“…Interviews with Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, H.R. Haldeman, Russian diplomats, cabinet colleagues, disillusioned aides, political adversaries and childhood friends and business colleagues are included…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Value and waste in product development -- The lean product development benchmarking study -- The pioneers of lean product development -- DJO global : the fundamentals of lean product development -- Scania technical centre : a pioneering lean product champion -- Ford Motor Company : how to revitalize an American icon -- Lean product development to make the right products -- Buckeye technologies : lean tools for strategic alignment -- Steelcase : go-and-see new customers to open new markets -- Philips : comprehensive lean scheduling -- Lean product development to make products better, faster, cheaper -- Novo Nordisk : metrics to drive change -- Visteon : knowledge at the engineer's fingertips -- A-Dec : project chiefs to speed decision-making -- Lean product development transformation -- Nielsen Kellerman : just start somewhere -- Vaisala : from pilot projects to global transformation -- Playworld systems : how to cut time to market in half, twice -- The path of innovation mastery -- Innovation mastery : how to begin with lean product development -- Epilogue just start somewhere, just do something -- Appendix 1: The mastery of innovation self-assessment -- Appendix 2: Guide for book study groups -- Appendix 3: List of participating companies -- Appendix 4: Suggested reading list -- Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; Chapter 2: Systems of Merit; Chapter 3: Steering Team Offsite Meeting; Chapter 4: The CEO's Office after Hours; Chapter 5: Henry Ford, the Father of Lean; Chapter 6: Let's Get Started! …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Writing for President Ford; Chapter Seven. Writing for President George H. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Myth and meaning : Francis Ford Coppola and popular response to the Godfather trilogy / David Ray Papke -- Print the legend : violence and recognition in the man who shot Liberty Valence / Cheyney Ryan -- Through the great Depression on horseback : legal themes in Western films of the 1930s / Francis M. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…From letters to literature: reading the 'song culture' of classical Greece Andrew Ford -- 2. Writing religion: inscribed texts, ritual authority, and the religious discourse of the Polis Albert Henrichs -- 3. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS -- The Multinational Business Enterprise: What Kind of International Organization? / The Ford Foundation as a Transnational Actor / The Roman Catholic Church: A Transnational Actor / Contemporary Revolutionary Organizations / PART III. …”

“…Chasing Cool includes interviews with more than seventy of today's most respected innovators, from Tom Ford and Russell Simmons to Ian Schrager and Christina Aguilera. …”

“…A remarkable work." Francis Ford Coppola…”