Microsoft's CEO tells the inside story of the company's continuing transformation and offers his vision for the coming wave of intelligent technologies. He examines how people, organizations, and societies can and must transform, how they must 'hit refresh' in their persistent q…
"Turning conventional wisdom on its head, a Senior Partner and an Innovation Specialist from McKinsey & Company debunk the myth that high-octane, built-to-last companies can continue to excel year after year - and reveal the dynamic strategies of discontinuity and creative destr…
"Turning conventional wisdom on its head, a Senior Partner and an Innovation Specialist from McKinsey & Company debunk the myth that high-octane, built-to-last companies can continue to excel year after year - and reveal the dynamic strategies of discontinuity and creative destr…
Machine generated contents note: Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1 The Critical Role of Business Insight The Disruptive Nature of Data An Unconventional Look at Conventional "Wisdom" Innovating at the Speed of Data Weighing Risk and Bringing the Better Part of "Gut Inst…
The rapid emergence of China and India as prime locations for low cost manufacturing has led some analysts to conclude that manufacturers in the 'old economies'--the US, UK, Germany and Japan--are being edged out of a profitable future. But if countries that have historically be…
Through real-world case studies that involve some of the most prominent restructurings of the last ten years, and highlighting the increased role of hedge funds in distressed investing, you'll develop a better sense of the restructuring process and how it can truly create value.…
This book tells of the boardroom break ups, dumped CEOs, triumphant activists and pared back companies. It reveals real-life examples and interviews with executives and investors to explain why and how activist investors have managed to storm Wall Street and tear down City citad…