2011 Profile Books The Economist

This is a new, fully updated and expanded edition of the definitive guide to creating business models for evaluating everything from a modest business development to a major acquisition. All organisations face more and more ...

2011 Profile Books The Economist

In this title, radical sociologist David Harvey explains how capitalism came to dominate the world, why it resulted in the current financial crisis - and why it's time for a change. For three centuries the ...

2010 Profile Books The Economist

This work is revised and updated to include the story of the New Acropolis Museum, the controversies that have surrounded it, and whether it makes a difference to the 'Elgin Marble debate'. As so often ...

2010 Profile Books The Economist

This is an original, widely-applicable concept from one of the world's foremost economists. Obliquity will be The Tipping Point for the new decade. If you want to go in one direction, the best route may ...

2009 Profile Books The Economist

Extensively revised and updated following the credit crunch that began in 2007 and the financial crisis that erupted in 2008, the 5th edition of this highly regarded book, brings the reader right up to speed ...

2009 Profile Books The Economist

How many billion spam emails are sent each day? Who said, 'Business is a combination of war and sport'. How did Amazon.com and Volvo get their names? Which are the world's most valuable brands? When ...

2009 Profile Books The Economist

The global financial crisis that erupted in 2008 exposed the flaws in many investment strategies. This book explores the controversies that surround the management of wealth and provides guidance on how to construct investment strategies ...

2009 Profile Books The Economist

How do you tell how well run a company is and how well it is doing? Which ratios and benchmarks should you use to assess performance? What can be done to massage company results? How ...

2008 Profile Books The Economist

This is a selection of the two hundred best obituaries that have appeared in "The Economist" since the first one was published in 1995.The obituaries that appear in "The Economist" are remarkable because of the ...

2008 Profile Books The Economist

Perhaps one small flaw - a behaviour you barely even recognise - is the only thing that's keeping you from where you want to be. It may be that the very characteristic that you believe ...

2006 Profile Books The Economist

It is essential in business and many professions today to have a thorough understanding of economic information. Written for the non-specialist, this highly accessible guide provides the keys to understanding all the major and many ...

2006 Profile Books The Economist

Some 31 million people in the UK now pay income tax – more than £110 billion in total – and the number paying higher rate tax has increased by nearly a half in just five ...

2005 Profile Books The Economist

Digital technology has changed the ways in which music is perceived, stored, distributed, mediated and created. The world of music is now a vast and complex jungle, teeming with CDs, MP3s, concerts, clubs, festivals, conferences, ...

2005 Profile Books The Economist

This Guide to the European Union is well-established as the clearest and most comprehensive guide to how the EU operates. This new edition brings you up to date at a crucial stage following the replacement ...

2005 Profile Books The Economist

The result of five workshops which focused on an aspect of ethics that allowed the discussion to cross disciplines and cultures, producing valuable insights and assessments, this book provides a provocative contribution to the debate ...

2005 Profile Books The Economist

2004 Profile Books The Economist

Fractal geometry is the mathmatics of roughness: how to reduce the outline of a jagged leaf, a rocky coastline or static in a computer connection to mathmatical properties- to make the complex simple. With his ...

2004 Profile Books The Economist

Emerging markets can offer businesses much higher rates of growth than their developed world operations. This book looks at the reasons some firms fail and some firms succeed and it provides an extensive review of ...

2004 Profile Books The Economist

This is an updated edition of the classic bestseller - the most famous book by the world's most trusted management guru. In 1999 Americans rated "In Search of Excellence" one of the 'top three business ...

2004 Profile Books The Economist