“…How Thomas Edison's system for collaboration can benefit any team Thomas Edison created multi-billion dollar industries that still exist today. What many people don't realize is that his innovations were generated through focused approaches to teamwork and collaboration. …”

“…How to Get Government Contracts demystifies the process of how a company can enter the government market, win its first and subsequent contracts, and then grow itself into a multi-million-dollar government contractor within a couple of years. …”

“…Written by a marketing journalist and the CEO of a multi-million-dollar B2B marketing platform that reaches more than 90% of the U.S. business population, this book is a comprehensive and access…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Encours des crédits commerciaux au secteur non financier -- Graphique 8. Valeur moyenne, en dollars EU, des salaires mensuels bruts en Bulgarie et dans un certain nombre de pays... -- Graphique 9. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. / Foster + Partners ; Qatar Education City Convention Centre, Doha, Qatar / Arata Isozaki ; Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Australia / Cox Architects ; Island City Central Park, Fukuoka, Japan / Toyo Ito ; The Pinnacle, London / Kohn Pedersen Fox ; Al Raha Development, Abu Dhabi / Foster + Partners ; Melbourne Recital Centre, Australia / Ashton Raggatt McDougall -- Topology : Möbius House, Het Gooi, Netherlands / UN Studio ; Arnhem Central, Arnhem, Netherlands / UN Studio ; Paramorph II, London / Decoi Architects ; Cape Schanck House; Blowhouse: Life support unit, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia / Paul Morgan Architects ; Slavin House, Venice, California / Greg Lynn ; Klein Bottle House, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia / McBride Charles Ryan ; Möbius Bridge, Bristol, UK / Hakes Associates ; Villa Nurbs, Girona, Spain / Cloud 9 Architecture ; National Museum of Australia, Canberra, Australia / Ashton Raggatt McDougall ; Metropolitan Opera House, Taichung, Taiwan / Toyo Ito -- Datascapes and multi-dimensionality : De Draai extension, Heerhugowaard, Netherlands / Karres En Brands ; freshHtwoOexpo, Zeeland, Netherlands / NOX Architects ; Streaming House, Melbourne, Australia / Minifie Nixon ; Aegis Hyposurface, Birmingham, UK / Decoi Architects ; Spoorg, Los Angeles / SERVO ; Hotel Prestige Forest, Barcelona, Spain / Cloud 9 Architecture ; Yas Hotel, Abu Dhabi, UAE / Asymptote ; Muscle ReConfigured + Interactive Wall, Delft, Netherlands / Hyperbody ; Digital Water Pavilion, Zaragoza, Spain / Carlo Ratti Associati…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…La crisis silenciosaCaída libre; Saldos; Lo que el mundo no perdona; LA CRISIS ESTRIDENTE; La Reina de Corazones; La crisis estridente; Sobre la crisis global; Las razones del colapso: I Dependencia; Las razones del colapso: II Fragilidad; Las razones del colapso: III La Política Fallida; Las razones del colapso: IV Los programas de papel; La gran hoguera de dólares; La cruda del lunes; LA VÍBORA DE LA MAR; Juegos de niños; Por las tripas; El paraíso desigual; El abismo que se profundiza; El mapa de la miseria; La ronda del hambre; Hambrientos; Oro negro; Los efectos humanos de la crisis…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- 38 The ethics of the cash register: taking tobacco industry research dollars -- 39 Smoke screen -- 40 It’s smokers, better still those trying to quit, who should benefit -- 41 Corporate responsibility is fast becoming a smoke-free zone -- 42 The problem with selling a lethal product: you just can’t get the staff -- 43 International tobacco control should repudiate Jekyll and Hyde health philanthropy -- 44 When will the tobacco industry apologise for its galactic harms? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Scenario 1: Muddling into the Future -- The Billion‐Dollar Implication -- Scenario 2: Digital Backlash -- Jeopardizing Business Models ... and Entire Companies -- Scenario 3: Digital Resilience -- Fundamental Change in Cybersecurity Operating Models -- Benign Broader Cybersecurity Environment -- Realizing the Full Value -- 3 Prioritize Risks and Target Protections -- Untargeted Security Measures Serve Only Attackers -- Prioritize Information Assets and Risks in a Way that Engages Business Leaders -- Define Assets and Risks in Business Terms -- Proactively Engage Senior Leaders -- Perform Deep Dives for "Long‐Tail" Risks -- Provide Differentiated Protection for the Most Important Assets -- Selectively Layer Enhanced Controls on Top of a Baseline Level of Security -- Map Information Assets to Technology Systems…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Deciding Which Data to Display -- Conveying Your Message by Charting Scenarios -- Deciding Which Type of Chart to Use -- Line charts -- Bar charts -- Combo charts -- Pie charts -- Charts in newer versions of Excel -- Dynamic Charting -- Building the chart on formula-driven data -- Linking the chart titles to formulas -- Creating dynamic text -- Preparing a Presentation -- Part 3 Building Your Financial Model -- Chapter 10 Building an Integrated Financial Statements Model -- Getting to Know the Case Study -- Entering Assumptions -- Revenue assumptions -- Expense assumptions -- Other assumptions -- Calculating Revenue -- Projecting sales volume -- Projecting dollar sales -- Calculating Expenses -- Staff costs -- Other costs -- Depreciation and amortization -- Building the Income Statement -- Building the Cash Flow Statement -- Building the Balance Sheet -- Building Scenarios -- Entering your scenario assumptions -- Building a drop-down box -- Building the scenario functionality -- Chapter 11 Building a Discounted Cash Flow Valuation -- Understanding How the Discounted Cash Flow Valuation Works -- Step 1: Calculating Free Cash Flow to Firm -- Step 2: Calculating Weighted Average Cost of Capital -- Step 3: Finding the Terminal Value -- Discounting Cash Flows and Valuation -- Chapter 12 Budgeting for Capital Expenditure and Depreciation -- Getting Started -- Making a reusable budget model template -- Creating dynamic titles -- Output 1: Calculating Cash Required for Budgeted Asset Purchases -- Output 2: Calculating Budgeted Depreciation -- Useful life -- Written-down date -- The depreciation schedule for the current year -- Depreciation in prior periods -- Output 3: Calculating the Written-Down Value of Assets for the Balance Sheet -- Part 4 The Part of Tens -- Chapter 13 Ten Strategies for Reducing Error -- Using the Enter Key -- Checking Your Work…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Internal Case -- The External Case -- Case Expression or Fundraising Proposition -- Storytelling -- Collecting Stories -- What Works in Storytelling -- Structure in Storytelling -- Summary -- Discussion Questions -- References -- Chapter 9 Assessing Fundraising Performance -- Objectives -- Introduction -- Aggregate Fundraising Ratios -- The FACE ratio -- Cost Per Dollar Raised -- Conducting a Fundraising ROI Analysis -- Other Performance Measures -- Benchmarking Fundraising Cost -- Sector Benchmarking Initiatives -- The Fundraising Effectiveness Project (FEP) -- Fundraising Fitness Test -- Blackbaud Institute -- Taking Investment Decisions -- Calculating ROI -- Payback Period -- Discounted Cash Flows and Relevant Costs -- Profitability Index -- Real Rate and the Money (Nominal) Rate of Return -- Accounting for Risk -- Making the Case for Investment -- Summary -- Discussion Questions -- References -- Chapter 10 Direct Response Fundraising -- Objectives -- Introduction -- Cornerstones of Direct Response -- Acquisition Planning -- Setting Recruitment Objectives -- Segmentation -- Profiling -- Targeting -- Media Selection and Planning -- Direct Mail -- List Purchase -- Conducting a Test Mailing -- Pack Design -- List Swaps (Reciprocals) -- Unaddressed Mail -- Press and Magazine Advertising -- Free Standing Inserts (FSIs) -- Direct Dialogue -- Telephone Fundraising -- Direct Response Television (DRTV) -- Radio -- Billboards -- Two-Step Campaigns -- The Nature of the Fundraising Message -- The Case for Support -- Writing Fundraising Copy -- Illustration, Typeface, and Design -- Fulfillment -- Budgeting Control and Evaluation -- Testing -- Monitoring and Control -- Summary -- Discussion Questions -- References -- Chapter 11 Digital Fundraising -- Objectives -- Introduction -- Key Sources of Information -- Blackbaud -- M+R Benchmark Study…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- False gods, fake prophecies -- Mystery of price -- Demon of chance -- Corporate M&Ms -- Risk taming -- Slow and quick money -- Corporate practice -- Everything is just noise -- Perfect worlds -- Financial fundamentalism -- Fata morgana -- Part 3: Alchemy -- Learning to love debt -- Fixed floor coverings -- By the bootstraps -- Leverage for everything -- Cutting to the bone -- Professor Jensen goes to Wall Street -- Drowning by numbers -- Censored loans -- High opportunity bonds -- Fallen angels -- Junk people -- Milken's mobsters -- The sweet envy of bankers -- Thank you for borrowing -- One bridge too far -- National treasure -- Private vices -- Excess returns -- Sexy private equity -- Inflight entertainment -- Selling the family silver -- Holey dollar -- Money for nothing -- Public squalor, private profits -- Locust plagues -- Vain capital -- Amateur hour -- Turbulence -- Dice with debt -- Securitisation recipes -- Slice and dice -- Almost as safe as houses -- Synthetic stuff -- Get copula-ed -- Sticky mess -- Several houses of one's own -- Cheaper cuts of mortgage -- ARMs race -- Heroes for one day -- The doomsday debt machine -- Alpha-debt soup -- In the shadow of debt -- Virtual loans -- Counting on the abacus -- Intellectual masturbation -- Used to be smart -- Chain reaction -- Phase transition -- Terra incognita -- Risk supermarkets -- Mind your derivatives -- Particle finance -- Hedging your bets -- Sewer bonds -- Harvard case studies -- The Italian job -- Betting your hedge -- TARDIS trades -- I will kill you later -- First to lose -- Toxic municipal siblings -- Playing swaps and robbers -- The Greek job -- Madman's games -- Financial arms race -- Shock-Gen -- Evil Kerviel -- Soldier monks…”

“…How did a college student with no real-world business experience take a relatively simple idea and then, less than ten years later, turn it into a $100 billion dollar company? What specific steps did Facebook take along its journey to creating perhaps the most innovative startup of the 21st century? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- How to Get the Highest Open and Click-Through Rate -- Advanced Email Tactics and Templates -- How to Track Which Emails Work Best -- Pick Up the Damn Phone -- Chapter 22 How to Find and Convert the Hottest Leads Using User Tracking and Triggered Messages -- Section III The Billion-Dollar Sales Script -- Chapter 23 Welcome to the Boiler Room -- Chapter 24 The Pre-Call Stalk -- The Two-Step "Stalk" -- Professional Lead-Stalking Tools -- Chapter 25 How to Have a Perfect First Minute on a Sales Call with a Lead -- How to Gain Control Over the Call(er) with One Simple Sentence -- How to Get around Brick Wall Statements -- Chapter 26 The Digging Deep Technique -- Questions That Make It Impossible for a Lead to Say No -- The Digging Deep Technique -- Curiosity Is King -- Chapter 27 How to Quickly Get a Lead to Trust You -- Chapter 28 Proactively Uncovering Objections -- Chapter 29 How to Start Closing Using the Five Yeses -- The Five Yes Technique -- Chapter 30 The Perfect Sales Pitch -- Always Be Closing -- Chapter 31 Exactly What to Say When You Transition from Pitching to Closing -- Chapter 32 How to Close -- Step One: The Trial Close -- Step Two: The Slot Close -- Chapter 33 How to Overcome Objections -- Buying Questions versus Objections -- ARCing -- Using ARC to Overcome Objections -- Chapter 34 Preferred Additional Outcomes (What to Do When You Can't Close Someone) -- Chapter 35 What to Say after They Say Yes -- Chapter 36 How to Get the People You Close to Send You High-Quality Referral Leads -- Bonus Chapter Analytics: How to Track the Metrics That Matter (and What to Do Based on the Data) -- Website Metrics That Matter -- Landing Page Metrics That Matter -- Social Media Metrics That Matter…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- A final note on these scenarios -- Part III The Strategies -- Chapter 9 The FramingStrategies -- The Budget Management Strategy -- The Cash Flow Management Strategy -- The Debt Reduction Strategy -- The Risk Assessment Strategy -- Chapter 10 The Investment Strategies -- The Diversification Strategy -- The Dollar Cost Averaging Strategy -- The Investment Structure Strategy -- The Asset Allocation Strategy -- The Asset Selection Strategy -- The Investment Selection Strategy -- The Franking Credit Strategy -- The Fee Reduction Strategy -- The Appropriate Tax Strategy -- The Gearing Strategy -- Chapter 11 The Superannuation Strategies -- The Super Vehicle Strategy -- The Consolidation Strategy -- The Contribution Strategies -- The Contribution Catch-up Strategy -- The Super Splitting Strategy -- The Spouse Contribution Strategy -- The Government Co-contribution Strategy -- The Re-contribution Strategy -- The Appropriate Super Fees Strategy -- The Appropriate Tax in Super Strategy -- The Downsizing Contribution Strategy -- The Super Investment Strategies -- Chapter 12 The Retirement Strategies -- The Retirement Readiness Strategy -- The Transition to Retirement Strategy -- The Retirement Income Vehicles Strategy -- The Retirement Investment Strategies -- The Appropriate Retirement Fees Strategy -- The Appropriate Tax in Retirement Strategy -- Chapter 13 The Wealth Protection Strategies -- The Income Protection Strategy -- The Trauma Protection Strategy -- The Total and Permanent Disability Protection Strategy -- The Life Protection Strategy -- The Key Person Protection Strategy -- Chapter 14 The Estate Planning Strategies…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…3.6.2.5 Pricing3.6.3 Contractual Equations; 3.6.4 Applications; 3.6.4.1 Application 1: creating a synthetic bond; 3.6.4.2 Application 2: covering a mismatch; 3.7 Forward Rate Agreements; 3.7.1 Eliminating the Credit Risk; 3.7.2 Definition of the FRA; 3.7.2.1 An interpretation; 3.7.3 FRA Contractual Equation; 3.7.3.1 Application: FRA strips; 3.8 Fixed Income Risk Measures: Duration, Convexity and Value-at-Risk; 3.8.1 DV01 and PV01; 3.8.1.1 Dollar duration DV01; 3.8.1.2 PV01; 3.8.2 Duration; 3.8.3 Convexity; 3.8.4 Immunization…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Skids - Working For The Yankee Dollar 8. Frankie Miller - When I'm Away From You 9. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Pei, p. 216; Escuela de Ingeniería Texas A&M / Legorreta + Legorreta, p. 220; Estadios para el Mundial de Fútbol de 2022 / Albert Speer & Partner, p. 222; Fábrica de paneles Paykar Bonyan / ARAD, p. 234; Edificio de viviendas Dollat II / Arsh Design Studio, p. 236; Edificio de viviendas / AbCT, Rmin Mehdizadeh, p. 238; Centro Massar de exploración infantil / Henning Larsen, p. 252; Escuela Abu Hindi / ARCò, p. 254; Edificio residencial Remeil 183 / DW5, Bernard Khoury, p. 258; Edificio Terrazas de Beirut / Herzog & de Meuron, p. 260; Centro de estudiantes Charles Hostler / VJAA, p. 262; Embajada de los Países Bajos / Rudy Uytenhaak, p. 264; Regeneración del paseo marítimo / Mayslits Kassif, p. 272; Ampliación del Museo de Arte / Preston Scott Cohen, p. 276; Centro Peres para la Paz / Massimiliano & Doriana Fuksas, p. 278; Campus universitario Bezalel / Studyo Architects, p. 280; Museo Yad Vashem del Holocausto / Moshe Safdie, 282; Camino hacia el mar / Derman Verbakel, p. 284; Museo del Diseño / Ron Arad, p. 286; Istanbul Sapphire / Tabanlioglu, p. 298; Centro comercial Meydan Umraniye / FOA, Zaera & Moussavi, p. 302; Centro Vakko/Power Media / REX, p. 306; Fábica de textiles Ipekyol / Emre Arolat, p. 310; Casa SM / Han Tümertekin, p. 314…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…El Caribe y Centroamérica entre las ocupaciones y la diplomacia del dólar; 7. La lucha de Sandino contra la intervención norteamericana en Nicaragua; III La revolución mexicana; 1. el problema campesino y la revolución; 2. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Cuarta parte: los mercados de factores -- Capítulo 11 el mercado cambiario -- El mercado cambiario y la balanza de pagos -- Las demandas de dólares -- Las ofertas de dólares -- El equilibrio cambiario y la determinación de la tasa de cambio -- Las fluctuaciones de la tasa de cambio y el manejo cambiario -- Devaluación, la condición de marshall-lerner y la sobrerreacción cambiaria -- Ejercicios -- Capítulo 12 los mercados de capitales -- Activos financieros y mercado de capitales -- La demanda de acciones -- Precio y rendimiento de acciones, devaluación cambiaria y expansión monetaria -- ¿por qué tan pocas empresas acuden al mercado de capitales? …”

“…Rainwater Tank Systems for Urban Water Supply is based on a comprehensive, multi-million dollar research program that was undertaken in South East Queensland (SEQ) Australia in response to the Millennium drought when the water supply level in the regions drinking water dams dropped to 17% in July 2007 and the area came close to running out of water…”