Grasp: The Solution (Paperback)

Grasp: The Solution (Paperback)
By Chris Griffiths

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Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower...which do you want to be? GRASP The Solution is a refreshingly pragmatic and straight talking guide to making decisions and solving problems creatively. If you've always thought creativity was all fluff and no substance, this book will make you think again. Struggling to come up with new and innovative ideas? Got the idea but can't make it happen? Frustrated trying to find the right answers? Fed up of failed group brainstorming sessions? Chris Griffiths (head of ThinkBuzan, the organisations behind Mind Mapping - the thinking tool used by millions worldwide) compels you to let go of what's killing your creativity. In just four clear steps, he shows you how to unleash bold, fresh ideas and solutions in a systematic way to help you triumph over any challenge. Read more

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Smart Thinking: Three Essential Keys to Solve Problems, Innovate, and Get Things Done (Hardcover)

Smart Thinking: Three Essential Keys to Solve Problems, Innovate, and Get Things Done (Hardcover)
By Arthur B. Markman

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Think smart people are just born that way? Think again.

Drawing on diverse studies of the mind, from psychology to linguistics, philosophy, and learning science, Art Markman, Ph.D., demonstrates the difference between "smart thinking" and raw intelligence, showing readers how memory works, how to learn effectively, and how to use knowledge to get things done. He then introduces his own three-part formula for readers to employ "smart thinking" in their daily lives.

Smart Thinking gives readers:

*The means to replace self-limiting habits with new behaviors that foster smart thinking
*An understanding of the mind itself as well as memory
*The ability to define and solve problems by finding and applying relevant knowledge
*Ways to present and process information effectively

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Moxie for Managers: The Secret to Evolving from Manager to Leader (Paperback)

Moxie for Managers: The Secret to Evolving from Manager to Leader (Paperback)
By Ann Tardy

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The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses (Kindle Edition)

The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses (Kindle Edition)
By Eric Ries

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Most startups fail. But many of those failures are preventable.  The Lean Startup is a new approach being adopted across the globe, changing the way companies are built and new products are launched.

Eric Ries defines a startup as an organization dedicated to creating something new under conditions of extreme uncertainty. This is just as true for one person in a garage or a group of seasoned professionals in a Fortune 500 boardroom. What they have in common is a mission to penetrate that fog of uncertainty to discover a successful path to a sustainable business.

The Lean Startup approach fosters companies that are both more capital efficient and that leverage human creativity more effectively.  Inspired by lessons from lean manufacturing, it relies on “validated learning,” rapid scientific experimentation, as well as a number of counter-intuitive practices that shorten product development cycles, measure actual progress without resorting to vanity metrics, and learn what customers really want. It enables a company to shift directions with agility, altering plans inch by inch, minute by minute.

Rather than wasting time creating elaborate business plans, The Lean Startup offers entrepreneurs - in companies of all sizes - a way to test their vision continuously, to adapt and adjust before it’s too late. Ries provides a scientific approach to creating and managing successful startups in a age when companies need to innovate more than ever.

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Most startups fail. But many of those failures are preventable.  The Lean Startup is a new approach being adopted across the globe, changing the way companies are built and new products are launched.

Eric Ries defines a startup as an organization dedicated to creating something new under conditions of extreme uncertainty. This is just as true for one person in a garage or a group of seasoned professionals in a Fortune 500 boardroom. What they have in common is a mission to penetrate that fog of uncertainty to discover a successful path to a sustainable business.

The Lean Startup approach fosters companies that are both more capital efficient and that leverage human creativity more effectively.  Inspired by lessons from lean manufacturing, it relies on “validated learning,” rapid scientific experimentation, as well as a number of counter-intuitive practices that shorten product development cycles, measure actual progress without resorting to vanity metrics, and learn what customers really want. It enables a company to shift directions with agility, altering plans inch by inch, minute by minute.

Rather than wasting time creating elaborate business plans, The Lean Startup offers entrepreneurs - in companies of all sizes - a way to test their vision continuously, to adapt and adjust before it’s too late. Ries provides a scientific approach to creating and managing successful startups in a age when companies need to innovate more than ever.

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Zag: The Number One Strategy of High-Performance Brands (Paperback)

Zag: The Number One Strategy of High-Performance Brands (Paperback)
By Marty Neumeier

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"When everybody zigs, zag," says Marty Neumeier in this fresh view of brand strategy. ZAG follows the ultra-clear "whiteboard overview" style of the author’s first book, THE BRAND GAP, but drills deeper into the question of how brands can harness the power of differentiation. The author argues that in an extremely cluttered marketplace, traditional differentiation is no longer enough—today companies need “radical differentiation” to create lasting value for their shareholders and customers. In an entertaining 3-hour read you’ll learn:

- why me-too brands are doomed to fail
- how to "read" customer feedback on new products and messages
- the 17 steps for designing “difference” into your brand
- how to turn your brand’s “onliness” into a “trueline” to drive synergy
- the secrets of naming products, services, and companies
- the four deadly dangers faced by brand portfolios
- how to “stretch” your brand without breaking it
- how to succeed at all three stages of the competition cycle

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In an age of me-too products and instant communications, keeping up with the competition is no longer a winning strategy. Today you have to out-position, out-maneuver, and out-design the competition. The new rule? When everybody zigs, zag. In his first book, THE BRAND GAP, Neumeier showed companies how to bridge the distance between business strategy and design. In ZAG, he illustrates the number-one strategy of high-performance brands—radical differentiation.

ZAG is an AIGA Design Press book, published under Peachpit's New Riders imprint in partnership with AIGA. For a quick peek inside ZAG, go to www.zagbook.com.
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Best Practices Are Stupid: 40 Ways to Out-Innovate the Competition (Kindle Edition)

Best Practices Are Stupid: 40 Ways to Out-Innovate the Competition (Kindle Edition)
By Stephen M. Shapiro

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A concise manual for starting and nurturing a culture of innovation in any organization.

Innovation isn't just about generating new ideas; it's about staying one step ahead of the competition.

Expert Stephen Shapiro shows managers and employees how to reach their full potential, offering seventy-five tested strategies for boosting innovation in any workplace. They include:

• Hire people you don't like. Bring in the right mix of people and unleash your team's potential
• Stop recognizing people for doing their job. That only leads to more of the same." Instead, recognize people for challenging the status quo
• Define the challenge more clearly. If you ask better questions, you will get better answers
• Don't ask people to think outside the box. Instead, give employees a better box: well-defined challenges that will guide their efforts

This book will help any organization make innovation a repeatable, sustainable process at the heart of the company's culture.

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A concise manual for starting and nurturing a culture of innovation in any organization.

Innovation isn't just about generating new ideas; it's about staying one step ahead of the competition.

Expert Stephen Shapiro shows managers and employees how to reach their full potential, offering seventy-five tested strategies for boosting innovation in any workplace. They include:

• Hire people you don't like. Bring in the right mix of people and unleash your team's potential
• Stop recognizing people for doing their job. That only leads to more of the same." Instead, recognize people for challenging the status quo
• Define the challenge more clearly. If you ask better questions, you will get better answers
• Don't ask people to think outside the box. Instead, give employees a better box: well-defined challenges that will guide their efforts

This book will help any organization make innovation a repeatable, sustainable process at the heart of the company's culture.

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Humanize: How People-Centric Organizations Succeed in a Social World (Kindle Edition)

Humanize: How People-Centric Organizations Succeed in a Social World (Kindle Edition)
By Jamie Notter

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This is the eBook version of the printed book.

It's no longer enough to know the tools of social media: organizations must know how to apply them strategically to gain a sustainable competitive advantage. Humanize takes the social media revolution to the next level, showing how to use social media to drive fundamental change in how any organization does business, manages its operations, and leads itself. Leading organizational consultants Maddie Grant and Jamie Notter provide a conceptual framework, clear roadmap, and proven strategies for using social media to create comprehensive change, powerful new capacities, and breakthrough opportunities for growth. From start to finish, this book connects the big picture to actionable, hands-on implementation techniques. Drawing on their extensive experience with organizations of all types, the authors show how to enable "action from the inside out" - and how to transform "theory" and "potential" into concrete reality. The authors focus on four powerful elements of "humanness" that organizations can benefit from, and social media can promote: becoming more trustworthy, open, generative, and courageous. They identify proven social media-based strategies for changing individual behavior, rethinking organizational processes and systems, and driving lasting culture change. Along the way, they identify the roles each employee can play, working together to build an organization that is more social, more human, and far more effective.

This is the eBook version of the printed book.

It's no longer enough to know the tools of social media: organizations must know how to apply them strategically to gain a sustainable competitive advantage. Humanize takes the social media revolution to the next level, showing how to use social media to drive fundamental change in how any organization does business, manages its operations, and leads itself. Leading organizational consultants Maddie Grant and Jamie Notter provide a conceptual framework, clear roadmap, and proven strategies for using social media to create comprehensive change, powerful new capacities, and breakthrough opportunities for growth. From start to finish, this book connects the big picture to actionable, hands-on implementation techniques. Drawing on their extensive experience with organizations of all types, the authors show how to enable "action from the inside out" - and how to transform "theory" and "potential" into concrete reality. The authors focus on four powerful elements of "humanness" that organizations can benefit from, and social media can promote: becoming more trustworthy, open, generative, and courageous. They identify proven social media-based strategies for changing individual behavior, rethinking organizational processes and systems, and driving lasting culture change. Along the way, they identify the roles each employee can play, working together to build an organization that is more social, more human, and far more effective. Read more

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Intellectual Property Strategy (MIT Press Essential Knowledge) (Paperback)

Intellectual Property Strategy (MIT Press Essential Knowledge) (Paperback)
By John G. Palfrey

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Most managers leave intellectual property issues to the legal department, unaware that an organization's intellectual property can help accomplish a range of management goals, from accessing new markets to improving existing products to generating new revenue streams. In this book, intellectual property expert and Harvard Law School professor John Palfrey offers a short briefing on intellectual property strategy for corporate managers and nonprofit administrators. Palfrey argues for strategies that go beyond the traditional highly restrictive "sword and shield" approach, suggesting that flexibility and creativity are essential to a profitable long-term intellectual property strategy--especially in an era of changing attitudes about media. Intellectual property, writes Palfrey, should be considered a key strategic asset class. Almost every organization has an intellectual property portfolio of some value and therefore the need for an intellectual property strategy. A brand, for example, is an important form of intellectual property, as is any information managed and produced by an organization. Palfrey identifies the essential areas of intellectual property--patent, copyright, trademark, and trade secret--and describes strategic approaches to each in a variety of organizational contexts, based on four basic steps. The most innovative organizations employ multiple intellectual property approaches, depending on the situation, asking hard, context-specific questions. By doing so, they achieve both short- and long-term benefits while positioning themselves for success in the global information economy.

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We Are All Weird (Hardcover)

We Are All Weird (Hardcover)
By Seth Godin

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We Are All Weird is a celebration of choice, of treating different people differently and of embracing the notion that everyone deserves the dignity and respect that comes from being heard. The book calls for end of mass and for the beginning of offering people more choices, more interests and giving them more authority to operate in ways that reflect their own unique values.

For generations, marketers, industrialists and politicians have tried to force us into little boxes, complying with their idea of what we should buy, use or want. And in an industrial, mass-market driven world, this was efficient and it worked. But what we learned in this new era is that mass limits our choice because it succeeds on conformity.

As Godin has identified, a new era of weirdness is upon us. People with more choices, more interests and the power to do something about it are stepping forward and insisting that the world work in a different way. By enabling choice we allow people to survive and thrive.

There are only 11,000 copies of the hardcover available from Amazon.com, with no reprints planned.Jacqueline Novogratz Reviews We Are All Weird

Jacqueline Novogratz is founder and CEO of Acumen Fund, a non-profit global venture capital fund that uses entrepreneurial approaches to solve the problems of global poverty. Acumen Fund has invested over $50 million of patient capital in 50 businesses that have impacted more than 40 million people in the past year alone. Any money returned to Acumen Fund is reinvested in enterprises serving the poor. Currently, Acumen has offices in New York, Mumbai, Karachi, and Nairobi. Read her guest review of Seth Godin's We Are All Weird:

Seth Godin's latest book We Are All Weird is a song of freedom, an exuberant manifesto with the richness of choice that comes with wealth, the markets, the internet, our increasing connection with one another across the globe. He argues that the era of mass marketing is over (thankfully) and that as humans we seek not just to consume but to "connect," and therefore we find those who love what we love and, when it works best, create or join "tribes." We are allowed, indeed, encouraged to be individuals, to specialize rather than fit in or be "normal" and this is where richness begins. As Seth says, "Stuff is not the point." Connection, choice, pursuing what we love is.

Seth has advised the organization I founded, Acumen Fund, for many years. He constantly reminds us to be unafraid to focus on a small group of believers who make the choice to opt-in; and I can see that lesson elucidated brilliantly in We Are All Weird. We have the extraordinary luxury of choice and, for the most part, of doing what we want to do. How we use that choice to make the lives of others around us the richer for being connected to us is critical to Seth's evolving understanding of marketing and creating systems that release rather than stifle our energies—regardless of who we are, where we live, or what language we may speak. Read this book slowly and read it again for the lessons are rich and wise. I couldn't feel prouder to be a part of Seth's tribe.

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Knowledge Management and Information Systems: Strategies for Growing Organizations (Paperback)

Knowledge Management and Information Systems: Strategies for Growing Organizations (Paperback)
By Dr R Mellor

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Knowledge Management and Information Systems Strategy for Growing Organizations provides a novel knowledge-based view of small and growing organizations, including the theoretical basis for many known "rule of thumb" rules for success. It examines the role that Information Systems play in helping organizations ... especially SMEs ... to use knowledge to achieve strategic organizational goals and what guiding principles such systems must adopt. By providing a quantitative model the book is eminently suitable for practitioners who will want to know what it costs and what are the rewards. Adopting a business perspective, it is ideal for students studying Information Systems, IT & Strategic Innovation or Knowledge Management.
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Humanize!: How People-Centric Organizations Succeed in a Social World (Kindle Edition)

Humanize!: How People-Centric Organizations Succeed in a Social World (Kindle Edition)
By Jamie Notter

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This is the Safari online edition of the printed book.

It's no longer enough to know the tools of social media: organizations must know how to apply them strategically to gain a sustainable competitive advantage. Humanize! takes the social media revolution to the next level, showing how to use social media to drive fundamental change in how any organization does business, manages its operations, and leads itself. Leading organizational consultants Maddie Grant and Jamie Notter provide a conceptual framework, clear roadmap, and proven strategies for using social media to create comprehensive change, powerful new capacities, and breakthrough opportunities for growth. From start to finish, this book connects the big picture to actionable, hands-on implementation techniques. Drawing on their extensive experience with organizations of all types, the authors show how to enable "action from the inside out" - and how to transform "theory" and "potential" into concrete reality. The authors focus on four powerful elements of "humanness" that organizations can benefit from, and social media can promote: becoming more trustworthy, open, generative, and courageous. They identify proven social media-based strategies for changing individual behavior, rethinking organizational processes and systems, and driving lasting culture change. Along the way, they identify the roles each employee can play, working together to build an organization that is more social, more human, and far more effective.

This is the Safari online edition of the printed book.

It's no longer enough to know the tools of social media: organizations must know how to apply them strategically to gain a sustainable competitive advantage. Humanize! takes the social media revolution to the next level, showing how to use social media to drive fundamental change in how any organization does business, manages its operations, and leads itself. Leading organizational consultants Maddie Grant and Jamie Notter provide a conceptual framework, clear roadmap, and proven strategies for using social media to create comprehensive change, powerful new capacities, and breakthrough opportunities for growth. From start to finish, this book connects the big picture to actionable, hands-on implementation techniques. Drawing on their extensive experience with organizations of all types, the authors show how to enable "action from the inside out" - and how to transform "theory" and "potential" into concrete reality. The authors focus on four powerful elements of "humanness" that organizations can benefit from, and social media can promote: becoming more trustworthy, open, generative, and courageous. They identify proven social media-based strategies for changing individual behavior, rethinking organizational processes and systems, and driving lasting culture change. Along the way, they identify the roles each employee can play, working together to build an organization that is more social, more human, and far more effective. Read more

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Plunkett's Biotech & Genetics Industry Trends and Statistics Brief 2012 (Business Brief & Market Research Series) (Kindle Edition)

Plunkett's Biotech & Genetics Industry Trends and Statistics Brief 2012 (Business Brief & Market Research Series) (Kindle Edition)
By Jack W. Plunkett

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PLUNKETT'S BUSINESS BRIEF & MARKET RESEARCH SERIES of eBooks are intended to provide the user with two points of reference to each of the world’s most important industry sectors: 1) The eBook contains instructions on how to register for one-week, introductory access to all of the information that we publish for this industry in our Plunkett Research Online service. You will receive your user name and password at no additional charge, as a purchaser of this eBook. 2) Your eBook provides a brief, concise introduction to this industry, including a statistical overview. The eBooks themselves are intentionally brief and to-the-point. In this manner, you will have a both a short eBook for permanent reference, and introductory use of our substantial online database.

These products are intended for business and professional use. Plunkett Research data is especially intended to assist with market research, preparation for sales calls, preparation for job interviews and competitive intelligence. Our data is also ideal for people involved in consulting, marketing and investments. The eBook’s content includes a short discussion section, providing an overview of the industry, as well as a one-page statistics summary that provides industry revenue, employment level and other financial statistics. Especially helpful is the way in which our data enables readers who do not have a business, financial or technology background to readily grasp the fundamentals of a specific industry. Notes: Your purchase includes free, introductory access to the Industry Research Center for this specific business sector on our Plunkett Research Online service. As a purchaser of this BUSINESS BRIEF & MARKET RESEARCH eBook, you may register for complimentary, one week, one-user access to this industry at Plunkett Research Online. We recommend that all purchasers take advantage of this offer in order to receive the full value of your purchase. This access will allow you an in-depth look into a long list of specific industry trends and business statistics. Certain restrictions apply. Only one registration allowed per customer for any industry. Registration requests will be responded to during normal business hours.PLUNKETT'S BUSINESS BRIEF & MARKET RESEARCH SERIES of eBooks are intended to provide the user with two points of reference to each of the world’s most important industry sectors: 1) The eBook contains instructions on how to register for one-week, introductory access to all of the information that we publish for this industry in our Plunkett Research Online service. You will receive your user name and password at no additional charge, as a purchaser of this eBook. 2) Your eBook provides a brief, concise introduction to this industry, including a statistical overview. The eBooks themselves are intentionally brief and to-the-point. In this manner, you will have a both a short eBook for permanent reference, and introductory use of our substantial online database.

These products are intended for business and professional use. Plunkett Research data is especially intended to assist with market research, preparation for sales calls, preparation for job interviews and competitive intelligence. Our data is also ideal for people involved in consulting, marketing and investments. The eBook’s content includes a short discussion section, providing an overview of the industry, as well as a one-page statistics summary that provides industry revenue, employment level and other financial statistics. Especially helpful is the way in which our data enables readers who do not have a business, financial or technology background to readily grasp the fundamentals of a specific industry. Notes: Your purchase includes free, introductory access to the Industry Research Center for this specific business sector on our Plunkett Research Online service. As a purchaser of this BUSINESS BRIEF & MARKET RESEARCH eBook, you may register for complimentary, one week, one-user access to this industry at Plunkett Research Online. We recommend that all purchasers take advantage of this offer in order to receive the full value of your purchase. This access will allow you an in-depth look into a long list of specific industry trends and business statistics. Certain restrictions apply. Only one registration allowed per customer for any industry. Registration requests will be responded to during normal business hours. Read more

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Plunkett's Telecommunications Industry Trends and Statistics Brief 2012 (Business Brief & Market Research Series) (Kindle Edition)

Plunkett's Telecommunications Industry Trends and Statistics Brief 2012 (Business Brief & Market Research Series) (Kindle Edition)
By Jack W. Plunkett

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PLUNKETT'S BUSINESS BRIEF & MARKET RESEARCH SERIES of eBooks are intended to provide the user with two points of reference to each of the world’s most important industry sectors: 1) The eBook contains instructions on how to register for one-week, introductory access to all of the information that we publish for this industry in our Plunkett Research Online service. You will receive your user name and password at no additional charge, as a purchaser of this eBook. 2) Your eBook provides a brief, concise introduction to this industry, including a statistical overview. The eBooks themselves are intentionally brief and to-the-point. In this manner, you will have a both a short eBook for permanent reference, and introductory use of our substantial online database.

These products are intended for business and professional use. Plunkett Research data is especially intended to assist with market research, preparation for sales calls, preparation for job interviews and competitive intelligence. Our data is also ideal for people involved in consulting, marketing and investments. The eBook’s content includes a short discussion section, providing an overview of the industry, as well as a one-page statistics summary that provides industry revenue, employment level and other financial statistics. Especially helpful is the way in which our data enables readers who do not have a business, financial or technology background to readily grasp the fundamentals of a specific industry. Notes: Your purchase includes free, introductory access to the Industry Research Center for this specific business sector on our Plunkett Research Online service. As a purchaser of this BUSINESS BRIEF & MARKET RESEARCH eBook, you may register for complimentary, one week, one-user access to this industry at Plunkett Research Online. We recommend that all purchasers take advantage of this offer in order to receive the full value of your purchase. This access will allow you an in-depth look into a long list of specific industry trends and business statistics. Certain restrictions apply. Only one registration allowed per customer for any industry. Registration requests will be responded to during normal business hours.PLUNKETT'S BUSINESS BRIEF & MARKET RESEARCH SERIES of eBooks are intended to provide the user with two points of reference to each of the world’s most important industry sectors: 1) The eBook contains instructions on how to register for one-week, introductory access to all of the information that we publish for this industry in our Plunkett Research Online service. You will receive your user name and password at no additional charge, as a purchaser of this eBook. 2) Your eBook provides a brief, concise introduction to this industry, including a statistical overview. The eBooks themselves are intentionally brief and to-the-point. In this manner, you will have a both a short eBook for permanent reference, and introductory use of our substantial online database.

These products are intended for business and professional use. Plunkett Research data is especially intended to assist with market research, preparation for sales calls, preparation for job interviews and competitive intelligence. Our data is also ideal for people involved in consulting, marketing and investments. The eBook’s content includes a short discussion section, providing an overview of the industry, as well as a one-page statistics summary that provides industry revenue, employment level and other financial statistics. Especially helpful is the way in which our data enables readers who do not have a business, financial or technology background to readily grasp the fundamentals of a specific industry. Notes: Your purchase includes free, introductory access to the Industry Research Center for this specific business sector on our Plunkett Research Online service. As a purchaser of this BUSINESS BRIEF & MARKET RESEARCH eBook, you may register for complimentary, one week, one-user access to this industry at Plunkett Research Online. We recommend that all purchasers take advantage of this offer in order to receive the full value of your purchase. This access will allow you an in-depth look into a long list of specific industry trends and business statistics. Certain restrictions apply. Only one registration allowed per customer for any industry. Registration requests will be responded to during normal business hours. Read more

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Plunkett's Biotech & Genetics Industry Almanac 2012: Biotech & Genetics Industry Market Research, Statistics, Trends & Leading Companies (Paperback)

Plunkett's Biotech & Genetics Industry Almanac 2012: Biotech & Genetics Industry Market Research, Statistics, Trends & Leading Companies (Paperback)
By Jack W. Plunkett

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PLUNKETT'S BIOTECH & GENETICS INDUSTRY ALMANAC 2012

Key Features:
-Industry trends analysis, market data and competitive intelligence
-Market forecasts and Industry Statistics
-Industry Associations and Professional Societies List
-In-Depth Profiles of hundreds of leading companies
-Industry Glossary
-Buyer may register for access to search and export data at Plunkett Research Online

Pages: 554
Statistical Tables Provided: 18
Companies Profiled: 367
Geographic Focus: Global

A complete market research report, including forecasts and market estimates, technologies analysis and developments at innovative firms.
You will gain vital insights that can help you shape your own strategy for business development, product development and investments.

-How is the industry evolving?
-How is the industry being shaped by new technologies?
-How is demand growing in emerging markets and mature economies?
-What is the size of the market now and in the future?
-What are the financial results of the leading companies?
-What are the names and titles of top executives?

Contents, Statistics, Forecasts and Analysis Include:

Major Trends Affecting the Biotech & Genetics Industry
-Ethanol Production Soars, But U.S. Federal Subsidy in Question
-Major Drug Companies Bet on Partnerships With Smaller Biotech Research Firms
-From India to Singapore to China, Nations Compete Fiercely in Biotech Development
-Clinical Trials and Medical Records Processing in India Spark Concerns
-Gene Therapies and Patients Genetic Profiles Promise a Personalized Approach to Medicine
-Breakthrough Drugs for Cancer Treatment, Many More Will Follow
-Biotech and Orphan Drugs Pick Up the Slack as Blockbuster Mainstream Drugs Age
-Biogenerics (Follow-on Biologics) are in Limbo in the U.S.
-Breakthrough New Drug Delivery Systems Evolve
-Stem Cells: Multiple Sources Stem from New Technologies
-U.S. Government Stance on Funding for New Stem Cell Research Unclear
-Stem Cells: Therapeutic Cloning Techniques Advance
-Stem Cells: A New Era of Regenerative Medicine Takes Shape
-Nanotechnology Converges with Biotech
-Agricultural Biotechnology Scores Breakthroughs but Causes Controversy
-Focus on Vaccines
-Technology Discussion: Genomics
-Technology Discussion: Proteomics
-Technology Discussion: Microarrays
-Technology Discussion: DNA Chips
-Technology Discussion: SNPs (Snips)
-Technology Discussion: Combinatorial Chemistry
-Technology Discussion: Synthetic Biology
-Technology Discussion: Recombinant DNA
-Technology Discussion: Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)

Biotech & Genetics Industry Statistics
-U.S. FDA New Drug (NDA) and Biologic (BLA) Approvals, 2010
-U.S. Pharmaceutical R&D Spending Versus the Number of New Molecular Entity (NME) Approvals:1993-2009
-Employment in Life & Physical Science Occupations by Business Type, U.S.: May 2010
-Federal R&D & R&D Plant Funding for General Science & Basic Research, U.S.: Fiscal Years 2009-2011
-U.S. Exports & Imports of Pharmaceutical Products: 2006-1st Quarter 2011
-U.S. Prescription Drug Expenditures, Aggregate & Per Capita Amounts, Percent Distribution: Selected Calendar Years, 2004-2019
-Research Funding for Biological Sciences, U.S. National Science Foundation: Fiscal Year 2010-2012
-Global Area of Biotech Crops by Country: 2010
-Biologics & Biotechnology R&D, PhRMA Member Companies: 2009
-Domestic & Foreign Pharmaceutical Sales, PhRMA Member Companies: 1975-2010
-Sales By Geographic Area, PhRMA Member Companies: 2009
-Domestic U.S. Biopharmaceutical R&D Breakdown, PhRMA Member Companies: 2009
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Humanize: How People-Centric Organizations Succeed in a Social World (Hardcover)

Humanize: How People-Centric Organizations Succeed in a Social World (Hardcover)
By Jamie Notter

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What's Wrong With Your Small Business Team? (Paperback)

What's Wrong With Your Small Business Team? (Paperback)
By Leander Jackie Grogan

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Ideafisher (CD-ROM)

Ideafisher (CD-ROM)
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Plunkett's Chemicals, Coatings & Plastics Industry Almanac 2012 (Digital)

Plunkett's Chemicals, Coatings & Plastics Industry Almanac 2012 (Digital)
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