Making smaller A/E/C firms more productive and more profitable

Want to do big things with a small company? This no-nonsense guide shows leaders of smaller architecture, engineering, and design firms how to compete successfully against larger organizations without becoming one of them. It demonstrates how a smaller firm can position itself to bring more value to its clients, operate over a larger geographical area, and develop a strategic plan for increasing revenues and profits.

Featuring new chapters on forming strategic alliances and maximizing the benefits of...

Most Americans still do not understand electric utilities, and many consumers have only a vague grasp of the intricacies of regulation and deregulation. This is a paradox of sorts; regulation, in particular, seems easy enough to grasp. The real difficulty lies in understanding how power companies have manipulated the regulators.

If you think utility deregulation has done away with electric utility monopolies, think again Deregulation is a myth-it's business as usual for the power companies.

For most of America, utility deregulation has yet to become a reality. Even if it does, electric...

Even casual observation sadly reveals that most otherwise intelligent and educated Americans know little or nothing about the heart and soul of America: how it was conceived, how the principles of freedom, justice, and independence is, today, in jeopardy, and what we need to know and do to save this great nation. This two-part book consists of (1) selected essays on what defines the very essence of America, and (2) a definitive creation of the U.S. Constitution-as kids might tackle it, so even adults can understand it.

Explorer's Great Destinations puts the guideback into guidebook.