A major study of the collapse of the Soviet Union—showing how Gorbachev’s misguided reforms led to its demise

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A focused, user-friendly introduction to international financial reporting International Financial Reporting, 8th edition by Melville employs a practical, applied approach in exploring and explaining the key financial standards. With more than 140 countries in the world now using international financial reporting standards (IFRS (R) Standards), knowledge of the standards issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB (R)) is vital to your success in financial accounting. Offerin...

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From Carmine Gallo, the bestselling author of Talk Like Ted, comes The Bezos Blueprint, which teaches you the communication and leadership secrets of Jeff Bezos and how to master them.

Award-winning biographer Walter Isaacson is often asked who, of the people living today, would he consider to be in the same league as the innovators he’s profiled: Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Einstein, Steve Jobs. Isaacson’s answer? Jeff Bezos.

The Amazon founder shares the traits that made Isaacson’s inno...

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A critical study of how Africa's dependence on the western world has impacted its economic growth and how the knowledge economy and 4th industrial revolution may aid in its future socio-economic growth and prosperity.

De eerste editie van dit boek zorgde in 2013 voor de nodige ophef; Nederland belastingparadijs, een schande en ondenkbaar. Maar Den Haag kon er niet omheen: multinationals (Google, Starbucks, Toyota, Gazprom, Siemens, de lijst is eindeloos) en buitenlandse voetballers en sterren betalen in Nederland bijkans nul belasting – terwijl Nederlandse burgers worden gestript. Er volgden Kamervragen, onderzoeken van de Europese Commissie en journalistieke publicaties wereldwijd. Alle twijfel verdween...

Een baan voor het leven bestaat niet. Wel een leven vol banen of een leven vol klussen (voor zelfstandig ondernemers). Naast het beheersen van een vak, is het daarom belangrijk basiskennis te hebben over de verschillende onderdelen van het ondernemerschap.

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