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Why not Parties in Russia?: Democracy, Federalism, and the State
Henry E. Hale Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items: ASIN: 0521844096 |
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Russia poses a major puzzle for theorists of democracy: virtually every classic work takes parties to be inevitable and essential to democracy, but Russia has remained highly nonpartisan more than 15 years since Gorbachev first launched his democratizing reforms. The problem is that theories of democracy lack a ‘control case’, almost always focusing on cases where parties have already developed and almost never examining countries where independent politicians are the norm. This book focuses on Russia as just such a control case. It mobilizes fresh public opinion surveys, interviews with Russian politicians, careful tracking of campaigns, and analysis of national and regional voting patterns to show why Russia stands out. Russia's historically influenced combination of federalism and ‘superpresidentialism’, coupled with a postcommunist redistribution of resources to regional political machines and ‘oligarchic’ financial-industrial groups, produced and sustained powerful ‘party substitutes’ that have squeezed Russia's real parties out of the ‘electoral market’.
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Why not parties in Russia? Democray, Federalism, and the State
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000H62E2Y |
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Communicate or Die: Getting Results Through Speaking and Listening (The Global Leader Series)
Thomas D. Zweifel Manufacturer: Select Books (NY) ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1590790529 |
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Communication is so easy that even babies know how to communicate and get what they want. Or is it? Let Dr. Zweifel show you how to maximize your capacity for breakthrough performance -- simply by the way you speak and listen.Customer Reviews:
Entirely Applicable to Life!.......2007-01-31
Communicate or Die.......2006-11-17
Communication Winner.......2006-05-22
A power-packed resource!.......2006-01-18
A Must Read .......2005-12-19
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World War 3.0: Microsoft Vs. the U.S. Government, and the Battle to Rule the Digital Age
Ken Auletta Manufacturer: Broadway ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0767905210 Release Date: 2002-04-23 |
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The Internet Revolution, like all great industrial changes, has made the world's elephantine media companies tremble that their competitors-whether small and nimble mice or fellow elephants-will get to new terrain first and seize its commanding heights. In a climate in which fear and insecurity are considered healthy emotions, corporate violence becomes commonplace. In the blink of an eye-or the time it has taken slogans such as "The Internet changes everything" to go from hyperbole to banality-"creative destruction" has wracked the global economy on an epic scale.Customer Reviews:
A good journalist's overview of the Microsoft antitrust case.......2002-08-30
Auletta does a fine job of revealing the personalities of the major players on both sides of the aisle, especially Davied Bowies of Justice and Bill Gates. Gates, who, by common consent is seen as a brilliant is shown (also by common consent) as an emotionally immature individual who genuinely believes that what Microsoft is doing a good thing for everyone and seems to think that laws do not have the final say in matters over his company.
I came away with the feeling that if Microsoft had dealt with the allegations by co-operating with the Anti-trust division early on and with total honesty this may not have ever been a front page story. But the stubborness of Gate's personality, his inability to compromise almost guaranteed this would become a major newstory and legal case.
There's a lot to be commended here. Auletta has interviewed literally all the key players, poured through the legal record and has some keen insights that are both his own and garnered from interviews. I really enjoyed World War 3.0 and don't believe you need to be a lawyer to understand the issues at hand.
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Guerrilla Saving: Secrets for Keeping Profits in Your Home-based Business
Conrad Levinson , and Kathryn Tyler Manufacturer: Wiley ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0471345423 |
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Guerrilla Saving Tactics Help you Seize More of the Profits You've Earned "If Ben Franklin were around today, he'd be saying, `Because of the current tax laws, a penny saved is twice as valuable as a penny earned.' And Ben would be combing Guerrilla Saving for the fortune in good advice it contains. "From paper clips to publicity tips, Guerrilla Saving is the resource guide that home-based business owners have long needed but didn't know was possible. "Home-based entrepreneurs are a motivated and creative group. Jay Levinson and Kathryn Tyler have taken the best tips from some of the best guerrillas and laid them at our feet. If your future income is home-based, Guerrilla Saving: Secrets for Keeping Profits in Your Home-Based Business is the book you should devour tonight!" Marc Eisenson, author of The Banker's Secret
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Managing Language: The Discourse of Corporate Meetings (Pragmatics and Beyond New Series)
Francesca Bargiela-Chiappini , and Sandra J. Harris Manufacturer: John Benjamins Publishing Co ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 155619806X |
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Opaque As Peanut Butter.......2000-02-01
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Electronic Job Search Revolution: How to Win with the New Technology That's Reshaping Today's Job Market
Joyce Lain Kennedy , and Thomas J. Morrow Manufacturer: Wiley ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0471115762 |
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"If I could take but one tool into the 21st century, this would be it." —Harvey Mackay, author of How to Swim with the Sharks without Being Eaten AliveOnline services market you to employers
Cyberspace classifieds list hot jobs
Company databases make job research easy
Job resources you can use around the clock Information technology is revolutionizing the way people look for jobs.
Job seekers can now connect with employers, not just through print job ads and employment services, but electronically. Millions have already tapped into these powerful new resources to help them get ahead. In this fully revised, up-to-the-minute guide, syndicated columnist Joyce Lain Kennedy shows you how to take advantage of the very latest technology to gain access to tens of thousands of potential employers. She also provides helpful tips from human resource specialists, and includes the names, addresses, telephone and fax numbers of electronic job search services. And don't worry, you don't have to be computer literate to get the most out of this book. In straightforward, nontechnical prose, Kennedy and Thomas J. Morrow fill you in on:
Want to master the century's biggest change in job finding? Don't miss this book's two companion volumes: Electronic Resume Revolution, the first complete guide to preparing computer-friendly resumes, and Hook Up, Get Hired!, a comprehensive guide to using the hottest new resources of the Internet to find a job.
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The Catalyst for Millennium Career Marketing.......1999-05-19
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Electronic Job Search Revolution - How to Win with the New Technology That's Reshaping Today's Job Market (Second Edition)
Joyce Lain Kenedy , and Thomas J. Morrow Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000OQC58K |
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Information technology is revolutionizing the way people look for jobs. Job seekers can now connect with employers, not just through print job ads and employment services, but electronically. Millions have already tapped into these powerful new resources to help them get ahead. In this fully revised, up-to-the-minute guide, syndicated columnist Joyce Lain Kennedy shows you how to take advantage of the very latest technology to gain access to tens of thousands of potential employers. She also provides helpful tips from human resource specialists, and includes the names, addresses, telephone, and fax numbers of electronic job search services. And don't worry, you don't have to be computer literate to get the most out of this book. In straightforward, nontechnical prose, Kennedy and Thomas J. Morrow fill you in on: Resume databases that give employers instant access to your resume. Employer databases to design your own blue-ribbon prospect listand get company names and profiles automatically. Computer-driven interviews and video conferencing. Telephone job hotlines. Electronic tools that identify your skills. New online job help for graduates and alumni.
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Cha-Ching!: A Girl's Guide to Spending and Saving (Girls Guides)
Laura Weeldreyer Manufacturer: Rosen Publishing Group ProductGroup: Book Binding: Library Binding ASIN: 0823929884 |
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The Ceo's Guide to Business Continuity: Why Keeping People & Information Connected Is Every Leader's New Priority
Jim Simmons Manufacturer: Aspatore Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1587623609 |
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How to Sell More, in Less Time, With No Rejection : Using Common Sense Telephone Techniques, Volume 2
Art Sobczak Manufacturer: Business By Phone ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1881081079 |
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How To Sell More, In Less Time, With No Rejection Using Common Sense Telephone Techniques-Volume 2 builds on the ideas and techniques covered in Volume 1 information thousands of sales reps worldwide have used on the phone to get more business, beat call reluctance, and make more money. Regardless of whether you use the phone to set appointments or manage accounts between outside visits, or if you handle ALL of your business by phone, youll get hundreds of profit-building ideas you can use right now. Art Sobczak, veteran salesperson, editor of the international TELEPHONE SELLING REPORT sales tips newsletter, and trainer of thousands of professional sales reps shares time-tested, word-for-word ideas you can use right now to take the pain out using the phone in cold calling, qualifying, managing accounts, negotiating, and selling. Here's just a small sample of the hundreds of ideas you'll get in this book: Voice Mail, Screeners, Getting to Decision Makers Why you shouldnt go above, around, under, or through screeners, and what you should do instead to get them to actually HELP you What to never say on voice mail messages How to get buyers to welcome and expect your next call Word-for-word examples of messages that work When leaving no message is better Words to avoid that are sure to get you labeled as a time-wasting, self-interested "salesperson," meaning youre screened out, brushed off, or left waiting for call backs that never arrive
Building that Professional Telephone "Look" Through Your Voice and Words How to get rid of image-destroying "umms" How to build rapport, credibility, and likeability Listening for key buying words and emotionsknowing when to talk and when to shut up
Interest Creating Opening Statements 13 actions and word-for-word mistakes that ensure failure and resistance, and what to say instead A no-brainer, fill-in-the blanks opening statement template for prospecting calls that gets them interested Case study examples of horrible openings, and great alternatives you can use and/or adapt
Selling With Questions Loads of word-for-word questions that get them thinking about, seeing, and feeling their problems and pains--precisely the situations you can help them with through your benefits Putting them in a frame of mind so they want to hear what you have There are such things as dumb questions in sales. Examples, and how to avoid them How to ask about money
Presenting With Power The not-so-secret, "secret" to great presentations How to position what you say as more credible and believable, instead of sounding like a salesperson Using stories to create irresistible visual images
Getting Commitment and Closing Over 50 word-for-word examples of conversational closing and commitment questions you can use today to get agreement, and sales How to get larger sales just as easily as you would get smaller ones
Self Motivation, Beating Call Reluctance, and Rejection Characteristicsthat you can emulate--of wealthy salespeople Avoiding negative assumptions that are sure to invite failure How to avoid choking under pressure
Dealing Successfully With Objections A painless way to address objections and resistance How to blow away price objections Turning "I want to think about it," into, "I WANT it." How to ensure you dont hear, "We dont need it." Why what youve probably heard before about objections is bogus, and what you should do instead. (For example, "You should love objections," "The selling doesnt start until you hear an objection," "Youll hear three objections before youll get a yes," "Every objection puts you that much closer to a yes." Thats ALL bunk!)
Successfully Following Up By Phone How to end a call to ensure success on the follow-up. How to avoid starting follow-ups with the useless and idiotic statement and question, "I sent you out the material. Didja get it? Any questions?" What you should and shouldnt mail after calls How to set solid phone appointments so theyre ready and waiting for your next call
Case Studies of Actual Calls See actual transcripts from calls submitted by fellow sales reps in the field, or calls received by Art. Youll see what didnt work and why, so you can avoid the same mistakes, and suggested alternatives to get success and agreement. Some of the cases include,
What to say when they "buy it locally" Failed prospecting calls, and why they went down in flamesneedlessly Why ending a call with "Keep us in mind" is asinine, and what to say instead How to position value instead of selling on price How to build relationships with regular customers to keep their loyalty
Prospecting How to get referrals who are eager to speak with you Getting them talking whey they say theyre not interested Why leaving messages on prospecting calls could be a waste of time Over 20 other prospecting pointers to help you get interest, the appointment, and eventually the sale
Even More Stuff to Help You Sell More Why believing that using the phone is "Just a numbers game" will demoralize you and ensure call reluctance The right way to use conference calls to sell to multiple decision makers How to handle prospects who "Need information sent right now!", and determining if theyre for real, or just yanking your chain How to keep customers after that first sale Positioning yourself as the "least risk vendor" instead of the higher-priced vendor Telesales lessons from the O.J. trial
Brief Teletips Over 130 brief, to-the-point tips you can use right now. Any ONE of these could pay for the book on your very next phone call, or help you avoid a mistake that could cost you more than the price of the book! Some examples:
How to respond to the "Send literature" request Eliminating telephone tag What to say to the prospect who perpetually strings you along Showing them how a lower price might actually be more expensive Why they dont care about your products or services, and what they do care about which decides whether or not theyll buy
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Wish i'd written this book because.......2007-06-25
persuasive and profitable telephone communications.......2003-08-31
persausive and profitable telephone communications.......2003-08-31
To sell or not to sell that is the question!.......2002-03-20
After reading it I gave copies of the book to all our salespeople and results are improving...
How To Sell More In Less Time With No Rejection, Volume 2.......2001-12-25
Initially I thought the book was expensive..., but after I read it, I realized it's worth 50 times what I paid for it!
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How to Sell More, in Less Time, With No Rejection : Using Common Sense Telephone Techniques, Volume 1 (How to Sell More, in Less Time, with No Rejection)
Art Sobczak Manufacturer: Business by Phone ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1881081036 |
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If your income and career relies on getting prospects and customers to agree with you by telephone, this book will help you do better, faster, and without that self-defeating rejection that causes so many salespeople to avoid the phone From generating leads, all the way to closing sales and managing accounts by phone, this 220-page paperback is jammed with proven word-for-word ideas you can use right now to close more sales! Art Sobczak, veteran salesperson, editor of the international TELEPHONE SELLING REPORT sales tips newsletter, and trainer of thousands of professional sales reps shares time-tested, word-for-word ideas you can use right now to take the pain out using the phone in cold calling, qualifying, managing accounts, negotiating, and selling. Guaranteed. What you wont get is the old-school, hard-sell mumbo-jumbo based on memorized techniques and trickery that no one actually likes to use, and creates resistance anyway. You will get conversational, easy to adapt ideas that are based on common sense psychological principles that always have the customers best interest in mind. After all, the only way to sell professionally is to help people buynot back them into a corner like a caged lion ready to lash back. Here's just a small sample of the hundreds of ideas you'll get in this book: how to avoid asking dumb questions that cause resistance, and how to ask pain-reminding ones that help them think about needing and wanting your product/service instead, tons of word-for-word examples of how you can grab the interest of prospects and customers within the first 15 seconds, drawing them into the conversation, and how to avoid putting them on the defensive, exactly what to say to screenersand on voice mailso you can get to your buyer more quickly, and get valuable information which will help you sell to them, over 25 specific examples of how to question objections to help vaporize them; better yet, specific ways to avoid creating objections!what to do and say at the end of a call so youve got something more intelligentand action-inducingto say than So, what do ya think? on the follow-up. You'll get 40 meaty chapters, sectioned into topics such as Planning Your Call, Getting to Decision Makers, Interest Creating Opening Statements, Selling With Questions, Closing for Commitment, Addressing Objections, Prospecting, Self Motivation, Teletips, and more. Order today, and increase sales!
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The guru of telephone sales.......2007-05-21
A Civilized Approach to Selling.......2007-05-04
Excellent Book for Business-to-Business inside sales!.......2000-11-07
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How to Sell More in Less Time with No Rejection Using Common Sense Telephone Techniques: Volume 1
Art Sobczak Manufacturer: Business by Phone Inc. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000MLHA8W |
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How to Sell More in Less Time, With No Rejection, Using Common Sense Telephone Techniques: Volume 2
Art Sobczak Manufacturer: Business by Phone Inc. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000MLHA8M |
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Sustaining Competitiveness in the New Global Economy: The Experience of Singapore
Manufacturer: Edward Elgar Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1843764075 |
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Cape Verde Business Intelligence Report
USA International Business Publications Manufacturer: International Business Publications, USA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 073974934X |
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This report contains business intelligence information for succesful export-import, business and investment operations, strategic contacts and more... The report also contains selected information on investment and business opportunities, international economic projects, tenders, government projects, as well as, marketing and export-import opportunities information.
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Luxembourg Export-import Trade and Business Directory
Manufacturer: International Business Publications, USA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0739731629 |
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Netherlands Export-import Trade And Business Directory
Manufacturer: International Business Publications, USA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0739731637 |
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Netherlands Industrial and Business Directory (World Business, Investment and Government Library)
USA IBP Manufacturer: International Business Publications, USA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0739799045 |
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Strategic industrial, investment, and business contacts for conducting export-import and investment activity in the country. Strategic and practical economic and business information. Updated annually
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Antilles (Netherlands) Industrial And Business Directory (World Business, Investment and Government Library)
USA International Business Publications Manufacturer: Intl Business Pubns USA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0739799096 |
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Netherlands Export-Import and Business Directory (World Economic and Trade Unions Business Library)
Manufacturer: Intl Business Pubns USA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0739765973 |
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Strategic information and contacts for conducting successful export-import and business operation in the country. Information on export-import products, exporters and importers, regulations, opportunities. Updated annually.
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Netherlands: Business Directory
Manufacturer: Business Information Agency ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1418717509 |
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YOUR ONE-STOP BUSINESS GUIDE TO THIS VITAL INVESTOR! The Netherlands is a key center within the global business network and the third largest foreign investor in the U.S. behind the United Kingdom and Japan. That's why this directory should attract your attention. You will find information on the nation's 12,000 companies within the manufacturing, construction, wholesale, retail, agricultural, financial and insurance industries. Information provided includes key fields of information such as company name, location, contact information, contact name, industry descriptions, SIC codes, line of business, manufacturing indicator, number of employees, year established, legal status, subsidiary indicator.
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Netherlands: Business Guide to the Key Construction Companies
Manufacturer: Business Information Agency ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1418718947 |
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OVER 2,000 KEY CONSTRUCTION FIRMS ARE LISTED! This volume offers up-to-date information about builders involved in private residence construction as well as industrial and military complexes, highways, railroads, bridges, tunnels, pipelines and communication lines. Firms which outfit and provide engineering support for the building industry are also included. Information provided includes key fields of information such as company name, location, contact information, contact name, industry descriptions, SIC codes, line of business, manufacturing indicator, number of employees, year established, legal status, subsidiary indicator.Books:
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