1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463126303321

Autore

Forman Janis

Titolo

Storytelling in business [[electronic resource] ] : the authentic and fluent organization / / Janis Forman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, Calif., : Stanford Business Books, an imprint of Stanford University Press, 2013

ISBN

0-8047-8495-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Disciplina

658.4/5

Soggetti

Communication in management

Business communication

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Why explore storytelling in business? -- A framework for organizational storytelling -- Stories about strategy : Schering-Plough -- Schering-Plough : lessons learned -- Stories and the corporate brand : Chevron -- Chevron : lessons learned -- Digital stories for business : FedEx -- FedEx : lessons learned -- Storytelling workshops for change : Philips -- Philips : lessons learned -- Ending with a beginning.

Sommario/riassunto

Storytelling can be a lifelong and life sustaining habit of mind, a personal inheritance that connects us to our communities. It can also serve as an organizational inheritance-a management tool that helps businesses to develop and thrive. For more than a decade, award-winning author Janis Forman has been helping executives to tell stories in service of their organizational objectives. In Storytelling in Business: The Authentic and Fluent Organization, she teaches readers everywhere how the craft of storytelling can help them to achieve their professional goals.Focusing on



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461494603321

Autore

Sanders G. Lawrence

Titolo

Developing new products and services [[electronic resource] ] : learning, differentiation, and innovation / / G. Lawrence Sanders ; with contributions by Ron Huefner ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[New York, N.Y.] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017), : Business Expert Press, c2012

ISBN

1-78268-070-5

1-283-89286-3

1-60649-242-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (363 p.)

Collana

Marketing research collection

Altri autori (Persone)

HuefnerRonald J

Disciplina

658.575

Soggetti

New products

Product differentiation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"For PowerPoint slides and other supplemental materials that accompany this book, please visit www.glsanders.wordpress.com."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-335) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Understanding entrepreneurship, diffusion, and R&D in the context of monopolistic competition -- 2. Fundamental concepts of product and price differentiation -- 3. Differentiation in action -- 4. The role of dynamic tension in constructing versioning and product differentiation curves -- 5. Examples of product differentiation and versioning curves -- 6. Facilitating creativity and innovation -- 7. Conceptualizing products and services using the FAD template -- 8. Strategic planning approaches for product differentiation and innovation -- 9. The ten-ten planning process: crafting a business story -- 10. Lock-in and revenue growth -- 11. Valuing the business -- 12. Developing a business plan -- 13. Project management for new product and services development -- 14. Re-priming the business using real options concepts -- 15. Wrap-up -- Notes -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

The focus of the book is on the up-front activities and ideas for new product and service development. A central theme of this book is that there is, or should be, a constant struggle going on in every



organization, business, and system between delivering feature-rich versions of products and services using extravagant engineering and delivering low-cost versions of products and services using frugal engineering. Delivering innovative products is accomplished by an endless cycle of business planning, creative and innovative insight, and learning-about and learning-by-doing activities.