Employment 'Miracles': A Critical Comparison of the Dutch, Scandinavian, Swiss, Australian and Irish Cases versus Germany and the US (Changing Welfare States)

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Why did some economies experience a boom in the 1990s? Discussing this crucial question, Employment 'Miracles' comparatively analyzes select "miracle" economies. The contributors critically analyze how the small sizes and institutional structures of seven countries—including the Netherlands, Denmark, and Ireland—accounted for their success and their status as economic models. Comparisons to the American and German markets reveal how differing policies—liberal versus corporatist/social democratic—determine job growth and levels of income inequality and poverty. The book also stresses the relevance of fortuitous circumstances such as the housing-price bubble. Employment 'Miracles' is an important resource for political scientists and economists in their study of national economies.

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Between 30% and 400f a businesss net assets may be represented by debtors yet few businesses obtain credit reports on their customers and many companies have inadequate systems for the management of debt. In Successful Credit Control Martin Posner outlines a framework of key checkpoints through which the creditworthiness of customers - both in the domestic and overseas markets - can be evaluated quickly and efficiently. He explains in clear practical terms how to minimise risk from bad debtors while maximising sales and improving customer care. Successful Credit Control discusses how to: review cash flow, implement an effective credit control and collection strategy, train staff in debt management, make effective use of information technology and improve your companys financial stability. New interviews with leading credit managers show how to improve profitability and still retain customers. Other specialists in the debt recovery field illustrate how to collect a debt without winding-up a company.

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Introduces business and technical managers to the exciting new frontier in database technology
Web sites gather a lot of detailed information about customers. Unfortunately, most companies lack the means to use that information to improve their marketing and customer support functions. Considered by most experts to be the new frontier in the database and data warehousing fields, Web mining solves that problem. Coauthored by two bestselling data mining authors, Mining the Web explains, for corporate decision makers, IT managers, and database marketers, how data mining principles and techniques can be applied to various types of Web sites. More importantly, they describe techniques for using the resulting goldmine of business data to develop more effective advertising campaigns and better customer service.

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Mining the Web.......2003-01-18

I found this book to be most helpful and thorough, I was immediately inspired to practice these useful tips and easy to intuit instructions.

I continue to use it for reference as a resource manual. I highly encourage anyone just getting interested in the concept of data mining, anyone in sales, marketing, public relations, and analytics to start with this book first. After reading this book you will have a strong foundation into data mining applications and a vivid sense of direction on how to make it work for you personally!!!!

Cutting Through the Hype.......2002-03-07

We're just starting to look at mining the clickstream, and this is the first book I've found that cuts through the hype and really comes clean on what works and doesn't work. Good, solid techincal information, but better is their coverage of business issues. I love all of the detailed cases. Great job!

Another winner from a great team.......2002-03-07

I own Berry and Linoff's first two books on data mining (Data Mining Techniques and Mastering Data Mining); they're the best, and this book lives up to their standards. All three are great for not just teaching the technical stuff, but how and when to apply it to solve problems I really face at my company.

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A practical and detailed survey of opportunities in the UK market. A general review of start-up possibilities, including statistical surveys of nearly 100 industry sectors, is followed by profiles of about 30 industries.

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A Must for Speakers

50 High-Impact Speeches and Remarks: Proven Words You Can Adapt for Any Business Occasion
John Kador
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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How to Write and Give a Speech, Second Revised Edition: A Practical Guide For Executives, PR People, the Military, Fund-Raisers, Politicians, Educators, and Anyone Who Has to Make Every Word Count

Can You Say a Few Words?: How to Prepare and Deliver Award Presentations, Dedications, Eulogies and Prayers, Introductions, Retirements and Farewells, ... Birthday, Anniversary Toasts, and More.

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Think on Your Feet: The Art of Thinking and Speaking Under Pressure (Spectrum Book)

ASIN: 0071421947

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A leader's sourcebook of ready-to-use speeches for any occasion

Effective leaders must be able to speak to groups of employees in ways that motivate, inspire, and challenge. 50 High-Impact Speeches and Remarks is a sourcebook of proven speeches successful business leaders have used to rally their troops at a sales conference, carefully announce a major change or restructuring, or celebrate an important achievement.

Each speech has been edited to make it easy to adapt and customize to suit any organization.

Leaders will find the powerful, inspiring, and diplomatic words they need to:

Challenge people to do their best work
Congratulate the workforce after a successful quarter or year
Announce a round of layoffs
Inspire the organization with a new direction or strategy
Ask employees to cut costs
Deliver congratulations for a retirement

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A Must for Speakers.......2004-06-21

Public speaking has never been more important. The ability to deliver a well written speech is one of the most effective measures of a leaders' ability. The ability to motivate, spire, console, rebut and address the eventualities of everyday life in a forthright and honest manner will mold their futures.

This speech collection offers unusual insight into the speechwriter's art. No speaker who aspires to greatness should be without it.

Using 50 speeches as a model, the reader is provided proven presentations. By providing a running rhetorical commentary on the techniques of the speech, John Kador, a professional speechwriter, illustrates the art and science of effective speechwriting. Adapt the models to your style, but follow the rules. This book contains the wisdom and experience of more than 25 professional speechwriters

I have the good fortune to have a speech I wrote included. While it is tempting to criticize the commentary on my edited text, it is pointless. The lessons are invaluable to the reader.

To paraphrase the showman P. T. Barnum speaking to reporters, "write what you will, just spell my name correctly."

Being included in this collection is an honor.

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50 High-Impact Speeches and Remarks: Proven Words You Can Adapt for Any Business Occasion
John Kador
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OG1XEW

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Examines the major issues affecting an interrelated network of sports management careers.

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As baby boomers have begun approaching their peak earning years, interest in financial planning has exploded. At the same time, a large percentage of Christians are experiencing unnecessary financial problems due to a lack of knowledge on how to properly handle money. Achieving Your Financial Potential demonstrates clearly how to gain control of finances through practical step-by-step instructions that are rooted in the Scriptures.

Though the Bible doesn't give advice on what the best mutual fund is or how to play the stock market, Kays shows how it does contain the principles that can lead to financial independence, if properly applied. Highlighting passages from the Old and New Testaments, together with graphs, easy-to-use worksheets, case studies involving real people, and helpful summaries of key points, Kays explains how to set goals, make budgets, pay off debts, reduce expenses, invest systematically, analyze insurance needs, plan for education, and minimize estate taxes.

Written for busy people who do not have time to read several books in order to acquire the financial information they need, Achieving Your Financial Potential is a book readers will find immediately valuable--and one they will wonder how they ever did without.

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Great Book.......2005-06-23

This book helped me so much with my fiances. Mr. Kays thank you for taking the time to put on paper the guidelines for me to follow!

A book for those seeking sound financial advice.......1999-02-13

As a practicing Certified Financial Planner, I find that what most people are desperately seeking is sound and objective financial advice. This book accomplishes that goal by solidly grounding the financial planning process in the timeless principles found in scripture.

Go Big...or Stay Home! Exploding Your Sales Potential and Achieving Your Financial Dreams

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Donna L. Cohen GO BIG or Stay Home! Buy it at relateselling.com

Go Big...or Stay Home! Exploding Your Sales Potential and Achieving Your Financial Dreams
Donna L. Cohen
Manufacturer: Performance Insights, LLC
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0976641909

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Revolutionary B2B sales book for learning how to: 1. Ask the right questions to keep high-level executives interested 2. Sell only to those that qualify 3. Create a competitive selling advantage 4. Increase your close ratio This internationally praised sales strategy will refine your selling and stack the odds in your favor.

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Donna L. Cohen GO BIG or Stay Home! Buy it at relateselling.com.......2005-10-19

Donna Cohen has made all the mistakes in sales so that you don't have to...This is the Ultimate HOW TO book highly recommended for B2B (Business to Business) sales...Donna discusses the ways to use your high tech tools to learn about your prospects and their business so that you can develop an approach and a questioning process that instantly connects you with them (Chapter Six - "It's About THEM, not us!).

Donna will hold the mirror for you while you take a look at your attitude about your prospects, the sales profession and yourself!

Buy this book if you want the real questions to ask in real world selling situations...You follow the selling system presented step by step in this book and you will make more sales. Period.

Buy this book at amazon.com or at relateselling.com

Achieving Your Financial Potential: A Guide to Applying Bibical Principles to Financial Success

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Achieving Your Financial Potential: A Guide to Applying Bibical Principles to Financial Success
Scott Kays
Manufacturer: Galilee Trade
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Financial Planning | Personal Finance | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

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ASIN: 0385493460
Release Date: 2000-05-16

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Achieving Your Financial Potential demonstrates clearly how to gain control of finances through practical step-by-step instructions that are rooted in the Scriptures.

Though the Bible doesn't give advice on what the best mutual fund is, or how to play the stock market, Kays shows how it does contain the principles that, if properly applied, can lead to financial independence.

Highlighting passages from the Old and New Testaments, and presenting them together with graphs, easy-to-use worksheets, case studies involving real people, and helpful summaries of key points, Kays explains how to set goals, make budgets, pay off debts, reduce expenses, invest systematically, analyze insurance needs, plan for education, and minimize estate taxes.

Written for busy people who do not have time to read several books to acquire the financial information they need, Achieving Your Financial Potential is a book readers will find immediately valuable, and one they will wonder how they ever did without.

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Praise for the Seamless Enterprise "The Seamless Enterprise captures the rich insights in advanced tools and methods being used to achieve breakthrough performance by effective teamwork across functions." —Ray Stata, Chairman and CEO, Analog Devices "The Seamless Enterprise is by far the best resource we have found to date in helping us understand how to become a more efficient and effective "Horizontal Organization." Dan's unique insights and experiences with the Japanese approach to cross-functional management has been invaluable in our organization redesign efforts." —Keith Lawrence, Associate Director-Global Product Supply The Procter & Gamble Company Aspects of cross-functional management are already at work in most organizations. However, few companies are fully leveraging the true power of cross-functional teams to create dramatically improved, bottom-line results. The Seamless Enterprise is a step-by-step guide to creating teams that truly "cross functions" and are focused on improving results. Dimancescu shows managers how to build the groundwork for cross-functional management and describes a proven, six-step implementation plan. In addition, The Seamless Enterprise reveals important insights from early pioneers in the field of cross-functional management. These companies include Hewlett-Packard, AT&T, Ford and Boeing.

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Excellent Competitive Intelligence Insights

Competitive Intelligence: A Framework for Web-based Analysis and Decision Making
Conor Vibert
Manufacturer: South-Western Educational Pub
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 032420325X

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Managers constantly face uncertainty as they attempt to make decisions in a complex and competitive environment. In Competitive Intelligence: A Framework for Web-Based Analysis and Decision Making, Conor Vibert gives the research professional a complete and reliable framework for collecting and analyzing information that will give managers confidence in any situation. Competitive Intelligence uniquely introduces the study of organizational theory and strategy into the competitive intelligence process to improve the effectiveness of competitive intelligence programs. Using Vibert's research missions, Internet search and analysis tools, and the analytical framework, researchers will have all they need to run an effective knowledge management program in an organization.

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Excellent Competitive Intelligence Insights.......2005-11-16

The bad news is that many imaginative competitive intelligence techniques - those worthy of the movies and TV - are illegal or unethical. The good news is that you don't need to violate laws or ethics to gather proprietary, sensitive information about your competitors. This book offers a somewhat scholarly but decidedly useful set of tips, tools and techniques. These resources belong in the arsenal of any competitive intelligence officer, or any businessperson - from a marketing researcher to a salesperson - who is interested in using the Web to learn what the competition could be doing. At a minimum, We highly recommend reading this to learn about all you can easily, legally discover on the Web. It may open your eyes to the value of information and the need to protect your data. Of course, the Web changes quickly and some of the specific listings about search engines and techniques may be out of date already - but the general thrust of competitive intelligence is unlikely to change.

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In this work Beth Simmons presents a fresh view of why governments decided to abide by or defect from the gold standard during the 1920s and 1930s. Previous studies of the spread of the Great Depression have emphasized "tit-for-tat" currency and tariff manipulation and a subsequent cycle of destructive competition. Simmons, on the other hand, analyzes the influence of domestic politics on national responses to the international economy. In so doing, she powerfully confirms that different political regimes choose different economic adjustment strategies.

Who Adjusts? Domestic Sources of Foreign Economic Policy During the Interwar Years. (book reviews): An article from: Journal of International Affairs

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Who Adjusts? Domestic Sources of Foreign Economic Policy During the Interwar Years. (book reviews): An article from: Journal of International Affairs
Karl-Orfeo Fioretos
Manufacturer: Columbia University School of International Public Affairs
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

General | Politics | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books

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This digital document is an article from Journal of International Affairs, published by Columbia University School of International Public Affairs on June 22, 1994. The length of the article is 2642 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.

Citation Details
Title: Who Adjusts? Domestic Sources of Foreign Economic Policy During the Interwar Years. (book reviews)
Author: Karl-Orfeo Fioretos
Publication: Journal of International Affairs (Refereed)
Date: June 22, 1994
Publisher: Columbia University School of International Public Affairs
Volume: 48 Issue: n1 Page: 301-308

Article Type: Book Review

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WHO ADJUSTS?: DOMESTIC SOURCES OF FOREIGN ECONOMIC POLICY DURING THE INTERWAR YEARS

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WHO ADJUSTS?: DOMESTIC SOURCES OF FOREIGN ECONOMIC POLICY DURING THE INTERWAR YEARS
Beth A. Simmons
Manufacturer: Princeton University Press Princeton, NJ
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Binding: Hardcover
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Nizhniy Novgorod Oblast Investment & Business Guide (Russian Regional Investment & Business Guides)
USA International Business Publications
Manufacturer: International Business Publications, USA
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Library Binding
ASIN: 0739729993

Book Description

This investment and business guide contains basic information on economy, business & investment climate and opportunities in the region, as well as information on selected export-import, business and investment opportunities, including, export-import, industrial development, banking & finance, government and business contacts. The guide also provides listing and contact information for major industrial, trade, service and other companies in the region, as well as information on selected export-import, business and investment opportunities.

Nizhniy Novgorod Oblast Regional Investment and Business Guide (World Business Information Library)

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Novgorod Oblast Investment & Business Guide (Russian Regional Investment & Business Guides)

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USA International Business Publications
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Binding: Library Binding
ASIN: 0739730010

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Novgorod Oblast Regional Investment and Business Guide (Us Government Agencies Business Library)

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