Een blik achter de schermen van Holland Casino door een ex-werknemer die twintig jaar bij dat bedrijf werkte.

Explains how businesses can use interactive information gathering to get a better idea of what their customers want and serve them better by anticipating their needs

Who makes most money from the demand for cappuccinos early in the morning at Waterloo Station? Why is it impossible to get a foot on the property ladder? How does the Mafia make money from laundries when street gangs pushing drugs don't? Who really benefits from immigration? How can China, in just fifty years, go from the world's worst famine to one of the greatest economic revolutions of all time, lifting a million people out of poverty a month? Looking at familiar situations in unfamiliar ways, THE UNDERCOVER ECONOMIST is a fresh explanation of the fundamental principles of the modern economy, illuminated by examples from the streets of London to the booming skyscrapers of Shanghai to the sleepy canals of Bruges. Leaving behind textbook jargon and equations, Tim Harford will reveal the games of signals and negotiations, contests of strength and battles of wit that drive not only the economy at large but the everyday choices we make.

Overzicht met voorbeelden van de risico's van financiële producten die zijn gekoppeld aan beleggingsverzekeringen, onder meer koopsompolissen, lijfrentepolissen en pensioenen.

Pleidooi tegen de liberalisering van de wereldhandel vanwege de negatieve effecten op het milieu en de internationale inkomensverdeling.

Semler turned his family's business, the aging Semco corporation of Brazil, into the most revolutionary business success story of our time. By eliminating uneeded layers of management and allowing employees unprecedented democracy in the workplace, he created a company that challenged the old ways and blazed a path to success in an uncertain economy.

Betoog tegen de neoliberale ideeën omtrent de heilzame werking van de vrijemarkteconomie en het tegengaan van overheidsmaatregelen die de vrije markt aan banden leggen.

Geschiedenis van de overname en opsplitsing van ABN AMRO in 2007.

Intended to be of use to executives, sales executives, accounts and sales managers, and marketing and customer service professionals, this book provides a guide to supplier-customer relationships. It examines ways of reforming selling strategies and developing more profitable ways to do business.

Kritische analyse van een aantal misvattingen in het huidige economische denken.

Analyse van de oorzaken en gevolgen van de kredietcrisis vanuit het perspectief van bedrijven, gezinnen en overheden.