Book Description
"A guide to corporate success reveals the author's own story of success through numerous tales and anecdotes and illustrates such points of management as attitude, diplomacy, leadership, and motivation."--Publisher's description.
Author : David J. Mahoney
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 49,34 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
"A guide to corporate success reveals the author's own story of success through numerous tales and anecdotes and illustrates such points of management as attitude, diplomacy, leadership, and motivation."--Publisher's description.
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Page : 50 pages
File Size : 32,20 MB
Release : 1988-04
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CIO magazine, launched in 1987, provides business technology leaders with award-winning analysis and insight on information technology trends and a keen understanding of IT’s role in achieving business goals.
Author : Anonymous Hedge Fund Manager
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 43,22 MB
Release : 2010-06-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0061965308
The First Book from n+1—an Essential Chronicle of Our Financial Crisis HFM: Where are you going to buy protection on the U.S. government's credit? I mean, if the U.S. defaults, what bank is going to be able to make good on that contract? Who are you going to buy that contract from, the Martians? n+1: When does this begin to feel like less of a cyclical thing, like the weather, and more of a permanent, end-of-the-world kind of thing? HFM: When you see me selling apples out on the street, that's when you should go stock up on guns and ammunition.
Author : Steven P. Schnaars
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 41,19 MB
Release : 2002-04-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1439106371
Pioneers -- those innovative "first movers" who enter markets before competitors - are often deified as engines of economic growth while imitators are generally scorned as copycats and shameful followers. But who most often wins? Drawing on seven years of research, Steven Schnaars documents that, in sharp contrast to conventional beliefs, imitators commonly surpass pioneers as market leaders and attain the greatest financial rewards. How do they do it? In this ground-breaking book -- the first to formulate imitation strategies for managers -- Schnaars systematically examines 28 detailed case histories, from light beer to commercial jet liners, in which imitators such as Anheuser-Busch and Boeing prevailed over pioneers. He describes the marketing wars, court battles, and even personal vendettas that often resulted, and shows that imitators have several clear advantages. Pioneers are forced to spend heavily on both product and market development. They also risk making costly mistakes. Pioneers often aid in their own destruction, thrown into confusion by rapid growth, internal bickering, and the neverending search for expansion capital. Moreover, imitators do not have to risk expensive start-up costs or pursuing a market that does not exist, enabling them to quickly outmaneuver pioneers once the market is finally shaped. By patiently waiting on the sidelines while the innovator makes the mistakes, imitatorscan also usurp benefits from the test of time -- major defects in the product having been removed by the pioneer at an earlier stage in the game. Schnaars discusses the three basic strategies that successful imitators such as Microsoft, American Express, and Pepsi have used to dominate markets pioneered by others. First, some imitators sell lower-priced, generic versions of the pioneer's product once it becomes popular, as Bic did with ballpoint pens. Second, some firms imitate and improve upon the pioneer's product; for example, WordPerfect in the case of word processing software. Third, building on their capital, distribution, and marketing advantages that smaller pioneers cannot hope to match, imitators use the most prevalent strategy of all -- bullying their way into a pioneer's market on sheer power. In several cases a one-two-punch, or combination of strategies, is often utilized by the imitator to remove any doubt regarding their dominance in the market and in the eyes of the public. Schnaars concludes that the benefits of pioneering have been oversold, and that imitation compels recognition as a legitimate marketing strategy. It should be as much a part of a company's strategic arsenal as strategies for innovation.
Author : Geoff Smart
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 38,6 MB
Release : 2008-09-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0345504194
In this instant New York Times Bestseller, Geoff Smart and Randy Street provide a simple, practical, and effective solution to what The Economist calls “the single biggest problem in business today”: unsuccessful hiring. The average hiring mistake costs a company $1.5 million or more a year and countless wasted hours. This statistic becomes even more startling when you consider that the typical hiring success rate of managers is only 50 percent. The silver lining is that “who” problems are easily preventable. Based on more than 1,300 hours of interviews with more than 20 billionaires and 300 CEOs, Who presents Smart and Street’s A Method for Hiring. Refined through the largest research study of its kind ever undertaken, the A Method stresses fundamental elements that anyone can implement–and it has a 90 percent success rate. Whether you’re a member of a board of directors looking for a new CEO, the owner of a small business searching for the right people to make your company grow, or a parent in need of a new babysitter, it’s all about Who. Inside you’ll learn how to • avoid common “voodoo hiring” methods • define the outcomes you seek • generate a flow of A Players to your team–by implementing the #1 tactic used by successful businesspeople • ask the right interview questions to dramatically improve your ability to quickly distinguish an A Player from a B or C candidate • attract the person you want to hire, by emphasizing the points the candidate cares about most In business, you are who you hire. In Who, Geoff Smart and Randy Street offer simple, easy-to-follow steps that will put the right people in place for optimal success.
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Page : 370 pages
File Size : 14,52 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Accounting
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Author : DeWitt Wallace
Publisher :
Page : 1466 pages
File Size : 45,88 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Periodicals
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Author : Julia Vitullo-Martin
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 13,33 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0195078365
This browsers delight is brimming with thousands of quotations for use in business speeches, reports, articles, or simply to spice conversation over lunch. 500 topics are arranged alphabetically, with everything from witticisms to epigrams to sage adages.
Author : Rudy Hirschheim
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 539 pages
File Size : 22,74 MB
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 3662047543
This book attempts to synthesize what is known about information systems (IS) outsourcing by dividing the subject into six interrelated parts. It contains an excellent collection of high-quality articles on information systems outsourcing and examples of successful outsourcing in organizations through empirical surveys and case studies. It also offers new insights into hot topics such as information technology offshoring.
Author : Jamil, George Leal
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 634 pages
File Size : 48,93 MB
Release : 2015-01-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1466675373
The field of project management experiences conceptual, technological, and decision issues when projects are created, implemented, and executed without the needed strategic connection. It is important to improve the connection between knowledge management and project management practices. The Handbook of Research on Effective Project Management through the Integration of Knowledge and Innovation bridges the gap between knowledge management and project management practices by providing both classical and modern views on their relationship. Discussing principles, practices, methods, and real case studies, this book describes the importance of aligning projects with a knowledge-based strategic plan to the benefit of practitioners, professionals, scholars, and researchers in the fields of management and information science.