Pure Strategy

Author : Everett Dolman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136608079
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pure Strategy written by Everett Dolman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stimulating new inquiry into the fundamental truth of strategy - its purpose, place, utility, and value. This new study is animated by a startling realization: the concept of strategic victory must be summarily discarded. This is not to say that victory has no place in strategy or strategic planning. The outcome of battles and campaigns are variables within the strategist's plan, but victory is a concept that has no meaning there. To the tactical and operational planner, wars are indeed won and lost, and the difference is plain. Success is measurable; failure is obvious. In contrast, the pure strategist understands that war is but one aspect of social and political competition, an ongoing interaction that has no finality. Strategy therefore connects the conduct of war with the intent of politics. It shapes and guides military means in anticipation of a panoply of possible coming events. In the process, strategy changes the context within which events will happen. In this new book we see clearly that the goal of strategy is not to culminate events, to establish finality in the discourse between states, but to continue them; to influence state discourse in such a way that it will go forward on favorable terms. For continue it will. This book will provoke debate and stimulate new thinking across the field and strategic studies.

Author : Marc Brockmann Olsen
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781539640363
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Backgammon written by Marc Brockmann Olsen and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-02-16 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Backgammon - Pure Strategy" goes deeper into understanding the theory of the game, than any other book before it. This is not a beginners book. This is the book to take your game from intermediate or advanced, into the expert or world class level. The book explains how the backgammon AI algorithms (artificial intelligence) work, and how we as humans can get inspired from them. With this inspiration, the book presents a very strong framework of understanding the dynamics and strategy of the game: a human neural net philosophy. But instead of using brute force calculation power as a computer does, we use pattern recognition and conceptual thinking. The second part of the book consists of 129 quiz positions, where the ideas and principles of the first part are put to practice. The reader is encouraged to make an effort to find the best move and understand what's going on in the position. Each position has an in-depth analysis, when you turn the page.

Author : Michel Robert
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 9780071368896
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Strategy Pure & Simple II: How Winning Companies Dominate Their Competitors written by Michel Robert and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 1997-11-22 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on his 20 years of pioneering research and work with some 400 top companies, Robert offers today's executives guidance in strategy formulation, implementation, and deployment. Filled with examples drawn from the experiences of today's commercial leaders and interviews with CEOs of companies in a variety of industries, this updated edition of a revolutionary and inspiring best seller offers a sure-fire process of strategic thinking that's been tested and refined in the "war rooms" of America's most successful corporations.

Author : Cheryl J. Baldwin
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118447735
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The 10 Principles of Food Industry Sustainability written by Cheryl J. Baldwin and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-03-30 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the food industry is beginning to make headway with its sustainability initiatives, substantially more progress is needed in order to feed the world’s growing population sustainably. The challenge is that the topic of sustainability can seem overwhelming and there is limited information that is specific to the food industry. Written by an experienced food industry professional with years of experience in sustainability, The 10 Principles of Food Industry Sustainability inspires and informs the progress required to nourish the population, revitalize natural resources, enhance economic development, and close resource loops. The book makes this complex topic approachable and actionable by identifying the most pressing sustainability priorities across the entire food supply chain and showing, with tools and examples, how producers, processors, packers, distributors, marketers and retailers all play a role in advancing improvement. The book begins with an overview of the Principles of sustainability in the food industry: what they are and why they matter. Subsequent chapters focus on each of the Ten Principles in detail: how they relate to the food industry, their global relevance (including their environmental, health, and social impacts), and the best practices to achieve the potential of meaningful and positive progress that the Principles offer. Specific examples from industry are presented in order to provide scalable solutions and bring the concepts to life, along with top resources for further exploration. The Principles, practices, and potential of sustainability in the food industry covered in this book are designed to be motivating and to offer a much-needed and clear way forward towards a sustainable food supply.

Author : Felix Munoz-Garcia
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319329634
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Strategy and Game Theory written by Felix Munoz-Garcia and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-08-10 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook presents worked-out exercises on game theory with detailed step-by-step explanations. While most textbooks on game theory focus on theoretical results, this book focuses on providing practical examples in which students can learn to systematically apply theoretical solution concepts to different fields of economics and business. The text initially presents games that are required in most courses at the undergraduate level and gradually advances to more challenging games appropriate for masters level courses. The first six chapters cover complete-information games, separately analyzing simultaneous-move and sequential-move games, with applications in industrial economics, law, and regulation. Subsequent chapters dedicate special attention to incomplete information games, such as signaling games, cheap talk games, and equilibrium refinements, emphasizing common steps and including graphical illustrations to focus students’ attention on the most relevant payoff comparisons at each point of the analysis. In addition, exercises are ranked according to their difficulty, with a letter (A-C) next to the exercise number. This allows students to pace their studies and instructors to structure their classes accordingly. By providing detailed worked-out examples, this text gives students at various levels the tools they need to apply the tenets of game theory in many fields of business and economics. This text is appropriate for introductory-to-intermediate courses in game theory at the upper undergraduate and master’s level.

Author : Ferdinand Mahr
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3834989401
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Aligning Information Technology, Organization, and Strategy written by Ferdinand Mahr and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-12-06 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ferdinand Mahr develops an integrative theoretical model of IT complements such as organizational structure, human resource management, and corporate strategy. He conducts two empirical analyses of the complementarities between IT, organization, and strategy.

Author : WIlliam J. Bahr
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781986671057
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Strategy Pure and Simple written by WIlliam J. Bahr and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-03-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new book unveils powerful moves to win most anytime, anywhere. Includes many new, highly effective ways to win easily and ethically, in competition and cooperation. Useful in politics, business, war, sports, and games. Written by a successful corporate director and West Pointer. Makes protecting yourself much easier!The essence of winning can be distilled from principles common to all successful human action. Of many actions open for examination, two are highly important: competition and cooperation. Studying competition yields insights on winning in fights for rights or interests. Studying cooperation brings skill at winning in groups with shared goals. To cover these subjects, you can read the books of master theorists from Sun Tzu, through Machiavelli and Clausewitz, to Drucker and Deming. You can also read about master practitioners from Ulysses, through Napoleon and Lee, to modern-day captains of industry and esteemed statesmen. To aid you in such effort, this "philosophy of strategy" tries to consolidate, integrate, and improve upon the works of these master strategists. Distilling the essence of competition and cooperation, it reveals the universal rules of winning, those simple yet critical formulas which change a situation to your advantage. In doing so, it crystallizes the powerful methods of attack and defense for your use in virtually any application, whether it be in general life, business, games, sports, politics, martial arts, or war. By presenting strategic action from such a high-level vantage point, this book helps change strategy from an art to a science. In doing so, it provides almost any interested student with the pure power of strategy. Because the development of strategies often means developing better options, the author includes as a supplement his handy new idea generator: "Instant Productivity: 101 Ways to Create."

Author : Johnston, Mike
Publisher : Human Kinetics
ISBN 13 : 149256253X
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hockey Plays and Strategies, 2E written by Johnston, Mike and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2018 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hockey Plays and Strategies features a variety of plays, systems, and strategies for game play in the offensive, neutral, and defensive zones. Special situations such as the power play, penalty kill, and face-offs are also featured.

Author : Michel Robert
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 9780070531321
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Product Innovation Strategy, Pure and Simple: How Winning Companies Outpace Their Competitors written by Michel Robert and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 1995-06 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on 10 years of research into successful product development, the author goes beyond tips and techniques to provide a unique process of product innovation that encompasses four key steps--search, assessment, development and pursuit. Filled with anecdotes and case histories, this guide puts a revitalized future within the reach of every organization. Illustrations.

Author : Zhigeng Fang
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1420087401
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Grey Game Theory and Its Applications in Economic Decision-Making written by Zhigeng Fang and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To make the best decisions, you need the best information. However, because most issues in game theory are grey, nearly all recent research has been carried out using a simplified method that considers grey systems as white ones. This often results in a forecasting function that is far from satisfactory when applied to many real situations. Grey Ga