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A pioneer of modern economics
This book is a practical and accessible guide to understanding the life and works of Adam Smith.
In 50 minutes you will be able to:
• Recognize and understand the main ideas behind the works of Adam Smith on philosophy and economics
• Identify the impact his contributions had on future neoclassical economists and how The Wealth of Nations laid the foundations for modern economics
• Understand the limits and...
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Why specialisation is the key to success
This book is a practical and accessible guide to understanding and implementing the theory of comparative advantage, providing you with essential information and saving time.
In 50 minutes you will be able to:
• Master the notions of absolute and relative advantage rapidly
• Specialise in producing goods or services for which you have the strongest, or least weak productivity compared to others.
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Prepare the best strategies in advance
This book is a practical and accessible guide to understanding and implementing the PESTLE analysis, providing you with the essential information and saving time.
In 50 minutes you will be able to:
• Understand the uses of the PESTLE analysis and how it can be useful for your business
• Categorize the macroeconomic variables of your business into the six different sections of the PESTLE analysis: Political,...
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Revolutionary thinking and the fight against capitalism
This book is a practical and accessible guide to understanding the life and works of Karl Marx.
In 50 minutes you will be able to:
• Recognize and understand the main ideas behind the works of Karl Marx on economic thought
• Identify the impact his contributions had on economics, perceptions of capitalism and political revolutions
• Understand the limits of his contributions...
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Plan your way to business success
This book is a practical and accessible guide to understanding and creating a business plan checklist, providing you with the essential information and saving time.
In 50 minutes you will be able to:
• Understand the 9 key steps you must follow when creating any business plan and what each step involves
• Use your business plan to guide your new business or products, predict turnover and anticipate future...
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Boost business performance, prepare for change and implement effective strategies
This book is a practical and accessible guide to understanding and implementing the McKinsey 7S framework, providing you with the essential information and saving time.
In 50 minutes you will be able to:
• Understand the 7 aspects of this dynamic model
• Realize how these aspects are interconnected and the impact this has on your business
• Use the 7S framework...
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Understand the fundamentals of economic productivity
This book is a practical and accessible guide to understanding diminishing returns, providing you with the essential information and saving time.
In 50 minutes you will be able to:
• Understand the theory of diminishing returns and the effects caused by changes in the production process
• Analyze the recent interpretations and developments of the theory, and how they can be applied to the...
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Turn your data into a roadmap to success!
This book is a practical and accessible guide to understanding and implementing the Balanced Scorecard, providing you with the essential information and saving time.
In 50 minutes you will be able to:
• Evaluate company performance and management efficiency
• Focus on all perspectives of the business at once
• Successfully apply the Balanced Scorecard to your business
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It can be hard for busy professionals to find the time to read the latest books. Stay up to date in a fraction of the time with this concise guide.
Development as Freedom by Amartya Sen advocates a new outlook on development: whereas orthodox development thinking has a one-sided focus on economic development as the goal of the process of development, Sen's development as freedom framework sees the expansion of human freedom as both the goal and primary...
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Boost quality and consistency in your business!
This book is a practical and accessible guide to understanding and implementing the Six Sigma method, providing you with the essential information and saving time.
In 50 minutes you will be able to:
• Follow the DMAIC methodology to successfully implement the Six Sigma method in your company
• Focus on the three most important factors: customers, employees and processes
• Form a strategy that...
11) Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty: Understand inequality in the modern world
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It can be hard for busy professionals to find the time to read the latest books. Stay up to date in a fraction of the time with this concise guide.
Thomas Piketty's 2013 book Capital in the Twenty-First Century was an immediately bestseller in the UK and US, and has been widely praised by both economists and the general public. Piketty provides a richly detailed account of the development of inequality in the Western world, and argues that economic...
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Innovate your way to success and push your business to the next level!
This book is a practical and accessible guide to understanding and implementing blue ocean strategy, providing you with the essential information and saving time.
In 50 minutes you will be able to:
• Distinguish between the two different types of markets: 'red oceans' and 'blue oceans'
• Use innovation to create your own market, where the opportunities for growth...
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This book is a practical and accessible guide to understanding the life and works of Joseph Stiglitz.
In 50 minutes you will be able to:
• Recognize and understand the main ideas behind the contributions of Joseph Stiglitz and his New Keynesian approach
• Identify the impact his work had on both economics and politics, and the new concepts and tools that he conceptualized
• Understand the limits of his contributions and the criticisms held...
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It can be hard for busy professionals to find the time to read the latest books. Stay up to date in a fraction of the time with this concise guide.
The Wealth of Nations is one of the most significant works in economics history, and is a foundational text of classical economics. Written at a time when the Industrial Revolution was changing the face of Western societies, the book seeks to explain why some countries are wealthier than others and...
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Expand your business with the 80/20 rule!
This book is a practical and accessible guide to understanding and implementing Pareto's Principle, providing you with the essential information and saving time.
In 50 minutes you will be able to:
• Understand Pareto's Principle and how to identify the 80/20 ratio in any area of your life or business
• Identify the most important 20% and focus on the main factors that result in the majority of your...
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Cómo mejorar los resultados de su negocio
Este libro es una guía práctica y accesible para entender y aplicar el método Seis Sigma, que le aportará la información esencial y le permitirá ganar tiempo.
En tan solo 50 minutos usted podrá:
• Aplicar el método de gestión Seis Sigma para asegurar la calidad de sus productos o servicios destinados a los clientes
• Identificar las prioridades para mejorar sus resultados: los clientes, los...
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Develop strengths to decrease the weaknesses of your business
This book is a practical and accessible guide to understanding and implementing the SWOT analysis, providing you with the essential information and saving time.
In 50 minutes you will be able to:
• Determine the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of your business
• Distinguish the factors that affect the internal functioning and external environment of your business
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Master the 4 Ps of marketing
This book is a practical and accessible guide to understanding and implementing the marketing mix, providing you with the essential information and saving time.
In 50 minutes you will be able to:
• Launch a new product or test an existing marketing strategy
• Understand the 4 Ps of the marketing mix and use them to attract your target market
• Analyze case studies of well-known companies to see how the...
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Achieving macroeconomic equilibrium
This book is a practical and accessible guide to understanding the Mundell-Fleming model, providing you with the essential information and saving time.
In 50 minutes you will be able to:
• Learn about the IS-LM model that the Mundell-Fleming is based on and how each of the three curves of the model graph are formed, as well as how to interpret them
• Analyze different exchange rate regimes and the effect...
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The key to portfolio management!
This book is a practical and accessible guide to understanding and implementing the BCG growth-share matrix, providing you with the essential information and saving time.
In 50 minutes you will be able to:
• Analyze the activities in your business portfolio and identify the role they play in the business as a whole
• Sort these activities into the four categories of the matrix: stars, question marks, cash cows...
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