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PublisherWiley & Sons, Incorporated, John

ISBN-101841120537

ISBN-139781841120539

eBay Product ID (ePID)5938675

Product Key Features

Book TitleCapstone Encyclopedia of Business

Number of Pages488 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2003

TopicEncyclopedias, General, Commerce

GenreReference, Business & Economics

AuthorPeter S. Cohan, Capstone

Book SeriesCapstone Reference Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.5 in

Item Weight32.1 Oz

Item Length9.8 in

Item Width6.8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2004-351544

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition21

Reviews"...a useful reference book..." (City to Cities, May/June 2003) "...Amid a new encyclopedia lie some amazing business gems..." (Real Business, May 2003)

Dewey Decimal650.03

SynopsisThe Capstone Encyclopedia of Business advisory board, featuring some of the biggest names in current business thinking: Julian Birkinshaw Julian Birkinshaw is Tenured Associate Professor and Co-Chair of the Department of Strategic and International Management at the London Business School. He is the author of five books, including Inventuring (2003) and Leadership the Sven-Goran Eriksson Way (2002). In 1998 the leading British management magazine Management Today profiled Julian Birkinshaw as one of six of the 'Next Generation of Management Gurus'. Peter Cohan Peter Cohan is president of Peter S. Cohan & Associates, a management consulting and venture capital firm. His strategy consulting practice helps managers to identify, evaluate, and profit from opportunities created by changing technology. Cohan has written several books including Value Leadership: Seven Principles That Define CorporateValue in Any Economy (2003). Stuart Crainer and Des Dearlove Stuart Crainer and Des Dearlove are the founders of Suntop Media. They write columns for The Times and Chief Executive and are contributing editors to Strategy & Business. Their work appears in leading business magazines throughout the world and their syndicated interview series is sold to 20 countries. Their book credits include Firestarters! (2001) and Generation Entrepreneur (2000). They are the editors of the Financial Times Handbook of Management. Andrew Kakabadse Andrew Kakabadse is Professor of International Management Development, Deputy Director of the School of Management at Cranfield University. His books include the bestselling Essence of Leadership, Politics of Management, Working in Organisations and The Wealth Creators. His two most recent books are Geopolitics of Governance and Smart Sourcing:International Best Practice. He holds positions on the boards of a number of companies and edits the Journal of Management Development. W. Chan Kim W. Chan Kim is the Boston Consulting Group Bruce D. Henderson Chair Professor of Strategy and International Management at INSEAD Business School, France. Prior to joining INSEAD, he was a professor at the University of Michigan Business School. He has served as a board member as well as an advisor for a number of multinational corporations and has published numerous articles. He is a Fellow of the World Economic Forum at Davos and the winner of the Eldridge Haynes Prize. Renee Mauborgne Renee Mauborgne is the INSEAD Distinguished Fellow and Professor of Strategy and Management at INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France and Fellow of the World Economic Forum. She has served as an advisor for a number of multinational corporations in Europe, the US and Pacific Asia. She has published numerous articles on strategy and managing the multinational. Georgina Peters Georgina Peters is senior editor at Suntop Media. Her work appears in business publications around the world including Business Life and Silver Kris, the Singapore Airlines in-flight magazine. She is a contributor to the Financial Times Handbook of Management. Jonas Ridderstr'le Jonas Ridderstr'le works as an assistant professor at the Centre for Advanced Studies in Leadership at the Stockholm School of Economics and was recently recognized as Sweden's outstanding young academic of the year. He is an advisor, lecturer and consultant to a number of international corporations. His book Funky Business: Talent m, The business world has changed beyond all recognition in recent years. New skills, insights, tools, technologies and best practice have emerged. The Capstone Encyclopaedia of Business brings all of this progress together, distilling the facts and essential information into one single volume. It represents the most up-to-date, authoritative and accessible guide to the modern business world available, providing a gateway to the state of the art in marketing, finance, strategy, leadership, people management and beyond. The Capstone Encyclopaedia of Business is organized alphabetically into over 1,000 entries covering the whole spectrum of business and management including: * business terms - concepts - thinkers - practitioners * organizations - brands - companies. Each entry provides a sharp, incisive overview of the subject and, crucially, points to how the ideas can be put into practice. The Capstone Encyclopaedia of Business makes sense of the new world of business, embracing the best of the new and the most robust of the old. * The first one-volume, accessibly-priced reference book for business in years. * Kicks off this exciting new series and will anchor Capstone as the one stop shop for busy professionals. * Key title in large promotion including web site and extract mailings. * Internationally-recognized editorial board. * Annual updates will occur making this a classic key title to keep on the shelves.

LC Classification NumberHF1001