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 Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?: Inside IBM's Historic Turnaround
In 1990, IBM had its most profitable year ever. By 1993, the computer industry had changed so rapidly the company was on its way to losing $16 billion and IBM was on a watch list for extinction -- victimized by its own lumbering size, an insular corporate culture, and the PC era IBM had itself helped invent.
Then Lou Gerstner was... | | Effective Frontline Fundraising: A Guide for Nonprofits, Political Candidates, and Advocacy Groups
Today, nearly every charitable nonprofit, advocacy group, professional group, and politician relies on the philanthropy of others. Whether it’s a private college, a hospital or museum, a lobbying group, or a local, low-budget food shelf, operational and marketing costs and capital investments are often largely underwritten... | | Small-Bowel Obstruction: CT Features with Plain Film and US correlations
Small–bowel obstruction (SBO) is responsible for about 15% of surgical
operations for an acute abdomen. In Italy, the most frequent causes of SBO
are adhesions (about 60%), hernias (about 20%) and neoplasms (about
15%).Comparison with other countries is interesting. In the USA, the most
frequent cause of SBO is adhesional... |
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| | The Engaging Leader: Winning with Today's Free Agent Workforce
During the summer of 1999, I was reading about the collapse of
the Colorado Rockies baseball team under manager Jim Leyland.
Leyland came to Colorado as a high-priced savior, but he and the
team never meshed. Things got so bad that he announced his resignation
before the first season was over. This came as a mystery to
the... | | Technical Analysis of Stock Trends, 9 Edition
Warp speed universe. Warp speed financial markets. The 8th Edition of this
classic book appeared when it seemed that the millennium and paradise had
been achieved and that, like McKay’s tulipomania, the price of stocks would
rise forever and men would rush from the world over and pay whatever
price was asked for... |
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Deflation: What Happens When Prices Fall
MAY 6, 2003, WAS AN EXTRAORDINARY DAY IN
Washington, D.C. The Federal Reserve held its
Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC)
meeting in its two-storied chandeliered boardroom
at the central bank's white marble temple on
Constitution Avenue. Now, there was nothing
unusual about the FOMC gathering. The committee meets... | | Beginning Database Design: From Novice to Professional (Beginning Apress)
Everyone keeps data. Big organizations spend millions to look after their payroll, customer, and transaction
data. The penalties for getting it wrong are severe: businesses may collapse, shareholders and customers lose
money, and for many organizations (airlines, health boards, energy companies), it is not exaggerating to say that... | | Failed Stone
In the spring of 2002, I wrote a book entitled
Falling Glass: Problems and Solutions in
Contemporary Architecture. The research for
Falling Glass helped me understand how
glass failures could be avoided and enlightened
me as to which innovations were being
explored within the glass industry. Originally,
the book was... |
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Neoliberalism: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
The 21st-century world is a fundamentally interdependent place. Globalization has expanded, intensified, and accelerated social relations across world-time and world-space. The digital revolution has served as a catalyst for the creation of sprawling information and communication networks that enmesh individuals, states, and businesses alike.... | | World on the Edge: How to Prevent Environmental and Economic Collapse
When I meet old friends and they ask, "How are you?" I often reply, "I'm fine; it's the world I am worried about." "Aren't we all" is the common response. Most people have a rather vague sense of concern about the future, but some worry about specific threats such as climate change or population... | | The Gods that Failed: How Blind Faith in Markets Has Cost Us Our Future
Over the past three decades, governments have ceded economic control to a new elite of free-market operatives and their colleagues in national and international institutions like the IMF, the World Bank, and the World Trade Organization. They promised economic stability but have delivered chaos. Their speculation has left the global economy ... |
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