Many companies are not single businesses but a collection of businesses with one or more levels of corporate management. Written for managers, advisors and students aspiring to these roles, this book is a guide to decision-making in the domain of corporate strategy. It arms readers with research-based tools needed to make good corporate strategy decisions and to assess the soundness of the corp…
Written two centuries ago by a Prussian military thinker, this is the most frequently cited, the most controversial, and in many ways, the most modern book on warfare. In this work, Clausewitz examines moral and psychological aspects of warfare, stressing the necessity of courage, audacity, and self-sacrifice, as well as the importance of public opinion.
American capitalism is in dire straits, caught in a perilous pattern of increasing volatility, decreasing investor returns, and ongoing bad behavior by executives. And itÂ’s getting worse. Since the turn of the twenty-first century, weÂ’ve seen two massive value-destroying market meltdowns and a string of ethics breaches, including accounting scandals, options-backdating schemes, and the …
Setting the new agenda for managerial success, this insightful guide will help managers anticipate and master the challenges ahead in our networked world Inspired by Cairncross’s most recent Economist Survey, this book argues that we’ve grossly underestimated the power of the Internet to change the way companies behave. We stand at the brink of a period of fundamental organizational change…
TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction. The Challenges of Managing in a Network Economy Case I-1. Li and Fung Internet Issues Module 1. Business Impacts Chapter 1. IT and Strategy Chapter 2. IT and Organization Chapter 3. Extending the Enterprise Chapter 4. Making the Case for IT Case 1-1. Charles Schwab in 2002 Case 1-2. Learning from Leapfrog Case 1-3. Wyndham International: Fostering H…