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New Dimensions in Investor Relations: Competing for Capital in the 21st Century (Wiley Frontiers in Finance)
Bruce W. Marcus , and Sherwood Lee Wallace Manufacturer: Wiley ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0471141534 |
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The acknowledged bible on investor relationsInvestor relations is an essential facet of any publicly traded company, inevitably affecting its stock price, investments, and liquidity. Maximizing Your Investor Relations provides practical guidance needed to master this complex undertaking and advocate persuasively on your company's behalf to achieve greater recognition and value. Comprehensive and thoughtful, it focuses on controlling the day-to-day mechanics of investor relations to more effectively compete for capital.
BRUCE W. MARCUS (Easton, Connecticut) has held senior executive positions with Mobil Corporation, Arthur Young & Co., and Coopers and Lybrand. SHERWOOD LEE WALLACE (Northbrook, Illinois) is President and CE of the Investor Relations Company.
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Laborious. Master of the Obvious. Good for Newbies........2001-11-01
A good read, but not a good reference guide.......2000-04-27
THE BEST BOOK.......1999-08-16
An Excellent Beginner's Guide to IR.......1999-06-04
Masterfully written by Wallace and Marcus.......1998-08-24
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Extreme Competition: Innovation And the Great 21st Century Business Reformation
Peter Fingar Manufacturer: Meghan Kiffer Pr ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 092965238X |
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There are some fierce new competitors on the block, ready to engage your company, and you personally, in extreme competition. In this riveting new book, Peter Fingar and his colleagues from around the globe sound a penetrating wake-up call to governments, companies, and individuals alike. Bringing great urgency to the book's pages, Fingar makes it crystal clear that we are not on the brink of a great transition -- we've already crossed the threshold to a new economic world order. With precision, insight and clarity, he reveals the 5 key drivers and 16 new realities of extreme competition that are hidden in plain sight. This book begins where Thomas Friedman's popular book, The World is Flat, leaves off, but spares readers from Friedman's grandiloquent prose, and offers 13 concrete suggestions for action. This thought-provoking book, along with its companion video, "Extreme Competition: The Keynote" is the definitive guide to winning in the new age of global competition.Peter Fingar and his colleagues from around the globe take us on a fascinating journey of discovery of tomorrow's flat world. For entrepreneurs and incumbent business leaders alike, the implications run deep and wide. --Rajesh Jain, Managing Director of Netcore, and Founder of IndiaWorld, Mumbai, India
Peter Fingar has fused a gem of a book under the pressure of the need for change. I started to read Extreme Competition and I could not put it down until I finished it, except what was necessary to sustain life. I rarely take time to 'drink in' a book about business revolution, but this book has the potential to guide a significant change in the way we look at business. --Jim Sinur, VP Distinguished Analyst, Gartner Research
Extreme Competition shows in concrete detail how old assumptions and business models are being rapidly obliterated by the rise of India and China and the negation of time and distance by the Internet and global supply chain management. This is the definitive guide to business success in the new age of total global competition. --Clyde Prestowitz, President, Economic Strategy Institute,and author of Three Billion New Capitalists
In an interconnected world, the services sector has seen varied levels innovation, often inspired by historical breakthroughs in manufacturing. At Wipro we are pioneering the use of Lean manufacturing techniques in the digitization of business processes. This innovation is our key to surviving and thriving in the world of Extreme Competition. --Azim Premji, Chairman, Wipro Ltd., Chennai, India
Peter Fingar is exactly right that a new world of extreme competition is emerging, and that business process innovation will be its primary battleground. If you don't think that the ideas in this book are important, you simply won't be in business for very long. If you do, get busy reading about how to be successful in this brave new world. --Thomas H. Davenport, Professor and Director, Process Management Research Center, Babson College. Author of Thinking for a Living (Harvard Business Press)
Extreme Competition is an exciting book about the realities and opportunities of the 21st Century. Its recommendations are right on, especially Fingar's call for setting the pace of sustained innovation. Of great value are the hundreds of engaging, real-life examples. --Mark. S. Lewis, EVP and Chief Development Officer, EMC Corporation
Fingar takes the normally fuzzy topic of innovation and gives it structure. His suggestions for action are both practical and visionary. --Patrick Whitney, Professor, and Director, Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology
Peter Fingar points the direction to tomorrow's business success, clearly and persuasively. Extreme Competition examines how the Internet and global sourcing are changing the rules for all businesses and how yesterday's proven strategies aren't likely to make for tomorrow's winners. Fingar charts a roadmap to the future that no business person today should be without. --Stan Gibson, Executive Editor, eWeek
In order to beat the competition, we must first compete against ourselves. At Cincinnati Bell we are committed to a 'defend and grow' strategy, and use bundling to engage in both defensive and offensive plays. In short, we have no choice but to be the extreme competitor described in Peter's intriguing book, nor do you. --John F. Cassidy, CEO, Cincinnati Bell
Extreme Competition eloquently describes how companies must rethink their business strategies, from the ground up, to respond to the realities of 21st century competition. --Bryan Maizlish, CTO, Program Team, Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems & Solutions
Today, companies must ask how an ever more connected world will change the rules in their industries. Extreme Competition offers the in-depth analysis needed to formulate those questions, and chart a path ahead. --Edward C. Grady, CEO, Brooks Automation
Companies that have embraced Fingar's message are moving ahead, and creating innovative new business models so remarkable that in some instances they appear to give away their core products and services. How? Extreme Competition captures the moment and provides the answer. --Steve Towers, CEO, Business Process Management Group, Warwick, England
Reading Fingar's book on the plane made up for the hockey game I missed watching. The book's pace was faster and the impact made me feel like I was on the ice getting hit. And unlike a game that is forgotten when it is over, the ideas and challenges presented in this book simply cannot be forgotten. --Dave Hollander, Co-inventor of XML, the Lingua Franca of the Internet
Peter Fingar makes it clear that to survive in a world of extreme competition, it's essential to develop an obsessive, even paranoid, attention to business processes, and to manage them to support continuous and unrelenting innovation. Readers and companies that have low adversity quotients on this issue will become history, extremely fast. --Kiran Garimella, Chief Architect, GE Healthcare Financial Services
Peter Fingar draws an exciting portrait of what lies ahead as globalization and technological innovation magnifies both the opportunity and competition at hand. A must read for all businesses looking to navigate this new world paradigm. --Joseph Halpern, Partner, Halpern Capital
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Definitive guide to the impact of global competition on American business.......2006-09-11
The good part must be in the second half.......2006-08-13
"All business is global" and the U. S. is quickly losing the lead.......2006-07-15
The definitive guide.......2006-06-04
Great read in understanding realities associated with global competition.......2006-05-11
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Economic Regulation and Competition:Regulation of Services in the EU, Germany, and Japan (European Business Law & Practice Series, V. 18)
Manufacturer: Kluwer Law International ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 904111968X |
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The Global Competitiveness Report 2005-2006: Policies Underpinning Rising Prosperity (Global Competitiveness Report)
Augusto Lopez-Claros Manufacturer: Palgrave Macmillan ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1403998442 Release Date: 2005-10-20 |
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The World Economic Forum continues its tradition of excellence with the 26th edition of the annual Global Competitiveness Report featuring the latest national statistics and results of the Executive Opinion Survey, which captures the perception of over 10,000 business leaders. The report provides the most comprehensive assessment of 117 developed and emerging economies. Produced in collaboration with a distinguished group of international scholars and a global network of over 100 leading national research institutes and business organizations, the report presents individual detailed country profiles highlighting the competitive strengths and weaknesses of each economy as well as an extensive section of data tables containing country rankings for over 160 indicators. The report also showcases the latest thinking and research on issues of immediate relevance for business leaders and policy-makers. The forthcoming Report is scheduled to include thought-provoking papers by Jagdish Bhagwati, Nicholas Eberstadt, Michael E. Porter, Kenneth Rogoff, Beatrice Weder and John Williamson.Customer Reviews:
Mundania.......2001-01-29
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Winning Quilts: The Best of the 2002 and 2003 Shows from the International Quilt Association
Rita Weiss Manufacturer: Sterling ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items: ASIN: 1402720351 |
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For the very first time, all the winning quilts in the world's most prestigious juried show are photographed, described, and collected in one ultra-glorious book--provides endless inspiration for those who practice this extremely popular craft.
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21st Century Complete Guide to the DARPA Grand Challenge: Competition for Autonomous Robotic Ground Vehicles; 2004, 2005, and 2007 Events, Urban Challenge, Reports, Movies (Two CD-ROM Set)
Department of Defense Manufacturer: Progressive Management ProductGroup: Book Binding: CD-ROM ASIN: 1422009882 |
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This up-to-date electronic book on two CD-ROMs has a comprehensive collection of military documents, reports, and presentations on the DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Grand Challenge for autonomous ground vehicles. This extraordinary collection of detailed material is heavily illustrated; in addition to over 5,000 pages reproduced with Adobe Acrobat and fully indexed, there are nine movie clips of the Grand Challenge autonomous vehicle competitions in WMV format. In 2003 DARPA determined the prize authority granted by Congress should be used to accelerate the development of autonomous ground vehicles. A Congressional mandate states by 2015, one-third of the operational ground combat vehicles are unmanned. The first DARPA Grand Challenge offered a $1 million prize for the fastest autonomous vehicle to complete a difficult course through the desert in less than 10 hours. On March 13, 2004, 15 robotic vehicles attempted the route through the Mojave Desert in pursuit of this goal. The most successful vehicle completed approximately 7 miles of the 142-mile route; no prize was awarded. The second event, in October 2005, saw the Stanford University Stanley finish the 132 mile route at an average speed of 19 mph, winning the $2 million prize; the TerraMax s overnight stay in the desert was the first recorded event in which a ground vehicle operated autonomously for more than 24 hours. All but one vehicle exceeded the 7-mile distance achieved by the best vehicle in 2004. For the upcoming 2007 Urban Challenge competition, unmanned ground vehicles must be able to safely operate and maneuver in the presence of other moving vehicles to realize their potential to revolutionize military ground operations. The Urban Challenge will accelerate progress in this area through the demonstration of autonomous unmanned ground vehicles driving safely in a mock urban area with other moving vehicles. This incredible CD-ROM set on two discs is packed with over 5,000 pag
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21ST CENTURY JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER COMPETITION.(design and testing of aircraft Boeing X-32 as possible replacement of Air Force and Navy airplanes): An article from: Airpower
Mike Machat Manufacturer: Sentry Books, Inc. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B0008HSLGU Release Date: 2005-07-28 |
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This digital document is an article from Airpower, published by Sentry Books, Inc. on May 1, 2001. The length of the article is 6027 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Acquisition and Competition Strategy for the DD: The U.S. Navy's 21st Century Destroyer
John F. Schank Manufacturer: RAND Corporation ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0833038702 |
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How can the Navy achieve the most effe tive competition among its supplers during development and production of its new family of destroyers while ensuring that two shipyards reamin in business to compete on future programs?
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The American Economy: The Struggle for Supremacy in the 21st Century (Cambridge Studies in Economic Policies and Institutions)
Nicolas Spulber Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0521480132 |
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This work focuses on the economic challenges the American economy has met during the post-World War II era, and on the new challenges--represented notably by the competing economies of Japan, Germany, and the entire European union--that confront it as the twenty-first century approaches. The book shows how the transformations brought about by international competition fit the long-term processes of economic growth and change with respect to structural mutations, technological development, the role of the government, and the evolution of government-business relations. Nicholas Spulber presents a detailed critique of the thesis alleging that the American economy had experienced some kind of decline, and argues that the economy will continue to move forward energetically and successfully if growth and change are primarily left to emerge from the impulses and incentives of the private economy.Customer Reviews:
Deceptive Title. Nothing Special Here........2001-02-21
For the first 200 pages, the book does provide a sleepy review of the American Economy in comparison to Japan, German and Europe for the period of 1947 to 1989. Big picture comparative data does not provide much insight. In a review of the economy since WWII, there is an attempt at comparing the economy under all the presidential administrations. It leaves out what is happening in congress and at the Federal Reserve. An economist should know better than to ascribe excessive economic powers to the respective presidents. The process is drawn out to show Democratic bias for government directed planning for the economy and the Republican commitment to market directed forces. He takes the Clinton administration to task for its heavy handed bias for government planning.
The first printing of the book is 1995 and yet the data in the book stops at 1990. Did the author die or vegetate. What ever the reason potential buyers should have been warned of its dated status at first printing.
The book's subtitle "The Struggle for Supremacy in the 21st Century" appears to be a belated addendum to help sell a book with a very shallow purpose. The chapter on Government-Business Relationship is lifeless particularly in its treatment of research and development and technology. The author is oblivious to the applied technology engine that is drive economic progress in many areas-- thanks to the venture capital community. He reveals a bias that university originated research is what really counts. In the long-run it is the vital raw material, but the venture capital applications that draw on any country (even the former Soviet Union science) are what is so uniquely American.
The book is not well written. It has ponderous sentence and paragraph construction. On many subjects a laundry list of topics are brought up but not dealt with in any depth. There is very little in the book about the struggle for supremacy in the past, current or about the future struggle. There is a message that the American economy keeps on winning due to its free market driven status, but there is little stimulating thought about the future of much of anything.
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American Finance for the 21st Century
Manufacturer: Diane Pub. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0788177133 |
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Takes a broad look at the strengths & weaknesses of the U.S. financial services system. In the past 30 years, interest rate controls have collapsed, & the array of options available to ordinary savers has grown beyond all recognition. Borrowers, too, enjoy more choices than ever before, & at lower cost than they would otherwise pay in the absence of the innovations created in the past several decades. Contents: the financial services industry today; tides of change; energizing competition; containing risk; & expanding financial opportunity. Charts & graphs.Books:
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