Nugent, John H. (2001) Plan to Win: Analytical and Operational Tools. Second Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Plan to Win: Analytical and Operational Tools makes a stunning and bold claim to its readers. In today's economic state of hand-wringing and repentance by financial analysts, it is almost dogma that the economic bust and recession of recent years could not have been predicted by the ordinary investor, given the financial chicanery of accountants and the over-enthusiasm expressed by technicians about the glories of the internet. However, Nugent alleges that such accepted financial wisdom is in fact false. Nugent states that indeed, in the dot.com financial world it was difficult to distinguish between real and false wealth. But "by keeping an eye on the vital few" rather than the insignificant many, one might have still enabled one's self to keep financially afloat, if one remained sufficiently aware and educated about the market. (Nugent, citing "Pareto's Rule," 4)
Critical to Nugent's theoretical overview is the conception of what he terms 'inflection points.' Inflection points refer to managerial decisions as they might and will impact the present...
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