Cycle Time Reduction: Designing and Streamlining Work for High Performance (Productivity's Shopfloor)

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Addresses issues such as:

Eliminating process waste.
Making the right resources available at the right place and time.
Optimizing technology to improve process flow.
Achieving continuous flow.
Creating and sustaining cross-functional teams.

Cycle Time Reduction also contains a simple, actionable, tried-and-tested model for work design and streamlining Activity Based Work Design. The book includes guidelines, checklists, tools, and case studies. An action-oriented book for managers, supervisors, and team leaders charged with improving performance.

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Job Queues, Gender Queues: Explaining Women's Inroads into Male Occupations (Women in the Political Economy Series)
Barbara F. Reskin , and Patricia A. Roos
Manufacturer: Temple University Press
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0877227446

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Since 1970, women have made widely publicized gains in several customarily male occupations. Many commentators have understood this apparent integration as an important step to sexual equality in the workplace. Barbara F. Reskin and Patricia A. Roos read a different lesson in the changing gender composition of occupations that were traditionally reserved for men. With persuasive evidence, Job Queues, Gender Queues offers a controversial interpretation of women's dramatic inroads into several male occupations based on case studies of "feminizing" male occupation.

The authors propose and develop a queuing theory of occupations' sex composition. This theory contends that the labor market comprises a "gender queue" with employers preferring male to female workers for most jobs. Workers also rank jobs into a "job queue." As a result, the highest-ranked workers monopolize the most desirable jobs. Reskin and Roos use this queuing perspective to explain why several male occupations opened their doors to women after 1970. The second part of the book provides evidence for this queuing analysis by presenting case studies of the feminization of specific occupations. These include book editor, pharmacist, public relations specialist, bank manager, systems analyst, insurance adjuster, insurance salesperson, real estate salesperson, bartender, baker, and typesetter/compositor.

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Great reference!.......1999-12-21

Any female working in a formerly-male profession will find this book of interest. Since it's been written, several more professions have become "feminized" more quickly than has the workforce as a whole. Those of us who are in these professions find that our colleagues argue the same issues over and over without looking to other, similar professions, or to work like this, for information about what is occurring. Although the book may leave you with a bit of a negative attitude, hey, discrimination IS negative! The authors do use this as a call to action, pointing out that what has occurred is not necessarily going to continue, that occupational gender changes are in a state of flux, and that simply understanding what has occurred in the past may help us to change the future.

Heavy textbook reading.......1999-10-22

This book was assigned for a Gender Inequality at Work class. Nothing much about this book would have gotten me to read it otherwise. Reskin and Ruse certainly can back up their theories regarding women's entry into male-dominated occupations with their extensive data, but they seemed to have a negative attitude about women's capabilities and future potential. One of the most frustrating things about the book was their continual reference, without elaboration, to the "women's liberation movement" of the 1970s as a factor in women's accomplishments. The obscure references to the "women's liberation movement" made it seem like a magical occurance that was without explanation. I would have liked much more anecdotal information.

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E-Business Management: Integration of Web Technologies with Business Models contains a collection of articles by leading information systems researchers on important topics related to the development of e-business. The goal is to enhance the understanding of the state of the art in e-business, including the most current and forward-looking research. The book emphasizes both business practices and academic research made possible by the recent rapid advances in the applications of e-business technology. The book should help graduate students, researchers, and practitioners understand major e-business developments, how they will transform businesses, and the strategic implications to be drawn.
By illustrating in detail the major e-business developments and research, E-Business Management focuses on addressing e-business management from the perspective of information systems research. In order to cover the subject matter in sufficient breadth and depth, the book is organized into the following five main sections:
-e-Business Fundamentals;
-e-Business Best Practices;
-Marketing, Customer Relations, e-Services, and Personalization;
-Formation of New Intermediaries and e-Markets, and
-B2B and Supply-Chain Management: New Business Models and Valuation.

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In an era when venture capital for a proposed Net startup is about as forthcoming as a politician caught in a sex scandal, Under the Radar by economist-turned-entrepreneur Arnold Kling offers timely advice on opening a new cyber-business without such big-time outside money. Combining experiences gleaned from his own self-funded Homefair.com (which he eventually sold for $85 million) along with examples of 25 other online enterprises also financed that way, Kling presents a practical how-to that readers with real ideas and realistic expectations could use to build viable Internet concerns, even in less-than-optimal times. Kling says there are still feasible niches for online businesses aiming between the $5 million entry level and the $1 billion minimum that satisfies venture capitalists--the "under the radar" zone of opportunity of his title--and outlines a route similar to those he and his other sources have used to fill them. One core suggestion does away with the traditional, time-consuming, and usually unproductive process of preparing and continually revising an extensive business plan; instead, he details a more effective program of 12 initial steps (developing the proper team, identifying a personal commitment threshold, recognizing operational milestones that will take you to the next level) that "netstrappers" can combine with internal and more modest funding sources to build a business that outlasts the next shakeout. --Howard Rothman

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Forget everything you've ever read about starting an Internet business. Forget the moon-shot IPO's. Forget Silicon Valley and venture capital. Above all, forget about fundraising. "Fundraising is not for businesses. Fundraising is for charities," warns this tough-minded, eye-opening portrait of successful Internet entrepreneurship.

Under the Radar tells the story of Web companies that bear little resemblance to the cash-burning businesses that were the media darlings before the NASDAQ bubble burst. In this distinctive and timely book, Arnold Kling, an experienced "Netstrapper" who sold his Internet start-up for $85 million, introduces the reader to over two dozen business founders whose stories will inspire and instruct every aspiring and seasoned entrepreneur alike. You will meet Mike Covel, whose Homepharmacy.com earned profits while venture-backed competitors wasted millions of dollars; Michaela Conley, who used her knowledge of the health care promotions field to make hpcareer.net a successful niche employment site; Trevor Cornwell, whose Skyjet.com aggregated the fragmented charter jet industry into a virtual "on-demand" airline. These are some of the "millionaires next door" of the Internet industry. They did not hire public relations firms to concoct front-page stories for the business media. They did not waste time trying to woo venture capitalists, who have their eye on billion-dollar jackpots. Instead, they combined low-cost Internet technology with proven business strategies, and successfully launched grounded and profitable companies.

In Under the Radar, Kling shares with you their success stories. Along the way he provides practical coaching on every important aspect of launching a solid Internet enterprise-from evaluating business ideas to finding the most suitable partners and making the best use of technology. His step-by-step plan will help you to confront the most common challenges that you face and guide you to building solid Internet businesses of lasting value.

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Gentlemen, start your businesses!.......2003-04-08

As a business owner, I am quite pleased with the information I was able to extract from this book.

It will not make you rich overnight, but it will explain patiently the unique challenges of starting and operating an Internet-based business.

Not all ideas are VC-worthy and this book describes the basic VC premises.

The case studies are quite in-depth and definitely will help you avoid same mistakes. The author does not shy away from early failures and fatal choices of wrong business partners.

In short, you'll enjoy the book and learn many things. I highly recommend it to any enterpreneur.

Don't buy this book.......2002-03-19

This book should be titled - "I got lucky with a web site in the '90s"

His title suggests that he has insight into how one could use true bootstrap techniques to get a company started. Yet, in one of his ten or fifeteen bullets about how to start a business successfully, he discusses the topic "when to line up funding". How under the radar is that?!

I would have been more impressed to learn that Mr Kling understood and articulated how to start a business using founding customers or how he worked the corporate banking system to gain access to lines of credit. I think Homefair was a great idea, but 99% of most net businesses today can not be started that cheaply. Same goes for the dozens of Web Design Firms he cites as success stories (Most were bought by companies like IXL, USWeb (Which became MarchFirst), Homestore and where all know where these have ended up.

I could continue about the lack of flow or organization in the book itself but I feel the description of lack of useful content is plenty for this review. I was truly disappointed with this book.

Wish I had this when I started my first net business.......2001-11-30

Twenty-five case studies of businesses that started without venture capital on the Internet, how they grew and what sorts of problems they ran into along the way.(Case no. 19 is about MSEN, the ISP I was involved in in 1991-1995, and I was interviewed for the book.) A well-researched book on lots of issues facing the small internet business, made even more relevant by the drying up of venture capital.

Mandatory startup business reading.......2001-11-23

Arnold Kling is right on.

The examples and suggestions provide business guideposts to starting and growing an innovative company on the Internet. Under the radar is that vast space of million and multi-million dollar niches that don't qualify for the VC or IPO. This is the space where we can do well for others, make money, and not get trampled by the elephants. The area that Arnold Kling describes is even riper since the dot com bubble broke.

Buy this book for the chapter about the economics of VC financing alone. It is a clear short demonstration of why VC financing is unsuitable for the majority of startups (and perhaps is a quick way ruin a good thing).

Get some experience without having to live through it all.

I'm biased, but..........2001-11-22

I am one of the featured case studies in "Under the Radar," so you could say I'm biased. That said, I *really* wish this book had been available when I started my first Internet company. It has lots of great "from the trenches" advice, from developing your strategy to recruiting the right people to courting investors to designing your web site to... you get the picture.

The only quibble I have is at the very end, when the author suggests that technology and statistics may open up the investment pool to "Under the Radar" companies by allowing investors to better manage risk (i.e. make investment decision on more than just "gut feel"). That may be so, but his examples -- a computer that can beat the world's best Othello player, automated underwriting of consumer loans -- are less than persuasive because they deal with relatively simple problem sets (winning a game based on probability, making a loan based on a few easily defined credit characteristics). The profile of a successful startup contains many, many hard-to-quantify attributes (including luck) and they are often mutually exclusive. For example, as an investor do you look for a charismatic CEO like Steve Jobs or a reclusive techno-genius like Seymour Cray? The answer is both. I suspect we're a long way away from a reasonably reliable system for predicting startup success. (Witness the stock market, where the majority of professional fund managers fail to outperform the averages even though they have a wealth of data and modeling technologies at their disposal.)

But this is just a quibble, and an irrelevant one at that. The focus of this book is how to start a successful business, not picking winners and losers. Whether you're already on your third Internet business or just thinking about making the leap for the first time, this book is a must read.

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Under the Radar: Starting Your Web Business Without Venture Capital ("Financial Times")
Arnold Kling
Manufacturer: FT.com
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0273659170

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Under the Radar: Starting Your Internet Business without Venture Capital
Arnold Kling
Manufacturer: Perseus Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000MC686Q

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Top Careers for Liberal Arts Graduates (Top Career)

Manufacturer: Checkmark Books
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Labors of a Modern Hercules: The Evolution of a Chemical Company
Davis Dyer , David B. Sicilia , and Harvard Business School Press
Manufacturer: Harvard Business School Pr
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0071032312

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Labors of a Modern Hercules traces the evolution of the Hercules Corporation from its beginnings as as a small maker of explosives to its current status as a multimillion dollar, multinational chemical company. More than a business history, the Hercules story provides valuable insight into the dynamics of the chemical industry and the growth of individual firms throughout the 20th century. The chemical industry is more diversified, global, capital intensive, and technology driven than any other major industry. As a result, it has led the way in the development of modern corporate strategies and management techniques. Hercules' evolution can be seen as a paradigm for the development of the modern manufacturing corporation: growth through vertical integration and diversification; increased emphasis on research and development; gradual penetration of foreign markets; the move from a centralized to decentralized organization; formation of joint ventures with foreign-based producers; and heavy use of information technology to streamline management and operations. Labors of a Modern Hercules describes the succession of challenges the company faced throughout its history: the move from being a mixer of explosives to a maker of chemicals, the challenges and demands of two world wars, the postwar problems of growth and diversification, the oil crises of the 1970s, and the strategies it pursued in response to each challenge provide valuable lessons for business planners. In an ever-changing industry, companies must be flexible, fast-moving, and innovative to be able to adapt to new realities.

Labors of A Modern Hercules, The Evolution of Chemical Company

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Labors of A Modern Hercules, The Evolution of Chemical Company
Davis and David B. Sicilia Dyer
Manufacturer: Harvard Business School Pr
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OFK91Q

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The People's Republic of China, guided by its "four modernizations" program, has eagerly solicited and accepted Japan's increasing participation in a range of economic activities, including direct capital investment, joint ventures, and resource development. On the basis of a judicious use of indigenous materials and field research conducted in China and Japan, the author examines Sino-Japanese economic diplomacy by asking some central questions: How have China and Japan conducted their economic negotiations? What have they accomplished? Why have problems and difficulties arisen, and how have both countries attempted to resolve them?

This original in-depth analysis concentrates on a few salient cases of Sino-Japanese economic interaction: a multibillion-dollar steel complex at Baoshan, the joint offshore oil development in the Bohai Sea, and Japanese government loans provided to fund China's important construction projects.

Although these cases have not always produced mutually satisfactory results, the range and magnitude of the new diplomacy attests to an increasing degree of economic interdependence that will be an important factor in the formation of their respective economic and political policies in Asia and elsewhere.

Chae-Jin Lee is a Professor of Political Science and East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Kansas, where he also serves as Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. He received a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California at Los Angeles. He has been a Visiting Professor at the University of Washington and a Visiting Foreign Scholar at Tokyo University. In addition to numerous journal contributions, his publications include Japan Faces China: Political and Economic Relations in the Postwar Era, U.S. Policy Toward Japan and Korea (coauthored with Hideo Sato) and Political Leadership in Korea (coauthored with Dae-Sook Suh).

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Detailed Info on conducting business and investment activity in the country with special offshore status. Updated annually Detailed Info on conducting business and investment activity in the country with special offshore status. Updated annually

Cyprus Investment and Business Guide (World Offshore Investment and Business Library)

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This investment guide contains basic information on economy, business, export-import and investment climate, opportunities and regulations. Provides strategic information on economy, industrial development, banking, and government. Includes information on the most important business contacts and business travel. Updated annually.

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