Business strategy Books

Book SynopsisWhy do so many world-changing insights come from people with little or no related experience? Charles Darwin was a geologist when he proposed the theory of evolution. And it was an astronomer who finally explained what happened to the dinosaurs. Frans Johansson's The Medici Effect shows how breakthrough ideas most often occur when we bring concepts from one field into a new, unfamiliar territory and offers examples of how we can turn the ideas we discover into path-breaking innovations. Clayton M. Christensen, bestselling author of The Innovator's Dilemma, has described The Medici Effect as "one of the most insightful books about managing innovation I have ever read. Its assertion that breakthrough principles of creativity occur at novel intersections is an enduring principle of creativity that should guide innovators in every field." Now with a new preface and a discussion guide, and a foreword by Harvard Business School professor Teresa Amabile, The Medici Effect is a timeless classic that will help you reach your innovative peak.Trade ReviewPraise for The Medici Effect: Clayton M. Christensen, bestselling author, The Innovator's Dilemma-- "One of the most insightful books about managing innovation I have ever read. Its assertion that breakthrough principles of creativity occur at novel intersections is an enduring principle of creativity that should guide innovators in every field." Susan Cain, New York Times bestselling author, Quiet; cofounder of Quiet Revolution-- "Diversity drives innovation--this book makes the case with such vividness, clarity, and excitement that it's obvious why it has stood the test of time. Bold, thought-provoking, and a ton of fun." Daniel H. Pink, author, Drive and To Sell Is Human-- "Even a decade after publication, The Medici Effect remains required reading for trailblazers all over the world, regardless of industry, background, or training. The combination of remarkable stories and a compelling theory make this book an enduring innovation classic!" Tom Freston, former President and CEO, Viacom-- "A bold and original study of something that is generally thought to defy analysis--the nature of creativity and innovation." Roger Ferguson, former Vice Chairman, Federal Reserve-- "Frans Johansson is a leading thinker in the realms of innovation and diversity. He delivers cogent and relevant insights in a thoroughly engaging way."

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Book SynopsisWhat is the nature of human happiness, and how do we achieve it in the course of our professional lives? And is it even worth pursuing? This book explores answers to these questions by presenting research into how happiness is measured, frameworks for personal behaviors, management techniques that build happiness in the workplace--and warnings that highlight where the happiness hype has been overblown. This volume includes the work of; Daniel Gilbert. Annie McKee. Gretchen Spreitzer. Teresa M. Amabile. How to be human at work. HBR's Emotional Intelligence Series features smart, essential reading on the human side of professional life from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Each book in the series offers proven research showing how our emotions impact our work lives, practical advice for managing difficult people and situations, and inspiring essays on what it means to tend to our emotional well-being at work. Uplifting and practical, these books describe the social skills that are critical for ambitious professionals to master.Trade ReviewHarvard Business Review is the leading destination for smart management thinking. Through its flagship magazine, 13 international licensed editions, books from Harvard Business Review Press, and digital content and tools published on HBR.org, Harvard Business Review provides professionals around the world with rigorous insights and best practices to lead themselves and their organisations more effectively and to make a positive impact.

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Book SynopsisHow Strategy Works in an Interconnected, Automated WorldLeaders already know that the classic approach to strategy--analyze, plan, execute--is losing relevance. But they don't yet know what replaces it. As everyone and everything becomes more interconnected and digitized, how do you operate, compete, and win?Ming Zeng, the former Chief of Staff and strategy adviser to Alibaba Group's founder Jack Ma, explains how the latest technological developments, such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, the mobile internet, and cloud computing are redefining how value is created. Written especially for those outside the technology industry or the startup arena, this book introduces a simple, overarching framework to guide strategy formulation and execution in this data-rich and highly interactive environment.Revealing the revolutionary practices that he and his team have developed at Alibaba, Zeng shows how to: Automate decisions through machine learning Create products informed by real-time data from customers Determine the right strategic positioning to maximize value from platforms and suppliers Repurpose your organization to further human insight and enable creativity Lead your company's transformation into a smart business With insights into the strategies and tools used by leaders at Alibaba and other companies such as Ruhan and Red Collar, in a variety of industries from furniture making to banking to custom tailoring, Smart Business outlines a radically new approach to strategy that can be applied everywhere.Trade ReviewADVANCE PRAISE for Smart Business:Harry Shum, Executive Vice President, Microsoft AI and Research Group--"In an era when artificial intelligence and machine learning-technologies are redefining our entire society, it will be critical for companies around the globe to similarly remodel how they approach business strategy. Ming Zeng's Smart Business is an essential read for all executives and leaders who do not want to be left behind as new trends in AI shape our increasingly interconnected world."Eric Schmidt, former Executive Chairman, Google and Alphabet--"Ming Zeng makes the crucial connections between theory and practice, scale and growth dynamics, and changing managerial principles and the importance of creative talent. In my experience, people are hungry for ideas. Ming Zeng has put them in a unifying context and actionable format."Michael Spence, Nobel Prize–winning economist; professor, NYU Stern School of Business--"Smart Business is an important book. Most readers will have encountered artificial intelligence, algorithms, machine learning, cloud computing, and automation. But few of us have any intimate contact with how these digital technologies are forming the building blocks of new, flat, networked business organizations and the ecosystems in which they compete and cooperate. Ming Zeng's book closes that knowledge gap."W. Chan Kim, BCG Chair Professor of Strategy, INSEAD; New York Times–bestselling author, Blue Ocean Shift and Blue Ocean Strategy--"Smart Business vividly demonstrates why human creativity and innovation will become the key competencies for producing value in the future economy. In this provocative and insightful book, Ming Zeng, who has been a driver of Alibaba's cutting-edge practices, demands a radical new approach to strategy. This book is an indispensable must-read."Peter Thiel, entrepreneur; investor; and author, #1 New York Times bestseller Zero to One--"Ming Zeng shows why Alibaba is not just China's Amazon: online commerce looks very different when there are no incumbent retailers and no legacy logistics. In this sense, China has truly started from zero."

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Book SynopsisThe best entrepreneurs balance brilliant business ideas with a rigorous commitment to serving their customers' needs.If you read nothing else on entrepreneurship and startups, read these 10 articles by experts in the field. We've combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to help you build your company for enduring success.Leading experts and practitioners such as Clayton Christensen, Marc Andreessen, and Reid Hoffman provide the insights and advice that will inspire you to: Understand what makes entrepreneurial leaders tick Know what matters in a great business plan Adopt lean startup practices such as business model experimentation Be prepared for the race for scale in Silicon Valley Better understand the world of venture capital--and know what you'll get along with VC funding Take an alternative approach to entrepreneurship: buy an existing business and run it as CEO This collection of articles includes "Hiring an Entrepreneurial Leader," by Timothy Butler; "How to Write a Great Business Plan," by William A. Sahlman; "Why the Lean Start-Up Changes Everything," by Steve Blank; "The President of SRI Ventures on Bringing Siri to Life," by Norman Winarsky; "In Search of the Next Big Thing," an interview with Marc Andreessen by Adi Ignatius; "Six Myths About Venture Capitalists," by Diane Mulcahy; "Chobani's Founder on Growing a Start-Up Without Outside Investors," by Hamdi Ulukaya; "Network Effects Aren’t Enough," by Andrei Hagiu and Simon Rothman; "Blitzscaling," an interview with Reid Hoffman by Tim Sullivan; "Buying Your Way into Entrepreneurship," by Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff; and "The Founder's Dilemma," by Noam Wasserman.

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Book SynopsisRethink how your organization creates, delivers, and captures value--or risk becoming irrelevant.If you read nothing else on business model innovation, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you reach new customers and stay ahead of your competitors by reinventing your business model.This book will inspire you to: Assess whether your core business model is going strong or running out of gas Fend off free and discount entrants to your market Reinvigorate growth by adding a second business model Adopt the practices of lean startups Develop a platform around your key products Make business model innovation an ongoing discipline within your organization This collection of articles includes "Why Business Models Matter," by Joan Magretta; "Reinventing Your Business Model," by Mark W. Johnson, Clayton M. Christensen, and Henning Kagermann; "When Your Business Model Is in Trouble," an interview with Rita Gunther McGrath by Sarah Cliffe; "Four Paths to Business Model Innovation," by Karan Girotra and Serguei Netessine; "The Transformative Business Model," by Stelios Kavadias, Kostas Ladas, and Christoph Loch; "Competing Against Free," by David J. Bryce, Jeffrey H. Dyer, and Nile W. Hatch; "Why the Lean Start-Up Changes Everything," by Steve Blank; "Finding the Platform in Your Product," by Andrei Hagiu and Elizabeth J. Altman; "Pipelines, Platforms, and the New Rules of Strategy," by Marshall W. Van Alstyne, Geoffrey G. Parker, and Sangeet Paul Choudary; "When One Business Model Isn't Enough," by Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Jorge Tarzijan; and "Reaching the Rich World's Poorest Consumers," by Muhammad Yunus, Frederic Dalsace, David Menasce, and Benedicte Faivre-Tavignot.HBR's 10 Must Reads paperback series is the definitive collection of books for new and experienced leaders alike. Leaders looking for the inspiration that big ideas provide, both to accelerate their own growth and that of their companies, should look no further.HBR's 10 Must Reads series focuses on the core topics that every ambitious manager needs to know: leadership, strategy, change, managing people, and managing yourself. Harvard Business Review has sorted through hundreds of articles and selected only the most essential reading on each topic. Each title includes timeless advice that will be relevant regardless of an ever‐changing business environment.

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Book SynopsisBusiness Models for Transforming Customer RelationshipsWhat if there were a way to turn occasional, sporadic transactions with customers into long-term, continuous relationships--while simultaneously driving dramatic improvements in operational efficiency? What if you could break your existing trade-offs between superior customer experience and low cost?This is the promise of a connected strategy. New forms of connectivity--involving frequent, low-friction, customized interactions--mean that companies can now anticipate customer needs as they arise, or even before. Simultaneously, enabled by these technologies, companies can create new business models that deliver more value to customers. Connected strategies are win-win: Customers get a dramatically improved experience, while companies boost operational efficiency.In this book, strategy and operations experts Nicolaj Siggelkow and Christian Terwiesch reveal the emergence of connected strategies as a new source of competitive advantage. With in-depth examples from companies operating in industries such as healthcare, financial services, mobility, retail, entertainment, nonprofit, and education, Connected Strategy identifies the four pathways--respond-to-desire, curated offering, coach behavior, and automatic execution--for turning episodic interactions into continuous relationships. The authors show how each pathway creates a competitive advantage, then guide you through the critical decisions for creating and implementing your own connected strategies.Whether you're trying to revitalize strategy in an established company or disrupt an industry as a startup, this book will help you: Reshape your connections with your customers Find new ways to connect with existing suppliers while also activating new sources of capacity Create the right revenue model Make the best technology choices to support your strategy Integrating rich examples, how-to advice, and practical tools in the form of "workshop chapters" throughout, this book is the ultimate resource for creating competitive advantage through connected relationships with your customers and redefined connections in your industry.Trade Review"…enlightening and easy to read… The book is a worthwhile read for those looking to build new business models based on digital strategies. It is a useful resource for C-suite executives, strategic planners, consumer researchers, and others responsible for operations, marketing, consumer research, finance, and technology functions." — RTM (Research Technology Management)Advance Praise for Connected Strategy:Adam Grant, author, New York Times bestsellers Originals and Give and Take--"In a connected world, companies live and die on their ability to create great customer experiences. In this book, two leading experts on strategy and innovation team up to explore how to create those experiences in a rapidly changing world. Their lively, practical book offers rich cases, evidence, and frameworks for gaining and maintaining a competitive advantage."Reid Hoffman, cofounder, LinkedIn; Partner, Greylock Partners; and coauthor, Blitzscaling--"This insightful book blends academic rigor with practical, step-by-step tools that can help you design innovative business models for the Networked Age. Connected Strategy shows how to leverage continuous connectivity and emerging AI to make deep relationships that benefit customers and businesses alike. Read this book if you want to build a business model of the future."William P. Lauder, Executive Chairman, The Estee Lauder Companies--"A timely and practical guide and a great resource for how to create deeper relationships with consumers. In today's increasingly competitive environment, connected strategies that seamlessly link consumers, companies, and suppliers will be the future in many industries."William McNabb, former Chief Executive, The Vanguard Group--"In their brilliant new book, Nicolaj Siggelkow and Christian Terwiesch upend traditional thinking about how to build enduring customer relationships that create competitive advantage. What makes this book special--and a must-read--is the combination of a novel way of thinking about customer relationships with specific, practical advice on how to implement these ideas. I just ordered a stack of copies for my colleagues!"Michael E. Porter, Bishop William Lawrence University Professor, Harvard Business School--"Siggelkow and Terwiesch's important book addresses the major transformation in how companies interact with customers in the Digital Age--a transformation that is reshaping almost every dimension on which companies compete. These changes have led to customer information sharing, collaborative marketing, the development of new kinds of products and services together with new support models, and new business models based on product usage instead of conventional purchasing. The book provides a rich, accessible, and actionable road map for understanding these important changes and their implications, which every company and its leadership team needs to understand and address."

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Book SynopsisThe $22 trillion opportunity that can be unlocked only if you rethink everything you think you know about people over sixty.In the time it takes you to read this, another twenty Americans will turn sixty-five. Ten thousand people a day are crossing that threshold, and that number will continue to grow. In fifteen years, Americans aged sixty-five and over will outnumber those under age eighteen. Nearly everywhere in the world, people over sixty are the fastest-growing age group.Longevity presents an opportunity that companies need to develop a strategy for. Estimates put the global market for this demographic at a whopping $22 trillion across every industry you can imagine. Entertainment, travel, education, health care, housing, transportation, consumer goods and services, product design, tech, financial services, and many others will benefit, but only if marketers unlearn what they think they know about this growing population.The key is to stop thinking of older adults as one market. Stage (Not Age) is the concise guide to helping companies understand that people over sixty are a deeply diverse population. They're traveling through different life stages and therefore want and need different products and services.This book helps you reset your understanding of what an "old person" is. It demonstrates how three people, all seventy years old, may not even be in the same market segment. It identifies the systemic barriers to entering this market and provides ways to overcome them. And it shares the best practices of companies that have successfully shifted to a Stage (Not Age) mentality.This practical guide prepares companies and marketers for an inevitable shift they can't ignore.Trade Review"Stage (Not Age) is a fascinating read…" — Kiplinger's"The author provides a guide for companies to understand how retirement age can actually mean many different markets and stages." — Forbes"In her new book, Stage (Not Age), Golden makes a case that chronological age no longer defines us, especially in the second half of life. It's the stage of life we're in that's most important." — Next Avenue"Citing trillions of dollars in spending power, Golden says companies should cater more products and services toward the people with the most wealth: those in their golden years." — McKinsey Author TalksAdvance Praise for Stage (Not Age):"Stage (Not Age) is your own personal master class for understanding, entering, and thriving in the fast-growing, $22 trillion longevity market. The profiles of companies that successfully serve this market will cause you to rethink everything you thought you knew about aging." — Jo Ann Jenkins, CEO, AARP"We can continue viewing the aging of the world's population as an imminent crisis, or we can choose to see it as an opportunity for business and policy innovations. This book guides us toward the latter view, and brilliantly." — Michelle A. Williams, Dean of the Faculty, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health"People, like wine, get better with age. Susan Golden's important book demonstrates how an aging population presents extraordinary opportunities for businesses. While some complain about the costs of an older population, Stage (Not Age) offers a thoughtful roadmap for understanding the ways in which the fastest-growing demographic can drive value." — Larry Summers, President, Emeritus, Harvard University; former Secretary of the Treasury of the United States"Susan Golden's book offers an inspiring roadmap for entrepreneurs and innovators to grow with the longevity economy." — Jonathan Levin, Dean, Stanford Graduate School of Business"An insightful and practical guide to an amazing and multifaceted business. Stage (Not Age) is the indispensable guide for companies to develop a strategy for this opportunity—as we did at Best Buy." — Hubert Joly, former Chairman and CEO, Best Buy; author, The Heart of Business; and senior lecturer, Harvard Business School"In Stage (Not Age), Susan Golden makes an eloquent case for investing in one of the most compelling business opportunities of our time. Her book is a clearly written, insightful guide. A must-read for changemakers of all ages." — Marc Freedman, founder, President, and CEO, Encore.org; author, How to Live Forever"How do you reach a generation (or two) of people who don't feel, look, or act as old as they are? By not focusing on the number on their birth certificate. That's the message of Susan Golden's enlightening new book. Companies and marketers willing to listen should find themselves at an advantage." — Jean Chatzky, founder and CEO, HerMoney Media; New York Times bestselling coauthor, AgeProof

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Book SynopsisAn insightful and inspiring book on using "both/and" thinking to make more creative, flexible, and impactful decisions in a world of competing demands.Life is full of paradoxes. How can we each express our individuality while also being a team player? How do we balance work and life? How can we improve diversity while promoting opportunities for all? How can we manage the core business while innovating for the future?For many of us, these competing and interwoven demands are a source of conflict. Since our brains love to make either-or choices, we choose one option over the other. We deal with the uncertainty by asserting certainty.There's a better way.In Both/And Thinking, Wendy Smith and Marianne Lewis help readers cope with multiple, knotted tensions at the same time. Drawing from more than twenty years of pioneering research, they provide tools and lessons for transforming these tensions into opportunities for innovation and personal growth.Filled with practical advice and fascinating stories—including firsthand tales from IBM, LEGO, and Unilever, as well as from startups, nonprofits, and even an inn at one of the four corners of the world—Both/And Thinking will change the way you approach your most vexing problems.Trade ReviewThinkers50 2023 Winner: Breakthrough Idea Award"Presents original and thought-provoking ideas backed by solid research in a clear and compelling fashion." — Dagbladet Børsen"Citing extensive research that is applied to multiple case studies, the book makes a compelling case for both/and thinking and embracing a paradox mindset in all aspects of our lives." — School Administrator (AASA, American Association of School Administrators)Named one of "Behavioral Scientist's Notable Books of 2022""Leading with captivating stories and relatable metaphors, Smith and Lewis translate academic research into practical advice." — TD magazine (Association for Talent Development)Advance Praise for Both/And Thinking:"Life is full of paradoxes, and too often we ignore them or try to erase them when we should be learning how to manage them. Wendy Smith and Marianne Lewis are the world's leading experts on the topic, and grappling with their ideas is a valuable step toward becoming more comfortable with tensions and trade-offs." — Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author, Think Again; host, TED podcast WorkLife"At a time when humanity is facing some of its greatest challenges, every leader must know how to turn trade-offs into opportunities, tension into creativity, and discomfort into ambition. Wendy Smith and Marianne Lewis show us how." — Paul Polman, former CEO, Unilever; coauthor, Net Positive"Smith and Lewis show how you can move from a mindset of constraint to one of abundance and build businesses prepared to execute for today and innovate for the future." — Linda A. Hill, the Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; author, Becoming a Manager; and coauthor, Collective Genius and Being the Boss"Both/And Thinking will be a flashlight in the dark for anyone—those grappling with organizational and societal challenges, as well as individuals dealing with family issues and life-changing decisions." — Elizabeth Lesser, cofounder, Omega Institute; bestselling author, Broken Open and Cassandra Speaks"This book is, pure and simple, a masterpiece. And every word and semicolon is backed up by hard research. Don't skim—dig in, take deep breaths, and reflect." — Tom Peters, coauthor, In Search of Excellence

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Book SynopsisIn the new world of hybrid work and AI, one thing is clear: the war for talent is over—and talent won.With sparsely populated offices and people working from wherever they are, and with AI emerging everywhere in business and dominating headlines, our work lives have undergone a remarkable transformation, seemingly overnight. But the reality is that for years the ever-growing digital wave has been breaking down organizational boundaries and increasing the adoption of open innovation, including the use of crowdsourcing platforms as a talent solution. Now the imperative is clear: adapt to and leverage this new, digitally enabled world of "open talent"—or get left behind.In this eye-opening, essential guidebook, John Winsor and Jin Paik, with their work at the Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard, show how the massive reset of the pandemic allowed talented workers everywhere to exit their jobs without leaving the workforce. Now many are freelancing for multiple companies or are starting small businesses, challenging hiring managers as never before amidst a transformed workforce. What's more, talent has more power than ever using platforms such as Freelancer.com, Fiverr, and Upwork, setting their own terms for work: what, where, when, and at what price.How can companies adapt? The key, the authors argue, is shifting to a more distributed idea and structure of collaborative work. The authors call this a networked organization, where talent is culled from both inside and outside the organization and viewed through a single lens—as a global ecosystem that can be tapped as needed.With rich stories, keen insights, and an abundance of practical advice, Winsor and Paik provide a new framework and operating model for transforming your organization into a talent-orchestrating, problem-solving machine.Trade ReviewAdvance Praise for Open Talent:"By harnessing global talent, organizations can access diverse perspectives, expertise, and creativity at an unprecedented scale. This book serves as an indispensable resource for leaders navigating this new frontier as AI and other disruptive technologies continue to redefine work." — From the foreword by Karim R. Lakhani, professor, Harvard Business School; coauthor, Competing in the Age of AI"When it comes to open talent, Winsor and Paik have lived the concepts, tested the pilots, and ultimately created the model for how organizations succeed. Their research and firsthand experience give you a front-row seat to the lessons learned while also providing you with an actionable framework to bring to your own organization." — Jason Crusan, former Director, Advanced Exploration Systems (AES) Division, Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)"Open Talent is a guidebook to the future of work and a must-read for CEOs, entrepreneurs, and managers seeking to navigate this new world." — Richard Florida, author, The Rise of the Creative Class"This book is an urgent and timely read that provides the groundbreaking road map for the open talent revolution." — Tsedal Neeley, professor, Harvard Business School; author, Remote Work Revolution; and coauthor, The Digital Mindset"The future of work is here, and Open Talent provides a practical and cogent manual for succeeding in it. CEOs and other leaders who ignore the trends and truths Winsor and Paik convincingly lay out do so at their peril." — Jerry Colonna, CEO, Reboot; author, Reunion: Leadership and the Longing to Belong"In an age where information travels at the speed of light, Winsor and Paik make clear how businesses today can harness the power of talent from every corner of the world. Open Talent is a road map for any organization looking to thrive in the twenty-first century." — Jonah Berger, author, Contagious: How to Build Word of Mouth in the Digital Age"If you can do your job from Boulder, it can be moved to Bangalore. If you want answers to some of the most-often-asked business questions since the pandemic—on how to work with a remote and globally distributed talent base—you'll find them here." — Scott Galloway, Professor of Marketing, NYU Stern School of Business; bestselling author, The Four: The Hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google

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Book SynopsisGet ready to make the biggest jump of your career.The chasm separating managers from leaders is widening as the skills required to be an effective leader grow in number and complexity. But you're ambitious. You want to cross that chasm. And your organization needs you to cross it in order to join its bench of stars who will lead with empathy and humanity and ground the organization's strategies in a meaningful, mission-driven, and purposeful way.The Leap to Leader is your trusted playbook for making the biggest jump of your career. You'll learn from more than a hundred successful leaders who share their powerful insights and compelling stories of how to make the leap, along with practical strategies and tactics for building a loyal following, moving up quickly to broaden your impact, and making the subtle but crucial mindset shifts that are required to lead others effectively.As senior managing director at the ExCo Group, Adam Bryant has worked directly with hundreds of fast-rising executives, sharing the leadership development frameworks, tools, and approaches that are at the heart of this book. He draws on the collective wisdom of the one hundred mentors at his firm—all former CEOs or global business leaders—who know what it takes to make the leap to leader. As the creator of the iconic Corner Office column in the New York Times, Bryant has spoken with more than a thousand leaders over the years about the challenges and nuances of leadership.The leap to leader doesn't have to be a leap of faith. If you're ready to make the jump, start here.Trade ReviewNamed a Top Voice in Leadership by LinkedInAdvance Praise for The Leap to Leader:"Adam Bryant expertly identifies why leading is completely different from managing. Drawing on intimate conversations with transformational, inspiring leaders, Bryant deftly lays out what every manager should know—and do—to make the leap. An indispensable guide for rising managers and for leaders who aspire to do even more." — Laszlo Bock, cofounder, Humu and Gretel; former Chief Human Resources Officer, Google; New York Times bestselling author, Work Rules!"Adam Bryant delivers again! In The Leap to Leader, he offers a three-part guide, full of practical tips, insights, and stories for those wishing to graduate from management to leadership. He not only poses the key question—Are you drawn to the fire?—but also describes the mindset shift that all great leaders must master." — Deborah Lee James, 23rd Secretary of the Air Force; author, Aim High"Leadership is a privilege because it provides an opportunity to make a huge impact by influencing others. And it's a challenge because leaders must learn how to influence others by inspiring them rather than telling them. Bryant captures this theme brilliantly, and if you want to become an impactful leader, this book is for you." — Niren Chaudhary, CEO, Panera Brands"With his journalistic approach to demystifying leadership, Adam Bryant has created an intensely practical guide filled with compelling insights, memorable stories, and actionable tips from CEOs. It will help anybody who aspires to lead." — Marla Beck, cofounder and former CEO, Bluemercury"The Leap to Leader has all the signature elements of Adam Bryant's work: an eye for the candid anecdote, an ear for different voices in a world of business where most of us sound the same, and an instinct for what can actually help people become better leaders in every phase of their lives. It has little details and big ideas, and it is the distillation of a lifetime of talking and listening to all sorts of leaders about their deepest hopes and fears." — Glenn Kelman, President and CEO, Redfin

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Book SynopsisThe coaching profession is growing and innovating. According to the International Coaching Federation (ICF), coaching earns over $3 Billion per year with over 100,000 practitioners of coaching. This book is for both practitioners and scholars of executive coaching. Coaching is an exciting and powerful skillset that allows individuals to empower others and helps individuals to generate awareness that opens the door for great levels of success.The approach of this book is to look at the theoretical framework of coaching as it applies to the actual practice of coaching others and groups.It is important to ground practice in theory and research to bring together the researched framework to help to inform the approach. There is an old proverb that states: “Theory is when you know everything but nothing works. Practice is when everything works but no one knows why.” The approach of this book will enable the student with the theory, the processes and the skills to coach in a way that works and to be able to understand the why behind the success as well as make it replicable.

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Book SynopsisEvery executive acknowledges the importance of having a business strategy, but when it comes to creating and implementing a strategy for their organization, the "how" and "what" of strategic planning becomes elusive. In their manuscript, Optimizing Strategy for Results, authors Price, Waema, and Baiya give leaders the tools, processes, and step-by-step instructions to- * Establish a proven framework for creating a strategy that can be dynamic and responsive; * Address the importance of creating a culture aligned to create and execute on this strategy; and * Align the diversities of people's talent, skills, and passions as a key component of leveraging their strengths throughout the strategy continuum. Strategy is a process, not an event. When it is done well, strategy includes great preparation over time, vigorous debate about what should and should not be a part of the strategy commitment, meticulous planning, ongoing focus, regular review, meaningful evaluation, and learning. Optimizing Strategy for Results will teach readers how to prepare for, create, and optimize strategy in order to achieve results

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Book SynopsisSMEs Business Leadership gives the readers a global perspective on the small and medium enterprises and goes on to explain strategic management to the readers to give them an overview to business leadership. It explains the role of strategic management in the SMEs and informs the readers about the various leadership and management skills that are used in the SMEs and businesses. Also discussed in the book is the human resource management in SMEs, the use of technology in improving the performance of the businesses, the challenges that lie in the formulation of key competencies in SMEs and the new models that are employed in the internationalization of SMEs.

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Book SynopsisThis strategic guide for business and IT executives focuses on how today’s most disruptive technologies (including social, mobile, analytics, cloud, wearables, intelligent automation, robotics, and the IoT) can be applied in powerful combinations, together with platform business models, mastery of digital services, and leading practices in corporate innovation, to help you develop and execute your digital strategies for competitive advantage.Trade Review'Nicholas Evans is a magician, weaving together the complexities of the digital world into a tapestry of opportunities for alert companies and managers. And like a good magician, he makes it look easy. Get started on your digital transformation with this book NOW.' -- Henry Chesbrough * Professor at UC Berkeley Haas School of Business, Author of 'Open Innovation: The New Imperative for Creating and Profiting from Technology' *'The digital transformation, based on vast data from cheap sensors and cloud intelligence, will enable new business models, new strategies, and new empires in all industries. Using insight and case studies, Mastering Digital Business does a superb job guiding us through the changes coming, and helping us think through not only new product and logistics strategies, but how management itself must evolve to thrive in the coming decades.' -- R. Preston McAfee * Chief Economist. Microsoft *'By their very nature, transformations require disruptive changes. Digital transformations requires companies to be in a state of constant change. Mastering Digital Business shows that successful digital transformation goes beyond leading edge technology to include disruptive business models, redesigned processes, and – most importantly –cultural change.' -- Jonathan Becher * Chief Digital Officer, SAP *'Mastering Digital Businesses is a highly topical book and a must read for both business and IT executives looking to come out on top by leveraging disruptive technologies. Nick is a brilliant writer and in this book he combines case studies with in-depth analysis to provide valuable insights for digital leaders. The importance for traditional players to swiftly move towards a more agile and flexible digital environment while blending the 'new' with the 'old' can't be understated and Nick takes the reader through a straightforward thought process for how to do this successfully.' -- Robert Eriksson * Head of Engineering, Digital & Transformation, Lloyds Banking Group *'Much talk is happening about digital transformation and innovation. Rarely does this talk cover pragmatic steps regarding how to ‘make sense’ and ‘take action’ on the new opportunities that today’s most disruptive technologies catalyze. Nick’s book does that – providing “blueprints for action” – helping those who take advantage of Nick’s insights move from conceptual discussions to pragmatic action, with speed and scale. Of particular value is his distillation of patterns – or what he calls “palette” – of options of which technologies to use in which combination to take advantage of different business opportunities.' -- Ralph Welborn * CEO, Imaginatik *'With 52% of the Fortune 500, merged, acquired, gone bankrupt, or fallen off the list since 2000, the digital revolution has transformed business models. Leaders need pragmatic advice from strategy to execution on digital transformation. Nicholas’ book Mastering Digital Business provides practitioners with not only the first principles required to succeed but also a pragmatic approach to addressing the change management requirement for success in decoding digital business.' -- R “Ray” Wang * Principal Analyst & Founder, Constellation Research *'Mastering Digital Business is a real wakeup call. For company leaders willing to see, react to and foresee the signals of change, this is a must-read manual.' -- Sanjay Sarma * Professor of Mechanical Engineering, MIT *'In today's world, successful organisations recognise that technology is a force which makes scarce resources abundant. And those same organisations have put technology capability at the heart of business strategy. Nicholas D. Evans' book goes beyond the theory of the digital disruption which is impacting our lives, and provides business leaders with compelling, practical advice for redesigning our organisations, strategies, environments, and workforce to not only compete but to thrive in an age of ever increasing complexity and technical innovation. Read it. Then share it with your team!' -- Stephen Foreshew-Cain * COO, Co-op Digital *'Nicholas has managed to take the world of innovation and digital transformation and make it simple enough to understand at all levels within the business, which is no mean feat. The book covers a number of insights and strategies that will allow c-level execs and techies alike to decode the transformation of businesses in the digital age.' -- Matt Harris * Head of IT, Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team *'Mastering Digital Business is fundamentally about innovation. Whether you want new products, services, processes, or business models, this book can help jump start business growth through tapping into the power of digital business.' -- Soren Kaplan * Bestselling & Award Winning Author of The Invisible Advantage *'Digital disruption is THE business issue! Leaders need to be armed with how to think about this to succeed in the future. Evans provides straightforward recipes to navigate through this important transition.' -- Mark Sherman * Managing Director, Telstra Ventures *Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I: INSIGHT – Setting Your Digital Transformation Vision Chapter 1: Designing your digital business strategy and vision Chapter 2: Re-thinking and re-designing your business models and processes Chapter 3: Maximizing the potential of today’s disruptive technologies for digital business Chapter 4: The new platform ecosystem for digital business Part II: PLANNING – Leading and Organizing for Digital Transformation Chapter 5: Organizing and adapting corporate innovation processes for digital transformation Chapter 6: Identifying and prioritizing opportunities with Innovation Workshops Chapter 7: Timing your move based on technology maturity Part III: ACTION – Digital Transformation Strategies for specific Target Business Outcomes Chapter 8: Enhancing the digital customer experience Chapter 9: Transforming the digital workplace Chapter 10: Gaining insights from analytics Chapter 11: Optimizing infrastructure and simplifying management Part IV: ROADMAP – Taking an Agile Journey to the New Platform Ecosystem Chapter 12: Mastering the digital services lifecycle and speeding time-to-market Chapter 13: The agile journey to the new platform Conclusion Appendix

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Book SynopsisA business case is a logical, structured argument to bring about business change, aimed at the decision makers in an organisation. A persuasive, well-written business case can win over your readers and get you the all important approval you need. In this book you’ll discover the do’s and don’ts of pitching your ideas through a business case. You'll learn what the essential components of a business case are, including what key questions you should be answering, how to structure your business case, factors to consider when thinking about benefits and risks, and how best to tackle ROI.Trade Review'A highly valuable resource, and one that would be well worth keeping to hand.' -- A P Sutcliffe, MSc, MBCS'Presents a practical and down to earth approach to business case development.' -- Peter Wheatcroft * Moderator for the UK IT Industry Awards, author of BCS books World Class IT Service Delivery; Service Desk and Incident Manager *Table of Contents Introduction: What Is A Business Case? The Key Questions Your Case Needs To Answer The Importance of Identifying Every Stakeholder How To Structure Your Business Case Benefits and Outcome Analysis Thinking About Risks ROI: What It Is and Why You Need To Show It Internal Opposition: The Enemy In the Ranks Making Your Case With A Presentation The Importance of Editing Submitting Your Business Case Afterword

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Book SynopsisRelationships of individual and groups among three-plus firms represent the cornerstone concept in business-to-business (B2B) contexts. The three-plus firms include manufacturer-supplier to manufacturer-customer to distributor-customer, and facilitators (e.g., transportation and management consulting firms). The common thread of the five papers in this volume is that making sense and achieving deep knowledge of three-plus B2B relationships are necessary antecedents for achieving high operating effectiveness, high (on-time) efficiency, and sustaining profits for each firm in these relationships. As the titles of the five papers imply, reading the volume provides deep insights into the specifics of how high performing three-plus B2B relationships influences these three major objectives of the firm: National Cultures? Impacts on Western Industrial Buyer-Seller Relational Process Models; Developing Guanxi Relations; Industrial Buyer-Seller Relations in a Chinese Context; Adaptation in Business Contexts; Working Triadic Relationships; How Do Managers See It? Capturing Practitioner Theories via Network Pictures.Table of ContentsList of Contributors. Preface. The Impact of National Culture on Western Industrial Buyer-Seller Relational Process Models. Developing Guanxi Relations. The Development of Industrial Buyer-Seller Relations in a Chinese Context. Adaptation in Business Contexts: Working Triadic Relationships. How do Managers See it? Capturing Practitioner Theories via Network Pictures. Deep Knowledge of B2B Relationships Within and Across Borders. Advances in Business Marketing & Purchasing. Deep Knowledge of B2B Relationships Within and Across Borders. Copyright page.

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Book SynopsisOur socio-economic systems continue to grow and evolve. We need to acknowledge that, consequently, our decisions often fail – they are ineffective and create unexpected side effects. The speed of execution is increasing constantly and markets and systems respond almost immediately, making decision-making challenging. There is little or no room for failure. This important new book analyses real world strategy and policy challenges, addressing the interconnectedness of the markets/systems we live in. It provides a step-by-step approach using systems thinking to solve complex problems in socio-political as well as business environment. It proposes a technique with which to better understand the problems and the context in which they arise, and tools to directly inform each step of the decision-making process. The book explores the main innovation that systemic thinking introduces – the emphasis on defining the problem creating system, which is made up of interacting parts, rather than prioritizing events that need immediate fixing. The case studies, examples and the approach proposed can be used to better understand reality and its complexity, and to integrate stakeholders for a better solution. Practically, it can be used to identify problems, analyse their boundaries, design interventions, forecast and measure their expected impacts, implement them and monitor and evaluate their success/failure. The book touches upon global issues related to policy making and strategic management, as well as issues related to sustainable development for both the public and private sector.Trade Review"Tackling Complexity is a new book by Gilbert Probst and Andrea M. Bassi. It is published by Greenleaf Publishing and they provided the book for review. Initially, I was excited as I have read a number of books about decision-making and even wrote my own, "Taking Aim for Better Decision-Making". Sadly, I wasn't very far into the book until I realized that there is a huge difference between how ivory tower academics approach decision-making and how every day practitioners approach decision-making. Probst and Bassi suggest that, "our decisions often fail" but they fail to recognize the magnitude of the problem as reported by Paul C. Nutt in his book, "Why Decisions Fail". After 20 years of research, Nutt came to the conclusion that, "decisions fail half of the time". This is a huge problem that deserves our attention and practical approaches that will improve outcomes. Probst and Bassi give lip service to the idea that there is a difference between complicated systems and complex systems wherein there are often dynamics beyond our control. They then proceed to explain their systemic approach which is highly analytical and top end driven. Stuart Crainer in his book "The 75 Greatest Management Decisions Ever Made" wrote, "Alluring though they are the trouble with decision-making theories is that reality is often more confused and messy than a neat model can allow for." My research leads me to believe that all analytical decision-making models are subject to imperfect knowledge, unintended consequences and luck. While not very scientific, it has led me to believe as does Paul Nutt that the best practices have a flow that can be related to the appreciative inquiry stages outlined by Copperrider and Srivastva, 1987. J. Edward Russo and Paul J.H. Schoemaker in their book, "Winning Decisions" talked about how traditional organizations viewed implementation secondary to planning and analysis while the newer approach places more weight on learning and adjustment in real time. for me this has been proven by the iteration process common to most successful internet sites. Earlier this week the Wall Street Journal reported on -- Bob Cannon Decision Making TodayTable of ContentsForeword Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever; Vice-Chairman (and next Chairman), WBCSD Foreword Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum 1. Introduction 2. Case study: why a systemic approach matters 3. Phase 1: Problem identification Case study 1: Problem identification with systems thinking: the creation of the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange Case study 2: Representing and analysing dynamic complexity to design effective policies: fossil fuel subsidy reform 5. Phase 3: Strategy / Policy assessment Case study 3 Reducing risks and maximising profits with systemic strategy assessment: Nestlé 6. Phase 4: Decision-making and implementation Case study 4 Multi-stakeholder decision-making in relief operations: the Agility CSR programme 7. Phase 5: Monitoring and evaluation Case study 5 Monitoring managers’ commitment: Deutsche Bank 8. Conclusions Annex: Overview of key tools References

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Book SynopsisBe inspired to transform your business to change the world.Do you ever wonder how successful businesses can be used as a force for good? Do you sometimes feel conflicted by the principles of capitalism? Do you wish to change the world around you whilst doing what you love?In this book, Gaurav Sinha, world-class businessman and entrepreneur, founder of Insignia in 2003, outlines the economics of empathy for life and for business. He offers actionable solutions to maintaining a successful trade in a changing global landscape where conscience, ethics, and authenticity are high on the agenda.The world is changing, perceptions are shifting, consumers are evolving, and this book will ensure your business keeps up.Trade ReviewGaurav Sinha’s manifesto to rethink business motivated by compassion has the potential to create a more peaceful, just, sustainable and joyful world -- Deepak ChopraThis book is the product of a sharp business brain and a warm, welcoming heart - a powerful combination that will inspire the reader to live a better life at work and play -- Richard Kilgarriff Founder & Editorial Director BookomiReading this book will make you feel a bit better about the world and your business, even before putting Sinha's ideas into practice. * Financial Times *Part memoir, part meditation and musings, Compassion Inc outlines how you can be an “altruistic aesthete”, someone who likes the good stuff but also likes to give back. * Vogue India *

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Book SynopsisVolume 23B includes two chapters covering problems and implementations of solutions in e-services adoption processes in developing nations. The first documents the unequal access and ICT usage, which is known as digital divide, to be one of the major obstacles to the implementation of e-government systems. This research investigates the digital divide and its direct impact on e-government system success of local governments in Indonesia as well as indirect impact through the mediation role of trust. To achieve a comprehensive understanding of digital divide, this study introduced a new type of digital divide, the innovativeness divide. It provides details for successful policy formulation to improve e-government readiness. The second explores what needs to be done to enable consumers to adopt e-services by airlines in developing nations. It includes new theory and empirical evidence from both qualitative and quantitative studies in response to this issue. Exciting and useful chapters for executives and researchers seeking knowledge and theory of how to influence e-service adoptions in developing nations!Trade ReviewThe two papers in volume 23B respond to concerns raised in volume 23A about the need for a better understanding of e-service adoption processes in developing nations. The first chapter surveys 819 Indonesian airline customers about online airline services, analyzes the resulting data, and tests hypotheses about motivation, intention, and demographics. The second chapter combines the Technology Acceptance Model with the Innovation Diffusion Theory to identify the antecedents for widespread adoption of the Octopus retail e-payment system in Hong Kong. -- Annotation ©2016 * (protoview.com) *Table of ContentsAcquiring Deep Knowledge of E-Services Adoption Processes in Developing Nations. Factors Influencing Consumers to Use e-services in Indonesian Airline Companies. Adoption of Smart Card-Based E-Payment System for Retailing in Hong Kong Using an Extended Technology Acceptance Model. Copyright page. E-Services Adoption: Processes by Firms in Developing Nations. List of Contributors. E-Services Adoption: Processes by Firms in Developing Nations. Advances in Business Marketing & Purchasing.

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Book SynopsisVolume 9 of the journal, "Advances in Global Leadership," includes timely and impactful articles on processes associated with effective global leadership. In these times of accelerating complexity and global inter-connectedness, a deeper understanding of the multiple contextual, organizational, and individual variables and processes associated with effective global leadership is critical. This volume contributes to bridging and integrating conceptual and practitioner perspectives in pursuing this deeper understanding. A new section of this year's volume is devoted to articles that apply and expand concepts from traditional leadership to global leadership -- an area that has heretofore received very little attention. Another new section contains articles written by consultants who provide perspectives gained from the "front lines" of global leadership development in client organizations. The volume's contributors range from well-known voices in the field to newly minted scholars with a fresh perspective.Trade ReviewThis series seeks to advance the definition, conceptualization, and understanding of global leadership processes and the development of global leaders. This volume considers the ethical domain of global leadership, global leadership through the lens of extant leadership theory, global leadership and cognition, and the practitioners' corner. The topics include understanding multicultural individual as ethical global leader, global followership: the launch of the scholarly journey, collective global leadership in self-managed multicultural teams: the role of team goal orientation, cosmopolitanism in a globalized world: an interdisciplinary perspective, and global talent: beyond outsourcing. -- Annotation * (protoview.com) *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Advancing the Field of Global Leadership - Joyce S. Osland, Ming Li and Mark E. Mendenhall PART I: THE ETHICAL DOMAIN OF GLOBAL LEADERSHIP Women Leading Globally: What We Know, Thought We Knew, and Need to Know About Leadership in the 21st Century - Nancy J. Adler and Joyce S. Osland Understanding Multicultural Individuals as Ethical Global Leaders - Jordyn Hrenyk, Mike Szymanski, Anirban Kar and Stacey R. Fitzsimmons Responsible Global Leadership in Emerging Markets - Gunter K. Stahl, Christof Miska, Sheila M. Puffer and Daniel J. Mccarthy PART II: GLOBAL LEADERSHIP THROUGH THE LENS OF EXTANT LEADERSHIP THEORY Global Followership: The Launch of the Scholarly Journey - Yulia Tolstikov-Mast Shared Leadership in a Global Context: Challenges of Transferring Control to Team Members - Ginka Toegel and Karsten Jonsen Collective Global Leadership in Self-Managed Multicultural Teams: The Role of Team Goal Orientation - Minna Paunova and Yih-Teen Lee PART III: GLOBAL LEADERSHIP AND COGNITION Antecedents and Outcomes of a Global Mindset: a Thematic Analysis of Research from 1994 to 2013 and Future Research Agenda - Jorg Hruby, Lorraine Watkins-Mathys and Thomas Hanke Cosmopolitanism in a Globalized World: An Interdisciplinary Perspective - Orly Levy, Maury A. Peiperl and Karsten Jonsen Harnessing Global Mindset to Positively Impact Advances in Global Leadership Through International Human Resource Management Practices - Gretchen Vogelgesang Lester, Meghna Virick and Rachel Clapp-Smith PART IV: THE PRACTITIONERS’ CORNER Global Talent: Beyond Outsourcing - Ernest Gundling, Christie Caldwell and Karen Cvitkovich Leading with Virtue in the VUCA World - Ia Ko and Peter Rea CONCLUSION: PAST AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS Five Years of Global Leadership Research, 2010-2014: Patterns, Themes, and Future Directions - Mark E. Mendenhall, Ming Li and Joyce S. Osland

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Book SynopsisExecutives in today's business environment have never been busier. Time constraints are ever present. Resources are strained. Strategic planning constantly competes with the tactical demands of running an organization. To make matters worse, most organizational leaders, when confronted with the need for strategic planning, have no idea about how to go about it. They have plenty of knowledge and information about the organization and their situation, but no effective tools to analyze their thoughts, to make decisions that will lead to effective strategies, and most importantly, to create a plan of action. In Performance Based Strategy, Steve Fairbanks and Aaron Buchko offer a practical set of simple, productive tools that will enable leaders to develop effective strategies. The book offers tools that have been tested in small, medium, and Fortune 100 companies, with for profit and not-for-profit organizations, and across a breadth of industries, such as manufacturing, health care, banking, distribution, transportation, government, and charities, among others. The authors have used these tools as insiders to turn around companies, and as outsiders in advisory and board roles. When properly applied, the strategies offered here enable leaders to see their situations and organizations in new ways. Managers will be able to present information in a way that everyone in the organization will understand. Executives can provide a sense of direction that will provide a framework for decision making that will give guidance to people. Above all, applying these tools will enable managers to improve their firm's performance.Trade ReviewFairbanks and Buchko offer advice to business managers who are charged with improving company results quickly and effectively. The bases for many of the tools they describe are not necessarily new, they say, but they put them into a framework for organizations that are constrained in both time and resources. Among their topics are the bottom-up market sizing tool, the strategic market portfolio matrix tool, the poor man's quality function deployment tool, the critical to customer mindset tool: where we are causing you pain, and the 90-day bucket tool. -- Annotation ©2018 * (protoview.com) *Table of ContentsForeword Introduction 1. What is Strategy? - Is there a simple "real-world" definition of strategy? 2. The Market and Four P Tool - Is there a simple way to structure my strategy effort? 3. The Bottom-Up Market Sizing Tool - How do we figure out the size of our market in the absence of hard data? 4. The Market Segmentation Tool - How do I better understand the make-up of my overall market? 5. The Segment Niching Tool - Now that my market is sized and segmented, how do I better understand segment niches? 6. The Market Map Tool - Is there a simple yet comprehensive way to characterize the business health of my markets, segments, and niches? 7. The Strategic Environmental Scan Tool - How do I develop an effective plan and strategy in an environment that is highly uncertain, turbulent, and unpredictable? 8. The Product Volume Margin (PVM) Chart Tool - How do I assess the "business health" of my products or services? 9. The Strategic Market Portfolio Matrix Tool - How do I assess the "market health" of my products or services? 10. The Customer Value Analysis Tool - What do our customers really value in our products or services? 11. The Willingness to Pay Ranking Tool - How do I understand my customers' "Willingness to Pay" (WTP) for my products or services? 12. The Product/Service Portfolio Matrix Tool – How do we determine and prioritize which products/services need action? 13. The Poor Man's Quality Function Deployment (QFD) Tool - How do I get the right product/service specification defined in timely fashion? 14. The Process Improvement Guidance Tool - How should we approach our internal cost reduction/value enhancement efforts? 15. The Strategic Outsourcing Matrix Tool - Are we properly outsourcing key elements of our cost structure? 16. The "Critical to Customer" Mindset Tool - How can we enhance our reputation with our customers in the most effective and efficient manner? 17. The Brand Perception Tool - How do we effectively communicate our brand to our customers and our market 18. The Opportunity Sourcing Matrix - How can I prioritize amongst all the potential opportunities in front of me? 19. The Milestone Project Management Tool - How do we successfully manage our product/service improvement projects? 20. The Visual Waterfall Chart Tool - How can I track the status of multiple initiatives in a timely and easily understood fashion? 21. The 90-Day Bucket Tool - How can I keep my performance goals relevant and continually driving proper action and achievement? 22. The Communication Matrix Tool - How do I keep everyone on the same page? 23. The 10-Quarter Tool - Is there a way to help me follow through on the changes I personally need to make? Index

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Book SynopsisBehavioral strategy has evolved as a field the last decades both intellectually and institutionally. This volume brings together scholars from several generations that have led and defined the behavioral approaches in strategy to reflect on the past, present, and future of behavioral strategy. Thus, rather than seeking empirical contributions that would fill in research gaps and expand research in specific domains, we endeavored to: a) represent the diversity of perspectives that inform behavioral research in strategic management; b) open up a space for reflection and provocation by scholars who are widely recognized as thought leaders both in their respective strands of behavioral strategy research, and in the field as a whole; and c) offer a set of perspectives and directions for the field of behavioral strategy at a pivotal moment in its evolution.Trade ReviewThis book consists of 18 essays by business and other researchers from the US, Asia, and Europe, who examine behavioral approaches to strategic management research. They address the emergence and evolution of the field of behavioral strategy, including alternative conceptions of behavioral strategy, decoupling and intergroup dynamics in behavioral strategy, and the evolution of implicit and explicit behavioral ideas in the field of strategic management; perspectives on behavioral strategizing, focusing on search and sensing, as well as behavioral rationality, agency, and a communitarian view of the firm; and implications for research, normative recommendations, the study of firm performance, and teaching strategies. -- Annotation ©2018 * (protoview.com) *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Behavioral Strategy: A Quick Account; Mie Augier, Christina Fang and Violina RindovaI. The Field of Behavioral Strategy and Its Evolution Some Thoughts on the Development of Disciplines, with Particular Attention to Behavioral Strategy; James G. March A Strategy for Behavioral Strategy: Appraisal of Small, Midsize, and Large Tent Conceptions of This Embryonic Community; Donald C. Hambrick and Craig Crossland Decoupling and Intergroup Dynamics in Behavioral Strategy, and a More Integrative Alternative; James D. Westphal A Behavioral (Simonian) Perspective on (Behavioral) Strategic Management Research; Mie Augier and Nicholas Dew II. Perspectives on Behavioral Strategy and Strategizing From Strategy to Strategic Organization; Daniel A. Levinthal The Organizational Foundations of Behavioral Strategy; Phanish Puranam Where to Search; Henrich R. Greve Organizational Sensing and the Occasions for Strategizing; Sidney G. Winter Hierarchical Sensing and Strategic Decision Making; Elad Green and Zur Shapira Bounded Rationality, Heuristics, Computational Complexity and Artificial Intelligence; Richard A. Bettis and Songcui Hu Romantics, Mercenaries and Behavioral Rationality; Thomas C. Powell The Three Minds of the Strategist: Toward an Agentic Perspective on Behavioral Strategy; Violina P. Rindova and Luis L. Martins Praxis, Character and Competence: From a Behavioral to a Communitarian View of the Firm; Haridimos Tsoukas III. Behavioral Strategy in Action Behavioral Strategy and Strategy Prescription; Philip Bromiley and Devaki Rau Behavioral Strategy: An Alternative Account of Superior Profitability? Christina Fang and Chengwei Liu Behavior in Behavioral Strategy: Capturing, Measuring, Analyzing; Charlotte Reypens and Sheen S. Levine Teaching Strategists to Take Advantage of What Happens; William Starbuck Epilogue Confessions of a Behavioral Strategist! Edward J. Zajac

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Book SynopsisMatters of ideology and security have become deeply entwined in China’s economic and business environment. The context is more politicized, more uncertain. At the heart of Xiconomics is the Dual Circulation Strategy, which marks out clear dividing lines between China’s domestic economy and the rest of the world. It sets out how China seeks to manage the links between the two just when western countries are also focusing on decoupling and "friendshoring". In order to prosper, business leaders and policy-makers need to understand these new international dynamics. In this concise and incisive analysis, Andrew Cainey and Christiane Prange explain what is happening in China and how this affects its relations with other countries. They identify what foreign companies need to do, how strategies need to change, and what this all means for managing the China business as part of a global portfolio, under a range of geopolitical scenarios.Trade ReviewThe authors provide a succinct picture of what it means to do business in China today. They provide an in-depth analysis of the intertwined historical, political and economic environment that managers must face up to and highlight the strategy options open to multinational companies. A must-read for everyone who seeks a nuanced understanding of China’s multifaceted business landscape beyond simplistic business headlines. -- Joerg Storm, Global Head IT Infrastructure, Mercedes Benz Mobility, StuttgartThis book is an essential immediate read for all senior business leaders with a responsibility for doing business inside China, or with the potential to encounter Chinese influenced businesses elsewhere. The authors deconstruct Xiconomics and their inside track enables them to decode and make Xiconomics accessible to those with a business interest in the potentially enormous benefits and significant risks associated with engaging with China. -- Wilf Blackburn, former CEO, Allianz China LifeAn invaluable guide for business people and policy makers facing the challenge of mapping out strategies for productive engagement with China going forward. -- Peter Williamson, Judge Business School, University of CambridgeXiconomics should be essential reading for anyone grappling with understanding, and adjusting to, the profound changes that have occurred to China’s business environment in Xi’s era. -- Xin Sun, King’s College LondonNow more than ever, business success in China means both understanding the broader social, political and historical context, and dealing with uncertainty. Drawing on their extensive experience, the authors describe how China is evolving and then lay out the strategic options and capabilities that companies need to succeed. This book is a must. -- Catherine Bradley CBE, non-executive director, Kingfisher plcCainey and Prange have pulled off a rare feat with this book: being incisive and detailed while remaining accessible and succinct. Anyone interested in the wider politics of international business in China will gain much from reading Xiconomics. -- William Hurst, Chong Hua Professor of Chinese Development, University of CambridgeTable of ContentsIntroduction Part I Dual circulation strategy and Xiconomics 1. What is dual circulation strategy? 2. Dual circulation: more continuity than change 3. Xiconomics and the China Policy puzzle 4. Putting the Xi into Xiconomics Part II Three questions for global business 5. How will China’s internal business environment develop? 6. What role will China play in the world of external circulation? 7. Internal and external: separate or connected? Part III Implications for global business 8. Multinationals and China 9. How dual circulation changes the game 10. Ambidexterity and connectivity 11 Resilience and agility in the face of uncertainty 12. Conclusion: navigating the contradictions in China’s ambitions

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Book SynopsisCould your ‘small’ business be a Blue Whale just waiting to break the water?Whether you’re in your third week or third decade of business, no matter what your current turnover is or what life stage you’re at, it’s never too late to re-evaluate your goals and your ambitions. But if you’re ready to grow your business after several years of trading, you might find that most of the advice and support out there is aimed at new start-ups.Phil Teasdale took the decision to transform his own company 20 years ago, and since then he’s been helping other established businesses grow and transform with the help of his innovative, practical Blue Whale Plan.Swimming with Blue Whales will change both you and your business – this is your invitation to become part of the pod.A successful small business owner himself, Phil Teasdale has spent the last 20 years working with over 6,000 small businesses in the UK, US and Australia, identifying and developing growth opportunities.Recognising that most small businesses and small business owners do not fit the traditional myth of the high-growth start-up ‘unicorn’, he is much more interested in working with ‘blue whales’: businesses with a longer gestation, who choose a different, more sustainable route to growth.Trade ReviewA perfect strategy bible for businesses who want to create growth and stability...really clear & concise, full of brilliant tips, & an easy one to dip in & out of as you progress. - LinkedInI've read lots of business books, but never one like this. Insightful and full of great ideas learnt through experience. - Amazon 5*Really well written and easy to follow. No doubt I will be putting this plan into action. - Amazon 5*I recognise both myself and my business in so much of this book. The writer recognises the business frustrations I have faced and lays out a clear plan to move forward for that elusive growth and momentum I have wanted for years. Really well written and easy to follow. No doubt I will be putting this plan into action. - Amazon 5*Phil's book is a real eye-opener when it comes to business ideas, mixing professional wisdom with personal experiences. His inventive whale metaphor stands out, making complicated stuff easy and fun to grasp. His accessible writing style breathes life into theory, giving us a chance to get in tune with Phil's thoughts as a successful business owner. One of the high points for me was the focus on achievable slow growth. The tasks are practical and great for new business owners to use for their own needs. - Amazon 5*Table of ContentsForewordChapter 1 The definition of a Blue Whale business or a Blue Whale business ownerChapter 2 The baleenChapter 3 The ventral pleatsChapter 4 The gestationChapter 5 The dorsal finChapter 6 The dorsal ridgeChapter 7 The tail flukeChapter 8 The blowholeChapter 9 The eyeChapter 10 Size and growthChapter 11 The pectoral fins and innovationChapter 12 The past to influence the future mindset of Blue WhalesSummary How to release yourself and your business into the open waterAcknowledgementsThe authorIndex

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Book SynopsisIn a noisy, fast-paced marketing world, customer insight holds the key to creating memorable, purpose-driven marketing. This book shows precisely how customer insights can be used to build a marketing mission with purpose. Customer Insight Strategies outlines the critical role of customer insight and provides techniques and strategies that will help marketers identify trends, nurture leads and understand consumers - ultimately, empowering them to grow profits. The strategies are explained in a straightforward, jargon-free manner, and can be applied to a huge range of marketing challenges, regardless of time, budget or organizational size. Customer Insight Strategies discusses many of the core methods through which customer insight can be gleaned, providing easy-to-follow guidelines for applying them to everyday marketing practice. Covering topics such as customer segments, marketing to personas and lead generation, it contains global case studies from organizations including Cisco, NTT, Refinitiv and The Co-op as well as interviews with leading business professionals sharing their thoughts on using customer insights to grow profits. Written by a highly respected thought-leader and industry influencer, this book will help any professional create truly powerful marketing.Trade Review"Offers expert views and practical advice on how to understand the buyer so well that you can go from selling to helping today's hyper-connected and empowered customers buy." * Malin Liden, Vice President, Head of EMEA Marketing Transformation Office, SAP, Germany *"This is not only a great reminder of the need for insight, but an incredibly useful resource to remind us how to generate the right insights across key touch points." * Maria Koutsoudakis, Brand Director UK, Vodafone *"Marketing is about creating relationships that are great for the customers who experience them, great for the people who make them happen, great for the people who "sell" them, great for all stakeholders and great for the planet. If you are interested in learning how to do this, buy and use this book." * Professor Malcolm McDonald, Emeritus Professor, Cranfield University School of Management *"Delighting customers is a powerful path to profitability and this book skilfully provides the playbook on both strategy and execution-the why and the how. It's a must-read for business leaders who need to translate insight into action to accelerate business growth!" * Vanessa DiMauro, Head of Community, Georgian Partners and Forbes Top 40 Digital Marketer, USA *"The internet, social media, legislation, technology and COVID-19 have all changed marketing and all of us have to change with it. Bailey takes us through each area we need to change and uses expert opinion, case studies and her own experience to lay out either a healthy update or an introduction into this interesting subject." * Tim Hughes, Author and Co-Founder and CEO, Digital Leadership Associates, UK *"The best marketing today is all about generating world-class insight and turning it into action. This is at once the most practical and the most rigorous guide to that insight-into-action process that I know of." * Hugh Wilson, Professor of Marketing, University of Warwick, WBS, UK *"The ultimate guide on how to harness and truly leverage customer insights. Christine Bailey shows the importance of being authentic, understanding the customer on a more personal level than simply as data points, and humanizing the brand by adding value through using customer insights." * Ted Rubin, CMO, Photofy, Author of Return on Relationship, Speaker, Provocateur, USA *"Christine takes us on a fascinating tour of almost every contemporary marketing technique and discipline and demonstrates the common thread of data and insight that should be at the heart of whatever we do as marketers." * Ian Truscott, Founding Editor, Rockstar CMO, UK *"The book illustrates the importance of customer insights in our modern digital world and encouraged me to leave my comfort zone and try new things." * Sandrine Wagner, Prize-winning final year marketing student, Kingston University, UK *Table of Contents Chapter - 01: An introduction to customer insights; Chapter - 02: Why customer insights matter and how you generate them; Chapter - 03: Creating a mission statement with purpose and a value proposition that matters to customers; Chapter - 04: Using insights to support a brand strategy; Chapter - 05: Using insights to create and apply customer segments and personas; Chapter - 06: Using insights for thought leadership and content marketing; Chapter - 07: Using insights for customer acquisition; Chapter - 08: Using insights to develop and retain customers; Chapter - 09: More insightful social media; Chapter - 10: Technology to help; Chapter - 11: Implications for practitioners

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Book SynopsisApproach the future as a conversation, not a declaration. How can you be prepared for what's next when emerging trends constantly threaten to turn your strategic plan on its head? The world of business is experiencing a state of hyperchange influenced by global movements, disruptive technologies, political uprisings and new consumer expectations. If your world is turned upside down, will you know how to pivot and thrive, or will you be roadkill in the 'adapt or die' business race? Futuring is the art of anticipating and testing the trade-offs of different futures by making sense of key trends, signals and emerging patterns. How to Future is the only book that will teach you how to become a strategy wayfinder, allowing you to evaluate, plan and prepare for better futures for you and your business. How to Future is a guidebook to futuring and arms you with tools, strategies and practices that illuminate new strategic pathways. Renowned futurists Scott Smith and Madeline Ashby teach you how to manage the daily flood of information and signals, and discern emergent patterns that have a direct impact on the direction of your business. How to Future isn't about the "one future" you expect. Instead, this book equips you with valuable tools and concepts, builds a future-focused mindset and enables you to envision, stress-test and prototype adaptable, informed and agile strategic visioning. These tools will empower you, your team and your organization to anticipate whatever futures emerge.Trade Review"Just like great science fiction, 'futuring' isn't about trying to predict the future; it's about stimulating creative thinking about a range of possible futures. In How to Future, two of the best strategic foresight professionals in the business share all of their secrets, explaining how you can use the same tools they use to help their clients systematically think about and prepare for what's coming next--whatever it might be. It's a toolbox for taking control of your own future." * Kevin Bankston, AI Policy Director at Facebook and Fellow at Arizona State University's Center for Science and the Imagination *"The Future is no longer uncertain once you have read How to Future. The book does a brilliant job of providing the reader with the confidence and know-how to embrace uncertainty and work purposefully towards the future with ease. Using models of possibility and clear framework tools, anyone can learn to understand, predict, and shape the future, which is particularly refreshing considering the fact that futuring can often feel like an intimidating task." * Julie Doleman, Managing Director, Global Expansion at Experian Consumer Services *"The future is rarely singular, and even more rarely stable. And there are few voices I would rather have in my head, to keep me company into all those futures than Scott Smith and Madeline Ashby. Drawing on more than two decades of expertise and experience, this book is an exemplary way-finding tool, full of helpful instructions and sign-posts that will be unfailing useful no matter where you find yourself. And the book is also an incantation: summon the future, they write, but do it with intentionality, a sense of purpose, and a strong moral compass!" * Distinguished Professor Genevieve Bell, Director of the 3A Institute, Australian National University and Senior Fellow, Intel Corporation *"Smith and Ashby have done our increasingly uncertain world a service with How to Future by sharing the crown jewels of the futurists' trade. This book is filled with plain-spoken but extremely sophisticated guidance on how to understand-and prepare for-what's over the horizon." * August Cole, co-author of Burn In: A Novel of the Real Robotic Revolution and Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War *"Reading How to Future in mid-2020, reinforced in my mind how important it is to broaden the scope of who gets to 'future.' There has never been a better time to learn how to imagine new possibilities and incorporate more diversity of experiences and points of view into the process. If you want to engage communities and make new, different, and more resilient futures happen, Smith and Ashby's book provides both a manual and a call for doing so." * Matt Jones, Principal Designer, Google AI *"In a world that needs proper, grown-up futures thinking more than ever, How To Future is simply brilliant - it's the tonic (and the gin!) we've been waiting for. A true manual to futuring, it is both accessible and wise, written by two of the leading thinkers in the field with their characteristic wry pragmatism. With hope and without hype, the book shows us how to better think about, prepare for, and deal with the many strange things the future yet has to offer." * Professor Alf Rehn, Author "Innovation for the Fatigued" *"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. The old pros at Changeist have written the definitive guide to thinking around corners, out of quarantine, and through the uncertainty ahead. How to Future contains all the accrued foresight you need to begin practicing futures as a team or organization, and persuasively argues that your "return on vision" will trump straight-line projections every time." * Greg Lindsay, Director of Applied Research, NewCities Foundation *Table of Contents Chapter - 00: Introduction; Chapter - 01: Different futuring for different needs; Chapter - 02: Getting started – scoping; Chapter - 03: Sensing and scanning – finding signals of the future now; Chapter - 04: Sense-making and mapping – turning data and insights into patterns and themes; Chapter - 05: Scenario development – combining patterns and themes to tell strategic stories; Chapter - 06: Storytelling and prototyping – creating ways for others to engage with your future stories; Chapter - 07: Assessing effectiveness – tools for monitoring and measuring fitness of approach; Chapter - 08: What to do next? Building a futuring culture; Chapter - 09: Conclusion

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Book SynopsisLay down the foundations of a successful business venture through a thoroughly researched and competitive business plan. Based on tried and tested business methodology used at the leading business school, Cranfield School of Management, this 10th edition of The Business Plan Workbook guides you through all the necessary steps to constructing a winning business plan. This is a practical run-through of 26 key areas of development of strategic planning. It will allow you to think of these areas in isolation through the use of assignments that ensure you have stress-tested your business proposition. This guide covers how to - Come up with a winning business idea - Complete market and competitive research - Set up a winning marketing strategy - Forecast watertight financials and projections - Define realistic operations and staffing - Deliver an unforgettable pitch to potential backers and investors This new and fully updated edition includes 67 business case studies that show you how successful entrepreneurs have dealt with strategic planning in the past. The content has been streamlined to focus on the most critical parts of business planning, ensuring you spend time where it matters and stay competitive. With new information resources and financial planning consideration, this is an invaluable guide for entrepreneurs, business executives and students.Table of Contents Section - ONE: Strategy and purpose; Chapter - 01: Introduction; Chapter - 02: Assignment 1:Coming up with a winning idea for your business plan; Chapter - 03: Assignment 2:Strategy – the big picture; Chapter - 04: Assignment 3:You and your team; Section - TWO: Market research; Chapter - 05: Introduction; Chapter - 06: Assignment 4:Researching customers; Chapter - 07: Assignment 5:Researching competitors; Chapter - 08: Assignment 6:A plan for market research; Section - THREE: Competitive marketing strategies; Chapter - 09: Introduction; Chapter - 10: Assignment 7:Products and/or services; Chapter - 11: Assignment 8:Pricing; Chapter - 12: Assignment 9:Advertising and promotion; Chapter - 13: Assignment 10:Place and distribution; Chapter - 14: Assignment 11:People, process and physical environment; Chapter - 15: Assignment 12:Competing online; Section - FOUR: Operations; Chapter - 16: Introduction; Chapter - 17: Assignment 13:The selling methods plan; Chapter - 18: Assignment 14:Making, outsourcing and supplies; Chapter - 19: Assignment 15:Legal and regulatory factors; Section - FIVE: Reviewing financing requirements and options; Chapter - 20: Introduction; Chapter - 21: Assignment 16:The sales forecast; Chapter - 22: Assignment 17:Cash-flow projections; Chapter - 23: Assignment 18:The profit and loss account; Chapter - 24: Assignment 19:The balance sheet; Chapter - 25: Assignment 20:Break-even analysis; Chapter - 26: Assignment 21:Estimating financing requirements; Chapter - 27: Assignment 22:Stress testing your business projections; Section - SIX: Business controls; Chapter - 28: Introduction; Chapter - 29: Assignment 23:Financial controls; Chapter - 30: Assignment 24:Sales and marketing controls; Chapter - 31: Assignment 25:Other business controls; Section - SEVEN: Writing up and presenting your business plan; Chapter - 32: Introduction; Chapter - 33: Assignment 26:Writing up and presenting your business plan; Chapter - 34: Index of key organizations and resources for business planning;

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Book SynopsisOver the past two decades, increasing attention has been paid to the concept of business diplomacy. This is becoming more important for multinational corporations (MNCs) as they deal with an increasingly demanding and dynamic international business arena. Despite the growing literature on this phenomenon, there is no sound theory-based business diplomacy model that can help to understand MNCs' relationship-building activities in the global society and provide a normative, moral guide for MNCs on how to conduct business diplomacy successfully. In Business Diplomacy by Multinational Corporations, Huub Ruël turns to Catholic Social Thought (CST), an intellectual tradition extending back 2000 years that promotes the key principles of human dignity, the common good, solidarity and subsidiarity. According to CST, a business is a community of people and its purpose is to serve the common good. This clearly diverges from the dominant shareholder view of business and CST provides a basis for a normative business diplomacy model. This in turn provides a clear, distinctive instrument for MNCs to reflect on their purpose and role in the global society while also guiding and directing their relationship-building actions with other actors in the global society. This book is essential reading for researchers studying ethics and morality from an international business viewpoint.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Multinational Corporations in a Dynamic International Business Arena Chapter 3. Business Diplomacy: A Review of the Literature and a Definition Chapter 4. Catholic Social Thought (CST) as a Source for a Business Diplomacy Model Chapter 5. Toward a CST-based Model of Business Diplomacy Chapter 6. Discussion and Conclusion

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Book SynopsisDespite the developing richness of the field of Entrepreneurship research, the output still suffers from a lack of methodological diversity. This edited collection stimulates discussion, shares practice and explores challenges around current and new approaches to inquiry - encompassing all aspects of entrepreneurship research, from its conception through to its execution and related issues such as education, training and learning. Advancing the way, we learn, think about and engage with various modalities of inquiry in Entrepreneurship research and practice, and its related subjects and areas of interest, the chapter authors draw inspiration from leading academics in the subject areas across the field. Their explorations centre around three critical points: the questioning of assumptions – who we are and what it is that we want to achieve; of what really makes sense – how we live and experience, our own and other voices and conversations; and of understanding our relationship with our social world and recognising its dynamic and emergent nature. Contemporary Issues in Entrepreneurship Research is an official book series of the Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE). Each volume is designed around a specific theme of importance to the entrepreneurship and small business community with articles collectively exploring and developing theory and practice in the field.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction: Learning to see NOTHING but seeking to gain EVERYTHING: Entrepreneurship Research as an artistic process of inquiry; David Higgins and Trudie Murray Chapter 2. A sneak peek into the process of writing entrepreneurship research; Piritta Parkkari Chapter 3. Data Congruence in What They Say, Do, and Feel: The Role of Researcher's Sensory Processing Sensitivity Trait; Yosra Boughattas and Erno T. Tornikoski Chapter 4. Critical Realism as a Framework for Engaged Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Research; Steve Johnson Chapter 5. The impactful potential of critical realist methodologies in entrepreneurship studies; Robert Wapshott and Oliver Mallett Chapter 6. Visual Methods in Entrepreneurial Identity Research; reflections from an enterprise educator perspective; Sarah Preedy and Peter McLuskie Chapter 7. Brickstorming: using materials to elicit meaning in research interviews; Helen Williams and Katrina Pritchard Chapter 8. Making the meaningful moments visible – about the real-time study of entrepreneurial sensemaking; Gabi Kaffka and Norris Krueger Chapter 9. Lost for words: Trying to investigate ‘place’ in entrepreneurship research; Catherine Olphin, Joanne Larty, and David Tyfield Chapter 10. Decentration and intersubjectivity, collage as a qualitative method of data collection; Stéphane Foliard, Sandrine Le Pontois, and Caroline Verzat Chapter 11. Research involving women in the Global South – reflections on power dynamics; Marta Lindvert Chapter 12. Warp and weft in grounded theory: a metaphor for a witness approach to entrepreneurship research; Heiko Marc Schmidt and Sandra Milena Santamaria-Alvarez Chapter 13. Building an Immigrant Entrepreneurship Grounded Theory: the case of Mexican Entrepreneurs in Quebec; Héctor José Martínez Arboleya Chapter 14. Intersubjective Dialogue as a Form of Inquiry – Discussing the Purpose of Entrepreneurship Education Tools; Katarina Ellborg and Nicolai Nybye Chapter 15. Critical Reflexivity as the Last Frontier to Uncover and Change the Ideologies Buried Behind Practices; Nicole Gross Chapter 16. Epilogue: Nurturing Modes of Inquiry for a World Worth Living In…; Catherine Brentnall

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Book SynopsisThe emergence of new digital technologies, awareness of corporate social responsibility, and the greater need for innovation and problem-solving skills are becoming a de-facto part of the everyday management agenda. A key question to be answered in these turbulent times is, how is it possible for corporations to incorporate safety, security, and satisfaction of stakeholders in the design of their business models while they are struggling to achieve sustainability goals related to the environment and climate change?The chapters in Business Strategies and Ethical Challenges in the Digital Ecosystem act as a forum for examining current and future trends related to management and technological adoption. The research encourages academics and practitioners to use a multi-disciplinary approach to boldly bring together bodies of related knowledge to produce new insights exploring digital business strategy and industry 5.0, changing consumer behaviour, sustainability, marketi

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In uncertain times, the focus on advanced economies overshadows the often-overlooked contributions of African economies. However, it is crucial not to underestimate Africa's paramount importance in the global economy. With a diverse economy shaped by historical, social, and cultural changes, Africa offers a rich and compelling narrative. Presenting ten exciting chapters delving into the socio-cultural aspects of African contexts and their profound impact on regional, national, and international business, Contextualising African Studies lays the foundation for a comprehensive exploration of Africa's business landscape. Examining contemporary issues, the authors shed new light on the intricate relationship between businesses, societies, and economics across various African societies. From researchers seeking fresh insights to business practitioners and policymakers, this edited text is a vital resource detailing the intricate workings of business and economics in Africa. The New Frontiers in African Business and Society series pioneers innovative reflections on the intricate interplay between business and society in Africa's emerging economy. Distinguished scholars contribute their expertise, offering crucial answers to the continent's challenges while uncovering new avenues of research and forging pathways forward.

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Book SynopsisThe ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online. Attaining the 2030 Sustainable Development Goal of Sustainable Cities and Communities focuses on Sustainable Development Goal number eleven (SDG#11): making human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable. Examining family businesses in the Republic of Ireland, Germany, the United States, the United Arab Emirates, and Australia, each case study presents a unique perspective from their respective country, analysing how SDG#11 translates into creating and maintaining liveable home environments for all. The case studies presented generate insights and key takeaways into the role of family businesses in developing and encouraging sustainable practices that have a positive effect on every member of their community. The United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are 17 Goals pledged by 193 nations in 2015 which would help engender an improved, fairer, and more sustainable world – one in which ‘no one is left behind’. The SDGs are a call to action, to develop innovative solutions to the most complex, societal, and environmental global challenges. In Family Businesses on a Mission, series editors Naomi Birdthistle and Rob Hales bring together international case studies to illustrate how family businesses can attain the UN 2030 SDGs. Accessible to those working in the field beyond academia – such as family business practitioners, family business owners, government and policymakers, members of NGOs, business associations, and philanthropic centres – this book series appeals equally to those with a general interest in entrepreneurship and business.Table of ContentsChapter 1. The Sustainable Development Goals – SDG#11 Sustainable Cities and Communities; Rob Hales and Naomi Birdthistle Chapter 2. What it means to be a Family Business Today; Naomi Birdthistle and Rob Hales Chapter 3. IQUTECH –Ireland’s largest Returns Management Company; Ivona Ravlikj and Mark O’Sullivan Chapter 4. Germany: DINZLER Kaffeerösterei AG, strong in regional sustainability; Markus Pillmayer Chapter 5. USA: Wolf Connection and Inclusive, Safe Spaces for All; Patrick Fuery and Kelli Fuery Chapter 6. United Arab Emirates: The Family Business of the Shehada brothers; Jacinta Dsilva, Jasmina Locke, and Poh Yen Ng Chapter 7. Australia: Hickinbotham Homes and Sustainable Cities and Communities; Rob Hales

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Book SynopsisAlison Theaker examines female entrepreneurs' experiences to understand whether their entrepreneurship practices conform to existing models, and whether the concept of success has different meanings for such businesses than in mainstream entrepreneurial theory.

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Book SynopsisWhen the Fountain Runs Dry is a modern business fable grounded in real-world experience. It follows the story of Tradition Valley, a once-thriving marketplace quietly slipping into decline as growth takes priority over values, and efficiency replaces connection.

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Book SynopsisThe first volume of The FERMA-rimap Series describes the principles of risk and enterprise risk management (ERM) as well as the aims and benefits of an effective enterprise risk management.

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Book SynopsisThe second volume of The FERMA-rimap Series explores examples of organisational risk and the aims and benefits of an effective risk management strategy.

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Book SynopsisA lot of controversy exists around the contribution of the mining industry and the territorial development of the regions where it operates. Despite the boom in mineral prices, there are still many communities that do not show development. At the macroeconomic level, countries with a mining industry receive income from mining taxes and royalties, however, at the micro level this greater income is not reflected in the closing of socio-economic gaps and the well-being of the population. Cesar Saenz presents the Social Management Model Canvas (SMMC), describing the rationale of how an extractive company can create and deliver social value for communities around and beyond the sphere of influence. The SMMC can best be described through nine basic building blocks - the social value proposition; defining the community; social channels; relationship with the community; key social resources; key social activities; key social partners; social investment structure and social benefits. Companies can map the existing social management model to visualize, understand and communicate the level of responsiveness of the model, whilst using the canvas to explore new social management improvements to get a social license to operate. Communities require companies and governments to address their needs such as education, employment, health service, among others. Combining all these elements in a social management model helps companies consider all the variables when designing and implementing strategies that meet both business and community needs.Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1. Corporate Social Management Canvas Chapter 2. Defining community Chapter 3. Social Value proposition Chapter 4. Social channels Chapter 5. Relationship with the community Chapter 6. Chapter Key Social Resources Chapter 7. Key social activities Chapter 8. Key Partners Chapter 9. Social investment structure Chapter 10. Social benefits Part II Implementation of the social management Canvas Case study: Chevron Nigeria Case Case Study: Quellaveco Project Case study: The Tintaya copper mine Case: Mining company in Peru Case study: Electric generation Case: Hydroelectric power plant in the Philippines Case study: Mines and wines, Xstrata Coal Beltana Mine

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Book SynopsisAdvances in Mergers and Acquisitions stands out from the competition due to its focus on three key characteristics: studies from scholars in different countries, with different research questions, relying on different theoretical perspective. Such a broad and inclusive approach to mergers and acquisitions is not easily replicated in academic journals, with much narrower mandates and metrics. Volume 22 of this annual series explores a range of issues relevant to a post-pandemic world– the cost-of-living crisis, energy insecurity, war in Ukraine and rising inflation are pushing many countries into recession, adversely affecting the global economy. This has led, and will continue to lead, to more downsizing, restructurings and inevitably to an increase in mergers and acquisitions. This collection of new and current research highlights interesting behavioural themes as well as timely practical solutions to the dilemma of mergers and acquisitions failures. Advances in Mergers and Acquisitions Volume 22 is of interest to scholars in strategic management, organizational theory and behaviour who are studying questions around mergers and acquisitions. Doctoral students will benefit from access to the diversity of research that can trigger new research questions and expanded research agendas.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Addressing Information Asymmetry in Acquisitions: The Role of Social Ties; Olimpia Meglio, David R King, and Elio Shijaku Chapter 2. The Role of Sustainability in Mergers and Acquisitions: A Literature Review; Mohammad Faisal Ahammad Chapter 3. Effects of Human Factors on Knowledge Sharing During Chinese Cross-border M&A Integration; Jean Wang and Lars Schweizer Chapter 4. A Triadic Process View Of Divestors, Targets and Acquirers; Dries Faems and Taco H. Reus Chapter 5. Private Company Seller Perspectives in Lower Middle Market M&As; Kenneth H. Marks, John A. Howard, and Anthony Stevenson Chapter 6. Acquirer's search for a partner: The role of inter-organizational relationships; Huma Javaid Chapter 7. A Review and Future Research Opportunities of the Post-Merger Integration Research Using the Social Network Perspective; Theresa M. Floyd and Wookje (UJ) Sung Chapter 8. Reflections on urgency in mergers and acquisitions: Views, reviews and directions for future research; Sally Riad and Urs Daellenbach Chapter 9. How Private Equity Investors Drive M&A Performance; Timo Paumen, David P. Kroon, and Svetlana N. Khapova Chapter 10. Microfoundations in M&A Research: Exploring the case of emotions; Joao Pedro Degado, Emanuel Gomes, and Pedro Neves

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Book SynopsisBusiness fluency is essential today for effective strategic communication. To fulfill the mandate of trusted counselors and advisors to executives and the C-suite, communication professionals must no longer just have excellent communication skills, but they must understand and speak the language of the business world. The challenge is that many communication graduates and professionals did not go to business school and do not hold an MBA.Business Acumen for Strategic Communicators: The Workbook provides the essential practical learning needed to help upskill communication professionals into bona fide business leaders and advisors. Through briefs, exercises and discussion activities, readers will learn to analyze and interpret key business materials produced by companies and nonprofit organizations, including CEO letters, annual reports, financial statements, earnings releases, CSR, DEI and ESG reports, and more. A revised and expanded glossary is provided, as are ans

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Book SynopsisEmotions, while extremely varied in their manifestation and effects on organizational settings, nonetheless represent the essence of organizational life. In this 19th volume of Research on Emotion in Organizations, editors Neal M. Ashkanasy, Ronald H. Humphrey and Ashlea C. Troth orchestrate a retrospective view of the field in order to address a wide range of emotion-related topics and point to the future of research in organizational behavior and organization theory. With contributions from Australia, Germany, Finland, Iran, Canada, France, Italy, Poland, the USA and the UK, chapters highlight the diverse nature and effect of emotions in organizational settings. Authors cover topics including physiological needs, strategic investment decisions, workplace supervisory practices, counterproductive behaviors, emotions in teamwork, CEO behavior, emotional intelligence, work-family balance, knowledge sharing and emotional labor. Taking this series’ esteemed reputation a step further, Emotion in Organizations: A Coat of Many Colors ushers the field into a new era in the ever-evolving world of work.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction to A Coat of Many Colors; Neal M. Ashkanasy, Ashlea C. Troth, and Ronald H. Humphrey Chapter 2. I Need to Move it, Move it! How Physiological Needs Influence Feelings, Motivation, and Interest in Learning Situations; Benjamin Apelojg Chapter 3. Why Do Angel Investors Make the Decision to Continue Screening: The Role of Affective Experiences and First Impressions; Kirsi Snellman, Henri Hakala, and Katja Upadyaya Chapter 4. Abusive Supervision Dispersion: An Affective Events Theory Perspective; Hieu Nguyen, Neal M. Ashkanasy, and Stacey Parker Chapter 5. A Counterbalance to Supervisors' Abusive Feedbacks: When Employees' Strategic Emotional Intelligence Dampens Revenge without Triggering Off Forgiveness Intentions; David Hampton-Musseau Chapter 6. Negative Feedback, Emotion Regulation, and Task Performance: A Moderated Mediation Model; Hamidreza Harati, Neal M., Ashkanasy, and Mahsa Amirzadeh Chapter 7. Exploring the Rhetoric of the Emotionally (Un)intelligent CEO in Times of Crisis; Christophe Haag and Marion Wolff Chapter 8. Work-family Enrichment: Prospects for Enriching Research; Ronald H. Humphrey, Chao Miao, and Anthony Silard Chapter 9. “It Comes with the Territory”: A Fluoroscopy of Emotional Labor; Rebecca Dickason Chapter 10. A Conceptualisation of a Joyful Leadership Style; Katie McIntyre, Wayne Graham, Rory Mulcahy, and Meredith Lawley Chapter 11. Work Motivation and Knowledge Sharing: The Roles of Team-Member Exchange, Justice Perceptions, Organizational Rules, and Climate for Trust; Paulina Wojciechowska-Dzięcielak and Neal M. Ashkanasy Chapter 12. Conclusion to a Coat of Many Colors; Neal M. Ashkanasy, Ashlea C. Troth, and Ronald H. Humphrey

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Book SynopsisVolume 21 of Research in Occupational Stress and Well Being focuses on stress and well-being as it pertains to strategic management and decision-making. In the past few decades, the strategic leadership of firms has been faced with unprecedented challenges in terms of technological changes, economic and political crises, and radical shifts in the workplace owing to health crises. These events have highlighted the need to understand the consequences of stress as a factor impacting strategic decisions. At the same time, firms are increasingly realizing the need to account for the stress and well-being of their employees, their customers, and their communities as factors influencing the ability of their businesses to flourish in a sustainable manner. Chapters in this volume cover a range of topics including: How stress and well-being can influence the decision-making and effectiveness of higher management teams. How organizational changes such as mergers/acquisitions or downsizing might impact the stress and well-being of both leaders and followers. Strategic initiatives that might directly or indirectly promote the well-being of organizational members or customers. CEO mental health and its consequences for strategy and organizational effectiveness. Strategic decision-making in times of crisis. Highlighting how both leader and follower stress and well-being can serve as antecedents and consequences of strategic actions and initiatives, or even be a core concern of strategic plans, Stress and Well-Being at the Strategic Level spotlights the importance of stress and well-being for organizations, their leaders, and the individuals who are impacted by their decisions.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Firm Stress, Adaptive Responses, and Unpredictable, Resource-Depleting External Shocks: Leveraging Conservation of Resources Theory and Dynamic Capabilities; Erin Bass, Ivana Milosevic, and Sarah E. DeArmond Chapter 2. The Reciprocal Relationship between M&A Strategic Decision-making and Well-Being; Kris Irwin and Chris H. Willis Chapter 3. Work-Nonwork Policies and Practices: The Strategic Opportunity to Consider Organizational Boundary Management Systems; Haley R. Cobb and Bradley J. Brummel Chapter 4. Publicly Invulnerable, Privately Lonely: How the Unique Individual and Structural Characteristics of Their Organizational Role Contribute to CEO Lonelinees; Sarah Wright, Anthony Silard, and Alaric Bourgoin Chapter 5. Cracking the CEO's Brain on Risk: Exploring the Interplay between CEO Cognition and Affect Intensity in Organizational Decision-Making and its Outcomes; Steven J. Hyde and Cameron J. Borgholthaus Chapter 6. Sentiment Analysis for Organizational Research; Chapman J. Lindgren, Wei Wang, Siddarth K. Upadhyay, and Vladimer B. Kobayashi Chapter 7. Leader Energy Driving Personal and Firm-Level Wellness: Lessons from 20 Years of the Leadership Pulse; Theresa M. Welbourne

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