Business Forecasting

Leading corporate strategist Mark Faust provides his proven turnaround tactics to grow your business. His game-changing secrets have enabled countless companies to obtain long-term and systematic growth and prosperity....

An informational guide into the finance department of a Dealership. This book will cover the creation, evolvement and ultimately the untimely demise if we don't make significant changes. Let this book serve as a preventative guide to saving your Dealership's finance department from Death.

Manager Quick Notes - is a guide to not only quickly brush-up on common business techniques and processes but information technology items as well so one can broaden their spectrum of business and technology knowledge. Common and advanced techniques are covered such as business basics, planning, operations management, forecasting, project management, accounting, information technology (mobile and virtual machines etc.) and social media. Great for before interviews or for further knowledge.

Grant McCracken, an anthropologist who now trains some of the world's biggest companies and consulting firms, argues that the CCO would keep a finger on the pulse of contemporary cultural trends, from sneakers to slow food to preppies, while developing a systematic understanding of the deep waves of culture in America and the world. The CCOs professionalism would allow the corporation to see coming changes, even when they only exist as the weakest of signals.

There are many cryptocurrencies, but none like Dogecoin. What started as a joke by two engineers, has become a never-before-seen social phenomenon. There are many reasons to listen to this book: to educate yourself, to study the future of the world economy, to learn why a digital code has value, and also to understand the Dogecoin amazing value, which many experts predict is going to be the currency of the future.

In "Managing Complexity: A Guide to Navigating the Management Maze," readers will embark on a transformative journey through the complex landscape of modern management. This comprehensive guide offers invaluable insights, practical strategies, and actionable advice for navigating the challenges and complexities of leadership in today's dynamic business environment. From mastering the fundamentals of management theory to implementing advanced leadership strategies, this book covers a wide range of topics essential for success in managerial roles. Readers will learn how to harness the power ...

Empty shelves, queues for petrol and energy shortages: crises more familiar to those who lived through the 1960s and 1970s have now become a reality as global shipping times are squeezed, containers lie unopened at docks and supply shortages push up inflation, increasing the cost of consumer goods from milk to cars to building materials. In Sold Out!, economic forecaster James Rickards (The Road to Ruin, The Death of Money) explains why the shelves are empty, who fractured the supply chain and why shortages will persist.

Introducing, "Blossoming Profits," an engaging new eBook that marks a revolutionary tool for all aspiring farm store owners and veterans alike, who aim to skyrocket their financial journey. This eBook serves as a comprehensive guide that delves deeply into the financial compass guiding the robust agriculture industry. The eBook begins by demystifying the nitty-gritty of Financial Management, setting the stage for the upcoming conceptual understanding. It then proceeds to offer invaluable insights into the pulsating heart of Farm Store Economics, enlightening about the wide spectrum of ...

This insightful guide provides a proven process for strategy design combined with The Nine Elements of Organizational Identity framework to align action for success. Whether you're a seasoned executive or a budding entrepreneur, this book is packed with valuable resources.

Algorithms, machine learning, generative AI. With the latest advancements in technology, data is taking center stage in organizations. But without a clear plan for how you're storing, integrating, and gaining value from that information, your company will be at risk—and fall behind. If you read (or listen to) nothing else on setting a data strategy in your organization, listen to these ten articles.

Ter acesso à informação nunca foi tão fácil. Apesar disso, enfrenta-se no dia a dia o desafio de saber o que é relevante em meio a um volume cada vez maior de dados. Entre as diferentes notícias, opiniões e pesquisas que chegam ao conhecimento da população, como identificar o que é útil no momento de traçar um plano, de se preparar para determinado acontecimento, de acertar uma previsão? Para o economista Nate Silver, garantir a qualidade da informação é o primeiro passo.

In Getting to Aha!, Darshan Mehta explores the nature of insights: what they are, how to uncover them, and how to use them to drive innovation and audience engagement. He surveys the trends driving modern consumers’ behaviors and discusses how technology is shaping the way buyers interact with brands and directly impact their performance. He also shares the steps brands can take to access and leverage the knowledge gained from external and internal audiences alike.

This book provides a detailed, step-by-step account of how fraud can be committed in the construction industry, narrated through the experiences of Robert, a former project manager who orchestrated a sophisticated scheme to siphon funds using a fake vendor. Combining his personal story with actionable insights, Robert reveals the vulnerabilities that allow fraud to thrive, the devastating consequences of unethical behavior, and the strategies businesses can adopt to protect themselves.

Whether you're just starting to explore circularity, or you are already actively advancing a circular business agenda, this book caters to your unique journey. It introduces a set of circular business model patterns as a pathway to transformation and creating value in a circular economy. It offers over 100 real-world case studies of circular business model innovation to highlight emerging trends, new opportunities, and the pathway to sustainable change.

In an unpredictable world, the ability to anticipate and manage risks proactively is crucial for organizational success. Risk Anticipation: The Complete Guide to Proactive Risk Management provides a comprehensive framework for understanding and implementing proactive risk management strategies across various sectors. This insightful guide delves into the importance of fostering a culture of risk awareness, where every employee plays a role in identifying and addressing potential threats.

How can we think about the future? What do we need to do - and who do we need to be? We are addicted to prediction, desperate for certainty about the future. But the complexity of modern life won’t provide that; experts in forecasting are reluctant to look more than 400 days out. History doesn’t repeat itself and even genetics won’t tell you everything you want to know. Ineradicable uncertainty is now a fact of life.

From ancient battlefields to the modern business landscape, competitors have tried innumerable approaches to conquering adversaries. Success for the victors has taken many forms and traveled many paths, but at its heart, winning strategy can be boiled down to ten universal principles. When learned and implemented, these principals become powerful drivers of business excellence. Renowned strategy expert William A. Cohen, whose considerable experience in the military, corporate, and academic sectors forms the basis for The Art of the Strategist.

Imagine an everyday world in which the price of gasoline (and oil) continues to go up, and up, and up. Think about the immediate impact that would have on our lives. Of course, everybody already knows how about gasoline has affected our driving habits. People can't wait to junk their gas-guzzling SUVs for a new Prius. But there are more, not-so-obvious changes on the horizon that Chris Steiner tracks brilliantly in this provocative work.

For years, executive Martin Fiore has been advising leaders from a wide range of industries about technological trends that are reshaping the world of business, from artificial intelligence and the rise of autonomous systems to human/machine convergence. Now, in Humanity Reimagined, Fiore explores how these trends are disrupting industries, changing the world of work, transforming the economy, and creating both threats and opportunities for leaders at all levels, from entrepreneurs nurturing start-up businesses to C-suite leaders at the world's biggest corporations.

How do Michelin-ranked food stalls in Singapore and the decline of Swiss watches force all luxury brands to rethink their business models? What insights can the world's quietest place and a clothing dye produced by former tobacco farmers reveal about serving enlightened consumers? The answers to these questions may not be all that obvious. And that's exactly the point. For the past eight years, marketing expert and Georgetown University Professor Rohit Bhargava has curated his best-selling list of non-obvious trends.