Business & Economics, Industries
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Unlocking Our Shared Value
Corporate Sustainability Strategies In the West African Mining Industry by Robert Ndong
Africa's subsoil is rich in hydrocarbons, precious and base metals, and rare metals that are particularly strategic for the global transition to a low-carbon economy. In this context, the continent's beautiful, serious, and pressing challenge is to ...
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Wires Crossed
Memoir of a Citizen and Reporter in the Irving Press by Julian H. Walker
This book is a love letter to the free press. It is Julian H. Walker’s personal memoir as a citizen and reporter which calls for a healthier New Brunswick free press—one that is more diverse, competitive, independent, and feisty. Through its ...
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No Place to Pee
An Alaskan Woman's Tenure on the Klondike and the Pipeline by Margaret H Piggott
No Place to Pee is an intimate collection from a woman who spent 5,000 hours in a male-dominated industry. Margaret H. Piggott, a retired physical therapist worked as a laborer in Alaska on the Klondike Highway and Alaskan Pipeline from 1975 to ...
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Dirty Truths
How to Survive as a Freelancer in the Writing Game - and other Equally Dodgy Professions by Robin Brunet
For those of you starting a career or considering a different one: freelancing is the current rage and may be your best option. But only maybe. Dirty Truths examines what it takes to jam your foot in the door of self-employed opportunity, force it ...
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Don't Be Bare
What Every Contractor Needs to Know About Insurance by Dave Lester
ARE YOU A SMALL TO MID-SIZE CONTRACTOR? If you are, you know that contractors face plenty of risks just completing their work on time and on budget. But what about those risks you’re trusting your insurance policies to cover? Have you ever ...
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Canadian Agriculture in the 21st Century
Change and Challenge by Dr. Marvin S. Anderson
The Canadian Farming Community is facing numerous ongoing challenges, including rapidly changing technologies, the gradual erosion of the rural lifestyle, growing consumer concerns about the healthiness of food, and growing environmental concerns ...
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Headliner
Helping You Come out on Top in Today’s Media Landscape by Phil Gaudreau and Stephen Heckbert
Ask 100 different people about their opinion of the news these days and you might hear 100 different answers. The only certainty: everyone has an opinion. At a time where the news industry is changing rapidly, and the pace of communication is ...
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Vendor Audit - Auditing Construction Contract
“Trust but Verify” A concise guidebook on how to execute vendor audit that add values to the company’s bottom-line by Hin H Leong
Today, the practice of vendor audits has become an important mainstream activity in major corporations and professional firms, complementing the traditional financial and internal audit functions, and generating significant benefits and revenues for ...
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The Great Transition
The Emergence Of Unconventional Leadership by George Minakakis
We’ve all heard of the Great Depression. Many of us went through the Great Recession. Now, whether we know it or not, all of us are taking part in the Great Transition—a state of unpredictability and change driven by technology and consumers. ...
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YOU'RE EARNING WHAT YOU DESERVE … And That Sucks
Change your life by changing the way you do business by Robert Goldsmith
Honored with a "finalist" designation from USA BOOK NEWS as one of 2015's Best Business Sales book for the year. "Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. ...
