Stanford University: 1318 books
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Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2013
The Handbook of Rational Choice Social Research offers the first comprehensive overview of how the rational choice paradigm can inform empirical research within the social sciences. This landmark collection highlights successful empirical applications across a broad array of disciplines, including...
A New Era in U.S. Health Care
Critical Next Steps Under the Affordable Care Act
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2013
A New Era in U.S. Health Care demystifies the Affordable Care Act for unfamiliar readers, setting an agenda for lawmakers and the health industry alike. It focuses on four key issues that will determine the success of this 2010 legislation: the use of state-run Medicaid programs to expand access to...
Still Broken
Understanding the U.S. Health Care System
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2010
The debate over health care policy in the U. S. did not end when President Obama signed the landmark Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) on March 23, 2010. Since then, half the states have sued and federal judges have issued conflicting rulings about the law's constitutionality. In...
by Venkat Ramaswamy, Kerimcan Ozcan
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2014
A fundamental shift is underway that will change how we conceive of value. In an era of increasing interconnectedness, individuals, as opposed to institutions, stand at the center of value creation. To adapt to this tectonic shift, organizations can no longer unilaterally devise products and services....
Corporate Culture
The Ultimate Strategic Asset
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2011
Organizational culture is a quiet, but driving, influence on our perception of a company, whether as a consumer or as an employee. For instance, we know Southwest Airlines as laid back and friendly. We think of Google as innovative. To almost every well-known company we can assign a character. It...
Swans, Swine, and Swindlers
Coping with the Growing Threat of Mega-Crises and Mega-Messes
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2011
Swans, Swine, and Swindlers addresses a core, contemporary question: What steps can we take to better anticipate and manage mega-crises, such as Haiti, Katrina, and 9/11? This book explores the concept of "messes." A mess is a web of complex and dynamically interacting, ill-defined, and/or...
Breakdown in Pakistan
How Aid Is Eroding Institutions for Collective Action
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2012
Thirty percent of foreign development aid is channeled through NGOs or community-based organizations to improve service delivery to the poor, build social capital, and establish democracy in developing nations. However, growing evidence suggests that aid often erodes, rather than promotes, cooperation...
Capitalism v. Democracy
Money in Politics and the Free Market Constitution
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2014
As of the latest national elections, it costs approximately $1 billion to become president, $10 million to become a Senator, and $1 million to become a Member of the House. High-priced campaigns, an elite class of donors and spenders, superPACs, and increasing corporate political power have become...
Leading with Sense
The Intuitive Power of Savoir-Relier
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2014
Today's business environment demands a new approach to leadership, one that effectively connects individuals and organizations in the midst of change. Leading with Sense offers a new, practical approach to meeting this challenge. Drawing on her experience as a poetic translator and her expertise in...
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...
Negotiating Genuinely
Being Yourself in Business
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2014
We often assume that strategic negotiation requires us to wall off vulnerable parts of ourselves and act rationally to win. But, what if you could just be you in business? Taking a positive approach, this brief distills years of research, teaching, and coaching into an integrated framework for negotiating...
by Alfredo Behrens
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2009
Latin Americans are culturally different from North Americans in ways that so far have been inaccurately portrayed in the management literature. In Culture and Management in the Americas, Alfredo Behrens argues that these differences merit a substantial overhaul of management theory and practice to...
3D Team Leadership
A New Approach for Complex Teams
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2017
Many organizations believe that high-functioning teams hold the key to breakthrough thinking, superior customer service, and high-quality products. But, all too often, leaders and managers fail to support teams so that they can deliver on their promises. For instance, many leaders ask for teamwork,...
Lead and Disrupt
How to Solve the Innovator's Dilemma
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2016
In the past few years, a number of well-known firms have failed; think of Blockbuster, Kodak, or RadioShack. When we read about their demise, it often seems inevitable—a natural part of "creative destruction." But closer examination reveals a disturbing truth: Companies large and small...