All Summaries

All Summaries

 
Strategic Corporate Finance Pettit, Justin John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2007 Economics & Finance, Leadership

The weighted average cost of capital, value-based management, mergers and acquisitions, and risk management are important components of corporate finance today. Yet, understanding how they work and how to implement...

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Relentless Innovation Phillips, Jeffrey The McGraw-Hill Companies , 2012 Innovation

In Relentless Innovation, management consultant Jeffrey Phillips offers advice on how companies can become relentless innovators—that is, have a program of sustained innovation wherein the urge to...

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Brains on Fire Phillips, Robbin | Cordell, Greg | Church, Geno | Jones, Spike John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2011 Marketing

In Brains on Fire, Robbin Phillips, Greg Cordell, Geno Church, and Spike Jones relate how their marketing agency has de-emphasized the use of campaigns and instead fosters the growth of word-of-mouth...

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The Surprising Solution Piasecki, Bruce Sourcebooks, Inc. , 2009 Business Strategy, Social Responsibility

The world is changing at lightning speed, and only companies that understand the new realities of the global marketplace and pursue both innovation and sustainability will be equipped to prosper. In The...

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Doing More with Less Piasecki, Bruce John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2012 Business Strategy, Social Responsibility

Benjamin Franklin advocated living with frugality, inventiveness, and diplomacy. In Doing More with Less, Bruce Piasecki suggests that the solution to many social and business problems lies in those...

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Infinite Possibility Pine II, B. Joseph | Korn, Kim C. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. , 2011 Economics & Finance, Innovation

As B. Joseph Pine II and Kim C. Korn explain in Infinite Possibility, the predominant offering in today’s economy is experience. Society has progressed from agrarianism, industrialization, and the...

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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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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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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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Too Big to Save? Pozen, Robert John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2010 Business Biographies, Economics & Finance

In 2008, the United States and the world plunged into a serious financial crisis. This major downturn resulted from the collapse of the U.S. housing market and excessive debt that made its way throughout the global...

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