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This book confirms that disaggregated services such as solid waste management, on-plot and on-site community-based sanitation supported by nongovernment organizations, and other small-scale enterprises are effectively serving the poor directly. For large-scale services such as water supply, sewage, and wastewater treatment, international private operations have made headway by partnering with local governments, nongovernmental organizations, and community-based groups. Case studies commissioned under the project included, while the complete studies are on a CD-Rom. ... Read more

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While it is apparent that homeland security intelligence has been significantly upgraded since the events of September 11, we are told repeatedly that there is, nevertheless, a strong probability that further acts of terrorism are planned and will be carried out. We seek to answer two questions:“What is our best course of action our Government should take to deal with the threat of and with the war against domestic terrorism?” and “What is the best course of action our Government should take to return our economy to prosperity?”

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Starting a business is one thing, making it succeed is another. Once the seed for a business has been planted, how do you make it grow? Picking up where other small business management books leave off, Growing Your Own Business helps you deal with the ongoing challenges you face at each step of business development. What kind of business should I start? Should I add or drop products? Enter a new field? Focus on a different target market? Franchise the business? Hold a public stock offering? Merge with another business? Whether your business is in the idea stage, start-up, expansion, or mature stage, you will find the information you need to make key decisions in such areas as planning, financing, team building, marketing, expansion, taxation, transition, and more. A featured selection of the Fortune Book Club, Growing Your Own Business provides you with the tools you need to evaluate your options and choose the best course of action to keep your business on track. ... Read more

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Succinct and Informative!
This is a no-nonsense book that discusses everything from a growth plan to building your team to recognizing opportunities to starting a franchise, to name only a few. The book is well organized and the concepts are discussed in a clear and straight forward manner. What this means is that instead of going through the same materials from a thick textbook or a book that is too general, the information is just what you need and is clearly layout as well as easy to find. For the budding entrepreneur i also recommend reading this book in conjunction with Arnold Goldstein's 'Starting On A Shoestring: Building a Business Without a Bankroll' which is really a book that gives practical advice on building and financing a business. Anyway, 'Growing Your Own Business' is a must read for those who are serious about starting and growing a business. Good Luck and Happy Reading! ... Read more

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The main purpose of this book is to demonstrate how in industrializing countries over the last 150 years, a particular type of maritime leisure resort was developed. Such resorts originally evolved to satisfy the new ethical values of the rising bourgeoisie and became a significant cultural influence in the adoption of a more amenity-oriented lifestyle for an increasing percentage of social classes. The author draws on detailed information from Bournemouth on the English South Coast, Nice in the South of France, and Los Angeles in the USA, and also discusses Wiesbaden, a German spa town, for comparative purposes. These developments subsequently had a direct bearing on the international town planning movement. They also created a wide variety of semi-skilled occupational opportunities and a post-industrial lifestyle that combined extensive leisure facilities with the development of professional service industries and infrastructures. The book makes a highly original contribution to the literature and will interest those concerned with the history of leisure and tourism, urban geography and planning. ... Read more

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We are all familiar with the telemarketing industry. The dinner time phone calls requesting a donation to a local charity organization or the early morning call asking you to try a service that the solicitor is positive you cannot live another day without. Nevertheless, how much do we really know about the operation behind the phone call? Mike Shew’s insightful book “Dialing for Dollars” proves that we do not really know much about the telemarketing industry at all.The author has collectively arranged a knowledgeable handbook, whether you are an inquiring businessperson looking to start your own telemarketing firm, or just a community member looking to uncover the truth. Mike Shew has, through a compilation of his extensive experience, given us the theory that supervision and motivation are the most important factors in any operation. He has given you an outline of how to keep revenue high and employee turnover rate low. In doing so, the author has been blatantly honest as to what truly goes on behind the doors of a bustling boiler room.To the author’s knowledge and mine, no one has ever produced a how-to manual giving step-by-step instruction for starting a telemarketing fundraising firm or such thorough instruction of the steps required to initiate this type of business.Be prepared for enlightenment, education, and even surprise in this journey inside some of America’s hardest-hitting telemarketing centers. Michelle L. Mullins ... Read more

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‘Zoltan Acs has produced one of the major works of the past decade or two that helps to explain why cities grow. A central premise and one supported by empirical analysis throughout the book is that entrepreneurship is an important local activity that translates raw knowledge (that by the way is shown to be highly local) into ideas and start-ups that grow and underpin and sustain metropolitan growth. This is a must read for all students and scholars of urban and national economic growth and related policies.’

- Roger R. Stough, George Mason University

‘Innovation is the driving force of the dynamics of regions and cities. Innovation however, is not an autonomous miracle, but is emerging out of knowledge creation and adoption. Thus, knowledge production is at the heart of economic progress. Zoltan Acs offers in this book a brilliant overview and convincing empirical evidence on the fascinating relationship between successful entrepreneurship and knowledge-intensive areas. His ideas form a unique blend of elements from the new economic geography, the new growth theory and the new innovation economics theory and provide a thorough analysis of the changing economic landscape in the US.’

- Peter Nijkamp, Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

‘Acs’s book demonstrates the link between entrepreneurship, geographic proximity and economic growth. It identifies the missing links from a wide range of viewpoints and with a modern empirical flavor. It shows that a proper environment is needed for the idea to start a firm and to contribute to the economic development of this environment. Acs provides vital reading for academics and policymakers aiming to understand the role of spillovers and clusters when explaining the growth of cities. He captures the essence of the economic dynamics of cities in the modern economy.’

- Roy Thurik, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

This new and original book by Zoltan Acs explores the relationship between industrial innovation and economic growth at the regional level and reaches conclusions as to why some regions grow and others decline. While the analysis draws on industrial organization, labor economics, regional science, geography and entrepreneurship, the book focuses on innovation and the growth of cities by the use of endogenous growth theory.

The author argues that industrial innovation is the driving force behind long run regional growth, and explores the issues of how technology and entrepreneurship can foster and promote growth at the regional level.

With its multidisciplinary approach, Innovation and the Growth of Cities will be warmly welcomed by academics and researchers alike in the areas of innovation and science, regional science and geography, entrepreneurship and evolutionary economics. ... Read more