Understanding Business

• Author : Phil Dowell
• Publisher : Random House
• Release : 31 July 2013

This book has grown out of the ideas, discriptions and examples which the author has developed and refined over fifteen years of delievering courses about business. to students at London Business School and to managers in his capacity as management consultant, its aim is to give a practical understanding of aspects of business which are often seen as `difficult' such as cash flow forecasting. Many of the vivid examples included are from small businesses because of their more accessible concepts,

• Author : David Barnes
• Publisher : Psychology Press
• Release : 31 March 2023

Taking a systems perspective, this book enables the student to make sense of business behaviour by demonstrating how interrelated business processes determine the success of an organisation.

• Author : Trugman
• Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
• Release : 07 November 2016

Written by Gary Trugman, Understanding Business Valuation: A Practical Guide to Valuing Small-to Medium-Sized Businesses, simplifies a technical and complex area of practice with real-world experience and examples. Trugman's informal, easy-to-read style covers all the bases in the various valuation approaches, methods, and techniques. Readers at all experience levels will find valuable information that will improve and fine-tune their everyday activities. Topics include valuation standards, theory, approaches, methods, discount and capitalization rates, S corporation issues, and much more. Author’s

• Author : Peter Stanwick,Sarah Stanwick
• Publisher : SAGE
• Release : 20 February 2013

Packed with real-world examples and cases, this fully updated edition of Understanding Business Ethics prepares students for the ethical dilemmas they may face in their chosen careers by providing broad, comprehensive coverage of business ethics from a global perspective. The book's 26 cases profile a variety of industries, countries, and ethical issues, including online privacy, music piracy, Ponzi schemes, fraud, product recall, insider trading, and dangerous working conditions, such as four cases that emphasize the positive aspects of business ethics. In

• Author : William Nickels,James McHugh,Susan McHugh
• Publisher : McGraw Hill
• Release : 16 May 2012

Understanding Business Global Edition by Nickels, McHugh, and McHugh has been the number one textbook in the introduction to business market for several editions for three reasons: (1) The commitment and dedication of an author team that teaches this course and believes in the importance and power of this learning experience, (2) we listen to our customers, and (3) the quality of our supplements package. We consistently look to the experts – full-time faculty members, adjunct instructors, and of course students – to drive the

• Author : Lourdesamy Iruthayasamy
• Publisher : Springer Nature
• Release : 06 March 2021

This book cuts through the strategy verbiage to get to the fundamentals of business strategy—its meaning, formulation, and implementation. Challenges to understanding strategy are examined, including institutions and national culture. Strategy theories are not just explained but assessed in terms of their validity, limitations, and applicability across countries, cultures, and organisations. The thinking and works of major strategists like Ohmae, Mintzberg, Porter, Rumelt, Barney, Prahalad, Hamel, Peng, Kim, and Mauborgne are reviewed in the context of strategic thinking, strategy

• Author : Gary R. Trugman
• Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
• Release : 12 January 2018

This fifth edition simplifies a technical and complex area of practice with real-world experience and examples. Expert author Gary Trugman's informal, easy-to-read style, covers all the bases in the various valuation approaches, methods, and techniques. Author note boxes throughout the publication draw on Trugman's veteran, practical experience to identify critical points in the content. Suitable for all experience levels, you will find valuable information that will improve and fine-tune your everyday activities.

• Author : Bart L. Weathington,Christopher J. L. Cunningham,David J. Pittenger
• Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
• Release : 28 August 2012

Explore the essential steps for data collection, reporting, and analysis in business research Understanding Business Research offers a comprehensive introduction to the entire process of designing, conducting, interpreting, and reporting findings in the business environment. With an emphasis on the human factor, the book presents a complete set of tools for tackling complex behavioral and social processes that are a part of data collection in industry settings. Utilizing numerous real-world examples throughout, the authors begin by presenting an overview of

• Author : Jonathan Swift
• Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
• Release : 16 September 2017

Focussing on the way in which relationships at various levels underpin international business activities, this core textbook presents a contemporary and realistic analysis of International Business in action. The concept of change permeates the text, highlighting the dynamic and often turbulent nature of international business and management. The book brings together many operational aspects of IB, covering topics such as market entry decision making, marketing, strategy, international HR, supply chain management, and the role of culture in IB, thus providing

• Author : Gurli Jakobsen,Jens Erik Torp
• Publisher : SAGE
• Release : 04 June 2001

The contributors to this volume challenge the assumptions of classical business economics about the universal nature of the firm. They show how the embeddedness of firms in the larger societal context of nations impacts on their ability to adjust to the current forms of international competition. The key theoretical approach highlighted in this book is the concept of a "business system" as defined by Richard Whitley and his associates. This book begins with an elaboration of this approach in a

• Author : Asomi Ithia
• Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
• Release : 06 August 2019

Product management starts here. Before building and managing products in mid-to-large organisations, product people need to understand the organisation’s aims, strategies and culture and what they mean for them. Product Management: Understanding Business Context and Focus explores how business context and focus relate to, and impact, product management, from the organisation’s vision statement to objectives, strategy, values and culture. Looking specifically at what each encompasses, the book examines the different approaches taken by organisations and how this flows

• Author : R. Duane Ireland,Robert E. Hoskisson,Michael A. Hitt
• Publisher : Cengage Learning
• Release : 01 August 2012

Discover the knowledge and tools that today's most successful firms use to build business and consistently outperform the competition when you open the latest edition of Ireland/Hoskisson/Hitt's UNDERSTANDING BUSINESS STRATEGY CONCEPTS PLUS, Third Edition. This concise, hands-on approach by recognized leaders in business strategy clearly demonstrates how solid management strategy equals the decisive, responsive action that prosperous firms use to create sustainable competitive advantage. This edition guides you, step-by-step, through creating strong strategy, planning for success, implementing responsive

• Author : Gareth Lewis
• Publisher : Barron's Educational Series
• Release : 31 March 1997

This short and clear volume demystifies the field of statistics for the non-mathematically minded business manager. Simplified tables and graphs explain the fundamentals of statistics, including data-collecting methods, frequency distributions, and other analyses.

• Author : Chaman L. Jain
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 31 March 1988

• Author : Elwood Spencer Buffa,Barbara A. Pletcher
• Publisher : Homewood, Ill. : R. D. Irwin
• Release : 31 March 1980