This page intentionally left blank Entrepreneurship Second Edition William Bygrave Babson College Andrew Zacharakis Babson College John Wiley & Sons, Inc. To Frederic C. Hamilton and John H. Muller, Jr., pioneers, entrepreneurs, and benefactors of Babson College. VICE PRESIDENT AND PUBLISHER EDITOR EDITORIAL ASSISTANT MARKETING MANAGER PHOTO EDITOR DESIGNER PRODUCTION MANAGER SENIOR PRODUCTION EDITOR GEORGE HOFFMAN LISE JOHNSON SARAH VERNON KAROLINA ZARYCHTA HILARY
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1 March 30, 2003 To the reader: You are enrolled in a principles of marketing course. This publication is intended to supplement your lecture materials. As you read through the text, note that it is keyed to illustrations used in class. The course is divided into three sections. Section one covers introduction to marketing, consumer behavior, industrial buyer behavior, the marketing environment, where marketing fits into the organization, market segmentation, and product differentiation
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Marketing Management, Millenium Edition Philip Kotler Custom Edition for University of Phoenix Excerpts taken from: A Framework for Marketing Management, by Philip Kotler Copyright © 2001by Prentice-Hall, Inc. A Pearson Education Company Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458 Marketing Management Millenium Edition, Tenth Edition, by Philip Kotler Copyright © 2000 by Prentice-Hall, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, in any form or by any means, without permission
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help people make better personal decisions.” —Steven P. Schnaars, author of Marketing Strategy, Second Edition “This is a very personal book that has shown me how to make better choices in my life. The chapter on “Over Confidence” explains why I made some not so good choices and has changed the way I will make decisions from here on out.” —Michael Basch, co-founder, FedEx, and author of Customerculture: How FedEx and Other Great Companies Put the Customer First Every Day “I loved this book. It
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consideration, the Parties hereto agree as follows: ARTICLE 1: DEFINITIONS The terms defined in this Article shall have the meaning ascribed to them herein whenever they are used in this Agreement, unless otherwise clearly indicated by the context. 1.1 Definitions. The terms defined in the preamble and recital have their assigned meanings, and each of the following terms has the meaning assigned to it ”Agreement” shall have the meanings set forth in the introductory section of this
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VIEW Strategic Human Resource Management Taken from: Strategic Human Resource Management, Second Edition by Charles R. Greer Copyright © 2001, 1995 by Prentice-Hall, Inc. A Pearson Education Company Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458 Compilation Copyright © 2003 by Pearson Custom Publishing All rights reserved. This copyright covers material written expressly for this volume by the editor/s as well as the compilation itself. It does not cover the individual selections herein that
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MAPAS DE GESTION PRAGMATICA Y VISIONARIA EN ORGANIZACIONES (M2H) Profesor Supervisor Propuesto: Mario Tarride F. Profesor Externo Invitado: Ph D Kenneth Massey CONTENIDOS DE LA PROPUESTA MAPAS DE GESTION VISIONARIA Y PRAGAMATICA EN ORGANIZACIONES 1. Resumen de la propuesta: Todas las organizaciones intentan planear para el corto y largo plazo y ser consecuentes en las acciones que toman para asegurar los intereses de la organización para hoy y para mañana. A fines
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P A R T I Discovering Momentum 1 1 The Power of Momentum Where’s the Impetus? Momentum. Most businesses get it at some point: the impression that everything they undertake succeeds effortlessly, as if they’re being carried along by a tailwind that increases their efficiency and propels them on to exceptional growth.1 Some hold on to it. Most don’t. Slowly, imperceptibly, the tailwind turns around and the momentum disappears, without anyone quite realizing what has happened. The company
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Modes of Organizational Communication A 2011 study of communicational means in six individual companies (Bani Amin & Associates, HKD (H-Tech) International, Jamuna Bank Limited, Rahimafrooz Accumulators Limited, Robi Axiata Limited and TopOfStack Software) of Bangladesh with pros and cons Modes of Organizational Communication A 2011 study of communicational means in six individual companies (Bani Amin & Associates, HKD (H-Tech) International, Jamuna Bank Limited, Rahimafrooz Accumulators Limited
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Innovation Strategies for the Global Recession A Special Report from Chuck Frey of InnovationTools.com and Renee Hopkins Callahan of Innosight December 8, 2008 Innovating in a Recession Page 2 Executive Summary As the global economy slowly slides into recession, organizations face new challenges and opportunities. In today's interconnected world, it's impractical for companies to suspend their innovation initiatives until the worst of the storm blows over. To do so is to risk being
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