business

Discusses how properly utilizing technology and making smart business decisions can still cause a company to lose their market leadership, describing patterns of innovation from a variety of industries, and explaining why it can sometimes be better to invest in lower-performing products.

"Trouble is coming to the Sparkle Spa, in the form of Aly Tanner's worst nightmare: her arch rival and nemesis since kindergarten is joining the salon! Know-it-all Suzy Davis has plenty of ideas about how the nail salon should be run and isn't shy about telling the sisters what to do and how to do it. How can Brooke and Aly get Suzy out of their hair--and their business?" -- provided by publisher.

One Big Mac and a side of fries, please! This title is packed with the history of McDonald?s through narrative nonfiction, informative sidebars, Fun Facts, and more.

What a sweet treat! This title is packed with the history of The Hersey Company through narrative nonfiction, informative sidebars, Fun Facts, and more.

The tastiest drink for the court! This title is packed with the history of Gatorade through narrative nonfiction, informative sidebars, Fun Facts, and more.

Grab a snack! Readers will learn that this title is packed with the history of Frito Lay through narrative nonfiction, informative sidebars, Fun Facts, and more.

"We are used to thinking about history in terms of stories. Yet we understand our own world through data: cast arrays of statistics that reveal the workings of our societies. In 'Figuring Out the Past,' . . . dive[s] in to the numbers that reveal the true shape of the past, drawing on their own Seshat project, a staggeringly ambitious attempt to log every data point that can be gathered for every society that has ever existed. This book does more than tell the story of humanity: it shows you the big picture, by the numbers"--OCLC.

Business is a broad category that spans many fields including retail, finance, health care, manufacturing, education, and technology--and in all cases, businesses rely on people with diverse skills and personalities working together to accomplish a company's goals. Comments from people in the industry, current statistics and forecasts, and realistic descriptions provide a useful look at business jobs ranging from market research analysts to accountants to franchise owners.