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Four Mothers: An Intimate Journey through the First Year of Parenthood in Four Countries
by Abigail LeonardAbigail Leonard's page-turning narrative of four real women—Anna from Finland, Tsukasa from Japan, Sarah from the U.S., and Chelsea from Kenya—is a "deeply personal look at women worldwide grappling with the best and worst moments of their first year... eye-opening and cathartic, this is a love letter to parents and a clarion call for better policy.&” (Eve Rodsky, New York Times-bestselling author of Fair Play) Tsukasa in Japan grapples with memories of a difficult childhood as she tries to chart a new, healthier path for her own daughter while balancing onerous cultural expectations. Chelsea in Kenya endures a devastating loss just before she gives birth and finds that without the traditional support of previous generations, motherhood can be grueling – but it can also provide emotional healing. Anna in Finland navigates a complicated relationship with her child&’s father, but the country&’s robust family policies allow her to still pursue the kind of parenthood that she envisioned. Sarah in the US leaves the religious community that raised her in order to create a less traditional family of her own only to find she&’s largely confronting motherhood alone. Utterly moving and propulsively readable from page one, Leonard interweaves these stories with a critically researched exploration of how parental support programs evolved in each country—and why some provide more help than others. As nations around the world debate programs like paid leave, universal daycare, reproductive healthcare, and family tax incentives, Four Mothers offers a uniquely intimate, moving portrait of what those policies mean for parents on the ground—and considers what modern families really want.
Four Practical Revolutions in Management: Systems for Creating Unique Organizational Capability
by Shoji Shiba David WaldenShiba and Walden have significantly revised their classic, A New American TQM. With new methodologies and case studies, this work is one of the most comprehensive studies of management theory and business success. The authors identify a comprehensive approach to management that goes beyond operations improvement to help executives and manage
Four Products: Predicting Diffusion (2011)
by John T. GourvilleAn updated "Four Products" case. This 2011 version includes; sliced peanut butter, artificial dirt for thoroughbred race tracks, interactive tombstones, and stride-changing running shoes. These four products form the basis to assess the drivers of new product adoption. In particular, one of the critical tasks in marketing new innovations is predicting demand and rates of diffusion for those products. And while one can speculate on the scope and rate of diffusion for any given product, it's helpful to compare and contrast diffusion across products. Doing so allows one to focus on the drivers or product characteristics that influence product diffusion, making one product a star and another a dog. Specifically, looking across products allows one to pick up on things that get lost in discussing a single product. Note that this case often gets used with HBS No. 505-075, "Note on Innovation Diffusion; Rogers' Five Factors," which can be distributed along with the case or after the case has been taught.
Four Products: Predicting Diffusion (2019)
by John GourvilleOne job of product managers, marketers, strategic planners, and other corporate executives is to predict what the demand will be for a new product. This task is easier for certain classes of new products than for others. For new consumer package goods, for instance, one can look at past product rollouts, one can look at similar products currently in the marketplace, or one can do test markets-selling the product in a small section of the country to assess consumer acceptance. Quite often, for new products that represent incremental variations or improvements over existing products, marketers do a pretty good job of understanding how that product will be adopted in the marketplace. This is not to say that managers always get it right, as has been made evidently clear in the case of New Coke, dry beers, and the Edsel. However, more often than not, managers of incremental new products predict demand within the right order of magnitude.
Four Seasons Goes to Paris:
by Carin-Isabel Knoop Roger Hallowell David BowenIllustrates how Four Seasons manages hotels in countries with strong and distinct national cultures. Focuses on how the chain meets its exacting service standards in a variety of settings worldwide, with special attention on France.
Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts
by Roger HallowellFour Seasons has a love/hate relationship with technology, including the best Web site in the industry. This case examines how a leading service delivers high-tech/high-touch, and looks at its progressive human resource strategy.
Four Seasons: The Story of a Business Philosophy
by Isadore SharpThe founder of Four Seasons Hotels shares the philosophy and values that have made his legendary brandHow did a child of immigrants, starting with no background in the hotel business, create the world's most admired and successful hotel chain? And how has Four Seasons grown dramatically, over nearly a half century, without losing its focus on exceptional quality and unparalleled service? Isadore Sharp answers these questions in his engaging memoir, which doubles as a powerful guide for leaders in any field. He recalls the surprising history of his company, starting with its roots in his father's small construction business, which Sharp joined after getting a degree in architecture. Shifting into hotels wasn't easy, and he learned by trial and error. His breakthrough was a vision for a new kind of hotel, featuring superior design, top-quality amenities, and, above all, a deep commitment to service. Sharp realized that customers would gladly pay extra for a "home away from home" experience. But that would be possible only if everyone-from managers and supervisors to bellmen, servers, and housekeepers-was fully engaged. The front-line staff, who have the most contact with guests, can make or break a five-star reputation. Readers will be fascinated to learn how Four Seasons does it, year after year, in more than thirty countries around the world.
Four Seconds
by Peter BregmanAll too often our best efforts to accomplish the things we want most--to do our jobs well, to make meaningful contributions at home and at work, to have satisfying relationships with loved ones, friends, neighbors, and coworkers--are built on bad habits that sabotage us. We feel overwhelmed by our increasingly large to-do list, so we automatically multitask to get more done--and end up more stressed and more overloaded. We say something with the hopes of impressing the other person, but instead of end them--then spend days trying to repair the damage. We give what we think is a pep talk to our team-- but they walk away demotivated.How can we be most effective and productive in a world that moves too fast and demands so much of us?In Four Seconds, Peter Bregman shows that the answer is to pause for as few as four seconds--the length of a deep breath--to replace bad habits and reactions with more productive behaviors. In his trademark style of blending personal anecdotes with practical advice, Bregman reveals some of our most common counter-productive tendencies and describes counter-intuitive strategies for acting more intentionally, including: Why setting goals can actually harm your performance How to use strategic disengagement to recover focus and willpower Why listening--not arguing--is the best strategy for changing someone's mind How taking responsibility for someone else's failure can actually help you succeedDrawn from Bregman's hugely popular Harvard Business Review blog, this engaging and wise book provides simple solutions to create the results you want without the stress.
Four Shades of Gray: The Amazon Kindle Platform (Platform Studies)
by Simon Peter RowberryThis first book-length analysis of Amazon&’s Kindle explores the platform&’s technological, bibliographical, and social impact on publishing.Four Shades of Gray offers the first book-length analysis of Amazon&’s Kindle and its impact on publishing. Simon Peter Rowberry recounts how Amazon built the infrastructure for a new generation of digital publications, then considers the consequences of having a single company control the direction of the publishing industry. Exploring the platform from the perspectives of technology, texts, and uses, he shows how the Kindle challenges traditional notions of platforms as discrete entities. He argues that Amazon&’s influence extends beyond &“disruptive technology&” to embed itself in all aspects of the publishing trade; yet despite industry pushback, he says, the Kindle has had a positive influence on publishing. Rowberry documents the first decade of the Kindle with case studies of Kindle Popular Highlights, an account of the digitization of books published after 1922, and a discussion of how Amazon&’s patent filings reflect a shift in priorities. Rowberry argues that while it was initially convenient for the book trade to outsource ebook development to Amazon, doing so has had adverse consequences for publishers in the mid- and long term, limiting opportunities for developing an inclusive and forward-thinking digital platform. While it has forced publishers to embrace digital forms, the Kindle has also empowered some previously marginalized readerships. Although it is still too early to judge the long-term impact of ebooks compared with that of the older technologies of clay tablets, the printing press, and offset printing, the shockwaves of the Kindle continue to shape publishing.
Four Steps to Forecast Total Market Demand
by William P. BarnettForecasting total market demand can be crucial to creating a smart marketing strategy. Some companies--and even whole industries--have learned the hard way that a product's historical demand curve doesn't necessarily predict future demand. An accurate total market demand forecast can yield clues about future product performance. Here are the four steps to creating one: 1) define the market, 2) divide total industry demand into segments, 3) find out what drives demand in each segment and project how those drivers might change, and 4) assess the risks to the forecast and decide which assumptions are most critical to success. Just going through this process can help managers better understand the real world in which they operate.
Four Studies on the Economic Development of Turkey
by Dankwart A. Rustow John F. Kolars Frederic C. Shorter Oktay YenaiFirst Published in 1967. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Four Walls and a Roof: The Complex Nature of a Simple Profession
by Reinier De GraafArchitects, we like to believe, shape the world as they please. Reinier de Graaf draws on his own tragicomic experiences to present a candid account of what it is really like to work as an architect. To achieve anything, he notes, architects must serve the powers they strive to critique, finding themselves in a perpetual conflict of interest.
Four Worlds of the Welfare State in Latin America
by Ilán BizbergThis book explores the trajectories and structures of Latin American welfare states using a typology developed through conceptual and historical analyses of social protection systems in Latin America. It argues that social protection can be accomplished by different actors in distinct societies, be that the State, civil society, the market, or families. This work defines four types of welfare worlds based on who administers and allocates resources: the socio-corporatist, the statist, the commodified, and the familial. Author Ilan Bizberg delves on the historical trajectories of ten Latin American countries, each with a unique analysis of the corresponding social protection system: Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Chile, Mexico, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador The book begins with a meaningful discussion on the welfare state as a necessity of modern capitalist societies. Then, it counters the consequences of the disembeddedness of the economy from societyand the way the social protection system protects the society against this rupture. Chapters focus on the health system, pensions, and assistance programs of these countries, with diverse case studies that include analyzing the performance of the health systems during the pandemic. The book closes with a discussion on gender and the situations women face and encounter under and within different social-protection regimes.
Four-Cornered Leadership: A Framework for Making Decisions
by John Roland SchultzW. Edwards Deming once stated that the job of management is not supervision but leadership. He also concluded that capable leaders were those who understood and applied the system of profound knowledge.Four-Cornered Leadership: A Framework for Making Decisions examines the system of profound knowledge and identifies the competencies that set the st
Four-Stage Model for Designing Cost and Performance Measurement Systems
by Robert S. Kaplan Robin CooperManagers can view the development of their integrated cost and performance measurement systems as a journey through four sequential stages, from broken systems to integrated systems that serve both external and internal constituencies. This chapter describes a four-step model of cost system migration, walking you through the four stages, and providing a roadmap to help your organization navigate migration from one step to the next.
Four: El ADN secreto de Amazon, Apple, Facebook y Goggle
by Scott GallowayAmazon, Apple, Facebook y Google son las cuatro empresas más influyentes del mundo. Casi todo el mundo cree saber cómo lo han logrado. Y casi todo el mundo se equivoca. Conoce su ADN secreto. Las four (Amazon, Apple, Facebook y Google), cuyas valoraciones se aproximan ya a la escalofriante cifra del billón de dólares, son los cuatro gigantes de la economía mundial. ¿Cómo han logrado esas compañías infiltrarse tan profundamente en nuestras vidas que ya es imposible evitarlas (o incluso boicotearlas)? ¿Por qué los mercados bursátiles les perdonan pecados que destruirían a cualquier otra empresa? ¿Puede alguien desafiarlas? Con el estilo fresco y desenfadado que le ha convertido en uno de los más célebres profesores de negocios, Scott Galloway disecciona las estrategias ocultas bajo la deslumbrante apariencia de estos cuatro gigantes y muestra cómo apelan a las necesidades básicas que han movido a la humanidad desde tiempos ancestrales: Amazon, a la de cazar y recolectar; Apple, a la de procrear; Facebook, a la de amar; y Google, a la de creer en un Dios. Y, tanto si queremos competir como si queremos hacer negocios con ellas o simplemente sobrevivir en el mundo que dominan, resulta imprescindible conocer el ADN secreto de esos cuatro jinetes de la economía mundial. Escrito con rigor y amenidad, el libro de Galloway ofrece un pormenorizado panorama de la economía del mundo actual y del futuro que se avecina que no dejará indiferente a ningún lector, y revela con ingenio cómo podemos aplicar las lecciones del ascenso de Amazon, Apple, Facebook y Google a nuestro propio negocio o carrera profesional. Reseñas:«Una visión incisiva y estratégica de cómo unas pocas empresas están cambiando el mundo. Ante nuestros ojospero fuera del radar. Lo que aquí se descubre es inquietante, pero es mejor saberlo ahora que cuando sea demasiado tarde.»Seth Godin, autor de ¡Hazlo! «Un libro magnífico y provocador sobre dónde estamos y hacia dónde nos encaminamos.»Phil Simon, huffingtonpost.com «Nunca volverás a mirar a estas cuatro empresas de la misma manera.»Jonah Berger, autor de Contagioso «Scott Galloway es claro, provocador y subversivo. La lectura de este libro desencadena una reacción de lucha o huida y estimula a pensar de otra manera.»Calvin Mcdonald, CEO de Sephora «Igual que hace en sus legendarias clases de MBA, en este libro Galloway también dice las cosas como son y no se muerde la lengua a la hora de criticar a los titanes de la economía o a las grandes corporaciones. Un libro de obligada lectura.»Adam Alter, autor de Irresistible «Scott Galloway cabalga a lomos de los cuatro caballos del apocalipsis económico: Apple, Amazon, Facebook y Google. Su libro es una imprescindible exposición de la naturaleza y de la concentración del poder en el mundo hoy y, por ello, mucho más que un libro de empresa.»Tom Upchurch, Wired
Fourier Analysis of Economic Phenomena (Monographs in Mathematical Economics #2)
by Toru MaruyamaThis is the first monograph that discusses in detail the interactions between Fourier analysis and dynamic economic theories, in particular, business cycles.Many economic theories have analyzed cyclical behaviors of economic variables. In this book, the focus is on a couple of trials: (1) the Kaldor theory and (2) the Slutsky effect. The Kaldor theory tries to explain business fluctuations in terms of nonlinear, 2nd-order ordinary differential equations (ODEs). In order to explain periodic behaviors of a solution, the Hopf-bifurcation theorem frequently plays a key role. Slutsky's idea is to look at the periodic movement as an overlapping effect of random shocks. The Slutsky process is a weakly stationary process, the periodic (or almost periodic) behavior of which can be analyzed by the Bochner theorem. The goal of this book is to give a comprehensive and rigorous justification of these ideas. Therefore, the aim is first to give a complete theory that supports the Hopf theorem and to prove the existence of periodic solutions of ODEs; and second to explain the mathematical structure of the Bochner theorem and its relation to periodic (or almost periodic) behaviors of weakly stationary processes.Although these two targets are the principal ones, a large number of results from Fourier analysis must be prepared in order to reach these goals. The basic concepts and results from classical as well as generalized Fourier analysis are provided in a systematic way.Prospective readers are assumed to have sufficient knowledge of real, complex analysis. However, necessary economic concepts are explained in the text, making this book accessible even to readers without a background in economics.
Fourier Transform Methods in Finance
by Pietro Rossi Giovanni Della Lunga Umberto Cherubini Sabrina MulinacciIn recent years, Fourier transform methods have emerged as one of the major methodologies for the evaluation of derivative contracts, largely due to the need to strike a balance between the extension of existing pricing models beyond the traditional Black-Scholes setting and a need to evaluate prices consistently with the market quotes.Fourier Transform Methods in Finance is a practical and accessible guide to pricing financial instruments using Fourier transform. Written by an experienced team of practitioners and academics, it covers Fourier pricing methods; the dynamics of asset prices; non stationary market dynamics; arbitrage free pricing; generalized functions and the Fourier transform method.Readers will learn how to:compute the Hilbert transform of the pricing kernel under a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) techniquecharacterise the price dynamics on a market in terms of the characteristic function, allowing for both diffusive processes and jumpsapply the concept of characteristic function to non-stationary processes, in particular in the presence of stochastic volatility and more generally time change techniquesperform a change of measure on the characteristic function in order to make the price process a martingalerecover a general representation of the pricing kernel of the economy in terms of Hilbert transform using the theory of generalised functionsapply the pricing formula to the most famous pricing models, with stochastic volatility and jumps.Junior and senior practitioners alike will benefit from this quick reference guide to state of the art models and market calibration techniques. Not only will it enable them to write an algorithm for option pricing using the most advanced models, calibrate a pricing model on options data, and extract the implied probability distribution in market data, they will also understand the most advanced models and techniques and discover how these techniques have been adjusted for applications in finance.ISBN 978-0-470-99400-9
Fourth Generation Biofuels (SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology)
by Pratima BajpaiThis book examines the background of fourth-generation biofuel production, use of genetically modified microalgae for production of fourth-generation biofuels; cultivation and harvesting of genetically modified microalgae; residue from biofuel extraction; health and environmental concerns of fourth-generation biofuels; regulations on cultivation and processing of the genetically modified algae; carbon dioxide sequestration; water footprint and current status and key challenges. The topic caters to academic researchers and industrial experts, who work in the field of biofuels as source of alternative fuel to achieve environmental and economic sustainability.
Fourth Industrial Revolution and Business Dynamics: Issues and Implications
by Nasser Rashad Al Mawali Anis Moosa Al Lawati Ananda SThe book explains strategic issues, trends, challenges, and future scenario of global economy in the light of Fourth Industrial Revolution. It consists of insightful scientific essays authored by scholars and practitioners from business, technology, and economics area. The book contributes to business education by means of research, critical and theoretical reviews of issues in Fourth Industrial Revolution.
Fox Broadcasting Co.
by Pankaj Ghemawat Jacquelyn EdmondsDescribes an attempt by Fox Broadcasting to enter the U.S. television broadcasting industry as a fourth network. Intended to integrate the analysis of major investment decisions with business strategy. Leads to a discussion of the investment decision based on industry structure, competitive positions, and sustainability.
Foxconn Technology Group (A)
by Robert G. Eccles George Serafeim Beiting ChengThe case describes the challenges that Foxconn faced after a series of suicides took place at its plants. The response of Foxconn's management is presented and the associated implications for Foxconn's stock price are discussed.
Foxconned: Imaginary Jobs, Bulldozed Homes, & the Sacking of Local Government
by Lawrence TabakPowerful and resonant,Foxconnedis both the definitive autopsy of the Foxconn fiasco and a dire warning to communities and states nationwide. When Wisconsin governor Scott Walker stood shoulder to shoulder with President Trump and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan at the White House in July 2017, they painted a glorious picture of his state’s future. Foxconn, the enormous China-based electronics firm, was promising to bring TV manufacturing back to the United States with a $10 billion investment and 13,000 well-paying jobs. They actually were making America great again, they crowed. Two years later, the project was in shambles. Ten thousand construction workers were supposed to have been building what Trump had promised would be “the eighth wonder of the world.” Instead, land had been seized, homes had been destroyed, and hundreds of millions of municipal dollars had been committed for just a few hundred jobs—nowhere near enough for Foxconn to earn the incentives Walker had shoveled at them. In Foxconned, journalist Lawrence Tabak details the full story of this utter collapse, which was disturbingly inevitable. As Tabak shows, everything about Foxconn was a disaster. But worse, he reveals how the economic incentive infrastructure across the country is broken, leading to waste, cronyism, and the steady transfer of tax revenue to corporations. Tabak details every kind of financial chicanery, from eminent domain abuse to good old-fashioned looting—all to benefit a coterie of consultants, politicians, and contractors. With compassion and care, he also reports the distressing stories of the many individuals whose lives were upended by Foxconn.
Foxocracy: Inside the Network's Playbook of Tribal Warfare
by Tobin SmithFrom a 14-year Fox News contributor, guest anchor, and two-time New York Times bestselling author comes an unprecedented insider's account of the Fox News playbook––the production secrets and manipulation strategies Fox News uses to influence viewers, divide families, weaponize the daily discourse of news and public opinion, and addict a core audience on right-wing rage and fear. Fox News did not start America's culture war––but they did have the manipulative and destructive genius to exploit it for billions of dollars. For the first time, a Fox News veteran exposes and diagrams the toxic strategies and tactics within the Fox News playbook that liberal and progressive candidates will be fighting against in 2020 and beyond. It is the very same playbook that Fox News used to move twelve percent of Independents to vote for Donald Trump in 2016 to produce Republican wins in the previous Democrat strongholds of Ohio, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania. Author Tobin Smith takes readers behind the scenes of the actual production of the "fair and balanced" opinion panel segments that feed a ravenous audience. How are these productions rigged so that right-wing pundits always win? What techniques does Fox News use in manipulating its viewers' tribal instincts: to addict them; to activate a hatred toward partisan enemies; and to hook them on ego-gratifying feelings of intellectual and cultural superiority? Foxocracy is filled with never-revealed conversations with Fox News executives––including the late Roger Ailes––and opinion programming producers. It breaks down the real and often heartbreaking collateral damage among friends and family caused by the waging of an endless culture war. And it brings incendiary proof from an insider and on-air talent of Fox News's predatory audience manipulation psychology and production tactics. And perhaps even more frightening, this book reveals how that playbook is now being insidiously upgraded for maximum effect––white tribal-identity activation––on all forms of social media and means of content delivery.
Foxwoods: Turning Data into Insights in the Hospitality Industry
by Lynda M. Applegate Deborah SouleThis case describes how an IT director identified an opportunity and implemented an innovative business solution designed to enable line managers and executives to convert data to information to insights. The case also details how the company partnered with an emerging technology start-up, Netezza.