Inspiring and very well put together...purely business-focused with each fundamental concept explained in a logical, clear way.' (CPO Agenda, March 2011).
PART I PERSONAL.
CHAPTER 1 HOW MONEY WORKS.
CHAPTER 2 YOU CAN NEGOTIATE ANYTHING.
CHAPTER 3 SPEAK SO PEOPLE WILL LISTEN.
CHAPTER 4 IT S WHO YOU KNOW.
CHAPTER 5 IT IS BIGGER THAN YOU.
PART II OPERATIONS.
CHAPTER 6 PROCESS.
CHAPTER 7 HUMAN RESOURCES.
CHAPTER 8 MARKETING.
CHAPTER 9 SALES.
CHAPTER 10 FINANCE.
PART III STRATEGY.
CHAPTER 11 THE BIG PICTURE.
CHAPTER 12 FILLING IN THE BLANKS.
CHAPTER 13 "PLANS ARE NOTHING. PLANNING I S EVERYTHING".
CHAPTER 14 THE CLASSICS.
CHAPTER 15 FINAL WORDS.
APPENDIX A "WHY" AND "SO WHAT .
APPENDIX B KEY INTERVIEWING TECHNIQUES FOR DATA COLLECTION.
APPENDIX C CAGR SHORTCUT.
APPENDIX D CHANGE MANAGEMENT TOOL: DICE.
INDEX.
Emily Chan graduated top of her engineering class at Stanford University and has an MBA from Harvard Business School. She was a consultant with The Boston consulting Group (BCG) for over eight years, and also worked as a corporate strategist and an independent consultant in Greater China. Based in Hong Kong, she is now Director of Pacific Merit Ltd. (PMI), a family–owned direct investment company that invests in distressed assets in the US, Europe and Asia. PML s current portfolio includes assets in biotechnology, media and real estate.