How I Made My First Million: 26 Self-Made Millionaires Reveal the Secrets to Their Success
Nick Gardner has gathered a collection of inspirational stories of ordinary people who took a great idea and turned it into a hugely successful business.Learn how the founders of enormously profitable enterprises like Just Cuts, Aussie Home Loans, ModelCo, Elite Introductions, Fat Prophets, EcoStore and fastflowers.com took a great idea and turned it into a highly lucrative business.
Fundamentals of Risk Management: Understanding, Evaluating and Implementing Effective Risk Management
World events such as terrorism, natural disasters and the global financial crisis have raised the profile of risk. Now more than ever, organizations must plan, respond and recognize all forms of risks that they face. Risk management is a core business skill and understanding and dealing with risks effectively can both increase success and reduce the likelihood of failure.
Managing Business Risk: A Practical Guide to Protecting Your Business, 7th Edition
Effective risk management is a vital issue to consider when looking to safeguard a company’s commercial future and deal with the latest regulatory requirements. Managing Business Risk enables readers to maintain the clearest possible controls on risks that may threaten their businesses, while at the same time deliver transparent reporting to their stakeholders.
The assessment of risks posed by natural hazards such as floods, droughts, earthquakes, tsunamis or cyclones, may not reflect the full range or magnitude of events possible. As human populations grow, especially in hazard-prone areas, methods for accurately assessing natural hazard risks are becoming increasingly important. Jonathan Nott describes the many methods used to reconstruct such hazards from natural long-term records. He demonstrates how long-term records are essential in gaining a realistic understanding of the variability of natural hazards...
Is it Safe to Eat? Enjoy Eating and Minimize Food Risks
Does your perception of food risks closely mirror the real risks? The reality is not what you think it is! Nobody would expect to die of cyanide poisoning after eating an almond cake - but if you tell them there is cyanide in it, they might think at least twice about eating it. Do you know that you are spreading an aerosol of Camphylobacter bacteria around your kitchen and on other food that may lay around - and thus creating possibly life-threatening toxins - just by washing an oven-ready chicken from the supermarket before roasting it?
