late completion of England's new national soccer stadium at Wembley, history is full of example of projects that damaged organisations because they were ...
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The Economist: Managing Uncertainty
Marion Devine, Michel Syrett
Global recession, rebellion in the Middle East, and heartrending natural disasters in places as far ...
This book looks at managing uncertainty as a new business imperative. It·analyses the sources and triggers of business turbulence, and explores different models for classifying uncertainty·explores the cost of uncertainty in the shape of business ...
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The Economist: Managing Uncertainty
Marion Devine, Michel Syrett
Global recession, rebellion in the Middle East, and heartrending natural disasters in places as far ...
This book looks at managing uncertainty as a new business imperative. It·analyses the sources and triggers of business turbulence, and explores different models for classifying uncertainty·explores the cost of uncertainty in the shape of business ...
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The Economist: Pocket World in Figures 2013
The Economist
New edition of this annual bestseller of fascinating facts and figures about the world we live in.
The 2013 edition of this perennial favourite has been completely updated, revised and expanded with many new features. Full of facts and figures about the world today - on subjects as diverse as geography, population and demographics, business, finance and the economy, transport, tourism and the ...
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The Economist Guide to Decision-Making
Helga Drummond
An invaluable guide to arrive at better business decisions
We make decisions, and these decisions make us and our organisations. And in theory, decision-making should be easy: a problem is identified, the decision-makers generate solutions, and choose the optimal one - and powerful mathematical tools are available to facilitate the task. Yet if it is all so simple why do organisations, both private...
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The Economist Book of Business Quotations
Bill Ridgers
Handy wit and wisdom from across the world of business
"I don't want yes-men around me. I want everyone to tell the truth, even if it costs them their jobs."Samuel GoldwynThe Economist Book of BusinessQuotationsbrings together history's smartest insights from people ranging from CEOs and politicians to novelists and business gurus. Insightful and entertaining, on subjects from e-commerce, strategy ...
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The Economist Guide to Management Ideas and Gurus
Tim Hindle
Get yourself up to guru speed
This insightful guide, which has proven hugely popular around the world in hardback, not only includes the most significant ideas that have influenced the management of business over the past century, but it also includes entries on the most influential business thinkers of the past and present. Entries on ideas include:Active Inertia; Disruptive Technology; Genchi ...
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The Economist: Successful Strategy Execution
Michel Syrett
Strategy-to-performance gaps foster a culture of under-performance Unrealistic plans create the expectation throughout the organisation that plans simply will not be fulfilled. This book shows how to overcome such failings and implement strategy effectively. Common failings include: Companies rarely track their performance against long-term plans - less than 15% of companies make it a regular ...
