This Business of Concert Promotion and Touring: A Practical Guide to Creating, Selling, Organizing, and Staging Concerts

Concerts are part art, part party--and a big part business. This Business of Concert Promotion and Touring is the first to focus on that all-important business aspect, from creating a show, to selling a show, to organizing the show, to staging the show. Working with venues, personnel, booking, promoting, marketing, publicity, public relations, financial management, and much more are covered in this indispensable one-volume resource. And the ideas and techniques explained here can be used for every type of concert promotion, including college shows, artist showcases, club gigs, as well as major events handled by local promoters, nationwide promoters, and worldwide promoters. Concert promoters and tour mana

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Business and Society: A Reader in the History, Sociology, and Ethics of Business

Combining perspectives on the interplay of two areas of primary importance to our lives--business and society--this anthology brings together a wide range of readings on the subject. Topics include the historical evolution of the business enterprise, the emergence and development of the labor force, and the impact of the international marketplace. Castro concentrates on the moral and social aspects of business, the way it affects national economy, the environment, careers, the disadvantaged, government, and public opinion. Combining the idea that a good business education must also be a good liberal education, Castro is careful to show the connections between the way Americans have done and thought about business in the past, with the way Americans think and do business today. Considering the abundance of socioeconomic issues in everyday life, he shows that business ethics has always been an integral part of business, and that this continues to be true. He shows that the historical, social, and ethical dimensions of business are an inseparable and necessary component of business education. Chosen for their student interest and accessibility, the readings can be used for a variety of different courses covering business and society.

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Just Business: Christian Ethics for the Marketplace

"An ethical man is a Christian holding four aces." So said Mark Twain. But practicing Christians, at least, want to be ethical in all areas of life and work--not just when they are holding four aces. To those faced with the many questions and quandaries of doing business with integrity, Alexander Hill offers a place to begin. Alexander Hill carefully explores the foundational Christian concepts of holiness, justice and love. These keys to God's character, he argues, are also the keys to Christian business ethics. Hill then shows how some common responses to business ethics fall short of a fully Christian response. Finally, he turns to penetrating case studies on such pressing topics as employer-employee relations, discrimination and affirmative action, and environmental damage. This is an excellent introduction to business ethics for students and a bracing refresher for men and women already in the marketplace.

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Become Your Own Boss in 12 Months: A Month-by-Month Guide to a Business that Works

"Melinda Emerson . . . will inspire you to pursue your own entrepreneurial vision."--Marc H. Morial, President, National Urban League

Whether you're newly unemployed, sick of office life and longing for a change, or just want to finally turn your business idea into reality, you can follow your dream and make your passion your profession. Drawing on her experience as founder of an award-winning production company, Melinda F. Emerson shows you how in this practical month-by-month guide to getting your business off the ground.

Inside, you'll find the timetable and steps you need to take to become a successful CEO of your own venture, including:

Month 1: Meet with potential venture capitalists
Month 3: Set a one-year marketing budget
Month 5: Select a logo
Month 9: Purchase customer relationship management software
Month 11: Prepare your launch day press release

Next year at this time, you could be calling the shots at your dream job. You supply the energy, an idea, and elbow grease--and this book will supply the plan.

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I'm Not Anti-Business, I'm Anti-Idiot [Dilbert]

Read by 150 million fans in 39 countries, "Dilbert" concerns the exploits of a cynical engineer who tries to stay afloat in the turbulence that is corporate America in the 1990s. This latest collection of cartoons from the enormously popular strip is aimed at the insanity of the business world (Humor) .

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HBR'S 10 Must Reads: The Essentials

Change is the one constant in business, and we must adapt or face obsolescence. Yet certain challenges never go away. That's what makes this book "must read." These are the 10 seminal articles by management's most influential experts, on topics of perennial concern to ambitious managers and leaders hungry for inspiration--and ready to run with big ideas to accelerate their own and their companies' success.

If you read nothing else - full stop - read:

Michael Porter on creating competitive advantage and distinguishing your company from rivals
John Kotter on leading change through eight critical stages
Daniel Goleman on using emotional intelligence to maximize performance
Peter Drucker on managing your career by evaluating your own strengths and weaknesses
Clay Christensen on orchestrating innovation within established organizations
Tom Davenport on using analytics to determine how to keep your customers loyal
Robert Kaplan and David Norton on measuring your company's strategy with the Balanced Scorecard
Rosabeth Moss Kanter on avoiding common mistakes when pushing innovation forward
Ted Levitt on understanding who your customers are and what they really want
C. K. Prahalad and Gary Hamel on identifying the unique, integrated systems that support your strategy

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Employment Law for Human Resource Practice (South-Western Legal Studies in Business Academic)

As a future manager, you want to know what will be important to you in your upcoming career. David Walsh's Employment Law for Human Resource Practice explains the major issues and rules of employment law and what these mean for human resource practice in a way that makes sense for businesspeople. His approach, which follows the employment life cycle from the hiring process, to managing employees, to terminating employment, is clear and easy to understand. Always conscious of pointing out what will be important to you in the future, this book includes clippings of current news stories and events, hypothetical situations, and real cases to help you understand how the law applies to each stage of employment. Practical advice for what to do as a manager is conveniently summarized at the end of each chapter. Employment Law for Human Resource Practice gives you all you need to succeed in class and contribute in real world employment settings.

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How to Start a Home-Based Jewelry Making Business: *Turn your passion into profit *Develop a smart business plan *Set market-appropriate prices ... on the Internet (Home-Based Business Series)

Maire Loughran draws on her years of experience to show you how to turn your passion for beautiful jewelry into a profitable sideline or full-time business.

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International Business (12th Edition)

International Business, 12/e is an authoritative and engaging voice on conducting business in international markets.

Comparative environmental frameworks, theories and institutions, the world financial environment, global strategy, structure and implementation, and managing international relations.

For business professionals who would like a fresh perspective on the study of global environments, and the operations of international business.

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Home Business Tax Deductions: Keep What You Earn

Keep your hard-earned money in your home business!

Completely updated for 2010 returns

Tax deductions are essential to any business, but even more so when your office is also your home. Don't spend thousands on an accountant --turn to Home Business Tax Deductions and do it yourself!

Home Business Tax Deductions will help you write off:

your home office

start-up and operating expenses

vehicles and travel

entertainment and meals

health insurance and medical bills

inventory

equipment

The 7th edition is completely updated with all the latest tax information, eligibility requirements and deductions for 2010 returns. Home Business Tax Deductions also covers how to avoid being classified as a hobby business, steer clear of home-business tax scams, stay out of trouble with the IRS and take special deductions if your business loses money.

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Running a Side Business: How to Create a Second Income

Turn your hobby into a profitable business and enjoy a second income.

In a troubled economy, you've discovered that a single source of income just isn't enough. But how do you start and manage your new venture -- and make a profit to boot?

From crafting to home repair to website design and more, if you've ever wanted to turn your hobby into a business and watch your passion generate cash, Running a Side Business is the book for you. Packed with tips, legal resources, start-up success stories and USA TODAY snapshots and infographics, you'll learn the life cycle of a business and get answers to important questions along the way. Find out how to:

choose a side business that will succeed

manage a full-time job while running your side business

protect your personal assets

keep it legal: how and where to obtain and file permits, licenses, contracts, and trademarks

manage your home-based business

market your new business

file taxes and take deductions

Plus, Running a Side Business offers guidance on selecting the right side business for you, with information about some of the most popular side businesses that have gained popularity in the last decade, including sales through eBay and Amazon, web design, blogging, Google AdSense business models, and podcasting models.

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Broken Windows, Broken Business: How the Smallest Remedies Reap the Biggest Rewards

Once every few years a book comes along with an insight so penetrating, so powerful - and so simply, demonstrably true -that it instantly changes the way we think and do business. Such a book is Broken Windows, Broken Business, a breakthrough in management theory that can alter the destiny of countless companies striving to stay ahead of their competition. "In this vital work, author Michael Levine offers compelling evidence that problems in business, large and small, typically stem from inattention to tiny details. Social psychologists and criminologists agree that if a window in a building is broken and left unrepaired, soon thereafter the rest of the windows will be broken - and the perception will build that crime in that neighborhood is out of control. The same principle applies to business.""Drawing on real-world corporate examples, from JetBlue's decision to give fliers what they really want - leather seats, personal televisions, online ticketing - to Google's customer-based strategy for breaking out of the pack of Internet search engines, to business-to-business firms' successes and failures, Levine proves again and again how constant vigilance and an obsession with detail can make or break a business or a brand.""With tips and advice on changing any business to one that dots its i's, crosses its t's, and attracts more clients, Broken Windows, Broken Business goes straight to the heart of what makes all enterprises successful - the little things that mean a lot."--BOOK JACKET.

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Entrepreneurial Finance: Finance and Business Strategies for the Serious Entrepreneur

To start a successful business, you need a comprehensive toolbox full of effective financial and business techniques at your fingertips.

Entrepreneurial Finance provides the essential tools and know-how you need to build a sturdy foundation for a profitable business. This practical road map guides you from crafting a meaningful business plan to raising your business to the next level. It offers potent methods for keeping firm financial control of your enterprise and insightful tips for avoiding the multitude of financial barriers that may block your entrepreneurial dream.

Written by Steven Rogers, a leading educator at the prestigious Kellogg School of Management, this reliable guidebook covers:

• The dual objectives of a business plan and how to ensure that both are fulfilled
• Differences between debt and equity financing and how and why to use each
• Real-world methods for structuring a deal to benefit both the financier and the entrepreneur
• Valuation techniques for understanding what your business is truly worth
• Essential resources for finding the detailed information you need

Entrepreneurial Finance clearly explains the inescapable rules of finance and business by using real-world examples and cutting-edge data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) research project. It features up-to-date coverage of phantom stock, options, and the state of entrepreneurship in such countries as Canada, Europe, Asia, and South America.

This definitive guide is effective in today's business climate, with robust, no-nonsense coverage on everything from the new realities of revenue valuation and the growth of women entrepreneurs to the fallout from the dot-com boom and the impact of Sarbanes-Oxley on corporate governance.

Just because you're in business for yourself doesn't mean you're alone. Entrepreneurial Finance helps you create a long-term plan for achieving maximum profit.

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Business Driven Technology

Business Driven Technology discusses various business initiatives first and how technology supports those initiatives second. The premise for this unique approach is that business initiatives should drive technology choices. Every discussion first addresses the business needs and then addresses the technology that supports those needs

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Engage, Revised and Updated: The Complete Guide for Brands and Businesses to Build, Cultivate, and Measure Success in the New Web

The ultimate guide to branding and building your business in the era of the Social Web?revised and updated with a Foreword by Ashton Kutcher

Engage! thoroughly examines the social media landscape and how to effectively use social media to succeed in business?one network and one tool at a time. It leads you through the detailed and specific steps required for conceptualizing, implementing, managing, and measuring a social media program. The result is the ability to increase visibility, build communities of loyal brand enthusiasts, and increase profits.

Covering everything you need to know about social media marketing and the rise of the new social consumer, Engage! shows you how to create effective strategies based on proven examples and earn buy-in from your marketing teams. Even better, you'll learn how to measure success and ROI.

• Introduces you to the psychology, behavior, and influence of the new social consumer
• Shows how to define and measure the success of your social media campaigns for the short and long term
• Features an inspiring Foreword by actor Ashton Kutcher, who has more than 5 million followers on Twitter
• Revised paperback edition brings the book completely up to date to stay ahead of the lightning fast world of social media

Today, no business can afford to ignore the social media revolution. If you're not using social media to reach out to your customers and the people who influence them, who is?

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Start Your Own Coaching Business

Use Your Passion to Inspire Action

Turn your passion for life into a fulfilling, lucrative career as a motivational coach. Whether you want to inspire others to go after their dreams, achieve their business goals or better manage their everyday life, Entrepreneur gives you the steps you need to get started.

This hands-on guide shows you how to launch your own successful coaching company, helping clients with life, motivation and business. Learn step by step how to establish your business, position yourself as an expert, attract clients and build revenue. Our experts provide real-life examples, sound business advice and priceless tips to put you on your way to making a difference- and making money.

Learn how to:

• Set up your business with minimal startup investment
• Develop your coaching expertise
• Build a business brand that gets noticed
• Capture clients by showing them you're worth their money
• Price your service
• Advertise and publicize to attract more clients
• Boost profits by expanding your business

You already have the motivation and the passion-this guide shows you how to share it with others and make a profit!

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Start Your Own Business, Fifth Edition (Start Your Own Business: The Only Start-Up Book You'll Ever Need)

BE YOUR OWN BOSS
“Entrepreneurs enjoy a freedom few ever know. Starting your own business is one of the few remaining paths to wealth—and this book is a valuable road map.”
Robert K. Kiyosaki, Author of Rich Dad Poor Dad

Tap into more than 30 years of small business expertise as you embark on the most game-changing journey of your life – your new business.

This unmatched guide - the best-selling business startup book of all time - offers critical startup essentials and a current, comprehensive view of what it takes to survive the crucial first three years, giving your exactly what you need to survive and succeed. Plus, you’ll get advice and insight from experts and practicing entrepreneurs, all offering common-sense approaches and solutions to a wide range of challenges.

• Pin point your target market
• Uncover creative financing for startup and growth
• Use online resources to streamline your business plan
• Learn the secrets of successful marketing
• Discover digital and social media tools and how to use them
• Take advantage of hundreds of resources
• Receive vital forms, worksheets and checklists

From startup to retirement, millions of entrepreneurs and small business owners have trusted Entrepreneur to point them in the right direction. We’ll teach you the secrets of the winners, and give you exactly what you need to lay the groundwork for success.

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Foundations of the Legal Environment of Business

Using an integrated approach, FOUNDATIONS OF THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS thoroughly explores the intersection of law, business strategy, and ethics by providing over 200 real-world applications and exercises. Instead of presenting law through a rote learning method, FOUNDATIONS OF THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS provides cases and critical-thinking exercises that illustrate, on almost every page, the clear relevance of the material to issues students will face in the business world. The text's solid theme on ethics challenges students to develop their own moral barometer. FOUNDATIONS OF THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS is an excellent resource for teaching future managers how to understand and apply legal and ethical concepts. It fulfills current curricular and AACSB accrediting standards.

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The Business of Fitness: Understanding the Financial Side of Owning a Fitness Business

Noted industry founder, consultant and personal training expert Thomas Plummer puts his 26 years of experience into this all-encompassing resource on the business side of fitness. In sixteen chapters Plummer identifies five core topics that are crucial for those beginning a new fitness business or looking to build an existing business. In logical, easy-to-understand and apply language, Plummer covers such critical subjects as levels of maturity, building renewals and member retention, price structures, financial problem solving, reports and profit centers, business plans and strategic planning, as well as working with accountants, building premium programs, and much, much more. Large format with nearly 400 pages of information!

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Thick Face, Black Heart: The Warrior Philosophy for Conquering the Challenges of Business and Life

Chin-Ning Chu is one of the world's foremost experts on Asian business psychology, a frequent guest on "Larry King Live" and other high-profile TV shows. Now he shows how to apply ancient Chinese military wisdom to the competitive world of business today. "Could become the Think and Grow Rich of the 1990s".--Success magazine.

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Kiss, Bow, or Shake Hands (The Bestselling Guide to Doing Business in More than 60 Countries)

More than a decade after establishing itself as the number-one book on international business etiquette, "Kiss, Bow, or Shake Hands" has been fully revised to reflect the profound global transformation that has occurred since its debut. In this new edition, author Terri Morrison - the leading expert in this field - has included: comprehensive updates for each of the book's 60-plus country chapters; several brand-new sections, including Cultural IQ tests, "Know Before You Go" tips and alerts on international security; and additional chapters on Austria, Belize, Ireland, South Africa, Vietnam and the Vatican. The most comprehensive, authoritative text of its kind, the first edition of this invaluable reference guide has won a following among high-ranking military officials, influential corporate executives and business school professors alike. This new edition, with its wealth of revised material and discussions of current hot topics, is proof that such a classic only gets better with time.In a global economy, it is crucial for business people to be sensitive to cultural differences. And although the best reason for doing so may be ethical, it's great for business as well! This is an invaluable book for "doing well while doing good" in your intercultural relations, covering the protocols of appointments, business entertaining, greetings, forms of address, gestures, dress, and gifts in 60 of the nations you're most likely to be doing business. Some interesting excerpts:

• Australia: The "thumbs-up" sign, which in the U.S. indicates "O.K." is considered rude.
  
• Brazil: The colors of the Brazilian flag are green and yellow, so avoid wearing this combination in any fashion.
  
• China: Avoid making exaggerated gestures or using dramatic facial expressions. The Chinese do not generally use their hands when speaking, and become distracted by a speaker who does.
  
• Indonesia: Since it is impolite to disagree with someone, Indonesians rarely say "no"...a clear way to indicate "no" is to suck in air through the teeth.

The authors are very aware that no generalizations apply to all residents of a nation, and are careful not to stereotype or judge. Highly recommended to any business traveler--or any student of the diversity of human cultures.

(Note: a great companion volume for this book is Gestures, which is devoted entirely to explaining the varieties of hand gestures in 82 countries!)

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Thinking Strategically: The Competitive Edge in Business, Politics, and Everyday Life

The international bestseller—don't compete without it! A major bestseller in Japan, Financial Times Top Ten book of the year, Book-of-the-Month Club bestseller, and required reading at the best business schools, Thinking Strategically is a crash course in outmaneauvering any rival. This entertaining guide builds on scores of case studies taken from business, sports, the movies, politics, and gambling. It outlines the basics of good strategy making and then shows how you can apply them in any area of your life.

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The Graphic Design Business Book

• Authoritative advice on every aspect
of running a design business


• Expert contributors include Leonard DuBoff, Richard Weisgrau, Eva Doman Bruck, and many more


General small-business advice just doesn’t work for a graphic design business. What graphic designers need is The Graphic Design Business Book, packed with directly relevant strategies for creating a business plan, managing a studio, presenting portfolios, marketing on the Web, keeping clients happy, and more, including sample contract forms and listings of professional organizations—all contributed by experts in their fields. Every graphic designer needs a copy of The Graphic Design Business Book.

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Essentials of Business Driven Information Systems

Essentials of Business Driven Information Systems discusses various business initiatives first and how technology supports those initiatives second. The premise for this unique approach is that business initiatives should drive technology choices. Every discussion first addresses the business needs and then addresses the technology that supports those needs.

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Family Business as Paradox

Rather than having to choose between the family and the business, the authors argue that if family-owned businesses can consciously manage and, synthesize these contradictions, the Family Enterprise will have a long-term strategic and competitive advantage and the family will remain committed to continuity.

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