Book Reviews
Business
The Rainforest: The Secret to Building the Next Silicon Valley
Book Reviews, Business, IR Approved, Nonfiction •
IR Staff •
Apr 17, 2013
The Rainforest: The Secret to Building the Next Silicon Valley by Victor W. Hwang and Greg Horowitt, describes the essentials of the technological, economic and behavioral situations to optimize a hub of innovation. Read On
Talk to Me: Workplace Conversations that Work
Book Reviews, Business, eBooks, Nonfiction, Self-Help •
IR Staff •
Mar 18, 2013
“Talk to Me” mixes fictional situations that highlight the principles illustrated in the stories and offers practical exercises as a follow up.
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They Cooked the Books: A Humorous Look at the World of White-Collar Crime
Book Reviews, Business, eBooks, Humor, IRDA Winners, Nonfiction •
IR Staff •
Jul 30, 2012
They Cooked the Books is written in fifteen parts, with each section casting a metaphorical and honest light on the origins, original meanings and present day usage of sayings related to financial doings (legal and otherwise). Read On
The Intentional Networker
Book Reviews, Business, eBooks, IRDA Winners, Nonfiction •
IR Staff •
Jun 20, 2012
This handbook for assessing your goals, focus and gaining networking skills and inspiration is chock full of strategies and tips for self-improvement and networking. Read On
No Straight Lines
Book Reviews, Business, eBooks, IR Approved, Nonfiction •
IR Staff •
May 09, 2012
No Straight Lines is the call for change, for creativity, new leadership and a change in the culture of unfairness, stagnation and inflexibility caused by linear. The author argues that it’s imperative to find alternative ways to do business and manage services because, in today’s society and life, there are no straight lines. Read On
Wal-Mart’s Egonomics Always
Book Reviews, Business, IR Approved, Nonfiction •
IR Staff •
Apr 04, 2012
The tale of how ADDvantage Media Group, Inc, (AMG) a vendor of shopping cart calculators, partnered with Wal-Mart and were systematically destroyed by the corporate mega-store through continual mishandlings, turnovers in high level associates who were working on the accounts and an overall attitude of greed and deception. Read On
They Cooked the Books by Patrick M. Edwards
Book Reviews, Business, eBooks, Humor, Kirkus Reviewed, Nonfiction, Politics & Current Events •
Kirkus Reviews •
Oct 24, 2011
Edwards presents a novel approach to the financial debacle by analyzing the expressions we’ve come to associate with fraud and dishonesty. Read On
Risk Financial Markets & You by Alan A. Fustey
Book Reviews, Books, Business, Kirkus Reviewed, Nonfiction •
Kirkus Reviews •
Oct 04, 2011
Financial industry veteran Fustey explains how a naive view of risk and faulty decision-making leads investors down the road to disappointment. Read On
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Tangling with Tyrants: Managing the Balance of Power at Work
Book Reviews, Business, How-To, Nonfiction •
IR Staff •
Feb 21, 2011
Tangling with Tyrants provides field-tested, practical solutions drawn from actual scenarios in a variety of corporate settings. Read On
