juan alcacio

The Production and Distribution of Knowledge in the United States marked the beginning of the study of our postindustrial information society. Austrian-born economist Fritz Machlup had focused his research on the patent system, but he came to realize that patents were simply one part of a much bigger "knowledge economy." He then expanded the scope…

Millones y millones de documentos circulan anualmente en las oficinas y empresas de todo el mundo. El trafico de Internet se duplica cada doscientos dias. Alrededor de doscientos mensajes fluyen diariamente hasta los despachos de los directivos... B!Bienvenido a la economia de la atencion, en la que el nuevo recurso no son las ideas, ni…

The Latin American Economic Outlook 2018: Rethinking Institutions for Development focuses on how institutions can underpin the foundations of a long period of sustained and inclusive growth and increased well-being. The report begins with an overview of the main macroeconomic challenges, analysing the complex macroeconomic context in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region, and…

Are you in a place where you want or need to lead...but aren’t sure how to best do it? In this compact, dynamic resource, bestselling author Karol Ladd offers positive, motivating words to women in leadership. By looking at eight influential leaders in the Bible, Karol highlights godly leadership principles and attitudes that you can…

En un notable esfuerzo de concisión y brevedad, el Rev. Pablo Jiménez nos ofrece una visión panorámica del desarrollo de la Obra Hispana Discípulos de Cristo en Estados Unidos y Canadá. Este tan necesitado recurso educacional tiene también el mérito de ofrecernos el contexto histórico, organizativo y teológico de la Iglesia Cristiana (Discípulos de Cristo).…

A NEW YORK TIMES NEW & NOTEWORTHY BOOK Good bookshops are questions without answers. They are places that provoke you intellectually, encode riddles, surprise and offer challenges ... A pleasing labyrinth where you can’t get lost: that comes later, at home, when you immerse yourself in the books you have bought; lose yourself in new…

Hoodoo Medicine is a unique record of nearly lost African-American folk culture. It documents herbal medicines used for centuries, from the 1600s until recent decades, by the slaves and later their freed descendants, in the South Carolina Sea Islands. The Sea Island people, also called the Gullah, were unusually isolated from other slave groups by…

A través de un proceso de innovación se puede crear una sociedad en línea orientada a solucionar problemas o buscar oportunidades. El cambio acelerado de nuestra forma de vida requiere que todas las organizaciones desarrollen espacios modernos de convivencia virtual, las generaciones contemporáneas están acostumbradas a expresarse por medios cada vez más sofisticados. El choque…

From America’s “Historian-in-Chief” (New York magazine), The Presidential Biographies boxed set—featuring the Pulitzer Prize-winning author’s beloved and bestselling biographies No Ordinary Time, Team of Rivals, and The Bully Pulpit. After five decades of acclaimed studies of the presidency, Doris Kearns Goodwin stands as America’s premier presidential historian. Now, for the first time, her three most…

"Stunning. Sean McFate is a new Sun Tzu." -Admiral James Stavridis (retired), former Supreme Allied Commander at NATO An Economist Book of the Year 2019 Some of the principles of warfare are ancient, others are new, but all described in The New Rules of War will permanently shape war now and in the future. By…