A broad, practical introduction to operations, reinforced with an extensive collection of practice problems. Operations Management presents a broad introduction to the field of operations in a realistic and practical manner, while offering the largest and most diverse collection of problems on the market. The problems found in this text also contain ample support—found in the book’s solv…
We have entered into an entirely new era, an age of increasingly frequent and intense periods of turbulence in the global economy. Unlike past recessions, today's crises have precipitated a need for businesses to develop a new mindset, one that takes into account intermittent periods of disturbance, allowing them to thrive while under the constant threat of chaos. This book complete with metri…
Advanced Brand Management: From Vision to Valuation has been specifically written for anyone who needs to know how to manage the most valuable assets in the business world - brands. Paul Temporal, one of the world’s leading branding experts, presents a guide on developing and managing sophisticated stratEgies that will ensure lasting brand value. Dr Temporal gives answers to the many questio…
Today's marketplace is fueled by knowledge. Yet organizing systematically to leverage knowledge remains a challenge. Leading companies have discovered that technology is not enough, and that cultivating communities of practice is the keystone of an effective knowledge strategy. Communities of practice come together around common interests and expertise- whether they consist of first-line man…
In today’s economy, gaining and sustaining a competitive advantage is harder than ever. Strategic Management captures the complexity of the current business environment and delivers the latest skills and concepts with unrivaled clarity, helping students develop their own cutting-edge strategy through skill-developing exercises. The Fifteenth Edition has been thoroughly updated an…
Examine strategic management with the market-leading text that sets the standard for the most intellectually rich, yet thoroughly practical, analysis of strategic management today. Written by highly respected experts Hitt, Ireland, and Hoskisson, STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT: COMPETITIVENESS AND GLOBALIZATION, CONCEPTS AND CASES, Eleventh Edition, combines the latest cutting-edge research and strategic…
How can business leaders avoid being blindsided? Jim Harris has been helping organizations and leaders all over the world successfully identify and respond faster to emerging trends. In Blindsided! he brings these skills directly to you, highlighting best practices by interviewing dozens of business leaders and innovators - to get first hand insight into the processes they have successfully use…
More than 75% of the average company's market value comes from intangible assets that traditional metrics don't measure. The Balanced Scorecard is a revolutionary performance measurement system that allows organizations to quantify critical intangible assets, such as people, information and culture. Now the people who first developed the Balanced Scorecard, Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norto…
The Balanced Scorecard Management System has evolved from a simple management system to a fully-fledged framework for creating a strategy-focused organization. Remarkably popular in North America, Europe and Australasia, it is quickly growing in importance within Asia. This book provides a practical overview of how Asian companies are implementing balanced scorecards. In addition to over 15 cas…