Business Strategy

Business Strategy

 
Get Lucky Muller, Thor | Becker, Lane Jossey-Bass , 2012 Business Strategy

Many entrepreneurs will claim that they got lucky or were in the right place at the right time when asked why or how their businesses succeeded when so many others fail. In Get Lucky, authors Thor...

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Fundamentals of Enterprise Risk Management Hampton, John J. AMACOM , 2009 Business Strategy, Economics & Finance, Entrepreneurship

For many years, managers analyzed risks separately, without considering how they affected the business entity as a whole. In many cases, risk management was handled by the company’s chief financial officer, who often...

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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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Flash Foresight Burrus, Daniel | Mann, John David HarperCollins , 2011 Business Strategy, Leadership

In Flash Foresight, author Daniel Burrus describes seven radical principles that enable people to better foresee the future, and walks readers through a step-by-step guide to understanding and applying...

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Extreme Toyota Osono, Emi | Shimizu, Norihiko | Takeuchi, Hirotaka | Dorton, John Kyle John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2008 Business Biographies, Business Strategy, Management, Productivity

Toyota is defined by contradictions. The auto company has a famously efficient production system, but appears to have heavy layers of management and a surplus of administrative employees. It has a stable history...

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Extract Value from Consultants Perchthold, Gordon | Sutton, Jenny Greenleaf Book Group Press , 2010 Business Strategy, Productivity

It has happened at too many corporations, both large and small: a new system or process is under consideration and management hires a consulting firm to tackle the new project. The consultants work for months, use...

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Evolve or Die Crow, Robin John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2010 Business Strategy

In Evolve or Die, Robin Crow illustrates how those businesses that adapt the fastest are the ones that succeed the most. Amidst accelerating population growth, diminishing natural resources, increasing...

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Enterprise Project Governance Dinsmore, Paul C. | Rocha, Luiz AMACOM , 2012 Business Strategy, Management

In Enterprise Project Governance, authors Paul C. Dinsmore and Luiz Rocha explain that large organizations need effective overall program and project management in order to succeed. Enterprise Project...

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Effective Financial Management Finch, Brian Kogan Page , 2010 Business Strategy, Economics & Finance

While financial management is a topic that would seem to be most directly associated with accounting, there are many daily monetary concerns that must be taken into consideration throughout all departments and...

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Edison in the Boardroom Revisited Harrison, Suzanne S. | Sullivan, Patrick H. John Wiley, & Sons, Inc. , 2011 Business Strategy, Innovation

Intellectual property is valuable, yet too many companies fail to maximize its worth. Corporations that extract the most value from their IP meet to discuss best practices of IP management at the ICM Gathering. The...

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