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Disrobed
We may not often think of our clothes as having a function beyond covering our naked bodies and keeping us a little safer from the elements. But to discount the enormous influence of clothing on anything from economic cycles to the future of water scarcity is to ignore the greater meaning of the garments we put on our backs. Disrobed vividly considers the role that clothing plays in everything from natural disasters to climate change to terrorism to geopolitics to agribusiness. Chapter by chapter, Tang takes the reader on an unusual journey, telling stories and asking questions that most consumers have never considered about their clothing. Why do banker’s wives sell off their clothes and ...
Introduction to Business
Introduction to Business covers the scope and sequence of most introductory business courses. The book provides detailed explanations in the context of core themes such as customer satisfaction, ethics, entrepreneurship, global business, and managing change. Introduction to Business includes hundreds of current business examples from a range of industries and geographic locations, which feature a variety of individuals. The outcome is a balanced approach to the theory and application of business concepts, with attention to the knowledge and skills necessary for student success in this course and beyond. This is an adaptation of Introduction to Business by OpenStax. You can access the textbook as pdf for free at openstax.org. Minor editorial changes were made to ensure a better ebook reading experience. Textbook content produced by OpenStax is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Disruption
A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year A Christian Science Monitor Best Read of 2021 Neave Book Prize shortlist Al Qaeda did not stop after 9/11. Its reign of terror continued with bombings and mayhem across Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. But its frustration grew as the group failed to fundamentally undermine America and its allies. Five years later the time was ripe for another spectacular mega-plot. Fresh from masterminding the London Underground carnage, one veteran operative set in motion a new operation to destroy passenger aircraft over the Atlantic Ocean--and kill thousands of people in the process. Disruption tells the story of that conspiracy and the heroic ef...
Work It!
Looking for a job? Preparing for the biggest interview of your life? Facing a layoff? Have no fear. Work It! has all the strategies you need. The work world isn't so friendly anymore. Landing the job you want takes a little more sweat in this tight job market, and keeping that job requires savvy and vigilance. This smart and comprehensive guide, packed with punchy, frank advice, gives you the tools and techniques that will help you get the most out of your job hunt. Allison Hemming, a noted career expert, delivers a needed dose of wisdom from the trenches in a manual that is perfectly updated to suit the modern work environment. Work It! gives you the skinny on all you need to know, includin...
The Beautiful Generation
This ethnography of Asian American designers in New Yorks fashion industry explores their relations to the garment workers who produce their goods and to Asianness as a fashionable commodity.
Strategic Entrepreneurship
Philip Wickham takes a novel approach to entrepreneurism, regarding the successful creation and management of new organisations as being, first and foremost, about making the right decisions.
Totally Wired
The story of the dotcom bubble, its tumultuous crash, and the visionary pioneer at its epicentre... 'The Social Network meets Hammer of the Gods via Warhol's Factory' Independent 'Effervescent...vivid...this is a book whose time has come' Sunday Times One morning in February 2001, Josh Harris woke to the certain knowledge that he was about to lose everything. The man Time magazine called 'The Warhol of the Web' was now reduced to the role of helpless spectator as his personal fortune dwindled from 85 million dollars…to 50 million…to nothing. In the space of a week. If the mania attending those events is hard to recall, it's because when the crash came, the dreams and expectations of thos...
The Unofficial Guide to Hiring and Firing People
Finding and hiring a new employee--or firing one who's not performing well--are often difficult and time-consuming tasks that many business owners and managers simply don't like to do. If you're a manager, you want to know how to hire and (when necessary) fire employees as quickly and effectively as possible. You want the inside scoop.
Principles of Marketing
The goal of Principles of Marketing, Fifth Edition, is to introduce people to the fascinating world of modern marketing in an innovative, practical and enjoyable way. Like any good marketer, we're out to create more value for you, our customer. We have perused every page, table, figure, fact and example in an effort to make this the best text from which to learn about and teach marketing.
