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Proper stewardship of natural assets and liabilities is a matter of planetary urgency: natural resources have the potential either to transform the poorest countries or to tear them apart, while the carbon emissions and agricultural follies of the rich world could further impoverish them. The Plundered Planet charts a course between unchecked profiteering on the one hand and environmental romanticism on the other to offer realistic and sustainable solutions to dauntingly complex issues.

So you want to be a great mum and, ideally, a rich one too? Welcome to Million Pound Mum. This is the first in a range of audiobooks offering constructive advice on how to start a business, but still be a great mum and have fun while doing it. Together with great advice, this audiobook also contains the experiences and tips of over 100 mums who have all successfully started their own companies. Some have reached the Million Pound Mum goal and others are well on the way.

Authored by P. Chidambaram, one of India's best-known politicians, Standing Guard offers a keen economic and political analysis of India@2015 - the tumult of the 2015 Bihar election, the debates surrounding the Land Acquisition Amendment ordinances and the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill, and the alarming rise of intolerance. In this rare collection of essays, Chidambaram refuses to shy away from any subject, no matter how contentious.

In Nature’s Fortune, Mark Tercek, CEO of The Nature Conservancy and former investment banker, and science writer Jonathan Adams argue that nature is not only the foundation of human well-being, but also the smartest commercial investment any business or government can make. The forests, floodplains, and oyster reefs often seen simply as raw materials or as obstacles to be cleared in the name of progress are, in fact as important to our future prosperity as technology or law or business innovation.

This audiobook delivers the fascinating account of one Western family’s time living and working in China. Told through a series of letters, China from the Inside: Letters from an Economist presents insights into the society and economy of a country that is often opaque to outsiders and poorly understood. The author’s expertise as an economist and the family’s efforts to integrate into Chinese society furnish a vivid and unique account.

Die Digitalisierung war erst der Anfang. Jetzt startet die größte Revolution der Menschheitsgeschichte. Flugtaxis, autonome Fahrzeuge, 3D-gedruckte Häuser, Fleisch aus dem Labor - was nach Science-Fiction klingt, ist bereits Realität. Wir stehen an der Schwelle eines neuen Zeitalters: Auf der Basis der Digitalisierung werden Technologien wie künstliche Intelligenz, 3D-Druck, 5G, Quantencomputer und synthetische Biologie unsere Welt tiefgreifend verändern.

In Driving the Future Oge portrays a future where clean, intelligent vehicles with lighter frames and alternative power trains will produce zero emissions and run at 100+ mpg. With electronic architectures more like that of airplanes, cars will be smarter and safer, will park themselves, and will network with other vehicles on the road to drive themselves.

Meet the economic gangster. He's the United Nations diplomat who double-parks his Mercedes on New York City streets at rush hour because the cops can't touch him--he has diplomatic immunity. He's the Chinese smuggler who dodges tariffs by magically transforming frozen chickens into frozen turkeys. The dictator, the warlord, the unscrupulous bureaucrat who bilks the developing world of billions in aid

Murphy's Law tells us that if something can go wrong, it will. Nonsense! says Al Casey, who maintains: If things can go right, they should. But you've got to make them go right, he adds, by hard work, focusing on key problems, and believing in the people around you. One of the most successful - and original - American businessmen of our time, Al Casey is a no-nonsense turnaround specialist who loves nothing more than the big challenges, whether in the private or the public sector.

Our world will change more in this century than in all of human history, driven by many factors including technology, climate change, demographics and inequality. Such extreme change is throwing up unprecedented opportunities and creating an ‘adaptive challenge’ for individuals, organizations and societies. Those who can adapt to a fast-flowing, complex, volatile and uncertain world will flourish. Those who cannot will suffer greatly. There are clear signs everywhere that we need new ways to think about the world and our place in it.

既存事業を深め、新規事業を育てる「両利き」こそ、DX・コロナ時代を生き抜く知恵だ。
世界のイノベーション研究の最重要理論「両利きの経営」に関する初の体系的な解説書の増補改訂版。

上司や先輩に「指示」を仰ぎながら仕事を進める。「計画やコンセプト」をしっかり固めてから行動する。気になった課題を指摘して、改善を提案する。どれも社会人として模範的な考え方であり、行動です。

Durante l’epidemia, quando eravamo tutti chiusi nelle nostre case, e le macchine quasi non circolavano più, e molte fabbriche si sono dovute fermare, e abbiamo mangiato a casa, e non abbiamo gettato rifiuti per strada e nelle falde acquifere, il mondo quasi non assomigliava più a quello di prima. I fiumi, persino il Sarno, il più inquinato del Paese, sono tornati puliti, nei porti sono tornati i pesci, l’aria si è fatta più pulita anche nelle città più inquinate, dappertutto si è respirata un’aria nuova. Ma adesso cosa succede?

"El Mapa de tu Talento" es el audiolibro que asegura el éxito en la adaptación profesional al siglo XX, fruto de más de diez años analizando talento, puntos de inflexión de carrera y elementos críticos para la gestión exitosa de la trayectoria profesional.

En estos momentos todas las sociedades afrontan retos mayúsculos, como los cambios tecnológicos disruptivos, los desequilibrios demográficos o la desigualdad económica. Además, debemos afrontar la COVID-19, una pandemia universal que ha hundido la economía mundial en una crisis cuya intensidad superará la de la década anterior, y que induce miedo al futuro.

La continuidad es el gran desafío de las familias empresarias. Sin embargo, las estadísticas demuestran que apenas el 30 % de los negocios de familia llegan a la segunda generación, menos del 10 % alcanzan la tercera generación y un porcentaje inferior al 5 % se proyecta hasta la cuarta o más generaciones.

Vivimos tiempos complicados para las empresas, los que las dirigen o trabajan en ellas. La digitalización ha modificado totalmente el entorno en el que desarrollan sus negocios. La aparición de nuevas tecnologías digitales y nuevos competidores están fomentando cambios de hábitos de consumidores y empleados, y también cambios profundos en los modelos de negocios y en las formas de hacer. Esta nueva situación presenta a la vez muchos retos y oportunidades para las empresas.

Ökologisch sinnvoll zu handeln und gleichzeitig ökonomisch erfolgreich zu wirtschaften, muss kein Widerspruch sein. Längst gibt es Unternehmen, die Nachhaltigkeit und Wirtschaftlichkeit in ihren Geschäftsmodellen miteinander in Einklang bringen. Denn zaudern und auf politische Vorgaben warten gilt nicht: Wer heute schon die Weichen für ein nachhaltiges Wirtschaften von morgen stellen will, muss selbst aktiv werden.

★進化思考──それは、生物の進化のように二つのプロセス(変異と適応)を繰り返すことで、本来だれの中にもある創造性を発揮する思考法。

Scaling Up se enfoca en las cuatro áreas de decisión más importantes que cada empresa debe manejar correctamente: Equipo, Estrategia, Ejecución y Efectivo. El libro incluye una serie de nuevas herramientas, entre las cuales destacan el famoso Plan Estratégico de Una Página y The Rockefeller Habits Execution Checklist™ (Lista de verificación de los Hábitos de Rockefeller), las cuales más de 40000 empresas en todo el mundo han utilizado para lograr una expansión exitosa de sus compañías.