Hide a dagger behind a smile
By: Kaihan Krippendorff.
Publisher: Adams Media
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Avon, Mass
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781598693805
Subjects: San shi liu ji; Competition -- Management -- Case studies; Strategy -- Case studies; Problem solving -- Case studies; Industrial management -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies
Notes: Based on concepts from the ancient Chinese text, The Secret art of war : the 36 stratagems.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Ying yang polarity; title: Stratagem one: to catch something, first let it go; title: Stratagem two: exchange a brick for a jade; title: Stratagem three: invite your enemy onto the roof, then remove the ladder; title: Stratagem four: lure the tiger down from the mountain; title: Stratagem five: befriend the distant enemy to attack one nearby; title: Stratagem six: kill with a borrowed knife; title: Stratagem seven: besiege wei to rescue zhao; title: Stratagem eight: the stratagem of sowing discord; title: Stratagem nine: trouble the water to catch the fish; title: Wu wei: go with the flow; title: Stratagem ten: remove the firewood from under the pot; title: Stratagem eleven: shut the door to capture the thief; title: Stratagem twelve: replace the beams with rotten timbers; title: Stratagem thirteen: the stratagem of the beautiful woman; title: Stratagem fourteen: beat the grass to startle the snake; title: Stratagem fifteen: loot a burning house; title: Stratagem sixteen: sometimes running away is the best strategy; title: Stratagem seventeen: seize the opportunity to lead the sheep away; title: Stratagem eighteen: feign madness but keep your balance; title: Wu Chang: continuous change; title: Stratagem nineteen: watch the fire on the other shore; title: Stratagem twenty: let the plum tree wither in place of the peach; title: Stratagem twenty-one: the stratagem of the open city gates; title: Stratagem twenty-two: await the exhausted enemy at your ease; title: Stratagem twenty-three: exchange the role of guest for that of host; title: Stratagem twenty-four: borrow the road to conquer Gao; title: Stratagem twenty-five: shed your skin like the golden cicada; title: Stratagem twenty-six: the stratagem of injuring yourself; title: Stratagem twenty-seven: borrow a corpse for the soul's return; title: Shang Bing Wu Bing: indirect action; title: Stratagem twenty-eight: point at the mulberry but curse the locust; title: Stratagem twenty-nine: clamor in the east; attack to the west; title: Stratagem thirty: openly repair the walkway, secretly march to chen cang; title: Stratagem thirty-one: fool the emperor and cross the sea; title: Stratagem thirty-two: create something out of nothing; title: Stratagem thirty-three: hide a dagger behind a smile; title: Stratagem thirty-four: deck the tree with bogus blossoms; title: Stratagem thirty-five: to catch the bandits, capture their leader; title: Stratagem thirty-six: the stratagem of linking stratagems; title: Appendix A: The thirty-six stratagems as problem-solving tools; title: Appendix B: Rapid-cycle strategy innovation; title: Appendix C: Research .