
The Performance Economy
Walter R. Stahel(Author)
Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
Published on 18. August 2006
Book
Hardback
248 pages
978-0-230-00796-3 (ISBN)
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Description
The industrial economy is turning into a functional service economy, yet too many businessmen and policymakers are still using outdated business models focused around designing and manufacturing goods for sale. This book outlines the strategies and models needed for tomorrow's challenges: how to use technology and knowledge to improve performance, create jobs and increase income. It also shows what skills will be required to produce and sell performance, manage performance over time and how manual and skilled jobs can contribute to reduce the consumption of non-renewable resources. The book shows how, by thinking 'smart', companies and governments can economically profit from technological progress and at the same time contribute to sustainable development. Replete with both successful and failed examples, the book is a useful tool for managers and politicians who want to take advantage of the business opportunities of tomorrow's functional service economy, and provides the composite metrics needed for analysis.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 223 mm
Width: 142 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
413 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-230-00796-3 (9780230007963)
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The Performance Economy
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The Performance Economy
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Person
WALTER R. STAHEL founded the Product-Life Institute in Geneva. He is Head of the Geneva Association's Risk Management research and Visiting Professor at the University of Surrey and UTT (Universite de Technologie de Troyes), France. A graduate of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, he has authored several prize-winning papers and, with Orio Giarini, The Limits to Certainty, published in six languages.
Content
Introduction Producing Performance Managing Performance over Time Selling Performance Sustainability and the Performance Economy