Rejuvenating the Mature Business

Rejuvenating the Mature Business
Author: Charles Baden-Fuller
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 232
Release: 1992-01-01
Genre: Business planning
ISBN: 9780415089876

Organizations can rejuvenate & seek industry leadership--even when their industry environment is hostile--if their managers reject standard recipes & create innovative new products, services, &, most importantly, strategies. Illustrated by many examples drawn from a wide range of international businesses, this book challenges conventional theories of strategic management & shows how immense progress has been achieved, even with limited resources, by creating entrepreneurial organizations that capture & gain leverage from experimentation, imagination, & skill enhancement at all levels. The authors identify the common features that lead to success, including a commitment to continuous change & improvement; an organizational climate that encourages experimentation & entrepreneurial behavior; & a recognition of the need to invest in knowledge & human capital. Finally, the authors chart four stages to rejuvention: building a top team, simplifying the organization; building new competitive advantages; & leveraging the new benefits.

Rejuvenating the Mature Business

Rejuvenating the Mature Business
Author: Charles Baden-Fuller
Publisher:
Total Pages: 272
Release: 1994-04-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9780071035859

Organizations can rejuvenate & seek industry leadership-even when their industry is hostile-if their manager reject standard industry recipes & create innovative new products, services & most important, strategies. Illustrated by many examples drawn from a wide range of international businesses, Rejuvenating the Mature Business challenges conventional theories in strategic management & shows how immense progress has been achieved, even with limited resources, by creating entrepreneurial organizations that capture & gain leverage from experimentation, imagination, & skill enhancement at all levels.

The Future of the Multinational Company

The Future of the Multinational Company
Author: Julian Birkinshaw
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2004-11-19
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0470868368

Recent Events -from September 11, to the anti-globalization protests to the collapse of the high-tech boom have accentuated the sense that the global economy is moving into uncharted waters Bringing together the leading authorities on globalization and international business The Future of the Multinational Company looks ahead to the new challenges facing multinational firms and predicts what the multinational company will look like in ten years time. Brings together the leading authorities in the field of global / international busi-ness. Accademically rigourous but accessible ยท Addresses a topic of concern to practitioners and academics alike

Managing Corporate Growth

Managing Corporate Growth
Author: Jordi Canals
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 202
Release: 1999-12-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0191589977

As economic growth in Western countries shows signs of fatigue, companies are battling hard to discover how to generate and sustain corporate growth. The restructuring and reengineering processes of the early 1990s, and the massive lay-offs they brought about, have only given an additional boost to the need for expansion. Corporate efficiency is indispensable, but is not a sufficient condition for corporate survival. Firms need to think about their future growth.

The Competitive Challenge

The Competitive Challenge
Author: Transamerica Corporation
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Ballinger Publishing Company
Total Pages: 280
Release: 1987
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Successful Management

Successful Management
Author: N. Bain
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 240
Release: 1995-10-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0230374158

This book provides a guide to successful management. Managers need to set the right objectives for the company and clear objectives for themselves. A general manager must develop new strategies that are relevant to the environment and are based on the core competences of the corporation. These strategies will need to yield a long term competitive advantage so that they significantly increase the value of the company over time. This book, by the Chief Executive of a major multinational company, provides many insights and thoughtful consideration of important aspects of successful management.

World Famous in New Zealand

World Famous in New Zealand
Author: Colin Campbell-Hunt
Publisher: Auckland University Press
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2013-11-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1775582442

How can NZ firms in a small economy at the edge of the world make it on the international stage? This pioneering study answers these questions based on close study of 10 world class NZ companies. By a respected team of researchers.

Knowledge Entanglements

Knowledge Entanglements
Author: C. Choi
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 173
Release: 2005-10-26
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0230508928

This book looks at the complexity of knowledge. It takes into account diverse disciplines such as economics, social sciences, international business, and organization studies. The authors focus on knowledge internationally from a macro to a more micro level, from the state to households, from knowledge production to knowledge consumption, lifting the veil on knowledge complexities. By making the complexities more transparent, the authors enrich readers' understanding and illuminate their perception of knowledge as a key factor in the development of the 21st century world.

Managing Innovation and Change

Managing Innovation and Change
Author: David Mayle
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2006-09-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1848605137

Building on the success of the Second Edition with 19 new chapters, Managing Innovation and Change showcases the best work of thinkers writing in this area and provides a coherent picture of key ideas and concepts to have emerged from this exciting field. Frequently radical and intentionally provocative in terms of topic and treatment, the book: - covers the increasing diversity of pressures to which modern enterprises are subjected; - reviews some of the more persistent acronyms to which the art of management is increasingly prone; - examines the nature of innovation; - looks at the broader issues surrounding change, and - turns to those attributes of leadership which are consistent with the successful management of innovation and change.

The UP Saga

The UP Saga
Author: Susan M. Martin
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 378
Release: 2004-06-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1135303614

Fascinating history of United Plantations Berhad, an innovative Scandinavian firm whose approach to local relations was quite different from that of the normal British colonial enterprise. This is the story of not only one company but also of the development of Malaysia's plantations sector as a whole.