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Karaoke Capitalism Daring to Be Different in a Copycat World
Jonas Ridderstróale, Kjell A. Nordstróm
ISBN: 0-275-98689-6
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-98689-6
328 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 3/30/2005
List Price: $41.95 (UK Sterling Price: £28.95)
Discount Price: $20.98 Sale Price for U.S. Customers Only. Save 50%. Ends 12/31/2009.
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
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Trim Size: 7 x 8 1/2
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  • Excellent, entertaining reading with a serious business purpose, especially for technology entrepreneurs and seed venture capitalists. Recommended. Upper-division undergraduate through professional collections.
    —Choice     10/1/2005
Description: We all know that the rules by which business is conducted have changed. But by how much? The dot.commers who threw out the playbook and tried to reinvent everything crashed and burned. Back-to-basics and execution are refrains reverberating down corporate hallways. And yet there is still a sense of unease. Jonas Ridderstróale and Kjell Nordstróm, the outspoken authors of the international bestseller, Funky Business, present a provocative analysis of the social and cultural forces that are defining the business landscape—in particular, the fundamental relationships between employers and employees and between companies and customers.

Covering a huge terrain—from the impact of high tech to the ever-widening gaps between the haves and the have-nots, and with references from Adam Smith to Janis Joplin—the authors bring into focus the challenges of business leadership in a world increasingly defined by individualism. Karaoke capitalism refers to the philosophy of imitation, engrained into the corporate mindset by such popular concepts as benchmarking and best practice. For Ridderstróale and Nordstróm, the only way to survive is to chuck convention, to embrace your company's individual personality and promote it through everything you do, constantly honing what works and abandoning what doesn't. Ultimately, the authors argue that armed with imagination it is possible to sustain profitable businesses while contributing to the well-being of customers, communities, and the society at large. Visit the authors' Web sites at www.karaokecapitalism.com and www.funkybusiness.com.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
    Endless Solos
    Freed by Robots
    Changing the Rules
    Material Boys and Girls
    The Age of Abnormality
    Talent Takes Over
    Customer in Charge
    Capitalists Are Crying
    Webs of Wisdom
    Innovation Inc
    The Holy Grail of Business
    Models with Minds
    Moods that Matter
    Managing Moody Models
    Breaking Free from Karaoke
    Notes Photo Credits
About the Author: Jonas Ridderstróale runs the Advanced Studies in Leadership program at the Stockholm School of Economics. He advises, lectures, and consults to leaders of international businesses and sits on the board of directors of several companies. With Kjell Nordstróm, he was highly ranked among the world's most influential management thinkers and is coauthor of the international bestseller, Funky Business.

Kjell A. Nordstróm runs the Institute of International Business program at the Stockholm School of Economics. He advises, lectures, and consults to leaders of international businesses and sits on the board of directors of several companies. With Jonas Ridderstróale, he was highly ranked among the world's most influential management thinkers and is coauthor of the international bestseller, Funky Business.
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