First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 24, 2016

David Evans and Dick Schmalensee are among the early pioneers in the research of “multi-sided markets” and the economic principles that inform the unique design of business models, pricing and incentive structures, and product design for these platform-based businesses. David is an economist, business adviser, and entrepreneur.

Incentives 70

Incentives Business Model Entrepreneur Price 70

Management Craft

APRIL 18, 2014

Elaine Biech author, The Business of Consulting and editor, The ASTD Leadership Handbook. “If Phil Gerbyshak , author, speaker and VP of Sales and Marketing for Advisology. Dwayne Melancon, Chief Technology Officer, Tripwire, Inc. Believe it: You CAN double the love!” You want a powerful team? You want to be a great leader?

Books 40

Books Chief Technology Officer Chief Executive Officer Open-book 40

First Friday Book Synopsis

DECEMBER 7, 2011

Harvard Business Review on Rebuilding Your Business Model Various Authors Harvard Business Review Press (2011) How to use innovative thinking to create or revise a business model that drives growth and profits This is one of the volumes in a series of anthologies of articles that first appeared in Harvard Business Review. Having read all [.].

Business Model 85

Business Model Review Books Innovation 85

First Friday Book Synopsis

DECEMBER 7, 2011

Harvard Business Review on Rebuilding Your Business Model Various Authors Harvard Business Review Press (2011) How to use innovative thinking to create or revise a business model that drives growth and profits This is one of the volumes in a series of anthologies of articles that first appeared in Harvard Business Review. Having read all [.].

Business Model 70

Business Model Review Books Innovation 70

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Marcus Aurelius, The Emperor's Handbook. Ferguson is one of our era's preeminent popular historians, and The Ascent of Money traces the evolution of money and financial markets from the ancient world to the modern era. Christensen, The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail.

Books 22

Books Cialdini Christensen Collins 22

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Marcus Aurelius, The Emperor's Handbook. Ferguson is one of our era's preeminent popular historians, and The Ascent of Money traces the evolution of money and financial markets from the ancient world to the modern era. Christensen, The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail.

Books 21

Books Cialdini Christensen Collins 21

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

But most are a bland summary of the Boy Scout Handbook, with traits like extroversion, assertiveness, empathy, modesty, and an “achievement orientation.” It’s a function of the sales tasks , which vary according to the market, your strategy, the stage of the business (i.e., Focus on behaviors.

Cost 8

Cost Handbook Marketing Strategy 8

Tanveer Naseer

APRIL 1, 2014

Technology has clearly paid a huge part in this, but the biggest driver of change in how organizations are run is the ceaseless quest for improvement; to manage more efficiently and effectively to better achieve business results. In The Innovator’s Dilemma , he looked at why companies struggle with radical innovation in their markets.

Blue Ocean Strategy 250

Blue Ocean Strategy Prahalad Christensen Leadership 250

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2014

Research by the Content Marketing Institute estimates that 90% of consumer marketers are investing in content. In order to succeed, marketers will have to learn to think like publishers. Marketers need to take the same approach. Most content marketers start with implementation ideas, such as social media or a video.

Marketing 10

Marketing Brand Content Handbook 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

The challenge, she said, was that these managers were highly proficient in their own disciplines such as finance, marketing, research, clinical care, and insurance reimbursement — and had demonstrated that they could manage people in these areas — but she needed them to be “bigger” leaders.

Leadership 15

Leadership Insurance Learning-by-Doing Emotional Intelligence 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 8, 2014

But with the rise of digital technology, and with it the ability to get immediate feedback from customers and communities, crowdsourcing has become a powerful alternative for driving important decisions. We don’t have any management, and nobody ‘reports to’ anybody else,” says Valve’s handbook for new employees.

Software 10

Software CIO Early Adopters Project 10