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Winning the Profit Game: Smarter Pricing, Smarter Branding
Robert G. Docters , Michael R. Reopel , Jeanne-Mey Sun , and Stephen M. Tanny Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0071434720 |
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How to use pricing as a strategic tool to increase revenues and win the war for profit
One of the greatest pitfalls in the war for profits is corporate strategists' lack of a practical understanding of the link between overall revenues and overall costs. In Winning the Profit Game, the thought leaders at A. T. Kearney unveil a revolutionary new approach to establishing clear, strategic links between the top and bottom lines. No dry academic treatise, Winning the Profit Game is a guide to growing profits, in boom times and bust, using smart top-line strategies that optimize price, costs, customer behavior, and volumes. The authors clearly lay out the basic principles involved and also include:
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Insightful!.......2004-08-04
Newspaper and Electronic press comments on this book.......2004-03-01
"[The Authors] have produced something analogous to an eagle in the realm of business books... Like an eagle, Winning the Profit Game is distinguished by its farsightedness. Its clear, precise prose soars above that of most business books."
"The opus opens with a musical metaphor, reminding readers that every era has its own music and its own signature instruments: the driving drums and multiple guitar riffs of rock n'roll, the thundering brass of the Swing Era's big bands and the virtuoso string sections of classical music. 'If we make the analogy with business, what skills is emerging even now as the lead instrument of the 2000s? What will be the key to success in an environment that's tougher, more competitive than ever before?' the authors write. Their answer is pricing-- not by itself but integrated with brand, cost management and product development."
The authors cover the waterfront on pricing comprehensively and lucidly [including]Quick Hits for management."
Readers might also wish to know that this book has been mentioned on yahoo.com's Finance website (2/20/04), and on Consultant News's consultant-news.com (2/24/04). Their comments were (respectively):
"... executives reading this book will learn tools to help them... develop an effective, integrated price and brand strategy, use price as a language which speaks to customers [and] optimize price to increase revenue."
"... by putting brand at the center of their framework, the authors challenge the conception of branding as a mysterious function separate from price. Rather, the two are inextricably connected and a superior price strategy cannot exist without a solid brand strategy."
Incidentally, I would not say we put brand at the center of our book. We do give it a lot more attention than any other book on pricing, however.
Hope this is helpful.
Rob Docters
(Co-author)
Maybe the best book yet on pricing and branding.......2004-01-20
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Learning Unplugged
Diane M. Gayeski Manufacturer: AMACOM/American Management Association ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0814471455 |
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Wireless technologies are changing the nature of organizational training, performance management, and collaboration. From smart cell phones and PDAs to webpads and wearable devices, one-time curiosities are now indispensable business tools. Featuring case studies and interviews, Learning Unplugged shows how to implement these technologies, and shows how applications can be adapted for use in different environments and situations.This comprehensive yet plain-English guide explains the function and application of a wide range of mobile devices for training, communications, and performance management.Readers can use its innovative, field-proven guidelines to: develop growth-focused learning and performance systems * move from teaching and telling to accepting input and allowing experimentation * adapt to the schedules and locations of a mobile workforce.
Learning Unplugged also provides in-depth comparisons of new technologies, and crucial information on creating media and content for new mobile devices.
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Deeply Dissapointing.......2002-09-24
If on the other hand you know nothing about MP3 players, GPS, PDAs and camcorders, and would like a light-weight technology primer heavily padded out with unnecessary screenshots and interviews, this book is definitely for you.
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Unplugged: revenue slide, unpaid taxes shut down computer training school. (Monthly Feature on Technology).(New Horizons Computer Learning Center): An article from: Westchester County Business Journal
Alex Philippidis Manufacturer: Westfair Communications, Inc. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B0008FL0CE Release Date: 2005-07-30 |
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This digital document is an article from Westchester County Business Journal, published by Westfair Communications, Inc. on October 7, 2002. The length of the article is 717 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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The Cyanide Canary
Joseph Hilldorfer , and Robert Dugoni Manufacturer: Free Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0743246527 |
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The Cyanide Canary is the riveting true story of a horrific crime -- of a brave young man left for dead, an unscrupulous business mogul, and the relentless EPA investigator who fought to overcome injustice.
On a crisp summer morning in Soda Springs, Idaho, twenty-year-old Scott Dominguez kissed his fiancée goodbye and went to work for Allan Elias, the owner of Evergreen Resources, an enterprise Dominguez thought was in the business of producing fertilizer from mining waste. A former high school wrestler blessed with Tom Cruise-like good looks, Dominguez seemed to have unlimited potential, but by eleven o'clock that morning he was fighting for his life, pulled unconscious from a cyanide-laced storage tank and not expected to live through the night.
In Seattle, Special Agent Joseph Hilldorfer of the Environmental Protection Agency was given the job of finding out what happened to Dominguez and why. Initially Hilldorfer did not want the case, still frustrated by an intense two-year investigation that concluded with corporate polluters walking out of a federal courthouse free. But as he learned more, Hilldorfer, the son of a Pittsburgh cop with a blue-collar work ethic, was touched by Scott's suffering and outraged at Elias's callous disregard for his employees' well-being.
Hilldorfer and his partner, Special Agent Bob Wojnicz, joined forces with seasoned Boise Assistant U.S. Attorney George Breitsameter and an indefatigable, brilliant young attorney from the Department of Justice's Environmental Crimes Section named David Uhlmann. Together they would uncover the horrifying truths and build the criminal case against Elias.
A former New York whiz kid and Arizona realestate and business mogul, Elias owned businesses that had polluted Idaho with hazardous waste for nearly a decade. Yet Elias never spent a single day in jail, openly boasted of beating the environmental quality regulations, and avoided any significant fines. Would this case be any different?
Hilldorfer, Uhlmann, and the government trial team embarked on an epic courtroom battle that would stretch them to the limits. What began as a struggle for justice for one young man became a fight by the EPA for its very ability to enforce the nation's environmental laws and to bring environmental polluters to justice. In the balance was whether Allan Elias would ever spend a day in jail.
Gripping, powerful, and compulsively readable, The Cyanide Canary is a major achievement in the classic tradition of A Civil Action, a book that unfolds like fiction yet is alarmingly true.
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"The Cyanide Canary is the riveting true story of a horrific crime -- of a brave young man left for dead, an unscrupulous business mogul, and the relentless EPA investigator who fought to overcome injustice. On a crisp summer morning in Soda Springs, Idaho, twenty-year-old Scott Dominguez kissed his fiance goodbye and went to work for Allan Elias, the owner of Evergreen Resources, an enterprise Dominguez thought was in the business of producing fertilizer from mining waste. A former high school wrestler blessed with Tom Cruise-like good looks, Dominguez seemed to have unlimited potential, but by eleven o'clock that morning he was fighting for his life, pulled unconscious from a cyanide-laced storage tank and not expected to live through the night. In Seattle, Special Agent Joseph Hilldorfer of the Environmental Protection Agency was given the job of finding out what happened to Dominguez and why. Initially Hilldorfer did not want the case, still frustrated by an intense two-year investigation that concluded with corporate polluters walking out of a federal courthouse free. But as he learned more, Hilldorfer, the son of a Pittsburgh cop with a blue-collar work ethic, was touched by Scott's suffering and outraged at Elias's callous disregard for his employees' well-being. Hilldorfer and his partner, Special Agent Bob Wojnicz, joined forces with seasoned Boise Assistant U.S. Attorney George Breitsameter and an indefatigable, brilliant young attorney from the Department of Justice's Environmental Crimes Section named David Uhlmann. Together they would uncover the horrifying truths and build the criminal case against Elias. A former New York whiz kid and Arizona realestate and business mogul, Elias owned businesses that had polluted Idaho with hazardous waste for nearly a decade. Yet Elias never spent a single day in jail, openly boasted of beating the environmental quality regulations, and avoided any significant fines. Would this case be any different? Hilldorfer, Uhlmann, and the government trial team embarked on an epic courtroom battle that would stretch them to the limits. What began as a struggle for justice for one young man became a fight by the EPA for its very ability to enforce the nation's environmental laws and to bring environmental polluters to justice. In the balance was whether Allan Elias would ever spend a day in jail. Gripping, powerful, and compulsively readable, The Cyanide Canary is a major achievement in the classic tradition of A Civil Action, a book that unfolds like fiction yet is alarmingly true. "Customer Reviews:
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Nitrogen Fertilization in the Environment (Books in Soils, Plants, and the Environment)
Manufacturer: CRC ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0824789946 |
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This study examines the interactions between nitrogen and the ecosystem and discusses nitrogen fertilization practices around the world. Simulation models that play an important role in determining the dynamics of source-sink relationships are presented, helping to pinpoint inefficiencies and develop strategies to synchronize nitrogen supply and demand.
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Handbook of Soil Conditioners (Books in Soils, Plants, and the Environment)
Wallace Manufacturer: CRC ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0824701178 |
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This work features scientific, technical and practical information on mineral, organic and synthetic conditioners, as well as their beneficial effects on the soil's physical properties that promote optimal plant growth, maximize soil fertility, and enhance biomediation processes. It promotes the synergistic use of various agricultural technologies to manage global concerns of decreasing arable land.
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Agriculture and the Nitrogen Cycle: Assessing the Impacts of Fertilizer Use on Food Production and the Environment (Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) Series)
Manufacturer: Island Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1559637102 |
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Nitrogen is an essential element for plant growth and development and a key agricultural input-but in excess it can lead to a host of problems for human and ecological health. Across the globe, distribution of fertilizer nitrogen is very uneven, with some areas subject to nitrogen pollution and others suffering from reduced soil fertility, diminished crop production, and other consequences of inadequate supply.
Agriculture and the Nitrogen Cycle provides a global assessment of the role of nitrogen fertilizer in the nitrogen cycle. The focus of the book is regional, emphasizing the need to maintain food and fiber production while minimizing environmental impacts where fertilizer is abundant, and the need to enhance fertilizer utilization in systems where nitrogen is limited. The book is derived from a workshop held by the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) in Kampala, Uganda, that brought together the world's leading scientists to examine and discuss the nitrogen cycle and related problems. It contains an overview chapter that summarizes the group's findings, four chapters on cross-cutting issues, and thirteen background chapters.
The book offers a unique synthesis and provides an up-to-date, broad perspective on the issues of nitrogen fertilizer in food production and the interaction of nitrogen and the environment.
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Farming, Fertilizers and the Nitrate Problem
T. M. Addiscott , A. P. Whitmore , and D. S. Powlson Manufacturer: CABI ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0851986587 |
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The excessive use of fertilizers in agriculture is generally assumed to be a major cause of nitrate pollution. Nitrates may leak through the soil and occur in excess levels in drinking water. The authors of this book provide a detailed scientific analysis of this controversial issue. They
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Handbook of Plant Nutrition (Books in Soils, Plants, and the Environment)
Manufacturer: CRC ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items: ASIN: 0824759044 |
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The Handbook of Plant Nutrition provides a readily accessible source of current information on the nutritional requirements of significant crops. The editors provide an overview of plant nutrients and beneficial elements, explaining the diagnostic criteria and research approaches currently being applied by investigators. What then follows are twenty chapters, each one dedicated to an essential nutrient, or beneficial element. Written by eminent researchers, each chapter offers historical information on the specific nutrient, explains how a plant's appearance and composition can be used to assess nutritional status, discusses the value of soil tests, and recommends remedial fertilizers.
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Agriculture, Fertilizers and the Environment (Cabi Publishing)
M. Laegreid , O. C. Bockman , and O. Kaarstad Manufacturer: CABI ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0851993583 |
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No other book in this field covers such a wide range of topics and can be applied to as many geographic areas as Agriculture, Fertilizers, and the Environment. The book is divided into three sections: the first dealing with sustainability in agriculture and the challenges to produce enough food while caring for the environment, the second with the benefits and problems of fertilizer use, and the third covers the possibilities and challenges for increased food production in the future. These provide a balanced scientific review of the issues relating to fertilizer use and how its impact can be minimized. Anyone interested in the environment will find this book helpful, as well as those studying soil, crop and environmental science.
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Agrochemicals from Natural Products (Books in Soils, Plants, and the Environment)
C.R.A. Godfrey Manufacturer: CRC ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0824795539 |
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Offers a thorough overview of the important agricultural applications of both natural products and synthetic compounds derived from natural products, presenting detailed information on the isolation, structural studies, biological activity and toxicology of these compounds. The expanding area of insecticidal natural products is highlighted.
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Agrochemicals: Fate in Food and the Environment (Proceedings Series (International Atomic Energy Agency).)
Italy) International Symposium on Agrochemicals: Fate in Food and the Environment Using Isotope Techniques (1982 : Rome Manufacturer: Intl Atomic Energy Agency ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 9200103820 |
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Beneficial Use Programs for Biosolids Management: A Special Publication (Special Publication (Water Environment Federation).)
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Laser Radar Ranging and Atmospheric Lidar Techniques II: 20-21 September 1999 Florence, Italy (Europto Series)
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