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Genre/Form: | Nonfiction |
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Document Type: | Book |
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Jack W Plunkett |
ISBN: | 9781608799992 1608799999 1593922027 9781593922023 |
OCLC Number: | 662404332 |
Awards: | Commended for Axiom Business Book Awards (International Business) 2011 |
Description: | 274 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents: | People. Newly born Americans, aging baby boomers and why America's soaring population is a huge advantage -- Consumers and customers; savers and spenders: what they want and how they are changing the world around you -- Places. Global trade 2.0 and the phone ladies of Bangladesh -- The global middle class and their growing mountain of money: fuel for the boom -- Things. Competition, innovation and entrepreneurship: how we're going to solve the world's biggest problems and create vast wealth in the process -- Always on, always with you and always getting smaller (or: Better, faster, smaller, cheaper) -- Energy: why things are a lot better than you might think -- Adventures in health care: 175,000 worth of proton beams and Dr. Shetty's 2,000 heart surgery -- Change. Education, generations and change -- 2026. |
Responsibility: | Jack W. Plunkett. |
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"Plunkett's entertaining writing style combined with his excellent documentation challenges readers to think carefully about the evolutionary changes that he suggests will be the building blocks of the coming socioeconomic renaissance... "" - CHOICE"How (to) cash in on Plunkett's predictions? Investors can focus on companies with a foot-hold in emerging markets...Two, companies that benefit from nanotechnology, wireless technology and biotechnology are attractive." - International Business Times"The book serves as a guide to understanding how best to position any business, investment or career to benefit from the expected growth." - BizTimes.com Read more...
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