Hoover's Handbook of Emerging Companies 2000

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Discover how companies like Global Crossing and SFX Entertainment have raced past their competitors to become leaders in their fields. You'll learn about young companies, such as Inktomi and DoubleClick, that are poised for explosive growth, and the stories behind successful IPOs such as priceline.com and Red Hat. Anyone with a need to know about the hottest growth companies in the U.S. will find this book a gold mine of useful information.

It includes lists of fast-growing companies from Business Week, Forbes, Inc., FORTUNE and other publications, and is indexed by headquarters location and industry, and by the people, companies and brand names mentioned in the s. profile

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The Initial Public Offering.......2006-10-12

This book is a road map from anybody considering taking a company public. It discusses the pros and cons and timing of going public and how to assemble a team of managers, legal cousel, underwriters, auditors and a board of directors to guide the journey. Topics such as managing publicity, organizational presentation and due dilligence are covered. All the aspects of preparing a registration statement, pricing and selling stock are explained as well as underwriter agreements and relations. The book goes on to deal with the consequences once a company has gone public with such topics as stock holder relations and insider trading. A section on considerations for foreign companies is included.

Boulder consulting firm going public so it can help clients do the same : An article from: Boulder County Business Report

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Boulder consulting firm going public so it can help clients do the same : An article from: Boulder County Business Report
Alisha Jeter Rhines
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Do venture capitalists add value to small manufacturing firms? An empirical analysis of venture and nonventure capital-backed initial public offerings.: ... from: Journal of Small Business Management

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Do venture capitalists add value to small manufacturing firms? An empirical analysis of venture and nonventure capital-backed initial public offerings.: ... from: Journal of Small Business Management
James C. Brau , Richard A. Brown , and Jerome S. Osteryoung
Manufacturer: International Council of Small Business
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Title: Do venture capitalists add value to small manufacturing firms? An empirical analysis of venture and nonventure capital-backed initial public offerings.
Author: James C. Brau
Publication: Journal of Small Business Management (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 2004
Publisher: International Council of Small Business
Volume: 42 Issue: 1 Page: 78(15)

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Going Public: How to Make Your Initial Stock Offering Successful

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Going Public: How to Make Your Initial Stock Offering Successful
Martin D. Weiss
Manufacturer: Liberty Hall Pr
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Initial Public Offerings: A Strategic Planner for Raising Equity Capital

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Initial Public Offerings: A Strategic Planner for Raising Equity Capital
David P. Sutton , and M. William Benedetto
Manufacturer: Probus Pub Co
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Initial Public Offerings: All You Need to Know About Taking a Company Public (Entrepreneur's Guide Series)

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Initial Public Offerings: All You Need to Know About Taking a Company Public (Entrepreneur's Guide Series)
David P. Sutton , and M. William Benedetto
Manufacturer: Probus Professional Pub
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ASIN: 1557381429

IPO liability and entrepreneurial response.(initial public offerings ): An article from: University of Pennsylvania Law Review

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IPO liability and entrepreneurial response.(initial public offerings ): An article from: University of Pennsylvania Law Review
James C. Spindler
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Title: IPO liability and entrepreneurial response.(initial public offerings )
Author: James C. Spindler
Publication: University of Pennsylvania Law Review (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 155 Issue: 5 Page: 1187(42)

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Pricing and Performance of Initial Public Offerings in the United States

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Pricing and Performance of Initial Public Offerings in the United States
Arvin Ghosh
Manufacturer: Transaction Publishers
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Recommended for college libraries and economic studies shelves........2007-02-04

Written by Arvin Ghosh (Prof. in the Dept. of Economics, Finance, and Global Business, William Paterson University), Pricing and Performance of Initial Public Offerings in the United States is a timely discussion of newly emerging financial markets and investment strategies. Particularly focusing upon initial public offerings (IPOs) of securities from 1990 to the turn of the century, Pricing and Performance of Initial Public Offerings in the United States offers a addresses mispricing and flipping of internet IPOs, determining accuracy of analyst's IPO earnings forecasts, and more. Pricing and Performance of Initial Public Offerings in the United States is primarily a scholarly text and financial historiography, not a how-to investment guide, yet the lessons and conclusions it draws from past IPOs surely point the way to insight concerning their future. Recommended for college libraries and economic studies shelves.

Shaky market puts some area IPOs on hold : An article from: Boulder County Business Report

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Shaky market puts some area IPOs on hold : An article from: Boulder County Business Report
Anjanette Mudd
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Finally, a truly up-to-date book about the world's most successful CEOs!

This is the biographical motivational book of record of e-business success stories. It's about a remarkable group of billionaire achievers who have turned the existing power structure inside out, paving the way for the e-commerce Internet revolution.

Best CEOs is a terrific read for anyone looking to become rich and successful. In this edition, award-winning author Ian Halperin interviewed more than 150 people to take you inside the minds of the richest CEOs in the world. By reading about the struggles and successes of CEOs like Steve Jobs of Apple and Timothy Koogle of Yahoo, what you get is a no-nonsense guide to launching and maintaining a business on the Internet. This book will go a long way towards answering many of the questions one might have about how to succeed not only in today's new Internet economy, but in any business!

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Not deep, not great.......2006-05-25

It was an ok read. It was not at all deep, and was more or less just research regurgitation about CEOs.

False Testimony.......2003-12-31

Except for one detailed review, most reviews on this board are obviously bogus. One reviewer writes "gives detailed insight into CEO's". Wrong, this book throws already well know facts into a quick snippet bio on many CEO without any insight on their thoughts. The author obviously does not know any of these people and does not work in the dot-com field. His info is typically outdated and out of touch. Shame on him for trying to trick people into thinking he knows anything on the subjust.

Inspirational. Excellent for in-flight reading........2003-10-07

In less than 200 pages (in large print and extra line spacing), the author spends a few pages on each CEO giving a glimpse into the lives and companies of some of the more well known and famous CEOs. The 11 legendary CEOs are Jeff Bezos of Amazon, John Chambers of Cisco, Scott McNealy of Sun, Stephen Case of AOL, Craig Barrett of Intel, Timothy Koogle of Yahoo, Steven Jobs of Apple, Margaret Whitman of eBay, Steven Ballmer of Microsoft, Louis V. Gerstner of IBM, and Lawrence Ellison of Oracle. Interestingly, I didn't see Bill Gates on the list.

I have thoroughly enjoyed reading about these CEOs that I had already heard so much about (as most of us in the Internet companies would have). Obviously, a few pages on each CEO can't do justice to these living legends. Knowing this upfront, this book makes for a very enjoyable read on a 2 hour flight when you are on business by yourself.

Pros - you get a glimpse of some very famous CEOs, inspirational, large print, extra line spacing, and short book.

Cons - doesn't provide any remarkable insights, not up to date (this was based on 1998-2000), and a bit pricey for the value added.

There are a few pages devoted to the author's opinion on the Internet era. These are good opinions but nothing revolutionary. Overall, I would say this is a good book to read preferably when you are bored and need some entertainment/inspiration. Enjoy!

Well Written.......2001-05-22

This book is a detailed profile of the handful of individuals who shaped the concept of the new CEO. It is very revealing how they struggled to work their way to the top. The author creates a lucid and understandable account of the way of doing business in today's fast paced e-commerce world.

Outstanding.......2001-04-23

I work in the dot-com industry. I cannot stress enough how valuable this book is. Thoroughly enjoyable and educating. It inspires me to keep pushing forwards. The way the author gives us the incredible details of how people like Bezos and Ellison started their empires from nothing is invaluable intellectual property. I highly recommend this book to anyone looking for motivation in business.

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Written with the building owner or facility manager in mind, this plain English guide to use of energy management systems and direct digital control covers the full spectrum of hardware and software currently utilized to manage energy and control inside environments in all types of buildings and facilities. Topics include hardware and system components, system architecture, networking, communication protocol, operator/machine interface, estimating costs and savings, choosing the right system, system expansion, operation and maintenance, and operator training.

A rule-based fault detection method for air handling units [An article from: Energy & Buildings]

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A rule-based fault detection method for air handling units [An article from: Energy & Buildings]
J. Schein , S.T. Bushby , N.S. Castro , and J.M. House
Manufacturer: Elsevier
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This digital document is a journal article from Energy & Buildings, published by Elsevier in 2006. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Air handling unit performance assessment rules (APAR) is a fault detection tool that uses a set of expert rules derived from mass and energy balances to detect faults in air handling units (AHUs). Control signals are used to determine the mode of operation of the AHU. A subset of the expert rules which correspond to that mode of operation are then evaluated to determine whether a fault exists. APAR is computationally simple enough that it can be embedded in commercial building automation and control systems and relies only upon the sensor data and control signals that are commonly available in these systems. APAR was tested using data sets collected from a ''hardware-in-the-loop'' emulator and from several field sites. APAR was also embedded in commercial AHU controllers and tested in the emulator.

Understanding Building Automation Systems (Direct Digital Control, Energy Management, Life Safety, Security, Access Control, Lighting, Building Management Programs)

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Understanding Building Automation Systems (Direct Digital Control, Energy Management, Life Safety, Security, Access Control, Lighting, Building Management Programs)
Robert A.Giandomenico Reinhold A. Carlson
Manufacturer: R.S. Means Company, Inc.
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Excellent Embroidery knowledge

The smaller book still works well

New Anchor Hardanger Embroidery Stitches

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New Anchor Book of Hardanger Embroidery Stitches
Sue Whiting
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ASIN: 0715319159

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Hardanger embroidery is a type of openwork originating in Norway. Its key characteristic is the kloster block formed by working groups of satin stitches; between the blocks, the fabric threads are cut and withdrawn to leave holes and bars of loose fabric threads that can then be embellished by needleweaving and the use of decorative stitches. This essential guide covers materials and equipment, perfecting the Hardanger basics, and a range of decorative stitches worked step-by-step including lace stitch fillings and wheel patterns.

Traditionally Hardanger motifs were worked white on white, however many of the featured designs explore how colour can be effectively introduced. There are charts for 36 border and motif designs and a range of project ideas show how these can be used to make attractive gifts or items for the home.

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Excellent Embroidery knowledge.......2007-01-09

The embroidery stitches in this Book are Excellent not only for beginers, but for all levels of stitchers.
Actually i am doing one of the paterns now.
Thank you,
Hilda wareham

The smaller book still works well.......2005-12-06

I am still using the smaller version of this book that I bought from the U.K. It is only smaller in diameter there are over 200 pages. The pictures are glossy color. With full descriptions and diagrams in the embroidery stitching vernacular. The chapters or pages are sorted by the different types of stitches.

If you are just casually interested there is a great introductory with history and descriptions of what make Hardangar embroidery unique.

"Hardangar embroidery takes its name from the area surrounding the Hardangar fiord in western Norway."

New Anchor Hardanger Embroidery Stitches.......2005-08-18

Delivery was fast. The book was new condition. The book is great and the seller also. A Great experience on Amazon.
Thank You
Marie Valentin

New Anchor Book of Hardanger Embroidery Stitches.......2005-08-09

I was very disappointed when I discovered that this "New" book was just a reprint in larger size of the small (half size) Anchor book I had purchased a couple years ago. There should be a disclaimer on the front of this book so one doesn't buy the same book thinking this is truly a "new" book. The information in the book is just great however. Any hardanger enthusiast or beginner needs one of these in their collection.

New Anchor Book of Hardanger Embroidery Stitches .......2005-07-19

This appears to be a reprint of a smaller Anchor Booklet from 10 plus yrs ago. Excellent pictures and many small projects to complete. Would be good for a beginner's or intermediate stitchers reference library.

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Dean Acheson is perhaps best remembered as President Harry Truman`s powerful secretary of state. Yet he also played a major role in politics and foreign affairs after his tenure in the Truman administration. This engrossing book, the first to chronicle Acheson`s postsecretarial career, paints a portrait of a brilliant, irascible, and powerful man acting during a turbulent period in American history.

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DEAN ACHESON THE COLD WAR YEARS 1953-71

Manufacturer: Yale University Press
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000H671Q8

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Dean Acheson : The Cold War Years, 1953-71
Douglas Brinkley
Manufacturer: Yale University Press
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OS9E0U

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DEAN ACHESON, THE COLD WAR YEARS 1953-71

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Dean Acheson: The Cold War Years 1953-71
Douglas Brinkley
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Amazon.com's Best of 2001

When Katherine Clark began interviewing Eugene Walter (1921-98) in 1991 for an oral biography of this Mobile, Alabama, legend's picaresque life, friends asked her, "Do you think he will tell you the truth?" "I certainly hope not!" she replied. Clark, herself a Southerner, understood that the charm of Walter's conversation came from his brilliantly polished stories, in which "at a certain point the actual gives way to the apocryphal." So readers shouldn't ask if Tallulah Bankhead really gave Walter three pubic hairs or if Anna Magnani actually asked the mayor of Rome to help find Walter's lost cat: that's not the point. These anecdotes express Walter's appreciation of people he likes, and although the narrative is stuffed with famous names from Truman Capote to Leontyne Price, the exuberant protagonist finds less celebrated folks just as fascinating. His loving evocation of Mobile in the 1920s, when the front porch was the center of all social life, is just as detailed as his portraits of sojourns in more glamorous enclaves: Greenwich Village after World War II ("where I could sit in the evenings and hear Jane and Paul Bowles quarreling in their nearby apartment"); Paris in the early 1950s (his short story "Troubador" appeared in the first issue of Paris Review); and Rome during its La Dolce Vita years. Walter refused Fellini's plea that he perform with his marionettes in that particular movie, but he played an American journalist in 8 1/2 and "must have been in over a hundred of those crazy Italian films" before returning to Mobile in 1979. ("Sooner or later all Southerners come home, not to die, but to eat gumbo.") Clark, who captured an Alabama midwife's wisdom in Motherwit, gets out of her subject's way and lets his words create an enchanting world in this marvelously entertaining reminiscence. --Wendy Smith

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This sumptuous oral biography of Eugene Walter, the best-known man you’ve never heard of, is an eyewitness history of the heart of the last century—enlivened with personal glimpses of luminaries from William Faulkner and Martha Graham to Judy Garland and Leontyne Price—and a pitch-perfect addition to the Southern literary tradition that has critics cheering. In his 76 years, Eugene Walter ate of “the ripened heart of life,” to quote a letter from Isak Dinesen, one of his many illustrious friends. Walter savored the porch life of his native Mobile, Alabama, in the 1920s and ’30s; stumbled into the Greenwich Village art scene in late-1940s New York; was a ubiquitous presence in Paris’s expatriate café society in the 1950s (where he was part of the Paris Review at its inception); and later, in 1960s Rome, participated in the golden age of Italian cinema. He was somehow everywhere, bringing with him a unique and contagious spirit, putting his inimitable stamp on the cultural life of the twentieth century.

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Gore Vidal calls Eugene Walter the "nice" Truman Capote.......2003-05-29

I completely fell under the spell of Eugene Walter but must pay homage to author Katherine Clark for seamlessly allowing us to believe we are spending hour after hour with Eugene as he spins fascinating story after fascinating story about his southern childhood, his friends, both famous and obscure, and what it was like to work in every capacity on Fellini movies. Recently I saw a friend from Mobile and said, "I'm just going to say two words to you. EUGENE WALTER. It was so satisfying to see her face light up and hear her squeal, "I LOVE EUGENE WALTER!!!!"

Just like talking to Eugene........2002-03-19

I suppose I was one of the fortunate few who had a chance to meet Eugene before he died. The people I was working for back in the mid-nineties were friends of his and, therefore, I had the chance to be around him.

Eugene was the consummate storyteller. One of those who never let the truth get in the way of a good yarn. His idea was to make you enjoy where you were and who you were. To inject a little wonderousness into the world. Although based in truth, nothing he told was strictly true.

This book captures him almost perfectly. Although it cannot convey his gestures and antics and voice, it does convey his mind and gift for gab. Pour yourself a glass of port and read with the voice of an eccentric Southern uncle in your head and Eugene starts to come out. It's not quite the same as being there, but this book is as close as any of us will ever be again.

Being there.......2002-03-06

"As-told-to" scribe Katherine Clark preserves Eugene Walter's voice in the memoir of this "character," as we call folks like him down South. Imagine Truman Capote without the best-selling books and TV fame. This is how Walter comes across in this memoir-autobiography-oral history transcript. He is a Southern Zelig, always showing up in pivotal moments in the development of literature and arts during the mid-20th century. Recalling his days in late 1940s New York, 1950s Paris and 1950s-60s Rome, he drops more names than the New York City phone book. From Greta Garbo to Judy Garland to Frederico Fellini, he hangs out with them all. The best-written portions of the book deal with his native Mobile, however. But who is he? He's the ultimate fly-on-the-wall. He writes some, acts some, translates movie scripts, throws cheap yet creative parties and plays the part of Southern eccentric in Europe. Who is he? He seems like an early 1970s Dick Cavett Show guest: an obscure bon vivant who shows up with George Plimpton to discuss a new Martha Graham dance or to cook a Southern meal. I ran across a mention of the book in an Oxford American magazine article and got a copy after reading a couple of very positive reviews by critics like Jonathan Yardly of the Washington Post. The book also received a 2001 National Book Critics Circle award nomination for biography. It's not for everyone. And I'm probably in that group. But it is intriguing and engaging and, at time, humorous. And at all times, like its subject, unique.

Milking the Memories.......2002-02-28

Walker is a Southern storyteller. He more than fits his own definition of one who speaks with dozens of side tales (parentheses). Webster calls these parenthetical expressions "a remark or passage that departs from the theme of a discourse." Walker may depart from the theme, but he always returns, and it always fits. He says: "The mark of a good storyteller is: Have a whole shelf full of shoeboxes of details.... It's like those ballad singers at the Scottish lords who improvised new verses for those ballads every night...." What music this Southern balladeer makes especially as he explains the use of the Southern front porch for storytelling, visiting, shelling peas, and an explanation of the etiquette of porch visiting. He even makes a detour (parentheses) to explain how front and back porches differ (shell peas on the front porch, shrimp on the back). One comes away understanding why Walker fit in so perfectly with the side walk café salons of Paris and Rome. The Southern porches were his training ground. Those were the original talking salons. One almost hears the music of porch furniture: "...a whole world of wicker or rattan chairs and divans and tables and plant stands and swings big enough for three people. How I wish some composer had heard, as I, the different sounds of porch swings. Everything from rattle-squeak to crunch-budge-tink. With a bass accompaniment of shuffling feet, often bare." Ah, these were the real salons, set to music, before people had to go to Paris to talk and before Americans discovered those faux porches that serve as little more than standing room on the front of today's dull houses. Walker explains the South as he remembers it, the South he carried with him around the world, and it makes any Southerner long for the South of his/her youth, or it beckons any curious Yankee to come and savor a romantic time and place that they've never experienced....

incredible.......2002-01-02

I'm usually about as materialistic as Eugene Walter-- which is to say not very-- but I'm being very cautious about loaning my copy of the this book, scared to death I'll lose it. This is one of the best books I have ever read (other favorites in this genre are How I Became Hettie Jones and Joyce Johnson's Minor Characters). I know that most of that is the fabulous Walter himself, but a lot of it has to be to Clark's skill as an editor. Letting a subject speak in his or her own voice is very difficult, and Clark does it wonderfully. It reminds me of Walter's anecdote about how he translated scripts-- he threw the original script away and let the essence shine through. Clark lets Walter shine through.

Milking the Moon : A Southerner's Story of Life on This Planet

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Milking the Moon : A Southerner's Story of Life on This Planet
Eugene Walter
Manufacturer: Crown Publishing
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000MFMPT2

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Based on both fundamental theory and practical experience, After Atlantis identifies a broad range of approaches that will better equip individuals and organizations not only to react in time to change but to become pro-active in creating a positive future for themselves and their organizations. It is a practical field guide to understanding and mastering turbulence within organizations and across the global marketplace.

After Atlantis takes the position that no single activity will assure success. It is grounded in the most advanced, field-tested, and robust theories about innovation and leadership, and will help organizations to construct their future with meaning and to meet the needs of their customers. The international team of contributors includes Peter Beerten and Kaat Exterbille of Belgium, Tom Lyons of Ireland, and Frank Heckman of the United States.

Ned Hamson has been editor of The Journal for Quality and Participation since 1985. His duties as editor there have brought him into close contact with leading organizations, consultants, and practitioners in the fields of quality and participation. Some of the foremost authorities who have contributed to the journal during his tenure include Tom Peters, Dr. W. Edwards Deming, Margaret Wheatley, Peter Senge, George Bush, and Bill Clinton. Mr. Hamson also conducts extensive research on international political economy.

Combines a variety of strategies and approaches for success.
Uses proven methodologies based on the best understanding available.
Information come from a eam of international contributors.

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This book leads the reader from the known to the to-be-known.......1998-09-21

Successful management today does not consist in re-creating the conditions under which we thrived in the past -- a past even greater than the Atlantean one! To create success for oneself, one's organisation, community or nation, one needs to identify the primary forces that work in today's turbulent environment: the drivers of change in the private and public market place as well as within the workplaces. That, precisely, is what After Atlantis is about.

In a sense, After Atlantis has not invented anything new. It is not old wine in a new bottle, either. The book leads the reader from the known to the to-be-known: Acknowledging and re-establishing the well-known fact that no one off-the-shelf solution can meet the challenges of organisations today, the authors seem to have succeeded in extracting a synergistic approach from the various disparate approaches that most of us are already familiar with. The book, however, does not (and it does not want to) offer a fish, but provides the wherewithal to fish in troubled waters.

Starting with a clarification of the meaning of turbulence, After Atlantis proceeds to identify the basic drivers of change and turbulence and show how to set about managing them through the four phases of discontinuous innovation, continuous improvement, breakthrough improvement and another discontinuous innovation. These phases are dealt with in good detail.

The recommendations of After Atlantis (for working, managing and leading in turbulent times) are extracted from the authors' own research of field-tested practices, which are well recounted in the book. The extracted process has been christened as The Shared Learning Process, which subsumes the approaches of Search Conference, Participative Design and TQM.

Besides presenting a concise and practice-based process, the book also provides a tested architecture with which one can understand how to launch and sustain a quality management and continuous improvement process in an organisation. The logic of where, when and how to start is a specialty of this even otherwise special book.

M.Joseph Arul, Ph.D., Professor at IRMA, Anand, India.

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After Atlantis - Working, Managing, and Leading in Turbulent Times
Ned Hamson
Manufacturer: Butterworth-Heinemann, Boston
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