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Pims Principles 4 reviews
Robert D. Buzzell
Free Press, 1987
The foundation for any strategic thinking excercise
+ Good Research, Even Though It's a Bit Dated
+ The foundation for any strategic thinking excercise
No strategist should be without The PIMS Principles in their library. I have used it in numerous consulting engagements and found it to be a source of wisdom that trancends the current management fad-of-the-day. PIMS Principles explains all of the recent fads typical of the corporate boardroom in ...
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Alliance Advantage: The Art of Creating Value Through Partnering6 reviews
Yves L. Doz, Gary Hamel
Harvard Business School Press, 1998
A truly strategic work on strategic partnerships
+ The gaps that separate people in an alliance
+ Framework for capturing advantage through partnerships
This is a very important book which should be owned and used by anyone who is in any way concerned with the process of globalisation. The formation of effective strategic alliances lies at the heart of success as a global organisation or in dealing with global majors, and this book provides a ...
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Gaining and Sustaining Competitive Advantage (2nd Edition) 9 reviews
Jay B. Barney
Prentice Hall, 2001
PERSPECTIVE IS EVERYTHING
+ Timely and Described Well
+ How To Frame Corporate Strategy Methodically
+ How To Frame Corporate Strategy Methodically
+ Strategy is not that difficult!
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The New Corporate Strategy, Revised Edition
H. I. Ansoff
Wiley, 1988
Twenty years ago, he wrote the bible on corporate strategy. Now, Igor Ansoff returns to meet the challenges of today's changing economy… The New Corporate Strategy. An indispensable guide to identifying, understanding, and adapting to changes in today's business environment. Here's how to set your company's strategy straight and get the hundred percent effort you need from your people to ...
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Blown to Bits: How the New Economics of Information Transforms Strategy66 reviews
Philip Evans, Thomas S. Wurster
Harvard Business School Press, 1999
A valuable e-business classic - but lacks an epilogue
+ "New economics of information" or new business of information?
+ A knowledge economy classic
+ Learn from the past & avoid being swept-away by E-commerce 2
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Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't 705 reviews
Jim Collins
Collins Business, 2001
For hiring managers, and those looking for leaders
+ "Good to Great" an exceptional leadership reference
+ A good look at what companies can do to manage talent
+ Good to Great
+ Good to Great review
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Platform Leadership: How Intel, Microsoft, and Cisco Drive Industry Innovation8 reviews
Annabelle Gawer, Michael A. Cusumano
Harvard Business School Press, 2002
It's good to have powerful friends!
+ Everyone wants a bigger piece of the pie
+ Great book - worth your time if you are ISV or in High Tech
+ Excellent read
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Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done 232 reviews
Larry Bossidy, Ram Charan, ...
Crown Business, 2002
A "Must Read" for Executives
+ Insights into Execution as a Discipline & System
+ Obviously if you're going to get things done, you gotta "execute" them...
+ Muy buen libro
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Rejuvenating the Mature Business: The Competitive Challenge2 reviews
Charles Baden-Fuller, John Stopford
Harvard Business School Press, 1994
Essential reading for managers engauged in radical change.
This is an exciting and well written book. It argues persuasively that maturity is not cast in stone - it is a state of mind. It is possible to turnaround and sustain success in mature markets. The key theme is that firms, and in the end managers, are the key engine of success not the industry in ...
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The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution in American Business6 reviews
Alfred D., Jr. Chandler
Belknap Press, 1993
Outstanding
+ Excellent History, Weak on Theory
+ Great read on history of management
This superb book is an exceedingly well documented and well written description and analysis of the birth of a major contemporary institution, the modern corporation. As Chandler points out, this is an American story. The modern multiunit, vertically integrated corporation run by professional ...
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Leadership and the Quest for Integrity2 reviews
Joseph L., Jr. Badaracco, Richard R. Ellsworth
Harvard Business School Press, 1993
Leaders pay attention to this book!
+ Lessons for the Aspiring Manager
Literary teaching how to deal with human trends and desires, this books brings one of the most important perspective to those who are facing,or just about to face, a leadership position: What makes people happy, and as a consequence more productive in their work, achiving above average results.
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Post-Capitalist Society17 reviews
Peter F. Drucker
Collins Business, 1994
Post-Capitalist Society
+ Prophetic
+ An Apologist for Productivity and Scientific Managment
+ The Post Capitalist Society
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Boards At Work: How Corporate Boards Create Competitive Advantage (Jossey Bass Business and Management Series)4 reviews
Ram Charan
Jossey-Bass, 1998
Sound advice on good governance
+ Corporate boards
+ Board review
+ Timely Executive Book for 2002
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When Lean Enterprises Collide: Competing Through Confrontation1 review
Robin Cooper
Harvard Business School Press, 1995
Why Japan Inc doesn't let accountants rule marketing
The book is fascinating for its insights on target costing in addition to the better known Japanese working concepts of target quality and time to market in developing next generation products. It is suggested that everyone in the business team should vision what mix of quality features, price, and ...
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Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices8 reviews
Peter F. Drucker
Collins Business, 1993
The original and best work on corporate strategy
+ insightful, practical and still relevant 35 years after being published
+ More than worth the price
+ Great content, bad material
+ worth every penny and time spent
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Strategy and Structure: Chapters in the History of the American Industrial Enterprise3 reviews
Alfred D. Chandler
The MIT Press, 1969
Strategy drives structure while structure drives strategy
+ Such a great fundamental perspective on the analysis of a business
+ Strategy and Structure
Chandler's book is excellent and I find myself reading it again and again as I mature as a manager. I ask myself why do some organizations act and seem so different from others? Well, Chandler's book points the way to at least some of those reasons. Using Harvard's Case Method, Chandler is ...
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The Functions of the Executive: 30th Anniversary Edition6 reviews
Chester I. Barnard
Harvard University Press, 2007
Excellent, optimistic, human-centered management text
+ Demands Executives must meet
+ The Functions of the Executive by Chester I.Barnard
+ Surprises from the past
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Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations: A Guide to Strengthening and Sustaining ...14 reviews
John M. Bryson
Jossey-Bass, 2004
Strategic Planning Textbook
+ Awesome
+ Good Book but a bit dry
+ Textbook Review
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Managing Across Borders: The Transnational Solution3 reviews
Christopher A. Bartlett, Sumantra Ghoshal
Harvard Business School Press, 2002
Pathbreaking book
+ Excellent source
+ An appreciative book that looks forward into the future
This seminal book has been a part of my professional library for almost a decade, now. I am an Associate Professor in International Business and teach the subjects covered in this book. From this book a number of concepts have grown which continues to dominate the discussion of global management. ...
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The Practice of Management15 reviews
Peter F. Drucker
Collins, 1993
One of the greatest management handbooks
+ A good management book
+ Great Book!
+ A fundamental text!
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