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  • Entrepreneurship in the Global Economy

    Engine for Economic Growth

    by Henry Kressel, Thomas V. Lento ...
    Entrepreneurs have long been drivers of innovation in developed countries. They start companies and create new industries that keep economies strong and prosperous. Today, however, in developing nations such as China, state-controlled economies are building robust industries at stunning speed and siphoning off jobs from the West. How can entrepreneurs function in the face of this challenge? Can ... Read more

    $53.99 CAD

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  • The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google

    Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google

    by Nicholas Carr ...
    “Magisterial. . . . Draws an elegant and illuminating parallel between the late-19th-century electrification of America and today’s computing world.”—SalonHailed as “the most influential book so far on the cloud computing movement” (Christian Science Monitor), The Big Switch makes a simple and profound statement: Computing is turning into a utility, and the effects of this transition will ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Virtual Competition

    The Promise and Perils of the Algorithm-Driven Economy

    by Ariel Ezrachi, Maurice E. Stucke ...
    “A fascinating book about how platform internet companies (Amazon, Facebook, and so on) are changing the norms of economic competition.”—Fast CompanyShoppers with a bargain-hunting impulse and internet access can find a universe of products at their fingertips. But is there a dark side to internet commerce? This thought-provoking exposé invites us to explore how sophisticated algorithms and data ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • Internet for the People

    The Fight for Our Digital Future

    by Ben Tarnoff ...
    **"For all the informational convenience the internet offers, it is deeply flawed. How can it be improved? Writer Ben Tarnoff proposes one possibility in this intriguing book, which urges the development of 'a public lane on the information superhighway.' It's worth checking out for yourself." – Seth MacFarlaneWhy is the internet so broken, and what could ever possibly fix it?**In Internet for the ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

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  • Chips and Change

    How Crisis Reshapes the Semiconductor Industry

    by Clair Brown, Greg Linden ...
    How the chip industry has responded to a series of crises over the past twenty-five years, often reinventing itself and shifting the basis for global competitive advantage.For decades the semiconductor industry has been a driver of global economic growth and social change. Semiconductors, particularly the microchips essential to most electronic devices, have transformed computing, communications, ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • Changing Your Company from the Inside Out

    A Guide for Social Intrapreneurs

    by Gerald F. Davis, Christopher J. White ...
    MAKE YOUR COMPANY A FORCE FOR GOODYou’re ambitious. You’re not afraid to take risks. You want to bring about positive social change. And while your peers have left a trail of failed start-ups in their wake, you want to initiate change from within an established company, where you can have a more far-reaching, even global impact.Welcome to the club-you’re a social intrapreneur.But even with your ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Digital Kenya

    An Entrepreneurial Revolution in the Making

    Edited by Bitange Ndemo, Tim Weiss ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.Presenting rigorous and original research, this volume offers key insights into the historical, cultural, social, economic and political forces at play in the creation of world-class ICT innovations in Kenya. Following the arrival of fiber-optic cables in 2009, Digital Kenya examines why the initial entrepreneurial spirit and digital revolution ... Read more

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  • Supply-Chain Survival in the Age of Globalization

    by James A. Pope ...
    The purpose of this book is to trace the history of globalization and its impact on supply chain management and to look at the problems and some of the solutions facing global supply chains in the current era. The current challenge is surviving the challenge of global competition. Good supply chain management can be a valuable tool in winning this competition. ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Information, Technology, and Innovation

    Resources for Growth in a Connected World

    by John M. Jordan ...
    A big-picture look at how the latest trends in information management and technology are impacting business models and innovation worldwideWith all of the recent emphasis on "big data," analytics and visualization, and emerging technology architectures such as smartphone networks, social media, and cloud computing, the way we do business is undergoing rapid change. The right business model can ... Read more

    $46.99 CAD

  • Making in America

    From Innovation to Market

    by Suzanne Berger, MIT Task Force on Production in the Inno ...
    How America can rebuild its industrial landscape to sustain an innovative economy.America is the world leader in innovation, but many of the innovative ideas that are hatched in American start-ups, labs, and companies end up going abroad to reach commercial scale. Apple, the superstar of innovation, locates its production in China (yet still reaps most of its profits in the United States). When ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • The Digital Economy

    Business Organization, Production Processes and Regional Developments

    by Edward J. Malecki, Bruno Moriset ...
    Information technologies (IT) shape economic space, but we have no clear map of the cyber economy since the "digital revolution" began in the early 1970s.The Digital Economy offers an up-to-date, critical synthesis that links the various aspects of the digital or cyber economy from the perspective of real firms. A geographic approach emphasizes how IT has made businesses less dependent on ... Read more

    $111.99 CAD

  • Media Ownership and Concentration in America

    by Eli M. Noam ...
    The concentration of private power over media has been the subject of intense public debate around the world. Critics have long feared waves of mergers creating a handful of large media firms that would hold sway over public opinion and endanger democracy and innovation. But others believe with equal fervor that the Internet and deregulation have opened the media landscape significantly. How ... Read more

    $167.99 CAD