LEADER 03632nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910456710803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-118-03381-7 010 $a1-283-09872-5 010 $a9786613098726 010 $a1-118-03378-7 035 $a(CKB)2550000000033574 035 $a(EBL)693509 035 $a(OCoLC)729627583 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000525716 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12195849 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000525716 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10508802 035 $a(PQKB)10659598 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC693509 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL693509 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10465934 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL309872 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000033574 100 $a20101221d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSmart or lucky?$b[electronic resource] $ehow technology leaders turn chance into success /$fJudith Hurwitz 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aSan Francisco $cJossey-Bass$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (241 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-470-89142-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical refrences and index. 327 $aSMART OR LUCKY? HOW TECHNOLOGY LEADERS TURN CHANCE INTO SUCCESS; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION: SMART OR LUCKY?; 1 LIGHTNING DOESN'T STRIKE TWICE: What Happens When You're Lucky but Think You're Smart; 2 GAINING AND RETAINING CUSTOMERS: How to Get Customers to Adopt and Commit to Technology; 3 YOU'RE NOT DEAD YET: How Some Companies Come Back from Near Death Experiences; 4 THE GOOGLE SNEAK ATTACK: Supplanting the Market Leader; 5 HERO WORSHIP: Gaining Loyalty by Helping Your Customers Find Personal Success; 6 LESSONS FROM THE LEMMINGS ERA: How Out-of-Control Dot-Coms Fueled the Future 327 $a7 THE GOTCHA SYNDROME: Why Promising Technologies Fail8 STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF PIONEERS: How Lessons Learned from the Past Pave the Way for New Technology; 9 THE SILVER BULLET SYNDROME: Beware of Solutions That Appear Too Good to Be True; 10 SPLITTING UP IS HARD TO DO: When Walking Away from Legacy Products Makes Sense; CONCLUSION: TEN RULES FOR TURNING LUCK INTO SUSTAINABLE SUCCESS; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; INDEX 330 $aSmart or Lucky? How Technology Leaders Turn Chance into Success About the Book: An insider's look at the combination of luck and smarts you need to succeed in today's changing tech world. To be successful in any highly competitive market, you have to be smart, but you also have to be lucky by being at the right place at the right time. The most successful technology entrepreneurs understand the value of the combination of luck and smarts and make it work for them. Those who fail are the ones who may be lucky but get complacent, believe they're the smartest players in the ma 606 $aEntrepreneurship 606 $aBusinesspeople 606 $aHigh technology industries 606 $aTechnological innovations 606 $aSuccess in business 606 $aSustainable development 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEntrepreneurship. 615 0$aBusinesspeople. 615 0$aHigh technology industries. 615 0$aTechnological innovations. 615 0$aSuccess in business. 615 0$aSustainable development. 676 $a658.4/01 700 $aHurwitz$b Judith$0789435 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456710803321 996 $aSmart or lucky$92274468 997 $aUNINA