San Antonio College Library

What do you do when your products are as popular as ever but consumers just don't want to pay for them anymore? Berman identifies five trends that will force companies to reinvent their business models to minimize the negative impact of disruptive forces and maximize the revenue opportunities that shifting market trends create.

"In Profits with Principles, Ira A. Jackson and Jane Nelson show the quantifiable and enduring business advantage or "doing the right thing." The sixty companies profiled in Profits with Principles - including Starbucks, Citigroup, Alcoa, General Motors, General Electric, DuPont, and Dell - come from different industries and have implemented different strategies to build trust and gain a competitive advantage. What they share, however, are basic operating...

"What will it take to bring your organization successfully into the twenty-first century? The world's foremost expert on business leadership distills twenty-five years of experience and wisdom based on lessons he has learned from scores of organizations and businesses to write this visionary guide. The result is a very personal book that is at once inspiring, clear-headed, and filled with important implications for the future." "The pressures on organizations...

In this powerful new book, Michael Fairbanks and Stace Lindsay argue that the tremendous advantages developing nations have in natural resources, inexpensive labor, and fertile soil have actually kept these nations poor. Their advantages - easily imitated in other areas around the world - have not been sufficient engines for growth. Billions of dollars have been spent to eradicate poverty; still these regions remain as dependent as ever on volatile...

An exploration of twenty-first century management paradigms argues that sensitivity to stock share price has become the single most important management lever.

Bruce A. Pasternack and Albert J. Viscio, the founding partners of the Strategic Leadership Practice at Booz-Allen & Hamilton, one of the world's top management and technology consulting firms, offer a comprehensive strategy for business survival and success. At the heart of this work is a new model for the 21st-century corporation that will bring growth and prosperity. The Centerless Corporation goes beyond the lines and boxes of today's rigid organizations....

Explains how to accomplish sustainable business growth through environmentally and socially "friendly" practices, arguing that principles based on the idea of social responsibility can provide a viable business strategy.

"The best practices in corporate sustainability performance are no longer the exclusive domain of companies like Ben & Jerry's or The Body Shop, as they were a decade ago; now, large, multinational companies like G.E. and Wal-Mart are leading the way with significant financial and organizational commitments to social and environmental issues. However, good intentions aren't enough. Whether motivated by concern for society and the environment, government...

Three experts in Human Resources introduce a measurement system that convincingly showcases how HR impacts business performance. Drawing from the authors' ongoing study of nearly 3,000 firms, this book describes a seven-step process for embedding HR systems within the firm's overall strategy--what the authors describe as an HR Scorecard--and measuring its activities in terms that line managers and CEOs will find compelling. Analyzing how each element...

A literature survey of books and articles, with summaries of 70-90 selections, and introductory essays by the editors.