4 Business, Management, Economics – Oxford Centar

English-Serbian Serbian-English Business Dictionary

Jelena Kaćibo — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 15:35:56 +0000

A comprehensive, 893-page hardcover bilingual reference book. It is designed to bridge corporate communication gaps by providing specialized terms, idioms, and vocabulary used across various business, financial, and legal sectors in both English and Serbian.

Parkinson’s law, or, The pursuit of progress

Jelena Kaćibo — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:47:17 +0000

Parkinson’s Law states that ‘work expands to fill the time available’. While strenuously denied by management consultants, bureaucrats and efficiency experts, the law is borne out by disinterested observation of any organization. The book goes far beyond its famous theorem, though. The author goes on to explain how to meet the most important people at a social gathering and why, as a matter of mathematical certainty, the time spent debating an issue is inversely proportional to its objective importance. Justly famous for more than forty years, Parkinson’s Law is at once a bracingly cynical primer on the reality of human organization, and an innoculation against the wilful optimism to which we as a species are prone.

Today’s Wonder Women

Jelena Kaćibo — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:38:49 +0000

Meet the women and female-identifying heroes who have defied death, flouted cultural norms, and risen above poverty to become CEOs, entrepreneurs, activists, role models, media moguls, and movement creators. This collection of stories, essays, and interviews celebrates their superpowers: love, determination, vision, and grit. These 50 women share their wisdom and advice in ways that will inspire you to discover your own superpower. Each story will transport you into the life and perspective of one who dares to challenge the status quo, dismantle barriers, and empower those around her: Alexa Carlin, a CEO at the age of 17, overcame a 1% chance of surviving sepsis and started the Women Empowerment Expo; Mariah Hanson, launched the Dinah, the world’s largest party and music festival for lesbians; activist and gun control advocate Shira Tarantino founded the ENOUGH Campaign; Laverne Delgado is program director of Fashion & Freedom, an organization that rescues victims of sex trafficking and helps them learn skills to enter the fashion industry; plus dozens of other women who refused to accept societal limitations and whose achievements offer inspiring lessons for us all.

Numbercrunch

Jelena Kaćibo — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 09:48:54 +0000

In our hyper-modern world, we are bombarded with more facts, stats and information than ever before. So, what can we grasp hold of to make sense of it all? Oliver Johnson reveals how mathematical thinking can help us understand the myriad data all around us. From the exponential growth of viruses to social media filter-bubbles; from share-price fluctuations to growth of computing power; from the datafication of our sports pages to quantifying climate change. Not to mention the things much closer to home: ever wondered when the best time is to leave a party? What are the chances of rain ruining your barbecue this weekend? How about which queue is the best to join in the supermarket? Journeying through the three sections of Randomness, Structure, and Information, we meet a host of brilliant minds such Alan Turing, Enrico Fermi and Claude Shannon, and we learn the tools, tips and tricks to cut through the noise all around us – from the Law of Large Numbers to Entropy to Brownian Motion. Lucid, surprising, and endlessly entertaining, Numbercrunch equips you with a definitive mathematician’s toolkit to make sense of your world.

Money and Promises

Jelena Kaćibo — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 09:48:52 +0000

In the twelfth-century, Pisa was a powerhouse of global trade, a city that stood at the centre of Medieval Europe. But Pisa had a problem. It was running out of coins. In the face of a looming financial crisis, the city’s rulers and its moneylenders forged a deal that laid the foundations of the modern state and of present-day banking.In Money and Promises, the distinguished banker and scholar Paolo Zannoni examines the extraordinary relationship between states and banks. He draws upon seven case studies: the republic of twelfth-century Pisa, seventeenth-century Venice, the early years of the Bank of England, Imperial Spain, the Kingdom of Naples, the nascent USA during the American Revolution, and Bolshevik Russia in 1917-21. Spanning a multitude of countries, political systems and historical eras, Zannoni shows that at the heart of our institutions lies an intricate exchange of debt and promises that has shaped the modern world.Featuring pioneering research and original insights, this authoritative yet accessible book explores the vital relationship upon which our financial and political systems still depend.

The Clean Money Revolution

Vera Radojković — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 18:52:56 +0000

“[Joel is] a beloved local financial superhero, and this book is a brilliant roadmap to purposeful investing.” ―Catherine Ludgate, Manager of Community Investment, Vancity

By 2050, $50 trillion will change hands in North America in the largest generational wealth transfer ever. It will remake the world and be the biggest money-making opportunity in history.

“Business as usual,” founded on exploitation and environmental ruin, is over. Climate catastrophe, reactionary politics, and widening inequity have put the world on edge. Meanwhile innovations are shifting the economic ground, and an entire generation is pounding the table for real change. Capitalism is evolving into a force that can restore the planet, transform the global economy, and bring justice to people.

Joel Solomon, impact investor and change agent, lays it on the line. The Clean Money Revolution is part memoir of an inspiring thought leader’s journey from presidential campaigner to pioneering investor, part insider’s guide to the businesses remaking the world, and part manifesto for a new vision of profit, power, and purpose.

Meet some of the people behind this massive shift, and discover the role you can play in the $50-trillion movement toward true prosperity. A must-read for investors, wealth advisors, aspiring entrepreneurs, and all who want their values and money to work together to transform the future.

The Clean Money Revolution is on. Join it!

“Good helpful stuff to do with your filthy lucre.” ―Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid’s Tale

“Joel Solomon so eloquently lights the path society needs to take in order to ensure future generations can flourish on a sustainable planet earth.” ―Reverend Yearwood, President of the Hip Hop Caucus

AWARDS

SILVER | 2018 Axiom Book Awards: Ethics
FINALIST | 2017 Axiom Book Awards: Business & Economics

Science of Service

Vera Radojković — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 18:52:14 +0000

While it’s been proven that customer satisfaction can greatly impact many financial aspects of a business―from cash flow to profitability and share price―most companies have not considered the science behind customer service or built a system for it. With Mark Colgate’s FAME model―standing for Framework, Accountability, Moments, and Endurance―companies and organizations will be able to differentiate themselves, and create a unique approach that will communicate their service brand to their customers in a compelling, clear, and memorable manner.

Colgate’s model demands effort, innovation, practice, and endurance, but it will also empower readers to distinguish their businesses among competitors, win over customers even when they’re proving difficult, and help companies achieve service fame. Backed by case studies and scientific research, this book will help readers to understand the science, tools, and frameworks needed to create their own consistently high-calibre customer service for their organizations, boosting annual returns as a result.

Little book of big ideas

Vera Radojković — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 18:51:10 +0000

From pioneering merchants to the great industrialists, financial geniuses to the most persuasive entrepreneurs, this is a complete introduction to the women and men who have elevated the worlds of business and industry to the awesome levels at which they operate today. Outlining the lives and achievements of figures such as Henry Ford, Bill Gates, and John D. Rockefeller, this little book encompasses those who have captured the public’s imagination—as well as those who have just captured their money. The book includes pioneers of new technologies and business models, tenacious entrepreneurs and their expansive empires, and theorists who developed the discipline of strategic business thought.

Inside job

Vera Radojković — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 18:50:58 +0000

Based on explosive interviews conducted personally by award-winning filmmaker Charles Ferguson, as well as newly released court documents and information buried in archives, ‘Inside Job’ traces how the financial industry and its enablers went rogue.

I Hope This Email Finds You Never – The Official Guide to Blissfully Surviving the Modern Workplace

Vera Radojković — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 18:12:35 +0000

Ahhh, the modern workplace: a cauldron of stress and anxiety. From the moment we accept a new role, we’re thrown into a world of competing personalities, shifting protocols, and an endless stream of emails, Slack messages, and Zoom calls, all of which serve to distract us from the things we truly want to be doing, like eating Thai food and sleeping until noon.

I Hope This Email Finds You Never puts aside the motivational screeds, productivity hacks, and pop-science, and focuses instead on those things in the workplace that truly cause us grief—like a coworker eating an apple during a video call—in a lighthearted, entertaining, and (most importantly) cynical way.

Some things you’ll learn:

How long you can get away with being “new” until you’re held accountable
How to make it look like you’re sorry without giving up any power
How to find a workplace friend and make a workplace enemy
Camera position: how to set up your laptop for maximum dominance
Organizing your calendar while leaving time to cry
The rules of the kitchen (stealing someone’s yogurt is literally a crime)
Writing a letter of resignation when you’ve already been resigned from day one

From Orientation (The Descent), Workplace Etiquette (No Eye Contact Before 11 AM), Working Remotely (Wink Wink), Coworkers (Getting Along with your fellow inmates), and everything in between, I Hope This Email Finds You Never is your must-have guide to surviving (thriving is not realistic) in the modern workplace.