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  • The must-read summary of C.K. Prahald and Venkat Ramaswamy's book: "The Future of Competition: Co-Creating Unique Value with Customers".This complete summary of the ideas from C.K. Prahald and Venkat Ramaswamy's book "The Future of Competition" shows how commercial advantage used to be created by manufacturing a better product. Nowadays, value comes from the experiences of customers. In their book, the...
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    The must-read summary of Chris Anderson's book: "Free: The Future of Radical Price"This complete summary of the ideas from "Free" explains that, in today’s business environment, companies can profit more by giving things away than they can by charging for them. But this isn’t just a digital economy phenomenon; it applies right across the global economy. In more and more...
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  • The must-read summary of Edward Lawler III and Christopher Worley's book: "Built to Change: How to Achieve Sustained Organizational Effectiveness".This complete summary of the ideas from Edward Lawler III and Christopher Worley's book "Built to Change" shows that the most valuable company in today's ever-evolving society is one that can change rapidly. In their book, the authors explain how doing...
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  • The must-read summary of Geoffrey Moore's book: "Dealing with Darwin: How Great Companies Innovate at Every Phase of Their Evolution". This complete summary of the ideas from Geoffrey Moore's book "Dealing with Darwin" shows that in just the same way as a Darwinian battle for the survival of the fittest occurs in the natural world, a similar kind of phenomena...
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  • The must-read summary of James McGregor's book: "One Billion Customers: Lessons from the Front Lines of Doing Business in China".This complete summary of the ideas from James McGregor's book "One Billion Customers" shows that it is difficult to emphasise just how important the Chinese economy will end up becoming to the global economy in the future. China has already surpassed...
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  • The must-read summary of James McQuivey's book: "Digital Disruption: Unleashing the Next Wave of Innovation".This complete summary of the ideas from James McQuivey's book "Digital Disruption" shows that an impressive amount of “digital innovators” are about to be born by using the free or nearly-free tools already widely available and they will bring about massive change in the market. This...
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  • The must-read summary of Joel Barker and Scott Erikson's book: "Five Regions of the Future: Preparing Your Business for Tomorrow's Technology Revolution".This complete summary of the ideas from Joel Barker and Scott Erikson's book "Five Regions of the Future" shows that new technology falls into one of five well-defined regions. In their book, the authors explain how you can make...
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  • The must-read summary of John Naisbitt's book: "Global Paradox: The Bigger the World Economy, the More Powerful Its Smallest Players".This complete summary of the ideas from John Naisbitt's book "Global Paradox" answers a fundamental question: what is the global paradox? In his book, the author explains that as the world economy expands, the smallest elements (right down to the individual)...
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  • The must-read summary of Kenichi Ohmae's book: "The Invisible Continent: Four Strategic Imperatives of the New Economy".This complete summary of the ideas from Jenichi Ohmae's book "The Invisible Continent" shows that the discovery of a new continent has always created substantial opportunities to create wealth. According to Ohmae, the same opportunities are arising today, not because of the discovery of...
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  • The must-read summary of Kevin Kelly's book: "New Rules for the New Economy: 10 Radical Strategies for a Connected World".This complete summary of the ideas from Kevin Kelly's book "New Rules for the New Economy" shows how our world is now focused on connectivity. The new economy is all about communication becoming deeper, more cost effective and wider than ever...
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  • The must-read summary of Lakshman Achuthan and Anirvan Banerji's book: "Beating the Business Cycle: How to Predict from Turning Points in the Economy".This complete summary of the ideas from Makshman Acuthan and Anirvan Banerji's book "Beating the Business Cycle" shows that many people now assume the business cycle has been mastered, and there is no need to worry about economic...
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  • The must-read summary of Lars Tvede's book: "Supertrends: Winning Investment Strategies for the Coming Decades".This complete summary of the ideas from Lars Tvede's book "Supertrends" shows that in order to be highly successful as an investor, there's no point looking at projected profits for investments in the next twelve months alone. Instead, you need to take into account the big...
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  • The must-read summary of Michael Lewis' book: "Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt".This complete summary of the ideas from Michael Lewis' book: "Flash Boys" explains the increase of high-frequency trading (HFT) in the US market and Dan Spivey's project to connect a data centre in Chicago to a stock exchange in northern New Jersey by fibre optic cable. This summary...
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  • The must-read summary of Peter Schwartz's book: "Inevitable Surprises: Thinking Ahead in a Time of Turbulence".This complete summary of the ideas from Peter Schwartz's book "Inevitable Surprises" shows that most of the "surprises" that will hit the economic world in the next 25 years are actually predictable and inevitable. In his book, the author explains how every savvy businessperson should...
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  • The must-read summary of Robert Irwin's book : "Buy, Rent & Hold: How to Make Money in a ‘‘Cold’’ Real Estate Market". This complete summary of the ideas from Robert Irwin's book "Buy, Rent & Hold" shows that investing in real estate is deceptively simple. This summary explains that, all you need to know is summed up in the strategy...
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  • The must-read summary of Suzanne Berger's book: "How We Compete: What Companies Around the World Are Doing to Make It in Today's Global Economy".This complete summary of the ideas from Suzanne Berger's book "How We Compete" presents the author's research on how world companies are competing and suggests that the impact of globalisation is not quite as one-dimensional as we...
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