Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Crafting & Executing Strategy: Concepts and Cases, 16/e - Book Information, Review and Summaries

The Quest for Competitive Advantage: Concepts and Cases, 16/e

Arthur A. Thompson, Jr., University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa
A. J. Strickland III, University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa
John E. Gamble, University of South Alabama



McGraw Hill
2008

Contents of the book

Part 1: Concepts and Techniques for Crafting and Executing Strategy

Section A: Introduction and Overview

Chapter 1: What Is Strategy and Why Is It Important?
Chapter 2: The Managerial Process of Crafting and Executing Strategy

Section B: Core Concepts and Analytical Tools

Chapter 3: Evaluating a Company’s External Environment
Chapter 4: Evaluating a Company’s Resources and Competitive Position

Section C: Crafting a Strategy

Chapter 5: Five Generic Competitive Strategies—Which One to Employ?
Chapter 6: Supplementing the Chosen Strategy: Other Important Strategy Choices
Chapter 7: Competing in Foreign Markets
Chapter 8: Tailoring Strategy to Fit Specific Industry and Company Situations
Chapter 9: Diversification: Strategies for Managing a Group of Businesses
Chapter 10: Strategy, Ethics, and Social Responsibility

Section D: Executing the Strategy

Chapter 11: Building an Organization Capable of Good Strategy Execution
Chapter 12: Managing Internal Operations: Actions That Facilitate Better Strategy Execution
Chapter 13: Corporate Culture and Leadership: Keys to Good Strategy Execution


http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073381241/information_center_view0/table_of_contents.html

Core concepts - In the book student edition


Chapter 1

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Method Study - Guidebook - NPC India for Supervisory Programme - Online Version

Online version available for free download

http://www.productivity.in/knowledgebase/General/Method%20Study.pdf

Corporate Finance 2 ed. - Jonathan Berk - Peter DeMarzo - Book Information

Publisher Pearson
2011

Contents

Chapter Resources



Chapter 1: The Corporation


Chapter 2: Introduction to Financial Statement Analysis


Chapter 3: Arbitrage and Financial Decision Making


Chapter 4: The Time Value of Money


Chapter 5: Interest Rates


Chapter 6: Investment Decision Rules


Chapter 7: Fundamentals of Capital Budgeting


Chapter 8: Valuing Bonds


Chapter 9: Valuing Stocks


Chapter 10: Capital Markets and the Pricing of Risk


Chapter 11: Optimal Portfolio Choice and the Capital Asset Pricing Model


Chapter 12: Estimating the Cost of Capital


Chapter 13: Investor Behavior and Capital Market Efficiency


Chapter 14: Capital Structure in a Perfect Market


Chapter 15: Debt and Taxes


Chapter 16: Financial Distress, Managerial Incentives, and Information


Chapter 17: Payout Policy


Chapter 18: Capital Budgeting and Valuation with Leverage


Chapter 19: Valuation and Financial Modeling: A Case Study


Chapter 20: Financial Options


Chapter 21: Option Valuation


Chapter 22: Real Options


Chapter 23: Raising Equity Capital


Chapter 24: Debt Financing


Chapter 25: Leasing


Chapter 26: Working Capital Management


Chapter 27: Short-Term Financial Planning


Chapter 28: Mergers and Acquisitions


Chapter 29: Corporate Goverance


Chapter 30: Risk Management


Chapter 31: International Corporate Finance


http://wps.prenhall.com/bp_berk_cf_2/136/34996/8959011.cw/index.html


Student Resources
http://wps.prenhall.com/bp_berk_cf_2/136/34996/8959012.cw/index.html

Sunday, December 4, 2011

Best Business Books of 2011

http://m.strategy-business.com/article/11405c?gko=5649f

Bob Lutz
Car Guys vs. Bean Counters: The Battle for the Soul of American Business
(Portfolio/Penguin, 2011)

Roger L. Martin
Fixing the Game: Bubbles, Crashes, and What Capitalism Can Learn from the NFL
(Harvard Business Review Press, 2011)

Tim Harford
Adapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure
(Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011)

The Skinny on Time Management

Book Review - The Skinny on Time Management: How to Maximize Your 24-Hour Gift by Jim Randel

by Thomas Duff

http://www.duffbert.com/duffbert/blog.nsf/d6plinks/TADF-8P8TXZ

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Amrine et al. Manufacturing Organization and Management, 6/e

Author(s):
Harold T Amrine
John A. Ritchey
Colin L. Moodie
Joseph F Kmec


Pages:640
Imprint:Pearson Education
Binding:Paperback


1993 copy right, reprinted in India, third impression 2009







Table of Content

THE MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENT.
Productivity and Manufacturing Management.
Background of Manufacturing Management.
Modern Manufacturing Management.
ENGINEERING CONSIDERATIONS.
Engineering Functions and Activities.
Research and Development.
THE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM.
Organization and Planning for Manufacturing.
Design of Manufacturing Processes.
Industrial Equipment.
Industrial Maintenance.
Methods Engineering.
Work Measurement.
Materials Handling.
Physical Facilities.
MANUFACTURING COST CONTROL.
Fundamentals of Control.
Cost Control.
MATERIALS FLOW CONTROL.
Inventory Management and Control.
Purchasing.
Production Planning and Control.
QUALITY.
Quality Assurance.
Quality Control.
HUMAN RESOURCES.
Human Resource Management.
Labor Relations.
Wage and Salary Administration.
FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS.
Forms of Ownership.
Financial Management.
MARKETING MANAGEMENT.
Marketing.
Sales.


http://www.pearsoned.co.in/web/books/9788177582758_Manufacturing-Organization-and-Management_Harold-T-Amrine.aspx



You can preview the book in Google books

http://books.google.com/books?id=LzfVL6ge_MwC

Friday, November 25, 2011

Poor Economics - A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty - BIR

Authors
Esther Duflo
Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee
Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics
MIT

Book website
http://pooreconomics.com/

Article about the book in Corporate Dossier, 25 November 2011
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/features/corporate-dossier/guru-speak-worlds-poor-want-better-nutrition-as-well-as-fun/articleshow/10859158.cms

£30,000 prize for the book
the 2011 Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year.
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/a8af73e6-0623-11e1-a079-00144feabdc0.html

Preview the book in Google Books
http://books.google.com/books/about/Poor_Economics.html?id=Tj0TF0IHIyAC

Book Review by William Easterly
Professor Economics at New York University
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703956904576287262026843944.html