Featured Books for April
The Messenger: Moderna, the Vaccine, and the Business Gamble That Changed the World
Location: Online
Wall Street Journal reporter Peter Loftus, brings the inside story of Moderna, from its humble start at a casual lunch through its heady startup days, into the heart of the pandemic and beyond. It's the story of a revolutionary idea, the evolution of a cutting-edge American industry, and one of the great achievements of this century.
Edible Economics : A Hungry Economist Explains the World
Location: Online
Edible Economics brings the sort of creative fusion that spices up a great kitchen to the often too-disciplined subject of economics. Bestselling author and economist Ha-Joon Chang makes challenging economic ideas delicious by plating them alongside stories about food from around the world, using the diverse histories behind familiar food items to explore economic theory.
Mao and Markets: The Communist Roots of Chinese Enterprise
Location: Online
Christopher Marquis and Kunyuan Qiao argue that China's economic success is based on--not in spite of--the continuing influence of Communist leader Mao Zedong. They illustrate how Mao's ideological principles, mass campaigns, and socialist institutions have enduringly influenced Chinese entrepreneurs' business strategies and the management of their ventures.
New eBooks
Indigenomics: Taking a Seat at the Economic Table by
Igniting the $100 billion Indigenous economy It is time. It is time to increase the visibility, role, and responsibility of the emerging modern Indigenous economy and the people involved. This is the foundation for economic reconciliation. This is Indigenomics. Indigenomics lays out the tenets of the emerging Indigenous economy, built around relationships, multigenerational stewardship of resources, and care for all. Highlights include: The ongoing power shift and rise of the modern Indigenous economy Voices of leading Indigenous business leaders The unfolding story in the law courts that is testing Canada's relationship with Indigenous peoples Exposure of the false media narrative of Indigenous dependency A new narrative, rooted in the reality on the ground, that Indigenous peoples are economic powerhouses On the ground examples of the emerging Indigenous economy. Indigenomics calls for a new model of development, one that advances Indigenous self-determination, collective well-being, and reconciliation. This is vital reading for business leaders and entrepreneurs, Indigenous organizations and nations, governments and policymakers, and economists. AWARDS SILVER | 2022 Nautilus Book Awards - World Cultures' Transformational Growth & Development SHORTLISTED | 2022 First Nations Community Reads Awards SHORTLISTED | 2021 Donner Prize
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2021
I'm Not Yelling: A Black Woman's Guide to Navigating the Workplace by
I’m Not Yelling provides a strategy for savvy black business women navigating a predominantly white corporate America. It empowers black women to find their voices in toxic work environments and succeed. Statistical and anecdotal evidence guide the way. Explore the data and hear the accounts of Black women in business who face, work through, and rise above workplace discrimination. Find your voice as a women entrepreneur. Successful business women use their voice to become strong Black leaders who instill positive change in the workplace culture. Inside I’m Not Yelling find: Evidence to support the experiences of racial inequity and discrimination at work for Black business women. A narrative study of possible pitfalls, such as microaggressions, lack of mentoring, and pay inequity (pitfall impacts are explored to provide context to the misogynoir Black female entrepreneurs experience). Strategies and recommendations to give successful business women a framework for racial trauma healing, emotional support, and business success. If you enjoyed business coaching books for successful business women like We Should All Be Millionaires, The Light We Carry, White Women, or Your Next Level Life, then you’ll love I'm Not Yelling: A Black Woman’s Guide to Navigating the Workplace.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2022
Purposeful Curiosity: The Power of Asking the Right Questions at the Right Time by
Professor of Entrepreneurship at Bayes Business School provides his masterclass on how accomplished individuals use their curiosity to reach challenging goals and provides nine common practices to push boundaries and make new discoveries. We have a love affair with people who plunge into new experiences and push limits. We admire those who imagine the unimaginable, solve enduring mysteries, who turn the impossible into possible, and help us evolve. In Purposeful Curiosity, Dr. Constantine Andriopoulos lifts the veil on how accomplished individuals channel their curiosity to a particular purpose--toward advancing science and human understanding, discovering new lands and opportunities or reaching a significant goal. Purposeful curiosity gets you off the couch and propels you to solve complex puzzles, and teaches you how to immerse yourself in the unknown with clarity, passion, courage, and positivity. Dr. Andriopoulos interviews Formula One engineers, scientists working to grow food on Mars, opera singers, visual special effects artists, storm chasers, venture capitalists, Michelin-starred chefs, and many others to learn how they used their curiosity to achieve challenging goals. Although not everyone aspires to explore Antarctica or found a factchecking website, we all search for meaning and progress. Whether we're trying to be better or the best in what we do, prepare for a new job or leave our current career for something more fulfilling, see through the "noise" of fake outrage and information overload, commercialize an innovation, improve health, or teach children the value of solving a puzzle, all of us can benefit from thinking like a purposefully curious person. Purposeful Curiosity offers nine essential lessons that allow us to make use of our curiosity, to empower and help you replicate the experiences of others in order to reach your goals and thrive.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2022
Personal Branding in the Knowledge Economy: The Inter-relationship between Corporate and Employee Brands by
Personal Branding in the Knowledge Economy: The Interrelationship between Corporate and Employee Brands aims to contribute to the academic debate about the marketization of individuals' knowledge, creativity, and personal images, alongside a growing interest in the whole area of branding in the networked economy based on knowledge. Personal branding and personal knowledge are critical assets of knowledge workers and key drivers of their development and innovative performance. Both strongly influence the individual success of knowledge workers in the networked and knowledge-driven economy. Personal brands are dynamically shifting from the side-lines to the center of the modern economy and the authenticity of the brands of personal ingredients for their ability to create value. They are one of the three key pillars of value creation in the social media environment, therefore significantly contribute to digital business models. The book will be of interest to researchers, academics, professionals, and students in the fields of organizational branding, marketing, management, and communications.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2022
Good Guys : How Men Can Be Better Allies for Women in the Workplace by
"What's missing from gender equality efforts? Men. Women are at a disadvantage in the workplace, where they deal with unequal pay, sexual harassment, lack of credit for their contributions, and more. And while organizations are looking to address these issues, too many gender-inclusion initiatives focus exclusively on how women should respond, leaving men out of the equation. Such efforts reinforce the perception that these are "women's issues" and that men--often the most powerful stakeholders in an organization--don't need to be involved. As gender-in-the-workplace experts David G. Smith and W. Brad Johnson show in this important book, men have a crucial opportunity to promote gender equality at work. Research shows that when men are deliberately engaged in gender-inclusion programs, 96 percent of women in those organizations perceive real progress in gender equality, compared with only 30 percent of women in organizations without strong male engagement. Good Guys is the first book to provide a practical, research-based guide for how to be a male ally to women in the workplace. Filled with firsthand accounts from both men and women, as well as tips for getting started, the book shows how men can partner with their female colleagues to advance women's leadership and equality by breaking ingrained gender stereotypes, overcoming unconscious biases, developing and supporting the talented women around them, and creating productive and respectful working relationships with women--especially in a post-#MeToo world."
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2020
Case Studies in Suburban Sustainability by
Choice Outstanding Academic Title: The first volume to focus on suburbs and sustainability in the United States, this collection approaches the topic through regionally diverse case studies. Departing from the more widely examined issue of urban sustainability, contributors argue that the suburbs present a unique and important challenge given their greater land mass, lower population density, lower tax rates, and more limited government services. The studies featured in this volume analyze the impact of planning, social and economic concerns, environmental factors such as air pollution and climate change, and water management on suburban communities. Areas of focus include suburbs of New York City, Seattle, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, Phoenix, New Orleans, and Tampa. In these examples, contributors show that activism and leadership are currently advancing a strong sustainability agenda in regions many would have believed unlikely. Through these case studies, this volume demonstrates that the suburbs are a crucial nexus for sustainability in the United States. Because suburbs have been overlooked in most green initiatives, and because they play such a vital role in the future of American housing and development, these essays call for more research and continued creative innovation in these areas.
Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2020
