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viii, 215 pages ; 22 cm |
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Includes index. |
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Introduction -- Part one: Pre-Production -- Chapter 1: Open All Hours -- A Philosophy for Business -- What's the Point of Education? -- Innovate or Die -- Nature, Nurture or a Bit of Both? -- Lessons in Life -- The third great university -- Variety of Interests -- The World of Work Calls -- Chapter 2: Learning the Multinational Way -- Chapter 3: Becoming a Dell Boy -- Part two: The LOVEFiLM Years -- Chapter 4: 2003-4: Three Men and a Baby -- Why success has many fathers but failure is an orphan -- The One Per Cent Rule -- Let Battle Commence. Why Business Is about More Than Good Ideas It's the People, Stupid -- Why Board Structure Matters, Even Early on -- Why Size Matters -- The Ups (And Downs) of Having Strong Founders -- We're All in This Together, Except You -- Why Business Might Be More Complex Than You Think -- The Importance of Saying "Yes" to Meetings -- Chapter 5: 2005: Towering Inferno -- How to stop your business going up in smoke -- The Power of Positive Action -- It's All in the Plan, So be Prepared to Change It -- The Power of a Positive Cash Flow -- It's Good to Talk -- If You Don't Ask, You Don't Get -- Keep Your Competition Close. Chapter 6: 2006: Sleeping with the Enemy How to keep your friends close and merge with your enemies -- The PR Wars -- Let the Merger Begin -- Be Prepared to Work Hard to Secure the Deal -- "You Want Me to Work with Them?" -- The Business of Integration -- Build Values with Your Customers in Mind -- Focus on the Survivors -- Chapter 7: 2007: Braveheart -- Bet big or go home -- Emptying the Bank to Bet Big -- Take Small, Survivable Risks -- The Power of Creative Thinking -- A Pain in the Nordics -- Alternative Approaches to Finance -- Chapter 8: 2008: The Godfather -- Kissing frogs and kicking tyres. Allowing Managers to Manage More Pain in the Nordics -- Kicking the Tyres -- Amazon Comes Calling -- Organic Growth and Acquisitions -- Making a Digital Move -- Switching Horses Mid-Race -- Tapping the Financial Markets As a Crisis Looms -- Chapter 9: 2009: Groundhog Day -- Why there's no substitute for hard graft -- Reaching the Growth Tipping Point -- The Entrepreneur's Sell-by Date -- The Power of Performance Management -- Getting Digital Right -- Chapter 10: 2010: Sleepless in Seattle -- How to make sure you get what you want from a deal -- Always Looking for the Exit -- Is There a Right Time to Sell? What's the Big Deal? Jolly Hockey Sticks -- Chapter 11: 2011: Jerry MaGuire -- How much work it takes before you see the money -- The Importance of Board Alignment -- Picking the Right Advisors -- A Champagne Moment for the UK? -- Opinions are Like Noses -- Growing Up and Getting On -- Chapter 12: The LOVEFiLM Years Post-Production -- A Numbers Game -- Planning Succession is Planning Success -- The Dawning of a New Era -- Part three: Lessons from LOVEFiLM -- Chapter 13: The Role of Technology -- Start With the Customer -- A Seamless Customer Experience -- Scale for Success -- New Products are Always Technology Dependent. Growing Up with Technology. |
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9780857083692 (pbk.) |
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0857083694 (pbk.) |
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