Books in the Express Exec series

Covers the key areas of angel investing from understanding the inefficiencies of the marketplace and the evolution of the industry to developing a successful angel investing practice. This title features examples and lessons from some of the world's most active private equity marketplaces, including the United States, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

Covers the key areas of global leadership, from defining the qualities that distinguish global leadership from conventional leadership and how a global presence requires an understanding of your company's impact overseas, to leading from a distance and understanding what it takes to make global leadership work.

Provides an understanding of the organizational, economic and managerial pressures and constraints in managing global activities. This book contains examples and lessons from some of the world's most successful businesses. It also includes a glossary of key concepts and a comprehensive resources guide.

Covers the key areas of shareholder value, from its role in the management process to its theory, measures, and its impact on strategy. This title features examples and lessons from some of the world's most valuable companies and brands including BP Amoco, Diageo and Manchester United.

Covers the key areas of e-innovation, from planning for continuous change and trend forecasting to e-innovation processes and distributed innovation. This title features examples and lessons from some of the world's most innovative businesses, including Napster, Cybiko, RedHat, Handspring and Sony.

Fast track route to mastering organizational models Covers the key areas of organizational models, from bureaucracies and infocracies to chaordic alliances and worker democracies Examples and lessons from some of the worlda s most successful businesses, including ASEA Brown Boveri, Bowstreet, Inc.

Covers critical entrepreneurial attributes, from vision to commitment, and from risk taking to customer focus. This title features examples and lessons from some of the world's most successful entrepreneurs, including Richard Branson, Ken Bogas and Kwek Leng Beng, and ideas from the smartest thinkers.

Covers the critical behaviors of entrepreneurial organizations, from risk taking to growth, and from leadership to motivation. This book includes examples and lessons from benchmark businesses, including Microsoft, easyJet and Star Cruises. It also includes a glossary of key concepts and a comprehensive resources guide.

Covers the key areas of managing the flexible workforce from attitude formation and leadership, direction and motivation to group management and flexible workforce development. This title features examples and lessons from some of the world's most successful businesses including Sandals Inc, British Airways, Cobra Beer, and Semco.

ExpressExec is a unique business resource of one hundred books. These books present the best current thinking and span the entire range of contemporary business practice. Each book gives you the key concepts behind the subject and the techniques to implement the ideas effectively, together with lessons from benchmark companies and ideas from the world's smartest thinkers. ExpressExec is organized into ten core subject areas making it easy to find the information you need: 01 Innovation 02 Enterprise 03 Strategy 04 Marketing 05 Finance 06 Operations and Technology 07 Organizations 08 Leading 09 People 10 Life and Work ExpressExec is a perfect learning solution for people who need to master the latest business thinking and practice quickly.

Covers the key areas of return on investment, from cost benefit analysis and risk analysis to accounting techniques and the balanced scorecard. This title features examples and lessons from some of the world's most successful businesses, including oil and telecommunications giants, and ideas from the smartest thinkers.

Covers the key areas of decision making, from decision support systems and global templates to contemplation and implementation. This book contains examples and lessons from some of the world's most successful businesses. It also includes a glossary of key concepts and a comprehensive resources guide.

Covers the key areas of intellectual capital, from value-adding intellectual capital programmes and value capture to finding the 'hook' and setting up measures. This title contains examples and lessons from some of the world's most successful businesses. It also includes a glossary of key concepts and a comprehensive resources guide.

Covers the key techniques of lifelong learning, from keeping a learning log and a self-development plan to finding a personal coach/mentor and getting yourself published. This title features examples and lessons from successful companies that generate a continuous learning culture including Barclays and The Leverage Organisation.

Covers the key aspects of free agency, from finding and using business advice to researching the market for your skills, and from managing your cash flow to selling yourself. This title includes a glossary of key concepts and a comprehensive resources guide. It is suitable for people who need to master business thinking and practice quickly.

ExpressExec is a unique business resource of one hundred books. These books present the best current thinking and span the entire range of contemporary business practice. Each book gives you the key concepts behind the subject and the techniques to implement the ideas effectively, together with lessons from benchmark companies and ideas from the world's smartest thinkers. ExpressExec is organised into ten core subject areas making it easy to find the information you need: 01 Innovation 02 Enterprise 03 Strategy 04 Marketing 05 Finance 06 Operations and Technology 07 Organizations 08 Leading 09 People 10 Life and Work ExpressExec is a perfect learning solution for people who need to master the latest business thinking and practice quickly.

Covers the key areas of innovation, from generating new concepts and selecting the best opportunities to managing a new product launch and ensuring effective delivery. This title features examples and lessons from some of the world's most successful businesses, including ABB, eBay, 3M and Zara.

Covers the key areas of global operations and globalization, from understanding cultural differences and global consumers to being global but acting local and understanding the social implications of globalization. This title features examples and lessons from some of the world's most successful businesses, including Boeing, P&O and Sony.

Covers the key areas of creative team working and brainstorming, leading projects with a creative output, choosing and backing winning ideas and motivating and rewarding staff. This title features examples and lessons from some of the world's most creative businesses, including AOL Time-Warner, BMW, IDEO and Nortel Networks.

Fast track route to mastering global finance and macroeconomics.

Covers the key areas of IT and internet technologies, as well as competitive trends in the world of banking and the development of various banking products that internet technologies have encouraged. This title features examples and lessons from some of the world's most successful businesses, including SWIFT, the GSTPA, and BOLERO.

ExpressExec is a unique business resource of one hundred books. These books present the best current thinking and span the entire range of contemporary business practice. Each book gives you the key concepts behind the subject and the techniques to implement the ideas effectively, together with lessons from benchmark companies and ideas from the world's smartest thinkers. ExpressExec is organised into ten core subject areas making it easy to find the information you need: 01 Innovation 02 Enterprise 03 Strategy 04 Marketing 05 Finance 06 Operations and Technology 07 Organizations 08 Leading 09 People 10 Life and Work ExpressExec is a perfect learning solution for people who need to master the latest business thinking and practice quickly.

ExpressExec is a unique business resource of one hundred books. These books present the best current thinking and span the entire range of contemporary business practice. Each book gives you the key concepts behind the subject and the techniques to implement the ideas effectively, together with lessons from benchmark companies and ideas from the world's smartest thinkers. ExpressExec is organised into ten core subject areas making it easy to find the information you need: 01 Innovation 02 Enterprise 03 Strategy 04 Marketing 05 Finance 06 Operations and Technology 07 Organizations 08 Leading 09 People 10 Life and Work ExpressExec is a perfect learning solution for people who need to master the latest business thinking and practice quickly.

Covers the key areas of leadership, from transformational, charismatic and adaptive leadership to co-leadership and a new emphasis on great low-profile leaders. This title features examples and lessons from some of the world's most successful leaders, including Jack Welch, Akio Morita, and Archie Norman.

Helps understand and deploy key personal communications skills that affects success in both job and career. This book includes methods, concepts and techniques that aim to promote confident negotiations and successful outcomes. It offers tips and techniques from gurus such as Chester Karras and detailed verbatim examples of actual negotiations.

Covers the key areas of corporate venturing from identifying the main options to setting objectives, and from aligning the interests of corporate investors and entrepreneurs to maximising your return on exit. This title features examples and lessons from some of the world's most enterprising corporate ventures.

Provides information on maximizing returns through MBOs, trade sales and IPOs. This book covers the key areas of exit strategy, from setting objectives, choosing exit route and aligning the interests of investors and entrepreneurs to completing exit checklist. It includes examples and lessons from some of the world's most successful businesses.

Covers several key aspects of technology leadership, from open technology to entrepreneurial leadership, and from boundaryless product development to resource allocation. This title contains examples, cases and ideas from the world's greatest technology companies. It also includes a glossary of key concepts and a comprehensive resources guide.

Covers the key aspects of the work-home-self triangle, from knowing when and how to say 'no' and trusting your intuition to setting compelling goals and loose boundaries. This title includes a glossary of key concepts and a comprehensive resources guide. It is suitable for people who need to master business thinking and practice quickly.