All Summaries

All Summaries

 
Full of Bull McClellan, Stephen T. FT Press , 2010 Economics & Finance, Entrepreneurship

In Full of Bull, McClellan uses his thirty-two years of experience as a securities analyst on Wall Street to help individual investors decode the Street’s confusing advice and make better investment...

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From Values to Action Jansen, Harry M. Jossey-Bass , 2011 Leadership, Relationships

Leaders are characterized by their ability to influence subordinates, peers, and external stakeholders. Values-based leaders, however, take influence one step further. They use influence to inspire and motivate others...

 
 
From Selling to Serving Cassara, Lou Dearborn Trade Publishing , 2004 Customer Focus, Marketing

According to Cassara, the devastation and shock of September 11, and the resultant downturn in the market, have caused people in all walks of life to rethink what really matters and to change their fundamental beliefs...

 
 
From Monopoly to Competition Smith, George David Cambridge University Press , 1989 Business Biographies, Technology

In 1886, Charles Martin Hall discovered an inexpensive way to smelt aluminum, and the patent he immediately applied for gave him a legal monopoly on his invention. In 1889, Alfred E. Hunt, a Pittsburgh entrepreneur and...

 
 
From Executive to Entrepreneur Zoghlin, Gilbert G. AMACOM , 1991 Personal Growth

A self-help guide to the risks and rewards of entrepreneurship that are unique to the established corporate executive or manager. Using actual stories of numerous corporate professionals who have become business owners...

 
 
From Concept to Consumer Baker, Phil Pearson Education, Inc. , 2009 Management, Marketing, Productivity

Successful products not only depend on a good idea; they also require cost-effective manufacturing, customers who are willing to buy, and strong marketing and distribution programs. The steps leading from product...

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From Baby Boom to Baby Bust Greller, Martin M. | Nee, David M. Addison-Wesley , 1989 Human Resources

At the end of World War II, America saw the birth rate soar to unprecedented numbers, and then, in the early '60s, "suddenly" plummet. Because of this boom/bust cycle, American business will be left stranded. Corporate...

 
 
From Average to Awesome Smith, Jr., Jim ASTD Press , 2008 Personal Growth

Through dozens of uplifting true-life stories, From Average to Awesome by Jim Smith, Jr., demonstrates how others have catapulted themselves from mediocrity to stellar achievement, despite the odds....

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Free Agent Nation Pink, Daniel H. Warner Books , 2001 Entrepreneurship, Human Resources, Personal Growth

William Whyte’s “Organization Man”-“[The] ones of our middle class who have left home, spiritually as well as physically, to take the vows of organization life …who are the mind and soul of our great self-perpetuating...

 
 
Free Anderson, Chris Hyperion Books , 2009 Business Strategy, Marketing, Technology

The costs associated with technology are rapidly approaching zero at an unprecedented rate, while at the same time the digital world is increasingly moving into the physical realm as people are working and playing on...

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