Intro -- Managing Business Performance -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- About the Author -- PART 1 Introduction -- 1 Prologue -- 1.1 Background to this book -- 1.2 Motivation and principles -- 1.3 Who is this book for? -- 1.4 Structure of the book -- References -- 2 A Short History...

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