New Books from the Press in Spring

Jumping the S-Curve: How to Beat the Growth Cycle, Get on Top, and Stay There

by Paul Nunes and Tim Breene

In most businesses, there comes a point when growth begins to dip.

Yet, some  companies are able to reach peak levels — climb the S-curve — on a consistent basis.

As Accenture's Paul Nunes and Tim Breene tell it, many companies succeed once, but the best ones use non-traditional strategies to create new businesses and opportunities for growth — they jump the S-Curve. The culmination of a decade of research,

Jumping  the S-Curve demystifies the growth process and offers practical advice on how to make               your next business thrive.

Not For Free: Revenue Strategies for a New World by Saul J. Berman

The flux of modern business — cheap communications, erratic customers — has disrupted many business models. In Not for Free, Saul Berman demonstrates how

companies need to create new income streams from existing assets and educate themselves about their customers' preferences and perceptions. With a wealth of examples — Progressive Insurance, Castrol, Redbox, and others — Berman reveals both the opportunities and the pitfalls of growing revenue organically.

Fully Charged: How Great Leaders Boost Their Organization's Energy and Ignite High Performance by Heike Bruch and Bernd Vogel

More and more ways to segment your customers. More strategic vision statements. More reorganization. Is your company caught in the Acceleration Trap? Are your employees less engaged because you've failed to manage the energy levels of your organization? In Fully Charged, Heike Bruch and Bernd Vogel show you how you to track, understand, and boost the energy in your organization by orchestrating                             deliberate highs and lows.

Billions of Entrepreneurs: How China and India Are Reshaping Their Futures — and Yours Tarun Khanna

China and India — the world's most populous countries — are full of entrepreneurial spirit. With a mix of research and anecdotes, Tarun Khanna describes how both nations will develop further, how their paths will cross and diverge, what they can learn from and contribute to each other, and, ultimately, how they will reshape business, politics, and society at large.

Source: Harvard Business Review