All Summaries

All Summaries

 
The Four Pillars of Profit-Driven Marketing Moeller, Leslie H. | Landry, Edward C. | Kinni, Theodore McGraw-Hill , 2009 Marketing

Traditionally, marketers have focused on the “four Ps”: product, price, place, and promotion. Marketing spending, however, can be a large expense for companies and it is often unclear whether that spending leads to the...

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The Fourth Wave Maynard Jr., Herman Bryant | Mehrtens, Susan E. Berrett-Koehler Publishers , 1993 Global Business, Leadership, Major Works

Seven important trends underlie the emergence of a new worldview- a shift in consciousness, disenchantment with scientism, new inner sources of authority and power, a respiritualization of society, a decline in...

 
 
The GE Work-Out Ulrich, Dave | Kerr, Steve | Ashkenas, Ron McGraw-Hill , 2002 Business Biographies, Business Strategy, Management

Employees at GE have a deeply engrained and internalized process for addressing and solving the company’s problems quickly, simply, and with the involvement of people who will ultimately carry out the decision. The...

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The Giants of Sales Sant, Tom AMACOM , 2006 Customer Focus

According to Tom Sant, professional selling is “the most important American invention of the twentieth century,” an engine that has powered our economy and the economies of nations all over the world, for the past one...

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The Global Marketplace Rosow, Jerome M. Facts on File Publications , 1988 Global Business, Marketing

Global competition tends to reduce the importance of home markets. There must be a shift, therefore, away from the classical vertical organizational structure to a horizontal relationship where there is interdependence...

 
 
The Google Resume Laakmann McDowell, Gayle John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2011 Human Resources, Personal Growth

Many recent college graduates dream of the opportunity to work at a top tech company. But relatively few make the cut and get hired by firms like Apple, Microsoft, or Google. In The Google Resume,...

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The Granularity of Growth Viguerie, Patrick | Smit, Sven | Baghai, Mehrdad John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2008 Business Strategy, Management

It is undeniable that companies need growth to continue to thrive in today’s marketplace. The question that lingers in the minds of many organizational leaders – particularly those representing large companies – is...

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The Great Brain Race Wildavsky, Ben Princeton University Press , 2010 Global Business

International competition for the brightest minds has made higher education a global commodity. In The Great Brain Race, Ben Wildavsky makes the case that this latest educational globalization should...

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The Great Transition Martin, James AMACOM , 1995 Technology

It is Martin’s premise that because companies are still organizing around management systems created before the dawn of information technology, they are unable to utilize technology properly or to enhance the...

 
 
The Greater Goal Jennings, Ken | Hyde, Heather Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. , 2012 Entrepreneurship, Leadership

In The Greater Goal, authors Ken Jennings and Heather Hyde utilize a unique approach to educate readers: imparting valuable leadership lessons through a compelling fictional narrative. Reading more...

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