Corporate Futures

Author : George E. Marcus
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226504537
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Corporate Futures written by George E. Marcus and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1998-07-20 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is part of a series of annuals designed to probe cultural, institutional and geopolitical change as the 20th century closes. The books provide in-depth interviews with those closely involved with these changes. This volume focuses on the investment of corporations in the concept of culture.

Author : George E. Marcus
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226504544
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Corporate Futures written by George E. Marcus and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1998-07-20 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is part of a series of annuals designed to probe cultural, institutional and geopolitical change as the 20th century closes. The books provide in-depth interviews with those closely involved with these changes. This volume focuses on the investment of corporations in the concept of culture.

Author : René Rohrbeck
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 379082626X
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Corporate Foresight written by René Rohrbeck and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-11-04 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wondered why even large companies fail when faced with changes in their environment? Would you be surprised to learn that the average life expectancy of a Fortune 500 company is below 50 years? This book presents findings from 19 case studies in multinational companies such as Siemens, Volkwagen, General Electric, Philips and Deutsche Telekom. René Rohrbeck proposes a Maturity Model to assess how prepared a company is to respond to external (disruptive) change. He uses data from 107 interviews with board members, corporate strategists, innovation managers, and corporate foresight professionals to present and discuss best practices. Using illustrations to show the complex interaction of corporate foresight with other units such as innovation and strategic management, René Rohrbeck provides the reader with rich insights on how to make an organization agile and reactive towards change. For scholars this book proposes multiple hypotheses and frameworks for future research.

Author : Jeffrey S. Juris
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780822342694
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Networking Futures written by Jeffrey S. Juris and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2008-07-09 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an ethnographic account of how the anti-corporate globalization movement uses new technologies to organise itself, written by a participant im many of the biggest demonstrations of recent years. In addition to this, Juris provides a history of the movement and traces its roots.

Author : Russell L. Ackoff
Publisher : Wiley
ISBN 13 : 9780471090090
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Creating the Corporate Future written by Russell L. Ackoff and published by Wiley. This book was released on 1981-04-27 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here's why thousands of readers in business and management turn to Russell Ackoff for innovative and effective ideas: "Russell Ackoff has probably influenced more managers than any other living person.. Two of his books, Scientific Method (1962) and Redesigning the Future (1974), are the cornerstones of much of the theory and methods for systematic analysis of problems in management and planning." --APA Journal "Russell Ackoff is undoubtedly one of the great masters of this art." [of storytelling as a means of conveying information]. --Omega, The International Journal of Management Science The Art of Problem Solving is. "A witty, literate, and most of all convincing reflection.. He shines an often bright light into corners where problems hide, showing the manager how to understand the consequences of his own behavior; identify real, rather than supposed, elements of problems; perceive another's aims; determine what is controllable; and deal with other nettlesome factors." --INC.

Author : Julian Birkinshaw
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 1503602311
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fast/Forward written by Julian Birkinshaw and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to the adhocracy form of business management and how it can foster a company’s success. The leading companies of the past twenty years have all harnessed the power of information to gain competitive advantage. But as access to big data becomes ubiquitous, it can no longer guarantee a leg up. Fast/Forward makes the case that we are entering a new era in which firms that understand the limits of 1s and 0s will take the lead. Whereas the industrial age saw the rise of bureaucracy, and the information age has been described as a meritocracy, we are witnessing the rise of adhocracy. In uncertain, rapidly-changing times, adhocracic organizations scan the horizon for winning opportunities. Then, instead of questing after more analysis, they respond with agility by making smart, intuitive decisions. Combining decisive action with emotional conviction, future-facing firms seize the day. Fast/Forward paints the big picture of a new approach to strategy and provides the necessary playbook to make your company fit for the future. Praise for Fast/Forward “Fast/Forward makes a compelling case for spontaneity, speed, and a willingness to lead with intuition. More importantly, it speaks to the leadership qualities required to implement its suggestions—providing practical ways to cultivate to those qualities.” —Jeffrey Pfeffer, Stanford University, author of Power: Why Some People Have It—and Others Don’t “[Birkinshaw and Ridderstråle] are on the right track: In an ever-faster, globalized world, companies not only need a compelling strategy, but also an adaptive and caring performance culture. To unleash their full ingenuity, we have to empower our colleagues to act like owners.” —Joe Kaeser, President and CEO, Siemens AG “Big data is oversold as the most important facet of competitive advantage. Rather, breakthrough leaps of faith are necessary to achieve extraordinary results. Fast-Forward is full of practical advice about how to capitalize on this simple idea in order to forge your corporate future.” —Anita McGahan, Rotman School of Management, author of How Industries Evolve

Author : Samuel A. DiPiazza, Jr.
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0471432539
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Building Public Trust written by Samuel A. DiPiazza, Jr. and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2002-09-18 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Business reporting in a post-apocalypse global marketplace Clearly, now is the time for creating an effective business-reporting model appropriate for the markets of the twenty-first century. Rather than start from scratch after the Enron-Andersen fiasco, two leading consultants from PricewaterhouseCoopers present a plan that supplements the current model, one in which executives, accountants, analysts, investors, regulators, and other stakeholders can truly embrace the spirit of transparency. The Future of Corporate Reporting highlights the best practices for global financial reporting, explaining the concept of "performance auditing," which focuses on the real performance of the business as opposed to technical adherence to GAAS. Eccles and Masterson also discuss the pros and cons of GAAP v. IAS, present new approaches to reforming financial reporting, and outline a twenty-first-century model of accounting that will improve markets and benefit shareholders.

Author : Alberto F. De Toni
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000216128
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Corporate Foresight written by Alberto F. De Toni and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-10-29 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world changes like the patterns in a kaleidoscope: trends expand, contract, break up, melt, disintegrate and disappear, while others are formed. Change – as opposed to stasis – is our normal condition, the only certainty in our lives, hence the need to create tools that provide organizations with the means to tackle change and navigate complexity. We must accept the reality of constant change and be prepared for a heavy shift in perspective: interconnection versus separation, acceleration versus linearity and discontinuity versus continuity. Anticipating the future requires more than the traditional predictive models (forecasting) based on the forward projection of past experiences. Advanced methods use anticipation logic (foresight) and build probable scenarios taking into account weak signals, emerging trends, coexisting presents and potential paths of evolution. Corporate foresight is fundamental to interpret and lead change. The two cornerstones of foresight are organization and management. As concerns organization, the authors advocate the separation of research (oriented to the market of tomorrow) from development (oriented to the market of today), the establishment of a foresight unit and the concentration of research activities mainly on the acquisition and recombination of external know-how. As regards management, after an overview of state-of-the-art literature on forecasting methods, the authors propose the implementation of a "future coverage" methodology, which enables companies to measure and verify the consistency between trends, strategic vision and offered products. These organizational and managing tools are then tested in a case study: the Italian company Eurotech SpA, a leader in the ICT sector.

Author : PLM (Firm)
Publisher : New York : Mason & Lipscomb Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Future of the Corporation written by PLM (Firm) and published by New York : Mason & Lipscomb Publishers. This book was released on 1974 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Papers from a conference sponsored by PLM in Malmo, Sweden, June 1970. Includes bibliographical references.

Author : George M Constantinides
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9814618446
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Financial Derivatives written by George M Constantinides and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2014-12-18 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Derivatives markets are an important and growing segment of financial markets and play an important role in the management of risk. This invaluable set of lecture notes is meant to be used in conjunction with a standard textbook on derivatives in an advanced undergraduate or MBA elective course on futures, forwards, swaps, options, corporate securities, and credit default swaps. It covers the foundations of derivatives pricing in arbitrage-free markets, develops the methodology of risk-neutral valuation, and discusses hedging and the management of risk. Contents: Introduction to Forward and Futures ContractsPricing Forwards and FuturesInterest Rate and Currency SwapsIntroduction to Options and No-Arbitrage RestrictionsTrading Strategies and Slope and Convexity RestrictionsOptimal Early Exercise of American OptionsBinomial Option PricingUsing the Binomial ModelThe Black–Scholes–Merton Option Pricing FormulaOptions on FuturesRisk ManagementEmpirical Evidence and FixesCorporate Securities and Credit Risk Readership: Advanced undergraduates and postgraduate students of finance along with MBA students taking an elective on derivatives and risk management in finance. Key Features:Develops the theory of arbitrage-free derivatives pricingCovers a broad set of derivatives including futures, forwards, swaps, options, corporate securities, and credit default swapsDiscusses hedging and risk managementKeywords:Futures;Forwards;Options;Corporate Securities;Derivatives;Hedging;Risk Management