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  The Divine Right of Capital -...

  Marjorie Kelly

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  Why “wealth bias” is a holdover from a pre-democratic past—and how to restore a healthier balance of power: “Thought-provoking . . . well-documented and readable.” —Library Journal   Wealth inequality, corporate welfare, and industrial pollution are symptoms—the fevers and chills of the economy. The underlying illness, says Business Ethics magazine founder Marjorie Kelly, is shareholder primacy: the corporate drive to make profits for shareholders no matter who pays the cost.    In The Divine Right of Capital, Kelly argues that focusing on the interests of stockholders to the exclusion of everyone else’s interests is a form of discrimination based on property or wealth. She shows how this bias is held by our institutional structures, much as they once held biases against African Americans and women. The Divine Right of Capital exposes six aristocratic principles that corporations are built on, principles that we would never accept in our modern democratic society but which we accept unquestioningly in our economy.    Wealth bias is a holdover from our pre-democratic past. It has enabled shareholders to become a kind of economic aristocracy. Kelly shows how to design more equitable alternatives—new property rights, new forms of corporate governance, new ways of looking at corporate performance—that build on both free-market and democratic principles. We think of shareholder primacy as the natural law of the free market, much as our forebears thought of monarchy as the most natural form of government. But in The Divine Right of Capital, Kelly brilliantly demonstrates that it is no more “natural” than any other human creation. People designed this system and people can change it. We need a change of mind as profound as that of the American Revolution—and this book provides practical guidance to help employees and communities change corporate governance and unfetter the genius of the free market.

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  Stop Listening to the Customer -...

  Adam Ferrier

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  If you want to stand out from the crowd, develop a clear and consistent brand voice, and ultimately build a fruitful business—listen to your brand. Stop Listening to the Customer offers insights into how consumers are driving homogeneity in brands and shares the proven strategies you can implement to amplify your own position in the world. 
  The customer is not always right. In fact, our obsession with the customer risks devaluing brands by making them generic and forgettable. Brands have become too consumer-led, where they are driven by journey-mapping, customer-centric design, and an excessive focus on consumer-driven data. Instead, try redressing the balance and be brand-led, where brands and businesses can truly become unique, interesting, and highly profitable. 
  Multi-award-winning brand strategist and consumer psychologist Adam Ferrier shares his contrary approach to building a strong brand in Stop Listening to the Customer. Backed by science, real-world examples, and extensive industry experience, Ferrier explores the dangers of listening to the consumer too much, shares lessons from successful businesses who prioritize their brand, and reveals the brand-building secrets of their success.

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  Art of War The - The Attack by Fire

  Sun Tzu

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  The Attack by Fire - Those who use fire as an aid to the attack show intelligence; those who use water as an aid to the attack gain an accession of strength."If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle." ― Sun Tzu, The Art of WarSun Tzu wrote this classic book twenty-five hundred years ago, on a military strategy based on Chinese warfare and military thought.  It is composed of 13 chapters. Each one is devoted to an aspect of warfare and how it applies to military strategy and tactics. Since that time, these teachings have adapted for use in politics, business, and everyday life and stands immensely relatable in our contemporary world.

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  The Evolution of Technical...

  Jasmina Hasanhodzic, Andrew W. Lo

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  Andrew Lo, Director, MIT Laboratory for Financial Engineering, and his co-author Jasmina Hasanhodzic, present the creation and evolution of technical analysis, spanning several civilizations, from the most ancient onesas far back as the Stone Age, through the rise of Wall Street as the world's financial center.  It is filled with interesting facts, such as that speculative trading came into existence in ancient Babylon, where market values of various commodities were regularly charted with the purposes of forecasting them. They continue their research through the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and the Industrial Revolution. They also explore the Eastern markets of China and Japan, and compare and contrast them to Western practices. Along the way, they examine the work of the people who have played a significant role in the formation and growth of this ancient practice. The work of Charles Dow, the grandfather of modern technical analysis, will be discussed in this volume, as well as the contributions of other pioneers, such as Samuel Armstrong Nelson, William, Peter Hamilton, Robert Rhea, Richard Russell, and C.J. Collins.

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  Scaled Agile Scrum: Nexus: How...

  Paul VII

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  Agile product management just got easier. In this audiobook, you will be given a complete overview of Scrum Nexus used to scale scrum across multiple teams and deliver large projects. I promise that this book will be nothing short of informative and mind opening. In the world today, especially the business side, it is very difficult to develop a team to the level that most of us may like and still be able to maintain the team's discipline and structure that will lead to high quality products. But with Nexus, you can solve these problems since it is a key framework for doing exactly that, even with huge teams. I am certain that you are going to get value from this book, as it will give you a comprehensive introduction to Nexus (Scaled Scrum). In addition to that, I will walk you step by step through the history of Nexus, the practices, and the principles. For a better understanding, I will provide you with lots of examples throughout this book. Without wasting time, let's get started and let me educate you on what it takes for you to use the Nexus framework in your business.

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  Your First Year in Network...

  Mark Yarnell, Rene Reid Yarnell

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  Network marketing is one of the fastest-growing career opportunities in the United States. Millions of people just like you have abandoned dead-end jobs for the chance to achieve the dream of growing their own businesses. What many of them find, however, is that the first year in network marketing is often the most challenging-and, for some, the most discouraging.Here, Mark Yarnell and Rene Reid Yarnell, two of the industry's most respected and successful professionals, offer you strategies on how to overcome those first-year obstacles and position yourself for lifelong success. They provide you with a wealth of savvy advice on everything you need to know to succeed in network marketing, such as proven systems for recruiting, training, growing, and supporting your downline and much more.In an easy, step-by-step approach, you will learn how to:-Deal with rejection-Recruit and train-Avoid overmanaging your downline-Remain focused-Stay enthusiastic-Avoid unrealistic expectations-Conduct those in-home meetings-Ease out of another professionYou owe it to yourself to listen to this inspiring book!

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