The Business Strategy Game - A Global Industry Simulation, Player's Manual/Book and 3.5 Disk

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The Business Strategy Game - A Global Industry Simulation, Player's Manual/Book and 3.5 Disk
Arthur A., Jr. Thompson
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The Business Strategy Game - A Global Industry Simulation, Player's Manual/Book and 5.25 Disk
Arthur A., Jr. Thompson
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The Business Strategy Game A Global Industry Simulation Player's Manual

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THE BUSINESS STRATEGY GAME A GLOBAL INDUSTRY SIMULATION, INSTRUCTOR'S MANUAL TO ACCOMPANY , WITH 3.5" Disk (Player's Manual)
Gregory J. Stappenbeck Arthur A. Thompson
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A Very Useful Tool

Out of Date Simulation

Business Strategy Game for Windows!: Players Manual : A Global Industry Simulation
Arthur A., Jr Thompson , and Gregory J. Stappenbeck
Manufacturer: Mcgraw-Hill College
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The Business Strategy Game is the #1 selling computer simulation in the strategic management market.

Simulation games are the single best exercise available for helping students understand how the functional pieces of a business fit together and giving them an integrated, capstone experience. First and foremost, the exercise of running a simulated company over a number of decision periods helps develop students' business judgment. Simulation games provide a live case situation where events unfold and circumstances change as the game progresses; students become personally involved in the subject matter. The Business Strategy Game is very typical in this respect. Students learn about risk-taking by plotting their competitive strategies each decision period. They respond to changing market conditions, react to the moves of competitors, and choose among alternative courses of action. They get valuable practice in reading the signs of industry change, spotting market opportunities, evaluating threats to their company's competitive position, weighing the trade-offs between profits now and profits later, and assessing the long-term consequences of short-term decisions. They chart a long-term direction, set strategic and financial objectives, and try out different strategies in pursuit of competitive advantage. They become active strategic thinkers, planners, analysts, and decision-makers. And by having to live with the decisions they make, they experience what it means to be accountable for decisions and responsible for achieving satisfactory results. All this serves to drill students in responsible decision-making and improve their business acumen and managerial judgment.

In addition, students learn an enormous amount from working with the numbers, exploring options, and trying to unite production, marketing, finance, and human resource decisions into a coherent strategy. They begin to see ways to apply knowledge from prior courses and figure out what really makes a business tick. The effect is to help students integrate a lot of material, look at decisions from the standpoint of the company as a whole, and see the importance of thinking strategically about a company's competitive position and future prospects. Since a simulation game is, by its very nature, a hands-on exercise, the lessons learned are forcefully planted in students' minds—the impact is far more lasting than what is remembered from lectures. Third, students' entrepreneurial instincts blossom as they get caught up in the competitive spirit of the game. The resulting entertainment value helps maintain an unusually high level of student motivation and emotional involvement in the course throughout the term.

New features of version 6.0 include programming changes to improve functionality, an enhanced stock option in the executive compensation model, and a conversion to Eurodollars. Version 6.0 is not compatible with any earlier version of the Game.

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A Very Useful Tool.......2002-07-19

I have used The Business Strategy Game (BSG) for almost ten years and have seen its technical aspects improve in very significant ways. As far as I am concerned, BSG is quite good technically. The main reason for using this game is to teach strategy, not computer gamesmanship. BSG serves that purpose very well. It is complex in terms of the number and types of decisions to be made, but has a simple product (athletic shoes) that students can relate to and understand. (I have evaluated Capstone and believe that it is unnecessarily complex for my needs.) I use BSG as a supplement to an undergraduate Strategic Management course, so I want something that teaches strategy and the implications of one's strategic decisions, without having too much complexity that can get in the way. BSG does that very well. I think it deserves its position as the #1 strategy computer simulation.

Out of Date Simulation.......2001-02-17

In my humble opinion: Despite the claim about being #1 (actually, the Capstone game at ... is far more popular as well as more complete), this product is from the technological dark ages. From what I can see, it was designed as a DOS-based, off-line product, that has been shoehorned onto the Internet, and shows it. I believe the teacher training is minimal; the technical support is deficient; and the product itself lacks the sophistication one would expect from a university text.

Business Strategy Game Global Industry Simulation 7th Ed.,pb,2001 TEXT Player's Manual

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Business Strategy Game Global Industry Simulation 7th Ed.,pb,2001 TEXT Player's Manual
Thompson / Stappenbeck
Manufacturer: NY
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ASIN: B000OFMY00

The Business Strategy Game: A Global Industry Simulation : Players Manual

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The Business Strategy Game: A Global Industry Simulation : Players Manual
Arthur A.; Stappenbeck, Gregory J. Thompson
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill College
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Player's Manual to accompany The Business Strategy Game: A Global Industry Simulation

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Player's Manual to accompany The Business Strategy Game: A Global Industry Simulation

Manufacturer: Irwin McGraw-Hill
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The Business Strategy Game - A Global Industry Simulation, Player's Manual/Book and 3.5 Disk

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The Business Strategy Game - A Global Industry Simulation, Player's Manual/Book and 3.5 Disk
Jr. Thompson Arthur A.
Manufacturer: Richard D Irwin
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ASIN: B000OQB0MC

The Business Strategy Game - A Global Industry Simulation, Player's Manual/Book and 5.25 Disk

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The Business Strategy Game - A Global Industry Simulation, Player's Manual/Book and 5.25 Disk
Jr. Thompson Arthur A.
Manufacturer: Richard D Irwin
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This book explores the contribution space systems might make in dealing with looming societal challenges related to threats to the physical environment and the management of natural resources, growing mobility and its consequences, increasing security

Transportation Safety in an Age of Deregulation

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Transportation Safety in an Age of Deregulation

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Recent legislation deregulating the airline and trucking industries has enhanced competition and reduced real transportation prices by putting pressure on firms to operate more efficiently. Yet, with the entry of many new small airlines and trucking firms facing the financial pressures of competition, many legislators fear that public safety will be reduced due to compromises in maintenance, equipment replacement, recruitment and training. This volume examines the theoretical and empirical issues involved in the debate on the relationship between safety and economic performance in the airline and trucking industries. Contributors discuss such factors as the role of government as provider of safety oversight personnel and airport and road space quality, and conclude that the government has not acted quickly enough to provide the additional safety resources to meet the changed needs of the two industries, though the evidence does not support the notion that deregulation has compromised safety.

Grounded: Frank Lorenzo and the Destruction of Eastern Airlines

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Another Labor Bashing of Frank Lorenzo
Good Review but ends to early
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Grounded: Frank Lorenzo and the Destruction of Eastern Airlines
Aaron Bernstein
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ASIN: 1893122131

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A breathtaking chronicle of the depressurizing and crash of Eastern Airlines.

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Average Effort.......2002-04-07

This is a study in an ego taken over. I view is that the games he played could almost be criminal. I would have liked more information for the company as the author does seem to set out to make Frank be the bad guy. I would also have liked more details on the business end of the airline industry. I thought the writing was above average, he moved the story along through some topics that could be considered dull, union negotiations etc. All and all not a bad book and if you find the airline industry interesting then you should read this book.

Excellent.......2001-06-18

Excellent book, well researched and very well written. Accurately portrays the events that lead to Eastern's demise. I am no fan of unions. But, Lorenzo displayed a blatant calloused disregard for Eastern, it's people, and everything connected with it.

Another Labor Bashing of Frank Lorenzo.......2000-06-01

One of the most unfair treatments of the demise of Eastern Airlines ever written and the second worst book on the subject. Biased towards labor from the beginning, Bernstein paints Goya-like pictures of an evil Frank Lorenzo and his henchmen cackling over a cauldron late at night, thinking up ways to lie, cheat and steal Eastern away from the hearths of America. At the same time, Charlie Bryan is portrayed as some mythic hero who ". . .read Ghandi and Kahlil Gibran and even Sun-tzu. . .". Right. Bias shows in the fact that no Texas Air management are quoted; no personal attributes are ever given, making Lorenzo, Bakes et all appear as soulless corporate thugs, while the stalwart union defenders with defiant chins thrust forth, are given warm wonderful hearts and the purest of intentions. I'm surprised Bernstein didn't have pictures of Bryan petting a puppy and holding a baby. Of slight redeming value is the fact that the book does tell an accurate story. Eastern didn't have to die and maybe Lorenzo didn't have to kill it, but the interpretation and presentation are designed only to support an intransigent group of labor leaders in their refusal to see the reality of the world. This book is only marginally better than the worst book written about Eastern, "Freefall".

Good Review but ends to early.......1999-07-10

Overall this book gives an sufficent explantian on the events that led up to Eastern's Shutdown. However, it is bias toward the unions without exposing there arrogance. If you ignore this fact and simply rely on the facts given this is a fairly good book. And also, it ends before the shutdown of the company in January 1991. It does not show the final stage of the Eastern Airlines saga between where Frank Lorenzo loses power and the company shutsdown. 3 stars.

Bewildering and Suspenseful.......1999-06-25

I read the original publication in the early 90's. This book reads well and keeps you on the edge of your seat. The story is bewildering and illustrates a classic "old world" perspective of labor/management relations clashing with the modern realities of a deregulated airline market that would no longer tolerate labor friction.

Unreal Estate: The Men Who Sold the Moon

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Unreal Estate: The Men Who Sold the Moon
Virgiliu Pop
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Land on the Moon for sale? Think twice.

For eons, the Moon has been the symbol of supreme desire. Asking for the Moon meant asking for the impossible. Owning the Moon and the stars was both the ultimate want and the ultimate folly. And, proven that a fool and his money are easily parted, there ought to arise people who would readily exploit this weakness. With or without material aims, many people throughout the ages thought they were the first ones to embed the flag of their desire on the alien orbs. As the Moon waxes and wanes above them and their unreal estate businesses, this book chronicles their way from anonymity to fame and back again.

"Virgiliu has done stellar research on this topic and his book is extremely informative and interesting. You will find the stories he tells to be compelling, the legal arguments as to why one cannot own space real estate to be illuminating, and the entire book to be not only unique but very special." - Dr. David M. Livingston, Founder and Host of The Space Show

Virgiliu Pop is one of world's specialists in the area of space property rights. A member of the International Institute of Space Law, Virgiliu has authored several acclaimed papers in the field of space law and policy, and was interviewed by prestigious media outlets as diverse as New Scientist, Space.com/MSNBC, The Space Show, La Tercera (Chile), Ta Nea (Greece), Geo Magazine (Germany) and several publications in his native Romania.

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Land on the Moon for sale? Think twice. For eons, the Moon has been the symbol of supreme desire. Asking for the Moon meant asking for the impossible. Owning the Moon and the stars was both the ultimate want and the ultimate folly. And, proven that a fool and his money are easily parted, there ought to arise people who would readily exploit this weakness. With or without material aims, many people throughout the ages thought they were the first ones to embed the flag of their desire on the alien orbs. As the Moon waxes and wanes above them and their unreal estate businesses, this book chronicles their way from anonymity to fame and back again. "Virgiliu has done stellar research on this topic and his book is extremely informative and interesting. You will find the stories he tells to be compelling, the legal arguments as to why one cannot own space real estate to be illuminating, and the entire book to be not only unique but very special." - Dr. David M. Livingston, Founder and Host of The Space Show Virgiliu Pop is one of world's specialists in the area of space property rights. A member of the International Institute of Space Law, Virgiliu has authored several acclaimed papers in the field of space law and policy, and was interviewed by prestigious media outlets as diverse as New Scientist, Space.com/MSNBC, The Space Show, La Tercera (Chile), Ta Nea (Greece), Geo Magazine (Germany) and several publications in his native Romania.

Accountability and Transparency Act passed.(GOVERNMENT POLICY NOTES): An article from: National Defense

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Accountability and Transparency Act passed.(GOVERNMENT POLICY NOTES): An article from: National Defense
Peter M. Steffes
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This digital document is an article from National Defense, published by Thomson Gale on February 1, 2007. The length of the article is 926 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Accountability and Transparency Act passed.(GOVERNMENT POLICY NOTES)
Author: Peter M. Steffes
Publication: National Defense (Magazine/Journal)
Date: February 1, 2007
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ADA. (U.S. Judicial Decisions).(Hernandez v. Hughes Missile Systems Company): An article from: Security Management

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ADA. (U.S. Judicial Decisions).(Hernandez v. Hughes Missile Systems Company): An article from: Security Management
Teresa Anderson
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This digital document is an article from Security Management, published by Thomson Gale on January 1, 2003. The length of the article is 576 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: ADA. (U.S. Judicial Decisions).(Hernandez v. Hughes Missile Systems Company)
Author: Teresa Anderson
Publication: Security Management (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2003
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Aerospace Business Law
George V. d'Angelo
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This book on the legal aspects of aerospace activities from government procurement to insurance, financing, communications, space transportation, intellectual property, trade, antitrust and technology transfer is comprehensive yet self-contained and practical. The rational distribution of materials among 11 chapters makes topics of specific interest easy to find. This guide is essential reading for executives of aerospace companies and their contractors as well as government agencies, lawyers and other professionals. The specific materials contained in the book are introduced by a general description of the entities involved in aerospace activities and the main laws and regulations. Contracts relating to space activities are described and discussed in the second chapter which is complemented by a description of government and international agency procurement in the following chapter. The insurance needs of commercial space are discussed in chapter four. Satellite communications, a major component of commercial space, are dealt with in chapter five. The next chapter describes financing techniques for space ventures which, by their very nature, require enormous amounts of capital and are notoriously risky. Chapter seven and eight deal with launch services and space transportation both in terms of business aspects and regulatory issues. The trade issues involved in launch and other space activities are dealt with in chapter nine. Intellectual property is discussed in chapter ten. The last chapter deals with technology transfer and spinoffs. The topic is discussed in detail since it has enormous practical importance in the defense reduction environment of the nineties.

An aerospace council--roger that. (Tooling Around).(Aerospace Industries Association adavocates formation of a National Aerospace Council)(Column): An article from: Tooling & Production

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An aerospace council--roger that. (Tooling Around).(Aerospace Industries Association adavocates formation of a National Aerospace Council)(Column): An article from: Tooling & Production
Joseph F. McKenna
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This digital document is an article from Tooling & Production, published by Nelson Publishing on March 1, 2001. The length of the article is 471 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: An aerospace council--roger that. (Tooling Around).(Aerospace Industries Association adavocates formation of a National Aerospace Council)(Column)
Author: Joseph F. McKenna
Publication: Tooling & Production (Magazine/Journal)
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Affirmative-Action Regulatory Focus Shifts.(federal Office of Contract Compliance Programs) : An article from: National Defense

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Affirmative-Action Regulatory Focus Shifts.(federal Office of Contract Compliance Programs) : An article from: National Defense
David Goldstein
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This digital document is an article from National Defense, published by National Defense Industrial Association on August 1, 2001. The length of the article is 1996 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Affirmative-Action Regulatory Focus Shifts.(federal Office of Contract Compliance Programs)
Author: David Goldstein
Publication: National Defense (Magazine/Journal)
Date: August 1, 2001
Publisher: National Defense Industrial Association
Volume: 86 Issue: 573 Page: 16

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Aircraft Finance:Recent Developments and Prospects

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Aircraft Finance:Recent Developments and Prospects
Berend Crans
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Aircraft Finance: Recent Developments and Prospects confronts the burning issues in the turbulent world of the airline industry. The book combines selections of presentations from the First and Second De Brauw Blackstone and Westbroek Aircraft Finance Conferences, held in January 1992 and 1995, respectively. It deals with the legal and tax aspects of aircraft finance transaction in six European jurisdictions: France, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Belgium and the Netherlands. All presentations have been reviewed and updated by the authors. Issues raised include funding sources, security rights, aircraft leasing and the effect of the EC licensing regulation. Furthermore, it contains two selections dealing with the outlook for the aviation industry and the aircraft finance market. Audience: Lawyers, financiers, airlines, lease companies and aircraft manufacturers. Provides practical answers to complex legal issues.

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