Thaler and Sunstein offer a groundbreaking discussion of how to apply the science of choice to nudge people toward decisions that can improve their lives without restricting their freedom of choice.

In a book that challenges everything you thought you knew about the requirements for strategic success, Kim and Mauborgne argue that cutthroat competition results in nothing but a bloody red ocean of rivals fighting over a shrinking profit pool. Based on a study of 150 strategic moves spanning more than a hundred years and 30 industries, the authors argue that lasting success comes not from battling competitors, but from creating "blue oceans"--Untapped...

Wharton professor Jonah Berger draws on his research to explain the six steps that make products or ideas contagious.

"As we become a more digital society, the gains that have been made for the environment by moving toward a paperless world with more and more efficient devices will soon be or already have been offset by the number of devices in our lives that are always using energy. But many don't think about the impact on the environment of the "Internet of things." Whether it's a microwave connected to the internet, use of Netflix, or online shopping, these technological...

Summary, Analysis & Review of Jonah Berger's Contagious by Instaread Preview: Contagious: Why Things Catch On is a playbook for marketing in the internet age, when products and ideas live or die based on whether or not they can go viral. Author Jonah Berger describes six principles that, when applied together, can often predict whether an idea or product will spread. Any product or idea can go viral. It doesn't take a big advertising budget or a celebrity...

Do you ever have complaints with big companies over poor products or services? If you do, this book is for you. An experienced business executive gives you secrets on how to get your money back for botched customer service and defective products, starting with ten sure-fire tips to help you get what you deserve. He publishes the actual (sometimes hilarious) complaint letters he wrote that returned thousands of dollars to him over just the last five...

This introduction to one of the key areas of behavioural economics – social preferences – explains in clear, nontechnical language how particular groups of experiments have been used by behavioural economists to shed light on the processes of economic decision making. These include bargaining games, trust games and public good games. The significance of determinants such as punishment, sanctioning, emotion, cooperation, reciprocity, leadership,...

Venda más y mejor conociendo a su cliente. La ciencia es muy clara: los hombres y las mujeres usandiferentes partes de su cerebro y por lo tanto se comportan de manera distintaen muchísimas situaciones, incluyendo la manera en que vamos de compras, compramos y consumimos productos y servicios. Como profesional de ventas, publicidad o mercadeo, entender estas diferencias es la clave de nuestro éxito. Paraaumentar las ventas, usted debe comprender...

Summary of Hooked by Nir Eyal with Ryan Hoover | Includes Analysis Preview: Hooked is a textbook for developers and designers who wish to build a product or app that will repeatedly engage its users. Today, more than ever, a product needs to be self-sustaining in its ability to keep its users loyal and active. In the past, companies could rely on advertising to remind users to purchase or interact with their product. Today, however, the most successful...