Thursday, March 03, 2005

Professional Excel Development
Author:Stephen Bullen;Rob Bovey;John Green

Direct from the most respected authorities on Excel, this book will be the definitive guide to developing applications with Microsoft Excel
- Shows how to use Excel as a development platform in its own right to build fast, powerful, easy-to-use business applications
- All three authors are Excel MVPs and run their own companies developing Excel-based applications
- While the main audience is application developers, power users also have much to gain by following the suggestions in the book

Microsoft Excel can be much more than just a spreadsheet. It has become a development platform in it own right. Applications written using Excel are part of many corporations' core suites of business-critical applications. In spite of this, Excel is too often thought of as a hobbyist's platform. While there are numerous titles on Excel and VBA, until now there have been none that provide an overall explanation of how to develop professional-quality Excel-based applications.

All three authors are professional Excel developers who run their own companies developing Excel-based apps for clients ranging from individuals to the largest multinational corporations. In this book they show how anyone from power users to professional developers can increase the speed and usefulness of their Excel-based apps.



The Complete Guide to Selling Your Business
Author:Paul Sperry;Beatrice Mitchell;

In this comprehensive, fully updated guide two experts take the reader step-by-step through the entire process. From how to determine when is the right time to sell, to valuing a company, to negotiating the final terms, every issue is dealt with. There are real life case studies that show how individuals dealt with the complex issues involved and an appendix containing a sample purchase agreement, confidentiality agreement, and other important documents.

Brand Failures
Author:Matt Haig;

What do Coca-Cola, McDonalds, IBM, Microsoft and Virgin have in common? Yes, they are all global giants striding successfully across the world, but what they are less recognized for are all those branded products they've launched that have bombed - spectacularly and at great cost.

Brand Failures is a riveting look at how such disasters occur. For the first time we're given the inside story of 100 major brand blunders that make for jaw-dropping reading. Matt Haig approaches his subject in a truly entertaining style - yes, this is a business book that is actually fun to read! But his message is deadly serious.

He describes those brands that have set sail with the help of multi-million dollar advertising campaigns only to sink without trace. He also looks at acknowledged brand mistakes made by successful blue-chip companies and some lesser-known but hilarious bombshells.



Dealing With the Boss From Hell
Author:Shaun Belding

Most people spend over half their adult lives at work. This can mean spending all that time with a boss who is ignorant, incoherent, embarrassing, harassing, indecisive, dirty, smelly, sexist, vindictive, unappreciative and crude.

Dealing with the Boss from Hell is a survival guide, with real-life strategies, for dealing with a difficult person in charge. There are lots of tips on how to read the mind of the boss, deal with their tricks, keep a low profile, and even how to 'retrain' them. There is also great advice on how to stand up to them, talk honestly and directly, and if nothing works, how to get out quickly and cleanly.

There are case studies of the different types of difficult boss, such as The Boor, Grumpy, The Slave Driver, and The Exploder, and how best to handle them. Dealing with the Boss from Hell is the book that will help everyone to cope with the most difficult situations.

Public Companies and Equity Finance
Author:C Shephard

Public Companies & Equity Finance provides a clear and practical examination of the legal and regulatory framework within which public companies operate. The Guide examines all aspects of the life of a public company, including flotation, the regulatory regime, and listed company transactions. It includes commentary on corporate governance, with reference to the recently revised Combined Code, and emphasis is given to those areas which, typically, junior lawyers will experience.