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Esta obra constituye, sin dudas, un producto científico interesante, en el cual los autores fundamentan desde diferentes enfoques cómo es la dinámica actual de las organizaciones, donde los objetivos y propósitos centrales están encaminados a lograr la eficiencia y eficacia de los tejidos organizacionales. Desde una perspectiva innovadora, se presentan estudios que refuerzan la necesidad de visualizar sus fortalezas en el corto, mediano y largo...
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A large financing need challenges climate-adjusted infrastructure in developing Asia, estimated at $26 trillion till 2030. This necessitates crowding-in private sources to meet financing, efficiency, and technology gaps. However, a lack of bankable projects is a major hurdle. This publication suggests one possible innovative financing approach. The Green Finance Catalyzing Facility (GFCF) proposes a blended finance framework for governments and development...
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Are your employees meeting their goals? Is their work improving over time? Understanding where your employees are succeeding-and falling short-is a pivotal part of ensuring you have the right talent to meet organizational objectives.
In order to work with your people and effectively monitor their progress, you need a system in place. The HBR Guide to Performance Management provides a new multi-step, cyclical process to help you keep track of your...
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BUILD A BETTER BUSINESS WITH SCIENCE. This is not your average "success" book. We're not here to tell you how every successful person is the same or how getting up an hour earlier will change everything. Buy we do give you research-backed facts and pair them with insights and strategies from CEOs and business leaders for getting more out of your day, closing more deals for your business, and earning more money-all while living a life you're genuinely...
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The literature of ideas. When Pamela Sargent used those words to describe science fiction in 1975, the genre had exploded into the literary mainstream. As a literature of ideas, science fiction has proven to be a powerful metaphor for the world around us, offering a rich tapestry of imagination through which to explore how we lead, how we think, and how we interact. To Boldly Go assembles more than thirty writers from around the world to help us better...
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Come back from every setback a stronger and better leader
We've combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to help you build your emotional strength and resilience-and to achieve high performance.
This book will inspire you to: thrive on pressure like an Olympic athlete; manage and overcome negative emotions by acknowledging them; plan short-term goals to achieve long-term aspirations;...
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The main priority of a non-profit organization is the organization's philanthropic mission. Managers are extremely passionate about furthering the mission, yet they are not often trained in business management. However, to fulfill its mission a non-profit must be financially solvent. Starting and Operating a Non-Profit Made Easy helps non-profits become and stay financially solvent by applying traditional business practices to the unique challenges...
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In Prison Profiteers, coeditors Tara Herivel and Paul Wright "follow the money to an astonishing constellation of prison administrators and politicians working in collusion with private parties to maximize profits" (Publishers Weekly). From investment banks, guard unions, and the makers of Taser stun guns to health care providers, telephone companies, and the US military (which relies heavily on prison labor), this network of perversely motivated...
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Así como los contratos son fundamentales para el sistema de libre mercado, la intermediación financiera también lo es. La función de captar y colocar dinero permite que la producción se incremente y que las personas tengan una mayor calidad de vida. La sofisticación del mundo contractual obedece a la presión innovadora generada en los sistemas de intermediación financiera. Desafortunadamente, en nuestro país, la literatura contractual ha...
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Picture Yourself a Success
If you have a talent for snapping great pictures, why not turn your hobby into a lucrative business? You can take portraits in a studio or on location, submit photos as a freelancer to media companies or businesses, frame and display your favorite shots in a gallery, or record special events like weddings and sweet sixteen parties. No matter where your talents and interests lie, you can make a bundle from your work with...
151) Pacific Private Sector Development Initiative: A Decade of Reform: Annual Progress Report 2015-2016
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The Pacific Private Sector Development Initiative (PSDI) has been working to improve the lives of Pacific people for 10 years. Through reforms that encourage a well-functioning and vibrant private sector, PSDI's initiatives aim to make it easier to set up, run, and dissolve a business in the Pacific region. PSDI encourages the development of a thriving formal sector. Women in particular benefit from operating a business in the formal sector, which...
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Despite some progress, women's share in senior management is still poor. Closing the gender gap in leadership leads to better business and financial outcomes. ADB's Trade Finance Program-which guaranteed or funded 3,500 transactions in 2017 valued at $4.5 billion-conducted a gender audit among several of its partner banks. The objective of this study was to develop specific, practical and implementable recommendations to attract, retain, and promote...
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Heels to Deals: How Women are Dominating in Business-to-Business Sales documents how dozens of diverse women around the globe shattered the glass ceiling to become leaders in the field of professional sales-proving all the naysayers wrong. Their stories are reminders for young women that they can not only work in sales but also be front-runners. These women took a chance on themselves, and in this Heels to Deals anthology, they motivate young women...
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Every entrepreneur wants to know more and to able to do more, learning from those that have succeeded is one of the best ways to accomplish that. The entrepreneurs in this book discuss the skills needed to be successful in starting, growing and managing technology-based business in the 21st century. Lessons include being an entrepreneur, marketing, strategy & planning, people, sales, growth, technology, investors, financing, operations, corporate...
155) June 2018
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This publication reviews recent developments in East Asian local currency bond markets along with the outlook, risks, and policy options. It covers the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the People's Republic of China; Hong Kong, China; and the Republic of Korea.
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Employee satisfaction surveys constantly reveal the need for companies to improve communication. One's ability to speak and write are necessary for effective communication, but too often the need to listen is forgotten. Real communication is a two-way process that requires a sender and a receiver. Focusing on both capabilities will help you strengthen communication across the company. Teach leaders and employees to recognize listening as an engaging...
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Private Sector by Head, Public Sector by Heart is an engaging, exciting, entertaining procurement book full of guidance and observations from experienced commercial and procurement professionals.
Since Covid-19 exploded upon us, it has changed how we buy goods, services and works, as well as how the supply chain is viewed. Globally, public sector procurement has been at the forefront of the Covid-19 response, which makes this book even more insightful...
158) Presentations
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Feeling stressed about your upcoming presentation? Whether you're nervous about how you'll organize your thoughts or how you'll articulate them on the big day, Presentations provides the quick guidelines and expert tips you need to:
Craft your message
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Don't have much time? Get up to speed fast on the most essential business skills with HBR's 20-Minute Manager series. Whether...
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Corporate Disasters: What Went Wrong and Why profiles the biggest corporate mistakes or misdeeds throughout history -- covering the people, the times, the decisions made. This volume covers Marketing and Launch Flops. Each essay puts the business and its operators in the context of its own time, explaining the market, social, and technology forces at play, and each explores the key make-or-break decisions that led to disaster.
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Protect the earth and your bottom line.
If you need the best practices and ideas for turning sustainability into competitive advantage--but don't have time to find them--this book is for you. Here are 10 inspiring and useful perspectives, all in one place.
This collection of HBR articles will help you:
- Craft strategy to compete on green turf
- Redesign your business model, products, and processes to
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- Parlay your efforts...
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