The Royal East Africa Company : The Emergence of International Business, 1200-1800

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This volume is available individually, or as part of the 7 volume set Emergence of International Business 1200-1800 (0-415-19072-X; $910.00/Y [Can. $1365.00/Y]).

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The Unofficial Report on how to beat the test -- plus the finest sample GMAT CATs!This book offers a winning formula of candid, unbiased test-prep information that goes beyond the official line--and now it also includes the finest in computerized sample tests on CD-ROM! Software features include:- Sample exams modeled on the new Computer-Adaptive Tests (CATs)- Vast question pool that that generates a new sample test every time- Untimed study mode allowing users to call up explanatory answers for any question

Customer Reviews:

Excellent Strategic Advice.......2002-07-31

While there may have been some typos, I found that this book offered excellent advice on test-taking strategy that was not present in other review books. I found the verbal section particularly helpful. Another reviewer states that the practice questions are easier than other review books. This may be true but I scored higher on the actual GMAT than I did on any of the practice tests that I took from this book. Also, for the first time in my life I actually scored higher on verbal than math on a standardized test. (BTW, I can't help bragging; I scored a 750 on the GMAT and recently completed my MBA at Duke.)

Great book at a great price!!!.......2001-07-04

This GMAT books is much better than the Kaplan's GMAT book. Although the Kaplan CD-ROM is better, the printed material is better organized and you get better tips and advise. I recommend you to get this book, so you can review the areas you need. If you are looking for a fancy CD-ROM and Multimedia, this is not the book, but if you are lloking for those tips that will make you suceed in the GMAT, this is the book for you.

Better than average GMAT review.......2001-05-06

This book gave a better math review than most of the other books. Still didnt score as well as I would have hoped as the questions I saw on my GMAT were unlike most of the practice questions I looked at. However, it is a good place to start as it reviews concepts that I saw on some of the practice tests that I was unaware of.

Good, But Easy.......2000-12-04

I just started studying for the GMAT a couple of weeks ago, and this was the fourth book I went through. This one had the easiest practice tests (compared to Princeton Review, the other Arco book and Barron's). The appendices provided a good, if somewhat skimpy review of math and grammar, and the math explanations were very easy to follow. I agree with everyone else who posted that there were a lot of typos, which were extremely annoying/frustrating, especially since I was trying to time myself. This book was also weak in providing explanations for answers to the verbal questions. Overall, I would recommend it but also warn that it should not be the sole source of anyone's GMAT review.

Worth every penny!.......2000-02-07

I took the GMAT in 1995 to get into the MBA program at the University of Memphis and scored a 560, which was high enough to get accepted, but not outstanding. However, last year (1999) I decided to enter the Ph.D. program and my 560 just wasn't good enough. I needed a 600+ to even be considered.

The first time I took the test, I got the "Official Guide to the GMAT" by Educational Testing Service (ETS). They had some sample tests and some "no-brainer" pointers, but insisted that "you really couldn't study for this test". I didn't understand WHY, but was gullible enough to believe them. I didn't study very hard and only for about a week.

Since I had more riding on the the GMAT this time (both acceptance into the program and a graduate assistanceship) I decided to take it a bit more seriously...

First, I got "The Unofficial Guide to the GMAT" (1999 version) because it had the best synopsis and sounded like it would give me some TESTED pointers and tips.

Second, because of the time pressure to get the test done, I put aside two weeks of moderately intensive study (2-3 hours a day).

Third, I did MUCH better on the exam... a 640! :)

There are five very nice things about the "Unofficial Guide". First, you take a test to get a "baseline" score to work from (mine was a 580, without studying). Second, it prioritizes the information so that you will get the most for your effort. Third, it doesn't give you a bunch of "foo-foo dust" or "Duh! Tell me something I didn't already know" tips and tricks, but rather provides you with information that WORKS! Fourth, all of the information is well presented and organized so you can find the information related to what you need to improve on. Fifth, the information works for course exams also! :)

My only regret in taking it this last time is that I didn't spend the 2-3 months they recommended. I FIRMLY believe I could have achieved a 700+. After all, it is just like learning anything else and the "Unofficial Guide" tells you what you need to know...

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New Perspectives on Negotiating: Winning the Negotiating Game (Unabridged)
Herb Cohen
Manufacturer: audible.com
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Audio Download
ASIN: B00006CRVU

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Using a metaphor of the "game," this audio illustrates how conscious inattention (Caring, but not too much) will produce heightened awareness, self-confidence, a greater sense of mastery and convey options where none seem apparent in all your interpersonal dealings. Thereafter, Herb Cohen goes on to cover how to minimize barriers to creative problem solving, operate from a position of less leverage, deal wtih "ultimatums" and use the Magic Words that transform competitors into potential partners. This is critical thinking in all life's negotiable relationships.

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BEYOND ISO 9000 How to Sustain Quality in a Dynamic World

Many companies strive to become ISO 9000 certified to prove to customers, suppliers, and competitors that they have achieved a standardized level of quality. But is that all there is?

This unique book says: Not by a long shot! It shows how to go 'beyond' ISO 9000 both qualitatively (exceeding the standards) and chronologically (sustaining standards long after certification) to build stability, capability, and improvability into all areas of the company.

Quality professionals, engineers, product managers, purchasing specialists, and even general managers need to know how to make the most of the ISO 9000 certification process. This book shows how to [1] implement the systems and standards needed to become certified, and [2] sustain those systems and standards for far-reaching impact on business success.

Readers learn how to set up quality systems in the areas of management, quality assurance, engineering, sales and service, and operations. This insightful book provides detailed explanations of each step, and shows how to 'go beyond.'

WILLIAM A. STIMSON (Charlottesville, VA) provides consulting and training in ISO 900 programs, statistical control, and quality management. Previously he served as an engineer, a manager, and (for 10 years) as a lead auditor with the U.S. Navy.

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Offers readers their first, in-depth look at the vast e-commerce opportunities opening up in Asia
Electronic commerce is transforming the face of Asian business. Written by a leading Asian business expert and consultant with the prestigious Boston Consulting Group, the world's leading e-commerce consultancy, this book provides e-managers and e-entrepreneurs in the West with their first coherent, in-depth look at the Asian e-commerce revolution and the wealth of opportunities it presents. With the help of numerous case studies, David C. Michael explores the nature of the Asian e-commerce revolution and provides powerful insights on how e-commerce strategy in the East differs from that in the West, as well as what those differences imply for Western business interests. Michael also offers his informed predictions about the future of e-commerce in Asia.
David C. Michael (Hong Kong, PRC) is a Vice President and Director for The Boston Consulting Group, Hong Kong. He is also one of the leaders of BCG's High-Technology Practice in the Asia-Pacific region.

Customer Reviews:

Dividends collected.......2002-02-24

The book contains so much information and strategic thoughts that is unfound in similar literatures.

While reading the book, I was guided by the Authors to traverse the frontiers of Marketing, Management and Communication and yet the concepts and case studies of many world renowned companies are seamlessly fused together to answer one question: How to reap divideds in Asia's digital business environment?

Other assets in the books are that the chapters are well organised so each one can be independently written to cater for
individual interests; also the charts show works of valuable and serious research, analysis and presentation.

I felt I have collected handsome dividends already at the finish of the third chapter,

Collected Dividends.......2002-02-24

The book contains so much information and strategic thinking that is unfound in similar literatures.

While reading the book, the Authors are guiding you to traverse the frontiers of marketing, management, and communication and yet the concepts and case studies of many world renowned companies are seamlessly fused together for an answer: To reap dividends in Asia's digital business environment.

Other assets found in the book are that chapters can be independently read for individual interests and also the charts contain excellent works of valuable research, analysis and presentation.

At the time of reading the third capter, I felt that I have already harvested dividends handsomely.

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Asia's Digital Dividends: How Asia-Pacific's Corporations Can Create Value from E-Business
David C. Michael
Manufacturer: NY
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000MUAG7U

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The Ottoman thalassocracy

Ottoman Seapower and Levantine Diplomacy in the Age of Discovery (S U N Y Series in the Social and Economic History of the Middle East)
Palmira Brummett
Manufacturer: State University of New York Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Economic History | Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
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ASIN: 0791417026

Customer Reviews:

The Ottoman thalassocracy.......2001-11-11

I had to read Brummetts book for my History Honors class and loved it. The book is well written and documented, and I recommend it to all serious students of History. Read this book and see that the "sick man of Europe" was not so sick after all.

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Brilliant! Amazing how it described our day-to-day concerns.

Really, really helpful and a quick, fascinating read

How To Get The Best Creative Work From Your Agency: Advertising, Interactive And Other Marketing Communications
Nancy L. Salz
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Primis Custom Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Advertising | Marketing & Sales | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
General | Marketing | Marketing & Sales | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0072507624

Book Description

This hands-on book presents how to:
--Quickly build a team relationship with your ad agency by using Salz's seven-step process.
--Lead the team through every stage of the development process-from briefing the agency to evaluating advertising to production.
--Compete successfully with your agency's other clients for the time and enthusiasm of the agency people so you get the best campaigns to generate increased sales.

Customer Reviews:

Brilliant! Amazing how it described our day-to-day concerns........1999-03-24

I read this book because a former colleague recommended it. We were having problems dealing with our advertising agency--especially its creative people. My company would make what looked like a simple request, but we just could not get the results we wanted or expected. It's simply uncanny how accurately Ms. Salz describes the advertiser-agency relationship as my company has learned to understand it! For awhile, her book became required reading for everyone in our advertising dept. "Our people" have a new-found respect for "their people," and the agency is already sending us work of a quality we had only dreamed of before.

Really, really helpful and a quick, fascinating read.......1998-12-01

My agency AE gave me this book so I was skeptical about it, to say the least. But I have found it enormously helpful. Salz just demystifies the whole marketer-agency relationship. I especially loved the quotes from people on both the agency and marketer sides of the business telling the truth about what they want and need from the other members of the team. Salz explains what challenges I face and how to meet them as I go through the steps of developing an ad. Now I know what to do to motivate my agency people. How to critique advertising. And I know what not to do, too. I found the book invaluable and recommend it highly to anyone who's new to working with an agency. Or people who want to know how to get their agency teams to do the best work for them.

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Technology, Growth, and Development uniquely presents the complexities of technical and institutional change on the foundation of modern growth theory. The author shows how the rates and directions of technical change are induced by changes in competitive funding and institutional innovations in the modern research university and industrial laboratory. In turn, technical change itself becomes a powerful source of institutional change. Organized by the author in four parts, the first-Productivity and Economic Growth-gives specific reasons for the slowing of productivity growth in the United States and other leading industrial countries during the last quarter of the twentieth century. In Part II-Sources of Technical Change-the author examines a host of economic factors that influence invention and innovation; the rate and direction of institutional change; and the adoption, diffusion, and transfer of technology. In Part III-Technical Innovation and Industrial Change-he traces the sources and impact of technical change in five strategically important industries: agriculture, electric power, chemical, computer, and biotechnology. The final section, Part IV-Technology Policy-evaluates the role of technical change in international competition, the role of science and technology in environmental policy, and the evolution of U.S. science and technology policy. Technology, Growth, and Development makes few mathematical demands on students, and will be used in courses within economics departments as well as management and public affairs. In addition, it will be required reading for professional economists, managers, and policy analysts at all levels.

Customer Reviews:

Technology, Growth and Development.......2000-11-29

This is an encyclopedic volume on the role of technology in economic growth in both advanced and poorer countries. The extraordinary scope of the volume includes new insights on the role of the microprocessor and molecular biology in economic growth. This book will be the starting point for all readers interested in the role of technology in the growth process.

Everything you ever wanted to know about technology.......2000-10-17

This great book contains everything you ever wanted to know about the interplay between technology, economic growth, development, and the environment.

The book stands strong, treating both theory as well as empirical case studies comprehensively. It's full treatment of theory and exhaustive bibliography make the book THE introductory text book for any university curriculum. Extremely valuable cases studies - that will appeal also to the practitioner - are provided for agricultural innovations, biotechnologies, semiconductors, heat and power, and the chemical industry. Finally, the book blends in nicely also chapters on technology, differences in national systems of innovations and in the international diffusion of technology, as well as sustainable development issues.

In short: a reference book, well written and here to last. Thanks Vernon!

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Technology, Growth, and Development: An Induced Innovation Perspective
Vernon W. Ruttan
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OKGHJO

Book Description

IPE contains hundreds of hours of industry research compiled neatly into easily-read maps, statistics & survey charts, country reports, and more by a hand-selected team of industry veterans.

Thousands of industry professionals like you rely on the International Petroleum Encyclopedia for annual planning, reports, prospecting, projects, marketing efforts, and more.

Year after year, IPE remains the research tool of choice for industry leaders.

The 2003 IPE contains a FREE fold-out map of Canada!

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Equalized and Synchronized Production
The High-Mix Manufacturing System that Moves Beyond JIT
Toshiki Naruse

Just-in-Time happens at a different time for each of your customers. The difficult and costly task of meeting the individual production requirements for each customer could threaten your survival. In response to this Toshiki Naruse developed a new system called Equalized and Synchronized Production (ESP).

ESP is a production management and manufacturing improvement system targeted for supplier companies or any company that deals with a variety of products as well as multiple customers. ESP enables suppliers to meet the requirements of their buyers' Just-In-Time (JIT) ordering systems through wide-variety, small-lot production, while also making their own production activities as efficient as possible.

ESP complements each company's own production management functions, particularly the production scheduling and purchasing functions, in the way that best suits each individual business. By adopting ESP your company will be able to meet its customers needs Just-in-Time while growing into a powerful new organization operating according to its own production system.

Features of Equalized and Synchronized Production include:

· Coverage of the complete production scheduling and management system for supplier organizations.
· Case studies featuring ESP implementation by a variety of manufacturers
· Guidance on when and where the ESP system is more effective than JIT
· Comprehensive and practical "how-to" guidance on ESP implementation

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40 floral patterns rich in delicate, finely detailed Victorian design, rendered in many different shapes and configurations, including borders, panels, and medallions. Some are perfect for framing, others ideal for a pillow cover, skirt, hand towel, pillowcase, tablecloth and napkins, and more. Easy-to-follow instructions.

Customer Reviews:

Great designs.......2003-03-20

I didn't use this book as it was intended, but instead traced the designs onto fabric using the tip of a knitting needle and dressmaker's carbon paper, thus increasing its value for me. Clear, beautiful designs are what you get with this book - just not a whole lot of them.

Victorian Floral Iron-On Transfer Patterns (Dover Needlework)

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Victorian Floral Iron-On Transfer Patterns (Dover Needlework)
Claire Bryant
Manufacturer: Dover Pubns
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000NY6E1W

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Victorian Floral: iron-on transfer patterns
Bryant
Manufacturer: see notes for publisher info
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000ON4CSY

Customer Reviews:

An Important Book About an Important Person.......2002-06-19

Ms. Wheaton has tackled a most difficult subject with a great sense of diligence in research and a flowing writting style. I learned a great deal about an American who has played a major role in my life, and enjoyed every minute of this discovery.

Book Description

What do cardsharps, magicians and business executives have in common? Peole expect them to perform the impossible. The cardsharp is expected to laugh in the face of probability and orchestrate the winning hand. The illusionist is expected to defy the laws of nature and perform a magical effect...... Business executives too must strike the word "impossible" from their vocabularies to achieve success. Now, the impossible is really nothing more than a problem waiting to be solved. As a group, all these individuals are professional problem solvers...... When faced with a problem, Advantage Play executives do not wait for divine inspiration to provide them with a solution. They understand that technique - properly applied - allows them to create solutions on demand. (2001)

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