Business Books
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Book Review: The Innovator’s Dilemma
Yes I read this one at least for third time. ( I wanted to put ideas I learnt in perspective.) idea of Disruptive Technology has been beaten to death so much that I had to find out if I actually understood it.( Here is a very interesting take on Christensen’s ideas.) Christensen has received a Read more
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Book Review: Crossing the Chasm
A recurring theme in many courses at MIT, is the Technology Adoption Curve. I first saw the curve in ‘Crossing the Chasm’, a book by Geoffrey Moore, I bought and read about a decade ago. Today, I pulled out this work almost impulsively and began to absorb its theme. The differentiating factor between the Moore’s Read more
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Book Review and Summary: There’s No Such Thing as Business Ethics
The downfalls of giant corporations like Enron, Worldcom, the crisis in the church and even plagiarism by Professor Ambrose are all examples of ethics gone astray. The author of this book argues that one cannot have varied ethics for business, spirituality and their personal life. He also suggest that most educators, philosophers and the like Read more
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Book Review: Count your Chickens Before they Hatch
The Self Help/Business motivation market in the United States is a multi-billion dollar enterprise. Motivational gurus like Tony Robins, Stephen Covey, Dennis Waitley, and several others have marked their territory in this vast but ever-growing arena. It was only a matter of time before someone tapped into the growing young, ambitious professional population of our Read more
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