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  • The Social Entrepreneur's Playbook, Expanded Edition

    Pressure Test, Plan, Launch and Scale Your Social Enterprise

    by Ian C. MacMillan, James D. Thompson ...
    Available for the First Time: The Complete Social Entrepreneur's PlaybookCovers all three phases of the start-up to scale-up process, developed with reader feedback from "one of the more unusual ebook...experiments of the year" (ThinReads)Wharton professor Ian C. MacMillan and Dr. James Thompson, director of the Wharton Social Entrepreneurship Program, provide a tough-love approach that ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Organizations in Action

    Social Science Bases of Administrative Theory

    by James D. Thompson ...
    Series series Classics in Organization & Management Series
    Organizations act, but what determines how and when they will act? There is precedent for believing that the organization is but an extension of one or a few people, but this is a deceptively simplified approach and, in reality, makes any generalization in organizational theory enormously difficult. Modern-day organizations manufacturing firms, hospitals, schools, armies, community agencies are ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

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    The Social Entrepreneur's Playbook, Expanded Edition

    Pressure Test, Plan, Launch and Scale Your Social Enterprise...

    by Ian C. MacMillan, James D. Thompson ...
    Narrated by Don Hagen ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 30 min

    Available for the First Time: The Complete Social Entrepreneur’s PlaybookWharton professor Ian C. MacMillan and Dr. James Thompson, director of the Wharton Social Entrepreneurship Program, provide a tough-love approach that significantly increases the likelihood of a successful social enterprise launch in the face of the high-uncertainty conditions typically encountered by social entrepreneurs ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    by George Siedel ...
    We all negotiate on a daily basis. We negotiate with our spouses, children, parents, and friends. We negotiate when we rent an apartment, buy a car, purchase a house, and apply for a job. Your ability to negotiate might even be the most important factor in your career advancement.Negotiation is also the key to business success. No organization can survive without contracts that produce profits. At ... Read more

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  • Why Good People Can't Get Jobs

    The Skills Gap and What Companies Can Do About It

    by Peter Cappelli ...
    Peter Cappelli confronts the myth of the skills gap and provides an actionable path forward to put people back to work.Even in a time of perilously high unemployment, companies contend that they cannot find the employees they need. Pointing to a skills gap, employers argue applicants are simply not qualified; schools aren't preparing students for jobs; the government isn't letting in enough high ... Read more

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  • Understanding Social Networks

    Theories, Concepts, and Findings

    by Charles Kadushin ...
    Despite the swift spread of social network concepts and their applications and the rising use of network analysis in social science, there is no book that provides a thorough general introduction for the serious reader. Understanding Social Networks fills that gap by explaining the big ideas that underlie the social network phenomenon. Written for those interested in this fast moving area but who ... Read more

    $30.59 USD

  • On Competition

    by Michael E. Porter ...
    Series series Harvard Business Review Book
    For the past two decades, Michael Porter's work has towered over the field of competitive strategy.On Competition, Updated and Expanded Edition brings together more than a dozen of Porter's landmark articles from the Harvard Business Review. Five are new to this edition, including the 2008 update to his classic "The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy," as well as new work on health care, ... Read more

    $32.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The New Institutionalism in Organizational Analysis

    Edited by Walter W. Powell, Paul J. DiMaggio ...
    Long a fruitful area of scrutiny for students of organizations, the study of institutions is undergoing a renaissance in contemporary social science. This volume offers, for the first time, both often-cited foundation works and the latest writings of scholars associated with the "institutional" approach to organization analysis.In their introduction, the editors discuss points of convergence and ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • The Solution Revolution

    How Business, Government, and Social Enterprises Are Teaming Up to Solve Society's Toughest Problems

    by William D. Eggers, Paul Macmillan ...
    Government Alone Can’t Solve Society’s Biggest ProblemsWorld hunger. Climate change. Crumbling infrastructure. It’s clear that in today’s era of fiscal constraints and political gridlock, we can no longer turn to government alone to tackle these and other towering social problems. What’s required is a new, more collaborative and productive economic system. The Solution Revolution brings hope ... Read more

    $18.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • The End of Fundraising

    Raise More Money by Selling Your Impact

    by Jason Saul ...
    Why does it cost nonprofits on average $20 to raise $100, while it costs companies only $4?Simply put: Nonprofits have no leverage. No one has to make a donation. And since most donors have no direct stake in the organizations they support, they make donations out of the goodness of their hearts. If donors feel like writing a check, they will. If they don't, they won't.The End of Fundraising turns ... Read more

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  • Understanding Institutional Diversity

    by Elinor Ostrom ...
    The analysis of how institutions are formed, how they operate and change, and how they influence behavior in society has become a major subject of inquiry in politics, sociology, and economics. A leader in applying game theory to the understanding of institutional analysis, Elinor Ostrom provides in this book a coherent method for undertaking the analysis of diverse economic, political, and social ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Market Your Way to Growth

    8 Ways to Win

    by Philip Kotler, Milton Kotler ...
    Marketing guru Philip Kotler and global marketing strategist Milton Kotler show you how to survive rough economic watersWith the developed world facing slow economic growth, successfully competing for a limited customer base means using creative and strategic marketing strategies. Market Your Way to Growth presents eight effective ways to grow in even the slowest economy. They include how to ... Read more

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