The author explores the evolution of science and technology after World War II to illustrate why innovation is crucial to economic, social, and cultural development, and offers advice on how the spark of scientific and technological creativity can be reignited.[...]

Businesses are entering the green marketplace at breakneck speed to keep pace with customer and societal demands to reduce their environmental impacts. But greening one's business is no small feat. While clear opportunities abound in this new economy, business leaders pursuing a green strategy are f[...]

This is the numbered 1 Wall Street Journal Bestseller. Did Wall Street cause the mess we are in? Should Washington place stronger regulations on the entire financial industry? Can we lower unemployment rates by controlling the free market? The answer is No. Not only is free market capitalism good fo[...]

"Twenty years of hindsight prove how deeply Tapscott understood the impact the Internet would have on the way we live, work, play and learn. This important book, now updated, is just as relevant today as it was then." John Chambers, Chairman and CEO, Cisco With a new foreword by Eric Schmidt, Chie[...]

The "membership" business models of Netflix, ZipCar, and other industry giants revealed-and how you can use them to lead your company to the top of the food chain For decades, consumers and businesses have joined clubs, bought products and accessed services using a subscription model. But it has on[...]

Features solved examples, problems and case studies that target many of engineering challenges in areas such as energy, ethics, the environment, and the world's changing economics. This title presents a design using color, highlighting icons to focus on important concepts, terms, equations and decis[...]

The previous edition of Ship Design for Efficiency and Economy was published as a Butterworth's marine engineering title. It has now been completely revised and updated by Schneekluth and Bertram. This book gives advice to students and naval architects on how to design ships - in particular with reg[...]

Major tree crops contribute substantially to the economy of many developing countries on the Asian, African and Latin American continents. This book provides a review of the agronomy, botany, taxonomy, genetics, chemistry, economics, and the global prospects of various crops that have great food, in[...]

Since the 1930s, governments have overcome recessions by borrowing and spending to temporarily replace lost consumer and business spending. What happens when they can't do it anymore? In "Beyond the Keynesian Endpoint," PIMCO Executive VP Tony Crescenzi offers a sobering tour of today's unprecedente[...]

Why did Western countries become so much wealthier than the rest of the world? And what explains the huge rise in incomes during the Industrial Revolution - and why did Britain lead the way? In the years between the Glorious Revolution and the Great Exhibition, the British economy was transformed. J[...]

Why do oil and diamonds lead to economic disaster more often than boom? Why doesn't Africa grow cocaine? Why might believing in God be good for your balance-sheet? In 2001 Argentina's government bankrupted itself, yet for the past two hundred years it had enjoyed a vista of economic opportunity almo[...]

Today s managerial capitalism has grown hopelessly out of touch with the people it should be serving. The Support Economy explores the chasm between people and corporations and reveals a new society of individuals who seek relationships of advocacy and trust that provide support for their complex li[...]

An extraordinary mythology has grown up around the Third Reich that hovers over political and moral debate even today. Adam Tooze's controversial new book challenges the conventional economic interpretations of that period to explore how Hitler's surprisingly prescient vision- ultimately hindered by[...]