Strategic Management Vol. 1 Summaries 1.3.0

These Soundview Summaries cover the books’ main points and highlights and gives you a working knowledge of the latest business practices. A Summary isnt merely a digest or excerpts strung together, its a seamless document that reads (and holds your interest) like a magazine article. Summaries not only save you time and money; they keep you abreast of the latest ideas and techniques, and they help you decide whether a book is worth reading in its entirety.

FEATURES
• 5,000 word summary of each title in text format.
• 20-minute audio summary of each title available for download.
• Captures all of the key points of the original book.
• All titles have been chosen by Soundview Executive Book Summaries as among the best 30 books of the year in which they were published.
• Application remembers your current page for each summary so you dont lose your place between sessions.
• Three text sizes, including a large print size.
• Night mode can be turned on to make the text easier on your eyes in dim light conditions.
• Flip pages with the swipe of a finger or the touch of a button.
• Your current position in each audio summary is also saved between sessions.
• Built-in audio player works just like the iPod audio player.
• Volume is customizable within the application.

Strategic Management Vol. I
PROFIT OR GROWTH? by Bala Chakravarthy & Peter Lorange: Chakravarthy and Lorange have teamed up to give readers proven strategies to protect and extend core businesses, capture new opportunities that seem to be distant, and then bridge those strategies with two others to move towards profitable diversification. The authors also provide real-world case studies from which the reader can learn how to execute these strategies to the fullest advantage –– achieving growth and profitability.

OUTSMART by Jim Champy: Jim Champy, dubbed one of the leading management and business thinkers of our time, identifies the counterintuitive lessons learned by companies that have been able to sustain super-high growth for at least three years straight. Champy shares an inside look at the success factors associated with many of the companies that continue to outsmart their competition even in a tough marketplace.

THE GRANULARITY OF GROWTH by Patrick Viguerie, Sven Smit & Mehrdad Takeuchi: While growth is a top priority for companies of all sizes, it can be extremely difficult to maintain — especially in todays competitive business environment. In order to achieve this goal, you need to think through the growth challenges your organization faces and follow a detailed approach to uncover, understand and capture potential growth opportunities.

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