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Managing Outside Pressure: Strategies for Preventing Corporate Disasters
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John Carver on Board Leadership
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Blueprint to a Billion: 7 Essentials to Achieve Exponential Growth
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Invest Like a Fox… Not Like a Hedgehog: How You Can Earn Higher Returns With Less Risk
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Global Software and IT: A Guide to Distributed Development, Projects, and Outsourcing
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Finance: A Fine Art
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Leading Out Loud: Inspiring Change Through Authentic Communications, New and Revised
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Driven: Inside BMW, the Most Admired Car Company in the World
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