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Szycher’s Practical Handbook of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
by Michael SzycherThis practical and comprehensive handbook offers step-by-step instruction, guiding entrepreneurs of innovative technology startups all the way from idea to profitability. With its easy-to-follow format aimed at both experienced as well as novice entrepreneurs, this book covers all technical, financial, legal, and governmental hurdles facing startups. It discusses common causes of business failure and points out the pitfalls to avoid in getting innovative technology successfully to market.
Sèrum d'una nit d'estiu
by Enfermera SaturadaLa Satu, la Enfermera Saturada, la Florence Nightingale de les xarxes socials, torna a la càrrega amb un llibre més il·lustrat i acolorit que mai. Haurà aconseguit la plaça fixa? Haurà trobat l'amor? O, millor encara..., tindrà ja el seu propi armariet? Cansada dels torns de nit que no s'acaben mai? La teva supervisora no col·labora en el pot de cafè i, a sobre, esmorza dues vegades? No suportes aquella companya que s'amaga al lavabo quan sona el timbre del pacient aïllat? La teva tutora et demana que prenguis la pressió amb l'aparell de l'any de la picor? No pateixis més! La Florence Nightingale de les xarxes socials ha tornat a posar-se el pijama! Aquest llibre no farà que deixis de fer torns de nit, però si més no farà que els facis amb un gran somriure. Benvinguda al nou món de la infermeria amb humor!Benvinguda al món de la Enfermera Saturada! ------- Piràmide de Maslow dels pacients ingressatsTinc visió?Em molesta la via.Conec una infermera que treballa en aquest hospital (és baixeta, morena...).Em sembla que hi ha aire al sèrum.Fa quatres dies que no cago (i me'n recordo a les 4.00 de la matinada.). Piràmide de Maslow dels acompanyants/visitesLa meva mare fa quatre dies que no caga.Com funciona la tele?En aquesta planta, hi ha el Pep, de la Lucita? El van ingressar ahir.Es que no penseu portar-li res per menjar?A quina hora passa el metge? ------- Opinions:«Un llibre molt bo.»Paco. 74. S'arrenca la via i diu que se li ha caigut. «Jo vinc a l'hospital a veure si m'hi trobo la Enfermera Saturada.»Rosa. 37. Ve a Urgències perquè té vòmits i pregunta si pot menjar alguna cosa. «Aquesta infermera és una crac. Miri, miri quin sèrum m'ha posat, ni una bombolla d'aire!»María Luisa. 56. Viu amb la por que una bombolla li prengui la vida. «M'he rigut tant amb aquest llibre que se m'han escapat unes gotetes.»Carmen. 94. Més anys que saturació d'oxigen.
Sé diferente: ¡Marketing que no puede ignorarse!
by Mike MichalowiczUNA RUTA PARA DESCUBRIR LA ESENCIA DE TU NEGOCIO, DETONAR TU CREATIVIDAD, MULTIPLICAR TUS VENTAS, ALCANZAR EL ÉXITO Y COLOCARTE EN LA CIMA DE TU MERCADO. Todos los emprendedores y empresarios quieren ser los mejores del mercado, pero lo cierto es que para los consumidores conseguir el mejor producto no es suficiente. En cambio, quienes se distinguen de los demás competidores siempre ganan.Esta guía de marketing, como ya es costumbre en los libros de Mike Michalowicz, ofrece un método simple de tres pasos con los que podrás posicionar tu negocio, atraer prospectos y convertir las oportunidades en ventas:1. DIFERÉNCIATE2. ATRAE3. DIRIGETodo ello enriquecido con valiosos ejemplos de emprendedores que han puesto en práctica esta fórmula, y con el humor tan característico que distingue a Michalowicz.
Sé un líder modelo
by John BaldoniEncargarse del trabajo de mayor nivel, ya sea como director ejecutivo de una empresa o gerente de un departamento, nunca es fácil. Cuando se hace de la forma correcta, resulta en un liderazgo inspirador; pero si se hace del modo contrario, puede llevar al desastre. Para ser eficaces, las personas a cargo deben darle a su equipo una razón para creer en sus talentos y su capacidad de poner a las personas a trabajar juntas. Un alto grado de liderazgo requiere determinación, autoridad, convicción, compasión y, lo más importante, la capacidad de dar un buen ejemplo. Puede parecer fácil, pero ponerlo en práctica puede llevar toda la vida. En Sé un líder modelo, el reconocido gurú del liderazgo John Baldoni revela las características y capacidades que deben tener los líderes para inspirar a otros a seguirlos.
S’intégrer pour s’enrichir
by Elias T. Ayuk Samuel T. KaboréL'intégration régionale comme premier pas vers l'accès au marché mondial? Dans un contexte où la libéralisation du commerce n'a pas entraîné les gains escomptés par les pays sous-développés et où la croissance du commerce mondial ne s'est pas accompagnée d'une croissance économique équivalente, une solution alternative a émergée. Un nouveau paradigme a fait valoir que la libéralisation des échanges devait s'accompagner d'investissements publics. Cela dit, la nature même de la libéralisation du commerce entraîne une diminution des ressources nécessaires aux investissements publics. Sur la base d'arguments solides, les pays sous-développés sont donc actuellement encouragés à mettre d'abord l'accent sur l'intégration régionale avant de rechercher l'accès au marché mondial. Cet ouvrage, qui aborde les questions liées à l'intégration régionale en Afrique de l'ouest, présente des données empiriques sur les efforts entrepris par les pays de l'Union économique et monétaire ouest-africaine (UEMOA) pour la convergence de leurs économies. Il examine également comment ces efforts, qui représentent un élément important pour l'intégration régionale, influent sur la réduction de la pauvreté dans les pays de l'UEMOA. Il intéressera par conséquent tous les chercheurs qui travaillent sur ce thème.
T-Group Facilitation: Theory and Practice of Applied Behavioural Science
by Lalitha Iyer Sharad Sakorkar Sankarasubramanyan Ramamoorthy Tejinder Singh Bhogal Renuka Raj SinghThis book offers the core conceptual base for the practice of T-Group facilitation. Drawing from the fields of psychology, social psychology, sociology, diversity studies and Indian philosophical thoughts, this book is a great resource for enhancing the practice of T-Group facilitation, for both budding and established facilitators. It covers a wide range of theories on human development, self-awareness, interpersonal interactions, groups and change. Individual and group identities, diversity, inclusion and social hierarchies are explored in detail here. The authors offer a model of T-Group facilitation based on 50 years of experience within the Indian Society for Applied Behavioural Science (ISABS). This model is useful not only for fellow practitioners of T-Groups but also for anyone engaged in facilitating groups, organizations and communities globally. This book helps one to reflect, develop and sharpen one’s competencies, values and ethics in this field. The chapters are embedded with activities, quizzes, case studies and exercises to facilitate a deeper understanding of the various elements used in the book. This book will be of interest to students, teachers and practitioners of psychology, social psychology, management studies and organizational development. It will also be useful for T-Group facilitators, facilitators of experiential groups and related fields.
T-Mobile in 2013: The Un-Carrier
by Francesca Gino Jonathan Lee John Beshears Sean Yixiang WangBy 2013, the U.S. wireless industry was in the midst of a costly transition. As consumers began to embrace more sophisticated mobile devices, the industry's four main players spent heavily to improve their infrastructures for providing reliable high-speed data services. T-Mobile, the smallest of the four major carriers, lacked the scale of its competitors and risked falling further behind in the contest for market share. Faced with this daunting business environment, T-Mobile's new CEO declared war on the rest of the industry, decrying competitor pricing practices and upending the traditional contract-based business model. This case provides background information on the state of the wireless industry in 2013 and follows T-Mobile's early steps to transform its market position.
T-Mobile in 2013: The Un-Carrier
by Francesca Gino Jonathan Lee John Beshears Sean Yixiang WangBy 2013, the U.S. wireless industry was in the midst of a costly transition. As consumers began to embrace more sophisticated mobile devices, the industry's four main players spent heavily to improve their infrastructures for providing reliable high-speed data services. T-Mobile, the smallest of the four major carriers, lacked the scale of its competitors and risked falling further behind in the contest for market share. Faced with this daunting business environment, T-Mobile's new CEO declared war on the rest of the industry, decrying competitor pricing practices and upending the traditional contract-based business model. This case provides background information on the state of the wireless industry in 2013 and follows T-Mobile's early steps to transform its market position.
T. Rowe Price and the Dell Inc. MBO (A)
by Lena G. GoldbergT. Rowe Price's mutual funds, separate accounts, institutional investors and retirement accounts were in the aggregate Dell Inc.'s third largest shareholder in 2013 when Dell announced a management-led buy-out, or MBO, structured as a merger. In considering whether to vote for or oppose the transaction, Brian C. Rogers, chairman and chief investment officer at T. Rowe, and his team had to consider whether the price offered represented the fair value of Dell. In addition, if Rogers concluded the merger price did not represent fair value, should T. Rowe simply sell its shares, or was it is the best interests of T. Rowe's fund and other investors to oppose the deal risking its possible collapse? And if T. Rowe opposed the transaction but it was nevertheless approved, should T. Rowe pursue appraisal of its shares in the Delaware courts?
T. Rowe Price and the Dell Inc. MBO (B)
by Lena G. GoldbergSupplement to case 317088. After deciding to oppose the Dell MBO, T. Rowe Price together with other dissident Dell shareholders sought appraisal of their shares in the Delaware courts. The appraisal process resulted in a significant increase in the price to be paid to dissenting shareholders for their Dell shares. T. Rowe Price discovered, however, that a voting glitch had resulted in T. Rowe's shares being voted in favor of the transaction thus potentially disqualifying it from obtaining the increased value resulting from the appraisal. What obligations did T. Rowe have to its fund and other investors and should it do?
T. Rowe Price: The Man, The Company, and The Investment Philosophy
by Cornelius C. BondT. Rowe Price, the Sage of Baltimore In 1937, Thomas Rowe Price, Jr. founded an investment company in Baltimore that would become one of the most successful in the world. Today, The T. Rowe Price Group manages over one trillion dollars and services clients around the world. It is among the largest investment firms focused on managing mutual funds and pension accounts. Uniquely trusted and respected, the firm is considered the “gold standard” by many investment advisors. In this book, Cornelius Bond tells the full story, for the first time, of how Price, a modest and ethical man, built the company bearing his name. From the private, unpublished personal and corporate records, you will get direct access to the creative process behind Price’s highly successful approach to investing. Personal insights based on Price’s own writings and the personal experience of the author who worked with him for many years. The Growth Stock philosophy as described in the words of the creator and master of this approach. Two fund managers who worked closely with Mr. Price reunite to consider the investment environment of the next five to ten years as Price himself might have viewed it. This book will give you an insider’s access to the true story of Thomas Rowe Price, Jr.
T.H.I.N.K. More: The Key to Business Communication Success
by Jan Dyer O'NeilThe must-have business book. Underneath your polished exterior is a challenged caveperson fending off the mammoth beast of technology every day. Defend yourself by fueling your mind with smart communication concepts, many of which are powered by research in neuroscience and psychology. You'll discover T.H.I.N.K. isn't a stiff ho-hum rules book—it’s the Elements of Style guide for communication success. You’ll learn:Why we are drawn to technology and how to manage itHow to reduce your screen time and be more productive Think, create, and brainstorm wisely and often Experience positive communication Get the messages you want, send the messages they want Write to capture your reader’s attention and keep itT.H.I.N.K. is a must-have business book for every busy, business professional. Good news! You don’t have to T.H.I.N.K. alone! Use this resourceful guide to create a communications plan with your team and experience the benefits of partying working like it’s 1999!
TA Energy (Turkey): A Bundle of International Partnerships
by Daniel J. Isenberg William R. Kerr Ant BozkayaStimulates discussion of entrepreneurship in emerging economies, especially for entrepreneurs returning to their home countries to start businesses with global technologies and partners. Focuses on the partnership tensions between global firms and local family-dominated conglomerates. Addresses new venture financing in an asset-intensive business through the assembly of strategic contrasts. More broadly, highlights the opportunities and challenges for returnee entrepreneurs.
TA Energy (Turkey): A Bundle of International Partnerships
by Daniel J. Isenberg William R. Kerr Ant BozkayaStimulates discussion of entrepreneurship in emerging economies, especially for entrepreneurs returning to their home countries to start businesses with global technologies and partners. Focuses on the partnership tensions between global firms and local family-dominated conglomerates. Addresses new venture financing in an asset-intensive business through the assembly of strategic contrasts. More broadly, highlights the opportunities and challenges for returnee entrepreneurs.
TATCHA: Marketing the Beauty Secrets of Japanese Geisha
by Geoffrey G. Jones Veronica TongCase considers the creation and early growth of California-based TATCHA, a Japanese-themed luxury beauty brand. It explores how Vicky Tsai developed the concept, assembled financial and management resources,and launched the first product of Japanese blotting paper in 2009 using a grassroots marketing campaign. Identifying a 200-year old book employed by Japanese geisha, Tsai started to diversify her product line into skin and other cosmetic products. The case ends in December 2010 with Tsai receiving an acquisition offer, and debating the merits of exiting or continuing to build her business.
TAV Airports Holding (A)
by Esel Cekin Juan AlcacerThis case explores the strategic options available to TAV Airports Holding, a Turkish firm, after it withdraws from a bid to build Istanbul's newest airport. The new airport would eventually replace Istanbul Atat rk Airport, where TAV makes 43% of its current revenue, and losing it will leave the company without a presence in its nation's largest city. TAV weighs four options: continue expanding internationally to the U.S. and other distant markets, buy an ownership stake in Istanbul's other remaining airport, diversify into related businesses, or seek out large infrastructure projects unrelated to airports. Will vertical or geographic diversification be more likely to ensure TAV's future?
TAV Airports Holding (B)
by Esel Cekin Juan AlcacerThis case explores the strategic options available to TAV Airports Holding, a Turkish firm, after it withdraws from a bid to build Istanbul's newest airport. The new airport would eventually replace Istanbul Atat rk Airport, where TAV makes 43% of its current revenue, and losing it will leave the company without a presence in its nation's largest city. TAV weighs four options: continue expanding internationally to the U.S. and other distant markets; buy an ownership stake in Istanbul's other remaining airport; diversify into related businesses; or seek out large infrastructure projects unrelated to airports. Will vertical or geographic diversification be more likely to ensure TAV's future?
TAV Airports: Acquiring Almaty International
by Esel Cekin Juan AlcacerThe case opens in April 2020 with Sani ener, CEO of TAV Airports, a vertically integrated regional airport operator headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey, and his team discussing the pending acquisition of the Almaty International Airport in Kazakhstan. The company had been looking for ways to increase its revenues, which had shrunk by 35% in 2019 after the closing of its flagship airport in Istanbul. The business case for acquiring Almaty International was quite strong: it was an asset acquisition with no maturity, and it came with fuel and cargo operations, functions that were unaffected by the cyclicality of passenger traffic. But the world had changed significantly since TAV made a conditional offer of $415 million, outbidding all other interested parties in November 2019. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the aviation industry had been facing unprecedented challenges, and passenger traffic in Almaty had dropped by around 40%. In the meantime, the seller of Almaty International was undeterred and pressed TAV to close the deal. ener and the senior management team were at a critical juncture: they had to move ahead soon or risk missing out on an opportunity that had looked very bright pre-pandemic.
TAX HAVENS and Corporate Strategies - Essays on Offshore Investments
by Antonio C. T. de Mello Raul Adalberto de CamposA incerteza política, uma economia volátil, agressões ao sigilo bancário, as ameaças à manutenção da riqueza, aumento da carga fiscal, os serviços governamentais deficientes para compensar o pagamento de impostos, administração pública ineficaz, crises sociais, o medo .. Neste contexto caótico, empresários buscarem constantemente alternativas para salvaguardar os seus investimentos a partir de "confisco legal" resultante da tributação extremamente elevada direta e indireta em que os cidadãos são submetidos. Em um mundo que está cada dia mais inter-conectado, o conhecimento e divulgação de novas oportunidades de negócios e oportunidades de investimento alternativas que existem fora das fronteiras nacionais torna-se uma oportunidade cada vez mais atraente, especialmente quando associada a uma redução em impostos e um aumento da possível lucros obtidos possível através dos assim chamados "paraísos fiscais" ou "Jurisdições Fiscais Privilegiados" .. Apesar de existir uma linha tênue entre a evasão fiscal (legal) e evasão (ilegal), essas práticas e estratégias de negócios quando colocado em prática de acordo com um programa fiscal anterior e cuidadosamente preparado, em conjunto com um estudo aprofundado das estruturas jurídicas no exterior, de fato representam uma oportunidade excepcional para o lucro e também para proteger os ativos e outras formas de riqueza, dentro dos limites da legislação em vigor. Mais do que uma opção para proteger a privacidade pessoal e financeira dos cidadãos que vivem em um universo no mar, o investimento e novas oportunidades de negócio descritas aqui representam verdadeiras oportunidades para qualquer pessoa com a curiosidade de descobrir um novo mundo ainda a ser explorado. Junte-se a esta aventura, esqueça os preconceitos, descobrir um novo mundo no universo offshore e, principalmente, ser livre para pensar, aprender como se comportar e acumular sua propriedade p
TAXTOPIA: How I Discovered the Injustices, Scams and Guilty Secrets of the Tax Evasion Game
by The Rebel Accountant'A shocking, enraging, sometimes hilarious exposé of a tax system that lives down to all our worst fears of further enriching the wealthy at the expense of the little guys.' - Piers Morgan'Very funny (and furious)... By the end of the book you may be spluttering with rage at the injustice of it all. Page after page shows how the rich are exploiting loopholes to reduce their tax bill.... But this is not some crazed figure on the extreme left hoping to bring down the establishment. The book is written by an accountant who has spent his career coming up with the very tax avoidance schemes the super-wealthy use to evade the clutches of HMRC.' - The Telegraph'Funny, clever and really quite brilliant. Taxtopia will make you furiously angry and possibly even filthy rich.' - Tom Peck, The Independent'If you want to know how skewed the system is and how the rich always get richer and stay that way, while you don't, then read this book. Then get angry.' - Patrick Alley, Co-founder of Global Witness and author of Very Bad People'Taxtopia's anonymous author has done the impossible - created a hilarious and deeply troubling expose about how the world's shady tax system is exploited and proves what we always suspected - that our tax system is rigged against us. Read it and weep.' - Geraint Anderson author of City Boy'Would I recommend the book? For readers of Spear's, my answer is 'yes, and it may also be worth going back over some of the more interesting ideas with your accountant' -Spear's'The book is enormously readable ... I would very much recommend reading Taxtopia because it's the most hilarious book about tax I've ever read!' - Siân Pattenden, The BunkerIn TAXTOPIA a rogue accountant breaks ranks to share his journey from clueless naïf to skilled tax consultant -and in doing so blows the lid on the murky world of making the tax burdens of the ultra-wealthy disappear.In the topsy-turvy world of tax avoidance, you can get richer by buying a yacht, the world's biggest exporter of coffee is Switzerland, and billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Donald Trump and the Duke of Westminster often pay less tax than you do.Written with sharp wit and over-brimming with inside secrets, the anonymous author shows us that not only does the global tax system encourage dubious practice which favours the rich, but that it was specifically founded with that in mind.If you suspect that tax is a rigged game, a con, designed to fleece the little guy, you are about to find out just how shockingly true that really is.Welcome to TAXTOPIA.
TAXTOPIA: How I Discovered the Injustices, Scams and Guilty Secrets of the Tax Evasion Game
by The Rebel Accountant'A shocking, enraging, sometimes hilarious exposé of a tax system that lives down to all our worst fears of further enriching the wealthy at the expense of the little guys.' - Piers Morgan'Very funny (and furious)... By the end of the book you may be spluttering with rage at the injustice of it all. Page after page shows how the rich are exploiting loopholes to reduce their tax bill.... But this is not some crazed figure on the extreme left hoping to bring down the establishment. The book is written by an accountant who has spent his career coming up with the very tax avoidance schemes the super-wealthy use to evade the clutches of HMRC.' - The Telegraph'Funny, clever and really quite brilliant. Taxtopia will make you furiously angry and possibly even filthy rich.' - Tom Peck, The Independent'If you want to know how skewed the system is and how the rich always get richer and stay that way, while you don't, then read this book. Then get angry.' - Patrick Alley, Co-founder of Global Witness and author of Very Bad People'Taxtopia's anonymous author has done the impossible - created a hilarious and deeply troubling expose about how the world's shady tax system is exploited and proves what we always suspected - that our tax system is rigged against us. Read it and weep.' - Geraint Anderson author of City Boy'Would I recommend the book? For readers of Spear's, my answer is 'yes, and it may also be worth going back over some of the more interesting ideas with your accountant' -Spear's'The book is enormously readable ... I would very much recommend reading Taxtopia because it's the most hilarious book about tax I've ever read!' - Siân Pattenden, The BunkerIn TAXTOPIA a rogue accountant breaks ranks to share his journey from clueless naïf to skilled tax consultant -and in doing so blows the lid on the murky world of making the tax burdens of the ultra-wealthy disappear.In the topsy-turvy world of tax avoidance, you can get richer by buying a yacht, the world's biggest exporter of coffee is Switzerland, and billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Donald Trump and the Duke of Westminster often pay less tax than you do.Written with sharp wit and over-brimming with inside secrets, the anonymous author shows us that not only does the global tax system encourage dubious practice which favours the rich, but that it was specifically founded with that in mind.If you suspect that tax is a rigged game, a con, designed to fleece the little guy, you are about to find out just how shockingly true that really is.Welcome to TAXTOPIA.
TCL Multimedia
by David Lane Tarun Khanna Felix Oberholzer-GeeTCL considers the underlying logic behind the globalization of one of China's most prominent companies. TCL, and similarly prominent companies in China, are in the forefront of China's emergence as one of the world's preeminent economic powers. Allows a discussion of how TCL's approach to globalization compares with those of other Chinese companies and those of companies from other developing countries. A rewritten version of an earlier case.
TCS: From Physical Offices to Borderless Work
by Prithwiraj Choudhury Malini SenTata Consultancy Services (TCS), a multinational IT services company headquartered in Mumbai, is a subsidiary of one of India's most reputed conglomerates, the Tata Group. In 2020, TCS was valued at $144.7 billion, the highest for any company in the IT sector, globally. In the immediate aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, like many companies around the world, TCS moved to remote working. The leadership of the company saw the myriad benefits of remote work. As the company planned for the future roadmap in the post-COVID world, it decided on a blended model. By 2025, only 25% of TCS employees would need to work in company facilities and no employee would need to spend more than 25% of their work hours in a physical office for the company to be productive. For this work model to be successful, the TCS management team had to brainstorm four key areas: What should the norms be for 25% in-person and who should determine them-senior managers, associates, clients, government regulators? How should the company convince veterans that virtual mentoring was as effective-if not more so-in preserving and further enriching the culture of mentorship? How should TCS deal with labor regulations around the world, if 'Talent on the Cloud' led to workers relocating and living in different geographies? Finally, how should TCS pitch this new model of work to clients once the pandemic eased?
TCS: The MCA 21 Project
by Bradley R. Staats David M. UptonTata Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading outsourced software services provider based in India, must decide whether to bid on a high-profile government project within India. The project, if completed successfully, would mark another step in TCS' progression from a provider of low-cost technical resources to their goal of becoming an end-to-end technology enabled services provider. However, the project was not only complex but also presented considerable hazards to the firm. The case permits the exploration of how and when companies in developing countries can leverage their domestic markets to build capabilities to serve global customers, by using their home market as a base for learning. The case is also designed to examine strategies (more generally) for such organizations to climb the value chain, and access higher-margin businesses with powerful incumbents.