From Adam Smith to Maynard Keynes: The heritage of political economy

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Demonstrates how to use letters to develop contracts and uncover job leads, as well as how to entice the employer to give a resume more than the 20-second perusal, while strengthening the central message of the resume. Presents examples of the best letters used by clients for each of the nine types of job search letters every job seeker should write and shows how to develop each section.

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It's not awful, but..........2007-04-22

I don't disagree with the negative reviews this book's gotten, but I think it needs elaboration. If you've never run (or started) a small business before, this is an -okay- intro to various concepts you'll need. Better has been published since 1994, & there's almost no depth. To add insult, of the 243 pages only 60 really have anything to do with starting a coffee/tea retail operation. If you're thinking of getting this, save your money & read _Start & Run a Coffee Bar_ (Matzen & Harrison), which makes an effort to actually address vital stuff like sanitation & how to make a decent espresso.

Tea & Coffee.......2006-03-10

Not bad, though I found others a bit better. It is a bit difficult to read some of the information and equate that to practical use. However, the section on teas is excellent, Not being a tea drinker, I found that helpful.

worst book I've bought.......2004-08-09

The first line of the preface should tell you everything you need to know about this book: "Start Your Own Coffee and Tea Store is the result of many hours of in-depth research into the mail order industry."

Uhh... okay. You'll quickly discover that this is a generic book tweaked just a bit for the coffee business. You'll find anecdotes about carpenters, wildly varying numbers about the profitability of this business, and such sage advice as, "Although it is still possible to rent telephones through certain telephone companies, the best bet is to buy your own. They are inexpensive, come in a variety of styles and colors, and are generally covered by a warranty."

The information in here is dated (1994) and, given the inconsistencies of dollar figures from chapter to chapter, I have no idea if it was ever accurate. Despite the listing in Amazon.com, nobody had the courage to even sign their name to this book -- there's no author listed anywhere, neither on the cover nor anywhere inside.

I'm planning to return this book, if I can. Given that there were some marks in it when I purchased it, I'm pretty sure someone else had bought and returned it before me.

Perhaps the biggest waste of a tree yet known!.......2003-12-31

The paper used to publish this book could have better served mankind by burning in a forest fire.

Sorry for the harsh review but there is no good excuse for a quality publisher to put out such a generic useless book - Bill Anderson.

Okay for a general book.......2002-09-05

This book was good in the general starting a business vein. However, it really does not deal in real depth with the actual coffee/tea business. A bit of a disappointment.

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Start Your Own Coffee & Tea Store
Joann Padgett
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OIZ2LU

Start Your Own Coffee and Tea Store (Start Your Own Business Ser. )

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Start Your Own Coffee and Tea Store (Start Your Own Business Ser. )
Prentice-Hall Staff
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000KPW42M

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An education in basic business and breakthrough solutions

Read this on a recommendation...

Not just a one-off throw-away

Do you like to hunt, or be hunted?

The Hunters and the Hunted: A Non-Linear Solution for Reengineering the Workplace
James B. Swartz
Manufacturer: Productivity Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1563271575

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As a manager who wants to attain, maintain, or reclaim a competitive position in the hotly contested and ever-changing marketplace, your goal is clear. Terrified of being the "hunted" -- in peril of being destroyed or devoured by your competitors you want to know how to once again become a "hunter." But the myriad improvement strategies that sound great in theory don't always work in practice, and they don't take into account the realities of your workplace.

Through an unusual and provocative blend of fact and fiction, Jim Swartz puts you inside the transformation process itself - inside the heads of those who, finding themselves among the hunted, realize they must change the fundamental way they do business. He makes it clear why reorganization, decentralization, de-layering, continuous improvement, benchmarking, and participative management are helpful tools but fall short of tackling the real enemy.

In this engaging business novel, you'll travel with Marcus, the "Master Guardian" who has been helping businesses in trouble for 1400 years, as he trains two guardian recruits: Lou, a tough steel company manager long on experience with the old ways, and Laura, a Harvard MBA with a global view and no industrial experience. Come along as they visit great business hunters past and present and become aware of the fatal corporate mindsets, mental models, and measures that doom many companies to a life of retreat and restructuring. By visiting turnaround companies, you'll learn new business process models that dramatically reduced costs, improved performance and product quality, and made these companies the fastest responding suppliers in the world.

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An education in basic business and breakthrough solutions.......2004-12-02

Read this on the recommendation of an exceptional Materials Manager. While the format does take a little longer to get to the heart of non-linear solutions, the author provides a sense of what really separates good business practices from poor business practices, exceptional people from average people and the hunters from the hunted. The history that is included puts into perspective not just what you do to improve the business, but how to go about it (or how others have gone about it). Another important piece of information for the reader is that, what have been historic breakthroughs were arrived at through a combination of progressive thinking, and trial and error. It's not because a brilliant light just appeared. Highly recommend this book.

Read this on a recommendation..........2002-05-21

Sound ideas if you don't mind plowing through all of the stuff and fluff. The author spent way too much time trying to make his points compelling by the use of awkward and fanciful historical connections. Oh, and the liberal use of Capitalization To Play An Idea Up As A Fundamental Law Of The Universe gets annoying pretty quick.

I recommend reading "Lean Thinking" instead. You'll get all of the same important concepts without the need for literary corn-husking.

Not just a one-off throw-away.......2001-10-23

Way too much meat for one reading. The idea of the non-linear solution merits right up there as one of the fundamentals of modern world-class manufacturing. The non-linear solution is, among other things, the idea that you can't keep trying to improve a bad system. Fundamental, dramatic change is often necessary to keep from becoming one of the hunted. Do you see your company in any of these stories? Often hunters become hunted and don't know it until it is too late. One of the very best works available today. Read it and study it. The fantasy story that ties the book together is original and well done. As much a page turner as anything by Tom Clancy.

Do you like to hunt, or be hunted?.......2000-09-25

This book is just amazing, since it explains how American companies thought of themselves to be the best of the best, and saw no competition on the asian companies. Later on, in the late seventies and early eighties, american companies began a desperate rush to improve. It is written in a way that may remind you of Ellie GOldratt's "The goal". This book tells you what to do, but not how to, which I found to be one of it's biggest assets, because there is no better way to learn something, than doing it by yourself. It is a must to read by anyone who is on the upper levels of managemnet in a company, it will help you develop a new vision of what is the purpose of having a mangement on an agressive company.

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An in-depth profile of one of America's major employers. Provides a revealing look at what life is truly like at the company and how to get a job there. Includes information on the company's history, business, competition, job positions, career paths, hiring process, culture, benefits, pay, and more. Enriched with responses from over 100 insider interviews.

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Illiterate Management Consultants.......1999-09-28

I hope you are all sleeping well at night, knowing the masters of the Universe have such a firm grasp of grammar. Good God, what do they teach them at these places...?

OK but not great.......1999-06-15

Unless you are in a hurry to get prepared for interviewing with the Firm, this book is not a necessity. If you are willing to spend several hrs searching the Net, you can find 90% of the information the book contains. And the missing 10% do not seem that critical to me.

The bottom line -- if you have done your homework, the book will only confirm that for $25.

Btw, Vaultreports web site is cool. And it's free :-)

Good stuff -- seems to be well researched.......1999-03-26

Vault has done a good job of researching the story at McKinsey. I found the Vaults more introspective than their Wet Feet Press counterparts.

If you're a career changer, this is good reading to prep for interviews.

(BTW - I did my summer internship at McKinsey and returned their full-time after Wharton, so I'm fairly well-equipped to say that I think Vault was on target.)

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Ingrid D. Knox has written this title to help Christians get out of the debt-bondage cycle. Following it allows Christians to give tithes to the church and receive the blessing of giving that money to God, rather than it being consumed by intrest. She includes tips on selling what is not needed, negotiating with collection agencies, reducing morgage payments,repairing credit reports, establishing and reestablishing credit,fighting discrimination, and understanding automobile insurance. Sample letters, conversations, and payment plans are also included.

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Program Yourself for Wealth (and Success)

Mentality and attitude required to achieve wealth

Avoid bad credit or ill-fated business decisions

Great Book!

Wealth Mentality: Program Yourself to Get and Keep the Wealth You Want
S. Ross Ingram
Manufacturer: Jourdan & Brown Pub.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Perfect Paperback

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ASIN: 0971647844

Book Description

You've probably realized by now that achieving wealth isn't just a matter of working hard. Instead, achieving wealth starts with bringing your thoughts and behavior into alignment with your wealth goals. It starts with "Wealth Mentality." "Wealth Mentality" shows you how to develop a way of thinking that encourages wealth building thoughts and behavior. It teaches you how to "program" yourself to think about, recognize and act on wealth building opportunities. Once "programmed," your mind is free to focus on improving other important areas of your life. The end result is a wealthy, balanced and more fulfilling life.

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Program Yourself for Wealth (and Success).......2002-11-10

Like many people, I've been trying to "get rich" for quite some time. I've tried many things and it has never seemed to work out. I've blamed everything and everyone (including myself) at various times. Wealth Mentality forces you to take a long, hard look in the mirror to find out if your way of thinking is the true culprit. It helps you examine thought and belief barriers that work against building long-term wealth. I highly recommend it to those who want to be proactive about developing wealth!

Mentality and attitude required to achieve wealth.......2002-11-04

"Wealth Mentality: Program Yourself to Get and Keep the Wealth You Want" is a book about the mental attitudes that are required in order to define and accumulate wealth. The definition of wealth can be quite different between different people. For one it might be monetary riches, for another it might be the free time and money to persue goals, and for another person it might be something entirely different.

The author points out that some people seem to acquire wealth easily while others seem to be continually chasing wealth without ever actually acquiring any. The difference between those that are successful and those that are not is often their mental attitude. Is it enough to be positive? Is it enough to regularly research options? The author argues that these things are not enough. It requires a mentality that leaves the person receptive to opportunities as they come along and able to act on those opportunities. Throughout the book the author teaches how to change your belief system and program yourself to automatically become aware of opportunities as they come along, how to maintain that system, and how to develop a plan to actually move toward your goals.

While it does not cover any aspect of finance, investing or similar parts of wealth generation, it is a very good book on the mentality required as a precursor to getting and keeping wealth.

Avoid bad credit or ill-fated business decisions.......2002-09-14

Wealth Mentality: Program Yourself To Get And Keep The Wealth You Want by businessman and investor S. Ross Ingram (International Center for Strategic Planning) is a psychological "self-help" guide to overcoming emotional and personality obstructions standing in the way of achieving personal wealth, whether it be for a comfortable lifestyle, or to insure sufficient funds to send children through college, or preparing for a secure retirement. A practical guide that places as much importance on personal psyche and image as practical behaviors to avoid bad credit or ill-fated business decisions, Wealth Mentality is a solid primer that is highly recommended for the non-specialist general reader looking to improve his or her personal financial situation and prospects.

Great Book!.......2002-08-21

This book was so informative and insightful. It completely changed the way I think about wealth! It's not simply luck or hard work, it's a mindset and this author shows you how!
I recommend this book to anyone and everyone - rich or poor!

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The dizzying barrage of new marketing technologies is leading to confusion, the rule of “hype,” and bad marketing investments and decisions. Beyond "e" is designed to help sales and marketing executives look beyond current e-business fads to understand the fundamentals that will distinguish sales and marketing leaders in the future. The book provides a blueprint for using advances in technology—including but not limited to the Web—to get more marketing power for less money.

Drawing on case studies from leading marketers such as IBM, Eastman Chemical, eBay, CitiGroup, GM, Dell and many others, author Stephen Diorio explains how sales and marketing leaders can:

* Identify where technology can help them grow their businesses faster and get more mileage out of their sales and marketing dollars;
* Develop an action plan to take action today and create competitive advantage tomorrow;
* Anticipate the dramatic changes technology will bring to traditional marketing operations, marketing channels and customers in the coming decade.

The winning strategies in Beyond "e" are based on original best practices research and interviews with thousands of customers and sales and leading marketers, and technology trend analysis from the META Group—the leading IT advisory firm.

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A Book That Actually Helps.......2002-05-30

In an ocean of business books, Beyond e stands out as a prize catch. Too often, today's "gurus" write books that trumpet their personal accomplishments conveniently leaving out practical applications to specific business category needs. If we want real solutions, the cost raises from a $25 book to $25,000 per day consultation fee. Steve Diorio gives it all away in his book. Beyond e can also be called beyond best practices. He is the one guru I would invite to help my organization apply new technologies to our sales and marketing efforts. Read the book, pick up the phone and give him a call.

A MUST BUY FOR EXECUTIVES.......2002-01-22

Steve Diorio has written a meaty and relevant book about selling technologies. In an age when there is so much E hype and fluff that only serves to confuse, we needed a book that was born from practical, everyday consulting and research in the offices of the best companies. The salient ideas about which Mr. Diorio expounds are absolutely critical for growth and profit. They carry with them an imperative that to ignore the protocols of this newest e technology will lead to peril and a fatal falling behind the power curve.

I read the excellent reviews in which professors recommended Beyond E. They were impressive. But, this book was written for executives and senior managers who have the very life of their corporations in the palm of their hands. It is obvious that Mr. Diorio has spent considerable time with his clients and sweat blood with them to achieve the best e-practices in marketing, promotion and selling.

I believe the book is about stretching the IT and Internet sales budgets so that busineses can grow at an accellerated rate. The book Beyond E is truly futuristic because it clearly outlines what the best companies have been doing and what the leaders of tomorrow (the followers of our leaders today) will be doing in late 2002 and in 2003. The blueprint is drawn up, the creation of dynamic selling technologies has been built, but, sadly, few understand it, and even fewer have actually implemented it. Companies like Dell Computer, IBM, Charles Swab, Amazon and e-Bay are only a few of these futuristic leaders that Mr. Diorio writes about. They "get it". How long will it take others? Mr. Diorio lays out in detail what needs to be done right now.

Mr. Diorio is like a drum major for executives to immediately order "the engineering of sustainable technology innovations into the sales and marketing process", to quote Stve Diorio. The traditional software analysts and programmers in companies are not prepared for the accelerated rate at which customer service and marketing creativity must be coded to stay abreast of changing customer needs and wants.

It is about knowing the mind of the customer and changing systems at every level of the company so there can be real-time change. I got a distinct sense of urgency in reading the book. As a management consultant, I now feel driven to alert my clients that "getting it" is urgently critical. Steve Diorio virtually screams out at us that positive results can be realized only from the implementation right now of dynamic marketing, selling and customer service e-systems.

Mr. Diorio understands how important all of these ideas are in order to create cutting edge business models and viable ways to turn IT chaos into order and opportunity. I am glad I read the book. I've recommended it to many of my clients and colleagues.

A marketing book of real substance.......2002-01-04

Having taught a variety of marketing courses at the undergraduate, graduate and executive levels, I am always looking for books that present the ways in which new technology (and the Internet in particular) are affecting market relationships. Often these texts are full of exaggerrated "war stories" or can be easily summarized into a few general points. Steve Diorio's book, in contrast, is current, meaty and well substantiated. He not only provides several examples of recent successes and failures but synthesizes this new information into the age old framework of serving the customer and firm by adding value to both. I highly recommend this book to any marketing professional as well as any professor who wishes to bring their marketing strategy or course content into the 21st century.

FINALLY... someone with substance!.......2001-12-16

Finally a book that doesn't force-feed you candy-coated customer experience stories that are interesting but don't tell us anything we do not already know.

Having read most of the more celebrated sales and marketing books of the last decade, this one actually has some substance behind it. I was thoroughly impressed by the amount of research and experience that stands behind this book. Instead of providing a few nice anecdotal cases about customer-centricity or customer loyalty, this book provides a comprehensive view of how technology is changing sales and marketing practices throughout an organization and across all brands. Most importantly, it provides you with actionable insights into modern sales and marketing best practices.

If you have been as frustrated as I have with the superficiality of recent sales and marketing books, then you should definitely give this one a try.

Beyond e...goes beyond the e hype.......2001-12-14

Steve Diorio, outlines in 12 ways how technology is transforming the way the customer and the company will interact in the future. He has done an outstanding job of making sense out of all the e hype over the last three years and makes clear what works and what fails as e business becomes more of a digital business strategy. I highly recommend his book to any executive that is thinking about building a sustainable business strategy.

Beyond "e": 12 Ways Technology is Transforming Sales & Marketing

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Beyond "e": 12 Ways Technology is Transforming Sales & Marketing
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Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OFYHVE

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Building Ocean Science Partnerships describes a set of potential ocean science projects for cooperative research between scientists from the United States and Mexico, particularly focused on the Pacific Coast of California and Baja California, the Gulf of California, and the Gulf of Mexico. Barriers to cooperation between scientists of the two nations are identified, and methods to overcome such barriers are recommended.

The book describes how interactions can be promoted by enhancing opportunities for education and training, building and sharing scientific infrastructure, participating together in large-scale marine research programs and regional ocean observing systems, planning joint science events and publications, and developing sources of binational funding. Building Ocean Science Partnerships will be published in English and Spanish to make its contents widely accessible in the United States and Mexico.

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Basic business legislation, laws, export-import regulations affecting business, business climate and contacts

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Basic business legislation, laws, export-import regulations affecting business, business climate and contacts

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San Marino Business Law Handbook
USA International Business Publications
Manufacturer: International Business Publications, USA
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0739720449

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This law handbook contains information on basic business legislation, laws and regulatoins affecting export-import, business, foreign investments, property rights, taxation and banking. (Updated annually)

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