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OverviewThe industrial economy is turning into a functional service economy, yet too many businessmen and policymakers are still using outdated business models focused around designing and manufacturing goods for sale. This book outlines the strategies and models needed for tomorrow's challenges: how to use technology and knowledge to improve performance, create jobs and increase income. It also shows what skills will be required to produce and sell performance, manage performance over time and how manual and skilled jobs can contribute to reduce the consumption of non-renewable resources. The book shows how, by thinking 'smart', companies and governments can economically profit from technological progress and at the same time contribute to sustainable development. Replete with both successful and failed examples, the book is a useful tool for managers and politicians who want to take advantage of the business opportunities of tomorrow's functional service economy, and provides the composite metrics needed for analysis. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Walter R. StahelPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Dimensions: Width: 14.20cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.30cm Weight: 0.413kg ISBN: 9780230007963ISBN 10: 0230007961 Pages: 248 Publication Date: 18 August 2006 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Undergraduate Replaced By: 9780230584662 Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: In Print Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsIntroduction Producing Performance Managing Performance over Time Selling Performance Sustainability and the Performance EconomyReviewsAuthor InformationWALTER R. STAHEL founded the Product-Life Institute in Geneva. He is Head of the Geneva Association's Risk Management research and Visiting Professor at the University of Surrey and UTT (Universit? de Technologie de Troyes), France. A graduate of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, he has authored several prize-winning papers and, with Otto Giarini, The Limits to Certainty, published in six languages. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |