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What it takes to make your meetings productive, not painful. About the series: Get up to speed "fast" on essential business skills. Whether you're looking for a crash course or a brief refresher, you'll find just what you need in HBR's 20-Minute Manager series. Advice you can quickly read and apply, from the most trusted source in business.

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By knowing the five basic breeds of people--the Pit Bull, the Golden Retriever, the Poodle, the Chihuahua, and the Basset Hound--readers will have the necessary insight to improve their business and selling savvy.

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Presents prescriptions for companies, investors, and policy makers seeking ways to improve biotechnology industry's performance. This book argues that the biotech industry's problems stem from its special character as a science-based business.

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Widely regarded as an innovative, successful biotech firm, Amgen led its industry in revenue and sales growth in 2007. This book reveals the highs and lows it experienced in the race to develop drugs. It takes readers from the time Amgen had just three months of capital in the bank and no viable products in the pipeline to its success.

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This title aims to provide a balanced and practical account of a debate that is more of often than not highly polarised and emotionally charged. It should be of keen interest to anyone wanting to know more about the GM debate, including the broader environmental and ethical issues

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The essential writings of one of the most significant Marxist thinkers of recent decades, collected in one volume for the first time

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How to sell art or anything else online without leaving your home.

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Rocked by a flurry of high-profile sex discrimination lawsuits in the 1990s, Wall Street was supposed to have cleaned up its act. It hasn't. This work serves as an indictment of how America's financial capital has swept enduring discriminatory practices under the rug.

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Shows managers how to recognise The set-up-to-fail syndrome (SUTFS) relationships, and how to reverse them before it's too late. This book also shows how managers can stay balanced and prevent this dysfunctional set-up-to-fail dynamic from the start, triggering positive performance spirals with their employees.

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Shah Wali-Allah had a deep understanding of Quran, Hadith and Fiqh. This book is unique as it focussing on Shah Wali-Allahs life as well as thought from an economic perspective.

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Offers a First 90 Days-based framework, along with tools and advice, to help leaders get up to speed in their roles through negotiation. This book provides ways of thinking about and practicing negotiation once you're in them.

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The question for all managers the one that separates great managers from the rest is how to get the most from your people. This book offers a five step process that leads to peak performance. It gives managers a simple framework for getting the best out of people: Selection; Connection; Play; Progress; and, Recognition.

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From 1875 to the present day, the Cardiff and Bristol Channel Incorporated Shipowners' Association has been the representative body for shipowners in Cardiff and other Bristol Channel ports. This study looks at some of the most representative periods in its history.

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Trying to get things done in organizations can feel like trying to swim in cement. But complexity doesn't happen all on its own managers unwittingly create complexity all the time. So while complexity in the outside environment isn't going to go away, the good news is that managers can reduce it. This book shows managers how to do so.

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Bleu-collar intellectual and activist publisher, Stan Weir devoted his life to the advocacy of his fellow workers. Weir was both a thoughtful observer and an active participant in many of the key struggles that shaped the labor movement and the political left in postwar America.

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Explore how eco-fashion centers around sustainable design & businesses that put people, livelihoods and sustainability central to everything they do.

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Explaining the many factors that govern an innovation's penetration into interconnected markets. This book also offers strategies for: qualifying endgames to guide various choices, selectively enabling "influencers" to propagate the innovation across the network, closing deals with influencers that are "win-win," and more.

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builds a compelling case for the Veganism

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