Stanford Business Books imprint: 100 books
Leading Culture Change
What Every CEO Needs to Know
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2010
Leading Culture Change: What Every CEO Needs To Know is a practical guide for top leaders who are faced with the challenge of shaping their culture to create long term, sustainable value. Culture is changeable—but only with CEO sponsorship and a methodical, best practices approach. Author Christopher...
The Base of the Pyramid Promise
Building Businesses with Impact and Scale
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2016
As economic growth slows in the developed world, the base of the pyramid (BoP) represents perhaps the last great, untapped market. Of the world's 7 billion inhabitants, around 4 billion live in low-income markets in the developing world. These 4 billion people deserve—and, increasingly, are demanding—better...
Breakthrough Problem Solving with Action Learning
Concepts and Cases
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2012
Breakthrough Problem Solving with Action Learning explores why and how action learning groups have been so successful and creative in solving complex problems. The text begins by briefly reviewing the theories that undergird the effectiveness of action learning, philosophically situating readers and...
Global Trends in Human Resource Management
A Twenty-Year Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2015
Since 1995, USC's Center for Effective Organizations (CEO) has conducted the definitive longitudinal study of the human resource management function in organizations. By analyzing new data every three years since then, the Center has been able to consistently chart changes in how HR is organized and...
Collaborative Evaluations
Step-by-Step, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2012
Collaborative Evaluations: Step-by-Step, Second Edition is a comprehensive guide for evaluators who aim to master collaborative practice. Liliana Rodríguez-Campos and Rigoberto Rincones-Gómez present their Model for Collaborative Evaluations (MCE) with its six major components: identify the situation,...
Culture and Commerce
The Value of Entrepreneurship in Creative Industries
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2017
Art and business are often described as worlds apart, even diametric opposites. And yet, these realms are close cousins in creative industries where firms bring cultural goods to market, attaching price tags to music, paintings, theater, literature, film, and fashion.
Building on theories of...
Corporate Responsibility Coalitions
The Past, Present, and Future of Alliances for Sustainable Capitalism
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2013
It is estimated that there are more than 110 national and international business-led corporate responsibility coalitions. Given the growing reach and significance of these alliances, there is now a critical need for an informed and balanced analysis of their achievements, their progress, and their...
by Robert L. Phillips
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2018
In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, it became apparent that pricing loans in a way that is profitable for lenders and sensitive to risk is anything but simple. Increasingly, lenders are following the lead of other retailers by segmenting their market and more precisely targeting customers. To...
The Green Bundle
Pairing the Market with the Planet
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2018
The market for green products has expanded rapidly over the last decade, but most consumers need something more than eco-benefits to motivate their purchases. Magali A. Delmas and David Colgan argue that many green products now offer the total package—a "green bundle" that checks the environmental...
by Matthew A. Cronin, Jeffrey Loewenstein
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
Creativity has long been thought of as a personal trait, a gift bestowed on some and unachievable by others. While we laud the products of creativity, the stories behind them are often abridged to the elusive "aha!" moment, the result of a momentary stroke of genius.
In The Craft...
Riding Shotgun
The Role of the COO, Updated Edition
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2017
The role of Chief Operating Officer is clearly important. In fact, it's arguable that the number two position is the toughest job in a company. COOs play a critical part in executing the strategies developed by top management. And, in many cases, they are being groomed—or test-driven—as the firm's...
The Pricing Journey
The Organizational Transformation Toward Pricing Excellence
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2015
Innovations in pricing can be transformative, but to reach their potential companies must devote equal attention to technical and organizational capabilities. Most firms, however, only pay attention to the technical dimensions of pricing, which severely limits the success of their initiatives. To...
The Real Problem Solvers
Social Entrepreneurs in America
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2012
Today, "social entrepreneurship" describes a host of new initiatives, and often refers to approaches that are breaking from traditional philanthropic and charitable organizational behavior. Nowhere is this more true than in the United States—where, from 1995–2005, the number of non-profit...
The Fountain of Knowledge
The Role of Universities in Economic Development
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2014
Today, universities around the world find themselves going beyond the traditional roles of research and teaching to drive the development of local economies through collaborations with industry. At a time when regions with universities are seeking best practices among their peers, Shiri M. Breznitz...