An inside look at the transformative potential of the platform business model shares comprehensive explanations of how platforms use technology to match producers and consumers while unlocking hidden resources and creating new forms of value
The latest edition of Corporate Communication has been fully revised by the author to reflect new trends and developments in social media and to capture emergent topics like CEO activism and corporate character. It remains essential reading for students studying Corporate Comms as well as Organizational , Strategic, PR and Marketing Communications
Financial Accounting Theory and Analysis: Text and Cases, 13th Edition illustrates how accounting standards impact the daily decisions of accounting professionals. This authoritative textbook shows how accounting theory explains why particular companies select certain accounting methods over others, and predicts the attributes of firms by analyzing their accounting methods. The text examines em…
Corporate Communication stresses the importance of creating a coordinated corporate communication system and describes how organizations can benefit from important strategies and tools to stay ahead of the competition. Cases and examples of company situations highlight the strategies companies have used to stay ahead. Students have the opportunity to participate in real-world decisions that man…
The third edition of this textbook comprehensively discusses global supply chain and operations management (SCOM), combining value creation networks and interacting processes. It focuses on operational roles within networks and presents the quantitative and organizational methods needed to plan and control the material, information, and financial flows in supply chains. Each chapter begins with…
Management fads come and go in the blink of an eye, but branding is here to stay. Closely watched by the stock market and obsessed over by the biggest companies, brand identity is the one indisputable source of sustainable competitive advantage, the vital key to customer loyalty
In this book from the world's premier brand expert and author of the seminal work Building Strong Brands, David Aaker shows managers how to construct a brand portfolio strategy that will support a company's business strategy and create relevance, differentiation, energy, leverage, and clarity. Building on case studies of world-class brands such as Dell, Disney, Microsoft, Sony, Dove, Intel, Cit…
In this book, branding guru David Aaker applies the power of intriguing, authentic, involving stories to communicate strategic messaging internally and externally, a critical and difficult task. Stories are many times more powerful than facts at getting attention, generating brand energy, creating involvement, persuading, arousing emotion, inspiring and more. Further, success in digital, increa…
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