Stephen M. Ross School of Business - Ann Arbor, MI, USA - To succeed in "new age of innovation," firms must partner with individual consumers to co-create customized experiences, say researchers.

ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Who will shape the consumer experience of the future? The actual consumer, argue Ross professors C.K. Prahalad and M.S. Krishnan in The New Age of Innovation (McGraw-Hill, 2008). Their new book, subtitled Driving Co-Created Value Through Global Networks, asserts that the most successful companies no longer invent products and services on their own, but rather "co-create" them in partnership with customers.

"The sources of value are rapidly shifting from products to personalized experiences," Prahalad says in a recent interview with InformationWeek.

Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA - Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu, a leading firm in the field of trademark, copyright, design patent and unfair competition law, announced today that firm partner Lawrence Apolzon's co-authored book entitled "From Edison to iPod: Protect Your Ideas and Make Money," has won the Gold Medal in the category of "Entrepreneurship" at the Axiom Business Book Awards.

Apolzon co-authored "From Edison to iPod” with Frederick Mostert, who is Chief Intellectual Property Counsel of the Richemont Group of Companies in London. The book provides entrepreneurs, writers, inventors, and other business professionals with practical information and actionable guidance on leveraging current intellectual property law

EVLiving - USA - Serinova Financial, L.L.C., a direct lender for privately financed commercial real estate, is celebrating its first appearance in the Arizona Business Journal’s Book of Lists, joining 24 other top-rated, Arizona-based commercial mortgage brokers. With no prior ranking, Serinova Financial saw remarkable growth in 2007. The company expanded its business over 1,000 percent, allowing them to secure the 5th spot on the list.

The Book of Lists, published annually by the Phoenix Business Journal, provides readers with a report on top Arizona businesses in more than 255 industry categories and market segments. The Top 25 commercial mortgage brokers are ranked according to

Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale, WA, USA - Modavox, Inc. (OTCBB: MDVX) Internet broadcasting pioneer, producing and syndicating online audio and video, today announced that Career Coach, speaker and author of the first books on Career Contentment, Jeff Garton has joined the VoiceAmerica Network, online internet talk radio network, as host of his new show, "Career Contentment Radio." The program debuted August 16 and can be heard every Thursday at 12:00PM/PST, 3:00 PM/EST (http://www.voice.voiceamerica.com).

Jeff Garton is a career coach and author whose career has been devoted to the discovery of practical solutions to combat prolonged unemployment and job dissatisfaction. His efforts have produced the first book and learning

Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale, WA, USA - Hewlett Packard is an extremely successful technology company that serves more than one billion customers in more than 170 countries on six continents. It is no surprise that they are one of the leading sources of information for small business owners around the world.

A major vehicle for getting small business advice to their many customers around the world is through their blogs, the Small Business Toolbox. HP isn't alone in using this technology - the use of blogs is becoming industry standard with small and large businesses around the world.

Dave Sifry, the CEO of Technorati, recently wrote, "The blogosphere is

Web Services Journal - Montvale, NJ, USA - An unhappy, unproductive workforce is the subject best-selling author and CEO of The Table Group, Patrick Lencioni, tackles in his seventh business book, The Three Signs of a Miserable Job (Jossey-Bass, August 2007, $24.95, Cloth).

"No one is immune to job misery -- it touches every profession imaginable from restaurant service worker, to middle manager, to NBA superstar," says Lencioni. Countless sources support this statement including a recent USA Today poll, which found that "people unhappy with their jobs is at an all time high." Lencioni, known for his ability to net-out complicated theories into actionable models, offers a practical solution

PR Web (press release) - Ferndale, WA, USA - According to Bob Prosen, "the mission of The Prosen Center is to help business leaders rapidly increase performance, productivity and profits." Not one to embellish ideas or thoughts, Prosen is the author of the best-selling, multi award winning business book, Kiss Theory Good Bye, published in 2006.

Prosen recently recorded an interview with Peter Clayton, host of the popular online career radio show, Total Picture Radio. The former Fortune 100 executive discussed with Clayton "proven tools and techniques" he has developed for becoming a high-performance leader. With more than 25 years of global business experience, the Dallas, Texas-based leadership expert likes

Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA - An unhappy, unproductive workforce is the subject best-selling author and CEO of The Table Group, Patrick Lencioni, tackles in his seventh business book, The Three Signs of a Miserable Job (Jossey-Bass, August 2007, $24.95, Cloth).

“No one is immune to job misery – it touches every profession imaginable from restaurant service worker, to middle manager, to NBA superstar,” says Lencioni. Countless sources support this statement including a recent USA Today poll which found that “people unhappy with their jobs is at an all time high.” Lencioni, known for his ability to net-out complicated theories into actionable models, offers a practical solution

Loyola University New Orleans - New Orleans, LA, USA - The Gillis Long Poverty Law Center and Loyola University New Orleans will host a lecture by award-winning journalist, syndicated columnist, and author Naomi Klein, on Saturday, August 25, at 6 p.m. in the Loyola University College of Law, Room 405. Her lecture is entitled, “Katrina Disaster Capitalism.”

Naomi Klein is the international bestseller of No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies. In 2000, the Guardian short-listed No Logo for its First Book Award. In 2001, it won the Canadian National Business Book Award and the French Prix Médiations. In 2004, Klein’s reporting from Iraq for Harper’s magazine won the James

Canada.com - Hamilton, Ontario, Canada - The current upheaval in global markets has many on Wall Street drawing comparisons to turmoil seen in 1998, 1987 and even 1929, but a new book suggests investors should look back as far as 1907 for insight into the mechanisms that can trigger a crash.

"The Panic of 1907" (Wiley, $29.95) begins with the Park Avenue suicide of Charles Barney, a prominent New York banker. Barney was one of many casualties -- both individual and institutional -- of an attempt to corner the market in shares of United Copper Co., which brought a string of banks to the brink of collapse.

Authors

PR Web (press release) - Ferndale, WA, USA - RMC Publications, the publishing arm of RMC Project Management (http://www.rmcproject.com) has recently announced the signing of best-selling project management author Jerry Manas to an authorship agreement. The agreement covers Manas' highly-anticipated second book tentatively titled Managing the Gray Areas, scheduled for release in late 2007. It is expected that the book will appeal to a wide audience and touch on many topics, including principles, ethics, decision-making, incentives, staffing, critical thinking, communication, and more.

Manas, a highly visible contributor to the project management profession, is a certified project manager who regularly provides leadership and project management training to Fortune 500 companies across

WM Experts (press release) - Inverness, FL, USA - Carlos Slim says the best-selling books of futurists Alvin and Heidi Toffler -- from "Future Shock" in 1970 to their latest, "Revolutionary Wealth" -- have played critical roles in helping him anticipate and identify business opportunities throughout the world.

According to Slim, as reported by the Wall Street Journal in its August 5 edition, "his success comes from spotting opportunity early, something he learned in part from reading futurist writer Alvin Toffler...."

The Journal noted that, during his interview, Slim pulled out a marked up copy of "Revolutionary Wealth," published this spring in soft-cover by Doubleday, filled with Slim's notes in the

WorldNetDaily - Grants Pass, OR, USA - A best-seller that outlines government plans to promote the integration of the U.S., Mexico and Canada – "The Late Great USA" by Jerome Corsi – is No. 8 on the New York Times' list of hardcover business books, was No. 28 overall last week and once again is the No. 1 pick among readers at Shop.WND.com.

The stunning revelations in the book, which also has hit No. 1 on Amazon's nonfiction list, show how the tactics of unelected globalist business leaders, bureaucrats and taxpayer-funded academics could lead to the merger of the U.S. with Mexico and Canada.

Corsi is a Harvard Ph.D.

WebWire (press release) - Atlanta, GA, USA - Dr. Jerome Corsi’s controversial new book on how the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) is laying the groundwork for an EU-like arrangement between the U.S., Mexico and Canada is back on the NY Times bestseller list -- this time as a business book.

Which makes sense, because "The Late Great U.S.A: The Coming Merger With Mexico and Canada" (ISBN 0979045142, WND Books, hardcover, July 2007) is galvanizing both business owners and workers against Bush’s "integration" plan.

"’The Late Great U.S.A.’ spells out in detail just how far George W. Bush’s stealth plan to merge the U.S. with its hopelessly corrupt neighbor to

PR.com (press release) - Levittown, NY, USA - Premier business coach Machen MacDonald of the ProBrilliance Leadership Institute has become a #1 best selling author with his new book - The Power of Coaching… Engaging Excellence in Others! The book hit #1 in several categories on Amazon.com. MacDonald, the founder of ProBrilliance Leadership Institute located in Grass Valley, CA and a certified business and life coach has compiled a wonderful resource full of both wisdom and strategy to help managers and leaders become better at coaching their people for desired results.

MacDonald had the idea for the book in January of this year and in three months by March

PR.com (press release) - Levittown, NY, USA - Outskirts Press, Inc. has published Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Government Procurement A-Z by Tom O'Reilly, which is the author’s most recent book to date. The 6 x 9 Paperback in the Government & Business category is available worldwide on book retailer websites such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble for a suggested retail price of $49.95. The webpage at www.www.outskirtspress.com/governmentprocurementatoz was launched simultaneously with the book’s publication.

About the Book (Excerpts & Info)

Learn how to sell your product to the government, at any level from local city all the way to the federal government. Tom himself takes you

Earthtimes.org - USA - Marshall Goldsmith, world's leading executive coach and a best-selling business author, has teamed up with Sherpa Coaching, a leading coach training firm, for a summer speaking tour. Goldsmith will speak alongside Brenda Corbett and Judith Colemon, authors of The Sherpa Guide: Process-Driven Executive Coaching, at three universities. Marshall Goldsmith comments: "Brenda Corbett and Judy Colemon are a dynamic team, and they are great people. I am happy to be sharing the platform with them."

Goldsmith will also meet the public to celebrate the success of What Got You Here Won't Get You There, his new best-selling business book. He'll sign copies

Reuters - USA - Clean technology is evolving from environmental issue to big business, opening a world of opportunities for companies, entrepreneurs and investors who see a chance to -- yes -- clean up, says a new book.

"Clean technology is everywhere," write Ron Pernick and Clint Wilder in "The Clean Tech Revolution: The Next Big Growth and Investment Opportunity" (Collins, $26.95).

They describe clean tech as "any product, service, or process that delivers value using limited or zero nonrenewable resources and/or creates significantly less waste than conventional offerings."

The main force pushing clean tech from "utopian dreams" to new Silicon Valleys and Wall Street is simple

Smartmoney.com - USA - AT HANGER BAR & BOUTIQUE in Manhattan's East Village, martinis and vintage frocks make unexpected bedfellows. Yet, honey-infused rum seems to fit so seamlessly with Coco Chanel. Cucumber-spiked vodka pairs well with Halston.

Hanger, an unusual place where you can belly up to the bar or thumb through nearby racks of classic designer threads (all priced to sell), is not the great collision of bourbonistas and fashionistas as might be expected. Nor are there grenadine stains on the Lagerfeld: The stylish duds stay out between noon and 7 p.m., but get safely tucked into storage when the real crowd starts drinking

Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale, WA, USA - Cognos, the world leader in business intelligence and performance management solutions, today announced the availability of the fifth episode of BI Radio, its innovative new podcast program.

Dubbed "Perspectives on Leadership," the episode explores the different ways organizations use business intelligence and performance management software to deliver outstanding business results.

The 30-minute episode features interviews with authors Patrick Lencioni, Roland Mosimann, and Patrick Mosimann, as well as with consumer packaged goods leader Fiskars Brands.

In the show's first segment, Lencioni describes the "four obsessions" of the extraordinary executive and the role of performance management software in helping executives build a high-performing team.

In the

Wall Street Journal - USA - In 1991, Timothy Ferriss, then in his teens, landed his first job: cleaning an ice-cream shop. Despite his inexperience, he figured out a way to finish the chores of his eight-hour shift in one hour, which enabled him to spend the rest of his time "reading kung-fu magazines and practicing karate kicks outside," he writes in "The 4-Hour Workweek." His boss, inexplicably underwhelmed by the performance of the magazine-reading, high-kicking one-hour wonder, fired Mr. Ferriss after three days, telling him: "Maybe someday you'll understand the value of hard work." Sixteen years later, Mr. Ferriss writes with pride, "I still don't."
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Newsday - Long Island, NY, USA - So many business books purport to have just what an executive, or want-to-be executive, needs to manage better or to increase sales.

But finding the right book among the numerous selections can be daunting indeed. How do you quickly determine if a book has just what you're looking for? Keith Rosen, a Merrick-based executive sales coach, author and the founder of www.ProfitBuilders.com., offers his list of 10 ways to choose a book wisely.

1. Know your expectations. Ask yourself: What are you really looking for? Inspiration, tactical solutions, new ways of thinking?

2. Research the author. Google his or her name. Visit the

Reuters - USA - They are rich, tight-fisted bullies with a penchant for gambling, a lust for multiple mistresses, and plenty of powerful political connections.

Meet the "Asian Godfathers," as author Joe Studwell, tongue-in-cheek, dubs many of the region's billionaires.

True, a few of them might feel at home with Tony Soprano. Tommy Suharto, the playboy son of former Indonesian president Suharto, did time in prison for ordering the murder of a Supreme Court judge, and others are rumored to have underworld connections.

But Studwell says the term is really meant to reflect the "traditions of paternalism, male power, aloofness and mystique that are absolutely part of

Washington Post - United States - I once had a boss who could put my stomach in knots just by walking past my desk. This person was so scary that even today, decades later, I still get chills thinking about her reign of terror.

Such management by fear is not uncommon in the business world, writes Stanley Bing in his newly revised book "Crazy Bosses." Unlike many business books, this one needs no subtitle.

"After nearly 6,000 years of evidence on the subject, one thing stands clear: The people who end up as leaders in any organization, large or small, are often the craziest guys around," Bing writes.

You

San Diego Union Tribune - United States - Lamps, birthday candles, mouse traps and flip-flops. Such is the stuff that binds the modern American family to the global economy, author Sara Bongiorni discovers during a year of boycotting anything made in China.

In “A Year Without 'Made in China,'” (Wiley, $24.95) Bongiorni tells how she and her family found that such formerly simple acts as finding new shoes, buying a birthday toy and fixing a drawer became ordeals without the Asian giant.

Bongiorni takes pains to say she does not have a protectionist agenda and, despite the occasional worry about the loss of U.S. jobs to overseas factories, she has

PR Web (press release) - Ferndale, WA, USA - The international hit business book, "The Lost Art of General Management" earns recognition in South Korea and has just been released in Mexico.

In early June, during a trip to Asia, the author, Rob Waite, met with Shin Jung-Sik a member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea. Waite was honored to learn that "The Lost Art of General Management" was placed on the National Assembly's recommended reading list.

"The Lost Art of General Management" was published in South Korea by Wisdom House Publications (www.wisdomhouse.co.kr).

Waite's hit book also was released this month in Mexico by publisher Panorama Editorial (www.panoramaed.com.mx).

"This book

CRN - Manhasset, NY, USA - In topics ranging from hand washing to monkey prostitution, Stephen Dubner brought the study of incentives to the VARBusiness 500 last week. Dubner, co-author of the best-selling business book, "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores The Hidden Side of Everything," spoke at the VARBusiness 500 awards dinner in New York.

"Economics is the study of incentives," Dubner began, but warned that determining which incentives work can be quite challenging, and requires "asking unpopular questions" to truly change behavior. "Unless you know how the world is working now, it's hard to change it," he stated.

Much of Dubner's talk revolved around the example of

New York Daily News - New York, NY, USA - A business associate sat down in front of me and unleashed a diatribe of frustration targeted toward the team he manages.

"They are entirely incompatible, unfocused," he bemoaned. "They are virtually impossible to manage. And their failure ultimately will become mine."

I looked him square in the eyes and said, "If that's your view of management, you're probably right; you're probably doomed to failure."

But the good news, I told him, was that a basic change in his approach to people management would probably take care of the majority of the problem within a few weeks.

Our discussion got me thinking about how important