http://www.booz.com Booz & Company books. Wed, 22 May 2013 05:06:57 -0500 http://www.booz.com/global/home/what-we-think/books/essential_advantage?utm_content=AllBooks&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=TextLink&gko=e4d0d The conventional wisdom about strategy may be leading your company astray. In The Essential Advantage: How to Win with a Capabilities-Driven Strategy , Booz & Company's Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi maintain that success in any market accrues to firms with a coherence premium -- a tight match between their strategic direction and the capabilities that make them unique. Wed, 08 Dec 2010 23:00:00 -0600 http://www.booz.com/global/home/what-we-think/books/essential_advantage?utm_content=AllBooks&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=TextLink&gko=e4d0d http://www.booz.com/global/home/what-we-think/books/leading_outside_the_lines?utm_content=AllBooks&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=TextLink&gko=489f9 Every enterprise has an informal as well as a formal organization. The formal is the side with which business people are usually most familiar. The informal is generally less familiar. It consists of emerging ideas, social networks, working norms, values, peer relationships, and communities of common interest - the elements that often hide beyond the boundaries of the formal. In Leading Outside the Lines , authors Jon Katzenbach and Zia Khan make the compelling case that it is in the less familiar informal world where magic happens … yet one without the other is unlikely to sustain peak performance over time. Sun, 04 Apr 2010 23:00:00 -0500 http://www.booz.com/global/home/what-we-think/books/leading_outside_the_lines?utm_content=AllBooks&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=TextLink&gko=489f9 http://www.booz.com/global/home/what-we-think/the_china_strategy?utm_content=AllBooks&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=TextLink&gko=4173d In The China Strategy , Edward Tse, Booz & Company's Chairman of Greater China, describes how to build the capabilities that business leaders need for operating an integrated China-global strategy. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 23:00:00 -0500 http://www.booz.com/global/home/what-we-think/the_china_strategy?utm_content=AllBooks&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=TextLink&gko=4173d http://www.booz.com/global/home/what-we-think/books/right_fight?utm_content=AllBooks&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=TextLink&gko=d4d86 Harmony and alignment are not always the best way to get the most out of organizations. Contrary to conventional management wisdom, leaders can unleash creativity, innovation and the productive potential of their employees by strategically employing "right fights," The fundamental premise: A certain amount of struggle and stress energizes organizations and individuals, leading to optimal execution. Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:00:00 -0600 http://www.booz.com/global/home/what-we-think/books/right_fight?utm_content=AllBooks&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=TextLink&gko=d4d86 http://www.booz.com/global/home/what-we-think/books/books_article/46450161?utm_content=AllBooks&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=TextLink&gko=91200 In this e-book published as part of the Harvard Business Press "Memo to the CEO" series, Booz & Company's Shumeet Banerji, Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi provide executives with the tools they need to rapidly implement capabilities-driven cost reduction. Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:00:00 -0500 http://www.booz.com/global/home/what-we-think/books/books_article/46450161?utm_content=AllBooks&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=TextLink&gko=91200 http://www.booz.com/global/home/what-we-think/books/books_article/45876344?utm_content=AllBooks&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=TextLink&gko=b84a5 Written by Gerald Adolph and Justin Pettit, this book in the "Future of Business" series examines the effect five long-term trends and the current downturn are having on M&A and suggests ways companies can improve their deal-making strategies, capabilities, and tactics. Thu, 14 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.booz.com/global/home/what-we-think/books/books_article/45876344?utm_content=AllBooks&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=TextLink&gko=b84a5 http://www.booz.com/global/home/what-we-think/books/books_article/energyshift?utm_content=AllBooks&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=TextLink&gko=aadac The latest in the "Future of Business" series debunks the major myths around the changing nature of energy in the 21st century and makes it clear that for business leaders, the status quo is not an option. Fri, 16 Jan 2009 08:00:00 -0600 http://www.booz.com/global/home/what-we-think/books/books_article/energyshift?utm_content=AllBooks&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=TextLink&gko=aadac http://www.booz.com/global/home/what-we-think/books/four_pillars?utm_content=AllBooks&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=TextLink&gko=6d846 Each year, billions of dollars are spent on marketing endeavors. Unfortunately, the vast majority of the money disappears into thin air, and marketing executives are left wondering if any of it came back in the form of ROI. The Four Pillars of Profit-Driven Marketing offers a practical, proven framework that helps marketers capture the metrics essential to determining ROI and use them to develop an overall marketing strategy based on accurate ROI figures. Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:00:00 -0600 http://www.booz.com/global/home/what-we-think/books/four_pillars?utm_content=AllBooks&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=TextLink&gko=6d846 http://www.booz.com/global/home/what-we-think/books/books_article/sourcing_reader?utm_content=AllBooks&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=TextLink&gko=dbfa8 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:30:00 -0600 http://www.booz.com/global/home/what-we-think/books/books_article/sourcing_reader?utm_content=AllBooks&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=TextLink&gko=dbfa8 http://www.booz.com/global/home/what-we-think/books/books_article/hc_reader?utm_content=AllBooks&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=TextLink&gko=2f3c4 This book reflects the increasingly widespread conviction in global corporations that people are a primary asset and competitive advantage, and that a compelling people strategy is required to fully realize their value. Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:30:00 -0500 http://www.booz.com/global/home/what-we-think/books/books_article/hc_reader?utm_content=AllBooks&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=TextLink&gko=2f3c4