Step into a typical bookstore and you'll see hundreds of business books for sale. Many trumpet the latest elixir for your corporate ailments. Not here. The books Deloitte authors and contributes to are full of the same practical and insightful guidance that we deliver to our clients every day.

The Strategy Paradox
By Michael E. Raynor

Michael E. Raynor reveals that strategies with the greatest possibility of success also have the greatest possibility of failure. Current strategic approaches force business leaders to commit to an inflexible strategy regardless of how the future might unfold. Commitment in the face of uncertainty causes the strategy paradox. This book introduces new tools to mitigate the strategy paradox: a new principle (requisite uncertainty) and a new management tool (strategic flexibility). Together, they provide a way for leaders to implement strategies that deliver remarkable results without unnecessary exposure to an uncertain future. Raynor reveals this paradox with unprecedented research into the relationship among strategy, performance and survival. Raynor is a Deloitte Research Distinguished Fellow and co-author of the bestselling business book, The Innovator's Solution, with Clayton M. Christensen.

How to reduce the tax you pay: 2008 tax planning for you and your business
By Deloitte's tax professionals

Do you want to save taxes for 2007 and implement effective tax planning throughout 2008? If so, you should obtain a copy of the 20th edition of How to reduce the tax you pay, written by members of our firm. This popular annual book, published by Key Porter Books Ltd., is available at bookstores across Canada for $19.95, or you can order online at chapters.indigo.ca.

Building the Best: Lessons from Inside Canada’s Best Managed Companies
By Deloitte Partners Anthony Grnak and John Hughes, with Douglas Hunter

Strategy, capability and commitment are the vital building blocks to competitiveness, and each is illustrated in the engaging stories of 10 businesses chosen from nearly 500 past winners of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies program. Building the Best delivers memorable lessons in how companies can overcome obstacles and achieve success. Learn how the managers and entrepreneurs behind some of Canada’s most successful enterprises have overcome the challenges in their industries — and how their strategies can be applied to any business. Available at chapters.indigo.ca

Governing by Network: The New Shape of the Public Sector
By Stephen Goldsmith and William Eggers

Stephen Goldsmith and William Eggers examine government’s transformation from centralized control over public programs to facilitating services through networks of non-governmental entities. In this model, the role of government is transformed from direct service provider to generator of public value. There are huge advantages to governing by network — but also serious challenges.

Advocacy and Taxation in Canada
Co-authored by and with contributions from Deloitte professionals

Advocacy and Taxation in Canada, edited by David W. Chodikoff and James L. Horvath, brings together contributions from 30 writers including distinguished judges, leading academics, and legal and accounting experts dealing with all aspects of tax litigation and substantive tax law.

The Innovator's Solution
By Clayton M. Christensen and Michael E. Raynor

In the worldwide bestseller The Innovator's Dilemma, Clayton M. Christensen exposed a crushing paradox behind the failure of many industry leaders. By doing what good companies were supposed to do — focus on pleasing their most profitable customers — leaders were paving the way for their own demise. How? By ignoring "disruptive technologies" — new, cheaper innovations that initially target small customer segments but evolve to displace the reigning product. The Innovator’s Solution shows how companies get to the other side of this dilemma, creating disruptions rather than being destroyed by them. Available at chapters.indigo.ca.

Integrity in the Spotlight, Second Edition
By Maureen J. Sabia and Jim Goodfellow

Events have moved quickly since Integrity in the Spotlight, a how-to book to help audit committees make the transition to new roles and responsibilities, was released in late 2002. The regulatory environment is clearer, governance issues have evolved rapidly and the responsibilities of the audit committee have grown. This second edition, published by the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, reflects the updated regulatory environment, and provides an enhanced focus on the critical need of establishing, managing and nurturing effective relationships among the board of directors, the audit committee, management and the external auditors.

Net Markets: Driving Success in the B2B Networked Economy
By Tom Dagenais and David Gautschi

Most prominent technology leaders, business writers and analysts maintain that B2B is dead. Not so, say Tom Dagenais and David Gautschi, thought-leaders in the IT consulting area of Deloitte. They show that, in reality, B2B is in its infancy and will be around for a long time to come. Using real-life case studies, they demonstrate that the impact of B2B initiatives is not just about technology. Available at chapters.indigo.ca.

Connecting the Dots: Aligning Projects with Objectives in Unpredictable Times
By Cathleen Benko and F. Warren McFarlan

Are you ever going to see the value promised from your company's project-related investments? Connecting the Dots argues this question is all too familiar. The concerns are real and legitimate. Technology and other project initiatives have grown faster than most companies' ability to manage them — affecting the return on trillions of dollars of investment while ill preparing companies for today's unpredictable environment. Available at chapters.indigo.ca.