Sights of Contestation: Localism, Globalism and Cultural Production in Asia and the Pacific
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Sights of Contestation: Localism, Globalism and Cultural Production in Asia and the Pacific

Manufacturer: The Chinese University Press
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ASIN: 9622018696

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The fourteen essays presented in this volume examine the diverse ways in which cultural products are shaped and re-shaped in public spaces in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan and some other countries in the Pacific in their continuing encounters with the forces of localism and globalism.

Various theories of globalization have been proposed since the 1970s to predict the trend of development toward homogenization and explain the tensions hitherto created. However diverse the theories may be, there is one fact that assumes the form of a challenge. As the world has become seemingly less and less divergent in its "shrinkage," the traditional categories of cultural division and opposition, such as the East versus the West, may no longer be adequate in analyzing the world we live in today. Paradoxically enough, this very shrinkage and restructuring of the world has the effect of focusing more sharply on questions of localism, identity and cultural roots. This is, in fact, a moment in history when the local and the global are co-implicated in complex and unanticipated ways.

How do cultural workers, who are primarily writers, intellectuals, journalists, filmmakers and educators, in Asia and the Pacific respond to this challenging phenomenon? How do they conceptualize it? What are the prospects and problems they foresee with regard to their own societies and cultures? These are questions of utmost significance as one seeks to come to terms with East Asia and the emerging Pacific as a space of contestation and resistance in the global/local process of cultural production. The fourteen essays collected in this book certainly represent the views of some of the prominent scholars in the region.

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2 out of 5 stars Too general and vague.......2003-08-29

The authors and editors are perhaps being a little over-ambitious in compiling this book, for they've looked at a broad spectrum of things but are unable to focus their arguments more specifically. As a result, the contents of this book are often too general and vague. Too vague, in fact, for it to be of much use, other than stimulating the read onwards to further, and more useful, research.

Same, Different, Equal: Rethinking Single-Sex Schooling
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    Same, Different, Equal: Rethinking Single-Sex Schooling
    Rosemary C. Salomone
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    ASIN: 0300108311

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    In this timely book, Rosemary Salomone offers a reasoned educational and legal argument supporting single-sex education as an alternative to coeducation, particularly in the case of disadvantaged minority students.
    “A carefully organized, often lively . . . compendium of everything that matters in the debate: how boys and girls do in classes and on tests, their differing learning styles, and the legal tussles.”—Timothy A. Hacsi, New York Times
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      Rosemary C. Salomone
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      Same, Different, Equal: Rethinking Single-Sex Schooling
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        The End of Affluence The Causes and Consequences of America's Economic Dilemma
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          The End of Affluence The Causes and Consequences of America's Economic Dilemma
          Jeffrey Madrick
          Manufacturer: Random House
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          ASIN: B000J0NNN2
          The End of Affluence: The Causes and Consequences of America's Economic Dilemma
          Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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          • What the heck is this?
          • Slow Economic Growth: The End of Social Mobility
          • An honest review of where America stands economically
          The End of Affluence: The Causes and Consequences of America's Economic Dilemma
          Jeff Madrick
          Manufacturer: Random House
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          ASIN: 0375750339
          Release Date: 1997-09-23

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          Sure to spark controversy, this book, reminiscent of the bestsellers Politics of Rich and Poor and Day of Reckoning, tells the real truth about America's long term economic decline--what caused it, what it has done to Americans, and what Americans should do about it.

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          4 out of 5 stars Strong Reporting on an Important Issue.......2000-04-29

          While the conventional wisdom is that the 1990's have been a decade of prosperity, every so often undercurrents of discontent surface (in places like Seattle), and suggest that for many people in the United States, this is not the case. Jeffrey Madrick's "The End of Affluence" offers an explanation of why this is so.

          Madrick begins by noting that since the early 1970's the US has been in the doldrums economically; starting in 1973, the long-term economic growth rate fell by over 1% annually (contrary to the previous reviewer, this is still the case). Madrick notes many of the consequences of this slowdown. He contrasts the present period with the rapid growth of the past in a concise but informative review of US economic history--this segment by itself makes the book worth reading.

          Madrick then turns to what he sees as the main cause of the slowdown. As European and Japanese firms adopted American methods of mass production and distribution, this increased international competition eroded much of the US's long-standing advantages. The slowness of US firms, such as the automakers, to adopt new methods of flexible production, and the lagging rate of US capital investment, further aggravated this trend. A major consequence of this trend has been a sharp decline in the availability of well-paying jobs for those without college degrees.

          Madrick criticizes the "misplaced optimism" of those who see our problems as minor or readily solved. He critiques some alternative explanations for the growth slowdown, such as our allegedly insufficient savings rate and supposed "skills shortage." While he offers little in the way of specific solutions, he does give a solid refutation of the Republican Party's ever-resurrected "solution" of yet one more round of supply-side, trickle-down tax cuts.

          Madrick's analysis is often solid, but he falls short in two respects. First, he is too focused on a single explanation for our "end of affluence," international competition, and neglects other factors that also are important--the collapse of the labor movement comes to mind as one. Second, his vision is centered too narrowly on GDP and related economic measures, and so neglects issues like environmental degradation, which are of considerable importance, but are not captured in convential economic statistics.

          While Madrick's story is an incomplete one, his superb reporting makes his book, even though it is somewhat dated, worthwhile reading.

          1 out of 5 stars What the heck is this?.......2000-02-02

          This is really a horrible book. I can't believe that any serious publisher agreed to print this. The author's thesis is that our productivity and national wealth has been stagnating since 1973 - about as original a thesis as smoking is bad for your health. But then the author does nothing to explain why this happened or how we could reverse it. All he does is repeat the same formula information over and over again. It reads like the work of a fifth grader. More importantly, though, is that since the release of Mr. Madrick's book both our productivity and national wealth has soared, rendering his point largely mute. Stay away from this book.

          5 out of 5 stars Slow Economic Growth: The End of Social Mobility.......1999-12-31

          Madrick describes the subtle economic decline in America that has taken place over the last thirty years. Many people find themselves working more hours, or even a second job without getting ahead. The rise in social problems, lack of faith in the government, and America's poor economic performance are approached from a historical perspective, where Madrick cites the underlying problem as "a sharp slowdown in economic growth from our historical average of 3.4% a year, and often higher since the Civil War to a little more than 2% a year since 1973." He makes the case that politicians and economists often look at economic indicators to determine economic expansion or recession, but fail to acknowledge that the slow average economic growth over time has had a somewhat irreversible effect on lost production, which he has estimated to be about $12 trillion over the twenty year period of 1973 to 1993. As a nation we tend to blame these economic problems on inflation, government budget deficits, low levels of investment, faltering education, or the irresponsible politicians and their special interest spending -- which are really symptoms of the root cause, slow growth. Conversely, Madrick presents a positive correlation with the increase of growth in productivity as the solution to all of society's problems. Furthermore, he makes the case that the decline cannot be rooted to any political party, change in moral values, or the rise in special interests -- but has to do with the corporate America's reluctance to identify and adapt to the changing global marketplace.

          Madrick tells of America's second frontier of mass production which had once given the U.S. a great competitive advantage: having the operating experience to produce large qualities at a small enough unit price and distribute it over the nation's large consumer base -- which is unparalleled in the world. While American businesses were caught up in a paradigm of mass production of standardized products with broad marketing, the rest of the world began systems of flexible production of specialized products, produced for narrower markets. This coupled with the reduction of trade barriers and the ease of entrance into U.S. markets created competition that American companies had never before experienced, and were unprepared for. As their corporate paradigm shifted, and companies began to realize that what had once been was no longer, they reacted by trying to compete through reducing costs-- such as reducing labor or wages-- rather than focusing on increasing their productivity. Corporate America's failure to adapt to the changing market conditions, essentially caused an economic retreat in industries where American companies felt they couldn't compete -- most noticeably in manufacturing. Madrick presents a model which represents the cyclical decline created by the internationalization and fragmentation of markets which create cost cutting and lower wages, which further creates uncertainty, which creates weak investment, which leads to lower productivity and more lost jobs, then reduced consumption which compounds the slow growth, which only starts the cycle of cost cutting once again.

          All in all, Madrick has written an excellent book that is easy and enjoyable to read.

          5 out of 5 stars An honest review of where America stands economically.......1997-01-07

          Jeffrey Madrick uses facts to explain what went wrong with the American dream. The cold hard facts explain how it is unlikely that economic growth will return to historic levels. The truly amazing points to me were that education reform, welfare reform, balanced budgets, health care reform...even if all of these come to pass...will still not return America back to where we have been for the past 150 years. Most Americans believe that the Great Drepression was a period of negative growth, and the period following WWII was unprecedented rapid growth. The reality is that the period following WWII was a return to our historic growth patterns. I continue to send my children to private schools due to the abysmal public schools in California, but the ecomonic payoff is not likely to be achieved. I still retain a healthy optimism about Americas future, but this book was definitely food for thought

          Regionalization for Development and Accession to the European Union: A Comparative Perspective (Lgi Fellowship Studies)
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            ZenWise Selling: Mindful Methods to Improve Your Sales...and Your Self
            Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
            • In a sea of selling books, this one sails above the rest
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            • A handbook of how to sell respectfully and ethically
            • Confidently recommended as a superbly balanced work
            • At peace with sales in a high pressure world
            ZenWise Selling: Mindful Methods to Improve Your Sales...and Your Self
            Lee Godden
            Manufacturer: Telsius Publishing
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            Lee Godden's award-winning book, ZenWise Selling: Mindful Methods to Improve Your Sales...and Your Self, clearly explains how to sell goods and services profitably and ethically, and how to achieve both financial and personal success as a sales professional. Selling can t be done on auto-pilot. Successful sales professionals are consultative experts who know that prospects become customers only after trust and credibility are established. ZenWise Selling teaches how to easily and efficiently attract and retain customers, and how to deepen and broaden customer relationships. Readers will examine their values and ethics, strengths and weaknesses, desires and fears. This inspirational, fast-paced and interactive book will help them sell more...with less stress. ZenWise Selling was named Finalist in ForeWord's Book of the Year Awards, and has been translated into several languages for distribution worldwide.

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            5 out of 5 stars In a sea of selling books, this one sails above the rest.......2004-08-17

            In a sea of books that teach strategies to help people become better salespersons, ZenWise Selling aims to teach the salesperson to become a better person, first. Once on this path, the salesperson will find the journey adventuresome and filled with lifelong successes. I also loved the Appendix overviewing the origins and history of Zen. WOW!
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            5 out of 5 stars Skeptic at first, then impressed.......2004-08-09

            I've learned eight or nine different sales strategies over the years. I assumed ZenWise Selling was just another spin on the same old tune: techniques to 'buddy up' to prospects until you can effectively pitch them. While this book touches on standard prospecting and presenting, it mainly focuses on the individual doing the selling. Why are they doing this? What makes them tick? I really appreciated the 'fill in the blank' exercises. (My first answers weren't always the most correct.) If you want something that touches the heart of the salesperson, buy this book.

            5 out of 5 stars A handbook of how to sell respectfully and ethically.......2004-06-11

            We talk a lot about marketing. And one-to-one contact is, of course, a major piece of the larger marketing pie. The act of meeting with a prospect, or speaking to one over the telephone, and convincing that person that your products and services can fill a need, solve a problem, or make an improvement is one of the most badly practiced arts around--so many people don't have a clue about how to sell ethically and in a way that fully respects the prospect.

            Therefore, it's always nice to recommend a resource that can improve the selling experience for both seller and buyer. I recommend a few such books in the Principled Pro fit bibliography, which is now posted on the website. And I'm always glad to find more.

            Lee Godden sent me a copy of his new book, ZenWise Selling, and he's clearly based in exactly that kind of wisdom. He espouses a gentle, mindful selling orientation that replaces the aggressive hard sell. Instead, he suggests really listing, ethical behavior, and accepting the ups and downs of the process as a keen observer of the world, as opposed to as someone who gets bent out of shape by every little setback.

            Godden is a Zen practitioner, and there's certainly quite a bit about meditative techniques and general Zen practices, as well as a nice little history of Zen at the end of the book. But he isn't preachy, and even if you don't see yourself meditating, there's much here that will be useful and practical for anyone in sales.

            And actually, while reading this book, I had an emergency root canal on one of my teeth. I let Lee's message flow over me, and achieved a meditative state in the dentist's chair that made the procedure a lot less painful, and the recovery a lot faster, than it might have been.

            5 out of 5 stars Confidently recommended as a superbly balanced work.......2004-01-12

            Zen Wise Selling: Mindful Methods To Improve Your Sales... And Your Self by sales trainer, public speaker, and Zen practitioner Lee Godden offers readers a unique blend of Zen principles and great business methodologies revolving around the core idea that excellence in personal understanding, bearing, character and credibility will inevitably result in excellent sales. From living and selling in-the-moment; to learning to accept, embrace, and learn from one's failures and fears; to the arts of managing salespeople; to team selling, and more, Zen Wise Selling is confidently recommended as a superbly balanced work leading to self-improve-ment on physical, economic, and spiritual fronts.

            5 out of 5 stars At peace with sales in a high pressure world.......2003-12-10

            "Zen Wise Selling" is about achieving the Holy Grail of sales - clearing your mind, finding calm and peace within yourself, and selling without any stress despite looming deadlines, quotas, and other standard fare of sales. Scattered throughout the book are multiple exercises to help the reader find that peace inside their self. This peace translates into a stronger personal aura and a strong sense of presence.

            One of the most important points of the book besides establishing this internal peace is to approach each sales opportunity from a fresh viewpoint with no preconceptions. This allows an honest relationship to develop between the customer and salesperson and a true partnership. This is selling with integrity at it's best. "Zen Wise Selling" is not a sales techniques book but a book on the foundation that underlies all relationships, including sales. The information in sales techniques books can then be applied to this foundation. Sell more, less stress, more peace, achieve the Zen of selling. "Zen Wise Selling" is a highly recommended book.

            Information on Deteriorating Accounts: Handle With Care
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              Information on Deteriorating Accounts: Handle With Care

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              Principles of Direct And Database Marketing
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                Alan Tapp
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                  Alan Tapp
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                  Principles of direct and database marketing
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                    Valuation Multipartenaires du Cadre de Developpement Integre: Rapport de Synthase
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                      The Comprehensive Development Framework (CDF)-launched by World Bank President James D. Wolfensohn in early 1999-has become an important influence on the global development agenda. The CDF consists of four principles - a Long-Term, Holistic Development Framework; Results Orientation; Country Ownership; and Country Led-Partnership. These core principles are not new individually, but bringing them together as a unified concept and championing the package within the global development community has been an important innovation.

                      This evaluation, conducted by multi-disciplinary teams with members from developed and developing countries, shows that both donors and recipients have made progress in implementing the CDF principles, particularly in countries where one or more of the principles have been applied over a number of years. However, these positive changes are fragile and could be stalled or reversed. Implementing the principles requires changes in entrenched behaviors and institutional practices. Thus, dedicated and consistent attention is needed by top donor leadership and recipient countries to ensure that momentum is sustained.

                      Managing the Global: Globalization, Employment and Quality of Life (Human Security and Global Governance)
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                        We live in a "global village" (McLuhan), a "post-industrial" (Bell) and an "information society" (Porat). Others have suggested that this is the age of the "end of history" (Fukuyama). But other experts suggest that we live in an era called the "beginning of history", when for the first time, over two-thirds of humanity can claim the right to be history's subject and not its object. The contributors show, even the global villages of Coca-Cola, Hilton, and McDonalds hide a different reality: globalization and tribalization, they demonstrate, are two sides of the same coin.

                        Myanmar Business Intelligence Report (World Business Intelligence Report 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.

                          Biodiversity Loss: Economic and Ecological Issues
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                            This important book reports the findings of a research program that brought together economists and ecologists to consider the causes and consequences of biodiversity loss. It shows that while the immediate causes of biodiversity loss lie in habitat destruction and harvesting, the underlying causes are incentives that encourage resource users to ignore the effects of their actions. These effects include both loss of genetic material, and the collapse of ecosystem resilience--our "insurance" against the fundamental uncertain effects of economic and population growth. The "solutions" are argued to lie in the reform of incentives.

                            Trafficking in Persons: Prosecution from a European Perspective
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                              Conny Rijken
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                              ASIN: 906704167X

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                              The crime of trafficking in persons is being increasingly committed in an international context and many of the problems in prosecuting this crime are aggravated by the fact that more than one state is involved. National criminal laws are not sufficient to prosecute and to combat it adequately. As a transnational crime, solutions for an effective prosecution should be sought beyond national borders. This publication will provide an initial impetus for an approach at the EU level to prosecute trafficking in persons more effectively, based on the concept of regional jurisdiction. Recently developed instruments and initiatives within the EU, such as the European Arrest Warrant, Eurojust and a European Public Prosecutor, are also covered in this book. The final conclusion that can be drawn is that, for the moment, a dual track should be followed in order to prosecute the trafficking in persons more effectively.

                              Consolidated Fund & National Loans Fund Accounts - Supplementary Statements 1999-2000
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                                Consolidated Fund & National Loans Fund Accounts: Supplementary Statements 1985-86
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                                  Consolidated Fund and National Loans Fund Accounts Supplementary Statements
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                                    Efficiency and Russia's Economic Recovery Potential to the Year 2000 and Beyond
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                                      Manufacturer: Ashgate Publishing
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                                      The End of Selling...as We Know It: An Executive's Guide to Customer Creation
                                      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
                                      • Buy one (today) for every member of your sales staff
                                      • Welke Continues Icon-Busting Selling Ideas
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                                      The End of Selling...as We Know It: An Executive's Guide to Customer Creation
                                      Larry Welke
                                      Manufacturer: 1st Books Library
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                                      Binding: Paperback

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                                      TechniquesTechniques | Sales & Selling | Marketing & Sales | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
                                      ASIN: 0759613311

                                      Book Description

                                      In a rapidly changing marketplace, consumers are better educated and have more buying options than ever before. Welke explains how to acquire and keep customers in this new environment.

                                      Customer Reviews:

                                      5 out of 5 stars Buy one (today) for every member of your sales staff.......2001-04-25

                                      The Father of Software Sales has provided a remarkable look into the art of selling. Long before most of the current software users and salespeople were even born, Larry Welke was helping to launch the industry through his directories and magazines.

                                      Now, Welke gives us insight into what drives a user to license a software product or suite, and provides a roadmap for the sellers and buyers to meet for their common good.

                                      If you are in sales or marketing, and enjoyed Spencer Johnson's Who Moved My Cheese, you must get this book. It brings home all of the sales issues you have been striving to corral. It's a quick read, yet you'll thank Larry for years ... as have the titans of the software industry.

                                      5 out of 5 stars Welke Continues Icon-Busting Selling Ideas.......2001-04-17

                                      Larry A. Welke's "The End of Selling...As We Know It" continues his 40-plus years of challenging conventional wisdom about the selling and marketing of mostly high-end products. And that is the fun of his new book. If your decision-making in marketing and sales has been on auto-pilot, this book puts the stick back in your hands.

                                      Welke, a 1954 graduate of Marquette University (Economics), went to work for IBM after a short stint with General Electric. IBM, perhaps the greatest marketing machine of the last half of the 20th century, gave Welke lessons both in what to do and, as it faltered in the personal computer business, not to do. Over seven years he became a top salesman by, among other things, courting clients in chauffeur-driven Jaguars, a practice that won business but drove the image-conscious IBM hierarchy nuts.

                                      Welke left IBM and, in 1967, formed his own company, International Computer Programs, Inc., the first software information company anywhere. During his three decades at the helm of ICP, he taught sales training to hundreds of aspiring software salespersons around the world. Early on the challenge was one every new software merchant stumbled over but which Welke relished: How do you persuade businesses that were used to getting their software free -- just thrown in with the hardware they bought -- to start paying serious money for it?

                                      That Welke's seminars and publications had the answer gave him the appellation "Father of the Software Industry" (the independent software industry went from $300 million in sales when he joined it to around a hundred billion today). It also gave him a reputation as a rogue marketer with some compelling ideas, which is why his sales training seminars continue to sell out to this day.

                                      The essential point of "The End of Selling..." is that changes in exposure media -- principally the Internet -- have fundamentally altered the way a sale is done, contact to contract. It altered the way clients first hear about a product, learn more about it, explore its viability in their context, make sales contacts, and even pay for and deliver it. Beyond that it affects the way customers are supported, complaints are handled, products are critiqued, new versions are developed, and hands are held.

                                      The failures of the dot coms, he believes, stems from the inability of the mostly youthful entrepreneurs to merge their new-century automated sites with a little last-century humanity. (Imagine a prospective customer, money in hand, lost in an HTML maze that cannot answer the one question he has that would close the sale for him.)

                                      Welke believes that the Internet and other interactive media will fulfil their promise once entrepreneurs (and established merchants just getting into the new media) forget selling as they once knew it (20th century) and as they think they know it now (21st century), and merge the two into a symbiosis he calls "customer creation."

                                      The best way to think of customer creation is to imagine that the up-close selling of knocking on sequential doors to introduce yourself has been replaced with technology that can introduce you to literally scores of millions more prospects. But having made that introduction, those prospects need to be addressed not in a single rigid manner adopted by the company (a formula Web site), but in the manner in which THEY wish to be individually addressed (and, ultimately, sold). That would include a flexible system of technology-based marketing mixed with an informed support staff of living people who are easily contacted.

                                      There is much more to customer creation that we can outline here, but suffice it to say that Welke has a lot of experience with the concept and a lot of fun sharing it. His decades in sales, marketing and chief executive offices give him a long view too many other authors lack. "The End of Selling..." will take you off auto-pilot and make you think.

                                      5 out of 5 stars What an eye opener!.......2001-04-12

                                      This book makes sense out of the complexities (even chaos) of today's information-rich marketplace. It provides solid recommendations on how to capitalize on the changing roles of buyers and sellers. "The End of Selling..." is a must-read for anyone even associated with selling or customer service.

                                      Credit Business of Finance Houses and Other Specialist Consumer Credit Grantors (Business Monitors)
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                                        Preface to Marketing Management  with PowerWeb
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                                        • A brillant introduction to Marketing Management
                                        • Not A Substitute For A Comprehensive Marketing Management Te
                                        • Good Overview - Outrageously Priced
                                        • It is just a 'simple as' marketing fruitfull overview book
                                        Preface to Marketing Management with PowerWeb
                                        J. Paul Peter , and Jr, James H Donnelly
                                        Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill/Irwin
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                                        ASIN: 0072834811

                                        Book Description

                                        Preface to Marketing Management, 9/e, by Peter and Donnelly, is praised in the market for its organization, format, clarity, brevity and flexibility. The text serves as an overview for critical issues in marketing management. Its brief, inexpensive, paperback format makes it a perfect fit for instructors who assign cases, readings, simulations or offer modules on marketing management for MBA students. The text also works in courses that implement a cross-functional curriculum where the students are required to purchase several texts.

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                                        5 out of 5 stars Review.......2007-04-17

                                        This product came very quickly and was in great condition. I am very happy with this purchase. Thanks!

                                        5 out of 5 stars A brillant introduction to Marketing Management.......2007-01-28

                                        This book is a brilliant introduction to Marketing Management. It is a must for Marketers, Marketing Researchers and anyone who wants to understand the basics of the role that Marketing plays in modern organizations. Do not miss the opportunity to take advantage of the companion website, where you can take online multiple choice exams on the main concepts mentioned in the book. An excellent introductory book to the field of Marketing and Marketing Research.

                                        3 out of 5 stars Not A Substitute For A Comprehensive Marketing Management Te.......2001-01-30

                                        I found the Peter and Donnelly marketing book rather anemic, especially as an assigned textbook for marketing majors in an MBA program. (It was assigned in two of my MBA classes.) At just under 300 pages, it provided only a high-level overview of marketing, and in some cases, the information was stale and outdated. The illustrations and charts are also rather crude and unsophisticated and sometimes downright difficult to interpret.

                                        The only good thing was that it was quick and easy to read, but I didn't really absorb much new knowledge. As a supplement to a curriculum that uses case studies extensively (which is the recommended usage of the book), it is adequate. Each chapter concludes with a section listing Additional Readings, which are probably necessary if you want to really increase your knowledge of the subject.

                                        2 out of 5 stars Good Overview - Outrageously Priced.......2000-07-12

                                        Does a good job of providing an overview of the strategic and tactical marketing processes of companies. My only complaint is the cost/benefit ratio - this is a paperback book that is only 300 pages long - worth[less than price].

                                        5 out of 5 stars It is just a 'simple as' marketing fruitfull overview book.......1999-02-12

                                        i think that this book is an easily undrestood source for practical marketing and helps sales people to acquire a non-complicated view of today's marketing.
                                        Preface to Marketing Management with PowerWeb
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                                          J. Paul; Donnelly, Jr, James Peter
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                                          Can South and Southern African Become Globally Competitive Economies?
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                                            Dead-End to Nigerian Development: An Investigation on the Social Economic and Political Crises in Nigeria (Codesria book series)
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                                              Okwudiba Nnoli
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                                              Kiribati Business & Investment Opportunities Yearbook
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                                                ASIN: 0739747894

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                                                This yearbook contains basic information on export-import, investment and business opportunities in the respected country. Provides information on government structure, economy, business climate, regulations, and more... Includes basic statistics, information on the most important business contacts and business travel. Updated annually.
                                                Kiribati Business and Investment Opportunities Yearbook (World Business Law Handbook Library)
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                                                    This yearbook contains information on investment business opportunities, international economic projects, tenders, government projects, marketing and export-import opportunities information.

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