Uber. Airbnb. Amazon.

Apple. PayPal. All of these companies disrupted their markets when they launched.

Today they are industry leaders. What's the secret to their success? These cutting-edge businesses are built on platforms: two-sided markets that are revolutionising the way we do business. Written by three of the most sought-after experts on platform businesses, Platform Revolution is the first authoritative, fact-based book on platform models.

Whether platforms are connecting sellers and ...

The growth of the multinational enterprise (MNE) has led to an increasing interest in international business strategy from scholars, professionals, and policy makers alike. MNEs must contend with challenges in both their home and host international markets, and increasingly uncertain conditions in the international business environment demand superior firm-level capabilities for multinational firms to achieve and maintain competitive advantages in the long-run. This Handbook explores the prog...

Develop the analytical skills that are in high demand in businesses today with Camm/Cochran/Fry/Ohlmann's best-selling BUSINESS ANALYTICS, 5E. You master the full range of analytics as you strengthen descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analytic skills. Real examples and memorable visuals clearly illustrate data and results.

Step-by-step instructions guide you through using Excel, Tableau, R or the Python-based Orange data mining software to perform advanced analytics. Practical, relevant...

The Simple Marketing Strategy to Attract Buyers in the Digital Era Today's consumers live in a digital world, with access to all the information they need to make a purchasing decision at their fingertips. To influence the behavior of your buyers, you need to be an authority who can address every question, concern, or fear they may have. You do this by setting aside the "old school" marketing and sales playbooks of yesteryear and embracing the role of a teacher, creating content that provides...

We'll remember 2020 as the year that brought the need for effectively and efficiently connecting people into sharp focus. Companies around the world are rapidly changing their in-person event strategies and shifting to virtual or hybrid events. Clearly, the necessity for online meetings and events has never been greater. Transitioning to Virtual and Hybrid Events is a comprehensive roadmap to going virtual, helping you give your online audience a unique and compelling experience. This practic...

A fresh and innovative perspective on urban issues and creating sustainable cities

In The 15-Minute City: A Solution for Saving Our Time and Our Planet, human city pioneer and international scientific advisor Carlos Moreno delivers an exciting and insightful discussion of the deceptively simple and revolutionary idea that everyday destinations like schools, stores, and offices should only be a short walk or bike ride away from home.

This book tells the story of an idea that spread from city t...

Provides the management system for companies to invest in the long term - in customers, in employees, in product development, and in systems - rather than managing the bottom line to pump up short-term earnings. This title attempts to change the way you measure and manage your business.

This groundbreaking book describes the Lean journey as it extends to a business area that is mission critical, yet has been virtually untouched by the Lean transformation. Lean for Sales: Bringing the Science of Lean to the Art of Selling provides sales professionals, and their management teams, with a structured, fact-based approach to boosting sales close rates and delivering improved business value to customers. The time-tested Lean selling techniques described in this book have been prove...

Drawing from a wider range of disciplines than is often the case in media management research, this fully revised third edition of the classic textbook on strategy in the media offers a compelling introduction to theories of strategy and management. Â

This comprehensive introduction examines key theories, practices and debates and treats international, strategic and contemporary issues as central to the study and practice of Human Resource Management.