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The thrilling story of the English merchant adventurers who changed the world.

Renowned strategist, consultant, and author Stalk delivers his analysis of the issues that business organizations will face in the near future and what employers should be doing now to get ready for those changes.

If you're like most people, you bet your career and company on innovation--because you must. Payback: Reaping the Rewards of Innovation offers you a new way to think about and manage innovation that will dramatically improve the odds of success.Authors James Andrew and Harold Sirkin, senior partners in The Boston Consulting Group, describe an approach to managing innovation based on the concept of a cash curve--which tracks investment against time. They ask the questions you need to ask: How much should you invest in a new product or service? How fast should you push it to market? How quickly can you get to optimal value? How much additional investment should you pour into sustaining and building the product or service?Payback offers you practical and economically sound advice on when to pursue cash flow indirectly by first pursuing other benefits, such as brand and knowledge. It also shows you how to reshape the cash curve by using different business models--integrator, orchestrator, and licenser--each of which balances risk and reward differently.The authors then present a short list of decisions and activities that you must make--not delegate--to achieve a high return on innovation. You won't find facile answers in Payback --but you will find valuable insights and practical guidance for mastering one of the most challenging and critical business activities: innovation.

Word of mouth is an amazingly powerful force — but how does it really work?. Businesses have become obsessed with stimulating word-of- mouth to counteract the declining effectiveness of advertising. But it’s easier said than done. As the founder of BzzAgent, a community of more than 400,000 people who volunteer to talk to friends and acquaintances about products they genuinely love, Dave Balter is a successful practitioner, not a theorist. And he’s figured out how to measure and harness word-of-mouth without corrupting it. In Grapevine, Balter shows why honest feedback – about books, restaurants, gadgets, or anything else – is more believable than any paid endorser. And he answers some of the most elusive questions in marketing, such as what makes word-of-mouth very different from “buzz” and “viral marketing.”

In our current economic crisis, companies everywhere will begin reexamining their strategies for finding new ways to target customers. With women responsible for 64% of household spending and accounting for an astonishing $12 trillion per year, companies that ignore them do so at their peril. WHAT WOMEN WANT is a timely book based on the findings of a groundbreaking study (The Boston Consulting Group′s Global Inquiry into Women and Consumerism, which polled 12,000 women in 21 countries) that gets to the heart of women′s deepest desires, frustrations, and goals. The authors describe how this "invisible market" has grown in size, influence, and buying power, and they reveal the countless opportunities for companies who understand that meeting women′s needs is the key to repowering our crrent economy. WHAT WOMEN WANT offers companies real strategies for growing their global markets by finding innovative ways to appeal to women′s needs and concerns through the results of their well-timed study. Business people should take note of the book′s many revelations. Among them: Demands on time were cited as the number one challenge by 47 percent of our respondents. 48 percent said managing household finances was the top challenge. The predominant sources of arguments between the respondent and her spouse or partner were: - Money, 19 percent - Chores, 15 percent - Work schedule, 12 percent - Children, 10 percent - Sex, 10 percent Some 68 percent of the respondents believe they are significantly or slightly higher than their ideal body weight Only 25 percent of the women surveyed believe they are extremely or very attractive 44 percent say they rarely or never feel powerful While the main audience is business readers, this book will appeal to a wide general audience, as well. Like Paco Underhill′s WHY WE BUY, WHAT WOMEN WANT doesn′t just offer a glimpse into consumer behavior, how to get their attention, and better serve their needs; it reveals what consumer behavior says about human psychology and desire.

This text presents an examination of the economic countertrend whereby middle income consumers have made the art of bargain hunting into a major business opportunity.

The book explores strategies for effectively sharing and promoting ideas to achieve significant impact. It emphasizes the importance of communication and engagement to ensure that concepts resonate with a broader audience. By providing practical guidance, it aims to empower readers to elevate their ideas, creating a ripple effect that extends beyond their immediate environment. The focus is on actionable steps that can transform personal insights into influential movements.