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Latin American and Caribbean Perspectives on the Development of Public Relations: Other Voices
by Tom WatsonThe National Perspectives on the Development of Public Relations: Other Voices series is the first to offer an authentic world-wide view of the history of public relations. It will feature six books, five of which will cover continental and regional groups. This book in the series focuses on Latin America and the Caribbean.
Latin American and Iberian Entrepreneurship: New Perspectives on Culture, Traditions and Heritage (Contributions to Management Science)
by João Leitão Vanessa Ratten Vitor BragaLatin American and Iberian entrepreneurship represents a special kind of innovation, risk-taking, and futuristic business activity based on a common cultural heritage. There has been an increased interest in entrepreneurship related to specific cultural groups, and this edited book will be among the first to provide a Latin American and Iberian perspective to the study of entrepreneurship, thereby acknowledging the role of the Spanish and Portuguese diaspora and language on the global economy. Each chapter will focus on a different aspect of entrepreneurship related to countries within Latin America and Iberia. By combining both geographical groups, the authors aim to provide a better understanding of how Latin culture permeates entrepreneurial business activities.
Latin American-u.s. Economic Relations, 1982-1983
by Avraham SelaThis book, prepared by the Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American Economic System (SFXA), analyzes a range of factors in the current economic policies of the United States that affect Latin American and Caribbean countries. In particular, it pinpoints the effects of U.S. monetary policy on the region's economies and trade relations and on the
Latina/o College Student Leadership: Emerging Theory, Promising Practice
by Lozano Guardia Susana Muñoz Moises Orozco Alicia Rodríguez Cristobal Salinas Cecilia Suarez Jesse Villalobos Nancy Barceló Cameron Beatty Eduardo Coronel Juan Escalante Juan Guardia Veronica Kann Corina Lopez Adele LozanoLatina/o College Student Leadership: Emerging Theory, Promising Practice examines Latina/o college student leadership and leadership development in higher education. This edited collection examines emerging frameworks, empirical research, leadership models, essays, and promising practices from the perspectives of scholars, educators, practitioners, and activists. Latina/o student leadership is analyzed through the lens of various institutional contexts (e.g. large research institution, community college, Hispanic-serving institution) as well as diverse intra-institutional contexts (e.g. academic, student organizations, student government, fraternities and sororities). The focus on theory and practice within various contexts, combined with an emphasis on student voice, helps provide deeper insight into how Latina/o students experience leadership in higher education, as well as how to promote and support the leadership development of Latina/o college students.
Latinas on the Line: Invisible Information Workers in Telecommunications (Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the United States)
by Melissa Villa-NicholasLatinas on the Line provides a compelling analysis and historical and theoretical grounding of the oral histories, never before seen, of Latina information workers in the Bell System from their entrance in 1973 to their retirements by 2015. Author Melissa Villa-Nicholas demonstrates the importance of Latinas of the field of telecommunications through their own words and uses supporting archival research to provide an overview of how Latinas engage and remember a critical analysis of their work place, information technologies, and the larger globalized economy and shifting borderlands through their intersectional identities as information workers. The book offers a rich and engaging portrait of the critical history of Latinas in telecommunications, from their manual to automated to digitized labor.
Latinnovating: Green American Jobs and the Latinos Creating Them
by Graciela Tiscareño-SatoThis book profiles ten different career paths to becoming an environmental entrepreneur. This is the first book showcasing Latino-led innovation and entrepreneurship in the green economy. These ten case studies across ten sectors of our economy will inspire young people to follow these successful footsteps and emulate these highly educated, courageous Latino leaders as they create sustainable, industrial and social justice solutions to benefit all Americans.
Latino Small Businesses and the American Dream: Community Social Work Practice and Economic and Social Development
by Melvin DelgadoLatino small businesses provide social, economic, and cultural comfort to their communities. They are also excellent facilitators of community capacity—a major component of effective social work practice. Social work practitioners have a vested interest in seeing such businesses grow, not only among Latinos but all communities of color. Reviewing the latest research on formal and informal economies within urban communities of color, Melvin Delgado lays out the demographic foundations for a richer collaboration between theory and practice. Delgado deploys numerous case studies to cement the link between indigenous small businesses and community well-being. Whether regulated or unregulated, these establishments hire from within and promote immigrant self-employment. Latino small businesses often provide jobs for those whose criminal and mental health backgrounds intimidate conventional businesses. Recently estimated to be the largest group of color running small businesses in the United States, Latino owners top two million, with the number expected to double within the next few years. Joining an understanding of these institutions with the kind of practice that enables their social and economic improvement, Delgado explains how to identify and mobilize the kinds of resources that best spur their development.
Latinos and the Economy: Integration and Impact in Schools, Labor Markets, and Beyond
by Stephen J. Trejo David L. LealAt 15.4 percent of the population, Latinos are the largest minority group in the United States. They are a growing presence in all sectors of the economy, play an increasingly important role in government and politics, and are influential across a wide range of cultural domains. Despite the growing attention paid to Latinos in recent years, this population is characterized by relatively low socio-economic status, and Latinos frequently rank behind the majority white population and other minority groups when it comes to education, finances, and employment. This book contributes to the understanding of these issues by addressing a comprehensive range of topics on Latino economic incorporation, outcomes, and impact over an individual's lifetime. The volume starts with the foundational issue of education, and then moves to immigrant integration and adjustment, Latino and immigrant earnings, the economic impact of Latinos, and inter-generational incorporation and long-term integration issues. The contributions provide wide-ranging perspectives on the key factors that determine whether Latinos will be able to achieve their economic potential. The substantial individual, national, and international implications of these studies make this book of interest to scholars and policy-makers alike, particularly those concerned with the issues of education, immigration, employment, and earnings. The rapid and continuing growth of the Hispanic population ensures that the debate over social policy in the next few decades will increasingly focus on how best to alleviate the economic and social problems facing this population and perhaps encourage rapid assimilation. The studies in the volume edited by David Leal and Stephen Trejo provide an excellent foundation for this discussion. The conceptual issues and findings in these papers are sure to be valuable to both policy makers and researchers. George Borjas, Robert W. Scrivner Professor of Economics and Social Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Latinos and the Economy provides a truly authoritative but accessible compilation of first-rate scholarship on Hispanic incorporation, educational and political gains, and ongoing economic and cultural impacts. It is "must reading" for anyone concerned about the future, especially as America moves inexorably towards becoming a majority-minority society by mid-century. Daniel T. Lichter, Ferris Family Professor, Department of Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell University This is the volume to read for anyone interested in current American immigration issues or the role of Hispanics in the U.S. economy." Daniel S. Hamermesh, Killam Professor of Economics, University of Texas at Austin "The future of America is closely intertwined with the successful integration--economically, politically, and socially--of the Latino population. Latinos now comprise one of every seven workers and almost one of every five students in the United States. The research reported in this volume describes the challenges faced by Latinos in schools, the labor market, and in communities and explains their prospects for upward mobility. These studies suggest that a significant investment in expanding educational opportunities may be the single most important policy lever to incorporate Latinos into the American mainstream." Charles Hirschman, Professor of Public Affairs and Boeing International Professor of Sociology, University of Washington
Latinx Art: Artists, Markets, and Politics
by Arlene DávilaIn Latinx Art Arlene Dávila draws on numerous interviews with artists, dealers, and curators to explore the problem of visualizing Latinx art and artists. Providing an inside and critical look of the global contemporary art market, Dávila's book is at once an introduction to contemporary Latinx art and a call to decolonize the art worlds and practices that erase and whitewash Latinx artists. Dávila shows the importance of race, class, and nationalism in shaping contemporary art markets while providing a path for scrutinizing art and culture institutions and for diversifying the art world.
Latinx Business Success: How Latinx Ingenuity, Innovation, and Tenacity are Driving Some of the World's Biggest Companies
by Frank Carbajal Jose MoreyAn inspiring new message of resilient leadership Latinx Business Success delivers a powerful and inspiring message of Latinx leadership. Via interviews with many of the most accomplished Latin business leaders in the United States, authors Frank Carbajal and José Morey offer readers a full picture of what it takes to succeed in modern leadership and how to close the digital divide that keeps Latinx people underrepresented in positions of authority. The book explores the authors’ DIGITAL framework—which includes the principles of Decision, Intelligence, Game Plan, Insight, Technology, Abundance, and Leverage—and explains how each element of the system contributes to leadership success for current and aspiring Latinx leaders. Readers will also find: Interviews with renowned and accomplished leaders from the Latinx community, including Ramiro Cavazos, President and CEO of the US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Esther Aguilera, President & CEO at Latino Corporate Directors Association (LCDA), and Silvina Moschini, Executive Producer at The Unicorn Hunters Show, and Cofounder, President, & Chairwoman of the Board of Transparent Business. Discussions of what it means to achieve a truly diverse and inclusive society and how we’ll know when we’ve realized that goal Coverage of a wide variety of industry sectors, including healthcare, media, education, finance, tech, and athletics Perfect for managers, executives, and business leaders of all kinds who seek a new and refreshing perspective on leadership, Latinx Business Success is also required reading for any member of the Latinx community who hopes to make innovative contributions to the business world.
Lattice Journeys: How Three Companies Put the Lattice Model into Practice
by Molly Anderson Cathleen BenkoThe traditional corporate ladder is giving way to a new kind of organizational structure-the corporate lattice-in which success is no longer defined as a linear climb to the top. While it's too soon to claim that vertical hierarchies are a thing of the past, the traditional corporate structure is certainly becoming flatter and less rigid and the flow of information more expansive. In this chapter, the authors explore how the three lattice ways (of building careers, of working, and of participating) mesh and how each reinforces the others. They tell the stories of three companies-Cisco, Deloitte LLP, and Thomson Reuters-that put the lattice model into practice. And although their journeys are not complete, the experiences of these companies show how the lattice in action delivers extraordinary performance and sustainable career-life fit. This chapter was originally published as Chapter 6 of "The Corporate Lattice: Achieving High Performance in the Changing World of Work."
Lattice Semiconductor and the Future of Chinese High-Tech Acquisitions in the United States
by Meg Rithmire Yihao LiCase
Lattice Ways to Build Careers: An Operational Approach to Career Customization
by Molly Anderson Cathleen BenkoThe changing world of work is dismantling the corporate ladder step by step. Tom Peters, the best-selling author of "In Search of Excellence," sums it up this way: "It's over. No more vertical. No more ladder. A career is now a checkerboard. Or even a maze." In this chapter, the authors explore how companies can redesign their talent practices through career enhancement and customization. They introduce the mass career customization (MCC) tool, which provides a framework and a process for creating personalized careers. The MCC framework takes into account growth and development, along with career-life fit, at both the individual and the organizational levels. It offers a set of options along four interrelated career dimensions: pace, workload, location/schedule, and role. The chapter concludes with the story of how one company, Thrivent Financial, used the MCC tool to develop a talent management strategy that focused on developing deep, long-term relationships with its people-while at the same time achieving its goal of vastly expanding its client base. This chapter was originally published as Chapter 3 of "The Corporate Lattice: Achieving High Performance in the Changing World of Work."
Lattice Ways to Participate: Creating a Company Culture of Collaboration and Transparency
by Molly Anderson Cathleen BenkoThe traditional corporate ladder is giving way to a new kind of organizational structure-the corporate lattice-in which success is no longer defined as a linear climb to the top, and rigid definitions of what work is, how it should be accomplished, and who gets to participate are being transformed. In this chapter, the authors examine how companies can enable broad-based, nonhierarchical forms of participation through the interrelated forces of collaboration and transparency. As the definition of the workplace expands from a physical and highly structured environment to a more virtual and adaptive one, so too does the notion of how people participate. In lattice organizations, people at all levels are free to voice their opinions and ideas, give feedback, and collaborate. (As technology thinker Clay Shirky has declared, "Here comes everybody.") These new forms of participation challenge traditional relationships and communication. They create empowered workers and an inclusive work environment. The authors turn to examples such as Procter & Gamble, Pfizer, AT&T, and Best Buy to show how companies are widening their views of whose voices can make a difference and where good ideas can come from. The result? A highly engaged, highly productive workforce. This chapter was originally published as Chapter 5 of "The Corporate Lattice: Achieving High Performance in the Changing World of Work."
Lattice Ways to Work: How Companies Can Reconfigure When, Where, and How Work Happens
by Molly Anderson Cathleen BenkoThe traditional corporate ladder is giving way to a new kind of organizational structure-the corporate lattice-in which success is no longer defined as a linear climb to the top. Today people are working in many more varied ways than they did even 20 years ago. Telecommuting, modular job and process designs, global teams working around the clock, matrix-driven organizational models, and expanded options for customizing work are fast becoming the norm. The result is that "ladder" thinking about work is giving way to "lattice" thinking. In this chapter, the authors use real-life examples to explore the transformation of work and offer implementation steps companies can take to effectively navigate this new terrain-from abandoning traditional offices and cubicles in favor of shared workspaces and open floor plans, to encouraging telecommuting, to designing jobs that are no longer dependent on rigid descriptions of tasks and responsibilities. The chapter concludes with a section about how lattice ways of working often challenge ladder-era beliefs: The transition to this new model involves a realignment of corporate ground rules so that work simply works better-for everyone. This chapter was originally published as Chapter 4 of "The Corporate Lattice: Achieving High Performance in the Changing World of Work."
Latvia: Navigating the Strait of Messina
by Natalie Kindred Rawi Abdelal Rafael Di TellaThis case describes Latvia's transition from a Soviet republic into an EU member, its economic boom and subsequent bust in 2008, and its policy response. After implementing significant economic and political reforms in order to qualify for EU membership in 2004, Latvia had turned its sights toward joining the single-currency eurozone, pegging its currency to the euro in 2005 as a step toward that goal. From 2000 to 2007, Latvia achieved faster GDP growth than any EU state. However, when large inflows of capital suddenly dried up in 2008, Latvia had to obtain a financial rescue package from the IMF, World Bank, EU, and several regional countries in order to avoid a full-blown financial and currency crisis. Latvia then adopted an aggressive economic adjustment program centered on maintaining its currency peg, which meant competitiveness would have to be restored by reducing domestic prices, wages, and public expenditures in order to drive down the real exchange rate. Latvia's policy program and initial results are discussed in the case.
Latvia: Navigating the Strait of Messina
by Natalie Kindred Rawi Abdelal Rafael Di TellaThis case describes Latvia's transition from a Soviet republic into an EU member, its economic boom and subsequent bust in 2008, and its policy response. After implementing significant economic and political reforms in order to qualify for EU membership in 2004, Latvia had turned its sights toward joining the single-currency eurozone, pegging its currency to the euro in 2005 as a step toward that goal. From 2000 to 2007, Latvia achieved faster GDP growth than any EU state. However, when large inflows of capital suddenly dried up in 2008, Latvia had to obtain a financial rescue package from the IMF, World Bank, EU, and several regional countries in order to avoid a full-blown financial and currency crisis. Latvia then adopted an aggressive economic adjustment program centered on maintaining its currency peg, which meant competitiveness would have to be restored by reducing domestic prices, wages, and public expenditures in order to drive down the real exchange rate. Latvia's policy program and initial results are discussed in the case.
Lauderdale's Notes on Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations
by Chuhei SugiyamaFirst Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Laugh out Loud: A User’s Guide to Workplace Humor
by Kerr Inkson Barbara PlesterThis book is the first-ever authoritative work on the use and management of humor in the workplace. It is a practical guide for everyone involved: the humorists (‘jokers’), the targets (sometimes ‘victims’), the observers (‘audience’) and most of all the managers who have to ‘set the tone’ and encourage, control and manage humor. Humor is part and parcel of every workplace. However, while it usually demonstrates and fosters a united, happy workforce, it can at times be deeply damaging and divisive. The authors – academics with vast organizational experience and a research-based understanding of humor at work – bring together state-of-the art knowledge of the topic, making it fun, accessible and readable for all humor participants. The topics include how humor works, humor cultures in organizations, the many forms of workplace humor and their pros and cons, humor rituals at work, digital humor, workplace jokers, the 21st century issue of ‘political correctness’, and both the ‘bright side’ of humor (assisting positive cultures, making work ‘fun’), and its ‘dark side’ (where humor offends and humiliates). With over 60 ‘real life’ illustrative stories of workplace humor, a self-completion questionnaire to measure the Humor Climate in your organization, end-of-chapter ‘takeaways’ and an end-of-book summary advocating ‘best practice’, the book is a ‘fun’, how-to-do-it guide that will both inform and entertain.
Launch
by Jeff WalkerLaunch will build your business - fast. In this book, a New York Times Number One bestseller, Jeff Walker reveals how to sell anything online, make a fortune and fulfil your dreams. Whether you've already got a business or you're itching to start one, this book provides the perfect recipe for how to do it. No wonder Brendon Burchard called it 'the most important book ever written on online marketing'. What if you could launch like Apple or one of the big Hollywood studios? What if your prospects eagerly counted down the days until they could buy your product? What if you could create such powerful positioning in your market that you could all but eliminate the competition? And you could do all of that, no matter how humble your business or budget? Since 1996 Jeff Walker has been creating hugely successful online launches. After building his first internet business from his basement, he quickly developed a process for launching new products and businesses with unprecedented success. Once he started teaching his formula to other entrepreneurs, the results were simply breathtaking. Launch is the guide to that world where digital entrepreneurs create amazing new triumphs. So whether you're an existing business, or want to develop your own products, or you are still at the planning stage, this is how you start fast and change the future of your business and your life.
Launch
by Michael A. StelznerIf you've been let down by the undelivered promises of marketing, this book is for you. Launch reveals a new way to grow your business that involves focusing on the needs of others, giving gifts, working with outsiders, and restraining your marketing messages. These principles are precisely the opposite of traditional marketing. Yet they work. And they are the future. If you follow the formula outlined in this book, you can attract countless customers and prospects, resulting in amazing business growth. This book will show you how to: * Create highly sharable content that meets people's needs * Identify and work with outside experts, many of whom will gladly promote your content * Attract and retain raving fans that will help your business grow * Creatively market and sell to people who will gladly purchase your products and services Launch isn't like other marketing books. Rather than making keen observations about others who've achieved success, the ideas and principles in this book were developed, refined, and practiced by the author to great success. Pick up a copy for yourself and one for a friend.
Launch (Updated & Expanded Edition): How to Sell Almost Anything Online, Build a Business You Love, and Live the Life of Your Dreams
by Jeff WalkerFrom the creator of Product Launch Formula: A new edition of the #1 New York Times best-selling guide that's redefined online marketing and helped countless entrepreneurs make millions.The revised and updated edition of the #1 New York Times bestseller Launch will build your business - fast. Whether you've already got an online business or you're itching to start one, this is a recipe for getting more traction and a fast start.Think about it: What if you could launch like Apple or the big Hollywood studios? What if your prospects eagerly counted down the days until they could buy your product? And you could do it no matter how humble your business or budget?Since 1996, Jeff Walker has been creating hugely successful online launches. After bootstrapping his first Internet business from his basement, he quickly developed a process for launching new products and businesses with unprecedented success. And once he started teaching his formula to other entrepreneurs, the results were simply breathtaking. Tiny, home-based businesses started doing launches that brought in tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, and even millions of dollars. Whether you have an existing business or you're starting from scratch, this is how you start fast. This formula is how you engineer massive success.Now the question is this: Do you want to start slow, and fade away from there? Or are you ready for a launch that will change the future of your business and your life?
Launch In 5: Taking Your Idea from Lightbulb Moment to Profitable Business in Record Time
by Will RussellHow do you do justice to your business idea? It's a question that entrepreneurs are always asking, aware that 70% of new businesses fail. Starting a business is scary, especially for first-timers, but there is a safe, LAUNCH IN 5 way to do it. If you are launching a new business, this book will improve your chance for success in the most economic, efficient, and painless way possible, before you put large amounts of time and money on the line. It provides a comprehensive guide on how to rapidly turn an idea into a money-making machine - whether it is a side gig or a headfirst dive into the world of entrepreneurship. Because most new businesses are conducted online, it will place an emphasis on how to launch and build a business on the internet, and because most new entrepreneurs are operating within a small budget and timeframe, these concepts are inexpensive, fast, low-risk, and proven. Based on the author's insider strategies, LAUNCH IN 5 will guide the reader through each step of getting their idea out into the world, from inception to launch to ensuring long-term growth. It will also offer tools to help the reader determine whether their idea is worth pursuing (most aren't) and, if not, return them safely to the concept-development stage before they waste massive amounts of money and time launching an idea that will never fly. You'll learn that · Most risk is unnecessary. · You can launch your new business in days (or sometimes even hours). · You can apply the same launch strategies you'll learn here for an online business, an offline start-up a global corporation, with a budget of $50 or $500,000. These method work in any industry, for any idea. · You can lower the start-up failure rate from 70% to 9% if you follow the guidance in this book. · Most business ideas can have their potential success (or failure) proved in just a week or so, for less than the cost of the latest iPhone.
Launch Your Career: How ANY Student Can Create Relationships with Professionals and Land the Jobs and Internships They Want
by Sean O'KeefeThis book shows how any college student can land the position they want by creating relationships with professionals in the industries they're interested in by using the author's proven Career Launch Method. Did you know only 20 percent of jobs and internships are posted online? This means 80 percent of positions are filled in what Sean O'Keefe and others calls the hidden job market. This book will teach you how to tap into that 80 percent! O'Keefe, in partnership with the Career Leadership Collective, is now sharing his proven eight-step Career Launch Method that will help any student explore career options and land the internships and jobs they want by creating professional relationships from scratch. This book demystifies the concept of intentional, proactive relationship building by teaching all the practical microsteps needed to succeed. And O'Keefe teaches readers how to "play the student card," turning inexperience and eagerness to learn into a powerful advantage. Launch Your Career features first-person stories of students from all backgrounds and programs of study who have used the Career Launch Method to earn jobs or internships at all types of companies, nonprofits, government agencies, social enterprises, and institutions across the country and around the world. The book includes the Career Launch Readiness Assessment, which helps students evaluate their competency in five key areas. This book will become a go-to resource for students looking to find internships and jobs, as well as a needed tool for colleges looking to increase retention rates and student's return on investment.