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  • Foundations of Scenario Planning

    The Story of Pierre Wack

    by Thomas Chermack ...
    Series series Routledge International Studies in Business History
    Pierre Wack was head of scenario planning at Royal Dutch / Shell Oil in London for just over ten years. He died in 1997. He was a pioneer of what we know today as scenario planning – an alternative and complement to strategic planning.Scenarios explore a variety of possible futures for examining decisions in organizational planning. Pierre was a unique man with interests in Indian and Japanese ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

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  • Chocolate Wars

    The 150-Year Rivalry Between the World's Greatest Chocolate Makers

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    An entertaining and surprising history of the world's most delectable treat, from a descendant of the Cadbury chocolate dynasty.**“Amazingly appealing … This is a delicious book, seductive as a tray of bonbons.” —**Washington PostIn the early nineteenth century the major English chocolate firms—Fry, Rowntree, and Cadbury—were all Quaker family enterprises that aimed to do well by doing good. The ... Read more

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    What can a spell-checker tell you about economic trends? Why is the world’s supply of ideas about to double? What did America get right in the nineteenth century that it’s getting wrong in the twenty-first? If Karl Marx were alive today, would he be hosting a show on Fox News?These are just a few of the provocative questions asked by Sonic Boom, a (mainly) optimistic look at the near future. Sonic ... Read more

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  • Innovation Tournaments

    Creating and Selecting Exceptional Opportunities

    by Christian Terwiesch, Karl Ulrich ...
    Managers, entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists all seek to maximize the financial returns from innovation, and profits are driven largely by the quality of the opportunities they pursue. Based on a structured and process-driven approach this book demonstrates how to systematically identify exceptional opportunities for innovation.An innovation tournament, just like its counterpart in sports, ... Read more

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  • Halliburton's Army

    How a Well-Connected Texas Oil Company Revolutionized the Way America Makes War

    by Pratap Chatterjee ...
    Halliburton'sArmy is the first book to show, in shocking detail, how Halliburton really does business, in Iraq, and around the world. From its vital role as the logistical backbone of the U.S. occupation in Iraq -- without Halliburton there could be no war or occupation -- to its role in covering up gang-rape amongst its personnel in Baghdad, Halliburton'sArmy is a devastating bestiary of ... Read more

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  • PEZ

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    The world's one-and-only PEZ historian dispenses fun facts on the candy's evolution from smoking substitute to childhood treat to pop culture collectible.PEZ is an American classic and a staple of many childhood memories. Yet it originated in Austria, where PEZ began in 1927 as compressed peppermint tablets marketed as an alternative to smoking. Upon arrival in the United States in 1952, PEZ ... Read more

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  • The Price Reporters

    A Guide to PRAs and Commodity Benchmarks

    by Owain Johnson ...
    Every consumer in a modern economy is indirectly exposed to the work of a price reporting agency (PRA) each time they fill up their car, take a flight or switch on a light, and yet the general public is completely unaware of the existence of PRAs. Firms like Platts, Argus and ICIS, which are referenced every day by commodity traders and which influence billions of dollars of trade, are totally ... Read more

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    by Gregor Hagemann ...
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  • Famous Brand Names & Their Origins

    by Kathy Martin ...
    "This fascinating and enjoyable book tells the story of around 200 brand names, delving succinctly into their origins and fortunes over time" ( Your Family History ).Many brands, including Boots, Hoover, and Kelloggs, were named after their founders whilst others have less obvious origins; for instance, did you know that Velcro comes from velours and crochet, the French words for "velvet" and ... Read more

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