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Tilt, 8. Knowing Who Your Competitors Are
Dawar, NirajBook Chapter HBS-0011BC-EMarketingTilt: Shifting Your Strategy from Products to Customers is an 11-chapter book published in 2013 by Harvard Business Review Press and written by Niraj Dawar, professor of marketing at the Ivey School of Business. The author presents his theory on how sustainable competitive advantage depends today on a company's ability to tilt, or shift, its business model from product innovation to value innovation. He explains that, unlike the traditional focus...Starting at €8.20
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A Concise Guide to Macro Economics, Second Edition, Chapter 5, Fundamentals of GDP Accounting
Moss, David A.Book Chapter HBS-0017BC-EFinanceIn Chapter 5, Fundamentals of GDP Accounting (18 pages), the author considers the importance of and methods for measuring output. He presents the three basic approaches to measuring output: value added, income, and expenditure (and reviews the expenditure method in depth). He also examines the role of depreciation and looks briefly at gross national product (GNP). He explains adjustments to GDP that enable historical and cross-country comparisons...Starting at €8.20
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A Concise Guide to Macro Economics, Second Edition, Chapter 6, Reading a Balance of Payments Statement
Moss, David A.Book Chapter HBS-0018BC-EFinanceChapter 6, Reading a Balance of Payments Statement (15 pages), defines the essential information in a balance of payments (BOP) statement. The author explores how to read and analyze a BOP and explains how to look for indicators of economic health. The chapter concludes with a short essay on how accounting rules are evolving at the International Monetary Fund (IMF).Starting at €8.20
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A Concise Guide to Macro Economics, Second Edition, Conclusion, Putting the Pieces Together
Moss, David A.Book Chapter HBS-0020BC-EFinanceIn Conclusion, Putting the Pieces Together (10 pages), the author reviews the key concepts in his description of macroeconomics and summarizes the relationships between them. He explores the concept of macroeconomics as an inexact science that provides a baseline for analysis and cautions against the dangers of accepting macroeconomic theory as ironclad prediction. The chapter includes an epilogue on the financial crisis of 2007-2009.Starting at €8.20
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Blue Ocean Strategy, Expanded Edition: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant, 4. Focus on the Big Picture, Not the Numbers
Kim, W. Chan; Mauborgne, Renee A.Book Chapter HBS-0024BC-EStrategyThe global phenomenon that has sold 3.5 million copies is published in a record-breaking 43 languages and is a bestseller across five continents--now updated and expanded with new content. This global bestseller, embraced by organizations and industries worldwide, challenges everything you thought you knew about the requirements for strategic success. Now updated with fresh content from the authors, "Blue Ocean Strategy" argues that cutthroat com...Starting at €8.20
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Blue Ocean Strategy, Expanded Edition: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant, 7. Overcome Key Organizational Hurdles
Kim, W. Chan; Mauborgne, Renee A.Book Chapter HBS-0027BC-EStrategyThe global phenomenon that has sold 3.5 million copies is published in a record-breaking 43 languages and is a bestseller across five continents--now updated and expanded with new content. This global bestseller, embraced by organizations and industries worldwide, challenges everything you thought you knew about the requirements for strategic success. Now updated with fresh content from the authors, "Blue Ocean Strategy" argues that cutthroat com...Starting at €8.20
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Blue Ocean Strategy, Expanded Edition: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant, 11. Avoid Red Ocean Traps
Kim, W. Chan; Mauborgne, Renee A.Book Chapter HBS-0031BC-EStrategyThe global phenomenon that has sold 3.5 million copies is published in a record-breaking 43 languages and is a bestseller across five continents--now updated and expanded with new content. This global bestseller, embraced by organizations and industries worldwide, challenges everything you thought you knew about the requirements for strategic success. Now updated with fresh content from the authors, "Blue Ocean Strategy" argues that cutthroat com...Starting at €8.20
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Chapter One: The New CIO
Austin, Robert D.; Nolan, Richard L.; O'Donnell, ShannonBook Chapter HBS-1000BC-EInformation Technologies"The Adventures of an IT Leader" invites readers to "walk in the shoes" of a new CIO, Jim Barton, as he spends a difficult year learning effective information technology leadership, sidestepping the pitfalls that make the CIO job the most volatile, high-turnover job in the business. This chapter joins Jim, the former head of Loan Operations, at the beginning of his journey as he assumes his new role as CIO of a fictional midsize financial service...Starting at €8.20
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Chapter Seven: The Runaway Project
Austin, Robert D.; Nolan, Richard L.; O'Donnell, ShannonBook Chapter HBS-1006BC-EInformation Technologies"The Adventures of an IT Leader" invites readers to "walk in the shoes" of Jim Barton, the new CIO of the fictional IVK Corporation, as he spends a difficult year learning effective information technology leadership, sidestepping the pitfalls that make thStarting at €8.20
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Chapter Ten: Crisis
Austin, Robert D.; Nolan, Richard L.; O'Donnell, ShannonBook Chapter HBS-1009BC-EInformation Technologies"The Adventures of an IT Leader" invites readers to "walk in the shoes" of Jim Barton, the new CIO of the fictional IVK Corporation, as he spends a difficult year learning effective information technology leadership, sidestepping the pitfalls that make thStarting at €8.20