The new business road test

what entrepreneurs and executives should do before writing a business plan

Got an idea for a new business? Take it for a road test to make sure it works.Most new businesses fail. Why? Because all businesses are not created equal.No matter how talented you are, no matter how hard you work, no matter how ...

Managerial economics for decision making

Managerial Economics for Decision Making is an ideal text for final year undergraduate and MBA students taking a module in Managerial Economics. It places managerial economics firmly in the context of decision making and provides students with the tools to use economic theory to make ...

Management decision making

towards an integrative approach

The text will be a valuable guide for students either intending to, or pursuing a career in Management. It is suitable for advanced level undergraduate Business and Management degrees as well as postgraduate courses. Practising managers would also find the book a useful reference to ...

Aprender mediación

Este libro explica con lenguaje sencillo, concreto y riguroso qué es y para qué sirve la mediación: los conceptos esenciales, las técnicas y estrategias de mayor uso y eficacia, la bibliografía específica, el vocabulario de la mediación, las referencias legales y los consejos prácticos para ...

Visión y gestión empresarial

cómo articular las estrategias y el capital humano para triunfar en la economía del conocimiento

En la era de la Economía del Conocimiento, el presente texto constituye un esfuerzo perceptible por presentar de una manera clara y accesible un enfoque práctico para aumentar la capacidad de visualización de los líderes y agentes decisores, guiar el establecimiento de prioridades con sentido ...

Dealmaking

using Monte Carlo and real options analysis

Real Options Analysis (ROA) and Monte Carlo Analysis (MCA) are two of today#s most significant tools in the valuation and negotiation of high- potential-value, high-ambiguity deals. Dealmaking Using Real Options and Monte Carlo Analysis outlines a new approach for creating flexible, practical valuation models ...

Total performance scorecard

redefining management to achieve performance with integrity

In the post-Enron climate corporate executives are increasingly pressured to increase productivity and create an ethical, trustworthy organizational climate. This book introduces a concept of organizational improvement and change management that combines the balanced scorecard model with the learning organization theory. The book offers a ...

Quantitative models for performance evaluation and benchmarking

data development analysis with spreadsheets and DEA Excel solver

It is difficult to evaluate an organization's performance when there are multiple inputs and multiple outputs to the system. The difficulties are further enhanced when the relationships between the inputs and the outputs are complex and involve unknown tradeoffs. This work introduces DEA as ...

The theory of search games and rendezvous

Search Theory is one of the classic methodological disciplines in operations research and applied mathematics. It deals with the problem faced by a searcher who wishes to minimize the time required to find a hidden object. Traditionally, the target of the search is assigned to ...

Collaborative customer relationship management

taking CRM to the next level

Driven by rapidly changing business environments and increasingly demanding consumers, many organizations are searching for new ways to achieve and retain a competitive advantage via customer intimacy and CRM. In this context, new strategic frameworks and cooperation with everybody along the whole value chain are ...

Statistical process control

Statistical process control is a tool which enables both manufacturers and suppliers to achieve control of product quality by means of the application of statistical methods in the controlling process. This book gives the foundations of good quality management and process control, including an explanation ...

Elaboración y análisis de planes de empresa

En el primer capítulo se analiza el contenido de un plan de empresa, sus objetivos y características, y contiene una lista de comprobación.En el segundo capítulo se describe la metodología de análisis de viabilidad económica y financiera, variables y parámetros implicados, criterios utilizados, etc ...

Managing risk in organizations

a guide for managers

Managing Risk in Organizations offers a proven framework for handling risks across all types of organizations. In this comprehensive resource, David Frame# a leading expert in risk management# examines the risks routinely encountered in business, offers prescriptions to assess the effects of various risks, and ...

Designing solutions for your business problems

a structured process for managers and consultants

This text shows that good solutions do not emerge on their own, but are designed, refined and executed with a clear, client- centered objective in mind. The author provides a toolbox to help build skills in developing realistic goals and valid hypotheses, planning the solution ...

Corporate governance and risk

a systems approach

INDICE CHAPTER 1: Order from Chaos. A discussion of market behavior#how it is affected by human emotions and by economic supply and demand. The Action/Reaction theory of a natural cycle that circulates throughout the market. CHAPTER 2: What Is a Reaction Swing? The ...

Managerial economics

theory and practice

Managerial economics is the application of economic theory and quantitative methods (mathematics and statistics) to the managerial decision-making process. This book will appeal to students with limited prior training in economics and quantitative methods. It assumes that students will have had mathematics training at least ...

Linear programming

.Vol. 2: Theory and extensions

Linear programming represents one of the major applications of mathematics to business, industry, and economics. It provides a methodology for optimizing an output given that is a linear function of a number of inputs. George Dantzig is widely regarded as the founder of the subject ...

Statistical analysis of management data

Statistical Analysis of Management Data is especially designed to provide doctoral students with a theoretical knowledge of the basic concepts underlying the most important multivariate techniques and with an overview of actual applications in various fields. The content herein addresses both the underlying mathematics and ...

Business modeling and data mining

This text provides practical guidance on how to identify and structure real-world business questions in terms that can be answered by quantitative models and data mining. It also addresses what problems data mining can usefully address and how. The author then describes how these findings ...

Business research methods

Business Research Methods is an exciting new text which provides a comprehensive introduction to the main theories and practices in the field of business research methods. Illustrated with numerous current examples highlighting specific issues faced by business school students, the book is designed to show ...