Kaplan: 716 books
The Balanced Scorecard
Translating Strategy into Action
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 1996
The Balanced Scorecard translates a company's vision and strategy into a coherent set of performance measures. The four perspectives of the scorecard--financial measures, customer knowledge, internal business processes, and learning and growth--offer a balance between short-term and long-term objectives,...
The Execution Premium
Linking Strategy to Operations for Competitive Advantage
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2008
In a world of stiffening competition, business strategy is more crucial than ever. Yet most organizations struggle in this area--not with formulating strategy but with executing it, or putting their strategy into action. Owing to execution failures, companies realize just a fraction of the financial...
F'D Companies
Spectacular Dot-com Flameouts
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2002
Not long ago, the world was awash with venture capital in search of the next Yahoo! or Amazon.com. No product, no experience, no technology, no business plan -- no problem. You could still get $40 million from investors to start up your dot-com. And you could get people to work around the clock for...
The Business Model Innovation Factory
How to Stay Relevant When The World is Changing
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2012
Business model innovation is the new strategic imperative for all leaders
Blockbuster's executives saw Netflix coming. Yet they stuck with their bricks and mortar business model, losing billions in shareholder value. They were "netflixed." Business models don't last as long as they...
Fear Your Strengths
What You Are Best at Could Be Your Biggest Problem
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Once you’ve discovered your strengths, you need to discover something else: your strengths can work against you. Many leaders know this on some intuitive level, and they see it in others. But they don’t see it as clearly in themselves. Mainly, they think of leadership development as working on...
Be the Elephant
Build a Bigger, Better Business
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2007
In business, there's no standing still. The trick is to become an elephant—big enough to make a difference, healthy enough to withstand financial currents, strong enough to influence your market—and smart enough to avoid the pitfalls of growth.
With Be the Elephant, bestselling author Steve...
by Professor Stephen B. Kaplan
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2013
In an age of financial globalization, are markets and democracy compatible? For developing countries, the dramatic internationalization of financial markets over the last two decades deepens tensions between politics and markets. Notwithstanding the rise of left-leaning governments in regions like...
Reinventing Professional Services
Building Your Business in the Digital Marketplace
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2011
How engaging technology and relationships can help you stand out, attract business and achieve a more dynamic professional life
The technological landscape has reshaped the way white collar workers cultivate and promote their businesses. The Transformation of Professional Services is an engaging...
The Hidden Tools of Comedy
The Serious Business of Being Funny
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2013
While other books give you tips on how to “write funny,” this book offers a paradigm shift in understanding the mechanics and art of comedy, and the proven, practical tools that help writers translate that understanding into successful, commercial scripts. The Hidden Tools of Comedy unlocks the...
Donor Cultivation and the Donor Lifecycle Map
A New Framework for Fundraising
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2013
A fresh look at fundraising that depends upon the donor lifecycle, resulting in increased financial resources over time and a more stable bottom line for nonprofits
A guide to better and more strategic fundraising, Donor Cultivation and the Donor Life Cycle Map presents the donor lifecycle...
Dark Territory
The Secret History of Cyber War
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
“An important, disturbing, and gripping history” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review), the never-before-told story of the computer scientists and the NSA, Pentagon, and White House policymakers who invent and employ cyber wars—where every country can be a major power player and every hacker a mass...
J2EE Design Patterns
Patterns in the Real World
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2003
Architects of buildings and architects of software have more in common than most people think. Both professions require attention to detail, and both practitioners will see their work collapse around them if they make too many mistakes. It's impossible to imagine a world in which buildings get built...
by Gail Z. Martin, Jody Lynn Nye, Alex Shvartsman
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
In a cat's eye, all things belong to cats. - English proverb
Cat stories set in ancient Egypt, pre-history Mexico, Victorian England, space stations, grim magical worlds, during the zombie apocalypse, and a typical neighborhood give a glimpse into the mysterious lives of felines. And each cat,...
The Men I Didn't Marry
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
The authors of the national bestsellers Mine Are Spectacular! and The Botox Diaries apply their trademark wit and wisdom to another delicious read. Join Hallie Lawrence Pierpont as she’s whisked away on a journey into her past love life that leads to her future.
Hallie’s husband, Bill,...