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Now nearing its 60th printing in English and translated into 19 languages, Michael E. Porter's Competitive Strategy has transformed the theory, practice, and teaching of business strategy throughout the world.

The essential complement to the pathbreaking Competitive Strategy, Michael E. Porter's Competitive Advantage explores the underpinnings of competitive advantage in the individual firm. Competitive Advantage introduces a whole new way of understanding what a firm does. Porter's groundbreaking concept of the value chain disaggregates a company into activities, or the discrete functions or processes that represent the elemental building blocks of competitive advantage.

Everyone knows how hard it can be to maintain a healthy diet. But what if some of the decisions we make about what to eat are beyond our control? Is it possible that food is addictive, like drugs or alcohol? And to what extent does the food industry know, or care, about these vulnerabilities? In Hooked, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Michael Moss sets out to answer these questions - and to find the true peril in our food.

Why do well-intentioned plans for improving the human condition go tragically awry? Author James C. Scott analyzes failed cases of large-scale authoritarian plans in a variety of fields. Centrally managed social plans misfire, Scott argues, when they impose schematic visions that do violence to complex interdependencies that are not - and cannot - be fully understood. Further, the success of designs for social organization depends upon the recognition that local, practical knowledge is as important as formal, epistemic knowledge.

Thanks to increases in life expectancy, we can now expect to live for a long time. Most of us would welcome an extra day in the week, so why do so many of us view the prospect of additional years with fear and skepticism? The reason is simple: society is not currently structured to support long lives. Rather than thinking in terms of the needs of a rising number of older people, we must instead support the young and middle-aged to prepare differently for the longer futures they can expect.

Analyzing the movement's deep-seated origins in questions that the country has sought too long to ignore, some of the greatest economic minds and most incisive cultural commentators capture the Occupy Wall Street phenomenon in all its ragged glory. They give listeners an on-the-scene feel for the movement as it unfolds while exploring the heady growth of the protests, considering the lasting changes wrought, and recommending reform.

Written by former Tax Foundation CEO Scott Hodge, Taxocracy: What You Don't Know About Taxes and How They Rule Your Daily Life uses amusing lessons from past tax policies gone wrong to explore how the US tax code caused serious consequences, affecting how we get our health insurance, the price of a college education, what car we buy, where we bank, and, in some cases, even when we die. Taxocracy outlines economic principles for designing a tax code that doesn't rule our daily lives—a tax code that promotes economic growth, free-enterprise, and takes the politics out of tax policy.

ASSETMARK ASCENDING PIVOTING BACK across the private equity frontier leaves one of the biggest advisor service platforms in a prime position to chart the future of the entire wealth industry

Sharing career advice and marketing strategies from eCommerce and digital marketing leaders at retailers and direct-to-consumer brands. Our hosts Michael LeBlanc, Scott Silverman and Veronika Sonsev interview industry leaders to get their take on how to navigate this dynamic industry and drive growth in your career and beyond. © 2021-2022 Conversations with CommerceNext Podcast Partnership. All Rights Reserved.

Welcome to "Beyond The Headlines" with your hosts Michael Nauss CMT and Steve Gomez. Each week, we delve deep into the latest market headlines, offering a unique perspective that goes beyond the news. With a keen eye on the charts, we uncover what these developments mean for retail investors, providing insights that can help you navigate the complexities of the markets. Whether it's analyzing the implications of billionaire insiders selling stocks or breaking down the intricacies of weekly market trends, Michael and Steve bring their expert analysis to the forefront, making complex financial ...

The Building Bigger Lives Podcast with Michael Regan and Kathryn Pedersen is designed to help professionals in the real estate industry navigate significant changes and find a balance between their business and personal life. The podcast provides real-world experiences and practical advice to industry professionals.

From a co-founder of empowr.com comes this "Why?" story behind the massive social platform, empowr, that’s been in the making for 15 years. Learn exactly what drove the participants (founders, advisors, success coaches, and 1,000 employees, plus 100,000 alpha test users) in their gigantic moonshot project.

It's become an article of faith that American entrepreneurship is in trouble. The problems are many: lack of capital, too few entrepreneurial immigrants, excessive regulation, an aging population, slowing population growth, and rising student debt. But while experts across the country debate the causes and propose solutions, Scott Shane explains that the data just do not fit. Dismantling each of the most widely accepted theories in turn, he persuasively demonstrates that - while an evolving market is changing the nature of most startups - entrepreneurship is actually alive and well.

In The Five Retirement Nightmares, national best-selling authors Scott Schuett and Shon Peil explain in simple language and through real stories how to shield yourself from a disastrous future. Each chapter focuses on one of the five primary areas you need to address for a safe and secure retirement. By addressing each properly, the authors guide you through the process of creating what they call a Retirement Shield. Inside you’ll learn about the Primary Retirement Shield areas: > Social Security — When to take it and how to increase it > Income for Life — How to continue receiving a ...