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Product Description: In the past, managers put out fires. In the future, managers will light the fires of enterprise. On the innovation frontier, ideas, talent and capital move in perpetual free-flow. They move where the money can be made - or will be made at some time in the future...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: Forget Raising Hell; Raise Capital Instead Something has changed the business world. Big business has lost its allure for the new generation. Where once youthful employees pursued corporate goals, generation entrepreneur dream their own dreams...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: Are today's top business schools really crucibles of cutting-edge theory and management expertise? Or are they merely cash cows for universities and educators alike? In Gravy Training, two hard-hitting journalists uncover the inner workings of the world's top business schools, where the focus is often on generating huge enrollment fees and big-time consulting contracts for faculty...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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