Provides guidelines for determining whether a small or midsized business is a viable candidate for expansion into the global market, and if so what options are available, such as exporting, establishing alliances, starting entirely new operations overseas, or modifying an existing product to fill a foreign niche. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)
This book focuses on three core knowledge requirements for effective and thorough data analysis for solving business problems. These are a foundational understanding of: 1. statistical, econometric, and machine learning techniques; 2. data handling capabilities; 3. at least one programming language. Practical in orientation, the volume offers illustrative case studies throughout and…
Changes in the world economic climate have fundamentally altered not only the way products are created, but also the way businesses form and thrive. Large organizations once grew by swallowing whole the smaller companies with which they worked. Now, growth for both large and small companies is fostered and nurtured by strategic alliances. This timely book illustrates five types of strategic …
Designed for business school courses and in-house company training programs, this companion to Managing in Developing Countries presents 35 case studies organized around Professor Austin's Environmental Analysis Framework, a powerful, field-tested tool designed to help managers examine, prepare for and compete in the Third World business environment. Through comprehensive and thoroughly tested …
In this book, author illustrates the real-life impact of a fired-up workforce on financial performance and shows how to manage and leverage knowledge and emotion to drive positive change and lasting business success. (barnesandnoble.com)
Disney's imaginative storytellers offer guidance and techniques to help aspiring screenwriters add Disney magic to their movie ideas.From Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to Bambi, from The Little Mermaid to The Lion King, the animated films created by The Walt Disney Company are renowned for stories that amuse, astound, and inspire the viewer. Now, for the first time, the story artists and scre…
Value-Driven Intellectual Capital is a corporate and financial executives' handbook to the new world of intangible assets - what they are and how to convert them into cash or strategic position. Value-Driven Intellectual Capital explains the new, boundary-expanding world of intellectual assets - where translating an innovative idea into bottom-line profits involves a tightly focused strategy wi…
Buku ini memberikan pandangan dari dalam tentang masa lalu dan masa depan Acer; bagaimana perusahaan ini telah menggunakan "pemikiran terbalik" untuk mengatasi hambatan demi hambatan guna melahirkan sebuah solusi dan peluang baru. Pola pemikiran terbalik telah membantu Acer berkembang dari sebuah perusahaan kecil dengan lima anak perusahaan di masa awal menjadi sebuah perusahaan "high-tech" glo…