Crown imprint: 1774 books
Slack
Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2001
To most companies, efficiency means profits and growth. But what if your “efficient” company—the one with the reduced headcount and the “stretch” goals—is actually slowing down and losing money? What if your employees are burning out doing the work of two or more people, leaving them no...
The Innovator's Manifesto
Deliberate Disruption for Transformational Growth
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2011
In this compelling new book, Michael E. Raynor, coauthor of the national bestseller The Innovator’s Solution, shows that Disruption, Clayton M. Christensen’s landmark theory that explains how fringe ideas come to redefine entire markets, not only explains why new businesses emerge and mature companies...
The Wealth of Knowledge
Intellectual Capital and the Twenty-first Century Organization
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
In Thomas A. Stewart’s bestselling first book, Intellectual Capital, he redefined the priorities of businesses around the world, demonstrating that the most important assets companies own today are often not tangible goods, equipment, financial capital, or market share, but the intangibles: patents,...
Innovation
The Five Disciplines for Creating What Customers Want
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2006
Nothing is more important to business success than innovation . . . And here’s what you can do about it on Monday morning with the definitive how-to book from the world’s leading authority on innovation
When it comes to innovation, Curt Carlson and Bill Wilmot of SRI International know...
Dialogue
The Art Of Thinking Together
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2008
Dialogue provides practical guidelines for one of the essential elements of true partnership--learning how to talk together in honest and effective ways. Reveals how problems between managers and employees, and between companies or divisions within a larger corporation, stem from an inability to conduct a successful dialogue.
The Anatomy of Buzz Revisited
Real-life lessons in Word-of-Mouth Marketing
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2009
A new edition of the definitive handbook on word-of-mouth marketing, completely revised and updated for today’s online world
With two-thirds new material and scores of current examples from today’s most successful companies, The Anatomy of Buzz Revisited takes readers inside the world of...
The Secret Handshake
Mastering the Politics of the Business Inner Circle
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2011
In The Secret Handshake, top corporate consultant and USC management professor Kathleen Reardon explores and reveals the hidden rules on the ins and outs of corporate politics that you won’t find outlined in any employee handbook.
Based on hundreds of candid interviews with executives at Fortune...
Find Your Extraordinary
Dream Bigger, Live Happier, and Achieve Success on Your Own Terms
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
In this Wall Street Journal bestseller, Jessica Herrin, serial entrepreneur and founder and CEO of the Stella & Dot Family Brands, shows how the classic traits of successful entrepreneurs are ones each one of us can develop--and use not only to create a company, but also to create an extraordinary...
by Brian Sher
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2010
How You Can Strike It Rich in Life and Business
Finally, the secrets of the truly wealthy are revealed! Now you can uncover what the world's richest people know that you don't—and learn to apply simple, practical, yet innovative methods that will enrich and enhance your life and bottom line.
In...
by David Crook
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2008
The conservative, thoughtful, thrifty investor’s guide to building a real-estate empire.
Profitable real-estate investing opportunities exist everywhere as long as you know what to look for and understand how to make prudent deals that transform property into profits. David Crook, of The...
Beating the Business Cycle
How to Predict and Profit From Turning Points in the Economy
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2004
How can you make wise decisions about your company and your personal future when you have no idea where the economy is headed?
The answer is, you can’t. But you can learn how to accurately predict turns in the economy so that you can see the road ahead. And BEATING THE BUSINESS CYCLE shows you how.
In...
Octopus
Sam Israel, the Secret Market, and Wall Street's Wildest Con
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
Octopus is a real-life thriller that tells the inside story of an audacious hedge fund fraud and the wild search, by a colorful cast of rogues and schemers, for a “secret market” beneath the financial market we all know.
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Sam Israel was a man who seemed to have it all – until the hedge...
The Coming Collapse of the Dollar and How to Profit from It
Make a Fortune by Investing in Gold and Other Hard Assets
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2004
The dollar is in trouble. It has fallen against other currencies for the past three years, and now its orderly retreat could well become a rout. This spells potential disaster for the American economy—and potential riches for a few smart investors. In The Coming Collapse of the Dollar and How to...
The Automatic Millionaire Homeowner
A Powerful Plan to Finish Rich in Real Estate
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2006
David Bach’s Simple System for Building Wealth Through Homeownership Will Help You Finish Rich in Any Market—Automatically
Updated with a new chapter of success stories
Owning a home has always been the American Dream, and in The Automatic Millionaire Homeowner, David Bach shows...