Business Strategy

Business Strategy

 
Crisis of Character Firestein, Peter Union Square Press , 2009 Business Strategy, Social Responsibility

Modern corporations face unprecedented challenges to remaining profitable, including demanding market conditions, constant public scrutiny via today’s technology, and increased awareness of environmental consequences...

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Leadership in the Era of Economic Uncertainty Charan, Ram McGraw-Hill , 2009 Business Strategy, Change Management, Economics & Finance, Leadership

Leadership in the Era of Economic Uncertainty by Ram Charan is a common-sense guide outlining the management practices necessary to weather the current economic storm. Throughout the book Charan...

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Citizen Engineer Douglas, David | Papadopoulos, Greg | Boutelle, John Prentice Hall , 2010 Business Strategy, Social Responsibility

In the past, an engineer’s primary focus was finding simple and elegant ways of implementing design requirements. To succeed today, however, engineers must also possess an understanding of environmental issues, legal...

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e-Riches 2.0 Fox, Scott C. AMACOM , 2009 Business Strategy, Marketing, Technology

In order to be successful in business today, companies need to go beyond old marketing techniques and embrace new approaches made possible by the Internet. In e-Riches 2.0, Scott Fox uses his...

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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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The Bridge at the Edge of the World Speth, James Gustave Yale University Press , 2008 Business Strategy, Social Responsibility

Environmental expert and activist James Gustave Speth discusses the causes of and potential solutions to the current global environmental crisis in his book The Bridge at the Edge of the World. He...

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Leaders as Teachers Betof, Edward ASTD Press , 2009 Business Biographies, Business Strategy

In 2000, Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) was competing in a medical technology market that was much different than the one it had grown up in. The current market was fully globalized, and regulations were changing...

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HR Transformation Ulrich, Dave | Allen, Justin | Brockbank, Wayne | Younger, Jon | Nyman, Mark McGraw-Hill , 2009 Business Strategy, Human Resources

According to the authors of HR Transformation, “a true HR transformation is an integrated, aligned, innovative, and business-focused approach to redefining how HR work is done within an organization so...

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The Customer Rules Beemer, C. Britt | Shook, Robert L. McGraw-Hill , 2009 Business Strategy, Customer Focus

C. Britt Beemer and Robert L. Shook’s The Customer Rules presents the argument that the world’s most successful companies are those with an unwavering commitment to customer satisfaction. According to...

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Leaders Make the Future Johansen, Bob Berrett-Koehler Publishers , 2009 Business Strategy, Leadership

In the future, the world will be filled with volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity, or VUCA. Though the past has certainly seen its fair share of these things, the future will be more volatile, more...

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