"In his worldwide bestseller The Innovator's Dilemma, Christensen explained how industry leaders get blindsided by disruptive innovations precisely because they focus too closely on their most profitable customers and businesses. The Innovator's Solution shows how companies get …
Cultural theorist Rushkoff reveals how corporations have come to dominate all aspects of life--including our inner lives--and what to do about it. In tracing the roots of corporatism from the Renaissance to today, Rushkoff reveals the way it supplanted social interaction and loc…
"Following Tapscott's introduction, each chapter of Blueprint is authored by a member of the Alliance, all senior strategists and CEOs from today's most influential businesses--companies such as General Motors, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, MCI, and Nortel. Each covers a core area of th…
Comprises 18 papers which explore the implications for sustainable development arising from the adoption of information, communication, computing and electronic (ICCE) technologies. Covers three main themes: sustainability challenges and implications of an emerging global inform…
"The dizzying exuberance of the Internet-driven marketplace offers unprecedented opportunities and an ever-expanding choice of deals, products, investments, and jobs - ranging from the merely attractive to the nearly irresistible - for the people with the right talents and skill…
The corporation is one of the most important and remarkable institutions in the world. It affects all our lives continuously. It feeds, entertains, houses and, employs us. It generates vast amounts of revenue for those who own it and it invests a substantial proportion of the we…
Corporate managers who face both strategic uncertainty and market uncertainty confront a classic trade-off between commitment and flexibility. They can stake a claim by making a large capital investment today, influencing their rivals' behavior; or they can take a "wait and see"…
Presenting the area of corporate social responsibility (CSR) as a constantly evolving field with direct impact on organizational strategies and success, this work links numerous subjects such as strategy, marketing and ethics, encouraging a multidisciplinary approach to this sub…
Presenting new insight into such companies as 3M, Walt Disney, and General Electric, a study on what makes companies successful examines their flexibility, ideology, and strong purpose.
Presents a collection of essays that examine the largest corporation in America and includes information on its history and development as well as its impact on the American economy.
Whether the workings of financial markets do, or should, support sustainable development is the primary question of this study. Other questions examined may become increasingly important as populations grow and developing countries enter financial markets.
Tras una brillante carrera como emprendedor, Anxo Pérez observó que existe una serie de claves -a las que el autor se refiere como Peldaños- que, correctamente asimiladas, se convierten en aceleradores del éxito. En este libro, el autor nos ofrece 88 claves para triunfar en la v…
In the aftermath of a financial crisis marked by bank-friendly bailouts and loosening campaign finance restrictions, a chorus of critics warns that business leaders have too much influence over American politics. Mark Mizruchi worries about the ways they exert too little. The Fr…