小林一三，日本实业家，日本第三产业先驱，创立了阪急电铁（箕面有马电气轨道）、宝冢歌剧团、阪急百货商店、东宝等企业。在阪急电铁沿线开展了城市开发和流通业，以此开创了日本式民营铁路经营的原型。他秉承的“大众为本”经营理念，极大地改变了现有的酒店业以及电影、戏剧界的经营方式，也开创了当今日本人城市生活方式的原型。本书解析了这个不断在日本开创新事业的绝代实业家的人生轨迹，揭示了他在革新与创造背后的不可动摇的成功法则。

This study introduces 'time-specific' analysis of economicprocesses. Economic processes are conventionally analysed from onepoint in time to another over a series of time units - days, weeks,or years. By contrast, these time-specific models focus on thetemporal character of events within the unit time - their timing,duration, and sequence - utilizing the information that is lost inthe macroscopic time perspective of standard economic theory. Whattime-specific analysis reveals are economic and technologicalcharacteristics of goods and services - prices and cost behaviourand temporal mobility or immobility within the unit time - thataffect capital productivity and its utilization, optimal schedulesof production, work, and consumption, least-cost methods ofproducing time-shaped outputs, and efficient welfare-maximizingbehavior in time-specific, including peak-load, markets.

Even as white collar jobs are outsourced to Indian firms,those of us in the developed world persist in the view that ourdistinct advantage over the developing world our ability toinnovate will remain unchallenged. After all, where are the IndianiPhones, Googles, and Viagras? But according to the latest researchby India business experts Nirmalya Kumar and Phanish Puranam, thisview is wrongheaded. In fact, though much of it is invisible to theWestern consumer, there is already a great deal of innovation inIndia such as management and process innovation, and innovations inB2B and R D, for example. Even more dramatically, Kumar andPuranam study a new, more visible, consumer-oriented kind ofinnovation emerging in India of compact, low-cost, robust, andefficient products. New products such as Tata's Nano, Going Green'sG-Wiz car, and GE's ECG machine exemplify this unique kind ofIndian innovation which is marked by robustness (more insensitiveto a harsh environment), compactness (miniaturization and systemint

Essential resources for training and HR professionals KennethH. Silber and Lynn Kearny Organizational Intelligence A Guide toUnderstanding the business of your organization for HR, Training,and Performance Consulting Organizational Intelligence To succeed,those who practice as training, HPT, ID, OD, HR, or ITprofessionals must understand the "language of business," and thekey business issues and measures of the organizations we work for.Organizational Intelligence shows how to use the proven BusinessLogics Model to gather and synthesize the information needed tounderstand organizations, and how to align our work to key businessissues, explain it in appropriate language, and measure it in ameaningful way. "Kearny and Silber have taken the complexinterrelated aspects of a business and broken them into componentsand key questions that can help anyone understand the essence ofthat business." —Julie O'Mara, past president, American Society forTraining and Development "This book should be in your professio

For the Third Edition, 2001 Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz joins forces with new co-author Carl Walsh, who brings both economic expertise and teaching savvy to the project. Together, Stiglitz and Walsh thoroughly integrate contemporary economics into the traditional curriculum. Recognizing the limitations of the traditional AS/AD model, the authors offer an improved framework for the analysis of macroeconomic fluctuations. This approach emphasizes the role of the Fed and the federal funds market in the determination of short-term interest rates. The result is an analysis of fluctuations in inflation/output space and a model reflecting the real world of macroeconomics that students encounter in the business press and other media.

Free to succeed . . . Whether in troubled economic times or during years of prosperity,there is a proven way for companies to boost productivity, profits,and growth. Remarkably, it costs nothing––whether cost is measuredin terms of monetary resources or time– –and is simply based on thebelief that, if only people can be free to act in the bestinterests of their company, the results will be tremendous.Freedom, Inc. presents the evidence that this is not thePollyannaish wish of a few dreamers, but a reality built bybottom-line-focused leaders. . . . The culture of freedom works–and Freedom, Inc. reveals thesecrets of a successful business paradigm based on a trusting,nonhierarchical, liberated environment. The visionary leaders profiled here performed near-miracles indriving their companies to unheard-of levels of success, often fromunlikely or disheartening beginnings. Businesses as diverse asinsurance company USAA, winemaker Sea Smoke Cellars, Gore Associates,

The truth behind the causes and effects of America's economicdownturn. The Complete Idiot's Guide(r) to the Financial Crisis explainsthe root causes and connects the events and issues with theproblems that have confronted Americans over the course of morethan a year, giving readers an unvarnished, unbiased, and in-depthanalysis of the factors that lead up to the crisis, the majorevents that defined it, and the decisions and ramifications thatresulted from it. ?Interest in the financial crisis continues to build with severalhigh- profile books and an HBO movie due out in 2010, as well asthe success of Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story ?Much of the financial crisis writing to date has been of thebreaking news variety-this book will be one of the first bookspublished after the smoke has cleared to offer a comprehensiveanalysis of what happened and how

A brilliant reconsideration of the Gilded Age in America, whenan oligarchy of wealth triumphed over democracy, when dreams offreedom and equality died of their impossibility. Jay Gould, the“Mephisto of Wall Street,” never runs for office, but he rules.This was his time (and John D. Rockefeller’s and AndrewCarnegie’s), and this was his country. At the end of the Civil War, with the rebellion put down andslavery ended, America belonged to Lincoln’s “plain people.” But“government of the people” and economic democracy were betrayed bypolitical parties that fanned memories of the war to distractAmericans from government of the corporation. Synthesizing the research of a new generation of scholars, JackBeatty gives us a fresh look at the “revolution from above” ofindustrialization that forged modern America. In Age of Betrayal,Supreme Court justices turn the Fourteenth Amendment’s promise of“equal protection of the laws” to the freed slave into the shieldof the corpora

Harvard Business EssentialsYour Guide and Mentor to DoingBusiness EffectivelyFinance for ManagersCalculating and assessingthe overall financial health of the business is an important partof any managerial position. From reading and deciphering financialstatements, to understanding net present value, to calculatingreturn on investment, this book provides the fundamentals offinancial literacy. Easy to use and non-technical, this helpfulguide gives managers the smart advice they need to increase theirimpact on financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting.

Today’s “managerial” capitalism has grown hopelessly out oftouch with the people it should be serving. The SupportEconomy explores the chasm between people and corporations andreveals a new society of individuals who seek relationships ofadvocacy and trust that provide support for their complexlives. Unlocking the wealth of these new markets can unleash the nextgreat wave of wealth creation, but it requires a radically newapproach—“distributed” capitalism. The Support Economy is acall to action for every citizen who cares about the future.

A visionary look at the evolution and futureof India In this momentous book, Nandan Nilekani traces the central ideasthat shaped India's past and present and asks the key question ofthe future: How will India as a global power avoid the mistakes ofearlier development models? As a co-founder of Infosys, a globalleader in information technology, Nilekani has activelyparticipated in the company's rise during the past twenty-sevenyears. In Imagining India , he uses his global experience andunderstanding to discuss the future of India and its role as aglobal citizen and emerging economic giant. Nilekani engages withIndia's particular obstacles and opportunities, charting a new wayforward for the young nation.

A landmark exploration of the way out of extreme poverty forthe world??s poorest citizens Among the most eagerly anticipated books of any year, thislandmark exploration of prosperity and poverty distills the lifework of an economist Time calls one of the world??s 100 mostinfluential people. Sachs??s aim is nothing less than to deliver abig picture of how societies emerge from poverty. To do so he takesreaders in his footsteps, explaining his work in Bolivia, Russia,India, China, and Africa, while offering an integrated set ofsolutions for the interwoven economic, political, environmental,and social problems that challenge the poorest countries. Marryingpassionate storytelling with rigorous analysis and a vision aspragmatic as it is fiercely moral, The End of Poverty is a trulyindispensable work.

The New York Times bestseller-an investment book for thecoming age of high inflation. On the heels of the most recent economic crisis, America isheaded toward another: high inflation and dollar devaluation. Thesigns are clear: Federal debt is compounding while growth hasstalled, and America's foreign creditors are questioning thedollar's reserve currency status. Meanwhile, the "hidden" federaldebt, much larger than the official debt, makes things evenworse. But the good news, according to Charles Goyette, is that thosewho are prepared can protect themselves-and even profit-in this newera. Drawing on historical examples and a clear, down-to-earthanalysis, he explains the importance of gold, silver, and otheralternative investments when inflation takes off. He also givesreaders the investing tools to protect their savings and capitalizeon the opportunities ahead. Savvy readers don't have to be leftholding the bag after decades of government irresponsibility.

A showcase for the world's most eye-catching windowdisplays, this book offers inspiration and guidance to visualmerchandisers and retailers, helping them to create windows thatnot only look good but also help to increase sales. Seven chapterscover key topics for the visual merchandiser, each with a galleryof photographs demonstrating how and why each window is successful.A must for anyone involved in bricks and mortar retail.

The road to global security," writes Jeremy Rifkin, "lies inlessening our dependence on Middle East oil and making sure thatall people on Earth have access to the energy they need to sustainlife. Weaning the world off oil and turning it toward hydrogen is apromissory note for a safer world." Rifkin's internationalbestseller The Hydrogen Economy presents the clearest, mostcomprehensive case for moving ourselves away from the destructiveand waning years of the oil era toward a new kind of energy regime.Hydrogen-one of the most abundant substances in the universe-holdsthe key, Rifkin argues, to a cleaner, safer, and more sustainableworld.

In Common Wealth, Jeffrey D. Sachs—one of the world’s mostrespected economists and the author of The New York Timesbestseller The End of Poverty— offers an urgent assessment of theenvironmental degradation, rapid population growth, and extremepoverty that threaten global peace and prosperity. Throughcrystalline examination of hard facts, Sachs predicts the cascadeof crises that awaits this crowded planet—and presents a program ofsustainable development and international cooperation that willcorrect this dangerous course. Few luminaries anywhere on theplanet are as schooled in this daunting subject as Sachs, and thisis the vital product of his experience and wisdom.

The 2007–08 subprime financial crisis is the jumping-off pointfor Smick's (Johnson Smick International) examination of currentthreats to global prosperity. He explains that although thesubprime losses are small in the context of world financialmarkets, a lack of transparency has diminished investor confidence,dried up financial liquidity, and threatened the very foundationsof our world financial system. He says that the growth of globalfinancial markets has made it more difficult for central banks likethe U.S. Federal Reserve to intercede effectively in times ofcrisis. Smick compares the subprime crisis to past events like theUK's forced devaluation of the pound in 1992 and Japan's economicstagnation in the 1990s. He warns of pending dangers like anoverheating of the Chinese development juggernaut and the presentcalls for protectionism by U.S. politicians. He favors a globalfinancial system built on transparency and trust. Smick's role forsome 30 years as an economic adviser to central bankers andleg

As Europe proceeds towards economic and monetary union, fiscalconvergence and the prospect of a common money are at the centre ofdiscussion. This volume from the Centre for Economic PolicyResearch brings together theoretical, applied and historicalresearch on the management of public debt and its implications forfinancial stability. Gale fills a gap in the literature, using aconsistent framework to investigate the welfare economics of publicdebt, while Calvo and Guidotti analyse the trade-off betweenindexation and maturity when it comes to minimizing debt service.Confidence crises have become relevant again in view of the highdebt ratios in countries such as Belgium, Italy and Ireland.Alesina, Prati and Tabellini develop a formal model of thepropagation of a debt run and use it to interpret Italian debtpanics. Giavazzi and Pagano concentrate on how inappropriate debtmanagement can precipitate a run on the currency while Makinen andWoodward review a broad sweep of historical experience.

For over 20 years Hal Varian's "Intermediate Microeconomics" has given students the most current and complete coverage of intermediate microeconomics at an appropriate mathematical level. The Eighth Edition includes contemporary case studies and

Freakonomics revealed much about our society. Now, one ofAmerica’s most respected economists reveals how individuals canturn economic reasoning to their advantage in their daily life—athome, at work, even on vacation. Tyler Cowen explains howunderstanding the incentives that work best with each individual isthe key to successful and satisfactory daily interactions—fromgetting the kids to do the dishes to having a productive businessmeeting, attracting a mate to finding a good guide in a foreigncountry. Discovering your inner economist, Cowen suggests, can leadto a happier, more satisfying life. What better carrot could youask for?

Malcolm Gladwell is the master of playful yet profound insight. His ability to see underneath the surface of the seemingly mundane taps into a fundamental human impulse: curiosity. From criminology to ketchup, job interviews to dog training, Malcolm Gladwell takes everyday subjects and shows us surprising new ways of looking at them, and the world around us.Are smart people overrated? What can pit bulls teach us about crime? Why are problems like homelessness easier to solve than to manage? How do we hire when we can't tell who's right for the job? Gladwell explores the minor geniuses, the underdogs and the overlooked, and reveals how everyone and rything contains an intriguing story. What the Dog Saw is Gladwell at his very best - asking questions and seeking answers in his inimitable style.

An expert helps readers understand what the big economicpicture means for their money-and how to respond. Today's investors must play an active role in managing theirmoney. This guide introduces the leading U.S. economic indicatorsand shows how to use them to make better investment decisions.Indicators covered include: national output; employment; consumerreports; housing and construction; and inflation. ?The recession: the days of putting money in an index fund andforgetting about it are over ?Most books on economic indicators are too academic, aimed atprofessionals, and written before the financial crisis ?Author with over 25 years of tracking the economy