This book features a new, user-friendly approach. It shows you how to get your foot in the door and build your business from your own "comfort zone" - that area of your personal and professional behavior which you perform most confidently in. It gives you the tools to prepare and mail a response-getting contact package. Plus, it shares the most effective techniques that can secure an appointment with the person who makes the final decision

This book examines the state of technology in developing countries and pace with which it has advanced since the early 1990s. The Global Economic Prospects provides essential information for those concerned with developments shaping today's global economy

The authors maintain that the organization of the White House influences presidential performance more than is commonly thought and that organization theory is an essential tool for understanding that influence. The first part of the book presents the theoretical argument; the second examines White House outreach, including congressional liaison, press relations, personnel selection, executive branch oversight, and interest group and intergovernmental liaison

This book presents the findings and insights of this research program

The second volume of the report Global Development Finance (GDF) in 2008, contains a summary, country, statistical tables on the external debt of 134 countries that report public and publicly guaranteed debt under the Reporting System (DRS)

This book underlines the importance of policy performance for attracting and benefiting from capital flows, both private and official; concludes that improved policies in both recipient and donor countries are helping to strengthen the effectiveness of aid flows

Business creation experts Jana B. Matthews and Mark P. Rice explain the three key principles of successful business incubation; the 10 best practices for starting, developing, and managing a business incubation program; ways to attract high-quality entrepreneurs; the litmus test to determine an incubator's feasibility; and many hands-on examples from the directors of some of the country's top business incubators

This book offers a proven breakthrough strategy for turning adversaries into negotiating partners. Getting Past No is the state-of-the-art book on negotiation for the the twenty-first century. It will help you deal with tough times, tough people, and tough negotiations. You don’t have to get mad or get even. Instead, you can get what you want!

The process that addresses setting goals that are achievable and can be established readily is what this book is all about. You will move from clearly defining what a goal is, and how you build a pyramid of goals and objectives, to an understanding of who sets goals, how goals are set, and how you build action plans that support them

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