In much of our lives, our mind operates on autopilot. Rather like the tourist who repeats the same words louder each time the local doesn't understand, we often tend to think and behave in set ways, even if it doesn t get us what we want. However, once we can spot our mental habits, we can change them. And, as result, we are more likely to: make the right things happen; come up with original id…
Asian Advantage is the most comprehensive and up-to-date strategic resource for managers and executives expanding their operations in Asia. Packed with current data on business, economic, cultural, and political conditions in each of the region's 14 most active countries, Asian Advantage provides a blueprint for doing business in the world's fastest growing area. Many books on Asian business ta…
In Call Me Ted, you'll hear Ted Turner's distinctive voice on every page. Always forthright, he tells you what makes him tick and what ticks him off, and delivers an honest account of what he's all about. Inspiring and entertaining, Call Me Ted sheds new light on one of the greatest visionaries of our time.
A marketing expert and author of the best-selling The End of Marketing as We Know It demonstrates the power of renovation over innovation within a business environment, explaining how to revitalize marketing strategies, improve growth, and retool one's business in order to improve the chance for success.
TrendSmart identifies twenty-one key trends that are transforming today's business environment. Louis Patler examines changes in consumer preferences, workforce behavior, and marketing approaches that disrupt conventional business practices. The book provides practical guidance and strategies for business leaders and organizations to anticipate and respond to these developments effectively. By …
The Innovator's Dilemma addresses the challenge that established companies face when disruptive innovations emerge, threatening their existing business models. Clayton M. Christensen explores the reasons why leading firms often struggle to adopt new technologies or innovations that initially seem less promising but eventually transform entire industries. Through empirical case studies and theor…
Business Think trans forms "workers" into businesspeople with provoca tive, powerful new rules that will help you: Make winning strategic business decisions, Have colleagues trust your judgment and leadership, Leverage and utilize your talents, Become highly influential and relevant, Create business value
"The Art of the Start" by Guy Kawasaki is the ultimate guide for entrepreneurs and visionaries who dream of turning their grand ideas into reality. Unleash your inner creativity and learn the essential skills needed to start anything, from startups to multinational organizations, with proven strategies from one of businesss' top strategists.
Tells how to commmunicate with a difficult boss, covers raises, motivation, career image, presentations, and teamwork, and suggests guidelines for running meetings
Focus, Al Ries explains, is the key factor in cor-porate competitiveness that can make your com-pany number one in the marketplace. Too many companies are hooked on growth, resulting in point-less mergers and acquisitions in the name of "syn-ergy" or misguided line extensions that dilute brand strength. Their managers need to focus, or these companies will suffer.
Competitive Strategy has transformed the theory, practice, and teaching of business strategy throughout the world. Electrifying in its simplicity like all great breakthroughs Porter's analysis of industries captures the compexity of industry competition in five underlying forces.
In Managing in the Next Society, Peter F. Drucker discusses the forthcoming challenges and possibilities that organizations will encounter amid fast-evolving social and economic changes. The book analyzes the impact of technological progress, demographic transitions, and shifting social frameworks on future management methods and organizational behavior. Drucker highlights the importance of fle…
A confidante to the technology industry's premier powerbrokers, Richards brings you a first-person view of both sides of the negotiating table in Inside Business Incubators and Corporate Ventures. Richards's exhaustive interviews of all the industry's pioneers, coupled with fascinating case studies of successful incubators, will introduce you to the prime sources of start-up capital as the tech…
Flicking Your Creative Switch provides actionable strategies to boost creativity in business settings. Wayne Lotherington introduces inventive techniques like "Curly Questions" and "Exquisite Corpse" that encourage creative thinking and effective problem-solving. The book helps individuals and organizations tap into their creative abilities to generate innovative and impactful business ideas. T…