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Utilidades del agua i de la nieve

del beber frío i caliente

La era de la revolución

1789-1848

La era de la revolución inicia el panorama de la historia contemporánea del mundo que Eric Hobsbawm comenzó con este libro y concluyó con su Historia del siglo XX. El gran historiador británico nos ofrece en esta obra, reconocida como un clásico de la historiografía ...

La era del capital

1848-1875

Hobsbawm nos muestra aquí los años triunfales del ascenso del capitalismo industrial y de la cultura burguesa que van de 1848 a 1875, cuando, apagados los rescoldos de la revolución, se inicia un tiempo de nuevos valores y nuevas perspectivas, de transformaciones sociales, que ve ...

Tipificación lombrosiana de delincuentes. Tomo 2

Tipificación lombrosiana de delincuentes. Tomo 1

Vida, pasión y muerte de Tenochtitlan

Eduardo Matos Moctezuma congrega aquí las voces de Hernán Cortés, fray Bernardino de Sahagún y Bernal Díaz del Castillo, para relatarnos la conquista espiritual de Tenochtitlan, no sin contemplar el aspecto de imposición y resistencia de conquistadores y conquistados.

Urban and regional prosperity in a globalised new economy

There is currently a popular view that the world is undergoing profound changes in the fundamental relationships upon which it is organised. In particular, there is widespread talk of a #globalised# economy, facilitated by and associated with #new# technologies and practices. There is a further ...

The Elgar companion to post Keynesian economics

In this definitive volume, over 80 distinguished contributors from four continents provide authoritative critical discussion of the principal areas of controversy in post Keynesian economics, including all significant issues in methodology, economic theory, applied economics and policy.

Handbook of international banking

The Handbook of International Banking provides a clearly accessible source of reference material, covering the main developments that reveal how the internationalization and globalization of banking have developed over recent decades to the present, and analyses the creation of a new global financial architecture. The ...

El primer liberalismo

España y Europa, una perspectiva comparada

Art of war

Niccolo Machiavelli's Art of War is one of the world's great classics of military and political theory. Praised by the finest military minds in history and said to have influenced no lesser lights than Frederick the Great and Napoleon, Art of War is ...

Why societies need dissent

In this timely book, Cass R. Sunstein shows that organizations and nations are far more likely to prosper if they welcome dissent and promote openness. Attacking "political correctness" in all forms, Sunstein demonstrates that corporations, legislatures, even presidents are likely to blunder if they do ...

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el artista en su taller

The diversity scorecard

evaluating the impact of diversity on organizational performance

'The Diversity Scorecard' is designed to provide step-by-step instructions, worksheets and examples to help diversity executives and managers analyze and track the impact of their diversity initiatives to mobilize the organization for strategic culture change. Diversity is not a program; it is a systemic process ...

Becoming a master manager

a competency framework

Becoming a Master Manager is an effective tool for stimulating thinking and building management skills. The book takes you through some of the social and intellectual challenges that managers encounter everyday, the most prominent being pulled by competing demands and having to play many roles ...

Brand manners

how to create the self-confident organisation to live the brand

How often has a company's handling of a customer's telephone call turned out to be a turn-off? How often has a customer query in the retail environment turned into a relationship-killer, rather than a loyalty-builder? No matter how good the work behind brand ...

Corporate diplomacy

the strategy for a volatile, fragmented business envronment

Based on a wealth of empirical studies and case studies, this book explains the strategic choices companies have to make in order to remain consistent. In each chapter, real-life examples illuminate the key message managers should take away from the book. It offers a purely ...

Winning at service

lessons from service leaders

This book reveals the Secrets to Service Success by analyzing four service companies that grew from small beginnings to the leaders in their industries. Interviews with the four CEOs who guided the companies to their success reveal the three basic principles they all share. The ...

Managing innovation, design and creativity

Managing Innovation, Design and Creativity is an exciting new book published in collaboration with the London-based Design Council. The Design Council has commissioned Bettina von Stamm of London Business School to write a collection of case studies that develop the themes of innovation, design and ...

Why the bottom line isn't

how to build value through people and organizations

Offers a broad view of leadership and shareholder value based on multiple business disciplines In Why the Bottom Line Isn't! authors Dave Ulrich and Norm Smallwood argue that sustainable shareholder value comes increasingly from assets not accounted for on an organization's balance sheet ...