Over the last decade, the number of services that can be outsourced has grown exponentially. Yet, research suggests that 50% of outsourcing contracts signed during the last three years will fail to meet expectations. Gartner sourcing experts Linda Cohen and Allie Young argue that...

Over the last thirty years or so, microfinance has risen to become one of the most high-profile policies to address poverty and under-development in developing and transition countries. It is beloved of rock stars, royalty, movie stars, high-profile politicians and 'trouble-shooting' economists. Its most...

Over the past century, we have learned a staggering amount about human nature and how to deal with disaster - yet we keep having car crashes, floods and financial crises. Why is this so? The answer is partly that our desire to make life...

Over the past decade, the call for evidence-based management has been on the rise. Managers have become increasingly skeptical of advice that is based soley on anecdotes, otherwise known as the "art of management"; they demand, instead, proof that the management practices espoused by...

Over the past few decades, globalization and Googlization have kicked off the first phase of an innovation revolution more profound and more powerful than any economic force since the arrival of Europeans on North American shores half a millennium ago. These developments have brought...

Over the past fifty years, the way we value what is 'good' and 'right' has changed dramatically. Behaviour that to our grandparents' generation might have seemed stupid, harmful or simply wicked now seems rational, natural, woven into the very logic of things. And, asserts...

Over the past quarter century, Seth Godin has taught and inspired millions of entrepreneurs, marketers, leaders, and fans from all walks of life, via his blog, online courses, lectures, and bestselling books. He is the inventor of countless ideas and phrases that have made...

Packed with lots of solid advice on how to start and grow a business. It is also very well structured with easy-to-digest points on all aspects of business...one of the more interesting introductory sessions challenges readers thinking about setting up a business. In checklist...

Pakistan faces a number of critical challenges, a polycrisis that comprises multiple crises, political, constitutional, economic, security, geo-political, demographic, and ecological. These systemic challenges are the cumulative consequence of decades of poor governance and squandered opportunities whose convergence creates a formidable, overall challenge.Dr Maleeha...

Pakistan, since its independence in 1947, had to face tumultuous years for the first four decades. Despite the many challenges, both internal and external, the country was able to register a 6 percent average annual growth rate during the first forty years of its...

Parents sell their kids on going to bed. Spouses sell their partners on mowing the lawn. We sell our bosses on giving us more money and more time off. And in astonishing numbers we go online to sell ourselves on Facebook, Twitter and online...

Part memoir, part business book, Marty Sklar entertains readers with more than fifty years of tales of creating magic around the world.Marty Sklar was hired by The Walt Disney Company after his junior year at UCLA, and began his Disney career at Disneyland in...

People decide who to trust, what advice to heed, and which individuals to forge personal or transactional relationships with based on a simple metric of believability. Success, in turn, comes from understanding one basic principle: how to be more trusted. Likeonomics offers a new...

People tend to think of creativity and strategy as opposites. This book argues that they are far more similar than we might expect. More than this, actively aligning creative and strategic thinking in any enterprise can enable more effective innovation, entrepreneurship, leadership and organizing...

Perfect for lovers ofand Quietand andand The Power of Now, Emotional Agilityand shares a new way of relating to yourself and the world around youEvery day we speak around 16,000 words - but inside minds we create tens of thousands more.Thoughts such asand 'I'm...

Personal finance 101--without the homework or quizzes Most of us graduate high school with a basic understanding of history, math, science, and literature, but when it comes to personal finance--arguably the topic that we use most in our daily lives--we feel lost or overwhelmed....

Personal money management advice that make sense In The True Cost of Happiness, financial journalist Stacey Tisdale and expert financial planner Paula Boyer Kennedy combine their extensive financial experience with a powerful series of interviews and real-world stories to help you make personal money...

Picking up where Liar's Poker left off (literally, in the bond dealer's desks of Salomon Brothers) the story of Long-Term Capital Management is of a group of elite investors who believed they could beat the market and, like alchemists, create limitless wealth for themselves...

Poetry is increasingly democratic in its use of different formats, but it can be difficult to know how to navigate the range of options available. In a competitive field, this information is not always easy to access, and many poets make mistakes. This handbook...

Positive and healthy customer service experiences will be the life blood of corporate growth and success today. It does not depend which industry you are part of, the elements of customer service are transferable across industries. Besides providing people service at some level, we...

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Amazon: Editors' Choice in Nonfictionand Fast Company: Selected Among 11 Best Technology Books of Summer 2022Tim Sweeney (CEO ofand Fortnite-maker Epic Games): “Matthew Ball's essays have defined, analysed, and inspired the Metaverse for years. His book is...

Practical advice for making the shift to your first leadership position The number of people who will become first-time supervisors will likely grow in the next 10 years, as Baby Boomers retire. Perhaps the most challenging leadership experience anyone will face isn't one at...

PRACTICAL TIPS TO LEVEL THE BUSINESS PLAYING FIELDThe co-founder of HGTV shows how women can achieve their career goals by utilising her trademark technique of 'gamesmanship.' Too long have women in the workplace been encouraged to cultivate soft, classically feminine work demeanours. If we...

Praise for Damn Right! From the author of the bestselling WARREN BUFFETT SPEAKS. . . "Charlie Munger, whose reputation is deep and wide, based on an extraordinary record of brilliantly successful business strategies, sees things that others don't. There is a method to his...

Praise for Mastering the Complex Sale "Jeff Thull's process plays a key role in helping companies and their customers cross the chasm with disruptive innovations and succeed with game-changing initiatives." -Geoffrey A. Moore, author of Crossing the Chasm and Dealing with Darwin "This is...

Predicts an unprecedented twenty-year period of economic prosperity in America based on advances in education, investment in technology, and free trade

Presently, a lot of hype surrounds the entrepreneurial ecosystem of Pakistan. We keep hearing news of more incubators opening up or more investment deals closing. However, as an active player in this industry for last 4-5 years, Social Innovation Lab (SIL) felt that this...

Press junkets. Premiers. Dom Perignon. They're all in a day's work for your average Hollywood celebrity. But, what's it like on the otherside of the microphone? In this no-holds-barred memoir, showbiz reporter Holly Forest reveals the less glamorous side of the world's most glamorous...

Prior to the real-estate boom of the 1980s, Francis J. Greenburger risked it all to buy three older loft buildings at 50 West Street near the current 9/11 Memorial. He ultimately dreamed of one day erecting a magnificent skyscraper in their place. But disaster...

The completely updated, final edition of the global bestseller - one of the most influential books of the 21st century'Few books can be said to have changed the world, but and Nudge and did. The Final Edition is marvellous: funny, useful, and wise' Daniel...

Problem management is the one IT service management process that tends to return more benefits more quickly than any of the others. Based on the author's extensive experience and backed up by suggestions and ideas from other practitioners, this book offers practical, real-world guidance...

Productivity meets purpose--discover a powerful nine-step method to start finishing the work that matters most. How much of your time and attention gets focused on what truly matters to you? Most people's honest answer is: not enough. For anyone who feels buried by busywork,...

Professional communication has become more complex than ever as, with the rise of remote working and the increasing prominence of social media, we frequently find ourselves muted - when we can't find the opportunities to speak up or our ideas aren't getting the credit...

Professor of philosophy and a public intellectual for the internet age, Callard shows how Socrates can inform the way we live our lives - from romance to politics'and Guardian, Books to Look Forward to in 2025A new and vibrant understanding of Socrates, his work,...

Profit from the Peak contains the information you need to successfully navigate the end of our oil-based economy. It takes a hard look at the future of oil and gas, examines how you can effectively invest in these resources, and profit from energy alternatives...

Provides a daily handbook that addresses a broad range of business operations for troubled companies faced with the task of "reinventing" themselves to avoid extinction. 20,000 first printing.

Public House andamp; Beverage Management' introduces students to:* Key players* Variations in service offer* Types of management arrangement (managed, leased, tenanted, franchise, freehouse)* Customers and segments* Labour markets and employees* Key elements in the business units* Retailing skills.The combined experiences of the authors are...

Published to mark the 30th anniversary of the financial revolution known as 'Big Bang', Crash Bang Wallop will tell the gripping story of how the changes introduced in the 1980s in the City of London transformed our world.Perhaps more than anything, Big Bang revolutionised...

Put your life in order once and for all with this transformative and personalized tidying companion from Marie Kondo, the #1and New York Timesand bestselling author ofand The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Upand and star of the Netflix seriesand Tidying Up with Marie Kondoand...

Quick Bites is a collection of middles, published in major newspapers and magazines.What is it that makes the middle stand apart? The middle is short, hardly ever more than 600 to 800 words. It draws strength from humour that skips and romps with the...

Racial divisions play out as starkly in the workplace as they do in wider society. What can YOU do to eradicate the bias and create a more diverse, inclusive and equitable environment?"A one-stop resource for anyone wanting to understand the causes and manifestations of...

Radio 4's Book of the WeekA Financial Times Book of the YearShortlisted for the 2020 Financial Times / McKinsey Business Book of the YearLonglisted for the National Book Award'The story of the original data science hucksters of the 1960s is hilarious, scathing and sobering...

Raghuram Rajan, author of the 2010 FT andamp; Goldman-Sachs Book of the Yearand Fault Lines, has an unparalleled vantage point onto the social and economic consequences of globalization and their ultimate effect on politics and society.and Inand The Third Pillarand he offers up a...

Rainmakers are the people who bring money into their organisations and this book is packed with hints and tips to pursue prospective customers and keep them.

Rapid advances in modern technology present companies with quickly expanding marketing opportunities, but they also create an over-saturated business landscape that both helps and hurts brands. In this thorough investigation of brand strength in today's business world, Nigel Hollis draws on his experience at...

Ray Dalio, the legendary investor and international bestselling author ofand Principlesand -and whose books have sold more than five million copies worldwide -and shares his unique template for how debt crises work and principles for dealing with them well. This template allowed his firm,...

Read James Wesley, Rawles's posts on the Penguin Blog In the vein of Sam Sheridan's "The Disaster Diaries," a comprehensive guide to preparing for the apocalypse! With the recent economic crisis, formerly unimaginable scenarios have become terrifyingly real possibilities- learn how to prepare for...

The marketing genius behind Nike . . . Greg Hoffman has inspired me tremendously' Steven Bartlett, author ofand Happy Sexy MillionaireHow did Nike go from being a small sneaker brand to the world's most revered company?Why do its campaigns - from 'Just do it'...

Reads like a thriller... These stories are amazing.'-Michael Lewis, #1and New York Timesand bestselling author ofand The Big Short'A master-class in the tactics and countertactics of financial cyberwarfare, laid out in a tense, exciting technothriller.'-Cory Doctorow, author ofand Little Brother'An absorbing narrative than unfolds...

Really made me think about how I think' - Mohsin Hamid, author ofand Exit WestTough times don't last. Tough people do.Inand The Black Swan,and Taleb showed us that highly improbable and unpredictable events underlie almost everything about our world. Here Taleb stands uncer­tainty on...