Download or read book Principles of Corporate Renewal Second Edition written by Harlan D. Platt and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2010-05-06 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its publication in 1998, this indispensable text has been the only systematic examination of corporate renewal, offering a rational approach for dealing with financially distressed companies. It contains the first logical and orderly discussion of a number of modern business issues including outsourcing, turnaround management, layoffs, quality management, and reengineering. Now in its second edition, Harlan D. Platt has revised, updated, and expanded the text to include a new chapter on bankruptcy law, a profile of the turnaround manager, and an overview of the typical turnaround engagement. As the first edition did, this new Principles of Corporate Renewal cuts to the heart of the patterns, procedures, and pitfalls of bringing a corporation back to life and health.
Download or read book Principles of Corporate Renewal written by Harlan D. Platt and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its publication in 1998, this indispensable text has been the only systematic examination of corporate renewal, offering a rational approach for dealing with financially distressed companies. It contains the first logical and orderly discussion of a number of modern business issues including outsourcing, turnaround management, layoffs, quality management, and reengineering. Now in its third edition, Harlan D. Platt has revised, updated, and expanded the text. As the first edition did, this new Principles of Corporate Renewal cuts to the heart of the patterns, procedures, and pitfalls of bringing a corporation back to life and health. New and exciting materials in this edition include factors to consider on the first day of a turnaround assignment and essential turnaround questions that help assess and focus the turnaround effort. This is a highly readable book on a fairly complex topic.
Download or read book Principles of Corporate Renewal written by HARLAN D. PLATT and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2023-01-05 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive approach to renewing troubled companies
Download or read book A Casebook on Corporate Renewal written by Harlan D. Platt and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Casebook on Corporate Renewal spans a variety of business areas relevant to corporate renewal and turnaround management. Corporate renewal, as a topic taught and discussed in business schools, has surged in the past decade. The cases in this book were selected to cover the knowledge and skills needed by successful turnaround managers, including ethical and legal issues; developing a plan of reorganization; and defining problems and their solutions, including strategic, financial, and operating issues. The cases challenge students to actively engage in the decision-making process in order to learn how corporate renewal is practiced in real business settings. The Casebook is meant to accompany the third edition of Principles of Corporate Renewal by Harlan D. Platt, but it can be adopted separately or used with other management textbooks.
Download or read book The B Corp Handbook written by Ryan Honeyman and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2014-10-13 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using Business as a Force for Good Join a Growing Movement: Learn how you can join more than 1,000 Certified B Corporations from 80 industries and 35 countries—led by well-known icons like Patagonia and Ben & Jerry's and disruptive upstarts like Warby Parker and Etsy—in a global movement to redefine success in business. Build a Better Business: Drawing on interviews, tips, and best practices from over 100 B Corporations, author and B Corp owner Ryan Honeyman shows that using business as a force for good can help you attract and retain the best talent, distinguish your company in a crowded market, and increase customer trust, loyalty, and evangelism for your brand. More than 1,000 companies from 80 industries and 30 countries are leading a global movement to redefine success in business. They're called B Corporations—B Corps for short—and these businesses create high-quality jobs, help build stronger communities, and restore the environment, all while generating solid financial returns. Author and B Corp owner Ryan Honeyman worked closely with over 100 B Corp CEOs and senior executives to share their tips, advice, and best-practice ideas for how to build a better business and how to meet the rigorous standards for—and enjoy the benefits of—B Corp certification. This book makes the business case for improving your social and environmental performance and offers a step-by-step “quick start guide” on how your company can join an innovative and rapidly expanding community of businesses that want to make money and make a difference.
Download or read book The Critical Path to Corporate Renewal written by Michael Beer and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Critical Path to Corporate Renewal is a practical and effective agenda for revitalizing the corporation. Through an in depth analysis of six companies that have undergone fundamental changes, the authors describe what works and what doesn't in corporate renewal. Describes the many common errors companies make in getting started. The human sources of competitive advantage--coordination, commitment, and competence--cannot be enhanced through programs. Successful corporate renewal occurs only when plants, divisions, and departments involve employees. That must be done through a carefully designed series of steps--the critical path--led by unit general managers. Companies that have followed this strategy have flatter and less hierarchical organizations, employees who take initiative to reduce costs and improve quality, and enhanced teamwork at all levels.
Download or read book Creating Value Through Corporate Restructuring written by Stuart C. Gilson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-04-05 with total page 852 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An updated look at how corporate restructuring really works Stuart Gilson is one of the leading corporate restructuring experts in the United States, teaching thousands of students and consulting with numerous companies. Now, in the second edition of this bestselling book, Gilson returns to present new insight into corporate restructuring. Through real-world case studies that involve some of the most prominent restructurings of the last ten years, and highlighting the increased role of hedge funds in distressed investing, you'll develop a better sense of the restructuring process and how it can truly create value. In addition to "classic" buyout and structuring case studies, this second edition includes coverage of Delphi, General Motors, the Finova Group and Warren Buffett, Kmart and Sears, Adelphia Communications, Seagate Technology, Dupont-Conoco, and even the Eurotunnel debt restructuring. Covers corporate bankruptcy reorganization, debt workouts, "vulture" investing, equity spin-offs, asset divestitures, and much more Addresses the effect of employee layoffs and corporate downsizing Examines how companies allocate value and when a corporation should "pull the trigger" From hedge funds to financial fraud to subprime busts, this second edition offers a rare look at some of the most innovative and controversial restructurings ever.
Download or read book Turn Around written by Marvin Davis and published by Contemporary Books. This book was released on 1988-03-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Turn around written by Marvin A. Davis and published by McGraw-Hill/Contemporary. This book was released on 1987-01-01 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Applied Corporate Finance written by Aswath Damodaran and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-10-27 with total page 663 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aswath Damodaran, distinguished author, Professor of Finance, and David Margolis, Teaching Fellow at the NYU Stern School of Business, have delivered the newest edition of Applied Corporate Finance. This readable text provides the practical advice students and practitioners need rather than a sole concentration on debate theory, assumptions, or models. Like no other text of its kind, Applied Corporate Finance, 4th Edition applies corporate finance to real companies. It now contains six real-world core companies to study and follow. Business decisions are classified for students into three groups: investment, financing, and dividend decisions.
Download or read book Special Issue on Corporate Renewal written by Emilie Feldman and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Principles of Management written by David S. Bright and published by . This book was released on 2023-05-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black & white print. Principles of Management is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of the introductory course on management. This is a traditional approach to management using the leading, planning, organizing, and controlling approach. Management is a broad business discipline, and the Principles of Management course covers many management areas such as human resource management and strategic management, as well as behavioral areas such as motivation. No one individual can be an expert in all areas of management, so an additional benefit of this text is that specialists in a variety of areas have authored individual chapters.
Download or read book Corporate Renewal Or Decline written by Corporate Consulting Group and published by . This book was released on 1982* with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Corporate Turnaround Nursing a Sick Company Back to Health Second Edition written by Michael Teng and published by Corporate Turnaround Centre Pte Limited. This book was released on 2010-10 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the second edition of the best-selling book, Corporate Turnaround published in 2002. Now we are encountering another global financial crisis as iconic companies like Lehman Brothers, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae fell, while erstwhile leaders like AIG, General Motors, Ford and others survive only because of government bailouts. The European zone is also having problems with sovereign debt problems. What is it that makes companies sick and turnaround? This book analyses corporate sickness like a doctor analyses sickness in a patient. Drawing from both the eastern and western systems of medicine, this book draws parallels with corporate sickness and how a combination of the two approaches will make a sick company healthy. And just as doctors now advice that you don't really need to get sick to get healthy, the prescription in this book can also be used not just by a sick company looking for a turnaround but by any company wanting to transform to be healthy and grow A must read book by all professionals wanting to see their companies grow healthily during this tough economic environment.
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Download or read book Program Management of Technology Endeavours written by Ali Al Khouri and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-09-29 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When we look at a program or a project, to identify its size in terms of 'large', it would be advisable to consider a few factors that determine the size i.e., effort, uncertainty and complexity involved in delivering the outcome. This book is intended to provide the required lateral thinking in this field of management excellence.
