This book challenges the widely-held belief that popular narratives about business are invariably critical. It develops a more nuanced analytic model of private sector narrative and applies it to 63 recent narrative texts (movies, histories, biographies) produced in the US dealing with three...

The US Firms' Business Competence in the Taiwanese IT Industry -- Taiwan's Industrial Development, Foreign Investment and IT Industry -- The Strategy Formulation and Change of Foreign Subsidiaries and Their Functional Units -- The Determinants of Strategy Formulation and Change in Foreign...

1. Teil: Das größte Comeback aller Zeiten -- 2. Teil: Der iZyklus – Apples Königreich entsteht -- 3. Teil: Epische Schlachten auf dem Olymp -- 4. Teil: Der Abstieg vom Olymp -- 5. Teil: Apples neue Kriegsschauplätze -- 6. Teil: Apples neue Gegner -- 7. Teil: Der Lebenszyklus von Imperien...

Step through the process of identifying and combining the right measures to gauge, narrate, and guide your organization's progress toward true success. All organizations have a common goal to be successful. All leaders want to make data-informed decisions and use measures to improve processes,...

This brief analyzes each of the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchises in the National League and their past regular-season and postseason records and financial performances while operating as competitive, popular, and profitable or unprofitable enterprises. Using sport-specific information and...

This book connects a buying psychology driven by American beliefs and values with a company’s go-to market strategy, the goal being to sensitize readers to how the cultural values of a particular country or region can impact the business environment. The book also addresses the reasons behind...

Vorwort -- Über den Autor -- Prolog: Das Imperium schlägt zurück -- Teil I: Das größte Comeback aller Zeiten -- Teil II: Der iZyklus – Apples Königreich entsteht -- Teil III: Epische Schlachten auf dem Olymp -- Teil IV: Der unerwartete Abstieg vom Gipfel -- Teil V: Apples neue...

New Outside Blockholders, Performance, and Governance in Germany -- Equity Ownership, Agency Problems and Shareholder Wealth: Understanding the Unique Role of Corporate Block Owners -- Minority Equity Ownership and Value Creation: The Role of Corporate Relatedness -- Concluding Remarks.