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Business enterprises Technological innovations Business logistics Computers Economic aspects Electronic commerce Electronics Fiction Electronics Juvenile fiction International business International business enterprises Management Logistics Computer programs Marketing Case studiesTaylor, Chloe
Summary: While trying to launch an online store, Zoey promises to create special outfits for friends and finds herself overwhelmed when things do not work as she expected.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2014
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC TAYErisman, Porter.
Summary: "In September 2014, a Chinese company that most Americans had never heard of held the largest IPO in history - bigger than Google, Facebook and Twitter combined. Alibaba, now the world's largest e-commerce company, mostly escaped Western notice for over ten years, while building a customer base more than twice the size of Amazon's, and handling the bulk of e-commerce transactions in China. How...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Palgrave Macmillan Trade 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658 ERISummary: When the power goes out, it sparks an idea for Dot, Hal, Mom, and Dad. But stepping away from gadgets and devices isn't as easy as it seems. No video games, no laptaps or tablet, no drone. A trip to the basement turns up some interesting materials, none of which require electricity, software, or Internet access. What Dot and her family will need to plug into are their imaginations, creativity,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Entertainment 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ZUCPopper, Nathaniel.
Summary: "A New York Times technology and business reporter charts the dramatic rise of Bitcoin and the fascinating personalities who are striving to create a new global money for the Internet age.Digital Gold is New York Times reporter Nathaniel Popper's brilliant and engrossing history of Bitcoin, the landmark digital money and financial technology that has spawned a global social movement.The notion...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.4 POPUhl, Xina M.
Summary: In this online world, it's easier than ever for young people to manage their money, stay within a budget, and grow their money with smart investments. The explosion of online shopping means that it's also become easier than ever to spend that money foolishly. This lively volume helps teens to navigate the world of finances and shopping online with explanations about banking, credit, mobile...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.024 Uhl 2020Vigna, Paul.
Summary: "Bitcoin became a buzzword overnight. A cyber-enigma with an enthusiastic following, it pops up in headlines and fuels endless media debate. You can apparently use it to buy anything from coffee to cars, yet few people seem to truly understand what it is. This raises the question: Why should anyone care about bitcoin? In The Age of Cryptocurrency, Wall Street journalists Paul Vigna and Michael...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332 VIGWeil, Jamie
Summary: Details the life and career of the internet businessman, discussing his youth, creation of Amazon, and his purchase of the "Washington Post."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2015
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BEZOSBly, Robert W.
Summary: Worldwide online retail sales totaled $1.9 trillion in 2016 and it's estimated that revenues will hit $4 trillion by 2020. Even a microscopic share of this market can make anyone rich, yet most everyone who tries to make money online fails. The Digital Marketing Handbook was written to help marketers of all skill levels -- from Fortune 1000 and SMBs to small business owners and solopreneurs --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Entrepreneur Press 2018
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult, Call number: 658.8 BLYSutherland, Adam
Summary: Discover how the company started by developing a unique way to sell books and grew into a giant of the e-commerce industry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 381 SUTMessner, Kate
Summary: Believing his long-absent father is missing and leaving clues behind through geocaching, Zig, thirteen, relies on his love of electronics, a garage sale GPS unit, and his best friend, Gianna, to search for answers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2017
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC MESKinney, Jeff.
Summary: Greg starts a new school year and faces a challenge he never could've imagined.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2015
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Summary: "Life was better in the old days. Or was it? That's the question Greg Heffley is asking as his town voluntarily unplugs and goes electronics-free. But modern life has its conveniences, and Greg isn't cut out for an old-fashioned world. With tension building inside and outside the Heffley home, will Greg find a way to survive?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC KINSuen, Anastasia
Summary: Make your own electronic devices. Turn on a light with pencil lead, run a clock with potatoes, experiment with play dough power, make touchscreen gloves, and transform a shoe box into a lamp. Who knew circuits could be so much fun?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rourke Educational Media 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 621.3 SUEDuPrau, Jeanne.
Summary: When a roamer trades them an ancient book with only a few pages remaining, Lina and Doon return to Ember to seek the machine the book seems to describe in hopes that it will get their new community, Sparks, through the winter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yearling 2008
Copies Available at East Bay
2 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC DUPCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC DUPSummary: Learn all about electricity and magnetism. Learn about magnetic fields; how the electricity in your home works; how switches control the electricity to the lights in your home; and how series and parallel circuits affect electricity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Elenco 2011
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Summary: A global blackout forces teenager Adam Daley and his neighbors to turn their community into a fortress, defending against countless enemies, but a new danger threatens to destroy them all.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC WALSummary: This behind-the-scenes look at IT in action showcases three exciting e-commerce initiatives. By analyzing the growth, revenue, and future of MP3's Web site, visiting Ford's online "showroom," and showcasing the customer benefits of Coronet-Fashion at Work's online planning system, this program presents compelling case studies of the Internet's use to capture and exploit new markets.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Internet auction house eBay and virtual music community Napster are redefining established paradigms of online interactivity. In segment one of this program, NewsHour correspondent Spencer Michels explores eBay's phenomenal success with President and CEO Margaret Whitman and others, while addressing concerns related to fraudulent merchandise and shill bidding. In segment two, Mr. Michels...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: This program explores the process of setting up a business enterprise by following the story of Olive-a dynamic young woman with a passion for social media. As Olive begins her own e-business in the competitive field of media monitoring, viewers learn just what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur, including careful research and planning, finding a niche market, promoting the new company,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: From Internet search, to Android, to cloud computing: how has Google come so far, so fast, and what are the broad implications of Google's success? This program scrutinizes the Google phenomenon as it explores the company's history, corporate culture, business practices, innovations, and altruistic ambitions. Google's controversial experience in China is examined as well, along with its move to...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Andrew Selby and Ali Farzad couldn't find a place to buy cool iPod gear, so they started their own online business selling it-and profits are rising. Now they see an opportunity to expand into the Internet telephony market with phones and accessories, but exploiting it would mean embracing risk, enlarging their operation, and working harder than ever before. In this program, mentor John Boyle...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: Microsoft has allegedly made predatory use of its monopoly power to stifle competition, integrated its own browser software into Windows' core code, and manufactured Internet Explorer with embedded Microsoft-oriented hyperlinks. This Emmy Award-winning NewsHour program, which combines footage of top Microsoft executives and their opponents with a hands-on examination of the Windows operating...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Going behind the scenes at the world's leading software company, this consumer technology case study takes a front-row seat at the conception, development, and product launch of the Xbox 360. Interviews with executives, designers, programmers, and game testers at the center of Microsoft's initiative highlight a creative and intensely competitive culture prevalent not only at the Redmond-based...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Cultural observer and networking expert Clay Shirky believes that new technologies - those that enable loose collaboration and take advantage of "spare" brainpower or a "cognitive surplus" - will change the way society works. In this prescient 2005 talk, Shirky shows how closed groups and companies will give way to liberally defined networks, in which small contributors have big roles and fluid...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008