Author: Robert Z. Lawrence
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Keywords: compete, america
Number of Pages: 156
Published: 1984-05
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 0815751753
ISBN-13: 9780815751755
Author: Mark R. Filipp
Publisher: Aspen Publishers
Keywords: third, compete, covenants
Number of Pages: 1386
Published: 2005-09-22
List price: $365.00
ISBN-10: 0735553130
ISBN-13: 9780735553132
Covenants Not to Compete fully explores legal principles for forming, drafting and implementing sound non-competition agreements. It clearly lays out what interests can be protested and covers the legal limits of enforceability. It is the most complete, practical resource on the subject of restrictive covenants, covering the litigation process from discovery through closing argument, including plaintiff and defendant approaches. The Third Edition provides up-to-date information on topics as: General employment principles Drafting considerations Federal regulatio
Authors:Raj M. Desai, Itzhak Goldberg,
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Keywords: compete, russia
Number of Pages: 200
Published: 2008-06-01
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 0815718314
ISBN-13: 9780815718314
In recent years, the Russian government, concerned about sustaining its economic performance, has sought to promote more diversified and broader economic growth beyond the profitable natural-resource sector. Economic officials would like to see something closer to a "knowledge-based economy". One of the areas in clear need of upgrading is the manufacturing sector. This book quantifies and benchmarks the relative strengths of that sector, identifying opportunities to increase Russian productivity and competitiveness.Drawing on original survey data from Russian firms of all sizes, the authors fo
Author: Jeffrey Brown
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Keywords: compete, time, win, edge, competitive
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2007-09-05
List price: $16.99
ISBN-10: 1414313306
ISBN-13: 9781414313306
At work, in sports, and in everyday life, you’re constantly surrounded by the pressures of competition. In The Competitive Edge, celebrated sports psychologist Dr. Jeffrey Brown offers principles you can use to guide your character towards victory. He shows how to become a legitimate winner every time you compete—regardless of whether you come out on top. Whether you compete against others in sports or business—or compete within yourself to achieve personal goals—the means by which you win tells the real story as to whether or not you are a champion. Teaches the reader to redefine
Author: David Apostolico
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Keywords: competitive, finding, win, play, compete
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2009-10-13
List price: $22.95
ISBN-10: 160239718X
ISBN-13: 9781602397187
This book is a sociological examination of competition and the competitive drive, told from the viewpoint of a competition freak. The author explores the energy and force behind the need to compete, and what the consequence of that need is. In the chapter “Sperm Wars,” Apostolico discusses conception as the beginning of the competitive nature of humans, while also discussing the competition for a mate that precedes it. Through this, he sets up the idea of a biological necessity for competition and how evolution has modified and enhanced that drive. In a later chapter called “Competitive
Author: Scott A. Snyder
Publisher: Wharton School Publishing
Keywords: revolution, compete, wireless, world, new
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2009-07-20
List price: $34.99
ISBN-10: 013700379X
ISBN-13: 9780137003792
“The New World of Wireless is an impressive, thoughtful journey that helps business leaders see over the horizon to our unwired future, where we belong.” –John Chen, Chairman, CEO, and President, Sybase, Inc. “Snyder’s book provides a thought-provoking look into the 4G future. While technical details abound, the importance of this work relates more to the social, business, and political implications of 4G technology. Snyder has provided us a glimpse of how different our lives will be in the not-so-distant future, and done so with amazing insight. It is truly a must-read.”
Author: Bob Johansen
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Keywords: present, compete, future, sensing
Number of Pages: 258
Published: 2007-08-01
List price: $27.95
ISBN-10: 1576754405
ISBN-13: 9781576754405
Nobody can predict the future, but you still have to make sense of it to be successful. Leaders are facing a world of volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity--a world laced with dilemmas. "Get There Early" shows how to sense the future to provoke new ways of understanding the present. Institute for the Future’s Distinguished Fellow Bob Johansen uses 35 years of 10-year forecasting to unpack complex dilemmas and help leaders seed innovation and strategy. "Get There Early" helps leaders resolve the constant tension between judging too soon (the classic mistake of the problem sol
