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This is the second volume in the series 'Economic History of Twentieth-Century Latin America'. This book confronts the puzzle of Latin America's rapid recovery from the collapse in world markets and capital flows in the late 1920s. It documents the impact of crisis on the changing role of the state and on institutional development.
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In this groundbreaking book, Elizabeth Perle McKenna challenges the outdated system of work for professional women, and encourages readers to re-examine work as their sole identities, and, if they are unhappy, to allow room for their Lives. For every worn-out, emotionally depleted female professional who has ever sighed, "there has got to be a better way," here is the revolutionary book by Elizabeth Perle McKenna--herself a former publishing executive--that explores women's relationship with work. For decades, women have succeeded at traditional male jobs, but now, deep in the second stage of the feminist movement, they want lives that are integrated and whole. Based on original research and containing hundreds of interviews with prominent working women, this book exposes the inherent conflict between the way work traditionally is structured and rewarded, and what women desire and value in their lives. More important, it suggests new ways for women to identify their values, reclaim their identities, and define success on their own terms. Most importantly, this is not just another book about working mothers. Liz Perle McKenna deconstructs the myth that women can have it all, and shows that they risk true happiness until they give up that impossible ideal. The author's focus extends to every working woman who will most likely face a life-altering situation at some point in her career and will need to redefine what success means to her. Any woman who has been working for more than a few years will identify strongly with the issues raised here, and will be rewarded by the insights she gleans from this vital book.
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And then...?.......2006-02-17
Great. So, you do as Ms. Perle McKenna did and leave the rat race. Her story ends there. Or does it? In her next book, her husband leaves her and she actually has to make a living for herself... a real living, not the "second income" that a wife of a wealthy man can afford to bring in.
This is an interesting book which I enjoyed, but I have to say that it seems like many of the ideas found in here apply to only a lucky few...
Useful insights but it takes some time to get there.......2005-08-07
While I think the book does a good job of describing how some women feel in the workplace, I felt it took a little long to get to what to do about it. Success, power and money are the rules of the current workplace whether it's women or men working in it. Ms. Mckenna in the last chapter gets to what really needs to be done - we all need to decide for ourselves what success is and have the courage to go for it, no matter what society or our parents told us.
For those of us who feel like "square pegs in round holes".......2001-11-04
Brillant, could not put it down. It solidified all the feelings I had been having about work and a career and wondering which direction I should go (which was not in the same direction as everyone one else!), and made me feel normal again with a great view to my future work.
Life Changing.......2000-12-16
I knew something was wrong - for years I "played the game" in Corporate America, but it was no longer enough. I read McKenna's book one Friday night...there it was in black & white...the validation of all I was feeling. That weekend I mourned the loss of a life that had become all-consuming, and began the journey to build a better life. It took 4 months and much soul searching, but I resigned from my high powered, Fortune 500 company position, and am now well on my way to the life I always dreamed about. I've sent copies of the book to all my stressed-out, "there must be a better way" girlfriends in Corporate America. It's a must read if you've ever wondered "at what price, success?"
This Book Doesn't Really Work Either.......2000-07-07
As I read this book, it occurred to me that Ms. McKenna seems only to be talking to women like herself who apparently come from upper class, successful families, and who have had great educations and connections to hit the ground running with promising, fast-track jobs. Had she been an immigrant, or someone from a less privileged background, she may have been a little less whiney. I was annoyed with paragraph after paragrph of "we" grew up believing this, and "we" went to school and learned that, and "we" entered the work force and accomplished this. I'm about the same age as McKenna and female, and that sure wasn't my experience. After working my way through college in a paper mill, I finally got a job-- slinging hash! So when I finally landed a job in New York City and started my own meteoric rise, I was probably a little more mercenary. I was in it for the money. PERIOD. I had no illusions about getting satisfaction for my soul with (hello?) corporate life! McKenna just seems naive to me. A poor little rich girl.
At the risk of sounding like a 60s radical, doesn't she know that corporations --and our capitalistic society-- is based on the exploitation of people and other organizations? Of course you're unhappy at the end of the day! My advice: Make as much money as you can, then get out before they steal your soul!
Finally, and one of my biggest issues with this book, is-- Why does she target this book & her ideas toward women? Men can feel the same dissatisfaction that the author does, and would probably like to chuck it all as much as she does. They just don't whine about it as much as McKenna. She does the battle for equality of the sexes a disservice by defining this as a "women's problem" and by moaning that corporate life is only for men with wives who will keep the home fires burning.
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When work doesn't work anymore: women, work and identity
Elizabeth Perle McKenna
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Negocios En Red
Roberto Vivo
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Cómo ganar dinero en Internet: guía para hacer negocios en la red, incluye las direcciones de los sitios en la web más útiles
Jason Kelly
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Guía para hacer negocios en la red. Incluye las direcciones de los sitios web mas útiles.
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Title: Administre negocios en línea: Creswin es una compañía con 14 años de experiencia en el mercado de los ERP con un software que funciona en red, de fácil manejo y accesible a las medianas empresas; su comercialización es sólo a través de distribuidores.
Author: Verónica Hernández Cedillo
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E Semanal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 6, 2004
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Volume: 23
Issue: 619
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This digital document is an article from Entrepreneur (México), published by Entrepreneur Media, Inc. on October 1, 2004. The length of the article is 999 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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Title: Capacitación, pilar de la competitividad: hacia la consolidación de una red de centros de desarrollo empresarial en toda la República.
Author: Alejandro González
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Date: October 1, 2004
Publisher: Entrepreneur Media, Inc.
Volume: 12
Issue: 10
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This digital document is an article from Epoca, published by Difusora de Informacion Periodica, S.A. (DINPESA) on June 28, 2002. The length of the article is 753 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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Title: Conocerse en la red: la capacidad documental de Internet ha reducido las diferencias de grandes y pequeñas empresas en este campo.(TT: To be known on the web: the documental capacity of the Internet has reduced the differences of big and small companies in this area.)(Artículo Breve)
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Epoca (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 28, 2002
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Title: Contra recesión, diversificación.(Tyco International, compañía Americana, se expande para evitar caer en deuda)(TT: Against recession, diversification.)(TA: Tyco International, American company, expands to avoid falling into the red)
Author: Susana Criado
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This digital document is an article from E Semanal, published by Thomson Gale on November 13, 2006. The length of the article is 535 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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Title: El impacto de la red.
Author: Alejandro Torres
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Date: November 13, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 30
Issue: 725
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This digital document is an article from E Semanal, published by Thomson Gale on November 7, 2005. The length of the article is 1065 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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Title: El negocio que dej
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Title: El Silicon Valley de Camps: el Gobierno de Camps ha impulsado una red de parques científicos que conecte las universidades con el sector empresarial. Para ello, el Ejecutivo valenciano va a crear 20 millones de metros cuadrados de suelo industrial.(Valencia)
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Date: February 25, 2005
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This digital document is an article from E Semanal, published by Servicios Editoriales Sayrols S.A. de C.V. on September 24, 2001. The length of the article is 1160 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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Title: Haga de la Red su negocio.(TT: Make the network your business.)(Artículo Breve)(Entrevista)
Author: Luis García Martínez
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Date: September 24, 2001
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Guia Del Tesorero: Para Empresas Privadas
Pedro Arenas Marrufo
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Meetings in an Hour or Less--
Steve Kaye
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Carol Carter, a publishing-industry executive and the author of a half-dozen employment guides, believes college students who truly want to succeed after graduation must actually start preparing as soon as they begin their post-high school education. In Majoring in the Rest of Your Life, she presents a series of suggestions designed to help these students move from their often unfocused freshman years to landing the job of their dreams. Chapters deal with defining interests and goals, balancing academic and personal lives, aiming for useful extracurricular activities and part-time jobs, networking, traveling, and, eventually, sending out résumés and going on interviews. Carter certainly defines the linkage between school world and real world in a way that makes the connection click, and then provides the tools (including six appendices containing more than 50 pages of additional information and resources) that just might make it stick. --Howard Rothman
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Majoring in the Rest of Your Life is a practical strategy to get you from your first semester of freshman year to your first job. The classroom is not the only place to learn in college, and Majoring in the Rest of Your Life shows you how to make the most of your opportunities to discover what you enjoy doing, get practical experience, and meet people. Carol Carter draws from her own success story as she expertly guides students through the steps to a rewarding college experience and career.
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No better guide for the directionless college student.......1999-08-08
Teachers, do you have a student who just doesn't know what direction to take in life? Do they remind you of a boat adrift without a rudder? Carol Carter has written an excellent book aimed at that student. Majoring in the Rest of Your Life; Career Secrets for College Students, is outstanding in filling the need of providing a good overall sense of direction for the drifting college student.
Many of us have been there, or know others who have been there: entering college with no clue what to major in. Or picture this scenario: a recent college graduate who has no idea where he or she will get their first job. This book seeks to deal with the situation in which those students find themselves.
Carol Carter is Vice President and Publisher of Student Success and Career Development at Prentice Hall. She is particularly suited to writing this book, with unique personal qualifications based on her own experience and her work at Prentice Hall.
The book walks through interest and ability inventories to help students discern strengths and weaknesses. Tips on obtaining first jobs, networking, and handling rejection are interwoven with advice on internships, time management, and resumes.
Succinctly, we can't think of a better book for high school seniors and college students.
Great Book!.......1999-07-29
This is one of my all time favorite career/college planning books. Along with MAJOR IN SUCCESS it is informative, while also interesting reading. The author makes the student want to continue on with the book, and the "learning" process is almost effortless. An excellent resource for all underclass college students and college-bound high school seniors. Mary Becelia, Mary Washington College Office of Career Services, Fredericksburg VA
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Profit from the Evening News
Marie Bussing-Burks
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ASIN: 157071844X |
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The smart, easy way to make sense of the economy.
Profit from the Evening News will have you making smarter money decisions just by paying attention to nine leading economic indicators you hear about on the evening news and read about in the daily newspaper. Using these nine indicators, find out if this is a good time to look for a new job, buy a new computer or major appliance, move into a new house, buy or lease a car or change your investment strategy.
Written by an M.B.A. and economist who teaches economics at the college level, Profit from the Evening News presents a new approach to being smart with your money.
Profit from the Evening News shows the reader how everybody's personal pocketbook fits into the bigger picture of the country's economic upswings and downswings.
This book will show you:
--What the economic indicators mean and where you can track them
--Which indicators signal change in the overall economy
--Which indicators are the most meaningful to you
--How to make good financial decisions based on economic activity
--How paying attention to the economic indicators can enhance your personal finances--no matter what the economy is doing.
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Cawston, George and A.H. Keane. The Early Chartered Companies (A.D. 1296-1858). London: Edward Arnold, 1896. Frontispiece. xi, 329 pp. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 2001041393. ISBN 1-58477-196-8. Cloth. $75. A study of the inner workings of early chartered companies, especially in their direct connection to the rise and expansion of British commercial and political power between 1296 and 1858. Describes regulated and joint stock companies and such ventures as the Hanseatic League, The Russia Company, The Eastland Company, The Turkey (Levant) Company, the Hudson Bay and East India Companies and other British ventures in India, Africa, the Caribbean and North America. With a thorough index and an appendix containing examples of early charters.
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- An Introduction to Positive Economics
- Andean Entrepreneurs: Otavalo Merchants and Musicians in the Global Arena (Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture)
- Applied Operations Research / Systems Analysis in Hierarchical Decision-Making. Volume I: Systems Approach to Public and Private Sector Problems. Volume II: Operations Research Approach to Problem Formulation and Solution.
- Beyond Marx and the Market: Outcomes of a Century of Economic Experimentation
- Beyond Solidarity: Pragmatism and Difference in a Globalized World
- Business Opportunities in Myanmar
- Capacity for Development: New Solutions to Old Problems
- China's Entry to the World Trade Organization: Strategic Issues and Quantitative Assessments
- China's Global Reach: Markets, Multinationals, and Globalization (Revised and Updated Edition)
- Comparative Economic Systems Models and Cases
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