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Harder Than I Thought

Adventures of a Twenty-first Century Leader

By: Robert Daniel Austin,Richard L. Nolan,Shannon O'Donnell

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Harder Than I Thought

Adventures of a Twenty-first Century Leader

By: Robert Daniel Austin,Richard L. Nolan,Shannon O'Donnell

Today’s CEO must be a global leader who also understands that parts of the business must be managed locally. Someone who sets a strategic vision, though industry and technology disruptions will surely threaten that vision. Someone who must live in the future to go to the future, while continuously creating economic and social value. Not an easy task. Harder Than I Thought is a fictional narrative that puts this increasingly complex job in context—by enabling you to walk alongside Jim Barton, the new CEO of Santa Monica Aerospace, as he steps into the role. Barton’s story, developed in consultation with seasoned, reallife CEOs, contains crucial lessons for all leaders hoping to master the new skills required to move into the Csuite.

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322

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Harvard Business Press

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1422162591

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9781422162590

Using Marginal Damages in Environmental Policy

A Study of Air Pollution in the United States

By: Robert O. Mendelsohn,Nicholas Z. Muller

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Using Marginal Damages in Environmental Policy

A Study of Air Pollution in the United States

By: Robert O. Mendelsohn,Nicholas Z. Muller

This technical volume makes the case that air pollution policy in the United States can be improved through consideration of both the marginal abatement costs facing regulated sources, and the marginal damages associated with their emissions.

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167

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AEI Press

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0844772208

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9780844772202

The Soul of Design

Harnessing the Power of Plot to Create Extraordinary Products

By: Robert Austin,Lee Devin

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The Soul of Design

Harnessing the Power of Plot to Create Extraordinary Products

By: Robert Austin,Lee Devin

What makes the Apple iPhone cool? Bang & Olufsen and Samsung's televisions beautiful? Any of a wide variety of products and services special? The answer is not simply functionality or technology, for competitors' products are often as good. The Soul of Design explores the uncanny power of some products to grab and hold attention—to create desire. To understand what sets a product apart in this way, authors Lee Devin and Robert Austin push past personal taste and individual response to adopt a more conceptual approach. They carefully explore the hypothesis that there is something within a "special" product that makes it—well, special. They argue that this je ne sais quoi arises from "plot"—the shape that emerges as a product or service arouses and then fulfills expectations. Marketing a special product is, then, a matter of helping its audience perceive its plot and comprehend its qualities. Devin and Austin provide keys to understanding why some products and services stand out in a crowd and how the companies that make them create these hits. Part One of the book introduces the authors' definition of plot in this context; Part Two breaks down the components needed to build a plot; Part Three describes what makes a plot coherent; Part Four takes on the challenges of making coherent products and services attractive to consumers. Part Four also presents detailed casework, which shows how innovators and makers have successfully brought special products to market. Readers will come away with a sensible and clear approach to conceiving of artful products and services. This book will help managers and designers think about engaging with plot, taking aesthetic factors into account to provide consumers with more special things.

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193

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Stanford University Press

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0804784965

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9780804784962

Artful Making

What Managers Need to Know about how Artists Work

By: Robert Daniel Austin,Lee Devin

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Artful Making

What Managers Need to Know about how Artists Work

By: Robert Daniel Austin,Lee Devin

The authors show how to "manage" ingenuity--and "manufacture" the next great idea, in other words they tell what managers need to know about how artists and highly creative people work.

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258

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FT Press

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0130086959

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9780130086952

The North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register

By: James Robert Bent Hathaway

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The North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register

By: James Robert Bent Hathaway

Chief among its contents we find abstracts of land grants, court records, conveyances, births, deaths, marriages, wills, petitions, military records (including a list of North Carolina Officers and Soldiers of the Continental Line, 1775-1782), licenses, and oaths. The abstracts derive from records now located in the state archives and from the public records of the following present-day counties of the Old Albemarle region: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Halifax, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington, and the Virginia counties of Surry and Isle of Wight.

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1794

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Genealogical Publishing Com

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0806304413

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9780806304410

Adventures of an It Leader

By: Robert D. Austin,Richard L. Nolan,Shannon O'Donnell

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Adventures of an It Leader

By: Robert D. Austin,Richard L. Nolan,Shannon O'Donnell

Becoming an effective IT manager presents a host of challenges--from anticipating emerging technology to managing relationships with vendors, employees, and other managers. A good IT manager must also be a strong business leader. This book invites you to accompany new CIO Jim Barton to better understand the role of IT in your organization. You'll see Jim struggle through a challenging first year, handling (and fumbling) situations that, although fictional, are based on true events. You can read this book from beginning to end, or treat is as a series of cases. You can also skip around to address your most pressing needs. For example, need to learn about crisis management and security? Read chapters 10-12. You can formulate your own responses to a CIO's obstacles by reading the authors' regular "Reflection" questions. You'll turn to this book many times as you face IT-related issues in your own career.

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Harvard Business Press

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1422129500

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9781422129500

The Adventures of an IT Leader, Updated Edition with a New Preface by the Authors

By: Robert D. Austin,Shannon O'Donnell,Richard L. Nolan

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The Adventures of an IT Leader, Updated Edition with a New Preface by the Authors

By: Robert D. Austin,Shannon O'Donnell,Richard L. Nolan

What does it take to lead and manage your company’s tech? Becoming an effective IT leader and manager presents a host of challenges—from anticipating emerging technologies, to managing relationships with senior executives, vendors, and employees, to communicating with the board. A good IT leader must also be a strong business leader. This book—now thoroughly updated with a new preface by the authors and current tech details and terminology—invites you to accompany new CIO Jim Barton as he steps up to leadership at his company. You’ll get a deeper understanding of the role of IT in your own organization as you see Jim struggle through a tough first year, handling (and fumbling) all kinds of management challenges. Although fictional, the scenarios are based on the authors’ long experience working with real-life companies across industries and sectors. The Adventures of an IT Leader is both an insightful story and an instructive guidebook. You can read it from beginning to end or treat it as a series of cases, skipping around to different chapters that address your most pressing needs. (For example, if you need to learn about crisis management and security, read chapters 10–12.) You can also test yourself and think about how to use the book’s lessons in your own company by reading the authors’ “Reflection” questions at the end of each chapter. This book is your indispensable manual for IT management and leadership, no matter what business you’re in.

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343

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Harvard Business Review Press

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1633691675

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9781633691674

Guests of God

Pilgrimage and Politics in the Islamic World

By: Robert Bianchi

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Guests of God

Pilgrimage and Politics in the Islamic World

By: Robert Bianchi

Each year, about two million pilgrims from over 100 countries converge on the Islamic holy city of Mecca for the hajj. While the hajj is first and foremost a religious festival, it is also very much a political event. No government can resist the temptation to manipulate the hajj for political and economic gain. Every large Muslim state has developed a comprehensive hajj policy and a powerful bureaucracy to enforce it. The Muslim world's leading multinational organization, the Organization of the Islamic Conference, has established the first international regime explicitly devoted to pilgrimage. Yet, Robert Bianchi argues, no secular or religious authority - national or international - can really control the hajj. State-sponsored pilgrimage management consistently backfires, giving government opponents valuable ammunition and allowing them to manipulate the symbols and controversies of the hajj to their own ends. Bianchi has been researching the hajj for over ten years and draws on interviews with and data from hajj directors in five Muslim countries (Pakistan, Malaysia, Turkey, Indonesia, and Nigeria), statistics from Saudi Arabian hajj authorities, as well as his personal experience as a pilgrim. The result is the most complete picture of the hajj available anywhere, and a wide-ranging work on Islam, politics, and power.

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375

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Oxford University Press

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0199711836

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9780199711833

North Korea

By: Robert Willoughby

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North Korea

By: Robert Willoughby

The essential book for visitors making short, guided visits to North Korea or living there for longer periods.

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315

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Bradt Travel Guides

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1841624764

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9781841624761

The Theory of Information and Coding

A Mathematical Framework for Communication

By: Robert J. McEliece

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The Theory of Information and Coding

A Mathematical Framework for Communication

By: Robert J. McEliece

This is a self-contained introduction to the theory of information and coding. It can be used either for self-study or as the basis for a course at either the graduate or ,undergraduate level. The text includes dozens of worked examples and several hundred problems for solution.

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Westview Press

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0201135027

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9780201135022

Book's by Robert Daniel Austin

Harder Than I Thought

Harder Than I Thought

Using Marginal Damages in Environmental Policy

Using Marginal Damages in Environmental Policy

The Soul of Design

The Soul of Design

Artful Making

Artful Making

The North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register

The North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register

Adventures of an It Leader

Adventures of an It Leader

The Adventures of an IT Leader, Updated Edition with a New Preface by the Authors

The Adventures of an IT Leader, Updated Edition with a New Preface by the Authors

Guests of God

Guests of God

North Korea

North Korea

The Theory of Information and Coding

The Theory of Information and Coding

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