Unit 1Career Management1
Text A: Career Management and Development / 3
Text B: How to Create Employee Loyalty / 8
Unit 2Marketing15
Text A: The 7Ps of Marketing / 17
Text B: Brand Rehab / 25
Unit 3Corporate Culture31
Text A: Corporate Culture: Cornerstone of Success / 33
Text B: Building a “Googley” Workforce / 39
Unit 4Competition45
Text A: Porters Five Forces Model: Analyzing the Competition / 47
Text B: Nike Through the Lens of Porters Five Forces / 54
Unit 5Merger and Acquisition61
Text A: Essence of Merger and Acquisition / 63
Text B: Why a YahooAOL Merger Makes Sense / 70
Unit 6Entrepreneurship77
Text A: Entrepreneurship: the Fundamentals / 79
Text B: Four Personality Traits of Successful Entrepreneurs / 84
Unit 7Innovation89
Text A: Innovation: Definition, Concepts and Examples / 91
Text B: Googles Prototype SelfDriving Car / 95
Unit 8Finance99
Text A: How Stocks Work / 101
Text B: Rate Cut Adding to Global Uncertainty / 106
Unit 9Accounting111
Text A: Balance Sheet, Income Statement, and Statement of Cash Flows / 113
Text B: Interim Report: Chairmans Letter / 118
Unit 10Economics123
Text A: GDP: the Definition / 125
Text B: IMF World Economic Outlook / 129
Unit 11International Trade133
Text A: Two Leading Debates in International Trade / 135
Text B: China Moves up the Exports Value Chain / 141
Unit 12ECommerce149
Text A: Electronic Commerce: into the Third Wave / 151
Text B: Understanding ECommerce Versus MCommerce / 156
Unit 13Quality161
Text A: Principles of Quality / 163
Text B: Quality Management for the Future / 167
Unit 14Operation173
Text A: Enterprise Resource Planning / 175
Text B: Beating the Supply Chain Challenge: Interview with SMTC Corporation / 180
Unit 15Globalization185
Text A: Understanding Your “Globalization Penalty” / 187
Text B: Walmarts Foreign Expansion / 192
Key to Exercises196