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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An exposé of the gender gap in entrepreneurship and a road map for a more inclusive and economically successful future for us allJournalist and professor Susanne Althoff investigates the obstacles women and nonbinary entrepreneurs especially those of color face when launching, funding, and growing their companies, obstacles that persist because the current start-up world was engineered by and for white men. Through interviews with over a hundred founders across the country and in all industries, Althoff paints a picture of an entrepreneurial system rife with bias and discrimination, where women receive less than 3 percent of this country s venture capital, struggle to find mentors in the wake of #MeToo, and are dismissed as mompreneurs. The effects of this unequal system a weaker economy, fewer jobs, less innovation are felt by all of us, and Althoff explains how more equitable structures in business and entrepreneurship will benefit all people, not just those hoping to fund a startup.By exploring some of the practical ways we can open the entrepreneurial system to everyone, Althoff provides a rallying cry and a way forward for women entrepreneurs and their allies, showing that change is urgent and within our reach.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An American Psychology-Law Society s Lawrence S. Wrightsman Book Award WinnerA 2022 PROSE Award finalist in Legal Studies and Criminology A 2022 American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award FinalistA Behavioral Scientist s Notable Book of 2021Freakonomics for the law how applying behavioral science to the law can fundamentally change and explain misbehaviorWhy do most Americans wear seatbelts but continue to speed even though speeding fines are higher Why could park rangers reduce theft by removing no stealing signs Why was a man who stole 3 golf clubs sentenced to 25 years in prison Some laws radically change behavior whereas others are consistently ignored and routinely broken. And yet we keep relying on harsh punishment against crime despite its continued failure.Professors Benjamin van Rooij and Adam Fine draw on decades of research to uncover the behavioral code: the root causes and hidden forces that drive human behavior and our responses to society s laws. In doing so, they present the first accessible analysis of behavioral jurisprudence, which will fundamentally alter how we understand the connection between law and human behavior.The Behavioral Code offers a necessary and different approach to battling crime and injustice that is based in understanding the science of human misconduct rather than relying on our instinctual drive to punish as a way to shape behavior. The book reveals the behavioral code s hidden role through illustrative examples like: The illusion of the US s beloved tax refund German walls that pee back at public urinators The $1,000 monthly good behavior reward that reduced gun violence Uber s backdoor Greyball app that helped the company evade Seattle s taxi regulators A $2.3 billion legal settlement against Pfizer that revealed how whistleblower protections fail to reduce corporate malfeasance A toxic organizational culture playing a core role in Volkswagen s emissions cheating scandal How Peter Thiel helped Hulk Hogan sue Gawker into oblivion Revelatory and counterintuitive, The Behavioral Code catalyzes the conversation about how the law can effectively improve human conduct and respond to some of our most pressing issues today, from police misconduct to corporate malfeasance.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A chance encounter leads to an enchanting weekend for Amy and Ryan, whose lives are forever changed when they uncover the secrets of Seabrook's mysterious lighthouse.