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UNINA9910463126303321 |
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Autore |
Forman Janis |
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Titolo |
Storytelling in business [[electronic resource] ] : the authentic and fluent organization / / Janis Forman |
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Stanford, Calif., : Stanford Business Books, an imprint of Stanford University Press, 2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (305 p.) |
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Communication in management |
Business communication |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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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 |
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UNINA9910461494603321 |
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Autore |
Sanders G. Lawrence |
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Developing new products and services [[electronic resource] ] : learning, differentiation, and innovation / / G. Lawrence Sanders ; with contributions by Ron Huefner ... [et al.] |
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[New York, N.Y.] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017), : Business Expert Press, c2012 |
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1-78268-070-5 |
1-283-89286-3 |
1-60649-242-X |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (363 p.) |
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Collana |
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Marketing research collection |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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New products |
Product differentiation |
Electronic books. |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Note generali |
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"For PowerPoint slides and other supplemental materials that accompany this book, please visit www.glsanders.wordpress.com." |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-335) and index. |
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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. |
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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 |
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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. |
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