Fifty Feet in Paradise: The Booming of Florida

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Togo has recently come to the attention to global strategic planners. This report puts these executives on the fast track. Ten chapters provide: an overview of how to strategically access this important market, a discussion on economic fundamentals, marketing & distribution options, export and direct investment options, and full risk assessments (political, cultural, legal, human resources). Ample statistical benchmarks and comparative graphs are given.

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With the loss of Soviet control in Central and Eastern Europe, as well as the move toward economic liberalization in many developing countries, a huge increase in the number of convertible currencies in the world has occurred. A key aspect of the management of these currencies involves their relationships with the world economy, which is determined partly by type of exchange rate. Contributors to this volume argue that the costs and benefits of fixed versus flexible rates vary systematically across different types of economies

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Home Business, Big Business: The Definitive Guide to Starting and Operating On-Line and Traditional Home-Based Ventures, by Cook
Mel Cook
Manufacturer: MacMillan Publishing Company.
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Not Just Another Feel-Good Book

Reduce Your Stress

More Success with Less Stress

101 Ways to Accomplish More with Less
Ellen Samiec
Manufacturer: Breakthrough Coaching
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101 Ways to Accomplish More with Less is a pocket guide offering you tips on how to achieve greater effectiveness and fulfillment in work and life. It is written for busy people like you who want more time for what is important to them. The ideas in this guide come from the experience of the author, Ellen Samiec, and her work with professionals facing information overload. Through simple, specific tips that have far-reaching impact, this pocket guide gives you practical advice on how to think smarter, boost personal energy, improve communication, and reduce distractions and minimize stress.

"When we are busy, we get caught up in doing the next task without considering if this needs to be done," says Ellen Samiec. Tip: "Decide what you no longer want to do, then stop it! Some of your habits no longer serve you and may be counterproductive."

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Not Just Another Feel-Good Book.......2002-01-06

Ellen Samiec's new book is packed with 101 arrows that are sure to strike home in today's maze of obligations and stress. This is not another blase, feel-good book. Rather, each point has been carefully thought out by an author obviously experienced in dealing with busy executives and other career people who are juggling 101 things every day.

As one of such people, I found each of Ms. Samiec's points to be precisely worded and very relevant. Not only that, but implementing her ideas enabled me to substantially increase my effectiveness. This is all the more impressive, given that I have a logical mind and absolutely no time for vague generalities and fluff.

In short, this author is the real goods who will appeal to intelligent minds striving for excellence.

Reduce Your Stress.......2001-09-22

This pocket guide is full of golden "nuggets" of information to help you to accomplish more with less stress. I have found the ideas to be highly useful and practical in both my work and home life. Whenever I'm feeling overwhelmed by all my responsibilities and deadlines, I pull out this booklet and I'm always able to quickly find a piece of advice to help me to reduce my stress and take a better approach to the situation. I encourage anyone who is feeling like they need more balance in their life to buy this pocket guide.

More Success with Less Stress.......2000-12-22

A great little pocket guide that you can take anywhere with you, filled with quick tips and ideas that you can apply "on the spot" to help you work smart, communicate better, reduce stress, manage distractions and interruptions, and help you gain more balance in your life. Practical and effective.

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Successful Selling with NLP : Neuro-Linguistic Programming--The Way Forward in the New Bazaar
Robin; O'Connor, Joseph Prior
Manufacturer: HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000KPCSR8

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Fair Credit Reporting Act : enacted October 26, 1970, last amended November 12, 1999 (SuDoc FT 1.2:C 86/13/999)

Manufacturer: Federal Trade Commission
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Drawing upon classic battlefield principles first espoused more than 25 centuries ago in The Art of War, Lycos product manager Shawn McCarthy has created a contemporary framework that adapts many of its most timeless tenets for today's wired business world. McCarthy's aptly titled update, The Art of .COMbat, outlines what he describes as "an entirely new way of understanding and managing the cutthroat context of the new economy, the internal structure of the new company, the urgency of new customer demands, and the new economy's fiercely competitive climate." Divided into three sections (Basic Training, Preparation, and Going into Battle), it examines various ways that cutting-edge firms are already using the Internet successfully--and, with help from the legendary Sun Tzu, pinpoints how similar benefits might best be attained. Tying the old to the new, McCarthy discusses specifics such as trimming fat from supply chains, integrating the Internet into all activities, gaining customer loyalty by delivering value, and challenging conventional notions of time. By modifying ancient advice like "what you attack is not the enemy, but the enemy's strategy," he turns the proven wisdom on its head and makes it even more relevant for the new millennium. --Howard Rothman

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A tactical field guide to the landscape of the e-business world

The Art of .Combat examines the internal workings of both the high-tech world and the Internet business development process, providing a blueprint for navigating the complex terrain. General Sun Tzu's The Art of War for the e-business world, this handbook expands to cover things like developing online logistics to win battles, preparing long-term strategy and discovering the new goal of frictionless commerce—leveraging the Internet to squeeze out inefficiencies. Required reading for everyone making their way in the e-business world, this book is laced with tactics and real examples of strategy in action. Learn how to appraise a looming e-commerce battle through the factors of politics, climate, terrain, commander, doctrine, and vision. Irritate your opponents and find their weak points (Scott McNealy of Sun Microsystems employed this tactic in his dealings with Hewlett-Packard).

The author is a great writer and business consultant who draws on his experience at Lycos and with client companies as well as interviews with industry leaders. This book will have full support from his employer, Lycos, Inc., including a Web site on the Lycos Network featuring lessons from the book.

Shawn P. McCarthy (New York, NY, and Los Angeles, CA) is a Product Manager and developer at Lycos, Inc. He also consults on Internet business development issues for Fortune 500 companies. McCarthy contributes to the Washington Post and is a regular speaker at conferences such as MacWorld, Internet World, and Comdex.

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Worth a new look now that Internet businesses are picking up.......2005-05-18

I'm working for a .com company again! I don't believe it. I picked up this book for a good idea of what it takes to remain competitive in this space. I was pleased and surprised to see that the lessons are still useful. Maybe even more so now that ROI and other basic business practices are being applied to online businesses. I liked this book a lot.

Hope it helps me remain competitive.......2003-03-14

I recently lost my job at a tech company, so I read this book looking for tips on how to remain competitive in the downturn. The funny thing is the book was written in 2001 just as the .com meltdown was heating up. Thus it starts out optimistic about the future of the net, but points out why many companies will fail. He was right about that, but I'm not sure I share his optimism that downturn cycles tend to last three years. It's worth a read though because it has good insights on how to remain in the game when times get tough. And times ARE tough right now. In general, I might have given this one four stars because it's good a bit over-detailed and of course derivitive. But I decided to give it five because it turns out to be very relative to what's happening in the marketplace today. If you're still unemployed by summertime, take this one to the beach with you.

Strategies for both boom and bust.......2001-12-10

I expected this to be another outdated cheerleader-type Internet book that touted the net as a great business savior while ignoring the fact that most Net-based businesses failed. I was surprised to discover that it helped me understand WHY those businesses failed, and even established a checklist for anyone hoping to still make a buck online. I think the book is guilty of not criticizing some net strategies for being short sighted, and it's also guilty of supporting some of the "free content is better" mentality that only a few Net businesses have made work. (That's why it doesn't earn five stars from me.) But still, the lessons are solid enough that this book ranks as one of those undiscovered gems that I'd recommend to anyone involved in online services. Learn the lessons.

The lessons stick with you.......2001-08-21

I read this book about a month ago. I find myself thinking back to it in different business situations. Hey, does that mean I learned something? One of the better Internet books I've read in a while.

Interesting survival guide.......2001-07-05

I'm taking a summer business school course, and we had to read and analyze a business book. I picked this one because I'd previously read The Art of War. Likes: 1) Details about how markets evolve and grow, and how important timing is. 2) Several real world business examples, given to support the concepts. 3) Easy to read. Informative but not lost in boring jargon. Dislikes: 1) Takes the position that some companies- though only a few large ones - will still be able to survive by offering free services supported via advertising. (From what I've seen this is drying up.) 2) Would like to see more details on how companies might migrate from ad-supported to subscription-based models. That said, I did enjoy the focus on establishing competitive supply chains (which we're learning about in class). By detailing the ups and downs of exchange builders like Covisint, it studies the third approach - neither ad based nor fully subscription based. Our class considers such commerce exchanges which survive on transaction percentages, the wave of the future.

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The definitive work on the G-7 system of global governance.

Hanging Together: Cooperation and Conflict in the The Seven-Power Summits, Revised and Enlarged Edition
Robert Putnam , and Nicholas Bayne
Manufacturer: Harvard University Press
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Making Democracy Work: Civic Traditions in Modern Italy

ASIN: 0674372263

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For more than a decade the leaders of the United States, Japan, Western Europe and Canada have met annually to discuss international economic and political issues. Hanging Together analyses the history of these seven-power summits and the relations between the Western allies during these turbulent years.

New chapters in this edition relate the story of Western economic diplomacy until the Reagan Years. They give lucid accounts of the revamped international economic strategy after 1984 and how the Europeans and Japanese reacted to it. A new introduction and conclusion place the summits in a theoretical framework.

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The definitive work on the G-7 system of global governance........1999-06-21

Clearly, this work is the bible for any professional in the field of international relations. While devoted to the study and evolution of the G-7 process, the work underlines the fundamental role of the major industrialized powers in shaping 20th century geopolitical realities.

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Taking a conceptual approach, this book studies the economic development of the four East Asian economies since 1950. The author summarizes and reconsiders many of the arguments and findings that supported and explained the economic 'miracles' of Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and South Korea, analysing the relationship between economic development, growth and political economy.
This pioneering book will stimulate further analysis of East Asian development. It will be of essential interest to scholars in East Asian economics, and all those interested in modern economic development.

The Foreign Economic Policies of Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan

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The Foreign Economic Policies of Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan
Christopher M. Dent
Manufacturer: Edward Elgar Publishing
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1840648384

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Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan - East Asia's newly industrialized economies (the NIE-3) - experienced a profound development transformation over recent decades. Christopher Dent makes a comparative study of their foreign economic policies, highlighting how the NIE-3 have engaged with the international economic system in an increasingly dynamic way. The book develops a new macro-framework of foreign economic policy analysis that provides the structure for this study.

The author argues that the `development context' of the NIE-3's foreign economic policies is grounded in their common development statism and semi-peripheralization. He further contends that it is the pursuit of economic security that primarily motivates their respective foreign economic policies.

This new conceptualization of economic security in the context of foreign economic policy will appeal to academics, researchers and students in a wide range of disciplines including: Asian studies, international relations, international political economy, economics and politics.

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The Foreign Economic Policies of Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan
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Binding: Hardcover
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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

Maldives Business Intelligence Report (World Business Law Handbook Library)

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Maldives Business Intelligence Report (World Business Law Handbook Library)

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This report contains business intelligence information for succesful export-import, business and investment operations, strategic contacts and more... The report also contains selected information on investment and business opportunities, international economic projects, tenders, government projects, as well as, marketing and export-import opportunities information.

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Maldives Business Law Handbook
USA International Business Publications
Manufacturer: Intl Business Pubns USA
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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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The effect of demography on economic performance has been the subject of intense debate in economics for nearly two centuries. In recent years opinion has swung between the Malthusian views of Coale and Hoover, and the cornucopian views of Julian Simon. Unfortunately, until recently, data were too weak and analytical models too limited to provide clear insights into the relationship. As a result economists as a group have not been clear or conclusive. This volume, based on a collection of papers that heavily rely on data from the 1980s and 1990s and on new analytical approaches, sheds important new light on demographic-economic relationships, and it provides clearer policy conclusions than any recent work on the subject. In particular, evidence from developing countries throughout the world shows a much clearer pattern in recent decades than was evident earlier: countries with higher rates of population growth have tended to see less economic growth. An analysis of the role of demography in the "Asian economic miracle" strongly suggests that changes in age structures resulting from declining fertility create a one-time "demographic gift" or window of opportunity, when the working age population has relatively few dependants, of either young or old age, to support. Countries which recognize and seize on this opportunity can, as the Asian tigers did, realize healthy bursts in economic output. But such results are by no means assured: only for countries with otherwise sound economic policies will the window of opportunity yield such dramatic results. Finally, several of the studies demonstrate the likelihood of a causal relationship between high fertility and poverty. While the direction of causality is not always clear and very likely is reciprocal (poverty contributes to high fertility and high fertility reinforces poverty), the studies support the view that lower fertility at the country level helps create a path out of poverty for many families. Population Matters represents an important further step in our understanding of the contribution of population change to economic performance. As such, it will be a useful volume for policymakers both in developing countries and in international development agencies.

Population Matters : Demographic Change, Economic Growth, and Poverty in the Developing World

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Population Matters : Demographic Change, Economic Growth, and Poverty in the Developing World
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Manufacturer: Oxford University Press(UK)
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Population Matters : Demographic Change, Economic Growth, and Poverty in the Developing World
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The African Development Report 1997 is a comprehensive yet concise annual survey of economic and social progress in Africa. The Report's theme for this year reflects an increased recognition of the role of private sector-led growth in reducing poverty over the long term. The Report is set to
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Fifty years of rural development in India: Retrospect and prospect : a report of the NIRD foundation day seminar, 1997

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Fifty years of rural development in India: Retrospect and prospect : a report of the NIRD foundation day seminar, 1997

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India Development Report 1997

Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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This is the definitive source for information on the Indian marketplace, providing a detailed and current assessment of every facet of the economy: industry, agriculture, infrastructure, the financial and social spheres, food policy and security measures, and the environment. These valuable
reports--as preceded by a telling overview of last year's economic activity--comprise a summary that will prove useful to capitalists and corporations up and down the ladder, and in both the public and private sectors. The India Development Report 1997 offers readers a more complete picture of the
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India Development Report 1997
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Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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This special issue originated from a panel at the annual conference of the International Communication Association. The articles utilize various coding systems, including the Roter Interaction Analysis System, Verbal Response Mode, McNeilis Coordination and Competence System, and Relational Control Coding. This issue's goal is to provide a resource that will make it easier for future researchers to select a coding scheme that is most appropriate for the purpose of a particular research project. It illuminates the process of studying health care provider-patient interaction and facilitates decision making for future researchers.

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The good intentions of corporate management are frequently undermined by 160 Degree Deviators with personal agendas who cause morale to suffer and frustration to set in. The author identifies this subculture and discusses why and how it's able to thrive.

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Needed in every company in America.......2003-05-14

Even the best organizations have good intentions when instituting new plans or policies. Something always seems to go wrong, because of a type of manager called the 160 Degree Deviator. These are people with their own agendas who damage company morale and cause frustration to rise. The reason that they aren't called 180 Degree Deviators is that the author gives the company 20 degrees "credit" for having the right idea.

The author theorizes that some people are just born jerks, or become that way after exposure to other jerks. Such pompous, overbearing people should never be let anywhere near a management position. Devaitors can be of either gender, and can be found anywhere between foreman and senior management. They are preoccupied with superficial things, like the look of a report instead of what's inside. They dominate all conversations with peers and subordinates, and monopolize meetings. They rarely apologize for a mistake or false accusation, especially when it involves someone lower than them on the company totem pole. They recruit spies to feed them the latest gossip about others. Deviators will only hire or promote those who hold them in high esteem. they use a lot of possessive pronouns, like "my people" or "my department," as if a piece of the company is their personal property. In short, 160 Degree Deviators have an exaggerated sense of their own self-importance. They consider themselves the center of the universe, and expect to be treated as such. Sound familiar?

What to do about such people? It's easy to say that so-and-so is a "kook" or is thinking outside the box; tell that to their subordinates or people in other departments. At all times, challenge Deviators to put up or shut up. Meetings should be called for specific purposes with specific attendees; don't let Anyone monopolize them. People who lie or sacrifice others to cover their mistakes should be immediately dismissed. If Manager X is considered "harmless" by senior management, transfer them someplace where they will be harmless, but get them out of that management job.

This book is excellent. A copy is needed in every company in America, Fortune 500 included. The CEO who says "it doesn't happen here" needs to take a closer look at their company. It is highly recommended.

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Credit Repair.......2004-06-14

The book did everything it claimed to do! I had several items needing to be corrected and the process that was explained by the author was highly accurate. Additionally, it provided a number of strategies that helped me to regain control over my financial situation. Thanks for helping to strengthen my credit worthiness!

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In The Online Rules of Successful Companies: The Fool-Proof Guide to Building Profits, leading Internet entrepreneur Robin "Roblimo" Miller (developer for Slashdot and Freshmeat Web sites) presents systematic rules for building the profitability of your b

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Practical Information YOU can use!.......2002-12-31

Miller is an exceptionally blunt, honest, straight-forward writer. I like that in a writer from whom I am seeking business advice. Fanciful stuff is great in science fiction, but this is the real world, the harsh, unforgiving world of business today. I need to be able to trust the writer to relate facts, not fiction, and to do so in a way I can easily understand and quickly apply to my own business plans. I highly recommend this book, and this writer. You can rely on the information to help you move your business forward.

Sanity Reigns.......2002-10-24

Any fan of Slashdot knows that the site has never embraced the kind of silliness that led some people to fool investors into believing that the road to riches was in selling cheese graters on-line at cheese-graters.com. Part of this reason is Robin Miller, one of the steadiest hands on the tiller. This guy used to drive a limo and that taught him how to manage a real business. Now, he's written down all of the secrets that has kept Slashdot from following cheese-grater.com into Chapter 11.

This is really a practical book that contains none of the new economy mumbo jumbo. Keep your costs low, says Miller, and he suggests a number of ways to use free or very low cost software to accomplish that. If you want to dream of infinite growth, endless revolutions, or shattering paradigms, look somewhere else. It's all about balancing the books and keeping costs in line with revenue.

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Within twenty years of an outburst of frenzied destruction and bestial slaughter, of deprivation, misery and hopelessness, the majority of the population in Western Europe and Japan found themselves suddenly, unprecedently rich. How this happened and how it was experienced if the subject of this book.

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FROM AUSTERITY TO AFFLUENCE: The Transformation of the Socio-Economic Structure of Western Europe and Japan
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Oecd Economic Surveys By Country, 2003-2004: Korea
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Lesotho Business Intelligence Report (World Business Intelligence Report Library)
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