Success made simple : an inside look at why Amish businesses thrive / Erik Wesner ; foreword by Donald B. Kraybill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wesner, Erik, 1978-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Success in business.

Amish--Social life and customs.

Amish.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The keys to better business from a thriving group of business owners-the Amish Business can be discouraging. According to US Department of Labor figures, only 44 percent of newly-opened firms will last four years. Amish firms, on the other hand, have registered a 95% survival rate over a five-year period. And in many cases, those businesses do remarkably well-as Donald Kraybill writes: ""the phrase 'Amish millionaire' is no longer an oxymoron."" Success Made Simple is the first practical book of Amish business success principles for the non-Amish reader. The work provides a platform of trans

Contents:

Success Made Simple: An Inside Look at Why Amish Businesses Thrive; Contents; Foreword; Preface: Unearthing the Secrets; A Note On Names; Chapter 1: Eye to the Horizon: Cultivating a Vision and Thriving Through Crisis; Chapter 2: Getting Smart: Hands-On Versus the Hallowed Halls; Chapter 3: Market-Bound: Excelling at Sales and Marketing; Chapter 4: Doing Unto Others: The Crucial Customer Relationship; Chapter 5: Choosing Up Sides: Getting the Right People in Place; Chapter 6: Fishing Lessons: Empowering Your Most Valuable Asset; Chapter 7: Around The Edges: Honing an Efficiency Mentality

Chapter 8: The Big Picture: Getting What You Came ForConclusion: Barn Raising; Appendix: Research and Interview Methodology; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

9786612690501

9780470597323

0470597321

9781282690509

1282690507

9780470597309

0470597305

OCLC:

607552744