October 2004
Intermediate to advanced
192 pages
4h 34m
English
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INDEX
- advertising, as softball component, 144
- airline industry, 17
- compromise breaking in, 103
- hardball in, 9, 13, 15
- inept copying in, 83
- successful copying in, 84
- Amana, 144
- Anchor Hocking, 130
- Anheuser-Busch, snack food arm of. See Eagle Snacks
- anomalies
- assessment of, 50–52
- discovering, 49–53
- exploiting (see exploiting anomalies)
- ignoring, 144
- Apple Computer, 15, 84
- appliance industry, 143–144
- compromise breaking in, 118–119
- compromises in, 104, 119
- auto parts industry, case study of, 89–96
- management cost accounting systems of, 93
- auto repair industry, compromises in, 104
- auto resale industry
- attitudes toward, 106
- compromise breaking in, 105–114
- hardball in, 16
- supply sources of, 110–111
- traditional modes of, 110
- automotive industry ...
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