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Driven: Inside BMW, the Most Admired Car Company in the World
An exclusive look at one of the world's most successful and controversial companies, and the mysterious family behind it.BMW is arguably the most admired carmaker in the world. It's financial performance is the envy of its competitors, and BMW products inspire near-fanatical loyalty. While many carmakers struggle with falling sales, profits and market share, demand for BMWs continues to grow, frequently outpacing production. Now, David Kiley-Detroit Bureau Chief at USA Today and author of Getting the Bugs Out, which covered Volkswagen's demise and rebirth, goes inside the fabled German automaker to see how it does what it does so well. With unprecedented access to BMW executives, Kiley goes behind the walls of BMW's famed 'Four Cylinders' headquarters in Munich at a time when the company is in its most aggressive, and some say riskiest, expansion in its history and when some of the company's new products, like the 7 Series sedan and Z4 roadster, are for the first time drawing as many barbs from critics as bouquets. Kiley covers intimate details of the boardroom drama surrounding the company's nearly disastrous acquisition and subsequent sale of the British Rover Group and its expansion into selling MINI and Rolls Royce cars. Besides being a world-class carmaker, BMW is also considered one of the smartest consumer marketing companies and Kiley explores the extraordinary value and management of the BMW brand mystique. He also takes a revealing look at the mysterious and ultra-private Quandt family of Bad Homburg Germany, which owns a controlling stake in BMW: Johanna and Susanne Quandt, two of the wealthiest women in Europe and Stefan Quandt, one of the wealthiest bachelors on the continent.David Kiley (Ann Arbor, MI) is the Detroit Bureau Chief at USA Today who has covered the auto industry for 17 years. He has been featured on Nightline, CNBC, CNN, MSNBC, NPR and the Today show. He is also the author of Getting the Bugs Out: The Rise, Fall, and Comeback of Volkswagen in America (0-471-26304-4), also available from Wiley.
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Economics of Sport (Book)
Economics of Sport investigates big-time sports such as professional football, baseball, basketball, and hockey and goes beyond other texts to include the economics of global sports, youth sports, recreational sports, the sporting good industry, and sport outside the boundaries of the United States. Written for students with some exposure to economic concepts and analysis, Economics of Sport is ideal for a lower division elective course for economics majors for master's students in sport management or for economics professors who are in the process of learning more about the sport industry. In its 12 chapters, Economics of Sport defines the sport industry and reviews economic concepts before examining central issues such as benefits and costs; the theory of the firm; profit maximization as a major motivator and alternative motivators; elasticity of demand and supply; market structures from perfect competition to monopolies; labor-related issues; government sport community sport and private enterprise; government and industry self-regulation; antitrust laws; and sport as a global industry. The last two chapters look at sport as a global industry and assess how economic systems affect sport governance in the world the reasons for international expansion the sport club systems used around the world and the increased internationalization of sport business activities. Author/Editor: Ming Li, Susan Hofacre, Dan Mahony Copyright: 2001 Binding: Cloth Pages: 256 Dr. Ming Li is an associate professor of recreation and sport management at Georgia Southern University. He coordinates the sport management program and teaches courses on sport management, the economics of sport, financial management of sport, facility and event management, international sport management, management of sport organizations, and research methods and statistical applications in recreation and sport management. His major interests are in financial and economic aspects of sport and comparative sport management. He received his bachelor's degree in education from Guangzhou Institute of Physical Culture (PRC), his master's degree in education from Hangzhou University (PRC), and his Doctor of Education in sport administration from the University of Kansas. Dr. Li is currently serving on the Sport Management Program Review Council (SMPRC). He also has memberships on the editorial boards of three professional journals: Journal of Sport Management , International Sports Journal , and
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Erica Sakurazawa: Nothing But Loving You TPB
Nanako is a self-centered supermodel who's caught smack-dab in the middle of a love triangle. Bachelor #1 is a bisexual male model who has a steady boyfriend but totally turns her on, and Bachelor #2 is an up-and-coming actor who likes her more than she likes him. Nothing But Loving You follows Nanako as she navigates the rocky road of romance in search of her perfect soulmate.
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Fair Fatality
She was beautiful and tempting but the scourge of society. How would independent ill-mannered Jaisy become the fantastically rich Lady Easterling? How would this societal outcast seduce Lord Carlin, London's most dashing and notorious bachelor? How would the enchanting Lady Easterling earn the nickname Fair Fatality? Find out in this riotous, rebellious romantic adventure.
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Fourplay: A Novel
At age thirty-three, Josephine Miles is forced to come up with a brand-new life when her husband leaves her for "the cliche"--his very young, very pretty secretary. Suddenly she's single and back in the dating game with the added complication of children in tow. But Jo's no wallflower, and she soon finds herself with not one but four eligible bachelors vying for her time ...
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