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Lessons from Pioneers Around the World
Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing
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Charles Leadbeater
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05-01-2012
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£24.99
Innovation in Education explores the work of 16 pioneers around the world who have developed new, effective approaches to education that work at scale. These pioneers are almost all drawn from applicants for awards from the World Innovation Summit fo
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Business, Economic, and Legal Developments since 1979
OUP Oxford
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Linda Yueh
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01-07-2011
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£24.99
China has undergone a remarkable transition over the past thirty years from a centrally-planned economy to a more market oriented one. The transformation of business in China has been correspondingly evident. This book gives an interdisciplinary anal
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Saving Capitalism From Itself
Nicholas Brealey Publishing
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Roger Bootle
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15-10-2009
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£12.00
The Trouble With Markets is a trenchant, topical and thought-provoking exploration of both our economic future and the future of the market system itself. The financial crisis did not have one cause but many – greedy bankers and naive borrowers, m
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Taking the World to the South Pole
Summersdale Publishers
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Felicity Aston
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07-03-2011
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£6.29
Could you ski to the South Pole? That was the challenge that British Adventurer, Felicity Aston put to women from around the Commonwealth as she set out to create the most international all-female expedition ever to the South Pole. The team would not
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Why our goals are best achieved indirectly
Profile Books
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John Kay
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03-02-2011
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£8.99
If you want to go in one direction, the best route may involve going in another. This is the concept of ‘obliquity': paradoxical as it sounds, many goals are more likely to be achieved when pursued indirectly. Whether overcoming geographical obstacle
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Asia's Role in Reshaping Capitalism and Saving the Planet
Infinite Ideas Limited
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Chandran Nair
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21-01-2011
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£19.99
Consumption has been the fuel that has driven the engine of global capitalism. The recent financial crisis has seen the West's leading economists and policy makers urging Asia to make a conscious effort to consume more and thereby help save the gl
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Charting a Course to the Next Renaissance
Random House
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Parag Khanna
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11-01-2011
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£11.88
Here is a stunning and provocative guide to the future of international relations—a system for managing global problems beyond the stalemates of business versus government, East versus West, rich versus poor, democracy versus authoritarianism, fre
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Allen Lane
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Ha-Joon Chang
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01-09-2010
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£20.00
In 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism one of today's most iconoclastic thinkers destroys the biggest myths about the world we live in. It may have its flaws, but there’s no real alternative to free-market capitalism – ultimately it’s m
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The NIghtmare of the Weimar Hyper-inflation
Old Street Publishing
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Adam Fergusson
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06-07-2010
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£12.99
In 1923, with its currency effectively worthless (the exchange rate in December of that year was one dollar to 4,200,000,000,000 marks), the Weimar Republic was all but reduced to a barter economy. Expensive cigars, artworks and jewels were routinely
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10 Habits to Being Highly Effective in Your Job, and Loving it
Capstone
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Sahar Hashemi
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10-04-2010
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11.99
Life is too short to just come in for the paycheque
Let′s face it, you work for the best years of your life and spend most of your waking hours on the job, so make sure you are energized, fulfilled and buzzing. Switched On
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Empires and Influence in the New Global Order: How Emerging Powers Are Redefining Global Competition in the Twenty-first Century
Penguin
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Parag Khanna
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30-04-2009
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£9.99
'Fascinating... elegantly combining historical analysis, political theory and eye-witness reports on the battle for primacy between the world's new empires' Mark Leonard, author of 'Why Europe will run the 21st Century' 'The Second World takes us to
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Will Emerging Markets Shape Or Shake the World Economy
John Wiley & Sons
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George Magnus
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01-11-2010
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£19.99
Emerging markets are big news. But after the financial crisis, what does the future really hold for them? And what does this future mean for global business?
George Magnus, one of the world′s most respected economic analysts, is your guide throu
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Greed and Inequality - Why We Need a Fair Society
Litle, Brown
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Will Hutton
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30-09-2010
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£20.00
The suddenness and depth of the recession has raised questions about the workability of capitalism not seen since the 1930s. One of the constraints on recovery is the growing belief that if the old model did not work there is no new one on offer.
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How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy
Princeton University Press
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Raghuram Rajan
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01-06-2010
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£18.95
Raghuram Rajan was one of the few economists who warned of the global financial crisis before it hit. Now, as the world struggles to recover, it's tempting to blame what happened on just a few greedy bankers who took irrational risks and left the res
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Success in Stressful Times
Harper Collins
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Hamish McRae
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05-01-2010
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9.00
In this lively and counterintuitive exploration of success stories from across the globe, award-winning journalist Hamish McRae takes the reader on a fascinating journey in pursuit of the flimsy difference between triumph and failure. Why do some
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Strategies for Leveraging the World's Fastest Growing Economies for Global Advantage
Jossey Bass
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Anil Gupta
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01-03-2009
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16.00
Getting China and India Right, by Anil Gupta and Haiyan Wang
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Many multinational corporations think of China and India largely for off–shoring and cost reduction and limit their marketing to the wealthiest
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Brainstorming is not the Only Technique
Pearson
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Patrick Harris
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16-07-2009
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10.00
Creativity is an essential skill in business and life, and yet most people are never formally educated in the topic. Patrick has devoted his career to both practicing and teaching creativity in everyday situations. You may be seeking a
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Why Globalization and Democracy Offer the Best Hope for Progress, Peace and Development
Wiley
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Mike Moore
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01-10-2009
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19.99
Globalization is not new, nor is it a policy, it’s a process that has existed as long as man looked over the horizon, travelled and traded. It can’t be stopped but it can be slowed. It came to a grinding halt in August 1
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Karan Bilimoria's Guide to Brewing a Successful Business
Capstone
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Karan Bilimoria
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16-07-2009
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8.99
From selling the first cases of Cobra out of the back of a battered old Citroen 2CV along the streets of West London to exporting to over 40 countries around the world, Karan Bilimoria's vision of a less gassy beer has travelled a long way.
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Six Steps to Staying Younger and Feeling Sharper, by Tim Drake
Pearson
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Tim Drake
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01-06-2009
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10.99
Do you have an ‘old’ brain or a ‘young’ brain?
Think carefully, because how you answer this important question could be one of the most significant predictors of how well you’ll live the rest of your life.
In this fast-moving, fas
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