BizKnowledge Watch

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Focusing on the sort of structures, processes, and behaviors that a board of directors needs to ensure success, the book Boardroom Secrets: Corporate Governance for Quality of Life examines critical behavioral aspects of governance such as how to evaluate and process information provided to the board; how to critically question without de-motivating; and how to [...]

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When change requires you to challenge people’s familiar reality, it can be difficult, dangerous work. Whatever the context – whether in the private or the public sector –, many will feel threatened by the prospect of sweeping changes. But as a leader, you need to find a way to make it work.
Ron Heifetz first defined [...]

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Ethical business creates social value. That’s the theme of this bold new volume, which heralds and defends this rapidly-growing new conception of capitalism. It provides clear and succinct guidelines for how to evaluate what counts as an ethical business as well as how and why ethical businesses tend to achieve more over the long term. [...]

En busca del equilibrio by Jordi Canals; No soy Superman and Desde la adversidad by Santiago Alvarez de Mon; Ópera y operaciones by Beatriz Munoz-Seca and Josep Riverola; Persuasion by Brian O’C. Leggett and Ricardo Velilla; and Consistencia by José Ramón Pin, are the first titles authored by IESE faculty to be made available in [...]

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The unprecedented crisis that virtually every American institution is facing these days calls for strong leadership. But what exactly is a leader to do? Recognized leader Bill George offers leaders a seven-point strategy in this short, straight-talking audio book. His Seven Lessons for Leading in Crisis are field tested, based on his own direct experience [...]

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Guide to Analyzing Companies by Bob Vause offers insights on how to make sense of a company’s annual report; measure a business against its competitors; judge the creditworthiness of a company; assess the investment potential; and evaluate a company’s stock value.
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You can find this title at IESE’s Library catalog.  

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The latest book from Financial Times columnist Martin Wolf explains why global imbalances cause financial crises — including the one ravaging the United States right now — and outlines the steps for ending this destructive cycle.
Reviewing global financial crises since 1980, Wolf lays bare the links between the microeconomics of finance and the macroeconomics of [...]

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A recent study showed that when doctors tell heart patients they will die if they don’t change their habits, only one in seven will be able to follow through successfully. Desire and motivation aren’t enough: even when it’s literally a matter of life or death, the ability to change remains maddeningly elusive.
Given that the status [...]

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This book provides a principled approach for the effective management of innovation tournaments – identifying a wealth of promising opportunities and then evaluating and filtering them intelligently for greatest profitability. With a set of practical tools for creating and identifying new opportunities, it guides the reader in evaluating and screening opportunities. The book demonstrates how [...]

The publication strategy+business has published its annual books ranking. The chosen titles cover a broad range of subjects including the meltdown, leadership, strategy, globalization, management, marketing, technology and biographies.
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You can find most of the titles featured in IESE’s [...]