Posted by admin on 28 May 2009 at 9:41 pm under Recommended
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Why do so many otherwise rational individuals make irrational decisions when it comes to money? Financial journalist Gary Belsky and Cornell University psychology professor Thomas Gilovich contend the answers can be found–and the deficiencies remedied–with help from a relatively new science called behavioral economics. Still largely [...]
Posted by admin on 26 May 2009 at 9:02 am under Recommended
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An exploration of the meaning and significance of money in the 21st century, by “CBS MarketWatch” columnist Thomas Kostigen. Using candid interviews with prominent economic, financial and spiritual leaders, American families, prison inmates, welfare mothers and lottery winners to illustrate his observations, he investigates how money is made, acquired and desired [...]
Posted by admin on 17 May 2009 at 8:10 am under Recommended
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This book is for today’s “hunters,” the salespeople and the small business owners who are looking for more customers. Chock full of “how to’s” and tactics to overcome today’s challenges: screeners, do not call lists, and surly, disinterested buyers.
Order Prospect or Perish: Make Every Sales Second Count: Steven D. Carroll [...]
Posted by admin on 26 Apr 2009 at 7:13 am under Recommended
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The field of household finance seeks to understand how households use financial instruments. Financial economists have long studied how corporations utilize financial instruments, yet relatively little is understood about how individual consumers and households utilize various credit alternatives in managing their consumption and savings objectives. However, with the increasing interest in [...]
Posted by admin on 17 Apr 2009 at 2:07 am under Recommended
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“In this second edition, Meir Kohn addresses the structure of financial institutions and markets and investigates why and how existing markets are evolving. The book emphasizes a functional focus on financial intermediaries and markets such as government securities, mortgage, corporate debt, equity markets, derivatives, and [...]
Posted by admin on 28 Feb 2009 at 11:22 pm under Recommended
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In Prince’s The Three Financial Styles of Very Successful Leaders, nationally acclaimed leadership expert and executive coach Ted Prince introduces the breakthrough concept of the “financial signature,” a set of personal financial traits that inform every leader’s decision making.
Drawing upon his groundbreaking research into the behaviors of more than 130 corporate heads, [...]
Posted by admin on 27 Feb 2009 at 11:48 pm under Recommended
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From Publishers Weekly
It takes more than a vision to launch a successful corporate strategy. It takes engagement on the part of employees at all levels. Establishing such engagement is at the heart of this punchy, dynamic book by Kanazawa and Miles—the CEO and chairman, respectively, [...]
Posted by admin on 25 Feb 2009 at 9:04 am under Recommended
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"The breadth of this book is astounding–they have taken so much of what mediators do and put it all into just this one book." –Diane Neumann, diane neumann&associates, divorce mediation services What is mediation and why is it needed? Who can [...]
Posted by admin on 16 Feb 2009 at 1:10 am under Recommended
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‘To the best of my knowledge, there is no other resource which covers the topic of tradeoffs and decision difficulty as comprehensively. Researchers as well as practitioners will benefit from this book.’ Journal of Behavioural Decision Making
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‘To [...]
Posted by admin on 29 Jan 2009 at 6:56 am under Recommended
Editorial Reviews
In Prince’s The Three Financial Styles of Very Successful Leaders, nationally acclaimed leadership expert and executive coach Ted Prince introduces the breakthrough concept of the “financial signature,” a set of personal financial traits that inform every leader’s decision making.
Drawing upon his groundbreaking research into the behaviors of more than 130 corporate heads, [...]
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