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winners and losers in the age of smart machines

An invigorating, thought-provoking, and positive look at the rise of automation that explores how professionals across industries can find sustainable careers in the near future. Nearly half of all working Americans could risk losing their jobs because of technology. It's not only blue-collar jobs ...

Beyond competitive advantage

how to solve the puzzle of sustaining growth while creating value

Your company is turning in regular profits every year, and its market share is only getting bigger. Competitors can't touch you. So why is your stock price so sluggish? The answer is as simple as it is cruel: investors aren't interested in history ...

El cacique de Grijota abraza el fascismo

ideología e imagen de Abilio Calderón Rojo

Palencia es, por tradición, una provincia conservadora, cuyas tierras están repartidas entre dos familias: Azcoitia y Calderón. Así describe Alfonso Camín el terreno que pisa en su "España a hierro y fuego" (1938), una crónica recuperada para este libro, "El cacique de Grijota abarza el ...

Play bigger

how pirates,dreamers, and innovators create and dominate markets

The founders of a respected Silicon Valley advisory firm study legendary category-creating companies and reveal a groundbreaking discipline called category design. Winning today isn’t about beating the competition at the old game. It’s about inventing a whole new game—defining a new market ...

El espía que engañó a Hitler

En el Madrid inmediatamente posterior a la Guerra Civil, una ciudad de supervivientes, el joven Juan Pujol y su mujer Araceli González deciden afrontar un futuro más que incierto ofreciéndose como espías a los Servicios Secretos del Tercer Reich. Sin embargo, su verdadera intención es ...

A million years in a day

a curious history of everyday life from the Stone Age to the phone age

Who invented beds? When did we start cleaning our teeth? How old are wine and beer? Which came first: the toilet seat or toilet paper? What was the first clock? Every day, from the moment our alarm clock wakes us in the morning until our ...

Shadow banking in China

an opportunity for financial reform

An authoritative guide to the rise of Chinese shadow banking and its systemic implications Shadow Banking in China examines this rapidly growing sector in the Chinese economy, and what it means for your investments. Written by two world-class experts in Chinese banking, including the Chief ...

Global poverty

deprivation, distribution, and development since the Cold War

Why are some people poor? Why does absolute poverty persist despite substantial economic growth? What types of late economic development or 'catch-up' capitalism are associated with different poverty outcomes? Global Poverty addresses these apparently simple questions and the extent to which the answers may be ...

Neoclassical realist theory of international politics

Since Gideon Rose's 1998 review article in the journal World Politics and especially following the release of Lobell, Ripsman, and Taliaferro's 2009 edited volume Neoclassical Realism, the State, and Foreign Policy, neoclassical realism has emerged as major theoretical approach to the study of ...

Fact and fiction in global energy policy

15 contentious questions

Energy sustainability and climate change are two of the greatest challenges facing humankind. Unraveling these complex and interconnected issues demands careful and objective assessment. Fact and Fiction in Global Energy Policy aims to change the prevailing discourse by examining fifteen core energy questions from a ...

The politicians and the egalitarians

the hidden history of american politics

Sean Wilentz presents two key insights that reveal a much-needed vision of American political history. Firstly, partisanship has almost always been a feature of American history and has made possible its greatest social reforms. Secondly, the recent attention to economic inequality has a long history ...

The grand strategy of the Roman Empire

from the first century CE to the Third

At the height of its power, the Roman Empire encompassed the entire Mediterranean basin, extending much beyond it from Britain to Mesopotamia, from the Rhine to the Black Sea. Rome prospered for centuries while successfully resisting attack, fending off everything from overnight robbery raids to ...

Public sector property asset management

In many public sector organisations, there has been little or no adoption of a proactive asset management strategy. Where an extensive property portfolio exists, this can result in poor overall utilisation of the portfolio, exemplified by excessive vacant property or properties not being put to ...

Illiberal practices

territorial variance within large federal democracies

Within subunits of a democratic federation, lasting political practices that restrict choice, limit debate, and exclude or distort democratic participation have been analyzed in recent scholarship as subnational authoritarianism. Once a critical number of citizens or regions band together in these practices, they can leverage ...

Court-Martial

how military justice has shaped America from the revolution to 9/11 and beyond

Historian Chris Bray (a former soldier) tells the sweeping story of military justice from the institution of the American court martial in the earliest days of the Republic to contemporary arguments over how to use military courts to try foreign terrorists or soldiers accused of ...

Lorenzo de Padilla

un prosista anónimo del siglo XVI

Lorenzo de Padilla es una de las personalidades menos renombradas del entorno cultural de Carlos V y Felipe II. Nunca confirmado en su cargo de cronista real a través de un estipendio, trabajó durante largos años en la redacción de unas Crónicas de España divididas ...

The articulate advocate

persuasive skills for lawyers in trials, appeals, arbitrations, and motions

An advocate may know what to say but is only effective when he or she knows how to be persuasive. Combining fact with know-how to persuade judges, juries, and arbitrator, the book teaches immediately useful techniques such as how to channel the initial adrenaline buzz ...

The network imperative

how to survive and grow in the age of digital business models

Digital networks are changing all the rules of business. New, scalable, digitally networked business models, like those of Amazon, Google, Uber, and Airbnb, are affecting growth, scale, and profit potential for companies in every industry. But this seismic shift isn't unique to digital start-ups ...

Law and values in the European Union

How has European Union developed since its origins in the reconstruction of Europe in the wake of the Second World War, and why has it developed in this fashion? The principal theme of this book maintains that the EU is a site for the management ...

The invisible hand?

how market economies have emerged and declined since AD 500

The Invisible Hand offers a radical departure from the conventional wisdom of economists and economic historians, by showing that 'factor markets' and the economies dominated by them - the market economies - are not modern, but have existed at various times in the past. They rise, stagnate ...