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This post is a re-print of the review found at my book review website - Letters On Pages.
Title: The Game-Changer
Authors: A.G. Lafley & Ram Charan
Publisher: Crown Business (2008)

Bingo!!!
You know that IBM commercial where they play buzzword bingo before they go into the innovation meeting? If not…watch the ad here. Go ahead. I’ll give you a [...]

This is the third post in a series about the power of a buyer. In this situation we will be talking not about the pricing of a product, but negotiation. Specifically, we are talking about negotiating payment terms.
I think payment terms are another underestimated tool that a buyer can use to help out the company’s [...]

This is an adaptation of a review I wrote for my book blog, Letters On Pages, where I review non-fiction books. You can read the full review there.
Title: The Wal-Mart Effect
Author: Charles Fishman
Publisher: Penguin (2006)

When I first decided to read The Wal-Mart Effect I was a little concerned. As I am sure you know, Walmart [...]

This is an adaptation of a review I wrote for my book blog, Letters On Pages, where I review non-fiction books. You can read the full review there.
Title: The Big Switch
Author: Nicholas Carr
Publisher: W.W Norton & Company, Inc.

My latest review is The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google by Nicholas Carr. [...]

This is the second post in a series about the power of the buyer. In the last post we established a basic, yet very important, tenet of purchasing: The easiest way to increase profitability is through the buyer by cutting costs. Now that we have cut the cost on the table and chair [...]