How can developing countries grow their economies? Most answers to this question center on what the rich world should or shouldn't do for the poor world. In The Quest for Prosperity, Justin Yifu Lin--the first non-Westerner to be chief economist of the World Bank--focuses on what developing nations can do to help themselves. Since the end of the Second World War, prescriptions ...(展开全部)

Clayton M. Christensen, the author of such business classics as The Innovator’s Dilemma and the New York Times bestseller How Will You Measure Your Life, and co-authors Efosa Ojomo and Karen Dillon reveal why so many investments in economic development fail to generate sustainable prosperity, and offers a groundbreaking solution for true and lasting change. Global poverty is on...(展开全部)

克莱顿·克里斯坦森（Clayton M. Christensen）（1953-2020） · 世界上最有影响力的管理学学者之一，哈佛商学院的教授。 · 他的《创新者的窘境》《创新者的解答》《你要如何衡量你的人生》等10多部著作， 每部都是重量级作品。 · 他提出了21世纪最有影响的颠覆创新的商业理论，影响了包括迪·格鲁夫、比尔·盖茨在内的全球企业家。 · 他被《福布斯》杂志评为“过去50年，具有轰动性影响力的商业理论家之一”，被《纽约客》评为“具有深度影响力的商业思考者”，被《经济学人》杂志评为“全球引领性的管理智者”。他曾五次获 得“麦肯锡奖”，于2011年和2013年被Thinkers50评为“全球50大商业思想家”之一。

Consciousness is one of science's last great unsolved mysteries. How can the salty taste and crunchy texture of potato chips, the unmistakable smell of dogs after they have been in the rain, or the exhilarating feeling of hanging on tiny fingerholds many feet above the last secure foothold on a cliff, emerge from networks of neurons and their associated synaptic and molecular p...(展开全部)

Consciousness is one of science's last great unsolved mysteries. How can the salty taste and crunchy texture of potato chips, the unmistakable smell of dogs after they have been in the rain, or the exhilarating feeling of hanging on tiny fingerholds many feet above the last secure foothold on a cliff, emerge from networks of neurons and their associated synaptic and molecular p...(展开全部)

艾伦·贾德（Alan Judd），著名小说家、传记作家，英国皇家文学学会会员。原名艾伦·埃德文·佩蒂（Alan Edwin Petty），1946年出生于英国，毕业于牛津大学。曾在英国陆军、外交部任职。著有“查尔斯·索罗古德（Charles Thoroughgood）”系列间谍小说［《英雄传奇》（A Breed of Heroes, 1981）、《遗产》（Legacy, 2001）、《罕见对手》（Uncommon Enemy, 2012）、《潜入敌营》（Inside Enemy, 2014）、《深蓝计划》（Deep Blue, 2016）、《临时特工》（The Accidental Agent, 2019）］，人物传记《英国情报之父卡明爵士》（The Quest for C, 1999），长篇小说《德皇的最后一吻》（The Kaiser’s Last...(展开全部)

A fascinating and unique history of the launch of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service through the unusual life of its founder, Mansfield Cumming. / Sir Mansfield Cumming, the founder of the British Secret Service and the original 'C', has until now been a shadowy figure. For this authorised biography, the Secret Intelligence Service has released to Alan Judd, Cumming's volum...(展开全部)

Life is getting better—and at an accelerating rate. Food availability, income, and life span are up; disease, child mortality, and violence are down — all across the globe. Though the world is far from perfect, necessities and luxuries alike are getting cheaper; population growth is slowing; Africa is following Asia out of poverty; the Internet, the mobile phone, and container ...(展开全部)