books about: competitive

books about: competitive

books:

Competitive

Vaclav Klaus

Competitive Enterprise Institute, 2007

Impeccable Logic and Compelling Insights from Pres. Klaus
A thought-provoking, reasoned approach to the hysteria that is the global warming movement. Pres. Klaus approaches the questions about and proposed solutions to global warming with sound economic principles and common sense rather than intellectually vacuous rhetoric ...

Warren Buffett and the Interpretation of Financial Statements: The Search for the Company with a Durable ...

Mary Buffett, David Clark

Scribner, 2008

Great for the beginning to intermediate investor!
If you have an underlined copy of Security Analysis (Ben Graham's 700 page treatise on value investing) sitting on your desk or you are a professional money manager you may or may not find this book interesting. But if you are a beginner to intermediate investor who ...

Thinking Strategically: The Competitive Edge in Business, Politics, and Everyday Life

Avinash K. Dixit, Barry J. Nalebuff

W. W. Norton & Company, 1993

Great introduction to game theory applied to business strategy
I read Thinking Strategically many years ago, when I was trying to develop an understanding of Strategy applied into a daily business environment. The strength of this book is that it is providing a gentle introduction to a field that is quite complex. If will probably ...

The Mind of the Market: Compassionate Apes, Competitive Humans, and Other Tales from Evolutionary Economics

Michael Shermer

Times Books, 2007

Why Evolution Is Sound Economics
Michael Shermer's "The Mind of the Market: Compassionate Apes, Competitive Humans, and Other Tales from Evolutionary Economics" is yet another insightful, and provocative book from him, making the best, most persuasive case why accepting evolutionary theory ought to be ...

Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance

Michael E. Porter

Free Press, 1998

Using IT for Competitive Advantage
In his 1985 book titled Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance Free Press 1985 Management and IT (information Technology) author Michael Porter set fourth some very useful ideas about creating competitive advantage with IT (e.g. building a ...

Crafting and Executing Strategy: The Quest for Competitive Advantage: Concepts and Cases

Arthur A. Jr. Thompson, A. J. Strickland III, ...

McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2007

i don't know if this book is actually good
i suppose the book is decent. delivery was prompt. no complaints except for the fact that the damn book is required for class, but i have yet to even open it. oh well. lots of love to my man Michael Jordon

Take the Cold Out of Cold Calling

Sam Richter

Beaver's Pond Press, 2008

A comprehensive resource guide for every sales professional
If you are serious about sales then this book belongs in your library. I found the information about LinkedIn especially useful.

Management: Leading & Collaborating in the Competitive World

Thomas S Bateman, Scott A Snell

McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2008

Book Review
The book was in perfect condition just as described by the seller and the super saver shipping was fast.

Green to Gold: How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build ...

Daniel C. Esty, Andrew S. Winston

Yale University Press, 2006

Green to Gold
Esty and Winston seem to be a perfect duo to write this book. Together they have a very strong and complementing background, ranging from experiences in academics and government to green and strategy consulting. The result is a book that has the right balance of theory ...

Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors

Michael E. Porter

Free Press, 1998

Taking Strategy by the Real Meaning
It is nice when you see a book that takes the word "strategy" seriously these days. Although written a while ago, the reader finds it talking about what we see today. Understood and applicable by both layman as well as specialists without over-simplification of the ...

The Competitive Runner's Handbook: The Bestselling Guide to Running 5Ks through Marathons

Bob Glover, Shelly-Lynn Florence Glover

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1999

Excellent Reference
This book has an extensive amount of information, race charts, pacing charts, training guides for runners of various levels and for various events (5K, 10K, half-marathon and marathon). Special chapters on marathon recovery, mental aspects of running, racing strategy, ...

How to Succeed in the Game of Life: 34 Interviews with the World's Greatest Coaches

Christian Klemash

Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2006

An outstanding read
A thoroughly enjoyable and motivating read. This is a remarkable collection of exclusive interviews with the best American sports coaches of the last 40 years. The author has packed a voluminous amount of wisdom, inspiration and facts into what amounts to a road map ...

Bridge Basics 2: Competitive Bidding

Audrey Grant

Baron Barclay Bridge, 2005

Keeping Current with Duplicate Bridge Bidding
I learned a lot from this book; there is much information to be studied and digested. It is especially helpful for those who have been away from playing duplicate for a while. The title of the book, Competitive Bidding, says it all.

Operations Management for Competitive Advantage with Student DVD

Richard B Chase, F. Robert Jacobs, ...

McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2005

useful book
you should get the international addition. the hard cover was too heavy to carry to all the open book exams haha.

Talent : Making People Your Competitive Advantage

Edward E., III Lawler

Jossey-Bass, 2008

Why "the future of HC-centric management is now"
There is no knowledge leader I admire more than I do Ed Lawler. In this book, he makes what I consider to be his most important contributions thus far to our understanding of how to gain and then sustain a competitive advantage by finding, hiring, and retaining the ...