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1983年にアトランタで誕生したザ・リッツ・カールトン・ホテル・カンパニーは、わずか20数年間で世界のホテル地図を塗り替えてきました。
米国のビジネス誌やレジャー誌ではつねにトップクラスの評価を得るまでになったのです。アジアにおいても、シンガポール、上海、香港などのリッツ・カールトンは、従業員にとって、もっとも働きがいのあるホテル・カンパニーとしての評価を受けています。(ベスト・エンプロイヤー賞。)
1997年に開業した大阪のリッツ・カールトンもまた、日経ビジネス誌をはじめ、国内外の主要誌によるホテルランキングで高い評価をいただいています。
しかし、リッツ・カールトンが目指しているものは、じつはホテル・カンパニーの運営ではなく、新しいライフスタイルとしてのブランドを確立していくということなのです。
たとえば大阪のリッツ・カールトン。小さくしつらえたロビー、自動ドアのない玄関、ちょっと分かりにくいエレベーターの位置、暖かいお部屋、グルメをうならせるレストラン、など等。それらはすべて綿密に設計された、「ラグジュアリー・ライフスタイルのブランド」の舞台装置なのです。
そして500人の紳士淑女、つまり従業員が、主役であるお客様に対していろいろな形でホスピタリティを生み出していきます。その舞台がたまたま宿泊施設の体裁を取っているだけなのです。その意味か

We live in a transformative time. The digital age has given us unlimited access to information and affected all our traditional business relationships - from how we hire and manage, to how we communicate with our current and would-be customers. With all the excitement of our time comes confusion and fear for many businesses. This is the age of disruption - it's fast-paced, far-reaching and is forever changing how we operate, create, connect, and market.

Myths of PR uses popular myths about the theory and practice of public relations as a vehicle for helping start-up owners, brand marketers, communications practitioners and students to distinguish between fads and tried-and-tested PR practice. Its purpose is to shatter widespread misconceptions about PR and grant listeners insight into why these myths have endured in spite of clearly demonstrable evidence to the contrary.

Born in a middle-class trading family, Kishore Biyani started his career selling stonewashed fabric to small shops in Mumbai. Years later, with the launch of Pantaloons, Big Bazaar, Food Bazaar, Central and many more retail formats, he redefined the retailing business in India. Incidentally, Kishore Biyani's objective is to capture every rupee in the wallet of every Indian consumer, wherever they are - an investment banker living in a south Mumbai locality or a farmer in Sangli.

Storm the Norm is a first-of-its-kind collection of contemporary stories of truly inspiring businesses and brands from India that either wrote or rewrote the norms of their respective industries and brought in unprecedented change and vibrancy. This book features 20 such stories from an exciting mix of categories.

In Cool, the neuroscientist and philosopher Steven Quartz and the political scientist Anette Asp bring together the latest findings in brain science, economics, and evolutionary biology to form a provocative theory of consumerism, revealing how the brain's "social calculator" and an instinct to rebel are the crucial missing links in understanding the motivations behind our spending habits.

Der verbotene Ort oder Die inszenierte Verführung. Unwiderstehliches Marketing durch strategische Dramaturgie - Ein faszinierendes Hörbuch von Christian Mikunda, gesprochen von Reinhard Kuhnert

This is the story of publishing as you've never heard it before, told by one of the most provocative and informed voices building its future. It's the tale of prophets and storytellers, of entrepreneurs and shop-owners, of those who fashioned the world of book publishing as we know it.

Far from the catchy television spots and sleek magazine spreads are the comparatively modest ads that pop up on websites and in Internet searches. But don't be fooled - online advertising is exploding. Growing at a compound annual rate near 20%, it is now the second-largest advertising channel in the United States. Part history, part guidebook, part prediction for the future, Targeted tells the story of the companies, individuals, and innovations driving this revolution.

The greatest threat to privacy today is not the NSA, but good-old American companies. Internet giants, leading retailers, and other firms are voraciously gathering data with little oversight from anyone. In Las Vegas, no company knows the value of data better than Caesars Entertainment. Many thousands of enthusiastic clients pour through the ever-open doors of their casinos. The secret to the company’s success lies in their one unrivaled asset: they know their clients intimately by tracking the activities of the overwhelming majority of gamblers.

A must-read for anyone who cares why so many celebs are sporting "bumps", or whether they are really "just like us", this guide - nay, rulebook - lays down the law on what you need to know to play Hollywood in a simple and concise manner.

The path to successful sales negotiation starts here. How do you handle the buyer who says "you are too expensive", "we can't afford it", "we don't have the budget", or "you'll have to lower your price"? In this programme, Mike Le Put will tell you exactly how to handle these situations, how to prepare physically and mentally, how to position yourself, how to handle the discount buyer, how to negotiate profitable win-win sales, and how to become a truly successful sales negotiator.

The route to Exceptional Sales Management is within your grasp. This programme is the result of over 20 years of working with outstanding sales managers and directors across a wide range of industries, selling almost every conceivable product and service available. It will give you the tools to accelerate your career, grow your company, and become one of the greatest sales managers of your time.

In The Referral of a Lifetime, author Tim Templeton frames a powerful plan for cultivating clients and customers in a fable about businesswoman Susie McCumber, who feels increasingly like a failure. A friend refers her to the mysterious Mr. Highground, who introduces her to four successful people. They show her how they transformed their businesses and their lives by determining how others view them and how they view themselves.

It's a tough time to be a scientist: Universities are shuttering science departments, federal funding agencies are facing flat budgets, and many newspapers have dropped their science sections altogether. But according to Marc Kuchner, this antiscience climate doesn't have to equal a career death knell - it just means scientists have to be savvier about promoting their work and themselves. In Marketing for Scientists, he provides clear, detailed advice about how to land a good job, win funding, and shape the public debate.

Plastic surgery has become the answer for many Americans, and in American Plastic sociologist Laurie Essig explores how we arrived at this particular solution. Over the last decade there has been a 465 percent increase in cosmetic work, and we now spend over $12 billion annually on procedures like liposuction, face-lifts, tummy tucks, and boob jobs.

The beauty industry - which once revolved around creams and powders, subtle agents to enhance beauty - has become the anti-aging industry, overrun with steroids, human growth hormone injections, and bio-identical hormones, all promoted as cures for getting old. Acclaimed BusinessWeek science reporter Arlene Weintraub takes us inside this world, from the marketing departments of huge pharmaceutical companies to the backroom of your local pharmacy to celebrity enthusiasts like Oprah.

Katya Andresen, a veteran marketer and nonprofit professional, demystifies winning marketing campaigns by reducing them to 10 essential rules and provides entertaining examples and simple steps for applying the rules ethically and effectively to good causes of all kinds. The Robin Hood rules steal from the winning formulas for selling socks, cigarettes, and even mattresses, with good advice for appealing to your audience's values, not your own.

Customization is coming in every industry, for every product. Embrace it or get left behind. Smart brands such as Chipotle, Zazzle, Nike, and Pandora are ditching the outdated 20th century model of a one-size-fits-all approach to providing products and services. From a Netflix movie night to a marriage courtesy of eHarmony, customization is changing every corner of American life and business.

Everyone wants their product to be the next great killer app. But in the increasingly crowded world of mobile content, this pinnacle of success is becoming harder and harder to reach. Visionary author Rana June Sobhany offers a lively step-by-step process that will enable anyone to aggressively position, market, and sell their product.