{"product_id":"three-moves-ahead-9780470178218","title":"Three Moves Ahead","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThree Moves Ahead\u003c\/i\u003e shows how classic chess strategies address the #1 problem of Information Age executives: how to move quickly in the face of incalculable complexities and unexpected change. This witty and novel guide, written for non-players, is packed with scores of real-world examples showing how top CEOs use Grandmaster techniques to win on Wall Street. Readers will see how a strong square strategy drove Adobe's rise from niche player to industry giant, as well as Western Union's success through a hundred years of technology changes. They'll learn how AOL has played a crucial exchange sacrifice to revive its fortunes, and how Google is taking turf from Microsoft with a minority attack. Most importantly these days, they'll find out what to do when you don''t know what to do, and avoid the fate of companies like Polaroid, Gateway, and our dearly departed Ma Bell.  \u003cp\u003eA fun ride from Apprentice to Business Grandmaster. Grab it!Donald Trump\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBob Rice (Short Hills, NJ) was \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In his thought-provoking, chess-themed book on business strategizing, Rice asserts that beginning and intermediate players tend to focus on which pieces are positioned to take or be taken, but when grandmasters examine the board they look at the squares. Rice makes fitting comparisons between chess pieces and actors in the corporate world. Lowest-level workers are compared to pawns, middle managers to knights, director-level executives to bishops and vice presidents to rooks. The central them of this book is that you have to have a plan, event if it's a bad one, to succeed in both chess and business. The idea is to adjust your plan as the game proceeds in response to the moves of the opposition.\"--McClatchy-Tribune News Service, April 26, 2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Wall Street Chess Club 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Three Moves Ahead? 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 First Mover 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 On the Clock 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Bad Bishops 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Lucky or Good? 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Strong Squares 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Sac the Exchange! 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Classic Tactics 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Decisions, Decisions 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Postgame Recap 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Author 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 197\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402300236119,"sku":"9780470178218","price":17.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780470178218.jpg?v=1730479990","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/three-moves-ahead-9780470178218","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}