Developing strategic thought

a collection of the best thinking on business strategy

An essential reference and guide on business strategy and the art of strategic thinking # written by some of the most respected experts on strategy. Creating the future of your company requires an imaginative brain and a capacity to take strategic decisions in times of uncertainty ...

True to our roots

fermenting a business revolution

True to Our Roots sets forth the simple but powerful management principles that enabled Fetzer Vineyards under Paul Dolan to become one of America#s biggest and best-known wineries even as it was becoming a model for sustainable businesses everywhere. Today Dolan and Fetzer are ...

Trajectory management

leading a business over time

Trajectory Management: * moves away from the #one true way# approach put forward by many business gurus * argues that the search for best practice, best change management, etc. obscures real situations in business * develops principles of right practice for the situation: business is continually evolving and ...

Fundraising in times of crisis

Fundraising in Times of Crisis helps executive directors and development professionals of nonprofit organizations plan for both the short and long term and explains how to evaluate the success of their efforts. Checklists, tips, action steps and a wealth of examples walk you through the ...

El ajedrez aplicado a los negocios

pensando la estrategia empresaria con las reglas del más famoso juego de guerra

¿Gerentes frente a tableros de ajedrez o maestros de ajedrez desempeñándose como gerentes? Lo mejor de unos y de otros, al servicio de los negocios.

Reingeniería y cambio organizativo

teoría y práctica

En este libro se reflexiona sobre el concepto de reingenería y las diferencias y/o relaciones con otras herramientas de gestión de empresas según los aspectos organizativos de las misma. Una importante parte del mismo se centra en la implantación de la reingeniería; se presentan ...

La revolución pendiente

la automoción ante el cambio

Para muchos inversores la Reserva Federal se encarna en el personaje de Alan Greenspan, cuyo principal trabajo consiste en fijar los tipos de interés. Pero como muy bien demuestra Martin Mayer, una de las principales firmas del periodismo económico, la Reserva Federal ha pasado a ...

Planificación y control de la estrategia

Este libro integra la formulación de la estrategia con su control mediante la utilización del cuadro de mando. La estrategia pretende diseñar un rumbo de actuación, en un entorno siempre incierto, para crear y mantener una posición de ventaja en el mercado mediante la selección ...

Stratigic management and business analisys

Strategic Business Analysis shows students how to carry out a strategic analysis of a business, with clear guidelines on where and how to apply the core strategic techniques and models that are the integral tools of strategic management. The authors identify the key questions in ...

The power of strategy innovation

a new way of linking creativity and strategic planning to discover great business opportunities

Innovation and strategic planning are not mutually exclusive - they are interdependent. This book presents a practical five-step process for aligning day-to-day, bottom-line-focused planning with discovery-driven innovation that drives future growth

Managing complex mergers

real world lessons in implementing succesful cross-cultural mergers and acquisitions

Everybody knows that most mergers regularly fail to deliver the promised benefits, in fact many actually destroy value. This is especially so where there are complex clashes of corporate or national culture to take into account. And yet the potential prize of a successful operation ...

Question of value

master the latest developments in value-based management, investment and regulation

There has been considerable growth in and maturing of ideas surrounding shareholder value, value-based management and financial reporting. Here, in a single source, experts from a variety of professional backgrounds come together to provide a set of practices for valuation and corporate analysis. Questions of ...

Strategic technology management

building bridges between sciences, engineering and business management

Attempting to bridge business management and scientific management practices so as to foster better understanding between the two entities, this book focuses on commercialization of research outcomes. Using cases extensively to illustrate practical difficulties encountered in working across functional barriers, the book also provides guidelines ...

Tecnología e innovación en la empresa

En la década de los años noventa,el papel de la tecnología y la innovación en la competitividad empresarial alcanzó un reconocimiento generalizado,que vino acompañado de una doble preocupación:entender y profundizar el conocimiento de las características del proceso innovador y,en consecuencia,definir ...

El cambio en las organizaciones

un modelo dinámico e integrador

Este libro es el resultado de la investigación realizada, a lo largo de cinco años (1995-1999), sobre el cambio en las organizaciones. El texto que se presenta está basado en la tesis doctoral del propio autor, defendida en octubre de 1999. A partir del original ...

Putting management back into performance

a handbook for managers and supervisors

A practical guide for managers for implementing effective performance management systems in the workplace. Most managers are under increasing pressure to achieve higher performance from less resources, in an increasingly dynamic and unpredictable operating environment, through a workplace that is becoming increasingly unmanageable! But with ...

Editar para ganar

estrategias de administración editorial

Editar para ganar servirá para identificar muchas de las labores cruciales en este negocio, no mediante recetas para el quehacer diario sino con el uso de estrategias para administrar y controlar algunas funciones específicas ... Con decenas de cuadros y formularios fáciles de usar,este libro ...

Juegos de estrategia

una revolución silenciosa en la economía y en la empresa

El libro "Juegos de estrategia.Una revolución silenciosa en la economía y en la empresa", presenta una introducción a la Teoría de Juegos con aplicaciones y ejercicios resuletos,incluyendo además seis Apéndices con los fundamentos matemáticos de la Teoría de Juegos. Se basa en las ...

Double-digit growth

how great companies achieve it -no matter what

In their 1995 blockbuster The Discipline of Market Leaders, Michael Treacy and Fred Wiersema explained how great companies dominated their markets by offering superior value propositions. Now Treacy is back with an equally groundbreaking book#revealing how great companies master growth each year and how ...

Corporate diplomacy

the strategy for a volatile, fragmented business envronment

Based on a wealth of empirical studies and case studies, this book explains the strategic choices companies have to make in order to remain consistent. In each chapter, real-life examples illuminate the key message managers should take away from the book. It offers a purely ...