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Publisher
MIT Sloan Management Review
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
[First edition].
Physical Desc
1 online resource (9 pages)
Language
English
Description
Companies aiming to accelerate their innovation efforts can find opportunities by connecting to regional clusters of startups, researchers, and investors. The key to success is to have a well-considered strategy for engagement that is clear on what the business hopes to gain and what the business can contribute. Leaders must understand the needs and interests of the different stakeholders in the ecosystem and make a long-term commitment to building...
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"An explosive return to the library leaves the six Alexandrians vulnerable. Old alliances fracture as the initiates take opposing strategies as to how to deal with the deadly bargain they failed to uphold. Those who remain with the archives wrestle with the ethics of their astronomical abilities, while elsewhere, an unlikely pair from the Society partner to influence politics on a global stage. And still the outside world mobilizes to destroy them....
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English
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The Ecosystem Mindset takes a hard look at the emerging Ecosystem Economy, and what it means for companies once siloed by sector. It explores how and why we got here, beginning with the foundations of the sector-centered economy and bringing us up to today--the earliest chapter in the ecosystem economy's history. Readers will see that the truly successful companies are not the ones that have brought old-school best practices to bear on the new economy,...
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Publisher
Jossey-Bass
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 volume)
Language
English
Description
"From Governor and White House cabinet member Michael Leavitt: how to find collaborative solutions to the greatest challengesYour business challenges extend far beyond you and your firm, to the competitors within your industry and the regulators outside it. Finding solutions to larger issues requires cooperation between diverse stakeholders, and in this rapidly changing world, only those able to adapt and network successfully will produce fast, competitive...
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Series
Codex Alera volume 4
Language
English
Description
After two years of bitter conflict with the hordes of invading Canim, Tavi of Calderon realizes that a greater peril exists--the terrifying Vord. Now Tavi must find a way to bring Aleran and Cane together as allies.
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Series
Publisher
Berrett-Koehler
Pub. Date
©2014
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
A powerful new kind of competitive advantage is now possible thanks to technological and social disruptions occurring. These disruptions revolutionize how companies can partner to create new growth: define your right-of-way (the underutilized resources you already own that you can share with others), partner to do what you can't do alone, experiment to learn, and scale the new business at low risk. This book shows you how to leverage new forces like...
Publisher
MIT Sloan Management Review
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
"How can leaders increase their odds of having successful negotiations? This collection of articles from MIT Sloan Management Review examines the many stages of negotiation, from evaluating potential partners and valuing the deal to providing protection from lies during the bargaining process and managing the ongoing relationship."--Resource description page
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"An alliance embarks on a dangerous journey to uncover the secrets of the distant past and save their world in this captivating, deeply visionary adventure from #1 New York Times bestselling thriller-master James Rollins. A gifted student foretells an apocalypse. Her reward is a sentence of death. Fleeing into the unknown she is drawn into a team of outcasts: A broken soldier, who once again takes up the weapons he's forbidden to wield and carves...
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Series
Queen of the Tearling volume 3
Language
English
Description
As Kelsea Glynn came into her own as the Queen of the Tearling, the headstrong, visionary leader has also transformed her realm. In her quest to end corruption and restore justice, she has made many enemies-- including the evil Red Queen, her fiercest rival, who has set her armies against the Tear. To protect her people from a devastating invasion, Kelsea gave herself and her magical sapphires to her enemy, and named the Mace, the trusted head of...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
To stop the coming apocalypse, a fellowship was formed. A soldier, a thief, a lost prince, and a young girl bonded by fate and looming disaster. Each step along this path has changed the party, forging deep alliances and greater enmities. All the while, hostile forces have hunted them, fearing what they might unleash. Armies wage war around them. For each step has come with a cost--in blood, in loss, in heartbreak. Now, they must split, traveling...
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English
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"As economic challenges continue to unfold, executives seek a resource to understand a unique alternative.Executives are under pressure to produce results. Industry consolidation, rapid innovation, and shifting consumer attitudes are changing the way companies design products and go to market in a globally competitive marketplace. With two economic downturns in eleven years, one of them a global pandemic, companies are regularly evaluating how to...
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Series
Tithenai chronicles volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Velasin vin Aaro never planned to marry at all, let alone a girl from neighboring Tithena. When an ugly confrontation reveals his preference for men, Vel fears he's ruined the diplomatic union before it can even begin. But while his family is ready to disown him, the Tithenai envoy has a different solution: for Vel to marry his former intended's brother instead. Caethari Aeduria always knew he might end up in a political marriage, but his sudden betrothal...
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Series
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Arenza Lenskaya is a liar and a thief, a pattern-reader and a daughter of no clan. Raised in the slums of Nadezra, she fled that world to save her sister. Renata Viraudax is a con artist recently arrived in Nadezra. She has one goal: to trick her way into a noble house and secure her fortune. As corrupt nightmare magic begins to weave its way through the city of dreams, the poisonous feuds of its aristocrats and the shadowy dangers of its impoverished...
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Cinder spires volume 2
Language
English
Description
Standing alone against the overwhelming might of Spire Aurora’s Armada and its new secret weapon, Lord Albion uses the trading summit at Spire Olympia to secure alliances that will shape the outcomes of the war with the help of a privateer and the crew of the AMS Predator.
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English
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A game-changing guide that will help you leverage every critical relationship in your organization for greater success; this book shows you how to identify and remove barriers to relationships; whether they are caused by culture; infrastructure; or self-awareness gaps. --
Author
Publisher
McGraw-Hill Education
Pub. Date
©2014
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
"Alex Taub and Ellen DaSilva have written the bible for business development in startup land--a well-researched, easily accessible accounting of best practices and tips of the trade from the people who are leaders in opening and closing deals that define some of the most exciting new companies on the landscape.""I never thought I'd read a book that not only explains how nuanced business development can be, but also actually gives you what you need...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The heart is a battlefield. War has raged for a decade in Lir, and orphaned soldier Talasyn has learned to keep her powers hidden to survive. As the last known Lightweaver on the continent, she can create radiant weapons that cut through the invading Shadowforged warriors' dark magic. But all that changes when she is forced to reveal her abilities on the battlefield to defend herself from the Shadowforged prince himself, Alaric Ossinast. In a clash...
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