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Set within the larger context of American business history, this book traces the evolution of the distinguished accounting firm of Price Waterhouse (PW) through three distinct periods. It also addresses six central themes that recur throughout PW's history, including the importance of the partner; and the changing nature of accounting services.

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(Hardback)

(Hardback)

Presents a practical forecasting model that helps managers and investors to predict ups and downs in market cycles before they impact their companies and investments. This book helps managers and investors analyse how the market will impact their industry, business, or stocks.

(Hardback)

Constantinos Markides argues that business strategy is all about making difficult choices: Who will be your target customers What will you offer them How will you do it With this highly practical handbook to the fundamentals of strategy, Markides helps managers with the important choices that lie at the heart of all innovative strategies.

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Aims to help managers and their companies be more successful in their efforts to create, guide, and thrive with alliance strategies. This book argues that it is the strength of alliance strategies and the frequently overlooked internal processes that play the decisive role in shaping eventual outcomes.

(Hardback)

The business world swarms with alpha males - powerhouses who take charge, produce astonishing results, and bring enormous value to their organisations. But many alphas also leave a path of destruction in their wake. This book shows alphas how to leverage their strengths while confronting their destructive 'flip side risks'.

(Hardback)

Reveals how any manager can effectively deploy analytics in day-to-day operations' one business decision at a time. This book outlines the five-step DELTA model for deploying and succeeding with analytical initiatives. It teaches you how to use data more effectively and glean valuable analytical insights.

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Welcome to the attention economy, in which the new scarcest resource isn't ideas or talent, but attention itself. This book argues that businesses are headed for disaster - unless they overcome the dangerously high attention deficits that threaten to cripple the workplace.

(Hardback)

(Hardback)

How authentic is the experience Is it what they expected Why or why not This book introduces the concept of perceived authenticity, or how a consumer experiences a product, service, environment, communication, or person. It provides some practical business advice and talking points for managers and marketers.

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Bad leadership is as ubiquitous as it is insidious - and so must be more carefully examined and better understood. Drawing on contemporary examples - from Mary Meeker to David Koresh, Bill Clinton to Radovan Karadzic - this book explores seven primary types of bad leadership and dissects why and how leaders cross the line from good to bad.

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Based on an in-depth study of more than 30 industries, this book reveals the three most common patterns that create 'commodity traps' deterioration, proliferation, and escalation and offers targeted strategies, beyond cost reduction or continuous differentiation, that companies have used to address these dilemmas successfully.

(Hardback)

(Hardback)

Most business leaders can take only so much pressure before their performance slides. Yet some CEOs deliver their greatest successes when times get toughest. This title reveals their secrets. It draws on interviews with 150 CEOs from an array of industries.

(Paperback, New edition)

..".beautiful, unusual pieces. Romtvedt strips his voice to only that which he can say with certainty."--Sharon Doubiago

(Hardback)

(Hardback)

Is your talent strategy a unique competitive advantage This book shows how organizations can uncover talent contributions, strategically differentiate their HR practices and metrics, and optimally allocate talent to create value.

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Reviews many management tools - from mission statements, balanced scorecards, and rolling forecasts to key performance indicators, Six Sigma, and performance appraisals. This title explains how to select the right tools for your organization, how to implement them correctly, and how to extract maximum value from each.

(Paperback, New edition)

This text takes a look at how business buzzwords detract from the real job of management. It argues that most trendy concepts are not new and explains why they always offer more than they can deliver.

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Shows how to bring bold thinking into your business by sourcing big ideas and executing them creatively. This book helps overcome institutionalized 'small think' - the inertia, the narrow-mindedness, and the aversion to risk that block true innovation.