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What Is Strategy? (HBR OnPoint Enhanced Edition)»rank: 104140by: Michael E. Porter
: :Today's dynamic markets and technologies have called into question the sustainability of competitive advantage. Under pressure to improve productivity, quality, and speed, managers have embraced tools such as TQM, benchmarking, and reengineering. Dramatic operational improvements have resulted, but rarely have these gains translated into sustainable profitability. And gradually, the tools have taken the place of strategy. As managers push to improve on all fronts, they move further away from viable competitive positions. Michael Porter argues that operational effectiveness, although necessary to superior performance, is not sufficient, because its techniques are easy to imitate. In contrast, the essence of strategy is choosing a unique and valuable position rooted in systems of ... |
The Eustace Diamonds»rank: 3638449by: Anthony Trollope
: :The unabridged classic on MP3 audio, narrated by Anais 9000. Three playback speeds on one disk; etext edition included. Running time: 25.3 hours (slow), 23.1 hours (medium), 21.0 hours (fast). A scheming blonde marries a man of wealth, but after his death, a legal action pits her against lawyers supposedly acting for the benefit of his heirs. Sound familiar? |
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Night Falls Darkly»rank: 44649by: KIM LENOX
: :A new voice in paranormal romance...A brand-new chilling saga....A cunning immortal who's been called upon to reclaim a marked soul...Ever since an accident took away her memory, Miss Elena Whitney can't recall the secrets of her own past. All she knows is that with her mysterious benefactor Archer, Lord Black, returning to London at the behest of Queen Victoria, she should seize the chance to get some answers.A member of the immortal Shadow Guard, Archer has been summoned to London to eliminate the soul of an evil demon -- Jack the Ripper. Archer feels not only bound to protect the women of the night, but also his beautiful young ward, ... |
Five Future Strategies You Need Right Now (PDF)»rank: 1210142by: George, Jr. Stalk
: :What will count among the most urgent strategic issues facing your organizations in the next 5-10 years? And what should you be doing--today--to get ready? Get the answers from 'Five Future Strategies You Need Right Now.' Renowned strategist, consultant, and author George Stalk delivers his analysis of the developments that are emerging now but will occupy mainstream business for some time to come. He lays out the steps you can take to prepare--before your rivals do. Stalk shows you how to: turn complexity into a strategic advantage; manage information so you can get it when and how you need it--and at no cost; explore new approaches to mass production; make ... |
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Competing on Analytics (HBR OnPoint Enhanced Edition)»rank: 248098by: Thomas H. Davenport
: :We all know the power of the killer app. It's not just a support tool; it's a strategic weapon. Companies questing for killer apps generally focus all their firepower on the one area that promises to create the greatest competitive advantage. But a new breed of organization has upped the stakes: Amazon, Harrah's, Capital One, and the Boston Red Sox have all dominated their fields by deploying industrial-strength analytics across a wide variety of activities. At a time when firms in many industries offer similar products and use comparable technologies, business processes are among the few remaining points of differentiation--and analytics competitors wring every last drop of value from those ... |
Value Merchants: Demonstrating and Documenting Superior Value in Business Markets: A Harvard Business Press Book Summary in Partnership with getAbstract»rank: 1953909by: James C. Anderson, Nirmalya Kumar, James A. Narus
: :Do your salespeople feel under extreme pressure to retain accounts or gain new business at any cost? Do not make price concessions. Become a value merchant instead. In this authoritative book, James Anderson, Nirmalya Kumar, and James Narus explain how companies in business markets can use customer value management techniques to estimate the value of your market offerings, create value propositions that resonate with customers, and maximize the return you will get on the superior value that you deliver. |
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Strategic Asset Allocation: Portfolio Choice for Long-Term Investors.: An article from: NBER Reporter»rank: 2070946by: John Y. Campbell
: :This digital document is an article from NBER Reporter, published by National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. on September 22, 2000. The length of the article is 3932 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Citation DetailsTitle: Strategic Asset Allocation: Portfolio Choice for Long-Term Investors.Author: John Y. CampbellPublication: NBER Reporter (Magazine/Journal)Date: September 22, 2000Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. Page: 8Distributed by Thomson Gale |
The Best Damn Windows Server 2003 Book Period»rank: 1201602by: Susan Snedaker
: : Windows Server 2003 is certainly Microsoft's most robust, and complex, enterprise operating system developed to date. Any one of the component 'services' in Server 2003 has more features and functionality than existed in the entire Windows NT 4 operating system! In addition, the audience of System Administrators has now evolved to a highly professional, skills certified community of IT professionals with a need for the tens of thousands of pages of Microsoft documentation and web-based support to be distilled into a concise, applied format. This is the book that meets the needs of today's Windows Server 2003 professional. |
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Historical Deception: The Untold Story of Ancient Egypt»rank: 1742156by: Moustafa Gadalla
: :This book reveals many aspects of the Ancient Egyptian civilization in 46 chapters, with interesting topics such as: deities, the role of the Pharaoh, temples, tombs, pyramids, Sphinx, music, literature, architecture, international trade, calendar, medicine, sciences, industries, art, Exodus, and much, much more. |
Primal Leadership: The Hidden Driver of Great Performance (HBR OnPoint Enhanced Edition)»rank: 398596by: Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis, Annie McKee
: :You've heard about the importance of emotional intelligence in the workplace--that there's an incontrovertible link between executives' emotional maturity, exemplified by such capabilities as self-awareness and empathy, and their financial performance. Now, new research extends that base. Drawing on two years of research, the authors contend that the leader's mood and his or her attendant behaviors have enormous effects on bottom-line performance. Accordingly, top executives' primal task is emotional leadership. In other words, before leaders can turn to setting strategy, fixing budgets, or hiring staff, they must first attend to the impact of their moods and behaviors. To help them do that, the authors introduce a five-step process of self-reflection ... |