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      • Trusted Partner
        Business, Economics & Law
        January 2019

        Civilising rural Ireland

        The co-operative movement, development and the nation-state, 1889–1939

        by Patrick Doyle

        The introduction of co-operative societies into the Irish countryside during the late-nineteenth century transformed rural society and created an enduring economic legacy. Building the Rural Civilization challenges predominant narratives of Irish history that explain the emergence of the nation-state through the lens of political conflict and violence. Instead the book takes as its focus the numerous leaders, organisers, and members of the Irish co-operative movement. Together these people captured the spirit of change as they created a modern Ireland through their reorganisation of the countryside, the spread of new economic ideas, and the promotion of mutually-owned businesses.Besides giving a comprehensive account of the co-operative movement's introduction to Irish society the book offers an analysis of the importance of these radical economic ideas upon political Irish nationalism.

      • Trusted Partner
        Business, Economics & Law
        September 2018

        Our common wealth

        The return of public ownership in the United States

        by Thomas M. Hanna

        Public ownership is more widespread and popular in the United States than is commonly understood. This book is the most comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the scope and scale of U.S. public ownership, debunking frequent misconceptions about the alleged inefficiency and underperformance of public ownership and arguing that it offers powerful, flexible solutions to current problems of inequality, instability, and unsustainability- explaining why after decades of privatization it is making a comeback, including in the agenda of Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party in Britain. Hanna offers a vision of deploying new forms of democratized public ownership broadly, across multiple sectors, as a key ingredient of any next system beyond corporate capitalism. This book is a valuable, extensively researched resource that sets out the past record and future possibilities of public ownership at a time when ever more people are searching for answers.

      • Trusted Partner
        Business, Economics & Law
        September 2018

        Our common wealth

        The return of public ownership in the United States

        by Thomas M. Hanna

        Public ownership is more widespread and popular in the United States than is commonly understood. This book is the most comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the scope and scale of U.S. public ownership, debunking frequent misconceptions about the alleged inefficiency and underperformance of public ownership and arguing that it offers powerful, flexible solutions to current problems of inequality, instability, and unsustainability- explaining why after decades of privatization it is making a comeback, including in the agenda of Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party in Britain. Hanna offers a vision of deploying new forms of democratized public ownership broadly, across multiple sectors, as a key ingredient of any next system beyond corporate capitalism. This book is a valuable, extensively researched resource that sets out the past record and future possibilities of public ownership at a time when ever more people are searching for answers.

      • Trusted Partner
        Business, Economics & Law
        January 2019

        Civilising rural Ireland

        The co-operative movement, development and the nation-state, 1889–1939

        by Patrick Doyle

        The introduction of co-operative societies into the Irish countryside during the late-nineteenth century transformed rural society and created an enduring economic legacy. Building the Rural Civilization challenges predominant narratives of Irish history that explain the emergence of the nation-state through the lens of political conflict and violence. Instead the book takes as its focus the numerous leaders, organisers, and members of the Irish co-operative movement. Together these people captured the spirit of change as they created a modern Ireland through their reorganisation of the countryside, the spread of new economic ideas, and the promotion of mutually-owned businesses.Besides giving a comprehensive account of the co-operative movement's introduction to Irish society the book offers an analysis of the importance of these radical economic ideas upon political Irish nationalism.

      • Trusted Partner
        Business, Economics & Law
        June 2020

        Civilising rural Ireland

        The co-operative movement, development and the nation-state, 1889–1939

        by Patrick Doyle

        The introduction of co-operative societies into the Irish countryside during the late-nineteenth century transformed rural society and created an enduring economic legacy. Civilising rural Ireland challenges predominant narratives of Irish history that explain the emergence of the nation-state through the lens of political conflict and violence. Instead the book takes as its focus the numerous leaders, organisers, and members of the Irish co-operative movement. Together these people captured the spirit of change as they created a modern Ireland through their reorganisation of the countryside, the spread of new economic ideas, and the promotion of mutually-owned businesses. Besides giving a comprehensive account of the co-operative movement's introduction to Irish society the book offers an analysis of the importance of these radical economic ideas upon political Irish nationalism.

      • Trusted Partner
        Humanities & Social Sciences
        January 2022

        How Blair killed the co-ops

        Reclaiming social enterprise from its neoliberal turn

        by Leslie Huckfield

        Social enterprise and third sector activity have expanded into a prolific area of academic research and discourses over the past twenty years, with many claiming their origins rooted in Blair, New Labour and Giddens' "Third Way". But many academic contributions lack the experience of policy implementation and do not access the wealth of grey, legacy and public policy literature from earlier periods that support different interpretations. Since most make few references to developments during the 1970s and 1980s, their narrow focus on New Labour from 1997 onwards not only neglects real antecedents, but miscasts the role of social enterprise. During a key political period from 1998 to 2002, Blair's New Labour Governments forced through a major conceptual shift for social enterprise, co-operative and third sector activity. Many structures, formed as community responses to massive deindustrialisation in the 1970s and 1980s, were repositioned to bid against the private sector to obtain contracts for delivery of low cost public services. Based on previously unseen archival materials and interviews with key players between 1998 and 2002, when major social enterprise and third sector policy changes occurred, Huckfield offers an alternative narrative of social enterprise in the UK, showing how local communities have been denied the restoration of local economic and social democracy.

      • Trusted Partner
        Humanities & Social Sciences
        January 2022

        How Blair killed the co-ops

        Reclaiming social enterprise from its neoliberal turn

        by Leslie Huckfield

        Social enterprise and third sector activity have expanded into a prolific area of academic research and discourses over the past twenty years, with many claiming their origins rooted in Blair, New Labour and Giddens' "Third Way". But many academic contributions lack the experience of policy implementation and do not access the wealth of grey, legacy and public policy literature from earlier periods that support different interpretations. Since most make few references to developments during the 1970s and 1980s, their narrow focus on New Labour from 1997 onwards not only neglects real antecedents, but miscasts the role of social enterprise. During a key political period from 1998 to 2002, Blair's New Labour Governments forced through a major conceptual shift for social enterprise, co-operative and third sector activity. Many structures, formed as community responses to massive deindustrialisation in the 1970s and 1980s, were repositioned to bid against the private sector to obtain contracts for delivery of low cost public services. Based on previously unseen archival materials and interviews with key players between 1998 and 2002, when major social enterprise and third sector policy changes occurred, Huckfield offers an alternative narrative of social enterprise in the UK, showing how local communities have been denied the restoration of local economic and social democracy.

      • Trusted Partner
        Humanities & Social Sciences
        November 2021

        How Blair killed the co-ops

        Reclaiming social enterprise from its neoliberal turn

        by Leslie Huckfield

        Social enterprise and third sector activity have expanded into a prolific area of academic research and discourses over the past twenty years, with many claiming their origins rooted in Blair, New Labour and Giddens' "Third Way". But many academic contributions lack the experience of policy implementation and do not access the wealth of grey, legacy and public policy literature from earlier periods that support different interpretations. Since most make few references to developments during the 1970s and 1980s, their narrow focus on New Labour from 1997 onwards not only neglects real antecedents, but miscasts the role of social enterprise. During a key political period from 1998 to 2002, Blair's New Labour Governments forced through a major conceptual shift for social enterprise, co-operative and third sector activity. Many structures, formed as community responses to massive deindustrialisation in the 1970s and 1980s, were repositioned to bid against the private sector to obtain contracts for delivery of low cost public services. Based on previously unseen archival materials and interviews with key players between 1998 and 2002, when major social enterprise and third sector policy changes occurred, Huckfield offers an alternative narrative of social enterprise in the UK, showing how local communities have been denied the restoration of local economic and social democracy.

      • Business innovation
        November 2022

        The Loop Approach

        How to Transform Your Organization from the Inside Out

        by Sebastian Klein, Ben Hughes

        Going round in circles to get ahead … … may sound like a contradiction—but it isn’t! For years, managers and leaders have known that their organizational structures are not fit for the future. Along came the wave of “agile methods” promising rapid improvement. But the kind of thing that works in a brand-new startup is unlikely to be easily transferable to an established business. For all that you may apply individual tools, the rigid structures of large businesses can only be transformed by remaking their entire framework. This is where the Loop Approach comes in: with is repetition-based system, it will get even the slowest giant moving. The Loop Approach has brought to change to major corporations such as Audi, Deutsche Bahn, and Telekom. The book has been completely revised for this edition, and a new practice-oriented chapter makes it user-friendlier than ever.   • Almost 7.500 copies sold since first publication 2019 • Tried and creative framework for bringing agility to established businesses • Revised edition with new material on remote working • Creative and colorful layout to appeal to agile leaders, businesses, and start-ups • Features numerous case studies, checklists, and worksheets

      • Business, Economics & Law
        July 2019

        The Sandworm Principle

        the transformational leadership ultimate guide

        by Petra Spillman M.A.

        STOP WHINING! START DIGGING! What do you do when you encounter a situation as as big as a W.H.A.L.E.? Get your team ready: The encouragers, the visionaries, the motivators, the passionate, the team players, the workaholics; oh, and yes, the lazy, the fearful, the eccentrics, the immature, the excusers, the prideful and of course, the corruptors!Learn how to identify which Sandworms are on your team. Become an expert on how to lead and position some “characters” effectively, without losing time, money and most of all your W.H.A.L.E.!Start digging relentlessly until it becomes reality!   www.sandworm-principle.com

      • Economics

        Industrial Clusters in Local and Regional Economies

        A Post Porter Approach to the Identification and Evaluation of Clusters in North Dublin

        by Helen McGrath

      • Entrepreneurship
        July 2019

        A Handbook for Dairy Entrepreneurs

        by Pranav Kumar, Amandeep Singh & Devesh Thakur

        The publication provides fundamental information about dairy farming. The book covers the basic knowledge about how to start an entrepreneurial dairy farming covering almost all the basic aspects related to the field. The information provided is scientific and cosmopolitan and will be useful for small scale dairy farming. This book covers all the elements of dairy production with the goal of helping the dairy owners to keep their animals as healthy as possible. It covers areas including breeds and breeding management, housing and feeding management, basics of dairy animal diseases, disease prevention and control measures etc. This book will serve as a complete encyclopaedia of dairy husbandry practices and will help to guide practicing dairy farmers as well as starter (youth entrepreneur) in starting the dairy entrepreneurial venture from the scratch. This book provides the first hand knowledge to the entrepreneurs to start the dairy farming by using the resources present locally. The topics in the book are so designed that even by looking at the pictorial representations one can get the idea of how to start the dairy farming. The book also popularizes the use of non- conventional items present at rural households and their significant use in dairy animal rearing.

      • Entrepreneurship

        Start me up!

        Over 100 Great Business Ideas for the Budding Entrepreneur

        by Sonia Williams

        Start Me Up! Over 100 great business ideas for the budding entrepreneur by Sonia Williams Do you dream of becoming the next Richard Branson or Anita Roddick? Are you ready to be your own boss but not sure where to start, waiting for that lightning bolt moment of inspiration to strike? Does the idea of writing a business plan terrify you? Becoming your own boss is easier than you think! Businesswoman and entrepreneur Sonia Williams has done all the hard work for you. In Sonia’s new book Start Me Up! you will find over 100 innovative and achievable business concepts and practical advice that will have your business up and running in no time. Some of Sonia’s novel ideas make the most of modern technology; others put a new spin on tried and tested ventures. Sonia also suggests ideas for cultivating your own business nous, including advice on how to spot a trend (and how to avoid fads!), how to identify niche markets, how to write a business plan, how to avoid common first-timer pitfalls and how to develop your online presence. Start Me Up! is a fantastic resource for the budding entrepreneur.

      • Psychology
        August 2009

        The Essential NLP Practitioner's Handbook

        How to Succeed as an NLP Therapist & Coach

        by Murielle Maupoint

        The Essential NLP Practitioner's Handbook provides all the information that you need to maximise the value of your training and: • Feel more confident in your ability to set up and run a thriving business • Deliver professional Therapy & Coaching sessions that get great results • Help your Clients overcome anxiety, insomnia, phobias, obesity, confidence issues and much more... This is essential reading for all levels of NLP interest & experience and a great resource for anyone who dreams of becoming a successful Coach, Therapist or Counsellor.

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