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Strategic Interest

January 15th, 2012 | Comments are off | Uncategorized

STRATEGIC INTEREST

The global marketplace is a rapidly changing business environment. It is constantly being affected and influenced by people, businesses and government policy. As a participant in this market it is important that one be aware of the factors that can have an influence on the success of your business transactions. There is no shortages of books written about how to be a better person, spouse, or business. I have compiled of list of book favorites that I feel are an interesting read for anyone working or wanting work in a global market place.

  • Boom, Bust & Echo: How to profit from the coming demographic shift, David K. Foot, MW & R
  • blink: The power of thinking without Thing, Malcolm Gladwell, Little-Brown Company
  • Differentiate or Die: Survival in our era of competition, Jack trout with Steve Rivkin, Wiley
  • Freakonomics: A rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything, Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner, Penguin
  • Great by Choice: Uncertainty, chaos, and luck – Why some thrive despite them all, Jim Collins/Morten T. Hansen, Harper Business
  • Inside the Tornado: Marketing strategies from silicone valley’s cutting edge, Geoffrey A. Moore, Harper Perennial
  • Just Rewards: The case for ethical reform in business, David Olive, Key Porter Books
  • The Leadership Solution: Connecting people to strategy, Creating teams that act as owners, communication tactics of today’s top leaders, Jim Shaffer, McGraw Hill
  • The Long Tail: The new economics of culture and commerce, Chris Anderson, Hyperion
  • Net Gain: Expanding markets through virtual communities, John Hagel III/Arthur G. Armstrong, Harvard Business School Press
  • The Outliers: The story of success, Malcolm Gladwell, Little-Brown Company
  • Re-engineering the Corporation: A manifesto for business revolution, Michael Hammer & James Champy, Harper Business
  • Reverse Marketing: The new buyer-supplier relationship, Michiel R. Leeners/David L. Blenkhorn, Free Press
  • A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson, Anchor Canada
  • The Tipping Point: How little things can make a big difference, Malcolm Gladwell, Back-Bay Books
  • Why We Buy: The science of shopping, Paco Underhill,Simon & Schuster
  • The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the many are smarter than the few and how collective wisdom shapes business, economics, societies and nations, James Surowiecki, Doubleday
  • Lexus The Relentless Pursuit: 15 years of defining perfection, Chester Dawson, Wiley

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