Islands of Profit in a Sea of Red Ink: Why 40% of Your Business is Unprofitable, and How to Fix It

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Jonathan L. S. Byrnes

Islands of Profit in a Sea of Red Ink

Why 40% of Your Business is Unprofitable, and How to Fix It

Jonathan L. S. Byrnes

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Viking
01 December 2010

Economics & Business; Business & management

Quickly and effectively reorganise your business around what really matters- the profit

Companies around the world turn to MIT's Jonathan Byrnes for one reason- he can figure out where the profit is. He shows them which customers and businesses are cash cows, and which efforts are just a drain on resources. Most astonishingly, in each case he finds that roughly 40% of his client's businesses are unprofitable.

We are transitioning from an era of mass markets to the Age of Precision Markets. Before, companies sought to distribute their products as widely as possible using arm's-length customer relationships. Broad metrics like aggregate revenues and costs were adequate. But today companies form different relationships with different sets of customers. Successful businesses create competitive advantages and sustained profitability by developing innovative relationships and new types of value. This is a double-edged sword- if customers are matched with the right relationships, sales and profits soar...but if they are matched poorly, profitability plunges.

Islands of Profit in a Sea of Red Ink tells you how to rethink your business for maximum profit - what to do, what difficulties you'll encounter, and how to overcome them. This book gives you the roadmap and tools you'll need to be a highly effective manager in a new era of business.

By: Jonathan L. S. Byrnes
Imprint: Viking
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 40mm
Weight: 700g
ISBN: 9780670919567
ISBN 10: 067091956X
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 01 December 2010
Recommended Age: From 0 years
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jonathan L.S. Byrnes is a Senior Lecturer at MIT. He has authored over 100 books, articles, cases, notes, and expert submissions. He wrote a monthly column on managing profitability, ""The Bottom Line,"" in Harvard Business School's e-newsletter. Byrnes also runs a consultancy through which he has advised over 50 major companies and industry associations. He has served on the Advisory Boards of Objectiva Software and Autopart International, and is currently on the Advisory Boards of danoo, OCO, and WaveMark.

Reviews for Islands of Profit in a Sea of Red Ink: Why 40% of Your Business is Unprofitable, and How to Fix It

Jonathan's rare combination of academic's insight and practitioner's experience has enabled him to create a series of important business innovations that have really worked. - Roy Shapiro, Philip Caldwell Professor of Business Administration and former senior associate dean, Harvard Business School This is a comprehensive guide to improving your company's profitability. Every manager in your company should read it. - Vijay Govindarajan, Earl C. Daum 1924 Professor of International Business, Tuck School of Business, and coauthor of The Other Side of Innovation Jonathan Byrnes delivers great news for managers: There is plenty of profit hidden in your company-if you know where to find it. - Sean Silverthorne, editor of Harvard Business School Working Knowledge Jonathan Byrnes has created a systematic process for analyzing profitability. His research offers practical advice that will help organizations unlock their profit potential witho