International Business

The story of stock market is one of booms and busts. There's only one way of making money in the markets: buying low and selling high. The order in which you do them places you firmly in a particular direction and this is where your risk compounds. The best way to manage risk is to simply be neutral in the market or, in other words, not be committed to either direction. How is this possible, you ask? Well, this is where options come in.

Arianna Huffington is one of the world's most prominent business leaders in media. As cofounder and editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post, she built the first internet newspaper, which eclipsed the traffic of the New York Times and won the Pulitzer Prize. This concise but richly detailed biography provides an overview of Huffington's life and career, chronicling her journey from Athens to London, New York, Washington and California, across seven decades.

Alan Krueger, the former chairman of the president's Council of Economic Advisers, uses the music industry as a way in to explain the principles of economics and the forces shaping our economic lives. As economists recognise, the music industry is often a leading indicator of today's economy; it is among the first to be disrupted by the latest wave of technology, and examining the ins and outs of how musicians create and sell new songs and plan concert tours offers valuable lessons for what is in store for businesses and employees in other industries that are struggling to adapt.

As a consultant, you have embraced a noble profession - one that is challenging in its variety and gratifying as you see your expertise change the lives of your grateful clients. Perhaps more than any other line of work, consulting reveals precisely who you are. What skills, expertise, and problem-solving abilities are you bringing to the table? The challenge is to be exceptional.

George Soros - universally known for his philanthropy, progressive politics and investment success gives an impassioned defence of his core belief in open society. George Soros is among the world's most prominent public figures. He is one of history's most successful investors, and his philanthropy, led by the Open Society Foundations, has donated over $14 billion to promote democracy and human rights in more than 120 countries. But in recent years, Soros has become the focus of sustained right-wing attacks in the United States and around the world.

When Peter Drucker wrote Concept of the Corporation in 1946, he revealed what made the large American corporation tick. Similarly, The Art of Japanese Management by Richard Pascale in 1981 explained the unique practices developed by the Japanese to bring that country's economy out of the ashes. The emerging Chinese juggernauts - the Alibabas, Lenovos, and Haiers - need similar revelation since they are a different breed in their own right.

This book will educate you in export, import, international trade, international procurement, supply chain, e-commerce, dropshipping, and merchant trading.

Most managers already know that cultural differences are important when they're dealing with business partners from other countries. They understand that the current business environment is increasingly global. What today’s managers don’t fully get is that they must learn and use global management skills in every interaction they have. With this book, managers will be able to make sense of common situations that they do not understand.They will be able to recognize, assess, react to, and solve complex management situations where diverse styles, personalities, and cultures are in play.

In Blind Spots, you will discover how false assumptions, emotional detachment, outdated core beliefs, and unconscious habits can conspire against you, block your progress as well as your performance. This book isn’t just theory, it includes real-life examples and offers practical solutions for dealing with them in ways that benefit you, your teams, and your organization.

Hate and division have become a more prevalent part of our society. People can easily identify how violent or aggressive behavior has a negative impact on those involved and even those who witness it. But what about the more subtle but nonetheless negative behaviors of rudeness and incivility?

Winners and Losers tells the stories of some of the most innovative businesses of recent times, explaining how a few succeeded in creating and dominating entirely new markets while so many others die in today¹s ferociously competitive online era. Explaining clearly, with many interesting examples, what contributes to success and failure in creating and developing a company.

This book will help increase your confidence in a variety of situations that every single leader faces in life. It covers 30 skills and topics common to leaders at every level. A classic covers the 30 skills / topics every leader must face.

Here are the 101 insights Bobb Biehl has counted on and quoted the most often over the past 35 years! These principles, insights, definitions, and rules of thumb can help you in any walk of life and for the rest of your life!

To realize your business dream and succeed wildly on your terms, you need a DAMN attitude and a DAMN plan. As you work your DAMN plan, you gain confidence and resolve by tracking, analyzing, and understanding the impact of your decisions and your actions. If you are an existing business owner or have been dreaming of becoming an entrepreneur and are willing to do what it takes, this is the book for you.

Is Social Security really going bust, and what does that mean to me? If I hire an immigrant, am I hurting a native-born worker? How much can presidents really affect economic outcomes? Why does the stock market go up when employment declines? What's a "living wage?" Why do I feel so squeezed? If you'd like to know the answers to these questions, premier economist Jared Bernstein is here to help.

Money Locates You is a revelation to those who have been working very hard for years without any significant increase in wealth. It is a guidebook to creating true riches in your life. It is a brilliant and practical exposé put in straightforward terms with thought-provoking exercises, practical tools, and resources to remain vibrationally aligned with the Source of All. Its unconventional approach will teach you how to create financial prosperity, greater abundance, joy, and fulfillment in every area of your life.

This critical account of the fair trade movement explores the vast gap between the rhetoric of fair trade and its practical results for poor countries, particularly those of Africa. In the Global North, fair trade often is described as a revolutionary tool for transforming the lives of millions across the globe. The growth in sales for fair trade products has been dramatic in recent years, but most of the benefit has accrued to the already wealthy merchandisers at the top of the value chain rather than to the poor producers at the bottom.

There is a desperate need for effective leadership today: in our nation, in our churches, in our families, and even in ourselves. The Bible uses the term armorbearer to describe leaders who offer help, support, and strength to those around them. These types of servant-leaders are needed now more than ever. Using Scripture as the guide, Armorbearers takes listeners down a path of self-discovery, pursuing greatness by developing character that is forged on the anvil of self-restraint and tested through the heat of self-discipline.

In this audiobook, I will show you some strategies and indicators that could help you to start you business plan and the way most books on the topic approach trading. It will seem as if all you need to do is show up and smile. Well, of course, it's more complicated than that! There are people out there who have tuned a small investment into large capital gains, and almost all of them have a single thing in common: Successful traders almost always operate in the forex market.

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