http://www.reportbuyer.com/rss.htmlThis selection of practical books will act as professional reference in Business Strategy and Planning to help you define a successful long term plan of action in this increasingly more fast-paced and competitive global business world. en-gbReportbuyerservice@reportbuyer.comenquiries@redwiredesign.comhttp://www.reportbuyer.com/business_books/planning_strategy/benchmarking_food_farming.htmlAt a time when food producers have to make significant changes to their businesses in order to survive, a review of benchmarking in agriculture and discussion of its future potential is critical. This book meets that need by providing an overview of existing benchmarking practices in agriculture and the food supply chain, and evaluating the potential of these practices to drive sustainable innovation in food and farming. Increasing pressures from commodity markets, corporate buyers, government and rising input prices (particularly fuel prices) are creating an environment in which farmers and their advisors are keen to make greater use of performance information for survival and growth. f36fa805ed1e412111d0587f109d9969Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:00:00 GBBusiness Books/Planning & Strategyhttp://www.reportbuyer.com/business_books/planning_strategy/just_in_time_logistics.htmlThe enduring repercussions of the Asian financial crisis in 1997, the worsening global economy following the burst of the dotcom bubbles in 2001, the financial tsunami in 2008, and the incessant rise in customer demand for better services have all contributed to shrinking profit margins for businesses around the world. To cope with these challenges, firms are discovering logistics as a competitive weapon when looking for ways to strengthen and preserve their market positions. One successful solution has been the adoption of Just-in-Time manufacturing systems, which involve many functional areas of a firm such as manufacturing, engineering, marketing, and purchasing, among others. 84773dc8e1a6105a2b6a7cb6b6364165Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GBBusiness Books/Planning & Strategyhttp://www.reportbuyer.com/business_books/planning_strategy/dynamic_supply_chain_alignment.htmlJust like the world financial system, but for different reasons, 21st-century corporations need a new business model for their enterprise supply chains. The old conventions no longer work in this new world of volatile and increasingly unpredictable demand and supply. The enterprise needs to become more 'connected' to its own parts, as well as its partners up and down the chains it participates in. 5697ca194374a4215211d9312207b7f2Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GBBusiness Books/Planning & Strategyhttp://www.reportbuyer.com/business_books/planning_strategy/emerging_government_issues_medicaid_childrens_health.htmlEmerging Government Issues with Medicaid and Children's Health is an authoritative, insider's perspective on the strategic thinking behind reforming and improving the quality and access to health care for children across the United States. Featuring state health services officials and other children's health experts from across the country, this book provides a broad yet comprehensive overview of the role government officials and non-profits play in providing access to Medicaid benefits, as well as the obstacles faced by health care professionals in providing medical care to children and receiving insurance reimbursement for services provided. These leaders articulate the key points in the process of establishing Medicaid coverage for a child, from determining eligibility to detecting potential fraud, and discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the program as well as the reforms that could revolutionize the system. 92fa1aa276af8b55bb81d479f9bc4a76Sat, 04 Apr 2009 12:00:00 GBBusiness Books/Planning & Strategyhttp://www.reportbuyer.com/business_books/planning_strategy/measuring_value_supply_chain.htmlIn a company ecosystem the supply chain manager is tasked with duties and objectives primarily aimed at controlling and reducing costs, while optimizing the material flows. Yet, in many organizations, common perception limits supply chain management to product logistics, materials handling and warehouse management. The supply chain manager must learn how to communicate the results of his work to show the importance and impact supply chain management operations have on a company. e3b18c386ade84e3d8f975e860d34316Sat, 04 Apr 2009 12:00:00 GBBusiness Books/Planning & Strategyhttp://www.reportbuyer.com/business_books/planning_strategy/retailing/california_retail_leases_line_line.htmlCalifornia Retail Leases Line by Line is an in-depth guide to retail leasing, offering practical and understandable guidance on topics common to commercial leases of all types, as well as those uniquely relevant to retail leasing. Based on the experience gained from representing hundreds of landlords and tenants large and small, and over thirty years of litigating disputes often arising from poorly written documents, this book provides practical suggestions, drafting tips, and negotiating strategies for both landlord and tenant. The author explains rental structures and expense pass-throughs; CPI and fair market rent adjustments; options; allocation of costs of new laws and capital improvements; strategies to protect a tenant through growth, change, and exit; legal impact of name and management changes; subordination, non-disturbance and attornment, and the impact of foreclosure on the lease; maintenance responsibilities; and rights and remedies in the event of default. 87046403a27fd436a891ebffdfe83ab4Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:00:00 GBBusiness Books/Planning & Strategyhttp://www.reportbuyer.com/business_books/planning_strategy/implementing_successful_strategy_company.htmlImplementing a Successful Strategy for Your Company is an authoritative, insider's perspective on devising, developing, and executing an effective long-term strategy for your company. Featuring chief executive officers representing some of the top companies in the nation, this book provides best practices for implementing your strategy, changing tactics in a difficult marketplace, and innovative budgeting during an economic downturn. These authors discuss how to conduct essential research, determine ambitious yet attainable company goals, and establish the role of employees in achieving those goals. aa455f0cc3586b6db2db402eec5744afTue, 09 Sep 2008 12:00:00 GBBusiness Books/Planning & Strategyhttp://www.reportbuyer.com/business_books/planning_strategy/hoshin_kanri.htmlThe results of the quality revolution have been mixed. Global competition has elevated the most successful companies, in terms of providing goods and services, but even then initiatives such as total quality, business process re-engineering and Six Sigma have been heralded as the solution, only to have been replaced with the next 'big thing' when it came along. Hoshin Kanri is not the next big thing in quality, it is a strategic approach to continuous improvement that provides a context for all of the individual elements such as Six Sigma or Lean Manufacturing. 9c379a3338b05c13310a20805940a7ebTue, 09 Sep 2008 12:00:00 GBBusiness Books/Planning & Strategyhttp://www.reportbuyer.com/business_books/planning_strategy/ashgate_research_companion_corporate_social_responsibility.htmlIn recent years the term corporate social responsibility (CSR) has gained prominence both in business and in the media, not least because of the rise in power of the transnational corporation in an increasingly globalized world. It is one of the most debated management issues, yet there is a lack of consensus on what the concept means, what it entails, why it should be embraced and how. This Research Companion brings together a team of scholars from around the world to offer their view of the key issues in corporate social responsibility research. 73b1de75d03e0b6167ec7d2fe25471c5Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:00:00 GBBusiness Books/Planning & Strategyhttp://www.reportbuyer.com/business_books/planning_strategy/design_sustainability.htmlDesign for Sustainability is a practical approach to design which focuses on the challenges and issues faced by those designing consumer products in the 21st Century. It is written from a design perspective and aimed at both professional and student industrial and product designers, and those involved in managing design. The book begins by summarising the historical and current issues of the environmental debate in the context of sustainable product development, highlighting the benefits gained from considering the impact on the environment and issues of sustainability when designing. fbd35cfdfaca49851c0ca16d08750276Sat, 01 Dec 2007 12:00:00 GBBusiness Books/Planning & Strategyhttp://www.reportbuyer.com/business_books/planning_strategy/business_ethics_strategy_volumes_ii.htmlThis volume is intended as a reference for those interested in the relationship between business strategy and business ethics, broadly conceived. Several articles have been selected from various leading journals in management, strategy and ethics. An introductory chapter provides an overview of the articles but it also relates them systematically to a fundamental dualism involving values, ethics and politics, all viewed from the perspective of business and business studies. 0b5964b491013d2d479fc9264e082ba6Tue, 01 May 2007 12:00:00 GBBusiness Books/Planning & Strategyhttp://www.reportbuyer.com/business_books/planning_strategy/outsourcing_energy_management.htmlThis book describes energy management outsourcing as a way of addressing the current energy challenges facing all organisations, namely high and volatile energy prices, the need to mitigate climate change and potential supply constraints as oil production peaks. These problems are likely to intensify in the coming years, yet most organisations have reduced in-house capability to address them, thus outsourcing is increasingly seen as an essential part of any strategy to reduce energy use and carbon emissions. The author describes the basic processes of energy management and how to outsource them in a strategic way to achieve maximum results. ece92b28420c02437ef10378be2840adSun, 01 Apr 2007 12:00:00 GBBusiness Books/Planning & Strategyhttp://www.reportbuyer.com/business_books/planning_strategy/global_outsourcing_strategies.htmlOne of the most significant techniques to which companies and organizations have turned to improve service delivery and reduce costs has been outsourcing. Over the last 10 years, almost any process has been successfully outsourced. But during that period there have been failures too; projects that never realised their objectives or that had unforeseen impact on business. 75f6e52b620013f42a9623ee4fc34b4cMon, 01 Jan 2007 12:00:00 GBBusiness Books/Planning & Strategyhttp://www.reportbuyer.com/business_books/planning_strategy/stories_visions_values_voluntary_organisations.htmlChristina Schwabenland's book is based on extensive research into stories told by people working in voluntary organizations in the UK and in India. With a view to social change, the author employs hermeneutic methods to explore how stories create and sustain meaning and how storytelling contributes to the making and remaking of our social world. Specific topics addressed in the book include the role of storytelling in starting a new organization, managing hope and despair, empowering participatory leadership, and stimulating creativity and innovation. 7c46a230d83c100f232df4e9472d7445Wed, 01 Nov 2006 12:00:00 GBBusiness Books/Planning & Strategyhttp://www.reportbuyer.com/business_books/planning_strategy/sources_non_official_uk_statistics.htmlSources of Non-Official UK Statistics gives details of nearly 1,000 publications and services (including electronic publications) produced by trade associations, professional bodies, banks, consultancies, employers' federations, forecasting organizations and others, together with statistics appearing in trade journals and periodicals. Titles and services are listed alphabetically by publisher and each entry contains information, where available, on subject, content and source of statistics, together with frequency, availability and cost, and address, telephone, email and website details for further information. A title index and a subject index are also provided. 231ade587594599c082b52d546b16c9cTue, 01 Aug 2006 12:00:00 GBBusiness Books/Planning & Strategyhttp://www.reportbuyer.com/business_books/planning_strategy/relationship_driven_supply_chain.htmlCollaboration in supply chains means managing the chain beyond traditional or transactional methods. It involves rethinking the way your business is managed, both internally and externally, and the ways in which employees and partners relate to each other. Stuart Emmett and Barry Crocker's book explains how a relationship-based approach to supply chain management can transform business; how to organise your business internally for effective supply chain relationships and how to transform your external supply chain using relationship marketing, customer relationship management and supply chain partnerships. 8ec04b0c7209b20f0bfb1d2b93f9fa52Mon, 01 May 2006 12:00:00 GBBusiness Books/Planning & Strategyhttp://www.reportbuyer.com/business_books/planning_strategy/outsourcing_clinical_development.htmlThe challenges facing large pharmaceutical companies are stark: sales are slowing, and research and development costs are rising. There is an overwhelming need to reduce development costs by as much as 30-40%, while at the same time significantly shortening development cycle times. Pharmaceutical spend on outsourcing faces double-digit growth for the next three to five years and yet, if outsourcing is to meet these challenges, new models of collaborative and cooperative working are needed now. 2e5d51f226de3235de91aad406d64948Wed, 01 Feb 2006 12:00:00 GBBusiness Books/Planning & Strategyhttp://www.reportbuyer.com/business_books/planning_strategy/competitive_intelligence.htmlEvery business manager needs intelligence to find suppliers, mobilize capital, win customers and fend off rivals. Obtaining this is often an unplanned, instinctive process. The manager who has a conscious, systematic approach to acquiring intelligence will be better placed to recognize and seize opportunities whilst safeguarding the organization against the competitive risks that endanger its prosperity - and sometimes even its survival. e092f9ef3b4f0de0fb75efda643df9bdSat, 01 Oct 2005 12:00:00 GBBusiness Books/Planning & Strategyhttp://www.reportbuyer.com/business_books/planning_strategy/value_nothing.htmlManagers, consultants and students will learn how to master advanced business valuation - understanding the benefits, limits and uses of each method and how they interplay in the real world as well as how to use them in everyday business situations. You can develop a technique and an eye for what is significant as well as a good working knowledge of relevant history. Eventually, you'll be able to value widely different businesses uncontroversially, without huge cost and choosing the right methods for each case. 810c8565f46b2c2230b76404e6e78416Sat, 01 Oct 2005 12:00:00 GBBusiness Books/Planning & Strategyhttp://www.reportbuyer.com/business_books/planning_strategy/complete_guide_business_risk_management.htmlRisk management and contingency planning has really come to the fore since the first edition of this book was originally published. Computer failure, fire, fraud, robbery, accident, environmental damage, new regulations - business is constantly under threat. But how do you determine which are the most important dangers for your business? What can you do to lessen the chances of their happening - and minimize the impact if they do happen? In this comprehensive volume Kit Sadgrove shows how you can identify - and control - the relevant threats and ensure that your company will survive. f6bcd674d9bb77da8d884f16417c49d4Mon, 01 Aug 2005 12:00:00 GBBusiness Books/Planning & Strategy