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The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail By : Clayton M. Christensen ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : The bestselling classic on disruptive innovation, by renowned author Clayton M. Christensen. His work is cited by the world?s best-known thought leaders, from Steve Jobs to Malcolm Gladwell. In this classic bestseller?one of the most influential business books of all time?innovation expert Clayton Christensen shows how even the most outstanding companies can do everything right?yet still lose market leadership. Christensen explains why most companies miss out on new waves of innovation. No matter the industry, he says, a successful company with established products will get pushed aside unless managers know how and when to abandon traditional business practices. Offering both successes and failures from leading companies as a guide, The Innovator?s Dilemma gives you a set of rules for capitalizing on the pheno...

The Innovator?s Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail By : Clayton M. Christensen ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : The bestselling classic on disruptive innovation, by renowned author Clayton M. Christensen. His work is cited by the world?s best-known thought leaders, from Steve Jobs to Malcolm Gladwell. In this classic bestseller?one of the most influential business books of all time?innovation expert Clayton Christensen shows how even the most outstanding companies can do everything right?yet still lose market leadership. Christensen explains why most companies miss out on new waves of innovation. No matter the industry, he says, a successful company with established products will get pushed aside unless managers know how and when to abandon traditional business practices. Offering both successes and failures from leading companies as a guide, The Innovator?s Dilemma gives you a set of rules for capitalizing on the phenomeno...

Humanitarian Logistics: Meeting the Challenge of Preparing for and Responding to Disasters By : Peter Tatham ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Effective logistics play a critical role in disaster preparation and response, but how can those working in this field deliver in environments which are often dangerous and unstable? Humanitarian Logistics provides thought-provoking guidance and discussion of the core issues facing practitioners involved in managing the logistics of disaster relief. With insights from academics and practitioners who have worked in these situations, this multi-contributed book offers suggestions for best practice and international perspectives on the nature of the humanitarian logistics challenge.Now in its third edition, Humanitarian Logistics is fully updated and contains new chapters on providing support for complex emergencies, waste management and reverse logistics, the application of value stream analysis and the pote...

Craft Beer Marketing & Distribution: Brace for Skumeggedon By : Mark Colburn ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : This unique book is written by a marketing executive who has 30 years in the US beverage alcohol business focusing on craft beer. The book covers marketing and distribution for any size craft beer brewer, spirits distiller, wine vinter or non alcoholic beverage producer. Real life case histories and personal experiences show the reader how to develop strategy, objectives, overcome objections and how to work with US wholesalers as well as their sales teams. Case histories cover both the On and Off Premise (On and Off Trade) channels while showing the reader how to analzye the market and the competition to gain entry into the very challenging US alcohol marketplace. The author holds a masters degree in marketing and has been published by the American Marketing Association. The book has taken four years to write and is based on needs co...

A Supply Chain Management Guide to Business Continuity By : Betty A. Kildow ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : A well-monitored supply chain is any business?s key to productivity and profit. Certified business continuity professional (CBCP) Betty Kildow identifies the different phases of business continuity program development and maintenance to help readers ensure each link in that chain is contributing to a positive outcome. Supply Chain Management Guide to Business Continuity does this by teaching readers how to recognize and mitigate potential threats, risks, and hazards; evaluate and select suppliers, contractors, and service providers; develop, test, document, and maintain business continuity plans; and follow globally accepted best practices, among many other crucial supply chain management skills.Each link in your supply chain is its own entity, subject to ups, downs, and business realities. Filled with powerful assessment tools, detailed ...

The Handbook of Logistics and Distribution Management: Understanding the Supply Chain By : Alan Rushton ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : The definitive guide to supply chain philosophy, strategy AND the practicalities of logistics and distribution. The Handbook of Logistics and Distribution Management is a step-by-step guide to setting up and managing supply chains to add maximum value to the organisations they serve. Benefiting from the author team's years of practical field-based experience in some of the most challenging environments across the world from developed economies to third world countries and war zones, this is a book that will enthuse students and be an invaluable desk reference throughout the careers of practitioners.Packed with worked examples and real-world data The Handbook of Logistics and Distribution Management offers complete coverage on all the key aspects of distribution, logistics and supply chain planning a...

Coffee Saved My Life: A Memoir By : Lindsey Buboltz ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Book Detail : Author : Lindsey Buboltz Pages : 144 pages Publisher : Pierucci Publishing Language : ISBN-10 : 0578938634 ISBN-13 : 9780578938639   Supporting format: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, MOBI, HTML, RTF, TXT, etc. Supporting : PC, Android, Apple, Ipad, Iphone, etc. ================*================  

Getting Multi-Channel Distribution Right By : Kusum L Ailawadi ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : This book provides a comprehensive treatment of modern distribution strategy that is analytically solid, and understandable by and relevant for managers as well as MBA and executive MBA students. It covers concepts, metrics, tools, and strategic frameworks for managing distribution. It focuses on the challenges of managing multiple channels of distribution in an evolving marketplace rather than the process of designing a distribution channel from scratch. It leans more heavily on metrics and tools, and incorporates perspectives from academic research in marketing and economics, as well as in-depth case studies from marketing and general management practice. Since the book is about multiple channels of distribution, it integrates coverage of digital channels throughout rather than making it an add-on or the main focus.Part I introduces an organizing fr...

RFID for Dummies By : Patrick J. Sweeney II ↑↑ READ BOOK NOW ↑↑   ↑↑ Download BOOK NOW ↑↑   Book Synopsis : Many companies have asked suppliers to begin using RFID (radio frequency identification) tags by 2006 RFID allows pallets and products to be scanned at a greater distance and with less effort than barcode scanning, offering superior supply-chain management efficiencies This unique plain-English resource explains RFID and shows CIOs, warehouse managers, and supply-chain managers how to implement RFID tagging in products and deploy RFID scanning at a warehouse or distribution center Covers the business case for RFID, pilot programs, timelines and strategies for site assessments and deployments, testing guidelines, privacy and regulatory issues, and more Book Detail : Author : Patrick J. Sweeney II Pages : 408 pages Publisher : For Dummies Language : ISBN-10 : 076457910X ISBN-13 : 9780764579103   Supporting format: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, MOBI, HTML, RTF, TXT, etc. Supporting : PC...

Food Supply Chain Management and Logistics: Understanding the Challenges of Production, Operation and Sustainability in the Food Industry By : Samir Dani ↑↑ READ BOOK NOW ↑↑   ↑↑ Download BOOK NOW ↑↑   Book Synopsis : First edition WINNER: ACA-Bruel 2015 - Prix des AssociationsFood supply chains are integral in ensuring that food makes it from the farm to the table. Understanding how these operate has never been more important.The new edition of Food Supply Chain Management and Logistics is the guide to all aspects of food supply chains. This book examines food production, operational challenges and the future challenges of the industry and sustainability. The emergence of new technologies, which are key in increasing the efficiency of processes, such as food apps, big data and blockchain, are discussed. As are wider trends including veganism and local sourcing. Food Supply Chain Management and Logistics embeds learning using case studies from leading companies such as Cargill, ...

Selling the Invisible: A Field Guide to Modern Marketing By : Harry Beckwith ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : SELLING THE INVISIBLE is a succinct and often entertaining look at the unique characteristics of services and their prospects, and how any service, from a home-based consultancy to a multinational brokerage, can turn more prospects into clients and keep them. SELLING THE INVISIBLE covers service marketing from start to finish. Filled with wonderful insights and written in a roll-up-your-sleeves, jargon-free, accessible style, such as:Greatness May Get You NowhereFocus Groups Don'tsThe More You Say, the Less People Hear &Seeing the Forest Around the Falling Trees. Book Detail : Author : Harry Beckwith Pages : 272 pages Publisher : Grand Central Publishing Language : en-US ISBN-10 : 0446672319 ISBN-13 : 9780446672313   Supporting format: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, MOBI, HTML, RTF, TXT, etc. Supporting : PC, Android, Apple, Ipad, Iph...

Telehealth and Mobile Health By : Halit Eren ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : The E-Medicine, E-Health, M-Health, Telemedicine, and Telehealth Handbook provides extensive coverage of modern telecommunication in the medical industry, from sensors on and within the body to electronic medical records and beyond.Telehealth and Mobile Health is the second volume of this handbook. Featuring chapters written by leading experts and researchers in their respective fields, this volume:Discusses telesurgery, medical robotics, and image guidance as well as telenursing and remote patient care Describes the implementation of networks, data management, record management, and effective personnel training Explains how the use of new technologies brings many business, management, and service opportunities Provides examples of scientific advancements such as brain-controlled bionic human arms and hands Incorporates clinical applications throughout for practical re...

Branding + Interior Design: Visibility and Business Strategy for Interior Designers By : Kim Kuhteubl ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : The home goods market in the United States is the largest market in the world. So why do some interior design firms thrive while others barely survive? The answer lies in one powerful little word: brand. More than a pretty logo, it involves telling the story of your distinct point of view--who you want to serve and why you do business--and it's a process that happens from the inside out. This book bridges the gap between designer and design leader and shows pros how to define, value, and communicate their vision; find clients who are a fit; and master the art of being visible. Worksheets give designers the tools to learn these strategies and apply them to their work. It also includes candid conversations with design leaders such as Barbara Barry, Rose Tarlow, Kelly Hoppen, Vicente Wolf, Christiane Lemieux, an...

How to Start, Run and Grow a Successful Residential & Commercial Cleaning Busine By : Maria Carmen ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : How to Start, Run and Grow a Successful Residential & Commercial Cleaning BusinessHello, my name is Maria Carmen, and I have something important to tell you. I know you've probably heard these types of success stories before and are a little skeptical, but I'm telling you this is true and can really happen for you. Ten years ago, after my divorce, I needed to find a way to support myself. I was one of those individuals that never went to college or had a trade skill, so there weren't a lot of job choices for me.What was I to do? I started looking into entry-level jobs that didn't require specialized training or skills. Unfortunately, I wasn't keen on the idea of working at a fast-food restaurant for minimum wage with limited potential for advancement or better pay. Then, I learned about h...

Curtains: Adventures of an Undertaker-in-Training By : Tom Jokinen ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : At forty-four, Tom Jokinen decided to quit his job in order to become an apprentice undertaker, setting out to ask the questions: What is the right thing to do when someone dies? With the marketplace offering new options (go green, go anti-corporate, go Disney, be packed into an artificial reef and dropped in the Atlantic...), is there still room for tradition? In a year of adventures both hair-raising and hilarious, Jokinen finds a world that is radically changed since Jessica Mitford revised The American Way of Death, more surprising than Six Feet Under, and even funnier and more illuminating than Stiff.If Bill Bryson were to apprentice at a funeral home, searching for the meaning of life and death, you'd have Curtains. Book Detail : Author : Tom Jokinen Pages : 288 pages Publisher : Da Capo Press Language : en-GB ISBN-10 : 0306818914 ISBN-1...

Healthcare Digital Transformation: How Consumerism, Technology and Pandemic Are Accelerating the Future By : Edward Marx ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : This book is a reference guide for healthcare executives and technology providers involved in the ongoing digital transformation of the healthcare sector.The book focuses specifically on the challenges and opportunities for health systems in their journey toward a digital future. It draws from proprietary research and public information, along with interviews with over one hundred and fifty executives in leading health systems such as Cleveland Clinic, Partners, Mayo, Kaiser, and Intermountain as well as numerous technology and retail providers. The authors explore the important role of technology and that of EHR systems, digital health innovators, and big tech firms in the ongoing digital transformation of healthcare.Importantly, the book draws on the accelerated learnings of the healthcare se...

Inside the Magic Kingdom By : Thomas K. Connellan ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Through interviews with past and present Disney employees, some of the business secrets and practices of this vastly successful empire are revealed. Book Detail : Author : Thomas K. Connellan Pages : 194 pages Publisher : Wildcat Publishing Company Language : eng ISBN-10 : 1885167237 ISBN-13 : 9781885167231   Supporting format: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, MOBI, HTML, RTF, TXT, etc. Supporting : PC, Android, Apple, Ipad, Iphone, etc. ================*================  

Raise the Bar: An Action-Based Method for Maximum Customer Reactions By : Jon Taffer ↑↑ READ BOOK NOW ↑↑   ↑↑ Download BOOK NOW ↑↑   Book Synopsis : If there?s anyone who can prevent a bar or restaurant from going belly up, it?s Jon Taffer. Widely considered the greatest authority in the food and beverage, hotel, and hospitality industries, he has turned around countless bars and restaurants. Raise the Bar distills the secrets to running a successful enterprise with Reaction Management, a strategy and philosophy Taffer developed and uses in his business.? It works whether you?re running a storefront operation or a web-based company, whether you?re manufacturing widgets or providing a service. Raise the Bar is the definitive manual on transforming a bar or restaurant with actionable, proven strategies for immediate impact. ? Book Detail : Author : Jon Taffer Pages : 256 pages Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Language : ISBN-10 : 0544148304 ISBN-13 : 9780544148307   Supporting forma...

Workbook for Milady Standard Esthetics: Fundamentals By : Anonymous ↑↑ READ BOOK NOW ↑↑   ↑↑ Download BOOK NOW ↑↑   Book Synopsis : The Workbook for Milady Standard Esthetics: Fundamentals contains detailed interactive exercises such as fill-in-the-blank and matching designed to reinforce learning and increase student comprehension. The workbook has been updated to match the contents of Milady Standard Estehtics: Fundamentals, 11e. Book Detail : Author : Anonymous Pages : 240 pages Publisher : Milady Publishing Language : ISBN-10 : 1111306915 ISBN-13 : 9781111306915   Supporting format: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, MOBI, HTML, RTF, TXT, etc. Supporting : PC, Android, Apple, Ipad, Iphone, etc. ================*================  

The Service Culture Handbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Getting Your Employees Obsessed with Customer Service By : Jeff Toister ↑↑ READ BOOK NOW ↑↑   ↑↑ Download BOOK NOW ↑↑   Book Synopsis : Imagine you could develop a customer-focused culture so powerful that your employees always seem to do the right thing. They encourage each other, proactively solve problems, and constantly look for ways to go the extra mile. In short, imagine a workplace culture where employees were absolutely obsessed with customer service.The Service Culture Handbook is a step-by-step guide to help you develop a customer-focused culture in your company, department, or location. Whether you?re just beginning your journey, or have been working on culture for years, this handbook will prepare you to take the next step. You?ll receive actionable advice, straightforward exercises, and proven tools you can utilize immediately.Learn the one thing that forms the foundation of every great culture. Discover what customer-f...

Someplace Like America: Tales from the New Great Depression By : Dale Maharidge ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : With a Foreword by Bruce Springsteen In Someplace Like America, writer Dale Maharidge and photographer Michael S. Williamson take us to the working-class heart of America, bringing to life?through shoe leather reporting, memoir, vivid stories, stunning photographs, and thoughtful analysis?the deepening crises of poverty and homelessness. The story begins in 1980, when the authors joined forces to cover the America being ignored by the mainstream media?people living on the margins and losing their jobs as a result of deindustrialization. Since then, Maharidge and Williamson have traveled more than half a million miles to investigate the state of the working class (winning a Pulitzer Prize in the process). In Someplace Like America, they follow the lives of several families over the thirty-year span to present an intimate and devastatin...

Ghost Work: How to Stop Silicon Valley from Building a New Global Underclass By : Mary L. Gray ↑↑ READ BOOK NOW ↑↑   ↑↑ Download BOOK NOW ↑↑   Book Synopsis : In the spirit of Nickel and Dimed, a necessary and revelatory expose of the invisible human workforce that powers the web?and that foreshadows the true future of work.Hidden beneath the surface of the web, lost in our wrong-headed debates about AI, a new menace is looming. Anthropologist Mary L. Gray and computer scientist Siddharth Suri team up to unveil how services delivered by companies like Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Uber can only function smoothly thanks to the judgment and experience of a vast, invisible human labor force. These people doing "ghost work" make the internet seem smart. They perform high-tech piecework: flagging X-rated content, proofreading, designing engine parts, and much more. An estimated 8 percent of Americans have worked at least once in this ?ghost economy,? and that number is growing. T...

So Rich, So Poor: Why It's So Hard to End Poverty in America By : Peter Edelman ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Income disparities in our wealthy nation are now wider than at any point since the Great Depression. The structure of today?s economy has stultified wage growth for half of America?s workers?with even worse results at the bottom and for people of color?while bestowing billions on those at the top.In this ?accessible and inspiring analysis? (Angela Glover Blackwell), lifelong anti??poverty advocate Peter Edelman assesses how the United States can have such an outsized number of unemployed and working poor despite important policy gains. He delves into what is happening to the people behind the statistics and takes a particular look at young people of color for whom the possibility of productive lives is too often lost on the way to adulthood. In a timely new introduction, Edelman discusses the significance of Obama?s reelection?inc...

Economics for Today By : Irvin B. Tucker ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : The most reader-friendly economics approach available, ECONOMICS FOR TODAY, 10E by national award-winning educator Irvin Tucker presents macro and micro economic concepts using a writing style that is engaging and clear, no matter what your current level of economic understanding. A unique presentation and visual learning system, colorful graphs and Causation Chains further clarify important economic principles. The book concisely presents and reinforces core concepts, while online resources immediately facilitate assessment of understanding. You study the latest information on economic growth, income distribution, federal deficits, environmental issues, and other developments in economics today. The book's easy-to-follow format demonstrates how to apply principles to your everyday life, while numerous printed and digital study tools help you further master key current...

Forecasting Techniques for Urban and Regional Planning By : Brian Field ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Originally published in 1987, Forecasting Techniques for Urban and Regional Planning is an introduction to the various analytical techniques which have been developed and applied in urban and regional analysis in planning practice. The subjects covered are population, housing, employment, transport, shopping, recreation, and integrated forecasting. Each technique, placed in the context of policy formulation and political matters, is presented both verbally and mathematically, and it separating characteristic is illustrated with detailed but simple practical examples. The techniques examined are set in a policy context and their practical limitations are identified. Book Detail : Author : Brian Field Pages : 240 pages Publisher : Routledge Language : ISBN-10 : 1138480592 ISBN-13 : 9781138480599   Supporting format: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, MO...

Fighting the First Wave: Why the Coronavirus Was Tackled So Differently Across the Globe By : Peter Baldwin ↑↑ READ BOOK NOW ↑↑   ↑↑ Download BOOK NOW ↑↑   Book Synopsis : COVID-19 is the biggest public health and economic disaster of our time. It has posed the same threat across the globe, yet countries have responded very differently and some have clearly fared much better than others. Peter Baldwin uncovers the reasons why in this definitive account of the global politics of pandemic. He shows that how nations responded depended above all on the political tools available - how firmly could the authorities order citizens' lives and how willingly would they be obeyed? In Asia, nations quarantined the infected and their contacts. In the Americas and Europe they shut down their economies, hoping to squelch the virus's spread. Others, above all Sweden, responded with a light touch, putting their faith in social consensus over coercion. Whether citizens would follow their leaders...

The End of Jobs: The Rise of On-Demand Workers and Agile Corporations By : Jeff Wald ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : As the robots rise, we are faced with the End of Jobs, but not in the way you might think?The world has witnessed three step functions in technological change: mechanization, electrification, and computerization. These industrial revolutions led to massive increases in productivity and thus the need for fewer workers. With each of these technological breakthroughs, the power balance between companies and workers shifted heavily to companies. The abuses of that power by companies instigated employee unrest and sometimes even armed uprisings. Counterbalancing forces rose to constrain companies? power, eventually prompting unions, regulation, and the social safety net to bring stability to the relationship. As we enter the fourth great leap forward in technology with robots and AI, we face the first services revolution. The power b...

Do What You Love and Other Lies About Success and Happiness By : Miya Tokumitsu ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : The American claim that we should love and be passionate about our job may sound uplifting, or at least, harmless, but Do What You Love exposes the tangible damages such rhetoric has leveled upon contemporary society.Virtue and capital have always been twins in the capitalist, industrialized West. Our ideas of what the "virtues" of pursuing success in capitalism have changed dramatically over time. In the past, we believed that work undertaken with an ethos of industriousness promised financial stability and basic comfort and security for our families. Now, our working life is conflated with the pursuit of pleasure. Fantastically successful?and popular?entrepreneurs such as Steve Jobs and Oprah Winfrey command us. "You've got to love what you do," Jobs tells an audience of college grads about to enter the workf...

The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins By : Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : What a rare mushroom can teach us about sustaining life on a fragile planetMatsutake is the most valuable mushroom in the world--and a weed that grows in human-disturbed forests across the Northern Hemisphere. Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing's account of these sought-after fungi offers insights into areas far beyond just mushrooms and addresses a crucial question: What manages to live in the ruins we have made? The Mushroom at the End of the World explores the unexpected corners of matsutake commerce, where we encounter Japanese gourmets, capitalist traders, Hmong jungle fighters, Finnish nature guides, and more. These companions lead us into fungal ecologies and forest histories to better understand the promise of cohabitation in a time of massive human devastation. The Mushroom at the End of the World delve...

Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation By : Edward Chancellor ↑↑ READ BOOK NOW ↑↑   ↑↑ Download BOOK NOW ↑↑   Book Synopsis : A lively, original, and challenging history of stock market speculation from the 17th century to present day.Is your investment in that new Internet stock a sign of stock market savvy or an act of peculiarly American speculative folly? How has the psychology of investing changed--and not changed--over the last five hundred years? In Devil Take the Hindmost, Edward Chancellor traces the origins of the speculative spirit back to ancient Rome and chronicles its revival in the modern world: from the tulip scandal of 1630s Holland, to "stockjobbing" in London's Exchange Alley, to the infamous South Sea Bubble of 1720, which prompted Sir Isaac Newton to comment, "I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people."Here are brokers underwriting risks that included highway robbery and the "assur...

Anchoring Innovation Districts: The Entrepreneurial University and Urban Change By : Costas Spirou ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : In recent years, the successful revitalization of urban areas has turned them into magnets for those looking for opportunities in a fast-paced and rapidly unfolding technology-based economy. After the economic crisis of 2008, many colleges and universities attempted to generate alternative sources of revenue and pursued aggressive economic development strategies. Some universities even began to actively invest resources in the rebirth (and rebranding) of urban cores, encouraging the development of entrepreneurial, technology-oriented innovation districts.In Anchoring Innovation Districts, Costas Spirou explains that these districts have emerged as geographic clusters of technology startups, business incubators, and accelerators. They aim to take advantage of intellectual capital, commercialize knowledge, and give th...

Urban Economics and Fiscal Policy By : Holger Sieg ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : An innovative advanced-undergraduate and graduate-level textbook in urban economicsWith more than half of today's global GDP being produced by approximately four hundred metropolitan centers, learning about the economics of cities is vital to understanding economic prosperity. This textbook introduces graduate and upper-division undergraduate students to the field of urban economics and fiscal policy, relying on a modern approach that integrates theoretical and empirical analysis. Based on material that Holger Sieg has taught at the University of Pennsylvania, Urban Economics and Fiscal Policy brings the most recent insights from the field into the classroom.Divided into short chapters, the book explores fiscal policies that directly shape economic issues in cities, such as city taxes, the provision of quality education, access to affordable housing, and prot...

Water 4.0: The Past, Present, and Future of the World's Most Vital Resource By : David Sedlak ↑↑ READ BOOK NOW ↑↑   ↑↑ Download BOOK NOW ↑↑   Book Synopsis : The little-known story of the systems that bring us our drinking water, how they were developed, the problems they are facing, and how they will be reinvented in the near future Turn on the faucet, and water pours out. Pull out the drain plug, and the dirty water disappears. Most of us give little thought to the hidden systems that bring us water and take it away when we?re done with it. But these underappreciated marvels of engineering face an array of challenges that cannot be solved without a fundamental change to our relationship with water, David Sedlak explains in this enlightening book. To make informed decisions about the future, we need to understand the three revolutions in urban water systems that have occurred over the past 2,500 years and the technologies that will remake the system.?The author starts by describin...

Flywheels: How Cities Are Creating Their Own Futures By : Tom Alberg ↑↑ READ BOOK NOW ↑↑   ↑↑ Download BOOK NOW ↑↑   Book Synopsis : Once a blue-collar outpost, Seattle, home to Microsoft, Amazon, and hundreds of startups, transformed into one of the world's major innovation hubs in less than twenty years. As other cities try to solve the riddle of creating vibrant economies, many have looked to Seattle as a model for tech-driven urban renaissance. However, that success comes with skyrocketing housing costs, increasing homelessness, public safety concerns, persistent racial inequality, and a widening gap between the haves and have-nots. Against that backdrop, big tech has become a popular target.Tom Alberg, a venture capitalist who was one of the first investors in Amazon, draws on his experience in Seattle's tech boom to offer a vision for how cities and businesses can build a brighter future together. He explores ways that cities can soar to prosperity by creating the conditi...

Bulldozer: Demolition and Clearance of the Postwar Landscape By : Francesca Russello Ammon ↑↑ READ BOOK NOW ↑↑   ↑↑ Download BOOK NOW ↑↑   Book Synopsis : The first history of the bulldozer and its transformation from military weapon to essential tool for creating the post?World War II American landscape Although the decades following World War II stand out as an era of rapid growth and construction in the United States, those years were equally significant for large-scale destruction. In order to clear space for new suburban tract housing, an ambitious system of interstate highways, and extensive urban renewal development, wrecking companies demolished buildings while earthmoving contractors leveled land at an unprecedented pace and scale. In this pioneering history, Francesca Russello Ammon explores how postwar America came to equate this destruction with progress. The bulldozer functioned as both the means and the metaphor for this work. As the machine transformed from a wartime wea...

Creative Community Builder's Handbook: How to Transform Communities Using Local Assets, Arts, and Culture By : Thomas C. Borrup ↑↑ READ BOOK NOW ↑↑   ↑↑ Download BOOK NOW ↑↑   Book Synopsis : Put the power of arts and culture to work in your community Part 1 of this unique guide distills research and emerging ideas behind culturally driven community development and explains key underlying principles. You'll understand the arts impact on community well-being and have the rationale for engaging others. Find inspiration and ideas from twenty case studies Part 2 gives you ten concrete strategies for building on the unique qualities of your own community. Each strategy is illustrated by two case studies taken from a variety of cities, small towns, and neighborhoods across the United States. You'll learn how people from all walks of life used culture and creativity as a glue to bind together people, ideas, enterprises, and institutions to make places more balanced and healthy. Th...

Order Without Design: How Markets Shape Cities By : Alain Bertaud ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : An argument that operational urban planning can be improved by the application of the tools of urban economics to the design of regulations and infrastructure.Urban planning is a craft learned through practice. Planners make rapid decisions that have an immediate impact on the ground--the width of streets, the minimum size of land parcels, the heights of buildings. The language they use to describe their objectives is qualitative--"sustainable," "livable," "resilient"--often with no link to measurable outcomes. Urban economics, on the other hand, is a quantitative science, based on theories, models, and empirical evidence largely developed in academic settings. In this book, the eminent urban planner Alain Bertaud argues that applying the theories of urban economics to the practice of urban planning would greatly impro...

Vital Little Plans: The Short Works of Jane Jacobs By : Jane Jacobs ==>> READ BOOK NOW   ==>> DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : A career-spanning selection of previously uncollected writings and talks by the legendary author and activistNo one did more to change how we look at cities than Jane Jacobs, the visionary urbanist and economic thinker whose 1961 book The Death and Life of Great American Cities started a global conversation that remains profoundly relevant more than half a century later.Vital Little Plans is an essential companion to Death and Life and Jacobs's other books on urbanism, economics, politics, and ethics. It offers readers a unique survey of her entire career in forty short pieces that have never been collected in a single volume, from charming and incisive urban vignettes from the 1930s to the raw materials of her two unfinished books of the 2000s, together with introductions and annotations by editors Samuel Zipp and Nathan Storring. Readers wi...

Why Cities Lose: The Deep Roots of the Urban-Rural Political Divide By : Jonathan A. Rodden ↑↑ READ BOOK NOW ↑↑   ↑↑ Download BOOK NOW ↑↑   Book Synopsis : A prizewinning political scientist traces the origins of urban-rural political conflict and shows how geography shapes elections in America and beyond Why is it so much easier for the Democratic Party to win the national popular vote than to build and maintain a majority in Congress? Why can Democrats sweep statewide offices in places like Pennsylvania and Michigan yet fail to take control of the same states' legislatures? Many place exclusive blame on partisan gerrymandering and voter suppression. But as political scientist Jonathan A. Rodden demonstrates in Why Cities Lose, the left's electoral challenges have deeper roots in economic and political geography.In the late nineteenth century, support for the left began to cluster in cities among the industrial working class. Today, left-wing parties have become coalitions ...