All Summaries

All Summaries

 
Black Faces in White Places Pinkett, Randal | Robinson, Jeffrey | Patterson, Philana AMACOM , 2011 Diversity, Personal Growth

In Black Faces in White Places, Randal Pinkett and Jeffrey Robinson acknowledge that things have improved in America when it comes to race, but there is still progress to be made to leave a better...

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Business Maharajas Piramal, Gita Viking Penguin India , 1996 Global Business, Management

Ambani, Bajaj, Birla, Goenka, Khaitan, the Shahs, and Tata, eight of India’s most powerful men, are a study in contrasts. Their businesses are distinct and varied. Some are highly educated, others are barely educated...

 
 
Doing Business in China Plafker, Ted Business Plus , 2007 Entrepreneurship, Global Business

Over the past few years, China has transformed itself into a powerful, consumer-oriented culture, and many Western companies have flocked to China to take advantage of this new marketplace. However, entrepreneurs from...

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Supply Chain Optimization Poirier, Charles C. | Reiter, Stephen E. Berrett-Koehler Publishers , 1996 Productivity

A supply chain is a network of interlinked organizations, or constituencies, that has as a common purpose the best possible means of delivering products/services to customers. The chain begins with suppliers that can...

 
 
EVEolution Popcorn, Faith | Marigold, Lys Hyperion Books , 1996 Marketing

For any business to survive today, it needs to understand how to market to women. The fact is women make 80% of all purchasing decisions, are brand loyalists, have complex, multiple lives because of ever-increasing...

 
 
Success Built to Last Porras, Jerry | Emery, Stewart | Thompson, Mark Wharton School Publishing , 2007 Entrepreneurship, Personal Growth

People who make an impact doing what matters most to them have the potential for enduring success. Some of the world’s most enduringly successful people have become so by harvesting their failures and summoning the...

 
 
The Contrarian Effect Port, Michael | Marshall, Elizabeth John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2008 Business Strategy, Customer Focus, Marketing

Conventional sales tactics such as cold calling, sales scripts and closing questions no longer produce dramatic improvements in sales. Customers have increasing control of the buying process, and they become frustrated...

 
 
Book Yourself Solid Port, Michael Michael Port, John Wiley & Sons, Inc , 2008 Marketing

If you've always hated marketing and selling your products and services, then you're in for a big surprise. In this book, Michael Port, author,...

 
 
Project Management for Dummies Portny, Stanley E. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2010 Management, Productivity

In Project Management for Dummies, Stanley Portny examines project-management skills and techniques, and aims to suggest that they are not burdensome tasks. Rather, they are a systematic way of...

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The Age of Speed Poscente, Vince Bard Press , 2008 Management, Technology

In The Age of Speed, Vince Poscente challenges the notion that our lives are too frenetic by illustrating why the ability to harness the power of speed is, in fact, the solution for those who seek a...

 
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