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Models in political economy: A guide to the arguments
Michael Barratt Brown Manufacturer: L. Rienner Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0006EI4TE |
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Labour Slant.......2001-06-17
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Savage Money: The Anthropology and Politics of Commodity Exchange (STUDIES IN ANTHROPOLOGY AND HISTORY)
GREGORY Manufacturer: Harwood Academic ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 9057020920 |
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The mark of a civilized economy is national money; the English pound, the Australian dollar, the Indian rupee. The mark of a savage economy is untamed money in the form of cowrie shells, silver, gold and so on. The power of the state is crucially dependent on its ability to domesticate savage money and to reproduce its control over it. This is a constant struggle and especially so for an imperial state with ambitions of international statehood. br The English pound conquered cowries and silver at the end of the last century, and the American dollar almost succeeded in domesticating gold, the last vestige of savage money. However, a new era of savage money is dawning in the twilight of the American empire. 'Money' has an equivocation rather than a definition. Naming it does not nail it. It is a chameleon-like symbol which is forever changing as mercantile relations between people vary over time and place. br This volume is not simply another general theory of world system. It is a theoreticall
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Amazon.com for Dummies
Mara Friedman Manufacturer: For Dummies ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0764558404 |
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Now, let the record show that Amazon.com is not, in fact, for dummies. It's good to see that Amazon.com for Dummies has finally arrived on our virtual shelves. This book will introduce even experienced Amazon.com customers to some of the less obvious features of the online emporium, such as corporate accounts, travel services, and the super-fun Friends & Favorites area. Read and learn from Mara Friedman how Amazon.com can provide you with information and (through zShops and the Associates program) make you money.Friedman briefly covers Amazon's collection of Web Services, which are utilities available to programmers who want to embed Amazon.com functionality (like book searches and popularity monitoring) in their own applications. What's here is clear and stylish (and sometimes funny), and will certainly make you aware of features you don't know about yet. Amazon.com is unusual as a business in that it rewards exploration and study. This book acts as your guide through the electronic aisles. --David Wall
Topics covered: How to locate and buy the things you want. How to advertise and sell the things you have. How to meet people and have fun on Amazon.com.
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If you’ve surfed the Web more than once, you’ve probably visited Amazon.com. Originally you may have gone there searching for books, but Amazon.com is so much more than a bookstore. The author of Amazon.com For Dummies®, who has been involved with the site from its beginnings, describes it as a shopping mall/home improvement store/bazaar/travel agency/newsstand/car lot, but most importantly, a community of buyers and sellers—people like you.Countless opportunities exist for those who join this community, and Amazon.com For Dummies® gives you a smorgasbord sampling of what they are and how to take advantage of every one. For example, you can
Written by Mara Friedman, who has held several positions with Amazon.com including marketing communications manager, Amazon.com For Dummies® takes you from your first venture into the Amazon all the way to making money from your Amazon.com experience. Discover how to
Whether you’re a complete novice who’d like a guide to help you with your first online purchases, or a longtime Amazon.com shopper who wants to become an online entrepreneur, Amazon.com For Dummies® has what you need. Use it today to get started, and tomorrow to help you manage your own successful online business.
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There are many boutiques in the online shopping world, so many that it can drive a shopper crazy trying to find the right item at the best price online. Amazon.com, however, has become the one-stop super center where a shopper can find all the brands and items they want without resorting to tedious searching. Amazon.com For Dummies serves as a store map and personal shopping assistant to help serious shoppers quickly find the best deals available.In the pages of Amazon.com For Dummies, you’ll discover how to:
That list just covers the bare basics that both Amazon.com and Amazon.com For Dummies have to offer . Author Mara Friedman also shows you how to be a good Amazon.com community member. She covers how to get customized recommendations, give and receive gifts, and leave your opinion for others. The book also addresses entrepreneurs who want to use Amazon.com as a means to sell their own goods. Mara walks these readers through the steps of opening a ZShop, setting up an auction, or being an Amazon.com affiliate Web site.
Amazon.com For Dummies is the first book that covers all the features of Amazon for the novice online shopper. Packed with 384 pages of simple, easy-to-use information, Amazon.com For Dummies is the roadmap you need to simplify your online shopping experience.
About the Author
Mara Friedman (Seattle, WA) is a former marketing manager with Amazon.com who witnessed the amazing growth of the online marketing giant from the inside. She’s since left the company and founded her own communications firm, Smartypants Communications.
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Ready Reference.......2007-04-10
Obviously a must for all amazon reviewers, commenters and posters (or posers).......2007-03-22
Books information is very relavant ........2007-01-03
"Stuck" on Post-Its.......2006-03-03
problems with navigating amazon.com?.......2005-11-19
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The Chicago Entrepreneur's Sourcebook: Your Complete Guide to Starting Smart, Finding Resources for Growth & Creating Your Survival Network
Melissa Giovagnoli , and Joan Marie Moss Manufacturer: Dearborn Trade Pub ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0793104793 |
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The Entrepreneur's Complete Sourcebook
Alexander Watson Hiam , and Karen Olander Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0135914213 |
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100 Business Letters and Memos (No Nonsense Reference Guide)
Steven Frank Manufacturer: Longmeadow Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0681417943 |
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Letters That Work: 100 Successful Business Letters for Difficult Situations
Nancy L. Nolan Manufacturer: Magnificent Milestones, Inc. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B000EZ8OG8 |
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Corporate success in the 21st century requires writing skills that are impossible to master in college. Top executives must solve problems and make crucial decisions without hesitation..... and document their actions in an effective business memo or letter. Although many books cover basic letter-writing techniques, few present the REAL memos a typical manager must write to solve problems, motivate employees, document legal issues and protect the writer's reputation in an increasingly litigious society. This publication contains 100 actual business letters that handle issues such as deaths, downsizing and thorny legal dilemmas. It also presents effective letters that were used to hire, fire, warn, demote and manage difficult and uncooperative employees. These valuable examples will show you viable ways to document your own business problems in an efficient and articulate manner. In our highly competitive workplace, an executive's "paper trail" can make the difference between professional success or failure. To survive in the corporate jungle, this publication is mandatory reading.
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Office and Business Memos: 100 Ready-To-Use Models
Mary Healey Manufacturer: Caddylak Systems ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0872801454 |
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The Everything Alternative Careers Book: Leave the Office Behind and Embark on a New Adventure (Everything: School and Careers)
James Mannion Manufacturer: Adams Media Corporation ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1593370385 |
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As the economy continues to falter and the job market tightens, people are starting to think "outside the box" regarding their career choices. Of course, some were never "in the box" in the first place. The Everything® Alternative Careers Book is the one career guide that speaks to the adventurer in everyone.From careers readers have heard of, such as being an artist or actress, to the wild and wacky, such as a circus trapeze artist or body double, The Everything® Alternative Careers Book gives readers all of the information they need to leave the office behind. This unique career book also helps readers understandand plan forthe realities of some alternative careers, such as inoculations prior to international travel, health insurance, and financial planning.
The Everything® Alternative Careers Book features information on a wide range of creative careers, including:
·Actor
·Dog walker
·Ski instructor
·Model
·eBay
·Greenpeace
Whether readers are looking for a year away from the office or a lifetime, The Everything® Alternative Careers Book will help them findand securethe job they want!
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Fulfills its mandate..........2004-04-16
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Who Shot Goldilocks?: How Alan Greenspan Did in Our Jobs, Savings, and Retirement Plans
William Rutherford Manufacturer: Crown Point Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0975310402 |
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The Goldilocks economy was the longest economic expansion in post war history - not too hot... not too cold... just right! Then, seemingly without reason it came to a crashing halt. Two and a half million working Americans lost their jobs, seven and one-half trillion in savings was destroyed. Businesses closed, hospitals closed. Many people found themselves forced to work beyond retirement. Real incomes declined for years. The lives of Americans were changed forever... Now in its second printing, this compelling book names people and events, to show who shot Goldilocks, and it wasn't the Butler or Colonel Mustard!Customer Reviews:
Who Shot Goldilocks?.......2005-07-14
Porridge is just right.......2004-09-02
A must read for all political and business leaders!.......2004-07-23
Great airplane read for investors!.......2004-07-18
A Thought Provoking Account of Alan Greenspan.......2004-06-21
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The Best Business Stories of the Year, 2002 Edition (Unabridged)
Auletta, Andrew, Ken Leckey Manufacturer: audible.com ProductGroup: Book Binding: Audio Download Similar Items:
ASIN: B000066IHI |
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Series editor Andrew Leckey and guest editor Ken Auletta have scoured the print media, consulted with the editors of major business and general interest publications, and surveyed journalism school deans to find the best business stories from the last twelve months. Among those selected: Michael Lewis on teenage stock trader Jonathan Lebed, from The New York Times Magazine; James B. Stewart on the irrepressible Michael Milken, from The New Yorker; and many others from the pages of The Wall Street Journal, Rolling Stone, Fortune, Rocky Mountain News, and Wired.Customer Reviews:
one story is worth the price.......2003-10-10
A diverse, well-represented collection.......2002-06-07
Terrific (and buy 2001 too).......2002-05-21
A great, entertaining and thought provoking read..........2002-04-27
With stories ranging from the rise, fall and re-rise of fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger to a joyous piece on Ron Popeil of quirky gadget-maker (and those accompanying infomercials) Ronco fame to an amazing tome on emerging "digital paper" technology that has to be read to be fully appreciated, this book covered a myriad of topics that I probably would not have gone out of my way to track down, but having read about them in this book, my appetite to read on has only been whetted.
If you are looking to expand your horizons beyond the two or three topics that currently represent your comfort zone, this book is an easy and enjoyable way to dip your toes in the water.
Strongly recommended.
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Powerful Products: Strategic Management of Successful New Product Development
Roger Bean , and Russell W. Radford Manufacturer: AMACOM ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0814405665 |
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"Faster, cheaper, better." That's been the mantra of business for decades--in just that order--with the "better" part all but obliterated by "faster and cheaper."According to authors Bean and Radford, it's time for manufacturers to put the emphasis on the "better"--because it's better products, not just cheaper ones, that will be the key to success in the coming millennium. Companies that want to shine in the twenty-first century will provide more new, exciting, innovative, and cost-effective products than ever before.
In POWERFUL PRODUCTS, Bean and Radford offer readers a thoroughly researched product development process that guarantees success virtually every time. With this winning formula, readers will learn to: * Develop a workable and specific market segmentation model that is used to target new products * Create a product development strategy that is in alignment with the goals and strategies of the company * Achieve consistent, repeatable product success, and more.
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A blueprint for thoughtful new product devopment.......2002-05-02
Lots of Theory - Short on Practicality.......2000-08-12
To its credit, the book accurately presents most requisite strategic thinking points for successful new products. Moreover, it does so in the order of occurrence in the development of a new product, but that's where the benefits of this book stop.
The linkage between strategic thinking and "real world" applications is weak, confusing or non-existent for the most part. The authors treat with almost equal significance major, minor and relatively insignificant strategic points causing at least confusion if not outright misleading the reader. Moreover, while the book often points out where to apply the strategy, rarely does it make clear how this can be implemented. The book is grossly lacking examples and case studies to clarify points.
Finally, the book is fine for strategic over-thinkers. But, if you want a good, practical information on corporate strategy for new products consider Cooper, Wheelwright or Gruenwald.
as useful as they come.......2000-07-14
Rock Solid.......2000-05-29
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European Economies in Transition: In Search of a New Growth Path
Manufacturer: Palgrave Macmillan ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0312232241 |
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This book focuses on the structural changes in private enterprises and public institutions that aim at lifting the continental productive system onto a higher growth path. Organized along three research lines, the chapters offer new, provocative treatments of the adjustments in monetary and real sectors accompanying the European economic integration, the consequences of specific legal/institutional changes, and national systems of technological and institutional innovation. Given the fundamental changes of policy regimes involved, only a comparative (to some extent, eclectic) conceptual framework may provide insights about the ultimate economic state eventually reached and the manifold of processes leading towards it. The unifying feature of the book lies in its attempt to highlight the complementary roles of private and public sectors in promoting technology, human capital and institutional engineering as the ingredients in any successful recipe for growth and convergence.
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The Path to European Economic and Monetary Union
Scheherazade S. Rehman Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 079239951X |
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The purpose of this book is to provide an analysis of the emerging political and economic dilemmas EC member nations face on the road to Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) since the signing of the Maastricht Treaty. Due to the fast-changing nature of the character, and thus the pace, of European monetary and economic integration, this book addresses the critical economic and political issues that threaten the European integration process during this decade and beyond.
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FEERs and the path to EMU. (fundamental equilibrium exchange rate; European monetary union): An article from: National Institute Economic Review
Ray Barrell , and J.W. in't Veld Manufacturer: National Institute of Economic and Social Research ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B00092I4AM Release Date: 2005-07-28 |
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This digital document is an article from National Institute Economic Review, published by National Institute of Economic and Social Research on August 1, 1991. The length of the article is 5230 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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The Path to European Economic and Monetary Union
Scheherazade S. Rehman Manufacturer: NY ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000MUKEN6 |
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Can Malaysia Transit Into The K-economy?: Dynamic Challenges, Tough Choices & The Next Phase
David Abdulai Manufacturer: Pelanduk Pubns Sdn Bhd ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 9679788814 |
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Lipetsk Oblast Regional Investment & Business Guide (Russian Regional Investment and Business Library)
Igor Oleynik Manufacturer: International Business Publications USA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B00005R7SG Release Date: 2006-01-01 |
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Ultimate investment and business guide for conducting business, export-import and investment operation; economic, industrial, geographic, demographic information.
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Lipetsk Oblast Regional Investment and Business Guide (World Business and Investment Opportunities Library)
Manufacturer: Intl Business Pubns USA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0739790919 |
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