Business Under Fire: How Israeli Companies Are Succeeding in the Face of Terror -- and What We Can Learn from Them - Hardcover

Carrison, Dan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0814408397 ISBN 13: 9780814408391

Publisher: Amacom Books, 2004

Synopsis

American companies steeling themselves against the threat of terrorism can learn a lot from Israel's experience. Despite facing the constant grim reality of terrorism, the Israeli economy is surprisingly robust. How do businesses in Israel stay viable in a chaotic environment, and how do they rebuild in the wake of destruction? Based on in-depth personal interviews conducted in Israel by the author, Business Under Fire offers inspirational and instructive stories about the techniques Israeli companies have used to thrive in the face of extraordinary adversity.Readers will learn how to: * prepare for the worst * find new markets and customer bases * motivate in a stressful, uncertain environment * make a profit under previously unimaginable conditions * make quick, intuitive decisions * build flexibility into long-term plansPacked with fascinating first-person accounts from CEOs, managers, and in-the-trenches employees who have been through it all, Business Under Fire contains hard-won insights every business can learn from.

About this title

Book Description:

"from Israel’s experience. Despite facing the constant grim reality of terrorism, the Israeli economy is surprisingly robust.

How do businesses in Israel stay viable in a chaotic environment, and how do they rebuild in the wake of destruction?

Based on in-depth personal interviews conducted in Israel by the author, Business Under Fire offers inspirational and instructive stories about the techniques Israeli companies have used to thrive in the face of extraordinary adversity.

Readers will learn how to:

* prepare for the worst

* find new markets and customer bases

* motivate in a stressful, uncertain environment

* make a profit under previously unimaginable conditions

* make quick, intuitive decisions

* build flexibility into long-term plans

Packed with fascinating first-person accounts from CEOs, managers, and in-the-trenches employees who have been through it all, Business Under Fire contains hard-won insights every business can learn from."

About the Author:

Dan Carrison (Los Angeles, CA) is a partner in Semper Fi Consulting and the author of Semper Fi: Business Leadership the Marine Corps Way (0-8144-0413-8) and Deadline! (0-8144-0726-9).

About this edition

• Publisher: Amacom Books
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0814408397
• ISBN 13: 9780814408391
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256